Jingle Bell Run (Hallmark Channel - 2024)

[00:00:01] Hi, I'm Brian and I love Hallmark Christmas movies. I'm Brian, I like Hallmark Christmas movies. I'm Dan and I despise Hallmark Christmas movies and this is the Deck The Hallmark Podcast. Deck The Hallmark, it's this podcast. Deck The Hallmark, it's this podcast. We hope you like this jolly podcast. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hello everybody. Doesn't it feel like it should be Thanksgiving week?

[00:00:37] Yeah, I mean by now. There's no way we're two weeks out, right? So confusing. Time's crazy, you know what I mean? This time of year, man? Are you kidding me? I do feel like we're really hitting our stride now though. Yeah. After this past weekend's slate of movies, we're about halfway. Wow. Not quite. Not quite. Feels good though. Feels good. Sure. Feels strong. Hi to everybody out there. This is the weekend I'm worried about coming up. I don't know what movies are coming out, but the weekend before Thanksgiving is when I feel like it's...

[00:01:07] Three wiser men and a baby. Oh. And a boy. Oh, and a boy. Oh, and a boy. The holiday touchdown, right? What else? No, that's Thanksgiving. Yeah, I know. Brian needs to watch out. Novel Noel. Novel Noel. Oh, that's why I'm worried. Try to pace myself a little bit. Yeah. Yep. Christmas on call. Previously known as First Responders Christmas. First Responders. Good God. Yeah. This is why I'm worried, Brian. And that's the Donna Kelsey joint. Oh, in Philadelphia. Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

[00:01:32] Three wiser men and a boy. Mm-hmm. To have and to holiday. Ooh, yeah. And for those following Deck the Lifetime Uncorked, Christmas in the Spotlight also airs this Saturday and will be covered next week with one and only Patrick Serrano. So three of those four movies sound like bottom of the barrel situations. So that's why I'm worried. Well, I don't know anything to have in it. What is it? That's the marriage counseling. That's the marriage counseling with her daddy pastor. Oh, the pastor father. Yeah. Oh, okay. As producer Aaron said, her daddy pastor. Daddy pastor. Daddy pastor.

[00:02:01] Just trying to make it as cringy as possible. Daddy pastor. You did it. You did it. Congratulations. You win. Daddy God, welcome to the Masters Club. Yeah, come on. Come on over. Shout out. Shout out, daddy God. I just, the whole time Dan's watching that movie, I want that playing in his head. Daddy. No, thank you. Daddy pastor. Let's really quickly talk about how if you're not on the Philo app now. What are you doing? This is the perfect time. Perfect time. It's the perfect time to do it because you've got a ton of movies that are going to be coming out over the next couple weeks.

[00:02:31] A&E is beginning to play their slate of classic Christmas. Such a great collection of movies over there. It's AMC, not A&E. I was about to say. A&E, they've got a batch of reality Christmas shows, I'm sure. Yeah, Pawn Stars Horror. That's right. Pawn Stars Christmas Edition. Holiday Hoop-A-M-Ups Caught-On-Tapes. Whatever they got going on over there. You can also watch that on Philo. That's the thing about Philo. It's got something for everybody.

[00:03:01] Not only just the movies that we're covering here, but so, so, so much. So go check it out. Philo.tv slash DTH. Now's the time. Yeah. Run. Duh. Don't walk. Jingle Bell Run. We've been hearing nonstop brand about Christmas movie magic. Yeah. I mean, it's a blast to play. See, we're seeing those people. We're seeing those tags on social media. Yeah. A lot of people have been tagging us that they're playing it and having a lot of fun. Somebody talked about how much this is, they're enjoying this holiday season's batch of movies because of this game.

[00:03:31] Yeah. Yeah. This game is really, like, highlighting and allowing them to enjoy the movies because if you're like me, you're, you know, I'm already shocked that we're as far into the season as we are.

[00:03:42] And we're going to get, it's going to be Christmas before you know it and you're going to be like, man, this went by too fast.

[00:03:46] Christmas movie magic allows you to really just slow down and enjoy the games. Yeah, it does.

[00:03:49] And it makes it a little competitive.

[00:03:51] And so there's still time to get it before Thanksgiving.

[00:03:54] And I think Thanksgiving, that weekend is the perfect time to bust this bad boy out.

[00:04:00] Family in town, let's play a little, let's make Christmas movies competitive.

[00:04:05] Make Christmas movies great again.

[00:04:07] Competitive again.

[00:04:08] And I think that that's really fun.

[00:04:09] So Christmas movie magic, tagthehallmark.com slash game.

[00:04:12] You can get it.

[00:04:13] Brian, you got it.

[00:04:14] You love it.

[00:04:14] Yeah.

[00:04:15] It's in my head.

[00:04:16] I'm always thinking about the cards that I could draw.

[00:04:18] Always be carding.

[00:04:19] ABC.

[00:04:20] Always be carding.

[00:04:21] In this case, yes.

[00:04:22] Absolutely.

[00:04:22] Perfect, actually.

[00:04:23] Absolutely.

[00:04:24] And also, I shared on our stories over the weekend that the Greenville Christmas tree has been putting up downtown.

[00:04:34] They're putting it up.

[00:04:34] And if you've never seen the installation process of that giant tree, it was actually.

[00:04:38] This was my first time seeing it.

[00:04:39] I know.

[00:04:40] Pretty impressive.

[00:04:41] It's like sometimes you don't want to see the old Oz, but I liked seeing Oz.

[00:04:44] I didn't like seeing Oz.

[00:04:45] You didn't like it?

[00:04:46] I would rather just see the tree and be happy with it.

[00:04:49] You didn't like seeing the innards of the tree?

[00:04:51] No, I didn't like seeing the innards.

[00:04:52] No.

[00:04:52] I didn't know it was assembled like that.

[00:04:54] Yeah, I didn't know either.

[00:04:55] Now we know.

[00:04:56] Top down assembly.

[00:04:57] Saw those innards.

[00:04:57] But all I have to say is that tree is now up downtown.

[00:05:00] Big lighting coming up.

[00:05:01] It's all exciting.

[00:05:02] Right in front of M. Judson's.

[00:05:03] Shout out.

[00:05:04] M. Judson's.

[00:05:04] That's right.

[00:05:05] It's a perfect time to come and visit Greenville if you haven't already.

[00:05:07] You ever the accordion guy downtown?

[00:05:09] Yeah, I know that guy.

[00:05:10] Yeah.

[00:05:11] He's got about five songs.

[00:05:13] Yeah.

[00:05:14] He's got five already?

[00:05:15] Do you think he changes for Christmas?

[00:05:17] He's got him.

[00:05:18] Because at the market every Saturday, he has about the same five.

[00:05:22] One of the five.

[00:05:23] There's one Italian one.

[00:05:26] And then he usually sees my kids and does like a superhero thing for them.

[00:05:30] Like Spider-Man.

[00:05:31] He does Spider-Man.

[00:05:32] Oh, that's a good one.

[00:05:32] That's what he does.

[00:05:33] He does a Billy Joel song.

[00:05:35] I think it's Piano Man.

[00:05:37] Ironic.

[00:05:37] Which is weird.

[00:05:39] I don't remember the other two.

[00:05:41] But Christmas time.

[00:05:41] Well, in his defense, there's a little piano.

[00:05:44] There is.

[00:05:45] Makes up part of the accordion.

[00:05:46] That's right.

[00:05:48] You think he's going Christmas though?

[00:05:50] I like to think I know that guy.

[00:05:52] Yeah.

[00:05:52] Like I don't know his name, but he seems like a really nice guy.

[00:05:55] And he's there every Saturday.

[00:05:56] He's got the accordion out.

[00:05:58] Can you do me a solid?

[00:06:00] I would love to, Brandon.

[00:06:01] If you are downtown and you see him, can you invite him into the studio just to kind of

[00:06:07] sit off screen one episode and play?

