A Dance in the Snow (Hallmark Mystery - 2024)

[00:00:01] Hi, I'm Brandon. I love Hallmark Christmas movies. I'm Brian. I like Hallmark Christmas movies. I'm Dan and I despise Hallmark Christmas movies and this is the Deck The Hallmark Podcast. Deck The Hallmark gets this podcast. I'm friends host this podcast. We hope you like this jolly podcast. Hi. Hi. Hi everyone. Hey. How are we today? Big week. Big week. Big week. Sheesh.

[00:00:38] We keep on coming. It doesn't get any bigger. We're in it. Nope. Right? We're in it. Wait till next week. That's right. I mean, we've got Christmas con coming up this week. I know. I'm excited about it. Full slate of episodes. Yeah. We've got more Hallmark Plus Cherry Lane coming out. And every time I ran, I keep hearing how great Mistletoe Murders is. Yeah, sure. You gotta stop. It's torture at this point. Yeah. Gotta stop. Every time I went to the fact that we decided to go all the unwrappings, none of the Mistletoe Murders because we had to make a decision. We had to make a decision. It was we do the movies. Big mistake.

[00:01:07] Big mistake. And I'll never get that time back. And I've still not seen Mistletoe Murders, which sounds like something I might be interested in. If we're not careful, it's gonna get spoiled on us. No kidding. All this chatter about it. Yeah. Oh, you think there's a murder? Probably several. It's plural. Murders. It's called the Mistletoe Murders, right? They just keep on coming. Is there more than one murder? Do you know, Erin? I've only seen the first episode. There is a murder there.

[00:01:33] And then I was just waiting for it to all come out so I could go home and binge it. Yeah. I really liked the first episode and I quickly decided I wasn't doing this week-to-week thing. Not doing it. If there's only one murder, then I am a hard out on Mistletoe Murders because it's called murders. Yeah. It's like that magic pen situation. It wasn't a magic pen. Yeah. It's tough. Pen, apple, pineapple pen. What was that song from a while ago? You guys know what I'm talking about? No. Are you drunk? You know what I'm talking about?

[00:02:01] Six in the morning. It's a big week, Dan. I don't know what it's time. That's the only other person laughing in this room. I do know what you're talking about. Yeah. What is it? I can't remember. Don't say that. But it's something about a pineapple, apple pen. Yeah. That doesn't sound like a real thing. No. It's a thing. It was viral. It was viral. It was viral. Yeah. We got a big week today. Huge week today. Big week today. Yeah. Today is freaking crazy. Watch out for tomorrow. You know what also is big is Christmas movie magic. It's massive. It is. Oh, it's, yes. And you gotta

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[00:03:01] We don't have any nude merch. There's an off-white, though. It's close, I would say. Can we put it on the sign that it's the nude color? Nude color. It's nude. You want a nude shirt? The color is nude. There's something that we can do about it. There's nothing we can do. They call it nude. That's what they called it. That's not us. No. We're just relaying that message. That's right. Yeah. That's exactly right. And if you're looking for a new fun holiday tradition as well. You know, nude. We do have a children's book out, Dano. A nude holiday tradition. We do have a children's book out, a book that I think you're

[00:03:30] really going to enjoy reading to your kids this time of year. Also, you can buy this at Christmas Con as well. Yeah. Wow. When's it going to be Christmas again? Who wrote it? It's by Brandon Gray and Daniel Thompson, if you can believe it. Why? Two first-time, second-time authors. Why'd they write it? Well, you know, they both have young kids. Money. But this is about, this is actually based on my two boys, although I think Brandon's two boys would probably agree with the sentiments here. And it's about family and memories and Christmas time. And you should buy

[00:04:00] a copy for the parent in your life or grandparent in your life or child in your life. I think it works across the board, Brandon. Those are the early reviews. That's right. And like a good, like any good Hallmark movie, it might make you cry. It might. There is a bit of a twist in there for a children's book. And even though I had a part in- The kids killed Dan. The kids killed Dan. That's right. Multiple murders. Multiple murders. I cried reading it at my children the first time, if that helps you at all. Yeah. Make a decision. So there's that.

[00:04:30] And I cried when you read it to me, too. Yeah, that's true. You sure did. I read it to the book. I couldn't. I said too many words. Too many words. Too big words. Two big words. Two big words. I can't. When's it going to be Christmas again? This book's actually about brand. I don't know what to tell you. It is. It is. Let's dive into today's movie, shall we? Are you guys ready for this? I am. I love it. Let's do it. A dance in the snow is what we're talking about today. A Hallmark mystery movie that premiered on December 5th, 2024.

[00:04:55] And it went a little something like this. The movie starts off real slow. Literally, a slow ballad plays as we gear up for this Thursday night mystery movie. Suddenly, a girl comes down the stairs, clearly ready to go off to a dance. Her name is Jenny. She actually is from the block, if you can believe it. Wow. And her mom's name is Melanie.

[00:05:23] She is going to be chaperoning the dance to keep an eye on Jenny to make sure that she's doing okay.

[00:05:29] Jenny has autism and sometimes has a tough time with loud noises and whatnot. And these are things are going okay until things get a little bit too intense with the music, like this punk rock Christmas song starts playing.

[00:05:46] And then this fake snow begins to fall. And Jenny has a really hard time with snow. It's one of her, the things that scares her the most.

[00:05:55] And so when that begins to fall, she runs outside. Melanie goes, she calms her down. And then she says, hey, it's probably time for us to head on out.

[00:06:04] Cut to one year later. And Jenny is excited to be a senior and is excited to figure out what is next for her life.

[00:06:11] And she is hopeful that she is going to go to the college that she wants to go to in California.

[00:06:17] Why California? Maybe it has something to do with the fact there's no snow.

[00:06:20] No snow. Could be.

[00:06:21] Maybe it might have something to do with it. Not a bad idea.

[00:06:24] When Melanie finds out the school that she wants to go to, she's shocked and tries to talk to her about it the next day.

[00:06:31] Jenny's not having it. The next day, Jenny is talking with some friends and they come up with an idea to create an alternative dance that is inclusive to all kids to make sure that they all feel comfortable at the dance.

