Tag Archives: musical

Episode 130: The Cricket on the Hearth

Posted on April 28, 2022 by JW

Our pals Niall Flanagan and Dwayne Moloney, co-hosts of the Secret of the Sailor Madness podcast, join us this week to try and make sense of Rankin/Bass’ 1967 Christmas special The Cricket on the Hearth! Based on Charles Dickens’ other … Continue reading →

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Episode 111: Rapsittie Street Kids

Posted on January 13, 2021 by JW

Happy New Year, everyone! We’re back in the saddle after a long winter’s nap, and after this week’s episode we may be rethinking that… This week we unravel the baffling existence of Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe in Santa! This CG-animated … Continue reading →

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Episode 107: Frosty The Snowman (w/ Jake Horowitz and Andy Lewis)

Posted on November 10, 2020 by JW

This week we’re joined by filmmakers Jake Horowitz and Andy Lewis to discuss their new film Cup of Cheer, as well as the Rankin/Bass animated classic Frosty The Snowman! Jake and Andy are the co-writers (and Jake the director) of … Continue reading →

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Episode 96: Jack Frost (1979)

Posted on February 25, 2020 by JW

Winter has finally arrived in our little pocket of the world, friends, and so on this episode we dive into the Rankin/Bass tale of Jack Frost! There are many Jack Frosts in the world, but this is the only one that … Continue reading →

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Stocking Stuffer #20: Cranberry Christmas

Posted on December 17, 2019 by JW

Happy December to one and all! This week on the podcast, we present to you a Stocking Stuffer we recorded back in August. J5 went digging around the Lost Media Wiki and turned up Cranberry Christmas! This is an animated … Continue reading →

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Stocking Stuffer #16: Aggretsuko – “We Wish You A Metal Christmas”

Posted on May 7, 2019 by JW

Welcome to Ani-May, everybody! Bradford is taking the reins this month and programming the next few episodes. Kicking things off, we’re dipping into the Netflix anime series Aggretsuko, and its season-capping holiday special “We Wish You a Metal Christmas”. It’s a … Continue reading →

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Episode 82: The Leprechaun’s Christmas Gold

Posted on April 10, 2019 by JW

Can you believe it’s been four years and we haven’t discussed a Rankin/Bass special yet? Anyway, we’re rectifying that this week by diving deeeeeeeep into the R/B catalog and digging up the 1981 special The Leprechaun’s Christmas Gold! It’s about … Continue reading →

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Episode 81: Anna and the Apocalypse

Posted on March 26, 2019 by JW

Happy Redboxing Day, everybody! Last year’s holiday hits are finally available to rent, so this week we’re digging into one Joe has been looking forward to for quite some time: the Scottish high school zombie musical Anna and the Apocalypse! … Continue reading →

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Episode 78: Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups

Posted on February 5, 2019 by JW

If you’ve listened to our show for any length of time, you’ll know that we don’t plan things like this. The fact that this week’s film is eerily similar to the last film we covered is 100% accidental. It just … Continue reading →

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Episode 75: Team America: World Police

Posted on December 25, 2018 by JW

Merry Christmas, one and all! We finally made it to the big day, and it’s time for a break. Here on Christmas Creeps, we celebrate “July at Christmas”, the one time of year we allow ourselves to talk about something … Continue reading →

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