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It's the holiday season.

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So hippity hop and hoppity hip.

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And don't forget to wear your best drip.

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Yo, yo, yo! Merry Christmas!

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We have a special holiday

treat for the HHMC listeners and viewers.

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Bring it!

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C’mon! Welcome to hip hop movie club.

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This is a show for Gen-X

hip hop fans want to relive the glory days

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and reconsider classic and modern hip

hop films from a current day perspective.

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Together, we'll explore some of the larger

societal issues raised in these films,

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whether you have seen or not seen Dashing

Through The Snow before,

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we’ll help you decide if you should take

the time to watch it now.

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Either way, you'll be a smarter

hip hop fan by the end of this episode.

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In the next 30 minutes or so,

you'll get all this and more.

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We are three

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old heads who to put their old heads

together to vibe on these films for you.

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I'm DynoWright, podcaster, filmmaker,

longtime hip hop fan, and the most recent

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hip hop show I went to was the Pharcyde

a few weeks ago in Philly.

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I'm JB,

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eighties and nineties nostalgia

junkie, longtime hip hop fan,

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and I'm somewhat internationally known

but not really known

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to rock a microphone.

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I'm Boogie, a

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deejay, longtime

hip hop fan, and I ain't no joke.

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I used to let the mike smoke and I slam it

when I'm done and make sure it's broke.

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Yea yeeeeh

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In this episode, we'll answer

the question.

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Is dashing through the snow

ludicrously good or just aight?

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One, one, one, one...

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Dashing Through

The Snow is a 2023 Christmas comedy

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starring Christopher “Ludacris” Bridges

and Lil Rel Howery.

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Ludacris plays

the role of Eddie, a jaded social worker

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apathetic about Christmas

as he was traumatized as a child

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by a Christmas Eve mishap.

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A magical North Pole visitor

and a precocious, delightful daughter

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spread joy.

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But can they convert him into a

true believer in Santa Claus?

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Alright, this is a fun new

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take on a holiday movie with Luda.

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How did you guys rate

Ludacris’s performance?

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And you know, he's no rookie

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in the movie industry,

but how do you do in this film?

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What do you think, Boogie?

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Well, I think it was good.

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I mean, he definitely does come across

as a good dude.

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He does come across

as a guy that you're rooting for.

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And in the context of the film, he's

somewhat jaded in his outlook

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on the holidays and you kind of

want him to get a go along with it

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because Lil Rel as a Nicks...Nicholas

Sinter Klaus and his daughter Charlotte,

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you know, they’re kind of happy and bubbly

and he's kind of like playing Mr.

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Grump.

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She actually referred to as Grumpus

said at one point on a phone call.

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So yeah, he's a, he's very grumpy.

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So you kind of

want him to get with the program.

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And I think that his portrayal

of how he was supposedly

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feeling at that time

and trying to get him,

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he was resisting and trying to resist,

I think that was really good for him.

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I definitely enjoyed the interactions

between him and Lil Rel,

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and I think that there were some points

in the film

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that tugged at my emotional heartstrings

a little bit, too.

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So, I mean, hats off to Ludacris, I think

he knocked this one out of the ballpark.

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Yeah, I agree.

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He was really good.

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He's so likable.

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And then he, like you said,

tugging on the heartstrings.

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He had to be emotional at the beginning

when he was called into that crisis

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and he helped that troubled man,

Luther, down from the tower.

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He was just a seasoned pro at that.

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He was a natural

and he's a good father to his daughter.

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And he's very relatable

to the common person.

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DynoWright, what are your thoughts on

Luda's performance here?

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I enjoyed it.

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It was a little

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it wasn't completely consistent

the whole way through for me, but

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especially in the beginning when he talks

down the guy from literally from

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heights.

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It was really good then,

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and it was a little uneven for me,

but I really enjoyed it.

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I'll watch Ludacris in anything.

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We'll get into that a little more later.

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But I did enjoy him.

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Yeah, I think just

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to back track to that crisis situation.

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That scene was very

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it was emotional for me

because of the interaction, because

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especially now,

we see all these different instances of,

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you know, people that have mental issues

or breakdowns

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or whatever,

and police are called in to the scene.

