A Very Venice Romance (Hallmark Channel - 2023)

[00:00:00] Hi, I'm Brandon. I love Hallmark Fall Movies. I'm Brian. I like Hallmark Fall Movies. Buongiorno. I'm Dan. I despise Hallmark Fall Movies and this is Deck The Hallmark Podcast. Deck The Hallmark. It's this podcast. A podcast.

[00:00:29] A podcast. Hello everybody. Happy October. Wow. Some fall feels, a fall movie. Life's good. Good to have you back out of the jail that you were in yesterday. You made it back. Me? Yes. Oh, I was in podcast jail? You were in the box, remember?

[00:00:50] Yesterday? That's true, I do remember. Yesterday? Yeah, I remember yesterday. It was a dark day. I don't want to remember. What happened? Well, there's always so much I can say, as you understand. I understand. As I understand, yes. With these things, you can only say so much. I lost my way. It won't happen again. Are you in like some sort of anonymous right now talking? I lost my way. That's all. That's all I want to say about it. Brian, I'm a podcastaholic. You lost your way. I lost my way.

[00:01:16] It's been a while, but I went off the horse and now I'm back on. Now you're back on that horse. Very excited because October means that it's almost Christmas. It is essentially Christmas at this point. The marathon is kicking off in just a few weeks, boys. Whole thing gets started October 20th?

[00:01:36] 20th? Yes. Yeah, we'll be live all night and all day Saturday. That's right. We're pulling an all-nighter. Yeah, we are. And you can still join us in Greenville, South Carolina. We've got a few tickets left. It's going to be a lot of fun. Let me ask you guys this. Are you ready for it? Yes. Okay. No. I am. You love the marathon. That was a blast last year. Go ahead.

[00:02:01] I got stronger as the night went on. Yeah. And I've been warming up and practicing here. I remember you and I talking afterwards. You're like, man, I could do this longer. Well, you're going to get the opportunity to go longer. Now we're working in breaks for all of us. Do you want a break? I'm going to try not to break. I'll try to be the steady ship all the way through, but I'll probably have to stand up and step away once in a while. Stand up, step away. Step away for a minute or a second. But I mean, as a guy that drives 18 hours to Massachusetts because he doesn't want to pay for a Spirit Airlines ticket.

[00:02:31] Yeah. You know what I mean? That's tough. It's the dog. The dog gets the blame. But I mean, we could go let the dog out or something. It's not. Oh, you guys could do that? Yes. I didn't even think to ask. Somebody could check on the dog. You could just board the dog. There's lots of things you could do, really. Aaron could literally stay. You do that? I have stayed at Dan's house and watched his 700 dogs. My three dogs. I don't know we were doing this. My family leaves. Aaron just stays at the house. You didn't know we were doing this. I've watched

[00:03:01] brands. Do you have a calendar? Do we have a calendar? I could just jump on and schedule. Just kind of ask. You just kind of ask and kind of see how it goes. Aaron, while we have you, any update on Taylor Swift? So many updates. What do you want first? Just give us, you got 30 seconds. Did we settle in on, is it trailer? Hold on, I'm starting the timer. You got 30 seconds. You can tell us anything about Taylor Swift you want to go.

[00:03:24] I think the most popular one is trailer. I've seen that one a lot. T-R-A-Y-L-E-R. I do too, but what are you going to do? She was at the game. Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Blake's sister, Robin Lively, who is married to Coach Bolton in real life. It's a fun thing that I love about that. Oh, I do love that. That's very fun. I'm pausing time real quick. So does that mean that Coach Bolton and Ryan Reynolds are spending holidays together? I love that world. All right, continue.

[00:03:49] Yeah, it's magical. And then Hugh Jackman was also there. Sophie Turner. Hugh Jackman gets the also there treatment? What I love, I was running through the photo in my head, so it was like Ryan. Yeah. I was telling Aaron this, I saw the clip of her walking through the metal detector and they're like, Taylor's here, everybody. And behind her is Ryan Reynolds and no one mentions him. No one mentions him.

[00:04:16] And behind Ryan was Hugh Jackman. And again, like he really was the and Hugh Jackman of the weekend. And it was a bummer for him, but. Very good job. That's 30 seconds. Thank you. So there's some chat right now. Okay. That is saying like Aaron had better be getting like some, like a salary raise. When she dog sits for me, she is paid, guys. That's not part of her job here. Oh, I thought it was part of the deal, the package. Oh, God, no.

