A Reason for the Season (Hallmark Mystery - 2024)

[00:00:01] Hi, I'm Brandon, I love Hallmark Mystery Movies!

[00:00:05] I'm Brian, I like Hallmark Mystery Movies!

[00:00:08] I'm Dan, and I despise Hallmark Mystery Movies, and this is the Deck The Hallmark Podcast!

[00:00:13] Deck The Hallmark, it's this podcast!

[00:00:17] My friends host this podcast!

[00:00:21] We hope you like this jolly podcast!

[00:00:31] Hello, hello, hello everybody!

[00:00:33] Oh boy!

[00:00:34] How are we?

[00:00:35] How are we?

[00:00:36] Great!

[00:00:37] We'll go!

[00:00:37] Sunday, Sunday, Sunday.

[00:00:38] Go and take me to church!

[00:00:41] You Hozier?

[00:00:42] Yes.

[00:00:43] That was good?

[00:00:44] Yeah!

[00:00:45] We're watching Hallmark Movies, and we're having some fun!

[00:00:55] God, please stop!

[00:00:57] Stop!

[00:00:58] Good guy!

[00:01:01] Sheesh!

[00:01:02] Hozier!

[00:01:04] Hozier!

[00:01:04] Hozier!

[00:01:05] Hi everybody, how are we?

[00:01:06] Hopefully you're doing well today.

[00:01:08] We're talking reason for the season is Sunday, and we're gonna have a lot of fun here.

[00:01:15] That's why I did the church bit, it was really good.

[00:01:16] Thanks!

[00:01:17] And we're excited for you.

[00:01:19] Hozier liked this movie.

[00:01:20] We're gonna have a good time today.

[00:01:22] Hi Brian, how are you buddy?

[00:01:23] Good man!

[00:01:23] Tell everybody about those six or seven things that you were telling me about right before

[00:01:28] we started here.

[00:01:29] Oh right!

[00:01:30] The six and seven.

[00:01:31] Yeah, things you're kind of noodling on, inventions and stuff.

[00:01:34] Right!

[00:01:35] Inventions?

[00:01:35] I can't talk about those yet.

[00:01:37] Okay, sorry, sorry, sorry.

[00:01:38] Man, TM.

[00:01:38] What can you talk about?

[00:01:40] I, am I right?

[00:01:40] Yeah.

[00:01:41] I can talk about, let me see, six or seven.

[00:01:44] Thumb, index, middle, ring, pinky, that's five I got.

[00:01:49] Toes don't have names, do they?

[00:01:51] They got big toe, little toe, that's it.

[00:01:53] Pinky toe.

[00:01:53] Pinky toe, big toe.

[00:01:54] I don't think you call it little toe, do you?

[00:01:56] Pinky toe.

[00:01:57] Pinky toe.

[00:01:57] Yeah.

[00:01:57] But other than that.

[00:01:59] So it's thumb, index, middle, ring, pinky.

[00:02:03] I can't do it that way.

[00:02:05] You can't?

[00:02:06] What?

[00:02:06] I can't get that middle finger up.

[00:02:07] You can't get one, two, three.

[00:02:08] Look at me shaking.

[00:02:09] What's wrong with this finger?

[00:02:10] You have a problem.

[00:02:11] The pinky goes up at the same time, I can't do it.

[00:02:13] Really?

[00:02:14] I'm trying really hard.

[00:02:15] You pin it down.

[00:02:16] Hold it down, I still can't.

[00:02:17] You pin it down right there.

[00:02:18] Oh, that hurts.

[00:02:19] Wow!

[00:02:20] That was exhausting.

[00:02:21] I can't get it up.

[00:02:22] I didn't know that I was special.

[00:02:23] You guys are super talented.

[00:02:25] Yeah, I know.

[00:02:26] Either hand, I can't do it.

[00:02:27] We actually won awards for this.

[00:02:29] We did.

[00:02:30] Yeah, it was a really big difference.

[00:02:30] Being able to raise our ring finger without our pinky finger.

[00:02:32] It's unbelievable.

[00:02:32] Welcome everybody to the Hand Award.

[00:02:36] The Hand Award.

[00:02:37] We're big excitement here today.

[00:02:39] Everybody sit down, sit down.

[00:02:42] Up first is the...

[00:02:43] You can stop anytime you want.

[00:02:45] Up first is the Ring Finger Can You Do It Award.

[00:02:53] Mark Wahlberg.

[00:02:53] Nominated, Brandon Dan.

[00:02:55] Also nominated, the Kigsby Brothers.

[00:02:58] The Kigsby Brothers.

[00:03:00] Also nominated, Mark Wahlberg.

[00:03:02] The winner, Brandon Dan!

[00:03:05] Woo!

[00:03:06] Congrats, you guys.

[00:03:07] Thank you.

[00:03:08] I can't believe we got that clip.

[00:03:09] You got the speech part of it?

[00:03:10] No, we can't do that.

[00:03:12] We can't do that.

[00:03:13] It was a really, really good party though.

[00:03:15] Yeah.

[00:03:16] It was a really good party.

[00:03:17] I think the thing that people don't understand about the Hand Awards is that it's not all

[00:03:21] fun and games.

[00:03:22] It's serious work.

[00:03:24] To get there, it's more serious once you win because the pressure...

[00:03:28] Responsibility, yeah.

[00:03:29] It's not just for the love of the game.

[00:03:30] No, no.

[00:03:30] You got to want it.

[00:03:31] The pressure to continue to be able to do the different hand stuff that we're able

[00:03:35] to do is...

[00:03:37] And the people coming for you.

[00:03:38] It's a non-stop job.

[00:03:39] I don't know how to get through the day.

[00:03:41] I don't know.

[00:03:41] That's what I'm saying.

[00:03:42] It's crazy.

[00:03:43] Wait till you get to the foot stuff.

[00:03:44] Yeah, no kidding.

[00:03:44] I wouldn't.

[00:03:45] It's philo.tv slash DTH.

[00:03:47] For the foot stuff.

[00:03:49] Specifically for the foot stuff.

[00:03:51] During the holiday season.

[00:03:52] That's right.

[00:03:54] No, but for real, philo.tv slash DTH.

[00:03:56] It's your holiday movie hub.

[00:03:57] You won't find a better place, I think, for holiday content than philo.

[00:04:03] No.

[00:04:03] It's above and beyond.

[00:04:04] One button ad skip, unlimited DVR.

[00:04:07] Get over here.

[00:04:08] Hand over fist.

[00:04:08] That's a different award.

[00:04:09] We didn't win that one.

[00:04:11] Next year.

[00:04:12] You don't want that one.

[00:04:13] That went to JT Lozzy.

[00:04:15] Oh, Lozzy.

[00:04:16] The Loz?

[00:04:17] Yeah.

[00:04:17] Man.

[00:04:19] I want to thank God.

[00:04:20] No!

[00:04:20] Just kidding.

[00:04:22] The Lozenge?

[00:04:23] As we call it.

[00:04:24] The Lozenge.

[00:04:25] It's a little longer, but you know, it's fun.

[00:04:26] I want to thank my wife.

[00:04:27] Yep.

[00:04:28] We have us winning the ring finger raise and we have the Loz's acceptance speech.

[00:04:36] I want to thank Kool-Aid Man.

[00:04:40] Your mom and Kool-Aid Man are the two, this back to back.

[00:04:44] His wife was there and then his girlfriend showed up.

[00:04:46] It's crazy.

[00:04:47] I want to thank my girlfriend.

[00:04:48] They found out on this Facebook group.

[00:04:49] It's wild.

[00:04:51] It's crazy.

[00:04:52] Judy meets Sally.

[00:04:53] Sally meets Judy.

[00:04:55] The award winner.

[00:04:56] Hey, we're having a lot of fun here, aren't we?

[00:04:58] Are we?

[00:04:58] Christmas Movie Magic is out right now.

[00:05:00] Yeah, you can get it and you can play.

[00:05:02] We're about to see a thousand movies in one week.

[00:05:05] And so if you want to make sure that you have this game before all the Thanksgiving

[00:05:09] week movie airs, you want to go ahead and go to deckthehomer.com slash game and get it.

[00:05:14] It is a ton of fun.

[00:05:15] And I really do believe that this is a wonderful addition to your Thanksgiving week because people

[00:05:22] might be coming over, spending time with you.

[00:05:24] And this is a really fun way to throw the movies on while also keeping it like, hey,

[00:05:29] we're having fun.

[00:05:30] We're not just, I'm not just turning on a movie so I don't have to talk to you anymore.

[00:05:33] Right.

