Total Christmas Podcast

Hello you beautiful people!! First up it's The Christmas Quiz, make sure you send me your score. Then it's Where Are You Christmas? and this episode Bob Baker has found it in Mexico, This episode's version of A Chrismas Carol is an episode of Be Cool Scooby Doo. It's actually quite funny and worth a look if you can find it. Next up Bob is back and he explains what the term &apo...

Merry Christmas you beautiful people! We begin the show by looking at a couple of songs that are Christmas songs but are not Christmas songs. The first is Hallelujah written by Leonard Cohen and the second is My Favourite Things from The Sound of Music. Last episode I mentioned Maltesers and this episode Bob Baker explains what they are in Do You Hear What I Hear? When I was on holiday, in the pub...

Merry Christmas you beautiful people! Listener Aron C sent in a message about his favourite Christmas decoration; Sparkle the Christmas Light, so I tell you a bit about it. Next up it's Where Are You Christmas? and Bob Baker looks at a few places in Japan that celebrate Christmas all year round. Then it's this episodes version of A Christmas Carol. This one is called Hook's Christma...

Merry Christmas you beautiful people! We start the show with a version of A Christmas Carol. This is a sketch from Saturday Night Live and features Jimmy Falon as a young Scrooge. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb36BwPa7pQ Then it's Do You Hear What I Hear? and Bob Baker is looking at the word 'row' (when it rhymes with 'cow'). Next up is The Christ...

Merry Christmas you beautiful people! We start the show with this episode's version of A Christmas Carol and it's an episode of The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange. The episode is called Orange Carol, and it's not great, but it's not bad either. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWtp6h2HjAo Next up it's Do You Hear What I Hear? and our resi...

Hello you beautiful people! Last episode Benji Pearson asked me for some advice for his Christmas themed Halloween costume and this episode I give him some suggestions on how to dress up as the Elton John song Step Into Christmas. Next up it's Bob Baker with Do You Hear What I Hear? and he's looking at the British Christmas meal of a Christmas Ploughman's Lunch. Then it's a Chr...

Hello you beautiful people! The show begins with not quite a version of A Christmas Carol, called Jeff Dunham's Scrooged Up Holiday Special. The premise is that ventriloquist Jeff Dunham is going to do a version of A Christmas Carol and in this show he is casting the characters using some of his different characters. I watched it on Amazon, but this link gives you some more info: https://www....

Hello you beautiful people! We start the show with the second batch of Christmas songs from the US sent in by Jason Matusiak, and we see if I've heard any of them (spoiler, no I haven't). Then Bob Baker talks about Christmas Adverts or Commercials in Do You Hear What I Hear? Next up it's The Christmas Quiz and I scored 8. Make sure to email in your score. Then Bob Baker returns with...

Hello you beautiful people! We've tried this before and we're doing it again. Listener Jason Matuziak has sent me a bunch of songs that he tells me are classic songs at Christmas in the US.  I'll let you know if I've heard any of them. Then Bob Baker is here with Where Are You Christmas? and this time he's found it in Levenworth, Washington in the US thanks to listener Net...

Hello you beautiful people! We start the show with a version of A Christmas Carol. This one is from the sit-com A Different World, and the episode is from series 3 called, For Whom the Jingle Bell Tolls. I watched it on Netflix and it was well and truly...  meh. In Do You Hear What I Hear? Bob Baker looks at the British term 'A damp squib'. If you don't know what it means, you will...

Merry Christmas you beautiful people! It's a very special episode, because we welcome to the show Shelli and Frank Arnold. Shelli and Frank have been listening since the early days of the show and we've been chatting once a year about their Christmas village. Well they're here in the UK for the whole episode. First it's Christmas All Over The World and Shelli and Frank share wh...

Merry Christmas you beautiful people! We start the show by looking at the Winter solstice in the Southern hemisphere. Is there an equivalent of Christmas in June when the South of the globe has its shortest day? Then Bob Baker our resident barman looks at Wellington boots in Do You Hear What I Hear? There's no Christmas Quiz this episode, instead we have the triumphant return of Santa Banter,...

