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The Phineas and Ferb Podcast is an audio podcast produced by the Disney-ABC Television Group and hosted by Dan Povenmire and Swampy Marsh. It was released on November 23, 2009, as part of the promotion for "Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation!" and Disney's plan to increase visibility of the series as it approached a franchise status.

Based on Povenmire's opening comment, more podcasts were likely planned, but they were presumably scrapped in favor of other types of promotional material.

Official Description[]

Join Dr. Doofenshmirtz, Major Monogram and the creators of "Phineas and Ferb" as they preview their holiday special, "Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation!" premiering December 6 at 8:00pm on Disney XD.

Summary[]

The podcast opens with the then-new winter theme song. Show creators Dan Povenmire and Swampy Marsh introduce themselves as the "smart one" and the "handsome one", respectively, before Povenmire announces that this is their first Phineas and Ferb podcast, in which they will talk about the series' upcoming Christmas special. They then comment on its premiere date and time, revealing that Disney XD will be airing the episode twice. Povenmire begins discussing how proud he is of the end result, which he describes as a full-on musical, and Marsh adds that he expects it to live on forever. A synopsis of the special is provided, with Povenmire doing his Doofenshmirtz voice to describe the doctor's plot.

Afterwards, the episode's soundtrack is confirmed to release a few days after the podcast, on November 27. Some of the songs are mentioned, namely "I Really Don't Hate Christmas", "Christmas is Starting Now", "That Christmas Feeling", and "Thank You Santa". Following this, Povenmire and Marsh express their gratitude for being able to create what they hope becomes a classic.

To conclude the podcast, Povenmire and Marsh do improv related to the special as Doofenshmirtz and Monogram. Among the acts featured, they redo the joke about the major's name from "Phineas and Ferb Musical Cliptastic Countdown", talk about the doctor's scheme to ruin Christmas, and comment on how descriptive the name of the episode is. The podcast closes with a preview of "Thank You Santa" and the gag involving the snowman.

Background Information[]

  • While talking about the episode's premiere date, Dan Povenmire mentions that it is airing twice, jokingly stating that it's because the special is good. He then provides the actual reason, which is to accommodate the schedule due to it being 45 minutes long.
  • When he describes the special, Povenmire mentions that it has seven songs. This number is correct if instrumentals, reprises, short songs, and the removed song are not counted.
  • At the end of Povenmire's synopsis, Swampy Marsh imitates a promo with his Monogram voice.
  • The songs "I Really Don't Hate Christmas" and "Thank You Santa" are referred to as "Tell Me Why I Don't Hate Christmas" and "Thank You Santa Claus", which are likely working titles.
  • Before beginning the improv segment, Povenmire alludes to Doofenshmirtz and Monogram as separate people, keeping the illusion that the characters are real, like he did in the congratulatory video for the Marble Mover Challenge.
  • In the improv segment, Povenmire and Marsh mistakenly refer to "Francis" as Monogram's middle name and "Major" as his first name.
  • Doofenshmirtz tells Monogram that he understands "platypus" and what Perry says, stating that there are subtle differences in his chortles, and that anyone can pick it up by listening to it enough times.
  • Doofenshmirtz reveals that he gives everyone vases for Christmas, referencing his present to Perry.
  • During the podcast, the episode is named as "Phineas and Ferb's Christmas Vacation!". At the end, Povenmire corrects it to "Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation!" as Doofenshmirtz.

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