Best of Year 8 - Part 3

[00:00:03] This is a Bramble Jam Podcast.

[00:00:54] I'm a doggy, but I'm back and you know it's better than having Brian do it. You know what I mean? Honestly, yes. A CQ is better than a healthy Brian. Can you imagine Brian in here doing this? Oh, look, I'm Brian. Best ofs are awesome. I like the country. 100%. Hey, it's great to be here again, everybody. We're having a wonderful time remembering the eighth year of this here podcast as we have now ventured into officially our ninth year. So we're celebrating year eight. We're ventured into year nine.

[00:01:24] That's right. We've tipped our toes. We have tipped our toes. We have... What? What's it called? Tipped. We've tipped our toes. Just a little toe-tipping. Yes. Tipping toes. We have dipped our toe into year eight is what I'm trying to say. A toe-tipping. Shout out to the Double Deckers who all year help compile this list.

[00:01:50] Every episode, time stamp and things that they think are worth remembering. And then shout out to an even more exclusive group of Double Dippers. Double Deckers who helped pull the clips for me. This whole intro is best of material. Really? From the time you said I love preview shows. Double Dippers. Double Dippers. It is good to be. Are you ready, Diamond? I'm so ready. All right. Up first, the season eight kickoff, October 17th, 2025.

[00:02:18] I was on a 4th of July parade once as a kid. I dressed up as a clown and I rode my bike. Cool, dude. And I won a dollar. You won a... Did you rob somebody? Did you win a dollar or did some stranger give you a dollar that we need to talk about? We won a dollar. For whom? Yeah, me and my buddy, Henry. One dollar. We won a dollar for best clowns. Who gave the prize? The guy, the folks at the end. Very unofficial. At Brooklyn, Maine. How old were you? I was a kid. Like 14? I don't know.

[00:02:48] Like five. Okay, real kid. Six. Clowning it up. Clowning it up. Best clowns. This sounds like a prize they made up. I'm just saying. I don't think there was a best clowns for a dollar prize. Best hugger. Have you not thought about the fact that it probably was made up for you and Henry? Little Henry. It's not a real prize. How'd you guys spend that dollar? Oh, I went down to the Brooklyn General Store. Yeah. Brought some Tootsie Pops. We've done our top three.

[00:03:18] It's time for bottom three. The good stuff. We've done our tops. It's time to do our bottoms. Let's get together. There's got to be a better way. There's got to be a better way. There's got to be a better way. There's not. Maybe next year. I ran it through all the algorithms. Every possible way you could say it. That's what I came up with. So my first one is single on the 25th. Purely because it's basic.

[00:03:47] Yeah, listening. And for a second, I feel really bad because they're going to crush it. It's based on a song. Is that the listening head outside? Can you bring in those K-cups? You got it. It's based on a song. Bad for the environment. They're getting hot out there? Yes. So they're halfway cooked. Halfway cooked. Halfway ruined. Not before they hit the liquid, though, right? We don't want to. We need that powder. We need that powder. Yeah, we do.

[00:04:17] Yeah, we do. We got boots on the ground in Montana. Let's kick it to them. Live. Yes. Hello. Hello. Ahoy there. How you doing? Ahoy. Hi, you matey. You doing all right? Who are you? Can I? Who are you? This is Captain Jack. This is Captain Jack from? Yes. From? From Billings, Montana. Okay. Captain Jack from Billings, Montana. Ahoy. Ahoy, Brian. You are.

[00:04:47] Ahoy, Brian. Ahoy. Brian, ahoy to you. Ahoy. That's right. Captain Jack is boots on the ground. Okay, Captain Jack, you are. You is boots on the ground. Captain Jack is boots on the ground. All right, give us. I'm not even going to get into it. Ahoy. Ahoy. Give us the rundown. What's it like out there? It is at least 12-sided. I've got one flake here. Yep. It's a real mother. Wow. Yeah, it's a big boy. What's the most sighted snowflake you've seen with your own eyes? I think 100, probably. That's it?

[00:05:17] Yeah, that was out at sea, you mateys. Sure. Ahoy. Yeah, you're right. We all had a touch of the scurvy, but those snowflakes were big ones. They were big boys. Yes, sir. Ahoy, Brian. Ahoy. Ahoy. How often do you get out there into the sea? Get out where? Out and about? No, the sea. I'm known to get into a rave or two. No, the sea. Bump and grind a little bit. Half a check. The sea. How often do you get out to sea?

[00:05:42] Oh, you know, I try to go on my yearly, my yearly pirate, my yearly piracy. I just want to make sure that you get out. It's a yearly piracy. That's right. Hey, why? I got a joke for you. Ahoy. Ahoy. Why are pirates so bad at the alphabet? Because they get lost at sea. Ahoy. Pretty good. That's pretty good. Ahoy. Brian, ahoy. Ahoy. Snow's on the ground. No brain can't confirm. All right. Thank you. Boots on the ground. Billings, Montana. Captain Jack's out of here. Ahoy to you as well. Ahoy.

[00:06:12] Is he a pirate? I know. It feels even worse than it is. And I just like. This is one of the most insulting bottoms of all time. For someone who loves tradition, this is ridiculous. Joe Pantoliano and Steve Schrippa in this cast. I'm just saying. Are you kidding me right now? I would have rather given us time slot to a new fresh eye. I get that.

[00:06:38] Brian, your second one wasn't bad, but you guys are just being lazy here. You don't want to pick movies you're actually not excited about. This is clearly one of the best. I am excited about all 24, Dan. There's literally not one movie on this list I'm not excited for. Brad made up this list that he had to participate in. I made up this dumb idea for an episode and I have to participate even though I don't even mean what I'm saying. I'm pumped for this movie. It's time to start freaking.

[00:07:08] It's the part of this, the bit of the show is I love the movies. I did look at the list. I say all 24 sound good to brand. So no, I don't mean it. A Royal Montana Christmas, October 20th, 2025. Wow. I love that intro. How about that? Season eight. Season eight. Season eight. Season three. Season eight. Seasons deck the home. It's unbelievable.

[00:07:36] It's unbelievable that we're here. It's unbelievable that we're recording this live at our marathon, Dan. This is big. We spotlighted. We spotlighted. We spot lips. Maybe Santa, Chicago, Illinois. Broke a record. A record. Raised over at this time over $33,000. That's right. For that charity for families in need in Chicago, Illinois. All while hanging out, staying up all night, almost 29 straight hours, and then finishing

[00:08:06] it off with a Royal Montana. Oh my gosh. It's been phenomenal. It's been phenomenal. Brand final total before we say Merry Christmas. Yeah? $33,426. What? Guys. We love you. Where's that? What an amazing, amazing accomplishment. Look at that. Oh. That's good. Christmas Angel Match, October 21st, 2025. Yeah. Hot chocolate feels, obviously. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:08:36] Absolutely. I didn't know this was going to be the season of hot chocolate, but it is. Sign me up. Yeah. And it's because of this movie. This movie kicked it off just right with the hot chocolate. Let's try Chococlock this year. Where we try different hot chocolate clocks. Rolls right off the tongue. Boy. What if you got an ice cold eggnog and then you did six ounces of the pumpkin spice in there? Stop it. Can we pause this and come back? Am I just creating the best stuff? Is Nog out yet? Yeah. It's got to be. I haven't. It's October?

[00:09:04] Look on the app. Look on the Walmart app. Just give them something else. Yeah. Yeah. So yeah. Yeah. Hot chocolate feels all around, I feel like. Yes. Yeah. I'm going to second that, Brian. Thank you. When he shows up with that, that's what started this whole day for us is when he showed up with that mug with the whipped cream on top. I said to you, dude, I could, I can't believe I'm saying this because it's not Christmas season yet. I could go for hot chocolate and then you made it happen, Brian. It's a trilogy.

[00:09:34] It's a triumph. Yep. Yes. For me, hot chocolate as well also, but also I did think that the Andrew Rommel is really dope and I thought they did a great job on that. Nog is out. Let's take a. Nog is out. Nog is out. Nog is out, everybody. Do you mean Nog is in? Nog is in stores. Nog is out so that it is in. It has been released. Nog is out and it's in our hearts. So that was just a really big thing for me. Like I just didn't understand the rules on earth and in this movie and in life. There's a lot of things I just, if you guys can help. No, no, no. Send your emails. Yeah.

[00:10:05] Lineups to brian at deckthelmering.com. Sign him up for all kinds of stuff. He's big into like archery and hunting. He loves it. Yeah. Good luck getting into my email box at this point. I'm still getting things. I feel like there are new listeners just getting to that, those episodes where you guys were because all of a sudden I'll just get a handful of just like random. Or the ones that you got signed up for sold at your email address. Oh, that's true. They could be just feeding itself. Yeah. A little compounding there.

[00:10:35] She says that hot chocolate is not angelic. Okay. Who do you think you are? You haven't had the pumpkin spice hot chocolate cake cup. Guys, I know it sounds like we invented the cake cup. And we did. We maybe. Maybe. Who can say? I mean, we got a printer. It almost works. Everybody's like, guys, cake cups have been around for 20 years now. Yeah. Not here. Not in our office. We just got one because of the marathon. And it's magic.

[00:11:02] And if that's not angelic, then I don't want to be an angel. I have no interest in that. Hard pass. The marathon's a bit of a blur. But did we perhaps try the hot chocolate and eggnog mixture at the marathon? And we just forgot all about it? Dude, I think we did. It was a blur. It was so good. And I don't want to spoil it because, frankly, I don't remember a whole lot of that experience. No, it was a lot. 30 hours. But I feel like we did that and can confirm. I think that we invented it here.

[00:11:32] We went back and did it there. And then that memory just got loaded into here. Mighty Monday's rankings, October 22nd, 2025. We had to create all new tiers for this. Yeah, of course. And so here's what we have come up with. The lowest of the low is You're Killing Me Smalls. You're Killing Me Smalls. That's right. Will Smalls end up in the You're Killing Me Smalls tier? I mean, really? That is something to keep an eye on.

[00:11:59] Goldberg is second worst, which also, where will Goldberg land? We don't know. We don't know. Hey, it could happen. It could happen. Right down the middle. Yep. Funky but loving is the second best. I maybe would have done a redraft on that one, but. I wasn't consulted on this part of the exercise, but that's fine. You think I should change it? Can you change it?

[00:12:31] I have to go back to the. Should we change it? And then I believe I can fly. That's better. Well, although maybe not. We are. We're doing the best that we can. I mean, should I change the butt one? I honestly, when we were coming up with, I forgot that with this, this was about the kids. I'll be honest with you. I think maybe we need to change the top two. Now that I see them like this.

[00:12:59] My problem was my suggestion. Yeah. The pitcher's got a big butt, which doesn't make it any better. No. How about number one, Cubs win the pennant. Cubs win the pennant. Hold on. Edit. Edits. Here we go. Even though they don't, they just win the division. Yeah. That's number one. Cubs. Cubs win the pennant. Yes. Is that apostrophe S? No. No. Cubs win the pennant. Yeah.

[00:13:28] P-E-N-N-A-N-T. P-E-N-N-A-N-T. You did great. And then we are changing funky, funky butt loving. Careful there. Yeah. How about. Hey, batter, batter, batter. Like, you know. Hey, go to go to go to. We could do. There's no crying in baseball. There's no crying in baseball. There's no crying in baseball. Yeah. No? What do you like? I'm cool with that. Yeah. I mean, quack, quack. Let's go.

[00:13:58] Oh, quack, quack, quack's not bad. Quack, quack, quack. That's pretty good. Yeah. I like quack, quack, quack, quack. Because that sticks with the kids. There we go. Yeah. Let's do that. Quack, quack. Okay. I feel much better about this. Yeah. All right. As we said from the beginning. From the beginning. It is. You're killing me small. That's right. Then Goldberg. That it could happen. It didn't save it. So that's fun. Let's go.

[00:14:28] Updating. So. We're up against it. We're up against it. I've refreshed it many times. Okay. I mean, I could try to close out. You know what? We are. We're here. Everyone knows. Close out. All right. I was going to say everyone knows our intentions, but. Guys, I've got it figured out. We were in. We good? Great. Yes. But something changed. I'll move this. Okay. We're good. We're good. You're killing me small.

[00:14:57] Goldberg. It could happen. Quack, quack, quack. And Cubs wouldn't depend. That's what we have. And that's what it was from the beginning. From the beginning. We never said it another way. And there won't be a clever edit here at any point. No. Uh-uh. No. No. No. No. Connie Moreau. Not the cat. Connie. This is Connie. Yeah. I mean. Yeah. Goldberg? We don't see her do a lot. Yeah. See, I would argue that Connie is a glue girl for the Ducks. She gets a lot of playing time.

[00:15:27] Dwayne has to rope her. Her poser in D2. Sure. Dwayne's got a roper. You know what I mean? Yeah. That should have been one of the tiers. Why don't we think about that? Uh, oh, he's stripping in the pen. Nope. That wouldn't work either. Goldberg is probably Goldberg. Um, except. Can you say it one more time though, but say it correctly. Goldberg is probably Goldberg. No. Say the tier name correctly.

[00:15:57] Goldberg is probably Goldberg. Thank you. There we go. I don't know what you do. The extra letters aren't there for no reason. I just want to let you know in the Bramble Gym Plus dot com chat. That's what we're calling it. It's sponsored by, I guess. Mixed reviews on this ranking athletes thing. Someone, Holly says, is this one of the dumbest things we've ever done? Yes. But that doesn't mean that it doesn't matter.

[00:16:22] Erin Chase says she's watching live and she came into the recording with us talking smack. And that was true. Yes. Lisa Farone says, any kid with a fastball over 100 would definitely be high on the list. She gets it. She understands. That's right. Summer says, I love the Mighty Ducks. I love the Mighty Ducks, but Charlie Conway is a trash player. Oh my God. He's a trash player. You know. Up TV Christmas preview show, October 23rd, 2025. Hi, I'm Bran and I love preview shows.

[00:16:51] I'm Ryan and I freaking love preview shows. I'm Dan and welcome to hell. And this is the day. Thank you. Kerry has just two days to come up with nine months of missing mortgage payments or be forced to float or be foreclosed upon. That's very different than be forced to float. I will say like, not a bad name for an up TV film. That's true. Forced to float. Yeah. Express summer.

[00:17:21] You know, we're really foreclosing is the, you know, you're being forced to float. You're going to float into the underworld. It's a floating APR. Charming developer, John Dunn has been calling. No man's an island. You know what I mean? Has been calling Kerry from afar for a while. What? Why? Oh, he's calling from afar. He's charming developer. Well, he's been calling. He doesn't live there. So he calls her on the darn all phone calls from afar. Like 1-900-COLAT? I don't know where he lives, guys.

[00:17:52] All I know is that now. He's like across the park and he's like, Kerry! Kirby! Come in! Who's calling me from afar? Does anyone know? Don't got to worry about that, though, because now he is here in person to make an offer on the ranch she can hardly refuse. Can Kerry raise enough funds before the deadline to save her home? Or will she be- I'm going to make him an offer she can hardly refuse. I'm going to work really hard to do that. You know that classic saying?

[00:18:21] Or will she be forced to sell to John, who hasn't been entirely truthful about how he came to be there? What does that mean? Did he tell her he teleported? Is he not a real person? I know I'm close to you now instead of far. But I'm not telling you how I got here. I'm not going to tell you. It was a bust. There might be some pressure on these synopsis writers now.

[00:18:45] They don't want people to think they're using AI, so they're really just going out of their way to make it as unintelligible as possible. Underground tunnel is a Bugs Bunny Albuquerque thing. That's how I got here. Can't give that movie- I have- Brandon, I just want you to sit in the ridiculousness of your statement. I heard- You can't get a half- You can't get a half- You can't get a half- Up TV wouldn't air these movies back-to-back if she wasn't going to deliver it. That's what you said. That's what you said.

[00:19:14] I'm not saying that this is going to be a good movie, although I think it's possible. Like somebody put a lot of thought into it. Should we move? It's like Lorne Michaels with the postcards. Should we? Well, we got the Coens on week three and ten. What should we do? Should we back? We wouldn't go back-to-back. She's going to deliver. Let's go back-to-back, Coens. All I'm saying is you have 12, and they chose to do it this way for a reason. Dan, you- Do you honestly think that that movie, Saving the Christmas Ranch, sounds equally as bad as a Royal Christmas Banner? I think it-

[00:19:44] No, I think the Christmas one sounds worse, but that's not how we do this. Well, I'm just asking, can you- If I was giving it a- If I had seen the movies, then I would give them different scores. No, no, but based off of the synopsis, you would at least admit that it sounds like it could be better, so maybe half. But there's more than one zero. Can you half? For Cohen. It's Cohen in two movies. Okay. One sounds a little better. Am I in a bad mood? Because I do feel like this is the bottom of the barrel. The rock bottom of the barrel is an UpTV Christmas preview episode. Yes. Glad to be here.

[00:20:13] Should I have creamed the Joey Lawrence movie? Yes. Do I have anything against Ms. Cohen? No, I do not. I'm sure she's lovely. And you know what? I bet UpTV's banking on that. And they go back-to-back great ones. Zero for me. I'm sorry. It's a range. I really thought he was going to go half. Oh, that was mean. Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper. October 28th, 2025. And so I say all that to say, I like the movie. Oh! Oh, boy. Dan. Dan. I like the movie. Yeah. Careful.

[00:20:42] Dan liked the movie. Dan liked the movie. Dan liked the movie. Dan liked the movie. What did he like? He liked the movie. What did he like now? He liked the movie. How did he like it? He liked it a lot, it seems like. Yeah, sure. He liked the movie. That was good, guys. Yeah. It was really good. It's been a while since you had to break that out. That was really good. Yeah. That felt really good.

[00:21:14] You have to, 100% of the time, tell people when you put peanuts or peanut butter in your gingerbread cookies or any other cookie. Of all the things in this movie. It's nothing sacred. Yeah. But of all the things in this movie where it is a bit and you don't really have any wait what's because of that. Yeah. That one was very forced. Like, it's either a wait what, because you've got to let, it's a gingerbread cookie, guys. Yeah. Or you have to just say that the writing of the ways to get him to ingest peanut butter, that was not the best.

[00:21:45] Right. Yeah. That one made me roll my eyes pretty good. Yeah. And then EpiPen, he was basically fine. Yeah. Which EpiPen just gets you to the emergency room, right? Yeah. You still need treatment after that. I've never had that. I don't even, yeah. You always look around constantly. And we try to give him peanuts all the time. I've dodged it pretty good. I don't even understand. Swake my baked good later this week. That flavor of gingerbread and peanut, I don't even know if it would taste good. How would that even work? It didn't work in my mind's mouth. I don't like the idea of it. In my mind's mouth? I just feel like gingerbread is gingerbread and there's nothing else to it.

[00:22:15] You can't make a peanut butter gingerbread cookie unless you call it a peanut butter gingerbread cookie. In this economy, have you been to an elementary school? When she's mad at Ted, right? And she's like, Ted tells him off and she's about to leave. And she says, Merry Christmas, Ted. Dude, this was one of mine. Guys, come on. You're right there. The name of the movie is Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper. Why didn't they do it? Just wrong. Just, it hurt me. It felt like it was incomplete.

[00:22:44] The name of the movie is Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper. I was sad when she started it. I started to say it with her. And then I was left out in the cold. Like Ted Cooper on it. Yeah, with his windbreaker. With his windbreaker. Middle of the night. Merry Christmas, Ted. I would have loved if she walked away and came back and went, Cooper. Like, I would have loved it. It was right there. Just Merry Christmas. You got to say Cooper. You got to. You got to say Cooper. Finding Mr. Christmas, season two, episode one, October 29th, 2025. All right. Give me balls really quickly. Sure. Okay. What are you doing? I want to talk.

[00:23:16] Oh. Just deal with it. Do these balls look familiar to you? Okay. They say Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Yeah. Do these Merry Christmas balls look familiar to you? I think I've seen them before. But not on our set. Not on our set. Brain made me rewind it. These same balls. These same balls. Are on the outside of the door when you're about to walk in to the front of Mr. Christmas house.

[00:23:45] It's these balls, but significantly larger. Way bigger balls. Yeah. Wow. And we were told. I'll air this laundry. We were told Balsam Hill didn't have the money this year. Last year. No. To come around, and this year. Yeah. To come around and hang out with your old pals at Deck the Hallmark. Guess what? Right. They couldn't be more in this episode. They were busy hanging out with their big balls over at Firenze. If you're going to send us the Merry Christmas balls, give us the big ones.

[00:24:15] Give us the big balls. Yeah. Well, now there's a precedent. Now you know where they are. Maybe there's only one set. Maybe I thought these were the biggest balls. Right. Well, I mean, I think those are on the poster, too. Yeah. Yes. Next, we have Gay Robbie with a dead mother. That's not his full name. Gay Robbie with a dead mother. That actually is what Hallmark put on the picture. It says, Robbie. Yeah, it says all that.

[00:24:44] No, it says the Mr. What is that? Scene Stealer. Scene Stealer. You need to get your eyes checked, buddy. Scene Stealer? Scene Stealer. Wow. Okay. Oh, Mr. Scene Stealer. I love that he watches Hallmark with his mom and have those good memories. But did watching Hallmark movies with his mom make him gay like Paula Abdul made me gay? I wonder. You can't help but wonder. He got the character. He's Wizard Santa.

[00:25:14] Patrick. I think he doesn't understand what a Hallmark hunk is. Yeah. So, yeah. You got to show your face. Yeah. Wizard Santa, aside from Dog Santa and Penguin Santa, Wizard Santa, most embarrassing. Those three, all three of you need to think about your choices. You need to think about your life choices, what led you to this moment. And then you had all the time. I guarantee you they gave you more than 30 minutes. You guys aren't winning any, you know, mints and challenges.

[00:25:40] You chose Dog, Wizard, and Penguin Santa. You can't do that. You can't do it. They made for life. In Wyoming. Yeah. Baked with Love, Holiday, Season 1, Episode 1, October 30th, 2025. But you don't miss any of the play. Like, Dan, you did a great job. The ratio of chocolate to pumpkin is pretty perfect. Thanks, man. I did it. I do think, like, I wouldn't write home about the crust, but it's a crust.

[00:26:10] The top crust just isn't brown enough. It just isn't brown enough. But it's a crust. It's not bad. You did it. Yeah. You know what? It's not. It's not a quiche. Not a quiche. It's not a quiche. Guys, I'm really proud of both of you. You guys both did a great job. I'm as shocked as anybody. Just say that. I mean, I'd like to thank all my family, my friends. Of course, yeah. My wife who kept telling me, no, don't use that. Who did it for you? No, I did it. I swear I wish we had more video. I worked so hard on this pie. You can tell. There's a lot of work.

[00:26:38] Ultimately, obviously, I'm the only one that matters here. Yeah. Am I judging? Yeah. What are your thoughts, guys? Down at the bottom, the cinnamon is there. That's what I'm saying. The deeper you go, I think part of the problem with it is it's so much apples. It's such a thick pie. Yep. That is hard to coat all of those with an equal amount of cinnamon and sugar and whatnot. And so the deeper you go, the better it gets with that. So there is that. I want Brian's crust with my pie filler. That's exactly right. That's exactly right.

[00:27:08] But I got to be honest. I'm going to eat the rest. Like I did. It's a good pie. Man. You made a really good job. You guys did a great job. What a great. You made a really great pie. But you know what? Dan, I know that you said all you want to do is win one. Here you are. And I also know you. You're a competitive core. Now that he's got the taste for it. Now you want to win. Now you want to win. Now that I prove myself, I can do it. You got eight episodes to prove yourself. This is very serious stuff. The Great Christmas Snow In, November 3rd, 2025.

[00:27:36] Him saying, it's a magnanimous moment. And she says, I love you. No. You said you told me you love me. Fade to black. Fade to black. And that's my first life. That's one guy. The Great Christmas Snow In. We did it. It's a magnanimous moment. Yeah, that. This is one magnanimous moment right here. That was really weird. We'll talk about that during the wait up. Wait what, I'm sure. Wait up. Don't wait up. That might be something. That might be something.

[00:28:07] Let's percolate on that a little bit. Wait what is now? Wait up. Wait up. What the homework is now? What up? What up? It's wait up and what up? What up? Home. I hated that. That made me. I didn't like it. It's time for the wait up. Hey, wait up, guys. Wait up. Wait up. Wait up. Wait up. Wait up. Hold up. Wait up. Have you ever watched an up movie and you've just been like, wait up? That's what this is. It's the wait what. You're welcome.

[00:28:36] That's what we're trying to get to. It's the things that this movie. But electricity. It was electric. That's right. Am I wrong in the fact that her romance novel that she's not yet published or she did publish is about two first cousins? That's the way I understand that after he reads it. I don't believe they are the ones in her romantic entanglement. He said you turn kissing cousins into killing cousins. I'm pretty sure that those two cousins do it in that book.

[00:29:04] Look, I'm pretty sure she wrote a book, an ancestral book. So I've pulled up the clip where he talks through the plot of the book. So let's listen closely and hear what the plot of this book is, okay? Love it. Cannot wait for my next assignment. I don't believe you.

[00:29:31] You know, I was really shocked that Rachel agreed to a second date with Tom to exact the revenge of the man who killed her second cousin, only to unexpectedly fall in love with Tom, but then realize that it was a forbidden love. And why is that? Because Tom ended up being her first cousin. Oh, wow. Okay. But you didn't see that coming. I don't know how you did it. You managed to turn kissing cousins into killing cousins. I can't. Her book is about her. Her book is about two cousins doing it. I mean, guys. And they just snuck that in there. He loved it, too.

[00:30:01] He loved it. Tarzan and Jane are cousins, I would assume on the human side. Zorro, that woman with Zorro, cousins. Cousins. First cousins. First cousins. First cousins. Not even second cousins. You killed my second cousin. Yeah. Turns out they're cousins, gang. You turned kissing cousins into killing cousins. Killing cousins.

[00:30:29] Yeah, because that's her cousin's ex. Oh, I thought she also knew his songs. I'm sure she does. Cousins' ex-fiancee's. Kissing cousins. The killing cousins. Kissing cousins. That's right. That album was crazy. Kissing cousins, the album. Yeah. Can you imagine if at the end of this we found out that they are cousins? Yeah. Accidentally. Yikes. Like whoopsie daisies. Yeah. To discover they are first cousins. That was magnanimous. It's magnanimous. Yeah. 100%. It's a magnanimous moment. Yeah. Love you.

[00:30:59] So we've Christmas on duty. November 4th, 2025. Tell everybody really quick about what you did. Brian, you're not going to blame. Brian, what did you do over the weekend? Tell everybody. This weekend. Tell everybody. Be honest. I'm a little nervous about it. A little nervous. I'm also just angry about it. Yeah. I'm mad. Yeah. What'd you do? What did I do? What'd you do? I don't want to make you guys feel bad. What'd you do, Brian? I don't want to make you guys feel inferior. Just say what you did. It's easy.

[00:31:28] It's like this. I get this reputation of high on the horse. Just tell everybody. Um. I sponsored a star. You sponsored a star. You sponsored a star. You named a star in the sky after yourself? What'd you name it? Be honest. Bright and shiny. What did you name the star? Brian's the best baker. Brian's the best baker. So we're doing cakes this week. We're doing cakes this week.

[00:31:57] There was a cake splatter in this that was just embarrassing. Like if you're going to. Offensive. Are you kidding? That's not a cake. That's two bakers. Two cake bakers. Come on. Multiple cakes. I feel like I'm in the kitchen more than I'm not. Now. Yeah. That cake flew and what landed was battered. Yeah. Like nothing. It was not even close. In the air, that cake went from cake. Yeah. It was Benjamin Button. Yeah. It was going backwards. That was not cake. That was brutal.

[00:32:27] Because like that's a funny. If you're going to do that, just throw some cake on the guy. Frosting and cake. Use true batter at them. Yeah. It was tough. I hated to see that. It was brutal. You know, as someone who has seen this week's episode, sometimes if you don't let the cake cool. And boy, do I know it. You can't ice that sucker. It gets mushy. And so maybe that's what happened. Maybe they were up against it. Maybe. Maybe. We weren't there. We weren't.

[00:32:55] Her dad is baking, as you mentioned, with her best friend. Sure. She left so that her dad's not alone. And he says baking is just as precise as war, if not more so. That's the part that gets you in trouble there. And I hope not. I mean, yeah. I hope not. I said 100%. 100%. You know, 100%? It's 100%. The ramifications of an imprecise bake? Forget about it. Whereas war... Far exceed. Yeah.