[00:06:45] What she doesn't know is that Melanie is wanting to do the exact same thing, except she wants to just make the dance itself more inclusive by lowering the volume of the music, getting rid of the strobe lights, stuff like that.

[00:06:59] There is some pushback from the PTA because the dance is so close.

[00:07:04] That's when hot teacher Daniel comes in and says, hey, I'll be the liaison that you've been looking for.

[00:07:13] This is later than I expected, in all honesty.

[00:07:15] He agrees to help and make sure that they can work together to make this happen and come up with a good idea that will make everybody feel good,

[00:07:24] while also still being possible this close to the dance.

[00:07:29] There's a new boy in town. His name is Will.

[00:07:32] And Jenny takes a liking to Will and he agrees to help with the dance.

[00:07:38] Got to be honest, none of this would be possible without Will.

[00:07:41] Will is responsible for bringing in almost all the money because of his parents' Christmas tree farm.

[00:07:46] The location.

[00:07:47] And he's responsible for the location because they have a giant barn that they're not using at all.

[00:07:51] So shout out, Will.

[00:07:53] Melanie and Daniel have an idea to make the dance more fun for everybody and it is a silent disco.

[00:07:57] We've done this before, but you get these headphones, you put them on, and you can have control over your own volume.

[00:08:03] So you can listen to it as loud or as quietly.

[00:08:06] Dance if you want to.

[00:08:07] That's exactly right.

[00:08:07] To leave your friends behind.

[00:08:09] And, you know, so they bring this to the PTA board and they pitch it and they're like, this is different.

[00:08:16] And they're like, that's the point.

[00:08:17] It's supposed to be something fresh, something new.

[00:08:20] And they all vote and they say yes.

[00:08:23] But then it all comes out that both of them are planning a dance.

[00:08:28] And so they decide to do this crazy thing where they merge the dances.

[00:08:32] They just say, what if we just do it and all that good stuff?

[00:08:36] We've got the barn, but a barn is it's big fun there.

[00:08:39] It's the night of the party and bad news strikes.

[00:08:42] It begins to snow outside just as they're about to leave.

[00:08:46] Jenny, as you remember, is afraid of the snow, but Will inspires her to conquer her fear of snow.

[00:08:52] He goes out into the snow, says, hey, come on out, join me.

[00:08:55] And they have a moment out there and they hug and it's good.

[00:08:59] They head to the party.

[00:09:01] The party is a smash hit.

[00:09:03] Melanie agrees to join Daniel in Paris on his sabbatical.

[00:09:08] Didn't see it coming.

[00:09:10] And they kiss.

[00:09:13] And then Will and Jenny join them outside.

[00:09:16] They also share a kiss.

[00:09:18] And they all stare at the snow together.

[00:09:21] And that, my friends, was a dance in the snow.

[00:09:26] We did it.

[00:09:27] We did do it.

[00:09:28] Let's take a quick break.

[00:09:29] We'll come back.

[00:09:30] We'll break this movie down here on Deck the Hallmark.

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[00:11:32] Hi, everybody.

[00:11:33] I took a sip way too late.

[00:11:35] Took a sip way too late and I realized it.

[00:11:37] Yeah, it was too late.

[00:11:37] Sorry, coming out of my mouth.

[00:11:38] At that point, it was too late.

[00:11:39] Even if you realize it at that point, it's too late.

[00:11:41] There's nothing you can do, yeah.

[00:11:42] Let's talk a dance in the show, shall we?

[00:11:43] A show show?

[00:11:44] We have four segments to dance out in the snow during.

[00:11:49] And so let's do this.

[00:11:51] Let's start with a hot take.

[00:11:52] I love it.

[00:11:52] Thoughts on this movie?

[00:11:53] I would suggest we don't hold back.

[00:11:56] Brian, what did you think about-

[00:11:57] It's just a suggestion, Brian.

[00:11:58] So you do.

[00:11:58] If you want to hold back, you go for it.

[00:12:00] Yeah, you can.

[00:12:01] No rules today.

[00:12:02] No rules.

[00:12:03] A dance in the snow.

[00:12:04] What did you think?

[00:12:04] All right.

[00:12:05] I kind of liked it.

[00:12:06] I feel like it ended really strong for me.

[00:12:09] A tiny, teeny tiny little asterisk next to the immediate decision to move to Paris real quick.

[00:12:16] That was-

[00:12:17] Well, not move, but to go to Paris for an extended amount of time.

[00:12:20] Yeah, exactly.

[00:12:20] Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[00:12:20] Of course.

[00:12:21] So that aside, I really liked the ending.

[00:12:24] It came together really nicely for me.

[00:12:26] The accommodations, I feel like, could have been maybe dealt with sooner than her senior year.

[00:12:31] I feel like this stuff would have come up a little sooner.

[00:12:33] Yeah.

[00:12:34] Yeah.

[00:12:34] And the two major takeaways for me were, the first thing is, should we buy a magical barn?

[00:12:42] Because that barn, holy cow.

[00:12:44] Yeah.

[00:12:45] Great barn.

[00:12:45] I don't think it's the first time we've seen it in a Hallmark movie.

[00:12:47] No, but for some reason, the barn just did it for me, this one.

[00:12:50] Like, that barn looked real nice.

[00:12:52] And also, they should have moved to California years ago, and this wouldn't even be an issue,

[00:12:57] I don't think.

[00:12:58] Yes.

[00:12:58] Yeah.

[00:12:58] They should not be in a cold climate where it snows.

[00:13:01] Regularly.

[00:13:02] Yeah, multiple times in over a couple days span.

[00:13:05] And Jenny's character, like, she was something that stood out to me immediately.

[00:13:09] She was so decisive.

[00:13:11] And I know, like, a lot of the autism factor of it is a lot of her, a lot of what drove this

[00:13:17] movie and her decisions and her behavior.

[00:13:19] But her decisiveness made me insecure, like, about my ability to make decisions.

[00:13:24] Like, that was something that stood out in her character that was just so, like, it was

[00:13:30] so good, but also, like...

[00:13:31] You're like, that senior high school really seems to have her stuff together.

[00:13:33] Yeah.

[00:13:33] Like, I couldn't...

[00:13:34] What am I doing?

[00:13:35] Yeah.

[00:13:36] What am I doing?

[00:13:36] What am I doing?

