🎄It’s 1982, and I’m trapped at sea while Mickey Rooney butts into everyone’s conversation. Â
Join us as we embark on a Christmas cruise aboard the Pacific Princess for a very merry episode of “The Love Boat” featuring Maureen McCormick, Donny Osmond, and Mickey Rooney as an angel in disguise as your nosy neighbor. Â
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🎙 Guests:
Guy Hutchinson (Pointless Nostalgia, GuyHutchinson.com)Â Â
William Bruce West (West Week Ever, Remember That Show?)Â Â
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đź’¬ Topics & Tangents:
1. “The Christmas Presence” on Paramount+, Pluto TV, and Facebook. Â
2. Sesame Street’s Love Boat parody and “Song of Ten.” Â
3. Guy on the history of the Lacoste Crocodile. Â
4. “Brady Bunch” references: Maureen McCormick can’t stop getting hit in the face , and Mrs. Brady gets her voice back. Â
5. What’s in Santa Stubing’s bag: Stadium Checkers, a Jeep Honcho model truck, and more. Â
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đź“Ľ Commercial Break:
Toys “R” Us featuring the E.T. Atari 2600 Game (1982) Â
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“The Love Boat” and “The Christmas Presence” © 1982 The Love Boat Company. Â
Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost. Â
Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house.
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