The Christmas Specials We Love

When to Put the Tree Up? Season's Greetings Noel-stalgics, on this Fireside Chat edition of the Christmas Specials We Love we salute November 1st being the holiday season's opening day! We also discuss the origins and history of the Christmastree, the all-important question of when to start decorating, and a comprehensivelook at how that has changed through the decades. Should November 1st be changed from All Saints Day to Joy to the World Day andisit the beginning of the season? The origins and history of the Christmas Tree. Trimming trees and putting up decorations throughthe centuries and decades andhow when to do so has changed drastically - even in the past 10 years. When radio stations go to all Christmas music and how it affects business. Teasing our Black Friday show. Comments? Suggestions?Text Us:351-251-2511 IG: @Christmasspecialswelovehttps://www.instagram.com/christmasspecialswelove Email:[email protected] Keven Undergaro Regular Guy Friday Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heal-squad-x-maria-menounos/id1320060107?i=1000631977533 Christian Bladt The Bladtcast: https://on.soundcloud.com/hty23Cr4so5myD51A

The CSWL multi-gen cast breaks down this lesser-known late 80's Thanksgiving Day cartoon.Those classic specials we love due to childhood sentiments and those specials we love due to quality (ie Home Alone and It's a Wonderful Life.)The comic section of the Sunday paper and comic strips of the past.What Snoopy had to do with Garfield and are you a Snoopy person or a Garfield one?Charlie Brown Thanksgiving vs. Garfield and Friends Thanksgiving. More Gen Z argument(s) to cancel this special (add it to the list) and debates over why it's not a classic.The march to Christmas continues! 1:20 General Thoughts 7:00 Garfield: Comedy for Adults and Kids 12:10 Creator Jim Davis-3rd richest writer alive 16:20 The Cast 21:27 The Songs 21:56: Fun Quotes! 29:24 Scene by Scene 47:44 Fan Thoughts and Shout-Outs Comments? Suggestions? Text us 351 251 2511 IG: @Christmasspecialswelovehttps://www.instagram.com/christmasspecialswelove Email:[email protected] Keven Undergaro Regular Guy Friday Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heal-squad-x-maria-menounos/id1320060107?i=1000631977533 Christian Bladt The Bladtcast: https://on.soundcloud.com/hty23Cr4so5myD51A

It's the CSWL 'preseason' aka Halloween! Thus our multi-gen hosts couldn't help but cover Halloween then vs. now, particularly Halloween in the decades of the 1970s and 1980s.Join us for a deep dive into the costumes, candies, habits, trends and behaviors.From cheap costumes and decor to streets swarming with kids to egging houses and spraying shaving cream to haunted houses. We discuss howfewer adults celebratedand helicoptered (or had to helicopter, as we travel back to a very different Halloween than we know today.We also discuss why Halloween may be more popular with young adults than Christmas and why Los Angeles certainly loves Halloween more. Themarch to the greatest holiday of the year (Christmas - duh) is in full swing with many new episodes each week! Comments? Suggestions? Text us 351 251 2511 IG: @Christmasspecialswelovehttps://www.instagram.com/christmasspecialswelove Email:[email protected] Keven Undergaro Regular Guy Friday Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heal-squad-x-maria-menounos/id1320060107?i=1000631977533 Christian Bladt The Bladtcast: https://on.soundcloud.com/hty23Cr4so5myD51A

CSWL: Rankin Bass Mad Monster Party? Welcome back Holiday Fanatics to the season two premiere episode of the Christmas Specials We Love Podcast!Supporting our belief that the holiday season begins October 1st AND that Halloween is the cornerstone of the Holiday 'preseason', we break down the Rankin and Bass animagic, non-Christmas, lesser-known, cult classic,Mad Monster Party?(Yes there is a question mark in the official title.) This was a first-time viewing for our Gen Z, Gen X and Lost Generation (the gen between Boomer and X) hosts prompting many questions,Was this even made for kids? Was the non-produced yet credited soundtrack (produced 30 years later) even a soundtrack? Would kids today watch this? Will Gen Z be too triggered towatch this? Was Mad Magazine too involved?Why does the lead speaklike Jimmy Stewart?What did PhyllisDiller, the Misfits and Rob Zombie have to do with this? Why the question mark in the title? The Christmas Specials We Love Podcast crew has the answersalong with their usual deep dive into production history and trivia as well as insights, and a few laughs, too.The Holiday Season begins now! 2:15: Late Boomers and the Lost Generation: that group between Gen X and Boomer 11:30: Why is Rick Goldschmidt World Leading Rankin Bass expert and who wouldn't want to be a world-leading expert at anything including 1970's breakfast cereals? 20:16 A Sequel Not so Sequel to Mad Monster Party? 24:00 The cast: talking Boris Karloff, Phyllis Diller, Alan Swift and Gail Garret 40:02 Production history and notes 41:27 The Significance of Artist Jack Davis, Mad Magazine and EC Comics 47:11 The Mad Monster Party? Toy line? 48:46 Notes from Mad Monster Party? Book AuthorandRankin Bass ExpertRick Goldschmidt 51:02 Why Does Mad Monster Party? have a question mark in the title? 54:15 The Great Hanna Barbera Character Team-Ups: Wacky Races and Laugh Olympics 58:12 Monster Cereals: Who mourns for Fruit Brut? 1:00:00 Mad Monster Party Scene by Scene Breakdown 1:31:37 Upcoming shows Tell us your suggestions and comments: Website:https://christmasspecialswelove.com Email:[email protected] Text: 351-251-2511 Keven Undergaro Regular Guy Friday Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heal-squad-x-maria-menounos/id1320060107?i=1000631977533 Christian Bladt: Who Are These Broadcasters? Tuesday afternoons on the Who Are These Podcasts network: https://youtube.com/@KarlWATP?si=_ogiIwMkvPxlxp-n Evan Wessman HAYRIDE TO HELL | Centre Film Festival 2023

Halloween is in 2 WEEKS!! Keven can't help but reminisce on the nostalgic Halloween special: It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! Joining Keven is Kelsey, Anne and Rick, they share their childhood memories, break down the special scene by scene and share notes from the production side of things. We love the holidays and can't wait to share so many more specials we love!! Happy halloween, friends.