About this episode
🎄 Your podcast feed or burst! Join us as we dance joyfully back to 1988 for a very special episode of “Perfect Strangers,” in which Balki invites his grouchy boss to a Christmas Eve party, whether Cousin Larry and their co-workers like it or not. Shawn Robare and William Bruce West join the party which, despite IMDb’s summary, is not a “Christmas Carol parody.” If anything, Mr. Gorpley’s the Grinch. And hey, a pre-“Family Matters” Harriette Winslow is here! But why isn’t she with her own children? 📺 As of this recording, “The Gift of the Mypiot” (Season 4, Episode 9) is available for free on Pluto TV . **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: “The Gift of the Mypiot” on Perfect Strangers Reviewed , and the gift of assswing.gif . This is just 3 episodes before we’d meet Carl Winslow . I guess he was busy this Christmas at Nakatomi Plaza. Kate Finlayson (Allyson) “Dancing the Enneagram.” The mystery of Nora Trueblood Adams . Geraldo opens Al Capone’s vault . Our personal stories of getting the same gift twice and having to play it cool. **** 📼 Commercials: “Perfect Strangers” Cast Christmas Greeting (1988) Circuit City Christmas Sale (1988) WIZARDS The Podcast Guide to Comics . **** “Perfect Strangers” and “The Gift of the Mypiot” © 1988 Lorimar Television. Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost . Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house . Hosted by The Retro Network .