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The episode explores the 1997 Christmas special 'Santa vs. the Snowman' with guests Sammy Hain and Jeff Loftin.

🎄 Today’s adventure finds us caught in the middle of a battle for the North Pole in multiple dimensions. 🎙️ Sammy Hain and Jeff Loftin join the march back to 1997 to witness the Christmas clash of Santa vs. the Snowman, a TV special from creator Steve Oedekerk and director John A. Davis, who’d later team up to write and direct “Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.” 📺 You can find “Santa vs. the Snowman” on YouTube, both an original 1997 broadcast with commercials , and its 2002 update for IMAX 3D . **** (00:00) - Intro (02:16) - Guest and Special Histories (07:31) - 3D Opening (12:58) - Act 1 (26:19) - Retro Commercial Break (28:51) - Act 2 (52:19) - Act 3 (1:00:50) - Final Thoughts **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: Don LaFontaine in “ Five Guys in a Limo ” (1997) Don LaFontaine’s final TV voiceover role on “ Phineas and Ferb .” Ben Stein’s “ Confessions for the Holidays ” (2005) taken way out of context. Hershey’s Chocolate Tour: Holiday Edition . Today’s TV Trope: Animated Outtakes , and an example from “ A Bug’s Life .” **** 📼 Commercials: Bell Atlantic: Wild Things Are Happening (1997) Old Navy: A Very Magic Holiday Special (1997) The Lost Christmas Podcast **** “Santa vs. the…

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