A Very Vermont Christmas (Hallmark Channel - 2024)

[00:00:01] Hi, I'm Brandon. I love Hallmark Christmas movies Brian. I like Hallmark Christmas movies Dan and I despise Hallmark Christmas movies and this is the Wow It's great to be here today Post-bramble fact a little tired gotta be honest still processing a weekend. Yep, Brian

[00:00:41] Oh, you're tired yesterday with Alonzo retired today It hits it's so crazy. It's so much fun I don't know even how you're walking today with how crazy you were at the silent disco, Brian People people don't think of Brian as being this crazy party

[00:01:00] You can them some headphones put put in some like of living on a prayer. He goes nuts. Yeah, don't don't tempt me Yeah, man, I mean it's typical Saturday night for me really yeah, just usually that was on a Friday night Yeah, I do understand what you're saying

[00:01:24] It wasn't hard for you You did it same thing I put the headphones on and just scream the song same thing I don't think the headphones were the headphones piping on the music or was that just for

[00:01:40] Just how I get in the mind space. You told me this I don't think this vodka soda has vodka in at least eight times You couldn't hear me It was a really good time sure I think we might do that again

[00:01:59] Which now that Bramblefest is over up next is marathon and it's Creepin's he's also the creepin right up upon us and I don't want to you know I don't want yeah, I don't want to give away anything or too much of nothing

[00:02:14] But what I do want to do is say stay tuned It's going to be wild wild Trademark TM. It's all it is 24 hours of Brian. Hey, I'm doing silent disco by himself. Yeah. Yeah It's gonna be a record for me

[00:02:39] Two octaves lower we did it and I appreciate that cuz that's really say that voice that's up there Yeah, well, yeah, I mean Bonnie Bonnie can't even do it anymore. Yeah, you remember all that Boys it can't do

[00:02:58] The post-boss babyfest party is pretty crazy down at Fitzsys. Oh, it's a post party What does that mean? Because that's what's a full-time job we have 32 babies with suits and ties on him in one red roof in like you're asking for trouble

[00:03:11] The fact that we've not like just had any liability issues pretty big on on yeah Yeah, we lost a few clip on ties That's why I say you don't wear clip on ties you tie a tie around that baby Extra tight. Yeah, I could go so

[00:03:26] Rick really quickly we over at Bramble Fest we have silent disco we have karaoke we have good times What do you do at boss babyfest like what's the old like? What's the big like? We have something we call order in the court

[00:03:39] It's where all the boss babies get to shout orders as loud as they want and whoever's the loudest is the ultimate boss It's like a version of the silent disco but opposite but can baby talk order what you Talk all right. Are you anti-baby brand your anti-baby?

[00:04:00] Babies don't make any sounds the babies real. I don't know I'm Brandon I am not pushing the fake baby agenda. I don't I don't buy into that baby's a fake. I Think it's hot. I said I think

[00:04:14] I said I think it's possible that doesn't mean that I believe in Cena baby. That's all he's saying you guys you baby deniers No, I Camp yet. You are baby deniers. I'm adjacent. You will never be a boss talking on the door. Thank you regularly

[00:04:32] A new movie aired this weekend Unbelievable hallmark typically saves their best for July. You know what I mean? That's what I've always heard We get the fastballs right down the middle I mean we this good stuff and we reviewed Operation Nutcracker

[00:04:46] I remember first that episode comes out tomorrow so double new movie if you did it, right? If you did it right Rambo way the bramble way. It's the bramble way A very Vermont Christmas is the title of the film it originally premiered on July 20th

[00:05:03] 2024 and I went a little something like this joy Her name joy recently gave up He Dan you know better. I'm sorry. That's okay. Tell me he can't contain himself I

[00:05:48] Heard it. Okay, if you guys you were on you were on which color where you were you on that was like a Fakasha The purple channel oh the purple channel

[00:06:00] Joy is recently given up her dream of being a professional skier to come home and help her mom run the family Brewery after her dad recently passed away We all know dad Joe and he's a mogul they call me mogul Joe rival bar owner and

[00:06:19] Ex-boyfriend Greg stops by to give her a brochure of a beer brewing competition That's happening just before Christmas at his bar Frosty's Mani-Buddy anywhere can submit a Beer and Winner takes all winter takes all

[00:06:40] Distribution deal. We don't know that yet up first. It's just all right for fun I forgot for fun. It's just something that I think there's a cash price There is okay, which is why she wanted to join in the first place because they mean money

[00:06:55] To clear her head she hits the slopes and does does some skiing she gets run into Literally by a dude named Zach who clearly doesn't belong on the advanced slope She's like how about how about you stick with me?