[00:06:09] Yeah, absolutely.

[00:06:10] Just be like, it'll be really fun.

[00:06:11] It'd be a good bit.

[00:06:12] And we don't talk about it.

[00:06:13] We don't address it.

[00:06:14] We don't say anything.

[00:06:15] We just occasionally have accordion.

[00:06:15] I just love him being there.

[00:06:17] Joe the accordion guy.

[00:06:18] I don't know his name.

[00:06:19] I would love that.

[00:06:20] And please do that.

[00:06:21] How loud would that be?

[00:06:22] If he heard this, he'd probably take offense to the fact I said he only had five songs.

[00:06:26] He's probably got more.

[00:06:27] He should come here and put it.

[00:06:28] Maybe I'm...

[00:06:29] There's only one way to know it.

[00:06:30] That's right.

[00:06:30] With the hard-hitting questions.

[00:06:32] Joe the accordion guy.

[00:06:32] That's right.

[00:06:33] Joe the accordion guy.

[00:06:36] I like the idea.

[00:06:37] I like that song.

[00:06:38] But the thing is, is to play music downtown on Saturday morning, you have to have a permit.

[00:06:42] You gotta have a permit.

[00:06:42] He gets a permit every Saturday.

[00:06:45] I think you apply for one for the year, I think.

[00:06:47] Well, the only reason I know this is because I had a friend whose kid was going to play downtown.

[00:06:53] There was a whole thing where they were both there at the same time and had conflicting permits.

[00:06:57] Interesting.

[00:06:58] I don't think it's by a year in advance.

[00:07:00] I think it's week to week.

[00:07:01] Back in my day.

[00:07:02] Back in your day, you would apply and you would get a busker permit.

[00:07:08] Busker permit.

[00:07:09] Yeah, I saw them live.

[00:07:09] And I do believe that you had to say where the area in which you were going to play.

[00:07:14] Uh-huh.

[00:07:14] Huh.

[00:07:15] So that only so many people could have him play.

[00:07:16] He's not always at the same spot.

[00:07:18] It's always in that corridor.

[00:07:20] It's zone.

[00:07:20] It's zone-based.

[00:07:21] Ooh, it's zone-based.

[00:07:21] It's zone-based.

[00:07:23] Interesting.

[00:07:24] Dude, Busker Zone Wars.

[00:07:26] I would watch that show.

[00:07:27] Oh, that's on A&E.

[00:07:28] That's on A&E.

[00:07:28] That's the thing.

[00:07:29] That's their Christmas line.

[00:07:30] That's Busker Zone.

[00:07:31] Christmas Busker Zone Wars.

[00:07:33] This philo.tv.s.dth.

[00:07:35] Would watch.

[00:07:36] Would watch.

[00:07:37] That'd be the best.

[00:07:38] Should we make it?

[00:07:39] Should we make it?

[00:07:39] That'd show.

[00:07:40] Go ahead and write that down.

[00:07:42] Jingle Bell Run.

[00:07:44] Jingle Bell Run is what we're talking about today.

[00:07:46] Andrew Walker, Ashley Williams.

[00:07:48] I mean, come on.

[00:07:49] In case you missed it over the weekend, I have a little synopsis for you.

[00:07:54] It originally premiered on the Hallmark Channel on November 16th, 2024.

[00:07:57] It went a little something like this.

[00:07:58] The movie kicks off with great animation, and that's how you know that you're dealing

[00:08:01] with some heavy hitters.

[00:08:02] It's a heavy hitter flick, everybody.

[00:08:04] We meet Avery, a schoolteacher who makes toddlers give speeches about Christmas

[00:08:09] ornaments in front of their peers.

[00:08:11] She's ruthless.

[00:08:13] She loves crossword puzzles and juice boxes.

[00:08:16] While she's in the teacher's lounge, other teachers keep walking by and congratulating her,

[00:08:21] but she doesn't know why they're congratulating her.

[00:08:23] Her best friend and or sister, Ruby, explains that she signed her up to be a competitor on

[00:08:30] The Great Holiday Dash, something that is definitely not The Amazing Race.

[00:08:35] It is not even close.

[00:08:38] Avery is not thrilled by this.

[00:08:40] Cut to Andrew Walker.

[00:08:41] He is selling juice, a real stretch for my boy A-Dub.

[00:08:45] His character name is Wes, a retired professional athlete looking for his next big thing, and

[00:08:53] it turns out that his next big thing is The Great Holiday Dash.

[00:08:57] Avery thinks it over and realizes that it'd be a great way to bring attention to her school

[00:09:03] and maybe even get some extra funding.

[00:09:06] And so she starts training, even though she's never done anything like this before.

[00:09:12] She ends up meeting Wes at the gym.

[00:09:15] It does not go well.

[00:09:17] Classic treadmill situation.

[00:09:19] The competition begins and Wes is shocked to see Avery from the gym there.

[00:09:24] The game is simple.

[00:09:25] There's one silver bell hidden somewhere in America.

[00:09:29] The first one to find it wins.

[00:09:31] It's not that simple, though.

[00:09:33] It's a lot more complex.

[00:09:35] But this year, the competitors, they won't be competing individually.

[00:09:39] Instead, they will team up in pairs that they have pre-selected.

[00:09:43] Naturally, Avery and Wes are teamed up.

[00:09:46] The game kicks off with one team being eliminated after the first round.

[00:09:52] Brutal.

[00:09:53] Luckily, Avery and Wes crack enough nuts to move on to the second round, which takes them

[00:09:58] to Boston.

[00:10:00] The next game involves shooting pucks, which works out great for Wes because he was a hockey

[00:10:05] player.

[00:10:05] Producer Dirk pulls Wes aside afterwards and tells him to flirt more with Avery for the

[00:10:11] ratings.

[00:10:12] Wes, you're a star.

[00:10:13] A little flirt will really boost the numbers.

[00:10:16] That night, Wes and Avery actually connect, though.

[00:10:20] Gotta hate when that happens.

[00:10:22] The next day, they head to New York City for a window display competition.

[00:10:27] Instead of immediately diving headfirst into this task, they spend more time getting to

[00:10:32] know each other and talking about their families.

[00:10:34] Their theme is three French hens, and they go with a French theme.

[00:10:39] But it's the hens.

[00:10:41] It's bad for me.

[00:10:42] And the display actually looks really good.

[00:10:45] Almost like a professional came in after the fact and finished it for them.

[00:10:48] But who can say really?

[00:10:49] Good for them.

[00:10:50] They win the round.

[00:10:51] They hug.

[00:10:52] And producer Dirk walks by and tells Wes, attaboy.

[00:10:57] Next, they head to Texas for a dance contest.

[00:11:00] This competition is weird, but their dance quickly turns, I guess you might say, a little

[00:11:07] sexy, a little twirly, twirly, flirty, flirty.

[00:11:10] Dip!

[00:11:11] When I dip, you dip.

[00:11:12] We dip.

[00:11:13] And they win again.

[00:11:15] After a hitchhiking detour, they assume they are out of the competition.

[00:11:21] But surprise, they're not.

[00:11:22] Everybody else also was lost.

[00:11:24] So that's a relief.

[00:11:25] They head to Oregon for the next round.

[00:11:28] But first, there's an extracurricular gift exchange for reasons that are unclear to me.

[00:11:35] Avery and Wes make it to the finals, and the sparks are flying.

[00:11:39] However, when Avery overhears a conversation between Wes and the producer, she gets really

[00:11:43] mad.

[00:11:44] What she does not hear is Wes telling the producer to kick rocks, man.

[00:11:48] I don't want to do this anymore.

[00:11:50] The producer, when he realizes about what has happened between Wes and Avery, goes and tells

[00:11:57] Avery about what Wes said to him before the final competition.

