Advent Calendar House show

Advent Calendar House

Summary: A salute to all holiday specials, but mostly the Christmas ones. Every December, host Mike Westfall and friends discuss their favorite Christmas and holiday TV specials and commercials.

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Podcasts:

 A Christmas Carol Cast Draft | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:22:23

In the season finale, the Advent Calendar is haunted by 3 spirited guests — Joey O., Sue London, and Jonathan MacFarlane — as we each draft our own casts of “A Christmas Carol” from a pool of characters from Christmas past.

 Pennsylvania Lottery Christmas Commercial | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:08:56

Joey O. is back in the Advent Calendar House with one of his favorite Christmas commercials: A Pennsylvania Lottery take on the Twelve Days of Christmas that had a whole commonwealth singing “FIVE CASH FIVES” for decades.

 A Rugrats Chanukah | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:03:32

It’s our first annual Hanukkah episode featuring guest Sarah Shay! We follow the Rugrats on their mission to stop the “Meanie of Chanukah” and make him take a nap, counting all the Yiddish words and misspoken “babyisms” along the way.

 Fruity Pebbles Christmas Commercial | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:11:05

Ho-ho-ho, I’m hu-hu-hungry! Joey O. returns for a look at Fruity and Cocoa Pebbles commercials of Christmas past for the answer the burning question: How do cavemen know about Christmas?

 The Gift of Winter | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:51:54

Chad Young of the Horror Movie BBQ drops by for a rare look at a 1974 Canadian Christmas special which introduces the color characters better-known from its Halloween sequel, Witch’s Night Out.

 Honey Nut Cheerios Scrooge Commercial | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:08:18

In a Christmas commercial mini-episode, Joey O. of Y-Not Radio stops by to celebrate one of our favorite portrayals of Scrooge, whose icy heart is thawed by the taste of golden honey and crunchy nuts.

 A Muppet Family Christmas | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:58:18

To mark the 30th anniversary of “A Muppet Family Christmas,” Carlin Trammel from the Nerd Lunch Podcast drops by as we try to get a head count of how many Muppets can fit inside one farmhouse.

 Frosty the Snowman | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:36:13

Happy birthday! In our pilot episode, guest Brandon Medley airs his grievances against the 1969 Rankin/Bass classic “Frosty the Snowman.” Plus, find out how to easily escape a locked greenhouse, and when your trash stops legally belonging to you.

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