[00:04:47] Want to get that taken care of right away. Good grief. You paid two. Oh, yeah. And Dan also lets me eat anything in the fridge. I do. Oh, that's nice. It's a great snacking. That's right. And I get all the puppy cuddles. That's right. Three dogs, three spoiled dogs. So spoiled. And, you know, fridge full food. And a partridge in a pear tree. Go for it. Let's talk about the falliest movie that fall could have. It's time for a very Venice romance. It originally aired on October. Nope. Nope. Sorry. Sorry.

[00:05:17] September 30th. September 30th. April, June, May and September. Has September. 38 days. If you can remember. Got it. And it went a little something like this. Amy works for an uppity food company. They have, like, powder that is nutritious, I guess. And so they figured the best way to get this out into the world is through meal delivery services. Because all meal delivery services are super lucrative. And they don't constantly lose money month over month.

[00:05:45] And so they have this current chef. It's just not working with him. And so she is given the responsibility of finding a replacement chef. And she says, I have a great idea. There is an Italian chef that doesn't know anything about us. And honestly, I don't really know much about him. But I think he would be perfect. Specifically him. Has nothing to do with the fact that he's a hotty, hot, hot. It's just he's an Italian chef. And I think he's good.

[00:06:14] And so she gives him a call. And he says, it's a no go for me. I would prefer not to do that. So she decides not to give up on this. Instead of going after other options, She decides, I'm going to hop on a plane to Venice, Rome. And no? Not Venice, Rome. Dang it. Venice, France. Hopped on a plane to Italy. Okay. There you go. Hopped on a plane to Venice, Italy. She tracks down to him, whose name is Georgia. I think. I don't know.

[00:06:44] What do you think? Marcello. What do you think his name is? I think it's Marcello. I'm pretty sure it's Marcello. Do we have to make up a name for him? Really? Yeah. You asked me during the movie, is this guy's name Georgie? And I said, no, I don't think so. It looks like a Georgie, though. Well, hold on real quick. Why did I think it was Georgia? I don't know. I'm looking up very Venice romance right now. Very Venice romance. Oh, that's because you looked at the second guy on the list. Yeah. Giovanni James Bertola. He's Georgia. Okay. That is not our lead. Interesting. Marcello. He's sixth on IMDb.

[00:07:14] All right. Well, here's what I want everybody to know. Who's editing IMDb? Hey, any time in the synopsis I'm saying Giorgio, I mean Marcello. You can't make that change? No, I can't make that change. No. I think it's better this way. So she tracks down Giorgio and is off to a bad start because he falls in the water. And when she gets to the hotel, guess who shows up? It's Giorgio. That's Marcello. So while he is pleasant, he's like, I'm just not interested in this or even hearing her pitch about this.

[00:07:43] But she doesn't give up and shows up to a class that Giorgio is teaching. And they end up cooking and walking and walking and cooking and cooking and walking and walking and cooking. That's an hour. Sure. She comes up with a plan of what to do now that they have successfully cooked and walked all of Italy. Rome. Thank you. She says, hey, I'll stay here.

[00:08:13] You cook and it'll all be good. I'll stay here for work. I can kind of keep track of you. That way you don't have to uproot your whole life and come to New York. And at first, her boss is down with this idea. And then after she pitches it to him and he's like, I like this idea. She gets a call from her boss and her boss says, you know what I said earlier? Pass. It's a pass. It's a pass for me. And so that's unfortunate. And so when she tells him that they get in a little bit of a tussle there. But she's like, you know what?

[00:08:44] I don't want to do this anymore. I want to be a part of the big business. I want to do my own thing. And so she calls up her boss and her boss is like, are we diverting paths? And she's like, yes, we are diverting paths. And so she tells Giorgio this. But she and she's like, yeah, I quit my job, but I'm also still going back to New York. And he's like, hold on. Let me hop onto your boat for my boat and give you the 411 here. Stay here. I'm asking you to stay here.

