The Leprechauns’ Christmas Gold

<p>Sail back to 1981 with us as we dig up Rankin/Bass’s penultimate and possibly most obscure stop-motion Christmas special ever, “The Leprechauns’ Christmas Gold,” which may or may not only exist because they had the rights to “Christmas in Killarney” and needed someplace to put it.</p><hr /><h4>On This Episode</h4><ol><li><strong>Mike Westfall</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/fallwestmike">@fallwestmike</a>), tiny but prolific cobbler who only makes shoes in primary colors.</li><li><strong>Michael DiGiovanni</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/theatomicgeeks">@theatomicgeeks</a>), who insists on hiding his life savings in a magic cave, from the <a href="https://theatomicgeekspodcast.libsyn.com">Classic Film Jerks</a>, <a href="http://popcultureretrofitpodcast.libsyn.com">Pop Culture Retrofit</a>, and <a href="https://theatomicgeekspodcast.libsyn.com">the Atomic Geeks</a> podcasts.</li><li><strong>Michael May</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/michaelmaycomix">@michaelmaycomix</a>), the Lord of the Leprechauns, of his <a href="http://www.michaelmay.online">Adventure Blog</a> and the <a href="http://sleighbellcinema.michaelmay.online">Sleigh Bell Cinema</a>, <a href="http://www.mysterymovienight.com">Mystery Movie Night</a>, and <a href="http://nerdlunch.net/">AfterLUNCH</a> podcasts.</li></ol><hr /><h4>Topics and Tangents</h4><ol><li>Ken Jennings (the voice of Dinty Doyle, not the “Jeopardy!” guy) in the short-lived Epcot Center attraction, “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxnSSvFilGY">The Astuter Computer Revue</a>.”</li><li>Mag the Hag’s entrance reminds me of Rita Repulsa in the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVAuAPPUjCo">opening of “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.”</a></li><li>Blarney Kilakilarney and his wife are a poster Irish couple and the reason everyone’s advice at your wedding is: “Never go to bed angry.”</li><li>This special keeps adding new rules about how both banshees and rainbows work, like they’re Mogwai.</li><li>The Leprechauns’ “phantom island of Tralee”