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In the Kingdom of Christmas, the naughtiest of the naughty wind up in Santa's Black Site prison. Rudolph recruits some of these prisoners for special missions to reduce their sentence. They are the Coal Squad. Their latest mission is stop Mari Lwyd from destroying the kingdom! The Welsh spirit has become incredibly powerful and is drinking all of the booze. Without booze, the workers won't make enough presents in time for Christmas. Can the squad save the holiday? Aaron as Golco, deserter holiday spirit Tom as Gorfang, winter wolf Dan as Winterbolt, winter wizard Jason as Redcap, murderous fae
What's up, dudes? Well, it seems that Little #1, Little #2, and Little #3 hijacked my recording studio and held their own episode all about the 1976 Rankin Bass Easter special "The First Easter Rabbit!" It's an adaptation of the children's book "The Velveteen Rabbit," and it's wild!A young girl named Glinda gets a stuffed bunny for Christmas which she names Stuffy. She loves it unconditionally, but when she contracts scarlet fever, it has to be burned. Stuffy is approached by a magical sprite named Calliope, who transforms him into a real rabbit. She mandates that he become the first Easter Bunny.Stuffy meets Santa Claus and moves into Easter Valley, an area of the North Pole perpetually existing in Spring. Unfortunately, an ice wizard (perhaps a former servant of Winterbolt?) named Zero steals the Golden Easter Lily, causing the valley to freeze and snow. Santa rescues Stuffy and helps him deliver his Easter goods to Glinda's hometown. He also forces Zero to return the Lily. All's well that ends well.A fairy that knows substitutiary locomotion? Check. A Savage Land type headquarters? Got it. A remorseful sentient snowball? For sure! So grab your Easter eggs, put on your bonnet, and take Santa's sleigh to this episode!Check us out on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Totally Rad Christmas Mall & Arcade, Teepublic.com, or TotallyRadChristmas.com! Later, dudes!
What's up, dudes? I'm here with some tubular and totally magical guests ever to be interviewed! That's right! It's the Ghost of Christmas Rad and the Ginger Rad Man from Earth-80S in the multiverse, where it's always the '80s! They told me all about their battle with Winterbolt and how they saved their world! They even gave me the lowdown on some of their bodacious friends like Rudolph the Rad-Nosed Reindeer, Frost DMC, Grinch N' Roses, Yukon the Barbarian, Cool Miser, Heat Magnum P.I. and more! I even learned about some of Santa's elves like David Hasselelf, Jingle Jackson, Michael Jangle Fox, Jolly Ringwald, and Hermey MacCleod! So grab your Hawaiian shirt, grab a fruity cocktail, and swing in your hammock to this Christmas in July episode all about Earth-80S!Check us out on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Totally Rad Christmas Mall & Arcade, Teepublic.com, or TotallyRadChristmas.com! Later, dudes!
What's up, dudes? Sly and Whitzy from Bitch Watch Podcast join me to talk the Avengers…no, the Secret Wars…no! the Crisis on Infinite Earths of Christmas characters! It's “Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July!” There's so much to talk about (and so many Lord of the Rings homages)! Winterbolt, the Morgoth-level threat? Check. Lady Boreal, the Valar-style being? Check. Oh yeah! There's also a love-stricken ice cream man! Win-win! Dig it!linktr.ee/bitchwatch anchor.fm/BitchWatch@BitchWatchPod
Drinking Game RulesBasic Rules- title mentions - when you can predict the next line - when there’s a song to sing along to Our Rules for The Year Without a Santa- Mrs. Claus, or anyone, breaks the 4th wall to narrate- you recognize a reindeer’s name from the song- either Miser says “Mother Dear”- glistening puppet tears- newspapersOur Rules for Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July- someone breaks the 4th wall- someone says “Nothing is forever.”- Winterbolt says “Genie of the Ice Sceptre”- glistening puppet tears- newspapers
