Season 7 Kick Off! ft. Andrew Walker, Kris Polaha, Benjamin Ayres

[00:00:06] [SPEAKER_06]: I can't go that high. I'm Brian! I'm Brian!

[00:00:10] [SPEAKER_05]: I'm Dan and a kickoff episode is a preview episode in disguise. And this is the Deck The Hallmark Podcast.

[00:00:17] [SPEAKER_03]: Deck The Hallmark, it's this podcast.

[00:00:23] [SPEAKER_07]: And friends host this podcast.

[00:00:27] [SPEAKER_03]: We hope you like this jolly podcast.

[00:00:35] [SPEAKER_05]: Wow, wow, wow.

[00:00:36] [SPEAKER_05]: We're not fooling anybody here. We've already talked about all these movies.

[00:00:39] [SPEAKER_05]: Not enough.

[00:00:40] [SPEAKER_05]: With all of our hosts.

[00:00:41] [SPEAKER_05]: Not enough.

[00:00:41] [SPEAKER_05]: I will say this.

[00:00:42] [SPEAKER_05]: I don't even remember the last.

[00:00:43] [SPEAKER_05]: Can you fix this?

[00:00:44] [SPEAKER_07]: Go to me, go to me, go to me.

[00:00:46] [SPEAKER_07]: Quick.

[00:00:46] [SPEAKER_07]: Merry Christmas, everybody.

[00:00:47] [SPEAKER_07]: We're so happy you're here for another season of Deck The Hallmark.

[00:00:51] [SPEAKER_07]: This is our seventh season.

[00:00:53] [SPEAKER_07]: And at this point, we've crushed it.

[00:00:55] [SPEAKER_07]: And you might be wondering to yourself,

[00:00:57] [SPEAKER_07]: Self, why are they still doing it?

[00:00:59] [SPEAKER_07]: They've got it all figured out.

[00:01:00] [SPEAKER_07]: They never make mistakes.

[00:01:02] [SPEAKER_07]: They're always perfect.

[00:01:03] [SPEAKER_07]: And I think what is important to know is that we haven't.

[00:01:08] [SPEAKER_07]: We're still stuff for us to learn and grow in.

[00:01:12] [SPEAKER_05]: And Merry Christmas.

[00:01:14] [SPEAKER_05]: Merry Christmas, everybody.

[00:01:15] [SPEAKER_05]: You're watching right there on Philo.

[00:01:17] [SPEAKER_05]: Philo.tv slash DTH.

[00:01:18] [SPEAKER_05]: Also, can I tell you this, Brandon?

[00:01:20] [SPEAKER_05]: Come on.

[00:01:20] [SPEAKER_05]: Come on.

[00:01:21] [SPEAKER_05]: It's our seventh year.

[00:01:22] [SPEAKER_05]: And every year that we do the kickoff episode.

[00:01:25] [SPEAKER_05]: Point, point, point.

[00:01:26] [SPEAKER_05]: Was that big enough for you or no?

[00:01:27] [SPEAKER_04]: That's a good big celebration.

[00:01:30] [SPEAKER_05]: Every year we do this, it's a treat.

[00:01:33] [SPEAKER_05]: But I'm reminded how much I hate the preview episodes.

[00:01:35] [SPEAKER_05]: But I also have a very distinct memory every year we do the kickoff episode.

[00:01:39] [SPEAKER_05]: And it is sitting in your house doing the first kickoff episode.

[00:01:43] [SPEAKER_05]: That was before we did any preview episodes.

[00:01:45] [SPEAKER_05]: The kickoff episode, and you would admit this, at that point,

[00:01:48] [SPEAKER_05]: the kickoff episode was the preview episode.

[00:01:50] [SPEAKER_05]: We talked almost through every single movie.

[00:01:53] [SPEAKER_05]: Who is this guy?

[00:01:54] [SPEAKER_05]: It was two plus hours.

[00:01:56] [SPEAKER_05]: And I remember thinking.

[00:01:59] [SPEAKER_05]: I don't think that's true.

[00:02:00] [SPEAKER_05]: Jen Lilly called in in the middle of it live, which was wild.

[00:02:04] [SPEAKER_05]: I remember thinking it was wild, but also, like, it was a lot of fun.

[00:02:08] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.

[00:02:09] [SPEAKER_05]: And the preview episodes have ruined that for me.

[00:02:11] [SPEAKER_05]: And so we're here to re-

[00:02:12] [SPEAKER_05]: We're literally-

[00:02:13] [SPEAKER_05]: Rekindle an old flame?

[00:02:14] [SPEAKER_05]: Re-previewing.

[00:02:16] [SPEAKER_05]: It's like a preview episode bonus feature on a DVD.

[00:02:20] [SPEAKER_05]: That's what we're doing right now to kick off the scene.

[00:02:23] [SPEAKER_05]: And if you like something, you're going to watch that,

[00:02:25] [SPEAKER_05]: and you're going to appreciate that it's there.

[00:02:26] [SPEAKER_05]: But it's just, all we're doing is trying.

[00:02:28] [SPEAKER_05]: This is just to get to the marathon.

[00:02:30] [SPEAKER_05]: That's all it is.

[00:02:31] [SPEAKER_05]: And, Brian, you were telling me-

[00:02:32] [SPEAKER_07]: See, the season one kickoff was under an hour.

[00:02:34] [SPEAKER_07]: It was just shy of an hour.

[00:02:36] [SPEAKER_07]: Over here with two hours.

[00:02:37] [SPEAKER_05]: Felt really long.

[00:02:38] [SPEAKER_05]: I can tell you that.

[00:02:39] [SPEAKER_05]: DeckTheHalmark.com slash marathon.

[00:02:41] [SPEAKER_05]: That's exactly right.

[00:02:42] [SPEAKER_05]: It's happening.

[00:02:43] [SPEAKER_07]: I don't know when you're listening to this, but tonight,

[00:02:47] [SPEAKER_07]: if you're listening to it in the morning,

[00:02:48] [SPEAKER_07]: tonight is when we're going to be going live.

[00:02:50] [SPEAKER_07]: 6 p.m. Eastern.

[00:02:53] [SPEAKER_07]: DeckTheHalmark.com slash marathon.

[00:02:55] [SPEAKER_05]: You're not going to want to miss a minute.

[00:02:56] [SPEAKER_07]: You're not going to want to miss a minute.

[00:02:57] [SPEAKER_07]: It's going to be so much fun.

[00:02:59] [SPEAKER_07]: We have so much fun planned.

[00:03:00] [SPEAKER_07]: We are kicking things off with our first ever DeckTheHalmark draft.

[00:03:05] [SPEAKER_07]: We are going to be drafting the movies.

[00:03:08] [SPEAKER_07]: We're going to be making our teams of movies that we would like on our team.

[00:03:15] [SPEAKER_07]: And at the end of the season,

[00:03:16] [SPEAKER_07]: one person will be crowned the winner of the season

[00:03:18] [SPEAKER_07]: because we try to make everything a competition, apparently.

[00:03:21] [SPEAKER_07]: We've got to figure out that prize, right?

[00:03:22] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah.

[00:03:22] [SPEAKER_05]: The prize is going to be huge.

[00:03:23] [SPEAKER_05]: It could have been World Series tickets,

[00:03:24] [SPEAKER_05]: but unfortunately got scammed.

[00:03:27] [SPEAKER_05]: And go bigger.

[00:03:27] [SPEAKER_05]: That's where the prize is.

[00:03:29] [SPEAKER_05]: Think about the prize in your head.

[00:03:30] [SPEAKER_05]: Whatever that is, go bigger.

[00:03:32] [SPEAKER_05]: Go bigger.

[00:03:33] [SPEAKER_05]: Go bigger.

[00:03:34] [SPEAKER_07]: And while we're making big announcements,

[00:03:36] [SPEAKER_07]: big announcement today, Dan,

[00:03:37] [SPEAKER_07]: I think we can make this announcement this morning.

[00:03:39] [SPEAKER_07]: Wow.

[00:03:39] [SPEAKER_07]: We are announcing that you, me, DeckTheHalmark, we have a card game.

[00:03:46] [SPEAKER_07]: We have partnered with Fink and Fink games to put out our-

[00:03:50] [SPEAKER_05]: There were three things I thought you could say.

[00:03:51] [SPEAKER_05]: I know.

[00:03:51] [SPEAKER_05]: Can I be honest?

[00:03:52] [SPEAKER_05]: I was running through the Rolodex there.

[00:03:53] [SPEAKER_05]: I was like, we have three things to announce.

[00:03:56] [SPEAKER_05]: VIP.

[00:03:56] [SPEAKER_05]: And I was like, whatever he says, I'm going to go with it.

[00:03:59] [SPEAKER_05]: Great.

[00:03:59] [SPEAKER_05]: It could be anything.

[00:04:00] [SPEAKER_05]: Great.

[00:04:01] [SPEAKER_05]: We have a card game.

[00:04:02] [SPEAKER_05]: Sure do.

[00:04:03] [SPEAKER_07]: Christmas movie magic.

[00:04:05] [SPEAKER_07]: Christmas movie magic is the game.

[00:04:07] [SPEAKER_07]: And I think everybody at this point is familiar with the idea of playing bingo during these games or whatever.

[00:04:12] [SPEAKER_07]: This is better.

[00:04:13] [SPEAKER_07]: Think of that.

[00:04:14] [SPEAKER_07]: Go bigger.

[00:04:15] [SPEAKER_07]: Think of it and go bigger.

[00:04:16] [SPEAKER_07]: It is competitive.

[00:04:18] [SPEAKER_07]: Christmas movie magic.

[00:04:18] [SPEAKER_07]: It is fun.

[00:04:18] [SPEAKER_07]: It is something that you can play while watching every single one of these movies along with us.

[00:04:22] [SPEAKER_07]: It's not out until November 1st.

[00:04:23] [SPEAKER_07]: That's right.

[00:04:23] [SPEAKER_05]: But you can pre-order it starting today, deckthehomber.com slash games.

[00:04:26] [SPEAKER_05]: Slash game.

[00:04:27] [SPEAKER_05]: And you know what?

[00:04:28] [SPEAKER_05]: We got a copy.

[00:04:28] [SPEAKER_05]: We're going to play at the marathon.

[00:04:29] [SPEAKER_05]: It's going to be a ton of thoughts.

[00:04:30] [SPEAKER_05]: We're very excited about it.

[00:04:31] [SPEAKER_07]: It's one of those things where some, you know, we've been doing this a long time.

[00:04:36] [SPEAKER_07]: Yeah.

[00:04:36] [SPEAKER_07]: And lots of times we'll have meetings and we'll be like, that was interesting.

[00:04:41] [SPEAKER_07]: That could be cool.

[00:04:41] [SPEAKER_07]: When this game kind of presented itself to us, we were like, this is so perfect.

[00:04:45] [SPEAKER_07]: This is it.

[00:04:45] [SPEAKER_07]: It's so perfect.

[00:04:46] [SPEAKER_07]: Yes.

[00:04:46] [SPEAKER_07]: It's wonderful.

[00:04:47] [SPEAKER_07]: You're going to hear us talk about it all season long.

[00:04:49] [SPEAKER_05]: And we're also going to Christmas Con.

[00:04:51] [SPEAKER_05]: Can we announce that as well?

[00:04:52] [SPEAKER_05]: Wow.

[00:04:52] [SPEAKER_05]: Wow.

[00:04:53] [SPEAKER_05]: Wow.

[00:04:53] [SPEAKER_05]: Wow.

[00:04:53] [SPEAKER_05]: Do we know that for sure?

[00:04:54] [SPEAKER_05]: We're going to Christmas Con.

[00:04:55] [SPEAKER_05]: We've locked that in.

[00:04:57] [SPEAKER_05]: Going to be there all weekend long.

[00:04:59] [SPEAKER_05]: Going to be a lot.

[00:04:59] [SPEAKER_05]: If you want to hang out with us afterwards, double-decker dinner.

[00:05:01] [SPEAKER_05]: We're going to do that on Saturday night.

[00:05:03] [SPEAKER_05]: We'll get to do that.

[00:05:03] [SPEAKER_05]: You got to be a double-decker.

[00:05:04] [SPEAKER_05]: I forgot about it.

[00:05:05] [SPEAKER_05]: We have to do that.

[00:05:06] [SPEAKER_05]: I forgot.

[00:05:07] [SPEAKER_05]: Brian just said we have to do that.

[00:05:09] [SPEAKER_05]: Brian, it's okay.

[00:05:10] [SPEAKER_05]: If it's too much for you.

[00:05:11] [SPEAKER_04]: I said I forgot about that.

[00:05:12] [SPEAKER_05]: You said, oh, we have to do that.

[00:05:13] [SPEAKER_05]: Didn't I say we get to do that?

[00:05:15] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah, I don't think you did.

[00:05:16] [SPEAKER_05]: I don't know what I said there.

[00:05:17] [SPEAKER_05]: I'm excited about it.

[00:05:18] [SPEAKER_05]: So we've announced two things.

[00:05:20] [SPEAKER_05]: The third one we're not going to answer right now.

[00:05:20] [SPEAKER_04]: What is the third?

[00:05:21] [SPEAKER_05]: Hmm.

[00:05:22] [SPEAKER_05]: The EVs?

[00:05:23] [SPEAKER_07]: I can announce it.

[00:05:24] [SPEAKER_07]: You want to announce the third one?

[00:05:25] [SPEAKER_05]: I don't think the others involved are going to feel about that if we announce the third

[00:05:29] [SPEAKER_05]: one right now.

[00:05:29] [SPEAKER_05]: We're going to talk about it during the marathon.

[00:05:31] Yeah, but I would wait until we at least...

[00:05:32] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah, because these are the people that are watching right now when we record this.

[00:05:36] [SPEAKER_05]: That's fair.

[00:05:36] [SPEAKER_05]: They're going to probably have something to say about it, and we don't need to announce

[00:05:39] [SPEAKER_05]: that yet.

[00:05:40] [SPEAKER_05]: And now Beth A. McGraw-Smith watching live is going to be like, are you freaking kidding

[00:05:43] [SPEAKER_05]: me?

[00:05:43] [SPEAKER_04]: It puts the now-

[00:05:45] [SPEAKER_04]: But it's good.

[00:05:45] [SPEAKER_04]: Everything's good.

[00:05:46] [SPEAKER_04]: It's great.

[00:05:48] [SPEAKER_05]: It's all good.

[00:05:49] [SPEAKER_05]: We got a season to kick off.

[00:05:51] [SPEAKER_05]: So marathon.

[00:05:52] [SPEAKER_05]: DeckTheHomard.com.

[00:05:53] [SPEAKER_05]: We don't have time to announce our new podcast.

[00:05:54] [SPEAKER_05]: No.

[00:05:55] [SPEAKER_07]: DeckTheHomard.com slash...

[00:05:56] [SPEAKER_05]: We're traveling the world.

[00:05:57] [SPEAKER_07]: Yeah, and doing dangerous pranks.

[00:05:59] [SPEAKER_06]: Yeah, we're good.

