About this episode
🎄 It’s the Advent Calendar House’s 5th anniversary, so instead of celebrating one Christmas special, we watched three! Clear the runway as we salute Disney’s trilogy of 2009’s “Prep & Landing,” 2010’s “Operation: Secret Santa,” and 2011’s “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice.” SANTA SPOILER WARNING: This episode contains Santa-adjacent spoilers from 1:24:28 to 1:26:49 . **** 🎙 Guests: Jeff Somogyi (Linktree: @sommerjam ). Paxton Holley ( Cavalcade of Awesome , Cult Film Club , Hellbent for Letterbox ). **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: 1. Disney’s Prep & Landing Website from 2009 is still up with character and gadget profiles. 2. “ Tiny’s Big Adventure ,” a minute-long short starring Magee’s assistant. 3. Super Golden Crisp Cereal’s Sugar Bear musical Christmas ornament . 4. Prep & Landing Easter eggs . 5. Santa’s castle looks familiar. 6. Noel’s early cameo in “Operation: Secret Santa.” 7. A hat tip to the Classic Film Jerks . 8. Captain Avalanche and Snowball’s poster looks like a Batman and Robin Detective Comics cover . 9. “ Naughty, Naughty Children ” by Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. 10. “ Nuttin’ for Christmas ” by the Plain White T’s. 11. “ The Ballad of Nessie ,” who makes 2 cameos. 12. Ralphie from “A Christmas Story” appears . 13. “ Mansion: Impossible ,” featuring Wayne and Lanny prepping the Avengers Mansion. **** 📼 Retro Commercial Break: Coca-Cola: Santa Packs are Coming , 1994. Campbell’s Soup: Snowman , 1995. **** 🎤 And Now, These Messages: Can’t Wait for Christmas ’s reminder to play “Underneath the Tree” by Kelly Clarkson more. **** “Prep & Landing,” “Operation: Secret Santa,” and “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice” © Disney. 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 .