{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"122 - A Pumpkin for Klendathu","description":"It's PUMPKIN EVERYTHING (2022), and we'll never pass up a good thing. Radio by seniors, for seniors ...&amp;nbsp; THEME: &quot;Fuck&amp;nbsp;You&amp;nbsp;If&amp;nbsp;You&amp;nbsp;Don't&amp;nbsp;Like&amp;nbsp;Christmas,&quot; from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather ... PART ONE&amp;nbsp; Bug planet! ... Michael Ironside Appreciation Station ... Extremely weird, way too real ... Dead malls, pizza chains ... Repetitive love arc. vs. elder mortality and AA ... A rom-som template on real vulnerability ... Bruce Arians ... Our aging [step]parents[-in-law], aging and driving ... First normal person in a Hallmark world ... Committed, sincere, Hallmark dialogue ... Fundamental grouchy love ... Real Crossover: A Canadian indie film in a Hallmark universe ... &amp;nbsp; Break:&amp;nbsp;Basil Poledouris, &quot;Klendathu Drop,&quot; Starship Troopers soundtrack. PART TWO &amp;nbsp; Cast Rundown ... The Expositional Challenge ... Plot Mop-Up: Hey, Good Morning; Amy Instagram; she's a business ... Jazz aficionado ... Senior Radio ... Apology, AA confessional, let's race! ... Scarecrow teen treachery ... Spot the Angel: No ... Eat Your Heart Out: Caramel mortarboard; foliage week, proper names, time dilation; first pumpkin latte of the season; late Loggia, Alex Jones; hotel pitcher of cider; Luke and Lillian's pumpkin sage ravioli; Mountain Dew Braised Rojas ... The Hallmark Expanded Universe: Tom is Billy Pilgrimed here; diner kid in the movies, here, now; &quot;Pumpkin Pie Wars&quot;; &quot;Holiday Date,&quot; the undercover Jewish experience, Delco Extended Universe ... &amp;nbsp; Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART THREE&amp;nbsp; Letters to Santa: Andrea Canning, the Dateline anchor, USS Christmas and IMDB ... Overdetermined: Necessarily overt talks; soundtrack cue, swing hooting ... Crossover: Starship Troopers and Scanners, of course ... The Hallmark Voight-Kampff Test: Mom Lillian, jerk-horny, work-life imbalanced ... &amp;nbsp; Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART FOUR&amp;nbsp; Who's the Real Villain?: The elder care industry ... Don't wanna know the book's plot ... Full Mendo ... Title\/Sequel: Good title; fed up; that feel, Tone ... Rating: 3.5 ... &quot;Inchon Landing on the War on Christmas&quot; ... The Leftovers: The Jeff Beesley experience ... The Michael Ironside IMDB tour ... McBain ... Surfacing\/Scanners ... Cohagen, horse breeder ... Megawattage ... Soundalike narrative soundtrack ... Merry Christmas!&amp;nbsp; All other music by Chris Collingwood of Look&amp;nbsp;Park and Fountains&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;Wayne, except: &quot;Orchestral Sports Theme&quot; by Chris Collingwood and Rick Murnane and &quot;Scanner Duel,&quot;&amp;nbsp;by Howard Shore, Scanners soundtrack. Buy our show artist Caitlin Fitz Gerald's excellent book: Here. ","author_name":"It's Christmastown","author_url":"http:\/\/itschristmastown.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/25346781\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/142651896"}