Sarah & Michael Save Christmas!

Ho ho ho, Jingle Babes! NewsRadio, the hidden gem of the 90s workplace comedies. You can keep your 'Suddenly Susans' and your 'Spins Cities'. Spoiler: This show was great and is still great. Hear us on the latest episode of Lisa Dib's Re-Animates podcast (HERE) Recommendations Public Void - Penelope Scott ---------------------------------------------- Maybe give us the gift of a few dollars to our...

FIXED REUPLOAD Ho ho ho, Jingle Babes! Where is Wally? And who is this Waldo fella anyway? And what's the (easily solved) mystery surrounding the voice cast? Well, Wally and Waldo and Wenda and Woof watchers, you'll simply have to listen to find out! Recommendations PowerWash Simulator Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (novel) Landslide The Final Girl Support Group   ----------------------------------...

Ho ho ho, Jingle Babes! We usually pick shows based on our personal history with them or a little research into the chosen show. We knew next to nothing about Mr Belverdere and having seen an episode, we're still not sure what it even is. Watch with us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IBmh_dsZ-Q Recommendations When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey I Think You Should Leave (Season 2) - Netflix   ---...

Ho ho ho, Jingle Babes! I loved watching Step By Step as a child. Maybe I did. Or maybe it was just on TV and I watched every single sitcom I possibly could. Step By Step is the forgotten member of the NBC TGIF Comedy Line-Up and should remain forgotten. John Astin still rocks my world though. There's a scene where two men eat eggs.   Recommendations The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune Pro...

Ho ho ho, Jingle Babes! Big ol' orange cat who famously loves Monday but does he hate the day the lord, Jesus Christ, was born? Let's find out together, shall we? Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbL-uxd4ZVw   Recommendations My Garfield Vacation: A Historical Voyage Diana and Garfield T-shirt   ---------------------------------------------- Maybe give us the gift of a few dollars to ou...

Ho ho ho, Jingle Babes! Funny Doctors? In this economy? We are watching Scrubs, the popular sitcom from the turn of the century. Does it hold up? Will they try and make child abuse and burn victims funny? Will that preaching dream sequence ever end? FIND OUT BY LISTENING  Recommendations The Mitchells vs The Machine The Slashfilm Cast ---------------------------------------------- Maybe give us th...

Ho ho ho, Jingle Babes! Today we're covering a pop-culture classic that has previously escaped us, Knight Rider. What does a super smart car think about Christmas? What does a dumb ass like David Hasselhoff think of socks? Find out with us!  Recommendations Landlords - Caelan Conrad The Thursday Murder Club - Richard Osman ---------------------------------------------- Maybe give us the gift of a...

Ho(p) ho(p) ho(p) Jingle Babes! Today we're tackling Easter. And in the slim pantheon of Easter classic, one show stands apart - a little Aussie gem of a sitcom called The Adventure Of Lano & Woodley. In this extremely silly episode: -a spotty pair of socks start a feud -the Easter Bunny is decapitated by a helicopter -the world's smallest Easter egg is stolen by a friend -and much more. It's a pe...

Ho ho ho Jingle Babes! We take a journey into the distant future of 2001. OK, it was twenty years ago but for us that's kinda recent. Angela Anaconda is a kids TV show with bizarre visuals and a feud deeper than the Hatfields and the Maccoys but how does it handle Christmas?  Recommendations The Prefect by  Alastair Reynolds AM I WHITE TRASH?| Trash Food and the diet of the poor by Zoe Bee -------...

Ho ho ho Jingle Babes! Staaaaaaanding tallllllllllllllll on the wiiiings of a dreeeeeeam! What if a normal man lived with a man who wasn't from here? That's the sitcom; Perfect Strangers! If a sitcoms can be measured by their Christmas how does this 80s classic hold up? Also, America Points.  Recommendations Late Night with Conan O'Brien - Hannigan The Salesman Late Night with Conan O'Brien - Arti...

Ho ho ho Jingle Babes! We're back! The Berenstain Bears is a show about bears if you took all the cool things about bears and replaced them with the boringest things about humans.  Because it's the season of love, we watched their Valentine special.   Watch along with us https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2aUxmudcCw&ab_channel=BerenstainBears   Recommendations Succession (HBO) Mythos by Stephen Fry...

Ho ho ho Jingle Babes! We're back! It's 2021 and Christmas needs saving again! Luckily we're up to the task. Especially when joined by animator Ashleigh Beevers ( https://www.instagram.com/mustashleigh/ ) and writer/voice actor Fabian Lapham ( https://www.instagram.com/the_count_of_monte_chrisco/ )! We start the year off with The Sooty Show, a British kids show where a dude lives in a sharehouse w...

Ho ho ho Jingle Babes! The 12 Hours Of Chrisrtmas: The rules are simple. 10 hours of Christmas entertainment, 2 hours of podcasting.  We tackled the Christmas movie marathon, so that you don't have to. This Year's Movies   Dear Christmas Jeff Dunham's Completely Unrehearsed Last Minute Pandemic Holiday Special Smoky Mountain Christmas Mr Saint Nick Puppy Star Christmas Slay Belles Elf-Man We love...

