
Southern Californians go big for these holiday CDs compiled by KROQ jocks Kevin and Bean, given their combination of comedy bits by big name comedians and rock bands' holiday contributions. For that matter, Christmas music fiends are hooked on the series as well. On this 2002 collection we get Hoobastank with "Santa's Coming," Chris Gentry's title rap, Andy Dick's "Santa's Pissed Off," Good Charlotte's "Christmas By the Phone," Rancid's "Xmas Eve (She Got Up and Left Me)," Jimmy Fallon's "Snowball," Nick Hexum from 311 doing "Mele Kamikimaka," The Shout's trailer park slice-of-life "Mullet Christmas," the thrashy "Alone This Holiday" by The Used, "The Only Gift I Need" by Dashboard Confessional, Cousin Oliver's "Naked Christmas," Simple Plan's "My Christmas List," Jack Johnson's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "Forget December" by Something Corporate. Comedy stars who do bits include Ray Romano, Lewis Black, David Alan Grier, Jay Mohr, Craig Kilborn, Jimmy Kimmel and the Armenian Comedian. There are also a few sketches involving SpongeBob SquarePants and an Anna Nicole Smith parody, among other things. New and used copies continue to appear via 3rd-party sellers on Amazon, if you're interested; non-Angelenos typically had to bid on copies via eBay, and probably still can. Other Kevin and Bean collections that this site missed out on in the past include
Swallow My Eggnog from 2001;
The Year They Recalled Santa Claus, from 2003;
Christmastime in the 909, from 2004; and
Kevin & Bean's Super Christmas from 2006. All the links will yield 3rd-party seller links via Amazon.
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