The Christmas Toy

<p>It’s time to meet the Advent Calendar House’s seasonal Muppets quota as we secretly stroll down Jim Henson’s dark nightmare hall to 1986 to rewatch “The Christmas Toy,” an idea no one has repeated since.</p><hr /><h4>On This Episode:</h4><ol><li><strong>Mike Westfall</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/fallwestmike">@fallwestmike</a>), not dressed right at all.</li><li><strong>Beth Cieslik</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/BethTheObscure">@BethTheObscure</a>), Queen of the Asteroids.</li><li><strong>Adam Jurotich</strong>, a wise old bear who’s here to teach us about Christmas, as soon as he’s able to climb to the top of a very large dollhouse, from <a href="http://www.thehourchive.com/">The Hourchive</a>.</li><li><strong>Donnie Storms</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/boxcar45">@boxcar45</a>), the world’s smartest cat toy, from <a href="https://soundcloud.com/bronwensghost">Bronwen’s Ghost</a>.</li></ol><hr /><h4>Topics and Tangents:</h4><ol><li>The DVD release cut Kermit dressed in a Santa suit from the intro and outro, but he’s back in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Toy-Dave-Goelz/dp/B00BZPP56S">the version streaming on Amazon Prime Video</a>.</li><li>Rugby crashing his skateboard into a block tower is the 1980s Muppet version of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2Sz2aZ6uuc">WWE’s Titus O’Neil tripping and sliding underneath the ring</a>.</li><li>“<a href="https://giphy.com/gifs/f7AMsJ1k7UJICLjuDO">Teacup Furby</a>,” as named by Donnie.</li><li>The pink-haired doll playing the drums during “Toys Love to Play” reminds Beth of a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF-S115ZH7Q">similar song</a> from “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs-MqMELk40">Mother Goose Rock ’n’ Rhyme</a>.”</li><li>Apple is closer to a female version of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmwF-zy2Ypo">My Buddy</a> than Kid Sister, the <i>actual</i> female version of My Buddy.</li><li>The inevitable “How much did ‘Toy Story’ take from this?” conversation.</li><li>Somehow we worked