[00:07:11] And I'll make sure that you don't die or kill anyone else So they have a wonderful day skiing on the slopes together she tells them to come by her brewery later and Because he does and he clearly knows his stuff This guy's her to come by

[00:07:26] She tells her him Later because he does cuz he does he does why we're here. He knows he knows later. Why cuz you do you know the Christmas tree

[00:07:37] She decides that she may want to enter the competition. She wants to honor her dad's old recipes though while adding a little holiday pizzazz They see each other some more they're getting to talk and they're having a good time and

[00:07:50] We find out that he works for Schultz beer Oh Sholes we hate Schultz beer. They're big beer big beer. They are big beer apparently he is heading up the new craft beer division though and

[00:08:07] She's really mad about it. How how dare you big beer coming to my turf of craft beer Now Frosty's only does Schultz and other just bottom barrel boys bottom barrel boys bottom barrel boys So what?

[00:08:24] Yeah, really good really yeah a lot of people there that you don't have high expectations if you go in with that I don't know the barrel they did a thumb. They did a thumb That's worth it. I know they don't do that anymore

[00:08:37] Legal I saw him a year and a half ago. They stopped since they did a thump a year and a half where are you serious? Not I'm not Timbers timbers the thumping timbers

[00:08:48] Bottom barrel boys you're saying that they don't they've stopped doing it before a year and a half ago I Don't think that I think you're breaking news right now

[00:08:57] I think everybody else agreed to something that you didn't agree to all right people mag everybody else if you want the dish I'll put it baby. I'm not real That I said maybe So they become chummy and he helps her with her special Christmas brew the secret ingredients

[00:09:16] Papa pine pine. I thought it was gonna be love. I was wrong. It's pine which Is already a thing with Christmas brews, but this movie doesn't know that and they don't want you to know that And so they are a revolutionizing the game Was the right in there?

[00:09:34] So they launch it with big success everyone shows up. They're having a good time They even slow dance together but at this point Greg walks and sees them slow dancing and Greg goes full Villain mode first he overhears

[00:09:50] What the secret ingredient is now granted that's not him being a villain. That's just him having good listening ears That's a goof on kev Kevin behind the bar you've done goofed But then he goes to talk to her in her office and sees the recipe sans-pine

[00:10:07] And takes a picture of it Takes it to Schultz. They see and he's like hey, I got a good beer. Let's do this thing and they Push this Christmas beer replica out overnight. Yes. Yeah, it is ready to go Yeah, and when she finds out about this skill

[00:10:27] Yeah, when she finds out about it she does the math here well wait what's sneaking there? No no no not here She does she does something well Zach Zach knows the secret ingredient Zach works for Schultz Zach's gonna run the the craft beer division

[00:10:44] Definitely Zach. It's definitely Zach. Yeah, so she gets really mad at Zach Zach thing goes to his boss and it's like hey you guys are doing the exact same beer And I'm not about it. Here's your Proof and he's like this picture of the recipe

[00:11:01] I bet if you look at this you'll notice that it's the exact same recipe that you're doing and the boss is like Doesn't have a secret greeting on it and Zach's like oh, it's a pine. It's pine. He's like how'd you know that?

[00:11:13] He's like I know stuff so at this point now Schultz is faced with it with a dilemma here because The competition is upon us and the competition has gone not just from a cash prize

[00:11:24] But it is it's exceeded that because the winner was supposed to be get to get the Poor yeah at frosty which apparently was a big deal. It was a big deal the frosties does good business. That's right and so Schultz So sure yeah, that's right exactly

[00:11:45] So Schultz oh it's a chain. Yeah, okay, that's a I didn't actually Sold it Greg originally started that one though or something. No he bought it. He bought into the franchise

[00:12:01] Anyway, so sure price them really good shalt sponsor of the event also enters the event with the exact same beer That's fine. That's this is problematic It is time for the finals and it is down to one guy. We don't know we don't care Shultz and joy

[00:12:22] Right before they're about to make the big announcements Schultz says we're withdrawing from the events because we stole it the winner is joy Huh, I stole it. He basically he doesn't say that but he basically is like we can't do this. We stole it

[00:12:37] You stole we stole it The winner is joy joy wins the event big happy fun time and she's like hey, Zach I'm so sorry. I've done goofed. I got really mad at you I didn't realize now that it's Greg they kiss and they're gonna work stuff out

