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What’s up, dudes? The Christmas Cycle is almost over, so I’ve got the fabled Saturday Morning Mafia here to talk all about our favorite ’80s Christmas things! From movies to music, TV to toys, we reminisce about all the things from our childhood that gave us the Christmas feels. Newhart? Yep. Christmas Vacation? Of course. Grandma Claus? Wait…what?! So grab your wishbook, turn  the tube to Ziggy, and roundhouse kick this episode!

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Author: Gerry D / Saturday Morning Mafia
Title:

’80s Christmas Favorites (w/ Saturday Morning Mafia)

What’s up, dudes? Season 3 is almost at an end, but since we’re still in the Christmas Cycle, we’re diving into ‘80s adaptations of “Silent Night!” From Kenny Rogers to Al Green, Boney M to Rainbow Brite, these ‘80s artists made the carol their own with their signature sounds! Julie Andrews? Check. Air Supply? Yep. The Smurfs?! It was the ‘80s after all! So grab your promotional albums, sculpt some clay raisins, and jump into the soothing country and synth sonorities of this episode!

1980 – Silent Night – Johnny Cash
1980 – Silent Night – Starland Vocal Band
1980 – Silent Night – The Yobs
1981 – Silent Night, Holy Night – John Schneider
1981 – Silent Night – Anne Murray
1981 – Stille Nacht/Snow Falls Over the Ground/Hear Ye the Message – Boney M
1982 – Silent Night, Holy Night – Julie Andrews
1982 – Silent Night – Oak Ridge Boys
1983 – Silent Night – Al Green
1983 – Silent Night/Away in a Manger – Raffi
1983 – Silent Night, Holy Night – The Smurfs
1983 – Silent Night – Chet Atkins
1984 – Stille Nacht – Mannheim Steamroller
1984 – Silent Night – John Denver, Aspen Children’s Christmas Choir, Snowmass Dickens Carolers
1984 – Silent Night – Roger Whittaker
1985 – Silent Night – Rainbow Brite & the Color Kids
1987 – Silent Night – Erasure
1987 – Silent Night – Stevie Nicks
1987 – Silent Night – Reba McEntire
1987 – Silent Night – the Judds
1987 – Silent Night – Air Supply
1988 – Silent Night, Jazzy Night – Linda Hornbuckle, Patric Miller
1988 – Silent Night – California Raisins
1988 – Silent Night – Peter Cetera
1988 – Silent Night – Bros
1989 – Silent Night – Michael W Smith
1989 – Silent Night – Ricky van Shelton
1989 – Silent Night – Debby Boone
1989 – Stille Nacht, heilige nacht – The King’s Singers
1989 – Silent Night – Kenny Rogers

 

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Author: Gerry D
Title: ‘80s Covers of “Silent Night”

What’s up, dudes? It’s New Year’s Eve, so that means it time to put on George Thorogood’s “New Year’s Eve Party!” The slide guitarist uses his penchant for boogie woogie rhythms to good use in this uptempo rock and roll jam! Sax? You know it! Gravelly vocals? Of course! Seamless segue into “Auld Lang Syne!” The smoothest! So grab your champagne glasses, toast the New Year, and fall into this episode!

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Author: Gerry D
Title:

George Thorogood “New Year’s Eve Party”

What’s up, dudes? It’s the Feast of St. Stephen, so that means it’s time to talk the 1984 version of “Good King Wenceslas” by Mannheim Steamroller! The melody comes from an ancient Paschal hymn, the text from an Anglican scholar. Synths? Yup. Syncopation? Uh huh. ’80s flair? Definitely! So grab your Rhodes, start playing a Mixolydian riff, and jam out to this episode!

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Author: Gerry D
Title:

Mannheim Steamroller “Good King Wenceslas”

What’s up, dudes? Merry Christmas!! It’s a blast from the past here with a recording from when I was young of my family winning a TV on a radio contest that B-104 was running! From all of us Davilas, have a Totally Rad Christmas and a Dope New Year!

