Dub Talk Retro 004: Nutcracker Fantasy

Dub Talk Retro 004: Nutcracker Fantasy

Author: dubtalkpodcast December 24, 2021 Duration: 1:51:05
ORIGINALLY RECORDED 12/4/2021   Happy holidays everyone! Since the season is all about celebrating good times and remembering the past, the Dub Talk Podcast is looking back at a dub from the late 70s.....with PUPPETS! Yes in between making all the Rankin/Bass Christmas specials, the fine artists of Japanese stop-motion and Sanrio teamed up for this rare adaptation of the nutcracker story. Fittingly called: The Nutcracker Fantasy.   Join Noah, Amon and special guest Megan (Brainchild) as they try to figure out what this strange Christmas movie is, and more baffingly, how this got an English dub with celebrities like Melissa Gilbert and Christopher freaking Lee! Step into the clock world and suit up for the battle against the mice, in our special stop-motion holiday episode.

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