🎄 It’s 1979, and no one wants to go to Pat Boone’s lame Christmas party, but everyone’s here to dunk on him. 

🎙 Guy Hutchinson extends an invitation to discover this bizarre but wholesome special featuring the Hudson Brothers, the stars of “The Ropers” as themselves but also still as the Ropers, and a criminally brief appearance by Yogi Bear and his Hanna-Barbera friends. 

📺 You can watch the “Pat Boone and Family Christmas Special” on Tubi. 

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💬 Topics & Tangents: 

Pat Boone’s album of heavy metal covers from 1997. 

TV Guide’s ad for the special, prominently featuring Yogi Bear and friends. 

“The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show,” as seen in a “Family Guy” cutaway gag. 

“The Seventh Python,” Brett Hudson’s 2008 documentary about frequent Monty Python collaborator Neil Innes. 

“Largo al Factotum,” the “Figaro” song from “The Barber of Seville.” 

Dinah Shore’s giant belt buckle. 

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📼 Commercials: 

Master Charge Christmas Commercial (1979) 

Season’s Eatings. 

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“Pat Boone and Family Christmas Special” © 1979 Cooga Mooga Productions. 

Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost. 
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