[00:33:25] You know, who cares if you drop the bomb a couple hundred yards? Precision doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. Horses and hand grenades. The only... Spoiler. I got out powdered sugar to make some frosting. And my wife looked up from the table and went, that's bread flour. That could have really cost me this week. Really could have. Man, good thing she was keeping an eye on that. We're supposed to have no help, though. Right? I feel like that is a... Well, like in the show, though, they do have partners. We haven't said that. Is that help?

[00:33:55] That's not help. I will say, I think like maybe after the halfway point of the season, no more help from anybody. How is that help? She just put that bread flour, but she didn't pour the bread. I don't think... I think after the halfway point, no more outside interference. No one would put from anybody. How is that possible? I live in a house full of people. They never leave. You have to put them in a hotel for the weekend. This is quickly getting away from an animal altogether. We were renting a commercial kitchen. We were just bankrupt.

[00:34:24] But we did the banking. That we did. And that's what counts. I... A Newport Christmas, November 5th, 2025. Hi, I'm Brian, and I love Hallmark Christmas movies. I'm Brian, and I like Hallmark Christmas movies. I'm Dan, and I despise Hallmark Christmas movies. I'm Jen, and I would like a refund from Hallmark Plus' crappy app. And this is the Tech to Hallmark Podcast.

[00:34:51] We're so happy you're here because we just heard that you bought our book. And I know that that was... So we did sell a copy. That's the good news. We sold one copy. That's what got us to number one on the rural life charts on Amazon. That was pretty big for us. I found out we're 90 on something. We've dropped. It was the same list we've dropped. And I put that on the readers. Sure. That's really on them. They've really slowed down. I know that you haven't read it yet, Jen. But imagine... No, it hasn't arrived yet. Imagine that you have.

[00:35:19] Like, tell everybody about how amazing it is. Well, it's really funny, first of all. Yeah. It's heavy on the calm. It's wrong calm. Heavy on the calm. Yes. Yeah. And you know, when you're reading a book, if you think about it, you're not often LOLing. But this is a book that you will laugh out loud reading. There you go. And it's a page turner. You do have to turn the pages. Yeah. It's true. It is a page turner. It's not automatically turned. But you know, with these movies, they all follow a formula.

[00:35:47] And even though we all know the formula, when you see it in book form, it really is a page turner. I mean, it really makes you want to know what happens next, even if you can kind of guess because it's just like a movie. But it's not. It has twists and surprises. And it's heartwarming. And it's really fun to read it in book form, especially if, you know, you've. It's the same. Like if you watch these movies, you watch them to just get into the spirit and to relax after a long day. And why not do that with a book?

[00:36:17] You know what? I was so invested by what you were about to say that I forgot that you haven't read it yet. Yeah. She's doing an amazing job for someone that hasn't read the book. And by the way, I think everyone should just. Let's say you're not a big reader. I know you've got the audio version, but you should still buy the physical copy and put it on your coffee table as a decoration. Right under your other book. It's a good looking book.

[00:36:43] Finding Mr. Christmas season two, episode two, November 6th, 2025. Stop talking about the Santa Claus challenge. So you know, I'm a huge fan of the Santa Claus challenge. Yeah. Big fan. Right. Santini. Santini. Santini. Santini, tell us about Oh Christmas Tree. Oh my God. You would not believe it. Santini. Santini, tell me. Hey, we wrote a book. Hey, we wrote a book. You hear? I think you hear a Southern. Whoa. We hear? It's called Oh Christmas Tree.

[00:37:12] You can pick it up wherever you buy books. Get it. Rom-com heavy on the come. Audio book. Audiobook narrated by yours truly. Yeah. Say something about it. Dare you. Dare you. Santini coming at you. E-book, got it. That's right. Paperback, you bet. I've been banned from accents otherwise. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I jump in. I do this too. I understand. The accents, I've been banned. I understand. Yeah.

[00:37:40] And if you didn't see it, I'm wearing flannel today because it seems like all the men in the show have a high flannel count. Yeah, high flannel count. Yeah, you can. I mean, that's a nice flannel. Can you stand up a little bit so we can see if we'll. There we go. That's good. And then do a little twirl. That's working. That's nice. Look at this guy. It's a great flannel. It's really a nice shirt, man. Thanks, guys. Yeah. You know, I'm ready for season three. You know, is your boyfriend supportive of that flannel?

[00:38:09] So supportive. You're like, unbelievable. You can imagine how much support I'm getting. Most supportive. Craig's going to be Comet. Robbie's going to be Dancer. Jonathan says, of course. And I don't know. That is rude. That is rude. It did feel rude. But why? I wrote in all caps, gay. I mean. But what is so much? What's gayer about Dancer than any of the other ones? Well, you're right. There is Prancer. But Prancer, there's a lot of.

[00:38:39] And Vixen, you're right. We can't do this, but you can. Exactly. Rank the reindeer from gay is the least gay. Gayest to straightest. Yeah. Okay. Gayest to straightest. So the gayest one is Prancer, of course. Yeah. Coming in second is Dancer. Dancer's definitely up there. Cupid is pretty gay. Vixen. Obviously gay. Then we got a Dasher.

[00:39:09] A dash of sugar. A dash of spice. Everything nice. We got Comet. Comet seems pretty straight to me. Comet seems pretty straight. Donner, of course, is very straight. And then there's one more. Blitzen. Oh, Blitzen. Blitzen. Totally straight. Yeah. And then Rudolph. Rudolph. Rudolph. Rudolph is non-binary. Non-binary. Not in the list. Shout out. There you go. Not in the list. Official ranking. Yeah. Yeah. That tracks. And that explains Robbie says Dancer.

[00:39:39] Jonathan says, of course. Of course. Of course. Of course. Insane thing to say. What a thing to say out loud. That's why we love Jonathan Bennett. Some gave performance this episode, Patrick. So he said, if ever you're a model and you're given the opportunity to use a prop, say yes. Just say yes to the prop. Just say yes. And that's good advice. I think in acting also, you should have a prop.

[00:40:07] Like in many, many Lifetime movies, you have a two by four. You have a gun. You have a syringe. You know, these are things that. A syringe, a gun, a two by four. You have a ginormous just wood plank. Are you. Yeah. Are you hacksaw Jim Duggan? Hey. What in the world happened where you're acting with a two by four? I don't make the rules over a lifetime.

[00:40:37] I just report on them. A syringe, a gun, and a two by four. That's the three big ones. Danny, which one do you want this scene? Give me the two by four. Give me the two by four. Bring me the two by four. I mean, one of them. Yes. Yes. You can read into Penguin Santa. You can read into this what you want to. That's right. Yeah, this is on our Instagram. We posted the reel about Penguin Santa. Me making fun of Penguin Santa. Yes. Yes. Gabe commented and said, Penguin Santa here, this made me laugh so hard.

[00:41:06] Can't really argue with you. Good sport. Great sport. Dan replies, says, what a trooper. Thanks for being a good sport. I'm here for a comeback story. To which, and you can read into this if you want to. JB, Jonathan Bennett replies and says, it's a good one. It's a good one. I said, I'm here. Talking about the comeback story. I'm here for a comeback story. And Jonathan Bennett said, it's a good one. So you get the feeling that Gabe is going to be around a while.

[00:41:36] That, that is kind of the feeling. That's implied. That's implied. And that also implies that Jonathan Bennett knows who I am. Wow. This is such a great day. It's a great day. Anything you want to say? Anything you want to say to JB? I've waited my whole life for Jonathan Bennett to know who I am. I wonder what took so long. You know, I've been here the whole time. So, you know, our paths would cross eventually. And here we are. Baked with Love Holiday Season 1 Episode 2 November 7th, 2025.

[00:42:04] You have to have a little bit of both. You have to transform them into an edible cookie wreath. Okay. Which means that the base has to be a cookie as well. And you have an hour and 30 minutes to do that. Okay. I'd still rather do that than what we did. Correct. Which is why we assigned you the harder one. The 3D stand-up Christmas tree cake. Yes. Guys, people aren't here to watch you have fun. I will say this. The pie one, I was like, I can't wait to do this eight weeks in a row.

[00:42:32] And this one, I was like, I don't want to do this anymore. Again, I don't want to do another one. Tap out. Who else wants to try? Well, we're in a competition, guys. I'm in too deep. What's going to be great is if Brian loses this week, he's going to lose on purpose the next two weeks. He doesn't have to do it anymore. Mathematically, I can't. I can't. He just lays down. Sports works. You stop showing up. And then I would be a baking competition winner, at which point I would also retire. That's exactly right. It's like Christmas movie magic.

[00:43:02] Never lost. That's right. I'm undefeated. It doesn't matter if you cross the side. This is what Anna says. Anna says, Renee and Sade are such amazing storytellers that they deserve to stay another day. But is the prize best storytelling? It's a baking carpet. It's called Baking for Love. Baked with Love. Whatever the heck the show's called. It's not called Storytime with the folks. With the folks. Storytime with the baking folks. Armand is so proud of his mom. Yeah.

[00:43:32] He tasted the cake and it was so good. Shout out, Mom. Great son. Renee and Sade live to see another day. If they come into week three and they have one more bad round, it has to be it for them. You've got to find out. They have the potential. They are great storytellers. If you can match their storytelling with an even decent cake, Amy's going to be blown away. And only seven groups left after two weeks. That's it. Man. It's going to be wild.

[00:44:01] Obviously, shout out Debbie and Kristen. Hope you're okay. Shout out. Yeah. Shout out. Hope you're okay. For sure. Yeah. Let us know in the comments. Yeah. Let us know in the comments. Yeah. For sure. Netflix preview show, November 9th, 2025. I will say this. We have, over the course of our longstanding friendship, we've asked you to eat dog food, sleep on the floor, fly out of Newark, all of which you said that you would appreciate, like you would prefer to do those things.

[00:44:31] You immediately, but not doing the Netflix movies, that is where you finally were like, I got to speak up here. This is how you know that I do actually have boundaries. That's right. I do speak up when I'm not into something. That's right. I was like, you know what? No. I don't want to do that. I think I will say that. And it was, yeah, you say it's Alonzo, but this was more about Up TV and you know it and I know it. We both know it and that's fine. You don't have to say it. We both know it. Dan,

[00:45:00] like you though, the Netflix ones are my favorite. So it really is like that thing of like, it's not, if it was Up TV or nothing, you know I do Up TV. That's how I live my career. You know? that's true. Director Steve Carr. These are just a few of the credits. Oh no. Uh oh, shoot. Paul Blart Mall Cop. Yeah, heck yeah, man. Daddy Daycare. Oh my God. I love both of those movies. Dr. Doolittle 2.

[00:45:29] Oh no. So season veteran of comedy is what you're saying. Yeah, yeah, Paul Blart Mall Cop makes me laugh so hard and I apologize. Oh yeah, you should. You should. You should. I often will allow you to like what you like, but that one, that one should apologize for. So yeah, I'm going to go to not good. Didn't like that one. We saw in the theater. it's a bad one.

[00:45:57] I do like Nick Jonas as an actor. Yeah. He was good in this really good, this indie movie called Goat. He was on this TV show Kingdom. Kingdom, I talk about Kingdom every chance I get and he's great in it. Okay. I never saw the show, but he was, his body was off the hook in that show. It's a game. And he would show it off a lot in his life. Yeah, I thought I was finally going to get to talk to someone about Kingdom. He just, just Nick Jonas's body. Well, that's how you know it's a good body

[00:46:25] when you don't even have to see the show and you know about the body. I was like, I'm covered. I don't know what else the show tells me. I was like, oh, I know his body of work. It's a show about MMA fighting family that runs a gym and that's what the show's about. Oh. Yeah. So he, yeah, so his body probably And his character winds up being gay on that show? Yes. That's a, pretty big reveal there, but yes. Yes. Sorry to spoil a 10 year old show. I don't know. You should be. Anyway, so Royal Christmas Manor,

[00:46:55] November 20th, 2025. Do we need to, do we need to talk about what we teased last week? What did we tease last week? The old, Oh, the story. Christmas break-in. Yeah. Christmas break-in. Has that been done? Great Christmas break-in. The great Christmas break-in. Or just Christmas break-in. We'll do. Yes. Okay. So we, Ryguy, we got, we got finished with the marathon. Yes. And we, you were staying at my house. I appreciate it. My manor.

[00:47:25] Yes. If you will. If you will. As one does. Yes. Yeah. You haven't seen my basement either. There is a movie called Christmas break-in with Danny Glover and Denise Richards. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Oh, what? From 2018. What? What? Danny Glover and Is that Lifetime? Who is that? I don't know what network. All right. So add it to the list. Dude, the crooks are about to get schooled. That's the name of it. Next year, we're just going to watch movies where we just,

[00:47:55] a young girl, does this Christmas movie exist? A young girl outwits bumbling crooks who break into her school and take the janitor hostage during a snowstorm. It sounds awesome. Is Danny Glover, Danny Glover, Denise Richard. He's the janitor. Denise Richards, Cameron Seeley, Sean O'Brien. I don't know. Katrina Begin, Jake Van Wagoner, Douglas Spain. Hey, Jordan W. on Rotten Tomatoes said,

[00:48:22] jaw dropping and unreal acting kept me engrossed for hours. The must watch. Wow. All right. Locked in. Okay. So we came home. Got a 4.5 user rating on IMDb. That's not a great sign. And my lock keypad thing, you know, where you can type in a key and unlock the door. It wasn't working. Batteries ran out. So what are we to do? I go around back. Maybe the back door is unlocked. It's not. So I don't have a key. You don't have a key. Why would you have one? Why would you have one? That's the whole point of the boobity boop. Yeah.

[00:48:52] That I don't want to carry on keys. You don't keep a hide a key anywhere. I don't. Interesting. I feel pretty good about it, to be honest with you. I keep a hide a key. Do you? Where do you hide a key? Well, even if we tell us right now. I'm not going to tell you. That's the thing. Even if we did in this instance, we wouldn't want to bring that up because then he'd have to find a new place and we aren't talking about it at all if it exists. That's right. We don't even bring it up. It's a fallacy of the predetermined outcome, right guy? It's just time travel. We don't. We'd just be on to the show. Well, this is here. I mean,

[00:49:21] how many times can we promote Oh, Christmas tree, right? This is a good thing, right? So many. That's right. There it is. Look at that cover. Look at that. Okay. So, I checked the window. I checked the window, front window, because my kids like to open the window and yell at people when they're walking by. And, and so, I check it. It's open. It's unlocked. Probably not the safest thing in the world, but helps us in this instance. a brain leaves his door unlocked sometimes. All the time.

[00:49:50] It's crazy. Brian leaves his keys in the car. I'll be honest with you guys. Have not replaced the key batteries. I'm just leaving my house unlocked during the day right now. So sue me. Keep going here. Say. Hey, this works out well for me because I live next door. So if they're going to rob a house, yeah, you'd be, they only have so many hands. That's right. Yeah. Yeah. I may just put a note on my door. Check it. Hey, listen, next door's unlocked. It's an easy job, but they don't want the easy job.

[00:50:20] No, no, they want to work for it. That's exactly right. That's a notorious burglar rule is you got to work for it. So, uh, it's, what are some other notorious burglar rules? Uh, you leave the water running when you're done. Of course. Yeah. be kind to yourself. Yes. Yeah. So you guys have to go in through the window. Yeah. Yes. But it's like, it's slightly, it's slightly too high. Like you could, you could do it, but it's slight. It's not, you know,

[00:50:51] it'd be a complete brand was going to try to just jump in there. Yeah. It was not a thing. Like, you know, the layout of brand window ratio. Yeah. I'm not saying you couldn't have done it. Brand. Yeah. Would have been hilarious. Especially. That's the other thing. We had just marathon for 28 hours. I had almost been killed by a shower at the deck. The hallmark studio. It's fixed by the way. It's fixed. I don't think I did that. I don't think that was my fault. I think it was. I think it was, but we fixed it. Don't worry. I'll send you the bill. No,

[00:51:21] we can talk about that later. Uh, and so, so I said, Brian, how about I give this one? And then brand you said, do you need a boost? Yeah. Yeah. So I boosted them. How'd that get from there? I kind of blacked out. How'd it go at that? So my dog, Theo, who is just golden retriever. Happy. You're there. A great boy. He is a golden retriever of all golden retriever. Like when you think of a golden retriever energy, that is him. He is just wants, he's just happier there. And he's sticking his head out the window, right? He's like,

[00:51:51] Oh boy, here we go. This is a fun ride. Yeah, there he is. That's a, there you go. That's right. Guy and Theo. So, Oh, that's the window right behind you. Oh, there's actually, I'll be bringing that back up. Yeah. For the people watching on the YouTube, you really. And so I'm like, I pushed Theo back. I'm like, get back, buddy. We got to, we got to break into the house. It's a very white scream. Oh, there it is. There it is. Okay. So I pushed Theo back. I give ride the boost by that time.

[00:52:20] Theo's kind of back in the vicinity. Yeah. right. I kind of rolls in and is now underneath Theo who will not get off. It is just so excited. And like terrible guard. My house is sleeping. So I can't be like, Theo down. I'm like, Theo, go, go. And it was all very playful, obviously, but I'm not, I mean, brand, tell me if I'm wrong. I think this is like about 30 to 35 seconds, which is a long time.

[00:52:51] At one point at night, that's a long time. At what I, at some point you gave up. You just, I'm going to lay here. Let it happen. Could you not move him? Could you not? Brand? I mean, again, I think I was weird angle and like, Theo's a big boy. I'm trying to be quiet. I'm also like, I brand would have been okay. I'm not trying to like shove Theo forcefully. I am. Yeah. You can show. He's over a hundred pounds. Yeah. And then we made it work,

[00:53:20] but it was, and turns out Theo, not going to stop you from any burglars in that unlocked. I mean, that's the thing. I would really change these, these lock key situations because you're, you're effed. If anyone actually is ever trying to do, I got nothing. I got nothing. I mean, I locked the door at night. Yeah. Clearly. Yes. As I'm gone at this point, ah, you can have it. You can have it. Yeah. You can have it. We're talking to a Royal Christmas manor. Also, Brian's going to try to file an insurance claim. They're going to pull up this podcast. He's going to be like,

[00:53:49] you said you can have it. Have it. Yeah. That's going to be tough. Come at me. We usually don't interrupt with breaking news. This is confusing to talk about. It's confusing to talk about because of the date that we, we apparently missed an up TV Christmas movie on Saturday that I didn't know about. That's right. They announced the day before you two days before Halloween. They announced that they were adding two movies to the slate. Yeah. So a soldier for Christmas aired on Saturday.

[00:54:20] I didn't know we didn't cover it. But so, Hey, is it new though? Or is it, or is it one of these ones that they say a soldier for Christmas? Sorry to say guys, there's nothing we could do. We'll get to it in the new year. Okay. If those of you that are upset, there's nothing we can do. The schedule set. There's nothing we can do. I mean, we could, we could, and this was three weeks ago that we found this out. Technically. There's plenty we can do. We're not going to do it though. No, there's nothing we can do. What's the other one?

[00:54:48] It is that this one we actually could do something about. It's the best thing about Christmas. That's airing Saturday, December 20th. All right. Should we do a quick preview episode here? All right. So I'm going to go three creams. Three creams. You're doing three creams. Okay. Really quick. How about Christmas balls? There are no rules. Jingle balls. There are no rules. I'm going soldiers. Zero jingle balls. No creams. The other one, December 20th. Saving the best for last. Give me one jingle ball and a cream. Okay. There you go. Brand. How about you? I'm going five for both of them.

[00:55:18] Me too. And I still feel strongly about the three creams. Yeah. All right. Well, can't wait for those. Yeah. Oh, the best thing about Christmas is a musical. Oh, we have to do that. We have to do. Yeah, we're going to. We're going to do both of these. Guys, we're going to do both of these movies. We said we were doing all the up. We'll figure it out. We're going to do both of these. Don't worry. We'll figure it out. It's a Cohen bump. Oh, is she in one of those? Oh yeah. She's in both of them. She's in every up to the movie. Four Brianna Cohen movies.

[00:55:51] So she has him drive her car at one point. And it gave me a lot of anxiety. Don't ask me to drive your car. Don't ever do this. I will not. Please ask me to drive your car. I'm not going to do it. Way too much can go wrong. And if even after this warning, you're going to ask me, be prepared to hear no repeatedly. And then us have a really awkward and uncomfortable exchange. The most I will ever do is climb through your window. I will not. Yeah. Under any circumstance,

[00:56:20] I will not drive your car. So don't ask me. It's a fascinating line. And I'm so excited to throw Ryan, the keys to my EV and be like, I'm not going to do it. I'm going to throw the keys on the ground. I won't do it. Like I, you're already blaming me for the shower at the studio. What if I need you to drive? What if I need you to drive me to the hospital? We'll call an Uber. Wow. Man, time is of the essence. Probably in that. I mean, how bad of an injury? Bad enough to where I can't drive, but I need to go to the ER. But like,

[00:56:50] are you having a heart attack or do you have like a dislocated knee? Nah, a lot of blood. Yeah, no, I think time is of the essence here, right guy. If it's a dislocated knee, Brian's going to probably try to walk it off. He told me earlier this week. I'll do everything I can. He doesn't want to go to the emergency room under any circumstance. No. Under any circumstance? He doesn't. There, I, something has to be really bad. Why? What's your, well, let's talk through this. What's going on there? He doesn't like needles. It's probably something to do with it. Yeah. I also, there's nothing quite worse than having to,

[00:57:20] the emergency room waiting room is hell. And I think waiting while in pain, it like, I'd rather just wait at my house and see how, see how it goes. So in this scenario, you would want me to take you to the emergency room. If I was, if I was bleeding continually at a certain point, I have to come to terms with the fact that I have to go to the ER. It's life or death. All right. Well, we'll cross that bridge one. Right. Guy's going to go to the speed limit the whole way. 10 to 2. He's going to be right here.

[00:57:49] I just like way too much can go wrong. I mean, imagine you're injured and then also you blame me for ruining your car. I'm not going to do it. I'll just say this right guy. I would, I even if for whatever reason, a situation arises where you have to drive my car and you also happen to wreck it. I will not blame you for it. No, no big deal. It'll be fun for a long time though. For me, as long as everybody's okay. Yeah, but no big deal. And I'll say this right now. I've already kind of put it on the record that I don't really care about things. You can have them steal from my house.

[00:58:18] So I'm not all that concerned about the car. If you're, if you're listening to this right now and think there's a chance you would ever be riding in a car with me at any point, I would love to drive your car. I would love for you to say, would you like to drive? I will. Why is that? I will. I, I, I, I, you know, you know why it is right guy. Yeah. do you not know why you want to drive other people's cars? Yeah. I don't think I'm really, I'm really bad at riding in cars.

[00:58:46] Like I was a real bad car accident when I was 16 years old and I am fundamentally terrible at riding. I have to, I don't think we've ever talked about that. I pretty much have to drive or I, I'm gripping onto something. So I've only ever driven with you as the driver. Yes. We're in the driver. Yes, yes, yes. Yes. You know, I, I will actively drive your car. Would be happy for you to ask. I'll act like it's not a big deal. I'll be like, Oh, are you sure? But I definitely want to drive your car. So there you go. All right. Well, Ryan, I should be riding together all the time. Yeah. I mean, honestly,

[00:59:16] it's a perfect marriage. So your feels is that made you anxious? Yeah, man, don't do that. It's so dangerous. Like you could like, it's not your property. Especially a guy that doesn't have a driver's license. I mean, yeah, he doesn't even have a license. He doesn't even know what snowshoes are. Um, so this, that's it for me. This is what I'll say. Christmas above the clouds, November 11th, 2025. Make a wish. Hello there.

[00:59:46] What? Why are you out? But hey, you haven't been in here. Sons over there. Tell us. You haven't been out in this office in a while. A long time. I'm really out to this office. Well, it's unbelievable. That's why you think that is. I don't know. I think you guys are jealous of my new scent. Probably. That's gotta be it. For the people at home that can't smell it. Describe it. Well, it's called Ode de Pommes frites. And it's a, are you okay? Good. So weird. I almost bought that.

[01:00:16] They managed to make a French fry cologne. And I think it's delightful. And I think you guys do too. And you're jealous of my scent. And you say, stay away, Wrigley, because we don't get Ode de Pommes frites. So we can't be near you. Who makes it? Deton. Deton? Deton. Deton makes it. He makes mine. Deton does. It's a ton of sense, actually. Deton. Ode de Pommes frites. You can look it up. It is delightful. How are things going on at Fitzsies? We're doing great. We're doing great.

[01:00:45] You get a free bottle of Ode de Pommes frites with every, every drink purchase. What? Did you invest? Maybe. I may have, but it's good. Trust me on this. Do you want to smell like a fresh fried, French fried potato? You do. How much did you invest? Ode de Pommes frites. How much did you invest? I'm working on something for the, I'm working on something for the, for the, the commercials. Ode de Pommes frites. How much did you invest? My pants. All of them. Well,

[01:01:15] at least we got Rick back on in time for the biggest movie of the year for us. That's exactly right. That's exactly right. Welcome everybody. We're talking, I love that. Yeah. Yeah. Chris. And, but then it's like, she's not, and it's, I'm sure it's nothing, nothing to worry about there. I wouldn't, nothing. It's not. Is it Ode Pommes frites? When she, uh, gets to the airport. Maybe it's nothing. Maybe it's Ode Pommes frites. Rick, there are a lot of Tyler Hines fans listening today. They should know about this.

[01:01:44] It's their one time a year. It's Ode Pommes frites. You gotta shove off, brother. You shove off. I heard Tyler wears this scent now. Yeah, he does. Yeah, he does. I do know that. Yeah. Sounds like a fry. French fry. In a good way. In a good way. When, uh, when she gets to the airport, she's shocked when she bumps into ex-boyfriend Jake. Uh, they actually broke up six years ago. He smelled like a French fry. He did smell like a French fry, which is something she mentioned. broke up six. You can finally see how wrong she was.

[01:02:15] Sorry, the, the, the, the cologne is getting me again. Uh, she apologized. Ode Pommes frites. Yes. She apologized big time. She's ready to change. They slow dance. Cracklin, French fry and goodness. Yes. It's just me. And the Ode Pommes frites I put on my wrists and neck. Is it waft in your way? Yeah, it's too much. Maybe just the wrist or just the neck. Oh, I also dove through a bath of it. That's probably a, I had a lot of extra. How much did you invest?

[01:02:45] Oh, too much. Too much. Ode Pommes frites. A Keller Christmas vacation, November 12th, 2025. We're not watching a whole, different games. Yeah. Different games. A little bit of a ton. I haven't thought about playing it. I bet Chris would really like it. Yeah. You get, he's like in the, he's at the age where he's like really into just reading everything. Cause he can, you know, he's like, I know what that is, but he's also at the age where he's not spelling it all correctly. That's right. He had a sign outside the playroom this week. That was like, please don't disturb.

[01:03:16] And every word, but I understood what he was going for. He takes after his papa. I don't think that's an age thing. Brandon, I think that's just genetics. Brad tries to correct it. Caitlin has to come fix that one. Please don't disturb. I got it right. That's family game night at the gray house. Right. Grizzly's 28 years old. That's what you don't know. Let me know that. I spoke presented by wrong. Yes. He's like, dad, you're not going to believe it.

[01:03:46] mistletoe murders season two episodes one and two, November 13th, 2025. So really this is working like gangbusters for me, especially compared to some of the other mysteries we've seen this year, which I think the sequels of the movie, the mysteries we wanted came back and kind of were duds. This I thought was better than season one. I can't wait for the next two. I was a big, big fan of this thumbs up for me. Yeah. I don't know what I'm hearing is Dan, like the TV series, Dan,

[01:04:14] like the TV series, whatever this is, like a mystery. We season episode one and two of season two of a mystery show. We'll get it. We'll get it. We'll work shopping it. We'll fix it in post. Yes. Hey, there is not enough made in this town of the body found under the high school. Yeah. Not even close.

[01:04:44] Not even close. It's a big deal guys. It's a big deal. When a body is found under the high school news, TV news cannot be bothered to show. I have to be honest with you. I don't think any sheriff in the world would let their daughter go to the high school dance. We're just days before. Once again, school is shot down. A body was found under the school. As the killer is at large. But the killer is not a body, a fresh body. So like, not like they found a body that was murdered a hundred years ago.