[00:13:37] I need a little bit of that in my life.

[00:13:38] A little more decisiveness, I think.

[00:13:40] But, yeah, I liked it.

[00:13:41] I liked it.

[00:13:42] I think they closed it out really nicely, too.

[00:13:44] Yeah.

[00:13:45] Yeah.

[00:13:45] I agree with all of the complaints about this movie, I think, are more than fair.

[00:13:50] The fact that they should have just lived in a warmer climate to begin with.

[00:13:54] Yeah, of course.

[00:13:55] Yeah.

[00:13:55] All of that more than valid.

[00:13:57] Pushing all that aside, because, again, Hallmark, here we are.

[00:14:02] I think this movie is pretty strong.

[00:14:04] And I think how strong this movie is is fully dependent not on the, I guess you would say,

[00:14:11] primary love story.

[00:14:12] But for me, it's the story of Jenny and Will.

[00:14:16] When Jenny and Will are together and they're working on the dance together, I thought the

[00:14:25] proposal, but the dance...

[00:14:26] The promposal.

[00:14:27] The promposal, if you will.

[00:14:28] I will.

[00:14:28] Incorporating his love of trains into that, I thought was fantastic.

[00:14:33] And I thought those two were just really great together.

[00:14:36] And I thought that anytime they were on screen working on the dance, having conversations

[00:14:42] with each other, continuing to help each other grow and whatnot, I thought it was great.

[00:14:47] I thought that the love story between the teacher and the mom was fine, but I just kind of kept

[00:14:55] waiting for us to get back to the, weirdly enough, the party planning of it all.

[00:15:01] Weirdly enough was the thing.

[00:15:02] I liked those two on screen together.

[00:15:04] And I felt like anytime they were doing their thing, that was where this movie was shining.

[00:15:09] Um, so yeah, overall, uh, I think it was a relatively strong movie, but yeah, there's definitely

[00:15:14] some general, uh, plot problems with location and whatnot that you just think they would

[00:15:23] have dealt with earlier in life.

[00:15:25] But alas, here we are.

[00:15:27] We're dancing in the snow.

[00:15:28] Yeah.

[00:15:28] It's going to end up middle of the pack for me.

[00:15:30] Like, I don't know what I need to say that hasn't been said.

[00:15:33] There's some glaring plot holes here that are just tough to overcome from a standpoint of

[00:15:38] if you're a parent with a kid that has a very specific set of needs and accommodations,

[00:15:43] you would typically be handling those before they're 18 years old.

[00:15:47] And I know that there's a lot going on in a dance.

[00:15:49] Isn't the number one priority for your kid, but that between the snow and, and, and living

[00:15:54] where you live and the dance your senior year, it's hard to clear those hurdles logically,

[00:16:01] but the movie is a sweet movie.

[00:16:03] I love the message of inclusivity and the idea that if something is accessible,

[00:16:08] for some accessibility helps everyone, it's not an either or the people that go, well,

[00:16:13] if we make it more accessible, uh, that changes how we've always done it.

[00:16:17] Well, yeah, yeah.

[00:16:18] But that doesn't make it worse.

[00:16:20] It makes it equal.

[00:16:21] It makes it like something that everyone can be involved in.

[00:16:24] I think that's a great message.

[00:16:25] And I, I'm glad that they had that message.

[00:16:27] I agree that the, the two kids will, and what's her name?

[00:16:32] I can't believe it.

[00:16:33] Jenny.

[00:16:33] Will and Jenny, like that's a really fun storyline.

[00:16:37] There's some very sweet moments in this movie, but you also, it is a dueling dance party planning

[00:16:44] movie.

[00:16:45] And the only way for me to not hate that is if it's a all out farce comedy.

[00:16:50] So that's the other big issue is, is that they're planning two dances at once and there

[00:16:57] should be hijinks galore, but instead it's a very serious movie where they're both lying

[00:17:02] to the other one.

[00:17:03] And that was tough for me.

[00:17:05] I couldn't.

[00:17:06] So there were some big hurdles I couldn't clear here, but the stuff that worked for me

[00:17:10] worked really, really well.

[00:17:12] It just is few and far between like the message is great.

[00:17:15] A couple of scenes are really sweet, but the stuff that's big and glaring in this movie,

[00:17:19] it's tough to get, get past that.

[00:17:21] So, you know, it's time for all the feels when we're talking about what this movie gave

[00:17:24] us feels Brian.

[00:17:25] Yeah.

[00:17:26] Jenny had some phenomenal sweaters in this movie, standout sweater.

[00:17:30] So really nice.

[00:17:30] But the big feels for me was when it was the kids planning their own dance and the way that

[00:17:36] they're doing it is incorporating all the things that they want to have at the dance.

[00:17:40] I'm like, that is awesome.

[00:17:41] Like a train at a dance makes no sense, but they're going to do it.

[00:17:45] That's what they want.

[00:17:45] Yeah.

[00:17:46] And so I kind of wish we got more of those little things.

[00:17:48] Those little dance planning.

[00:17:50] I think no one's surprised by this.

[00:17:51] A little bit more dance.

[00:17:52] But I guess you could say it that way.

[00:17:54] All the little details that they're incorporating, all the fun stuff they're putting in the dance.

[00:17:58] So cool.

[00:17:58] And I'm glad that was a tiny little part.

[00:18:00] Could use a little more of it, but I'm glad it was a little bit of a part of this movie.

[00:18:04] Shout out to planning.

[00:18:05] Shout out.

[00:18:06] It's no surprise that I love a good train and I love a good Christmas village.

[00:18:12] So this whole train going around the village was already dope.

[00:18:18] Like it came on screen.

[00:18:19] I was like, this is amazing.

[00:18:22] But then my guy, like she's like, hey, are you interested in taking me to the dance or whatever?

[00:18:29] She said.

[00:18:30] And he turns on the train and she's like, okay, I guess we're doing trains.

[00:18:34] I guess it's train time.

[00:18:36] I guess we're doing train that time.

[00:18:37] It's that time.

[00:18:38] And then he stops it and pulls out the piece of paper out of the train and he's asking her out to dance.

[00:18:45] I love that moment.

[00:18:46] And it was one of the most heartwarming, genuine, sweet things that we've seen this season.

