The Christmas Raccoons

<p>In this very environmentally aware edition of the official holiday podcast for people who make hockey sweaters for vermin, we’re responsibly deforesting our way back to 1980 to dig up “The Christmas Raccoons,” the first appearance of early Disney Channel imports The Raccoons and the greedy Cyril Sneer.</p><hr /><h4>On This Episode:</h4><ol><li><strong>Mike Westfall</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/fallwestmike">@fallwestmike</a>), generous married couple’s permanent houseguest in a tree that’s clearly bigger on the inside.</li><li><strong>Michael DiGiovanni</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/theatomicgeeks">@theatomicgeeks</a>), the barely clothed college graduate son of a lumber baron, from <a href="https://theatomicgeekspodcast.libsyn.com">The Atomic Geeks</a>, <a href="http://popcultureretrofitpodcast.libsyn.com">Pop Culture Retrofit</a>, and <a href="https://theatomicgeekspodcast.libsyn.com">Classic Film Jerks</a>.</li><li><strong>Christian Nielsen</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/hunkburger">@hunkburger</a>), whom I may or may not have completely dreamed up, from <a href="https://theatomicgeekspodcast.libsyn.com">The Atomic Geeks</a> and <a href="http://popcultureretrofitpodcast.libsyn.com">Pop Culture Retrofit</a>.</li></ol><hr /><h4>Topics and Tangents:</h4><ol><li>This special and an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGFy_014r3w">accompanying story album</a> were narrated by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Little">Rich Little</a>, a “Man of a Thousand Voices,” in his own, regular voice.</li><li>The voice of Forest Ranger Dan is Rupert Holmes, the singer/songwriter behind “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb6l38eP-4w">Escape (The Piña Colada Song)</a>.”</li><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0100097/">Tammy Bourne</a> (Julie) and <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0443058/">Hadley Kay</a> (Tommy) were both in other movies in 1980 as children who fall from a great height.</li><li>The Raccoons’ tree is clearly a lot bigger on the inside.</li><li>