The Smurfs’ Christmas Special

It’s Christmas Eve, and we’re walking through a ring of fire back to the Year of Our Lord 1982 to dance along with “The Smurfs’ Christmas Special.”

On This Episode:

1. Mike Westfall (@fallwestmike), my dear mother’s recipe for making life miserable.
2. Thom Crowe (@thomcrowe), a very wise man with a beard who won’t outright say he’s not Santa, from Tis the Podcast.
3. Gerry Davila (@ RadChristmas), who would have made a heck of a Christmas pudding if only he hadn’t eaten the last walnut, from Totally Rad Christmas.

Topics and Tangents:

1. Watch “The Smurfs Christmas Special” on the official Smurfs YouTube channel.
2. The great debate over VHS recordings with vs. without commercials.
3. We want to try Greedy Smurf’s giant cauldron of pink Christmas pudding.
4. My son thinks the king of Hyrule is Santa.
5. I am just now learning about Watergate salad.
6. The Smurfs in theme parks, including Hanna-Barbera Land in Texas and Kings Dominion in Virginia.
7. Danny Goldman (Brainy Smurf) played a similarly know-it-all-ish student in “Young Frankenstein.”
8. Paul Winchell (Gargamel) designed and patented an artificial heart.
9. Papa Smurf Jedi-mind-tricks a pack of wolves.
10. The mysterious, unnamed Stranger may or may not be the actual Devil.
11. Teaser for The Smurfs’ new animated series coming in 2021.

Previous Podcast Episodes Mentioned:

• Frosty the Snowman (Season 1, Episode 1)
• A Rugrats Chanukah (Season 1, Episode 6)
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Season 2, Episode 1)
• A Garfield Christmas Special (Season 2, Episode 6)
• He-Man/She-Ra: A Christmas Special (Season 2, Episode 18)
• A Wish for Wings That Work (Season 3, Episode 3)
• Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July (Season 4, Episode 2)
• G.I. Joe: Cobra CLAWS Are Coming to Town (Season 4, Episode 11)
• The Little Drummer Boy (Season 5, Episode 8)

Commercial Break:

• The Smurfs Are Coming to Kings Dominion, 1984

Podcast Promos:

• Tis the Podcast, dedicated to keeping the Christmas spirit alive all year long.
• Totally Rad Christmas, dedicated to all things Christmas in the ’80s.

“The Smurfs” and “The Smurfs’ Christmas Special” © 1982 Hanna-Barbera Productions.

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