Advent Calendar House - TV Holiday & Christmas Specials
TV & Film:TV Reviews
Join us on a sleigh ride back to the ancient year 2014 to find out why the fate of Christmas is in the hands of Murray Weiner (it rhymes with “diner”), who lives in a hidden town that’s home to more than a couple dozen holiday mascots… but mostly just the American ones.
Full episodes with links at: https://adventcalendar.house/episodes/how-murray-saved-christmas
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🎙 On This Episode:• Mike Westfall (@fallwestmike), suffering from superficial fractures of his little baby toeses.
• Michael DiGiovanni (@theatomicgeeks), Queen Hannah of Bananaland, from the Classic Film Jerks and Pop Culture Retrofit.
• Donnie Storms (@boxcar45) from Bronwen’s Ghost, who’s got a lot of problems with you people and now you’re going to… sorry, wrong show.
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💬 Topics & Tangents:• Former Simpsons showrunner Mike Reiss’s original books, How Murray Saved Christmas and
Santa Claustrophobia.
• The 45-minute special was trimmed to a half-hour, which removed some bad jokes, but also Murray’s backstory.
• Speaking of super offensive things, Marc Mero as Johnny B. Badd, for reference.
• Today’s TV Trope: Santa’s Sweatshop.
• “Vishnu” (totally not Vishnu) takes The Problem with Apu to a new low.
• Every LBGT Joke on The Simpsons Ever (as of early 2021).
• There’s an actual National Milkmen Day… but on June 26, not August 12.
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🗓 All the holidays represented in Stinky Cigars:****
📼 Retro Commercial Break:• McDonald’s McDLT Commercial starring Jason Alexander (1985).
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🎤 And Now, These Messages:• Tinsel Tunes.
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“How Murray Saved Christmas” © 2014 Universal Animation Studios.
The Advent Calendar House can also be found creating paddle balls out of pizza and meatballs on Twitter (@adventcalhouse) and Instagram (@adventcalendarhouse).
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