About this episode
🎄 It’s 1979, by way of 1933 — or the other way around — and the human from Fraggle Rock has broken into my garage with a haunted choir of singing children. Join us as we turn the dial on our haunted time-traveling radio to find Henry Winkler at the height of his fame as the Fonz hiding under multiple layers of makeup as a Scrooge figure in Great Depression-era New England. **** 🎙 Guests: Tom Coombs ( The Pop Daddy ) Scott Leopold ( Holly Jolly X’masu ) **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: 1. Watch “An American Christmas Carol” on YouTube , courtesy of Shout Factory. 2. Henry Winkler interview on being asked to play a Scrooge figure. 3. The Ford Model TT truck, in example. 4. Dorian Harewood (Matt Reeves/Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come) filling in for James Avery as Shredder . 5. Today’s TV Trope: Recursive Fiction — and “ The Identical .” 6. Robin Williams on “Sesame Street” showing Elmo different ways to play with a stick. 7. “ Sister Kenny ,” based on the true story of an Australian nurse. **** 📼 Commercial Break: McDonald’s Gift Certificates Christmas Commercial , 1979. Holly Jolly X’masu , your podcast destination for Japanese Christmas music. **** “An American Christmas Carol” © 1979 Scrooge Productions, Inc. Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost . Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house . Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost . Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house .