[00:18:53] Really liked this moment.

[00:18:55] And I also really like model train.

[00:18:57] So it's a double whammy for Brandon.

[00:19:00] Dan, shout out to Brandon's feels because those are mine.

[00:19:03] I mean, I don't care about model trains at all.

[00:19:05] I want to be very clear.

[00:19:06] Anti-train, huh?

[00:19:07] Brandon is on his own there.

[00:19:08] I would just say train neutral.

[00:19:09] I don't care one way or the other.

[00:19:11] That doesn't.

[00:19:12] But this Will You Go to the Dance With Me scene.

[00:19:15] One of my favorite scenes of the holiday season.

[00:19:18] A phenomenal scene.

[00:19:20] So great.

[00:19:21] So sweet.

[00:19:22] So wonderful.

[00:19:23] Played perfectly by both actors.

[00:19:24] Do you want to share what you found out about the actor of Will?

[00:19:27] I was going to wait until I went to home.

[00:19:28] Okay.

[00:19:28] Oh, that's fair.

[00:19:29] That's fair.

[00:19:30] And that's what we call a tease in the business.

[00:19:32] We're going to take a quick break.

[00:19:34] We're going to come back.

[00:19:34] If you were going to turn it off now, you heard our hot takes on all the feels.

[00:19:37] Well, now you got something to do with the rumble.

[00:19:38] Wait, wait, wait.

[00:19:38] That's right.

[00:19:39] All right.

[00:19:39] We're going to take a quick break.

[00:19:45] Now you've oversold it.

[00:19:47] Deck the Hallmark.

[00:19:48] Did I?

[00:19:57] Well, hello, everybody.

[00:19:59] We're having a good time today.

[00:20:00] We're talking about a dance in the snow.

[00:20:04] Let's bring it down with our Weight Watch.

[00:20:06] It's where we talk about what in the two minutes go Weight Watch while we were watching it.

[00:20:10] Spry guy.

[00:20:11] What you got?

[00:20:11] Yeah.

[00:20:12] I mean, a big one is the fact that the school hasn't really done any accommodating up until

[00:20:17] this point.

[00:20:17] And so I just feel like maybe they should have done a little bit of accommodating before

[00:20:21] this.

[00:20:22] Yeah.

[00:20:22] Or all of them, because I don't know if you know this.

[00:20:24] It's legal.

[00:20:26] It's actually part of the law.

[00:20:27] It's part of the law.

[00:20:28] It's not like a thing where the school can be like, should we do this?

[00:20:32] Yeah.

[00:20:32] It's actually required by the law.

[00:20:34] That's how that works.

[00:20:35] They're getting around to it.

[00:20:36] Yeah.

[00:20:36] They're going to get there.

[00:20:36] It looks like they're getting there.

[00:20:38] A high school dance on private property just seems like a liability nightmare.

[00:20:45] Yeah.

[00:20:45] Like it just, they were so anti-change for their dance on their own property and on

[00:20:51] a whim, just, yeah, no problem.

[00:20:53] Well, the good thing is, is no one ever like sneaks an alcohol to a high school party.

[00:20:58] It's always, always above board.

[00:21:01] And nothing to worry about.

[00:21:02] And no, what else never happens is the teachers making out with parents.

[00:21:05] Yeah.

[00:21:05] No, that doesn't happen.

[00:21:06] No risk of that happening.

[00:21:08] It's fine.

[00:21:08] A little inappropriate.

[00:21:09] Right outside the front door.

[00:21:09] Right there.

[00:21:10] Setting an example.

[00:21:11] Oh, this is what we're doing?

[00:21:12] Okay.

[00:21:12] Everybody.

[00:21:13] Everybody, the Hawkins family giving each kid a tree, seven trees.

[00:21:18] If they're $50, Dan, that's $350.

[00:21:22] I paid almost $150 for my tree this year.

[00:21:26] I'm saying 50 is a minimum.

[00:21:28] Yeah.

[00:21:28] So we're talking.

[00:21:29] They're probably paying closer to over a thousand for that.

[00:21:32] Big bucks.

[00:21:32] Big bucks.

[00:21:33] That's big bucks.

[00:21:34] All right, Hawkins.

[00:21:34] I see you.

[00:21:35] I see you, Hawkins family.

[00:21:36] But it really does make them look pretty good in the community.

[00:21:38] It does.

[00:21:39] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[00:21:40] When the snow started, the mom, they didn't show it.

[00:21:44] Maybe she did it.

[00:21:44] She didn't call or text her daughter.

[00:21:47] Nothing.

[00:21:47] Not in an effort to reach out.

[00:21:48] She's just like, I got to go.

[00:21:49] It's not.

[00:21:50] Can we?

[00:21:51] Yeah, let's back.

[00:21:52] This mom is a great mom.

[00:21:54] She's amazing, wonderful.

[00:21:56] Yeah.

[00:21:57] Is learning.

[00:21:57] You have to learn how to parent all over again every time your kid reaches a new stage

[00:22:01] of maturity.

[00:22:02] You just do.

[00:22:02] And this mom's doing an amazing job.

[00:22:05] I just think that the snow thing, the movie's called A Dance in the Snow.

[00:22:10] The snow thing's a big part of it.

[00:22:12] This kid is 18 years.

[00:22:13] You got it?

[00:22:14] You clock it?

[00:22:15] I got it.

[00:22:15] This kid's 18 years old.

[00:22:17] If you have a kid that has any of these eccentricities or is neurodivergent or has something

[00:22:23] that you know is a huge thing in their life, it becomes a big part of your life as a parent

[00:22:29] because you'll do anything to keep them from it.

[00:22:31] And so if you live in a place that I know sometimes snow pops up out of nowhere.

[00:22:35] I'm not from the north.

[00:22:36] Sometimes the snow pops up out of nowhere.

[00:22:38] A little squabble there.

[00:22:39] A little here and there.

[00:22:40] A little squabble.

[00:22:40] If you're this kid's parent and you're as good a mom as this mom is, you're going to

[00:22:45] be checking the weather pretty religiously.

[00:22:47] I would say daily.

[00:22:49] I would be checking it.

[00:22:50] I would be checking the hourly probably twice a day.

