<p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Good grief. It’s the 60th anniversary of <strong><em>A Charlie Brown Christmas</em></strong> (1965)! To celebrate this classic Christmas special, Adam and Nate decided to unpack it through its <em>Simpsons</em> parody in “<strong>Miracle on Evergreen Terrace</strong>” (S9E10) with <strong>Alan Siegel</strong>, author of the new book <em>Stupid TV, Be More Funny</em>.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Also in this episode:</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">• Alan’s take on how <em>The Simpsons</em> reinvented TV and molded millennial movie taste like an older brother</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">• Were the <em>Simpsons</em> DVD commentaries podcasts before podcasts?</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">• The many ways Charles M. Schulz inspired the people behind <em>The Simpsons</em></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">• Why does this moody Christmas special endure today?&nbsp;</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">• Plus, <a href="http://springfieldgoogolplex.com/podcast/a-charlie-brown-christmas-with-alan-siegel">check out our show notes</a> for a complete list of <em>Simpsons</em> references, double feature suggestions, and further reading</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">(Sorry about the brief mic problems from around the 43 minute mark. If it’s driving you crazy, skip ahead to around 49 minutes.)</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">After a short holiday break, we’ll be back on January 13th with the daddy-daughter con job movie <strong>Paper Moon</strong> and its <em>Simpsons</em> parody in “<strong>The Great Money Caper</strong>” (S12E7).</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>For more of Alan’s writing on </em>The Simpsons<em>, check out his new book </em><a href="https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/alan-siegel/stupid-tv-be-more-funny/9781538742846/">Stupid TV, Be More Funny: How the Golden Era of The Simpsons Changed Television—and America—Forever</a><em>and his writing about pop culture on </em><a href="https://www.theringer.com/creator/alan-siegel/">The Ringer</a>.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>For more Simpsons movie parody content, check out </em><a href="http://springfieldgoogolplex.com/"><em>SpringfieldGoogolplex.com</em></a><em>, or follow us at @simpsonsfilmpod on </em><a href="https://www.instagram.com/simpsonsfilmpod/"><em>Instagram</em></a><em>, </em><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@simpsonsfilmpod?_t=8fxSYOIKddS&amp;_r=1"><em>TikTok</em></a><em>, </em><a href="https://www.threads.com/@simpsonsfilmpod"><em>Threads</em></a><em>, </em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@simpsonsfilmpod"><em>YouTube</em></a><em>, and </em><a href="https://letterboxd.com/simpsonsfilmpod/"><em>Letterboxd</em></a><em>. Discover more great podcasts on the </em><a href="https://thatshelf.com/tag/podcasts/"><em>That Shelf Podcast Network</em></a><em>. </em></p>