[00:06:01] [SPEAKER_07]: Yeah, we're not going to talk about Back to the Bayside.

[00:06:03] [SPEAKER_07]: DeckTheHomard.com slash marathon.

[00:06:05] [SPEAKER_07]: Tonight, 6 p.m.

[00:06:06] [SPEAKER_07]: We're going to be live for 24 plus hours.

[00:06:07] [SPEAKER_07]: Come hang out with us.

[00:06:08] [SPEAKER_07]: Card game, Christmas movie magic.

[00:06:11] [SPEAKER_07]: You can pre-order it right now.

[00:06:12] [SPEAKER_07]: Come check us out at ChristmasCon.

[00:06:13] [SPEAKER_07]: DeckTheHomard.com slash game.

[00:06:15] [SPEAKER_07]: Sorry.

[00:06:15] [SPEAKER_07]: ChristmasCon.

[00:06:16] [SPEAKER_07]: It's okay.

[00:06:16] [SPEAKER_07]: ChristmasCon.

[00:06:16] [SPEAKER_07]: We got new merch.

[00:06:17] [SPEAKER_07]: New merch.

[00:06:18] [SPEAKER_05]: New merch is coming.

[00:06:19] [SPEAKER_05]: Oh, it's good stuff.

[00:06:20] [SPEAKER_05]: New merch is coming.

[00:06:20] [SPEAKER_05]: Old merch.

[00:06:21] [SPEAKER_07]: I think you could keep an eye out on some new merch on the store.

[00:06:26] [SPEAKER_07]: DeckTheHomard.com slash shop here in the next week or so.

[00:06:28] [SPEAKER_07]: Man.

[00:06:28] [SPEAKER_07]: Ton of fun stuff.

[00:06:30] [SPEAKER_07]: We got all kinds of stuff happening.

[00:06:31] [SPEAKER_07]: Brand, do we even have time to kick this off?

[00:06:33] [SPEAKER_07]: And I just want to say a lot of people-

[00:06:34] [SPEAKER_07]: Can we just leave the list and say Merry Christmas?

[00:06:36] [SPEAKER_07]: A lot of people have been asking for cream-related merch, and we haven't found the right way

[00:06:41] [SPEAKER_07]: to do it until now.

[00:06:44] [SPEAKER_07]: Until now.

[00:06:45] [SPEAKER_07]: It's allowed in the store.

[00:06:46] [SPEAKER_07]: Cream-related merch.

[00:06:47] [SPEAKER_07]: It's on the way.

[00:06:48] [SPEAKER_07]: And I think it's-

[00:06:49] [SPEAKER_07]: On tap.

[00:06:49] [SPEAKER_05]: We've partnered with Ready Whip.

[00:06:51] [SPEAKER_07]: It's the most-

[00:07:11] [SPEAKER_05]: It's unbelievable.

[00:07:11] [SPEAKER_05]: Literally, you're right.

[00:07:12] [SPEAKER_05]: When it comes to be fair, to come to Brand's defense as we're piling on to Brand, when

[00:07:17] [SPEAKER_05]: it comes to designs and things, if Brand is on the fence, he knows I'll give my opinion.

[00:07:21] [SPEAKER_05]: If Brand likes it, he'll send it to me, and I'll just be like, it looks great.

[00:07:25] [SPEAKER_05]: Good.

[00:07:25] [SPEAKER_05]: So, you know.

[00:07:26] [SPEAKER_05]: Good.

[00:07:26] [SPEAKER_05]: But I do want to see it.

[00:07:27] [SPEAKER_06]: Love it.

[00:07:28] [SPEAKER_06]: He'll go, love it.

[00:07:29] [SPEAKER_06]: Love it.

[00:07:29] [SPEAKER_06]: Love it.

[00:07:30] [SPEAKER_06]: Today is a kickoff.

[00:07:32] [SPEAKER_06]: It's a season seven.

[00:07:33] [SPEAKER_06]: Love it.

[00:07:33] [SPEAKER_06]: Steven Spielberg.

[00:07:34] [SPEAKER_06]: It's a Steven Spielberg kickoff.

[00:07:36] [SPEAKER_06]: Steven Steven.

[00:07:37] [SPEAKER_06]: He's on the line?

[00:07:38] [SPEAKER_06]: We're each going to say our-

[00:07:39] [SPEAKER_07]: On a count of three, we're all going to say our favorite Steven Spielberg movie.

[00:07:42] [SPEAKER_05]: One, two, three.

[00:07:44] [SPEAKER_07]: Angels in the Outfield.

[00:07:46] [SPEAKER_05]: Angels in the Outfield?

[00:07:47] [SPEAKER_05]: Could you not think of a single Steven Spielberg movie?

[00:07:50] [SPEAKER_07]: I got one.

[00:07:50] [SPEAKER_05]: What about a Steven Spielberg?

[00:07:51] [SPEAKER_05]: Steven Spielberg.

[00:07:52] [SPEAKER_05]: E.T.

[00:07:53] [SPEAKER_05]: E.T.

[00:07:53] [SPEAKER_05]: Probably, I guess.

[00:07:54] [SPEAKER_05]: That's my favorite.

[00:07:55] [SPEAKER_07]: But that's like a nostalgic.

[00:07:58] [SPEAKER_07]: Kickoff.

[00:07:59] [SPEAKER_07]: Season seven.

[00:08:00] [SPEAKER_07]: Honestly, hard to believe that we are heading into our seventh season.

[00:08:05] [SPEAKER_07]: I can't believe it.

[00:08:06] [SPEAKER_07]: Thanks for sticking around with us.

[00:08:07] [SPEAKER_07]: And thanks, of course, to Philo for continuing to partner with us.

[00:08:10] [SPEAKER_07]: It's a wonderful partner because you get to watch our show on the platform while also

[00:08:13] [SPEAKER_07]: watching the movies.

[00:08:14] [SPEAKER_07]: City of Greenville, thank you so much.

[00:08:17] [SPEAKER_05]: And thank you, Brian.

[00:08:18] [SPEAKER_05]: Well, thanks.

[00:08:18] [SPEAKER_05]: Thanks, Dan.

[00:08:19] [SPEAKER_05]: Thank you, Brian.

[00:08:20] [SPEAKER_05]: And Brian.

[00:08:20] [SPEAKER_05]: Thank you.

[00:08:21] [SPEAKER_05]: This is your third season?

[00:08:23] [SPEAKER_04]: This will be my third season.

[00:08:24] [SPEAKER_04]: Wow.

[00:08:24] [SPEAKER_04]: That's too many, right?

[00:08:26] [SPEAKER_04]: It's a good place to stop, probably.

[00:08:29] [SPEAKER_07]: And Aaron, of course, behind the scenes, Aaron.

[00:08:32] [SPEAKER_07]: We'll get you the designs to look at later.

[00:08:34] [SPEAKER_07]: We call her behind the scenes, Aaron.

[00:08:36] [SPEAKER_07]: BTS Aaron.

[00:08:37] [SPEAKER_07]: That's what we've said for years.

[00:08:39] [SPEAKER_07]: But what a team we have.

[00:08:40] [SPEAKER_07]: That was a big thing.

[00:08:41] [SPEAKER_05]: We're like, you cannot be out on camera.

[00:08:43] [SPEAKER_05]: That's right.

[00:08:44] [SPEAKER_05]: Have to be behind the scenes.

[00:08:45] [SPEAKER_05]: You're an introvert.

[00:08:45] [SPEAKER_05]: You'll appreciate it.

[00:08:46] [SPEAKER_05]: There she is.

[00:08:48] [SPEAKER_07]: All right.

[00:08:48] [SPEAKER_07]: That's good.

[00:08:49] [SPEAKER_07]: Yeah, that's enough.

[00:08:50] [SPEAKER_07]: That's enough.

[00:08:50] [SPEAKER_05]: It's more than enough, right?

[00:08:51] [SPEAKER_03]: What are we going to do today?

[00:08:52] [SPEAKER_03]: You might be wondering.

[00:08:53] [SPEAKER_03]: Well, we got a lot of movies to talk about this season.

[00:08:56] [SPEAKER_03]: Some of them have struck our fancies.

[00:09:00] [SPEAKER_07]: Some of them have struck the opposite of the fancy.

[00:09:06] [SPEAKER_07]: The dancey.

[00:09:07] [SPEAKER_07]: The rancy.

[00:09:08] [SPEAKER_07]: The rancy.

[00:09:09] [SPEAKER_07]: It struck the rancy.

[00:09:10] [SPEAKER_07]: So we're going to talk about those movies.

[00:09:12] [SPEAKER_07]: We have each brought three movies that we are most looking forward to.

[00:09:16] [SPEAKER_07]: The fancies.

[00:09:18] [SPEAKER_05]: And it's not a preview episode because we're not writing them or giving them cream.

[00:09:21] [SPEAKER_05]: For that, you can tune in to the episode that aired yesterday.

[00:09:24] [SPEAKER_07]: Yes, and then we are also going to bring three movies that struck our rancys.

[00:09:29] [SPEAKER_07]: Movies that we are not looking forward to.

[00:09:32] [SPEAKER_07]: Clear as crystal?

[00:09:33] [SPEAKER_07]: You bet it, man.

[00:09:34] [SPEAKER_07]: Got it to go?

[00:09:35] [SPEAKER_07]: Got it to go?

[00:09:35] [SPEAKER_07]: Yeah, we didn't do the fancy rancy thing during the preview.

[00:09:38] [SPEAKER_05]: I'll kick us off.

[00:09:39] [SPEAKER_05]: Okay?

[00:09:40] [SPEAKER_05]: I'll kick us off.

[00:09:40] [SPEAKER_05]: Please.

[00:09:41] [SPEAKER_05]: I need anything else to announce first.

[00:09:42] [SPEAKER_05]: Nothing else, Brand?

[00:09:43] [SPEAKER_05]: Okay, just making sure.

[00:09:44] [SPEAKER_05]: Go ahead.

[00:09:44] [SPEAKER_07]: Nothing else.

[00:09:47] [SPEAKER_07]: This is tough.

[00:09:48] [SPEAKER_07]: This is tough.

[00:09:50] [SPEAKER_07]: I'm going to say these are in no specific way.

[00:09:52] [SPEAKER_07]: No, you got to go 3, 2, 1.

[00:09:54] [SPEAKER_07]: So we're doing top first.

[00:09:56] [SPEAKER_04]: No, we're doing 3, 2, then 1.

[00:09:58] [SPEAKER_04]: Right, but we're starting with our most anticipated.

[00:10:00] [SPEAKER_04]: Our fancies.

[00:10:00] [SPEAKER_04]: We're doing the fancies first.

[00:10:01] [SPEAKER_04]: We're starting with the fancies.

[00:10:02] [SPEAKER_07]: Okay, my number 3, I'm going to go with Hanukkah on the Rocks.

[00:10:05] [SPEAKER_07]: Okay.

[00:10:05] [SPEAKER_07]: Hanukkah, thank you.

[00:10:06] [SPEAKER_04]: Good choice.

[00:10:06] [SPEAKER_04]: Thank you.

[00:10:06] [SPEAKER_04]: Good choice.

[00:10:07] [SPEAKER_04]: First of all, man.

[00:10:09] [SPEAKER_04]: Strong, man.

[00:10:10] [SPEAKER_07]: After Round and Round, I think we should all have high hopes for the Hanukkah movie this year.

[00:10:17] [SPEAKER_07]: Even the last two years, really.

[00:10:19] [SPEAKER_07]: Hanukkah, right.

[00:10:19] [SPEAKER_07]: They've been really solid movies.

[00:10:22] [SPEAKER_07]: And so, you know, the Hanukkah movies, they get one of them.

[00:10:25] [SPEAKER_07]: I think there's like one and a half this year.

[00:10:27] [SPEAKER_07]: Yeah.

[00:10:27] [SPEAKER_07]: So you really got to bring it when it comes to the Hanukkah movies.

[00:10:30] [SPEAKER_07]: And this year, not only are they bringing it, but they're bringing him.

[00:10:35] [SPEAKER_07]: And by him, I mean Mark Summers.

[00:10:37] [SPEAKER_07]: Mark Summers in his first Hallmark movie, which I could not be more excited about the fact

[00:10:44] [SPEAKER_07]: that Mark Summers is in this movie.

[00:10:46] [SPEAKER_07]: I have it on good authority that Mark Summers had a lot of fun with this movie and that he's

[00:10:52] [SPEAKER_07]: really excited for people to see it.

[00:10:53] [SPEAKER_07]: And I'm excited to see it.

[00:10:55] [SPEAKER_07]: Of course, there's so much to look forward to.

[00:10:57] [SPEAKER_07]: Stacey Farber, Darren Kagelsoff, we love them.

[00:11:01] [SPEAKER_07]: But also, mainly Mark Summers.

[00:11:04] [SPEAKER_07]: Mark Summers is in this movie.

[00:11:05] [SPEAKER_07]: It's a Hanukkah movie.

[00:11:07] [SPEAKER_07]: It seems like it's going to be a ton of fun.

[00:11:09] [SPEAKER_07]: And so this movie could easily be my number one.

[00:11:12] [SPEAKER_07]: It could be my number two.

[00:11:13] [SPEAKER_07]: It could be my number three.

[00:11:15] [SPEAKER_07]: But since I have to put them in order, I guess I'll say this is three.

[00:11:19] [SPEAKER_07]: But it's high up there.

[00:11:20] [SPEAKER_07]: I know it's high on your guys' list.

[00:11:22] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah, that's a great pick.

[00:11:23] [SPEAKER_05]: We've tried our best to not have similar picks here.

[00:11:26] [SPEAKER_05]: We don't do a lot of show prep except for this episode.

[00:11:28] [SPEAKER_05]: This is the one episode where we don't want to just announce three movies that we want

[00:11:31] [SPEAKER_05]: to see between the three of us.

[00:11:33] [SPEAKER_05]: But yeah, definitely a top ten most anticipated for me.

[00:11:37] [SPEAKER_05]: For sure.

[00:11:38] [SPEAKER_05]: Julie Shurner-Wolf.

[00:11:39] [SPEAKER_05]: All the confidence in the world.

[00:11:40] [SPEAKER_05]: She's really excited about it, too.

[00:11:41] [SPEAKER_05]: I know that firsthand.

[00:11:42] [SPEAKER_07]: That's right.

[00:11:43] [SPEAKER_07]: I think it's going to be a ton of fun.

[00:11:44] [SPEAKER_07]: It also takes place inside of a bar.

[00:11:46] [SPEAKER_07]: I don't know how much of the movie is in a bar, but it seems like it's an important part

[00:11:50] [SPEAKER_07]: of the movie.

[00:11:50] [SPEAKER_07]: And Mark Summers.

[00:11:51] [SPEAKER_07]: I mean, I think she said it, but I mean, come on.

[00:11:52] [SPEAKER_07]: It's Mark Summers' Double Dare.

[00:11:53] [SPEAKER_07]: I'll take the physical challenge all day long.

[00:11:56] [SPEAKER_07]: So this is my number three.

[00:11:57] [SPEAKER_07]: This is my number three.