[01:05:14] No, this is, this is, I laughed so loud. You were recording in here. I can't believe you didn't hear me when the dog comes up to a very conveniently body size, fresh patch of concrete. It was like so obvious that someone had done something there and you, you, you uncover the chess coach. Yeah. You're shutting it down for a bit. You're not like, well, we got to get back to school tomorrow. You know, that dance is still happening. There's no way.

[01:05:44] Sheriff's daughter's national. There's no way. There's no way. Sheriff's daughter's kids are just trampling on the dead body all day. And then they just are like, well, it's no big deal. It's in the basement. It doesn't matter. Yeah. It doesn't matter. Finding Mr. Christmas season two, episode three, November 14th, 2025. First, we have Marcus who is obsessed with red licorice. We can't say the brand. We have to say red licorice. He loves it. He loves it. It's the best snack that him and his mom eat on car trips, which I agree with. Yeah. Okay.

[01:06:13] That is the best car trip snack. As long as it's a red vine and not a Twizzler. I'm with you. There's no crumbs. No crumbs. It's you. you look cute while you're eating it and driving for the other drivers and the other drivers. You, you want to look good for the others driving in the, on the interstate. Do you guys not look at the other drivers as you drive by them? Yeah. I'm more of a driver than a, than a looker of the drivers. I'm also driving. I'm also driving. Yeah. I'm just, yeah,

[01:06:42] I'm looking at who I'm, who am I passing? Are they cute? I'm just trying to think about what the situation would have to be for me to ride in a car with Patrick. Not to drive. I've driven Patrick numerous places to, for me to ride. Patrick, do you want to fly down to Greenville and drive him up to Christmas gun? No. Oh boy. No, we're going to live stream. No, you can come with us, but I'm driving. Okay. Yeah. That sounds, that sounds fair. Also a Twizzler makes it or a red vine makes a great microphone.

[01:07:14] Don, he shared that very sweet story about his dad building him a stage and all that stuff was very sweet. Insane. Did you have a basement? No. Well, yeah, we had a basement. Yeah. Perfect room for stage. That would have been it. That would have been the stage room right there. Oh, you know, next time we talk to your dad, just be like, why didn't she build me a stage? That's where Guadalupe lived. So we couldn't get, we couldn't do the basement. Guadalupe? Guadalupe? Yeah. Guadalupe. I'm not, I'm not taking the basement. Can you tell? She's the babysitter. She's the babysitter. Guadalupe lived in the basement.

[01:07:43] You had a live-in babysitter in your house? Yeah. In Guadalupe? That lived in the basement. For sure. And so we couldn't have a stage in the basement. That's Guadalupe's home. That's where, yeah, Guadalupe lived there. She took care of my little brother. Guadalupe doesn't want a stage. Guadalupe was having none of me and my brother, my brother, Tim. You didn't mean to tell me. She was only there for Joe. What? What do you mean? Whoa, whoa. What's that? She was only there to take care of Joe because Joe was a baby

[01:08:12] and me and my brother were like nine and I don't know, seven. So you and your seven-year-old brother, Tim, Tim, your parents hired a babysitter named Guadalupe to live in the house and couldn't afford to get you, just build you a stage? Nope. Man. No, no stage. No stage. I'm messed up. Yeah. Maybe you are the black sheep. And at nine years old, you were too old for Guadalupe to look after you at nine? Oh, yeah.

[01:08:42] I was independent woman. Okay. I was walking myself to swim practice. 100%. You know that performance when you see it. Yeah, you do. He was good. And his butt looked good. And he was the only butt I wrote about. great. He was the only butt you wrote about. Butt of the week. Yeah. Butt of the week. Wow. I mean, I'm pretty shocked we got 40 minutes deep for Butt of the week. Butt of the week. There you go. You know, like, they're climbing on the horse and I was like, whoa, he looks good. Yeah.

[01:09:11] All right. There you go. Shout out Butt of the Week. Shout out Butt of the Week. It's Davey this week. Baked with Love Holidays, Season 1, Episode 3, November 15th, 2025. So this is straight from the family recipe. Got your ass apple. Your ass apple right now. That was in the family book. They didn't share that. Was that in the Amish cookbook? Yeah. Get your ass apple. Yeah. It's a special apple they grow there on the orchard. I'm sorry. It's an Amish apple.

[01:09:41] It's super tart. So it would have been great in that. Last recipe with its heart was missing. All right. They got their apple crisp. This is the Seven Swans a Swimming Trifle. It's Italian sponge cake. It is Chokes, Chokes, Chooks, Pastry Swans. I don't know. We just need a super cut of all this. Parvalon, Shark Shoe. Sade.

[01:10:10] Sade. This is all Italian stuff, dude. Savarote cookies. No way. Zabaglone cream. Not on your best day. Some fresh fig. A merry little Cracksmas, November 16th, 2025. five. Jax, how's your Sunday going so far? It's a day of rest. Amen. Savage sister. Savage sister. I like that.

[01:10:40] It's what we used to call family day in my family where we would go to the mall and Golden Corral after. Yes, I have. I grew up a little spoiled. That's what it was. Between the mall and the Golden Corral, you can keep eating. They're not going to kick you out. When is it steak o'clock? Oh, man, we're back around. It took four years, but we did make it. Steak o'clock. Don't be sleeping on Golden Corral. I think five o'clock is steak o'clock. I believe that's what we found. I never went.

[01:11:10] But every o'clock is cotton candy o'clock. Yeah, chocolate fountain o'clock, always. That's just base pace. So good, you guys. Is it so good? Ponderosa and Bonanza were also ones that we put into the rotation. You mentioned Ponderosa on Breakfast in Hell, I feel like. Where the people on Survivor go when they get voted off? No. Well, yes, but not that one. We go to the big buffet in the sky. The big buffet in the sky, Ponderosa. Which I'm...

[01:11:41] Pearson Fode? Is that how I'm saying his name correctly? I think it's Foday. Oh, my God. Foday. When I tell you that that moment, when the tree catches on fire, I mean, he is a complete golden retriever the whole movie. I think he was spot on comedically. There's this play called Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike that there's a character in it, Spike, that reminds me so much of the character

[01:12:11] that Pearson is playing in this movie. When he ripped off that tearaway tux and was like dancing in front of the fire, I was screaming and laughing and I couldn't breathe. I was watching it with two of my girlfriends and we re-round it like four or five times just because it was comedic gold. Alicia Silverstone's face. It was all chef's kiss. I loved this movie. I'm not sorry that I creamed it. Wow, I forgot you creamed it. How about that? I didn't forget.

[01:12:44] Okay. I know that for single women who are dating men, it is rough out there and you do have to... Not me, I'm not. I'm speaking for my single lady friends. Single women that are dating men? Men. Okay, I got you. Yeah. I got to see what you're saying. They're not necessarily straight because... But they're dating men. They're dating men. Maybe they're... Yeah. So if you're a woman who dates men and wants to find a man, I just don't want to assume that they're straight because...

[01:13:13] Of course not. Of course. They haven't met me yet. I'm just kidding. Mostly kidding. No. So anyway, sorry. Back on track. You just got to talk to Alex. I love you. Love you. Love you. How did we make this weird? How did we get here? It was my... It was my... Jack's just going off script and getting there. You stopped and slowed down. Here we go.

[01:13:43] If you just let her go with that, it would have been... All right. Single women dating men. All the single ladies. All the single ladies. That's right. Not all women. Not all women. But... Who find themselves dating... That's right. Haven't met you yet. A soldier for Christmas. November 17th, 2025. Hi, I'm Bran and I... Love... Up TV... Troop movies. I just want to make it clear. I'm Ryan.

[01:14:13] No matter what happens for the next 40 to 50 minutes, we really do love the troops. No matter what happens, we really do love the troops. Hi, I'm Dan. I'm reporting here per orders and I do... I also... Right. We all love the troops. We love the troops. That's not what we're... This is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. This is the Decked All More Podcast. The movie kicks off with an absolute bop of a song. That's true.

[01:14:43] Really is a good tune. The song is fantastic. Up TV's out here crushing it with the tunes. Did you figure out what song that was? Yes. I'll get to it later. No problem. So, it's snowy. Listen, that song was a bop to start. Talking about Jingle My Heart? Yeah, like... Jingle My Heart, an original song for this movie. Dude, as you mentioned, between that and Saving the Christmas Ranch that we just talked about about 40 minutes ago,

[01:15:12] I mean... We got ourselves an album. Up TV should be releasing albums. Yes, for sure. I mean, there won't be a more jarring moment, not just in a Christmas movie this year, but maybe in a Christmas movie ever, than the Up TV original to The Battlefield. What a waste of Jingle My Heart. Jingle My Heart, and it's like a smash cut to The Battlefield. Yeah. And it's... Jingle my... Yeah, it's... Yeah. Listen, there's...

[01:15:42] You know, it is... It is not... It is not good. There is not much to like, aside from the song, which, again, is a bop. And, um... I mean, the song might be it. That also started the film, mind you. This song... Yeah, it's... The movie starts... The song is really good. The movie starts out like a really traditional Christmas movie.

[01:16:12] This song is playing drone shot over small town, fake digital snow. The whole thing, you're like, okay, like, great. And I'm talking wham, bang. Literally. Just... Just not what this movie... Like, the song is great in that it doesn't represent the movie at all. Like, the song is so... Is my feels. It's a wait, what? And a what the hallmark. Yeah. It's a good... Yeah. But it's a banger, and I am adding it to my playlist. So do that what you will. But even...

[01:16:41] But, Brant, even then, not as good of a bop as Saving the Christmas Ranch. 100%. That is accurate, but I can't find that song anywhere. I know. That was great. Both great. This song, I can find. Both good. Both good songs. But, yeah, it is... None of this... None of it is... None of it is good, unfortunately. And it pains me to say that. And I think you all know that. And so, it is with a heavy heart that I present to you the conclusion that is none of it is good.

[01:17:11] Dan? Saving the Christmas Ranch. November 17th, 2025. Yeah. Yes, sir. Oh, yeah. What is that? It's so weird, Ryguy, because we recorded one episode before Halloween, but you waited all the way until November the... 16th? To break out your... 17th. Is this a scary movie version of Ghostface? Is that what you have there? Yeah, it's from... It's the classic was up scene from Scary Movie 2. From Scary Movie 2. Yes.

[01:17:41] This is actually what Alyssa and I did for Halloween a few weeks ago. I was... The Ghostface was up and Alyssa was the phone. Very funny. Wow. That is really like... That's a niche costume in the best way. How did you miss those pictures? I can't... Yeah, I mean... Sorry. Look, I saw the pictures. Okay. We already had a whole conversation. How dare you? It's weird that on November 16th, he busted out again. That's what I'm... Like, it would be one thing if we did three up movies,

[01:18:11] if our brains were all mush and we had watched three movies in a row and did three episodes, like all the way back in mid to late October, but this is November 16th and the guy's got that... Like, it just doesn't make sense. I can't wait until mid-December when he pulls out a turkey and he's like... Yeah. A turkey football. Just listen, people say that I skip over, you know, Thanksgiving. Bran and I, we go right to Christmas and so I thought it would be good to even things out by going back to Halloween. I like that. Hey, we did raise $30,000.

[01:18:41] You don't understand. So, she calls an all-hands meeting. Hands. Hands! Thank God. Oh my goodness. What are you doing down there, right? Booking my Springsteen. I'm sorry. Gosh. Unbelievable. That movie that came out a month ago? I'm going to see the boss, man. Get off my back. Thank you, brother. Born in the USA. You better watch out, you better not cry.

[01:19:11] You better not fight, I'm telling you why. Sandclose comes to town. Oh, yeah. Y'all practicing real hard, Sam, go bring new saxophone. Have you ever seen a one-trick pony? I'm sorry, go ahead. And now, my friends, wise, saving the Christmas ranch. We did it. Brand literally gasped, like, hand on his chest, gasped when he said $50,000,

[01:19:41] like it was the reveal in Sixth Sense. Are you being serious? I am being dead serious, and I called him unspeakable names. I said I'd never been more disappointed to be his friend. Guys, it's the holiday season. It's the holiday season. Holiday season. All right, let's take a break. We'll come back. We'll get to saving the Christmas ranch. We'll be ready to talk, okay? Hey, don't forget to hang up your socks. Hang up your socks.

[01:20:13] Hi, guy. Yeah, I gotta say, saving the Christmas ranch opening with an original song called Saving the Christmas Ranch is one of the most wild things these movies have ever done. They all should do it. Every Christmas movie should have a theme song. And it was actually a toe tap. What we did talk about last week, it was a beggar. What we did talk about last week was that movie ended with a song that was like Merry Princemas to me. And I was like, oh, that's weird, right? Yeah. And then it sounds like the same singer. This song is for no other reason than this movie.

[01:20:43] Yeah, yeah. I just loved it so much. Yeah. Fantastic. Fantastic. It was so good. It's really hard to be bad, right? You know, but... Yeah, it's time to go to the pen hallmark. Cohen has spent enough time in the minors. Yeah, that's fine too. This is ridiculous. It was a bit when we started. She's actually really, really good.

[01:21:12] She needs to be a hallmark leading lady. Not next Christmas season. Spring for love or whatever we're calling it. We need her ASAP. She should immediately be in a hallmark movie. 100. If she wants to be in one, she should be in one. 100%. It's the Cohen bump. We investigated it as much as we could. Yeah, we've done this. We've done the deep dive. Patrick Serrano told us. She's great in the lifetimes. She needs to be on the hallmark. It's time. Yep. What are we doing?

[01:21:42] I don't know. Yeah, listen. That song... I mean... Yeah. What was that about? You know what it's a good day for, guys? Saving the Christmas Ranch. Saving the Christmas Ranch. It's a great song. That's all I have to say. That's all I got. And also, I want to say this. Wait for it. We all know how much it means. We all know how much it means. It's a good day for saving the Christmas Ranch. Oh, yeah.

[01:22:11] Your move, Hallmark. Your move, Hallmark. Yeah. Do it. Yeah. Cowards. I want to see you make a song entitled Three Wisest Men. They're the three wisest men. It's the same tune for all of them. The same tune is saving the Christmas Ranch. Yes. The Three Wisest Men. November 18th, 2025. This is what I want to challenge the people with, okay? I want to go... I'm going on Amazon right now. Oh, Christmas tree book, okay?

[01:22:41] And right now, we are... Lowest rating wins. We are number 90 in Small Town Romance. Okay. Really dropped it. Can we get to number one in Small Town Romance? Number one? Can we do it this week? Is it a blitz? Holy cow. Can we do it this week? Can we get to number one? Listen. Man, a blitz. Love you, comma, mean it. Parentheses blushing is number one. Come on. Get out of town. Come on. Parentheses in your title. Who would do that? Fallout 1. Wait a second. Did we steal that?

[01:23:10] Fallout 1 to Small Town Autumn Inspired Single Dad Firefighter Romance. Man, they put all of the... Every word. All of the keywords. They hit all the algorithms. Get out of here. We don't have enough keywords. There's only one Christmas book in the top five, which is So This Is Christmas, a brand new feel. I'm giving a lot of free promotion here. Don't. I mean, I'm sure they're great. Buy them if you want to as long as you get on Christmas. It looks like most people already have them. Talking trash about other books here. Those books are all bad, is my understanding. I don't think that's how the book community works.

[01:23:37] We are 70,591 in books overall. Can we get to number one? That's all I'm saying. Can I ask you this? Can we get to number one? If you tell one person... That's right. I think if everybody who has been on the fence about it... What I'm getting at is everybody who has been on the fence about the book. We have to write a book about it. If everybody who has been... Can we get that book to one? If everybody who has been on the fence about buying the book, buys the book this week, we can at least get to number one in Small Town Romance. You'd think, right? Yeah.

[01:24:07] Get out of our dreams. 6,656 in romantic comedy. Can we get to number one? I just asked. Just asking questions. He's just asking questions. Somebody has to be number one. Why not us? Why not us? Why not now? If everybody who is on the fence about buying a book, buys a book. And then the people who already bought a book buy 500 more books. This just said only 200 people on the fence. So... Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Get on the fence first. Get on the fence. You find yourself on the fence. That's right. All right.

[01:24:36] Bob and his pet bird, Jerry, unexpectedly show up. Jerry! Hello. How are you? Cock-a-doodle-doo. How you doing? I'm a bird. Hey, Jerry, what's your deal? Squawk, squawk up in here. What's your deal again, General? How you doing? I used to show up in a little program called Take the Deal. Ah, yes. Yeah, and I would make fun of you in haiku form. Okay. Sometimes the haikus weren't haiku. It would be like, roses are red, branch sucks.

[01:25:05] That sounds like a haiku to me. How you doing? How you doing? They all get... They all eat some... You might be wondering how in a year where Hallmark is cutting back, most likely due to financial reasons, can they possibly afford a movie with Tyler Hines, Andrew Walker, Paul Campbell, all on screen at the same time? Oh, I got it for you. And the answer is... Kings Hawaiian, baby. Kings Hawaiian and Home Goods. And Home Goods.

[01:25:34] Um, as egregious as a product placement as I've seen in New Hallmark Era. This side of the other movie that aired this weekend. Yeah. It is. This was... This was... This is a year. Double... A double dose. A double dose of... Uh... Of these shout-outs. We get two Kings Hawaiian just straight up. Here it is. Yeah, straight up Kings Hawaiian. With straight up Home Goods. Yeah. Uh, it's good to be back, you know? It's good to be back. I love myself a product placement.

[01:26:04] You know that about me. I'm always going to shout it out. I will... If this is what it takes for homework to stay afloat, count me all the way in. All the way in. I don't care if the movie is starring two people we've never heard of before. You need a product placement to keep this sucker afloat, Dano. That's right. No, I hear you. And I love a Kings Hawaiian voice. You love a Kings Hawaiian voice. I will go to town on a Kings Hawaiian... Unequipmentally. When I go to my mother-in-law's house for dinner, she'll always have Kings Hawaiian

[01:26:32] rolls, and then she'll always hand me the box and say, you can have the rest of them. And I'll take them home, and I'll just eat them. Do you ever think you might have a problem? I'm a bread boy. Are you sponsored by Kings Hawaiian? You're taking home Kings Hawaiian rolls from someone else's house? Your mother-in-law hands you something, you're taking it. That's like... Amongst other food, like leftovers. Oh, okay. She always sends her on leftovers, but also... She didn't just give you a bag of bread. Sometimes. Sometimes... He's like a pigeon at the park. There's been times where there's... There's been times where there's... There's been times where there's... Brian!

[01:27:01] There's been times when there's a... Kings Hawaiian! There's been times when there's a two-for-one, and she'll get an extra pack, and she'll just give me the whole thing. What? Two of them? Yeah. I mean, I guess when I'm at the store, I can grab you some bread, bro. People be mailing in, grabbing you bread. I don't want it. I don't want to mail us. What do you put in between? What do you put on them? Anything? Just the bread. Well, I will say... I mean, you can do like a little ham Swiss action. Are you eating these reels, or is it just my old man algorithm where they cut the entire

[01:27:28] loaf in half, and then they make a bunch of burgers, and put cheese sauce all over them, and put the other half on, and then they cut them. Dude, that's how I do... It's like sliders? ...recipe. You do that? I've done that a bunch of times. It's really good, man. King's Hawaiian. Not Queen's Hawaiian. Queen's Hawaiian. Queen's Hawaiian. The whole royal Hawaiian family. The Queen Hawaiian. She's wonderful. The King's Hawaiian is a perfect bread. It's a perfect rule. That's what you need to know. All right. Cool. Man?

[01:27:58] So, I didn't have a ton of weight once, but I think I'm going to use one of you. What about a feel? What about a feel? Yeah, let's start with that. I was getting there, you two. God, oh my. What about a feel? So, I was... Share your feels! I was very... Share it! It can't be the King's either. I was very confused. Tidings for the season, November 19th, 2025. I ran off screen and I grabbed Old Faithful. Barely any spirit left these days, Bram. I'm sorry. You know what pissed me right off the other day? What was that? Hard P.

[01:28:28] It must be real. I went through my phone and I'm deleting some videos that are taking up a lot of space. Storage space. Yeah, same. Yeah. We were doing baking videos. Holy cow. I run out of space every weekend. Yeah, same. I gotta do a thing and put it in a folder. And I'm going through this, that, the other, and I come across William Daniels' face. Oh, yes. And I go, I know what this video is. I can't delete it. Of course not. No, it's Feeney. He knows you. I can't delete it, but it's also a reminder that the only thing that George Feeney knows

[01:28:56] about me is that I've lost my Christmas spirit. It makes me mad every time I think about it. It's the best gift I've ever given. It's the meanest thing anyone's ever gotten. It's brutal. It's the meanest thing. It's the best gift I've ever given. Have you thought about sending in, requesting a cameo yourself and just clearing the record here? Honestly, I should. You might remember this. Imagine how confusing this will be to 98-year-old William Daniels. A year ago? What? So, you know, you remember that time that somebody sent you a thing about Christmas spirit in the middle of the summer?

[01:29:25] It was all, it was a lie. It was a lie, and I want to clear it up. It's been bothering me for two years now. So is there a request for a video here or just him telling me? Yeah, I'm just telling him. I'll send him a video. Yeah. Hi. Hi, Bill. All right. Hi, everybody. Welcome. We're talking. I swear on all things, if I have to live another day where loves a witch is ahead of us in a small town romance category, it's going to be a tough day. The days are hard.

[01:29:53] If we get to one, I'm sure loves a witch. And Rick and Trace read the audio book for that, and you still hate it. That's true. That's true. We did. Yeah. It's a big get. Yeah. We start right with Lenny's big time, huh? Yeah. It's a big get away. It all started.

[01:30:22] It's just traveling through. There's not going to be anything going on there. Rick, you take over. It was a dark and stormy night in the middle of the night in the Middle East flying over on their way to the Mediterranean. That's right. So that's loves a witch. I don't know how we're going to dethrone that. That is pretty good. I will say this.

[01:30:50] It took them a long time to get to the fact that it was set on the Isle of Crete. I feel like they mentioned twice that it's the middle of the night in the Middle East. Yeah. You need to know traveling through, but they were flying over. Yeah. It's a flyover. All right. Creed is a flyover state. What do you like here? She said to herself as she looked upon his abs, shirt off.

[01:31:21] Would this be going further? The Ouija board immediately pointed to yes. You're a witch. I lost my pants. I said. Ouija Wade, they go. We're going to get sued. I hate that book. Such a bad book. It's such a bad book. It's time to talk about. Ouija Wade, they go. It's time to. It's time to talk about tidings. Witch is right there. The pond could have just been witch.

[01:31:51] Ditches. Okay. Back. I put both into the cauldron and only one return. Please stop. I'm getting scared. Witch, please. Is it too late to fly back over the Middle East? In the middle of the night. All right. Welcome back. Trace and Rigg. Oh, man. We're getting so much of this. What is it? The Last Witch? What was it called? It could be. Merry Witchmas? I'm going to make people look it up because I want them to buy our book instead. That's right.

[01:32:24] Tamara at one point looked at her wrist like she had a watch on it, and she didn't. Yeah. We started early with this. It's like she was doing the This Is Hallmark music video of The Sweep of the Nation. That's right. This is Hallmark. Christmas time. Yes, it's still October, but we're watching him tonight. There it is. Is it Hallmark Christmas time? Yep. So, it was a good move. We went all the way to that. Adam.

[01:32:52] So, we've had the opportunity through our wonderful local news partners, WYFF4 in Greenville, WSPA, 7 in Spartanburg, WHNS, 21 Fox, also in Greenville. We've been on three of those networks. Almost started a fire at Fox, Carolina. Yeah, we did almost start a fire. That almost made news there. That was Panda, though. No, I was there for that. Oh, that was me. I was there with you guys for that. Who plugged in the thing? Brand. What was it? A hair dryer? It was a hair dryer. I think it practically exploded in your hand. Why'd you do that? The whole office, the whole place thought we were doing something very inappropriate in that green room.

[01:33:22] It was our own green room. It was our whole thing. I thought Snoop Dogg was in the green room. Got away, dude. Nope. We couldn't blame him. We're playing around plugging in random hair equipment. It got away from me. It sure did. Mistletoe Murders, Season 2, Episodes 3 and 4, November 20th, 2025. Hello. Oh, boy. The Ides of December are upon us. Oh, boy. This show, uh... They go heavy-handed with the titles. It should be in December. Yeah. This show should come out in December. It's called The Ides of December? Yeah.

[01:33:51] Man, that's a tough break there, Hallmark. Nothing says The Ides of December like November 14th. You said it. Everything after October 17th is December. There you go. That's right. You know what? He can't investigate it. They catch wind of a guy named Benny. Benny! Benny! Benny! Benny, how you doing, buddy? I'm doing all right. How are you, Brian? Doing well. It's so good to be here. It's a bright light and dark times. Good. Merry Christmas.

[01:34:21] Merry Christmas to you. Are you a Mistletoe Murders fan? No, I haven't gotten the channel. And I can't afford it. It's Hallmark. It's what we do on the show. I know. You guys should send it over my way. A screener, perhaps. Okay. You guys do any... Do you really burn CDs? DVDs? We do not burn CDs. I'll take one burned DVD of Mistletoe Murders, please. No. How about a burn? How about a... Do you do floppy discs? All right. I'll do floppy. Okay. Floppy discs.

[01:34:48] To catch wind of a guy named Benny who may have a grudge against Reed. And that, my friends, was Mistletoe Murders on... Episode 2, episodes 3 and 4, The Eyes of December. I jumped the gun there. You jumped it. You mentioned this line.

[01:35:12] It is one of the funniest lines I've heard potentially this year, which is, you've made a mistake. What mistake? Going after a content creator without hard evidence. It is so funny. And he's dead serious. You went after a content creator without any hard evidence? Oh, no. Oh, my God. You think he was a mob boss or something. It is. Like, they're... Yeah, exactly. They're... They're... Like, they're influencers. Al Capone's famous content creator. Yeah.

[01:35:43] It was very funny. Finding Mr. Christmas, season 2, episode 4, November 21st, 2025. While we're talking about Jonathan Bennett, and I don't think he's responding to this, but they do attack Jonathan Bennett afterwards and get him all dirty, and I don't know if he loved it or not, but... Oh, that's... Yeah, I wanted to mention that. Go ahead. He... They all go over at the end, and they're all sudsy or soapy or whatever, and they get... They basically get JB in his cool sweater that makes his eyes pop, and there is a... It's great.

[01:36:13] There's such a brief moment where you see Jonathan Bennett's ultra-fast processor. You see him go, oh, I don't want any part of this, and then realizing he's on camera, and realizing he's the host of the show, and then he leans in. Go back and there's a split second where he wants to murder all of them, and then it flips, and it's great. I'm glad they kept it in there, because it's how every human being would act, and it was a perfect, really fun moment there that they kept in there.

[01:36:41] And Melissa's running away, which is what I would have done. Absolutely. I would have ran so far. I would have ran up that hill. Ran up that hill. Patrick, did you see the video that JB's husband posted this week? No, I didn't. You sent it to me. He... James is his name. James posted a video this week about how they are getting... Everything wrong. ...every episode they're sending home the wrong person. He was complaining about the show.

[01:37:10] It's so funny. Yeah. And at the end, he's like, I don't know who's sending these people home. Well, JB's in the other room. Very funny video. It's a really funny video. And he's right. And also, he appears to be serious, because he's like, I'm going to pay for this later. Like, I don't... At first, I was like, this is a bit. But as he kept going, I was like... Because he's right. He keeps saying, like, you sent him this guy? You sent him this... Like, it was a wild... And he doesn't... He's very kind, because he's not like, I can't believe you kept going. Gabe. No, he doesn't say that.

[01:37:40] Gabe, Angel, and Craig should be out here. He's like, you sent him Jake the first week. Did you see that guy? That guy's ripped. He's got charisma all over the place. Give him a chance to... It's a very funny video. He just is, like, defending all the people that have been sent home. But he does it in a way that's really, like, these judges don't know what they're talking about. Yeah. It's great. It's great. Honestly think that Rustin thinks... This is a guy who, by his own admission, is in a Christian band with his family. Is used to being on...

[01:38:08] Used to be on stage and in the public eye in that world. I know what that's like. Rustin believes that he has let people in to see the real him. Rustin believes it. And he hasn't. Like, telling stories about gnarly car accidents and your Christian family band is not what he thinks it is. He honestly thinks he's being super vulnerable. And we all can see that he's not being super vulnerable. Well, he's thankful to be alive.