[00:12:54] They're gonna make it work everybody and that my friends was a very Vermont Christmas We did it. We did do it. Let's take a quick break. We're going to come back. We're gonna Wow

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[00:15:06] So let's savor it. Let's let's lap it up like a dog drinking water. Yeah all over the place Yeah, all over places just splashes everywhere Maybe a little bit lands on your shirt you forget to wash that shirt that shirt sticks with you until the holiday season

[00:15:20] I always have a little bit of Christmas in July with you. Let's start with a hot take We're gonna share exactly how he felt about this maybe we're not gonna hold back Ryan. Yeah, I know you're still just yeah Yeah, you're my head in your mind

[00:15:31] But pot just chill for a second take it and let everybody know what you thought about a very Vermont Christmas Yeah, yeah, I take a pause there. I'll comment down so the this is okay for me just okay

[00:15:41] I was pretty pumped up. I forget what my rating was for this I remember being a little bit pumped up for this during the preview It was kind of it felt like a new New

[00:15:52] Locations new ideas thrown in talking craft beer. Yeah crap skiing or on the mountain of Vermont Kind of cool. You went four and a half and you create. Oh, no, I'm sorry three and a half and you creamed it Wow

[00:16:02] Well, I mean brain went four and a half and creamed sure did Point five Yeah, we did We didn't know Unbelievable we were led down the wrong path here and I feel like this camp. Well, you just chanted

[00:16:22] It was a chant situation half a bright. That's what you did. We probably did feel ashamed It was fun though at the time and then why would I feel shame? Yeah Yes, why would I feel shame about it? Okay, here we go

[00:16:36] We didn't know what we're getting into But I feel like this movie was kind of like a craft beer person where it took itself like a little too seriously It wasn't as fun as I had hoped it needed in my opinion a more like entertaining

[00:16:50] Quirky cast of characters like some people like staples at the bar who are just sitting there No one instead of zero people at the bar I don't know some people on the ski on the mountain like doing good stuff. Yeah

[00:17:03] Fall off the chairlift. I don't know the quirkiness like that's what always wins me over I don't I didn't feel bad for mogul joes at all. It's their own fault It's their own dang fault for not evolving for being like hypercatalyst Brian Harold online

[00:17:17] I mean a hundred percent in this case like they just are not willing to try like they're barely getting by and not Doing a lot to make it any better One of my favorite things in the world at Christmas time riding sky

[00:17:30] What are my favorite things is a bar at Christmas time decorated like crazy? You can barely move in it You do okay, but yeah, what do you mean? Is a bar a movie like what I get feels from you stop by later because I will

[00:17:48] Just gotta be at a bar the you walk in like this Christmas music going Hopefully somebody's playing it on a guitar like it's just the vibes in there. It's well lit that movie. Oh, what was that the?

[00:18:00] Kismet that they had almost the perfect Christmas time bar in that movie Christmas phenomenal scene and they just didn't do any of that here There wasn't even a dispatch song playing anywhere. We're in Vermont their hometown like are you kidding me? You guys know about dispatch

[00:18:15] I don't know about dispatch Okay, I like I'm I like him a lot. I feel like you love them anyway I listened a lot of dispatch this weekend after this movie to get my fill It just didn't feel like what it could have felt like for me

[00:18:28] Though I do appreciate a Massachusetts based company Produce this movie pretty cool. I mean and I mean Sam Adams the original United States micro group like they are Now but they're technically still a micro sold out

[00:18:42] They did sell out as they should if you want to try to make it I mean there's a way to do it a pathway and they're just this this bar moga Joe's not into it So it was just okay for me at the end of the day

[00:18:53] So I have eyes and I have ears and I watched a movie and I understand and I get it and blah blah blah I loved it. I had a really Really delightful time Sucker for any Christmas in July. I am a sucker. Yes

[00:19:11] You know what though if this makes me a sucker if this makes me a sucker Dan then call me King sucker King sucker. I will I will sucker I will rain Change your license plate and I will rule a sucker for you and that's exactly right

[00:19:27] And I will say for you there was something about this movie That I found to be quite charming brands of soccer for you and Delightful and is it the best movie of the year Lord? No, but oh you I had a good time Dano

[00:19:46] This movie's called a very Vermont Christmas. It could have taken place Literally anywhere Vermont Does not matter to this movie at all zero I've never really forgot it took place I've never seen a movie with the title having a location in it that that mattered less

[00:20:07] Than this movie. Why is it called a very Vermont Christmas? I guess because Vermont people are least likely to get angry at them for just randomly using their state

