geneautry

Welcome to Airchecks Christmas! In this episode we feature:

• It's A Wonderful Life
• Bing Crosby's lost recording of White Christmas
• Holiday Inn (1943)
• Bing Crosby Christmas Special
• Gene Autry's Christmas Special
• Grand Ole Opry's Christmas Special

"Whats the matter with misfits, thats where we fit in!"

Time to dive into the stop motion world of Rankin/Bass! Before we get into the special itself, it's important to go into the history of the story and song...which explains why we never see Rudolph in Santa's gang even though he's famous

Learn how the story writer was a copywriter who came up with the idea just for a promotional giveaway, how the songwriter served his country before coming up with the song and how they convinced a reluctant Gene Autry into singing the first hit of the 50s.

Facebook

Instagram

It's been a year since COVID first showed up on our turf and we've been pining for the old days when museums weren't just places we pined for so this month we're going to give the histories of three that we miss in particular. We've got the Natural History Museum (23:01), the Southwest Museum (1:07:45) and the Autry (1:44:48). We want to thank Podcorn for sponsoring this episode! Get started finding ads for your own podcast at podcorn.com today!