248. Ernest Saves Christmas (1988) — A Holiday Special Torture Cinema “Adventure”
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode248TortureCinemaMeetsErnestSavesChristmas/SandF%20–%20Episode%20248%20–%20Torture%20Cinema%20Meets%20Ernest%20Saves%20Christmas.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSBad driving, failed children’s television, and Varney, oh my! Shaun, Julia, Mike, Rachael, Paul, and David join forces for this very special holiday edition of Torture Cinema, featuring the listener-selected flick, Ernest Saves Christmas (1988). We watched it so you don’t have to suffer through it for Christmas (because you were totally going to do that, right?). What more could you ask for? We hope you enjoy the episode, and have a great holiday, whatever you may celebrate! Note: If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show! Here’s the episode (show notes are below): Episode 24 — Download (MP3) Show Notes: Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)(IMDB) Our new intro music is “Time Flux” by Revolution Void (CC BY 3.0). That’s all, folks! Thanks for listening. See you next week.
Book Review: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlepig by Tad Williams
On Christmas Eve, certain classes of people have to work, whether they like it or not. Gas Station Attendants. Grocery store stockers. Clerks at electronics stores for those last minute purchases. And angels. Specifically, angels whose job it is to deal with the souls of the recently departed. Angels like Bobby Dollar. What looks like a relatively routine death soon becomes trickier, as the recently departed soul seems ready to consign himself to Bobby’s opposite number. You see, the late Petar Vesić was a werewolf, and he thinks that the things he did, the horrors he committed, are not forgivable. While Bobby’s opposite number in the Demon hierarchy is willing to call things a day and a win for his team, Bobby is not so easily swayed. A bargain is struck with the soul of Peter to see to the matter of the recently departed’s son. A bargain that is going to have Bobby call upon the help of a certain werepig friend of his…