[00:05:34] Yeah.

[00:05:35] Now I am.

[00:05:36] Yeah, I am doing that, but I also, I'm putting on a movie so that I can beat you.

[00:05:39] Another level of distraction.

[00:05:41] And I think that's more, that's more fun.

[00:05:43] It's more fun to turn on a movie so that you can beat somebody than to just not talk

[00:05:47] to them anymore.

[00:05:48] So I think that's really fun.

[00:05:49] Christmas Movie Magic, keep the conversation going.

[00:05:53] We're not condoning the arguments to a minimum.

[00:05:55] Sure.

[00:05:55] We're not condoning that, but it's a lot of fun.

[00:05:58] Christmas Movie Magic is available right now.

[00:06:00] And guys, really excited about December in Greenville, South Carolina.

[00:06:06] I mean, how could you not?

[00:06:07] It's the best.

[00:06:08] It is my favorite month.

[00:06:09] Tree lighting, ice skating, the lights are up, they're up all year, but they're actually

[00:06:13] lit.

[00:06:14] It's a fun time.

[00:06:15] All of the Christmas stuff that happens in downtown Greenville is just fantastic.

[00:06:18] Come join us, will ya?

[00:06:20] Do you think Claire's Creamery is bringing back the old-

[00:06:22] I know they are.

[00:06:23] Peppermint Hot Chocolate?

[00:06:23] I know they are.

[00:06:24] Oh my gosh.

[00:06:25] The Peppermint Hot Chocolate Ice Cream at Claire's?

[00:06:27] It's the best.

[00:06:28] They're not even a sponsor.

[00:06:29] They should be.

[00:06:30] Man.

[00:06:31] The donut, the donut at Parler is delicious.

[00:06:34] Oh yeah, the Andy's bit.

[00:06:35] So they call it donut.

[00:06:36] Oh, with the white chocolate shavings.

[00:06:38] Mm-hmm.

[00:06:38] Guys, Greenville's where it's at.

[00:06:40] Mm-hmm.

[00:06:40] Where's that parade coming on?

[00:06:42] Just stay out of my way until December 7.

[00:06:43] Parade's coming on.

[00:06:43] That's why we're here.

[00:06:44] That's why we're here.

[00:06:46] Let's talk reason for the season, shall we?

[00:06:47] Reason for the season originally aired on Hallmark Mystery on November 14th, 2024, and

[00:06:52] it went a little something like this.

[00:06:54] The movie kicks off with a great rendition of Deck the Halls that I am working on getting

[00:06:58] to be the new theme song for Deck the Hallmark.

[00:07:00] Ooh.

[00:07:00] It's a really good version.

[00:07:02] It's a cut to a woman driving in her car, giving herself a pep talk and talking to herself

[00:07:07] and to her baby, whom she is pregnant with.

[00:07:10] She's with child.

[00:07:12] Suddenly, she feels a sharp pain, drives to the nearest town and runs into a diner.

[00:07:18] It's probably just gas, right?

[00:07:18] Huh?

[00:07:19] It's probably just gas.

[00:07:19] Probably just gas, yeah.

[00:07:20] You got to work through that.

[00:07:21] But she does find the nearest town, runs into the diner and says, I think I'm going into

[00:07:27] labor.

[00:07:27] And they said, well, why are you here?

[00:07:29] You're not the hospital.

[00:07:30] But luckily for her, everybody that matters is at the diner at that point in time, including

[00:07:36] the doctor.

[00:07:37] The doctor is like, I have personally delivered over 100 babies.

[00:07:41] You are in good hands.

[00:07:43] The birth is successful and the baby is healthy.

[00:07:47] She names her Evie because she was born on Christmas Evie.

[00:07:51] We all know that.

[00:07:52] And the group takes a picture to celebrate.

[00:07:57] There's a doctor.

[00:07:58] There's a police officer.

[00:07:59] There's a lawyer.

[00:08:00] And they walk into a bar.

[00:08:01] Am I right?

[00:08:03] The doctor gives the baby a little checkup and realizes that the baby may have a little

[00:08:07] bit of a domino issue, potentially gas, but we want to get that checked out as well,

[00:08:11] like mother, like daughter.

[00:08:12] And so they take her to the hospital and they save the baby's life.

[00:08:17] They take up a collection to pay for the hospital bill and give her a little money to send her

[00:08:22] on her way.

[00:08:23] Oh, it's not Christmas Eve yet.

[00:08:24] It's not.

[00:08:24] I'm sorry.

[00:08:25] It is Christmas Eve.

[00:08:25] It's Christmas Eve.

[00:08:26] That's right.

[00:08:27] And that was a new song.

[00:08:29] I got it.

[00:08:30] I'm sorry.

[00:08:31] I would listen.

[00:08:32] Oh yeah.

[00:08:33] It's late.

[00:08:33] And they send them on their way.

[00:08:35] Cut to present day.

[00:08:36] The mother, Elizabeth Lane, is giving a speech about her success.

[00:08:39] She's a billionaire.

[00:08:41] She has a skincare brand, Lane Cosmetics.

[00:08:44] And Evie is now an adult and her mom brings her on stage to embarrass her and talk about

[00:08:49] the success of all women aside from her daughter who hasn't done squad.

[00:08:54] Evie is very uncomfortable with the stage that she is on and the speech that is being

[00:08:59] given.

[00:08:59] She's in fashion or so she says, but isn't having much success.

[00:09:03] Her mom tells her that she's been spoiled and she needs to learn how to do something

[00:09:08] hard in her life for once.

[00:09:10] So she gives her a Polaroid picture that's in great shape.

[00:09:14] I believe the key there was to shake it like a Polaroid picture.

[00:09:18] But it was one.

[00:09:19] It was one.

[00:09:20] So that's why you would do it like it as if it was one because it is.

[00:09:23] A lot of people don't know that.

[00:09:25] It's like drink your Dr. Pepper Zero, like it's a Dr. Pepper Zero.

[00:09:27] I know and I will.

[00:09:31] Whoa.

[00:09:33] You asked me to do it.

[00:09:34] Can I?

[00:09:35] I would like to get my half of the money.

[00:09:37] You know how I drink.

[00:09:39] I would like to go ahead and take my half of the money.

[00:09:43] I sit next to you.

[00:09:44] I watch these movies.

[00:09:45] I drink these drinks.

[00:09:46] You know how I sound.

[00:09:47] You brought it up.

[00:09:49] Now we all know.

[00:09:50] I can't get to us.

[00:09:51] We do have a clip of that and I hate that we do, but we do.

[00:09:54] Brandon, you think Frosty's that hot?

[00:09:57] Yeah.

[00:09:58] I do.

[00:09:59] Yeah, you're right.

[00:10:00] All right.

[00:10:01] You caught me.

[00:10:02] You caught me.

[00:10:02] That is, I just was trying to be a big shot and I'm sorry.

[00:10:05] I want to thank Peter, James, John.

[00:10:08] The loss is back.

[00:10:10] The loss.

[00:10:10] He's still going.

[00:10:11] People were clamoring for the loss.

[00:10:13] Paul.

[00:10:13] This is why they call him the lozenge.

[00:10:15] Because he keeps going.

[00:10:17] Pre and post conversions.

[00:10:20] Sounds crystal clear.

[00:10:21] Wow.

[00:10:21] Great.

[00:10:22] Love that guy.

[00:10:25] He has to win.

[00:10:28] So her mom explains that Evie has to go and find all the people in this picture.

[00:10:33] Oh, that was, was that me?

[00:10:35] Is that you?

[00:10:36] Find all the people in the picture and grant Christmas.

[00:10:42] I'm rubbing off on you boys.

[00:10:44] We just rubbed so much rubbing off.

[00:10:47] Um, her mom explains that Evie has to go and find all the picture, uh, people in this

[00:10:50] picture and, uh, grant some Christmas wishes to each of them.

[00:10:54] If she fails to do this mission, she will lose her trust fund.

[00:10:59] The stakes are high.

[00:11:01] So Evie heads to the town and, uh, is disappointed by the absolutely massive end that she unfortunately

[00:11:07] has to stay in.

[00:11:09] Uh, she goes by the name Mari.

[00:11:11] So, uh, as not to give herself away.

[00:11:14] She decides to go and ask the only attorney in town for help and finding the people that

[00:11:19] are in this picture.

[00:11:20] And he says, I could do that, but why would I do that?

[00:11:23] And she says that she wants to give them an award.

[00:11:27] It's a major award.

[00:11:29] Um, he, uh, he replies, that's not what this town's about.

[00:11:35] We're not in it for awards.

