About this episode
🎄 The Advent Calendar House kicks off another Christmas countdown by rewinding back to 1982, when Santa found himself stranded in Pac-Man’s neighborhood in the original video game crash. WARNING: This episode contains spoilers about Santa Claus from 11:25 to 13:30 . **** 🎙 Guests: Lindy ( @ieatvideogames ) and Alicia ( @thinkbluee ), the Sour Puss and Chomp-Chomp to my Pac-Baby. **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: 1. Santa is flying with 8 reindeer, including Rudolph. Who got the night off? 2. Why some reindeer actually have red noses . 3. This might be the first time a Christmas special shows Santa using a computer. 4. Russi Taylor’s Pac-Baby has the same voice she later used as Robin in Muppet Babies . 5. No one in Pacland knows about Christmas, but the Ghost Monsters know Jingle Bells . 6. Absent from this special is the Ghost Monsters’ boss, Mezmaron . **** 📼 Retro Commercial Break: Pac-Man Cereal , 1984. Chef Boyardee Pac-Man Pasta Commercial , 1984. **** 🎤 And Now, These Messages: A Bomb for Christmas , made for podcast Christmas movie by Tim Babb of the Can’t Wait for Christmas Podcast , co-starring Mike as “Captain Willis.” “Christmas Comes to Pacland” © 1982 Hanna-Barbera Productions. Say hi on Twitter and Instagram . Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house . Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost . Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house .