[00:11:58] [SPEAKER_07]: It pains me almost to have a number three because I could be higher, but the two I have

[00:12:02] [SPEAKER_07]: in front of it are such juggernauts that it felt like I had to.

[00:12:06] [SPEAKER_07]: And so there you go.

[00:12:08] [SPEAKER_04]: Brian, you go next.

[00:12:09] [SPEAKER_04]: Sure.

[00:12:09] [SPEAKER_04]: My number three.

[00:12:10] [SPEAKER_04]: We're starting there.

[00:12:12] [SPEAKER_04]: Sorry.

[00:12:12] [SPEAKER_04]: The five-year Christmas party.

[00:12:13] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.

[00:12:14] [SPEAKER_04]: That's a great pick.

[00:12:15] [SPEAKER_04]: Guys, are we just going to agree on all these?

[00:12:18] [SPEAKER_04]: This is fantastic.

[00:12:19] [SPEAKER_04]: I don't think so.

[00:12:20] [SPEAKER_04]: I don't think so, Dan.

[00:12:21] [SPEAKER_04]: Good talk.

[00:12:26] [SPEAKER_04]: Could easily be my number one, but I knew you had it.

[00:12:29] [SPEAKER_04]: I just found out Zach Hug wrote this.

[00:12:30] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.

[00:12:31] [SPEAKER_04]: Could easily be my number one.

[00:12:32] [SPEAKER_04]: Are you kidding me?

[00:12:33] [SPEAKER_04]: This is going to be better than...

[00:12:34] [SPEAKER_05]: The writer of Ghost of Christmas Past and Katie Finley.

[00:12:37] [SPEAKER_05]: Christmas Always.

[00:12:38] [SPEAKER_05]: Come on.

[00:12:38] [SPEAKER_05]: Yes.

[00:12:39] [SPEAKER_05]: Ghost of Christmas Always.

[00:12:40] [SPEAKER_05]: You get it.

[00:12:41] [SPEAKER_04]: Over a five-year period, they keep connecting.

[00:12:45] [SPEAKER_04]: Something is going to end, so they have to make a choice.

[00:12:48] [SPEAKER_04]: Kind of a different twist there to kick things off.

[00:12:50] [SPEAKER_04]: Really, really excited.

[00:12:51] [SPEAKER_04]: This one's going to crush.

[00:12:52] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.

[00:12:52] [SPEAKER_07]: You know, Dan, you mentioned it in the preview, I believe.

[00:12:56] [SPEAKER_07]: But it has...

[00:12:57] [SPEAKER_07]: Different thing that we did this.

[00:12:58] [SPEAKER_07]: Different than this.

[00:12:58] [SPEAKER_07]: Or the first look.

[00:13:00] [SPEAKER_07]: It could have been either one of those.

[00:13:01] [SPEAKER_07]: But it has love at the Christmas table.

[00:13:04] [SPEAKER_05]: You even...

[00:13:05] [SPEAKER_05]: You said it.

[00:13:06] [SPEAKER_05]: You laughed just saying it out loud how ridiculous it is that we've done a first look, two previews,

[00:13:10] [SPEAKER_05]: and a kickoff.

[00:13:12] [SPEAKER_07]: It's like when people at Bethel Church laugh because they're in the presence of God.

[00:13:16] [SPEAKER_07]: It's like that for me when it comes to these things.

[00:13:20] [SPEAKER_07]: Like at funerals because they don't know how else to react.

[00:13:21] [SPEAKER_07]: I'm getting better than this.

[00:13:22] [SPEAKER_07]: I'm laughing in the spirit.

[00:13:24] [SPEAKER_07]: Of course.

[00:13:27] [SPEAKER_07]: It does give me love at the Christmas table feels.

[00:13:30] [SPEAKER_07]: Yes, for sure.

[00:13:31] [SPEAKER_07]: And so that movie is one of the best in this.

[00:13:36] [SPEAKER_07]: It's so good.

[00:13:37] [SPEAKER_07]: It's so different.

[00:13:38] [SPEAKER_05]: That and so did Christmas, two best lifetimes.

[00:13:39] [SPEAKER_07]: Danica McKellar's best work.

[00:13:41] [SPEAKER_07]: Easily.

[00:13:42] [SPEAKER_07]: She crushes in that movie.

[00:13:43] [SPEAKER_07]: But it's not just that they're good performances.

[00:13:45] [SPEAKER_07]: It's also the fact that it's a really fun story told over multiple years.

[00:13:50] [SPEAKER_07]: And so this gives me high hopes for this.

[00:13:52] [SPEAKER_07]: I think it's going to be really cool, very special.

[00:13:54] [SPEAKER_05]: Could easily be my number one.

[00:13:55] [SPEAKER_05]: I'm serious.

[00:13:56] [SPEAKER_05]: The writer of Ghost of Christmas Always, Katie Finley, who last year was in...

[00:14:02] [SPEAKER_05]: Was it Christmas List?

[00:14:03] [SPEAKER_05]: What was that movie called?

[00:14:04] [SPEAKER_05]: Oh, yeah.

[00:14:05] [SPEAKER_05]: The Christmas List.

[00:14:06] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah.

[00:14:06] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah.

[00:14:06] [SPEAKER_04]: The list.

[00:14:07] [SPEAKER_05]: It's a bad title.

[00:14:08] [SPEAKER_05]: I think you're right.

[00:14:09] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah.

[00:14:09] [SPEAKER_05]: She is great.

[00:14:11] [SPEAKER_05]: Both of her Hallmark movies have been outstanding.

[00:14:14] [SPEAKER_05]: And then this writer knows what he's doing.

[00:14:16] [SPEAKER_05]: Come on.

[00:14:17] [SPEAKER_05]: This is a great pick, Brian.

[00:14:18] [SPEAKER_05]: Thanks, man.

[00:14:19] [SPEAKER_05]: Sometimes you have some wonky ones.

[00:14:21] [SPEAKER_05]: I got to be honest.

[00:14:22] [SPEAKER_05]: I'm pretty sure you put the Kevin McGarry hockey movie in your top three last year.

[00:14:26] [SPEAKER_05]: And you regret that.

[00:14:27] [SPEAKER_05]: Did I?

[00:14:27] [SPEAKER_04]: You did.

[00:14:28] [SPEAKER_04]: So many previews ago.

[00:14:29] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.

[00:14:30] [SPEAKER_04]: That's a lot of kickoffs ago.

[00:14:31] [SPEAKER_04]: But you did that in your top three.

[00:14:33] [SPEAKER_04]: I've made a lot of mistakes in my life.

[00:14:35] [SPEAKER_04]: That's right.

[00:14:35] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[00:14:36] [SPEAKER_04]: For sure.

[00:14:36] [SPEAKER_05]: Dan, what do you got on your list?

[00:14:37] [SPEAKER_05]: My number three.

[00:14:38] [SPEAKER_05]: In the preview episode, maybe it was the first look.

[00:14:41] [SPEAKER_05]: I don't remember.

[00:14:42] [SPEAKER_05]: I feel like for some reason I was more excited about this movie than anyone else.

[00:14:46] [SPEAKER_05]: Or maybe people were just tired of hearing about it.

[00:14:47] [SPEAKER_05]: But Santa Tell Me with Aaron Craiko has to be one of our most anticipated movies.

[00:14:54] [SPEAKER_05]: First of all, When Calls the Heart does very little right.

[00:14:57] [SPEAKER_05]: But no one can deny that Aaron Craiko and Daniel Lessing's chemistry was dynamite.

[00:15:02] [SPEAKER_05]: And they are back together on screen.

[00:15:05] [SPEAKER_05]: But that's not it at all.

[00:15:06] [SPEAKER_05]: We have Santa Magic.

[00:15:08] [SPEAKER_05]: We have Benjamin Ayers.

[00:15:11] [SPEAKER_08]: Yeah.

[00:15:11] [SPEAKER_05]: And we have Chris Russell.

[00:15:13] [SPEAKER_05]: That's right.

[00:15:13] [SPEAKER_05]: All three vying for the possible affection of Aaron Craiko.

[00:15:18] [SPEAKER_05]: This is an absolute no-brainer.

[00:15:20] [SPEAKER_05]: When we talk about a wheelhouse movie for Hallmark Christmas, this is it.

[00:15:24] [SPEAKER_05]: Star Wattage.

[00:15:25] [SPEAKER_05]: Magic Santa.

[00:15:26] [SPEAKER_05]: Who's she going to choose?

[00:15:28] [SPEAKER_05]: It's all there.

[00:15:30] [SPEAKER_05]: Like, twist my arm.

[00:15:31] [SPEAKER_05]: Santa Tell Me, this is an easy choice for me at number three.

[00:15:35] [SPEAKER_05]: Right?

[00:15:36] [SPEAKER_07]: I think it's a no-brainer, Dano.

[00:15:38] [SPEAKER_07]: And I got to be honest with you.

[00:15:40] [SPEAKER_07]: I'm excited about this movie for a lot of reasons.

[00:15:42] [SPEAKER_07]: One, you know, the fact that it's Aaron Craiko making eyes, not just at Daniel Lessing again, but a slew of boys.

[00:15:50] [SPEAKER_07]: I think that's going to be a lot of fun.

[00:15:51] [SPEAKER_07]: I saw a slew of boys live, by the way.

[00:15:53] [SPEAKER_07]: Really good show.

[00:15:55] [SPEAKER_07]: Went a little long.

[00:15:57] [SPEAKER_07]: And so I'm excited about that.

[00:15:59] [SPEAKER_07]: Also, having Daniel Lessing back on the network.

[00:16:01] [SPEAKER_07]: Come on.

[00:16:02] [SPEAKER_07]: It makes it possible.

[00:16:03] [SPEAKER_07]: It makes way for Ghost Jack.

[00:16:07] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah.

[00:16:07] [SPEAKER_05]: You know, we're not there yet, but it makes it possible.

[00:16:11] [SPEAKER_05]: Season 16 of Wind Calls the Heart.

[00:16:13] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah.

[00:16:13] [SPEAKER_05]: Season 11 of this show.

[00:16:15] [SPEAKER_05]: Ghost Jack's a possibility.

[00:16:15] [SPEAKER_07]: When he came back to the genre a couple years ago, but on a different network, we were all like, well, that's too bad.

[00:16:22] [SPEAKER_07]: He'll never be back on this network.

[00:16:23] [SPEAKER_07]: And yet here we are.

[00:16:25] [SPEAKER_07]: Here he is.

[00:16:25] [SPEAKER_07]: And it's all happening.

[00:16:28] [SPEAKER_07]: Happening.

[00:16:29] [SPEAKER_07]: Yeah.

[00:16:29] [SPEAKER_07]: And so will they do it?

[00:16:31] [SPEAKER_07]: Are they bold enough to do it?

[00:16:33] [SPEAKER_07]: I don't know, but we'll find out.

[00:16:35] [SPEAKER_07]: Very excited about it.

[00:16:37] [SPEAKER_03]: I got another one.

[00:16:38] [SPEAKER_03]: Are you ready for it?

[00:16:39] [SPEAKER_03]: I'd love to hear it.

[00:16:39] [SPEAKER_07]: Number two.

[00:16:41] [SPEAKER_07]: I'm going to go with the Touchdown movie, which isn't at the top of this page.

[00:16:46] [SPEAKER_07]: Oh, it's not.

[00:16:46] [SPEAKER_07]: And so that makes it interesting.

[00:16:48] [SPEAKER_07]: Touchdown.

[00:16:49] [SPEAKER_07]: Kansas City.

[00:16:50] [SPEAKER_07]: Kansas City Chief Touchdown.

[00:16:51] [SPEAKER_07]: Love story.

[00:16:52] [SPEAKER_07]: Palooza.

[00:16:53] [SPEAKER_07]: Holiday Touchdown.

[00:16:54] [SPEAKER_07]: Holiday Touchdown.

[00:16:55] [SPEAKER_07]: I think obviously, for obvious reasons, this movie is at the top of the list or at number two at the very least.

[00:17:01] [SPEAKER_07]: So much buzz.

[00:17:02] [SPEAKER_07]: The buzz of this movie is unlike any buzz I think Hallmark's had for a movie before.

[00:17:09] [SPEAKER_07]: I think rivaling the noise closest would be Three Wise Men.

[00:17:15] [SPEAKER_07]: But this is, Three Wise Men was big in our space, right?

[00:17:19] [SPEAKER_07]: Yeah.

[00:17:20] [SPEAKER_07]: You're seeing Touchdown stuff all over the place.

[00:17:23] [SPEAKER_07]: It's everybody's talking about it.

[00:17:26] [SPEAKER_07]: It's on all the news.

[00:17:27] [SPEAKER_07]: Things are like, I'm at the Kansas City Chiefs.

[00:17:28] [SPEAKER_07]: Because that's parody they did.

[00:17:30] [SPEAKER_07]: I almost called it a spoof, but I changed last second.

[00:17:32] [SPEAKER_07]: I called it a spoof.

[00:17:33] [SPEAKER_07]: You called it a sparity.

[00:17:34] [SPEAKER_07]: Sparity.

[00:17:35] [SPEAKER_07]: That sparity that they did last year did so well for them.

[00:17:39] [SPEAKER_07]: And so to see Hallmark be like, look at this.

[00:17:41] [SPEAKER_07]: We're kind of breaking new ground.

[00:17:43] [SPEAKER_07]: Look at this.

[00:17:44] [SPEAKER_05]: Look at that.

[00:17:45] [SPEAKER_05]: If only Julie Sherman Wolf had written a third Christmas movie, you could have all three on your list.

[00:17:49] [SPEAKER_05]: It's true.

[00:17:50] [SPEAKER_05]: It's true.

[00:17:51] [SPEAKER_07]: So I have really, you know, lots of times with these movies that are supposed to be really good and exciting,

[00:17:58] [SPEAKER_07]: you watch and it's like, by the time we get there, I'm like, whatever.

[00:18:02] [SPEAKER_07]: And then you see it and you're like, that was good.

[00:18:04] [SPEAKER_07]: Three Wise Men kind of suffered in that regard because by the time we finally got there, we were ready for it to be over.

[00:18:08] [SPEAKER_07]: That's right.

[00:18:09] [SPEAKER_07]: That's how I am with this movie.

[00:18:10] [SPEAKER_07]: This one, I think it's just it has so much going for it that it's good.

[00:18:16] [SPEAKER_07]: I have no doubt this is going to be one of the best of the years.

[00:18:19] [SPEAKER_07]: Personally, I have no doubts about it.

[00:18:20] [SPEAKER_07]: I think it's going to be really, really good, really, really fun.

[00:18:24] [SPEAKER_07]: And I'm excited.

[00:18:26] [SPEAKER_07]: I'm bummed I have to wait until Thanksgiving weekend.

[00:18:28] [SPEAKER_07]: But I can't wait for it to be over.

[00:18:30] [SPEAKER_05]: I just I can't.

[00:18:31] [SPEAKER_05]: I don't know how else to say that nicely.

[00:18:33] [SPEAKER_05]: I can't like I'm not here to tell you I don't want to watch it.