[00:11:37] We're not in it for prizes.

[00:11:38] We're not in it for money, especially if you're going to come into this town dressed

[00:11:41] like that.

[00:11:43] So she goes and she finds an outfit.

[00:11:45] That's a little bit more low key and fit for the town.

[00:11:48] They go and they grab a bite to eat at the diner and the owner tells them the story of

[00:11:54] what happened that night.

[00:11:55] Go back to the beginning.

[00:11:57] Uh, Kyle agrees to help her find the people, but they're going to go at his pace.

[00:12:03] We're not in a hurry here.

[00:12:04] Up first there's Roy and Evie ends up, uh, being voluntold to be an elf at the town square

[00:12:10] to help out Roy.

[00:12:12] Um, the diner owner quickly figures out who she is and she immediately comes clean.

[00:12:18] She asks, uh, what his wish is.

[00:12:21] And at first he says it's him, but tells her, let me think about this one.

[00:12:25] Um, she's blown away by how nice everyone is in town and realizes that this is going

[00:12:29] to make it hard.

[00:12:30] These people really don't want stuff.

[00:12:33] You know, it's unbelievable.

[00:12:35] It's called poor people.

[00:12:36] Uh, the next day she ends up backing out and almost hitting a police car.

[00:12:41] Turns out that cop is somebody that she needs to repay, but she doesn't want to reveal her

[00:12:47] identity.

[00:12:47] So she says she doesn't have her license.

[00:12:49] So she ends up getting arrested.

[00:12:50] Evie is blown away once again by the kindness of the people and doesn't know how she's going

[00:12:55] to repay them all.

[00:12:57] She finds out that somebody has been this town secret Santa paying hospital bills, et

[00:13:02] cetera, for a long time.

[00:13:04] She calls her mom and she says, it's you, isn't it mom?

[00:13:07] And her mom explains that.

[00:13:08] Hey, yeah, maybe I don't know who can say, but one time I went back to this town.

[00:13:12] I tried to repay everybody many moons.

[00:13:14] I couldn't do it.

[00:13:15] So I have since you, you lucky, lucky child to go and try to do the thing that I was unable

[00:13:22] to do.

[00:13:24] And if you don't do it, the trust funds mine.

[00:13:30] The pressure is mounting.

[00:13:32] And what better way to deal with the pressure than by ice skating with Kyle.

[00:13:35] She decides to tell him the truth about who she is.

[00:13:38] And Kyle's like, oh, yeah, I know.

[00:13:40] I know who you are.

[00:13:41] Despite what a commercial break makes you want to believe he's aware.

[00:13:45] But he was unaware that she was doing it just for the trust fund money.

[00:13:49] And that was pissed, right?

[00:13:50] Yeah, well, he says, oh, boo hoo to you.

[00:13:52] But then, you know, he's like, I'm going to continue to help you.

[00:13:56] And I'm also going to watch you from afar.

[00:13:58] Wherever you are, I'm watching.

[00:14:01] The diner owner is impressed by Evie and he calls Elizabeth to encourage her to come

[00:14:06] to the town to see all the good that Evie is doing just by being here in this town.

[00:14:11] So Elizabeth comes and she's so proud of Evie.

[00:14:14] She has done so much good work.

[00:14:16] She has given the town a fire truck.

[00:14:20] She finds out that Kyle's dad was one of the people who was the person who took the picture.

[00:14:26] So she has to make his wish come true.

[00:14:29] They have a birthday party and a dinner for Evie because it's her birthday.

[00:14:33] It's Christmas Eve.

[00:14:34] And she finds out that her mom wants she tells her mom that she wants to do more of this kind of stuff with her trust fund.

[00:14:42] And a pretty genius move, I got to tell you, when your trust fund is in doubt, you should say, but I was going to use my trust fund for charity work.

[00:14:50] Because what are they going to do?

[00:14:51] Not give it to you?

[00:14:53] She asked Kyle what he wants to be repaid with.

[00:14:56] And he says, you.

[00:14:58] I mean, he says a little bit nicer, but it's basically like, I want you.

[00:15:04] And they kiss.

[00:15:05] And then everybody takes one more picture together.

[00:15:08] And then 20 years later, the whole thing starts again.

[00:15:12] And now my friends was a reason for the season.

[00:15:16] We did it.

[00:15:17] We did do it.

[00:15:18] Let's take a quick break.

[00:15:19] We'll come back.

[00:15:19] We'll break this movie down here on.

[00:15:21] Take the Hallmark.

[00:15:27] Pop quiz time.

[00:15:29] Dan, are you ready?

[00:15:30] I'm ready.

[00:15:30] Who's Canada's Prince of Christmas?

[00:15:32] That's easy.

[00:15:32] It's Tyler Shaw.

[00:15:33] How'd you know that?

[00:15:34] Because every Christmas, I get to listen to a Tyler Shaw Christmas.

[00:15:38] And he's added a single.

[00:15:39] He's added a vinyl.

[00:15:40] He's added a record.

[00:15:41] And it's a banger.

[00:15:43] He's added a vinyl.

[00:15:43] A vinyl.

[00:15:44] A red vinyl.

[00:15:45] One you have to have.

[00:15:47] I can't wait for it.

[00:15:48] Especially looking at this track list, Dana.

[00:15:50] We've got some amazing songs this year on a Tyler Shaw Christmas.

[00:15:54] We got the new track, What Christmas Means to Me.

[00:15:57] We got a marshmallow world.

[00:15:58] We got an amazing version of Silent Night.

[00:16:00] And so much throughout the way that is a ton of fun.

[00:16:04] And if you're in the Canadian region, you might be able to see him live.

[00:16:09] He's going everywhere from London, Ontario to New Brunswick.

[00:16:13] You got to check him out.

[00:16:14] And also, if you love the song, Oh Holy Night, his version with, I believe, the tenors.

[00:16:18] Unbelievable.

[00:16:19] It is amazing.

[00:16:20] And here's the thing.

[00:16:21] If you don't have a record player and you're like, can I listen to this anywhere else?

[00:16:23] Of course you can.

[00:16:24] Check out a Tyler Shaw Christmas wherever you stream music, Spotify, Apple music, wherever.

[00:16:30] It is the perfect companion to your Christmas holiday season.

[00:16:34] So give it a listen today.

[00:16:40] Welcome back, everybody.

[00:16:41] It's Reason for the Season Day.

[00:16:43] We're talking about that movie.

[00:16:45] We're also giving an update on various winners of the Hand Awards.

[00:16:51] It's really big.

[00:16:51] So we have more of those clips.

[00:16:53] Thank goodness.

[00:16:54] No, we don't have any more clips.

[00:16:55] Okay.

[00:16:55] I thought there was a Thumb War clip that we had.

[00:16:57] We have the Thumb War clip?

[00:16:58] I didn't know.

[00:16:59] You told me that.

[00:17:00] I didn't.

[00:17:02] We don't.

[00:17:03] Okay.

[00:17:03] We might.

[00:17:04] Okay.

[00:17:04] Let's get to the hot take.

[00:17:05] We're going to show exactly how we felt about this film.

[00:17:07] We do not hold back.

[00:17:08] And I will go to you, Brian.

[00:17:09] Brian, what did you think about this here movie?

[00:17:11] This was bottom three for me.

[00:17:13] And I think I gave it one peppermint mocha.

[00:17:17] And I was wrong.

[00:17:18] I was a little bit wrong.

[00:17:19] I kind of liked it a little bit.

[00:17:21] I was, I thought I'd be really bored.

[00:17:23] I don't want to interrupt Brian here, but I just want to be clear in 2023, the Kevin

[00:17:28] McGarry hockey movie, he said was going to be his favorite.

[00:17:31] And in the, in 2024, the Kevin McGarry hockey movie, he said was going to be his least favorite.

[00:17:36] It's a fool me once.

[00:17:37] So it seems as though maybe, maybe in both cases, you're a little bit off.

[00:17:43] I'm finding my middle ground.

[00:17:44] Yeah.

[00:17:45] I've gone too much.

[00:17:45] Next year.

[00:17:46] I want to get this right.

[00:17:47] Uh, I, it wasn't, it was a little quiet, a little slow.

[00:17:51] Uh, I like the individuals giving to people and places and trying to help out.

[00:17:59] I like hockey.

[00:18:00] Uh, we got a good amount of ice time.

[00:18:02] This movie doesn't like hockey though.

[00:18:03] It tries.

[00:18:05] Does it?

[00:18:05] It tries a little bit.

