Total Christmas Podcast

Merry Christmas you beautiful people! Do you think the Alistair Sim version of A Christmas Carol is the best? Well think again, because in this episode I explain why it's rubbish. This episodes Do You Hear What I Hear? is an interesting one, and Bob Baker looks at the term to 'read' as in to study. Then it's The Christmas Quiz and after my pitiful performance last week when I scored a paltry 4, this week I've scored a paltry 4. Next up Bob Baker takes us to Austria with Where Are You Ch...

Merry Christmas you beautiful people! Last episode I talke about Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas and Bob Baker sent me a great versio of Our World, have a listen to it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFvIIuvA4yE&list=RDuFvIIuvA4yE&start_radio=1 Then we take a look at some Christmas related Guinness World Records. How many candy canes can one man fit into his beard? You'll find out. Next up is Do You Hear What I Hear and Bob Baker looks at why us Brits refer to the police as Bobb...

Hello you beautiful people! We start the show with one of the worst songs of all time. Mr Blobby was the UK Christmas number 1 in 1993 and it's pretty bad. Have a look here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIRQrnPRiUk Then Bob Baker takes us to Mora, Sweden for Where Are You Christmas? Next up it's The Christmas Quiz. I scored a 6, make sure to email me your score. Ever heard the term 'Taking the Mickey'? Well it's pretty common here in the UK and Bob Baker explains it all in Do You Hear What...

Hello you beautiful people! We begin the episode with a Jack Ask question from listener Kevin Church, apologies because it's Valentine's Day related not Christmas. Do you know what the word 'Dross' means? Well, although I use it frequently, I didn't, but Bob Baker explains it all in Do You Hear What I Hear. This episode's version of A Christmas Carol is called Estrella Scrooge: A Christmas Carol with a Twist. It was made during Covid and every actor was filmed separately. It's not great, but ...

Hello you beautiful people! Last episode I talked about a stage version of A Christmas Carol and listener Christy Easter sent in a link to her favourite stage version, you can check it out here: https://www.nsmt.org/achristmascarol.html This episode's version of A Christmas Carol isn't really a version at all, but it's worth a look. It's a Christmas episode of a sitcom called Dear Phoebe starring Peter Lawford. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snYEc2Lh...