Tis the Podcast

California Christmastime - It‘s Just A Golden State Of Mind! (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend)

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! 
This week, join Anthony, Thom, and Julia as they travel to West Covina, California to cover the one Christmas episode of the CW's musical-comedy show, "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" - Season One, Episode Eight: My Mom, Greg's Mom and Josh's Sweet Dance Moves! 
Also discussed this episode: Thom's Birthday, the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and the Broadway musical, "Come From Away", the first few episodes of FX's adaptation of "Y: The Last Man", and much, much more! Also, stay tuned through the end of the episode when another Christmas Podcast host interrupts the proceedings with an announcement!
This is one fun episode you want to be sure not to miss! So settle in with your favorite pumpkin flavored drink and enjoy! Also, if you want more "Tis the Podcast" goodness, make sure to keep your eye on your podcast feeds this upcoming Thursday for Chapter Thirty-Four of "Another Christmas Story", which will be read to y'all by the unofficial fourth elf of the show, Gerry Davila of "Totally Rad Christmas"! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🔔🚂 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

”Another Christmas Story” - Chapter Thirty-Three - I‘ll Be Home For Christmas - As Read By Julia Colburn

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the thirty-fourth official installment of “Another Christmas Story”!
In this week’s episode, everybody’s favorite elf – our very own Julia Colburn – will read to all of you Chapter Thirty-Three of our tale, entitled “I’ll Be Home For Christmas”! We hope you like it! If you do, make sure to share this episode and our website, upon which the text of this installment is posted, to get it in front of as many ears and eyes as possible!
Coming up on the show this upcoming September 20th we will be dropping our episode in which we discuss the Christmas episode of the musical-comedy show, “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” – Season 1, Episode 8, “My Mom, Greg’s Mom and Josh’s Sweet Dance Moves!” ! And this upcoming Tuesday, September 21st, we will be recording our episode on the 2016 film, “Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas” which will drop in your feeds on Monday, September 27th! Before that, however, on Thursday, September 23rd, you’ll get to hear Chapter 34 of “Another Christmas Story” entitled “The Little Drummer Boy”, which the unofficial fourth elf of “Tis the Podcast” – Gerry Davila of “Totally Rad Christmas“– will be reading to you! So, keep your eyes on your podcast feeds because there’s lots of great stuff coming up!
Enjoy, y’all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Blooming Christmas! (Father Christmas)

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! 
In this week's episode, Julia, Thom, and Anthony hop a plane across the pond to cover the 1991, British-animated holiday special, "Father Christmas" - based on the book by Raymond Briggs. Does this cartoon do more for Anthony and Thom than "The Snowman" did? Does Julia, who is normally the most kind to these foreign specials, find her heart warmed by the most curmudgeonly Santa covered since perhaps Ed Asner's in "Elf"? Tune in to find out the answers to these questions, in addition to much more random discussion, in this fun, festive episode that will give you all of the Ber Month feels!      
And if you want more "Tis the Podcast" goodness, make sure to check your feeds this upcoming Thursday, September 16th, to hear Chapter 33 of “Another Christmas Story” entitled “I'll be Home for Christmas”, which everybody's favorite elf, Julia Colburn herself, will be reading to you!Enjoy, y'all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🔔 🚂🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

”Another Christmas Story” - Chapter Thirty-Two - No Place Like Home For The Holidays - As Read By Anthony Caruso

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the thirty-second official installment of "Another Christmas Story"!In this week's official episode, our very own Anthony Caruso - the author of the story himself! -  will read to all of you Chapter Thirty-Two of our tale, entitled "No Place Like Home For The Holidays"! We hope you like it! If you do, make sure to share this episode and our website, upon which the text of this installment is posted, to get it in front of as many ears and eyes as possible! 
Coming up on the show this upcoming September 13th we will be dropping our episode in which we discuss the 1991, British Cartoon, “Father Christmas”! And this upcoming Tuesday, September 14th, we will be recording our episode on the eighth episode of the first season of the 2015 musical-comedy-show, “Crazy Ex Girlfriend” entitled “My Mom, Greg’s Mom, and Josh’s Sweet Dance Moves!” which will drop in your feeds on Monday, September 20th! Before that, however, on Thursday, September 16th, you’ll get to hear Chapter 33 of “Another Christmas Story” entitled “I’ll Be Home For Christmas”, which the elf with the best voice – everyone’s favorite, Julia – will be reading to you! So, keep your eyes on your podcast feeds because there's lots of great stuff coming up! Enjoy, y'all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Well For One, It Falls Under Naughty! (ABC Family‘s ”Snow”)

Happy Labor Day, Christmas freaks - and happy birthday to Anthony's wife, Sarah! We are officially in the Ber months! This week the elves visit San Ernesto, California for ABC Family's 2004 movie "Snow"! A new take on the Santa with its own origin story, this movie focuses on Santa tracking down his lost reindeer. The elves delve into the difference between ABC Family (now Freeform) and Hallmark, Santa origin stories, and the Christmas feels that this film elicits. Also, Anthony needs your help with his family Halloween costume ideas!