[00:18:07] Um, it Evie seems like a relatively good person for somebody who's been, uh, yeah,

[00:18:12] lived, everything served on a silver spoon.

[00:18:15] Um, I, I liked them together in this movie, like Taylor and McGarry.

[00:18:19] I thought they were pretty good.

[00:18:21] And I like McGarry.

[00:18:22] I think I like McGarry a lot.

[00:18:23] Kevin McGarry, like a lot more than I knew.

[00:18:25] Yeah.

[00:18:26] Like I'm finding that like you, you do Boston accent and you're good with me.

[00:18:30] I think is what I could have told you this two years ago, Brian, but I'm glad you're

[00:18:34] really, I mean, I've like, I, I mean, I haven't, I can't say I've liked everything he's done,

[00:18:37] but I like him.

[00:18:38] Um, I think in everything I've seen him in, he's a lot of fun for me.

[00:18:41] Um, and for the record, wishing for dinner with the billionaire is the most selfish wish

[00:18:47] out of any of the wishes that anybody, there's some crazy stuff in this movie, but that's

[00:18:51] up there.

[00:18:52] Yeah.

[00:18:52] So yeah, I ended up kind of liking it.

[00:18:55] Um, it's fine.

[00:18:56] This movie is fine.

[00:18:57] I, um, that's all you need to know right there.

[00:19:00] It's fine.

[00:19:01] Uh, I, uh, was that three?

[00:19:03] It's fine.

[00:19:04] It's fine.

[00:19:04] Three fines.

[00:19:05] That's how we know when you got higher.

[00:19:06] Everyone is three fine.

[00:19:07] It's three fines.

[00:19:08] No, I, um, this, I did like these two together.

[00:19:11] I thought that they had some good chemistry.

[00:19:13] Um, there's just like some things that I'm just kind of like, uh, like what I like, like

[00:19:17] the woe is me of this, of this rich billionaire is like, so like I, I even though by the end

[00:19:25] of it, uh, that was like, she was aware of, but what's she, what's she aware?

[00:19:31] No, it's just like boo, boo hoo real sad.

[00:19:35] And so that, I don't know why Hallmark continues to make movies about rich people.

[00:19:43] I, I, they just keep doing it.

[00:19:45] It's a, it's a really interesting thing to me.

[00:19:48] Um, and it's something that I just like, who's relating to this, who, who's related to

[00:19:54] this movie and being like, I get it.

[00:19:57] I've been there, uh, aside from just the general idea of helping people and not expecting anything

[00:20:03] in return.

[00:20:03] And I felt like, uh, the messaging of that, of helping somebody and not asking for anything

[00:20:10] in return was overshadowed a bit by the fact that there's a billionaire trying to repay them

[00:20:16] despite the fact that they don't want to.

[00:20:18] And not only the, is it happening now, she's already tried to repay them before and it didn't

[00:20:23] work.

[00:20:23] And so I just, I, I would have a much rather celebrated even more strongly the goodwill of

[00:20:32] this town.

[00:20:33] Um, and just stop being hit over the head with the fact that she's a billionaire.

[00:20:37] Her trust fund is in danger.

[00:20:39] Um, and that she just is a, you know, she can't tell anybody that she's rich cause people

[00:20:43] do they like her?

[00:20:44] Right.

[00:20:45] Uh, for herself.

[00:20:46] And so, yeah, I just, it was so hard to sympathize with her as someone who, uh, in

[00:20:52] contrary, I know this is going to break a lot of people's bubbles and expectation and like

[00:20:55] perception of us wide open, but we're not billionaires.

[00:20:58] And I know where I know we're doing yourself.

[00:21:01] Yeah.

[00:21:02] I know where have, we have fun here.

[00:21:04] We have, we are right.

[00:21:05] We are.

[00:21:05] Like this side of the table.

[00:21:06] Well, it's cause we have master's degrees and I don't want to bring that up.

[00:21:09] Wait, wait, wait, wait.

[00:21:10] That's good.

[00:21:11] Yeah.

[00:21:11] Somebody on the interwebs was shocked.

[00:21:13] I had a master's degree.

[00:21:14] Really?

[00:21:14] I didn't see that.

[00:21:15] We have, uh, we have a lot of, a lot of, uh, fun here.

[00:21:19] And if, and if fun was how you got paid, then we would be billionaires.

[00:21:24] That's right.

[00:21:24] We're billionaires with fun.

[00:21:26] And so in that case, I do understand where she's coming from.

[00:21:30] Where do we cash in our fun for dollars?

[00:21:32] I don't know.

[00:21:32] I haven't figured out where to bring it.

[00:21:33] And I was like, well, I know where to bring the, the, uh, the tabs on the top of the cans

[00:21:38] and get to like five cents or whatever, but I don't know where to bring the fun.

[00:21:41] And so I would like to know where that is.

[00:21:43] But yeah, overall, like as far as chemistry goes, fine.

[00:21:46] Um, as far as movie goes, fine.

[00:21:49] I just wish that they weren't billionaires.

[00:21:51] I wish they weren't.

[00:21:52] At the end of the day, I wish they weren't billionaires.

[00:21:54] I wish they weren't billionaires.

[00:21:56] Because if they weren't billionaires, I'd probably like this movie a good bit more.

[00:21:58] Um, and it's not like they're like, you can make a movie about a billionaire.

[00:22:02] It was the way in which they were just like, that's so bummer for her.

[00:22:06] And I don't feel like that.

[00:22:08] I think there, they had a good idea and they had this like, Hey, we're going to, we're

[00:22:14] going to show her that she doesn't need her money.

[00:22:16] And then at the end she gets her money and it's like, well, all right.

[00:22:20] Yeah.

[00:22:21] And I ran, first of all, when people listen to this, we're going to get a comment somewhere

[00:22:26] that is going to say they never said they were billionaires.

[00:22:28] I just want to be clear.

[00:22:29] A bit of hype.

[00:22:30] They did.

[00:22:31] Did they say billionaires?

[00:22:32] I think multiple times.

[00:22:32] Oh, okay.

[00:22:33] Okay.

[00:22:33] Multiple times.

[00:22:34] All right.

[00:22:34] I thought that.

[00:22:35] And then the more we said it, I was sitting here going, did they ever say it?

[00:22:37] And I wanted to make sure that we weren't over.

[00:22:39] She said it from the stage.

[00:22:40] Okay.

[00:22:40] So that makes this even worse.

[00:22:43] And if the billionaires was a small part of this plot, then it would be easy to overlook,

[00:22:47] but it's the whole plot.

[00:22:48] This movie is trying to sell you on the good, like the inherent goodness of capitalism.

[00:22:55] And I don't want to get political.

[00:22:56] What I'm trying to tell you is, is what is more monstrous than a billionaire looking at

[00:23:02] her daughter and going in order to get the money that you've not earned, you have

[00:23:08] to go and play games with poor people.

[00:23:11] That is listened.

[00:23:12] Brand laughs, brand chuckles.

[00:23:14] That's the actual premise of this movie.

[00:23:17] Go to this town, change your name and do bits that, that is what's going on here.

[00:23:24] And, and so the billionaire gets to watch her daughter, like dance like a monkey for her

[00:23:30] trust fund.

[00:23:30] And then these people are supposed to be wowed by gifts that are given just because someone

[00:23:36] is rich.

[00:23:36] And the thing is, this is the townspeople are split in this movie.

[00:23:40] Half of them figure it out immediately.

[00:23:42] Half of them have no clue.

[00:23:44] And I don't know which is worse.

[00:23:46] You can clearly Google this woman and find out who her daughter is.

[00:23:50] Is it worse to be that dumb?

[00:23:52] Or is it worse to know and just gaslight her into continuing along this quest and not telling

[00:23:58] her that, you know?

[00:23:59] So, and then by the time we get to the end, she just still gets all her money.

[00:24:03] Like all of these poor people who were like lower middle class and working to make ends

[00:24:09] meet.

[00:24:09] They're thrilled to see her get her inheritance.

[00:24:12] Like, like that's how the world works is we work hard and the job creators and billionaires

[00:24:18] pass all their money down and they get to keep it because they've earned it.

[00:24:21] It is a wild, wild take for a Hallmark movie.

[00:24:25] Kevin McGarry is always solid in these movies.

[00:24:27] You're not wrong.

[00:24:28] Taylor Cole is always solid in these movies.

[00:24:31] I disagree with you on hockey.

[00:24:32] We'll get there later.

[00:24:33] I was so floored by the premise of this movie that the protagonist is doing good works for

[00:24:41] a trust fund and that the lesson she learned, she still gets her trust fund.