[00:18:38] [SPEAKER_05]: I'm here to tell you I'm ready for the hype to be done with it.

[00:18:40] [SPEAKER_05]: But I will say this.

[00:18:42] [SPEAKER_05]: Hallmark has finally figured out how to capitalize on Tyler Hines.

[00:18:46] [SPEAKER_05]: Groomsmen, Three Wise Men and this movie all coming out with it within six weeks of each other.

[00:18:52] [SPEAKER_05]: When most viewers watch the Hallmark Channel, it took them years, but they finally figured out how to do that.

[00:18:58] [SPEAKER_05]: And they've done it.

[00:18:58] [SPEAKER_05]: So kudos to them.

[00:18:59] [SPEAKER_05]: I'm not nearly as excited about this movie as the rest of you guys are.

[00:19:02] [SPEAKER_05]: And that's fine.

[00:19:03] [SPEAKER_05]: But you have to admit that the floor of this movie is higher than most ceilings.

[00:19:08] [SPEAKER_05]: I think the gimmick of this movie makes it what it is.

[00:19:12] [SPEAKER_05]: The Chiefs thing is the floor of this.

[00:19:14] [SPEAKER_05]: It could be a bad movie.

[00:19:16] [SPEAKER_05]: It could be a bad movie.

[00:19:17] [SPEAKER_05]: Now, Julius Schirmer Wolf, that does make me feel a little bit better.

[00:19:20] [SPEAKER_05]: I don't think Tyler Hines has been in bad movies.

[00:19:23] [SPEAKER_05]: Hunter King has been in bad movies.

[00:19:25] [SPEAKER_05]: Supporting actors.

[00:19:25] [SPEAKER_05]: Ed Begley's been great.

[00:19:26] [SPEAKER_05]: Ed Begley's great.

[00:19:27] [SPEAKER_05]: And then who else we have?

[00:19:28] [SPEAKER_05]: We've got a couple others.

[00:19:29] [SPEAKER_05]: Mama Kelsey, of course.

[00:19:30] [SPEAKER_05]: Of course, Mama Kelsey.

[00:19:32] [SPEAKER_05]: That's stunt.

[00:19:33] [SPEAKER_05]: That's not a...

[00:19:35] [SPEAKER_05]: You don't know?

[00:19:36] [SPEAKER_05]: She's in two movies this year.

[00:19:37] [SPEAKER_05]: You know that if it's good...

[00:19:38] [SPEAKER_05]: You don't get in two movies based on stunt.

[00:19:40] [SPEAKER_05]: Yes, you do.

[00:19:41] [SPEAKER_05]: You know that if it's good, I will 100% tell you I'm wrong.

[00:19:44] [SPEAKER_05]: I got no problem.

[00:19:44] [SPEAKER_07]: I can't believe you think there's a chance this movie's not good.

[00:19:47] [SPEAKER_04]: The cool thing about this is that it's going to...

[00:19:49] [SPEAKER_04]: There's going to be so many eyes on it.

[00:19:51] [SPEAKER_04]: And there's going to draw in so many people.

[00:19:53] [SPEAKER_07]: Have we made a bet about the ratings on this movie?

[00:19:56] [SPEAKER_04]: We have not.

[00:19:57] [SPEAKER_04]: All right, let's get this on the record.

[00:19:58] [SPEAKER_07]: Can't go over?

[00:19:59] [SPEAKER_07]: We can't...

[00:20:00] [SPEAKER_07]: Closest to the pin without going over.

[00:20:02] [SPEAKER_07]: 4.9.

[00:20:02] [SPEAKER_05]: 4.9.

[00:20:03] [SPEAKER_05]: You can't go over?

[00:20:04] [SPEAKER_05]: 4.9.

[00:20:05] [SPEAKER_05]: 4.9 real-time watchers.

[00:20:06] [SPEAKER_05]: 4.9 million.

[00:20:09] [SPEAKER_05]: You want to do this at the marathon?

[00:20:11] [SPEAKER_07]: Yeah, let's do it.

[00:20:11] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah.

[00:20:12] [SPEAKER_05]: I'll take my bet.

[00:20:13] [SPEAKER_05]: We'll do it tonight.

[00:20:14] [SPEAKER_05]: Choose it.

[00:20:14] [SPEAKER_05]: 4.9 doesn't count.

[00:20:16] [SPEAKER_05]: You can do a little research.

[00:20:17] [SPEAKER_05]: I can change it.

[00:20:17] [SPEAKER_05]: Yep.

[00:20:18] [SPEAKER_07]: Dykthalbark.com slash marathon tonight.

[00:20:20] [SPEAKER_07]: It's going to be a lot of fun.

[00:20:22] [SPEAKER_07]: So yeah, very much looking forward to that.

[00:20:23] [SPEAKER_07]: Dan.

[00:20:23] [SPEAKER_07]: I'm with you.

[00:20:24] [SPEAKER_07]: I'm with you on that one, Brian.

[00:20:25] [SPEAKER_04]: I think it's going to be great for...

[00:20:26] [SPEAKER_04]: What's good for the goose, good for the rest of them.

[00:20:29] [SPEAKER_04]: Who's the goose?

[00:20:29] [SPEAKER_04]: What's next on Brian's list?

[00:20:31] [SPEAKER_04]: Here we go.

[00:20:31] [SPEAKER_04]: Number two for me, a novel Noel.

[00:20:33] [SPEAKER_04]: Stop it.

[00:20:34] [SPEAKER_04]: Stop it.

[00:20:35] [SPEAKER_04]: Gather around.

[00:20:36] [SPEAKER_04]: You know, I'm a big penhead.

[00:20:38] [SPEAKER_04]: Penhead and a Blair Crank in any movie.

[00:20:41] [SPEAKER_04]: I'm there.

[00:20:42] [SPEAKER_04]: Julie Gonzalez.

[00:20:42] [SPEAKER_04]: Are you kidding me?

[00:20:43] [SPEAKER_04]: With Brandon Penny.

[00:20:45] [SPEAKER_04]: This one has...

[00:20:45] [SPEAKER_04]: They're in a bookstore.

[00:20:47] [SPEAKER_04]: We're getting cozy.

[00:20:48] [SPEAKER_04]: We're doing all the...

[00:20:50] [SPEAKER_04]: You only get three of these, Brian.

[00:20:52] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, I know.

[00:20:52] [SPEAKER_04]: And this one really stood out to me.

[00:20:54] [SPEAKER_04]: You get three of these.

[00:20:54] [SPEAKER_04]: It really stood out to me.

[00:20:55] [SPEAKER_04]: I feel like...

[00:20:56] [SPEAKER_04]: Read the synopsis.

[00:20:57] [SPEAKER_04]: I know we've done this, but read the full synopsis.

[00:20:59] [SPEAKER_04]: A successful New York book...

[00:21:01] [SPEAKER_04]: New York City book editor, Luke Gonzalo, who's losing touch with her passion after a few

[00:21:06] [SPEAKER_04]: setbacks this year.

[00:21:07] [SPEAKER_04]: She learns that she was chosen to run a bookstore in a small town of St. Ives.

[00:21:10] [SPEAKER_04]: She was chosen to run a bookstore?

[00:21:12] [SPEAKER_04]: She was selected out of millions.

[00:21:13] [SPEAKER_04]: St. Ives she's headed up for the whole month of December.

[00:21:16] [SPEAKER_04]: There are millions of people that's like, can I run a bookstore during the holidays?

[00:21:18] [SPEAKER_04]: They run it for a month.

[00:21:19] [SPEAKER_04]: That's the whole month of December.

[00:21:21] [SPEAKER_04]: It's pretty great.

[00:21:23] [SPEAKER_04]: While realizing a childhood dream, but butting heads with a handsome son, Brandon Penny,

[00:21:26] [SPEAKER_04]: of the bookstore owners, she comes to realize that her love for bringing out the creativity

[00:21:30] [SPEAKER_04]: of others is still her true calling and an untapped talent.

[00:21:34] [SPEAKER_07]: There's nothing special about this movie.

[00:21:37] [SPEAKER_07]: Nothing at all.

[00:21:38] [SPEAKER_04]: You have to admit.

[00:21:39] [SPEAKER_04]: It's going to be super snowy.

[00:21:41] [SPEAKER_04]: Brian, you're doing this just to be Brian.

[00:21:42] [SPEAKER_04]: No, man.

[00:21:43] [SPEAKER_04]: This is going to be a sleeper for a lot of people, and I'm not letting it not be on my

[00:21:47] [SPEAKER_04]: list of top three.

[00:21:48] [SPEAKER_04]: I'm not.

[00:21:49] [SPEAKER_05]: I just can't do it.

[00:21:51] [SPEAKER_05]: Brian, you're doing this to be Brian.

[00:21:52] [SPEAKER_05]: There's nothing special about it.

[00:21:53] [SPEAKER_05]: Could it be good?

[00:21:54] [SPEAKER_05]: I love Brandon Penny.

[00:21:56] [SPEAKER_05]: I like almost everything he does.

[00:21:58] [SPEAKER_05]: But Brandon Penny almost by default doesn't really care about the movie he's in.

[00:22:01] [SPEAKER_05]: I actually would probably be best friends with Brandon Penny, but for this particular venture,

[00:22:08] [SPEAKER_05]: this is not, he's not sitting here grinding over the script trying to make it better.

[00:22:12] [SPEAKER_05]: He's here to do it like it couldn't be more generic.

[00:22:15] [SPEAKER_04]: And that's what we love about it.

[00:22:17] [SPEAKER_04]: Okay.

[00:22:18] [SPEAKER_04]: Whatever.

[00:22:18] [SPEAKER_04]: I think it's going to stand out.

[00:22:19] [SPEAKER_07]: Listen, nobody loves a classic Hallmark movie more than me.

[00:22:25] [SPEAKER_07]: This ain't it, man.

[00:22:26] [SPEAKER_07]: This is on.

[00:22:27] [SPEAKER_05]: All I could hear is Nantucket Noel.

[00:22:29] [SPEAKER_05]: That's all I can do.

[00:22:29] [SPEAKER_05]: I hope not.

[00:22:30] [SPEAKER_07]: The worst part about this is it being on, is this Hallmark Channel?

[00:22:33] [SPEAKER_04]: No, that's the thing.

[00:22:34] [SPEAKER_04]: It's on the Mysteries Channel.

[00:22:35] [SPEAKER_04]: You have lost your mind.

[00:22:37] [SPEAKER_04]: I feel like sometimes that adds a little umbrella.

[00:22:40] [SPEAKER_04]: A little emotional.

[00:22:40] [SPEAKER_04]: A little stank.

[00:22:40] [SPEAKER_04]: You cannot.

[00:22:42] [SPEAKER_05]: If we had a polygraph test, there's no way this would have been top three for you.

[00:22:45] [SPEAKER_05]: This really stood out to me.

[00:22:47] [SPEAKER_05]: I think you're wrong.

[00:22:47] [SPEAKER_04]: I feel pretty confident in putting it on my list.

[00:22:50] [SPEAKER_04]: You're cute.

[00:22:50] [SPEAKER_04]: Thanks, man.

[00:22:51] [SPEAKER_04]: You're a cute boy.

[00:22:53] [SPEAKER_05]: Dan?

[00:22:53] [SPEAKER_05]: My number two movie is because of Holiday Touchdown kind of flying under the radar.

[00:22:59] [SPEAKER_05]: And it's Three Wiser Men and a Boy.

[00:23:01] [SPEAKER_05]: Terrible title.

[00:23:02] [SPEAKER_05]: Terrible.

[00:23:03] [SPEAKER_05]: Uncomfortable to say, even.

[00:23:04] [SPEAKER_05]: I got to be honest.

[00:23:05] [SPEAKER_05]: Really?

[00:23:06] [SPEAKER_05]: This might be like really looking forward to this movie.

[00:23:09] [SPEAKER_05]: Why?

[00:23:09] [SPEAKER_05]: Because what they did in the first movie was they made the funniest movie Hallmark's ever

[00:23:13] [SPEAKER_05]: made.

[00:23:14] [SPEAKER_05]: They also tried to, instead of just leaning into the bits and the gags, they tried to stuff

[00:23:18] [SPEAKER_05]: three love stories in there.

[00:23:19] [SPEAKER_05]: I think knowing who's, that Paul Campbell Kimmelis said writing this movie, knowing that Hallmark's

[00:23:24] [SPEAKER_05]: going to give them probably even more rope to be creative, I get the feeling they're going

[00:23:30] [SPEAKER_05]: to make something here that is somehow better in every aspect than the first one, which wasn't

[00:23:37] [SPEAKER_05]: a top two movie of that year for me.

[00:23:38] [SPEAKER_05]: It was third for me on that list.

[00:23:41] [SPEAKER_05]: I think this is going to be the movie of the year.

[00:23:43] [SPEAKER_05]: I think this is at the end of the day when we finish, this is going to be of the year.

[00:23:47] [SPEAKER_05]: I think this is going to be the best movie of the year.

[00:23:49] [SPEAKER_05]: I think it's going to be funny.

[00:23:50] [SPEAKER_05]: You think a sequel is going to be the best movie of the year?

[00:23:54] [SPEAKER_05]: And the sequels on Hallmark are terrible.

[00:23:55] [SPEAKER_05]: Who are you?

[00:23:55] [SPEAKER_05]: I don't know who you are anymore.

[00:23:57] [SPEAKER_05]: I'm telling you.

[00:23:58] [SPEAKER_03]: I'm going to year seven and you're out here.

[00:24:00] [SPEAKER_05]: You're going nuts over a sequel.

[00:24:02] [SPEAKER_05]: Paul Campbell is going to write something that flies in the face of a lot of the rules

[00:24:07] [SPEAKER_05]: of sequels on Hallmark.

[00:24:08] [SPEAKER_05]: It's going to be funny.

[00:24:09] [SPEAKER_05]: It's going to be heartfelt.

[00:24:10] [SPEAKER_05]: It's going to be better across the board than the first one.

[00:24:14] [SPEAKER_05]: And maybe I'm wrong, but I have high hopes for this movie.

[00:24:17] [SPEAKER_07]: Yeah.

[00:24:17] [SPEAKER_07]: As you should.

[00:24:19] [SPEAKER_07]: You know who else has high hopes for this movie is Andrew Walker.

[00:24:21] [SPEAKER_07]: He does?

[00:24:22] [SPEAKER_07]: Oh, he does.

[00:24:22] [SPEAKER_07]: He does.

[00:24:23] [SPEAKER_07]: Oh, good buddy Andrew.

[00:24:24] [SPEAKER_07]: I asked Andrew.

[00:24:25] [SPEAKER_07]: Andrew, why are you excited about this movie?

[00:24:26] [SPEAKER_07]: He's in a video.

[00:24:27] [SPEAKER_07]: Wow.

[00:24:27] [SPEAKER_07]: In response.

[00:24:28] [SPEAKER_07]: What a guy.

[00:24:28] [SPEAKER_07]: I think he's actually on the line.

[00:24:29] [SPEAKER_07]: Andrew, what up?

[00:24:30] [SPEAKER_07]: Andrew.

