Totally Rad Christmas!

What's up, dudes and dudettes? It's the first mini episode (minisode?)! after every 10 episodes we'll toss in one of these in to keep things fresh and lively. Enjoy the look into Santa's mailbag, the suggestions, and the quick description of a big musical joke from genius composer John Williams! Give us a buzz! Send a text, dudes! Check us out on  Facebook , Twitter ,  Instagra...

What's up, dudes and dudettes? We've got Totally Rad All-Star Danny Davila here to talk about my Christmas present in 1989, Mega Man! He's the Blue Bomber ! He's the Super Fighting Robot ! Released on December 17, 1987 for the NES, it's a science fiction side-scrolling action platformer about a robot who must defeat the nefarious Dr. Wily!  In the year 20XX, Mega Man is a...

What’s up, dudes? Turn up the boom box! April Ryley and I talk Band Aid’s 1984 charity single “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” It’s a massive ’80s music moment packed with British and Irish pop royalty, big choruses, urgent synths, and more famous faces than a holiday issue of Smash Hits. Bob Geldof and Midge Ure organized the project to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia, gathering artists s...

What's up, dudes and dudettes? Let's take a trip to Babyland General Hospital with special guest Julia Colburn from 'Tis the Podcast ! We talk BunnyBees, Col. Casey, and all things Cabbage Patch Kids! Did you know there was a Cabbage Patch Christmas special ? It's pretty bonkers! Oh yeah! Garbage Pail Kids get a mention too!  The Cabbage Patch Kids are getting ready for Christm...

What’s up, dudes? Gerry is joined by Michael Christelman from The Wonderful World of Nothing to talk M.A.S.K., the Mobile Armored Strike Kommand toy line that felt like G.I. Joe and Transformers crashed into each other in the best possible way. It was the 5th bestselling action lines of Christmas 1985, and it came loaded with masks, vehicles, secret identities, and V.E.N.O.M. skullduggery. The mag...

What's up, dudes and dudettes? By the power of Grayskull, we've got a masterful show here with special guest Thom Crowe from 'Tis the Podcast ! We talk all things He-man and She-ra. Skeletor has a crisis of conscience?! Not even! --Even! Enjoy the Hap, Hap, Happiest Christmas memories, and remember to vote on the best worst impression on our social media sites! What’s up, dudes? By...

What’s up, dudes? Anthony Caruso from 'Tis the Podcast is here for a fantastical journey into Rankin/Bass’s 1985 adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus ! It’s Santa origin-story time, complete with immortals, forests, found family, and that particular Rankin/Bass flavor of cozy and bizarre. Things get wonderfully strange when L. Frank Baum and Rankin/Bass decide...

What’s up, dudes? I’m is joined by Lucas Hinojosa, Jr. for a fun, old-fashioned family Christmas meltdown as they dive into 1989’s “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation!” It’s the Griswolds at maximum holiday voltage: lights, ladders, bonuses, relatives, squirrels, sleds, and Clark W. Griswold trying desperately to engineer the perfect Christmas. The movie takes every cozy holiday expectation and...

What’s up, dudes? Yo Joe! I’m joined by Todd Killian from Christmas Clatter to talk one of the biggest action toy lines of the ’80s: G.I. Joe! It’s the real American hero era of file cards, battle stands, mail-away figures, swivel-arm battle grip, and enough vehicles to occupy every square inch of the bedroom carpet. There was even a Christmas episode: “Cobra C.L.A.W.s are Coming to Town”! Things...

What’s up, dudes? Welcome to the first full-length Totally Rad Christmas episode! Yours truly, Gerry D, is joined by his brothers David and Danny to crack open the 1986/1987 Time Life Treasury of Christmas , the kind of double-album holiday collection that could instantly transform a living room into a wood-paneled Christmas memory machine. This set is packed with classic voices, cozy arrangements...

In this introductory episode, we learn about the podcast of the raddest time of year in the baddest decade ever!  Give us a buzz! Send a text, dudes! Check us out on  Facebook , Twitter ,  Instagram ,  Totally Rad Christmas Mall & Arcade , Teepublic.com , or TotallyRadChristmas.com !  Later, dudes!