About this episode
🎄 Take a short-statured trip back to 1982 to explore one-off TV Christmas special starring no one’s favorite funny papers hero, Ziggy, and featuring a beautifully animated puddle of dog pee. **** 🎙 Guests: Chad Young ( The Horror Movie BBQ , @horrormoviebbq ). **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: 1. Ziggy’s Gift on Dinosaur Dracula After Dark . 2. The Point , a Harry Nilsson album turned into an animated movie. 3. Ziggy’s toothpaste looks like Beetlejuice sandworms . 4. Ziggy Theories: Is he adult Charlie Brown? A vegetarian? A guardian angel? 5. The time Chad met Billy West, who stood on a chair because he thought Chad was too tall. 6. The time I inquired about a job opportunity that wasn’t what I expected. 7. The terrifying robot Santa window display reminded me a little too much of the equally terrifying Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure . 8. Frank Welker voiced 25 characters in this special if you count each individual turkey. 9. Ziggy’s kettle has the Glow from The Last Dragon . 10. We compare the “Linus moment” trope of remembering the true meaning of Christmas to the newly named “Skeletor face turn” of becoming filled with Christmas spirit. **** “Ziggy’s Gift” ©1982 Universal Press Syndicate. Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house . Say hi on Twitter @adventcalhouse . Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost . Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house .