[00:09:13] And so she's like, OK. And they kiss. They kiss on the boat. Great. They kiss on the boat and we're all good for it. And then they sail a little bit more on the boat and they kiss some more on the boat. And I think that's it for the most part. That's basically it. And that, my friends, was a very Venice romance. We did it. That synopsis was tight. Tight. What'd I miss? That was tight. It was just tight. What'd I miss? There's things you missed, I'm sure. What'd I miss?

[00:09:42] Are you worried about the actual plot you missed? Did you mention the walking? I mentioned the walking and the cooking and the cooking and the walking and the walking and the cooking. Both the cooking and the walking. So much cooking. So much walking. Let's take a quick break. We'll come back and we'll break this movie down here on Deck the Hallmark. Georgia. Hello. It is us. It is you. You're working on. Huh? Yes.

[00:10:12] We're talking about a very Venice romance. The final movie of September, a part of Fall Harvest, as you can tell by the scenery in this movie. Aside to break it down, we're going to start with a hot take. It is where we share exactly how we felt about this movie. We do not hold back. And I'm going to start with Brian. Brian, you have held back a lot so far today. You haven't told us about the incident. You haven't really shared much of anything at all. So let's see what you do here. Are you going to hold back or are you going to give us the hot, hot take?

[00:10:41] I would never hold back. Thank you. Not during the hot take. I'm pausing my hold the backsies. Okay. Thank you. Quick pause. Quick pause on this. So this was okay for me. This was pretty good. Did they get fall in Venice? Probably. I don't. Maybe it's not fair to make fun of the last show. Then put in another season, Brian. Or another month if you want to do it by month or season. I don't know how you want to do it. We do preview shows by month. On what we're trying to accomplish.

[00:11:09] We do preview shows by month until it's Christmas. 30 days has September, April, June, and November. And November. All the rest. All the rest. Except February with 28. Sometimes. Do they think that rhymes? Most of the time. It's like you thinking this preview thing works. All right. Fair enough. So yeah, it was pretty good. Her boss was insufferable. And so that meant she was doing a great job. Because I got her right away. And I liked that they had her be that way. I was watching this movie.

[00:11:39] And I specifically said, this is the type of movie that Brian's going to like. It was a lot to like. It was a lot to like. But the, I love the idea of an emerging, like of a cooking class in general. I've never, I've done one. But other than that, I always want to do a cooking class. You do? I always want to do that. You've done one cooking. What was the cooking class? Tell me more. It was an Italian. It was that we made a risotto. It was for my mom's birthday. And a bunch of us, like my mom, her sister, some, my grandmother. A bunch of us went and did a cooking class. You crashed girls night? Sort of.

[00:12:09] That's what it sounds like. That's what it sounds like. It sounds like it was you. Okay. My dad was there. So it was like. It sounded like it was you, your mom, your grandma, and your aunts. I was like, oh, are we making risotto over there? Can I come? It was, so it was pretty fun. It was pretty good. We had a pretty good risotto. I have never done anything else. I want to do more cooking classes. The idea of an immersive, like week-long stay in another city where you're walking and cooking and cooking and walking. You're doing both of those things. Sometimes together. At the same time. That really works for me.

[00:12:39] That whole idea. My thought during this was, man, when I retired, this is going to be my life. And then I'm like, four-hour work week. Why can't I do this now? Like, I should start doing this now. Why wait? Exactly. Seize the day. Dude, seize it. Carpe that DM. That DM, that life, whatever. What have you. That DM. That DM. Carpe that DM. Slide into it. So that, I liked that. I was like, si grazie. This is great. You did it. That's good. I'm not allowed legally, contractually to say I wanted more cooking.

[00:13:08] So the cooking, there was plenty. Plenty of cooking. Is that you trying to wink? What are you doing? If you're watching on Filo, Filo.2. You're missing some good winking. You're missing him not winking. Give it to me one more time. With a mouth agape. Just look directly at the camera. Stop turning your face sideways. No, just look. Look at that camera. Look at two. I'm looking at two. All right. Stop.

[00:13:40] Nailed it. Can you wink? I want to see both eyes. One close, one open. Look at the camera. Look straight. No. He can't. He can't. He might. Guys, listeners. I'm holding back. You're going to have to get Filo. I'm not holding back. I cannot wink. I'm not holding back. He cannot wink. There you go. Turn to a side. Blink. He's turning to a side and blinking. So I feel like Giorgio or as we, some like to call him Marcello. Like, I don't feel like we got to see him cook a lot. Like there could have been more of. Good God, Brian. He's the chef. He didn't really.

