AVSEPod Episode 141: Santa Claus is Coming to Town

 

Ho ho ho! Our annual holiday celebration continues with Santa Claus is Coming to Town, a Rankin-Bass claymation special that some (Austin) describe as "the Star Wars Prequels for Santa"! Join Carolyn, David and Austin as they discuss the merits of live versions of songs, debate the moral implications of The Santa Clause, and wonder what happened to Jesus' afterbirth! 

So put away your toys before Burgermeister Meisterburger can slip on them, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. 

Be sure to listen to Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!

http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode141.mp3

AVSEPod Episode 133: A Charlie Brown Christmas

Can't anyone tell us what Christmas is all about?!? Join David, Carolyn, and Austin as they tackle the question by discussing the commercialization of Christmas-skewing seminal animated holiday classic, A Charlie Brown Christmas (brought to you by the good folks at Coca-Cola)! Along the way, they discuss the history of the Mall of America, something called "damp napping"(?), and the raw sexual chemistry between Charlie Brown and Lucy. 

So do your best Snoopy dance, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. 

Be sure to listen to Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!

http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode133.mp3

AVSEPod Episode 131: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Ho ho ho! We kickoff our Christmas coverage this week with a look at the Rankin-Bass stop-motion classic, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the special which taught us all the true meaning of Christmas: that differences are meant to be mocked unless/until they become exploitable by the state! Join Carolyn, David and Austin as they debate Thin Santa vs. Fat Santa, discuss David's fear of stop-motion puppetry, and above all, marvel at the extreme dickishness of Santa's reindeer.  

So befriend a bumble, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. 

Be sure to listen to Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!

http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode131.mp3

AVSEPod Episode 62: He-Man & She-Ra: A Christmas Special

By the power of Grayskull Christmas! This week, we return to the formative years of Austin's childhood as Christmas comes to Eternia in the form of a pair of Earth children accidentally kidnapped thanks to Orko's bungling, who proceed to teach Skeletor the true meaning of Christmas. Along the way, the Aluminum Four discuss frighteningly-negligent parents, winter coat-generating laser blasts, and, of course, penis helicopters.

So get a tan to disguise your secret identity, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher and Google Play. You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com.

Also, be sure to check out Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!

http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode062.mp3

AVSEPod Episode 60: A Claymation Christmas Celebration

Merry Christmas! This week begins our annual marathon of Christmas-related episodes, and Carolyn kicks things off by leading us into a world populated by animated clay dinosaurs, pigs, and bells performing some of the all-time great Christmas songs, all under the watchful eye of famed animator Wil Vinton. Word through the grapevine is that even some West Coast-based cookie-ruiners might make an appearance as well!

So get ready to go a-wassailing, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher and Google Play. You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com.

Also, be sure to check out Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!

http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode060.mp3

AVSEPod Episode 33: Christmas at Pee Wee's Playhouse

Today's secret word is "podcast" (Ah! Podcast! Ahhhh!), as we kickoff our 2017 holiday programming by reviewing 1988's "Christmas at Pee Wee's Playhouse", in which Pee Wee hosts a bevy of special guests at his titular Playhouse to celebrate Christmas, from Charo to Whoopi Goldberg to Magic Johnson, and learns an important lesson (several times) about the spirit of the season. Join us as we talk fruitcakes, the Dickensian toiling of Annette Funicello & Frankie Avalon, just who the heck Dinah Shore is. 

So turn on Computery, login to Internety and plug in Headphony, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher and Google Play. You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com.

A Very Special Episode is also part of the Rivercity Podcast Federation, a group of like-minded podcasts from across the internet (but mostly physically in Portland). Check out the other great shows here.

http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode033.mp3

AVSEPod Episode 7: The Star Wars Holiday Special

Merry Christmas Happy Life Day everyone! With the holidays in full swing and a new classic era Star Wars movie in theaters, what better time to take a look at the most infamous bit of Star Wars storytelling, the Holiday Special, in which Chewbacca's family awaits his arrival home on a vaguely-defined Wookiee holiday while under Imperial occupation. In between appearances from an embarrassed Harrison Ford, a dead-eyed Carrie Fisher, and a frighteningly-glam Mark Hamill, the Wookiees are joined by the the brightest (or most-available) stars of 1978 for sequences involving a black-face cooking demonstration, a phallic rock 'n' roll performance, holographic space porn, and more!

Is the whole thing painful to watch? Does it have any redeeming value? Is the world better off with this in it, or does it deserve to be obliterated from existence as George Lucas would like? Download and listen here to find out, then rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher and Google Play.

Also, follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. Drop us a line and let us know what you think of the show!

http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode007.mp3

AVSEPod Episode 5: Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue!

In this week's episode, the Aluminum Four stretch our mandate a little, as we discuss not a "very special" episode of an ongoing TV series, but rather a one-shot show specifically designed to be "special". So travel back with us to those halcyon days of the War on Drugs, when President Bush the Elder told children to read his lips and watch this animated special, in which the brightest cartoon stars of 1990 (including Alf, Slimer and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle) team-up with classic characters like Daffy Duck & Bugs Bunny to teach kids about the dangers of befriending floating ephemeral smoke beings wearing a suit, ie doing drugs. The end result is...kind of a mixed, muddled message, but hey, Winnie the Pooh talks about hardcore drug use, so there's that. 

So set your Kemit alarm clock and turn off your Garfield lamp, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher and Google Play. Also, follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. Drop us a line via any of those methods and let us know what you think of the show! 

http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode005.mp3