[00:12:01] Final competition is good for her because it involves a crossword puzzle.

[00:12:06] They get the crossword puzzle correct first.

[00:12:10] They then begin to run towards the Christmas tree to open up presents to try to find the

[00:12:14] silver bell.

[00:12:16] Wes falls down, hurts his leg.

[00:12:18] I'm sure it'll come back again later.

[00:12:20] And Avery continues on alone, but wins!

[00:12:25] Yay!

[00:12:26] They celebrate by announcing what they're going to do with their prize money.

[00:12:31] They both plan to give back to the community.

[00:12:33] You'll love to see it.

[00:12:34] And in the end, they make up and they make out.

[00:12:38] And that, my friends, was Jingle Bell Run!

[00:12:43] We did it.

[00:12:45] We did do it.

[00:12:46] Let's take a quick break.

[00:12:47] I love it.

[00:12:47] We're going to come back.

[00:12:48] We're going to break this movie down with four segments here on Deck the Hallmark.

[00:12:59] Dan, you know me.

[00:13:01] We're neighbors.

[00:13:02] We're business partners.

[00:13:03] Right.

[00:13:03] And you got a cat now.

[00:13:04] I got a cat now.

[00:13:05] And you know how it's kind of taken over my life.

[00:13:07] Oh, I know.

[00:13:08] Because not only is having a kitten a little bit exhausting, but the hardest part, surprisingly,

[00:13:14] is the kitty litter situation.

[00:13:16] I'm sure.

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[00:14:34] Hello, everybody.

[00:14:35] Welcome back.

[00:14:36] We are talking about Jingle Bell Run, Andrew Walker, Andrew W. Walker.

[00:14:39] I apologize, buddy.

[00:14:41] Yes, of course.

[00:14:41] My bad.

[00:14:42] And Ashley Williams, two heavy hitters in the Hallmark universe.

[00:14:46] If you combine the two, does it make a smash movie?

[00:14:49] That's what we're here to break down today.

[00:14:51] We're going to start with a hot take.

[00:14:52] We're going to share exactly how we felt about this movie.

[00:14:54] We're not going to hold back, Brian.

[00:14:58] I'm going to start with you.

[00:14:59] So help me if you hold back on the Jingle Bell Run hot take.

[00:15:02] Oh, my gosh.

[00:15:03] I'm going to start with you.

[00:15:04] What did you think about Jingle Bell Run?

[00:15:07] I liked it.

[00:15:08] Oh, he didn't hold back, everybody.

[00:15:10] Oh, he didn't hold back?

[00:15:11] I thought it was pretty cool.

[00:15:13] Oh, man.

[00:15:14] Not super Christmassy, but I don't know.

[00:15:18] I thought it was pretty cool.

[00:15:20] I think it did the trick with the amount of Christmas you needed in it.

[00:15:23] Kind of festive.

[00:15:24] They threw some snow in the air in Texas, so that helped a little bit.

[00:15:29] But not in Arizona.

[00:15:30] No, no, no.

[00:15:31] New Mexico.

[00:15:31] New Mexico, no.

[00:15:33] High expectations for this one, obviously, with the heavy hitting cast.

[00:15:37] And I feel like it delivered.

[00:15:38] I feel like the floor on it was really high.

[00:15:41] You knew it was going to be at a certain level, and it just didn't disappoint.

[00:15:45] I had a really good time.

[00:15:47] Andrew really gave a performance.

[00:15:49] I thought he did some work on this character.

[00:15:52] I felt like there was more about this character that he could have gone into that they didn't

[00:15:56] really do.

[00:15:57] He is jacked in this movie, in real life.

[00:16:00] Not just in this movie.

[00:16:00] The guy is just jacked.

[00:16:02] He's in the best shape of his life.

[00:16:03] No, I've heard the muscles aren't real.

[00:16:04] They brought him in for the movie.

[00:16:05] Oh, they brought him in?

[00:16:06] They fooled me.

[00:16:07] Fooled me.

[00:16:08] Wow, this is embarrassing.

[00:16:09] I mean, I don't want to speak out of turn here, but yeah, that's what he told me personally.

[00:16:14] Oh, he told me in confidence?

[00:16:15] He said these were fake muscles.

[00:16:17] Oh, no.

[00:16:18] He said fake muscles.

[00:16:19] At least he's honest about it.

[00:16:20] They looked real, though.

[00:16:21] Good for him.

[00:16:21] And that's the key.

[00:16:22] Yeah.

[00:16:23] Yeah.

[00:16:23] It looked real.

[00:16:24] I like how they did the show.

[00:16:26] I thought the host of the show was really key in carrying it along and making it believable.

[00:16:31] They did a little producing, weaselly producer bit there, which I thought worked.

[00:16:36] So I enjoyed it.

[00:16:38] I thought they did a pretty good job here.

[00:16:40] Yeah, I agree, Brian.

[00:16:41] I really like this one.

[00:16:42] I'm thankful that a movie with Andrew Walker and Ashley Williams, they let the movie be funny.

[00:16:50] If you remember like the Ashley Williams, Paul Campbell movie, we were like, wish it

[00:16:54] was funny.

[00:16:55] This one was funny.

[00:16:57] They both came and they delivered the comedic bits.

[00:17:02] Lots of like A-Dub, some great comedic timing, really funny bits throughout the movie.

[00:17:07] We know that Ashley can bring the comedy.

[00:17:10] She always does bring little bits where you're like, she's so funny.

[00:17:13] I wish they would just let her just do whatever.

[00:17:15] And for the most part, they did in this movie.

[00:17:18] It was so funny.

[00:17:19] Lots of funny bits from two really talented comedic actors.

[00:17:23] The worst part of this movie is the game itself, the competition.

[00:17:29] I kept just wondering what's happening.

[00:17:32] This is such a weird show.

[00:17:34] And for a movie where that's kind of the whole thing, I felt like it was weirdly enough, the

[00:17:41] afterthought of the movie.

[00:17:43] I just I was confused by and large about the race of the run of it all, if you will.

[00:17:51] I understood the jingle bell, but not the run.

[00:17:53] And that's unfortunate.

[00:17:55] But at the end of the day, didn't really matter to me because these two just crushed it.

[00:18:01] Such good chemistry, such good fun.

[00:18:04] And they took a movie that could have just been OK and they made it great.

[00:18:08] Big fan from Bran.

[00:18:10] Dano?

[00:18:10] Yeah, I think that the two leads, both titans of Hallmark Christmas movies like they are,

[00:18:17] and both of them 100 percent deliver.

[00:18:20] The rest of this movie does not deliver at all.

[00:18:23] And so what happens is we get a movie that's going to be somewhere in the middle of the pack for me.

[00:18:27] I could watch Andrew Walker and Ashley Williams hang out and try to make each other laugh all day.

[00:18:33] That was wonderful.

[00:18:35] Romantic chemistry was fine when it needed to be.

[00:18:38] But I just thought the two of them on screen like Andrew Walker didn't back down from the challenge of

[00:18:42] I have to try to be as funny as Ashley.

[00:18:44] I don't know if he was as funny as Ashley, but there's some scenes where he's legitimately funny.

[00:18:48] The rest of this movie, literally in my opinion, I just wholeheartedly disagree about the host of this game show

[00:18:54] who sometimes has lines that don't even make any sense.

[00:18:57] He's never stationed where the camera could have a one-on-one with him.

[00:19:01] They don't care about this game at all.

[00:19:05] They don't care about the reality show of it at all.

[00:19:07] They don't care about the rules.

[00:19:08] They don't need it to make sense.

[00:19:10] And because they don't care, I don't care.

[00:19:13] And so the game of it all, I think, could have been the thing to make this movie really a standout.

[00:19:19] Instead, it's the thing that's the albatross around its neck holding it down because no attention is paid to it.

[00:19:25] The script really lacks in anything that helps us connect this story together via game.