[01:38:34] And that is maybe the most authentic part of this show is, as good as Rustin is, as an actor and a singer, he's not going to win because he doesn't understand that... Don't. That... He doesn't understand... Patrick, am I... I can see what you're saying. He doesn't understand that singular assignment, which you have to be able to do is to be vulnerable. It's the only way to play a character. And he's not... He hasn't unlocked that within him yet. And it's so evident by them letting him... Especially on Hallmark. Yeah.

[01:39:02] And he's rambling on about all these... You know, I was on my hog and just got in an accident. Like, he doesn't get it. He didn't get it. I don't appreciate one bit the way that you guys are slandering my guy Rustin like this. I'm just saying. My number one pick, Rustin. I'm saying... He's great. He's not going to win because of that. Wow. He is. But on social media today, he's posting a lot about his singing, his singing, his singing. He doesn't want to be Mr. Christmas. No. He wants to be Mr. Singing. Yeah. So let him go on...

[01:39:31] What's that celebrity one where they have the masks? It was Masked Singer. I don't think him being on... Fighting Mr. Christmas is going to get him onto the Masked Singer. No way, no way. Have you seen the level of celebrities they have on Masked Singer? I think he's perfect. We got to ask for season 12. We got to get on the Masked Singer. I'd love... You guys definitely could be on Masked Singer. For sure. Old Senior Chang over there being like... Who'd take the whole more guy?

[01:39:59] Ken Jeong is like... I know who would have... He's afraid of them who'd take the whole more guy. Yeah. He would. I love those guys. Oh, man. That's funny. That's funny. Butt of the week goes to Angel this week. Butt of the week. The blue pants were rocking. They were good pants.

[01:40:29] Good pants. Good pants. Baked with Love Holidays, Season 1, Episode 4, November 22, 2025. Yeah. We've seen episodes, two episodes in a row where they were bottom of the barrel for the first one and then the second one they were the top of the town. Top of the town. Bottom of the town. Top of the town. That's the common sayings that we all use. And so that's what I say. That's what you say. So I know that. Top of the heap. Yes. And so we all love it. That's the sound doesn't feel right. Yeah. Bottom of the barrel or top of the town. That's exactly what we're saying here.

[01:41:02] Sade and Rene. Rene. Rene. Sade and Rene. Yep. I just feel like they've had so many misses, right? Yeah. That it's hard for me to imagine a world where they. You guys wrote them off a few weeks ago when they should have gone. Should have gone home. Very controversial. Because it's not a storytelling. It's not a storytelling competition. Controversial. This isn't storied with love. Brought to you by Universal Studios. This is top of the town. Storied with love. This is baked with love. Is all I'm saying. So yeah. Who's your favorite?

[01:41:31] You guys. I really like Susan and Simone. They always surprise me. They always surprise me. Susan, Simone, Gabby and Ben for you. Gabby and Ben are. And Gabby, Stephen and Marco. All right. Here we go. So there you go. Top of the town. Yeah. So we're halfway there, everybody. Top of the brain town. Halfway to $50,000. Halfway to having their bake featured in a Hallmark movie. I don't. I feel like, Dan, you're not holding on to that as much. Like, it's not as big of a deal to you. It's $50,000. As to $50,000. Yes. I think in a movie is pretty cool. Yeah, it is pretty cool.

[01:42:01] It's pretty cool. It's just their ingredients. They're not in the mood. No, but they're baked, I think. Yeah. And it'll probably be featured pretty prominently. A little donuts on the table. Who cares? That would be great. Even if I was super proud of it. A baker cares, Dan. That's who cares. How have I beat you twice? Because your bakes are good. You're not. You're like. You're good. Your stuff's good. That's all pride. Yeah. In your bakes. Yeah. Imagine getting to see them on the big screen. Imagine seeing Lacey Chabert take a big old bite out of your donut. On top of the town.

[01:42:31] But here's my problem is that there's nothing that I would have made, a thing that I would have made appearing in a Hallmark movie where I would be excited to see it. That's just how I'm watching. Not even your cake? No. The cake? Dan. I'm not your beautiful cake. No one else knows it's my cake but me. Why do I care? What if your cake is in a movie and the bit is that it gets dropped everywhere? That you would love, right? I mean. I don't know. But I don't go. I can't wait to watch this week to see my cake on the screen. I don't get it.

[01:43:01] 50K, absolutely. You made the thing and it's in the thing. All right. Great, guys. I'm not saying you shouldn't like it. I'm just saying I don't care. Anna and Vaughn come in to tell them that today's theme is a very Jonas Christmas, November 23rd, 2025. 25th. That's sweet. Hi, everybody. Welcome to Deck the Hallmark. We're talking about the Disney Plus movie here on the Netflix part of the show. Don't ask me. Why not? It doesn't matter. Netflix episodes of Deck the Hallmark covering Disney. Yeah. So we've got all that covered. Layers.

[01:43:31] It's layered just like this movie, you know? Diz the net mark. There it is. There it is. You get this. There it is. Was this episode yet another opportunity for Dan to complain about how he doesn't like Thanksgiving? He's been so good. And he thinks it's overrated. I said it a day in the week already? You're going to get that opportunity. If it's so good, why do we only eat it once a year? It's even a great impression. It's so fun when somebody thought me doing it. Yeah. It's so fun. It's a good impression, too.

[01:44:00] You're going to get to hear that on the diss list and on Who What When. But Scotty is, by and large, with me. And he's been a Joe Bros fan for a long time. This was five and a cream before we watched a second of it. Now, I do want to say I am a big Joe Bros fan. I have been a Joe Bros fan for a very long time. They're Disney days. They're early music. Like, even when it wasn't cool for guys like me that like just punk rock music and it wasn't punk rock to like the Jonas Brothers, I would have the Jonas Brothers. I burned the Jonas Brothers.

[01:44:29] I obviously downloaded it illegally on LimeWired, burned to my desk. And I would listen to the CD while I mowed the lawn. And I'd be like, man, I hope nobody catches me listening to the Jonas Brothers. But now I do. Can I just say, even though I didn't know you at that point in your life, you were never punk. You didn't hear the pop. You didn't listen to pop punk. Let's be real. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's true. Different eras there. It's true.

[01:44:58] It was like Hands Down, right? Like you were singing Hands Down. 100%. Oh, I didn't know you. I've never heard you talk about that song. Yeah, what's Hands Down? How's that go? You were punk enough to be my friend, Bran. Thank you. We were the same. Bran was diving in. We were the same amount of punk rock. We were. Which was Dashboard. You guys ought to be embarrassed. All right. A Royal Christmas Hope, November 24th, 2025. But yeah, no.

[01:45:27] I'm ready. Hey, can I ask you guys a question? Yeah, man. Absolutely. It might be somewhat, I guess, tangentially related to Thanksgiving. Sure. How many times you guys pooped your pants as adults? Did we talk about this during the marathon? I don't think so. I was. This is about a month ago now, but we were at a. It feels. Well, I feel like we did a never have I ever. And there was a never have I ever pooped my pants as an adult. And I have never done that. Okay.

[01:45:58] Bran, have you pooped your pants as an adult? I think well documented. Yeah. Yes. Okay. All right. I'm glad because we were. It feels like it was more recently. We were at a Halloween gathering and I don't know how it came up, but I said it rather. Like I pooped my pants a couple months ago, just, you know, it was just a run of the mill pants pooping. It was not a runs of the mill. That was really close. Yeah. You know, it was listen, it was a fartsy. Oopsie go daisy. Right. Yes.

[01:46:28] Yes, sir. There was no way to know. Like, you know, impossible to know. I just assumed that this was like, listen, I don't poop my pants all the time, but maybe like once every other year. Right. It's pretty often. That batting average is pretty high. Well, but that's pretty crazy. Once every couple of years. But it happened for you to feel like a month ago now. Right. Which means you're safe for a solid 24. Yeah. And like, I'd much rather it happen before Halloween than like during Thanksgiving or Christmas. I said I did. I did two years.

[01:46:57] That's impossible. That's a good 18 months. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, and so I just brought it up rather casually because I don't remember how it came up, but I was just like, well, surely we all have done this. Right. And you and the faces at the debutante ball where you were at the time. Well, were you at the points at club? Like, where were you when you said this? We had a black tie. It was just a friend's house. Alyssa's like you, Dan, and lie and say they you've never done this. Why? Why would I lie about this? It's a great question. Why would you lie about this?

[01:47:26] I would like you to answer it. Like, you know, but it's like, but then the other the other couple that was there, they were like a gas. And I'm just like, there's nothing to be embarrassed about here. There's a little something to be embarrassed about. I don't think there's anything. It was a fart. See, go. Daisy. What's the best? Well, not you. Clearly not. Like, you know, it's like, I guess I need some. We could talk about this later because we're I mean, this is maybe even too much for to protect the homework, but like, I guess I need some clarification on what you think

[01:47:54] pooping your pants is like any residue at all. Listen, I had to. Alyssa thought that I like, yeah, like broke my ankle. I sprinted to the bathroom like, you know, it wasn't. And then when you get there, you had to throw those underwear away. Those were goners. Yeah. And then you could still wear your pants and they were fine. Yeah. We washed the pants and then I shipped them. Ironically. Interesting. I gave them to someone. You had to ship your pants. Yeah. I put them in the mail. So you sold your poop pants on depot. It was. No, that was a bit.

[01:48:24] Okay. Phew. Ship your pants. No, I know the bit. I thought it was because I know that you. No, I, they, they were washable. They were. Okay. But they were on you. You couldn't wear the pants anymore either. So the underwear was done. I know the underwear was a goner. I watched. You have to leave promptly. So I've, I've definitely never done that. Definitely never done that. I just feel like there's no way to know. Sometimes I, every, you gotta be quick on the draw with those muscles, man.

[01:48:52] It's well, I mean, it was, it was, it was, I mean, listen, I don't want to get into the hyper specific. Yeah. I feel like that's where we are. We can move on. I mean, this week sponsored by aura frames is really good. Like your, your positive. Right. Well, what's great is Monday out of the game. You can like, you know, if you're in the, if you're in the bathroom, right. And you're like, well, how am I going to let someone know that what's happening? Or that I'm okay. You could have taken a picture. You're going to send it straight to your aura frame. And everyone at the party would be like, oh, he's good.

[01:49:21] Remember when you FaceTime me from the toilet at the marathon? Yeah, brother. Of course. Yeah. All right. Listen, I don't know. I just felt like it seemed like, listen, you, you know, that I'm not going to judge you. How many times have you done it as an adult brand? Do you agree with my every other year? Every other year is probably accurate ish every year and a half to two years. You guys are not functional. I would argue we're quite functional, actually.

[01:49:48] I will say, well, so when was the, when did that guy come to our office that had money and I had left my poop pants in the, in the trash? Oh, that was 20. That was 22. Okay. So I haven't done it in three years then. Three years. I can't recall the, the, I definitely have done it twice while Alyssa and I have been together. So that's three and a half years. So I've pooped my pants twice in three and a half years. You guys are on similar tracks there. Yeah.

[01:50:18] Ryan and I are lockstep on most things. Most things. Most things. Yeah. I like 90s sports movies rankings though. Well, that's Ryan at deck the hallmark.com. I would like to hear other people. Send your stories there. That's Brian. B-R-I-A-N. No, I think the one thing that's bringing me joy this holiday season, as there's many things,

[01:50:45] but one in particular is that a joke, Rye, that you made during our preview episode about the Cohen bump is true. Yes. The Cohen bump is real. The bump is real. Cohen's the best we've seen from up this holiday season. And I, even though I think I, yeah, I would agree this movie quality wise, I think they had a little bit more money to play with.

[01:51:14] Give me the Cohen Royal movie. If we had seen this one first, would you feel that way? Well, that's what I, the Cohen bump. I think Cohen bump is so real that. One hundred percent. I prefer the Cohen movie either, no matter what order I saw. I think, I think there's something about Cohen. There's something about Christmas time. There's something about Cohen. There's something about Christmas time. You know what I mean? Just, just really elevated the picture.

[01:51:44] Uh, the exterior of the hotel gave me a slight. Are you okay? Are you a Muppet? Are you turning into a Muppet right now? I don't, uh, I wasn't a good Kermit at all. Uh, I can't do, do I have a good Muppet impression? Um, it sounded like some water or something was caught in your throat. I was, I was, Oh, you know what? My, if you're on the YouTube, I really like how Michael Caine dances during that one song of the ghost of Christmas present. He's like, Oh, I don't know if we can do that here. Yeah. You can. Yeah. Holiday touchdown of Bill's love story. November 25th, 2025.

[01:52:14] That's right. Thanksgiving week. I'm thankful to be here for, uh, to talk about some Hallmark movies. And I'm thankful that V is back to help us do so. Hi V. How are you? Hey guys. I am good. You know, it's like Christmas is upon us when I get to like sugarplum ferry my way back into the Bramble Jam studios. Yeah. Right. Exactly right. Now V people might know you from under the desk news, hard hitting stuff.

[01:52:39] You have, uh, like live stream walked along the parade, which I've never been jealous of you in my life. Um, but I think what you are most proud of is the fact that you've been on this show multiple times now. I have recurring guests. And I was saying before we got on, this was the first guest spot that I was like invited to be on. So the very first time I guessed it on a podcast was your guy's show. And that kind of makes you the discoverers of under the desk. You guys all hear that, right?

[01:53:08] We, we were the first program. That's right. We invited V on the show. The rest is history. The rest is history. How do we feel about the new stadium that's happening? Are we excited about it or not? So yes and no. So the chatter at the premiere was people were leaving and they were very excited about the movie, but some folks were like, was this a bill's new stadium propaganda? Because it was snow about the building of the new stadium. And there's been a little back and forth, you know, how many taxpayer dollars were used to build it.

[01:53:37] And then, you know, the gula's got the money. They could have swung this by their self, but you know, it is what it is. Um, the problem that people have now is typically you get paid $20 plus all the coffee and hot dogs. You can eat to help shovel out snow on snow game days, which is almost always. Um, and so the new stadium, we won't need that anymore because they're heating the stadium. So we got away with no dome. So we'll still have snow, but it won't have the wind that we typically have. It won't go to a bill's game is like proven. You can survive.

[01:54:05] It's like going to army for some other hallmark movies, you know, and it's so fun. And so I think I'm very excited about the new stadium because I just am a very easily excited person, but I'm, I think we're going to miss it the way that a lot of people miss what you heard was called the rock pile, the war memorial. They'll miss the Ralph is what this stadium is called. Um, but you know, it'll be fun. It'll be fun. Melt my heart this Christmas, November 26th, 2025. Are you banking anything for the holidays?

[01:54:33] You know, I don't know what to make that we've made a lot of different stuff and I'm like, I can make anything. What do you guys want? Name something. I'm going right back to the chocolate pumpkin pie. I would too. Yeah. That's a good one. You want me to make that crust for you? I'm buying a crust. There you go. I bought, I bought a Pillsbury crust. What are you doing for the top? I'm not doing a double crust. I'm doing a single crust and I'm going to do a bourbon whipped cream with it. I know. Who are you? Who are you? I know. I know.

[01:55:03] That's right. Guys get better with age. I don't care what you say. Guys just do get better. I'm just fully cloning right now. I have been pushing Dan to do this for Thanksgiving. Because he wants a slice of pie. I know that the likelihood of there being any pie left over by the time I get back to my house Thursday night is very low. I know. Especially now that I know it's good. It's got dairy in it. My kids will probably eat a piece each. Our two guests will probably eat a piece each. I'll eat one or two. That's a pie. You're right. That's it. We're done.

[01:55:33] That's a pie. Good pie. And that's why I've been pushing for two. Pie pie. I've been pushing Dan to make two pies. That's a big commitment is two pies. But you tie, you die. Tie, you die. True. Two pies a lot. Two pies alive. You tie, you die. It could be your Christmas present maybe. Early Christmas present for bread. If on our Christmas episode you just give me a pie, I'll be pumped. I don't need things. No, I don't either. I don't need things.

[01:56:02] That's a great gift. I need pie. I can melt my heart this Christmas. You know what's melting a lot of people's hearts this Christmas? Walter Gregson's seal of approval. Nope. Oh, Christmas tree? You mean oh, Christmas tree? That has Walter's seal of... It does. It does. You see it. That's it right there. Right up here is the seal. What's it called again? There you go. It's a festive... Oh, it's festive seal, isn't it? It's the festive seal. Is that what it's called? The festive seal? That's right. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[01:56:31] Oh, Christmas tree, a novel attempt by Brian Harrell, Brandon Gray, Daniel Thompson. We are trying to get to number one in small town romance. Small town. How darn in a small town romance. We are doing worse than last week. Gosh. So the good news... We're back, baby. The good news for this movie is, yes, we are back, baby. There's a lot in not a good way.

[01:57:01] In the way that you go, what's Brian doing here? You know, one of those we are back, babies. The good news is this is not the worst Christmas movie I've seen this year. The bad news is it's because we're covering up. There it is. There it is. And the worst news is I have a couple of up TV movies ahead of this one. There's that. Another one of mine is the one thing you can count on a glass blowing movie is you're going

[01:57:29] to get a sexy glass blowing scene, right? Where they're... You're supposed to. Maybe. Where they're going to... You know, their hands are going to be on that stick and it's got the glass in the fire and it's all sensual. And in this movie, they show that starting and then they show the completed thing and go, and then we put it here to rest and that's it. And you're like, what happened? Why didn't... This movie doesn't spend... That's right. Like, Hussar may as well be four on the call sheet in this movie.

[01:57:56] Holly, her friend, Bonhomie, and maybe even Walter Gregson. He's barely in it. They spend no time having them build any chemistry, but you would think at the glass blowing scene, these two are really going to get a chance to be close to each other and it's like, well, we're going to skip all this. We're going to have you on the column here. We're going to skip all this and we'll just show you the completed project and move on. Not that there's anything wrong with having you on the column. Nothing wrong with it. Nothing wrong with having you on the column. We love that.

[01:58:24] It'd be great if this movie did bring the column, which it did not bring at all. So there's that. Mistletoe Murder, season two, episodes five and six, November 27th, 2025. But yeah, really the real feels here is Emily and Sam. The fact that like that, you know, that freezer smooch is one of the kissiest kisses in all of Hallmark. Granted, they are doing it to survive, but nonetheless, it's there. And even outside of the freezer, they're still going at it. Yeah.

[01:58:52] Well, I was going to say like, you know, this is it was a great, great payoff. These two are dynamite together and two great kisses. The end of the season, the gazebo kiss is is up there, too. So good on them. Good on them. These two, you know, we've seen a lot of Hallmark movies and we know that just because two people have good chemistry doesn't mean that they're going to have good. Always lay in that plane. Yeah. And they lay in the plane every chance they get. That second kiss was so scorching.

[01:59:19] I was kind of shocked that when we cut to her in her PJs, she was alone. That's exactly right. I was curious as to how they were going to handle that. It was a weird cut. And I thought, man, they're going to do this. But they didn't. Yeah. I thought he was going to bring her coffee in bed or something like that. They didn't. So she winds up going with her mom instead. And it comes down to a sudden death match with another team. That's right. Whoever answers first wins the whole thing. And you know that they're going to answer first because the other team is not allowed to speak.

[01:59:49] That's exactly right. You have a distinct advantage that give away when the other team has no ability to answer even if they know it. That's what I'm going to do next time. I want to feel really good about myself. I'm going to throw a trivia night and I'm going to pay extras to come in. But they're not allowed to speak or I've got to pay them more. It's one way to win. That'll make me feel really good about myself. Yeah. 100%. Anything else? And then I did get a kick out of the fact that John Mark is running away.

[02:00:18] He's done a lot of the hard work, right? Yeah. He's got a knife. He's ready to go. He stops, turns around. This is so wild. And Sam is like, there's nowhere to go. You're standing in front of what I think is a forest. That's right. Like, you have everywhere to go. There's literally everywhere to go. Keep running, John Mark. Keep running. Don't give up. Sam is lying to you. If you know anything about John Mark, he just has zero wilderness skills.

[02:00:47] He does all the hard work. He's got the knife. I mean, he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer. If you will. He literally ran out into the cold with a knife in his hands because he didn't kill Danny. Yeah. You did mention this in your synopsis, which is still going on somewhere in hell. Hey, man. Hey. Oh, I got two episodes of television. Jam packed.

[02:01:17] God. It was great. It was great. I'm happy that only one this season went over. Okay. Our killer. Finding Mr. Christmas, the next one, November 28th, 2025. Oh, better. Do you remember? Was it a, what? Three, four years ago now that you went to, didn't she go to Thanksgiving while in Chicago at some mansion and then the guy died. Am I making this up? It was your ex-boyfriend's house. Wasn't it? Correct. Yeah. Yeah. That's true. That's real. Yeah. The guy's Thanksgiving is always an interesting time for me.

[02:01:47] You were talking, you were talking it up. Right. And I, I'm going to this house. We're still friends. We're blah, blah, blah. They're like, how to go. And you're like, he died. I remember you telling us what you were going to do. What happened? I remember that you told us what you were going to do. And I was so intrigued. I was like, I got to ask a follow-up afterwards. Yeah, how'd it go at the ex's house? He's dead. He's dead. Not the ex, but. You know, our recording schedule has some interesting developments later, you know? Yeah. Yeah. Oh, gosh.

[02:02:16] Well, but for the hunt test this week, we have the fa-la-la-lawn. Mm-hmm. Fa-la-la-la-lawn. Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la. Rustin's like, sweet, I'm going to sweat. I got to go outside and sweat. They are going to do that. I thought this was going to be bowling, but it's not. They get in these big plastic boy in bubble balls. Have you guys ever been in one of those? I've not. There was a period of time where there were like businesses popping up where you could pop

[02:02:46] in these and then like run down a hill. So there was a trampoline park in town that used to have them. And my kids would get in and I would throw them around on the trampoline and they loved it. But I never got in myself. I've never been in one. What do they call them? I've been in one, of course. Of course. What do they call this for? Like it was like yurt balls? Yurton? I don't think it's yurt balls. I don't know that if they have a name, but they're pretty sure it's not yurt balls. We're back.

[02:03:13] We're talking finding Mr. Christmas today and it's time to play some sports ball. The boys all go outside to do two different things. One, throw the pigskin. Two, kick a soccer ball at the same time. They are throwing a football and kicking a soccer ball simultaneously while we get individual

[02:03:38] interviews about sports and what that sports means to that individual person. It is so weird. I've never seen it before. Like throw the pigskin while kicking soccer ball. Someone somewhere heard through a thousand person game of telephone that men like sports and the thousandth person was like, I've got an idea for a segment for this show. That is the only way this makes sense.

[02:04:06] There's a football being thrown, a soccer ball being kicked, and these dudes going, sports made me less vulnerable because it made me be less of an introvert. What is that? Guys, everyone loves sports. Like men, women, everybody loves sports. Like what are we doing here? It's crazy. This is television. It was so weird. It was very weird. Craig literally says he likes playing with balls and a hard stop.

[02:04:34] And then, you know, he talks about division one college football. That's right. And I'm like, okay, okay. Craig, like we didn't know this football pass without you. Yeah. Well, because Jake was Mr. Football. That's right. I don't know if you remember this. Jake was football guy, carried a football run all along. So there just wasn't room for another football guy. Got it. Okay. So then Craig's like trying to, we're getting more about Craig. That makes me think Craig might be the winner.

[02:05:02] They, so they do the prep together and then they have 10 more minutes to prep with Hunter and then it's time to shoot. Basically the story is two brothers and Hunter King is their sister. Hunter King is bringing a new date. Yes. To this merry-mingle family gathering thing. Okay. So they decide that we're going to do Rust and Robbie, our brothers, because they're white. Yes.

[02:05:29] And Marcus is going to be the date. This is literally both. There are two people of color left in our final six. And in both sets of three, both groups decide that the person of color needs to be the boyfriend because they can't even imagine a world. Imagine a world where two people of different color skin would be brothers. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I'm pretty sure. How ridiculous is that?

[02:05:57] Rustin, I might be getting the names wrong, but one of them goes. So obviously we're the brothers. That's right. Yes. One time the world is obviously we're the brothers. Like it's what, what is happening? Very funny. Guys, you're just acting and it could happen in real life, but also you're just acting. Yeah. What in the world? The wildest part of this episode for sure. And they could have like helped themselves out too, you know, by like playing like, okay,

[02:06:26] maybe Robbie is going to be a great boyfriend because he has this like character that's like, you know, uptight or whatever. Yeah. To contrast with like the goofy brothers. Right. Instead of like thinking like, yeah. So literally about like, what are our genetics? It's so ridiculous. Baked with Love Holiday, season one, episode five, November 29th, 2025. We're going to take a break. When I come back, we're going to break down these challenges. Shoe pastry and a pastry. Shoe pastry. Get out of here.

[02:06:56] And a cake. Go on, get it. And a cake. That's what we're talking about here on the Baked with Love show until we'll be, I'm all out of sorts. The order is so different. What's that? You hear that jingling? Are there some footsteps on the roof? Are there some chimes? What? Has Santa left, has Santa left a note for us on the Christmas tree? What is happening? What does it say? No one's going home this week. What?

[02:07:26] Yay. Thanks, Santa. What in the world? No one's going home this week. Why not? Well, because Debbie and Chris left her. I think that's technically because they had a week where they. This is my sneaky suspicion. I think that they always had this in their back pocket for a week that was especially rough for really good bakers like Susan and Saman and Sally and Amy. And they said, you know what? This is crazy. This is the week to bust this out. I got, I, I, I just, I can't.

[02:07:56] I can't. I can't. The one reality TV shows are so stupid and edited poorly. And the one thing we're guaranteed is they give somebody the ax. Yeah. What is this? Yeah. Yeah. It's weird. You guys weren't mad that you won your 42 minutes back? I don't know. I sort of like expected since Debbie and Kristen did leave unexpectedly. I was like, okay. So they had a week to play with. Okay. They're going to give everybody another chance. I, I'll just say this. I was surprised.

[02:08:25] Like, obviously they might go home. So Sally and Amy and Susan and Saman might go home next week. Yeah. Very well might. Right. But the fact that they were the bottom two this week where they've been so strong, it felt, it did feel like, it did feel like, you know what? Let's keep them around a little bit longer. But also for, I mean, Susan and Saman. Where was that with James and Karen? Yeah. That's a tough one. Keep James.

[02:08:53] Although that would allow us more, uh, Sade and Renee and I don't need any more, a story. They're storytellers. They are storytellers. Where was that with Fabio? Fabio and Fabio Jr. Were out. They were the first ones out. They were so fun. They could never be seen. I missed them. Why? Obviously. What a turn of events. A grand old Opry Christmas, November 30th, 2025. Let's get to the way. What is where we're talking about? What in this movie? May it go? What? I'll start with you, Alonzo. No, Brian. I'll start with you, Brian. I am so out of whack. Have you done this? I know. I'm not usually on the big show.

[02:09:22] This is hard for me. I will. This won't take long. I'll be quick because Alonzo said he's got a bunch. I didn't have a lot. There was a baking montage I thought was pretty unnecessary. Most tacked on cookie scene ever. Yeah. But also, Brian, you thought the baking montage was unnecessary? I'm like, let's get back to Nikki hanging out with her dad. All right. That's basically where I was at. I didn't need the... They could have said we made cookies for the cast and that'd be the end of it. I didn't need to see anything else. Gosh, they can't wait with you.

[02:09:52] Not enough baking, too much baking. That is not an effective... Wait, what? Baking is all about perfect measurements and getting it just right. So, you know... It's a science, not an art. I've said it for years. And now that I'm a baker, you start... You know. So, appended to that, you can be a really successful country singer, or you can spend Christmas in Gatlinburg.

[02:10:20] I don't think you can do both. As somebody who went to Gatlinburg a bunch as a kid, it is the Myrtle Beach of Tennessee. You cannot... No, this is the best way one of the year. You cannot be a platinum-selling artist and spend Christmas in Gatlinburg. I stand by that sentiment. You cannot go from the Opry stage in your car with your personal assistant and go,

[02:10:47] Should we go to Ripley's on Tuesday and then Ober on Wednesday? When do we do the indoor pot-pot? When do we do that? Like, you can't do that. No, no. Absolutely not. You're going to Aspen. That's right. Come on. Indoor skydiving's got a two-for-one? Oh, my God. You didn't even charge your phone there. That just... That really... That clanged for me. Christmas at the Catnip Cafe, December 1st, 2025.