[00:20:16] So that's one very Vermont Christmas. It doesn't it's not in Vermont. It isn't they've been these people never seen Vermont They don't even did no absolutely not second of all everything Brian said correct There's no extras anywhere in this movie. It is a until the very end

[00:20:31] It is a bare minimum situation of movie making this movie was made on a shoe string budget The Plot is not compelling at all Nothing about it is compelling. This plot was stale for Hallmark ten years ago

[00:20:48] The beer phrases that they throw around are stuff that would have been maybe in the zeitgeist 20 years ago Everyone in this movie feels like they've made this movie a thousand times and they're stuck in some sort of weird

[00:21:03] Purgatory where they've been damned to make this movie over and over again, and this is like the third 3000th iteration the third iteration if you want they're just so over it

[00:21:13] And they're just like what have we just called it a very Vermont Christmas this time that is what's going on here It is the bottom barrel boy without the thump of movies. It is really really bad This is

[00:21:28] This is one of the worst Christmas movies. I've ever seen it's really terrible I can't believe brands take and I watched it with him and I know at one point

[00:21:36] He said I mean I kind of like it, but I thought he was saying that in a fun like no crit Chris some Christmas is better than no Christmas way, but this is inexcusable

[00:21:44] I we need to go back to all of brands Christmas in July takes this is the worst Christmas in July Maybe I've ever seen I just want to know where it ranks for him on that list

[00:21:54] That's tough. I don't know Christmas camp Bobby Campo. It's listen. It's not better than this, right? It's right take me back to Christmas definitely better than this oh, yeah camp Christmas Definitely better than this crashing through the snow devil made this royal Christmas crush. I

[00:22:10] Think it's better than this But it's close Not for me, but basically this is still bottom two for you would be my guess was the one earlier this month We've got operation not cracker which we all there's another watch. What was the other one? I know there was

[00:22:29] That movie's better than this movie Brain I don't know the way I'm raved about that movie. Yeah That movie which is the trochus today's a new day today's a new day, but is this better or worse? You got a pic. Let's check better or worse than

[00:22:45] I'll go this is better Wow. Why but stay tuned tomorrow Why I don't know Dan, I just watched it. Okay. I just have Christmas. Okay on top of mind here I don't know. I just thought it was a good time

[00:22:59] Is that not good enough for you? It isn't okay Stop for all the fields. We're talking about what this video feels Brian Yeah, some of the music was really on point

[00:23:08] I noticed so I enjoyed the music in this except for one there was one scene where there was a song that was completely Misplaced and it just didn't belong it felt way off other than that music really good Also Christmas beer Stein feels some nice

[00:23:22] Beer Stein really think I might need to get into the Stein game this season talk to your local place buddy You're there every day. That's true. Yeah, that's true. I could just bring it up here. Okay, so that's it

[00:23:32] Um, I love the name Frosties for a bar. I think that's really fun and I just want to say that there are some bars out there that are

[00:23:44] Christmas bars and I have still not been to one. I can't find like a kid. There's not one near us all the time Yeah, yeah, there's one in Orlando that happened after I left Florida

[00:23:56] I've heard of a couple of other ones. Maybe yeah, you and me just bar You know as big open up big bore beer boy that I am We open up a bar as somebody who lives in a bar at Christmas there anyway

[00:24:09] Yeah, you might as well own one and it's just We could work there I know that you've not even asked me which insulting but I'm in on a Christmas bar. Well, he says he goes there He goes yeah, our boots on the ground. Yeah. Yeah

[00:24:23] Yeah, he's there, but you can't you also at a certain point you have to start paying You can't drink the image. I can't have an unlimited tab. You can have some but you like man

[00:24:31] What if I like clean up to pay off my tab sometimes maybe I do like tasks You can't pay off your tab and pour yourself in a cab Think I could get back there before too. Yeah, just do circle around the block. That's right. That's cool Dan

[00:24:47] No, no No, I will say this is a way what to but muggle dollar bills all over the wall at this establishment My father did yeah, here we go. I know I'm from Columbia, South Carolina and my favorite

[00:25:02] Restaurant that is still in business down there has been doing this bit for a long time And they still do it. No the place you've been a bunch These remember you put a dolly together you put a dollar on the wall and we wrote mogul Joe

[00:25:16] We were over Joe's and so it made me think of that establishment and how much I love the food So there's that shout out these wings in Columbia shout out

