🎄 We’re snowed in a bit earlier than expected, so we’ve hunkered down to have a Christmas feast from around the world. Our colleagues from the newsroom upstairs are less than enthusiastic, but that’s not stopping us from enjoying this 1974 non-Christmas Christmas episode of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.” Â
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🎙 Guest: Â
Alonso Duralde (Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas, The Film Verdict, Linoleum Knife, Maximum Film, Breakfast All Day, Deck the Hallmark, Hollywood Pride, Bluesky). Â
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đź’¬ Topics & Tangents: Â
Pre-order the Revised and Updated Edition of “Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas.” Â
IMDb’s photo gallery for this episode has 20 screenshots of Mary in a towel. Â
Betty White’s amazing Christmas dress. Â
Harrison Ford recalls what he told George Lucas while shooting the first “Star Wars” movie. Â
I couldn’t find a recipe for “soufflĂ© tour lĂ©gende,” but here’s one for “Mr. Grant You Took Half Veal Prince Orloff!” Â
Today’s TV Trope: Social Semi-Circle. Â
Michael Scott triumphantly singing “Happy Birthday” on “The Office.” Â
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đź“Ľ Commercials: Â
Burger King Gift Certificates Christmas Commercial (1974) Â
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“The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “Not a Christmas Story” © 1974 MTM Enterprises, Inc.
Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.
Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house.
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