---
title: "Episode #357 \u2013 Santa Claus: The Movie, with Alonso Duralde"
url: "https:\/\/www.flophousepodcast.com\/2021\/12\/episode-357-santa-claus-the-movie-with-alonso-duralde\/"
date: "2021-12-04T13:30:00+00:00"
episode_number: 357
movie: "Santa Claus: The Movie"
guests: "Alonso Duralde, Dan McCoy, Elliott Kalan, Stuart Wellington"
---

# Episode #357 – Santa Claus: The Movie, with Alonso Duralde

The jolly bearded man himself, [Alonso Duralde](https://twitter.com/ADuralde?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor), writer of [Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas](https://www.google.com/search?q=have+yourself+a+movie+little+christmas&sxsrf=AOaemvJ_Bt1Pk6JRSPgJmdOqg1NrBGD_Fw:1638503326289&source=lnms&tbm=shop&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiOzufF3Mb0AhWPlIkEHcexB-E4FBD8BSgDegQIARAF&biw=949&bih=506&dpr=3) and co-host of Max Fun’s own [Maximum Film](https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/maximum-film/), as well as [many](https://www.thewrap.com/), [many](https://twitter.com/linoleumcast) [other](https://twitter.com/bfastallday) [things](https://www.runningpress.com/titles/brandon-gray/ill-be-home-for-christmas-movies/9780762499359/), joins us to talk about the LEGENDARILY strange 1985 would-be Christmas blockbuster [Santa Claus: The Movie](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089961/), along with the usual shenanigans.

  
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We prefer Santa Claus: The Movie: The Book Download the MP3 directly, [HERE](https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/fd7fc5f6-2d39-4a19-a56f-c31910966c15/episodes/40b69967-be77-432f-bf71-885c385166da/audio/7c242e05-b782-42c1-9d52-5b742009536d/default_tc.mp3).

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 [Wikipedia entry for Santa Claus: The Movie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus:_The_Movie)

 Movies recommended in this episode:

 [Licorice Pizza](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11271038/)

 [Blade of the Immortal](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5084170/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)

 [Climate of the Hunter](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9755252/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)

 [Original Cast Album: Company](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293475/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0)

 [The Last of Sheila](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070291/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0)

 
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Alonso Duralde