Anthony Caruso of Tis The Podcast joins Todd to discuss his new book, “Another Christmas Story.” Take the twists and turns of conversation into what books became Christmas movies and how Hallmark is a book and movie factory. Be witness to what just might become a world-famous writing team.
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Life Is A Lot Easier When You Let Someone Else Carry Your Load. Even If You Can Carry It Yourself. (Almost Christmas)
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Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! And Happy May! We are officially one-third of the way done with 2021 already! Can you believe it? The most wonderful time of the year – the Ber months – will be here before you know it! We’re already closer than halfway to Halloween, which means we’re that much closer to Christmas! This year is flying!
This week, join Julia, Thom, and Anthony as they discuss the 2016 comedy-drama film Almost Christmas – their long overdue, first truly diverse, black-led holiday film since covering Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey! While y’all know they’re all fans of a cinematic dysfunctional family, they haven’t loved or related to one as much as they do the Meyers family in a long, long time. There’s nothing but love all around for this talent-infused, heartwarming film, full of multiple Linus moments, which all three elves agree will be entering their Christmas canons. The only question that truly remains: where does it rank upon their Christmas canon list? Find out in this fun, jolly episode that’s sure to leave you with a big smile on your face!
Enjoy, y’all! And keep your eyes on your feeds this upcoming Thursday for the next installment of “Another Christmas Story” – Chapter Fourteen, which will be read to you by listener Kendall Farrae of the “For Forks Sake“ podcast!
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Author: Tis the Podcast
Title: Life Is A Lot Easier When You Let Someone Else Carry Your Load. Even If You Can Carry It Yourself. (Almost Christmas)
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The Dangers of Regifting: The Canned Plum Pudding by Ellis Parker Butler
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Happy May! In today’s episode, I share a new segment called “This (Christmas) Day in History”… we go back to Christmas 1990 and learn about the creation of the World Wide Web – is that the best Christmas present ever?
Then Gracie and I chat about her birthday, and then we play a Christmas Trivia Game – who do you think will win?
Finally, I read a Christmas story entitled, “The Canned Plum Pudding” by Ellis Parker Butler. Have you ever had a regifting experience that went horribly wrong? Let this story serve as a lesson for you, and think twice before you send that gift off to someone else.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:30 This (Christmas) Day in History
08:30 Gracie’s Birthday and Christmas Trivia
29:00 Introduction to the life of Ellis Parker Butler
32:40 Story: The Canned Plum Pudding by Ellis Parker Butler
45:20 Closing Comments and some very interesting comments about the Nishnabotna River. And a blooper.
"Another Christmas Story" - Chapter Thirteen - Christmas Time is Here - As Read By Mike Westfall of "Advent Calendar House"
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Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the fourteenth official installment of “Another Christmas Story“!
This week, Mike Westfall of the always amazing, nostalgic, informative, and hilarious “Advent Calendar House” will read to all of you Chapter Thirteen of our tale, entitled “Christmas Time is Here”. Within this chapter, we switch back to the perspectives of Aaron Rankin and his classmates on their Christmas Eve field trip to New York City!
We hope you like it! If you do, make sure to share this episode and our website, upon which the text of this installment is posted, to get it in front of as many eyes as possible! Make sure to check your podcast feeds for your regular weekly episode on Monday, in which the elves cover the 2016 holiday film, “Almost Christmas”, and next Thursday for the fourteenth official chapter of this story – “Chapter Fourteen: Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town”, which Kendall Farrae of “For Forks Sake” will be reading to you! In it, we switch back to the points of view of college students Elizabeth Meyer and Noah Clarke as they traverse Manhattan to find the perfect Christmas story for NYU’s streaming website!
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Cornelia offers Santa some chocolate chip cookies from Bloomingdale’s. Santa helps himself to some cookies before saying goodbye for now. The next day, it’s Christmas and Patch’s shoddily produced toys start falling apart much to the disappointment of kids everywhere (or, at least, somewhere in Texas). Join us as we take a deep dive into what Santa calls his favorite cookies, reveal what Cornelia thinks of the nickname “Corny”, search for an obscure TBS promo, learn that friendship is magic, and much more! Join us as we discuss Minute 57 of Santa Claus: The Movie (1985).
