The Wonder Years: A Very Cutlip Christmas

<p>🎄 It’s 1970 by way of 1990, and I just noticed the Santa Claus at the mall is actually my gym teacher.  </p><p>Join us on a revealing trip back to The Wonder Years as we salute Robert Picardo’s standout performance as Coach Cutlip… and Santa.  </p><p>****  </p><h2>🎙 Guest:  </h2><p>Andy Gattis (<a href="http://straightchillingpodcast.com">Straight Chilling</a>, <a href="http://andygattis.com">AndyGattis.com</a>).  </p><p>****  </p><h2>💬 Topics & Tangents:  </h2><p>1. Joe Cocker’s version of “With a Little Help from My Friends” over the opening credits was replaced for streaming with a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2_2SPFs5Hc">soundalike</a>, only they don’t sound alike.  </p><p>2. Almost all the original music is replaced, including a surf rock cover of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0Z-zVxw2BI">“Sleigh Ride” by The Ventures</a>.  </p><p>3. Fred Savage in “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngVMwf9yRGU ">Dinosaurs! A Fun-Filled Trip Back in Time</a>,” featuring Rex and Herb from <a href="https://adventcalendar.house/episodes/claymation">Will Vinton’s Claymation Christmas Celebration</a>.  </p><p>4. Coach Cutlip’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSXbO71xW-8">drawing of the female reproductive system</a>.  </p><p>5. Oops, Wikipedia linked to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Lambert">wrong Jay Lambert</a> (Tommy). <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0483181/">Here’s</a> the right guy.  </p><p>6. Brandon Crane’s (Doug Porter) new podcast, “<a href="https://anchor.fm/errorist-podcast">The Errorist</a>.”  </p><p>****  </p><h2>📼 Retro Commercial Break:  </h2><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5umRJ9i4ps">Pepsi “Love Letter” Commercial with Fred Savage</a>, 1990.  </p><p>****  </p><h2>🎤 And Now, These Messages:  </h2><p><a href="https://anchor.fm/tgi-podcast">TGI Podcast</a>, diving into Christmas, Halloween, and Thanksgiving episodes from the 1990s era of TGIF and more.  </p><p>****  </p><p>“The Wonder Years” and “A Very Cutlip Christmas” © 1990 New World