Tis the Podcast

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! To all of the Father's out there, we hope you had a wonderful Father's Day! And to all of our American listeners, we hope you took a moment to reflect on Juneteenth yesterday and are enjoying your long weekend. Today, listen in to the story, all about how, Our three elves' lives got turned upside down, When they invite Matt of TGIPod to share the air, And join the...

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics!  This week, the elves are joined by Brother Christmas himself, Todd Killian of "Christmas Clatter", to discuss the questionably Christmassy movie, "L.A. Confidential" - starring Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, and Kevin Spacey! Listen in to the joyful debate as to whether or not this movie should be classified as a holiday one, discuss our individual take...

Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! And Happy June! We are *less than twenty days away* from the halfway point to Christmas 2022! How insane is that? This week, join Julia, Thom, and Anthony as they metaphorically drop some acid to travel back to the world of Rankin/Bass and cover the 1979 holiday (?) special, "Jack Frost"! Even by Rankin/Bass standards this one is...*trippy*. But, as the past has s...

Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! And Happy Memorial Day! We hope that as you're all enjoying your barbecues this long weekend you take a moment to reflect on all of those who died during active military service.  To celebrate the end of May (if you can believe we're there already!), Julia, Thom, and Anthony journey back to 1947 to discuss the holiday classic, "The Bishop's Wife"! How does it comp...

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! This week, the elves start off by talking graduations, Marvel's "Moon Knight", and recently announced release dates for films that get them even more excited for 2022 to begin speeding up (hello, "Hocus Pocus 2"!) before jumping into the 2009 Macy’s staple, CBS' animated special: "Yes, Virginia". Listen in as they look at the true story behind the legend and discu...

Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! Can you believe that we're already over halfway through May?! Where is time going?!  Journey back 30 years through time with the elves, all the way to the year of 1992, to discuss the Romeo Muller Christmas special, "Noël", which was marketed as "a Christmas story for all generations"! Does the little red Christmas ornament, who has a happiness, live up to the ta...

Happy Monday, friends! This week, the elves dive into the Underunderstood podcast , label May 6th as both "Revenge of the Sixth" and "Festivus in May", and the "Jaws" franchise as they dive into the fourth movie of the franchise, 1987's "Jaws: The Revenge - This Time it's Personal". Also, get ready for a hot take from one of the elves on Quentin Tarantino!  Let us know what you think about this mo...

Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! And Happy May! Can you believe we're in month five of the year already? We are officially over Halfway to Halloween, which means we're over Halfway to our beloved 'Ber Months! On top of which, we're just under two months from the Halfway point to Christmas - Leon Day! This year is flying, so make sure to enjoy every second of it because we'll be on that official d...

Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! We are BACK after a long two week hiatus! Welcome to our final episode of April 2022! Can you believe it's already May next week?! We can't! But we're not complaining! We're officially more than halfway until Halloween, which means Christmas is coming up fast! This week, the elves are joined by Gerry D. of "Totally Rad Christmas" to discuss the 2021, Disney+ Origi...

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! We hope y'all had a fantastic Easter and hope the Easter Bunny was good to every single one of you!  Once again, life got in the way for the elves this past week. But, not wanting let two weeks go by without an episode dropping in your feeds, they pulled this once Patreon exclusive, Easter-themed episode from 2021 to share with you all!  Journey back into the past...

Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! And Happy April! Our first big holiday milestone on the road to Christmas hits this month on the 14th, when Hallmark officially releases their 2022 Keepsake Dream Book! How exciting is that? This week, travel with Julia, Thom, and Anthony as their hop back over to their movie list and make their way to Toyland as they discuss the 1961, Disney classic, "Babes in To...

The elves are back this week with April Riley to talk "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" again. They discuss the college years, figgy pudding, Anthony's new podcast, and Julia's real feelings about "The Golden Girls".  For those of you who want to follow along at home, the episodes covered are: - Season 4, Episode 12: Sabrina Nipping at Your Nose - Season 5, Episode 10: Sabrina's Perfect Christmas - Sea...

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! The elves continue women's month with a very special guest, Kendall Farrae from "For Fork's Sake" Podcast  to discuss the first 3 Chrsitmas episodes of "Sabrina the Teenage Witch"! After kicking off the episode in a mildly uncomfortable way, catching up, and chatting Disney's "Turning Red" and "The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window",...

