Advent Calendar House - TV Holiday & Christmas Specials
TV & Film:TV Reviews
It’s Christmas Eve in the Advent Calendar House as we walk through a ring of fire back to 1982 to dance with the Smurfs and watch goodness make the badness go away.
Full show notes with links at: https://adventcalendar.house/episodes/smurfs-christmas-special
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🎙 On This Episode:• Mike Westfall (@fallwestmike), my dear mother’s recipe for making life miserable.
• Thom Crowe (@thomcrowe), a very wise man with a beard who won’t outright say he’s not Santa, from Tis the Podcast.
• 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.
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💬 Topics & Tangents:• Watch The Smurfs’ Christmas Special on the official Smurfs YouTube channel.
• We want to try Greedy Smurf’s cauldron of pink pudding.
• My son thinks the king of Hyrule is Santa.
• I just now learned about Watergate salad.
• The Smurfs in theme parks.
• Danny Goldman (Brainy Smurf) in Young Frankenstein.
• Paul Winchell (Gargamel) invented an artificial heart.
• The mysterious Stranger may or may not be the actual Devil.
• Teaser for a new Smurfs animated series.
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📼 Retro Commercial Break:• The Smurfs at Kings Dominion (1984).
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“The Smurfs” and “The Smurfs’ Christmas Special” © 1982 Hanna-Barbera Productions.
The Advent Calendar House can also be found making the badness go away on Twitter (@adventcalhouse) and Instagram (@adventcalendarhouse).
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