[00:25:24] Let's take a quick break. We'll come back and we'll get to the way what in the what the hallmark here on It's not for way what is where we're talking about what in this movie minutes ago wait what I'll start with you Brian Brian

[00:25:53] Anything stick out to you buddy. Yeah, a few a few minor things the Bruce key pamphlet Greg handed her when he was telling her about the event Had so many words. Yeah, I say it has so much text Text heavy

[00:26:08] All the text I wrote that like those all terms and conditions like what is he no one's gonna read all that That's like it must be the like the Just the standard template text that comes on a pamphlet that you

[00:26:24] Know standards know you need some pictures or people are gonna check out that's a pamphlet for like an encyclopedia conference Brain oh I don't think the number exists Do you get a sad whole collection about all the words? I don't know

[00:26:45] You have to attend every session every keynote. I don't think I could I'm all weekend I have to stay awake it starts Friday at noon with a mixer. You gotta go I'm out on the mixer

[00:26:54] You got to go and then there's there's sessions Friday night Saturday morning Saturday afternoon Saturday night Sunday morning Yeah, and then a Sunday lunch like goodbye. Yeah Have to attend all of them through the end of the keynote. Who's keynote?

[00:27:09] Tommy Flanagan will be the keynote Friday. That's pretty good Yeah, and then Cindy Lowe I'm out on Cindy Lowe Wow you can't though you have to do them all I don't believe her Yeah, I only gave you three keynotes and there's at least six sessions five sessions

[00:27:24] But we'll get there let Cindy Lowe's That's not all the undercars Keynotes any bands no bands. No, no, it's very quiet. There's a few slide shows nice And they use on a projector you hear the click Cyclicon dude, you're ready

[00:27:47] Also the brew ski event it didn't even have a ski portion like step outside and yeah It's Because they go to great detail to combined Yes brewing beer and ski yes in this movie only for us to wind up with an event that has nothing to do

[00:28:08] Just do it outside So cool at the end of the movie. They're all outside at the bottom mountain They're handing out the beer like samplers and you gotta you gotta chuck six of these bad boys and make it down the black

[00:28:19] Not a single sampler either like a little sampler last now just pouring full glass 16 ounces at 10 am Beer drinking unfortunately The the I'm sure I'll pick up on something that I said there when I re-listen of this did I miss something

[00:28:40] That I love bars. Oh, of course. All right. So I just got all the yeah You don't go 22 you stick on the 16 like we just know need for 22 or more need for 20 beer drink It's going down. I don't know how to break it

[00:28:52] How else to say it to this movie like I was looking up stats like yeah adults drinking beer decline That's right adults drink my breweries decline is not the time for this move cocktails. Is that what's going on?

[00:29:03] Well, it's it's hard. I sell sirs. It's cocktail drink. It's non-alcoholic beers Yeah, they're huge now like people are just not into beer that much anymore so terribly

[00:29:12] Yeah relative to the years it's just going down every year. So unfortunately that I mean kid rock said he wasn't gonna drink anymore So oh did he I miss a new shot shot with a gun. It's pretty serious. Oh that beer

[00:29:24] He's not gonna drink any Bud Light. Oh, he's still gonna drink though He's not canceling anything national news Yeah, oh, he's done. Well, I'm sure he'll let us know too when he's done and so obviously

[00:29:38] I mean, it's a ridiculous we even have to say the Scholes is making a holiday brew that they're releasing two weeks before Christmas Yeah, they're not it's even closer than that because the competition is on the 23rd and they had two weeks to make it

[00:29:50] Yeah, to make it and and package it and roll it out and design You remember like that movie where they designed the label for that liquor that took them like a Islander scholar. Yeah, like label design takes a little bit

[00:30:03] Also and just to piggy-peak back on this to take out another one of mine the person in charge of rolling out this new beer Creating it. Yeah, I'm packaging it. He is a regional Vice president So that would be like if Anheuser-Busch went to the

[00:30:21] Regional office in the southeast of the United States. Yeah, and was like don't give me the president. No, he's too busy Yeah, he give me the second in command in this region to roll out a new holiday beer for us at the next

[00:30:34] Yes, he's got no time off. He's doesn't need to see his family around Christmas. So it's crazy just Absolutely just nonsense ridiculous and then the final one was just that you know I know in my heart mogul. Joe's is gonna be okay, and that's because

[00:30:49] Patronage went up about a million percent a million percent because they had zero people and then by the end of the The door is just constantly swinging open and shut the number of people at mogul. Joe, so they're gonna be just fine

[00:31:01] I'm gonna be okay, and so that feels good Greg walked in to hand her the pamphlet and says we're doing an event on December 23rd the day before Christmas Eve

