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What’s up, dudes? It’s the A-Team: four Vietnam vets, framed for a crime they didn’t commit who help the innocent while on the run from the military. I’ve got Laramy Wells from Moving Panels and Joe Fulton the Christmas Aficionado with me to talk all about the Thanksgiving episode “Family Reunion!”

On Thanksgiving, General Stockwell orders the A-Team to reunite a wanted criminal, A.J. Bancroft, with his daughter Ellen within 24 hours. In return, Bancroft will provide evidence that could bring down half the crooked politicians in Washington. Bancroft, who is terminally ill, has not seen his daughter in twenty years. However, Ellen knows all about his misdeeds from reading the papers. The old man has another reason to hire the A-Team specifically: he tells Murdock that Templeton Peck was born Richard Bancroft, his son. Bancroft’s former associates in crime don’t want their involvement to go public, so they send goons after Bancroft and his daughter. Can the A-Team intercept them and reunite the estranged family? Of course! That’s why they’re the A-Team! Unfortunately, not before Bancroft dies and misses the chance to tell Face that he’s his dad as well. Family, right?!

Explosions? Check. Tricking out the van? Got it. Family drama and character study? Definitely more than usual for this show! So grab your journal full of secrets, explode some fire extinguishers, and race into this Thanksgiving episode of the A-Team!

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Author: Gerry D / Laramy Wells, Joseph Fulton
Title: The A-Team “Family Reunion” (w/ Laramy and Joe)

What’s up, dudes? It’s a brand new Christmas album by Ralphie, Schwartz, and Flick called “You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out”, released through Outland Records! Talk about party to the max! Mike Patton from Snow in Southtown podcast joins me to talk his new concept alum all about the 1983 classic! Ralphie channels his inner Ramone and has some great tunes to jam to! Go dig it!

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Author: Gerry D
Title:

Flashback Friday: Ralphie’s Red Ryders (w/ Mike Patton)

What’s up, dudes? I’ve got award winning singer Rehya Stevens here to talk about her brand new Christmas album “Santa’s Takin’ Over the Town!” From the acoustic ballad ‘Early Winter’ to the quasi-12 bar blues title track, each song is expertly crafted and orchestrated! And be sure to hit up ‘Be My Baby by Christmas Night!’ Its uptempo flair and catchy melody are sure to have you tappin’ your toes! This album’s guaranteed to fill your home with cozy Christmas feels and make you smile! The 6/8 orchestral ‘Christmas is Near’ immediately brings to mind Victorian carols and conjures images of Christmastide that are rich and vibrant! You gotta check it out!

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Author: Gerry D / Rehya Stevens
Title: Rehya Stevens “Santa’s Takin’ Over the Town”

What’s up, dudes? I’ve got Christmas Clatter host Todd Killian here to discuss “Newhart” episode ‘Thanksgiving for the Memories!’ When some electrical work needs to be done at the inn, Dick and company go to the rich Vanderkellens for Thanksgiving, until a fight sends them to Larry, Daryl, and Daryl. Ludicrously rich relatives? Check. Groundhog stuffing? Yup. Carving knives that make Excalibur look like a butter knife? Definitely! So grab your clubs and play some indoor gold to this episode!

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Author: Gerry D / Todd Killian
Title: Flashback Friday: Newhart “Thanksgiving for the Memories” (w/ Todd Killian)

What’s up, dudes? When people talk about the classics of Thanksgiving television, they always talk about the WKRP in Cincinatti’s “Turkeys Away” episode! My bud Vinnie Brezinsky from Huey and Bax joins me to gab–or is it gobble?–about this classic turkey drop!

The station is running so smoothly that Carlson is feeling useless and left out. He pries into everyone else’s projects, angering and annoying them in the process. Consequently, he decides to take matters into his own hands. He clandestinely plans a secret Thanksgiving Day publicity stunt. During disc jockey Johnny Fever’s segment, on-the-scene reporter Les Nessman gives live commentary of the spectacle. Actually, debacle is the correct term, because the stunt involved Carlson and Herb throwing live turkeys into the unsuspecting crowd from a helicopter. People run from the turkey bombs just as Johnny cuts the feed. Finally, Carlson, Herb, and Les return to the station and detail the horrific affair.

