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Join hosts Chris, Brian and Jon as they try and find the best Christmas Tv episodes ever made. They'll tackle everything from 90’s sitcoms to Saturday morning cartoons to high brow medical dramas and everything in between. Then they'll help you separate the Christmas classics from the lumps of coal to find the perfect episodes for your holiday viewing.
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Saturday Nov 23, 2019
Saturday Nov 23, 2019
Episode four of our Christmas TV podcast has us traveling back to the 90’s and revisiting Home Improvement for the season two episode, “I’m Scheming of a White Christmas” (available on Hulu).
Insert your own joke about Al’s mom here as we try and determine if this is a Christmas classic, and also discuss: Why Tim Allen kind of sucks, Chris’s inability to pronounce the shows title, English Christmas traditions, how to discipline children, and why Jon hates Christmas lights.
IMDB info: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0603479/
Special thanks to Martin at the Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies, and Lauren from the Hereford Library for their help researching the origins of the Christmas tradition mentioned in today’s episode.
Christmas Tradition Research:
- https://books.google.com/books?id=myEaAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA263&lpg=PA263&dq=%22herefordshire%22+christmas+plum+cake&source=bl&ots=LSBxL2x7Je&sig=ACfU3U2IZ7Y5L5j0POVg4peNWJhKaNiMqQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjxirSf0cjjAhVMMqwKHUQCDeUQ6AEwDHoECAUQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22herefordshire%22%20christmas%20plum%20cake&f=false
- https://books.google.com/books?id=y3OPIZ65fSMC&pg=PA346&lpg=PA346&dq=%22herefordshire%22+christmas+plum+cake+cider&source=bl&ots=ZovNbyV96U&sig=ACfU3U1A6Hn6oxN5su6jEoO2MMSNV_VpZg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwihiIGQ28jjAhUPO60KHbYdCgcQ6AEwDnoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22herefordshire%22%20christmas%20plum%20cake%20cider&f=false
- https://books.google.com/books?id=BSlDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA401&lpg=PA401&dq=%22herefordshire%22+christmas+plum+cake+cider&source=bl&ots=H7GkTK57BL&sig=ACfU3U3Ml4aTuCVbKV16u3wejsZbV5ZoKg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjAjM3028jjAhUQPq0KHW95Axc4ChDoATACegQICBAB#v=onepage&q=%22herefordshire%22%20christmas%20plum%20cake%20cider&f=false
Thursday Nov 21, 2019
Thursday Nov 21, 2019
For the third episode of our Christmas TV podcast we take a trip to Princeton-Plainsboro to visit Hugh Laurie and the crew at House in the season one episode “Deception” (available on Amazon Prime).
We also discuss a bevy of other holiday topics as we try and decide if this episode is a Christmas classic, including: the origins of Kobe, whether or Cynthia Nixon is a treasure, the evolution of television in the mid 2000’s, bad doctoring, and mental health.
Wikipedia info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deception_(House)
Tuesday Nov 19, 2019
Tuesday Nov 19, 2019
It’s episode two of our Christmas TV podcast, and we get thrown a curveball by reviewing a anime holiday episode from Digimon: Digital Monsters in the season two episode “A Very Digi-Christmas” (available on Hulu or Amazon Prime with a Starz add on).
Other seasonal topics discussed as we try to determine whether the Digidestined have what it takes to be called a Christmas Classic include: what’s on Starz, Japanese Christmas traditions, bad lip syncing, and why the Pokemon anime is garbage.
IMDB info: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0560264/
Japanese Christmas Facts: https://www.whychristmas.com/cultures/japan.shtml
Sunday Nov 17, 2019
Sunday Nov 17, 2019
On the first episode of our Christmas TV podcast, the boys see how the Gilmore Girls celebrate the holidays in the season one episode “Forgiveness and Stuff” (available on Netflix).
In addition to determining whether or not the episode is worthy of being called a Christmas Classic, the hosts discuss: When is it appropriate to begin celebrating Christmas, angina, sad dad stuff, and Lorelai and Dean’s weird flirtatious energy.
IMDB info: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0588141/
Friday Nov 01, 2019
Friday Nov 01, 2019
Meet your hosts Chris, Brian and Jon and they tell you what's in store for this Christmas podcast. Starting Nov. 17, listen in as they watch and review 20 randomly selected Christmas TV episodes and help you separate the Christmas Classics from the lumps of coal. Follow along by watching "Forgiveness and Stuff" from the first season of Gilmore Girls on Netflix to prepare for their first episode.
Friday Aug 23, 2019
Friday Aug 23, 2019
Love Christmas and TV? Learn about this new podcast coming in Nov. 2019 where three friends watch 20 random Christmas TV episodes to separate the Christmas classics from the lumps of coal.