A Mouse, A Mystery, and Me

<p>🎄 It’s 1987, and someone stole Santa Claus in the middle of his hot dog break.  </p><p>Join us as we follow a renowned novelist who may or may not be a teenager and her animated mouse writing partner on a quest find out who kidnapped a department store Santa, while we solve the mystery of how anyone remembers this Christmas special that only aired once.  </p><p>****  </p><h2>🎙 Guests:  </h2><p>Lindy Kempe (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/ieatvideogames.bsky.social">Bluesky</a>).  </p><p>Emily Rowley (<a href="https://www.threads.net/@mlerowley">Threads</a>).  </p><p>****  </p><h2>💬 Topics & Tangents:  </h2><p>1. Dick Van Patten’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV9U23YXgiY">shout-out in “Wayne’s World”</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTF1lhen4-M">cameo in “Robin Hood: Men In Tights.”</a>  </p><p>2. Darcy Marta (Jill) on <a href="https://totallyradchristmas.com/darcy-marta-star-of-a-mouse-a-mystery-and-me/">Totally Rad Christmas</a>.  </p><p>3. Gene Kelly and Jerry Mouse dancing in “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHCsOFWuIb4">Anchors Aweigh</a>.”  </p><p>4. Jill’s <a href="https://www.etsy.com/se-en/listing/1165743478/vintage-original-poster-miami-mice-tv">Miami Mice</a> poster — no relation to the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIUBMT_zRHs">“Sesame Street” parody</a> of the same name.  </p><p>5. Donald O’Connor (Alex) in “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGCNBdCvzL4">Singin’ in the Rain</a>.”  </p><p>6. Helen Hughes (whoever the woman who answers Jill’s door is supposed to be) in “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7py8EKjHwI">Billy Madison</a>.”  </p><p>7. Today’s TV Trope: <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FiveFiveFive">555</a>.  </p><p>8. Francis Dambeger’s (Jerry) 1991 film “Solitaire,” and its <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102955/reviews?ref_=tt_urv">solitaire review on IMDb</a>.  </p><p>9. The realistic looking toy gun predates the same federal law that <a href="https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/orange-is-the-