Christmas Comes to Pacland

🎄 The Advent Calendar House kicks off another Christmas countdown by rewinding back to 1982, when Santa found himself stranded in Pac-Man’s neighborhood in the original video game crash.  

WARNING: This episode contains spoilers about Santa Claus from 11:25 to 13:30.  

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🎙 Guests:  

Lindy (@ieatvideogames) and  Alicia (@thinkbluee), the Sour Puss and Chomp-Chomp to my Pac-Baby.  

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💬 Topics & Tangents:  

1. Santa is flying with 8 reindeer, including Rudolph. Who got the night off?  

2. Why some reindeer actually have red noses.  

3. This might be the first time a Christmas special shows Santa using a computer.  

4. Russi Taylor’s Pac-Baby has the same voice she later used as Robin in Muppet Babies.  

5. No one in Pacland knows about Christmas, but the Ghost Monsters know Jingle Bells.  

6. Absent from this special is the Ghost Monsters’ boss, Mezmaron.  

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📼 Retro Commercial Break:  

Pac-Man Cereal, 1984.  

Chef Boyardee Pac-Man Pasta Commercial, 1984.  

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🎤 And Now, These Messages:  

A Bomb for Christmas, made for podcast Christmas movie by Tim Babb of the Can’t Wait for Christmas Podcast, co-starring Mike as “Captain Willis.”  

“Christmas Comes to Pacland” © 1982 Hanna-Barbera Productions.  

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Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.  
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