7 episodes
Candy Claus, Private Eye Ella Gale
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- Comedy
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4.9 • 48 Ratings
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Santa's bastard daughter solves hardboiled Christmas crimes on the North Pole in this half-hour audio comedy. Candy is a death-metal-loving, peppermint-schnapps-swilling PI trying to solve the North Pole’s first murder in 500 years without learning the true meaning of Christmas. A sendup of toxic positivity and prodigal homecomings, the show introduces characters like SANTA BLOB (a deformed snowman built as a surrogate Santa Claus), MOPPET (a gingerbread man baker conscripted as a pathologist) and GUMDROP THE WINTER SQUID (a Krampus-esque calamari committing unspeakable acts on the seafloor).
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Episode 1: For Whom the Jingle Bell Tolls
Santa's bastard daughter is a Christmas-hating private eye who stumbles into investigating the North Pole's first murder in 500 years. Written and directed by Ella Gale.
Producer: Dillon Magrann-Wells
Sound supervision and sound design: Sarah Gibble-Laska
Composer and musician: Gillian Beth Durkee
Candy: Aly Dixon
Minty: Moujan Zolfaghari
Santa: Kyle Kinane
Narrator: John Ennis
Police Officer: Rudy Schultz
Marmalade: JoAnn Schinderle
Yuli: Jordan Doll
ATC: Dillon Magrann-Wells
Additional sound editing: Nathalie Escudero, Natalie Cordero, and Zachary Spiezer
Dialogue editing: Ella Gale
Sound recording: Dillon Magrann-Wells
Singers: Gillian Beth Durkee, Alycia Scott, Meredith Strang -
Episode 2: Behind Candy Bars
Candy and Minty interrogate a prisoner at the candy cane jail. Written and directed by Ella Gale.
Producer: Dillon Magrann-Wells
Sound supervision and sound design: Sarah Gibble-Laska
Composer and musician: Gillian Beth Durkee
Candy: Aly Dixon
Minty: Moujan Zolfaghari
Santa: Kyle Kinane
Narrator: John Ennis
Trolley elf: Erin Lampart
Licorice Pig: Sara Sabzi
Yuli: Jordan Doll
Guard: Sanjay Rao
Additional sound editing: Nathalie Escudero, Natalie Cordero, and Zachary Spiezer
Dialogue editing: Ella Gale
Sound recording: Dillon Magrann-Wells
Singers: Gillian Beth Durkee, Alycia Scott, Meredith Strang -
Episode 3: Snowman Is an Island
Candy and Minty track down a carrot that may have been used in illicit snowman creation. Written and directed by Ella Gale.
Producer: Dillon Magrann-Wells
Sound supervision and sound design: Sarah Gibble-Laska
Composer and musician: Gillian Beth Durkee
Candy: Aly Dixon
Minty: Moujan Zolfaghari
Santa: Kyle Kinane
Narrator: John Ennis
Dr. Claus: Shana Merlin
Freezerburn: Owen Egerton
Bobsled: John Ennis
Santa Blob: Rudy Schultz
Dasher: Josh Simpson
Comet: Sanjay Rao
Additional sound editing: Nathalie Escudero, Natalie Cordero, and Zachary Spiezer
Dialogue editing: Ella Gale
Sound recording: Dillon Magrann-Wells and Travis Willman
Singers: Gillian Beth Durkee, Alycia Scott, Meredith Strang
Parts of this production took place in The Foundry at The Fine Arts Library at The University of Texas at Austin.
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Episode 4: The Maltese Fa La La La Lalcon
Candy and Minty head to the Tannenbaum to search for the Bethlehem Star. Written and directed by Ella Gale.
Producer: Dillon Magrann-Wells
Sound supervision and sound design: Sarah Gibble-Laska
Composer and musician: Gillian Beth Durkee
Candy: Aly Dixon
Minty: Moujan Zolfaghari
Santa: Kyle Kinane
Narrator: John Ennis
Pinecone: Katie Stone
Advent: Jordan Maranto
Powder: Erin Lampart
Comet: Sanjay Rao
Santa Blob: Rudy Schultz
Air traffic control: Dillon Magrann-Wells
AVW: Shana Merlin
Additional sound editing: Nathalie Escudero, Natalie Cordero, and Zachary Spiezer
Dialogue editing: Ella Gale
Sound recording: Dillon Magrann-Wells and Travis Willman
Singers: Gillian Beth Durkee, Alycia Scott, Meredith Strang
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Episode 5: Baking Bad
Candy, Minty, and Tinfoil dive deeper into the Christmas conspiracy, and track down Yuli's murderer. Written and directed by Ella Gale.
Producer: Dillon Magrann-Wells
Sound supervision and sound design: Sarah Gibble-Laska
Composer and musician: Gillian Beth Durkee
Candy: Aly Dixon
Minty: Moujan Zolfaghari
Santa: Kyle Kinane
Narrator: John Ennis
Sugarplum: Erin Lampart
Tinfoil: Ella Gale
Comet: Sanjay Rao
Freezerburn: Owen Egerton
Moppet: Aaron Brooks
Wobble: Aaron Urist
Bunting: Will Weldon
Elf press corps: Dillon Magrann-Wells, Aaron Urist, Sara Sabzi
Additional sound editing: Nathalie Escudero, Natalie Cordero, and Zachary Spiezer
Dialogue editing: Dillon Magrann-Wells
Sound recording: Dillon Magrann-Wells and Travis Willman
Singers: Gillian Beth Durkee, Alycia Scott, Meredith Strang -
Episode 6: Sugar and Spice and Everything Vice (season 1 finale)
Candy and Tinfoil must break out of captivity in the old rock candy mines to save Minty. Written and directed by Ella Gale.
Producer: Dillon Magrann-Wells
Sound supervision and sound design: Sarah Gibble-Laska
Composer and musician: Gillian Beth Durkee
Candy: Aly Dixon
Minty: Moujan Zolfaghari
Santa: Kyle Kinane
Narrator: John Ennis
Sugarplum: Erin Lampart
Tinfoil: Ella Gale
Freezerburn: Owen Egerton
Gumdrop the Winter Squid: Jordan Doll
Dasher: Josh Simpson
Dr. Claus: Shana Merlin
Additional sound editing: Nathalie Escudero, Natalie Cordero, and Zachary Spiezer
Dialogue editing: Dillon Magrann-Wells
Sound recording: Dillon Magrann-Wells and Travis Willman
Singers: Gillian Beth Durkee, Alycia Scott, Meredith Strang
Customer Reviews
Amazing!
Hilarious! Unique combination of detective story & dark Christmas comedy!!
Truly Hilarious
The laughter! The mystery! I’m shaking like a bowl full of jelly from both!
Love it
One episode in and I’m hooked. Wonderfully produced as well, highly recommended!