[00:19:31] But you've got Andrew Walker and you've got Ashley Williams.

[00:19:35] And so that keeps it from being one of the slogs of the year.

[00:19:38] But it just is – it's unfortunate because the two performances are great.

[00:19:44] The rest of this isn't.

[00:19:46] So it is what it is.

[00:19:47] I don't know if they were hoping – it's like was the game for people that know The Amazing Race or don't know The Amazing Race?

[00:19:55] What were they banking on?

[00:19:57] I don't know The Amazing Race.

[00:19:58] And I was confused.

[00:19:59] I was like maybe if I knew The Amazing Race, I would understand more.

[00:20:02] I'm not a big reality show guy, but I would love to be on The Amazing Race.

[00:20:06] I also have seen a couple of seasons.

[00:20:08] This movie makes no sense.

[00:20:10] Aren't you supposed to be on The Amazing Race with Patrick?

[00:20:12] Isn't that a –

[00:20:12] Yeah.

[00:20:13] Patrick Serrano and I are going to do it.

[00:20:14] Oh, gosh.

[00:20:15] He'd crush it.

[00:20:15] He would.

[00:20:16] That is must-see TV.

[00:20:17] Stop saying it if you're not going to apply.

[00:20:19] Even if we wouldn't win, it'd be must-see TV.

[00:20:21] You guys need to apply.

[00:20:21] Yeah.

[00:20:22] I would watch it.

[00:20:23] Yeah.

[00:20:23] I'd watch it immediately.

[00:20:24] Somebody get a video together for us.

[00:20:26] We'll do it.

[00:20:26] Is that how you apply?

[00:20:27] You like film a –

[00:20:28] I think so.

[00:20:29] Yeah, you got to film a thing.

[00:20:30] Wish we had some cameras around.

[00:20:31] Yeah.

[00:20:31] Yeah, that'd be –

[00:20:32] Man.

[00:20:33] There's no way for us to do that though.

[00:20:35] Not in 2024 at least.

[00:20:37] Maybe we'll get there eventually.

[00:20:38] Yeah, we'll see.

[00:20:39] Let's get to all the feels where we're talking about what in this movie gave us those feels.

[00:20:43] Brian.

[00:20:44] Yeah.

[00:20:44] At one point they go to Boston area,

[00:20:47] and they end up at Wachusett Mountain.

[00:20:49] Yeah.

[00:20:50] Shout out.

[00:20:51] No self-respecting New Englander heard that

[00:20:53] and didn't start thinking of the Wachusett Mountain commercial jingle.

[00:20:59] And that was my feels.

[00:21:00] Hit me.

[00:21:00] It goes,

[00:21:05] Wachusett, Wachusett Mountain.

[00:21:07] I don't know the rest of it,

[00:21:08] but that is the key part there.

[00:21:11] Was that accurate, Aaron?

[00:21:12] Do you have thoughts on whatever that was?

[00:21:16] I'm with Brian here.

[00:21:17] I do remember that first part,

[00:21:19] and I could not tell you what comes after that.

[00:21:20] How close was he to the song?

[00:21:23] Did he nail it?

[00:21:23] Once I ramped up.

[00:21:24] It's totally a little off,

[00:21:25] but yeah,

[00:21:25] I got the –

[00:21:26] I mean,

[00:21:26] I get the gist.

[00:21:27] It's a general idea.

[00:21:28] Makes me go fall.

[00:21:28] What is it?

[00:21:33] Wachusett.

[00:21:36] Wachusett.

[00:21:37] Wachusett Mountain.

[00:21:39] Wachusett Mountain.

[00:21:40] That was a great throwback for me.

[00:21:43] Wachusett.

[00:21:44] You're going real nasally.

[00:21:47] So that really hit the feels.

[00:21:49] Listen,

[00:21:50] I am a sucker for a jacket,

[00:21:54] and they didn't need to go as hard with the jacket.

[00:21:59] I think they gave the jackets more thought than the game itself.

[00:22:03] Yes.

[00:22:03] And honestly,

[00:22:04] for me personally,

[00:22:05] okay with it because the jackets were wonderful.

[00:22:08] In fact,

[00:22:08] I reached out to Andrew W. Walker,

[00:22:11] and I asked him if he still had his jacket,

[00:22:12] and if so,

[00:22:13] could he give it to me?

[00:22:14] No word yet.

[00:22:15] He's on a cruise,

[00:22:16] but I will report back.

[00:22:18] Thank you.

[00:22:18] Because I think I'd look pretty good in that jacket.

[00:22:23] I think I'd look pretty good in that jacket.

[00:22:26] Probably need some fake muscles.

[00:22:27] My biggest problem is I don't think Andrew and I wear the same size.

[00:22:32] I think he wears probably an extra,

[00:22:34] extra large room,

[00:22:35] maybe a triple X.

[00:22:36] At this point with those muscles.

[00:22:38] Yeah,

[00:22:38] with those muscles.

[00:22:39] My concern would be that we don't wear the same.

[00:22:42] It would be a little too loose on me.

[00:22:43] But we'll report back.

[00:22:45] Great.

[00:22:46] Dan?

[00:22:46] I wish I had written specifically the scene I'm talking about down

[00:22:50] because now it's fading my memory.

[00:22:52] It's good.

[00:22:52] But two or three times in this movie,

[00:22:55] Andrew Walker dips his toe into the world of physical comedy,

[00:22:59] which you normally don't see from Andrew Walker.

[00:23:01] And I think he by and large really nails it.

[00:23:04] He's really,

[00:23:05] really funny in this movie.

[00:23:07] And that was the big surprise.

[00:23:09] And that does mean that,

[00:23:10] yes,

[00:23:11] I mean,

[00:23:11] Ashley Williams is funny.

[00:23:12] She has comedic timing just by showing up.

[00:23:14] But Andrew being this funny,

[00:23:17] that was the big,

[00:23:18] big takeaway for me.

[00:23:19] That was it.

[00:23:20] Lisa says that they're doing a giveaway for the jacket.

[00:23:24] For charity.

[00:23:25] For charity.

[00:23:25] Come on.

[00:23:26] Did you call it first before they started the charity thing?

[00:23:28] That's interesting.

[00:23:29] That's a good point.

[00:23:30] Did I call dibs before,

[00:23:31] before like helping the kids got involved?

[00:23:33] charity?

[00:23:34] We have to check the tape on that.

[00:23:35] Let's check it.

[00:23:36] Let's check the tape.

[00:23:37] That's all that I'm asking.

[00:23:38] And there's got to be another jacket.

[00:23:40] Like I'll tell you,

[00:23:41] I'm not only here for Andrews.

[00:23:44] I would take any of them.

[00:23:45] Any of the jackets.

[00:23:46] Right.

[00:23:46] Any of the jackets.

[00:23:47] So with the kids though,

[00:23:48] too,

[00:23:48] probably.

[00:23:49] Yeah.

[00:23:49] I mean,

[00:23:49] the charity.

[00:23:50] I don't think the kids get the jackets.

[00:23:51] I think they get the money.

[00:23:52] I think they get the money for the jackets.

[00:23:54] I don't know what good it would do to give the charity the jacket.

[00:23:56] If the kids do get the jacket,

[00:23:58] if somebody could point me in the direction of said kid,

[00:24:00] I would give them money for the jacket.

[00:24:01] Yeah.

[00:24:02] I would pay the kid some money for the jacket.

[00:24:04] I'm sure.

[00:24:04] However,

[00:24:05] this is going to work out.

[00:24:06] Just let me know.

[00:24:07] Let's take a quick break.

[00:24:07] We'll come back.

[00:24:08] We'll get to the wait,

[00:24:09] what?

[00:24:10] And the,

[00:24:10] what the hallmark here on.

[00:24:11] Take the hallmark.

[00:24:18] Tis the season for Christmas music,

[00:24:21] Dano.