Based on a true story, this episode has comedy in spades! Drug references? Yep. Absurd ideas from incompetent bosses? Check. Turkeys hitting the pavement like sacks of wet cement? Definitely! So grab your microphone, hop in your chopper, and fly off into this episode about the classic WKRP Turkey Drop!

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Author: Gerry D / Vinnie Brezinsky
Title: WKRP in Cincinnati “Turkeys Away” (w/ Vinnie Brezinsky)

What’s up, dudes? It’s Christmas Podcast Day 2023! This year the Christmas Podcast Network is covering adaptations of “A Christmas Carol!” I’ve got Santa Ambassador Matt Spaulding from  North Pole Radio with me to talk about “The Real Ghostbusters” season 1 episode ‘Xmas Marks the Spot!’

The Ghostbusters are driving back from a bust when they inadvertently enter a rift in the space-time continuum. This time slip transports them back to London in 1837. They pick up massive readings in the PKE meter and follow them to their he house of Ebenezer Scrooge. Seeing ghosts, the boys take action and bust the spectral figures, not really they trapped the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. Scrooge is initially grateful, but quickly becomes flabbergasted when they demand payment.

When the ghostbusters return to the future, people are cruel and selfish, and it seems that Christmas has been eradicated. It turns out that Scrooge was so furious over having to pay for their services, that he wrote a book denigrating the holiday. The ghostbusters have no choice but to launch a counter operation on two fronts: Egon will go into the containment unit to retrieve the benevolent spirits, and Peter, Winston, and Ray will go back to the past and pretend to be the ghosts in order to scare Scrooge straight. Spoiler alert! They succeed.

Christmas carols? Check. Ebenezer Scrooge? Yep. Blonde wigs and pink tutus? Well…only if for pretending to be a ghost. So grab your proton pack, pick up your PKE meter, and hop in Ecto-1 to get to this episode all about “The Real Ghostbusters” ‘Xmas Marks the Spot!’

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Author: Gerry D / Matt Spaulding
Title: The Real Ghostbusters “Xmas Marks the Spot” (w/ Matt Spaulding)

What’s up, dudes? Happy Halloween! Yes, it’s October 31, All Hallows Eve, and that means we’re talking about the Urtext of horror slashers, “Halloween” and its network television debut. There are frights and jumps, and many deaths from unsuspecting teenage babysitters. It’s such a monumental movie that it spawned a multiversal franchise spanning 45 years.

Halloween is an iconic slasher film written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill, and released on Oct 25, 1978. Starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasance, it introduced us to the Shape, Michael Audrey Myers, who was committed to a sanitarium for murdering his teenage sister on Halloween night when he was a child. Fifteen years later, he escaped and returned to his hometown, where he stalked teenager Laurie Strode and her friends. Michael’s psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis pursued him with the intention of ending the evil for good.

In 1980, NBC purchased the television rights to Halloween for about $3 million. “Halloween” aired on television for the first time in October 25, 1981. NBC’s Standards and Practices censored certain scenes, much to the chagrin of Carpenter and Hill. This unfortunately resulted in the movie being too short to fill the two-hour time slot, and so Carpenter filmed about twelve minutes of additional material while he was making “Halloween II.”

The newly filmed scenes include Dr. Loomis at a hospital board review of Michael Myers. Dr. Loomis also talks to a then-6-year-old catatonic Michael at Smith’s Grove. Loomis also examines Michael’s abandoned cell after his escape from the Smith’s Grove facility, seeing the word “Sister” scratched into the door. Finally, Carpenter added a scene in which Lynda comes over to Laurie’s house to borrow a silk blouse before Laurie leaves to babysit, just as Annie telephones asking to borrow the same blouse. Funnily enough, Laurie’s hair is hidden by a towel, since Curtis had a much shorter hairstyle than she had worn in 1978.

Halloween became the model for countless slasher films, and, while many have tried, none have quite captured its raw, thrilling perfection. Indeed, Michael Myers is one of cinema’s greatest villains! So grab your ghost costume, pack your revolver, and hunt down this episode on the “Halloween” NBC premiere!

