It's back kids, the Christmas Movie Quiz returns and this time with 3 times as many questions. Think you know your Christmas movies? Well test your knowledge against our guest, Gerry Davila from The Totally Rad Christmas Podcast. If you'd like to check out Gerry's podcast, here's a link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/840331 We all know how difficult it is to choose the perfect present, well this episode we start a new segment where we recommend the perfect gift. This time it&apo...
Sep 19, 2020•54 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Hello you beautiful people, you have been sorely missed. It's Episode 12 of the podcast and this week we're proud to announce we have a Number 1 fan (self-appointed) and he shares his Worst Christmas Present Ever. As mentioned in the last episode, the wonderful Rachele Teasdale sent through some Aussie Christmas Songs and we find out if your host is familiar with them (spoiler alert: no he isn't). Here's the songs: He's the Aussie Santa by Bucko & Champs https://yout...
Sep 05, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 12
It's Episode 11 and you know what that means... nope, neither do we. We revisit young Robin and she belts out what some would refer to as a wonderful Christmas song, but others would consider the ramblings of a madman. Plus her little sister gives her interpretation of Jingle Bells. This episode's version of A Christmas Carol is Rich Little's Christmas Carol, a TV special from 1978. Rich Little is a famous impersonator and he plays all the characters in the story, each one as a di...
Aug 22, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 11
It's episode 10 of The Total Christmas Podcast and do we have a show for you? Do we? I don't know, you be the judge. First we look at Christmas in Australia thanks to our listener from Perth, Rachel Teasdale, she shares a look at the delights she serves up each year for Christmas dinner. We also pause for a moment to think of those poor older gentlemen who don the white beard and thick red fur coat to be Father Christmas where the temperatures reach around 40 degrees Celsius. Next we d...
Aug 08, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Episode 9 of The Total Christmas Podcast brings us another Muppet Christmas special, and it's also a loose version of A Christmas Carol. It's the rather forgettable A Special Sesame Street Christmas. Starring Leslie Uggams, it features a whole array of guests stars but only 3 muppets. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq2ifwz7XqU In our Christmas Story Of Shame we discuss the horror of the Road To The Christmas Bowl voting scandal. On the Can't Wait For Christ...
Jul 25, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 9
It's Episode 8 of The Total Christmas Podcast, and the emails have been flooding in, all 2 of them. We have a professional celebrity chef who is going to give us their secret recipe for the perfect Christmas pudding, and then they sing us a song. This episode's version of a Christmas Carol is the 1939 radio play, with Orson Welles narrating and Lionel Barrymore as Ebeneezer Scrooge. If you want to have a listen here's a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gJ3jINcTR0 In Christma...
Jul 11, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 8
It's the 7th Episode of The Total Christmas Podcast and we've received another email from a listener. Hard to believe but true. This episode's version of A Christmas Carol is a seldom seen animated one from 1991 produced by Fuji Television and Saban International Services. They play fast and loose with the story line, but it has a certain charm. If you fancy watching it here's a link to it on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meZEOsCHqlk&t=458s We take a good hard ...
Jun 27, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 7
It's the 6th Episode of The Total Christmas Podcast and we have some questions from our US correspondent Scott Newmann about Mince Pies. Scott also provides us with a great new segment where listeners can share their own personal Christmas traditions. This episode we look at the first ever film adaptation of A Christmas Carol, Scrooge; Or Marley's Ghost all the way back from 1901. You can watch the film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9Mk-B7MKP8 Did you know that in 2004 Simon C...
Jun 13, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 6
It's Episode 5 of the Total Christmas Podcast and this time we look at Rufus the Dog's Christmas Carol, a very funny puppet take on the classic story. We have a brand new segment, My Worst Christmas Present Ever, and your host, Jack, tells the sad story of the worst present he ever received. In Robin Sings, the young songstress treats us all to her beautiful rendition of Deck The Halls. And... this episode is the first Total Christmas Podcast Quiz. Test your Christmas movie knowledge, ...
May 30, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 5
In this episodes of The Total Christmas Podcast, your dear host Jack celebrates the fact he has a listener, strange but true. We have a look at Nan's Christmas Carol starring Catherine Tate and David Tennant a comedy twist on the usual story replacing Ebeneezer Scrooge with Joannie Taylor or 'Nan'. Also we discuss Kurisumasu ni wa Kentakkii, or Kentucky for Chrismas, the fantastic Christmas tradition in Japan where Roast Turkey and Christmas pudding is replaced with a large party ...
May 16, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In the 3rd Episode of the Total Christmas Podcast we take a look at the first ever Muppet Christmas special - The Great Santa Claus Switch from 1970. We discuss the history of that sparkly wonder, which no Chirstmas tree should be without - Tinsel. It's the first ever Robin Sings where the young songstress Robin wows us all with her voice of an angel singing a Christmas classic. And this weeks recommendation is this weeks Santa Clause is NOT Coming to Town. It's a great podcast called ...
May 02, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 3
It's the second episode of the Total Christmas Podcast and this time we look at the history of mince pies and give a few interesting facts. This episodes version of A Christmas Carol is the 1971 Oscar winning animated version with the voice of Alistair Sim. We hear from listener Kate Beringer from Kingston Falls, New York State in the US, the sad story of how she found out the truth about Santa Claus. And this week's recommendation is also this weeks Christmas story of shame featuring ...
Apr 19, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 2
In the first episode of the Total Christmas Podcast we introduce some of the segments we'll be featuring each episode. We discuss the classic Christmas love song A Winter's Tale by David Essex, the Christmas sport of Genna played in Ethiopia, Mr Magoo's Christmas Carol and much more. There's also a disclaimer at the start apologising for the quality of this first attempt at a podcast. You'd think it would be easy recording something like this but we like to think we&apos...
Apr 06, 2020•36 min•Season 1Ep. 1