[00:24:22] And every year I feel like I'm just listening to the same old thing.

[00:24:26] Sure.

[00:24:27] Sinatra is great.

[00:24:28] Bing.

[00:24:29] Amazing.

[00:24:30] Great music.

[00:24:30] Yeah.

[00:24:31] But I want something new and I want some fresh.

[00:24:33] And you told me you got some.

[00:24:34] Have you heard of Canada's Prince of Christmas?

[00:24:37] Who?

[00:24:37] Canada's Prince of Christmas.

[00:24:38] His name's Tyler Shaw.

[00:24:40] If you've not heard Tyler Shaw's Christmas music yet,

[00:24:43] stop what you're doing right now.

[00:24:44] Find your music streamer.

[00:24:46] Type in Tyler Shaw Christmas and you're going to have a time.

[00:24:49] He's got hits.

[00:24:51] Oh,

[00:24:51] holy night.

[00:24:51] Silent night.

[00:24:52] He's also got Christmas all over again.

[00:24:54] And this Christmas,

[00:24:55] the hits keep on coming.

[00:24:57] His voice is like velvet.

[00:24:59] This guy's the best of the best when it comes to Christmas music.

[00:25:02] Whoa.

[00:25:02] I'm listening right now.

[00:25:03] This is really good.

[00:25:05] Told you.

[00:25:06] I got to be honest with you.

[00:25:07] I am going to go right now.

[00:25:08] And I,

[00:25:08] and I just did a quick Google and I found out that there's a red vinyl of a Tyler Shaw Christmas.

[00:25:13] That's available right now.

[00:25:15] I'm going to go pick that up.

[00:25:16] I'm going to stream it.

[00:25:17] And I think you should too.

[00:25:19] This is the perfect addition to the holiday season.

[00:25:21] It's exactly what I've been looking for,

[00:25:23] Daniel.

[00:25:23] So thank you so much.

[00:25:24] You're welcome.

[00:25:24] Tyler Shaw Christmas everywhere.

[00:25:26] You listen to music.

[00:25:33] Bonnie says that she doesn't think it's a dib situation.

[00:25:35] And I,

[00:25:36] It's so weird because everything,

[00:25:37] I think that's exactly right.

[00:25:39] Everything is a dib situation.

[00:25:40] You just need to know who to ask.

[00:25:42] Let's get to the,

[00:25:43] wait,

[00:25:43] what?

[00:25:44] So we're talking about what in this movie made us go,

[00:25:47] wait,

[00:25:47] what?

[00:25:48] What do you got going on over there,

[00:25:50] Brad?

[00:25:50] That was really good.

[00:25:52] Man,

[00:25:52] reframing that song now in my mind.

[00:25:55] Shirley's daughter,

[00:25:56] Grace is dead.

[00:25:58] That was,

[00:25:59] that scene was absurd.

[00:26:01] Holy cow.

[00:26:02] That whole movie.

[00:26:03] I,

[00:26:03] he gets her a children's book with Ray,

[00:26:07] a reindeer on the cover.

[00:26:08] And she starts like going at the,

[00:26:11] the music changes.

[00:26:12] And I was like,

[00:26:13] I started laughing because I was like,

[00:26:15] they clearly messed up the music here.

[00:26:16] And then you find out that this daughter,

[00:26:18] she's been talking about the whole movie dead.

[00:26:21] Yeah.

[00:26:22] And none of us saw it coming because the movie gave us no reason to think that

[00:26:26] that was true.

[00:26:27] And now Andrew Walker looks like the worst human being alive.

[00:26:31] Why are they going to do them like that?

[00:26:32] Why are you going to do it like that?

[00:26:34] I couldn't believe it.

[00:26:35] I couldn't believe it.

[00:26:36] Yeah.

[00:26:36] Like they've got halfway through making this movie.

[00:26:38] Like,

[00:26:39] Oh boy,

[00:26:39] record scratch.

[00:26:40] Yeah.

[00:26:40] We,

[00:26:40] we gotta do,

[00:26:41] we gotta,

[00:26:41] we gotta rewrite this.

[00:26:43] I couldn't,

[00:26:43] I didn't know what to do with that scene.

[00:26:45] Yeah.

[00:26:45] And then,

[00:26:46] and then she goes into tears and then she pops right back out of tears into

[00:26:50] like,

[00:26:51] everything's fine.

[00:26:51] Yeah.

[00:26:51] But it is a,

[00:26:52] it's crazy rollercoaster.

[00:26:53] Uh,

[00:26:54] they,

[00:26:55] Andrew and Ashley meet at the gym.

[00:26:57] I think it was the day before the game starts is what they said.

[00:27:01] Yes.

[00:27:01] And they're in there doing a pretty intense workout the day before a big event.

[00:27:06] Like you're not,

[00:27:07] you can't do that.

[00:27:08] Like,

[00:27:08] especially her who she not in the gym regularly.

[00:27:11] That's right.

[00:27:12] So like,

[00:27:12] I've made the mistake of doing a heavy leg day.

[00:27:15] I'm sure we all have.

[00:27:15] Yeah.

[00:27:15] We've all been there.

[00:27:16] Yeah.

[00:27:16] The day before a road trip and I'm driving like cramped up all,

[00:27:21] like I'll get out.

[00:27:22] Yeah.

[00:27:22] Uh,

[00:27:22] hunker down,

[00:27:23] whatever the way.

[00:27:24] I went above and beyond to get his workouts into the,

[00:27:26] uh,

[00:27:26] in the white.

[00:27:27] What brain?

[00:27:27] I mean,

[00:27:28] you know,

[00:27:29] yeah,

[00:27:29] I noticed that.

[00:27:30] Um,

[00:27:31] he didn't want,

[00:27:32] I can't believe you didn't,

[00:27:33] uh,

[00:27:33] you know,

[00:27:34] Andrew Walker's doing the pull-ups in there and his chin doesn't even get to the

[00:27:37] bars.

[00:27:37] Like he's not even trying.

[00:27:38] Yeah.

[00:27:38] I can't believe you didn't bring that up.

[00:27:40] He's no Marcus Rosner.

[00:27:41] You were 45 minutes and you're complaining that Andrew Walker didn't get his

[00:27:43] chin to the bar on the pull-ups.

[00:27:45] He's so ripped.

[00:27:46] It's unbelievable.

[00:27:46] I did have a bunch of weight.

[00:27:48] What's with the race itself?

[00:27:49] Like they,

[00:27:49] Oh my gosh,

[00:27:50] they just have so much downtime and so many outfit changes.

[00:27:54] Like there's just too much time on the,

[00:27:57] on that,

[00:27:57] on that race.

[00:27:58] Like it's not that you're right.

[00:27:59] They didn't make it a real competition.

[00:28:01] Like there's nothing about it.

[00:28:02] That feels like a real,

[00:28:03] like there's in,

[00:28:04] there's any urgency with it at all.

[00:28:05] Uh,

[00:28:06] and then just again with the Boston thing,

[00:28:08] Ashley said,

[00:28:08] wick a cool.

[00:28:09] Cool.

[00:28:09] And we all know she meant wicked cool and no offense taken.

[00:28:13] Thank you for,

[00:28:14] um,

[00:28:14] your support.

[00:28:15] That's right.

[00:28:17] Um,

[00:28:17] what if offense was given?

[00:28:18] Like what if she was trying to do?

[00:28:19] You can't offend.

[00:28:20] It's none taken.

[00:28:21] It doesn't matter if you meant it.

[00:28:22] It doesn't matter if you're trying to offend.

[00:28:24] None taken.

[00:28:25] Um,

[00:28:26] the very first competition,

[00:28:28] they,

[00:28:29] they run in,

[00:28:30] they're running a little bit late and they yell out an answer.

[00:28:32] And he goes,

[00:28:33] you don't just yell.

