Hey Arnold!: Arnold’s Christmas

<p>It’s 1996, and we’re holding our football-shaped heads high on a quest to find our neighbor’s long-lost daughter… but first, a pair of highly sought after Nancy Spumoni snow boots. Join us for a very special Christmas episode that solidified <i>Hey Arnold!</i> as an unforgettable Nicktoon.  </p><p>Full show notes with links at <a href="https://adventcalendar.house/episodes/hey-arnold-christmas">https://adventcalendar.house/episodes/hey-arnold-christmas</a>.  </p><p>****  </p><h2>🎙 Guests:  </h2><p>• Anthony Caruso (<a href="https://twitter.com/ACaruso929">@ACaruso929</a>) from <a href="https://www.tisthepodcast.com">Tis the Podcast</a>.  </p><p>• Matt Eurich (<a href="https://twitter.com/MattEurich">@MattEurich</a>) from <a href="https://anchor.fm/tgi-podcast">TGI Podcast</a>.  </p><p>****  </p><h2>💬 Topics & Tangents:  </h2><p>• <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/story-behind-iconic-vietnam-episode-hey-arnold-n1273598"><i>The story behind the iconic Vietnam Episode of ‘Hey Arnold!’</i></a> (NBC News, 2021).  </p><p>• Arnold’s Claymation origins: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAFg3kGT5js"><i>Arnold Escapes from Church</i></a>, 1988.  </p><p>• <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBlzuEQiRfU"><i>Arnold Uses His Imagination</i></a> on <i>Sesame Street</i>.  </p><p>• <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZWTcs5SI6c">Helga in <i>Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl</i></a>.  </p><p>• The “<a href="https://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-pol2.htm">Pollyanna</a>,” Philadelphia’s hyper-local Secret Santa.  </p><p>• <a href="https://thatsavvy.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/ha07.jpg">Mr. Hyunh’s banana wallpaper</a>.  </p><p>• Mr. Hyunh’s flashback includes the iconic helicopter image from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Saigon">Fall of Saigon</a>.  </p><p>• <a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/3ohjUVDTkcxHtAlnuE/giphy.gif">One-Legged Bob, the Affable Railroad Tramp</a>.  </p><p>• Hey, grown-ups, remember dot matrix printers?  </p><p>• <a href="https://www.latimes.com/local/lano