If any of you were put a little on edge by the Holiday Special's detailed depiction of Rushton Santas (Thanks for giving us all nightmares Erin), then you may need a weighted blanket for this week's episode. Kewt Kitsch was recommended to us by a fan with a not so vague threat of bodily harm should we refuse. She's an obsessive Rushton toy fan with her own website dedicated to the founder of the Rushton Toy Company, Mary Rushton. Rushtons are soft stuffed toys, plushies if you will, with rubber faces. They are not unlike another specific toy we've talked about on the show in that they only partially resemble the animals they are supposed to represent. Some people relish the creep factor of these tiny monsters, while others, like our guest (whose eyebrows may not be sisters but probably share a lot of DNA) find the cute in even the most uncomfortable of faces. Kewt joins us from that land of strange news articles, Florida. It's her first stint in the alligator state and she's definitely missing the cold Christmases of her youth in the snowy midwest. The Mavens talk over the surreal feeling of having childhood toys and fashions come back into vogue and Kewt speaks fluent fangirl at all of us. Sam is particularly brutal in the Estate Sale Walkthrough. She calls it "generous"; normal humans call it torture.

Thank you to our team :

Edit and Sound Design by: Grae @ Grae Matter Studios

Intro by: Caylin Temple

Copyediting by: Spell Check

intro and Outro Music: Down the Rabbit Hole by myuu

Source: https://soundcloud.com/myuu/down-the-rabbit-hole

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/