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The episode explores a Christmas-themed Dukes of Hazzard cartoon that parallels A Christmas Carol.

🎄 Well, them podcast boys have run into another Scrooge Sunday, and this time, the ghosts from “A Christmas Carol” are haunting Boss Hogg in the Dukes of Hazzard’s Saturday morning cartoon counterpart. 🎙️ Michael DiGiovanni and new guest Ken Kessler from The Sounds of Christmas join the ride through Christmas past, present, and future as the Dukes take a holiday from their race around the world in an episode that made us wish they’d get back to racing. 📺 You can find “A Dickens of a Christmas” on the Internet Archive . **** (00:00) - Intro (02:23) - Personal and Series History (10:03) - Act 1: Big Jake Marley’s Ghost (23:27) - Retro Commercial Break (25:29) - Act 2: Christmas Past and Present (37:19) - Act 3: Christmas Future and The End of It (48:35) - Final Thoughts **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: John Schneider and Tom Wopat made a Christmas album . Sorrell Booke (Boss Hogg) as Santa on “ Full House .” Christmas in Russia is on January 7th. Is this story’s Belle substitute the only time we ever meet Uncle Jesse’s late (or, in this case, future) wife? **** 📼 Commercials: “The Dukes” Saturday Morning Promo (1983) Kentucky Fried Chicken Christmas Commercial (circa 1987) Snow…

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