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And instead of the situation

being deescalated, it escalates

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and somebody ends up getting harmed

or sometimes killed in those situations.

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So I think that it was good

that they showed

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in this scene

how the situation should be handled.

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The police were called.

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They were on the scene,

but they called in,

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especially somebody who was trained

to deal with those type

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of situations, too,

in to ease the situation.

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And I definitely,

definitely like that interaction.

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It kind of

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I mean, you

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want the best person for the job, right,

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someone like him was definitely it.

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He he injected some humor in the situation

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and he lightened the mood

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So that was really great.

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Got him to that shelter.

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What songs

caught your attention in the film?

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A couple of hip hop

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to some of the holiday tracks

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What were the ones that caught

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Yeah I had a Your ear?

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I was jotting down some songs and stuff.

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So I start off with the hip hop ones.

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There was a “Party Up”, up in here.

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Classic DMX track.

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(Yeah) it actually played.

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Eddie was playing it

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in the car right after his intervention

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He had been on you know,

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he was tired of the holiday tracks that

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There was

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“What you want for Christmas?”

by the Quad City DJs.

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Yes. Yes.

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While Nick was delivering

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to the crooked congressman's house,

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there's the classic you know, “Christmas

in Hollis” the Run DMC Christmas.

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classic.

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As the team of

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Nick, no, not Nick, Eddie, Charlotte

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I wish I forgot the name of that family

that was tracking the chuckles.

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Yes, they were called the Santa seekers.

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You know, Santa seekers that they were

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as they were going to rescue Nick,

that playing

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“Mama said knock you out”.

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That was really good.

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When the reindeer came in. Yeah.

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So to protect to protect the vehicle.

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So they were trained to protect it.

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it prior to that as the action

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It's not necessarily

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theme as the Rocky theme was playing,

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you know, oh shoot, it's on now.

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That's right.

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That was a fun little tidbit. Yeah. Yeah.

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There's a couple of other

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There was “Run, Run, Rudolph”.

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I really liked “12 Days of Christmas”

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played at the end credits.

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It's a - but overall,

it was a good soundtrack.

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It was definitely energetic.

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Yeah, it's - Quad City

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the Train, and Ride It”.

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That Miami bass sound right there.

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That brings us back to our early days

of college, I guess, right?

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That must've been early nineties.

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Any time you can work in the Quad City

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What you want for Christmas

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All those

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all the hip hop tracks were on point

like I love it.

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Yeah it was great.

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It's funny because

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we'll listen in the car

this time of Christmas songs all the time.

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And I do need a break every once about

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hip hop, you know, just to like,

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break it up and then go back and forth.

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So I can relate to a

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Eddie Ludacris in there.

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There is one song that comes on in the car

in the beginning

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called “Santa Got Caught in the Chimney”.

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Yes, This is a very deep cut

by the Paulette Sisters.

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It's now you would consider it

a little bit fat shaming.

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But just from the music

standpoint, it's a really rockin song.

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I enjoy it a lot and it's kind of funny.

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Like he got stuck in the chimney,

which it happens in the movie.

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So it a funny,

funny kind of connection there.

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But Google that one.

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That's a it's a fun little romp

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music wise,

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good bassline, all that kind of stuff.

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It can't be as cancel-able

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as like “Grandma

Got Run Over by a Reindeer”.

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You look back at that one,

it's like, ah, the lady died, dying,

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they're celebrating.

We could at least have her gifts together.

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Play that back.

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Yeah, it's a little rough now.

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Rough is drinking.

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Drinking around her

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demise.

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That's funny.

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But let's talk

a little more about the movie.

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I think it was a lot of fun.

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It moved quickly. It was entertaining.

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And I think Lil Rel and Ludacris

had a really fun dynamic together.

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And Oscar from

The Office was a good villain.

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I like. He's goofy.

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Yes. Yes.

I just call him Oscar from the Office.

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Oscar Nunez played the role of Oscar

in the sitcom The Office.

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What are

your other thoughts about the movie guys

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in general?

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I think I think it was

I think it was a cute film.