[00:14:09] I mean, he did. I told Brian, and we have a lot of fun here at Deck Hallmark. I told Brian, if he said there needed to be more cooking in this movie, he was going to get punched in the face. So I'm not saying that. Of course. All I'm saying is, you know, see Grazie, more cook. So I look at Brian having a stroke, everybody. Yeah, careful. Sheesh. So yeah, I wouldn't mind seeing the chef cook a little bit more. You're pulling a full Mitch McConnell over there.

[00:14:38] And so, yeah, this was, you know, pretty good. Brian Winking is a horror show. What in the world? Did you say horse? Is that it? Yep. That's it. This movie worked for me. Filo. Again, if you're not on Filo. There was some snarky sarcasm in there because it didn't. There was a lot of walking and a lot of cooking. I do feel like I got a tour of Venice, which is all fine and dandy.

[00:15:04] And him jumping from one boat to her boat is a move I didn't expect to see. I loved it. I was worried he was going to fall in. He didn't. I like that. But aside getting to that, I wasn't all in on. Like, I didn't really understand the business. I don't understand the I feel like I'm on Shark Tank. I don't really understand the business. So for that, I'm out. But for real, for that, I'm out.

[00:15:30] From the get go, I didn't fully understand much about this movie. Were the two leads fine? Yeah. When they were cooking and they were making eyes hard with each other. Yeah, of course. I'm only human. That worked for me. But the movie around it didn't quite do much for me. And for that, I'm out. Dan? A lot of other networks are starting to make movies like Hallmark. No one can ruin an on location movie like Hallmark can.

[00:15:59] Like, this movie is a disaster. It is a spectrum of bad accents with a plot that is wafer thin. We've decided only one chef can make our meal prep kits. And then they'd shoot it in Venice, which is beautiful. And they, by and large, squander that by showing you the same bridge that you've seen in literally every movie you went to the theater to see this summer. Are the leads fine? I guess. I guess they're fine.

[00:16:29] This movie is so boring. So much cooking. So much walking. So much cooking. So much walking. Not a lot of great food plates. Not a lot of good plating. Like, if you get the finished product, you're like, man, that looks like it's really good to eat. That's one thing. You don't get a lot of that here. It's just boring. And the plot doesn't matter. This is the ultimate just put it on mute movie. This movie is better on mute than it would be watching it with volume. That is all you need to know about this.

[00:16:59] If you want to have something on in the background that's scenery as you do laundry or do whatever or do your taxes, this is your movie. For any other reason, absolutely not. One of the most boring we've seen all year. It was a tough watch. I have very few wait what's. Because what am I supposed to wait what? It's Venice. It's walking. It's cooking. There's not a whole lot else going on here. Except for the fact that this plot's absurd. But yeah, it's a mess. A mess of a movie. Hated it.

[00:17:26] Let's get over to all the feels before we talk about those feels. Brian? Yep. Yep. I feel like I should have some romantic style feels. Something about Venice. The accents. The food. But mine were actually, Marcello, talking about the ingredients in food. And they should be more natural. And if we made food right, then it would be healthy. And it would be without preserves and all that stuff.

[00:17:53] And so actually hearing him just talk about that and point that out, which a lot of people talk about, what are they? The blue zones where the people just eat really healthy and they live till they're like a thousand years old. That stuff worked for me. I like hearing that on screen. That's right. And I did have a disgusting slice of cheese, cheesy bread today. Yeah. Accident. Fair enough. From Papi Yoms. He's going to feel guilty about it, guys, for so long. Yeah. You're never going to live for long. I'm not. For long. We'll find out. You're never going to do it.

[00:18:23] Stick around and find out. All right. Well, I have a nomination I'd like to bring to the table. If you guys will bear with the time. Sure. I will. Nomination for best background actor goes to the guy on the boat at the end of this movie. Oh, my gosh. Yes. My heart is so full seeing this guy have to look and just fiddle around while those two lovebirds kiss. And who knows how long they took to do that scene? It could have been 30 minutes.

