🎄 It’s 1996, and we’re holding our football-shaped heads high on a quest to find our neighbor’s long-lost daughter… but first, a pair of highly sought after Nancy Spumoni snow boots! Join us for a very special Christmas episode that solidified Hey Arnold! as an unforgettable Nicktoon.
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🎙 Guests:
Anthony Caruso (Tis the Podcast, @ACaruso929).
Matt Eurich (TGI Podcast, @MattEurich).
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💬 Topics & Tangents:
1. The story behind the iconic Vietnam Episode of ‘Hey Arnold!’ (NBC News, 2021).
2. Arnold’s Claymation origins: Arnold Escapes from Church, 1988.
3. Arnold Uses His Imagination on Sesame Street.
4. Helga in Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl.
5. The “Pollyanna,” Philadelphia’s hyper-local Secret Santa.
6. Mr. Hyunh’s banana wallpaper.
7. Mr. Hyunh’s flashback includes the iconic helicopter image from the Fall of Saigon.
8. One-Legged Bob, the Affable Railroad Tramp.
9. Hey, grown-ups, remember dot matrix printers?
10. Hiep Thi Le’s life could’ve been a movie; instead the refugee became a star playing someone else (Los Angeles Times, 2018).
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📼 Retro Commercial Break:
Talkboy Voice Recorder from Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.
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“Hey Arnold!” and “Arnold’s Christmas” © 1996 Viacom International, Inc.
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Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.
Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.
Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.
Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house.
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