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I definitely enjoyed it.

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The storyline was was funny because,

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like I said,

you wanted to root for for for Eddie

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Eddie's character throughout the movie

because you don't want to

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I don't want to give it away.

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But, you know,

he had a really rough experience.

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They kind of turn him off from Christmas

and he held on to that for a long time.

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And even though everyone around him

was, you know, kind of go

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get them with the program and enjoying it.

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And it seemed like his distaste for

Christmas actually ruined his marriage.

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I think toward the end of the movie,

he realized that,

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you know, that's kind of what it was as

he had started to believe

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that Nick actually was Santa Claus

and he actually wanted to help.

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He actually found

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what he was missing in himself

and was able to rekindle his relationship.

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So, I mean, it's it's a good movie.

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I think that it made me feel

good. Is good.

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Feel good movie.

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Yeah, I agree.

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How about you, DynoWright?

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Yeah. It was fun and cute.

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Was it a

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Citizen Kane?

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No, But you know, these kinds of movies

I have different expectations for.

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And it certainly entertained me.

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I think Lil Rel Howery is great.

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You guys saw “Free Guy”

with Ryan Reynolds?

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He plays his best friend.

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(Yes.) The other security guard.

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He's great in that movie too.

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So it was great, I was glad to get

like a whole movie with him

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because he's just that

kind of like chaotic good, really fun.

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And he's got all the good lines, too.

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He's he's

along the stylings of a Kevin Hart.

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He's got the gift of gab.

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And like,

he has your head spinning and you

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and he has you laughing the whole time.

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So, yeah, he was great.

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He had

a bunch of nicknames for himself and.

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Like not to give it away, but he

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he not to give it away to the listeners

because I want you guys to check this out.

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But he he rattles off a few few

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unknown facts about Santa Claus.

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And they're. Pretty. Hilarious.

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Yeah just think cinnamon and...

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Yeah.

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I thought that was a funny touch.

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That was funny.

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Yeah.

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So, you know, it's funny too,

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you know, it's hard sometimes

to separate Ludacris from from the actor.

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Like, I almost at one point

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thought that Lil Rel’s character,

Santa Claus, was going to, like,

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say, hey, you have some naughty lyrics

in some of your songs.

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like.

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Yeah.

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Like “Move, B-

You know, fourth wall-breaking.

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I know that's funny.

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They did

You know what they did have Ludacris,

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but they call it the line where he said

“That's ludicrous.” Yeah.

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At one point I was like, there you

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go. Yeah.

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But if only Santa Claus

knew the lyrics to like,

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“What's your Fantasy?” And many,

many others.

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“Hoes in Different Area Codes”.

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I was almost shocked he wasn't driving

an Escalade in this movie.

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I guess.

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I guess a social worker

doesn't make that much.

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He had a nice little,

not even a full size SUV.

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It was a tiny thing.

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Yeah.

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20 inch rims. Is.

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What you got in that. Bag.

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He shoulda said that to Santa.

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We gotta roll

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out. Well,

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yeah.

286

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Oh man.

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I couple of...

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But that was funny.

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But I've seen Ludacris post things

I think like with his actual

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with his actual daughter driving around

and had some funny interactions

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like in real life

if you follow him on on Instagram

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was funny so yes we enjoyed it.

293

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But do you think it will hold up

as an annual holiday film?

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Do you think this is one that,

295

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you know, people will start

watching on annual basis?

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What do you guys think?

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Hmm. I think it has the potential

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just because it's it's

got that cute factor in that Lil Rel

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and, you know, touch where he's

rattling off those little funny tidbits

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about Santa it and I think

has the potential to be an annual film.

301

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I don't know if it will or not,

but the potential is definitely there.

302

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Right? Right.

303

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I agree.

304

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I think it depends really on more

Lil Rel’s career,

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how it progresses

as people go back to watch it.

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If they if they get into him,

they'll get into this movie

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and I think that's potential also.

308

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Yeah, same thing here.

309

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It's like I don't know,

sure it'll be annual,

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but I would recommend it

to a lot of folks.