[00:18:49] And he's having to sit there and just be like, uh, because those two guys are kisses. The two leaves are kissing. He made it so much harder on himself. I know. Because he's just like. If you look around in one take, you have to do that on every take in case they cut it together. If he had just stared out into the water just to the right of them or just to the left of them the whole time. Easy. But we would not be talking about it right now. He's still working on the boat. He's doing. He's pressing buttons. He's doing some of these.

[00:19:18] Uh, background actor of the year. Send him to the deckie now. It's just, it's just easy. It's easy at this point. And we should have a background actor of the year. I think we might have to. He sounds like he's too good. He's too good. I mean, he's given a baggy suit dad at the wedding day a run for his money. That's last year. I know. I'm just saying for that, like of all time, dad, father of the bride. Yeah. Is the ultimate background actor of the century. But this guy is pretty great. Pretty memorable.

[00:19:48] Just a gym. Just a gym and a, in a big pool of cooking and walking. Yes. Correct. Um, yeah, just really Venice feels is it. I like that. The Venice is beautiful. I mean, all, all the canals, the gondolas, the whole bit. I would love to, to go to Venice. I don't want to watch this movie in Venice anymore, but Venice is beautiful. And that's all I got. And I will say one other feel is me and Aaron bonding over our love of noodles, buttered noodles with a parmesan cheese. Yeah.

[00:20:18] We talked about it for a while and Dan got mad. So that like the, the shredded. No, no, no, no. No, just like, just like shredded on top. They, they like a box of noodles from the grocery store. Yeah. Add butter and sprinkle the, the, the, the parmesan. Yeah. You don't even zest your own on the cheese shredder. Yeah. I'm not saying this is my go-to pasta dish. Sounds like this. They, every once in a while it is a nice comfort meal. They, they love that because they have no taste buds.

[00:20:48] Yeah. They would love it if everything tasted the same. They're just eating a texture. You know what? Emily Boyd is with us. So you two are out. We're having a new podcast. That's right. That's right. And this is what I want to say. If you're watching Bramal Gem Plus, let us know. Are you a buttered noodles? Are you a part of the butter, buttered noodle gang? I got two seven year old boys that'll join you. Thank you. And I got a five and a three year old. And honestly, those two boys are the, literally the best part of your family. So like, we're in good company. Above the dogs? No. Well, and Sarah.

[00:21:17] It's really just better than Dan. Everyone in that family is top notch. That's fair. Everyone in that family aside from Dan is top notch. Buttered noodles. Bettered buttered noodles. We're going to take a break. Buttered noodles better. Better. Get your better bottle. Goodbye. Just that thing. Take the Hallmark. Hallmark. Marcello. Welcome back.

[00:21:44] We're talking about a very Venice romance. And since it's time for the way, what is where we talk about what in this movie? Let's go. Wait. What? Yeah. Dan doesn't like buttered noodles? Brian? Yep. It's crazy when you're an adult, you know? Yeah. Oh my gosh. Don't even start. Like a nice red sauce. If an adult. I mean, being an adult. Another flavor aside from buttered noodles. I did. It's called cheese. You A-O. Go ahead, Brian. All right.

[00:22:14] Dude. Blossom is flush with cash. So much. They have so much money. So she makes one phone call. He hangs up and she's like, the only option is just a flight of Venice. So my guess is in her position, I don't know if she does this, I would try. Every phone call you make to somebody in another city, you just accidentally dial the wrong number. Like, oh, they're not answering. I better head out to Mexico City. Better head down to Buenos Aires real quick.

[00:22:41] Like, just not even a question of just checking with the boss about flying in Venice, which, okay, they got a lot of investor money, I guess. On top of that, they have a full test kitchen in their building. Like, they're just ramping up the meal kits. They're not even there yet. And they have a full staff, full kitchen, everything you could possibly need to test out meals. Just so much money in Boston.

[00:23:09] Listen to one podcast about the black hole that is meal kits. Oh, it's a joke. Just a fiasco. It's a fiasco. Yeah. It's pathetic. Until it's holiday season. And then you're going to want to hear what we have to say about. You're going to want to hear what we got to say about these. There's one doing it right. There's one doing it right. We'll just stay tuned. Yeah. In a month.

