About this episode
🕎 It’s 1988, and we’re getting lit at Bubbe’s Boarding House for Hanukkah. Take a spin with us as we meet a bunch of puppets you’ll never hear from again. **** 🎙 Guest: April Ryley ( @Where2NextApril , 📸 @motherchristmascosplay ). **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: 1. A Simpsons animator designed the puppets for this weird, wonderful ’80s Hanukkah special (Splinter). 2. Caps for Sale . 3. Anton and his Easter Island head. 4. April’s very non-kosher latke recipe. 5. Mayim Bialik explains the letters on the dreidel and other Hanukkah facts. 6. Calvin getting trolled by his dad in Calvin and Hobbes . **** 📼 Retro Commercial Break: 1970s/’80s PBS Logo ID . 1985 Teddy Ruxpin “Frankenstein” Commercial , preserved by Dinosaur Dracula . Teddy Ruxpin voice actor Phil Baron co-wrote this special. **** 🎤 And Now, These Messages: Cool Kids Club . “Chanuka at Bubbe’s” © 1988 Pan-Imago, Inc. Say hi on Twitter , Instagram , and Facebook . Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost . Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house . Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost . Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house .