Tune in as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Pee-wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special the only way we know how: With lots of screaming, lots of fruitcake, and lots more screaming.  ****   Guests:  Erin Evans (@mserinmevans).  Lindy Kempe (@ieatvideogames).  Joey O. (Y-Not Radio, Words with Nerds, @ImGonnaDJ24).  ****   Topics & Tangents:  1. Magic Johnson recorded his segment hours before playing in — and winning — a Lakers game. We don’t know the precise date, but one win was against the SuperSonics, possibly (but probably not) on Ice Cube’s “Good Day.”  2. One commercial break includes a bizarre Pringles commercial starring a young Brad Pitt.  3. Pee-wee’s Big Holiday.  4. When did fruitcake become a punchline? Christmas Past has something of an answer. Or is fruitcake a byproduct of the Joys of Jell-O era?  5. A mini ode to the Picture Phone, a giant, stationary Skype machine.  6. The working script and storyboards for this special.  7. Who mailed Grace Jones to the Reagan White House?  8. Pee-wee performing Surfin’ Bird in Back to the Beach.  9. The King of Cartoons’ cartoon: 1936’s Christmas Comes But Once a Year.  10. My feelings about snow mirror this one, particular Calvin and Hobbes comic strip, published 5 days after this special aired.  12. The awkward moment when we realize the Dinosaur Family has a pet dinosaur.  ****  “Pee-wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special” © 1988 Paul Reubens.  Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.  Say hi on Twitter @adventcalhouse. Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.  Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house.