[00:24:46] I just, that's a tough sell.

[00:24:49] There's a tough sell across the board.

[00:24:51] And, and, and I couldn't believe Hallmark did it and was kind of blown away.

[00:24:55] I, there are worse movies made this year.

[00:24:57] This is kind of the most shocking that Hallmark tried to peddle.

[00:25:00] And, and, and Bran is right.

[00:25:02] He just gave a nicer take than I did.

[00:25:04] And if, if they weren't billionaires, if this woman has this baby on Christmas Eve and just

[00:25:09] goes on to live a life, like the, the bet, like the most thankful you can be is thankful

[00:25:14] just for the like opportunity that you've been given instead of for, you know, all of this

[00:25:21] money.

[00:25:22] And so if she just goes on to live a regular life and nobody knows who she is and she comes

[00:25:26] back, she doesn't have to disguise herself because nobody knows who she is.

[00:25:29] And she gives them all these things.

[00:25:31] That's really powerful.

[00:25:33] Like that's a powerful, you know, full circle of you give with an open hand.

[00:25:38] And then you say, pay it forward.

[00:25:39] And you say, pay it forward and giving selflessly and all that's like giving should hurt.

[00:25:42] It should cost you something.

[00:25:43] That's what real giving is.

[00:25:45] That's not what this movie is.

[00:25:46] And I was, I just kind of kept waiting for the shoe to drop and them to turn and be like,

[00:25:52] what this woman is doing is terrible.

[00:25:54] What Taylor Cole is doing is terrible.

[00:25:56] And they just never, they never did it.

[00:25:58] They were like, no, this is, this is cool.

[00:26:00] This is how we do things here in America.

[00:26:02] And it was crazy.

[00:26:02] It was crazy.

[00:26:03] And I, and I did not like it.

[00:26:04] It's time for all the feels.

[00:26:06] It's where we're talking about when this movie gives feels, right?

[00:26:08] The secret Santa part.

[00:26:10] I, uh, I thought that that was really nice.

[00:26:12] The idea that every year she, the mother would send gifts for the kids.

[00:26:17] And do these little things.

[00:26:18] And I think that's a really nice thing.

[00:26:20] So that worked pretty good for me.

[00:26:22] Are you going to, you're going to buy me any of this year?

[00:26:25] Are you even thinking about that?

[00:26:26] I have been thinking about that.

[00:26:27] You've been thinking about what you're getting me.

[00:26:28] Yeah.

[00:26:29] Yeah.

[00:26:30] What do you give somebody who has it all?

[00:26:34] You know what I mean?

[00:26:35] Right.

[00:26:36] Um, after a billion dollars, well, he doesn't really care.

[00:26:39] A billion funds.

[00:26:40] He's got, which he already has.

[00:26:41] But one billion funds, two billion.

[00:26:44] That's true.

[00:26:44] If you can guarantee me, if I can have a certificate and it says this certificate is good for another

[00:26:49] billion funds, then we would.

[00:26:51] We're talking.

[00:26:51] Okay.

[00:26:52] I'm like Bruins Cardi is as good as I've got for you.

[00:26:55] So I'm probably going to take the year off from getting you a gift.

[00:26:58] Two Bruins Cardi.

[00:27:00] And inside the pocket is a certificate for a billion funds.

[00:27:03] Yes, of course.

[00:27:04] These are all ideas.

[00:27:05] These are great ideas.

[00:27:06] These are all.

[00:27:06] This is how you top yourself year after year.

[00:27:08] That's the problem with being a good gift giver.

[00:27:09] You know, you just got to keep trying to outdo yourself.

[00:27:12] It's like you're competing with yourself every year.

[00:27:14] That's one way to look at gift giving.

[00:27:16] Yeah.

[00:27:17] You said it's got to hurt.

[00:27:18] That is one way to look at gift giving.

[00:27:22] I got feels from a hockey rink that didn't have anything on it.

[00:27:26] You know, we've had a lot of bad hockey rinks so far this year where they skate and stuff.

[00:27:30] This hockey rink didn't have anything on.

[00:27:32] It was almost like it was a skating rink.

[00:27:33] Just the ice.

[00:27:34] It's just that ice.

[00:27:35] Just ice for people to skate on and play hockey.

[00:27:37] Absolutely right.

[00:27:37] And it was without goals or anything.

[00:27:39] Well, yes.

[00:27:40] But at the end of the day, it was just good to see a hockey, an ice rink that's just the ice.

[00:27:46] You know?

[00:27:46] Just for skating.

[00:27:47] We don't got to go too crazy.

[00:27:48] It's just ice.

[00:27:49] Why?

[00:27:49] Why change it?

[00:27:51] Bless you.

[00:27:52] Go ahead.

[00:27:52] Okay.

[00:27:53] I'm good.

[00:27:53] All right.

[00:27:54] Great.

[00:27:55] Seemed violent.

[00:27:55] You go ahead.

[00:27:56] Yeah.

[00:28:00] One, two, three, four.

[00:28:02] We declare a thumb war.

[00:28:04] The winner of the thumb war competition is...

[00:28:09] Calvin?

[00:28:11] JT and Calvin.

[00:28:13] JT and Calvin.

[00:28:14] Yes.

[00:28:15] Great.

[00:28:16] That was the quickest thumb war in the history.

[00:28:19] Like, they were...

[00:28:19] JT and Calvin just outclassed their opponents.

[00:28:21] So I think what you are misunderstanding there is that they won the award for the best thumb war.

[00:28:28] Yeah.

[00:28:28] It already happened.

[00:28:29] They didn't.

[00:28:29] It already happened.

[00:28:30] So the judging was just on how good a match it was?

[00:28:32] Yeah.

[00:28:33] It was real quick, man.

[00:28:34] No, well, it's just like who has...

[00:28:35] You know, who's doing it?

[00:28:36] Great.

[00:28:36] Yeah.

[00:28:36] It's like best athlete at the ESPYs, you know?

[00:28:39] No.

[00:28:40] It's not like they all compete.

[00:28:41] They've all done their competitions.

[00:28:43] Oh, I got you.

[00:28:43] And then we kind of look at it.

[00:28:44] I got you.

[00:28:45] They get to get dressed up for this.

[00:28:46] They were in different thumb war matches.

[00:28:47] Yes.

[00:28:47] I got you.

[00:28:48] Like play of the year.

[00:28:49] Yeah.

[00:28:50] Okay.

[00:28:50] Yeah.

[00:28:52] Yeah.

[00:28:52] Should we make this an event?

[00:28:53] Maybe we should.

[00:28:55] All right.

[00:28:55] Let's take a break.

[00:28:56] We'll come back.

[00:28:56] We'll get to the way what and then with the Hallmark.

[00:28:59] Kieran, take the Hallmark.

[00:29:01] Now I want to thank the Beatles.

[00:29:12] The laws is still going, huh?

[00:29:14] I want to thank...

[00:29:15] He wants to thank the Beatles.

[00:29:17] I want to thank the Rolling Stones.

[00:29:19] I want to thank Leonard Skinner.

[00:29:21] Is he going to play Leonard Skinner?

[00:29:23] Yeah, of course.

[00:29:24] Is he going to play the...

[00:29:25] I want to thank...

[00:29:26] Are they going to play music?

[00:29:27] Like play them off maybe?

[00:29:28] I want to thank the Hookah Brothers.

[00:29:30] Hookah Brothers.

[00:29:31] Hookah Bros.

[00:29:33] No, they never played them off.

[00:29:35] Wow.

[00:29:35] They never played them off.

[00:29:36] That's unbelievable.

[00:29:37] It's a 13-hour show.

[00:29:38] That's crazy.

[00:29:39] That's why we don't...

[00:29:40] Yeah.

[00:29:41] It's time for the Wait What.

[00:29:42] It's where we talk about what in this movie made us go, wait what, and I'll start with

[00:29:44] you, Brian.

[00:29:45] Yeah.

[00:29:46] Lawyer conducting private conversations that include client privilege information.

[00:29:51] Unfortunately, it can't happen in the lobby of an ice skating rink or any other

[00:29:55] public place.

[00:29:56] I don't think...

[00:29:57] He doesn't have an office at all?

[00:29:58] Like that's nuts.

[00:29:59] I think the sad part is that confidentiality, one, you can't.

[00:30:04] But then two, like he says it's his office and that is the concession area.

[00:30:09] Yes.

[00:30:10] That is...

[00:30:10] There's no...

[00:30:11] Yes.

[00:30:12] Nothing.

[00:30:12] There's not like a partition.

[00:30:14] No fax machine because all these lawyers need faxes.

