Ziggy’s Gift

<p>Take a short-statured trip back to 1982 to explore the one-off TV Christmas special, “Ziggy’s Gift,” starring no one’s favorite funny papers hero and featuring a beautifully animated puddle of dog pee.</p><hr /><h4>On This Episode</h4><ol><li><strong>Mike Westfall</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/fallwestmike">@fallwestmike</a>), 2 heads shorter than everyone else in his universe.</li><li><strong>Chad Young</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/horrormoviebbq">@horrormoviebbq</a>) from the <a href="http://www.horrormoviebbq.com">Horror Movie BBQ</a>.</li></ol><hr /><h4>Topics and Tangents</h4><ol><li><a href="https://dinosaurdracula.com/blog/ziggys-gift/">“Ziggy’s Gift” on Dinosaur Dracula After Dark</a>.</li><li>“<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Point!">The Point</a>,” a Harry Nilsson album turned into an animated movie.</li><li>Ziggy’s toothpaste looks like <a href="https://aliens.fandom.com/wiki/Sandworm_(Beetlejuice)">Beetlejuice sandworms</a>.</li><li>Ziggy Theories: Is he adult Charlie Brown? A vegetarian? A guardian angel?</li><li>The time Chad met Billy West, who stood on a chair because he thought Chad was too tall.</li><li>The time I inquired about a job opportunity that wasn’t what I expected.</li><li>The terrifying robot Santa window display reminded me a little too much of the equally terrifying “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raggedy_Ann_%26_Andy:_A_Musical_Adventure">Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure</a>.”</li><li>Frank Welker voiced 25 characters in this special if you count each individual turkey.</li><li>Ziggy’s kettle has “the Glow” from “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c8wvxAqQts">The Last Dragon</a>.”</li><li>We compare the “Linus moment” trope of remembering the true meaning of Christmas to the newly named “Skeletor face turn” of becoming filled with Christmas spirit.</li></ol><hr /><h4>Previous Episodes of This Podcast Mentioned</h4><ul><li>Season 1, Episode 4: <a href="https://adventcalendar.house/episodes/gift-of-winter">The Gift of W