What’s up, dudes? Great Scott! I’ve got Lucky and Joe from the Now Watch This podcast here to talk the paradoxically awesome “Back to the Future” series and its cartoon Christmas episode, “Dickens of a Christmas”! We get into all of it! Time travel, narrating carolers, hover boards, pick pockets! It’s all in there! Oh, and it’s not Christmas without a savage Godzilla attack! Yes, the shark still looks fake! So turn on your flux capacitor, load up some plutonium, and get up to 88mph for this awesome episode!

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What’s up, dudes? Totally Rad Christmas All-Star Benji Pearson joins me on this Epiphany Octave day to talk about ‘80s Christmas decorations, specifically those from a 1981 JCPenney catalog! There are satin baubles! There are velvet bows! There are all sorts of bells! We cover all of it! So turn on your Time Life Treasury of Christmas, make some hot chocolate and M&M cookies, and leave those decorations up until Candlemas with this episode!

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Merry Christmas, dudes! Listen to me try to herd cats in this very special Chattin’ with the a littles episode! Not much else to say except that I hope your Christmas is bodaciously, totally rad!!

What’s up, dudes? I’ve got the Cult Film Club with me here to dive into the 1984 sci-fi flick “Trancers”! We really get into it because this one’s got it all! Zombies? Check. Psychics? Yep. Time Travel? Definitely. Falling in love with your own great-great-grandma? Of course!  So put some grease in your hair, equip your long second watch, and head to a punk rock club to dig this episode!

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What’s up, dudes? The legendary Brian Earl from the Christmas Past Podcast sat down with me to talk the 1984 TV movie adaptation of “A Christmas Carol” starring George C. Scott! Do we talk about Christmas pudding? Maybe. Do we discuss accurate book-to-movie portrayals of the various Spirits of Christmas? Perhaps. Do we analyze the chord progressions and lyrics of the original song composed for the film? Definitely! So sit back in your counting house, grab the hand of a nearby Christmas Spirit, and relive a past Christmas with this episode!

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What’s up, dudes? I’ll be on the Namely ‘90s Podcast talking the Hercules Christmas episode!

What’s up, dudes? It was Christmas Eve in the drunk tank with Anthony Caruso from ‘Tis the Podcast, and we talked all about the Pogues UK hit “Fairytale in New York”! We dive into the music and lyrics! Irish pub song? You betcha! Christmas song? Listen to find out! So put on some Sinatra, grab your partner, and dig into this episode!

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What’s up, dudes? It’s the Feast of St. NIcholas, and I’m joined by Scott Leopold from Holly Jolly X’masu and Anthony Caruso from ‘Tis the Podcast to discuss the 1985 Spielbergian Amazing Stories episode “Santa ’85”! It’s got all the Santa tropes! Does he get arrested? Yep. Does he give a kid a ride in his sleigh? Check. Does he drop the present the antagonist always wanted as he’s flying away? You betcha! It’s tropey to the max! And there’s rad ’85 computer graphics! So grab your Buck Rogers ray gun, put on your camo, and bust this episode out of the joint!

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What’s up, dudes? Author extraordinaire Alonso Duralde from the Linoleum Knife podcast and I dig deep into this 1984 made-for-TV movie starring Jaclyn Smith and Art Carney as a grumpy yet gentle Santa! We get into Paul Williams’s muttonchops and rouge cheeks! There’s an evil oil tycoon and an ‘80s robot, too! It’s bonkers but charming! So grab your dynamite, load up your sled, and enjoy this classic(?) to start your season right!

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