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Author: Gerry D / Davila 5
Title: Rockin’ Around the RGV (w/ the Davila 5)

What’s up, dudes? It’s been a very busy and trying holiday season, and with illness and injury striking hard, it’s been difficult to record all my episodes I normally cover. So instead, I got the Christmas Podcast Network together to help me get one last episode out before Christmas! These guys are the best! They love Christmas as much (and in some cases more) than I do, so it was a treat having them on. Make sure to check out ChristmasPodcasts.com and listen to all the rad pods out there! Oh, and we had some special guest appearances by CM Chuck of Just Another Friday Night, Joe Martinez from Now Watch This, and Charlyn Lewis of Take a Chic Peek!  It was a great time!

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Author: Gerry D / Christmas Podcast Network
Title: We Wish You a Merry Christmas (w/ Christmas Podcast Network)

What’s up, dudes? SNL has been a staple of holiday sketches and music for decades! Ken Kessler from Sounds of Christmas and Sean Sotka from the Christmas Podcasts Podcast are here with me to dive into some of the funniest Christmas bits of SNL in the ‘80s! From April May June to Mr. Robinson to the Master Thespian! Christmas in New England? Check. It’s a Wonderful Life: the Lost Ending? Got it! Hanukkah Harry Saves Christmas? Yep, that one too! So put on your fake beard, grab an ugly sweater, and laugh along with this episode!

Sounds of Christmas
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Christmas Podcasts Podcast
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Author: Gerry D / Sean Sotka, Ken Kessler
Title: Saturday Night Live (w/ Sean and Ken)

What’s up, dudes? We’re talking the Christmas compilation promo album “Winter Warnerland” from Warner Bros.! There were a whopping 37 songs and Christmas IDs on this limited edition double album set presented to radio stations, record stores, music journalists, managers and producers as a holiday gift for Christmas 1988. R.E.M.? Yep. Los Lobos? Check. Pee-Wee Herman? Well, it was the ‘80s. So grab your Walkman, put on your denim jacket, and dive into this episode!

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Author: Gerry D
Title:

Winter Warnerland, ’80s Christmas Music Compilation Promo Album

What’s up, dudes? Ed Daly, author of The Christmas Book: The Ultimate Guide to Your Favorite Holiday, and I talk all things Charles Dickens as we dive into ‘80s versions of A Christmas Carol! There were some real heavyweights! George C Scott, Michael J Fox, others without a middle initial in their stage name… Mickey Mouse? Check. Alice, Bankrupt Scrooge, and AC? Yep. Three Dog Night? Oh yeah! So put on your nightshirt, start up your smoke machine, and travel to the past with this episode! Oh, and go check out Ed’s book! It’s rad!!

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Author: Gerry D / Ed Daly
Title: ‘80s Adaptations of “A Christmas Carol” (w/ Ed Daly)

What’s up, dudes? It’s a bonus episode with Santa’s Poet Amy! That’s right! The elves taught her all about improv poetry, so she dropped in to compose some rad poems about Christmas in the ’80s! Transformers, and MTV, and Scrooged! Oh my! So enjoy the poetry, and be sure to book her for your next Christmas party!

North Pole Poet
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Author: Gerry D / Amy Marschak
Title: Santa’s North Pole Poet Laureate (w/ Amy Marschak)

What’s up, dudes? Remember Muppet Magazine? Remember The Cosby Show? They were mashed up in the Winter 1986 issue of Muppet Magazine! Gonzo leaves the Muppets to live with Denise, Theo, Vanessa, and Rudy! Will he ever return to his band of lovable weirdos? Will he learn the meaning of family? Will I talk about any of the other segments from the issue?  Grab your fruitcake and look for the Studio Family to find out!

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Author: Gerry D
Title:

The Cosby Kids & Gonzo in a Holiday Homecoming Tale

What’s up, dudes? It’s a bonus episode with Santa’s Poet Amy! That’s right! The elves taught her all about improv poetry, so she dropped in to compose some rad poems about Christmas in the ’80s! Transformers, and MTV, and Scrooged! Oh my! So enjoy the poetry, and be sure to book her for your next Christmas party!

