Bullseye's Holiday Special 2023: Lil Rel Howery, Henry Selick and more

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Jesse Thorn

Society & Culture

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🗓️ 19 December 2023

⏱️ 78 minutes

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It's the Bullseye Holiday Special! We've got Lil Rel Howery on what it was like to play Santa Claus in Dashing Through the Snow. Plus: Gregg Turkington, of Neil Hamburger fame on the "holiday" song that changed his life. By the Bee Gees, of all bands. Plus, director Henry Selick on the legacy of The Nightmare Before Christmas. Is it a Christmas movie or a Halloween movie? Listen to find out!

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0:00.0	With Barbinheimer and both Taylor Swift and Beyoncée on tour, it was a lot of cultural news to keep up on this year.
0:08.3	Hollywood actors have gone on strike.
0:10.5	The Prince's memoir spare is out.
0:12.8	I'm Andrew Limbong, an art and cultural reporter for NPR.
0:15.3	Coverage that keeps you in the know is made possible from donations by people like you.
0:20.5	Make your gift at NPR.org.
0:22.3	I'm Jesse Thorne.
0:25.0	Imagine yourself wearing Santa Claus's clothes.
0:28.0	I mean, if you're up at the North Pole,
0:31.0	that fits a 10 out of 10. No notes. But imagine yourself wearing Santa Claus's
0:36.6	clothes in Atlanta in July under movie lights. Take it from Lil Rauhaury, who played Santa.
0:45.0	Not ideal.
0:46.1	Now that I think about it, because it's one of those things
0:47.6	you wanted to forget about a little bit.
0:48.8	It was a lot.
0:51.3	It made you think about Robin Williams' Mrs. Doubtfire. I'm like,
0:53.8	y'all that had to be crazy. For maximum fun.org and NPR, it's both high.
0:58.6	This week, celebrate the holidays with me and Lil Rel, who starred opposite the one and only
1:06.2	ludicrous in a new Christmas movie, plus Greg Turkington, the creator of Neil Hamburger,
1:12.3	and Henry Selick,
1:13.4	the Director of the Nightmare Before Christmas.
1:15.7	That's all coming up on the Bullseye Holiday Special. Oh, hi. Hi. Wonderful to see you. Happy holidays. come. Have a seat on my warm cushy couch.
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