[00:24:31] [SPEAKER_07]: Hey, buddy.

[00:24:33] [SPEAKER_02]: What's going on, boys?

[00:24:35] [SPEAKER_02]: He's really tired.

[00:24:36] [SPEAKER_02]: Look at you guys back at it.

[00:24:38] [SPEAKER_02]: I'm wishing you all in North Carolina and the South a speedy recovery and thinking about

[00:24:47] [SPEAKER_02]: you all.

[00:24:50] [SPEAKER_02]: Sending you a lot of love, first and foremost.

[00:24:53] [SPEAKER_02]: But hey, you're reviewing some movies.

[00:25:00] [SPEAKER_02]: Three wise men.

[00:25:02] [SPEAKER_02]: Three wise men, right?

[00:25:03] [SPEAKER_02]: Wiser man and a boy.

[00:25:06] [SPEAKER_02]: Why am I excited about this movie?

[00:25:09] [SPEAKER_02]: Well, I'm excited if you guys are excited.

[00:25:13] [SPEAKER_02]: And that's all that matters to me.

[00:25:16] [SPEAKER_02]: I think we put together a pretty great movie.

[00:25:22] [SPEAKER_02]: It was ambitious.

[00:25:24] [SPEAKER_02]: It's a big movie.

[00:25:26] [SPEAKER_02]: Lots of stuff happens.

[00:25:27] [SPEAKER_02]: There's a lot of different scenarios that the brothers are put in.

[00:25:35] [SPEAKER_02]: And we take you to a whole lot of different locations.

[00:25:41] [SPEAKER_02]: It's basically like a James Bond version of a Christmas movie.

[00:25:46] [SPEAKER_02]: Well, kind of.

[00:25:48] [SPEAKER_02]: But yeah, I'm just excited.

[00:25:50] [SPEAKER_02]: I'm excited because I feel like every time I'm with Paul and Tyler, magic happens.

[00:25:54] [SPEAKER_02]: And they make me, they elevate me.

[00:25:57] [SPEAKER_02]: They make me look a lot better than what I really am.

[00:26:01] [SPEAKER_02]: And we just have a lot of fun working together.

[00:26:03] [SPEAKER_02]: So that's all I got.

[00:26:07] [SPEAKER_02]: I'm in a hotel room here in Washington, in D.C.

[00:26:11] [SPEAKER_02]: I had a flight that was delayed for an hour and a half.

[00:26:16] [SPEAKER_02]: And so it's about one o'clock here right now.

[00:26:20] [SPEAKER_02]: And I'm going to be going to bed.

[00:26:23] [SPEAKER_02]: But I appreciate you guys reaching out for me to give you my two cents here.

[00:26:30] [SPEAKER_02]: Take care.

[00:26:31] [SPEAKER_02]: Take care.

[00:26:32] [SPEAKER_02]: Take care, Andrew.

[00:26:33] [SPEAKER_02]: Thanks.

[00:26:34] [SPEAKER_04]: Bye.

[00:26:34] [SPEAKER_04]: He looks super psyched that we reached out to him.

[00:26:37] [SPEAKER_05]: We did slow that down to .75 times.

[00:26:40] [SPEAKER_05]: You don't have to.

[00:26:41] [SPEAKER_05]: Just want to make sure.

[00:26:42] [SPEAKER_05]: Did anything he said change?

[00:26:44] [SPEAKER_05]: Dude, the James Bond Christmas movie?

[00:26:46] [SPEAKER_05]: Kind of.

[00:26:47] [SPEAKER_05]: Kind of.

[00:26:48] [SPEAKER_04]: He said ambitious.

[00:26:50] [SPEAKER_04]: He did say ambitious.

[00:26:51] [SPEAKER_04]: Lots of locations.

[00:26:52] [SPEAKER_05]: Dude, Andrew Walker has been in a thousand of these.

[00:26:54] [SPEAKER_05]: And he calls it ambitious.

[00:26:56] [SPEAKER_05]: Sign me up.

[00:26:57] [SPEAKER_04]: Care for it.

[00:26:58] [SPEAKER_04]: And his hair has never looked better.

[00:27:00] [SPEAKER_05]: I think it's crazy that me saying this is going to be the movie of the year is a bold statement.

[00:27:04] [SPEAKER_05]: But I think it is a bold statement.

[00:27:06] [SPEAKER_05]: Well, The Holly did a sequel and it was great.

[00:27:09] [SPEAKER_04]: It wasn't as good as the first one.

[00:27:10] [SPEAKER_04]: No, but it's not like they bombed sequels of good initials.

[00:27:13] [SPEAKER_05]: But I like Hall of the Holly one better than Three Wise Men one.

[00:27:17] [SPEAKER_05]: Because that was second.

[00:27:18] [SPEAKER_05]: It was Ghost of Christmas Always, Hall of the Holly, then Three Wise Men.

[00:27:23] [SPEAKER_05]: Yes.

[00:27:23] [SPEAKER_05]: Laughed so hard.

[00:27:24] [SPEAKER_05]: So there's that.

[00:27:25] [SPEAKER_07]: Boy, that's exciting.

[00:27:26] [SPEAKER_07]: He said some good stuff.

[00:27:29] [SPEAKER_07]: Amazing.

[00:27:30] [SPEAKER_07]: I can't wait for that.

[00:27:30] [SPEAKER_07]: I'll go.

[00:27:31] [SPEAKER_07]: Number one.

[00:27:32] [SPEAKER_07]: My most excited one.

[00:27:33] [SPEAKER_07]: And I don't think it's going to come as any surprise.

[00:27:35] [SPEAKER_07]: It's the Christmas quest.

[00:27:37] [SPEAKER_07]: Yeah.

[00:27:38] [SPEAKER_07]: Lacey Schafer.

[00:27:38] [SPEAKER_07]: How could you not?

[00:27:39] [SPEAKER_07]: Chris Palaha Sunday after Thanksgiving.

[00:27:43] [SPEAKER_07]: Yeah.

[00:27:43] [SPEAKER_07]: You know, is this going to be the most buzzed Lacey Schafer movie this year?

[00:27:51] [SPEAKER_07]: Probably not.

[00:27:52] [SPEAKER_07]: I think Hot Frosty might take the buzz.

[00:27:56] [SPEAKER_07]: But this movie, we're on location and we got two of the goats of the game together with Palaha and Schafer.

[00:28:06] [SPEAKER_07]: I think it's going to be a ton of fun.

[00:28:08] [SPEAKER_07]: And there's nothing necessarily in the synopsis that's like, this is going to be crazy.

[00:28:12] [SPEAKER_07]: It's going to be wild aside from the mention of the Yule Lads.

[00:28:15] [SPEAKER_07]: But these two together, I don't think you can go wrong.

[00:28:19] [SPEAKER_07]: I think that these two are just so good.

[00:28:21] [SPEAKER_07]: I'm so excited to see them together.

[00:28:24] [SPEAKER_07]: I think everybody is.

[00:28:26] [SPEAKER_07]: I can't believe it hasn't happened before.

[00:28:28] [SPEAKER_07]: So I'm really excited about that.

[00:28:29] [SPEAKER_07]: I'm excited to see how they make Lacey.

[00:28:31] [SPEAKER_07]: It seems like she's not so small compared to Chris Palaha because Chris Palaha is a giant.

[00:28:38] [SPEAKER_07]: I think that's going to be something to look out for.

[00:28:40] [SPEAKER_07]: But this movie, for me, is must-see TV.

[00:28:44] [SPEAKER_07]: I can't wait for it.

[00:28:45] [SPEAKER_07]: I think it's going to be fantastic.

[00:28:46] [SPEAKER_07]: And Chris sent a video in.

[00:28:49] [SPEAKER_07]: Here's what he said.

[00:28:50] [SPEAKER_07]: What's up, buddy?

[00:28:51] [SPEAKER_07]: I'm not sending you jack squat.

[00:28:52] [SPEAKER_07]: I'm going to send you a clip that I shot on location.

[00:28:57] [SPEAKER_07]: Wow.

[00:28:58] [SPEAKER_07]: And then he said, this is an exclusive Palaha copyrighted video.

[00:29:02] [SPEAKER_07]: Wow.

[00:29:02] [SPEAKER_07]: So we can or can't air this?

[00:29:04] [SPEAKER_07]: I think we can air it.

[00:29:07] [SPEAKER_07]: Okay.

[00:29:08] [SPEAKER_07]: Exclusive.

[00:29:08] [SPEAKER_07]: Right here.

[00:29:09] [SPEAKER_07]: And I think we're going to play it.

[00:29:11] [SPEAKER_07]: But here is Chris on location of the movie.

[00:29:15] [SPEAKER_07]: It's a short clip.

[00:29:15] [SPEAKER_07]: Here you go.

[00:29:16] [SPEAKER_00]: So walking on a glacier heading to work right now, which is just Lacey Chabert and David,

[00:29:26] [SPEAKER_00]: our guide.

[00:29:28] [SPEAKER_00]: And this is the world of the glacier.

[00:29:33] [SPEAKER_04]: That's it.

[00:29:34] [SPEAKER_04]: What a clip.

[00:29:35] [SPEAKER_04]: What a clip.

[00:29:35] [SPEAKER_04]: What a God.

[00:29:36] [SPEAKER_04]: That's how we look on the way to work.

[00:29:38] [SPEAKER_04]: And I got to be honest with you.

[00:29:39] [SPEAKER_07]: Seeing that clip, like they're going in.

[00:29:43] [SPEAKER_07]: They are.

[00:29:43] [SPEAKER_07]: That's right.

[00:29:43] [SPEAKER_07]: They're going into glacier.

[00:29:45] [SPEAKER_07]: Yes.

[00:29:45] [SPEAKER_07]: They're going into glacier.

[00:29:46] [SPEAKER_07]: A lot of people could have had this idea for glacier and, and, uh, Iceland and whatnot.

[00:29:52] [SPEAKER_07]: And then like, let's not, let's not go there.

[00:29:55] [SPEAKER_07]: Let's not do the hard work.

[00:29:57] [SPEAKER_07]: Cause that seems like a headache.

[00:29:59] [SPEAKER_07]: They're having to literally hike and go Christmas quest.

[00:30:02] [SPEAKER_07]: It is.

[00:30:03] [SPEAKER_07]: They are not.

[00:30:03] [SPEAKER_07]: Chris doesn't do anything half, but, and, uh, I think this movie is going to be real special.

[00:30:10] [SPEAKER_07]: I agree with you, man.

[00:30:11] [SPEAKER_07]: You know what, Brent?

[00:30:12] [SPEAKER_07]: Those are three good ones.

[00:30:13] [SPEAKER_07]: And I got to be honest with you.

[00:30:14] [SPEAKER_07]: If somebody tries to get that video, pull it from Philo.

[00:30:19] [SPEAKER_07]: He said, you're not allowed.

[00:30:21] [SPEAKER_07]: Legal will be all over you.

[00:30:23] [SPEAKER_07]: You're not allowed.

[00:30:24] [SPEAKER_07]: That's for us.

[00:30:25] [SPEAKER_07]: It's for us.

[00:30:26] [SPEAKER_07]: And our eyes only.

[00:30:27] [SPEAKER_07]: And yours.

[00:30:27] [SPEAKER_07]: If you're watching on Philo.

[00:30:29] [SPEAKER_07]: Three good ones, man.

[00:30:30] [SPEAKER_07]: All right, Brian, you've gotten one good one.

[00:30:32] [SPEAKER_07]: Um, let's see if you can make it too.

[00:30:34] [SPEAKER_07]: Let's find out.

[00:30:35] [SPEAKER_04]: A hundred percent to, uh, my number one pick the Santa class.

[00:30:39] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.

[00:30:40] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.

[00:30:40] [SPEAKER_04]: This is a Kim Suss that Ben airs.

[00:30:42] [SPEAKER_04]: This is going to be so funny.

[00:30:43] [SPEAKER_04]: Ben is funny.

[00:30:45] [SPEAKER_04]: He's funny.

[00:30:45] [SPEAKER_04]: At years, a couple of years ago when I started, he wasn't at the top of like the list.

[00:30:50] [SPEAKER_04]: These are the funny guys.

[00:30:51] [SPEAKER_04]: He's changed.

[00:30:52] [SPEAKER_04]: He's, he's in that list.

[00:30:53] [SPEAKER_05]: I think they probably let him.

[00:30:54] [SPEAKER_05]: You think he's become funnier?

[00:30:56] [SPEAKER_05]: I think, well, he's probably been able to be funnier.

[00:30:58] [SPEAKER_07]: I think part of it is, but he's a quirky guy.

[00:31:00] [SPEAKER_07]: He's very funny.

[00:31:01] [SPEAKER_07]: And I think the, the, the humor has come out and like interviews he's done and his presence

[00:31:07] [SPEAKER_07]: on social media, uh, very similar to, uh, Paul and how Paul was posting and everyone

[00:31:14] [SPEAKER_07]: was like, Oh my gosh, Paul's funny.

[00:31:15] [SPEAKER_07]: Let's let him be funny on the, on the TV.

[00:31:18] [SPEAKER_07]: Um, and part of that is like change up, uh, up top and who's running the network and all

[00:31:22] [SPEAKER_07]: that stuff.

[00:31:23] [SPEAKER_07]: And just being like, Hey, let's give funny a try.

[00:31:25] [SPEAKER_07]: But I think this has just been being Ben and, and having fun.

[00:31:29] [SPEAKER_07]: And I'm happy that the network's finally letting him have fun.

[00:31:32] [SPEAKER_04]: Absolutely.

[00:31:32] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.

[00:31:33] [SPEAKER_04]: So this will be a good time.

[00:31:34] [SPEAKER_04]: Russell Hainline wrote this one.

[00:31:36] [SPEAKER_04]: Who's just up there at, you know, last year.

[00:31:38] [SPEAKER_04]: Absolutely.

[00:31:39] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.

[00:31:39] [SPEAKER_04]: Three wiser men and a boy I believe he's involved with as well.

[00:31:42] [SPEAKER_04]: So like all, like all my trusts, I trust them with my life.

[00:31:47] [SPEAKER_04]: All three of them together.

[00:31:48] [SPEAKER_04]: Really?

[00:31:48] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.

[00:31:48] [SPEAKER_04]: Rachel Lee Cook of movie writers.

[00:31:50] [SPEAKER_04]: Exactly.

[00:31:50] [SPEAKER_04]: Exactly.

[00:31:50] [SPEAKER_04]: So this is going to be a lot of fun.

[00:31:53] [SPEAKER_07]: Let's see if Ben's funny.

[00:31:54] [SPEAKER_07]: Uh, cause he sent in a video.

[00:31:56] [SPEAKER_07]: Oh, let's find out.

[00:31:58] [SPEAKER_07]: This will be the few.

[00:31:59] [SPEAKER_07]: If you have been on the fence about him and you're like, I'm not sure if he's funny.

[00:32:01] [SPEAKER_07]: Let's find out.

[00:32:02] [SPEAKER_07]: Let's see.

[00:32:02] [SPEAKER_07]: This is his one chance.

