Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 577 of the podcast that jingle jangles!

This week: goosing up the show; new old classics; Muppet history; too cool to fool; Waggoner train; the existential humour of Carol Burnett; window pain; don’t break the Chan; Christmas disasters; the red-headed stepchild; children aren’t dogs; perfect parenting prevents prevaricating; tough darts; awkward Christmas tree; unfamous artists; a Clowes call; Weirdo for weirdos; sweeping up the Crumbs; diary of an older artist; snow jobs; winter of discontent; keep on gobblin’; Ian says Pinocchi-no and Dave says Pinocchi-yes; Dave looks at Looking for Her; Ian defends Brit rom coms; Dork Shadows: Big Stakes: Question of the Week – Sneakers respond: addressing dressing; Bob and Doug and Rick and Dave; box opening; saying goodbye to food; the candy challenge; and, finally, awkward Christmas greetings.

Question of the Week: What is something weird that your family did when you were growing up?Sub-question of the Week: What is a food dish that you think about all the time, but can never have again?

Thanks for listening. The happiest of happy holidays to all of you out there in Sneakerdom!

Dept. of Clarifications:

After checking on line, it has been discovered that there is now a Jackie Chan Stunt Team t-shirt available on Red Bubble! Interested? Check it out here!

Thanks again to Mick for the Christmas treats! You can see his card and a couple of bags of treats we’ll be munching on next week!

And also, thank you for the wallet, Mick!