[00:22:55] And the idea that not only does this snowstorm start or this snow started, she doesn't text

[00:23:01] anyone, but the fact that she knew it was a possibility, like she should know it's a

[00:23:05] like, look, it's a 30% chance.

[00:23:07] We're going to get some snow today.

[00:23:09] You probably would tell your kid not to go outside.

[00:23:11] Well, I think this storm came out of nowhere.

[00:23:16] Snow way.

[00:23:18] All right.

[00:23:19] You keep going.

[00:23:20] Yeah.

[00:23:20] Oh, that's that's that.

[00:23:21] Okay.

[00:23:21] Perfect.

[00:23:22] Okay.

[00:23:23] Listen, Dan is the educator among us.

[00:23:27] He spent a lot of time in the classroom.

[00:23:29] But I, you know, I spent some time there myself.

[00:23:32] You dabble.

[00:23:32] I love that.

[00:23:33] I dabble.

[00:23:34] I dabble in education.

[00:23:36] And I think that is more than fair.

[00:23:38] Yeah.

[00:23:38] I dabble in education.

[00:23:41] And I occasionally would read from a book.

[00:23:44] And some might argue that I read from the greatest book of all time, the Bible.

[00:23:50] And do you want to know how many times I read from the Bible and had the kids cheer for me?

[00:23:57] Zero times.

[00:23:59] This guy's up there reading poetry that he didn't write.

[00:24:03] And these kids are all like, yeah, let's go.

[00:24:06] And I'm just saying it.

[00:24:07] And it's twice.

[00:24:08] Must be nice.

[00:24:09] Must be nice.

[00:24:10] I was like, that is just the best.

[00:24:14] Must be the nice.

[00:24:15] Just the best feeling.

[00:24:17] Best feeling.

[00:24:18] Yeah.

[00:24:19] Best feeling.

[00:24:20] Yeah.

[00:24:20] I mean, he's reading Robert Frost.

[00:24:22] And they are applauding like everyone in the theater did at the end of Wicked last week.

[00:24:27] They're just stroking the ego.

[00:24:29] They know they're great.

[00:24:29] Don't mind me.

[00:24:31] I'm just reading the words of Jesus.

[00:24:33] Yeah.

[00:24:33] It's two roads diverged in a wood, guys.

[00:24:36] Like, it's not like it's something you've never heard before.

[00:24:40] Amazing.

[00:24:41] All right.

[00:24:41] All right.

[00:24:42] Frost.

[00:24:42] Is Frost here?

[00:24:43] And I would like for you guys to start cheering after this.

[00:24:46] You went the wrong way.

[00:24:47] He's not around.

[00:24:48] My synopsis, I would like for you guys to start cheering at the end of Wicked.

[00:24:50] That's not happening.

[00:24:51] Can you do that?

[00:24:51] If it's a good one, I'll cheer.

[00:24:54] I have a line that I gave the biggest eye roll to.

[00:25:00] And so maybe it's time of the year.

[00:25:02] We've seen a lot.

[00:25:03] Yeah.

[00:25:03] You know what I mean?

[00:25:04] We're deep into it.

[00:25:07] He, the teacher walks in and is like, hey, I'm going to do this.

[00:25:09] I'm going to help you all be your liaison, all this stuff.

[00:25:12] And afterwards, they're walking in the hallway and she's like, okay, I'm just going to do

[00:25:16] this and I'll come to you and you can give it the A-OK.

[00:25:18] And he's like, I don't want to just be a token stamp of approval.

[00:25:22] I don't even own a stamp.

[00:25:25] All right, guy.

[00:25:26] All right, guy.

[00:25:28] It's one of the worst lines of dialogue.

[00:25:30] We relive that.

[00:25:31] It does make sense, but it's a terrible line of dialogue.

[00:25:34] Like, you know, I told Brand, you know, October 17th, we're all juiced up on Christmas spirit

[00:25:39] two weeks before Halloween at the marathon.

[00:25:41] That floats by and nobody mentions it but me.

[00:25:44] Like everybody else is like, oh, who cares?

[00:25:46] I also think.

[00:25:47] We're like 80 movies deep here.

[00:25:49] It's mid-December.

[00:25:50] You can't just toss out that trash and expect us not to notice immediately.

[00:25:54] But it's also a movie dependent line.

[00:25:56] Like they say that line in Hall at the Hawley and we're laughing.

[00:25:58] Like this is hilarious.

[00:26:00] That's true.

[00:26:00] This is one of those.

[00:26:01] I don't even own a stamp.

[00:26:02] I don't even own a stamp.

[00:26:03] Yeah.

[00:26:04] You can hear it.

[00:26:04] You can hear him say it.

[00:26:05] Yeah.

[00:26:06] Oh, man.

[00:26:07] That was great.

[00:26:08] Something happened that blew my mind.

[00:26:11] Why doesn't Ned own a stamp?

[00:26:13] He's got to.

[00:26:14] He's got to.

[00:26:15] He's got to.

[00:26:15] He's got to stamp.

[00:26:16] He owns a stamp.

[00:26:17] Come on, Ned.

[00:26:17] Come on, Ned.

[00:26:18] They start playing.

[00:26:20] You don't own a stamp.

[00:26:22] Okay.

[00:26:22] Nice try, Ned.

[00:26:23] Nice try.

[00:26:25] They start playing.

[00:26:27] I think it's like Jingle Bells on the piano.

[00:26:29] It's just like deck the halls.

[00:26:31] I think it's deck the halls.

[00:26:33] And suddenly they cut to Jenny humming the song on her bed and they couldn't do her the favor

[00:26:41] of syncing that up.

[00:26:44] It was like, just help them out.

[00:26:50] Like you could have just put in the work and it would have been really cool.

[00:26:54] We would be like, that's fine.

[00:26:55] I like that.

[00:26:56] But no, they didn't.

[00:26:57] They didn't need to sync it up.

[00:26:59] And then one of my favorite ones is one of the girls that's helping out with the planning

[00:27:04] of the party comes up and is like, I got good news and I got bad news.

[00:27:07] Yeah.

[00:27:08] This is a classic.

[00:27:09] Good news is I got us a.

[00:27:11] Foosball table.

[00:27:12] Foosball table.

[00:27:13] Some of the money.

