Folks have their favorite stories from the season. According to a Harris poll America’s two favorite holiday movies are “A Christmas Story” and “It’s a Wonderful Life” (21% each). A close third is “Miracle on 34th Street” (17%) followed by “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” (13%) and “The Santa Clause” (9%). The favorite animated movie is”Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer“.
Thanks to Angry Alien Productions for providing links to 30-Second Bunnies Theatre. If you have never watched these collection of movies re-enacted by animated bunnies in 30 seconds, more or less, follow the links. If you enjoy the episodes, support the creative effort by buying the recently released DVD through Amazon.
For geeks, and those who love them, Kreg Steppe and Douglas E. Welch have written a story that you are going to love, “A Geek Christmas Story.” To quote the site, it is the story of “Mattie Stevens, a young boy of the early 80’s, dreams of owning a Commodore 64. He sets out to convince everyone this is the perfect gift. But, along the way runs into opposition from his parents and everyone around him including old Santa Claus”
Take a look at the all star cast of players from the podcasting community:
Narrator: Kreg Steppe – Technorama
Harvey Stevens: Dad – Kevin Devin
Mandy Stevens: Mom – Susie Murph – How to Grow your Geek Podcast
Mattie Stevens: Son – Daniel Devin
Sandy Stevens: Little Brother – Spencer Holden
Curtz Eisenberg: Friend to Mattie – Harrison Steppe
General Beringer: General – Douglas E. Welch
Lieutenant: Steve Holden – Tech News Radio
Mrs. Little: Katie Floyd – Mac Power Users Podcast
Santa’s Helper: Chuck Tomasi – Chuckchat.com
Santa: Larry Pesce – Pauldotcom.com Podcast
Judge: Victor Cajiao – Typical Mac User Podcast – Typical Shutterbug Podcast
Andrew Carnagie: Andy Helsby – Absoblogginlutely!
J.P. Morgan: Grant Bichocco – Mr.Grant.com
UPS Guy: Paul Asadoorian- Pauldotcom.com Podcast
Skipper: Rylie Starcher
Not to leave anyone out, because they have all done such a great job, the show was produced by:
George Starcher – Typical Mac User Podcast
Victor Cajiao – Typical Mac User Podcast - – Typical Shutterbug Podcast
Steve Holden – Tech News Radio - Jersey Boys Podcast – AztecMedia.net
The folks at FiT do fantastic, creative, stories around Halloween and Christmas (Server Room of Horrors – Halloween 2005; A Geek Christmas Carol – Christmas 2005; Server Room of Horrors – Halloween 2006; Lucky the Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Geeks – Christmas 2006; It’s the Great Server Chuck and Kreg! – Halloween 2007). Take the time to listen to this year’s Christmas story. You won’t be disappointed.