[00:28:34] This isn't jeopardy.

[00:28:35] You don't just yell things out.

[00:28:36] You don't just yell things out of jeopardy.

[00:28:38] That's right.

[00:28:39] There's a,

[00:28:39] there's an order to things.

[00:28:40] That's right.

[00:28:40] And there's a buzzer.

[00:28:42] You actually can't yell.

[00:28:43] You can't,

[00:28:43] you're not allowed.

[00:28:44] You're not allowed.

[00:28:45] It was a weird way.

[00:28:46] They don't have your mic turned on.

[00:28:47] Literally.

[00:28:48] You can't yell out.

[00:28:49] You don't,

[00:28:49] you don't just yell things out.

[00:28:51] This isn't jeopardy.

[00:28:52] Well,

[00:28:54] actually that would make it very much more accurate to yell it out.

[00:28:57] That's right.

[00:28:58] Um,

[00:28:59] the,

[00:28:59] they,

[00:29:00] they had a team that was,

[00:29:01] uh,

[00:29:03] the two,

[00:29:03] two women,

[00:29:05] both younger and their team name was ice babes.

[00:29:09] No one,

[00:29:09] every other team had like some sort of pun going on.

[00:29:13] They're like,

[00:29:14] let's just give the girls the ice babes.

[00:29:16] Um,

[00:29:17] and I was offended.

[00:29:18] And on,

[00:29:19] on,

[00:29:19] on behalf of women everywhere.

[00:29:22] Um,

[00:29:22] I would stand up.

[00:29:23] Thank you.

[00:29:24] They said,

[00:29:24] listen,

[00:29:25] I'm doing the best I can out here.

[00:29:26] Um,

[00:29:27] I loved this host who again,

[00:29:30] just kind of says things and then hopes you don't think about it.

[00:29:34] Uh,

[00:29:34] like before dancing,

[00:29:35] he was explaining the music and he said,

[00:29:38] the music is going to go fast to slow and vice versa.

[00:29:42] Sure.

[00:29:44] which is great.

[00:29:45] It's like,

[00:29:46] at least every song isn't slower than the previous.

[00:29:47] At least it's not fast to slow to even slower.

[00:29:50] Sure.

[00:29:50] Although wood,

[00:29:51] would watch,

[00:29:52] um,

[00:29:52] you know,

[00:29:53] could have said like alternating speeds of music.

[00:29:55] You're going to be of all different speeds,

[00:29:57] fast to slow.

[00:29:58] And then vice versa.

[00:29:59] No,

[00:29:59] no guessing which,

[00:30:01] uh,

[00:30:01] where,

[00:30:01] and then again,

[00:30:02] again,

[00:30:03] again,

[00:30:03] how it was back at it.

[00:30:05] Um,

[00:30:05] and then I just loved that they,

[00:30:08] uh,

[00:30:08] you know,

[00:30:08] he tells,

[00:30:09] uh,

[00:30:10] Wes,

[00:30:11] Hey,

[00:30:11] do a little flur is going to be good for the ratings.

[00:30:14] A couple of days later,

[00:30:15] he goes up to me.

[00:30:16] He's like,

[00:30:16] you and Avery have become the hot new team to beat.

[00:30:19] Whoa.

[00:30:20] There's only two teams left.

[00:30:21] I know.

[00:30:21] Hot new team to beat.

[00:30:23] Well,

[00:30:24] I mean,

[00:30:24] I get it.

[00:30:25] You think he's telling every team that,

[00:30:27] but when you go down to two teams,

[00:30:29] you've become the hot new team to beat.

[00:30:31] Goes over to the other team.

[00:30:32] Hey guys,

[00:30:33] we got a good news for you guys.

[00:30:35] Uh,

[00:30:35] the hot new team to beat,

[00:30:36] uh,

[00:30:37] Yeah.

[00:30:38] can I introduce,

[00:30:39] uh,

[00:30:40] can I interest you in a reality program where you race across the country and the race does not matter.

[00:30:49] So in the amazing race,

[00:30:50] you have challenges you have to complete along the way,

[00:30:54] but you're trying to get to the finish line.

[00:30:56] That's the end.

[00:30:58] Yeah.

[00:30:58] In this game,

[00:30:59] as long as you arrive,

[00:31:02] just pop right in.

[00:31:04] Then you start the challenge.

[00:31:06] You could do all this on a soundstage gang.

[00:31:09] Like literally there is no penalty for being not first and there's no reward for being first.

[00:31:18] They go from Chicago to Boston,

[00:31:22] to New York,

[00:31:23] to Texas,

[00:31:24] to Santa Fe.

[00:31:25] Hey,

[00:31:26] you could have done it all in a soundstage because the race doesn't matter.

[00:31:31] Guys,

[00:31:32] this is a pretty big gaping hole in this movie.

[00:31:35] Yeah.

[00:31:36] The,

[00:31:36] the points don't matter.

[00:31:38] It's whose line is it anyway?

[00:31:39] The race doesn't matter.

[00:31:40] It,

[00:31:41] it isn't like every time they would get to the finish line,

[00:31:44] I would be like,

[00:31:45] wait,

[00:31:46] like it took me all movie to realize,

[00:31:48] oh,

[00:31:48] wait a minute.

[00:31:48] They just did the race for the fun of it.

[00:31:50] They don't have any other reason.

[00:31:52] They basically did it.

[00:31:53] So you'd have to pay for your own travel.

[00:31:54] I guess.

[00:31:54] I don't know why they,

[00:31:56] they did it and it doesn't make any sense at all.

[00:31:58] And it is a glaring issue with this movie.

[00:32:00] Uh,

[00:32:01] the first time you see the host,

[00:32:03] he's doing a commercial and we re rewound this because I couldn't believe that he said this in the commercial.

[00:32:12] He says,

[00:32:13] join me to find out that who will play along.

[00:32:18] Yeah.

[00:32:20] Brandon,

[00:32:20] believe me,

[00:32:21] we were wound.

[00:32:22] It's exactly what I wrote here.

[00:32:24] Join me to find out that who will play along.

[00:32:29] That is not a set.

[00:32:30] Those are words.

[00:32:31] That is not a sentence.

[00:32:33] That's just,

[00:32:33] it isn't one.

[00:32:34] Makes me like him even more.

[00:32:35] But my thing is,

[00:32:36] is like,

[00:32:36] that's not on him.

[00:32:37] I mean,

[00:32:38] it is.

[00:32:38] You,

[00:32:38] you have to be like,

[00:32:39] wait a minute,

[00:32:40] cut.

[00:32:40] This isn't,

[00:32:41] this is going to be on TV,

[00:32:44] but nobody in the editing bay was like,

[00:32:46] maybe it was on purpose.

[00:32:48] Join me to find out that who will play along.

[00:32:53] What was the product?

[00:32:54] What was the commercial?

[00:32:55] It was for the show.

[00:32:56] For the show.

[00:32:56] Okay.

[00:32:56] Okay.

[00:32:57] Join me to find out that who will play along.

[00:32:59] I don't understand that.

[00:33:00] I also love that in our Chicago gym,

[00:33:03] they have a kilometer per hour treadmills.

[00:33:06] they did.

[00:33:06] Always great.

[00:33:07] Always great.

[00:33:08] When you got the KM per hour.

[00:33:09] It's important.

[00:33:10] Yeah.

[00:33:11] It's important.

[00:33:11] If you do a 5k,

[00:33:12] 10k,

[00:33:13] 15k.

[00:33:14] Yeah.

[00:33:14] I do also want to point out that while the race,

[00:33:16] the race doesn't matter at all.

[00:33:19] One team is eliminated for not getting to a mailbox across the street.

[00:33:22] The quickest.

[00:33:23] Also kind of crazy.

[00:33:25] Um,

[00:33:26] and then,

[00:33:27] uh,

[00:33:28] lastly,

[00:33:28] the downtime was big.

