About this episode
To mark the 30th anniversary of the shredded wheat and cranberry sauce of TV specials, we take a head count of every unexpected guest Fozzie Bear’s mother graciously welcomed into her home on Christmas Eve, 1987. It’s a lot. **** 🎙 Guest: Carlin Trammel ( Nerd Lunch , Dragonfly Ripple , @nerdlunch ). **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: 1. We try and piece together the various home video cuts and music rights issues. 2. The dizzying continuity issues surrounding the Muppet Babies. 3. Can you say “ OshKosh B’gosh ”? 4. A milk PSA and the world’s most forward-thinking bullies. 5. Osvaldo el Gruñón , Oscar the Grouch’s Puerto Rican counterpart. 6. Parting words from the guy with the beard doing the dishes. **** “A Muppet Family Christmas” © 1987 Jim Henson Productions. 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 .