About this episode
🎄It’s 1990, and Santa’s lost in my confusing network of chimneys. Prepare yourself for a more silly than spooky Christmas special that takes us from Castle Duckula to a concussion-induced space adventure and back. **** 🎙 Guest: Adam Parker Sibun ( Merry Britsmas ) **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: 1. “A Christmas Quacker” on the Internet Archive (it’s mislabeled as another episode). 2. Nick Knacks on “Count Duckula.” 3. Count Duckula’s first appearance on “Danger Mouse.” 4. UK Christmas TV , an extensive archive of Christmas TV listings for the UK’s main channels. 5. Jack May (Igor) was the original English voice of Muzzy . 6. The Odd Case of Dennis the Menace : 2 separate comic strip characters with the same name debuting on the same day on opposite sides of the Atlantic. 7. Return to the Turducken Hunger Games . 8. The daydream scene in “Sidekicks.” 9. Mike Oldfield’s “ In Dulci Jubilo .” 10. Today’s TV Trope: Blunder-Correcting Impulse . **** 📼 Commercial Break: Shreddies Cereal: Count Duckula Adventure Scratch & Win Game (1989) Muzzy (circa 1989) **** “Count Duckula” and “A Christmas Quacker” © 1990 Carleton Productions. Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost . Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house .