Ian takes over podcast and reaches into the world of computer games for a discussion of one of the most formative media properties of his life: MYST.

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Links:

• Myst - Wikipedia
• Myst » Cyan
• Previously on IMMP: POKÉMON 3: THE MOVIE (The Millennial Strikes Back)
• The Magic School Bus (TV series) - Wikipedia
• Previously on IMMP: DONNIE DARKO (The Millennial Strikes Back)

Christmas 2023 at the IMMP wraps up with one of the weirdest of all Rankin/Bass Christmas specials: THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS. Listen for tales of elemental magic with the Miser Brothers, the terrible power of Mother Nature, and speculation about the abyssal Lovecraftian horrors that lurk in Santa Claus' dreams.

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Links:

• The Year Without a Santa Claus - Wikipedia
• Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment - Wikipedia
• Previously on IMMP - Holiday Episodes
• Duffer brothers - Wikipedia
• Shirley Booth - Wikipedia
• Isekai Wiki | Fandom
• Previously on IMMP: STAR BLAZERS - Live from NDK 2023
• John Constantine (Prime Earth) | DC Database | Fandom
• BESM: Big Eyes, Small Mouth RPG
• Five Nights At Freddy's

The IMMP Rankin Bass Christmas continues with the sprawling Santa Claus fanfic SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN’ TO TOWN. Which leads in turn to talk of Adventure Time, creepy 70s musical numbers, and a Game of Thrones for Sombertown.

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Links:

• Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (film) - Wikipedia
• Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment - Wikipedia
• Previously on IMMP: RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER from Rankin/Bass
• Fred Astaire - Wikipedia
• Mickey Rooney - Wikipedia
• Keenan Wynn - Wikipedia
• Robie Lester - Wikipedia
• Paul Frees - Wikipedia
• Adventure Time | Adventure Time Wiki | Fandom
• Ice King | Adventure Time Wiki | Fandom
• Previously on IMMP: STAR BLAZERS - Live from NDK 2023
• Flatland - Wikipedia
• Code Lyoko | Code Lyoko Wiki | Fandom
• Santa Claus is Comin' to Town (Nintendo Wii) - YouTube

We kick off the holiday season at the IMMP with a Rankin/Bass Christmas classic: RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER. And some detours into human (and elf) dignity, identity, the biology and diet of Abominable Snow Monsters, and psychotherapy for toys.

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Links:

• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special) - Wikipedia
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song) - Wikipedia
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Wikipedia
• Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment - Wikipedia
• Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas | Community Wiki | Fandom
• Previously on IMMP: THE HOBBIT (Rankin Bass, 1977)
• “All shall love me and despair!” (J. R. R. Tolkien Galadriel quote.)
• Adventure Time | Adventure Time Wiki | Fandom
• Prince Hal | Henry V, Shakespeare, England | Britannica
• Previously on IMMP: Irwin Allen’s THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE

It's a little early for New Year's, but never too early for an Irwin Allen disaster movie like 1972's THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE.

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Links:

• The Poseidon Adventure (1972 film) - Wikipedia
• Previously on IMMP: LOST IN SPACE - The Original Series
• Previously on IMMP: Irwin Allen’s VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA (1961 Movie)
• Previously on IMMP: Irwin Allen’s VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA (TV Series)

One final Halloween treat for 2023. This is a discussion from the Patron feed, and from the Drafthouse Diary video series, about the 1931 Spanish version of DRACULA starring Carlos Villarías and Lupita Tovar.

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Ian and Matthew close out Halloween 2023 with another Universal monster movie: the psychological mystery of THE WOLF MAN. But they can't help themselves from also arguing some more about THE INVISIBLE MAN, and whether any Universal monster movies really have a hero at all.

Except for Van Helsing in DRACULA. Professor Van Helsing remains awesome.

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Links:

• Previously on the IMMP: Halloween Episodes
• The Wolf Man (1941 film) - Wikipedia
• Previously on IMMP: HIGHLANDER
• THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER (Drafthouse Diary Movie Vlog) - YouTube
• Kamen Rider Wiki | Fandom
• Joel McHale - Wikipedia

At long last, Ian and Matthew have seen a mysterious, legendary part of the Sid and Marty Krofft universe: THE LOST ISLAND.

It’s a mash-up of Lidsville, Land of the Lost, H.R. Pufnstuff, and more, and appeared as a segment of the Krofft Superstar Hour hosted by the Bay City Rollers!

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Halloween season 2023 continues at the IMMP as Ian and Matthew watched (well, sort of watched?) Claude Rains in Universal's 1933 THE INVISIBLE MAN.

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Links:

• The Invisible Man (1933 film) - Wikipedia
• Claude Rains - Wikipedia
• Una O'Connor (actress) - Wikipedia
• IMMP - Halloween episodes
• Previously on IMMP: THE MUMMY (1932)
• Tommy Westphall Universe | Fandom
• Previously on IMMP: Disney’s NOW YOU SEE HIM NOW YOU DON’T
• Previously on IMMP: THE THIN MAN
• The Invisible Man (1975 TV series) | The Invisible Man Wiki | Fandom
• Gemini Man (series) | The I-Man Wiki | Fandom
• Hollow Man - Wikipedia
• My Hero Academia - Wikipedia
• Noah Centineo - Wikipedia

This year’s Halloween theme at the Inter-Millennium Media Project surveys more of the Universal movie monster landscape, starting with Boris Karloff in 1932’s THE MUMMY, a tale of love, death, magic, and dangerous jewelry.

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Links:

• The Mummy (1932 film) - Wikipedia
• Boris Karloff - Wikipedia
• Zita Johann - Wikipedia
• IMMP - Halloween Episodes
• Dead Again - Wikipedia
• Imhotep | Ancient Egyptian Architect, Physician & Statesman | Britannica
• Universal's Dark Universe: What Went Wrong?
• The Mummy (franchise) - Wikipedia