About this episode
🎄 Rankin/Bass’s Avengers assemble in 1979’s Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July . The studio’s longest holiday special ever opens with the shine on Rudolph’s nose blipping out of existence, and what happens to Frosty and his whole family is worse. **** 🎙 Guest: Brandon Medley ( @brandmed , Blessed Are the Geek , Star Weirdos ). **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: 1. Frosty’s a dad! And Rudolph’s a fake uncle! 2. King Winterbolt’s genie of the ice scepter , allegedly Thurl Ravenscroft, is the stuff of nightmares. 3. The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus may be the most metal Christmas special , but this is a contender. 4. Rudolph’s entire story gets retconned into a long play to stop Winterbolt’s foggy Christmas Eve from grounding Santa. 5. Ethel Merman on The Muppet Show . 6. Scratcher is a great evil reindeer, but we’d like it better if he was Fireball . 7. A couple of songs were cut for time from TV, including: Chicken Today, Feathers Tomorrow and I See Rainbows When I Look at You . 8. Walt Disney World’s Candlelight Processional . **** 📼 Retro Commercial Break: Commercial Break: Atari Christmas Commercial , aired during a 1981 ABC Movie Special airing of Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July , preserved by the Museum of Classic Chicago Television . **** “Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July” © 1979 Rankin/Bass 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 .