205 - The Christmas Tree / Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
The Video Archives Podcast with Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avary
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4.8 • 828 Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2024
⏱️ 82 minutes
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On this episode of the Video Archives Podcast Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary unpack the ornaments to decorate The Christmas Tree. Quentin and Roger share their perspectives watching this turgid tearjerker as fathers of sons, the cinematic moments they’ve never seen before, and Roger’s personal connection to Terrence Young.
Next up — we better get to sleep and put out the milk and cookies, because Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town! In this Rankin / Bass Christmas Classic, postman S.D. Kluger — voiced by Fred Astaire — answers some of the most important questions about Santa Claus himself. Through song and dance we meet colorful characters voiced by Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn, Paul Frees, Robie Lester, and Joan Gardner, and learn the true meaning of Christmas.
Merry Christmas Eve, everyone!
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| 0:00.0 | On this episode of the Video Archives podcast, Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avery unpack the ornaments to decorate the Christmas treat. |
| 0:08.5 | In this 1969 film directed by Terrence Young, a French-American tycoon is on vacation with his son when a terrible accident occurs, causing his son to only have months to live. |
| 0:19.3 | The tycoon, along with his war buddy and girlfriend, |
| 0:22.5 | spend the next few months trying to grant his every last wish, |
| 0:26.1 | no matter how crazy. |
| 0:27.8 | Quentin and Rogers share their perspectives |
| 0:29.7 | watching this turgid tear-jurker as fathers of sons, |
| 0:33.0 | the cinematic moments they've never seen before, |
| 0:35.5 | and Roger's personal connection to Terence Young. |
| 0:38.3 | Next up, we better get to sleep and put out the milk and cookies because Santa Claus is coming to town. |
| 0:44.3 | In this Rankin-Bast Christmas classic, Postman S.D. Kluger, voiced by Fred Asair, |
| 0:49.3 | answers some of the most important questions about Santa Claus himself. |
| 0:53.3 | Through song and dance, we meet colorful characters voiced by Mickey Rooney, Kenan Wynne, Paul |
| 0:58.5 | Freeze, Robbie Lester, and Joan Gardner, and learn the true meaning of Christmas. |
| 1:03.0 | I'm Gala Avery, and joining us by the fire, here's Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avery. |
| 1:09.0 | Yes, you guys, it's Christmas here at the Archives. |
| 1:12.4 | Oh, ho! |
| 1:14.7 | Merry Christmas. |
| 1:17.7 | Welcome, everybody. |
| 1:19.7 | Welcome. |
| 1:20.6 | Gather by the fire. |
| 1:22.6 | And please, please, Joshua. |
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