Merry Christmas you beautiful people! We start the show with a version of A Christmas Carol. This is an episode of the BBC sitcom Bad Education. It has its moments. Then Bob Baker takes us to Poland for Where Are You Christmas? Next up we have a Christmas Story of Shame from our lovely listener Nettie Tebeau. It's a Christmas tree infestation. Then Bob is back with Do You Hear What I Hear? an...

Merry Christmas you beautiful people! Last epsisode I told the story of shame about my Christmas jumer that was too small, but this episode we have a happy ending where a lovely listener gets to win it. Then I talk about a Christmas Not So Classic, it's from the very rude British comedian Roy Chubby Brown, it's called Rockin' Good Christmas and it's naff. Have a listen here:  h...

Merry Christmas you beautiful people! Do you think the Alistair Sim version of A Christmas Carol is the best? Well think again, because in this episode I explain why it's rubbish. This episodes Do You Hear What I Hear? is an interesting one, and Bob Baker looks at the term to 'read' as in to study.  Then it's The Christmas Quiz and after my pitiful performance last week when I...

Merry Christmas you beautiful people! Last episode I talke about Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas and Bob Baker sent me a great versio of Our World, have a listen to it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFvIIuvA4yE&list=RDuFvIIuvA4yE&start_radio=1 Then we take a look at some Christmas related Guinness World Records. How many candy canes can one man fit into his beard? You'll f...

Hello you beautiful people! We start the show with one of the worst songs of all time. Mr Blobby was the UK Christmas number 1 in 1993 and it's pretty bad. Have a look here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIRQrnPRiUk Then Bob Baker takes us to Mora, Sweden for Where Are You Christmas? Next up it's The Christmas Quiz. I scored a 6, make sure to email me your score. Ever heard the term &a...

Hello you beautiful people! We begin the episode with a Jack Ask question from listener Kevin Church, apologies because it's Valentine's Day related not Christmas. Do you know what the word 'Dross' means? Well, although I use it frequently, I didn't, but Bob Baker explains it all in Do You Hear What I Hear. This episode's version of A Christmas Carol is called Estrell...

Hello you beautiful people! Last episode I talked about a stage version of A Christmas Carol and listener Christy Easter sent in a link to her favourite stage version, you can check it out here:   https://www.nsmt.org/achristmascarol.html This episode's version of A Christmas Carol isn't really a version at all, but it's worth a look. It's a Christmas episode of a sitcom called...

Hello you beautiful people! We've had a few emails from listeners which I talk about at the top of the show, one of those email was from Scott Newman and he and his daughter have completely ruined Step Into Christmas. Then it's The Christmas Quiz and you can test yourself against Bob Baker from Festive Foreigh Film Fans (and of course this podcast). Check out Bob's podcast here:  ht...

Merry Christmas you beautiful people! It's our last episode of the year and it's packed in like 50 elves in a single Christmas stocking. We start the show with Santa Claus is Not Coming To Town and Todd Polte shares the story of how he found out the truth about Saint Nick. Next up it's our yearly visit to see Shelli and Frank Arnold's Christmas village. It's a spectacular...

It's December, so it's Christmas and we start the show with this episode's version of A Christmas Carol. It's one I saw at The Theatre Royal Winchester. It's an old time radio stage performance and it started past Dr Who Colin Baker. Then it's Do You Hear What I Hear and Bob Baker is talking about the word 'Publican'. A couple of episodes ago we had Mary Pol...

Hello you beautiful people! We start the show with a version of A Christmas Carol and it's the audio release that Mickey's Christmas Carol is based on. The full title is An Adaptation of Dickens' A Christmas Carol by The Disney Players. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCilmU2_NQM Next up it's Do You Hear What I Hear? and Bob Baker is looking at Polystyren...

Hello you beautiful people! We start the show with Christmas All Over The World and we have a look at some of the culinary delights in France, particularly La Reveillon and the 13 Desserts. Then Bob Baker has a look at the word us Brits use to describe a cigarette in Do You Hear What I Hear. In The Christmas Quiz this week I only managed to score 6. Make sure to email me and let me know your score...

Hello you beautiful people! We start the show with What The Dickens, and we have a look at some of the streets, towns and buildings that Dickens may have been referring to when describing Scrooge's London. Then Bob Baker takes a look at the word 'blinding' in Do You Hear What I Hear? Next up it's The Christmas Quiz and we're joined by Todd and Mary Polte, see if you can be...