The Characters

Between 1986 and 1990, The Characters released a series of annual Christmas audio cassettes. Filled with music, comedy sketches, and general Characters wackiness, these cassettes were available only to the fan club members. Now, for the first time ever, the entire collection is available on one CD, over 72 minutes in all! Here's a track-by-track listing, by year:

*Titles in RED indicate Full Length Songs.

Christmas cassette, 1986 1986 15 min, 12 sec
Thank You's, Blue Christmas, Calling the Characters Hotline, Family Store, EEEeeee, Hester Hotline, Rodney Bingenheimer and Fan on Air, You're on the Air, Blix, Joe Franklin, Bonehead and the Boiling Chip, Davy Jones, Porcelain Buddha, We're Working On It, La Cienega, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, The Len Merrick Show, Rodney Again, More Thank You's, Silent Night

Christmas cassette, 1987 1987 13 min, 57 sec
Thank You's, The Characters Visit Rodney, You Go in the Tank, Capt. Kirk, The Originality Program, Henry Diltz, Goya, Rodney Bingenheimer, Frosty The Snowman, UK Radio Disc Jockey, You Go in the Tub, Allison Rangel, Leonard the Lizard, Rodney, The Hesters "How'd Ya Like a Bite of MY Cookie?", The You're Nervous Program, More Goya, You Go in the Forest, You're Stupid, Even More Goya, You Shut Up, The Chinsters "I'll Be Cheap for Christmas", Leonard the Lizard Outtake

Christmas cassette, 1988 1988 14 min, 41 sec
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, Mr. Insane, Mr. Tomato, Kaili Brothers Hotel, Leonard the Lizard, Mon Soug, The Abridged Version of "The Night Before Christmas", The Continuing Episodes of Lord Woodbine and Semprini, 1988 Thank You's, Deck The Halls, What's My IQ?, Professional Wood, The Absurd Conversation Party Line, Linus Speech (Luke 2:8-14), Auld Lang Syne

Christmas cassette, 1989 1989 17 min, 18 sec
Home For Christmas, I Married a Robot, The Society of Impatient People, Are You An Esteves?, Your Arm's Too Short To Box With Hester, Hogan's Heroes, Santa Bring My Baby Back To Me, The Kaili Who Sat Next To You On The Bus, A Brief Quiz, Silly Noises, Until We Meet Again

Christmas cassette, 1990 1990 11 min, 30 sec

The Tiny Town Of Characterland, Tough Tony, Holiday Advice From the Fellowship of People Who Overuse Cliches, Something That Makes No Sense At All, A Provocative Anecdote, Greedy Record Industries Moguls, Immigration Man to the Portuguese, Tin Ear Records, Retired Characters, Goodnight

The Characters appear on Rodney Bingenheimer's compilation CD on Dionysus Records
"Santa's Got A GTO - Rodney on the ROQ'S Favorite Christmas Tunes."
The Characters' track, "The Characters visit Rodney," is from their 1986 Christmas tape.
The Characters also appear on the "The Best of Rodney on the ROQ" compilation - with "This Is Goodbye" produced by Chip Douglas