[00:30:17] Like this is just...

[00:30:18] Come on.

[00:30:19] Yeah.

[00:30:19] Like maybe have like a closet in the rink, like something like that.

[00:30:23] Fine.

[00:30:24] I love the idea that it's like this is where I do my law business, but like you have

[00:30:28] to be in your own room, right?

[00:30:29] You got to.

[00:30:30] 100%.

[00:30:31] So that is just wild.

[00:30:33] Kyle was coaching the hockey game.

[00:30:36] I heard some chatter about the hockey game.

[00:30:38] Yeah.

[00:30:39] I think if you don't bring it up, you're losing your hockey card.

[00:30:41] My way went on this was...

[00:30:43] Well, the rinks are typically pretty quiet.

[00:30:46] Like it's cold in there.

[00:30:47] Like you're usually just sitting...

[00:30:48] Like Ethan's playing this year.

[00:30:49] He's playing and we're sitting there.

[00:30:50] You're just like this.

[00:30:51] Go record it.

[00:30:52] Bring it in.

[00:30:52] We're going tonight.

[00:30:54] Okay.

[00:30:54] No, he plays a game this weekend.

[00:30:58] No, you usually hear skating and stuff, but pretty much you're behind glass and like everybody's

[00:31:02] kind of sitting there quietly.

[00:31:03] The folks in the stands are like this.

[00:31:06] No one's going like...

[00:31:07] No one's cheering.

[00:31:08] No, they were way quieter than they should have been.

[00:31:10] It's too quiet is when they score the game winning goal.

[00:31:14] Way to check them.

[00:31:16] Nothing.

[00:31:16] Nice hit.

[00:31:17] Yeah.

[00:31:18] Nothing.

[00:31:18] Go ahead.

[00:31:20] I would just like to say that I think I've probably spent more hours in an ice rink than

[00:31:25] Brian ever will in my life.

[00:31:27] Wow.

[00:31:27] Very loud.

[00:31:28] Very loud.

[00:31:29] You can hear every move on the ice.

[00:31:31] Yeah.

[00:31:32] Coaches are talking.

[00:31:33] Kids in the box are talking.

[00:31:35] Parents are of course involved.

[00:31:35] It's not a quiet sport.

[00:31:38] No, I'm not saying it's quiet.

[00:31:39] I'm just saying like for...

[00:31:41] No, it's quieter than...

[00:31:43] It's not like cheering constant though.

[00:31:45] But there's not...

[00:31:45] I mean for figure scale, like a competition, yeah.

[00:31:47] Like a full house.

[00:31:49] There was like 12 people watching this hockey game.

[00:31:50] You think none of them are talking?

[00:31:52] Right.

[00:31:52] They're all still.

[00:31:54] Quietly.

[00:31:54] You should pipe in some fake noise.

[00:31:56] You think the cheering's more raucous at...

[00:31:58] I mean, I don't know.

[00:31:58] Maybe it is.

[00:31:59] But more raucous at the...

[00:32:00] I think cheering's more raucous at hockey.

[00:32:01] At the figure skating than it is at the hockey.

[00:32:03] Figure skating.

[00:32:03] Most of my ice skating practices followed or immediately preceded hockey.

[00:32:08] So I was always in an ice rink with a group of hockey players and their families.

[00:32:14] They're loud people.

[00:32:15] It's loud.

[00:32:16] Like...

[00:32:17] Dude.

[00:32:17] I also had to use the locker rooms with the hockey team next door.

[00:32:20] Like they're loud.

[00:32:21] There's never a time when it's like, oh, I can't tell if there's a hockey team next door.

[00:32:26] Yeah.

[00:32:27] That...

[00:32:27] No.

[00:32:27] The noise thing...

[00:32:28] It didn't catch me.

[00:32:29] What caught me about it was that he was coaching and there was an empty bench.

[00:32:32] Like...

[00:32:33] Yeah.

[00:32:33] You have multiple lines.

[00:32:33] You gotta change it up.

[00:32:34] Yeah.

[00:32:35] Like you got...

[00:32:35] He had no players on the bench.

[00:32:37] Like so they just...

[00:32:37] Launch it.

[00:32:38] No.

[00:32:38] Nobody's there.

[00:32:39] I'll stay out there.

[00:32:40] Get out there.

[00:32:41] It took me a second.

[00:32:42] It was so quiet that I assumed it was practice.

[00:32:45] Uh-huh.

[00:32:45] And then I saw them in their jerseys and I was like...

[00:32:48] I assumed everyone died.

[00:32:49] It was...

[00:32:49] That's how quiet it was.

[00:32:50] And then you look over and he's like coaching.

[00:32:53] You can't hear a thing.

[00:32:54] Like pin drop level quiet.

[00:32:56] Oh, it was quiet.

[00:32:57] Yeah.

[00:32:57] I wasn't...

[00:32:58] But the empty bench is what caught me the most out of that whole scene.

[00:33:01] Fair.

[00:33:02] Just not a single extra player.

[00:33:03] But imagine being at a hockey game and being able to just be like...

[00:33:06] So like...

[00:33:07] Here's what I'm thinking.

[00:33:08] Here's the thing about the whole gift thing.

[00:33:10] You know, the trust fund.

[00:33:11] Keep it down.

[00:33:12] Yeah.

[00:33:12] Keep it down, man.

[00:33:13] We're in a library.

[00:33:14] Now that we're...

[00:33:15] You agree at least somewhat on that and then he doesn't have a bench, you still stand by

[00:33:19] your hot take that they did hockey all right?

[00:33:21] They did hockey.

[00:33:22] Which they just did.

[00:33:23] It was cool.

[00:33:24] They did more...

[00:33:25] They did it well.

[00:33:26] No.

[00:33:26] I like hockey...

[00:33:28] Seeing hockey on the screen.

[00:33:29] That's all.

[00:33:29] Just skating around.

[00:33:30] I would say they probably showed off the peewee hockey in a better light than the professional

[00:33:39] minor league hockey in the movie last year.

[00:33:41] Like the kids were like coming at each other.

[00:33:44] That's a real toss up there.

[00:33:44] They don't do...

[00:33:45] I will say they don't do as much in this one.

[00:33:47] They only show a couple of kids like doing and like this.

[00:33:49] I think the minor league hockey came off better.

[00:33:51] We'd have to take that too.

[00:33:53] Yeah.

[00:33:53] Side by side.

[00:33:54] But I just...

[00:33:55] Just any time on the rink is great.

[00:33:57] Yeah.

[00:33:57] It's a good time, man.

[00:33:58] Every time.

[00:33:59] Just do it.

[00:33:59] It's a good time to relax and just get your head straight.

[00:34:02] Yeah.

[00:34:02] It's quiet.

[00:34:03] You can't meditate in there.

[00:34:04] That's right, man.

[00:34:04] And actually, when he took her skating, the rink...

[00:34:07] This did blow me away.

[00:34:08] The rink was empty.

[00:34:09] Which, Aaron, when does that ever happen?

[00:34:12] Like there's always people on the ice, the rink.

[00:34:14] Like it's never empty, right?

[00:34:17] Well, I mean, sometimes.

[00:34:18] I mean, it's his...

[00:34:20] Was it free skate time?

[00:34:21] Yes.

[00:34:21] He just skated on out there.

[00:34:22] Like it's never empty.

[00:34:24] I assume that it's his place.

[00:34:26] So they were there after hours.

[00:34:27] You think he owns the rink?

[00:34:29] He doesn't own the rink.

[00:34:30] He doesn't own the rink?

[00:34:31] They said he would...

[00:34:32] Well, they didn't say...

[00:34:32] If he does, then that would make sense.

[00:34:34] I mean, it's his office.

[00:34:36] So he does...

[00:34:37] I think he just pops a squat there.

[00:34:38] I don't know how he would have his law office there if he did not at least have some sort

[00:34:42] of ownership or stake in the rink.

[00:34:44] Yeah, I thought that was the whole joke about him having his law offices there is that he

[00:34:49] also...

[00:34:50] He owns the community center.

[00:34:51] I thought he did too.

[00:34:52] But he says that his office is there just so he doesn't have to lease an office.

[00:34:55] Yeah.

[00:34:56] He's like, I like to pass the savings on my customers.

[00:34:59] I mean, I could easily be conflating that with the Mighty Ducks TV show.

[00:35:02] Yeah.

[00:35:02] I made some assumptions.

[00:35:03] I made some assumptions.

[00:35:04] They might have to say, you can work here since you coach.

[00:35:07] My dream free skate would be to show up to the rink and it's just me and a hot guy.