[02:11:13] Hi, I'm Brian, and I love Hallmark Christmas cat movies. I'm Brian, and I like Hallmark Christmas cat movies. I'm Dan, and at least there's Kringles. I despise Hallmark Christmas cat movies. I'm Dave, a man of particular tastes, and I bring you a dark curse from Bastet, the ancient Egyptian cat goddess. And this is the Hallmark Podcast. What was that about? What was that about, man?

[02:11:42] A little history lesson to start the show. Cat gods. What are you talking to me? Yeah, I'm talking to you. What was that? I'm telling you about the ancient Egyptian cat goddess Bastet. Bastet. What did Bastet do? Well, today, she's bringing dark curses to Hallmark Christmas movies. Is Bastet bringing me dark curses? This entire enterprise, the entire Crown Media corporation.

[02:12:11] We're not affiliated with them. That's right. We need everyone to know that. We need that 100% clear. Listen, I'm an outsider on all counts, so I'm just a conduit. I don't bring the curse. I'm just telling you that the ancient Egyptian cat goddess Bastet has cursed everything. I understand. It's more than fair. I understand how and why. It's exciting when we look at the schedule in September and we see a movie title with an animal in it. Because we know what's happening.

[02:12:40] We know that Dave White's joining us. First time. I would submit that our son, Dave White, and our moon, Kringle Week, we get both of them every year. And this year, we have an eclipse. We have Dave White appearing on Kringle Week. So, I mean, these pastries are flying off the shelves. Curse can't be that hard. At least here at the office. Brian, what do you think about Cats? I like Cats. I like Cats. What do you think about this movie?

[02:13:10] This movie. As I scroll through my notes on this movie, my big takeaway is that I liked it a lot. What? My notes are all positive. They're just all positive things. Dude, what are you watching? I don't understand. Cats were adorable. The music in this. This and the glassblowing movie. Are you watching? Are you putting on like in a different language? I'm watching some dark stuff when I'm not watching this. And so this stuff has been pleasant this season. It's kind of been necessary.

[02:13:42] He's on your end. The music was so good, guys. Anyway, Dave. Go ahead, Dave. Thoughts? Mike. This movie is full of good cats. Yes. Like really good. Yeah. Attractive, full-bodied cats. And there's even one cute little kitten. Yeah. And he makes biscuits. Oh, he makes biscuits. In one moment. And all those cats are stars. That's right.

[02:14:07] And those good cats are shamefully sidelined so that we can have our time wasted by human beings. Heck yeah. And even occasionally dogs who have no business being here taking up precious cat space. Man. Justice for the dogs. So you didn't care for it? Huh. Oh, care for the movie? Yeah. I don't think of this as a movie. Yeah. Like, I don't think of none of the things that I watch for you guys.

[02:14:37] None of the things that y'all talk about every day. None of the things that I see Alonzo talking about and watching. Like, I'm on my way to bed. It's nine o'clock. My bedtime. And he starts watching one of these movies. And I'm like, good night. Turn it down. Closing the door behind me. Like, those are not, they're not, you guys, they're not movies. Nothing you guys do matters. I appreciate what's happening here. I love this whole thing. Thank you. I love the bramble and the jam.

[02:15:03] But like, and you three are beautiful people that I adore. Oh, man. But these are not movies. Now I'm all in on cats. I would like a cat cafe. I like the idea of drinking a coffee with a cat in my lap on a rainy day. That sounds like a nice day. So this movie at least emoted things out of me. It emoted things out of me. It emoted things out of me. Put it on the box. We all say that. Put it on the box. It emoted things out of me. Dad? Dad.

[02:15:32] We met in December, December 2nd, 2025. Oh. Is that just Kringle Week rolling on right now? Kringle Week rolling on, Dano. It's great to be here. Just get a little close up here. Guys, this is going to change your life. This is a peppermint brownie. New to the stable of Racine Danish Kringles this year. Brownie in there. I'm just telling you, you got to get you this. You got to get this right. Take your mouth here. You know what I mean? Yeah, yeah. Take your mouth here. Yeah. Yeah.

[02:16:04] Oh, my God. I mean. Are you screaming right now? I mean, if you don't know, then you know. You know what I mean? That peppermint on top? Mm-hmm. Boy. That's crazy. I'm glad we didn't try to bake a Kringle. Dude. Why try when you have this? Why try when you got homemade ones delivered to your door? Embarrass ourselves. You freeze them all year long. That's the thing. This is pretty crazy. Yeah. Yeah. You're usually at where this is going to be. This is movie number three for you, which is usually done.

[02:16:33] You've only been doing two movies a week this holiday season. I know. This is movie number three for you. How are you feeling? And this is the third of seven. Right. It's a lot. It's a lot. Well, it's a Kringle get me through. Kringle's going to get you through. Yeah. The Kringle really gets you through. Yeah. They're talking like they're going to be on the same plane in the morning, sitting next to each other. It's only going to be four hours. So see you in four hours, basically. Right. The next morning, he's nowhere to be found. She's dead.

[02:17:04] She's really got to leave. Gunshot. He's a ghost. Awful feeling. Sleeping to your room. He actually is addicted to drugs. That's why he didn't invite her to his room because of all the drugs. There's drugs everywhere. The next, yeah. So he's nowhere to be found. She's sorry, guys. It took what? What other reason could there be? Niles dead and doing drugs. It took eight minutes to get dark. I apologize, everybody.

[02:17:34] We get to see them say we get to see the good night scene again. But this time we see that he stopped the elevator from closing completely. And came back to kiss her real good. Still separate rooms, though. All above board. All above board, yeah. After that kiss. They just met each other, Brandon. I know. This room's full of drugs. I mean, it's not going to... Have some decorum. He's a ghost. They also bump into each other again. He's a ghost? He said he's dead, remember? Oh, yeah. What if he's dead the whole time? What if?

[02:18:05] I didn't think about that. That's crazy, man. Okay. At the theater, this was great. Annie is sitting there in a seat. And she sees a guy who she thinks might be Dave. So she, from a few rows back, yells out, Dave! Dave! And so I was laughing, thinking he's with his wife. And she's yelling a fake name at him. Like, there's not much worse you can do than screaming a different guy's name at somebody. Being like, hey, remember me from the hotel? Dave, remember me? Yeah.

[02:18:34] Yeah, it's tough out there. I know she only knew him for one night, but that guy's clearly not Dave. No, no. Clearly not Dave. No, he did not look like Dave at all from behind. So he's going to have to do a little explaining on the drive home there. Trying to offend anybody about how the Christmas house decorations looked. Uh-oh. However... But you mean to tell me Michael Jordan came to visit this house? Get out of here. Get out of here. All right.

[02:19:01] I mean, it was fine, but Michael Jordan, that's like... So Michael Jordan, you know, out in the town with his family. Yeah, that was the part that got me. He's spending time with his family. See, he lost a bet. That's the only way MJ ends up going to this house is if he lost a bet. If you lose this hand of black trash, you've got to spend Thanksgiving night with your kids. If you lose a game of, what is it, quarters with the old attendant over there. That's right.

[02:19:31] Then you've got to go see the Christmas house. There's something that's American to do. That's the only logical explanation here. Yeah. I've got to be honest. These two do a great job of remembering literally everything from their one night together. And not each other's last names because they never said them. It's very impressive that they remember all of these details. So much so that Niles' family wants to murder him.

[02:19:57] And I know I mentioned it in the hot take, but like every time he goes into this, he goes full sad sack. And then you see a picture of the rest of the family all reacting at once. And it's like, he's on his BS again. He's talking about, what are we going to do? It was one night. This guy, I just, he needs to, somebody. It's not even December. Does somebody want to tell him? The craziest part of this movie is that Nile Mater, the guy, remembered any of this. That's right. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[02:20:25] All Niles doing that whole night is just being like, God, she's so hot. I can't even pay attention. He's not remembering any of that. The snow must go on December 3rd, 2025. I'm honored by all of the great reviews and feedback we're getting for O Christmas. And one three-star review. One three-star, show your face. Yes. Only left three stars and didn't leave a review. I want to hear it. I want to hear it. Coward! It's a special, special person that just drops the three and walks away.

[02:20:54] I want to hear it. We love your three-star reviews. We love your three-star reviews. It legitimizes us, I see. It legitimizes us, but also, who are you people? Say something, why are you leaving three stars? Who are you people out there in the service who are like, in any industry that isn't like, reviewing an actual movie, right? If you're a journalist doing that, that's one thing. But it's five or one, guys. Like, we all know this. You don't get in an Uber and leave and go, they were okay. Three and a half. Three and a half? You don't do that. Ruin their day with a three star. You can't ruin someone.

[02:21:24] My door dasher forgot my Diet Coke. One. Two and a half. You can go one. That's fine. 100%. One or five. Those are your options. Don't ruin someone's day with a three. They forgot your Diet Coke? They brought me a Coke last week. I did nothing. That's tough. I didn't rate that dasher. That almost is a three, though. Yeah, but it is. You don't ruin someone's day. That ruins someone's day. The food's more important. The food. Yeah, sure. Yeah, you probably have drinks wherever you want. Say something. Why did you give three stars? There you go. There it is. Really?

[02:21:54] The school guidance counselor, Lillian. Hey. Hey, Lillian. Lillian. You're going to have to help out with that musical, Lillian. Get. Lillian. Hey, Lillian. Lillian, get off. Get off. Get off. Get off. Get off. Get off. Get off. Help them kids learn. Put it up. Lillian. Put it up, Lillian. Put it up. Put what up? That's what they said. Put it up. Yeah. I don't know. Lillian, help him. Lillian helps him learn.

[02:22:24] Unfortunately for him, Lillian overhears the whole thing. Lillian, what you doing back there listening? Come on, Lillian. Go get. Yeah. She is very upset and tells him to tell the kids or she will. While I didn't necessarily need this love story, that dance scene on the stage was steamy, steamy. Man, I kind of cringed. Oh, really? You didn't think it was steamy at all? I thought it was weird. I thought they were not on the same page. It is weird that they're on a high school stage doing that.

[02:22:54] Yeah, I've ever worked for you. Yeah. But no, I thought that that was a steamy dance. Dano? So there was this part where he's working on the snow machine. He's banging on that thing. He's got his wrench. He's got a bunch of stuff he's twisting. And he and his niece are talking about Miss Brigitte and how and why he cast himself in the play. And he's working on the snow machine. And he says, I'm going to give her the old Hayward touch.

[02:23:22] And I thought to myself, that had to be a bad cut, right? That's a bad edit right there. There are several bad cuts in this movie. That was very bad timing to say, I'm going to give her the old Hayward touch. That's right. He's banging on the machine talking about Miss Brigitte and then says, I'm going to give her the old Hayward touch. That's right. Yes. You shouldn't. You shouldn't say it like that. Maybe not. I hope he's talking about the snow machine. Either way, it's a very hopefully just a very helpful to touch.

[02:23:48] And last but not least, you know, I did say that dancing was steamy. But you also can't dance like that at a school. You're asking for trouble, though, you are. Yeah, you are. Someone's going to walk in and see you, you know, bumping up, backing up against this guy on the stage. I love that you went from grime to bumping up to backing up like you're making it better. Grew up bumping up, backing up. But I got to stand down. Stand by. I didn't know what I said. You said it perfectly.

[02:24:17] Grime to bump into the back. Whatever she's doing. Backing that thing up. Whatever she's doing, she's putting her job on the line. Her job, huh? Someone walks in on them. Backing her job up. Doing that. If someone walks in and they're doing that on the stage, the person's going to be like, Lillian, can I see you in my office? Lillian, go get it. Can I see you in my office? I heard you guys were ground back. Bump it up. How do we say this? We need you two to sit next to each other.

[02:24:47] Can't do that. Oh, God. Last but not least, and this has to be mentioned, the way he wins this ragtag gang of high school kids over is he has them all sing a word about Christmas, and it automatically harmonizes. Let's try it. All right. Jingle bells. No, we get a contest. What's your word? Jingle bells. Okay. What's your word? Joy.

[02:25:17] Kringle. Okay. Ready? Yeah. One, two, three. Cradle bells. What the heck? It worked. No. That was crazy. Is this going to be a documentary? I'm going to do snowflakes. All right. I'm going to do snowman. I'm going to do decorated Christmas houses. Okay, great. Perfect. Houses decorated. Decorated houses. Decorated houses. I said snowflake? Yeah. So there's three decorated houses right down the middle. Okay. One, two, three. Decorated houses.

[02:25:47] I think he's right. I think this works every time. You can't go wrong with this. This is not. Should we do one more? Probably. A Christmas tree. I'm going to do Christmas tree. Hot cocoa. White elephant. One, two, three. Hot cocoa. That one didn't work. We found one that didn't work. It was close though. Yeah, it was close. It wasn't bad. No, it wasn't bad. It's time for. What the hallmark? What the hallmark? What the hallmark? The more, the merrier.

[02:26:17] December 4th, 2025. Snag it right now. It's this year's Elmo, I heard. It is this year's Elmo. Yeah. It's this year's Elmo. Yeah. Oh my God. Yeah. Yeah. That's what they're saying. Not even Tickle Me Elmo. No, no, no, no. It's just a regular old Steve. This year's Elmo. Regular Elmo. That's what they're saying. People. What a weird thing. No, I don't make this up. No, that's what they were saying. Don't call them weird. They are saying it's this year's Elmo. Wow. They're totally normal.

[02:26:45] Every year they name this year's Elmo. It's going to be brought on. It's the name stamp of the season, seal of the season. Seal of the season, which Walter Gregson gave us. He did. His seal of the season this year. Man, why didn't we get that video? Dang. What do you mean? Like he sent us the thing over. Yeah, we should have asked him for video. We should have asked him for video. Hot doctor. His name is Brian. Hot doctor Brian? Hot doctor Brian. That's what a lot of people have been calling you for a while. It's like, why?

[02:27:15] Behind my back? Behind your back. You're not even a doctor. Hot doctor Brian. Only tow truck man. She gives birth. Yay. They all. Everyone on staff. This year's Elmo. This year's Elmo. That's what they're saying. Again, that's them saying it. We wouldn't say that. We don't have that power. The power of Elmo. Hey, both of them are done.

[02:27:44] I have bad news. Oh, no. What? We heard from Elmo. Oh, no. He said it's not. Hey, guys. Elmo, you're on the line right now. Elmo's here. How's it going? Elmo. Yeah. He's not licensed. Elmo's here. How's it going, guys? Copyright expired. Big fan. Oh, you're a big fan. Did you hear that our book was the new Elmo? I thought it was Christmas Movie Magic. No, I'm sorry. The Christmas Movie Magic was the new Elmo? Elmo heard that. Yes.

[02:28:14] Okay. What do you think? What does he think? Did you hear any reason? Elmo's pretty freaking pissed off, to be honest with you. Yeah. I thought he might be. I own Christmas. All right. So, totally real Elmo. Do you have any say in when they decide what the next Elmo is? Do you have any say in it? Elmo has say in everything. I run the world. Okay. So, when they said that Christmas Movie Magic and the expansion pack, which you can buy at Amazon. I'll tell you exactly who it was.

[02:28:44] Who was it? Snuffleupagus. Snuffleupagus. That's me. The really real patented Snuffleupagus. Definitely said. He decides. Elmo and Snuffy got in a little bit of a fight. Mm-hmm. Okay. And he did this to spite me. So, he doesn't like the game. He just wanted to get you. He thinks the game is awesome. Who doesn't? I love the game. Elmo loves the game. Elmo loves the game. You just don't think it should be the next Elmo. Elmo does not think you should be next Elmo. Elmo's next Elmo.

[02:29:10] What do I have to do money-wise to get you to just say I instead of Elmo? Elmo says no money, no charge. That's the right answer. Elmo's El Capress. Yep. I can't believe we have it. No money, no charge from the real, very real Elmo. That's something Elmo would say. I hope that Elmo and Snuffy get back together. Yeah, figure it out. As friends. I don't know. Just friends. I don't know. You want them to be cool. They should be cool together. 100%.

[02:29:38] Elmo's here to say to me and Snuffy, we have done stuff. Kissed. Out of hand. Yeah. It's the magic of the season. It's the magic of the season. It's the magic of the season. I want to put brand. Brand at ease. Okay. Thank you, Elmo, for putting brand at ease. Thoughtful and empathetic. I'm sorry, Snuffy. You hear that, Snuffy? We'll get back from Snuffy. I'm sure we'll hear from Snuffy.

[02:30:08] We're talking the more the merrier because that's where we are at this point of the week. Are you guys here? Snuffy? I'm online. I heard my dear Elmo was talking to you. Yeah. Are you? I heard you in Elmore. Have you guys heard about Christmas movie magic? What about it? You've heard about it? It's the new Elmo. I love it unconditionally. Elmo doesn't like you saying that. You said it again. The more the merrier.

[02:30:40] Oh, well, you know what? A lot of people wonder. Like, the executives at Hallmark, do they watch other networks? Do you think Hallmark tuned in to see The Pit on HBO? No. Ask no more because it's clear they have. This is Hallmark's rebuttal to The Pit.

[02:31:09] For as intense and drama-filled as HBO's The Pit is, Hallmark's The More the Merrier is the anti-flu. What is it? Anti-venom? Anti-pit? Yes. It's the anti-pit.

[02:31:28] You go here and you feel good knowing that doctors in the emergency room on Christmas Eve, having to also deal with the birth of many children, still have plenty of time to decorate trees and get to know each other. And that is heartwarming. Gotta be honest, it just made me want to watch The Pit. So there's that. So it's some pretty offensive things.

[02:31:58] Yeah. The most offensive thing is this movie, Believing... Elmo's within on this one. Small Town's great. Sesame Street, the healthcare system sucks. Do you guys have a giant hospital on Sesame Street? No. You got like a strip mall urgent care, right? 100%. With no specialists. Yeah. That's what you got. Right. Big Bird's the acting physician. Physiotician. The what? The acting physiotician. Physiotician. Yeah. That's...

[02:32:27] Well, guys, we've buried the lead. Brendan Penny is in this movie 90% of the time in a doctor's jacket. And it's wonderful. He looks like a doctor. If you've ever wondered, can Brendan Penny pull it off? The answer is you betcha. It's resounding. Oh, wow. Dan?

[02:33:00] You think you can do... Elmo, do you like Kringles? It's Kringle Week. Elmo loves Kringles. Yeah. What's your favorite flavor, Elmo? Sounding like Baby Jack a little. No. Ring it back in. Elmo. It's going to reset. He's got to have a favorite Kringle flavor. Totally real Elmo. Elmo loves Rathbear because it's bread like Elmo. That's right. That's a good answer. What about Santa's Cintaberry? Yeah, that's right. Elmo loves Santa's Cintaberry all year. Yep.

[02:33:31] Can get all year? I don't think you can. That's what I'm saying. Can't get all year, so it can't be number one. I get you. Almost right on that one. Elmo's got to take a dump. Don't want to hold you up, Elmo. You going to take the phone with you or let us go? I mean, no. Anything like my kids, you'll just take us with you. I'm learning so much about Elmo that I didn't know was real. I was wilding. But it makes sense that he'd be number one all these years running. Yeah. It does.

[02:34:01] The fact that we're this year's. I didn't know. Time out. We displaced. I thought the folks chose a new. Elmo moved back. That was quick, man. I wasn't understanding. Hold that fur. We literally are displacing actual Elmo? Yes. No, I thought that after the Elmo frenzy of 20 or 30 years ago, that something was crowned the new Elmo every year. Elmo's been the number one gift 50 years running. I don't think that's true, Elmo. Amazing. I don't think that's true. I think you're lying.

[02:34:30] Elmo's had plenty of time. Elmo's asking, Dan, you think I'm lying? Yes. Oh, you said I'm. Great job. Great job, Elmo. No. Way to come around on pronouns. I was quoting you. Thank you so much. Elmo was quoting you. You said you think I'm lying. No, I didn't say, do you think I'm lying? I said, I think Elmo's lying. All right, I stopped mid-dump. I got to get back. God, I don't mind. Thanks, Elmo. This episode's for no one. That's for like six people. Six or seven. Brendan, if you're listening, sorry. Sorry, bro.

[02:35:02] One plow guy. Yikes. I feel like we. One more than we got in green, bro. It's true. But upstate New York. Upstate New York, everybody's a plow guy. Where this is a. I don't even know if this guy was sanctioned. I don't think so. There's a lot of folks up there that throw that attachment on the front of their truck. Anybody can throw that on there. And you can go. If you have a landscape company, you basically you throw a plow on. And that's what you do all winter. And you just hope for snow. And you wait around in the parking lot with your other plow guys.

[02:35:31] You drink whatever you're going to drink. And you wait for there to be enough snow for people to start calling you. One plow guy's just not cutting it. And he said at one point, he's in there mixing up. It's been on a plow crew, doesn't it? My dad used to plow. That he's dreamed of being on. Driving a plow truck's pretty cool. Yeah. It's pretty. You are the king of the castle. As they say, you're in a plow truck during a snowstorm. You are the king. Yeah. You're the king. King of the castle. You can do anything. That's all Brian wants. It's amazing. King of the castle. It's a quiet truck. King of the castle. Nobody on the road. And another shot.

[02:36:00] They're speaking about this. We're measuring the snow in feet, not inches. Which they showed a shot of the outside of the hospital. No. We're not. There's not two feet of snow. There's no. It's ridiculous. But what they could have done to show us this was an important storm was when there's a big time storm. You always get that shot on the news of the row of plows going down the highway with cars behind them. And it's such a BA shot. It's a great shot. It's just like, that's what you need to show. Like they're, they're talking about all the snow on the highway. Let's see all these plow trucks out there.

[02:36:28] But now Jake over here has got time to stir the oatmeal. You can spare 10 minutes. Whatever. You know, get out of here. Get on the road. An Alpine holiday, December 5th, 2025. Raleigh. Yeah. Yeah. The Raleigh traffic. Should we just head over to Chad's for a little while? Let's head over to Chad's. We get through Raleigh by 730 before the big, big boy traffic stop. Big boy Raleigh. That'd be nice. Yes, it's me. Is that big boy Raleigh? I don't know. Do you know where the new Elmo, this year's Elmo? Congrats.

[02:36:58] Thank you. A lot of people wonder when traffic comes. Do you, are you in Shakespeare? Are you in Shakespeare? Yeah. He wishes. He's trying. It's his audition there. Give him a chance. It's in a park. A lot of people wonder where the traffic is. Yep. Great. It's not bad here. It's not bad. Good. Thanks, Raleigh. Move to Raleigh. If we're through there, 745, we good, big boy? Oh. I wouldn't say that. Oh. On a Thursday?

[02:37:28] 735. 735. We're going to step on it a little bit. I got you. Okay. Don't worry. Don't worry. So that's going to be a lot of fun. We're going to be live. Yeah. I'm going to have to agree with Brian here. Just France in general looked great. Croissant. The entirety of it. I also, some scenes look really cold. And that works for me in these movies too, is when it really looks cold outside. That's a big deal. I love it when it's cold. We don't get enough of that down here. And so those two things really did work. He loves it when it's cold.

[02:37:58] I love it when it's cold. I love it when it's cold. We're going to take a break. I don't know why I decided to. You had to jump in on that. Yeah. Couldn't let me have it. No, I wanted to see if we could do a bit. And then it turned out we couldn't. Cold boys. What was the bit we were trying to do? I didn't know if there was something there. You were just guessing. I was yes anding. And then I yes out. You love it when it's cold. Brian, though. I moved down here to get away from it, frankly. It's going to be cold next week. But you just hear a wax poetic about plows. Oh, my God. Give me a plow truck. A warm plow truck on a cold day. A sand truck.

[02:38:27] What you want to do is drink. Yeah. Yeah, I didn't say what. I'm just, you know, you got a nice beverage. You don't want to do the work. You just want to drink with other plows. You can drive over anything in those trucks. Anything. What are you trying to drive over? Anything you want. You can go anywhere. You can go Kringle by yourself in a plow truck. Nobody's stopping you. Oh, my God. Nobody's stopping you. Nobody's stopping you.

[02:38:57] You're just risking it all. You're just risking it all. You're in one bad bump. What a way to go, though. That yellow light going. Dude. Should we take a plow truck up in New Jersey? It was a full celebration. Everybody dreams of going that way. Plow truck accident with a warm beverage and a full Kring. Oh, man. That's the way to go. Is it too late to change our rental to a plow truck? Is it too late? Four across from the plow truck. And then we put all of our bags in front of the plow. We just push them up. We put them up. All our merch, everything. We just plow it.

[02:39:27] We'll have a plow cam. We'll put a little GoPro on. I don't think we can have that. It's one step too far. You found it. Sure. Bram likes it cold, too. Freddy wanted a... You know, sometimes you cast your line out there, and you don't think there's anything. But it turns out you realize it. Well, he likes it cold. Your sheets are cold.

[02:39:55] What you can't see is behind this wall right here, there's a giant board. And there are yarns connected everywhere. And the word plow cam's in the middle. And the amount of show prep to get there. How can we get there? Organically. Yeah. Above and beyond. It's time for The Way to What. So we're talking about what in this movie. Let's go away. Right. Obviously, this scene, the picnic scene, was very nice. They had a very nice decoration.

[02:40:22] He's cooking a very thin pancake with a metal spatula on the nonstick pan, trying to poison them and leave them on the mountainside. You can't scrape. Did you just call a crepe? A crepe? A pancake? A very thin pancake. The nerve. The nerve of this guy. Brian at techdommer.com. Send them all your hate me on. Crepes are a very thin pancake. As a fellow baker, I've got to side with Brian on this one. I mean, it's just what it is. Just call it a crepe of a very thin pancake. There's so much more than that.

[02:40:52] Well, but you can't scrape a metal spatula against a nonstick surface. Everybody knows that. And the last one is faith leaving, getting... It's the lack of ski goggles. You're hiking a mountain in a snowstorm. Your goggles have to be in that bag somewhere. I just want to be... This might be what the homework, but I just want to be in the room where they had to make a decision. Do we show the lead actor's faces? Right.

[02:41:20] Or do we put them in the gear that would keep them alive on the side of an alpine mountain? We've got to see their faces. Got to see their faces. Nothing we can do. Yep. Got to see their faces. So that was just... I've seen Finding Mr. Christmas. Davey wore those goggles. It hurt him. It hurt him. That's exactly right, Dan. Great point. Silly me. Can't wait to get back to Finding Mr. Christmas next week. You said it, bud. Two episodes for the price of one next week. Pretty excited. Shout out. Really one episode for the price of two. We're only just doing one episode. And update the Hallmark for two.

[02:41:50] He likes it cold as well. That's right. Yeah. We both do. It's the plow cam. That's the thing. GoPro. GoPro. That's a wide shot. So I'll just say this. It's a Christmas cup. December 6th, 2025. This is a Bramble Jam podcast. Good luck. He's going to put it all in his mouth. Dude, I can't wait for this. Yeah. Yes. Oh, he's just eating it. I'm Brian. I like.

[02:42:18] I think I'm done with him. I'm Brian. I like. Pull my. I'm giving me. I'm Dan. I'm going to have a fly home with. Thank you. I'm going to move it in. And then take a little. Oh, no. Military calls. They said. They said. Don't lump us into this. Offensive to military. So offensive to military. This is. How about fire stations? Oh, no.

[02:42:48] Bad for fire stations. I. And bad for Christmas competitions. This is. Brian, you're 100% right. This. Yeah. There's not. There isn't any good ones. Only bad ones. And like what? Like laughter about things. Yes. You know. Like right away. When she walks up and she's in her uniform. You're like. Oh, OK. We're doing. We're not. We're doing this. We're not going to try. I.

[02:43:18] I legitimately think. That. Wrong branch. Folks. Who have served in our military. Turned on this movie on for five minutes. And said. Not on my TV. You're not. Like this is offensive. To the men and women who have. Served in our armed forces. They see this and they go. OK. You. You get to wear. You get to just wear any shade of green. You want to. That's right. And also turn them down. Yeah. Just. No. Thanks. No. That's a pass for me.

[02:43:47] Because I. Miss my family. It's a no for me. It's a no for me on marine dog. Sorry. It's a no. No. Ignore call from military. This is. This is not happening. There's. No. I refuse to believe that anybody who has actually. Served in our armed forces. Or has had a loved one serve in our armed forces. Watch this movie and not be offended. Yeah. I would say this movie is to troops as Alpine holiday is to mountain climbing. Sure. And that's it. That's all I've got.

