The Adventures of Pete & Pete: O’ Christmas Pete

<p>It’s Garbage Day! Join us as we look happily deranged back to 1996 to follow Pete and Pete’s brother, Pete, on their mission to keep the Christmas spirit alive for as long as possible, and keep their Christmas tree safe from the evil Garbageman.  </p><p>Find full show notes and links at: <a href="https://adventcalendar.house/episodes/adventures-of-pete-and-pete-o-christmas-pete">https://adventcalendar.house/episodes/adventures-of-pete-and-pete-o-christmas-pete</a>  </p><p>****  </p><h2>🎙 On This Episode:  </h2><p>• <strong>Mike Westfall</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/fallwestmike">@fallwestmike</a>), pile of garbage slowly and steadily growing at the front curb.  </p><p>• <strong>Tom Coombs</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/classictomedy">@classictomedy</a>), armed with a flamethrower I got him for Christmas to help clean his room.  </p><p>• <strong>Chad Young</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/HorrorMovieBBQ">@HorrorMovieBBQ</a>), crusher of dreams, from the <a href="http://horrormoviebbq.com">Horror Movie BBQ</a>.  </p><p>****  </p><h2>💬 Topics & Tangents:  </h2><p>• Michael C. Maronna (Big Pete) in <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099785/mediaviewer/rm256539392/"><i>Home Alone</i></a>, and in a series of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2LSyiYjbcg">Ameritrade commercials</a> circa 1999.  </p><p>• <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Day_(film)"><i>Snow Day</i></a> was originally conceived as a <i>Pete & Pete</i> movie.  </p><p>• The first <i>Pete & Pete</i> short, “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXg9UpHaCIM">What Would You Do for a Dollar?</a>”  </p><p>• The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1TGvgfy7bc"><i>Pete & Pete</i> 20th Anniversary Reunion</a>.  </p><p>• Danny Tamberelli (Little Pete) as <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT9yxAYzK2g">Jimmy De Santa in <i>Grand Theft Auto 5</i></a>.  </p><p>• <a href="http://judygrafe.com/resume.html">Judy Grafe’s (Mom) résumé</a>, and her current work for FEMA.  </p><p>• Hardy Rawls (Dad) as the <a href=