🎄 Your podcast feed or burst! Join us as we dance joyfully back to 1988 for a very special episode of “Perfect Strangers,” in which Balki invites his grouchy boss to a Christmas Eve party, whether Cousin Larry and their co-workers like it or not. 

Shawn Robare and William Bruce West join the party which, despite IMDb’s summary, is not a “Christmas Carol parody.” If anything, Mr. Gorpley’s the Grinch. And hey, a pre-“Family Matters” Harriette Winslow is here! But why isn’t she with her own children? 

📺 As of this recording, “The Gift of the Mypiot” (Season 4, Episode 9) is available for free on Pluto TV. 

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💬 Topics & Tangents: 

“The Gift of the Mypiot” on Perfect Strangers Reviewed, and the gift of assswing.gif. 

This is just 3 episodes before we’d meet Carl Winslow. I guess he was busy this Christmas at Nakatomi Plaza. 

Kate Finlayson (Allyson) “Dancing the Enneagram.” 

The mystery of Nora Trueblood Adams. 

Geraldo opens Al Capone’s vault. 

Our personal stories of getting the same gift twice and having to play it cool. 

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📼 Commercials: 

“Perfect Strangers” Cast Christmas Greeting (1988) 

Circuit City Christmas Sale (1988) 

WIZARDS The Podcast Guide to Comics. 

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“Perfect Strangers” and “The Gift of the Mypiot” © 1988 Lorimar Television. 

Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost. 
Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house. 
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