[00:27:13] That's cool.

[00:27:14] Bad news is we don't have a video.

[00:27:16] Oh.

[00:27:16] The bad news is as bad as it gets.

[00:27:20] The worst news.

[00:27:20] In regards to.

[00:27:21] The foosball table isn't good news if you don't have a venue.

[00:27:24] That's exactly right.

[00:27:24] Where's the foosball table going to go?

[00:27:25] The bad news is the good news is now also bad news because we have nowhere to put it.

[00:27:30] Worst news, we have to take the foosball table back.

[00:27:32] Can you guys help me carry this foosball table?

[00:27:34] That's right.

[00:27:35] That made me laugh so hard.

[00:27:36] Dana.

[00:27:37] This movie is pitching the occupation of teacher is something that it is fundamentally not.

[00:27:43] It's not.

[00:27:44] You get applause for reading out of a book as a teacher.

[00:27:48] Never.

[00:27:48] He's a high school teacher that's getting a sabbatical, a paid sabbatical to Paris.

[00:27:55] Guys, this movie forgot for a second it wasn't in Canada.

[00:28:00] You can't.

[00:28:01] The American high school teacher is not taking Parisian sabbaticals on the state's dime.

[00:28:08] That is fundamentally insane.

[00:28:12] Listen, I wish it were true.

[00:28:14] It would still be teaching.

[00:28:15] It would be a better place if this was true.

[00:28:18] You teach and then you don't even get really a pension hardly anymore.

[00:28:23] The idea that you teach, you're like, should I use my skip?

[00:28:27] Can I use my skip now?

[00:28:29] What are we doing, gang?

[00:28:31] Guys, if you're watching, if you want to be a teacher, go be one.

[00:28:34] We need good teachers.

[00:28:35] But also, it ain't this.

[00:28:37] Don't do it for the sabbatical.

[00:28:39] It's not sabbatical.

[00:28:40] You're not going to get roaring applause for reading out of a book.

[00:28:44] That's crazy town.

[00:28:46] Erica Sarah, our leading lady in this movie who does a wonderful job, needs a lozenge.

[00:28:51] It is very clear that upon filming this movie, she did not have a voice.

[00:28:56] And we have to do a job where we need a voice.

[00:28:58] And I've been there numerous times.

[00:29:01] And I hated it.

[00:29:02] My heart broke for her.

[00:29:03] But there are some scenes in this movie where you can hardly hear her.

[00:29:06] She is straining her voice.

[00:29:07] And it is just a tough break because you can't wait to film these movies.

[00:29:11] You got to film them in the time that you have.

[00:29:13] So that sucked.

[00:29:15] I hated that for her.

[00:29:17] There's no heat in this barn.

[00:29:19] And everyone is.

[00:29:20] There's a snowstorm outside.

[00:29:21] There's no heat in this barn.

[00:29:23] The ceilings are 30 feet high.

[00:29:25] It's freezing in there.

[00:29:27] And everyone is acting like it is fine.

[00:29:31] It might be colder in the barn than outside.

[00:29:34] I don't know how that works with those old barns.

[00:29:36] But I'm telling you it's cold.

[00:29:38] And nobody minds.

[00:29:40] Nobody cares.

[00:29:41] It's totally fine.

[00:29:43] This might become that horror movie that Patrick was telling us about.

[00:29:46] Yeah.

[00:29:47] Where they all get lost in the barn.

[00:29:48] Yeah, lost in the cabin.

[00:29:50] Two more real quick, then I'll be done.

[00:29:52] They take the Possibility Center, I believe is what it's called that she runs, the Possibility Center.

[00:29:59] They take all these teenage children to this Christmas tree farm.

[00:30:02] And when you're a chaperone of high school kids, you don't have to actually keep your eye on them all the time.

[00:30:08] Actually, high school kids are pretty good about if you take them somewhere, you can give them a little bit of leeway.

[00:30:14] But you cannot go on a Christmas tree date.

[00:30:18] Two of the chaperones, they get to the thing where they're going to have all of these high school children.

[00:30:25] They're all day and they're like, hey, I don't have a tree for my house yet.

[00:30:28] Should we go?

[00:30:29] And then they spend the next 15 minutes of movie time, so probably hours, walking the lot.

[00:30:35] Not a child in sight.

[00:30:37] You can't just leave kids unattended for that long.

[00:30:40] You got to check in at least, guys.

[00:30:42] I mean, come on.

[00:30:43] And then lastly, Brian mentioned this.

[00:30:46] These accommodations should have been put in a long time ago.

[00:30:49] That's the job of the state.

[00:30:50] That's the job of the education department, the public school.

[00:30:54] That's their job.

[00:30:55] But if you think, if you have a kid that needs accommodations, you're probably nodding or clapping right now.

[00:31:01] Hopefully you're clapping.

[00:31:02] I'm 20 years teaching without some clapping, so I'd love it.

[00:31:05] Maybe you should read something.

[00:31:06] Yeah, I should read something.

[00:31:07] But in the pitch for this, this woman does not pitch we need a new dance with a silent disco.

[00:31:14] Here's what she says.

[00:31:15] She says, I would love to have a dance where the songs are at a quieter volume.

[00:31:21] There are no strobe lights and there is no snow machine.

[00:31:25] And the head of this dance committee, whose job it is to make these accommodations goes, lady, this is nine days out.

[00:31:33] We just don't have time for these accommodations.

[00:31:36] Those three accommodations take 30 seconds max.

[00:31:40] Flip a switch, turn down a knob, flip another switch.

[00:31:44] You've now accommodated everyone for the dance.

[00:31:47] Flip a switch, turn down a knob, flip another switch.

[00:31:51] All you have to do to turn the music down and the strobe lights off and the snow machine off are a knob and two switches.

[00:31:58] Guys, it is not.

[00:32:00] If anything, it actually saves time because you don't have to set those things up.

[00:32:03] So I had to strobe in the snow machine or always set up in the gym.

[00:32:06] I got nine days.

[00:32:07] You expect me to turn down music, strobe lights, and a snow machine in nine days?

[00:32:11] I'm only human.

[00:32:13] I think they got that snow on a timer, though.

[00:32:15] Oh, there's a timer involved.

[00:32:17] Maybe there's a math.