[02:44:17] Oh, that's good. Yeah. It's really good. It's hilarious. And so. But what we get is an ultra serious movie with a reminder every 10 to 15 minutes that Winkle's The Heart exists. That's right. And they're going to remind you that by bringing in Pascal. By bringing in. What. What's. Who else was there? There was. There was. There was. There was. Allie. Allie. And then who was there was. Faith. Faith.

[02:44:47] And it just stood running and running. Everybody was coming in. And I am in my happy place. Hallmark. It's the Christmas season where things like. You're going to break down in two ways. Things like Winkle's The Heart. No Hope Valley. Until January. For a split second of my life. And by a split second I mean two months. I get to forget that Winkle's The Heart is still airing. New episodes.

[02:45:17] New episodes. They started during the Obama administration. They've said no more way home. But yes more Hope Valley. And I don't want to think about that during the holidays. And this movie didn't let me do that. It was my safe place. And it's the fish. It was so much. So much to like here. Very sad. Dan.

[02:45:48] The Bridgeport fire station is 100% for show. That is not a working fire station. There is no world where anyone is fighting fires from that station. They told Bridgeport that they're the fire station. And they're not. It's the other town. They're just taking everyone to the giant ER. Yeah. That's where everything happens. They have an antique fire truck. A full on North Pole display. And every time we see it. There's a new tree in front of the garage door. That they're going to have to move. When there's a real fire.

[02:46:18] Backdrop for photos. Ridiculous. Ridiculous. There's no fires in town because all of the flammable material is in the fire station. That's one way to get around needing to use the fire trucks. Let's get to the big show, shall we? We are there keeping score for the Christmas Cup. And there is Bridgeport and there's Longleaf. And there's like a thing where you have sets and tennis.

[02:46:45] And there's the winning team of each category gets an apple. Is that what that is? Is something hung up on their little box. Or a little box. Or a little box. Or an ornament. An ornament. An ornament on their box. A horse. Dead horse eight. They did a shot. Yeah. Exactly. They hang an ornament in their section to show that they've won the light detangling or whatever. And then they tally up the points. And that's how they figure out who wins. Well, after the second challenge, we see a close-up of that board.

[02:47:14] And do you know what that board shows us? Is that there are only hooks in the square of the team that's going to win. So. To recap. Bran was disappointed. So I just want to be clear. I have spent years defending you. Literally. Hallmark. The years of my life. That's right. Going, Dan, they're not that bad. Yeah. And then you only put hooks on the team that's going to win the round.

[02:47:43] It's like the first two only have hooks on the top two and nothing on the bottom two. The next two. Hooks on the bottom. You couldn't hang an ornament on the top ones if you wanted to. No. Last one. They literally have already told you by hooks who's going to win the Christmas Cup because they didn't bother to put hooks in every square. But we didn't know the twist that was coming. It didn't matter because they still did it. The hook still was there and they did win. The boldest. Guys.

[02:48:13] Most ridiculous. All you had to do is add hooks to every square. That's all you had to do and they didn't do it. It's the least they could have done and they did not do it. That's all I got, Brie. It was amazing. Yeah. Let's get to what the homework. Sure. It's a. Should we add, add some, take some away so you don't really. I don't know. Maybe we should just shake. I'm just saying 50 years of the Christmas Cup. Let's shake it up. Let's maybe get rid of the tasting thing. And the eggnog chugging. And let's. And the troops. Let's just have a fun time.

[02:48:42] And put hooks for everybody. Put out every boy. Everybody gets a hook. Just in case. Every year you know it's going to go 2-2-1-1. Just in case. This shows you how far sports betting has gone. People are gambling on the Christmas Cup and they're only putting hooks so that they win their bets. This is out of control. It's out of control. Good. By the way, we're sponsored today. Christmas in Amish country. December 7th, 2025. Rye Guy. Yeah.

[02:49:09] I think we have spoken to you since you've gotten engaged. But we haven't talked. Maybe several times. We haven't talked about it on the show. Congrats on getting engaged. Can we say that? I don't know why. Like it just kept. You know, we had other stuff to talk about. Well, also Halloween, we, we, listen, you know, sometimes we, this, these up TV movies a bit of a time warp. And so it got lost in the shuffle. Just a major life event. But it was a double dare, double dare.

[02:49:39] It was a double dare challenge. It was a double deck exclusive where they learned, they learned about your engagement days. Before your parents did? I think close to a week. I think close to a week. A week before you were Instagram official. So let's talk through this really quick. I want to hear, you know, just kind of like how you're feeling of that day. The decision to go to, you know, give it to the double daggers first. And then that's the best corner of the internet. I don't know if you heard it.

[02:50:07] But then that gap in between, like, what were we doing? Getting everything right? Like, how do we want to, you know, articulate this? I know you guys were in the, there was a lot of meetings about this. So I'd love to get, you know, pull back the curtain a little bit. There was a lot of talk about captions and song, you know, decisions that I don't know. I don't know if I was as heavily invested in as some others. You don't want to end that engagement before it starts. You know what I mean? Like, you know, I had, listen, I had ideas, but, but yeah, I think it was the biggest thing

[02:50:37] was wanting to tell everyone that we thought should know before making it social. It'll, it's a weird time we live in with this stuff. Yeah, it is. You know? But, but yeah, no, let the double deckers know. We had it. We started, I think probably the biggest Bramble Jam inner circle text thread because of this. I just let everybody know at once that seemed like the best way to do it. That was the way to go. Yeah. And now that exists forever, you know, it's like, so, but yeah, no, it's been very, very exciting.

[02:51:05] It's a, it's a bit of a long story in terms of the proposal day itself. I could try to give cliff notes, but it's very, very exciting all the same and happy to be on to bigger and more expensive things. Are we in, in, in the Ryguy Alyssa wedding? Is this a fast moving? We're already planning picking a date or are you guys taking your time on this? No, I, I, I would love to get married by this time next year. I don't know how realistic that is. That's a, that's a, that's a turnover.

[02:51:35] Well, I mean, mine was eight months. Mine was very quick, but that's not the norm. It's just, it's just venue and logistics and price, right? It's like all that, like, you know, it's like all that stuff. But yeah, I think we'd love to be married by the latest spring of 27, but I can't confirm or deny anything. You know, it's all about, we don't need to know this now. How, but how, you know, included are Dan and I? Like, are we in it? You guys are, well, Dan, you're in. I mean, everyone on that. Are we in it?

[02:52:05] No, we're in, we're invited. Well, I'll tell you this, Dan. I mean, there's still, I'd say an outside chance that Dan marries us. There's an outside chance I'm the official. Outside. Outside. And I'm fine. It's my buddy Joe's job to lose. He's basically all but said he wants it. Joe, yeah. He's a, he's, he's ordained. A wonderful guy, Joe. We love Joe. Us ordained folks, we all talk in circles. So let's say hypothetically Joe, it is, you know, Joe does not lose the job. Yeah.

[02:52:33] I don't, we don't have to be in it. But we're invited to. You're there. Yeah, we're coming. I know we're there, but like. Do you want to really, you really want to be in it, huh? Oh, I just want to know if we are. I want to prepare, I want to prepare my heart either way. You know? Here's the interesting thing. I'm like, listen, we can workshop this over the next eight to 18 months or whatever it may be. Like Alyssa has two best friends. Yeah. Whereas I have many, many really, really good friends. I can't believe he put that pressure on you, Ryan. Well, no, but here it's an interesting thing he brings up.

[02:53:02] As the guy that's going to officiate your wedding, I can't believe that he. But it's an interesting idea because I am worried if we end, if she ends up doing a bridal party of two. Yeah. How do I only pick two of my many, many really, really good friends? You pick the two that none of your friends know. Yeah. Yeah. There's actually some, you got, I mean, Dan might be in no matter what. Yeah. Heck yeah. It's like, so something to keep in mind.

[02:53:28] Let me ask you guys, have you raised 30,000 plus dollars for charity with any of your other friends? Not in one sitting. Can I, can I do this? Can I propose? Can I propose to you? No, he's already accounted for. We're on it today, everybody. You're like, brother, are you kidding me right now? You're getting this back to back date. What Amish Christmas movie?

[02:53:57] April, April 17th, 2027. I think that's your date. And can I explain to you? April 17th? April 17th. That's five days before my birthday. It's five days before your birthday, which I totally knew. I actually. You shouldn't be in the way. Yeah. So five days before your birthday. But it's warm, a little warmer. It's later in spring for Connecticut. Right. Which I assume is where you get married. You can still get snow, but yes. But later, right? Masters is already done. March Madness already done.

[02:54:27] We'd be the centerpiece of the calendar. You would be the centerpiece of the calendar. Saturday, April 17th, 2027. I'm just saying it feels perfect. I'm just saying that it feels perfect. Are you guys free that day? Also, coincidentally, that would be after our kids' spring break and before they get out of school and probably a perfect weekend for us. But that has nothing to do with why I pitched it. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. It's not our day.

[02:54:55] I have been thinking about like, we just might need like a kid's room because it's like, you know, you guys alone. I feel like that's going to be all your babysitters might be invited to the wedding. I can just come. It's fine. Listen, April 17th. April, is it notoriously the lightest deck to Hallmark Month? Maybe. That has nothing to do with why I'm pitching. That's not what it's about. You just like that it was near my birthday. You said spring of 27 and I went on over to spring of 27 and that date screamed at me.

[02:55:24] I think it's the one. It could be. It could be. Is that you, April 17th? Gosh, hello. Why are you so old? I'm. You're having a. Yeah, you heard me right. Why are you so old? You're just a date on the calendar. Yeah, I'm really. What makes you so special? Nothing. Okay. I'm nothing.

[02:55:59] Do you think. April 16th. April 16th. That's marvelous. Do you think that Ryguy's wedding on that day would. Yes. Can I get one clarification? I hate to do this. Are you April 17th every year or are you just April 17th of 2027? It's foggy. Yes. I thought it might be. I thought it might be foggy. Yes. I won. Yeah.

[02:56:28] Well, I'm doing my best over here April 17th. He's right. I'll keep it in mind. I'll keep it in mind for 17. I'll keep it in mind. A perfectly normal old man acting as a day on the calendar bit that we would do around here.

[02:56:53] Hey, I just want to say before I forget, if we remember, and again, these up TV ones, it's hard to keep track sometimes. I'll happily, we're a little up against it today, but I'll happily tell the story of the engagement for the murder mystery one to open up tomorrow. Save it for tomorrow. For sure. If we recall. We have a fourth person on the show. It's going to. Maybe a week after. Yeah. We'll get to it by April of 17th of 2026. Yeah. Just don't do it on that day. Yeah. Yeah. What would be April 17th since I've got you still? What would be the worst day?

[02:57:23] What day do you hate with a burning passion? You're like, he can't get married on this day. No. November 1st. What's wrong with November 1st? Punk AB. Punk AB? Yeah. Wow. That's a punk day. It's a punk day. A punk day. November 1st in 2026 is a Sunday. So that would be a. That's bad. We're not doing it against that. Yeah. There's no against NFL. Are you kidding? In November? How would you split the turkey? That's the other thing, Ryguy.

[02:57:52] April 17th is baseball season, but it's early baseball season. Yeah. Like, I'm just saying. You don't play in your wedding around sports season, but there's a lot to like. There's a lot to like there. A lot to like with me. Yeah. 4-17. How do you feel about opening day? Indifferent. Wish it was on my. All right. You're starting to get less old and more whiny? June 5th. June 5th has toads. That's their thing. And June 6th is D-Day.

[02:58:22] So, you know, I'm sure Toads is not. I'm glad I don't have to. Honest. What I don't need is April 17th talking about memorials to wartime holidays. More than fair amount. Yeah. That was a really good offering up there. Christmas in Amish country is what we're talking about. I like the lighting in this movie. Oh my God. Stop it.

[02:58:51] I thought it reminded me. It gave me Michael Caine as Scrooge and Muppets. Stop it. Stop it. And so I like that. I thought. Scene of the year for me is this guy saving her mom from evil truck. Yeah. We saw it coming. Evil truck. You know, she didn't. And that's the key. And that's what's up there. But crazy.

[02:59:21] And then she says, I would have been scattered around like that flower. How'd you not act in fact? That's right. All right. Yeah. Pretty grisly way of describing it. Isn't it? And like what's crazy is like that truck was new enough to have a camera. And she's right behind her. And probably an emergency stop. That truck saw her. Yeah. Evil truck. That was an evil truck that wanted to hit an Amish. 100%. That truck had it out for him. What a scene.

[02:59:51] What a moment. I'm glad we got to witness it together. Dan? Yeah. All this stuff. Right? And so they're like making. They each have like one that they're making on. And then literally the next scene. There is like a Costco table. Did you say one? They each have one that they're making on? One they're making on. One they're making on. They each have. Are you already full Amish? Is that an Amish saying that we don't know? One that they're making on. There's one that I'm making on.

[03:00:22] But there's like a whole aisle. One that they're making on. There's a lot of blankets. So this next one I'm going to read verbatim. I have in my notes here. Wait. What was the weight? What? That there was a lot of blankets? When you pan out, there's so many blankets. Yeah. They make that many that quickly. Well, they each had one they were making on. And then, you know, I'll make on that one. You make on that one.

[03:00:52] And then we'll have a lot. I don't understand how they made on them so quickly. So this next one I'll read verbatim. A Christmas murder mystery, December 8th, 2025. Listen, my feels was that I'm really excited about the new Knives Out movie. Apparently it's quite good, even though I won't see it in theaters. I'm very excited about the movie. And this movie, kind of as it was going on, I was like, is that out yet? Is the Knives Out yet? I can't believe it.

[03:01:22] Because I just kind of wanted to watch that. Also, Camelot, what are you doing? Like, Camelot, you make one phone call. You have the only Showtimes in town. That back screen back there is showing something no one's ever heard of. Like, that back screen's barely fit to see a movie on. That back screen, brother, it's got a church every Wednesday night. It's got a church. Yeah, you just show Knives Out 3. Come on, guys. It's church adjacent. Yeah.

[03:01:52] There's a handprint outside that's really important to this case. Somebody's making out and braces themselves against the glass. And the reason we know that that handprint's there is because it stays frozen in that one little area with glass surrounding it. Everything else, no ice to be found, completely warm and sunny out. Sun didn't hit this one patch that froze this handprint perfectly. Also, in that little area, it was like, oh, when they were writing it, they were like, okay, we need some more clues for her to find.

[03:02:22] Let's just put four clues in this patio area. Yeah, yeah, yeah, right here so we don't have to go for them. We can just keep the cameras where they are. Famously, like, in Knives Out, Blanc does his whole thing. Can you imagine Benoit Blanc going British? Well, hello, everybody. Thanks for coming here. I wish this movie, can we get a version of this movie where we just replace Verifex with Benoit Blanc? Can you imagine? I would watch Benoit Blanc literally do anything on screen. I say, I said there's a mystery on Christmas. There's a mystery on here.

[03:02:51] I'm looking around and I see this family is troubled. You might say. They might say. You didn't get pushed. There's enough dust bunnies on that railing to visit the Playboy match. Does Vivica not know how big puzzles are? Like, pretty big part of, like, what the time, like, I'm pretty sure the times are staying afloat because of their games. But, like, does she ever get, how much, where does she go? Journalism's dead.

[03:03:22] Hate to break it to you, guys. Print media. Hate to break it to you. Heart against print media. Yeah. I heard that the Wordle got the Pulitzer this year. Yeah. There you go. There you go. Yeah, I'm really excited about Knives Out 3, you know. I think it's going to be fun. I think it's going to be really good. How about Knives Out getting a mention in the All the Feels and the What the Halt. Yeah. Can't wait to see it on the smallest screen I can find. Yeah, that's the goal. Can't wait to watch it on my phone while sitting on the pooper. With motion smoothing on, if I can possibly find it.

[03:03:51] She's making our list December 9th, 2025. I'm just scrolling Instagram. Yeah. And all of a sudden, Chad is on my screen telling me how I can save money through my Amex Platinum card. Directly to you, Dan. Unsolicited. Oh, man. And I was like, what is Chad? Whom I found out, Brandon and I both have you in our phone as the same thing, Chad Cousin. That's your last name now. Yeah. Your last name is Cousin.

[03:04:16] Brian has your name as Cousin Chad, which actually makes a lot more sense because of how you talk about yourself on the podcast. In my phone, it says first name, Chad. Last name. Last name, Cousin. That's exactly right. Yeah. Chad Cousin is on my screen telling me what bills to pay and not to pay with my Amex Platinum through this third-party app. Chad Cousin, how dare you? Did you listen to it? No. Because it's sage advice, Dan. You can pay off your mortgage quickly.

[03:04:45] Take a reverse mortgage. Whatever you see me selling, yeah. You know, take it with a grain of salt. Very nice. That's when I saw you. How long ago is this? Because you look positively 30 years old in this picture. It's not fair. This is this year for sure that we filmed that. And now that I'm in your algorithm, Dan, get ready to be inundated. Oh, yeah. I can't wait. But the games begin. I like that not a button is buttoned on that shirt. That's right. Give it a little something for the fans out there.

[03:05:14] Was that a director note or was that you just know? You go in, unbuttoned. Look, I know what sells, Brian. Yes, sir. The less buttons, the more sales. And that's how it is in the biz. You know what I mean? And the sooner you accept that, the better. Right. Well, also, and you have not, how many people know this. But Chad, you have a, I think a foot long panther tattoo across your chest. And the only way to get the top part of that is when I have two buttons unbuttoned. I'm known for that.

[03:05:40] And around my, over my belly button, like Tupac, I have a tattoo that says Deck the Hallmark. You do. That's true. That's true. That's true. That's true. As soon as you got that recurring spot for Gilmore Girls, that was it. Thankfully, you guys didn't cancel it because that thing's permanent. No, it's not January yet. It's not too late. That's right. So I do want to ask you. Single on the 25th, December 10th, 2025. Dan? Yeah, I really liked the winter in this movie. It felt really, really natural. It felt like it was cold outside. I don't know if it actually was or not, but it felt that way.

[03:06:11] So yeah, I'll go with that. He's going with the winter. We're going to take a break. We're going to come back. We're going to go to the way, what, the what, the hallmark here on. Deck the Hallmark. The way, what is where we talk about what in this movie may just go a what? Brian? Yeah, I got a bunch. Okay. All right, here we go. But I'm going to stick to my top three and a half. Okay. Did you like glass blowing more than this movie? If you like glass blowing more than this movie, so help me. Why not? Yeah, I think I did. That's the worst movie of the year. I didn't mind it. Of course you did.

[03:06:40] It was so cold and snowy in that movie. You guys both said your feels was the winter in this movie. Mm-hmm. Yeah. That was like the big lead. No, you're only mad at him. The glass blowing movie sucks. It's terrible. Eh. Go ahead. Sorry. Anyway, I'm trying to get a gauge on where you're at in this movie, and I think you really didn't like it. I didn't like it that much. That much. My way. So there was a bell ringing Santa in an office.

[03:07:09] Just F all the way off. Yes. Yes. 100%. Get out. It's an enclosed space. Have some decorum. Seriously. Unbelievable. You're fired. Go outside. I don't know. What's the charity? Whatever it is, I'll give back charity money outside. It's simple. That's simple. So easy. Problem solved. Get out of here. She was so excited. 12 dates till Christmas, December 11th, 2025. What we're really here to talk about right now is When Calls to Heart.

[03:07:38] There's a lot to get to. Oh, no. Why are you doing this? We have pregnancies in the cast. Just let me have something. We have Lori Laughlin coming back. I know. So I will give you $300,000 to not talk about this right now. Really? How much? I do it for $30,000. And for that, you can also row for USC. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh, my. Let the woman live. I think she likes the jokes. Can I tell you that?

[03:08:08] I think she's a good sport. I agree. And I think she's a wonderful human being who made a dumb mistake. And she's here for the jokes. And I would love to speak to her. I'm serious about that. Yeah, honestly, I bet she is. I think that sounds right. I bet you $300,000. So a lot to get to. The show is starting in just a mere weeks now. God, no. Don't say it like that. It's still over a month, right? Less than a month. It starts first week of January, baby. God almighty. First week of January, baby.

[03:08:37] We're back. We're back. When you would think you get a break after Christmas. No, we're jumping into your fave. But also, Jax, and I know we've not gotten to the hot take yet, but we're going to go from this to that. What I will admit is that even though I do enjoy When Calls the Heart, that will be a jump. That's devastating. That will be a jump. That will be a jump. Now, you mentioned it.

[03:09:07] Lori is coming back. What you- But is she coming back? Nope. No. No. No, no, no, no, no, no. I wish you were here, Jax, when Dan got the news that Lori's coming back- For season 14. Next season. Next season. Which is when we found out that it's already been greenlit for another season. The words I had. Was that devastating? I was- It's devastating. I was actually not funny angry. I was just angry angry. Because here's what's going to happen.

[03:09:36] They're not going to make any more of this 12 dates till. I can just tell you right now. That's the world we live in. This is going to be six episodes, and it's going to be done. And we're going to be living in a world where it's like, season 38 of When Calls the Heart. Will Elizabeth's grandson dig up the ghost of Jack? I don't know why the ghost is buried. There's a lot there. But that's where we are. Hey, Dan. Hey, Dan. It's baby Jack. You're talking about my son. I missed you, baby Jack.

[03:10:06] I didn't miss you at all. You're talking about my son like that. I get your theoretical son that does not exist yet. Yes, I am. First of all, who gave you the plans for season 38? I don't know. That's supposed to be lock and key, baby. That's right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And you married who? I can't. I can't spoil it. You can't. But your son digs up the ghost of dead Jack? The ghost is buried with the body. When he digs up the body, the ghost escapes. That's right.

[03:10:35] That's how it works. This isn't that bad, actually. I know. I mean, you know, maybe I'm back on board. Season 21. Yeah. Oh, my God. I'll say this. When I really got to hit my stride, got my swagger, it's going to be good. It's going to be good. What you're saying is you're, what, six now? Yeah. You're saying you hit your stride at 13 years old? 100%. The kid acting coach over there has questions.

[03:11:05] Some people, some people, some people say, you know what? Puberty really takes a number on you. Not me. Not Jack. Jack. Hey, Jacks, we're doing a baby. Do you want to? I don't want to. I have a serious question about kid acting. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas, baby Jack. Merry Christmas, baby Jack. I didn't want to get out of it. I was in a tough spot because I remembered something I've been dying to ask. Me? No. Jacks. Can I go? We'll get to you soon, baby Jack. You can go see you, baby Jack. We love you. We'll see you in a couple of weeks, honey. Season 53 sucks. I hate it.

[03:11:33] Since 53, we're all dead, man. What are we doing? Not me. You're not. Love you. Jack. Well, I mean, don't you want to ask baby Jack? Yeah, baby Jack, what do you think about that? Does it feel like a summer camp over at Wind Calls the Heart? I bet it does. I've actually never been to summer camp. Yeah. That's true. You actually spend your weekends on the set, yes? I live there. Sleep in a cot in the mercantile? In the mercantile. That seems like child abuse.

[03:12:03] I don't think we can. I'm not a child. Oh. There it is. That's creepy. I'm an adult playing a child. And I feel like we've talked about this before. I hate it. We haven't. I guarantee it. I would have remembered that. Maybe it's the back story I've made up. No, I'm not a kid. Wait, baby Jack, I tell you I love you all the time and I talk to you in a way that I talk to the kids. 100%. This feels weird. Are you a man? No, no, no. I'm not doing this. I love it.

[03:12:32] I'm not doing this anymore. Right now, honest answer, without, how old are you? 26. Good God. Are you a man? You're a man. Yes, I'm a man. I feel sad. Yeah. I love you. Nope. Great. Nope. Nope. No. Let's talk 12 days till Christmas, shall we? Yeah, let's.

[03:13:03] And also, shout out Nose Whistle. That guy was crushing it with the nose whistle. It was very good. I don't know if it was real or if they added the sound in post. I know there's people that can do that. And I'm jealous. I'm jealous. I can't nose whistle at that. I am not jealous. You can't yet. You can't nose whistle. I can't yet. 2026. I'm doing a thing. All right. I'm going to learn how to nose whistle. I'm sure there's. I hate it. I'm going to be going around the office. Please don't. Please don't. Will you join me? Me? Yeah. What if we all. I don't want to.

[03:13:33] Oh, that was for everyone. Whoa. Did it feel. Wait. The way I said, yeah. Did that feel too intimate for you? It did. Because you looked startled. No. You looked startled and upset that I said I would. I would never be upset. I would never be upset with you. She just. Okay. Well. It was just as a friend. As a friend. Right. She would nose whistle with you. Absolutely. Yeah. You know. No. With me as a friend. No. Why? I don't want to nose whistle. I don't want any part of it. Now I feel weird. I don't want to do it one on one. Can Caitlin be there? I feel. Now I feel upset about it. It does feel like intimate nose whistle. Yeah.

[03:14:03] It does feel inappropriate. Can't two friends of the opposite sex noise whistle together? We should be able to. Come on. Normalize. Normalize it. Platonic nose whistle. That's exactly right. Normalize it. They open for Dickens lesbians if I'm not mistaken. Platonic nose whistle. Could there be any other kind of nose whistling that's not platonic? I don't think so. I was about to say. Yeah. Yeah. Who's doing that? The most platonic activity of all time. All right.

[03:14:30] Let's find you Mr. Christmas season two, episode six and seven, December 12th, 2025. I never heard of it. What are the dates of this show? That's a great question. I think December 13th and 14th. I've never had someone be less successful at plugging anything. Yeah. Well, you know, just go to the website. I'm not a marketing expert. Like, I'm just there. It's this weekend and next weekend is what you're saying. And it's weekend and next weekend. The gay men's choir of DC. Yeah.

[03:15:00] Or I don't know what their name is, but something like that. Well, that was what I was asking. That's what you said. Patrick doesn't know the songs. Doesn't know when it is. Doesn't know the name of the choir. The gay men's chorus. DC e-tickets at the Lincoln Theater. There we go. I'm standing next to Matthew and Michael. That's all I know. December. There's a picture up here. Is he in the picture? No, I'm not. I'm not featured. I'm not featured. They don't know what they have yet. Do you wear it? Are you wearing it?

[03:15:28] Now, in this picture, I'm assuming it's from last year's show. They look very nice. They're wearing a nice, like, sweater vest, a vest. Right. What's the ensemble? This year, it's black in accents of silver. So I have silver nails. Yes. And I'm going to have a sparkly tie and wear my shoes from the first Bramble Fest, the sparkly shoes. Yeah, I remember them well. It's going to be great. So this says that it's called The Holiday Show. So you weren't wrong about that.

[03:15:56] And then you guys also have a show on February 21st that is called Heart and Soul. Different from The Holiday Show. Yeah. I'm not in that one, so. Oh, you're not in that one. Okay. Because right now, literally on e-ticket, it says there's only three days remaining until the event. It says limited seats available, though. So e-tickets, let me just be a box office person for a minute. That might be a scam. So you should go to the website, the Gay Men's Chorus DC. CG.

[03:16:26] Oh, gosh. CG. I don't know. Wait, I'll get there. Gay Men's GCMW.com. What I love about this is that today, Dan, you and I are on Good Morning America today, GMA3 today. Today. And usually on those days, there's like a little bit of influx and listenership.

[03:16:56] And Patrick, you could add a wonderful opportunity. We're going to release this episode today. Could add influx of people coming to the show. They have no information. And I think that's the best place. December 14th is sold out. December 20th. Oh, wow. December 13th, there's seats available. Okay. That's Saturday. That's Saturday. Yeah. December 20th, there's seats available. Next Saturday. 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. But not the 14th. Two shows a day. On the 13th and on the 20th. Wow.

[03:17:26] Me, me, me, me. I'm ready. Tomorrow. I wish I could come to the show. I do, too. Sounds like so much fun. If we were driving back through, I would have 100% come to the show. Oh, yeah. Well, there's always next year. Or the next show. I mean, I don't even have a solo. Apparently, you're doing one in February. Yeah. Well, there you go. 70 bucks a bop for tickets. That's not nothing. You get paid for this? Oh, I have to pay. I pay dues. Wow. Wow. Yeah.

[03:17:54] But I did audition, so I beat out some people to get in the chorus. There's some seats in Orchestra Center for $68 right now. You got to go grab those if you haven't yet. I hope that there's video. I really want to watch a couple of these songs. That'd make me very happy. Sure. I can Skycam or Face. What is it called now? Skycam it. There's some songs they're going to be singing, Brian. Oh, Holy Night. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. You heard of that one? I've heard of that one. It's a very deep cut. Let It Snow. Another very deep cut.

