About this episode
🎄 It’s 1977, and the cast of Broadway’s hottest new musical is taking drastic measures to convince 4 different unions keep the theater open for a Christmas party because they forgot to book a venue. Join the original Broadway cast of “Annie” as somewhere in between themselves and their characters in a unique TV Christmas special which may very well have been many TV viewers’ first exposure to the musical. **** 🎙 Guest: Guy Hutchinson ( Pointless Nostalgia , GuyHutchinson.com ). **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: 1. Watch “ The Annie Christmas Show ” on the Internet Archive. 2. The original Broadway version of “Annie” ends on Christmas; the 1982 movie ends on the 4th of July. 3. Andrea McArdle in “ Christmas at Walt Disney World .” ( Full Episode ) 4. Danielle Brisbois (Molly) in “ All in the Family ,” and she was a founding member of the band New Radicals . 5. “ It’s Christmas ” on the Annie 30th Anniversary Production Cast Recording, featuring multiple Annies and Miss Hannigans. 6. “I Don’t Care” in “ In the Good Old Summertime ” and “ Back to the Future: The Game .” 7. “ There’s a Broken Heart for Every Light on Broadway ” in “Bullets Over Broadway.” 8. Today’s TV Trope: I Have a Family . 9. Ethel Merman sings “ Tomorrow ” in “A Special Sesame Street Christmas.” ( Full Episode ) 10. How The Twelve Days of Christmas ’ days 9 through 12 got reordered. 11. Members of the cast reunited in 2019 to perform this Christmas special. **** 📼 Commercial Break: Kinney Shoes (1977) Fotomat (1977) Festive Foreign Film Fans , a podcast covering festive movies and music from around the world. **** “The Annie Christmas Show” © 1977 Martin Charmin Productions / NBC Universal Network. Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost . Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house .