”Another Christmas Story” - Chapter Thirty-One - Do You Hear What I Hear? - As Read By Art Kilmer Of ”A Cozy Christmas Podcast”

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the thirty-second official installment of "Another Christmas Story"!
In this week's official episode,  Art Kilmer of "A Cozy Christmas Podcast" will read to all of you Chapter Thirty-One of our tale, entitled "Do You Hear What I Hear?" We hope you like it! If you do, make sure to share this episode and our website, upon which the text of this installment is posted, to get it in front of as many ears and eyes as possible! And make sure to check your feeds today for last week's official installment of "Another Christmas Story" - Chapter Thirty, entitled "O Come, All Ye Faithful", as read by listener Rebecca Boll! (Hopefully you already saw it and listened to that one first, as it precedes this one!)
Coming up on the show this upcoming Monday, Labor Day, September 6th – which just so happens to be Anthony's wife Sarah’s Birthday, so happy birthday in advance to her! -  we will be dropping our episode in which we discuss the ABC Family original Movie, "Snow"! And this upcoming Tuesday, September 7th, we will be recording our episode on the 1991, British Cartoon, “Father Christmas”, which will drop in your feeds on Monday, September 13th! Before that, however, on Thursday, September 9th, you’ll get to hear Chapter 32 of “Another Christmas Story” entitled “No Place Like Home For The Holidays”, which the author of the story himself will be reading to y’all! So, keep your eyes on your podcast feeds because there's lots of great stuff coming up!
Enjoy, y'all!    

”Another Christmas Story” - Chapter Thirty - O Come, All Ye Faithful - As Read By Rebecca Boll

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the thirty-first official installment of "Another Christmas Story"!
In what was supposed to be last week's episode,  listener Rebecca Boll will read to all of you Chapter Thirty of our tale, entitled "O Come, All Ye Faithful". We hope you like it! If you do, make sure to share this episode and our website, upon which the text of this installment is posted, to get it in front of as many ears and eyes as possible! And make sure to check your feeds today for this week's official installment of "Another Christmas Story" - Chapter Thirty-One, entitled "Do You Hear What I Hear?", as read by Art Kilmer of "A Cozy Christmas Podcast"! (That's right - there are perks to missing a week! This week, you get two chapters!)
Coming up on the show this upcoming Monday, Labor Day, September 6th – which just so happens to be Anthony's wife Sarah’s Birthday, so happy birthday in advance to her! -  we will be dropping our episode in which we discuss the ABC Family original Movie, "Snow"! And this upcoming Tuesday, September 7th, we will be recording our episode on the 1991, British Cartoon, “Father Christmas”, which will drop in your feeds on Monday, September 13th! Before that, however, on Thursday, September 9th, you’ll get to hear Chapter 32 of “Another Christmas Story” entitled “No Place Like Home For The Holidays”, which the author of the story himself will be reading to y’all! So, keep your eyes on your podcast feeds because there's lots of great stuff coming up!
Enjoy, y'all!    

She Made Them Come Together So They Would Be There For One Another. (The Best Man Holiday)

Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! Can you believe we are already at the end of August? We are officially only one day away from the most wonderful time of the year - the Ber Months! How exciting is that? To celebrate the end of the month, join the elves and special guest host - and OG listener - Charlyn Lewis of Fashion Speaks as they discuss the 2013 film, The Best Man Holiday! It's a fun filled episode filled with plenty of backstory on the original film, courtesy of Charlyn, so settle in and enjoy!

Jingle Bells, Batman Smells, Robin Laid An Egg; The Batmobile Lost A Wheel, And The Joker Got Away! (The Christmas Episodes of "Batman: The Animated Series" and "Justice League")

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! We hope you're enjoying the return of your favorite Fall flavored drinks at Dunkin' and are looking forward to the return of those Autumn-y treats at Starbucks later this week!
In this week's episode, Julia, Thom, and Anthony are joined by not one, not two, but three special guests to discuss the (2) Christmas episodes of "Batman: The Animated Series", the (1) Christmas episode of "The New Adventures of Batman", and the (1) Christmas episode of "Justice League"! Joining them to geek out over the Caped Crusader are Gerry Davila of "Totally Rad Christmas", Mike Westfall of "Advent Calendar House Podcast", and Matt Spaulding of GreenMountainSanta.com and cohost of two podcasts, "Two Broke Geeks" and "The F.B.I.'s Most Unwanted"! If you want to follow along at home, the episodes discussed are:
"Batman: The Animated Series" - Season 1, Episode 2: "Christmas with the Joker"
"Batman: The Animated Series" - Season 2, Episode 2: "A Bullet for Bullock"
"The New Batman Adventures" - Season 1, Episode 1: "Holiday Knights"
"Justice League" - Season 2, Episode 23: "Comfort and Joy"
This is one fun, lighthearted, nerdy episodes full of musical interludes you do not want to miss! So, settle back with those Pumpkin Spice Lattes and enjoy! And if you want more "Tis the Podcast" goodness, make sure to check your feeds this upcoming Thursday, August 26th, to hear Chapter 30 of “Another Christmas Story” entitled “O Come, All Ye Faithful”, which listener Rebecca Boll will be reading to you!Enjoy, y'all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

The Start Is Not Nearly As Important As The Finish. (Last Holiday)

In this week's episode, which is obviously coming to you a little late (thanks Thom, you're the worst!), the elves cover the 2006 romantic comedy, "Last Christmas", starring Queen Latifah. Though the topic is somewhat morose, the film and the elves discuss it with a lot of light-hearted humor. Tune in for a not-so-Christmassy, Christmas laugh!