Jingle Bell Rap

<p><strong>Day 11:</strong> We dig down like dogs to the bottom of the VHS bargain bin for “Jingle Bell Rap,” an overlooked special from 1991 that had all the potential to become a Christmas classic, but none of the airtime.</p> <h4>On This Episode</h4> <ol> <li><strong>Mike Westfall</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/fallwestmike">@fallwestmike</a>), out-of-place freak Santa Claus who’s still human in a world full of talking dogs.</li> <li><strong>Chad Young</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/horrormoviebbq">@horrormoviebbq</a>) of the <a href="http://www.horrormoviebbq.com">Horror Movie BBQ</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/TPIFpod">TPIF: Thank Pod It’s Funny</a>.</li> </ol> <hr /> <h4>About the Special</h4> <ol> <li>Watch <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Jingle-Bell-Rap/dp/B006QST9SY">“Jingle Bell Rap” on Amazon Prime</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.perennialpictures.com/about/filmography/jinglebell/">Perennial Pictures’ webpage for “Jingle Bell Rap.”</a></li> </ol> <hr /> <h4>Topics and Tangents</h4> <ol> <li>Chad’s on, so of course we talk about <a href="http://www.royrogersrestaurants.com/">Roy Rogers</a>.</li> <li>Fetch and Uncle Jesse are the “wise cowboy” archetype that replaced the wise janitor in the ’90s.</li> <li>It’s an early-’90s special with a rap in it, so here’s the comparison to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX_dgcSsu1Q">that one Fruity Pebbles commercial</a>.</li> <li>Shout-out to the <a href="https://cultfilmclub.com">Cult Film Club</a> and “Plot in 60 Seconds.”</li> <li>In Rollover’s flashback, <a href="https://imgur.com/a/Elf7crS">his dad looks like angry Homer Simpson</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bPbhCWtZmM">Ralph Wiggum’s heart breaks</a> in slow motion.</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-divbxwccKg">New Kids on the Block perform “Funky Funky Xmas”</a> on Arsenio Hall.</li> </ol> <hr /> <h5>Previous Episodes of This Podcast Mentioned</h5> <ul> <li>Season 1, Bonus 2: <a href="https://adventcalendar.house/episodes/am