[03:18:22] We Wish You the Merriest. We Wish You the Merriest. The Merriest. Oh, yeah. Santa Mary-O. Santa Daddy. Well, that's probably Santa Baby, but Changed It. Yeah. I haven't seen that one because that one's a solo, so we'll see. All Lang Syne. It's a deep cut. You've never heard of that one. Never heard of that. And this one, no one's heard of Go Tell on the Mountain. Oh, right. Yeah. We do. That one's one of my faves. Yeah. Yeah. Go Tell on the Mountain is a fun song.

[03:18:52] 90 minutes of singing. Woo. No intermission. You need to go see Patrick Serrano sing. If you're in the area, I 100% recommend it. I love this so much. That's right. I can't wait to see. Yeah. I really want to see this. Figure it out. Skycam me in. Oh, look at this. Can you imagine Patrick in one of these outfits right here? Those are the dancers. Those are the dancers. The ribbon vest with the green bowtie on. So there's dancers that don't sing. That's right. They just dance. No singing allowed. No singing allowed.

[03:19:21] Just leave it to the professionals, a.k.a. me. A.k.a. you. Got it. The picture on the E-Tix website was very formal. That seems like a lot of fun. That's right. Is it more fun than formal? Yeah. It is fun. I mean, it's a holiday show. GMCW.org. There it is. That's where you're going. We've got to. Grammy nominee. Grammy nominee. Wow. So I'm a Grammy nominee. You're basically closer to that EGOT nomination. A Ducky, a Grammy. I'm close to an EGOT. That's right.

[03:19:51] A D-GOT. This is huge. Well, it only took us eight minutes to figure out how to get the ticket. That's right. So we're at. We got it. Even though he said it like you said CG and GC. It is a G. GMCW.org. There we go. And they didn't even mention the Oogly Googly song on the website. I didn't. I don't know. The Ultra Condalicas. Ultra Condalicas. I mean, I've not heard of Let It Snow, but Ultra Condalicas. You bet. 100%. You got it. Let's talk about Finding Mr. Christmas. We've got two episodes to talk about.

[03:20:22] Yeah. Angel was like Mission Impossible. Or was that Angel? No, it was Rustin did the Mission Impossible scooping under the thing. Yeah. Which, have you guys seen that movie, Mission Impossible? We've seen it. Oh. We've seen all of them. Believe it or not. I haven't. We covered all of them this year on Deck the Home. Don't ask why. Well, I tried to watch the first one, and there was a montage at the beginning, and I was like, I'm out. I'm out. I can't do this. The montage during the theme song was too much for you.

[03:20:51] It overwhelmed me. I was like, this movie is not true. Wow. There you have it. Give me a Hallmark 10 minutes of exposition, please. I will say, if it helps, the whole movie is not that. Yes. It's not one giant montage to music. It's a tradition where they'd show you random clips from the movie during the theme song out of context. You can skip it. You can skip it, but that theme song is a banger. It's a banger of a theme song. But yeah. I didn't know that. I didn't know it was from that. I thought it was from like Beethoven wrote it or something.

[03:21:20] Well, I mean, it was originally from a TV show in the 60s. Notorious Beethoven. Right. Okay. Ludwig. Okay. Sorry. Sorry. I tried. But really quickly, the contest is a... He just fires that one out. He's like, this is the one. Yeah. If only I could hear it. Let me cook. Bring it. Hey.

[03:21:48] But we heard how much Davey misses his baby. That's right. Davey misses his baby and it's time for him to go home. That's right. Unfortunately, goodbye to Davey. And Jonathan has been doing this thing where he gives really a heartfelt, like, go get them boys. After they get sent off and he cries. This time, Jonathan decided to go, your heart's bigger than your biceps. They're pretty big. Deuces. You're out. Yeah. Wouldn't want to be. Just as heartfelt for our guy over there. He's tapped out on feelings. He's tapped out. Yeah.

[03:22:19] Yeah. Which is baked with love holiday season one, episode six and seven. Six, seven, December 13th, 2025. I never heard of it. What are the dates of this show? Wow. That's great question. I think December 13th and 14th. I've never had someone 20th be less successful at plugging next anything. Yeah. Well, you know, just go to the website. I'm, I'm not a marketing expert. Like I'm just there. It's this weekend and next weekend is what you're saying.

[03:22:48] And it's the gay men's choir of DC. Yeah. Or I don't know what their name is, but something like that. Well, that was what I was asking. That's what you said. Patrick doesn't know the songs. Doesn't know when it is. Doesn't know the name of the choir. The gay men's chorus, DC e-tickets at the Lincoln theater. There we go. I'm standing next to Matthew and Michael. That's all I know. December. There's a picture up here. Is he, is he in the picture? No, I'm not. I'm not pictured. I'm not featured.

[03:23:17] They don't know what they have yet. Do you wear, are you wearing this picture? I'm assuming it's from last year's show. They look very nice. A vest. Right. What's the, what's the ensemble? This year, uh, it's black in accents of silver. So I have silver nails. Yes. Um, and I'm going to have a sparkly tie and wear my, my shoes from the first Bramble Fest, the sparkly shoes. Yeah. I remember them well. It'd be great. So this says that it's called the holiday show.

[03:23:47] And then you guys also have a show on February 21st. That is called heart and soul. Different holiday show. Yeah. I'm not in that one. So, oh, you're not in that one. Okay. Cause right now literally on e-ticket says there's only three. Oh no. Three days remaining until the event. It says limited seats available though. So e-tickets. Let me just be a box office person for a minute. That might be a scam. So you should go to the website, the, uh, gay men's chorus.

[03:24:16] DC CG. Oh gosh. CG. I don't know. Wait, I'll get there. Here it is. What I love about gcmw.org.org is the gay men's chorus, Washington, DC. Uh, now I'm on that. Don't get scammed. Yeah. I got you. What I love about this is that today, Dan, you and I, uh, yeah. You and I are on good morning America today. Uh, GMA three today.

[03:24:44] And usually on those days, there's like a little bit of influx and listenership. And Patrick, you could add a wonderful opportunity today. Could have influx of people coming to the show. They've, they've, they've, they've, they have no information. Yeah. And I think that's the best 14th is sold out. December 20th. Wow. December 13th. There's seats available. Okay. Uh, that's, that's Saturday. That's Saturday. Yeah. December 20th.

[03:25:10] Uh, there's seats available next 3 PM and 8 PM, but not shows a day, uh, on the, on the 13th and on the 20th. Wow. Uh, like me, me, me, me, I'm ready tomorrow. I wish I could come to this. I do too. If we were driving back through, I would have 100% come to the show. Oh yeah. Well, there's always next year or the next show. I mean, I don't even have a soul. Apparently you're doing one in the, on the, in February. Yeah. Well, there you go. 70 bucks a bop for tickets. That's not nothing. That's some, that's. You get paid for this?

[03:25:41] Oh, I have to pay. I pay dues. Wow. Wow. Yeah. But I did audition. So I beat out some people to get in the chorus. There's some seats in orchestra center for $68 right now. You got to go grab those if you're, if you haven't yet. I hope that, I hope that there's video. I did. I really want to watch a couple of these songs. That'd make me very happy. Sure. I can, uh, sky cam or face. What is it called now? Sky cam it. There's some, uh, some songs they're going to be singing brand. Oh, Holy night. Rudolph the red nose reindeer. You heard of that one?

[03:26:10] I know it's a very deep cut. Let it snow. Another very deep cut. Uh, we wish you the merriest. We wish you the merriest, the merriest Santa. Oh yeah. Santa daddy. I, well, that's probably Santa baby, but changed it. I, yeah, I haven't seen that one. Cause that one's a solo. So, uh, we'll see. Oh, okay. All Lang Syne. It's a, it's a, it's a deep cut. You've never heard of that one. Never heard of that. And, uh, this one, no one's heard of go tell on the mountain. Oh, right. Yeah. We do sit.

[03:26:38] That, that one's my, one of my faves. Yeah. Yeah. Go tell them mountain is a fun song. 90 minutes of singing. No intermission. You, you need to go see Patrick Serrano sing. If you're in the area, I 100% recommend it. I love this so much. That's right. I can't wait to see. Uh, yeah, I really want to see this. Figure it out. Sky can mean it. Oh, look at this. Can you imagine Patrick in one of these outfits right here? Those are the dancers. Those are the dancers. The ribbon vest.

[03:27:06] So there's dancers that are, that don't sing. That's right. They just dance. No singing allowed. Uh, leave it to the professionals. AKA me. AKA you got it. The, the picture on the etix website was very formal. That seems like a lot of fun. That's right. Yeah. Is it more fun than formal? Uh, where? Yeah, it is fun. I mean, it's a holiday show. GMCW.org. There it is. That's where you're going. We've got Grammy nominee. Grammy nominee. Wow.

[03:27:36] We got, I'm a Grammy nominee. The one has to understand it. The one has to understand it. The one has to understand it. The one has to understand it. The one has to understand it. A Jackie, a Grammy. I'm close to an EGOT. That's right. That's right. The EGOT. This is, this is huge. Uh, well, it only took us eight minutes to figure out how to get the ticket. That's right. So we're, we're, we're, we're, we're, we got it. Even though he said it like he said CG and GC. It is a G. GMCW.org. There we go. And they didn't even mention the Oogly Googly song on the website. I didn't. I don't know.

[03:28:07] The older kind of leak is 100%. You got it. Let's talk about finding Mr. Christmas. We've got two episodes. Yeah. Angel was like a mission impossible. Like, or was that angel? No, it was rust into the mission impossible. Like scooping under the thing. Yeah. Which have you guys seen that movie mission impossible? We've seen it. Oh, I believe it. I haven't. And I tried to watch them this year on deck. The Homer don't ask why. Well, well, I tried to watch the first one and there was like a montage at the beginning

[03:28:37] and I was like, I'm out. I'm out. I can't do this. The montage during the theme song was too much for you. It like overwhelmed me. I was like, this movie is not true. Wow. There you have it. Give me a Hallmark 10 minutes of exposition, please. Yeah. I will say the whole, if it helps, the whole movie is not that. Yes. It's not one giant montage. It's a tradition where they'd show you random clips from the movie during the theme song out of context. You can skip it. You can skip it. But the theme song is a banger. It's a banger of a theme song. So yeah, you can do it.

[03:29:07] I didn't know that. I didn't know it was from that. I thought it was from like Beethoven wrote it or something. Yeah. Well, I mean, it was originally from a TV show in the 60s. Notorious Beethoven. Right. Okay. Ludwig. Okay. Sorry. Sorry. I tried. But really quickly, the contest is a... He just fires that one out. He's like, this is the one. Yeah. If only I could hear it. Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam,

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[03:30:03] Just as heartfelt for our guy over there. He's tapped out on feelings. Which is Jingle Bell Heist, December 14th, 2025. Delight. I was laughing out loud. Not only is she a phenomenal actress, but the writing of this character lets her shine. I mean, from start to finish, this was just a big hit for me. I should have creamed it.

[03:30:33] Yeah, see, that's what I did. I did creamed it. You were right. You did. You were right. Do you cream what I cream? Do you cream what I cream? A heist, a heist. It's time for all the feels. We're going to talk about what in this movie gave us feels. We'll start with you, Jax. Lots of feels, but I'll just share two. Okay, so I don't know if it's just where I am. I don't know if it's just where I am.

[03:31:00] In my cycle, but when they made out in their Santa outfits, I was like, Jimmy Manley turned on. I was like, because obviously it's funny, but then the way that they separated and she was like, he's gone? Okay, cool. And it wasn't over the top. It felt just really funny to me and really sexy and awesome. So big feels on that. And a new kink was born.

[03:31:30] She's in a lot of red today. I'll say that much. Yeah. I was going to wear a Santa hat, but I thought that was a bridge too far. The fake beard is just off camera. Christmas in Big Sky Country, December 15th, 2025. I don't know how to work it. Maybe we could do it in Christmas in July next year. We do a thing called Rye Guy's Picks. Oh, I love that. And we watch some things that we've never done before,

[03:31:59] such as Santa and Pete. Yeah, I don't know where Dan would land on Santa. Something that Dan's never seen. Something that I remember loving, but I haven't watched in many, many moons. Oh, it's a classic. This is a great idea, but also when Rye Guy loves something that I've not seen and I watch it and crush it, I can tell that it actually hurts his heart. The only thing we can't do is the Power Rangers movie. Nothing else has bothered me that much. But what about, like, what if you did Santa and Pete, the Mary-Kate and Ashley Christmas? Oh, the grandmother's house.

[03:32:28] The only problem I would have with this, though, is I don't know. I'd have to do my reviews off memory. I couldn't watch those things in the heat of summer. Why not? Because it would take away from, I watched them in December. Bray, what's wrong? God almighty. You can't watch the movie? I can do it for the gig. You can't? I could review Jingle all the way right now. Did you sign a weird pact with a Christmas devil? What do you mean you can't? I understand. You won't. I understand what you're saying.

[03:32:57] I understand what you're saying. But this past year, for this program... You will not. No, you cannot. You're physically capable. I actually physically don't think I can. This past year... So he goes to meet them and sticks up for Big Oil. Shout out, Big Oil. I hate it. Hello? Big Oil, how are you? Oh, I'm all right. How are you guys doing? I don't want to do this. Oh, you don't want to do this?

[03:33:27] You don't want to be a part of Big Oil's happy fun time? What fun time? Happy fun time. No, I don't. We bring a lot of joy to a lot of people through liquid gold. Hey, Big Oil, what question? I'm going to call it non-liquid gold. Yeah, go ahead, Rye Guy. You go way back with Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys? Jerry, Scary Jerry is what we called him back in the day. Oh, there were times when I thought he might stick oil straight in his vein. It was dangerous out there for Scary Jerry.

[03:33:57] Are you sure he had it? We had to cut him off at some point. He just kept showing up, wanting to dig more. You guys, settle down, Scary Jerry. Settle down. Oil's for everyone, but mainly the billionaires. What do you mean cut him off? He tried to dig. He wasn't putting it in his vein. He dipped his toe into the hopper too many times. Literally? Well, I don't want to get into his kinks, but, you know, Scary Jerry for a reason.

[03:34:26] That's why they call him Scary Jerry. You're saying Jerry Jones took off his loafers, peeled off his socks, and put his foot in the hopper. I will not confirm or deny those accusations, Brad. Big Oil's here to promote everybody in good conscience and good faith as a fine individual. Fill up this holiday season at your nearest pump. Help out old Big Oil. We don't want to become small oil.

[03:34:56] We'd love to stay big. What do you think about the fact that Dan and I both drive EVs? Oh, those frauds. Do you know about the battery mines? Have you heard about the battery mines? I've heard about the battery mines. Have you heard? Have you heard? I've heard. You've heard about these battery mines. You've heard about it? I've heard. These battery mines. Jerry Jones also dipped his toe in there. You can believe it. I don't want to get into any details, but they're gory. It's uncomfortable, really. His feet must be nuts.

[03:35:24] Oh, and he knows it. God bless, Big Oil. God bless you, too. Santa Claus in the Christmas Chronicles that lets him communicate with the Rick. It's the ham radio, right? That's all it is. He creates it, which is fun. They communicate with the Rick. Hello? Hey. You thought you might get to me. How are you doing, Rick? I'm all right. How about you? Doing well. Merry Christmas.

[03:35:53] I can't believe you guys have Big Oil on this show. I know. That was pretty nice. I haven't talked to him since he invited me to that party at Donald Sterling's house. Oh, no. You didn't go, right? Oh, God, no. Are you kidding me? I got a reputation to keep up. A lot of people don't know this, but Rick's actually pretty woke. I'm super progressive. Yeah. You kidding me right now? Yeah. When I found out Big Oil wasn't on the up and up, that was it. That was it. That was it for me. Rogai, you got anything to say to Rick?

[03:36:22] Rick, don't take my God bless Big Oil out of context. Oh, I heard you. You already said it. You sent one up for Big Oil. I can't believe you did it. You sent one up to the big guy for Big Oil. Oh, my God. Sometimes you got to send one up for Big Oil. Oh, man. They're struggling right now. You guys. You guys. There's nothing you won't do for listeners with your Big Oil. You got Big Oil on here. Can you believe that? I know. I believe it. You can't even get me on. I've been asking for weeks. I know. What's been your favorite movie of the year, Brad? Big Sky Country.

[03:36:53] I mean, Grand Ole Opry. Okay. Yeah. You? My pants. God bless you, Wrigley. God bless you, Rogai. God bless you. God bless you. Big ups for Rye. Big ups for Rye. Big ups for Big Oil. A Sweet Holiday Romance, December 16th, 2025. And we get to talk to you about a sweet life holiday. Nope. Sweet holiday romance. Sweet life. Sweet life on deck. Sweet life on deck is a Disney channel. Sweet holiday romance is what we're doing.

[03:37:21] Because if we're doing a Disney show, I'm out. I should get that right in the thing. So I watched a sweet life Christmas special. Sorry. Zach and Cody are at it again. I get weird here. Those Sprouse brothers, they're crazy. Let's dive into this one. It originally premiered on the Hallmark Channel. Welcome back, everybody. It's great to be here with Doug Jones. Talking about the Royal Holiday Sweet. Yes.

[03:37:50] Sweet holiday romance. It's weird you can't get this title. I can't get it. But you love the movie. The sweet life of Zach and Cody has ruined me. Yeah. So blame them. And it's time for the wait. What is where we talk about what? This is a minute. For her. All these people know this Lord by name. That's right. But they can't Google a picture of him. Right. Nobody. Well, yeah, he's secretive, allegedly. But it's I don't know a single Lord. Like, I know the artist Lord.

[03:38:20] That's right. We're meant to be royals. You got it. I know Lord Stanley. That's right. Lord Stanley's cup. That's right. Lord Stanley's cup. Yeah, I'm familiar. Other than that, I couldn't name. I'm sure I could accidentally. I know the Lord of the Dance. Stephen Curtis Chapman, Lord of the Dance. Lord of the Wolves. Is that something? I don't know. Maybe not. Dances with wolves is what you do there. So you got me the dance. That's right. How many? Eleven Lords a leaping? I know those. It was just weird that so many people know this Lord by name. But don't know what he looks like. No, not a single picture. One of the worst.

[03:38:49] Every royal movie has to figure out the identity and how big of a deal this person is. That's why they use fake countries. To have a Lord from a real place and to know his name, but to not know what he looks like is crazy. Yeah. Yeah. It's just crazy. Yep. It's 2025. We can all look it up right here on our phones. That's right. The last one is. Boy to the world. December 17th, 2025. Also, for those of you just joining us that are like, why didn't they talk about the card game or the book?

[03:39:18] Well, the card game sold out across America. So. There's no more left. Whatever. It's because it's this year's Elmo. It's this year's Elmo. You get it. You get it. Thank you. And then the book doesn't matter because Good Morning America didn't mention it. I forgot about that. Thank you. It was on their table, though. Elmo heard Casey mention me. Elmo. Elmo, we have kindly and politely asked you to not. Sorry. After the last time. Elmo wants to wish you a Merry Christmas. Well. Thanks, Elmo. Thanks. Yeah.

[03:39:48] This is what. What temple you go to? Oh, no. Temple Sinai. They're great. Shout out. That's so thoughtful. Elmo's going to leave now. Elmo, do you want to shout out your church? I don't believe him. Elmo wants to shout out First Baptist Lily. Yeah. Okay. First Baptist Lily. God bless. God bless. Thank you, Elmo. All right. Pretty much unscathed. Yeah. 12 dates till Christmas. Episodes three and four.

[03:40:17] December 18th, 2025. And apparently she ghosted him. Nothing a little escape room can't help solve, though. Right, Jax? Oh, yes. Calm it down, Jax. It's early in the morning on a Wednesday. That's right. Chill. They end up making up and decide to work. You even accidentally text something to Richard that was meant for Liam. What a mess. Oh. That ever happened to you guys?

[03:40:47] Can't say that it has. Jax? You never accidentally texted something to somebody that was meant for somebody else? No, you said for two Suter. I thought you meant. No, no, no. Not the Suter thing. But have you ever accidentally been like, oh. Oh, I've 100% texted her. I've texted you something that's meant for my wife before. Easily. And I thought it was for me. Yeah, I know. Right? Yes, and yes. And I've done it with Suters as well. Wow. But nothing salacious. I'm not. No. You're not that girly. I'm not that girly. Not that girly.

[03:41:17] What are you supposed to mean? Not that girly. Not that salacious girly. Okay. Okay, I got it. Yeah. Not that type of girly. Yeah. Got it. Nothing wrong with being that type of girly. No. There's nothing wrong with being that type of girly. We love those girly. We love those girly. I hate what we're doing right now. We do love those girly. I love those girly. The messages were to those girly. Uh-oh. I couldn't tell if you were saying that or she's not that girly. She's not that girly. She's not that girly. She's not that. No, no, no.

[03:41:47] That girly. No, no, no. She's not that girly. She's not that girly. She's like a four of ten on the girlies. Yeah, sure. Sure. Um, but, uh, when Kate finally shows up to get that coffee date with... Uh, I'm, Dan, you and I were both lefties. Yep. Lefty Lucy. Lefty Lucy. That's what they call us.

[03:42:18] Wait, what? Lefty. Lefties die early? Oh, I'm sorry. I thought that was just a well-known fact. I don't think so. Just because we give so much. I will say this. I'm left-handed in everything but right. I write right-handed. And I'm left-handed. Oh, because you're embodextrous. I do everything else left-handed. Isn't that crazy? Um, so... I'm so unique. I'm so unique. That's crazy. Wow. Falling over my uniqueness. How are you? Are you real? You're so unique.

[03:42:47] How do you exist? So, how do you exist? One day at a time, you know. You make your own luck. They are in this one, uh, this giant Santa suit which apparently was, uh, Jax was having dreams of. Yeah. And they get to a point where they're like, uh, someone, one of them, I think it's him, It takes them so long. This would be so much easier if I was on the other side because I'm left-handed and they were like, well, she was like, oh, I'm right-handed. And they flip. There's no, you, as a lefty. How would you not immediately?

[03:43:17] You get ahead of, you get ahead of that as quick as possible. 100%. Like, hey, I'm left-handed. Do you mind if I go over here? Like that, that conversation would happen right away. Before they got in the suit. They'd have been like, well, if any, just with basic strategy, you would not have let it get halfway done. Lefties love letting you know that they're lefties. That's right. So, there's no way that they get to like halfway through and they're like, oh man, if only, and then they decide, you would definitely say, you're like, hey, I'm lefty. Are you right?

[03:43:45] Like, what if we, you would, you would get to that conversation pretty quick. Dana? With it for a few seconds, which is exactly what my high school boyfriend said to me when he went out after the prom without me to drink out the bush. And I was not one of those girlies. And he said, she kissed me. I don't have time for that. Out the bush, like in the woods. Drinking in the woods. They call drinking out the bush. Did they? And he kissed another girl.

[03:44:14] She kissed him. But I said, did you kiss her back? And he said, I went with it for a few seconds. He was dumped. Wow. No way, no hell. See ya. That's exactly right. How about that? That's sad. On prom night? Yeah. I mean, my dad had to come and pick me up at the prom because, yeah. Anyway, it's okay. I'm really happy. Yeah. You're good. And in therapy. Yeah. Not for that. You're feeling overwhelmed?

[03:44:44] What the heck happened at prom? Well, I mean, that happened. She had a dumper. Well, that was after prom at the bush. Yeah. No, no, no. I didn't have a ride home because he had already gone out the bush. People left the prom. Oh, he left you at the prom? Coal mining country, Pennsylvania. It's crazy. Yeah, my sister stayed too, so the two of us got a ride home from our father. Oh. Shut up. You know what? Good for you all. Shut up, Jack. That's right. That's the type of responsibility that we love.

[03:45:13] We love it. We love it. And that we hope our own kids follow suit. Yeah. That they're leaving people at the prom or that they're not drinking. No, they can call us to get a ride. They don't go. Absolutely. Don't go to the bush. That's right. Don't go to the bush. That's the moral of the episode. All right. We are going to be back next week. We're going to be a one day later. Finding Mr. Christmas, episode eight, December 19th, 2025.

[03:45:40] Evan, I do want to talk a little bit about your performance from over the weekend, over the past weekend. Yes. The Gay Men's Choir. Yes. GMCW.org. The Gay Men's Choir of Washington, D.C. We were texting a little bit, and you told me about something that happened. And now I want to hear you tell this story. Oh, boy. Because if – I just need all the information about what happened here.

[03:46:09] It sounds like it was a little bit of a wild time. Yeah. I mean, we are friends, guys. Like, we actually do text. True story. And we have each other's numbers. So it's kind of fun that we get to tell stories. And this wasn't one that I was planning on telling on air. But when I told Bran, he was like, save it for air. Oh, boy. You know, save it, kid. Save it, kid. Because it was very nice just checking on how the show went.

[03:46:37] And I was, of course, not thinking about, like, how the songs went, how the audience reacted. I was like, what about me? How did it go for me personally? And I told Bran, I said, it was great. Except for this one part where this – another chorus member fell off the risers onto me and, you know, squashed me pretty much like a buck. Yeah. What do you mean, like, if they fall from above you?

[03:47:07] So it wasn't during the curtain being up. Right. So there's no video. There's no video. Oh, man. That would have been very much a viral moment. Best case scenario, really. No, we all have to get down off the risers, like 200 gay men getting off of a riser. And I'm short, so I'm at the bottom of the risers, if you guys have ever done a chorus. Yeah, you get it. No. It's by height. Right.

[03:47:34] So one of the tall people was very excited to get off and missed a step or something and just fell directly onto me. And I fall over. Everyone's like, oh, my gosh. What's happening? This is like that scene in Home Alone 2. Yeah, where he punches Buzz. Yeah, and then everybody falls. How many people fell? More or just the two of you? I think just the two of us. Okay. I just happened to be in the wrong place, wrong time.

[03:48:02] And, you know, like they say in the, like before they open the curtain for the whatever, the show to start. Like, don't lock your knees. Don't lock your knees. If you lock your knees, you're going to pass out. And I was like, oh, my gosh, this guy passed out. And then I look and see who it is. And I was like, no. I mean, I'm speculating here. Yeah. This guy has had one too many at the holiday bar, at the bar in the theater. He went drinking before the performance?

[03:48:32] I can't confirm or deny. But let's just say that I know this person and I know they like to have a good time. I know they enjoy mimosa, hold the orange juice. I got you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Festive cocktail. So, yeah. And then the best part was the guy. Everyone's like, are you okay? Are you okay? And he goes, stop asking me if I'm okay. Like very mad.

[03:48:59] And I'm like, can someone ask me if I'm okay? I'm over here. This guy had totally been drinking. If he's so embarrassed, he falls. He's so embarrassed that he's mad. People are asking. Yeah, yeah. I mean. Yeah. Oh, yeah. The signs were there. Or as we like to say, it's a red flag. It's a red flag. What was the big hit of the performance? What was the big hit? Yeah. Oh, you know, I think my solo.

[03:49:27] You had a solo at the low baritone or whatever it was? I should have gone for the solo. You should have. You know, the guy who did Oh Holy Night. Yeah. He's very like classical and I would have done it very poppy. So, you know, I think they were looking for something different. You would have done Jessica Simpson. Yes. Yeah. But that's not what they were asking. That's not what they're asking. Yeah. And that's what I've learned. I've learned that there's different types of singing and maybe my type of singing isn't appropriate for the show.

[03:49:56] No, just for every song. Right. Right. Not as a solo like in in the choral singing part. Sure. But which song was your was your favorite to sing? My favorite one is and suddenly it's like a gospel song. And suddenly. All right. Yeah. And it's it's really cool. There's like a bunch of different parts. There's like almost like a rappy part for the baritones. OK. It's great.

[03:50:22] It's the the choral director Rotel Rotel. Rontel. I don't know. You're asking us. We don't know the choral director. I don't know his name because I've never actually had a conversation with him. But he's really good at like do this, do this. Like it's cool. You guys, if you've never been to chorus, I suggest doing it because I'm like I'm learning so much. Well, I'm excited for you. I do feel personally responsible.

[03:50:50] I did say break a leg at the end of last episode and I felt you were dangerously close to breaking a leg. And so I do apologize. I will not say that at the end of this one. But you do have one more show, one more show this or is it two shows on Saturday? December 20th. The matinee sold out. The evening has a few left. All right. That's tomorrow. So go go check it out. It sounds like it's going to be a wonderful time and hopefully no one falls. Or if they do, it happens when the curtains are out so that we can get the video. Yeah, of course. Oh, true. And you understand that. I do. Yeah.

