About this episode
🎄 We’re responsibly deforesting our way back to 1980 to dig up the first appearance of early Disney Channel imports The Raccoons and the greedy Cyril Sneer. **** 🎙 On This Episode: Michael DiGiovanni ( Classic Film Jerks , Pop Culture Retrofit , @theatomicgeeks ). Christian Nielsen ( Pop Culture Retrofit , @hunkburger ). **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: 1. This special and an accompanying story album were narrated by Rich Little , a “Man of a Thousand Voices,” in his own, regular voice. 2. The voice of Forest Ranger Dan is Rupert Holmes, the singer/songwriter behind Escape (The Piña Colada Song) . 3. Tammy Bourne (Julie) and Hadley Kay (Tommy) were both in 1980 movies as children who fall from great heights. 4. Today’s TV Trope: Human Snowball . 5. Where does the dream end and reality begin? Maybe it’s all in the St. Elsewhere Snow Globe Universe of Tommy Westphall (no relation). **** 📼 Retro Commercial Break: Canadian Tire’s “Scrooge Approved” Prices , 1987. **** 🎤 And Now, These Messages: Christmas Creeps . “The Christmas Raccoons” ©1980 PFS Christmas Raccoons / PFS Pooled Film Services, 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 .