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Ep 67 - "Only Fools & Horses" pt1 (w/ Adam, Jack, and Steve)
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What’s up, dudes? I’m talking “Only Fools & Horses” with 3, yes 3! great chaps! That’s right! It’s a Christmas Fantastic Four! Adam Parker Sibun from Merry Britsmas, Jack Ford from Total Christmas, and Steve Beech from Uplifting House Sessions join me to talk this British classic! We’ve got Del Boy, Rodders, and Grandad up to their shenanigans on Christmas. Yes, there’s undercooked turkey and green stuff, an afternoon Christmas snooze, and a night out at the club! What could be more Christmasy than that?! So grab your gold chains and your book on body language and enjoy this ultimate British teamup!
In this episode we’ll look into the song Fairytale of New York by The Pogues.
We’ll also find out the 5 most popular songs to us in an animated Christmas Light display.
and we’ll close out the episode with a listen to the first chapter of The Audio telling of ‘A Christmas Carol’ on record from my new Christmas record collection.
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Blessed Are The Pure In Heart, For They Shall See God. (The Little Drummer Boy)
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Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! And welcome to the final official episode of April! Can you believe that? We are officially a third of the way through the year! Time is flying!
This week, journey with the elves back to the wonderful world of Rankin/Bass to discuss the 1968 holiday special, “The Little Drummer Boy”! As is always the case when the hosts cover a Rankin/Bass special, opinions are all over the place with this one, with one elf defending the special, one elf enjoying it more than the other Rankin/Bass specials previously covered, and one absolutely hating it. Meanwhile, opinions voiced by our listeners are on opposite ends of the spectrum – people either really enjoy it, or really dislike it; there doesn’t seem to be middle ground!
Discussed in this episode are the racist stereotypes perpetuated by character designs and historical (in)accuracy in this special; the origins of the traditional carol version of “The Little Drummer Boy”; Apple’s recent unveiling event; Michael Keaton’s officially announced return to the role of Batman in the upcoming “The Flash” movie; some fascinating Disney trivia that Anthony learned in a recent episodes of one of his favorite podcasts, “Dis-Order: Every Disney Film“; and much, much more! All of it together makes for a fun, fascinating episode you want to be sure you don’t miss!
Enjoy, y’all! And keep your eyes on your feeds this upcoming Thursday for the next installment of “Another Christmas Story” – Chapter Thirteen, which will be read to you by the awesome and always hilarious Mike Westfall of “Advent Calendar House“!
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Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas talks to singer Michael Sinatra about his Christmas album, An Old Fashioned Christmas, and the plans he has for a follow-up Christmas album, due later this year!
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This week, our guest, Maie Lee, brings us three very famous Christmas songs: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Last Christmas, and All I Want for Christmas is You. Scott and Jay pick an obscure version of each and Maie judges who brought the better track. Artists include Scott Weiland, Captain and Tennille, Jimmy Eat World, Postmodern Jukebox, Kurt Schneider, and The Holophonics.
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Bonus Ep. 15 - Iron Chef America: Ghosts of Holiday Ingredients Past (w/Glen Warren from Season's Eatings)
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The boys take the podcast international with Glen Warren from the Season’s Eatings Podcast to discuss their first ever reality-competition show episode, “Ghosts of Holiday Ingredients Past” from Iron Chef America (available on Hulu). Can they cook up a Christmas Classic or will this episode be headed for the garbage disposal?
Other topics include: Canadian vs. American Christmas, beaver tails, Alton Brown’s looks, cooking stuff, plating, William Shatner, Sam the Eagle, and Glen dispelling some reality TV myths.
Find Season’s Eating on your favorite podcast app or at this link.
