Halloween Is Grinch Night
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07/13/21 • 81 min
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🎃 It’s spooky time as we wheel our paraphernalia wagon back to 1977 for a Grinch Night we’ll never forget.
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🎙 Guests:
James Riley (@yourbuddyspooky).
Ethan (The Hungry Reader, A Special Presentation or ALF Will Not Be Seen Tonight, @TeeAitchAre).
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💬 Topics & Tangents:
1. Halloween is Grinch Night on the Dr. Seuss Wiki.
2. The worst, non-candy Halloween treats.
4. This special’s music was by Sesame Street composer Joe Raposo.
5. Hans Conried (The Grinch) was also the titular character in Dr. Seuss’s The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
6. I badly describe the plot of Midnight Madness.
7. The Hakken-Kraks in Oh, the Places You’ll Go.
8. Is the Grinch’s magic only active on Grinch Night?
9. The Euphemism, and other words I thought Dr. Seuss made up.
10. An ode to the Whos' videophone.
11. Dr. Seuss Goes to War, and other creators of great works doing terrible things.
12. Bogleech’s gallery of the Grinch’s monsters, and our personal favorites.
13. The Vug under the Rug, the Jibboo, and the Birthday Bird.
14. Danse macabre.
15. Is this a prequel? And where does The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat fit?
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📼 Retro Commercial Break:
Franken Berry and Monster Cereals, 1986, preserved by Dinosaur Dracula.
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🎤 And Now, These Messages:
“Halloween is Grinch Night” © 1977 DePatie–Freleng Enterprises.
Say hi on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.
Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.
Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house.
🎃 It’s spooky time as we wheel our paraphernalia wagon back to 1977 for a Grinch Night we’ll never forget.
****
🎙 Guests:
James Riley (@yourbuddyspooky).
Ethan (The Hungry Reader, A Special Presentation or ALF Will Not Be Seen Tonight, @TeeAitchAre).
****
💬 Topics & Tangents:
1. Halloween is Grinch Night on the Dr. Seuss Wiki.
2. The worst, non-candy Halloween treats.
4. This special’s music was by Sesame Street composer Joe Raposo.
5. Hans Conried (The Grinch) was also the titular character in Dr. Seuss’s The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
6. I badly describe the plot of Midnight Madness.
7. The Hakken-Kraks in Oh, the Places You’ll Go.
8. Is the Grinch’s magic only active on Grinch Night?
9. The Euphemism, and other words I thought Dr. Seuss made up.
10. An ode to the Whos' videophone.
11. Dr. Seuss Goes to War, and other creators of great works doing terrible things.
12. Bogleech’s gallery of the Grinch’s monsters, and our personal favorites.
13. The Vug under the Rug, the Jibboo, and the Birthday Bird.
14. Danse macabre.
15. Is this a prequel? And where does The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat fit?
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📼 Retro Commercial Break:
Franken Berry and Monster Cereals, 1986, preserved by Dinosaur Dracula.
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🎤 And Now, These Messages:
“Halloween is Grinch Night” © 1977 DePatie–Freleng Enterprises.
Say hi on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.
Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.
Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house.
Previous Episode
Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas
🎄 Happy Back to the Future Day! Set your time circuits to 1845 by way of 1991 for a special Christmas in July episode of the Back to the Future Saturday morning cartoon, featuring hologram clothes, the hoverboard equivalent to texting while driving, and Bill Nye the Science Guy.
The actually animated segments of the animated series feature Dan Castelleneta as Doc, plus the return of Thomas F. Wilson (Batman: The Animated Series) as various Tannens throughout history, and Christmas movie all-star Mary Steenburgen (Elf, One Magic Christmas) as Clara.
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🎙 Guests:
Joey O.(Y-Not Radio, Words With Nerds, @imgonnadj24).
Joseph Wade (Christmas Creeps, The O/S/T Party, @cordialwombat).
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💬 Topics & Tangents:
1. Mary Steenburgen playing Informer on the accordion in Last Man on Earth.
2. Series art director James S. Baker storyboards his own blog.
3. The Back to the Future pinball game and its random movie quotes.
4. Futurepedia on how Doc’s clothing converter camera works.
5. Weird things we did as kids to show our parents we were responsible.
6. Some toys in Fedgewick’s shop shouldn’t be there yet in 1845.
7. Did We Wish You a Merry Christmas exist in 1845? Possibly, but not the version we know.
8. Doc’s wad of cash vs. England’s bank notes circa 1845.
9. Wilkins’s dog looks like 1980s T-shirt icon Rude Dog.
10. My Back to the Future-themed Good Friday and Easter Sunday tweets.
11. The closest thing we could find to a Kaiju Christmas movie is 1962’s Gorath.
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📼 Retro Commercial Break:
Back to the Future: The Ride at Universal Studios Florida, 1996.
Hi-C Ecto Cooler Commercial, 1989, starring David Kaufmann, the voice of Marty.
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“Back to the Future,” the Animated Series, and “Dickens of a Christmas” © 1991 Universal Cartoon Studios / Amblin Television.
Say hi on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.
Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.
Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house.
Next Episode
The Adventures of Pete & Pete: O’ Christmas Pete
🎄 It’s Garbage Day! Join us as we look happily deranged back to 1996 to follow Pete and Pete’s brother, Pete, on their mission to keep the Christmas spirit alive for as long as possible, and keep their Christmas tree safe from the evil Garbageman.
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🎙 Guests:
Tom Coombs (@ClassicTomedy, TPIF: Thank Pod It’s Funny).
Chad “Ecto” Young (The Horror Movie BBQ, TPIF, @horrormoviebbq).
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💬 Topics & Tangents:
1. Michael C. Maronna (Big Pete) in Home Alone, and in a series of Ameritrade commercials circa 1999.
2. Snow Day was originally conceived as a Pete & Pete movie.
3. The first Pete & Pete short, What Would You Do for a Dollar?
4. The Pete & Pete 20th Anniversary Reunion.
5. Danny Tamberelli (Little Pete) as Jimmy De Santa in Grand Theft Auto 5.
6. Hardy Rawls (Dad) as the Maytag Repairman circa 2005.
7. Sludge Central on Pete & Pete filming in New Jersey.
8. Chad and Michael May talk Silent Night, Deadly Night on Sleigh Bell Cinema.
9. David Johansen sings Garbageman’s Ballad.
10. Garbageman’s hijacking of Little Pete’s Yule Log reminds us of the Max Headroom Pirating Incident.
11. A mini ode to character actress Marilyn Dobrin as the Wrigleys’ notably loud neighbor.
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📼 Retro Commercial Break:
• The Adventures of Pete & Pete: Mom’s Plate, 1991.
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🎤 And Now, These Messages:
“The Adventures of Pete & Pete” and “O’ Christmas Pete” © 1995 Viacom.
Say hi on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.
Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.
Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house.
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