Ho ho ho Jingle Babes! It's DOUBLE CHRISTMAS DECEMBER! And the surprises haven't stopped yet! A few years (and a few podcast formats) ago we used to have a movie quiz podcast called Pop Quiz Hot Shot. Well, to butcher a Simpsons quote, 'it's back, in ALF form'! Since Sarah and The Consumption's Harry Brimage and Andrew Cherry have all seen the ALF Christmas Special FOUR TIMES, they must be experts...

Ho ho ho Jingle Babes! It's DOUBLE CHRISTMAS DECEMBER! Doesn't 2020 feel like it's never going to end? Well, Superman knows that feeling. This week we break down another bonkers Christmas episode of Lois & Clark, this time with the Patron Saint of Podcasting, The Weekly Planet's Nick Mason!  Recommendations Mexican Gothic Exit. Stage Left Amores Patos Chew -----------------------------------------...

Ho ho ho Jingle Babes! It's DOUBLE CHRISTMAS DECEMBER! And our first tradition off the ranks is - annoying Sarah's brothers (Jeremy and Julian) by making them watch something way too long. This year in celebration of our side project, Jellicle Cast, we're doing something different. It's a commentary! For the movie Cats! Simple press play when we say and it's just like you're watching it with us. O...

Ho ho ho Jingle Babes! In our last episode before DOUBLE CHRISTMAS DECEMBER begins, we take it easy with the commentary and instead compete to see who will win a 47 year old games show, it's the Christmas episode of Match Game '73 Watch along with us https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JlT5aYTmE8&t=584s&ab_channel=MatchGameProductions Recommendations Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House Of Fun (Netflix) Aunty...

Ho ho ho Jingle Babes! THERE'S A MONKEY WEARING A ELF COSTUME WHO TURNS INTO A PUDDLE! Watch along with us   on Amazon Prime (US) Recommendations Ape Out - Nintendo Switch Among Us - PC/Mobile Child's Play ---------------------------------------------- Maybe give us the gift of a few dollars to our Patreon account: https://www.patreon.com/itsaduckblur There's heaps of cool monthly bonuses for thos...

Ho ho ho Jingle Babes! Since it is the spooky time of year, we decide to get some scares mixed in with you 'joy to the world' with an episode of the 1964 sitcom, The Addams Family. It gets a bit scary to don't listen to it alone!!!!!! Watch along with us   on Amazon Prime (US) Recommendations Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas Live At New York - Two Man Gentlemen Band ----------------------------------...

Ho ho ho Jingle Babes! This episode reviews Bonkers, the Roger Rabbit knock-off. It is not sponsored by The Bradford Exchange's range of cuckoo clocks. Watch along with us   on Disney+ Recommendations Matt Baume - Did Homosexuality Kill The Dinosaurs? The Thing ---------------------------------------------- Maybe give us the gift of a few dollars to our Patreon account: https://www.patreon.com/its...

Ho ho ho Jingle Babes! Name a podcast that would watch a Christmas episode of a 40 year game show and break it down for you. 'Sarah and Michael Saves Christmas'? Survery says........ Watch along with us here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuL57iXS0r8&t=65s&ab_channel=MatchGameProductions Recommendations Close Enough I'll Be Gone In The Dark Why I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race by...

Ho ho ho Jingle Babes! So, we're back after our short break with a first for the podcast- an Australian TV show! It's long forgotten 90s family sit-com All Together Now. And to discuss this TV comedy classic we've brought on a current TV classic comedian, Tom Ballard! Watch along with us here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xCxK2POvVY&t=39s&ab_channel=LondonsBadGirl Recommendations Qanon Anonymo...

GIVEAWAY! To win a copy of Australia's Honest Conman, Nicholas J Johnson's new book, TRICKY NICK, simply retweet a tweet of his ( @CountLustig)  about his new book, screenshot it and send it to 'TRICKY NICK GIVEAWAY' c/o itsaduckblurpodcast@gmail.com ---------------------------- Ho ho ho Jingle Babes! Bread Barbershop is the best show on Netflix. It's Christmas episode is cool. Recommendations Suc...

Ho ho ho Jingle Babes! It's-a us, Sarah and Michael! And this episode we're watching a Christmas episode of the weird ass 80s Mario Brothers live action/cartoon hybrid.  Recommendations Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer https://stepheniemeyer.com/midnight-sun-2020/ Fall Guys https://fallguys.com/ Florence https://annapurnainteractive.com/games/florence/ Thought Slime https://www.youtube.com/channel/...

Ho ho ho Jingle Babes! Author/Magician/Comedian/Australia's Honest Conman, Nicholas J. Johnson returns to the podcast to introduce us to the UK's most famous magician, Paul Daniels. We then break down every single act on his 1985 Christmas Special. Watch with us- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trH-7ddAXlM   1:00 Chimney Trick 5:30 Three Card Monte (with four cards) 9:10 Jazzy Jumpers 14:30 50 Pou...