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Author: Gerry D
Title: Halloween ‘81 NBC premiere

What’s up, dudes? It’s another minisode! Today we’re celebrating Halloween and Christmas with the John Barrett penned Ted E. Bear story “Christmas Comes to Monster Mountain!” It’s a the literary sequel to “The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas” and “The Great Bear Scare.”

John Barrett came up with the story to “The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas” and developed the teleplay for the special which was subsequently produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises in 1973. The special stars Ted E. Bear as a curious bear who yearns to discover and experience Christmastide, even as he endures ridicule from the entire bear community. Barrett also wrote several sequels to the special, including “The Great Bear Scare.” In this adventure, the bears of the city of Bearbank hear rumors that Count Dracula and the other monsters from Monster Mountain are going to invade and conquer Bearbank on Halloween. Teddy believes he has found a way to deter and repel the creatures, and indeed he does save the day. In fact, “The Great Bear Scare” was turned into a special layer in 1983, though the animation is stilted and incomplete. Dracula also has trouble turning into a bat for some reason.

That now brings us to “Christmas Comes to Monster Mountain.” Developed by the LeFave Company, it was published in 1981 by Children’s Press. The illustrations were done by Rick Reinert Productions in the style of the original special.

Dracula, the leader of the monsters, is running for re-election, and needs a scheme so vile that it secures his victory. His diabolical plot: kidnap Santa. I wonder if Jack Skellington took notes from this book. He writes a letter to Santa pretending to be a young boy so that the good saint will visit him. Sure enough, on Christmas Eve, Santa comes down Dracula’s chimney and is caught in his trap. When Santa doesn’t come back up the chimney, his reindeer fly off to get help. Enter Ted E Bear! He agrees to help, and since he can’t rescue Santa from Dracula, he delivers all the presents in Santa’s stead. On Christmas morning, as Dracula revels in his success, Ted shows up and reveals that the ploy failed because he himself delivered the presents. Dracula is sure he will lose the election; however, Santa always brings extra gifts on his trip. Ted E Bear handed them out to all the monsters for Christmas. The monsters are so overcome with joy that Dracula wins in a landslide. He brought Christmas to Monster Mountain.

Scary monsters? Check. Undaunted protagonist? Got it. Learning to fly Santa’s sleigh in no time? For sure! So grab your flight map, hop on the sleigh, and deliver presents to this episode!

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Author: Gerry D
Title: Christmas Comes to Monster Mountain

What’s up, dudes? It’s a Marvel Comics Christmas with AA and CM Chuck from Just Another Friday Night! We’re talking the Outback era of Chris Claremont and Marc Silvestri’s X-Men run! Yes, it’s Uncanny X-Men #230!

The X-Men defeated the Adversary and the world presumes them dead. In truth, they’ve taken over the Reavers’s base in the Australian Outback. Having ousted the cybernetic former tenants, Storm, Havok, Rogue, Dazzler, Psylocke, Wolverine, and Madelyne Pryor test the defenses of their new headquarters. Meanwhile, Longshot explores the lower levels and discovers the hidden stolen treasures of the mercenaries.

The psychometric feedback puts Longshot in a coma, and, after a quick recovery, the X-Men resolve to secretly return the loot. Using his powers, Longshot senses the owner of each item, and with the help of the native mutant Gateway, the team deliver the objects via teleportation. Oh yeah! and it’s Christmas Eve! They even run into children waiting for Santa’s delivery and their former proteges the New Mutants Christmas caroling. Dazzler ends up with a motorbike for her troubles, and Rogue gifts Gateway a wooden flute.

Caroling in a snow storm? Check. Cleaning with weather powers? Yep. Pretending to be Santa’s special helpers while delivering presents? Definitely! So grab a stolen locket, psychically determine it’s owner, and teleport into this episode all about Uncanny X-Men #230!

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Author: Gerry D / AA, CM Chuck
Title: Uncanny X-Men #230 (w/ AA and CM Chuck)

What’s up, dudes? It’s a fun, light hearted episode today with special guests Anthony Caruso from ‘Tis the Podcast and CM Chuck from Just Another Friday Night! That’s right! We’re talking the General Mills monster cereals! Officially created in 1928, General Mills traces its history back to the 1860’s.