311

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I've been already

telling some people about it,

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but I mean, I thought the storyline

very similar to “The Santa Clause”

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with Tim Allen

and that ended up having a few sequels

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because it was similar in that Tim

Allen's character,

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you know, was a real life Santa Claus.

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And there was this

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the family dynamic where he was divorced

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and, you know, a nonbeliever,

he actually became Santa Claus.

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So I was like, they kind of use

a little bit of that formula,

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but I'd rather watch this one

because it’s fresher.

321

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I've seen that one dozens of times.

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And it it kind of holds up.

323

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But like, I'm at this point

kind of getting a little bit tired of that

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and that series.

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So I'm good with watching this

a few more times

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and see kind of how it holds up. Hmm!

327

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But I think you're right.

328

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I think the star power

is something that would carry

329

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because Tim Allen was already known

from like “Home Improvement”.

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Yeah.

331

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And I'm not sure of the timeline,

how it sits with

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like Woody from Toy Story,

but he's a big household name.

333

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And so he kind of carries

that film and said, watch this.

334

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You know, Tim's in here, he's

Santa Claus. And.

335

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Right.

336

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And they brought in Martin Short

for one of the sequels and stuff.

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So it's like Lil Rel, Ludacris can help,

you know,

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maybe carry this

because it has a great, great storyline.

339

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Yeah, there's a lot here in this universe

to make a sequel out of

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or multiple sequels out of. So yeah.

341

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You know, this could be one of many.

342

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Yeah, maybe you see the progression

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of their relationship reconciling and

344

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maybe they have another child or something

and you see more

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hijinks ensue.

346

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So a little bit

more about Ludacris career.

347

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You know, his biggest contribution

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to the movie

349

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industry or scene is the Fast and Furious

franchise.

350

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How are you guys into the Fast and Furious

franchise?

351

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There's over now at least ten

because I saw the X, right?

352

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Yeah. and Ludacris is a big part of that.

353

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It's a guilty pleasure of mine.

354

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I watched all of them

355

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and I have no idea why, because I know

that is totally unbelievable.

356

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But...I'm an action junkie.

357

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So it's like watching the live action

video game.

358

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Believe it or not,

have not seen any of them.

359

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So I have to start

360

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from the beginning and go through.

361

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Yeah, I mean, I've seen bits and pieces

here and there, but I'm not super into it,

362

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not that I have anything against it, but

363

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I never went to the theater to see any.

364

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I think my son saw one or two of them,

365

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but they're a good time.

366

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Vin Diesel and

367

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Ludacris, I'm sure I'd enjoy it.

368

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If I want to go like buckle down

and go through them.

369

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Yeah. Who’s not a fan of Vin Diesel?

I mean.

370

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That's fascinating.

371

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You need to put Vin Diesel in the sequel

because it's all about family.

372

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Yes. Family.

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Santa driving around in a.

374

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You know, in Fast and Furious,

you know, we're hip hop

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podcast is always going to be intertwined

376

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with hip hop because of the tragedy

that happened with Paul Walker.

377

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And then there was that top of the charts

song “See You Again” by Wiz Khalifa.

378

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Right.

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Featuring Charlie Puth.

That's a great song.

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And like, it's really emotional

when you hear it because,

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you know, you know that

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it's a tribute to Paul Walker, who,

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you know, tragically died, ironically,

in an auto accident.

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So, yeah, that's that that series to me

is kind of like

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has some deep connection with hip hop.

386

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So let's have a little more fun here.

387

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What's some of your other,

388

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some of your favorite holiday movies

that you put on and watch?

389

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And actually just before the show,

we had one we had one on was

390

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keep an eye on it with with my daughter.

391

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Now, what do you guys

have is your list of like top

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five to ten holiday movies each year?

393

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Boogie, you want to kick us off?

394

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I’m a fan of some of the classics.

395

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I'm a

fan of “March of the Wooden Soldiers”.

396

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I watched it on Thanksgiving.

397

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I watch it every Thanksgiving

and I watch it a few times

398

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in between Christmas and I watch it

a couple of times on Christmas.

399

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I love that movie

400

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classic Laurel and Hardy.

401

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My other one

402

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other favorites

is a “Miracle on 34th Street”.

