sung to the melody of “Carol of the Bells” —

Hark! oh my gosh

Hrishi and Josh

Discuss Noël

Puns and intel

Ellen Totleben

Tells us laymen

All that you see

Was her duty

She was the West Wing Set Decorator

And we’ll talk to Bradley Whitford later

When it’s just us

Things we discuss:

PTSD

Tommy Schlamme

I got a job?

You got a job.

Bush versus Gore

Yo-Yo and more

Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas!

Bradley Whitford won an Emmy with this

Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas!

Epic flentl; you don't want to miss this.

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footnotes—

Yo-Yo Ma, at age 7, performs for President Kennedy

“Paper Boi” from Atlanta

Paperboy by Atari

And from the corrections department: Paxton Whitehead is alive and well, and still performing. An earlier version of this episode Josh suggested otherwise, and he was (ahem) mortified to learn of the error. Apologies to Mr Whitehead!

PS — check out this amazing rendition of the show description above. Thank you to Ralph, Bridget, Anna, and Des!