[00:33:30] I feel like they had,

[00:33:30] they'd solve the puzzle.

[00:33:31] And then instead of leaving right away,

[00:33:33] they were having like drinks.

[00:33:34] They get rooms for the night.

[00:33:35] Yeah.

[00:33:35] They just,

[00:33:35] they're just hanging out.

[00:33:36] Have a Christmas gift exchange.

[00:33:40] Yeah.

[00:33:41] Yeah.

[00:33:41] Yeah.

[00:33:42] Uh,

[00:33:43] she,

[00:33:43] uh,

[00:33:44] on the plane,

[00:33:44] he helps her with a crossword and the clue is Santa's book of misbehaviors.

[00:33:51] And the answer is naughty.

[00:33:54] And as someone that loves a crossword puzzle,

[00:33:59] kindly,

[00:33:59] you don't think it's a good clue.

[00:34:00] It's not a,

[00:34:01] uh,

[00:34:02] that answer would be a noun.

[00:34:04] It'd be a book.

[00:34:06] Santa's book of misbehaviors.

[00:34:08] And his thing isn't a book brand.

[00:34:10] I don't know if you know,

[00:34:10] Santa's big on the list.

[00:34:12] It is a list.

[00:34:12] Yeah.

[00:34:13] I just,

[00:34:14] I think it's got a trademark on it though.

[00:34:15] You can't use it.

[00:34:16] I don't understand.

[00:34:17] What would you do for,

[00:34:18] what would you do for,

[00:34:18] if you were writing the crossword puzzle?

[00:34:20] I would just do blank or nice.

[00:34:21] Moving on.

[00:34:22] Yeah.

[00:34:23] Yeah.

[00:34:24] Um,

[00:34:25] or,

[00:34:25] or like you could get fancy and be like,

[00:34:27] uh,

[00:34:28] unnice list or,

[00:34:29] or,

[00:34:30] or,

[00:34:30] you know,

[00:34:32] whatever.

[00:34:32] There's plenty of ways to do it that aren't that.

[00:34:34] That's all I got.

[00:34:35] A tree with,

[00:34:37] yeah.

[00:34:38] Uh,

[00:34:38] it's time for,

[00:34:39] it's time for what the hallmark is where we want to,

[00:34:41] what could have been?

[00:34:41] Maybe I'll give some clarity.

[00:34:42] Any questions that we still have?

[00:34:44] Uh,

[00:34:44] Brian.

[00:34:44] Whoa.

[00:34:45] Whoa.

[00:34:47] What the hallmark.

[00:34:49] Whoa.

[00:34:50] Whoa.

[00:34:50] Whoa.

[00:34:51] Wes,

[00:34:52] he said he was going to donate,

[00:34:53] use a portion of his money to start a youth hockey.

[00:34:56] Yeah.

[00:34:57] I think it was like Chicago needs another hockey.

[00:35:00] Like Chicago is one of the original six teams in the NHL.

[00:35:04] Like I think they're okay on hockey up in Chicago.

[00:35:07] They're doing just fine.

[00:35:08] What the heck is he doing that for?

[00:35:09] Like,

[00:35:10] what do you put?

[00:35:11] What,

[00:35:11] what kind of lead?

[00:35:12] What's it,

[00:35:12] how's it going to be different?

[00:35:18] Or they,

[00:35:18] I didn't even know.

[00:35:19] I didn't even know they named the team.

[00:35:21] Yeah.

[00:35:22] Good.

[00:35:22] Blackbirds won the cup.

[00:35:23] That's right.

[00:35:24] Last year.

[00:35:24] Blackbirds.

[00:35:24] Cool.

[00:35:25] Yeah.

[00:35:26] Um,

[00:35:26] I mean,

[00:35:26] mine is a very,

[00:35:28] they just don't really explain it,

[00:35:30] but,

[00:35:31] um,

[00:35:31] when they do the whole,

[00:35:33] like they landed in at the wrong airport and Texas.

[00:35:37] And so they have to rent a car or hitchhike or whatever to get to,

[00:35:40] um,

[00:35:41] New Mexico.

[00:35:42] They get to the gate five hours late.

[00:35:45] That's right.

[00:35:45] Okay.

[00:35:46] And he's like,

[00:35:47] you're five hours late.

[00:35:49] And they're like,

[00:35:50] that means we're out.

[00:35:50] Right.

[00:35:51] And he's like,

[00:35:52] no,

[00:35:52] you're actually the first one.

[00:35:54] The other ones are just now.

[00:35:56] And he like waves them in and they come running down.

[00:35:59] They were also blessed.

[00:36:00] They were also blessed.

[00:36:02] What,

[00:36:03] what,

[00:36:04] what was,

[00:36:05] what happened?

[00:36:06] Too blessed to be stressed.

[00:36:07] What happened with those,

[00:36:08] those folks?

[00:36:10] Why were they just waiting off?

[00:36:11] Can't what honestly,

[00:36:13] it doesn't matter as long as you get there.

[00:36:15] Yeah.

[00:36:15] It's just like,

[00:36:16] I was,

[00:36:17] I was very,

[00:36:18] I just,

[00:36:19] any sort of explanation as to what happened because they explained that

[00:36:22] they're five hours late.

[00:36:24] They're like,

[00:36:24] no one else there.

[00:36:25] No one else is here.

[00:36:26] That means we're,

[00:36:27] we're late.

[00:36:28] We're out.

[00:36:28] Right.

[00:36:28] And he's like,

[00:36:29] on the contrary,

[00:36:30] couldn't,

[00:36:30] you're actually in great shape.

[00:36:32] You're the rest.

[00:36:33] We're also blessed.

[00:36:34] Come on.

[00:36:35] And they're coming,

[00:36:36] they're coming from like,

[00:36:37] doesn't make any sense.

[00:36:38] Like they jumped a fence somewhere.

[00:36:40] Like they,

[00:36:41] they got dropped off and they come running in from the road.

[00:36:44] They are walking alongside of the perimeter of the house.

[00:36:50] What was it?

[00:36:51] What happened?

[00:36:52] They didn't explain it at all.

[00:36:53] And I,

[00:36:54] I was,

[00:36:55] I was left wondering what the homework,

[00:36:57] uh,

[00:36:57] Dana,

[00:36:58] uh,

[00:36:58] how much money do they think a million dollars is?

[00:37:02] Uh,

[00:37:03] she went,

[00:37:03] Ashley Williams wins a million dollars and says,

[00:37:06] I'm going to let these two fine folks start a restaurant.

[00:37:10] Uh,

[00:37:10] I'm starting my readers,

[00:37:12] uh,

[00:37:13] whatever.

[00:37:13] And I'm giving this money to all these different charities.

[00:37:16] Yeah.

[00:37:16] Guys,

[00:37:16] you win a million dollars.

[00:37:18] First of all,

[00:37:18] you get to keep about 500,000 of that money.

[00:37:20] And then you want to start a restaurant.

[00:37:23] Like you,

[00:37:24] your money's gone.

[00:37:25] It's gone.

[00:37:26] That's it.

[00:37:27] And then Andrew announces he's going to do some things.

[00:37:29] And then all the charities that she does too.

[00:37:31] And the restaurant.

[00:37:32] Yeah.

[00:37:33] Yeah.

[00:37:33] They don't know.

[00:37:34] Like I've got bad news for you.

[00:37:36] That is,

[00:37:36] it's just money.

[00:37:38] It's just not going to stretch.

[00:37:39] Well,

[00:37:39] first they're going to put their million in the S and P for 10 to 15 years.

[00:37:43] Of course.

[00:37:43] And then they're going to,

[00:37:44] that's right.

[00:37:45] Yeah.

[00:37:46] Doge.

[00:37:47] Doge.

[00:37:48] Doge coin to the moon.

[00:37:49] To the moon.

