Holiday Podcast Coverage featuring Rankin/Bass and the Muppets
Written by Ian Thomas Malone, Posted in Blog
What’s Christmas without a bunch of cringe stop-motion specials from the 70s? We at Estradiol Illusions love to spend too much time over-analyzing popular culture, especially problematic Christmas specials. The holiday season is one of our favorite times to take a pause and unpack this bizarre genre of filmmaking.
We’ve organized a collection of our holiday episodes for your easy listening pleasure. Estradiol Illusions is available wherever you get your podcasts, including Apple, Spotify, and Google. The Spotify collection has been neatly collected into a playlist. The external links are for Apple. Enjoy and Happy Holidays!
Rankin/Bass
The Year Without a Santa Claus
Rudolph: A Transgender Perspective (our first Rudolph episode, recorded before we established the house Rankin/Bass format.)
The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
The Lift and Adventures of Santa Claus
A Miser Brother’s Christmas (technically just inspired by Rankin/Bass as a sequel to The Year Without a Santa Claus)
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
The Little Drummer Boy, Book II
Rudolph & Frosty’s Christmas in July
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (our second Rudolph episode, more in line with the rest of the series)
The Leprechaun’s Christmas Gold
The Muppets
It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
A Muppet Christmas: Letters to Santa
The Rest
A Charlie Brown Christmas (mostly about Ian’s breakup)
Archie Kao – Christmas at the Ranch
Miracle on 34th Street (covers both films)