[00:32:03] [SPEAKER_07]: This is one chance.

[00:32:05] [SPEAKER_07]: Um, I told him he has 30 seconds.

[00:32:07] [SPEAKER_07]: So let's see how long he goes.

[00:32:09] [SPEAKER_01]: Why am I excited about the Santa class?

[00:32:14] [SPEAKER_01]: Two words, Kimberly Sustad.

[00:32:19] [SPEAKER_01]: That's why I'm excited about the Santa class.

[00:32:25] [SPEAKER_01]: Now you asked me for a 30 second video talking about why I am excited about everyone tuning

[00:32:34] [SPEAKER_01]: into the Santa class.

[00:32:35] [SPEAKER_01]: And I have filled up my 30 seconds.

[00:32:37] [SPEAKER_01]: Kimberly Sustad.

[00:32:39] [SPEAKER_05]: There it is.

[00:32:40] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah.

[00:32:40] [SPEAKER_05]: He also flicked us off, which is very impressive.

[00:32:43] [SPEAKER_05]: I don't think that was.

[00:32:44] [SPEAKER_05]: Did you tell him not to?

[00:32:45] [SPEAKER_05]: You gotta tell him not to.

[00:32:46] [SPEAKER_05]: We might have to blur that out.

[00:32:48] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah.

[00:32:48] [SPEAKER_05]: That's crazy.

[00:32:49] [SPEAKER_05]: Shot us the bird.

[00:32:50] [SPEAKER_05]: Freedom Rock.

[00:32:50] [SPEAKER_05]: He looked great this year.

[00:32:52] [SPEAKER_05]: But that's fair.

[00:32:52] [SPEAKER_05]: That's fair.

[00:32:53] [SPEAKER_05]: It's more than fair.

[00:32:54] [SPEAKER_05]: Freedom Missile.

[00:32:54] [SPEAKER_07]: I think we've earned it at this point.

[00:32:56] [SPEAKER_07]: Yeah.

[00:32:56] [SPEAKER_07]: But the way that you slandered Bethlehem PA last year.

[00:32:59] [SPEAKER_07]: It's a bad movie.

[00:33:05] [SPEAKER_04]: He was so fun.

[00:33:07] [SPEAKER_04]: I love that movie.

[00:33:08] [SPEAKER_05]: Dan, what's your number one, buddy?

[00:33:11] [SPEAKER_05]: My number one movie.

[00:33:11] [SPEAKER_05]: Although I really, really am digging some of the ones that you guys chose.

[00:33:16] [SPEAKER_05]: Novel Noel?

[00:33:17] [SPEAKER_05]: No, Novel Noel.

[00:33:18] [SPEAKER_05]: Basically all the movies we've chosen aside from Novel Noel have been accurate.

[00:33:21] [SPEAKER_05]: It might be my top nine, top eight, aside from that just clunker.

[00:33:27] [SPEAKER_05]: Can't wait to prove you wrong.

[00:33:28] [SPEAKER_05]: I'm going to have to go with the 90s Christmas.

[00:33:30] [SPEAKER_05]: Oh, man.

[00:33:31] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, you do.

[00:33:32] [SPEAKER_05]: They're going to get in a ride share in time travel to 1999.

[00:33:36] [SPEAKER_05]: And have a cab driver that is apparently omniscient.

[00:33:41] [SPEAKER_05]: They say particularly wise.

[00:33:43] [SPEAKER_05]: I'm going to go ahead and say omniscient.

[00:33:44] [SPEAKER_05]: Cat Barrel, Ava Bourne, Chandler Massey in this movie with this premise.

[00:33:51] [SPEAKER_05]: I love it.

[00:33:52] [SPEAKER_05]: I love it.

[00:33:53] [SPEAKER_05]: Could I be let down by this movie?

[00:33:55] [SPEAKER_05]: Yes.

[00:33:56] [SPEAKER_05]: Does it have a lower floor than Three Wiser Men?

[00:33:59] [SPEAKER_05]: Yes, it 100% does.

[00:34:01] [SPEAKER_05]: But I'm optimistic that they're going to hit 99 when I was 16 years old.

[00:34:06] [SPEAKER_05]: They're going to hit it perfect.

[00:34:07] [SPEAKER_05]: And I'm really looking forward to this one.

[00:34:09] [SPEAKER_05]: This is the one I'm most looking forward to.

[00:34:11] [SPEAKER_05]: Do I think it's going to be the best?

[00:34:12] [SPEAKER_05]: I don't know.

[00:34:13] [SPEAKER_05]: But I am looking forward to it the most.

[00:34:16] [SPEAKER_05]: So that's a busy week around Thanksgiving there.

[00:34:19] [SPEAKER_05]: Because that's Thanksgiving week.

[00:34:20] [SPEAKER_05]: That's busy.

[00:34:21] [SPEAKER_05]: Throw that in there with Christmas Quest and Holiday Touchdown and Three Wiser Men and all those movies.

[00:34:25] [SPEAKER_07]: And I just want everybody to know from November, from the first week of November, I think it's November 3rd through Christmas Eve.

[00:34:36] [SPEAKER_07]: I think there's two days total without DTH content.

[00:34:40] [SPEAKER_05]: I'm pretty sure there are more Deck the Homework episodes than days.

[00:34:42] [SPEAKER_07]: Yeah, that's a fact.

[00:34:44] [SPEAKER_07]: But so you'll have enough.

[00:34:46] [SPEAKER_07]: You'll have enough.

[00:34:47] [SPEAKER_07]: You'll have enough of us.

[00:34:49] [SPEAKER_07]: Follow us on DTH all holiday season long.

[00:34:52] [SPEAKER_07]: You'll be able to watch us.

[00:34:53] [SPEAKER_07]: Of course, you can listen to us wherever you listen to podcasts.

[00:34:56] [SPEAKER_07]: For these movies that we're looking forward to and think that you might be looking forward to as well.

[00:35:00] [SPEAKER_07]: But what about The Stinkers?

[00:35:02] [SPEAKER_07]: Are there any stinkers out there?

[00:35:03] [SPEAKER_07]: Don't worry.

[00:35:04] [SPEAKER_07]: There might be.

[00:35:05] [SPEAKER_07]: When we come back from this break, we're going to talk about the movies that maybe we're not looking forward to as much.

[00:35:11] [SPEAKER_07]: Even me.

[00:35:12] [SPEAKER_07]: Even me.

[00:35:12] [SPEAKER_07]: There's a few of those.

[00:35:13] [SPEAKER_07]: Wow.

[00:35:14] [SPEAKER_07]: We'll get to those in a second here on Deck the Hallmark.

[00:35:18] [SPEAKER_07]: Deck the Hallmark.

[00:35:18] [SPEAKER_07]: Wrong.

[00:35:19] [SPEAKER_07]: If I am.

[00:35:29] [SPEAKER_03]: What's up?

[00:35:30] [SPEAKER_03]: What's up, everybody?

[00:35:31] [SPEAKER_03]: Welcome.

[00:35:32] [SPEAKER_03]: Season seven of Deck the Hallmark is here.

[00:35:35] [SPEAKER_07]: Here already.

[00:35:36] [SPEAKER_07]: Can you believe it?

[00:35:36] [SPEAKER_07]: I cannot believe it.

[00:35:38] [SPEAKER_07]: No.

[00:35:39] [SPEAKER_07]: So excited to be back for another season.

[00:35:42] [SPEAKER_07]: Reviewing every Hallmark Christmas movie.

[00:35:46] [SPEAKER_07]: A ton of Netflix.

[00:35:48] [SPEAKER_07]: A ton of Lifetime.

[00:35:50] [SPEAKER_07]: Too many.

[00:35:52] [SPEAKER_07]: Let's get to some movies that maybe we're not looking forward to.

[00:35:55] [SPEAKER_07]: We talked about the three that we're all looking forward to the most.

[00:35:58] [SPEAKER_07]: Are there some that maybe we're not looking forward to as much?

[00:36:02] [SPEAKER_07]: And I'll start.

[00:36:03] [SPEAKER_07]: Go ahead, Brian.

[00:36:04] [SPEAKER_07]: I'm going to start.

[00:36:06] [SPEAKER_05]: Oh, I forgot, Bri.

[00:36:08] [SPEAKER_05]: My honorable mention.

[00:36:09] [SPEAKER_05]: Oh, of course.

[00:36:10] [SPEAKER_05]: My honorable mention for movies I'm most excited about.

[00:36:14] [SPEAKER_05]: Sugar Plum.

[00:36:15] [SPEAKER_05]: Janelle Parrish.

[00:36:15] [SPEAKER_05]: That looks like a lot of fun.

[00:36:16] [SPEAKER_05]: Almost made my list.

[00:36:17] [SPEAKER_05]: You got an honorable mention?

[00:36:18] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah, I did.

[00:36:18] [SPEAKER_04]: And it's Jingle Bell Run, Ashley Williams, Andrew Walker.

[00:36:21] [SPEAKER_04]: Are you kidding me right now?

[00:36:22] [SPEAKER_04]: And you didn't do that.

[00:36:23] [SPEAKER_05]: All of them.

[00:36:24] [SPEAKER_05]: All of them that aren't here.

[00:36:27] [SPEAKER_05]: That's right.

[00:36:27] [SPEAKER_05]: Sorry.

[00:36:28] [SPEAKER_07]: Go ahead, Brian.

[00:36:29] [SPEAKER_07]: Five Golden Rings is that number three for me.

[00:36:33] [SPEAKER_07]: It's a Hallmark mystery movie.

[00:36:35] [SPEAKER_07]: Yikes.

[00:36:36] [SPEAKER_07]: And it involves finding the owners of five mysterious golden rings and return them to their rightful homes before Christmas morning.

[00:36:47] [SPEAKER_07]: Fool me once, shame on me.

[00:36:49] [SPEAKER_07]: Fool me twice, shame on you.

[00:36:50] [SPEAKER_07]: This is a fool me twice situation.

[00:36:51] [SPEAKER_07]: Yeah.

[00:36:52] [SPEAKER_07]: We have tried to find the owner of rings in the past, and I hated every second of it.

[00:36:59] [SPEAKER_07]: These are not my jam, and so I'm concerned.

[00:37:02] [SPEAKER_07]: I'm nervous.

[00:37:05] [SPEAKER_07]: Definitely bottom five for me.

[00:37:06] [SPEAKER_07]: You know, of course, excited about Nolan Gerard Funk.

[00:37:11] [SPEAKER_07]: Can't stop the funk.

[00:37:12] [SPEAKER_07]: It is tough for me not to be on Team Funk, but we'll see what happens.

[00:37:17] [SPEAKER_07]: It's against your nature.

[00:37:18] [SPEAKER_07]: It is against my nature.

[00:37:19] [SPEAKER_07]: We'll see what happens.

[00:37:21] [SPEAKER_07]: There's also a gala, gala.

[00:37:23] [SPEAKER_07]: There's a gala.

[00:37:24] [SPEAKER_07]: There's a gala.

[00:37:25] [SPEAKER_07]: A giving gala.

[00:37:26] [SPEAKER_07]: Finding rings.

[00:37:27] [SPEAKER_07]: So lots of concern.

[00:37:29] [SPEAKER_07]: Lots of trigger words, if you will.

[00:37:31] [SPEAKER_07]: I will.

[00:37:32] [SPEAKER_07]: In this synopsis.

[00:37:33] [SPEAKER_07]: So I'm not excited about this one, unfortunately.

[00:37:36] [SPEAKER_07]: But I've been surprised before, and I'm open to being surprised again.

[00:37:40] [SPEAKER_07]: But five gold rings is on my list of movies I'm least looking forward to.

[00:37:44] [SPEAKER_07]: Brian?

[00:37:44] [SPEAKER_07]: Yeah.

[00:37:45] [SPEAKER_04]: On my list of rancys is Trivia at St. Nick's, which I realize is sort of a little polarizing

[00:37:53] [SPEAKER_04]: because it sounds cool, which the title to me sounds cool.

[00:37:56] [SPEAKER_04]: But what gets...

[00:37:57] [SPEAKER_04]: It does sound cool.

[00:37:57] [SPEAKER_04]: It does.

[00:37:57] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.

[00:37:57] [SPEAKER_05]: This is a weird one to be in your bottom three.

[00:37:59] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah.

[00:37:59] [SPEAKER_05]: The title alone would get it out of the bottom three, wouldn't it?

[00:38:02] [SPEAKER_05]: But I just feel like trivia.

[00:38:04] [SPEAKER_04]: It's good.

[00:38:04] [SPEAKER_04]: They're not going to nail...

[00:38:05] [SPEAKER_04]: I'm worried.

[00:38:05] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.

[00:38:06] [SPEAKER_04]: I'm worried.

[00:38:07] [SPEAKER_04]: So this is more of a...

[00:38:09] [SPEAKER_04]: Like, I'm putting you on notice.

[00:38:10] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.

[00:38:11] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.

[00:38:11] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.

[00:38:11] [SPEAKER_04]: Like, it's a challenge.

[00:38:12] [SPEAKER_04]: Like, make it good.

[00:38:14] [SPEAKER_04]: Like, let's have a great trivia movie and not just flop.

[00:38:17] [SPEAKER_04]: I have no doubts about this movie.

[00:38:18] [SPEAKER_04]: You have no doubts?

[00:38:19] [SPEAKER_04]: I have no doubts about this movie.

[00:38:21] [SPEAKER_04]: Okay.

[00:38:21] [SPEAKER_04]: I think it's going to be a ton of fun.

[00:38:22] [SPEAKER_04]: It looks like there's a scavenger hunt on campus.

[00:38:24] [SPEAKER_04]: I think you can do scavenger hunts well.

[00:38:27] [SPEAKER_04]: Okay.

[00:38:28] [SPEAKER_04]: So I'm just nervous, and so it stood out as something to be a little concerned about,

[00:38:33] [SPEAKER_04]: and so I put it on my list.

[00:38:35] [SPEAKER_04]: Fair enough.

[00:38:35] [SPEAKER_04]: I don't notice.

[00:38:36] [SPEAKER_04]: Fair enough.

[00:38:36] [SPEAKER_07]: I think that's interesting, you know, but whatever.

[00:38:40] [SPEAKER_07]: Thanks, man.

[00:38:41] [SPEAKER_07]: I think you'll be wrong.

[00:38:42] [SPEAKER_07]: I think you're going to be pleasantly surprised.

[00:38:43] [SPEAKER_05]: I can't imagine this being bottom three, but I am worried a little bit.

[00:38:47] [SPEAKER_07]: Okay.

[00:38:48] [SPEAKER_07]: I mean, I'm not worried at all.

[00:38:49] [SPEAKER_07]: Like, you fooled me once.

[00:38:50] [SPEAKER_07]: Brad Doherty, I'm coming home.

[00:38:51] [SPEAKER_07]: Like, he's going to bring this movie home for me.

[00:38:53] [SPEAKER_07]: I think this movie's got...

[00:38:55] [SPEAKER_05]: Brad Doherty's fun.

[00:38:56] [SPEAKER_05]: I got high hopes.

