About this episode

The episode features a version of A Christmas Carol from A Different World, discusses British terminology, and includes a Christmas quiz.

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 when you listen to this. Then its The Christmas Quiz. I scored 6, not my best score, but I've done worse. M...

People in this episode

Host: Jack

Topics covered

• Christmas Carol
• A Different World
• British terms
• Christmas Quiz
• sit-com analysis

Keywords

• Christmas Carol
• A Different World
• Bob Baker
• British term
• Christmas Quiz

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: A Christmas Carol, A Different World

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