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A salute to all TV holiday specials, but mostly the Christmas ones.
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- The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries: The Nutcracker Scoobby e_xander on July 23, 2025
🎄 We wrap up Christmas in July with an old-fashioned scary ghost story. Join us as we fire up the Mystery Machine and take a drive back to 1984 for […]
- The Thanksgiving Promiseby e_xander on July 21, 2025
🦃 This Thanksgiving in July, I’ve decided to treat y’all to a feast of a special I’ve had tucked away in my memory for decades, but it’s finally […]
- Taz-Mania: No Time for Christmasby e_xander on July 19, 2025
🎄 Join us for a short spin back to 1993 as we spend 48 minutes blah blah blah yackety schmacketing about Taz’s attempt to spread Christmas cheer in a land […]
- Santabear’s High Flying Adventureby e_xander on July 17, 2025
🎄 This episode is stuffed with surprises, so get your propeller spinning and take off back to 1987 as we nosedive into the history of Santabear, a Midwest […]
- The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss: Mrs. Zabarelli’s Holiday Batonby e_xander on July 15, 2025
🎄 Now it’s time for a Muppety holiday fix, so let’s turn the clock back to 1996, to a show I’m excited to reintroduce: it’s “The Wubbulous World […]
- Roseanne: Halloween IVby e_xander on July 13, 2025
🎃 This year, Halloween in July has fallen on a Scrooge Sunday, so we’re killing two birds with one garbage disposal as we journey back to 1992 to watch […]
- The Charmings: Yes, Lillian, There Is a Santa Clausby e_xander on July 11, 2025
🎄 Hey, remember the Christmas episode of that show on ABC where Snow White and Prince Charming are transported by the Evil Queen to a land without magic and […]
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Christmas Aliensby e_xander on July 9, 2025
🎄 Cowabunga! In nearly 40 years of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV series, 2004’s “The Christmas Aliens” is somehow their only animated Christmas […]
- Here Comes Peter Cottontailby e_xander on July 7, 2025
🐰 It’s Easter in July, and those two things together are the least confusing thing about today’s episode. In 1971’s “Here Comes Peter Cottontail,” […]
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Not a Christmas Storyby e_xander on July 5, 2025
🎄 We’re snowed in a bit earlier than expected, but that’s not stopping us from having a humdinger of a Christmas feast from around the world. Our […]
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