[00:31:12] And we know that we know it the 23rd is a day before Christmas Eve. You don't need to say it Yeah, he knows it number 23rd Christmas Eve Why stop why why why don't I just say December 23rd day 23 day 356 of the Christmas Eve You know you know

[00:31:31] Whatever you want to do Christmas minus two She tells him Come by my place They the the bar because he is at 3 p.m. That's what time we open he shows up. She says we're not open yet

[00:31:44] Why did he show up early yeah when she specifically said three how close is it to opening? I don't know but it's an interesting move for him to be told three and go. I'm sure they're open

[00:31:56] I'm sure you guys open yet. You guys open yet. You know what time Sholes is spelled C a CS C H O L Z Shoals which is Wild wild Six switch this is he sees cookies and says I didn't know you're gonna go all Martha Stewart on me

[00:32:17] And I don't really have anything to add Just three cookies on a plate. Just that's Martha Stewart crazy how that works I think this one might be my every time I grill for my family. I said I just went all Bobby play

[00:32:28] I do it every time I take smoked burgers another Bobby play treatment for you guys try So you made lobster? No, I can't believe someone made Christmas cookies. This is crazy Only Martha Stewart So when Zach finds out

[00:32:44] That the recipe was stolen he confronts his boss and he shows him the picture and all that stuff and he says There's two options for you And he brought envelopes which is great envelope number one said the boss's name is like Bob Something his last name a Parker

[00:33:04] The envelope says Bob last name number one Second envelope by last name number two and but then he like explains the options Yeah, it is like what's inside the envelopes confetti the envelope number one Drop out of the event

[00:33:23] Option number two stay in the event. You didn't need the awful But I appreciate the visual aid I do want to point out that's So there's 50 people that entered this event. Yep, they narrow it down to three

[00:33:38] One is a random person and two and three are the same exact beer I mean the judges didn't they blinded the blind blind taste test is they didn't know that they were get that Schultz was gonna drop out

[00:33:53] But with 50 beers two of the beers they pick act same or the exact same beer. That's right It's a really good beer That's it. They don't so a lot of these movies they take a shortcut

[00:34:06] Which is necessary where they have a narration to start. Yeah, like my dad died my blah blah blah Yeah, this movie decides that mom and daughter are gonna sit in the bar and look at the dollar bills on the

[00:34:18] Restaurant and basically talk about owning the bar like they've just remembered they own it Basically spend the first five minutes this movie Telling you the plot of the movie and talking like they would talk in normal conversation I don't know how to describe that like yeah

[00:34:33] It would be like if you and I were sitting here talking and then somebody walked in and I was like You know we host this podcast called deck the hallmark. Yeah, yeah, you're a host as well

[00:34:42] Yeah, I am do you remember when you took over as I was around two years ago There's another one and then I came there used to be another one I remember that and then it was you and that was roughly two years ago

[00:34:51] And we kicked that off at Bramble We have yeah, that is what they're doing to begin this movie. It's insufferable It is like so obvious that they're not talking to real people. They're talking to the viewers at home

[00:35:04] It's crazy. Let's talk about the dollar bills thing for a second They have dollar bills from patrons all over the world. I love that a little bit. The problem is is they don't have those Throughout the restaurant. They have them on one board in the restaurant

[00:35:15] That means they have like 12 people that love business to slow down a bit But this is something if you're gonna commit to the dollar bills on the walls

[00:35:23] It's got to cover the wall like it's a it's a vibe. Have you ever been in a place like that with stuff all over the walls? Yeah, yeah, especially no, I don't think dollar bills but dollar bill thing is something that is

[00:35:36] So like a lot of people do it in the south like a lot of like just like dive bars and stuff But you don't just do that be like oh, there's a dollar bill wall right over there

[00:35:43] It's everywhere like it is a bit that is like really leaned into and I will tell you this as someone that owns a small business If you're taking those dollar bills down to pay for something It's over. It's over. It's done. Love ya wish it had worked out

[00:36:02] I'm not Brian over here, but if you're taking all the bills on every wall Dollar bills off of the wall because you are in need of the $30 in cash to make a payment of something you need that day

[00:36:18] It's over. You know what I might do with those it's done at the end of it Like I would shut down every night and all the new dollar bills I might take those down and put up like a fake

[00:36:27] Pocket the cash that sounds like you that sounds more like you take that right to the back Changes her tune on this so quickly because at the beginning she's like I'm never gonna take down the dollar bills