[00:37:50] Should be.

[00:37:50] Yeah.

[00:37:51] We did it.

[00:37:52] We did it.

[00:37:53] Congratulations to us.

[00:37:53] It's time for a double decker of the week.

[00:37:57] It's where we dive deep into the life of a double decker.

[00:38:00] Brian,

[00:38:01] you find out a double decker who has signed up for Bramon Jam Plus at the double decker tier or higher.

[00:38:05] And you do the deep dive in their life using Google Plus.

[00:38:07] Not that Google Plus.

[00:38:09] No.

[00:38:09] And you give us the skinny on what's going on in their lives.

[00:38:13] What do they want?

[00:38:14] That out in the open or not?

[00:38:16] Our hands are tied here.

[00:38:17] We don't care.

[00:38:17] We got to do it.

[00:38:18] Dano.

[00:38:19] What do we have today?

[00:38:21] Mariel Abbott.

[00:38:22] Mariel Abbott is this week's double deck.

[00:38:25] Mariel.

[00:38:26] Yeah.

[00:38:26] Mariel does want this out in the open.

[00:38:28] Okay.

[00:38:28] Oh,

[00:38:28] good.

[00:38:29] You confirmed it.

[00:38:30] From what you can gather.

[00:38:31] Interesting.

[00:38:31] What I did gather.

[00:38:32] Yes.

[00:38:32] Mariel,

[00:38:33] like a lot of us have noticed that GMO foods kind of taken it on the chin lately.

[00:38:39] Brian,

[00:38:40] what's the GMO food right now for all the money in the world?

[00:38:43] There's a lot of processing.

[00:38:45] There's a lot of process.

[00:38:46] There you go.

[00:38:46] There's a lot of process.

[00:38:47] Yes.

[00:38:49] Genetically modified.

[00:38:50] Yes.

[00:38:51] Organisms,

[00:38:51] I believe.

[00:38:53] But, you know,

[00:38:54] it's getting a lot better.

[00:38:56] Mariel feels like...

[00:38:57] What do you mean it's getting a lot better for whom?

[00:38:59] Like the GMO is getting better or people are starting to stop?

[00:39:02] No, it's getting better with the GMOs are getting better.

[00:39:05] The GMOs are getting better.

[00:39:06] Because you said that, yeah, the GMOs are taking on the chin.

[00:39:09] They're taking on the chin.

[00:39:10] That's right.

[00:39:10] Things are getting better.

[00:39:11] Things are getting better for them.

[00:39:13] So, and Mariel really thinks that it's time to like take it on the offensive here and really

[00:39:18] turn things around for GMOs and get them in the good spot.

[00:39:22] And Mariel wants this out for sure.

[00:39:23] Yeah, yeah, for sure.

[00:39:24] 100%.

[00:39:24] So she's on team GMO.

[00:39:26] Yeah.

[00:39:27] Yeah, yeah.

[00:39:27] Trying to make them better.

[00:39:28] Yeah, that's right.

[00:39:28] So she's starting...

[00:39:29] She actually has like a little lab in her kitchen.

[00:39:33] She's engineered a mushroom.

[00:39:34] She wants it out.

[00:39:35] Huh?

[00:39:35] She wants it out.

[00:39:36] She wants it out, yeah.

[00:39:37] Does she have a science lab in her kitchen?

[00:39:39] Yeah, it's a science lab of sorts in her kitchen.

[00:39:42] Is she making math?

[00:39:43] No, it's not.

[00:39:44] It starts with them.

[00:39:45] Now, she's worked out a mushroom that is a genetically modified mushroom that actually

[00:39:50] can talk.

[00:39:52] It's a talking mushroom?

[00:39:54] It's a talk.

[00:39:54] So we're on like the precipice here of food that...

[00:39:57] Is sentient.

[00:39:57] ...can really...

[00:39:58] Yeah, sure.

[00:39:59] We don't eat that talking mushroom, right?

[00:40:01] Well, that's...

[00:40:02] At this point, it's a little risky because the mushroom is a little aggressive.

[00:40:09] So...

[00:40:09] Is it a mean mushroom?

[00:40:10] It's kind of mean.

[00:40:11] Like, she doesn't...

[00:40:12] I mean, you know, first evolution here.

[00:40:15] So right out of the gate...

[00:40:16] She created life, Brian.

[00:40:18] So right out of the gate, I would say.

[00:40:20] It's already alive.

[00:40:20] She gave a way for mushrooms to talk, and right out of the gate, the mushrooms were rude.

[00:40:25] Yeah.

[00:40:25] It's just like...

[00:40:26] It's kind of cranky, like most things would be like...

[00:40:29] Does she have a name for it?

[00:40:30] She does.

[00:40:31] Yeah.

[00:40:31] She does.

[00:40:31] What is that?

[00:40:32] She's calling this...

[00:40:33] And this is patent pending, so don't get any ideas.

[00:40:36] Okay, got it.

[00:40:36] Don't get any ideas.

[00:40:37] This is a shittaker mushroom.

[00:40:39] Shittaker mushroom, yeah.

[00:40:40] So that thing just...

[00:40:41] You're going to take a bite, and that thing is just in your head.

[00:40:44] It's just like, oh, you're going to eat some mushrooms?

[00:40:47] Oh, you think you're getting healthy with this?

[00:40:50] You think eating two mushrooms a day is going to get you there?

[00:40:52] So you get yourself a shittaker mushroom, and you leave feeling terrible about yourself.

[00:40:56] Yeah, really not.

[00:40:56] So...

[00:40:56] I got to be honest, Brian.

[00:40:57] This is your best.

[00:40:58] You've had a really tough go of it.

[00:41:00] This is your best.

[00:41:00] You've had a really tough go of it.

[00:41:01] I love this so much.

[00:41:02] It's a great one.

[00:41:03] Thank you.

[00:41:03] It's a really, really good one.

[00:41:06] Thank you, man.

[00:41:07] I mean, all credit to Google Plus.

[00:41:09] Of course.

[00:41:10] Yeah.

[00:41:10] And Mariel Abbott.

[00:41:11] And Mariel for the hard work.

[00:41:12] And I'm told we have a clip.

[00:41:13] Of course we do.

[00:41:14] So let's cue that clip.

[00:41:19] Better than me.

[00:41:23] Just use your in the air.

[00:41:25] Care?

[00:41:28] You're not better.

[00:41:29] I'm a I'm a guy.

[00:41:33] Walk.

[00:41:34] Walk.

[00:41:36] While you're still in.

[00:41:38] Wow.

[00:41:39] Now, we didn't get to play most of that.

[00:41:41] We didn't get to play most of that.

[00:41:42] It really is.

[00:41:43] A lot of that didn't air.

[00:41:45] But...

[00:41:45] Dude.

[00:41:46] Brutal.

[00:41:47] We'll get there, though.

[00:41:48] Yeah.

[00:41:48] Yeah, we will.

[00:41:49] Really well done, Mariel.

[00:41:50] Really great work.

[00:41:52] I thought we had a clip of like a commercial, but it was just the Chautauker mushroom.

[00:41:58] Yeah.

[00:41:58] And again, most of it didn't make it.

[00:42:01] Just relentless.

[00:42:03] And that's tough.

[00:42:03] No cap.

[00:42:04] Sorry about the beeps.

[00:42:05] No cap!

[00:42:06] Thank you.

[00:42:07] There we go.

[00:42:08] We did it.

[00:42:10] We're...

[00:42:10] Rumor has it, we're gonna be back tomorrow.

[00:42:12] Yeah.

[00:42:13] If everything goes well, creek don't rise, all that good stuff, we'll be back tomorrow with

[00:42:19] Christmas with the Sinks is where we're gonna be tomorrow.

[00:42:21] It's gonna be a lot of fun.

[00:42:22] Until then, we're the first to wish you a Merry Christmas!

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