North Pole Poet
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Twitter: @NorthPolePoet

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Author: Gerry D / Amy Marschak
Title: Santa’s North Pole Poet Laureate (w/ Amy Marschak)

What’s up, dudes? Remember hanging out at the arcade playing games, eating pizza, and spending quarters like nobody’s business? Jeff from Lost Christmas and Manny from Feliz Christmas, Merry Navidad do! We’re diving into every bit of Nintendo’s Donkey Kong! Yes, we even talk about the Christmas episode of the Saturday Supercade show “Donkey Kong, Junior!” Mario? Check! Barrels? Yep. A magic toy making machine that helps Santa make his quota? I mean…yeah… So grab a hammer, run up some ladders, and jump into this episode!

Lost Christmas Podcast
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Feliz  Christmas, Merry Navidad
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Author: Gerry D / Jeff Loftin, Manny Torres
Title: Donkey Kong (w/ Jeff and Manny)

What’s up, dudes? It’s all about Robbie Robertson’s “Christmas Must Be Tonight!” Originally written in 1975 for The Band, Robertson re-recorded it in 1988 for the soundtrack to “Scrooged!” Synth pads? Yep. Reverbed snare? Oh yeah! ’80s awesomeness? Definitely! So grab your chorus guitar pedal, put on “Scrooged,” and jam out to this minisode!

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Author: Gerry D
Title:

Robbie Robertson “Christmas Must Be Tonight”

What’s up, dudes? I’ve got  Matt Eurich from the TGI Podcast  and  Santa Ambassador Matt Spaulding from  North Pole Radio  here to talk the Little Golden Book “The Biggest, Most Beautiful Christmas Tree” by Amye Rosenberg! Some woodland animals strive to get Santa to notice them in time for Christmas! Crazy Aunt? Check. Big sack full of crafting supplies? Yep. Old Gray Acorn? Definitely! So grab your bolts of ribbon and gold foil, paint some balloons, and trim your tree to this episode!

TGI Podcast
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Author: Gerry D / Matt Eurich, Matt Spaulding
Title: The Biggest, Most Beautiful Christmas Tree (w/ Matt and Matt)

What’s up, dudes? I’ve got Joe the Christmas Aficionado here to talk about the quasi-Gift of the Magi episode of the 1988 spinoff “Just the Ten of Us!” Coach buys Elizabeth an organ then tries to sell his broken down car not knowing the girls are working to fix the situation. This one’s got it all! Large Catholic family? Check. Catchy ‘80s theme song? Yep. Tons of innuendo? Well, they fix the transmission…if you know what I mean! So grab your rosary, hop in the van, and head right into this episode!

Christmas Aficionado

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Author: Gerry D / Christmas Aficionado
Title: Just the Ten of Us (w/ the Christmas Aficionado)

What’s up, dudes? It’s December 1, so it’s full on Christmas mode! It’s a bummer, but due to illness, work, and injury, I’ll be splitting the season between full length episodes and minisodes. Here’s the first minisode all about Prime Time TV in December of ‘82! Classics? Yep. New hits? Of course. Absolute bonkers choices? Wouldn’t be the ‘80s with out ‘em! So grab some popcorn and hot chocolate, snuggle under a warm blanket, and dream of the Raddest time of year in the baddest decade ever!

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Author: Gerry D
Title: Prime Time TV December 1982

What’s up, dudes? Anthony Caruso from ‘Tis the Podcast joins me to dig into the comic book origin of the Rankin Bass special “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town!” First appearing on VHS in 1989, the 1970 special stars MIckey Rooney as a Kris Kringle  who learns the art of toymaking from some elves and delivers them to the children of Sombertown!  Penguin sidekick? Check. Overbearing mayor? Of course. Corrupted Maia who gets redemption? Very well could be! So grab your sack of toys, laugh like a seal, and dive down the chimney with this episode!

‘Tis the Podcast
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Author: Gerry D / Anthony Caruso
Title: Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (w/ Anthony Caruso)