403

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I don't know why I got hooked on it.

404

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I just watch it.

405

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I mean, it's a classic.

Yeah, “It's a Wonderful Life”.

406

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It's probably one of my all time

classic movies.

407

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Favorite movies.

408

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And there is a couple of the newer ones,

409

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“Jingle

All the Way” with Arnold Schwarzenegger.

410

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I love that movie,

trying to get Turbo Man.

411

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I was just going to say.

412

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Turbo Man!

413

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My other one of

the favorites, “Home Alone” -

414

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can't go wrong with that.

415

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This one is always up for debate,

416

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but it's definitely a holiday movie

because it takes place at a holiday party.

417

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“Die Hard”

I knew you were going to say that.

418

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Oh yeah. No, no doubt.

419

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No argument.

420

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Of course.

421

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Then one of the new

422

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the new ones that just came out

a couple of years ago, “Jingle Jangle”.

423

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Yes. I definitely moved up to one of my

my instant classics and I watched that

424

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you know, that that

so there's a few others that I watch for

425

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those those are the main ones that I watch

repeatedly during the season.

426

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Nakatomi Plaza That's.

427

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Oh yeah, “Jingle Jangle”.

428

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Yeah, that. was a good movie.

429

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I saw that a couple years ago. Yeah.

430

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Really good. But

431

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“Everything is Possible” is a great song.

432

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Wow, really good.

433

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Wasn't that Forest Whitaker

was, like, a star of that, right?

434

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I think. Yes.

435

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You saw it

when it came out a couple years ago.

436

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Plays a toymaker. Yeah.

437

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Yeah, DynoWright, what are some of

your favorite holiday movies For me ...

438

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Yeah.

439

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“Die Hard”, for sure.

440

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This one has a sentimental value.

441

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It's my wife's favorite movie.

442

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It's called “Desk Set”.

443

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It's a Spencer Tracy

Katharine Hepburn movie.

444

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Also takes place during the holidays.

445

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It's the movie

that I used to propose to her.

446

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So there's a whole story there.

447

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I've probably seen “While

You Were Sleeping” with Sandra

448

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Bullock, like, I don't know, a zillion

times, just for, like, no reason, Like,

449

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it's, it's, it's always on or something

during the holidays.

450

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And so that's one I happen to like a lot.

451

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Of course, “It's A Wonderful

Life” is a good one

452

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and just watched it on Thanksgiving

and that was it was fun to watch that

453

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having seen all these movies

that we watch, too.

454

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And of course, “A Christmas Story”.

455

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Yes. yes.

456

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A Christmas Eve

457

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tradition of mine is to wrap

my wife's gifts and watch that like it's.

458

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It's on a loop. Yep. On cable. Yeah. Yeah.

459

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I missed that layup. Yeah,

460

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that was a layup right there.

461

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I watched- That major award.

462

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We actually went to Cleveland in 2016

on a whim because we were into running 5Ks

463

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and they were hosting a 5K

and it was the Christmas Story 5K.

464

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I have a medal, I can go grab it

for one second because it's really cool.

465

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Hold on one sec.

466

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Yeah, I remember when they did that.

467

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I forgot about that.

468

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That's really fun.

469

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Do you have it handy? Yes.

470

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So have more.

471

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I had them all hanging up on.

472

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okay.

473

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So this is by far my most prized medal.

474

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There's a bit of a glare, but.

look at that. There you. Go. Yeah.

475

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And it says, I can't put my arms down.

476

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And so when it's.

477

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Well, yeah, and then there's lamps.

478

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And the cool thing about about this

race is people are all dressed up,

479

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People

480

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are dressed up like the leg lamp

and running this 5K race.

481

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You had people in the pink

bunny pajamas running.

482

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now you.

483

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Have people dressed up

as a can of Ovaltine.

484

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They actually say

485

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So this was in early December.

486

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That is brilliant.

487

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Cleveland, and they were serving Ovaltine

488

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like either cold or hot,

like kind of like a hot chocolate.

489

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So it was perfect.

490

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So, yeah, we had a good time with that.

491

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Man, I haven't had Ovaltine

in a long time.