[00:32:18] Yeah, nine days.

[00:32:19] I stand correct.

[00:32:20] That's all I got.

[00:32:20] It's time for What the Hallmark is.

[00:32:21] It's where you wonder what it could have been.

[00:32:22] Maybe have a good some clarity.

[00:32:23] Any questions that we still have?

[00:32:24] What are we still wondering about?

[00:32:25] That's what this segment's for.

[00:32:26] Brian, what are you still pondering in your heart of hearts?

[00:32:30] At one point, she was in a restaurant for a little Parisian date with Mr. Thompson.

[00:32:36] Dan, Daniel.

[00:32:37] Her friend shut down her whole restaurant for two people to serve them around the holidays.

[00:32:43] That may be a bigger loss than the trees.

[00:32:44] Holy cow.

[00:32:44] Yeah.

[00:32:45] Yeah.

[00:32:45] Around the holidays?

[00:32:47] Around the holidays.

[00:32:47] A small place like that?

[00:32:48] They're taking a bath.

[00:32:49] You don't recover food.

[00:32:50] The margins are bad in food.

[00:32:51] You're throwing out a lot of stuff there, too, after that.

[00:32:53] Is that what happened?

[00:32:54] That was very confusing.

[00:32:55] It looked like the whole place was shut down just for them.

[00:32:57] I will say this.

[00:32:58] The trees, that is a great point.

[00:33:00] The tree thing makes me think of another point.

[00:33:01] If you're anywhere in the southeast, if you're an artificial tree boy, like Brian, now he's lost his Christmas spirit.

[00:33:09] Can you do me a favor?

[00:33:11] And unless you're allergic, go buy a real tree anyway.

[00:33:14] The hurricane decimated Christmas tree farms, and they need this.

[00:33:18] They need it for not only the environment, but for their farm and also for their well-being.

[00:33:23] If you're on the fence about buying a tree and you live in the southeast where Hurricane Helene came through, go pay the exorbitant price.

[00:33:29] My tree went up 50% this year, and I was happy to pay it.

[00:33:33] If you can afford it, go help these folks out because they're in desperate need of selling whatever remaining stock that they have.

[00:33:40] So go do that.

[00:33:41] There's my PSA.

[00:33:42] It has nothing to do with what the homework.

[00:33:43] I figured I'd throw it in there.

[00:33:44] Great job, Dan.

[00:33:45] You're welcome.

[00:33:45] Very nice.

[00:33:46] That gets applauded.

[00:33:47] Yeah, of course it does.

[00:33:48] Brian, you heartless Grinch.

[00:33:50] Yes.

[00:33:50] Do you have a what the homework?

[00:33:51] Well, I do.

[00:33:52] I have one.

[00:33:53] This seems like this party, whatever the dance is, was a big success.

[00:34:00] Yeah.

[00:34:01] Cold Barn.

[00:34:02] Smash hit.

[00:34:02] Yeah.

[00:34:02] Cold Barn.

[00:34:04] Silent Disco.

[00:34:05] Is this now the new norm for this school, or was this just a one-off?

[00:34:11] You know, because sometimes what happens is you have a parent that is proactive about putting in some changes, and then that child leaves.

[00:34:20] Leaves.

[00:34:20] Correct.

[00:34:20] And then everything goes back to the way it used to be.

[00:34:24] It's a good one, Brian.

[00:34:24] Because the rest of the PTA is like, that's just easier.

[00:34:27] So what are they going to do about it?

[00:34:29] Is this going to kind of become the thing that we're doing, or are they going to go back to the way things were?

[00:34:33] I think the hope there is that the accommodations and the dance changes based upon the school population, which is very hard.

[00:34:45] But sometimes people don't realize that when they say, we've always done it this way and it's important to me.

[00:34:50] What they're really saying is that my comfort and routine is more important than everyone having access.

[00:34:55] But I would hope that the school would keep adapting.

[00:34:58] My guess is probably not.

[00:34:59] Right.

[00:35:00] My What the Hallmark is purely about one Dorian Giordano, the actor that plays Will in A Dance in the Snow.

[00:35:10] Dorian Giordano, I don't know much about, but I looked the kid up.

[00:35:14] We loved him.

[00:35:15] It turns out, he's great in this movie.

[00:35:17] Brian said he had the favorite character in the movie.

[00:35:19] He is my favorite character in the movie.

[00:35:20] Turns out, unless IMDb is lying to me, that Dorian Giordano is a world champion BMX biker.

[00:35:26] Whoa.

[00:35:27] World champion.

[00:35:27] He looks like it too with that cool hair.

[00:35:28] He's a world champion, not a Canadian, not an international, a world champion BMX biker who also dabbles in dirt biking as well.

[00:35:39] So this guy is winning buckles, medals, trophies.

[00:35:44] I don't know what they give out in BMX.

[00:35:46] I thought it was a rodeo.

[00:35:47] Yeah.

[00:35:47] He's winning trophies.

[00:35:50] He's winning.

[00:35:52] He's a world champion, guys.

[00:35:54] And then he pops over and gives this performance.

[00:35:57] I mean, come on.

[00:35:57] What are the rest of us doing with our lives?

[00:36:00] Dorian, if you're listening, just shout out.

[00:36:01] Shout out.

[00:36:02] Yeah.

[00:36:02] Let us know.

[00:36:03] Unbelievable.

[00:36:03] I would love to see your world champion winning.

[00:36:07] Yeah.

[00:36:08] What is it?

[00:36:08] Run, I guess.

[00:36:09] It would be a run.

[00:36:10] I don't know.

[00:36:11] Performance.

[00:36:12] There it is.

[00:36:12] Trick.

[00:36:13] Run.

[00:36:13] Let's go with run.

[00:36:14] Run.

[00:36:14] Finally.

[00:36:15] Ride.

[00:36:16] Ride.

[00:36:17] Maybe a ride.

[00:36:17] Maybe a ride.

[00:36:18] Could be a ride.

[00:36:18] They're on bikes.

[00:36:19] It's today Tuesday.

[00:36:22] Today's Tuesday.

[00:36:23] It's time for Double Decker of the Week.

[00:36:24] It's where we...

[00:36:27] Double Decker of the Week.