[00:35:11] Never has happened.

[00:35:12] I don't think it ever will happen.

[00:35:14] Free skate is usually...

[00:35:15] When's the last time you've been to a free skate?

[00:35:16] Yeah.

[00:35:17] It's been years because it's always crowded.

[00:35:19] Get going.

[00:35:19] Yeah, they're always crowded.

[00:35:20] Well, last year I did get to skate at Ice on Main with three jokers.

[00:35:25] Empty rink.

[00:35:26] Empty rink.

[00:35:27] Pretty empty.

[00:35:28] No Kevin McGarry though.

[00:35:29] So we'll try again this year, I guess.

[00:35:31] That was a great time.

[00:35:33] That was it for me.

[00:35:33] Anything else?

[00:35:34] Okay, good.

[00:35:37] Guys, let's talk about this.

[00:35:39] Let's have a wrap session.

[00:35:41] Let's talk about the miracle of life.

[00:35:46] Oh no.

[00:35:48] It's tough time.

[00:35:49] It's tough time.

[00:35:51] And a baby was born...

[00:35:54] Brian talking about childbirth is...

[00:35:56] I can hear people unsubscribing.

[00:35:59] A baby was born on a table...

[00:36:02] On a table.

[00:36:03] In Bethlehem.

[00:36:04] Yes, in Bethlehem.

[00:36:05] But also in a diner...

[00:36:08] On a diner table.

[00:36:10] And all I'm going to say is...

[00:36:12] I hope that they got rid of the table.

[00:36:15] And it's never been something that I've had to think about.

[00:36:18] Like, hey man, I'm going to a diner.

[00:36:20] I'm going to get myself a burger.

[00:36:22] I wonder if there's ever been a baby that's been born right here on this old table.

[00:36:26] And I just hope for this...

[00:36:27] And I think everybody would be on board with this.

[00:36:29] We should get rid of the table.

[00:36:30] It just should be a rule that we all agree on as Americans.

[00:36:34] That if the miracle of life happens upon a table, we don't eat on that table.

[00:36:40] I think we should all handshake agreement.

[00:36:42] Can we handshake agree on that, everybody?

[00:36:45] Can I ask a follow-up?

[00:36:46] I don't know.

[00:36:48] I don't know.

[00:36:48] Sure, Aaron!

[00:36:49] Does this also apply to the table from Buried in Barstow with Christopher Palaha?

[00:36:55] Oh, where they have...

[00:36:56] The beginning of the miracle of life on the table.

[00:37:00] Oh, that's...

[00:37:01] Yeah, no, I...

[00:37:02] That's different.

[00:37:03] That happens in a lot of these movies that aren't Hallmark movies.

[00:37:06] Like, that's a different world altogether.

[00:37:08] I get the feeling if you go into a Waffle House, that miracles happen on most of those tables.

[00:37:14] I tend...

[00:37:15] You're not going to be able to eat.

[00:37:16] Call me a prude, but I tend to think if any portion of the miracle of life happens on

[00:37:24] dining table, we get rid of table.

[00:37:26] But again, based upon movies and some basic evidence, I bet if you went in with a CSI light

[00:37:31] on some of those, you would find...

[00:37:33] Hey, welcome to Crips!

[00:37:34] We're busting out the black light!

[00:37:36] Turn those lights off!

[00:37:37] That you would not eat in many establishments, I don't think.

[00:37:41] Let's talk about...

[00:37:42] Cool, cool, cool.

[00:37:43] It was just like a line and then...

[00:37:45] So we're still undecided, I think.

[00:37:48] We handshaked.

[00:37:49] Handshaked?

[00:37:50] Is that an award?

[00:37:51] I understand we're going to win an award next year for the best handshake.

[00:37:54] Wow.

[00:37:55] Yeah, it was a pretty monumental one.

[00:37:57] The lady who owns...

[00:37:58] Love you, mental one.

[00:38:00] The lady who owns the inn, she's talking about how stuff has kind of like...

[00:38:08] Kind of travels around the town and whatnot, and she says telephone, television, telelocal.

[00:38:14] And I kind of love that saying.

[00:38:19] I just wrote it down because I was like, I want to save this for later.

[00:38:22] But it is a literal line that made me...

[00:38:25] It took me out of the movie because I was like, why is this such a good line?

[00:38:28] And why is it in this movie?

[00:38:31] Telephone, television, telelocal.

[00:38:33] I like that.

[00:38:33] I'm going to get that tattooed on my body.

[00:38:37] And then last but not least, can I ask you guys a question?

[00:38:41] We all watched this movie, right?

[00:38:42] You regretted that.

[00:38:43] We all watched this movie.

[00:38:43] Yeah, we sure did.

[00:38:44] We all watched this movie.

[00:38:45] Yeah.

[00:38:45] There was one specific thing that I was unsure of.

[00:38:48] But do you think that Evie has a hard time meeting new people?

[00:38:54] Oh my gosh.

[00:38:55] Knowing if they like her for her or for her money?

[00:38:59] I don't know who she is.

[00:39:00] Because I know she said that exact line...

[00:39:03] Three times?

[00:39:04] Ten to twenty to thirty times.

[00:39:07] But I'm still unsure.

[00:39:08] Yeah.

[00:39:09] Yeah.

[00:39:09] I've never seen...

[00:39:11] We've watched a lot of Hallmark movies.

[00:39:13] I've never seen them repeat a line like this.

[00:39:15] She repeats that line to different people.

[00:39:18] And I sang it every time.

[00:39:19] What are we supposed to do?

[00:39:20] That's how I knew.

[00:39:21] What are we supposed to do?

[00:39:22] That's how I knew.

[00:39:23] That's how I knew that they kept saying it because I kept singing it.

[00:39:28] Why would they do that?

[00:39:28] That's unfair.

[00:39:29] Dano?

[00:39:29] It is.

[00:39:30] Yeah.

[00:39:31] Skirt at the table.

[00:39:31] Early in this movie, Kevin McGarry says something to the effect of,

[00:39:36] this sounds like some harebrained gimmick cooked up by rich people.

[00:39:41] Yes.

[00:39:41] Yes, it does.

[00:39:43] Keep going with that, Kevin.

[00:39:45] Instead of keeping going with that, what you do is you hear from Taylor herself,

[00:39:51] she says, the reason I'm doing this is because if I don't do it,

[00:39:55] I don't get my trust fund.

[00:39:57] Look, we've watched a lot of these movies,

[00:40:00] and people get mad for the dumbest reasons in these movies.

[00:40:03] And we all the time are like, there was a dumb misunderstanding,

[00:40:07] and it ruined this movie.

[00:40:09] This is a point where you deserve to be mad.

[00:40:13] Would we all agree?

[00:40:15] Yeah.

[00:40:15] This is a good one because I didn't,

[00:40:17] I felt weird after, and I couldn't figure out what it was.

[00:40:20] And I think because there was no resolution on that.

[00:40:21] Like, he didn't really react to her doing this.

[00:40:24] You are starting to fall for this girl,

[00:40:26] and then you find out she's in town under a fake name

[00:40:31] to give money to people or gifts to people as a thank you from her billionaire mom.

[00:40:37] And if she doesn't, she's going to lose her trust fund.

[00:40:41] She is not here for you at all.

[00:40:44] She's here because if she doesn't, she loses her inheritance.

[00:40:47] And your response is barely, it barely registers.

[00:40:51] It was like the first time I've seen a Hallmark,

[00:40:54] I guess this would be like the equivalent of a misunderstanding,

[00:40:56] where the misunderstander internalizes it and does nothing with it.

[00:41:01] Yeah.

[00:41:02] Yes.

[00:41:02] Just kind of takes it in and goes, huh.

[00:41:05] That's coming out at some point.

[00:41:06] And then they fall in love and live happily ever after.

[00:41:08] Like, it was wild to me.

[00:41:11] You should have some anger there.

[00:41:13] Yeah.

[00:41:13] Some basic human emotion.

[00:41:15] Yeah.

[00:41:15] But then he remembers that she said billion.

[00:41:18] And then he's like, oh, that's cool.

[00:41:19] He's like, think of yourself.

[00:41:21] Think of the future.

[00:41:22] That's right.

[00:41:23] Hold it together.

[00:41:24] Ask her for a date.

[00:41:26] I love that she yells at him when she meets him in mid-pep talk of hockey team.

[00:41:31] Like, I can't imagine anyone looking at a coach talking to their players

[00:41:37] in a closed practice and going, hey, are you Jerry?

[00:41:41] I can't, like, I've not met you.

