🐰 It’s 1983, and despite replacing our entire body with robot parts, we still can’t plow faster than a rapidly growing magic forest baby. Join us as we get things rolling with the mascots of Paas Easter egg coloring kits in a secret hit piece on landlords disguised as a wacky Easter story. On the way, we’ll meet the ever-looming shadow of the Easter Bunny and teach animals to talk by giving them clothes.  

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🎙 Guests:  

Sammy Hain (@SammyHain).  

Chad Young (The Horror Movie BBQ, TPIF: Thank Pod It’s Funny, @horrormoviebbq).  

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💬 Topics & Tangents:  

1. The History of Paas.  

2. Patton Oswalt on Paas and its short-lived competitors.  

3. This special was written by Rankin/Bass legend Romeo Muller, with songs composed by Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan of The Turtles.  

4. Charles Woolf (Terrence) in Elvira: Mistress of the Dark.  

5. The origin of a farmer’s “South 40” and the Homestead Act of 1862.  

6. Paas replaced their mascot characters. The only original one left is Feathers — if that’s even the same Feathers.  

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📼 Retro Commercial Break:  

Paas Easter Egg Coloring Kit, 1984.  

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🎤 And Now, These Messages:  

Holidays After Dark, exploring the strange, unusual, and dark sides of the holidays.  

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“Peter and the Magic Egg” © 1983 RLR Associates, Ltd. / Romeo Productions, Inc.  

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

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