[00:23:33] Marcel, when he falls in the water, he just continues on with his day, and he's dry within 15, 20 minutes. Like, if I fall all the way in the water, like, I'm done with my day. Whatever I had planned is not happening. I'm going home. So, you fall in the water, that's it? I'm home. I'm taking a shower. I'm going to bed. I'm done. You've shut it down. Like, everything is soaked. Everything is ruined. What if you've got a big day? It's going to have to happen another day. If it happens the first thing in the morning, you're not figuring it out? I don't think so. I think I'm done. I'm going home.

[00:24:03] I'm going to cancel, clear my schedule. If you lived where the streets were all water, I think you'd have a difference. You fall in the water once a week. That might be the difference. It's a common thing. You just like step. Oh, boy. You don't take that leap from boat to boat without being fully comfortable with being water emerged. All right. So, it's a cultural thing. Yes. You wouldn't get it. The only other thing was, like, where is everybody in Venice?

[00:24:30] I was under the impression it was a tourist destination. It's a pretty big city. So, after this movie, I'm a little nervous about everybody seeing how nice Venice is and the crowds rushing to Venice and making it a popular destination. Because it didn't look like one yet. It looked like you could just do whatever you wanted. Yeah. You could just walk right there. Yeah. Plenty of boats available. Great question in the chat. What happens if you fall in water the day of the marathon? Oh, wow. Oh, wow.

[00:24:58] Does that include you getting water dumped? Like, if we dumped a whole bucket of water to start the marathon? No, no. That sounds like a bit. Like, that's not as a kind. If I just fall in the water, like, I'm next to the Reedy River for some reason that morning, and I slip in, I'm going. How do we make this happen? I got to go home. I think I'm done. It would be funny to post a video on the 20th of us pushing you in the Reedy River. We just take him to my pool right there and just toss him in the pool and be like, oh, well. Save it for off the air, guys. Sure, yeah, yeah. So, I don't want to spoil the bit. Yeah. I'm going to get a text like, we need you at Dan's real quick. Don't worry about it. Don't worry about it.

[00:25:28] Bring your swimmies. I got a couple. One, she has a weird relationship with her dad. It's the weirdest phone call I've ever heard with someone's dad. They do a full, like, no, you stop it. No, you stop it. That's not something I like. Me and my dad, we're cool, but I'm not going like, oh, you stop it, dad. No, no, you stop it. It's weird. And also, he says, I hope you're having a good time.

[00:25:56] And she says, no, I'm having a really great time. All right, cool. I don't feel like I needed to correct that. It's like, when I say, I hope you're having a good time, like, that encompasses an overall jolly good time, right? Yeah. No. No. I'm having a great time. You wish me something better than a good time. She is getting into the boat. The first time they ride on the gondola. Mm-hmm.

[00:26:26] And she sits down. Wait, it's a gondola? Oh, you little dart man. I don't need it from you today. I don't need it from you today. The Baronas? That's the Baronas tomorrow. The Baronas, you gondola? Yeah. She gets in there. She sits down. And he, like, immediately turns to her and almost in a hushed tone says, you're feeling the sickness? And she says, yes.

[00:26:54] I think he wanted to play System of a Down, Down with a Sickness. Are you there or whatever? Whoever sings that. Yeah, the start. Can you imagine? You get on, like, one of the... Sorry. Come on. One of the most, like, historically romantic things you can do is this. And it's finally happening. And you just turn to him and go, you're feeling the sickness. Love that. It's a bold move. Imagine taking your, like, wife out to, like, a really nice restaurant for, like, your anniversary. And she sits down. You just go.

[00:27:23] You feel the tummy troubles? Last but not least, her phone. They're about to kiss. There's an almost kiss. Her phone starts to ring. It rings for so long. It never goes to voicemail. It's buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz. It's real Cindy Busby. Oh. Real dark man over there. Man. You're a real dark man, Dano. Man. I don't know. I wish we could give a refund to everybody listening.

[00:27:52] That's just not how it works, unfortunately. That's tough. Does this woman do literally anything else for this company aside from fine chefs? Because she has gone to Italy for two weeks, and she's just trying to pick one chef out for their meal kit prep. Guys, there's not a company that's rich enough in the whole world for this.

[00:28:17] Like, I'm pretty sure, like, Bezos would be like, no, we need to do more than just that. And this guy is a big enough deal for them to fly all the way to Italy for, but not a big enough deal to where he just doesn't mind putting his cell phone, personal cell phone, on the website. So if you need to reach him, his personal cell is on the website. Like, we are nothing. We don't even do that with our website. We would never put our personal cell on the website.