492

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Yeah. Ovaltine, please

sponsor our podcast!

493

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But it’s cool

is that you got to go in the house

494

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where they film their actual living room

and the kitchen where the Bumpus dogs go.

495

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I need to do that.

496

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I need to get back to Cleveland.

Yeah, that's cool.

497

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But sorry to interrupt.

498

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Yeah, it's a great.

499

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That's cool.

500

00:23:31,916 --> 00:23:34,791

Yeah. Yeah,

we enjoyed it. Let's hear yours. Let's.

501

00:23:34,791 --> 00:23:35,041

All right.

502

00:23:35,041 --> 00:23:37,875

So as you know,

I'm not just a big comedy goofball guy,

503

00:23:37,875 --> 00:23:41,875

so I was going to say “Christmas Story”

because of the comedic value.

504

00:23:41,958 --> 00:23:44,333

“National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation”.

505

00:23:44,333 --> 00:23:47,708

I love Clark Griswold and his high jinks.

506

00:23:47,708 --> 00:23:50,708

I mean, we quote that all the time,

507

00:23:50,750 --> 00:23:52,833

Todd and Margo and all that stuff.

508

00:23:52,833 --> 00:23:54,791

Classic and “Elf”.

509

00:23:54,791 --> 00:23:57,541

Elf has become one we watch every year.

510

00:23:57,541 --> 00:24:00,208

Another great Will Ferrell, Buddy,

the Elf.

511

00:24:00,208 --> 00:24:01,125

Watched it on Thanksgiving.

512

00:24:01,125 --> 00:24:04,083

I have the Elf ugly sweater. Santa,

I know him!

513

00:24:04,083 --> 00:24:06,500

I have Elf socks.

514

00:24:06,500 --> 00:24:08,333

So I mean I love the original

515

00:24:08,333 --> 00:24:11,333

Grinch cartoon too

that came out years ago, Dr.

516

00:24:11,333 --> 00:24:11,541

Seuss.

517

00:24:11,541 --> 00:24:16,333

But then I do like the Jim

Carrey version as well.

518

00:24:16,416 --> 00:24:17,333

I never saw that.

519

00:24:17,333 --> 00:24:18,625

I recommend it.

520

00:24:18,625 --> 00:24:21,625

Yeah, my son loves it. Ron Howard

521

00:24:21,708 --> 00:24:23,208

directed it.

522

00:24:23,208 --> 00:24:25,833

And he's I mean, Jim

Carrey's really good at it.

523

00:24:25,833 --> 00:24:28,958

I mean, and Jeffrey Tambor is in it

524

00:24:28,958 --> 00:24:32,416

and it's really, really well done.

525

00:24:32,416 --> 00:24:34,541

I think I like that version.

526

00:24:34,541 --> 00:24:35,541

How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

527

00:24:35,541 --> 00:24:37,958

Now, they did another animated one

a few years ago

528

00:24:37,958 --> 00:24:39,916

that wasn't too fond of that one.

529

00:24:39,916 --> 00:24:42,500

And yeah, having the kids too.

530

00:24:42,500 --> 00:24:46,458

But I don't know if your son

is into “Polar Express” also. Yes.

531

00:24:46,541 --> 00:24:49,708

So Polar Express,

I mean, there's some great songs in there

532

00:24:49,708 --> 00:24:51,416

and the animation is nice.

533

00:24:51,416 --> 00:24:54,416

And Tom Hanks plays

like every single character.

534

00:24:54,500 --> 00:24:56,125

And that became like an instant

535

00:24:56,125 --> 00:25:00,208

classic on his star power

and the way that they did that.

536

00:25:00,291 --> 00:25:01,708

Just like Boogie “Home Alone”.

That was one.

537

00:25:01,708 --> 00:25:03,583

I was just watching that prior to this.

538

00:25:03,583 --> 00:25:07,166

They At Home Alone won, and then

the sequel came on Lost in New York.

539

00:25:07,166 --> 00:25:08,333

This one, like slightly

540

00:25:08,333 --> 00:25:11,958

under the radar one's

“Christmas with the Kranks” we like too.