[00:38:56] [SPEAKER_05]: He knows how to do comedy.

[00:38:57] [SPEAKER_05]: I got high hopes.

[00:38:58] [SPEAKER_05]: Okay.

[00:38:59] [SPEAKER_05]: I got high hopes.

[00:38:59] [SPEAKER_05]: Dana?

[00:39:00] [SPEAKER_05]: My honorable mention is, would it either be Five Gold Rings or Tis the Season to be

[00:39:05] [SPEAKER_05]: Irish?

[00:39:06] [SPEAKER_05]: I'm not looking forward to either of those movies, but my number three on the list of

[00:39:11] [SPEAKER_05]: Rancy's here, Confessions of a Christmas Letter.

[00:39:16] [SPEAKER_05]: Now, I know a lot of people are angry right now because I think a lot of people are really

[00:39:20] [SPEAKER_05]: looking forward to this movie.

[00:39:21] [SPEAKER_05]: Not only do I hate the plot of this movie, which is a family matriarch hires a struggling

[00:39:27] [SPEAKER_05]: novelist to write her town's annual Christmas letter, Snoozefest.

[00:39:31] [SPEAKER_05]: I am not here for a back-of-the-call-sheet office reunion.

[00:39:39] [SPEAKER_05]: I like The Office just fine.

[00:39:41] [SPEAKER_05]: I have nothing against The Office.

[00:39:44] [SPEAKER_05]: There's, like, season two of The Office is like peak comedy television.

[00:39:48] [SPEAKER_05]: It's great.

[00:39:49] [SPEAKER_05]: I don't care about the gimmick of this movie being that Angela from The Office is the lead

[00:39:58] [SPEAKER_05]: and what's his name from The Office?

[00:40:00] [SPEAKER_05]: Kevin, I think, is going to be in the movie.

[00:40:03] [SPEAKER_05]: I think this is, like, all of this, this whole thing is just a Trojan horse movie to get that

[00:40:09] [SPEAKER_05]: reunion.

[00:40:09] [SPEAKER_05]: It makes me angry.

[00:40:10] [SPEAKER_05]: I don't know if it is.

[00:40:12] [SPEAKER_05]: You don't think so?

[00:40:13] [SPEAKER_05]: I don't think...

[00:40:13] [SPEAKER_05]: Angela Kinsey's never been a lead in one of these movies.

[00:40:16] [SPEAKER_03]: I know, but she wrote this movie as well, Aaron, I believe.

[00:40:19] [SPEAKER_07]: Oh, she did.

[00:40:20] [SPEAKER_07]: I like that.

[00:40:20] [SPEAKER_07]: I think that this movie is going to be more earnest than you're giving it credit for.

[00:40:25] [SPEAKER_07]: I understand the concern, and I think it's rightfully placed.

[00:40:29] [SPEAKER_07]: Yeah.

[00:40:29] [SPEAKER_07]: I think that they're going to really give it a gun.

[00:40:32] [SPEAKER_05]: I would love to be wrong here.

[00:40:34] [SPEAKER_05]: I am dreading watching this movie.

[00:40:36] [SPEAKER_05]: It does have your fave, Brian, Lillian, Duckett-Ratchy.

[00:40:39] [SPEAKER_05]: That's right.

[00:40:40] [SPEAKER_04]: Duckett-Ratchy joint.

[00:40:41] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah.

[00:40:41] [SPEAKER_05]: But I just...

[00:40:43] [SPEAKER_05]: No.

[00:40:44] [SPEAKER_05]: We don't need this.

[00:40:45] [SPEAKER_05]: I read the thing, and I was like, we don't need it.

[00:40:48] [SPEAKER_05]: If it's good, I'll just tell you I'm wrong.

[00:40:49] [SPEAKER_05]: But I am kind of dreading this movie, by and large.

[00:40:53] [SPEAKER_05]: So there's that.

[00:40:53] [SPEAKER_04]: I'm not with you there.

[00:40:54] [SPEAKER_04]: I'm hopeful on this one.

[00:40:56] [SPEAKER_04]: Really hopeful.

[00:40:56] [SPEAKER_04]: Oh, you are?

[00:40:57] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.

[00:40:58] [SPEAKER_04]: Okay.

[00:40:58] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, I'm hoping.

[00:40:59] [SPEAKER_04]: Big Office fan?

[00:40:59] [SPEAKER_04]: I like The Office, but I also like when people who are proven and done things other places come

[00:41:04] [SPEAKER_04]: on board here and do their thing, and it becomes something that is really fun.

[00:41:09] [SPEAKER_04]: So I don't think it's a gimmick.

[00:41:10] [SPEAKER_04]: I don't think it's a Trojan horse, but if I'm proven wrong, I will admit it as well.

[00:41:15] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.

[00:41:15] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.

[00:41:15] [SPEAKER_04]: Great.

[00:41:16] [SPEAKER_03]: And number two...

[00:41:18] [SPEAKER_03]: That's what the kickoff's all about.

[00:41:19] [SPEAKER_03]: That's right.

[00:41:19] [SPEAKER_03]: Keep us honest.

[00:41:20] [SPEAKER_05]: That's what differentiates it from the first look and the preview.

[00:41:22] [SPEAKER_05]: 100%.

[00:41:22] [SPEAKER_05]: Of course.

[00:41:23] [SPEAKER_05]: 100%.

[00:41:23] [SPEAKER_07]: To show everybody how preview and kickoffs are different, I have a perfect example.

[00:41:34] [SPEAKER_07]: The preview I gave five paramocas to at the same time.

[00:41:39] [SPEAKER_05]: That's just because you're not consistent with anything.

[00:41:40] [SPEAKER_07]: At the same time, that's...

[00:41:42] [SPEAKER_07]: Neither here nor there.

[00:41:43] [SPEAKER_07]: ...rude and founded.

[00:41:47] [SPEAKER_07]: Found it.

[00:41:48] [SPEAKER_07]: I...

[00:41:49] [SPEAKER_07]: This movie is going to be...

[00:41:50] [SPEAKER_07]: It's interesting.

[00:41:52] [SPEAKER_07]: This, I would say, is my concern.

[00:41:54] [SPEAKER_07]: Sure.

[00:41:54] [SPEAKER_07]: It's my concern movie.

[00:41:55] [SPEAKER_07]: One, Pets.

[00:41:58] [SPEAKER_07]: For all the reasons I gave it five, I'm also concerned.

[00:42:02] [SPEAKER_07]: Pets, the winner of Finding Mr. Christmas could go so many different ways.

[00:42:10] [SPEAKER_07]: It's called Happy Holidays.

[00:42:12] [SPEAKER_07]: Happy Holidays.

[00:42:12] [SPEAKER_07]: That's a knock against it.

[00:42:13] [SPEAKER_07]: You know, Jessica Loundis is back, which is something.

[00:42:16] [SPEAKER_07]: It's interesting.

[00:42:18] [SPEAKER_07]: But also, just this plot is wacky and ridiculous.

[00:42:23] [SPEAKER_07]: And so, you know, there hasn't been a lot of the pet movies on Hallmark that have really

[00:42:29] [SPEAKER_07]: brought it home.

[00:42:29] [SPEAKER_07]: I'm concerned about that.

[00:42:31] [SPEAKER_07]: But this could be a train wreck.

[00:42:34] [SPEAKER_07]: For that reason, it's a five.

[00:42:36] [SPEAKER_07]: And for that reason...

[00:42:38] [SPEAKER_07]: It's also on your rancys.

[00:42:39] [SPEAKER_07]: It's also on my rancys.

[00:42:40] [SPEAKER_07]: So that's where I'm at on this one.

[00:42:42] [SPEAKER_07]: I think...

[00:42:43] [SPEAKER_07]: But this is also the last movie of the year.

[00:42:45] [SPEAKER_07]: This is going to be a movie that we're going to be like, oh, we got to come in for this

[00:42:48] [SPEAKER_07]: situation.

[00:42:49] [SPEAKER_07]: But also, Dave White is reviewing it with us.

[00:42:51] [SPEAKER_07]: Oh, which is great.

[00:42:52] [SPEAKER_07]: So there's lots of things at play here.

[00:42:55] [SPEAKER_07]: But what a name.

[00:42:56] [SPEAKER_07]: Happy Holidays.

[00:42:57] [SPEAKER_07]: What can you do with that?

[00:42:58] [SPEAKER_07]: We'll find out.

[00:42:59] [SPEAKER_07]: Brian, what do you got?

[00:43:00] [SPEAKER_07]: Number two.

[00:43:01] [SPEAKER_04]: I have a reason for the season, which is...

[00:43:04] [SPEAKER_04]: What is it?

[00:43:04] [SPEAKER_04]: What's the reason for the season?

[00:43:06] [SPEAKER_04]: We're going to find out.

[00:43:07] [SPEAKER_05]: Ryan Popola somewhere screaming at Taylor Cole.

[00:43:10] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, I know.

[00:43:11] [SPEAKER_04]: Kevin and Gary being on the bot.

[00:43:13] [SPEAKER_04]: Sheila Calloway also.

[00:43:14] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, I'm really isolating myself here.

[00:43:17] [SPEAKER_04]: This is a far-fetched plot.

[00:43:19] [SPEAKER_05]: If you took those leads out, you're right on this.

[00:43:22] [SPEAKER_05]: Go ahead.

[00:43:23] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, they will probably be really good.

[00:43:25] [SPEAKER_04]: But this is a mystery movie on the Mystery Channel.

[00:43:27] [SPEAKER_04]: So it's a little bit of a far-fetched plot.

[00:43:30] [SPEAKER_04]: But also...

[00:43:31] [SPEAKER_04]: So this is where she finds the EMT who saved her on her night of birth or something like

[00:43:36] [SPEAKER_04]: that.

[00:43:36] [SPEAKER_05]: Oh, she's giving gifts out to all the people that saved her.

[00:43:38] [SPEAKER_04]: There's more than one.

[00:43:40] [SPEAKER_05]: Right.

[00:43:40] [SPEAKER_05]: This movie sounds like it's just out there.

[00:43:43] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, but it could be...

[00:43:44] [SPEAKER_04]: I feel like this could be fun if it weren't on the Mystery Channel.

[00:43:47] [SPEAKER_04]: And I sort of know it's going to be more sad than festive and fun.

[00:43:52] [SPEAKER_04]: So I got it.

[00:43:53] [SPEAKER_04]: I'm concerned about this one.

[00:43:54] [SPEAKER_04]: Not super looking forward to it.

[00:43:56] [SPEAKER_04]: And that's why it's on my list.

[00:43:58] [SPEAKER_04]: There you go.

[00:43:58] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, there you go.

[00:43:59] [SPEAKER_04]: Danum?

[00:43:59] [SPEAKER_05]: That's fair.

[00:44:00] [SPEAKER_05]: My next one is to have into Holiday.

[00:44:03] [SPEAKER_05]: I realize this could be a good movie.

[00:44:05] [SPEAKER_05]: What is that one?

[00:44:06] [SPEAKER_05]: It's got your boy Buzuki in there.

[00:44:09] [SPEAKER_05]: Oh, Buzuki.

[00:44:10] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah.

[00:44:10] [SPEAKER_05]: We got any Buzuki gum out there?

[00:44:12] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah, we got a few pieces.

[00:44:13] [SPEAKER_07]: The curve of putting a Buzuki joint in the bottom three.

[00:44:16] [SPEAKER_05]: Of course.

[00:44:17] [SPEAKER_05]: Madeline Arthur.

[00:44:18] [SPEAKER_05]: This is where the couple's going to get married, and their efficient and premarital counselor

[00:44:24] [SPEAKER_05]: is her father and puts them into a pre-wedding boot camp.

[00:44:29] [SPEAKER_05]: Right.

[00:44:30] [SPEAKER_05]: Everything about this synopsis makes me cringe slash want to quit my job, which usually means

[00:44:37] [SPEAKER_05]: the movie might be okay.

[00:44:38] [SPEAKER_05]: Because usually there's one or two of those where I'm like, this sounds awful, and it works

[00:44:42] [SPEAKER_05]: out that it's one of the better ones.

[00:44:43] [SPEAKER_05]: But I'm just kind of dreading this one.

[00:44:46] [SPEAKER_05]: I'm just kind of like, I don't know.

[00:44:48] [SPEAKER_05]: I don't know.

[00:44:49] [SPEAKER_05]: I don't know.

[00:45:01] [SPEAKER_07]: I don't know.

[00:45:04] [SPEAKER_07]: I don't know.

[00:45:15] [SPEAKER_07]: Aside from Buzuki.

[00:45:16] [SPEAKER_07]: Buzuki is the drawback.

[00:45:17] [SPEAKER_07]: Keep that name out of your mouth.

[00:45:19] [SPEAKER_07]: That's right.

[00:45:19] [SPEAKER_07]: Put some respect on it.

[00:45:21] [SPEAKER_07]: My bottom, my number one bottom, here's the one that I'm least looking forward to, and

[00:45:28] [SPEAKER_07]: I'm doing a four-in-one situation, everybody.

[00:45:30] [SPEAKER_07]: Your biggest rancy?

[00:45:30] [SPEAKER_07]: My biggest rancy is actually a quadrippy.

[00:45:34] [SPEAKER_07]: It's the unwrapping Christmas.

[00:45:37] [SPEAKER_07]: Your number one bottom is a quadrippy.

[00:45:38] [SPEAKER_07]: It's the unwrapping Christmas quadruple.

[00:45:42] [SPEAKER_04]: We've lost all credibility right there on this one.

[00:45:45] [SPEAKER_07]: I'm, for a few reasons.

[00:45:47] [SPEAKER_07]: One, this four reasons.

[00:45:49] [SPEAKER_07]: Quadrilogy.

[00:45:50] [SPEAKER_07]: Thank you.

[00:45:50] [SPEAKER_07]: Stop saying things.

[00:45:52] [SPEAKER_07]: This movie is giving me the love club feels, and I still haven't recovered from that.

[00:45:59] [SPEAKER_07]: So that's one reason I'm not excited about it.

[00:46:01] [SPEAKER_07]: Two, this is Hallmark Plus.

[00:46:04] [SPEAKER_07]: Four movies that they're dropping on Hallmark Plus that is just adding extra stuff to what

[00:46:09] [SPEAKER_07]: we previously, you know, 40, 41.

[00:46:12] [SPEAKER_07]: That was a sweet spot.

[00:46:13] [SPEAKER_07]: And now we're just getting into some trouble here.

[00:46:15] [SPEAKER_07]: And I'm worried that these movies, you know, I think Cherry Lane, they're doing three Cherry

[00:46:21] [SPEAKER_07]: Lanes, which also seems like a lot.

[00:46:23] [SPEAKER_07]: But all three of those, I find to be more interesting, even though I'm mad as a synopsis writer.

[00:46:32] [SPEAKER_07]: I'm mad as a synopsis writer, and I think I've made that case perfectly clear.

[00:46:37] [SPEAKER_05]: Check out the preview episodes.

[00:46:39] [SPEAKER_07]: But Unwrapping Christmas, they just don't seem to serve a purpose, I think, as part of it.

