A Mark and Brian Christmas: "The Polar Express"

More Classic Gems from Mark and Brian Christmas Past!

One year, Mark and Brian were talking about the awesome Christmas story THE POLAR EXPRESS by Chris Van Allsburg, and they were hoping to get their commentator Chuck Moshontz (who had a wonderful narrative voice) to read the book one morning before Christmas. He happily agreed, and after a week or so of preparing, they got him to sit down and read through the whole book, accompanied by some beautiful background music chosen by "Young" Anthony  just for the occasion!

 Well, it was an overwhelming success, and I came prepared and made sure I got the whole thing on cassette tape. Good thing too, because I had to make copies of that reading for many, many friends, and it occurred to me that it would be great to share it with other Mark and Brian fans out there who either haven’t heard it before or have special memories of hearing it on that incredible broadcast!

It was because of this reading that I eventually purchased my own copy of the Allsburg book, and although I scanned the pages to accompany the clip, in the end, the best way to enjoy this is the way I heard it that morning- Just close your eyes and listen to Chuck reading the story, and your own imagination will supply all the pictures you need!

A Mark and Brian Christmas: "O Holy Night"

More Classic Gems from Mark and Brian Christmas Past!

As I’ve mentioned before in previous posts, I was a HUGE fan of the KLOS Radio Program featuring Mark and Brian, and would listen to the show religiously every day throughout the years, til the show was unceremoniously yanked off the Hawaii airwaves, an evil act that I’ve never forgiven them for! (Thank God For Podcasts!)

  The Holidays were especially special ones to tune on to, because the show was filled with such warmth and real nostalgic conversations of magical Christmases of childhood, including Christmas songs, stories and movies, not to mention everyone’s memories of Christmas as kids.I've taken the time to rip some of my favorite Christmas skits (that I managed to capture on tape) to MP3s so y'all can enjoy them and get into that Christmas mood, too!

Today's Clip:

"O Holy Night" 

What would Christmas be without Christmas Carols? After an interesting discussion about their favorite Holiday Tunes, Mark and Brian got a call from a small group of Christams Carolers…This Choir featured only seven vocallists, but sounded just like pure heaven!


Their vocals were probably pretty loud, and unfortunately the connection over the phone seemed to sound “distorted” at times (especially in the beginning), but wait til you hear the buildup! OMG! An absolutely amazing (if short) performance of “O Holy Night”!

Afterwards Brian jokes, “Hey Amy, one of the guys was off!” then he laughs, and asks how many people were singing…He’s simply astounded that there’s only SEVEN people singing!

A Mark and Brian Christmas: The Reindeer Audition Tapes

Classic Gems of Mark and Brian Christmas Past!

As I’ve mentioned before in previous posts, I was a HUGE fan of the KLOS Radio Program featuring Mark and Brian, and would listen to the show religiously every day throughout the years, til the show was unceremoniously yanked off the Hawaii airwaves, an evil act that I’ve never forgiven them for! (Thank God for Podcasts!)

  The Holidays were especially special ones to tune on to, because the show was filled with such warmth and real nostalgic conversations of magical Christmases of childhood, including Christmas songs, stories and movies, not to mention everyone’s memories of Christmas as kids.I've taken the time to rip some of my favorite Christmas skits (that I managed to capture on tape) to MP3s so y'all can enjoy them and get into that Christmas mood, too!

Today's clips is:
The SantaLand Reindeer Audition Tapes

In this scenario, Mark and Brian enter the "Rare Footage" Vault to discover the Reindeer Audition Tapes! The Setup is: We all know Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer was the one chosen to have a theme song for himself, but what is not so well known is that ALL the reindeer submitted THEIR theme songs to Santa for consideration!

Gotta laugh when Mark tries to "Ho Ho Ho" like Santa, and Brian asks, "Ed MacMahon here?" HAHAHAHAHA!

PS: Funny how the electric door to the Rare Footage vault sounds so much like Pink Floyd! :)

A Mark and Brian Christmas: Bacardi Rum Cake

More Classic Gems from Mark and Brian Christmas Past!

As the days got closer and closer to Christmas, the Mark and Brian gang started getting more and more winsome and sentimental, and a lot of the conversations  leaned towards childhood/early memories of Christmas...

While discussing the various food items that they’d brought for their Christmas potluck, Frank “Mr. Owl” Murphy related a short but interesting story about the Bacardi Rum Cake his wife had made for the occasion…

A Mark and Brian Christmas: Top Nine Rejected ELMO Dolls

More Classic Gems from Mark and Brian Christmas Past!


In the spirit of Christmas Shopping for Children's Toys, Mark and Brian offer up the Top Nine Rejected ELMO DOLL themes before the manufacturers finally settling on the famous "Tickle-Me Elmo"one!