When it comes to Christmas specials that define the fabric of the holiday season, few are as vital (or strange) as the Rankin/Bass stop-motion acid trip classic, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. It has aired every single year since 1964, which is astonishing. Even more astonishing is the fact that this “Christmas Classic” has very little to do with actual Christmas. It features a Yeti, a crazy mountain man with a pick-axe fetish, and a gender-fluid elf named Hermey who just wants to be a dentist. Which all just screams Christmas. Still, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is the crown jewel in the Rankin/Bass library of holiday specials - utterly sublime weirdness that is equal parts wholesome family fun and intense WTF-ery - and we unwrap all of the splendor in our Very Special MagHuge Holiday Special!

Links to Brian’s amazing Christmas music playlist:

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/a-kruegerland-christmas-shuffle-random-recommended/pl.u-gr7lI5MDW0q?fbclid=IwAR3jP4fyWHOr4nduFYYQoJLtPKDQuz2aJ-4y9fyxM7ijDvDQk8blm1MIcZ0

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/35MGvfRzA9mGs7nd6yOHLh?si=RMr8nWZtQfS6X6a7EneM_g&fbclid=IwAR1zT3waKBPohZcPpZiyL-Xx5H82hCvC-svj7RZs0oJWV6nPhl1TXnVcrao

| 0:00 - Intros

| 6:30 - Star Trek: Deep Space 9

| 7:45 - American Gods (Starz, 2017)

| 14:45 - Brian’s hot take / predictions for Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker

| 18:45 - Sunday Night Football Theme

| 21:10 - Dark Waters (2019)

| 24:00 - Brian’s Chrismas Music picks of the week

| 26:00 - The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (season 3)

| 29:52 - Black Widow (trailer)

| 33:30 - The Irishman (Netflix, 2019)

| 39:50 - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)

| Clips

| Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl

| Decca Concert Orchestra - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Instrumental)

| Burl Ives - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

| Quad City DJ’s - What You Want For Christmas

| !!! - Shit Scheisse Merde, Pt. 1 / Thomas Bangalter, 113 - 113 Fout la Merde

| Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat

| Dennis McCarthy - Star Trek Deep Space Nine (Main Title, Season IV)

| Brian Reitzell - Main Titles - American Gods - Original Television Series Soundtrack

| Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker Duel Of The Fates Trailer

| Carrie Underwood - NBC Sunday Night Football 2019 Theme

| Bill Medley - Friday Night’s A Great Night For Football - Last Boyscout - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

| Marcelo Zarvos - Filing the Suit - Dark Waters - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

| The Dead Milkmen - Life Is Shit

| Praveen Francis - Christmas Rap (feat. Yves Shavelin Kemgne)

| Justin Bieber - Drummer Boy (feat. Busta Rhymes)

| Connie Francis - Who’s Sorry Now

| Trailer for Black Widow (2020)

| Robbie Robertson - Theme for The Irishman

| Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh

| Thousand Foot Krutch - Heat Miser

| Clips from Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer (1964)

| Billie Richards & Paul Soles - We’re a Couple of Misfits

| Burl Ives - Silver and Gold

| Synthetic Twins - Feliz Navidub

Links

The Big Picture on “Black Widow” https://youtu.be/biu6_WcchSE