About this episode
🎄 Previously on the Advent Calendar House, our hearts and golden harmonicas went out to “ A Chipmunk Christmas .” This time, it’s Scrooge Sunday, and our Christmas in July reunion tour arrives in Hollywood — or at least a nearby cartoon suburb where Alvin turns his greed up to 11 and blames it on his lonely old neighbor who doesn’t know how to plant a garden. So get set to have some fun in this Dickens of an episode of “Alvin and the Chipmunks.” **** 🎙 Guests: Tom Coombs ( The Pop Daddy , @thepopdaddy ). Sean Sotka ( The Christmas Podcasts Podcast , @xander0527 ). **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: 1. “ Merry Christmas, Mr. Carroll ” on the Internet Archive. 2. “Merry Christmas, Mr. Carroll” on Munkapedia . 3. Pee-wee Herman’s breakfast machine . 4. Paperboy , the video game. 5. “ Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue .” 6. Dads with trash bags on Christmas morning. 7. “ A Chipmunk Reunion .” 8. A Seville family portrait featuring Dave’s abnormally large head . 9. Mickey Mouse’s 1980s Epcot spacesuit . 10. Today’s TV Trope: Sounding It Out . 11. Southern California’s Blizzard of 2023 . 12. “Here Comes Christmas,” the TV version , and the album version . **** 📼 Commercial Break: The Chipmunks are Coming to Target , 1990. Cool Kids Club , a nostalgia-filled trip back to childhood. **** “Alvin and the Chipmunks” and “Merry Christmas, Mr. Carroll” © 1989 Bagdasarian Productions. Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost . Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house . Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost . Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house .