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! This week, we continue our journey through Women's Month with an egregious sin - by doing so sans everyone's favorite elf, Julia! Unfortunately, she and one of her children were sick this week, and to make sure we got this episode out on time, she told us to go on without her especially because - *GASP* - she's not a fan of "The Golden Girls"! Never fear though! S...

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! Happy March! And Happy start of Women's Month, officially! To celebrate the occasion, this week, the elves are joined by Michele Kidwell to talk three of the four Christmas episodes of "Bewitched"! If you want to follow along at home, the episodes in question are:   Season 1, Episode Episode 15 - A Vision of Sugarplums  Season 4, Episode 16 - Humbug Not to be Spok...

Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! More importantly, Happy "The Batman" week for all those that celebrate! And, *most* importantly,  Happy Final Day of February! Can you believe that, as of tomorrow, we're already in March? The year is flying! Were that much closer to the Ber Months! This week, Julia, Thom, and Anthony are joined by two very special guests - Gerry Davila of "Totally Rad Christmas"...

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! This week, the elves talk their favorite Super Bowl LVI commercials, trailers for upcoming movies, and the 2021 Netflix movie "Single All The Way" which was not to everyone's liking. What were the issues they had with it? And what did they think worked about the film? You'll have to tune in to find out! And make sure to get excited, because next week starts 5 week...

Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! And Happy Valentine's Day!  This week, Julia, Thom, and Anthony dive deep into the 2021, Made-For-TV film, "Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas" - which served as the series finale for the short-lived television show, "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist"! This one took all three elves by surprise - not only by being so quirky and witty, but also by the surprisingly powerful...

Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! And Happy February! We are that much closer to the Ber Months!  It's been a minute, but this week, Julia, Thom, and Anthony once again cover an adaptation of Charles Dickens' iconic tale, "A Christmas Carol", this time in the form of the 1970 film "Scrooge", starring Albert Finney and Obi-Wan Kenobi himself, Sir Alec Guinness. Unfortunately, there's something abou...

Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics!  This week is a milestone episode for "Tis the Podcast" as it's taken us nearly five years to cover anything with the Olsen twins in it! So journey with Julia, Thom, Anthony, Mary-Kate, and Ashley to Edgemont in order to visit Great-Grandma Mimi as they cover the 1992, made-for-TV classic(?), "To Grandmother's House We Go"!  Also touched upon and discussed in this...

This week, the elves take a trip back in time to the Golden Age of Cinema to cover the 1945, post-WWII classic, "Christmas in Connecticut." They also veer off track a bit and talk about some icons we recently lost, what new shows they're hooked on, and some exciting announcements in the world of Christmas entertainment recently. All-in-all, this is quite a fun, uplifting episode you want to be sur...

Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics!  After a week off, the elves are back to brighten your new year by discussion the Denzel Washington/Whitney Houston holiday vehicle, "The Preacher's Wife"! What do you they think of it? Is it actually a Christmas movie or a movie set at Christmas? And how does it stack up compared to other films when it comes to "angel metaphysics"? To find out the answers to all...

2022 is in full swing, and the elves were excited to come together to discuss Netflix's 2021 original film, "A Boy Called Christmas". In this episode, they also dive into the film "Don't Look Up", television adaptation of Emily St. John Mandel's critically acclaimed novel, "Station Eleven", discuss the book of the same name that "A Boy Called Christmas" adapts, and debate whether the film is even...

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! Can you believe this is the final episode of 2021 already? We can't! We hope you all had an amazing Christmas! And while those post-holiday blues are sure to be setting in soon as we begin our countdown to Christmas 2022, rest assured that we here at "Tis the Podcast" will be here to help you get through it!  This week, Julia, Thom, and Anthony are joined by Gerry...

Happy Christmas Eve, everybody! Can you believe tomorrow’s the big day and that Santa’s already set out on his annual trip!? To celebrate the occasion, our newest episode, “Christmas Eve 2021 Story - John Updike’s ‘The Twelve Terrors of Christmas'” - in which the elves read Updike's playful tales as first published in "The New Yorker" back in December 1992 as their annual Christmas Eve gift to y’a...