CSWL: Rankin Bass Mad Monster Party? Welcome back Holiday Fanatics to the season two premiere episode of the Christmas Specials We Love Podcast! Supporting our belief that the holiday season begins October 1st AND that Halloween is the cornerstone of the Holiday 'preseason', we break down the Rankin and Bass animagic, non-Christmas, lesser-known,  cult classic, Mad Monster Party? (Yes there is a question mark in the official title.) This was a first-time viewing for our Gen Z, Gen X and Lost Generation (the gen between Boomer and X) hosts prompting many questions, Was this even made for kids? Was the non-produced yet credited soundtrack (produced 30 years later) even a soundtrack? Would kids today watch this? Will Gen Z be too triggered to watch this? Was Mad Magazine too involved? Why does the lead speak like Jimmy Stewart? What did Phyllis Diller, the Misfits and Rob Zombie have to do with this? Why the question mark in the title? The Christmas Specials We Love Podcast crew has the answers along with their usual deep dive into production history and trivia as well as insights, and a few laughs, too. The Holiday Season begins now!  2:15: Late Boomers and the Lost Generation: that group between Gen X and Boomer  11:30: Why is Rick Goldschmidt World Leading Rankin Bass expert and who wouldn't want to be a world-leading expert at anything including 1970's breakfast cereals?    20:16 A Sequel Not so Sequel to Mad Monster Party?   24:00 The cast: talking Boris Karloff, Phyllis Diller, Alan Swift and Gail Garret 40:02 Production history and notes 41:27 The Significance of Artist Jack Davis, Mad Magazine and EC Comics 47:11 The Mad Monster Party? Toy line? 48:46 Notes from Mad Monster Party? Book Author and Rankin Bass Expert Rick Goldschmidt 51:02 Why Does Mad Monster Party? have a question mark in the title? 54:15 The Great Hanna Barbera Character Team-Ups: Wacky Races and Laugh Olympics 58:12 Monster Cereals: Who mourns for Fruit Brut? 1:00:00 Mad Monster Party Scene by Scene Breakdown 1:31:37 Upcoming shows Tell us your suggestions and comments:  Website: https://christmasspecialswelove.com Email: [email protected] Text: 351-251-2511   Keven Undergaro Regular Guy Friday Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heal-squad-x-maria-menounos/id1320060107?i=1000631977533 Christian Bladt: Who Are These Broadcasters? Tuesday afternoons on the Who Are These Podcasts network: https://youtube.com/@KarlWATP?si=_ogiIwMkvPxlxp-n Evan Wessman   HAYRIDE TO HELL | Centre Film Festival 2023