Is your house ready for a visit from Santa?
With the holiday season comes a plethora of holiday specials for the whole family and that includes “Prep & Landing: Snowball Protocol.” It’s about an elite group of elves who help millions of homes around the world get ready for the big guy.
Dave Foley voices Wayne.
“He’s a guy who’s struggling really hard to be more bitter than he is. He’s a character that feels like he has a right to be bitter, but then keeps being happy anyway You know, (he) keeps getting drawn into just realizing life’s pretty good, no matter how much he tries to avoid it So I think that I like that about him that, yeah, he’s unsuccessful at being a being cynical,” Foley told On The Red Carpet.
Foley has portrayed Wayne since the “Prep & Landing” series first aired in 2009. Also returning are Sarah Chalke as Magee, the Command Center Coordinator and Derek Richardson as Lanny, Wayne’s partner and pal.
New cast members include Dulcé Sloan as Janice, a clerk at the North Pole Post Office, Danny Pudi as Chef Geoff, the master chef at the Fruitcake Factory and Manny Jacinto, who plays Renato, a holistic healer who helps get the elves ready for their missions.
“Getting to do anything animation or voiceover stuff, especially when Disney is involved is super fun,” Jacinto told On The Red Carpet.
“This one is different from previous ones in that this episode is kind of an anthology episode,” Foley explained. “It takes the characters into different worlds, different seasons and they even get to go on vacation.”
“Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol” airs Thanksgiving evening on Disney Channel and the next day on Disney+. It’ll air Sunday on ABC and it’ll be a part of Freeform’s 25 days of Christmas lineup!
The Walt Disney Company is the parent company of this ABC station.
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