Introduced in March of 1971, Count Chocula is a chocolate loving vampire designed by George Karn. His cereal, as his name suggests, was made of delicious whole grain corn chocolate flavor frosted cereal and marshmallow bits. His Bela Lugosi-inspired voice was provided by Larry Kenney for the commercials. In the 1980’s Count Chocula character was re-vamped (pun intended) with a more svelte physique, a slender nose, and added shading on his clothes. New boxes were introduced, even including a set where Lugosi’s Dracula chased a terrified Count Chocula.

Franken Berry followed soon after in October of ‘71, also a Karn design. He is a slightly rotund pink version of Frankenstein’s creature with sweet strawberry cereal and marshmallows. Voiced by Bob McFadden, he was given a Boris Karloff-style voice.

Boo Berry, the blueberry flavored cereal ghost mascot, was released in 1973. His Peter Lorre-tinged voice was provided by Christmas special voice acting legend Paul Frees. Boo Berry is a blue ghost with a red bow-tie and red and yellow hat.

Rounding out the cast is Frute Brute, a werewolf introduced in ‘74 and retired in ‘82, and Fruity Yummy Mummy, released in ‘88 and retired in ‘92. Both are fruit flavored cereals. In ‘85 the cereal pieces became ghost shaped, and in ‘89 bat shaped marshmallows were introduced.

Hanna-Barbera vibe? Check. Classic Universal Studios Monster pastiches? Uh huh. Loads and loads of sugar? Definitely! So grab a spoon, put on your chocolate cloak, and pour out a big bowl full of this episode on monster cereals!

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Author: Gerry D / Anthony Caruso, CM Chuck
Title: General Mills Monster Cereals (w/ Anthony and CM Chuck)

What’s up, dudes? Ron, Jay, and Lindsey from the Film Strip podcast are with me to dive into (pun intended) “Jaws: The Revenge!” Yes, it’s a quasi-direct sequel to the original in a “Jaws” multiverse.

Chief Brody has passed away, and his wife Ellen is feeling lonely and nostalgic at Christmas. When her younger son Sean is killed by a great white, she needs a change of scenery. Her other son Michael brings her to his marine biology headquarters in the Caribbean to spend Christmas. Oh, Ellen meets a local smuggler and pilot Hoagie, who immediately tries to woo her.

Michael and his keeps being followed and nearly eaten by a great white shark. Ellen, who has suddenly developed an apocryphal-sense for the beast, is positive it’s the same creature that killed her son. Determined to end the threat to her bloodline, she hunts it down herself. With the help of his partner Jake and pilot Hoagie, Michael tracks Ellen and together they destroy the animal with pseudoscience.

Michael Caine? Check. The Last Starfighter? Yep. Voodoo controlled shark? Only if you read the novelization! So grab your harpoon, build an electrical impulse emitter, and sail off to this episode all about “Jaws: The Revenge!”

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Author: Gerry D / Ron, Jay, Lindsey
Title:

Jaws: The Revenge (w/ Ron, Jay & Lindsey)

What’s up, dudes? Christmas Podcast Day 2023 is fast approaching! That’s right! This November 1st you’ll be able to listen to an entire Band Aid super group’s worth of Christmas podcasts! The theme is the Charles Dickens masterpiece “A Christmas Carol!” You’ll hear about movies, tv show episodes, music, games, radio plays, and anything else you can imagine all on November 1st! Make sure to check out Christmaspodcasts.com to listen to all the amazing episodes and start your season right! It’s #ChristmasPodcastDay this November 1st!

After Halloween is done
It’s time to start the Christmas fun
Yes my friends it’s Christmas podcast day

November 1st is the day you need
To check your favorite podcast feed
And join the fun on Christmas podcast day

All your favorite Christmas shows
Are releasing brand new episodes
Some may say that it’s too soon
But they’re lucky we don’t do it in June.

So come along and have a laugh
As we talk carols, films, and crafts
And other things from the merriest holiday
Fa la la la it’s Christmas podcast day

There are so many Christmas shows
Some you might not even know
You might a new favorite
And take some time to savor it

So listen on your computer or phone
At work the gym commuting or home.
A new tradition that is here to stay
Tell everyone it’s Christmas podcast
Join in the fun on Christmas podcast
Download every one on Christmas podcast day
Get in the sleigh, it’s Christmas podcast day!