[00:36:37] That's how you know it's over and then like ten minutes later. It's not over The The fact that this movie is like so stale, but it is still written in 2023-24 They should know better than to go my brilliant idea

[00:36:55] For a beer to win this contest is a hop-forward IPA That is that wasn't a cutting-edge idea in 2014 I Mean it just is so far removed and then the guy who's the Somalia of beers or close to it says

[00:37:14] You're exactly right and he says this exact line a holiday IPA will bring mogul Joe's past into the future No, it'll just continue to be in the past and that's fine. But like I thought they were gonna go crazy with the beer

[00:37:28] I did I thought it's 2024. They're not going back to the IPA. Well, they went back to the IPA well She does bring cookies. He's like you went on Martha Stewart on me. She's like no no no these cookies are a palette cleanser So in between trying beers yeah

[00:37:45] Jam your mouth full of this Christmas cookie and that'll make the next beer taste the way it should taste Yeah, I like chocolate in between Yeah Watery is there go to for palette cleansers not Martha Stewart over there. Oh

[00:38:00] Christmas cookies at one point he says you look beautiful and she responds immediately with that's not what I was going for Okay, cool Extra at one point he's on the phone and he's got a meeting at a restaurant and an extra comes over and just points at her

[00:38:14] Watch because she can't talk so she walks into restaurant and just goes. Mmm. That's great And then walks off. It's an all-time. I also don't know what her point is Maybe he has a meeting and it's time Is there like a everyone knows is a one-minute phone?

[00:38:32] I don't know um Two last things first of all she talks to her dad on movie long Which is supposed to be really sweet and the actor in this movie Who's the female lead is doing a great job like she really is yeah

[00:38:44] The one part of this movie that I was like I wish there was a better movie around her She did but at one point she starts having that she goes from talking to him all movie like dad

[00:38:54] I hope we make you proud and well dad. I don't want to lose the bar and then late in the movie She starts having like an argument with her dad like a back-and-forth With him can she hear him responding to her?

[00:39:10] Maybe a bit of better what the home or Lord works in mysterious ways, baby I just it was a weird weird bit and then lastly she goes into this bar to confront this just you say bar bar I did yeah menace named Greg about stealing your beer

[00:39:23] And he goes in the back room for some reason and she takes his beer From the tap yeah pours it out and Cracks open one of hers out of a can and pours it now

[00:39:34] Number one a beer out of the tap is gonna taste way different than a beer and a can I don't need to explain so that's one he would notice the difference immediately, but bigger than that why did she do that?

[00:39:46] Yeah, just a trick him I guess to be like I know it didn't do anything they had a bigger sting in place where she was gonna call on him and and Get his phone and get the recipe from his phone to prove he did it

[00:39:57] None of that hinged on her him drinking her beer the picture would have suffice Yeah, just looking at the phone. It literally isn't the interesting by the way you're drinking my beer

[00:40:07] Why it is it matters the only thing I can think of is maybe he had like convinced himself That it wasn't exactly like maybe it tasted a little bit different

[00:40:17] But if he can't tell the difference then no one can tell the difference kind of thing. Yeah, I guess He's just making a point. It was it was that part of the movie

[00:40:25] I made no sense. It was like Job and the cooler in in the rest of development didn't make any sense at all That's all I got brain

[00:40:30] So for what the home workers where we wonder what could have been maybe I've been some clarity any questions that we still have Boy a lot of this could be wrapped up

[00:40:39] I think in a very Vermont Christmas too, but we don't have that yet. Yeah, so Brian. We will ask the question Yeah, real quick question about did I miss something about a scavenger hunt conversation?

[00:40:50] We know we jumped in on like the end the tail end of a scavenger She's like that sounds like a good scavenger hunter something about a scavenger hunt and then he started doing like a scavenger hunt for her But I didn't catch

[00:41:02] The plan for that they did he explain that at any point that he was gonna start doing a scavenger I feel like I missed something. I'm like, I don't I'm not going back and looking for it We're not tight schedule here

[00:41:16] So yeah, I just wonder I'd like a little more info on what the heck was the first part of that scavenger hunt conversation Yeah, I mean mine is So they do win the competition they are gonna be in

[00:41:28] In fraud the frosties establishment which at the time I thought was just a one this is mine too They're not okay. She turns it down. She turns it. She says no all together She says no, I thought she said no to

[00:41:40] Distribution deal is that they're the same thing a distribution deal is we're gonna pour the beer and distribute it Across the country. I okay I thought that the distribution deal was like a bigger a bigger thing

