An American Christmas Carol

🎄 It’s 1979, by way of 1933 — or the other way around — and the human from Fraggle Rock has broken into my garage with a haunted choir of singing children. 

🎙️ Scott Leopold from Holly Jolly X’masu and Tommy Coombs join us as we turn the dial on our haunted time-traveling radio to find Henry Winkler at the height of his fame as the Fonz hiding under multiple layers of makeup as a Scrooge figure in Depression-era New England. 

📺 You can watch “An American Christmas Carol” for free on YouTube. 

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💬 Topics & Tangents: 

Henry Winkler interview on being asked to play a Scrooge figure. 

The Ford Model TT truck. 

Dorian Harewood (Matt Reeves/Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come) filling in for James Avery as Shredder. 

Today’s TV Trope: Recursive Fiction — and “The Identical.” 

Robin Williams on “Sesame Street” showing Elmo different ways to play with a stick. 

“Sister Kenny,” based on the true story of an Australian nurse. 

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📼 Commercials: 

McDonald’s Gift Certificates Christmas Commercial (1979) 

Holly Jolly X’masu, your podcast destination for Japanese Christmas music. 

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“An American Christmas Carol” © 1979 Scrooge Productions, Inc. 

Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost. 
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