[00:41:44] I could wait one minute or I could make everything awkward.

[00:41:48] Yeah.

[00:41:48] That's what she did.

[00:41:49] That was crazy.

[00:41:50] There's a movie, I think it's called Hearts for Christmas with Amelia Ulerup and Chris Palaha

[00:41:55] where this guy brags that he's done 100 brain surgeries.

[00:42:00] That's why you can trust him.

[00:42:02] And during the podcast of that movie, I was like, 100 is not a bad number, but it is also

[00:42:07] not a brag number.

[00:42:08] You know?

[00:42:09] Like, 100 is like you're getting your feet wet in the practice.

[00:42:12] Like, you've maybe been working for, I don't know, not a year yet.

[00:42:16] Yeah, maybe.

[00:42:16] Like, you know, you do, you know, a couple a week, whatever that is.

[00:42:20] It's most than, it's less than most people, but.

[00:42:23] That's right.

[00:42:23] It's more than most people.

[00:42:24] Yes.

[00:42:25] Less than most doctors.

[00:42:27] That's exactly right.

[00:42:28] Yes.

[00:42:28] It took me a while to get there, but I think that's exactly right.

[00:42:30] So when you look at a woman who's giving birth to her first child in a diner with no medical

[00:42:36] supplies and you go, I'm a doctor and I've done 100 of these, I don't think that is the

[00:42:42] like the brag that I think it's supposed to be.

[00:42:46] I think you have to go bigger there or it's just like a record scratch to me.

[00:42:51] It's like, you may as well say a dozen.

[00:42:53] But also like you've done 100 of them.

[00:42:55] Have you done any in a diner?

[00:42:56] Any in a diner with no like medical supplies.

[00:43:00] It's like, it's not.

[00:43:02] My point is, is if you're trying to reassure someone, you got to go big or you're not,

[00:43:06] you don't say it.

[00:43:07] Like you just go, I've done a thousand of these.

[00:43:10] I've done a lot of them.

[00:43:10] I've done countless numbers of these.

[00:43:12] When you say a hundred, that means you know how many and you're really young and like inexperienced.

[00:43:20] Like new doctors start in August, September.

[00:43:24] And that is when we have the biggest number of problems in childbirth.

[00:43:27] Like that is a statistical fact.

[00:43:29] So if you're early enough to know how many you have, then that's a problem.

[00:43:36] That's a big problem.

[00:43:38] I've done a hundred and I have a pretty good success rate.

[00:43:40] Yeah.

[00:43:41] 87%.

[00:43:41] Most are still with us.

[00:43:42] I have to talk about one line and one character line first.

[00:43:47] The mom says that my success has impacted my daughter more than myself.

[00:43:51] And I swam in that line for a while because I don't know how you can extricate one from the other.

[00:43:57] Like saying that my success has impacted my daughter is inherently saying that you've impacted your daughter.

[00:44:05] Like that's you.

[00:44:07] My success has impacted my daughter more than myself.

[00:44:11] Maybe she's benefited more than the mother is what she means.

[00:44:15] But impact like that's, that's all part of the mother gig.

[00:44:19] Like that's part of the deed.

[00:44:21] Like you take on a lot of your parents identity.

[00:44:24] I like that was weird, but I'm most angry at our police officer.

[00:44:28] I can't describe to you.

[00:44:31] I mean, you guys have all ridden in a car with me.

[00:44:33] I was twitching at the idea of Taylor Cole in a private parking lot who has hit no one with her car,

[00:44:42] has literally broken no law, having lights turned on by the police officer,

[00:44:48] the police officer coming to the window saying you didn't check your rear view mirrors.

[00:44:54] You were on your phone.

[00:44:57] And then you don't have your license.

[00:44:58] I'm taking you to jail.

[00:45:00] Lady, she doesn't have to have any of that until she's out of a private parking lot.

[00:45:06] A police officer cannot show up in our parking lot out front and talk about how we're backing out of a parking space.

[00:45:13] That's not your job.

[00:45:14] That's not protecting or serving.

[00:45:16] You can't do that.

[00:45:18] I also was surprised when she got arrested.

[00:45:22] Because when you say you have a three strike policy,

[00:45:26] you assume after three strikes is ticket, right?

[00:45:29] Like two strikes.

[00:45:30] I'm not going to give you anything.

[00:45:32] Three strikes, skipping ticket, go straight to jail.

[00:45:36] How about, and let's mean the middle here.

[00:45:39] How about you don't give me any strikes and you just give me ticket?

[00:45:42] I would prefer that over the three strikes straight to jail policy, personally.

[00:45:48] I don't call me crazy, but I would rather just have the ticket versus three strikes and go to jail.

[00:45:55] Right?

[00:45:56] But also, like private parking lot.

[00:46:01] The most that police officer is going to do is look at you like you weren't looking while you were backing up.

[00:46:05] Give you a stern look.

[00:46:06] Because they don't have any jurisdiction.

[00:46:09] I couldn't believe it.

[00:46:10] I was like...

[00:46:11] What about all the drugs she had in the trunk?

[00:46:13] That's true.

[00:46:13] Now, yeah, but did she suspect drugs?

[00:46:15] If not, the police officer still can't do anything.

[00:46:17] No.

[00:46:19] It's time for what the hallmark is where we wonder what could have been.

[00:46:22] Maybe have a good sort of clarity.

[00:46:22] Any questions that we still have?

[00:46:23] What are we still wondering about, Brian?

[00:46:25] What if she had the drugs on her nose?

[00:46:26] Yeah.

[00:46:27] Well, no.

[00:46:28] Still, the police officer has no business getting out of the car and going to the window.

[00:46:32] I'm serious.

[00:46:33] Three strikes?

[00:46:34] I'll be a defense attorney.

[00:46:35] It's a three strikes rule.

[00:46:37] You don't know about the town's three strike rule.

[00:46:38] Three strikes and you're jailed.

[00:46:40] Yes.

[00:46:40] What if she didn't even offer the cop some of the drugs?

[00:46:44] I mean, you're being rude at that point.

[00:46:46] If the cop and her were in a social setting and the cop asked for drugs and she did not

[00:46:51] offer anything, yeah, arrest her.

[00:46:53] Straight to jail.

[00:46:54] Straight to jail.

[00:46:54] My big question really was when she says like me for me twice, what am I supposed to

[00:46:59] do?

[00:47:00] And then she said it again and the song is just in your head the whole movie.

[00:47:04] Like, what are you, what do you expect us to do?

[00:47:07] Nobody in this movie thought we're going to get this song stuck in everybody's head.

[00:47:12] And did they even try to get that song?

[00:47:14] Did they even try to get it?

[00:47:15] It was really distracting.

[00:47:16] Kevin McGarry could have been on the harmonica.

[00:47:18] Oh, it would have been great.

[00:47:20] So that just, it really was a funny thing about this movie that they kept saying that

[00:47:25] and the movie, the song was just in my head the whole movie.

[00:47:27] And did they even think about that?

[00:47:30] Yeah, that's fair.

[00:47:31] That's fair.

[00:47:32] Yeah, I mean, I guess since she does get her money, does, I mean, she says, I want to

[00:47:38] do this thing and I want you to come along and I want to help people.

[00:47:41] You know, that's nice.

[00:47:42] So does she do it?

[00:47:44] She is not in the defensive mom.

[00:47:47] She has not done anything and stuck with it.

[00:47:50] Yeah.

[00:47:51] And so does she actually stick with this thing of going around towns and helping and giving

[00:47:57] money to people and whatnot?

[00:47:58] It's still funny to me that the mom's like, she's not stuck with anything.

[00:48:01] I wonder how she does with the pores.

[00:48:04] I wonder how she does if she has to like anonymously give to the pores.

[00:48:09] But it's also like, she's not going to make it a day out there with a hardworking American.

[00:48:13] That's right.

[00:48:13] She'll never make it.

[00:48:15] She'll never make it with the people.

[00:48:17] Those peasants.

[00:48:18] Yeah, no.

[00:48:19] I want to know how good Kevin McGarry's hockey team is.

[00:48:22] It doesn't seem like, it seems like they practice twice a week.

[00:48:25] He puts in a minimal amount of work.

[00:48:27] Those kids look like they're teenagers.

[00:48:28] It doesn't look like they're five and six year olds where you would practice once a week

[00:48:31] or something.

[00:48:32] Looks like a legit, serious hockey situation.

[00:48:35] Are they any good?

[00:48:37] Is anybody putting in the time?

[00:48:38] That's all I'm saying.

[00:48:39] There you go.

[00:48:39] Good question.

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