[00:36:30] Today's Double Decker.

[00:36:31] You can be a Double Decker by going to BrambleJamPlus.com and signing up for the Double Decker tier or

[00:36:36] higher.

[00:36:37] These folks are our faves.

[00:36:39] Just being honest.

[00:36:41] Today's Double Decker of the Week is Kristen Jambordino.

[00:36:44] Yeah.

[00:36:45] That's a good one.

[00:36:45] Kristen Jambordino.

[00:36:47] That's right.

[00:36:47] Yeah, Kristen.

[00:36:48] Fastologist.

[00:36:49] Yes, you're right.

[00:36:50] That's right.

[00:36:50] A lot of research.

[00:36:51] So she...

[00:36:52] Yeah.

[00:36:52] Maybe Yambordino.

[00:36:54] Silent J.

[00:36:54] It might be.

[00:36:55] They're Yambordino.

[00:36:57] She's in the Yam business.

[00:36:58] I'm sure Brian will know.

[00:36:59] Brian, you did a deep dive into all of the Double Deckers using Google Plus, not that Google

[00:37:05] Plus.

[00:37:05] Tell everybody what you learned.

[00:37:06] Yeah.

[00:37:06] Kristen, a creative type, if you didn't know it about her.

[00:37:10] Sure.

[00:37:10] Yeah.

[00:37:11] She's a working professional, but in her free time on the side, she's trying to get a

[00:37:15] little side hustle going and lean into her artistic abilities.

[00:37:19] And so she started doing portraits of people on the street, just doing like little drawings.

[00:37:23] Did you get their permission or is it just like she just picked somebody on?

[00:37:26] You should set up shop and you can sit down for a drawing.

[00:37:28] I've seen those people.

[00:37:29] Yeah.

[00:37:30] It's a cool little service.

[00:37:31] And I'm working right now off tips, but working on some deals with other people for

[00:37:36] using these images and what have you.

[00:37:38] Sure.

[00:37:38] What separates her from the pack?

[00:37:39] Well, her drawings really emphasize something about the subject that others don't.

[00:37:44] And so she really focuses on like their standout negative qualities and characteristics.

[00:37:50] She focuses on the things that are negative about their appearance?

[00:37:52] Sure.

[00:37:53] Or things you might be like insecure about.

[00:37:55] She can really hone in on that.

[00:37:56] I feel like that's already a thing though.

[00:37:59] Like I've seen these sketch artists that-

[00:38:01] Really?

[00:38:01] Yeah.

[00:38:02] That's a thing.

[00:38:02] It's a funny thing.

[00:38:03] Sounds mean.

[00:38:04] Sounds mean.

[00:38:05] No, but you sign up for it.

[00:38:06] You sign up for it.

[00:38:07] Yeah.

[00:38:07] You know.

[00:38:09] It's a type of thing that it's called, but these, it's a thing.

[00:38:12] But anyway, it sounds like-

[00:38:13] A little more original.

[00:38:15] Yeah.

[00:38:16] What's it called?

[00:38:17] It's called Portraits.

[00:38:19] This is a thing she's hoping-

[00:38:21] Portraits.

[00:38:22] Portraits.

[00:38:23] Yeah.

[00:38:23] So she's just kind of hoping to get it going and really emphasize, you know, bring out

[00:38:28] these insecurities to the forefront.

[00:38:29] So you think she's going to be on the street and it's going to say Portraits and people

[00:38:32] are going to know about it and go, hey, paint me and all the bad stuff.

[00:38:36] I think they'll figure it out.

[00:38:37] I think that a lot of people initially won't know what they're in for.

[00:38:40] That's right.

[00:38:41] And then they'll see-

[00:38:41] When she painted you, for instance, what did she focus on?

[00:38:44] My head is basically in, you cannot see it.

[00:38:47] It's like the after and then in black.

[00:38:49] It's minuscule.

[00:38:49] Yeah.

[00:38:50] Pretty much.

[00:38:50] Shrunk way down.

[00:38:52] And so glasses are still gigantic on that tiny head.

[00:38:54] I would actually really like to get that.

[00:38:56] Do you have a copy of that?

[00:38:59] That's been destroyed.

[00:39:00] I love a wallet size of that.

[00:39:02] I'm sure she has the original.

[00:39:03] And so, yeah.

[00:39:04] A lot of the cool thing about it-

[00:39:05] So she gives you a copy of it and she gets the original?

[00:39:07] It's like a character artist.

[00:39:09] Yeah.

[00:39:09] She didn't give you the original.

[00:39:10] Wait a minute.

[00:39:11] Well, she has like a digital copy that she keeps and you get a printing.

[00:39:17] And she gives you a print.

[00:39:18] Original.

[00:39:18] And the digital stuff is like, that's the thing where she's working on like government

[00:39:23] contracts.

[00:39:24] Like, hey, I have these-

[00:39:26] I think she's trying-

[00:39:26] She thinks the government's the future for this.

[00:39:28] Well, this is where it could be kind of like eliminate some of this government inefficiency

[00:39:32] where it's like, okay, we have people's images.

[00:39:35] From portraits?

[00:39:36] Yeah.

[00:39:36] I mean, she's just got images and things about people that, you know, might make it easier.

[00:39:41] So she's going to go into Congress or something and draw pictures of them and that's going

[00:39:45] to help?

[00:39:46] Well, she'll just submit.

[00:39:47] She'll say, hey, I got all these images if you want them for licenses or applications

[00:39:53] or what have you.

[00:39:54] So, I don't know.

[00:39:55] She's just really looking at all avenues here.

[00:39:56] Let's see, let's look at some other avenues.

[00:39:58] Yeah.

[00:39:59] From us to you, Kristen.

[00:40:01] Maybe-

[00:40:01] Kristen is on the board of a nonprofit and does a lot of good work, but on the side drawing

[00:40:06] people at their worst.

[00:40:07] Yeah.

[00:40:07] Interesting.

[00:40:08] It's a fantastic-

[00:40:09] Her true colors really come with me.

[00:40:10] Yeah, they really do.

[00:40:11] But in her defense, she does want it to be mainly for the government.

[00:40:14] For the government.

[00:40:15] Inefficiency.

[00:40:16] Just to help out.

[00:40:17] Yeah.

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