[03:51:21] People falling is hilarious. Even this incident was hilarious to me. Yeah. And I got felled on. He got felled on. He got felled on. He also combined incident and instance to incidents. I believe. It doesn't matter. Which is fine. He got felled on, guys. Patrick, you know, the Lifetime movie started, Christmas movie started. Unbelievable. Yeah. And Chris talks about how nerves are good. His acting teacher in high school told him that nerves show that you care.

[03:51:50] You ever get that advice before? Oh, my God. My acting teacher told me the same thing. And then he slept with a student. So crazy. He was nervous. So crazy. He probably wasn't nervous. But I do take that to heart. I do also take that advice. Whenever I'm feeling nervous, I remind myself it is because I care. Yes. And that helps me feel better. Adrenaline is your body's way of telling you you're about to do something great. Just baked with love. Holiday Season 1, Episode 8, December 20th, 2025.

[03:52:21] Hi, I'm Bran and I have loved Hallmark Baking Shows. Brian, I have liked Hallmark Baking Shows. It's the champ here. And I've not watched the baking show, but can I bake? And this is the Take the Hallmark Baking Shows. Hi, everyone. It's good to be here. I thought it only right for this final episode of Baked With Love.

[03:52:48] I know you guys are done, but I called in the big guns. You called in the big guns. I called in Debbie and said, hey, could you make us a little something? And she made a little something. A little something. A little Debbie Christmas cake for you. Happy Saturday, everybody. The final Saturday before Christmas, if you can believe it. Amazing. How about that? It's almost like you can't do this show without a snack in your hand. Before you leave hating me, it was a bit. I can't bake, guys. I promise.

[03:53:18] It was not real. I wasn't trying. It's been fun. Let's cheers. Cheers, everybody. Cheers. Cheers to Debbie. It really shouldn't taste as good as it tastes. It's very good. No, I'm not saying it's good. I am saying that every time I open one, I'm like, these are disgusting. And then I eat a bite and I'm like, what are you doing over there? I don't know. You're trying to put that back in the bag? You're going to take one bite to put it back in the bag? I was trying to open it up as like a plate and it's just not.

[03:53:47] I'm just going to hold it and eat it and it'll be gone soon. We should have made these at some point, but we didn't. And there's no way to go back in time. Maybe for season two. All you want is an excuse to be mean to me. Yeah, that's true. This is it. This is it. I made you cry. You can tell me my baked goods suck. Yeah. This is it. Brian gets caught. I'll be the one crying this time. Make Dan cry, Tamara. Make Dan cry. Hashtag. Make Dan cry. Hashtag.

[03:54:18] Little Debbie's really good. Yeah. She's on the top of her game. This year especially, yeah. I did get tough word about Brett. Did you? He's not performing. He didn't do any shows. Well, that's because of what happened at the Dusty Outlet. Yeah. Well, I wasn't going to bring it up. Brian, you were going to bring it up. I have the audio. No, no. Of what happened to the Dusty Outlet. You know he does his sing along there. He does his yearly.

[03:54:48] But people sing his songs with him. It's the yearly Halloween dust up. Yeah. At the done. At the bowl. Yeah. So that happened. And again, I don't want to get into it too much. I know you said you have the audio. We'll see if we play it. But basically what happened happened. And then he posted that he's fine. He's okay. He's just taking some space. He's taking some space. Yeah.

[03:55:12] And then no holiday shows, which are always the biggest show of the years for him. So that's tough. Take your space, man. You take it. It's yours. Yeah. Again, we don't. I don't respect to him. I know we have the audio. We're not. Yeah. Dusty Outlet. It's the Dusty Outlet. It's the Halloween dust up. He's so used to being clean all the time. That's the one place you can go. Yeah. Just have a Dusty Outlet. Yeah. But we're praying for him. What?

[03:55:42] Just like with everything that happened. Can I ask you a quick question? Can I ask you a quick question? Talking about baked with love. Do we need one more prayer for Brett Denny or do we got it? You think we're going to cover? These are our hearts. Send one up for Brett at home right now. If you're driving, don't close your eyes. No, no, no. Just silently. Send one up for Brett. Christmas prayers count as double. See, listen. Your lips, man. God's ears twice.

[03:56:15] That's right. He's just more alert. Oh, my God. Can Christmas get here already? When's it going to be Christmas again, everybody? More alert. Oh, man. More alert this time of year. Oh, Christmas tree. Oh, you can't buy that. Hey. My name is for Debbie and I'm happy to be at the Dust Bowl this Halloween. Hey, you over there. Why are you talking? What do you have to say to me?

[03:56:44] It's the Dust Bowl. Dusty outlet, you dummy. Who threw that? Dust. Go, Swiss cake. Ah. So it's as clear as crystal what happened there. He said the Dust Bowl. And you don't think, and you still think that they're in the right. How could they have known that that drunk guy who shouted Swiss cake, like that was a patron.

[03:57:14] It wasn't the Dusty outlet's fault. A name that Brett Debbie got wrong. Yeah. Awful. I was really locked in on the drummer there, so I didn't catch a lot of that. That's fair. All right. We're back. It's time for the final. My name is Brent. Boo. No. Merry Christmas. Nutty buddy.

[03:57:44] I'm going to take some. Nutty buddy. I'm going to take some space. Ugh. You still think they're in the right. You heard the sorrow. I'm not saying that the patrons at the Dusty outlet were above board. I'm saying the Dusty outlet, you know, I see the light on and I can't help but stop in. You know what I mean? There's nothing. Ripped. Wip. Ripped feta and wicata. You got it. Uh-huh. Ricotta and whipped feta with balsamic glaze by itself.

[03:58:13] Here goes what's going on. It's me, Ripped Feta. This is goat cheese that's in really good shape. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I thought it might be. Ripped feta. Hey, there's a rumor going on the street. What? You've been taking some PEDs. Oh, what? You've been taking some human goat hormone. Yeah, yeah, I have. Yeah. A lot of people say it's shrink stuff. It doesn't.

[03:58:43] Okay. Still as big as ever. Brother Ripped. You're a piece of cheese. Uh-huh. Are you crumbly? Not anymore. No, I gotta go. All right. Ripped feta out. All right. Cool, man. Mary loves it. Vaughn. My Secret Santa. December 21st, 2025. The chemistry between Santa and Matthew is out of control. Yeah, it's scorching. Come on.

[03:59:13] And the horny neighbor. The horny neighbor. She's really attracted to him. Oh, yeah. It's very funny. We're beginning to think Santa can just get it. You know what I mean? Santa can get it. I'd let her get it. I've always said so. So, I... Hi. How are you? I hope you're well. It's Bran. We've had a lot of funny moments over the last few weeks. Some of them made us tear up. Some of them made us chuckle. Yeah. We got five for fighting here. They're going to sing 100 years.

[03:59:42] We're going to play it all right now. Dim the lights if we could. A hundred beans filling on out. It's time for Wait What? I did get a kick out of the fact that she walks into her apartment to find her daughter sleeping on the couch with a Santa hat on top of her head, like just perfectly in a way. It's not going to fall off. You don't prep for your naps to look perfect every time?

[04:00:10] And I'm going to place it right here. And I and my cap were just settling down. You know how teens are with their Santa hats and whatnot. The best thing about Christmas, December 22nd, 2025. This movie is inexcusable, unconscionable and absolutely unwatchable. Absolutely not under any circumstances. And as soon as they killed the daughter, any chance of it being funny because of how bad it was

[04:00:40] also left because they wanted me to take it seriously. Get out of here. Never again under any circumstances. Hard pass from Dan. Safe to say it didn't make you romantic. It certainly did not. Yeah, I think all of us are still left wanting in the romantic department. It's time for all the fields. We're talking about what this movie gave us. It made me romantic for when white men still ruled the day. You know what I mean? Like when they still, you know, they were the patriots. You made you romantic for Soldier for Christmas. That's right. I mean, we're just pretty impressive.

[04:01:10] You earned this belt back. Thank you. Thank you so much. You get your black belt in manhood. Ryguy? I don't understand about how we made someone romantic, but we can move on. This guy is trying to actually go full circle. I'm going to make you romantic? That's something somebody would say 15 beers deep. Yeah. I'm going to make you romantic. Hey, sweetheart. Come on.

[04:01:39] I'm going to make you romantic. I'm going to make you romantic. I just finished up at Fitzy's, and I'm going to make you romantic. Yeah. Wrigley, you've ever said that to someone? Oh, Fitzy's doesn't over-serve. We don't. That's true. One tank kilo per person. Well, it's a tank kilo. You could try to make someone romantic after one, though. That's true. Isn't a tank kilo. It's a 10-pound tank. It is probably over-served. You're right. Yeah. So I stand corrected. We do over-serve at Fitzy's. Fair enough. Back to you, Brayett. Making you romantic, pal. Yeah. God bless. God bless you. This kind of comes back to the-

[04:02:07] A make or break holiday, December 23rd, 2025. Hey, hi. Meditation. Oh, hey. Merry Christmas. Are you sad that it's almost over, Brayett? Why are you going to bring it up at the beginning? I wasn't. Now that you're thinking about it. I haven't really had time to sit with it yet. Right. Yeah. I mean, imagine, though, it's December 18th. Imagine you still got that full week before Christmas left. I'm almost done with you guys, if that's true, though. Well, I mean, you're not at all. We literally see each other every day.

[04:02:36] He's going to come over for your birthday, remember? I don't know if we've talked about that. We don't know if we've locked that in, or I don't know where we are there. Maybe you will. Who knows? Who knows? Maybe we'll talk about it on a future episode or a past episode. That's right. Full regal. It's hard to say at this point. But, Brayett, how many days a year do you and I not actually see each other? I mean, like, we see each other at least 300 days a year. I'm going to put the- There's two weeks where you guys do, like, vacations in your world. That's true. So that's five or so days. We FaceTime every day. Oh, you do? So you do? Okay.

[04:03:06] All right. We probably talk every day. We probably talk every day. That's true. And we end every night with a handhold. Of course. Across over the fence. Yeah, that's right. Just like God bless. Yeah. All right. It's time for us to- If you've not heard their names before, they had never written a movie before this holiday season, at least on IMDb. And they wrote Holiday Touchdown, A Bill's Love Story, and this, and to not write- How'd they get that? To not write a Christmas-

[04:03:33] To not write a movie of any kind, and to write this good of a Hallmark Christmas movie. Very impressive. And then- You think they're Nepo babies? It could be. I think they could be. Let's just throw it out there. That's right. They're Nepo, both of them. They're both Nepo babies. They're both Nepo babies. I'm glad they found each other. They're Nepes. Nepes. You're shortening Nepo babies to Nepes? No, because if it's two of them, it goes from Nepo to Nepi. Two come together, yeah. Really? Okay. If you say so. That's the plural. That's the plural form. So I'm glad I know it now. That's good. That's good information for me to have. Should we start over? Do you want to start over the feels? Yeah.

[04:04:03] So we had a couple of Nepi babies here. No, Nepes. No, just Nepes. Just a couple of Nepes. Yeah. There you go. You get it. The other feels is, I saw the Christmas baby, December 24th, 2025. I described today, this year, they both have six, seven themed ornaments, but based around another thing that they love. Okay. I'm so excited to 20 years from now. Because I do want to just, I want them to remember. Acknowledge it. Right. For the record.

[04:04:31] In 2025, you noodle heads ran around going six, seven nonstop. For no reason. And we, and like in 20 years, we're going to be like, what just like, that was the weirdest. Yeah. That didn't happen. You think we'll, we'll bring it back when like we get really old and our kids are this age? When I am in my 60s and brands in his 50s, I will make a six, seven reference regularly. And it'll be great. When we turn 67, forget about it. Kids are going to be over. It's over. Are you kidding me right now? It's over. Yeah.

[04:04:58] But I do, I love the idea because they're going to get all of these ornaments one day. It's 2050 for me. Yeah. I turned 67 in the year 2050. How about that? How do I then, right? You're a year older. Yeah. Two years. So I was 83. But right at the end. Yeah. Yeah. So you're a year and a half older than me. You're an old man. I want to tell you. I feel it too. My bones. Yeah. And your bones are colder. So you're about to turn 44. Am I? Is that what? Yeah. I guess so. I think so. The big four, four, man. Big four, four.

[04:05:28] What's it like to be? Mid forties. You're always 10 years older than me. Always. That's right. I forget that. You were still Ken's. A hundred percent. Yeah. Yeah. What? I'm using that right. We're still Ken's. I'm right. I'm using that right. No. We're still neppies. You guys want to talk about Christmas, baby? We're still neppies. That's right. Neppies. Merry Christmas. Oh, we're here for a movie. I hope you all have a wonderful, wonderful Christmas. Absolutely. All right. Let's talk about the...

[04:05:56] There's a line given by Barbara Niven, who's kind of an unsung hero in this movie, who kudos to her to lend her kind of presence as a Hallmark stalwart to this movie. She says, whenever there's room for kindness, I'm in favor of it. I love that line. I think it's a beautiful line. I think it's very well written. Cat... It's Christmas Eve. It is our final Hallmark Christmas movie of the year. It means one thing and one thing only.

[04:06:25] Sir, I want to buy these shoes for my mama, please. It's Christmas Eve and these shoes are just her size. Could you hurry, sir? Daddy says there's not much time. You see, she's been sick for quite a while. And I know these shoes will make us smile.

[04:06:53] And I want her to look beautiful if mama meets Jesus. You see, I saw a glimpse of heaven's love. And they sent me right out. I knew that God had sent that little boy to remind me what Christmas is all about.

[04:07:17] Sir, I want to buy these shoes for my mama, please. It's Christmas Eve and these shoes are just her size. But I'd like to buy these shoes for my mama, please. But I'd like to buy these shoes for my mama, please.

[04:07:41] And I want her to look beautiful if mama meets Jesus. I want you to look beautiful if mama meets Jesus. And we're the first to wish you a Merry Christmas.

[04:08:07] 12 dates of Christmas, episode 5 and 6, December 26, 2025. Are you okay, Bran? I'm okay. Now that we're going to be from Christmas. My tree's on the road. It feels good. Feels good. That's unbelievable. I am doing okay. But after this, I'm going to go home and cry a little bit. Okay. That's fair. I'll be here if you need me, buddy. No, you won't. We are here. We didn't. No, we are. I mean, I saw Anaconda last night. You didn't. I know you didn't invite me. I know. That's on me.

[04:08:37] I just thought Christmas evening you wouldn't go to Anaconda. You wouldn't leave your family and go see Anaconda with Jack Black and Paul Rudd. You know what I mean? How is your... So here's the thing, though. That's on me. Yeah, it is. 100%. It is. I could have... It's not that other people didn't allow me to eat. It's that I... You know, here's honestly what it was. And if this isn't even me being a martyr, it was I wanted to really...

[04:09:04] I wanted the perfect time to really enjoy it. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? And that's what happened. It wasn't that I didn't have time. It was that I wanted to, like... I wanted to hunker down and get sloppy. Maybe even do it in the bathroom by myself. Just so I could really get into it. Lee, don't cut it. Lee, don't cut it. I promise don't cut it. I will say this. You... You landed. It was great. It was a really good job, buddy. I just want you to know. My What the Hallmark is very, very simple. And we've said...

[04:09:34] Basically said it already. Hallmark, you got to get Mae Whitman in the movie. This is not a joke. This is not some fun thing where we're just trying to be nice to somebody so they're coming on our show. This is... I'm dead serious. When have you guys ever done that? Never. Yeah, the opposite happens. Tamara shows up and is like, you made me cry. Uh... Uh... Uh... Mae Whitman has to be a lead in a Hallmark movie. Has to. She's amazing. She's nuanced. She's adorable.

[04:10:04] Put her in a Hallmark movie. A Christmas one. A non-Christmas one. You have to do this. You must. Please do it. Everyone will be better for it. That's my What the Hallmark. Yeah. And while we're making requests, I will take another Richard movie. Uh... If you guys want to cast that guy as Richard in, uh... Every movie, uh... I think we'd all be better for that. I love how much you appreciate his looks, Fran. It's funny. Uh... I mean, am I wrong? No, you're not.

[04:10:33] He's very handsome. Yeah. Uh... Well, we did it, everybody. We did. Christmas with the Nightlies. December 29th, 2025. 2025? The, uh... Two of the ones had my name on it. And I just assumed all three were for me. Um... And he doesn't listen, so I think I can say this. We got my old roommate, Sean. Uh... One of his gifts is a Funko Pop. And this box was the size of a Funko Pop. Well, he would know by now, right? He'd know by the 29th, right? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Merry Christmas, Sean. Yeah. Happy Hanukkah, Sean. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

[04:11:03] Uh... He's Jewish. Jewish with him at Kwanzaa? I... I caught myself there. I got those confused. Shout out, Sean. You're right there. Shout out, Sean. Need a mix up?

[04:11:39] This is why people hate Christmas. This is why people hate people that celebrate Christmas right here. Yeah. Kwanzaa, to be fair, was just a few days ago. That's right. It was on my mind. Yeah. Of course it is. The 29th, right? Of course it is. Yeah. No. Yeah. Yeah. Today is... Happy Kwanzaa, Sean. Back to you, Ryan. So I opened this box, and it was... It was... Alyssa's name was on it. It was one of my gifts for Christmas from her to me. Oh, boy.

[04:12:09] And so I saw it. This was weeks ago. So hold on. Can I just really quickly? You said something. So you got three packages. Two of them... Three packages. Two of them you saw had your name on it. Yes. And so you just assumed that the third also did? I assumed that... The one that you opened that was a gift for you did not have your name on the outside. It had Alyssa's name on it because... I didn't look at the name, but it was the exact size of a Funko Pop.

[04:12:36] So I assumed it was part of our Amazon order, which was... Don't get into that. Don't call him out for knowing the exact dimensions of a Funko Pop. It was the exact size of a Funko Pop. Yeah. Yeah, man. Yeah. But also, you didn't look at the label? I didn't think I had to because one of the other boxes was an Amazon box. A Funko Pop is pretty square cubed, right? Like it... Yeah. Could be anything. Yeah. It was... One of the other boxes had my name on it.

[04:13:05] It was stuff we ordered for people that was from Amazon. So I just assumed that the Funko Pop, which was also from Amazon, was part of it. It is Kwanzaa. So, yeah. A lot of gifts. Fran, happy Hanukkah. Happy Hanukkah, Marv. What a hold. So, I saw the gift, right? I'll just tell you what it was. It was a Benny the Bull Funko Pop for me. So it was a Funko Pop. Got it. Yeah. He nailed it.

[04:13:35] In his defense, you can tell by the box. Yeah. I am of the mind. Now, listen. Bran, I'm sure you've heard the exact same way. Chicago Bulls mascot, Benny the Bull, had a Funko Pop. And you are a newfound Bulls fan. What a thoughtful gift. Very thoughtful gift. Very thoughtful gift. I, Bran, I'm sure you feel the exact same way. I am of the mind. I do not want to see my gifts ahead of time. 100%. Yeah. Even early on in China. Obviously, a few years when I was really young, I would want to know where the gifts were hidden. But by like eight or nine, I was like, I don't want to, you know.

[04:14:05] I don't even like making lists anymore. Like just, just, just get, get, give me something. And I, and I, and I, like you think about it. You think about it and it's great. Yep. There's literally nothing you could get me that I wouldn't like. Yeah. Oh, I challenge accepted. I was sick for you. You've. Yeah. You know what you've done. Got him a Miami heat cheesecake. I was going to say like a, I'd rather die. A magic worst, a magic worst record in the league t-shirt. Yeah. I'd rather die. Yeah. I mean, he'd be the best, right? Yeah.

[04:14:35] And so I just saw this briefly. I saw the back of the box, but like I saw, I knew what it was. And I, I'm of the mind that this should be returned. And. What? Yeah. Yeah. And you ruined the surprise because you didn't read the address and who it was labeled to. And now you want it returned. Get off it, man. Are you kidding me? Accidentally. I don't give an S how it happened.

[04:15:05] What the heck, Dan? But I think this is the most entitled thing I've ever heard come out of your mouth. What do you mean? You think it should be? You got a box. Happy. I'll return it. You got it. No, you got a box addressed to Alyssa Turner. Did you just say I got a box at Kwanzaa? I said, happy Kwanzaa. You got a box. Address to Alyssa Turner. You opened it up. Saw it was for you. And now would like it returned. I'll bring it to the Amazon.

[04:15:35] But I don't understand. What do you mean? You want it returned? She put a lot of thought into this gift. Except she wants to give it. She wanted you to have it, whether it's December 10th or December 25th. Yeah. She said it's part of a larger theme too. I can talk more about that in a future episode. What the theme was. Might be the bolts. Did she tell you that it was part of a larger theme earlier? Yeah. She told me that. She said that she's got a, she's got a, she's putting a.

[04:16:03] So you definitely can't return this, Ryan. Well, there's other Chicago. It's part of a, a larger theme. What she has put together out of the goodness of her heart for you. She's lovely. She's great. I honestly don't understand what you're talking about. You want it. This is for what purpose? Return it and then get a Funko of equal value. That could also go along with the. This is. So wait, do you not want, do you not want. Because he can't be. I really, I really want the Benny the Bull Funko Pop. But because he can't be surprised.

[04:16:33] He wants something different because he's seven years old. I think Dan's framing it in a way that is a little. This is crazy, Ryan. This is the worst story you've ever told. This is, this is indefensible. If there's a single person over the age of nine that comes to the fence of Ryan Popola, I have so many questions for you. This guy sees a box. It's addressed to Alyssa Turner. He opens the box. It is a gift. It's a gift for him.

[04:17:01] A very thoughtful gift that is part of a larger theme. And he wants to take his ball and go home. He's upset that dessert came before dinner. He wants you. Who are you mad at? Who are you mad exactly? I'm mad at myself. Okay. You know? Yeah. But don't penalize her for you being mad at yourself. There was plenty of time to get a Funko Pop of equal value. A Michael Jordan Funko Pop. This is wild. Okay. You can have, two things can be true.

[04:17:29] And what I mean by that is you can keep the Benny the Bull because it's what she wanted to get you for Christmas. And you can also buy yourself a stinking Michael Jordan Funko Pop. Alyssa, I don't know how you do it. I don't need the Michael Jordan Funko Pop. I mean, the Benny the Bull was on my list, you know, but like, you know, but yes, yes. So it's a very thoughtful gift. And it doesn't sound like it. What do you mean? Dude, I made a mistake. I can't believe you brought this up.

[04:17:59] I can't believe you brought this up. I'm trying to better myself and correct my mistake. No. And you guys are just giving me flack for it. Do you know how you correct this mistake? Is you open the gift anyway on Christmas morning and you act incredibly surprised and excited. No, no. She knows. I saw it. She was in the room when I opened it. No, no. For the whole thing. Yeah. The whole thing. And you just know that that's one thing is part of it and you're fine with knowing one gift. I did that because Christmas was four days ago. Yeah. But how did you show? And when this happened, you went into Alyssa's room. Your room.

[04:18:28] So you guys. You probably throw a chair in a room. I can say. I will say this. If you play your cards right, you might be able to make her romantic. But call back to last week's movie. Shout out. If you guys should return it, you might be in a different room. But you go in there and you say, hey, I accidentally opened this. I see this. Yeah. I think I should return it. That's what you said. I mean, that's literally what I said. And what did she say?

[04:18:55] It should have something akin to what Dan has said for the last five minutes. Yeah. Because she's normal. It's the right response. You have to at least acknowledge Ryguy. Ry. I love you, dude. This is crazy. I love you, man. Yeah. Like, obviously, this isn't a. I know it's a gift for you, but it's not about you. Yeah. She put thought into this. Tell me. Tell him. Tell him what time it is, Brandon. She thought through everything. She came up with a theme. Mm-hmm. Yeah. She got a gift that is already on your list.

[04:19:25] So I got to be honest with you. You shouldn't be surprised when you get it in the first place. That's semantics. You are. You're being. This. You're being. You're being very selfish about this. This is crazy. And I say that to you as a friend. You're being very selfish about this. All right. I mean, that's fair. Did you expect it to go this way? I mean, probably. I mean, when you brought this up. Anything for the show. No kidding. Yeah. But listen. Hand your belt to her anytime you want to, pal. That doesn't bother me. Yeah.

[04:19:53] That is like absolute nothing compared to this. All right. Well, that's good news. Yeah. That's. This is the worst thing you've ever done. Aside from wishing your Jewish friend had you. Oh, man. I realized what was happening in real time. Yeah. That's tough. Yeah. Get the YouTube out of that one. Right when he hits that Z. It's fantastic. Kwan's. Oh, no. Oh, no. He was hoping we wouldn't catch him.

[04:20:21] He was hoping we'd just go right past him. All right. I got to talk about this. We're up. We are up against it. We are very much up against it. That was 11 minutes, which I loved every second of, by the way. Christmas and Natalie is originally on December. January 2026. Hallmark preview show. December 30th, 2025. We are previewing. What are we calling it? Winter Escape 2026. Is that a new like CCM traveling thing to counter the winter jam? Yeah. Winter Escape.

[04:20:51] Yeah. 2026. Winter Escape. Yeah. I'm begging you. I'm begging you. Yee-hoo. They use Akon? When it's winter, you travel away from snow. And go to the beaches and hope that you find someone to rely on. And then you tell them that you want to kiss. Winter Escape. Yeah. Very good. It's great to be back. 2026.

[04:21:21] It's great to be back. You hosted the... I hosted it. I went full. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I went conductor uniform. You actually have a second job as someone that goes around to all the elementary schools to host their Polar Express viewing party. 100%. 100%. Sheesh. We call it a background check, folks. Polarpals.com. Polarpals. You can hire us. We'll come in. We'll do a full party. I'll come in full. Half the conductor. The polar bears, right?

[04:21:51] Half the proceeds. Hey, hey, hey. We got it. Hey, hey, hey. Nope. I can get you involved here. Well, I just... I don't appreciate what you're doing here. You're gonna... I'm gonna start singing. We get my hopes up, but then you're gonna be mean about it and say the hot chocolate is Here we only have one rule. Never ever let it cool. Polar Express sucks. Oh. We're talking Lost in Paradise. Lost in Paradise. Lost in Paradise. Five movies. That sounds wintry. Out of ticket punches. One cream. Stingy on the cream. Here we go.

[04:22:21] The founder of a high-end fashion company gets marooned on a quote-unquote... We know what that is. Quote-unquote deserted island with a chef. Romance... That's not fair. That doesn't count as marooned. Romance blossomed. If you're stuck on a deserted island, a chef has gotta be up there with like... Yeah. You get to pick two items. One item. One item even. Holy... That's not marooned, right? No. They don't know what marooned is.

[04:22:51] You guys don't know what marooned is? We caught you too. That's the maroon police. You think you could sneak one past us? Not on your line. Let me ask you this. Is Lacey wearing maroon in this picture? I wouldn't call that maroon. And yeah. They're way off. They're way off on maroon altogether. Marooned means to be stranded, abandoned, or left in an isolated, desolate, or dangerous place. Often without hope of escape. So it turns out they do know what marooned is. But I have...

[04:23:20] If you have a chef, you got hope, I think. If you're eating, you're pretty hopeful that you're gonna make it. If you have a chef, you have hope. That's a new tattoo I'm getting. Where there's chefs, there's hope. Where there's chefs, there's hope. On the other arm, it just says be your own chef. Be your own chef. That's right. Be your own hope. All right. When the founder of a high-end fashion... Oh, Dana, that was a lot of fun. I tell you what. Fun time was had by all... I forgot about a lot of those. Wow. Me too. All the up ones. Every time we talked about them, I was like, oh, no. Oh, there it is. There it is. Well, thank you all so much. We got one more of these coming out. Maybe two. I don't know.

[04:23:50] You don't know. We'll do one. So coming back for that next week, we're having a wonderful time revisiting. Thank you once again to the Double Deckers who helped make this possible. Without you, it would not... Sheila Calloway. Sheila Calloway. Shout out. So lots of thank yous to go around. Until next time, may we be the first to wish you a Merry Christmas. Deck The Hallmark is a Bramble Jam podcast produced by Brandon Gray. And you have that Greenville, South Carolina. For more information on the show, you can go to deckthehallmark.com at deckthehallmark on the socials.

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