Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas

<p>Happy Back to the Future Day! Set your time circuits to 1845 by way of 1991 for a special Christmas in July episode of the <i>Back to the Future</i> Saturday morning cartoon, featuring hologram clothes, the hoverboard equivalent to texting while driving, and Bill Nye the Science Guy.  </p><p>The actually animated segments of the animated series feature Dan Castelleneta as Doc, plus the return of Thomas F. Wilson (<i>Batman: The Animated Series</i>) as various Tannens throughout history, and Christmas movie all-star Mary Steenburgen (<i>Elf</i>, <i>One Magic Christmas</i>) as Clara.  </p><p>Full show notes with links at <a href="https://adventcalendar.house/episodes/back-to-the-future-dickens-of-a-christmas">https://adventcalendar.house/episodes/back-to-the-future-dickens-of-a-christmas</a>  </p><p>****  </p><h2>🎙 On This Episode:  </h2><p>• <strong>Mike Westfall</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/fallwestmike">@fallwestmike</a>), leaving greasy footprints all over the ceiling.  </p><p>• <strong>Joey O.</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/ImGonnaDJ24">@ImGonnaDJ24</a>), whom I’d entrust with the keys to my DeLorean anytime, from <a href="https://ynotradio.net/nerds">Y-Not Radio</a>.  </p><p>• <strong>Joseph Wade</strong>, the hoverboarding ghost of Christmas All of the Above, from <a href="https://christmascreeps.com">Christmas Creeps</a> and <a href="https://ostparty.podbean.com">The O/S/T Party</a>.  </p><p>****  </p><h2>💬 Topics & Tangents:  </h2><p>• <a href="https://www.youtu.be/646N-AyhY_k">Mary Steenburgen playing <i>Informer</i> on the accordion</a> in <i>Last Man on Earth</i>.  </p><p>• Series art director James S. Baker storyboards <a href="https://www.james-baker.com/news/">his own blog</a>.  </p><p>• The <a href="https://youtu.be/gJUi-1gNiOM"><i>Back to the Future</i> pinball game</a> and its random movie quotes.  </p><p>• Futurepedia on how Doc’s <a href="https://backtothefuture.fandom.com/wiki/Clothing_converter">clothing converter</a> camera works.  </p><p>• Weird things we did as kids to