Lyrics by Tim Babb
Music by Al Yankovic
Vocals by Tim Babb and Gerry D

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Author: Gerry D / Tim Babb, Christmas Podcast Network
Title: Christmas Podcast Day is Coming!

What’s up, dudes? I’ve got songwriter Chad Wonsik here to talk all about the 1985 horror comedy “Fright Night!” It’s the ultimate ’80s cheese, full of nonsensical shark-inspired vampire teeth and next-level bat special effects!

Charley Brewster is a typical teenage horror-film junkie trying to be more intimate with his girlfriend Amy. When a mysterious new neighbor named Jerry Dandridge moves next-door, strange events occur and disappearances abound. Charlie becomes increasingly convinced Jerry is a vampire. Nobody believes him, of course. Jerry, however, realizes Charlie is on to him, and brutally confronts him. He even transforms his best friend Evil Ed into a vampire. After Amy is kidnapped, Charlie turns to the only person who he believes could help: washed-up television vampire killer Peter Vincent. The pair return to Dandridge’s house, kill his ghoul(?)/golem(?) guardian Billy as well as Evil Ed, and blast Jerry to dust with sunlight. Oh yeah, Amy is restored to her human state.

Has-been horror host? Check. Menacing antagonist? Yep. Companion melting into goo and sand? Uh…I gues… So grab your cross and holy water, pack your wooden stakes, and hunt vampires to this episode all about “Fright Night!”

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Author: Gerry D / Chad Wonsik
Title: Fright Night (w/ Chad Wonsik)

What’s up, dudes? Adam Pope from Wizards! The Podcast Guide to Comics and The Retro Network is here to talk about the 1983 Disney Channel show “Welcome to Pooh Corner!” That’s right! It’s a live action Pooh bear and all the Hundred Acre Wood friends!

In “Christmas at Pooh Corner,” Pooh can hardly contain his excitement for Christmastide. When his Pooh-koo clock alerts him that the season has arrived, he immediately goes to tell his friends. Poor gloomy Eeyore is upset though that all his attempts to to make Christmas cards have failed. Pooh convinces him to tag along, and they pair try to make homemade ornaments. Having failed yet another task, Eeyore leaves and joins Roo and Tigger caroling. He sings the wrong words and leaves dejected. On Christmas Eve, a huge snowstorm leaves Pooh, Piglet, and Rabbit stranded. Owl enlists Eeyore’s aid, and, using the large swing his friends made for him previously, he rescues his friends. Everyone agrees that being together for Christmas is the best present of all. Oh, and Santa comes and fills their stockings, so…win!

So grab your oversized swing sleigh, hitch up your gloomy donkey, and ride into this episode all about “Welcome to Pooh Corner!”

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Author: Gerry D / Adam Pope
Title: Christmas at Pooh Corner (w/ Adam Pope)

What’s up, dudes? Remember Dumbo? Well, he had an early Disney Channel Show, and I’ve got Mike Westfall from Advent Calendar House and Thom Crowe from ‘Tis the Podcast with me to break down the (quasi-) Halloween episode! Yes, it’s “Dumbo’s Circus!” Dumbo and friends get into a spooky mood!

Lionel, dressed in a Cobra Kai skeleton costume, surprises Dumbo and Sebastian while they’re doing chores. The creepy attire spurs Dumbo and gang to put on a spooky circus show. Meanwhile, Rinkum and Barnaby are delivering a package and get lost in the woods when their package rolls down a hill.  All the friends put on monster costumes, including a vampire, Jacob Marley Ninja Turtle, banana sheet ghost, and Hamburglar witch. They break up into pairs to head into the deep, dark woods to get supplies for their performance. Barnaby and Rinkum happen upon several of the friends in their macabre garb and are frightened, until they realize the spooks are merely Dumbo et al. After joining them, they do a Thriller  dance to end the show!

Spooky costumes? Check. Misunderstanding? Yep. Blatant ripoff of Michael Jackson? Definitely! So grab your costume, put on your chains, and dance along to this episode all about “Dumbo’s Circus!”

