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Michael DiGiovanni

Podcast guest and co-host (Pop Culture Retrofit); frequent Advent Calendar House contributor known for holiday special discussions.

Jul 5, 2026

4:55
That was a surprise.
4:56
Yeah.
4:56
What a weird and wonderful time that this was in the early eighties where networks made car animated shows based on their hit programs that were currently airing in prime time.
5:11
Like this, they did this with Laverne and Shirley.
5:14
They did this with the happy days gang.
5:17
They, Think about this, people.
5:19
This is like them making a cartoon right now about Chicago fire, but it's set on Mars and the crew has a glomer.

43 MINS LATER

48:43
I'm surprised it made it to two seasons.
AdamHOST
19:44
So DiJo, take it away.
19:46
The Hot Seat, this month featuring Mike Mignola.
19:49
Wizard starts by saying, "So you're Hellboy's the beast of the apocalypse, but he fights for what's right.
19:56
Do you ever get any hate mail from evil people who think Hellboy should live up to his name and start some shit?" Mignola says, "No, not yet, but I did get a fan letter from the Church of Satan.
20:07
They're into the book." "Really? I think they'd want a little more hell in it." "Well, sort of.
20:13
They complained that I should acknowledge my indebtedness to Anton LaVey of the Church of Satan for inspiring Hellboy." "Are you a member?" "No, of course not.
20:24
I would acknowledge him if we'd ever met.

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