On this episode, it’s Alonsotober as we welcome film critic, author, and prolific podcaster Alonzo Duralde back to the show. He’ll be helping us analyze the “Elite Ebeneezer Eight” cinematic performances of Ebenezer Scrooge for Scrooge-a-paloza. We’ve also got a Christmas treat idea that we straight stole from Halloween, and we’ll count down the top 5 intros to Christmas songs.
00:00 – 01:45 Intro
01:45 – 03:02 We Need A Little Christmas Now
03:02 – 09:12 5 Golden Things – Christmas Song Intros
09:12 – 41:42 Scrooge-a-paloza Round 4 with special guest: Alonso Duralde
41:42 – 44:43 Wrap Up
44:43 – 48:43 Outtakes
“We Wish You A Merry Christmas” United States Marine Band
“Jingle Bells” Performed by Kristen Nowicki
(The embedded player for the episode is bellow the links and the poll)
Scrooge-a-paloza (Round 3)
https://s.surveyplanet.com/0lq2yx6v
Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas – Revised and Updated Edition
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/have-yourself-a-movie-little-christmas-9781493087440/
Where to Find Alonso Duralde
https://bsky.app/profile/aduralde.bsky.social
https://www.instagram.com/alonso.duralde/
https://thefilmverdict.com/author/alonsothefilmverdict-com
https://www.patreon.com/LinoleumKnife
https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/maximum-film/
https://www.youtube.com/c/BreakfastAllDayPodcast
https://deckthehallmark.com/person/alonso
TikTok for Cookie Cutter Tortilla Chips
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8TnRYJg/
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Another fun pod. The song intros were excellent and I’m trying to find a worthy one to send you. Alonso, as always is a great guest and your outtakes with him had me laughing. But what made me laugh the most? Your outtake catching Jim “Barakus” — and I was the “other one” that mentioned it to you.
But it was funny because — Go back to 8:49 and double check the name starring in “Next Stop Christmas” with Lyndsy Funesca? Baneska?
The good news is you have a couple days to perfect: Fon SAY Ka
Love your show, Tim and can’t wait for the next one!!
>>Dale<<
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A standout episode Tim! That song intro thing was great, a new way of looking at old gems. I disagree with your ranking a little, but it’s your show… be wrong.
Great guest too, but Alonso is always great. Caveat, I found Finney’s Old Scrooge hard to watch. He was so twitchy and decrepit, I found him grating. And as an aside, I disliked their choice at the end to show Scrooge afraid of “Hell” instead of glomming on to the fact that his life, therefore death meant so little to anyone.
All in all, a great episode Barakus.