[00:46:43] [SPEAKER_07]: You're going to end up loving them.

[00:46:44] [SPEAKER_07]: I know.

[00:46:45] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah.

[00:46:45] [SPEAKER_07]: And so we'll see what happens.

[00:46:47] [SPEAKER_07]: And I know there's a lot going on.

[00:46:49] [SPEAKER_07]: You know, Natalie Hall's in one of these, Cindy Busby's in one of these.

[00:46:52] [SPEAKER_07]: Like, this could be great.

[00:46:54] [SPEAKER_07]: It's just, this is uncharted territory.

[00:46:56] [SPEAKER_07]: This is Hallmark Plus.

[00:46:58] [SPEAKER_07]: This is a quadriple.

[00:47:00] [SPEAKER_07]: And so there's just lots of things that could go wrong.

[00:47:04] [SPEAKER_07]: This is the definition of a quadriple, actually, is what I'm finding out.

[00:47:09] [SPEAKER_07]: So, concerned, to say the least.

[00:47:11] [SPEAKER_07]: Fair.

[00:47:12] [SPEAKER_07]: And it's not just a one-movie concern.

[00:47:14] [SPEAKER_07]: It's a four-movie concern.

[00:47:16] [SPEAKER_07]: Yeah.

[00:47:16] [SPEAKER_07]: So, we'll see what happens.

[00:47:18] [SPEAKER_07]: We'll see what happens.

[00:47:19] [SPEAKER_07]: But we're heading into uncharted territory with Hallmark Plus movies.

[00:47:23] [SPEAKER_07]: And so, for that reason, I'm hesitant.

[00:47:26] [SPEAKER_07]: I'm hesitant.

[00:47:27] [SPEAKER_07]: We'll see.

[00:47:28] [SPEAKER_07]: We'll see.

[00:47:28] [SPEAKER_04]: Brian?

[00:47:29] [SPEAKER_04]: You had me at Love Club.

[00:47:30] [SPEAKER_04]: For all the reasons you're nervous, I'm in and on board with this.

[00:47:34] [SPEAKER_04]: So, I'm not with you, unfortunately.

[00:47:35] [SPEAKER_04]: I'm out there on the sailboat by myself.

[00:47:37] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah.

[00:47:38] [SPEAKER_05]: Fair enough.

[00:47:38] [SPEAKER_05]: We don't need these.

[00:47:40] [SPEAKER_05]: We don't need more movies.

[00:47:41] [SPEAKER_05]: I think you're right, Brian.

[00:47:43] [SPEAKER_05]: And saying that's a sweet spot is generous.

[00:47:46] [SPEAKER_05]: But we know we're going to get eight or nine full clunkers and four or five really quality ones.

[00:47:52] [SPEAKER_05]: And everything else is going to be in between.

[00:47:54] [SPEAKER_05]: And that will determine how good of a year it is.

[00:47:55] [SPEAKER_05]: Now, we're throwing in this quadriple.

[00:47:57] [SPEAKER_05]: And it's just like, what are we doing?

[00:48:00] [SPEAKER_05]: Why are we doing this?

[00:48:01] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah.

[00:48:01] [SPEAKER_05]: Of course.

[00:48:02] [SPEAKER_05]: I'm with you.

[00:48:03] [SPEAKER_05]: I'm with you 100% there, Brian.

[00:48:04] [SPEAKER_05]: Brian?

[00:48:05] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah.

[00:48:06] [SPEAKER_07]: Don't hear what I'm not saying, though.

[00:48:09] [SPEAKER_07]: While it's a sweet spot for reviewing, I'm excited for more movies.

[00:48:15] [SPEAKER_07]: Yeah.

[00:48:15] [SPEAKER_07]: Of course.

[00:48:16] [SPEAKER_07]: But it makes it a little bit harder.

[00:48:18] [SPEAKER_07]: And if it's going to be harder schedule-wise, I want it to be worth it.

[00:48:21] [SPEAKER_07]: You know, I want there to be really sweet movies.

[00:48:23] [SPEAKER_07]: But my being scorned by the Love Club.

[00:48:28] [SPEAKER_05]: Brian, I'm trying to listen.

[00:48:29] [SPEAKER_05]: But I just found out Popeye's on Haywood Road's open.

[00:48:31] [SPEAKER_05]: And it's hard to concentrate.

[00:48:33] [SPEAKER_05]: I know.

[00:48:33] [SPEAKER_05]: The day has come.

[00:48:34] [SPEAKER_05]: We're doing the best we can.

[00:48:35] [SPEAKER_05]: Can I ask you this?

[00:48:36] [SPEAKER_05]: Are you thinking Popeye's?

[00:48:37] [SPEAKER_05]: Dude, I love.

[00:48:38] [SPEAKER_05]: I'm not.

[00:48:39] [SPEAKER_05]: Oh.

[00:48:39] [SPEAKER_05]: I love the chicken from Popeye's.

[00:48:41] [SPEAKER_05]: Okay.

[00:48:42] [SPEAKER_07]: Fair.

[00:48:43] [SPEAKER_05]: Brian?

[00:48:44] [SPEAKER_04]: Mm-hmm.

[00:48:45] [SPEAKER_04]: I believe we're done, right?

[00:48:47] [SPEAKER_04]: No.

[00:48:47] [SPEAKER_04]: You got one more, buddy.

[00:48:48] [SPEAKER_04]: One more.

[00:48:49] [SPEAKER_04]: Do I?

[00:48:49] [SPEAKER_04]: Yes.

[00:48:51] [SPEAKER_04]: Oh, I do.

[00:48:52] [SPEAKER_04]: You guys are right.

[00:48:53] [SPEAKER_04]: My last one in the Rancy list is this time each year.

[00:48:58] [SPEAKER_04]: What's that one?

[00:48:59] [SPEAKER_04]: This one is a married couple.

[00:49:02] [SPEAKER_04]: They're in a trial separation, trying things out.

[00:49:04] [SPEAKER_04]: They're co-parenting.

[00:49:05] [SPEAKER_04]: And then the mother-in-law comes into town, and they get back on the right path.

[00:49:08] [SPEAKER_04]: This airs October 24th.

[00:49:11] [SPEAKER_04]: This is going to be sad.

[00:49:12] [SPEAKER_04]: And this is on the Mystery Channel.

[00:49:14] [SPEAKER_04]: Who's in this?

[00:49:14] [SPEAKER_04]: This is Allison Sweeney, now Mater.

[00:49:16] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.

[00:49:16] [SPEAKER_05]: This is number one.

[00:49:18] [SPEAKER_05]: It should be number one on everybody's list.

[00:49:20] [SPEAKER_04]: This is a speed bump in the Christmas spirit for me.

[00:49:22] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.

[00:49:22] [SPEAKER_04]: I'm excited about that pairing.

[00:49:24] [SPEAKER_04]: I'm excited.

[00:49:24] [SPEAKER_04]: Of course, they're great.

[00:49:26] [SPEAKER_04]: They're great.

[00:49:26] [SPEAKER_04]: This movie sounds like it's a struggle.

[00:49:28] [SPEAKER_04]: October 24th?

[00:49:29] [SPEAKER_04]: It's shifting up to Christmas.

[00:49:31] [SPEAKER_04]: This is going to be like, let's bring it down too quick in the season for me.

[00:49:34] [SPEAKER_04]: I'm not ready.

[00:49:35] [SPEAKER_07]: That's a fair statement.

[00:49:36] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.

[00:49:36] [SPEAKER_04]: That's a fair statement.

[00:49:38] [SPEAKER_04]: So that's on my list.

[00:49:40] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah.

[00:49:40] [SPEAKER_05]: Dana?

[00:49:41] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah.

[00:49:41] [SPEAKER_05]: Number one for me, following Yonder Star, Brooke Dorsey, John Brotherton.

[00:49:46] [SPEAKER_05]: Love both of them.

[00:49:46] [SPEAKER_05]: Great handshake.

[00:49:47] [SPEAKER_05]: This is phenomenal, as you have told me literally every time I'm in.

[00:49:52] [SPEAKER_04]: It's a phenomenal handshake.

[00:49:54] [SPEAKER_05]: And Brooke Dorsey's handshake is great as well.

[00:49:56] [SPEAKER_04]: I don't want you to look.

[00:49:57] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.

[00:49:57] [SPEAKER_04]: I'm not putting hers down.

[00:49:58] [SPEAKER_04]: Of course.

[00:49:59] [SPEAKER_04]: John's exceptional.

[00:50:02] [SPEAKER_04]: Okay.

[00:50:03] [SPEAKER_04]: Whatever.

[00:50:04] [SPEAKER_05]: You need a minute?

[00:50:04] [SPEAKER_05]: Did you hear that Popeye's open on Haywood?

[00:50:06] [SPEAKER_05]: Dude, on Haywood Road.

[00:50:06] [SPEAKER_05]: It's right around the corner.

[00:50:07] [SPEAKER_05]: I love that chicken for Popeye.

[00:50:10] [SPEAKER_05]: Here's my thing.

[00:50:11] [SPEAKER_07]: You're putting a Dorsey Brotherton joint on your neck?

[00:50:15] [SPEAKER_05]: But I'll give you two reasons.

[00:50:16] [SPEAKER_05]: Criminal.

[00:50:17] [SPEAKER_05]: Arrest this man.

[00:50:18] [SPEAKER_05]: Number one.

[00:50:20] [SPEAKER_05]: Let me at him.

[00:50:21] [SPEAKER_05]: Let me at him.

[00:50:21] [SPEAKER_05]: No, Brent, sit down.

[00:50:23] [SPEAKER_05]: Dan, I can't hold him back much longer.

[00:50:25] [SPEAKER_05]: Big city girl goes to small town and meets high school science teacher.

[00:50:30] [SPEAKER_05]: Uh-huh.

[00:50:30] [SPEAKER_05]: Seen that a thousand times.

[00:50:31] [SPEAKER_05]: Uh-huh.

[00:50:32] [SPEAKER_05]: Not enough.

[00:50:32] [SPEAKER_05]: Number two, and this is the big one, it's a day spring joint.

[00:50:36] [SPEAKER_05]: Uh-huh.

[00:50:37] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah.

[00:50:38] [SPEAKER_05]: I know.

[00:50:40] [SPEAKER_05]: Blessing bracelet.

[00:50:41] [SPEAKER_05]: I just know.

[00:50:41] [SPEAKER_05]: Yes, exactly.

[00:50:42] [SPEAKER_07]: I just know.

[00:50:43] [SPEAKER_07]: I tried to mess it up there, and I didn't.

[00:50:45] [SPEAKER_07]: I meant to say blessing.

[00:50:45] [SPEAKER_07]: You got it.

[00:50:46] [SPEAKER_07]: Yeah.

[00:50:46] [SPEAKER_05]: You trying to mess it up and make sure you get it right.

[00:50:49] [SPEAKER_05]: Like, say bazooki.

[00:50:50] [SPEAKER_05]: Bazooki.

[00:50:51] [SPEAKER_05]: Um, I just think they've, these movies are so forced, and they don't let any sort of message

[00:51:16] [SPEAKER_05]: of the year, I believe, or close to it, and I just don't want it.

[00:51:19] [SPEAKER_05]: I don't want it, and I wish we were done already, and we're going to be in here recording anyway.

[00:51:22] [SPEAKER_05]: So there's that.

[00:51:23] [SPEAKER_05]: So happy holidays is the last one.

[00:51:25] [SPEAKER_05]: This is the one right before that.

[00:51:26] [SPEAKER_05]: Right.

[00:51:26] [SPEAKER_05]: Happy holidays.

[00:51:27] [SPEAKER_05]: Uh, we did it, everybody.

[00:51:29] [SPEAKER_03]: Congratulations.

[00:51:30] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah.

[00:51:30] [SPEAKER_05]: We kicked it off.

[00:51:31] [SPEAKER_05]: All we still have to do is to do it now.

[00:51:33] [SPEAKER_05]: We are doing it.

[00:51:34] [SPEAKER_05]: We're doing it tonight.

[00:51:35] [SPEAKER_05]: Then we'll have a look back with Alonzo, of course.

[00:51:36] [SPEAKER_07]: Tonight.

[00:51:37] [SPEAKER_07]: 6 p.m.

[00:51:39] [SPEAKER_07]: Eastern.

[00:51:39] [SPEAKER_07]: Decked.

[00:51:39] [SPEAKER_07]: Homework.com slash marathon.

[00:51:41] [SPEAKER_07]: We're going to draft some movies.

[00:51:42] [SPEAKER_07]: We're going to watch Twas the Date before Christmas.

[00:51:45] [SPEAKER_07]: We're going to review it tonight.

[00:51:46] [SPEAKER_07]: Man, it's here.

[00:51:47] [SPEAKER_07]: Can you believe it, Brian?

[00:51:48] [SPEAKER_07]: I cannot believe it.

[00:51:48] [SPEAKER_07]: We're going to be live all night long and all day tomorrow.

[00:51:51] [SPEAKER_07]: Oh, man.

[00:51:51] [SPEAKER_07]: We're going to watch Holiday Crushers.

[00:51:52] [SPEAKER_07]: Crack Crushers.

[00:51:54] [SPEAKER_07]: Crack Crushers.

[00:51:54] [SPEAKER_07]: Take Crack.

[00:51:55] [SPEAKER_07]: Holiday Crushers.

[00:51:55] [SPEAKER_07]: It's going to be so much fun.

[00:51:57] [SPEAKER_07]: The whole gang is going to be there.

[00:51:59] [SPEAKER_07]: So, the only thing that's missing is you.

[00:52:01] [SPEAKER_05]: Nicely done.

[00:52:02] [SPEAKER_07]: So, come on.

[00:52:03] [SPEAKER_07]: And we're going to be raising money all weekend long for Beloved Asheville.

[00:52:08] [SPEAKER_07]: The fine folks up there that are continuing to need all the support they can get for the

[00:52:14] [SPEAKER_07]: destruction from Hurricane Helene.

[00:52:16] [SPEAKER_07]: So, please, come on.

[00:52:18] [SPEAKER_07]: Decked.

[00:52:18] [SPEAKER_07]: Homework.com slash marathon.

[00:52:19] [SPEAKER_07]: It's going to be so much fun.

[00:52:21] [SPEAKER_07]: Until then, may we be the first to wish you a Merry Christmas.

[00:52:24] [SPEAKER_05]: The Bramble Jam podcast is produced by Aaron Shea.

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[00:52:52] [SPEAKER_07]: Thanks for listening or don't listen.

[00:52:55] [SPEAKER_07]: It's really up to you at this point.

[00:52:57] [SPEAKER_07]: It's at the end of the show.

[00:52:58] [SPEAKER_07]: I mean, you're listening to me.

[00:53:00] [SPEAKER_07]: Hi.

[00:53:01] [SPEAKER_07]: But here they come.

[00:53:02] [SPEAKER_07]: I promise they're coming.

[00:53:03] [SPEAKER_07]: Yep.

[00:53:03] [SPEAKER_07]: Here they are.

[00:53:04] [SPEAKER_07]: Happy day.