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CWFC 080 – Christmas Goes to the Oscars with Alonso Duralde
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On this episode, we have author, film critic, and podcaster extraordinaire Alonzo Duralde on the show. And in honor of this Christmas movie expert joining us, the show is going to be all about Christmas movies. We’ll talk Christmas movie snacks, Christmas movie tropes, and a discussion of Christmas movies at the Academy Awards…and even give out a few awards of our own!
00:00 – 02:05 Intro
02:05 – 03:53 We Need a Little Christmas Now
03:53 – 08:27 Five Golden Things (Christmas movie tropes)
08:27 – 35:34 Alonso Duralde talks Christmas at the Oscars
35:34 – 52:58 The Holidacademy Awards (aka the Christmascars)
52:58 – 55:55 Wrap Up
55:55 – 58:20 Outtakes
“We Wish You A Merry Christmas” United States Marine Band
“Jingle Bells” Performed by Kristen Nowicki
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In our April episode, I take a little look at 90s British leisure centre sitcom The Brittas Empire, explore a range of British covers of the classic Jingle Bell Rock, and discuss the history of the Yule Log, & how it relates to British tradition and culture.
Rice puddings are found in nearly every area of the world. Nothing describes comfort to me than a warm bowl of sweet, sticky rice pudding. This is why the Danes love to have rice pudding during Christmas. As well as tasting delicious, their rice pudding is filled with stories of mischievous gnomes, medieval spices, and the Empress of France. So, grab a spoon and get ready for the history and origin of this creamy Danish favourite: Risengrød.
Episode 2-4: Jimmy Takeuchi "White X'mas - Drum Drum Drum"
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Welcome to the fourth episode of season two of Holly Jolly X’masu! This month, to celebrate my one-year anniversary, I’ll be discussing Jimmy Takeuchi and the Exciters’ White X’mas – Drum Drum Drum. It’s a great album, and their “Jingle Bells” has been part of my intro from the start.
From what I can tell, the album was released in 1976. It took some sleuthing, but based on the catalog number, I’m pretty sure that’s accurate. As you can see from my scan, the cover isn’t in the best of shape. Considering how much I paid, I can’t complain. I considered getting another copy just to have a better scan for this episode, but every affordable copy I found had similar damage. I did find a copy one 8-track and nearly got that, but I don’t have a player so it just would have been a curiosity.
Like I stated in the episode, Jimmy Takeuchi worked with and had ties to lots of the artists whose albums I’ve been buying over the past year or so. In addition to the ones I mentioned, he also crossed paths with Naomi Sagara and Yukari Ito, who were the first two hosts of the Sounds in “S” television show. Yukari Ito had a pair of songs on King Records’ 1963 album, Merry, Merry X’mas, which I covered back in June; while Naomi Sagara’s 1975 album, White Christmas, is one of the better vocal Christmas albums of the 70s. As for Shoji Suzuki, below is the cover of his Swingin’ Christmas, with Jimmy in the center on drums.
Welcome to the 2021 season! We start with talking about the fan favorite topic of Christmas music, in a new series called Christmas Collections. In this episode, Rick Stoneburner shares his love and experience collecting hundreds of Christmas music CDs.
It’s Episode 28 and if my knowledge of numerology is correct, I foresee that this show will be full of the usual stuff.
After last week’s wonderful rendition of Jingle Bells, Batman Smells we revisit the song to learn a bit about it’s origins and Robin sings some of the numerous versions of the song.
We have a fantastic quiz about the book A Christmas Carol. It’s your chance to find out if you know as much as you think you know about this great classic.
Then we look at Bugs Bunny’s Looney Tunes Christmas Tales, 3 Christmas stories, one of which is perhaps the laziest version of A Christmas Carol I’ve ever seen.
If you want to watch it here’s a link: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5ji4wa
This episode’s recommendation is Advent Calendar House hosted by Mike Westfall. It’s a great podcast that looks at holiday specials, particularly Christmas ones.
Here’s a link: https://adventcalendar.house/
If you want to get in touch, the email is totalchristmas@gmail.com
Or you can visit the website at totalchristmaspodcast.com