About this episode
🎄 Join us on a stroll down Jim Henson’s dark hall of nightmares to 1986 to rewatch The Christmas Toy , an idea no one has repeated since. **** 🎙 Guests: Beth Cieslik ( @BethTheObscure ). Adam Jurotich ( The Hourchive ). Donnie Storms ( Bronwen’s Ghost , @boxcar45 ). **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: 1. Kermit was cut from the DVD release, but he’s back in the version on Amazon Prime Video . 2. Rugby crashing his skateboard into a block tower is the 1980s Muppet version of WWE’s Titus O’Neil tripping and sliding underneath the ring . 3. “ Teacup Furby .” 4. Mother Goose Rock ’n’ Rhyme and the song Gordon (Never Really Learned to Play) . 5. Apple is closer to a female My Buddy than Kid Sister, the actual female My Buddy. 6. The inevitable Toy Story comparison. 7. Somehow we worked in a Christmas Shoes joke. I don’t have a link for that. I just wanted you to know. 8. Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art . 9. The Secret Life of Toys , the short-lived 1994 sequel series. **** 📼 Retro Commercial Break: • Kraft Holiday Recipes featuring The Christmas Toy poster, 1986, preserved by Dinosaur Dracula . • Crispy Critters Cereal , 1987. **** 🎤 And Now, These Messages: • Snow in Southtown . “The Christmas Toy” ©1986 Henson Associates, Inc. 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 .