Rankin/Bass’s Avengers assemble in 1979’s “Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July.” The studio’s longest holiday special ever opens with the shine on Rudolph’s nose blipping out of existence, and what happens to Frosty and his whole family is worse.On This EpisodeMike Westfall (@fallwestmike), formerly reduced to a puddle and then brought back to life but only up to my chest.Brandon Medley (@brandmed), the human embodiment of the Aurora Borealis, at this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, localized entirely on my podcast, from Star Weirdos.Topics and TangentsFrosty’s a dad! And Rudolph’s a fake uncle!King Winterbolt’s genie of the ice scepter, allegedly Thurl Ravenscroft, is the stuff of nightmares.“The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus” may be the most metal Christmas special, but this is a contender.Rudolph’s entire story gets retconned into a long play to stop Winterbolt’s foggy Christmas Eve from grounding Santa.Ethel Merman on “The Muppet Show.”Scratcher is a great evil reindeer, but we’d like it better if he was Fireball.A couple of songs were cut for time from TV, including:Chicken Today, Feathers TomorrowI See Rainbows When I Look at YouWalt Disney World’s Candlelight Processional, in example.A depressed Rudolph sticks his nose in glitter at one point, and we have questions.This special robbed us of seeing an army of evil Frosty clones.Previous Podcast Episodes MentionedFrosty the Snowman (Season 1, Episode 1)The First Easter Rabbit (Season 1, Bonus)’Twas the Night Before Christmas (Season 2, Episode 3)The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (Season 2, Episode 5)Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Season 3, Episode 12)Rudolph’s Shiny New Year (Season 3, Bonus)Frosty’s Winter Wonderland (Season 4, Episode 1)“Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July” © 1979 Rankin/Bass Productions.Commercial Break: Atari Christmas Commercial, aired during a 1981 ABC Movie Special airing of “Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July,” preserved by the Museum of Classic Chicago Television.The Advent Calendar House is on the web at adventcalendar.house, on Twitter @adventcalhouse, and part of the Christmas Podcast Network.
This week, patron and friend of the show, Gerry Davilla joins Julia, Thom, and Anthony to discuss The Avengers-esque, Crisis-on-Infinite-Earths type, 1979, grand finale crossover event, Rankin/Bass' 1979 theatrical film, Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July. Together, the four hosts try their hardest to make sense of the completely out there plot, which retcons Rudolph-the-Red-Nosed-Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, and Santa Claus is Comin' to Town while introducing a complex mythology for the North Pole that introduces the evil wizard, Winterbolt, the queen of the northern lights, Lady Boreal, and a neglected, drugged-up looking reindeer called Scratcher. Filled with tons background information on Rankin/Bass, A+ impressions, terrible singing, and plenty of bafflement to go around, this is one hilarious episode that you definitely do not want to miss! So blast that air conditioning, make yourself a cup of hot cocoa, sit back, and enjoy while reveling in the fact that we're now officially closer to this Christmas than we are to last Christmas.
Here we are again, dancing at The Dawn of All Creation, encircled by the meandering tracks of the Giant Sand Turtle. Hold on to your teleprompter cuz we're talking FOX News, emos and haterism. Riddles, crunch culture in the video games industry, copypasta and other young adult cultural artifacts. We cover the full spectrum of temperatures up in this one: from The Winter Warlock and Winterbolt all the way to that fire that burns in the minds of men. Alt title: Kids These Days
It's new podcast day! This week, the Jingle Friends take on the overstuffed, confusing, worst Rankin Bass claymation film ever, a full-length feature in which Rudolph and Frosty, who are friends, get summer jobs at a circus so that they can help an ice cream man who they know convince a tightrope walker to marry him, or something. All of your favorite Christmas characters are there, from Ethel Merman to Big Ben, the Clockwork Whale! Topics include Frosty's cold dick, why this is the Game of Thrones or Scandal of the Rankin Bass universe and the villain Winterbolt is Kerry Washington, late night ice cream trucks and vaginal rainbows. And Sara explains why some people, such as herself, just want to watch the world burn. Editor's note: At the end, we forgot why Ethel Merman couldn't just shoot Winterbolt and had to throw her gun at him. It was full of blanks! Oh, what a dumb movie. Enjoy, and happy July!