Episode notes
Lil Rel Howery as Nick in Dashing Through the Snow. Photo by Steve Dietl for Disney+
It’s the Bullseye Holiday Spectacular! We look back on some of our favorite holiday interviews from the past. First up, we listen back to our conversation with Lil Rel Howery about his comedy career and what it was like to star as Santa Claus in the Disney+ film Dashing Through the Snow. Then, singer-songwriter Sy Smith shares with us the holiday classic that changed her life and what it was like to perform her own rendition of it. Then we’ll close things out with our festive interview with Mickey Dolenz of the Monkees!
Versions of these interviews aired on earlier dates
In this episode...
Guests
- Lil Rel Howery
- Sy Smith
- Mickey Dolenz
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