Elmo Saves Christmas
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đ Previously on the Advent Calendar House, we spent Christmas Eve on Sesame Street, Hanukkah on âShalom Sesame,â and even uncovered the oddity, âA Special Sesame Street Christmas.â
This time, join us as we fly faster than time backwards around the globe to 1996 to watch Elmo save, then ruin, then fix Christmas, featuring Maya Angelou, Harvey Fierstein as the Easter Bunny, and âDoc Hopper,â himself, Charles Durning as Santa.
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đ Guests:
Becca Petunia (ToughPigs.com, Hubba-Wha?!, @UnclePetunio)
Anthony Strand (ToughPigs.com, Movinâ Right Along)
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đŹ Topics & Tangents:
1. âBrats of the Lost Nebula.â
2. Early âproto-Elmoâ appearances.
3. Miss Piggyâs cookbook has a recipe by Maya Angelou.
5. 14 Karat Soul sings âDown Below the Street.â
6. Cookie Monster disguised as Ernie.
7. A petition to remake âWhite Christmasâ with Elmo and Rositaâs military veteran dads.
8. This specialâs unique News Flash logo.
9. The soundtrack thatâs not actually a soundtrack.
10. Big Bird sings âAll I Want for Christmas Is You,â but not THAT one.
11. Elmo as the ring bearer at Luis and Mariaâs wedding.
12. Ranking all the jokes in âElmo Says BOO!â
13. Bert and Ernie meet their âItâs a Wonderful Lifeâ counterparts.
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đŒ Commercial Break:
âElmo Saves BOO!,â 1997.
Returning Student, a 40-year-oldâs journey to finish the college degree he never got.
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âElmo Saves Christmasâ © 1996 Childrenâs Television Workshop.
Theme song by Bronwenâs Ghost.
Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house.
Theme song by Bronwenâs Ghost.
Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house.
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