🎄 Today’s adventure finds us caught in the middle of a battle for the North Pole in multiple dimensions. 

🎙️ Sammy Hain and Jeff Loftin join the march back to 1997 to witness the Christmas clash of Santa vs. the Snowman, a TV special from creator Steve Oedekerk and director John A. Davis, who’d later team up to write and direct “Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.” 

📺 You can find “Santa vs. the Snowman” on YouTube, both an original 1997 broadcast with commercials, and its 2002 update for IMAX 3D. 

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(00:00) - Intro 
(02:16) - Guest and Special Histories 
(07:31) - 3D Opening 
(12:58) - Act 1 
(26:19) - Retro Commercial Break 
(28:51) - Act 2 
(52:19) - Act 3 
(1:00:50) - Final Thoughts 

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💬 Topics & Tangents: 

Don LaFontaine in “Five Guys in a Limo” (1997) 

Don LaFontaine’s final TV voiceover role on “Phineas and Ferb.” 

Ben Stein’s “Confessions for the Holidays” (2005) taken way out of context. 

Hershey’s Chocolate Tour: Holiday Edition. 

Today’s TV Trope: Animated Outtakes, and an example from “A Bug’s Life.” 

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📼 Commercials: 

Bell Atlantic: Wild Things Are Happening (1997) 

Old Navy: A Very Magic Holiday Special (1997) 

The Lost Christmas Podcast 

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“Santa vs. the Snowman” © 1997, 2002 Steaming Monkey, Inc. 

Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost. 
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Hosted by The Retro Network. 

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