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Author: Gerry D / Mike Westfall, Thom Crowe
Title:

Dumbo’s Circus (w/ Mike and Thom)

What’s up, dudes? I’ve got Robert Nicholas from Behind the Bells with me talking about the made for TV movie “A Hobo’s Christmas!” The Bernard Hughes/Gerald McRaney two-hander does Hallmark better than Hallmark!

Chance Grovner abandoned his family 25yrs earlier in order to find work to support them. With Christmas approaching and his age increasing, Chance leaves his friends to spend one more Christmas with his estranged son Charlie. Despite his anger and resentment, Charlie allows Chance to stay for Christmas to allow his own children to get to know their grandfather. They go skating, pick out a tree, and make hobo stew. As the days go by, they all grow closer, and Chance invites his hobo friends over for a huge family Christmas party! Chance tries to sneak away early in the morning, but Charlie and his kids go after him. Their declaration of love touches Chance, prompting him to leave his hobo lifestyle and stay with his family. Oh, and Charlie gets together with girlfriend for good. Yay, commitment!

Estranged father? Check. Love interest possibly moving away? Yep. Hobo stew? Only Chance’s legendary recipe! So grab your boots, pack up your bindle, and catch a train to this episode on “A Hobo’s Christmas!”

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Author: Gerry D / Robert Nicholas
Title: A Hobo’s Christmas (w/ Robert Nicholas)

What’s up, dudes? Spooky season is here! I’ve got Michelle Kidwell from Michelle’s Spooky Library and Anthony Caruso from ‘Tis the Podcast with me to talk the Halloween episode ‘Hallowinnie‘ of the sitcom “Free Spirit!” It’s the 1989 sitcom about a good witch who becomes nanny(?)/housekeeper(?) to a divorcé and his 3 kids. Oh, and there’s Christmas in it too!

Jessie is waiting to see if she’s been accepted into the popular girls group the Debs. Meanwhile, Rob’s girlfriend has just dumped him, and his dad is eager to win a costume contest at his firm’s Halloween party. Jessie, in order to impress the Debs, holds her own Halloween party. It all goes wrong when Jessie is turned invisible and Winnie can’t undo the spell. Apparently, there’s so much magic being tossed around on Halloween night that Winnie’s power is diminished and running haywire. Luckily, while invisible, Jessie sees the Debs’ true colors, and, after Winnie finally fixes her spell, decides to dump them. They also fly their brooms across the moon. It’s a Halloween tradition, after all.

Corny jokes? Check. Zatanna-inspired costume? Yep. California raisin mistaken for rabbit droppings? Definitely! So grab your broom, put on your mask, and fly into this episode all about Halloween on “Free Spirit!”

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Author: Gerry D / Michelle Kidwell, who Anthony Caruso
Title: Free Spirit (w/ Michelle and Anthony)

What’s up, dudes? I’ve got Mike Westfall from Advent Calendar House, Chad Young from Horror Movie BBQ, and Tommy Coombs the Pop Daddy here to talk about the Christmas episodes of the 1988 syndicated game show “Funhouse!” Hosted by JD Roth, two teams competed in Christmas themed stunts for the opportunity to run through the Funhouse to win ultimate prizes!

The season 1 episode sees the red team face the gold team by making snowman, hanging ornaments, and stuffing presents in Santa’s bag. In the Grand Prix race, they alternate pushing Santa’s sleigh. The red team, having defeated the gold, run through the Funhouse and earn a bevy of prizes!

In the 1989 season 2 Christmas episode, the stunts were even wackier! The boys tossed reindeer noses to the girls to put on audience members! They spun a giant dreidel for candy and even matched ornament halves “I Love Lucy”-style! The Grand Prix had each team deliver presents to children of the world as Santa and Mrs. Claus! The red team emerged victorious and ran through the Funhouse for some great gifts and cash!

Schmutz? Check. Zany stunts? Uh huh. World’s worst Santa beard? Looking at you, JD! So grab your British Knights, collect the blue and white tokens, and try to win with this episode on Funhouse Christmas!

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Author: Gerry D / Mike Westfall, Tommy Coombs, Chad Young
Title:

Funhouse (w/ Mike, Tommy & Chad)