Show Notes Episode 343: Frosty the Snow Ho (Redux)

This week, Host Dave Bledsoe is basically phoning it in so he can get on with the business of his Christmas Bender.  (You probably won’t be able to notice anything different)  On the show this week, we take a look at some of the bizarre and inexplicable Christmas specials that taught us that sharing special times with family is the true meaning of Christmas.  (And to buy whatever junk they were plugging in the special.)

Along the way we learn that Dave is not only a bad son, he is a really shitty uncle too!  (Shocked?  Don’t be.) Then we dive right into the strange and questionable television offerings that have “entertained” kids for decades.  (Yes, we mention the Star Wars special, but it is hardly the only one out there.)  From Eternia to 75 million years before the Reason for the Season was ostensibly born in a stable, we pick at all the logical flaws and blatant commercialism we can find.  Finally, we wrap up with REAL Holiday specials, with heartwarming themes like gangbags and sodomy!  (Because spending time with the ones you love, or the ones you love for about an hour is what Christmas is really about!)

Our Sponsor this week is the Elvish Liberation Front, from the North Pole to the Keebler Tree, we won’t stop until every elf is free.  We open with Han and Chewie and close with the Universal Robot Band getting funky for Christmas!

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Citations Needed:

The Gay Subtext of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

https://www.vulture.com/2016/12/rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeers-gay-subtext.html

The 16 Worst Christmas Specials of All Time

https://www.toplessrobot.com/2011/12/the_16_worst_christmas_specials_of_all_time_1.php

Fright Christmas: 15 Horrifying Kids Holiday Specials

https://www.cbr.com/horrifying-kids-christmas-specials/

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