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Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! This week, the elves gather at the North Pole to discuss the classic 90's television comedy, Home Improvement, for the last time! For those of you who want to join along and watch at home, the last batch of Christmas episodes we talk about are the following: Season 5, Episode 12 - 'Twas the Flight Before Christmas  Season 7, Episode 11 - Bright Christmas Season 8,...

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the eleventh official installment of "Another Christmas Story"! This week, our very own Anthony Caruso will read to all of you Chapter Ten of our tale, entitled "Carol of the Bells". Within this chapter, we switch back to Aaron Rankin's point of view as he and his classmates arrive in New York City for their Christmastime class trip! We hope you like...

Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! We hope you had an incredible Easter weekend and the Easter Bunny was good to you all! This week, the elves gather to discuss the two Christmas episodes of the hit 80's show, "ALF"! For those of you who want to watch along at home, the episodes discussed are: Season 1, Episode 12 - Oh, Tannerbaum  Season 2, Episodes 11 and 12 - ALF's Special Christmas When it come...

Happy Easter, Christmas Fanatics! With the weather outside finally warming up, signaling the arrival of Spring, we here at "Tis the Podcast" wanted to show our appreciation for you by sharing a very special Easter episode of the show in which Julia, Thom, and Anthony cover the 1977, Rankin/Bass stop-motion-animation special, "The Easter Bunny is Comin' to Town" - the quasi-sequel to 1970's Christm...

Happy April 1st (and April Fool's Day!), y'all! This week, in this short, foolish episode, Gerry, Thom, and Julia's discussion gets cut short when an unwanted intruder joins their Zoom meeting unexpectedly. Enjoy! And don't forget to check your feeds for the other episode of Tis the Podcast that dropped today, in which Ron Hogan of Film Strip podcast - a.k.a. President Hotdog - reads to y'all Chap...

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the tenth official installment of "Another Christmas Story"! This week, Ron Hogan - a.k.a. President Hotdog - of the always hilarious "Film Strip Podcast", will read to all of you Chapter Nine of our tale, entitled "A New York Christmas". Within this chapter, we switch back to Joey's point of view as he arrives in New York City to spend the holiday. I...

Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! This week, the elves once again gather at the North Pole to discuss the second batch of Christmas episodes that the classic 90's television comedy, Home Improvement, produced! For those of you who want to join along and watch at home, the episodes we talk about are the following: Season 3, Episode 12 - 'Twas the Blight Before Christmas  Season 4, Episode 11 - Some...

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the ninth official installment of "Another Christmas Story"! This week, Craig Brewer, of the always fascinating "Weird Christmas", will read to all of you Chapter Eight of our tale, entitled "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas". Within this chapter, you'll meet the character of Hudson Jackson, an employee of Animal Control Services of New Yor...

This week, Julia, Thom, and Anthony are joined by Matt Eurich (A.K.A. Mr. GaryBlauman) to talk about the (4) Christmas episodes of the beloved 90's show, Boy Meets World! For those of you who want to watch along at home, the installments discussed are: Season 1, Episode 10 - Santa's Little Helper Season 4, Episode 12 - Easy Street Season 5, Episode 11 - A Very Topanga Christmas Season 6, Episode 1...

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the eighth official installment of Another Christmas Story! This week, Todd Killian, of the always excellent Christmas Clatter, will read to all of you Chapter Seven of our tale, entitled "Step Into Christmas". Within this chapter, you'll meet two longtime partners in the NYPD, Seamus Dwyer and Andrew Lee, as well as their beleaguered boss, Lindsey Pe...

Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! This week, the elves gather at the North Pole to discuss the first three Christmas episodes of the classic 90's television comedy, Home Improvement! For those of you who want to join along and watch at home, the episodes we talk about are the following: Season 1, Episode 12 - Yule Better Watch Out Season 2, Episode 12 - I'm Scheming of a White Christmas  Season 3,...

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the seventh official installment of Another Christmas Story! This week, the always hilarious and effervescent April Ryley will read to all of you Chapter Six of our tale, entitled "White Christmas". Within this chapter, you'll meet NYU journalism students, Elizabeth Meyer and Noah Clarke!  We hope you like it! If you do, make sure to share this episod...

Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! This week, the elves are joined by one of our favorite frequent guests - and friends of the pod - Gerry D. of Totally Rad Christmas to discuss the four episodes of the cult classic TV comedy, Community! For those of you who want to join along and watch at home, the episodes we talk about are the following: Season 1, Episode 12 - Comparative Religion Season 2, Epis...

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the sixth official installment of Another Christmas Story! This week, Gerry Davila of Totally Rad Christmas will read to all of you Chapter Five of our tale, entitled "All I Want For Christmas Is You". Within this chapter, you'll catch up with Aaron Rankin and all of his classmates as they prepare for their big trip to New York City! We hope you like...

This week, life got in the way for the elves - and between COVID vaccine side-effects and mental health issues, they couldn't find time to record in time for this week's episode. Not wanting to leave you hanging, however, we've decided to share one of our Patreon-Exclusive "Fireside Chat" segments with y'all! In our "Fireside Chats", one or more of the Tis the Podcast elves sit down by a crackling...

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the fourth official installment of Another Christmas Story! This week, listener Rebecca Boll will read to all of you Chapter Four of our tale, entitled "Last Christmas". Within this chapter, you'll catch up with Mary Holiday in the present day and discover what she's been up to since her Christmas Eve fight with Joey Nazario ten-years prior!  We hope...

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! This week, Julia, Thom, and Anthony sit down to discuss the Christmas episodes about the one family who lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together. That's right, we're talking Arrested Development! And for those who want to follow along at home, the two episodes we'll be talking about are: Season 1, Episode 8 - In God We Trust...

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the fourth official installment of Another Christmas Story! This week, our very own Thom Crowe will read to all of you Chapter Three of our tale, entitled "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Within this chapter, you'll meet the struggling Rankin family, including young, single mom Megan and her three children, Jake, Aaron, and Amy! Please be advised if you...

This week, the elves travel back to 2001 to discuss the film Serendipity, starring John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale, Bridget Moynahan, and Jeremy Piven. As usual, they discuss their histories with the film and its actors, the Serendipity café in New York City, opinions about the storyline (and destiny in general), and what does or doesn't make this a Christmas movie as they debate whether or not this...

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the third official installment of Another Christmas Story! This week, everyone's favorite elf - the one with the best voice - Julia Colburn will read to all of you Chapter Two of our tale, entitled "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"! [I know last week we said Thom would be reading this week's chapter, but there was a mixup with the schedule and he'll...

Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! Get excited! Because this week, a true cinematic legend shows up in a film on the podcast for the very first time - Samuel L Jackson, who co-stars opposite Gina Davis in 1996's The Long Kiss Goodnight. The elves discuss the 90's action film from Shane Black, weigh in on whether it's a comedy or not, and debate its Christmassiness before bringing in some listener f...

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the second official installment of Another Christmas Story! This week, the author of this holiday rom-com himself, our very own Anthony, will read to all of you Chapter One of our tale, entitled "Good King Wenceslas"! Within this chapter, taking place ten-years after last week's prologue, you'll meet the characters of President Emily Williams, her Chi...

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! Can you believe we're already in February? One month down in 2021 on the long journey to Christmas! Though, when you think about it, Leon Day is only Five Months away; the Fourth of July is only six months away, which is when the back to school stuff starts going back up in Target, which is a big milestone reached; and the Ber Months are only eight months away, at...

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the first official installment of Another Christmas Story! This week, the author of this holiday rom-com himself, our very own Anthony, will read to all of you, the Prologue of our tale, entitled "Wonderful Christmas Time"! In it, you'll meet the protagonists of this story - Joey and Mary - and get a hint of what their relationship is actually like. W...

Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! This week, Julia, Thom, and Anthony travel to Motherland to cover the 2020 original, Disney Plus holiday film, Godmothered! There's a lot of love to go around this week for this heartwarming family comedy, and while there is some cynicism on Anthony's part as to whether or not this movie rips off (rather than pays homage) to a plethora of films that came before it...