[00:28:47] And this guy's like... Deckthehallmark.com. Just see if you can find them. Yeah. There's some clues. There's some clues. There's some clues. This guy's like, if you want to call Georgie Amin Marcello, then you just call me right up. I'll answer. No big deal. Easy peasy. At one point, they're learning about glassblowing, and the guy who's giving the tour of this goes, it takes 1,200 degrees to make the final product.

[00:29:14] And everyone's response to that should be like, oh, wow. But I believe it's our lead that pipes up and goes, wow, that's really hot. Just like that. And I don't know why she needs... Like, did we think that wasn't hot? Who was that for? Didn't want to delete any question. That's really hot. Unbelievable. The accents in this movie are... They're a journey. Let's say that.

[00:29:42] I found out from, I believe, Rena, one of our double-deckers, that everyone in this movie is British. Including the male lead, who I would have told you is Italian for sure. Everyone else's accent is just on a spectrum of passing to not passing. Most of them in the not passing category. It's wild. The mom, the dude's mom, her accent's crazy. The friend that's with her, you can tell she's British the whole time. It's very off-putting.

[00:30:11] In a movie where an Italian mom and dad speak only English to their son, even though their son is speaking Italian to them. Can you imagine? You are American. Your parents are American. You come home to America, and you speak English to them, and they only respond to you in Spanish. Why would they do that? We don't know. We have no reason. It doesn't make any sense aside from they could not pull off an Italian accent. They're too lingo, you know? Yeah, real, real bad.

[00:30:40] At one point, she says, you know what they say? Italy's the most romantic country in the world. What? I've heard that about France a lot. Like Paris, right? I feel like everyone tries to act like the state of Virginia tries to act like they're romantic. They're for lovers. They're for lovers. It's very different. But you can't just say you know what they say and put any country in there and say it's the most romantic country in the world. Wow, that's hot. Well, you know what they say about Greenville. This is living. This is Greenville. This is Greenville. This is. Sort of new slogan.

[00:31:10] We've got to get a new background. The first half of it I'm not acknowledging. I'm just saying this is Greenville. This is living. This is Greenville. That's right. And then one glass of champagne is just water, and I needed to point that out. That's all I've got. It's time for what the hallmark is really wondering. What could it be? Maybe I've been doing some clear questions. Brian, what are you still wondering about? I was just wondering why their cuisine. Cuisine? That feels weird. I don't know, man. I honestly still don't know. You guys are like butter noodles. Don't understand Italian cuisine. Cuisine. Cuisine.

[00:31:40] Cuisine. I really couldn't. Cuisine. Say cuisine and wink. Cuisine. I couldn't get it. I can't get it. Why do they have to be one? It's like you're a fish that's been caught. Someone hooked your mouth and you're like, Oh, no. What in the world? Guys, check out my Nemo. Your jokes have been real bad today. Yeah.

[00:32:10] 1,200. Wait, what? You thought it was bad? I thought it wasn't great. Well, because you said it was like a fish. Like a fish being caught. Right. Most notorious fish being caught. Was there ever a hook in Nemo's mouth? Ever. No. In that bit scenario, there was. What was I? I thought it was pretty. Cuisine. Check. Did they fish eye hook? Check. Oh, the... Why were they only one flavor? Why only French food? Or why only Italian food?

[00:32:40] Why... Yeah. Why does the... That's a... I have a lot of questions about that business. Yeah. Finance is being one, but why did they have to... Like, how bad are these supplements that they can only like hide them? Yes. In one flavor. I'm not sure that these supplements are above board. It doesn't sound like it. I've seen that way, no. So, yeah. A lot of questions around, I guess, yeah, the company in general. There's a group of folks that are talking when a scene starts, and you always... You just want to listen in. And what's being said?

[00:33:09] How are they getting from... How are they getting into this scene? And the way they're getting into this scene is by saying this. They brought back the wrong dog, and they were caught kissing on the CCTV. CCTV. They brought back the wrong dog, and they were caught kissing on the CCTV? Who? Who? What? That's a lot. That's a lot right there. That's a lot right there. They were caught kissing on the CCTV?

