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Happy Holidays from Wool-Shift-Dust! In this winter special, Elysia and Luke explore one of the original alternate timeline stories: the iconic It's a Wonderful Life (1946), plus the other films it spawned – including remake It Happened One Christmas (1977), the amusingly terrible unofficial sequel Clarence (1990), and the looser remakes It's a Very Merry Muppets Christmas (2002), The Christmas Spirit (2013), and the 2023 horror comedy It's a Wonderful Knife. Don't worry if you haven't seen any of them – we'll recap them all, and then talk about why you should care, and all the good, the bad, and the ugly within.
Also, Elysia explains "The Greatest Gift," the short story It's a Wonderful Life is based on, (with a special performance by DeadEyeJediBob) – plus the song "Auld Lang Syne" – in the Wool-Shift-Dust Book Club.
See also...
Planet Money talks the economics of It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life, the musical
It's a Wonderful Life: The Lost Ending
This You Call a Wonderful Life?
The Trump satire
Comedy Central satire
"Franz Kafka’s It’s A Wonderful Life"
Find us on Twitter @elysiacb and @LUKEMIDDUP
And discuss the show with us on Discord
Or email us at [email protected].
Published by The Lorehounds
Produced by Elysia Brenner
Intro & outro music: "Land of Ice and Snow" by HygieusMusic
Additional SFX from Freesound.org
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Happy Holidays from Wool-Shift-Dust! In this winter special, Elysia and Luke explore one of the original alternate timeline stories: the iconic It's a Wonderful Life (1946), plus the other films it spawned – including remake It Happened One Christmas (1977), the amusingly terrible unofficial sequel Clarence (1990), and the looser remakes It's a Very Merry Muppets Christmas (2002), The Christmas Spirit (2013), and the 2023 horror comedy It's a Wonderful Knife. Don't worry if you haven't seen any of them – we'll recap them all, and then talk about why you should care, and all the good, the bad, and the ugly within.
Also, Elysia explains "The Greatest Gift," the short story It's a Wonderful Life is based on, (with a special performance by DeadEyeJediBob) – plus the song "Auld Lang Syne" – in the Wool-Shift-Dust Book Club.
See also...
Planet Money talks the economics of It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life, the musical
It's a Wonderful Life: The Lost Ending
This You Call a Wonderful Life?
The Trump satire
Comedy Central satire
"Franz Kafka’s It’s A Wonderful Life"
Find us on Twitter @elysiacb and @LUKEMIDDUP
And discuss the show with us on Discord
Or email us at [email protected].
Published by The Lorehounds
Produced by Elysia Brenner
Intro & outro music: "Land of Ice and Snow" by HygieusMusic
Additional SFX from Freesound.org
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