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<v Speaker 1>Day eighteen of the Twilight Zone podcast Advent Calendar, and

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<v Speaker 1>our friend Josh Chambers says, of all the classic Christmas

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<v Speaker 1>stories from o Henry to Clement Seymour and every single

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<v Speaker 1>jingle bella in between, which tale would you want to

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<v Speaker 1>hear in Rodd's inimitable voice. Okay, so I guess all

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<v Speaker 1>of fiction in the Christmas realm is our playground here,

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<v Speaker 1>Zach anythan jumping out for.

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<v Speaker 2>You, this was a hard question because he's read some things.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm going to go with The Polar Express by

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<v Speaker 2>Chris Van Allsburg. It is a children's book, illustrated children's book,

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<v Speaker 2>more of a family book really, It's for all ages, right,

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<v Speaker 2>but it has that narrator point of view, and it

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<v Speaker 2>has that spirit of Christmas quality to it that Rod

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<v Speaker 2>Seiling seem to love so much, and a Twilight Zone

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<v Speaker 2>skinning with like the bells at the end and Santa.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if everybody familiar with the story or not.

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<v Speaker 2>If you've seen the the Roberts Mechas motion capture movie

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<v Speaker 2>with Tom Hanks from a few years back, you might

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<v Speaker 2>be most familiar with it from there. But you know,

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<v Speaker 2>now that I think about it, I'd love to hear

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<v Speaker 2>you read that Tom for the podcast for the Patreon.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, okay. The thing is, there's no wrong answers to

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<v Speaker 1>this is that it's like you would have Rod Sailing

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<v Speaker 1>read anything because it just sounds great. So it's all

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<v Speaker 1>good stuff. I'm going to cheat a little bit because

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<v Speaker 1>this ties very much into something which was kind of

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<v Speaker 1>monumental for me. When I went to sailing Fest last time,

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<v Speaker 1>I decided to to do my presentation about Rod Sailing

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<v Speaker 1>and Christmas because does that soul kind of strong link

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<v Speaker 1>between the two. You know, he obviously loved Christmas and

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<v Speaker 1>he loved Christmas stories and then just that journey. Then

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<v Speaker 1>I went on to think, okay, how am I going

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<v Speaker 1>to do this to Actually I'm presenting you now something

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<v Speaker 1>that hasn't been held in public for over seventy years.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I felt like Indiana Jones, you know, finding

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<v Speaker 1>this thing. It was in you know, the archives across

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<v Speaker 1>the country in the US, which I wasn't able to

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<v Speaker 1>go to. But through the help of you know, A

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<v Speaker 1>Sailing and Jody Sailing and the archivist there, I was

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<v Speaker 1>able to get this recording to use it on stage.

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<v Speaker 1>And the thing is, I mean that story. It's it's

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<v Speaker 1>kind of a little rough around the edges, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's early rod sailing, before he is truly the master.

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<v Speaker 1>But there is a definite joy to it, and there's

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<v Speaker 1>a joy in the way that he speaks here and

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<v Speaker 1>especially at the end. Now, I listened to that thing

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<v Speaker 1>a million times when I put that presentation together, but

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<v Speaker 1>I just never got tired of the joyful voice that

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<v Speaker 1>he had on as he performed. Now, So you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not sure it's completely infitting with the question. But

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<v Speaker 1>to be able to do that, to be able to

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<v Speaker 1>present something that hadn't been heard, you know, to all

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<v Speaker 1>the people at Sailing Fest, and then to get permission

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<v Speaker 1>to play it to the thousands of people who listen

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<v Speaker 1>to this podcast, Man, it doesn't get better than that.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's my sort of answer to that question.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I think that'll work for everybody, especially the people

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<v Speaker 2>who've heard your rendition of it here on the podcast

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<v Speaker 2>and who got to hear it live like myself at

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<v Speaker 2>Rolling Fest. So happy about that. But that's a great answer,

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>Man,