[00:33:38] I need more on that. Huh? And they brought back the wrong dog. And they brought back the wrong dog. Both and. Sheesh. That's a lot. Forget about it. Yeah, this company's mine. I think we've covered it as much as we need to, but... You own the company? The amount of money that they have. Oh, I see you explained it all. The meal kits are just one type of food. They have to get this chef. The only one that they possibly would have is in Italy. It's a mess of a company. It doesn't hold up at all. There's no way they'd send someone two weeks to Italy to do this.

[00:34:08] I miss the fact that the fish was winking because it was on a hook. I didn't think about that. I thought it was just a squirm. I thought it was a squirm. Because he does do a lot of squirming when caught in here. Yes, he does. A lot of squirming. Just keeps swimming. I think if you think it through, you'll give me more credit. I have thought it through since we had the conversation. Can I tell you this? Cuisine. I don't have any more. Cuisine. Cuisine. It's time for the Double Decker of the Week. Panda's here. Panda, come on in here, buddy. Let's play that music.

[00:34:37] He can say cuisine. Double Decker of the Week. Thank you, fellas. Oh, man. Welcome to the week. So kind of you. Dude, count down to Christmas beer before you know it. Oh, my gosh. Marathon. I'm so excited. Oh, boy. And how I'm so excited to watch 43 movies. Are they doing 43 this year? Yeah, they are. Unbelievable. Right? Let's dive into this week's Double Decker.

[00:35:06] It's where we painted us a deep dive into somebody who has signed up for Metal Gen Plus at the Double Decker tier or higher. And, Dan, you list a name. Yeah, of course I do. The Double Decker this week is Kristen Baker. Ah. Kristen Baker. Old Bakesy. Yeah. Old Bakesy. That's exactly right. Listen. You were really excited this morning. It's contagious sometimes. Yeah, I know. It really is. Listen, Kristen, can I say this?

[00:35:36] Big fan of architecture. Oh. All things architecture. Yeah, I love that. All things architecture. All things architecture. Got it, got it, got it. So, like, buildings. Buildings. And she likes creating almost, like, dioramas, right? Ooh. Yes. Cool. And so she uses, and this is cool. This is cool. Food to make these dioramas. Okay. So, like, one time, remember, we had to make, like, marshmallows and we built a tower with them. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, so, for instance, for New York, she made the Big Apple out of apples.

[00:36:06] I mean, the Big Apple. The Big Apple. The Big Apple out of apples. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Her current work, which I'm excited about, is using bacon. And she is just making the entire city of France out of bacon. This seems like a really wonderful hobby, isn't it? It is. This sounds like a hobby, though. So what's she going to call it? I think she's going to call it Francis Bacon. All right. Now, I have a couple things here, just quick.

[00:36:36] Francis Bacon. Lord Francis Bacon. Yeah, Lord Francis Bacon. High Chancellor of England. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, sure it is. Now, can I ask you this? I don't know. Can I ask you this? Are you sure she's not making France out of bacon? Yeah, that's my thing. She made the Big Apple out of apples. Right. France is bacon? France is bacon. Yeah.

[00:37:03] And she's naming it after the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. Yeah. Well, I mean, I see pitfalls of this, too. You know? I mean, I was like, hey, Basie, I don't know if this is what you want to do. What city was she making out of bacon originally? The Big Apple. Right. The Big Apple. Okay, so I think you meant France.

[00:37:30] No, he said that she made the Big Apple out of apples. And then she's making... She's moved on, and now she's making... Making France out of bacon. Out of bacon. France is bacon. France is bacon. France is bacon. Or Francis Bacon. Francis Bacon. The High Chancellor of England. Does she sell this, or does she just... Oh, no, it's a museum piece. Oh, I love that. It goes straight to the museum. It's right at the Louvre. The Louvre. Wow. I love that. This is a great idea. I thought so, too. How is it coming along?

[00:38:03] Real sticky right now. It's real tricky. Tricky to get the nuance of it. Okay. We did it, everybody. Back to you. That was a tough... Oh, man. Good stuff right there. Yeah. Sit a few plays out, Panda. We'll see what happens. We did it, everybody. We'll be back tomorrow with another one. Until then, we first wish you a Merry Christmas. Yes. Deck the Hallmark is a Bramble Jam podcast. It's produced by Aaron Shea. What?

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