[00:41:53] But it'll be in the way I understood it was they're gonna pour her beer Okay, my understanding was that it was the winner was gonna get a bee and frosties and but but Schultz offered her a deal like basically become a Schultz beer frosties. I mean

[00:42:09] I mean, I guess there is a little bit of confusion there because Schultz and Schultz Correct Frosty's serves Schultz beer Schultz made the her the offer. Yeah Distributed by Schultz So my understanding was that there she's still gonna be in front but my point is still the same

[00:42:27] She they're a very small Establishment to how much like can they realistically brew before Christmas to be what actually Serve how much is actually gonna sell? I think they're up against it

[00:42:40] I'm worried about them and I think it's I think this is gonna classic you grow too quickly situation You don't have the money and the resources to actually keep up with that growth and the flip side of that The second part of that that I would add is

[00:42:52] You turn down a distribution deal. This is not a we're buying your beer This is because your beer won this contest We will distribute your beer across the country for you in our trucks Any micro brew in the country?

[00:43:06] Would say yes to that right? I kind of felt like it was synonymous with buying them out But you're right. That's not what he says So isn't what he says and it's one of these things where yes micro brews have like integrity and stuff

[00:43:18] But to your point Ryan about Sam Adams or whomever like at some point your next step If you're making your is to get to as bigger just your as you wonder he comes along Hey, we want to put deck the hallmark on all our feats

[00:43:33] Distributed like you would not say no to that. I don't think I don't think I would I think you know But even beer is different like beer is different though

[00:43:44] In my opinion because you're trying to make beer for people to drink like yeah, you have there's not a lot of You want the beer to taste the same? You know I mean for years and years and years and so you don't I don't know

[00:43:56] It just didn't make any sense to me Double-decker of the week is where we dive into the life of a double-decker that signed up for brain will jam plus The double-decker tier or higher they get like you know Facebook group some extra podcasts and stuff and

[00:44:12] Brian invades a personal life and you know airs sometimes their dirty laundry on the air Do we have today dano? Kendra Folsom whoa it's already Kendra Folsom Kendra Folsom yeah I did do a little deep dive into Kendra using the Google plus don't look it up

[00:44:34] And it turns out you know this movie mentioned in a prey ski party after ski you go eat prey Ski party at prey ski party you never heard of this. Oh, I pray ski at prey ski party

[00:44:45] I don't know what you just said at prey is like after and you gotta go to the encyclopedia thing me Sounds like some northern BS it is

[00:44:55] So after a ski parties you ski all day and then at three or four in the afternoon you go into the bar obviously Yeah, and there's a party like I used to work at a radio station

[00:45:05] And we would host at prey ski parties and so for the afternoon. I think they're making this up No, this is a real appraise ski many Why not just say after party because it's an appraise ski party. Oh my god

[00:45:16] Anyway, this for anything else but skiing and bring all party You could The appraib Boss baby party Party wouldn't call it that though. It's funny because Kendra's got She's on the same wavelength as you because she feels like there is an opportunity for other types of appraib parties

[00:45:38] Okay, other events maybe that deserve an appraise called so Kenner's come up with this idea. It's called apricot It's a really straightforward after caught Apricot party so after you sleep You know, that's that that's another call breakfast

[00:45:56] No, this is talking about this is more along the lines of like you should celebrate wins and victories and little moments like that And so one thing that she's realizing Kenner notice after people are caught doing something wrong

[00:46:07] It's not really celebrated for the person who caught so like great call you catch somebody Handed Apricot party time apricot party so anytime somebody catches somebody Blowing so yeah, so like let's say I was trying to like steal your your orange soda

[00:46:29] I'd be like get your hands off that and as soon as you do away from in the hair. Yeah, like you just don't care Yeah Is this one of these things that you've been doing lately and when I say you have in our double-decker's yeah

[00:46:48] Isn't a business. It's just a phrase or a code to live by or is this a business? She's a this is an event planner business So as soon as you catch me the seltzers, you don't start partying

[00:46:59] You're like gotcha and you call you like I need a break on the phone. Yeah immediately You can either have a phone installed apricot Apricot there they are and it's just you start partying and music starts and I mean obviously you're taken away You're not allowed. Yeah

[00:47:18] I can't be and we have the party party. You gotta celebrate the wins. Yeah, that breaks key party We don't know what that was absolutely Well, we did everybody congratulations

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[00:48:11] I mean you're listening to me hi But here they come I promise they're coming. Yep, here they are Happy day