541

00:25:12,166 --> 00:25:15,500

I read the book by John

Grisham called “Skipping Christmas”.

542

00:25:15,583 --> 00:25:17,208

It was a fun little novel that he did.

543

00:25:17,208 --> 00:25:23,500

And then they convert to a movie

where it's Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis

544

00:25:23,541 --> 00:25:25,041

and it's about, you know,

545

00:25:25,041 --> 00:25:27,666

they were going to skip Christmas

because they were all fed up with it.

546

00:25:27,666 --> 00:25:31,583

But then their daughter

was coming home from college

547

00:25:31,666 --> 00:25:33,833

and they kind of

they want to do it big up.

548

00:25:33,833 --> 00:25:36,500

So it was it's

pretty entertaining as well.

549

00:25:36,500 --> 00:25:39,500

So that's kind of

my list is mostly comedies.

550

00:25:39,750 --> 00:25:43,333

I do have an appreciation for the classics

too, like Miracle on 34th Street

551

00:25:43,333 --> 00:25:47,708

and It's A Wonderful Life,

in addition to Die Hard,

552

00:25:47,750 --> 00:25:49,333

which I like as well.

553

00:25:49,333 --> 00:25:54,250

If you remember, “Gremlins”

was also set around Christmas time,

554

00:25:54,333 --> 00:25:55,750

rewatching that not too long ago.

555

00:25:55,750 --> 00:25:58,416

And all that is kind of Christmas.

556

00:25:58,416 --> 00:26:01,083

Yeah. as well. Yes. Yes.

557

00:26:01,083 --> 00:26:03,708

We can't get out of here without

mentioning “A Charlie Brown Christmas”.

558

00:26:03,708 --> 00:26:04,916

Of course.

559

00:26:04,916 --> 00:26:07,625

Is another one of my favorites. Yeah,

there you go.

560

00:26:07,625 --> 00:26:10,916

I like all the Charlie Brown

specials, the Thanksgiving one.

561

00:26:10,916 --> 00:26:13,333

Yeah, they're all great. They're great.

562

00:26:13,416 --> 00:26:15,000

The Great Pumpkin.

563

00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:18,333

Exactly. Yes.

564

00:26:18,416 --> 00:26:19,000

Yeah.

565

00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:22,166

Have you seen “Four Christmases”?

566

00:26:22,250 --> 00:26:23,666

Did I see that?

567

00:26:23,666 --> 00:26:28,000

Vince Vaughn.

568

00:26:28,041 --> 00:26:28,750

You know.

569

00:26:28,750 --> 00:26:29,458

What's her name?

570

00:26:29,458 --> 00:26:32,708

I can't recall it. Reese Witherspoon.

Yeah.

571

00:26:32,791 --> 00:26:35,083

This one. And we saw this one.

572

00:26:35,083 --> 00:26:36,791

It was pretty funny. Really?

573

00:26:36,791 --> 00:26:38,666

Check that one out.

574

00:26:38,666 --> 00:26:43,416

I just thought I just popped into my head

like, we mean, I like that one.

575

00:26:43,500 --> 00:26:45,750

It was to see if I watched it, cause

it sounds familiar.

576

00:26:45,750 --> 00:26:49,000

I feel like I have seen it

like, by accident.

577

00:26:49,041 --> 00:26:50,250

That's the same with me.

578

00:26:50,250 --> 00:26:54,083

Like I feel like I know elements of it,

but I can't like,

579

00:26:54,166 --> 00:26:55,916

quote it and I don't really know

580

00:26:55,916 --> 00:26:58,916

the whole storyline off top of my head.

581

00:26:59,041 --> 00:27:01,500

But also

582

00:27:01,500 --> 00:27:03,500

there's one that's pretty polarizing

583

00:27:03,500 --> 00:27:07,458

that some people love

and some people don't is “Love Actually”.

584

00:27:07,541 --> 00:27:09,250

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

585

00:27:09,250 --> 00:27:14,791

It it became problematic once you think

about what's happened in the movie.

586

00:27:14,875 --> 00:27:17,875

I don't really know

that I don't know what that well I just.

587

00:27:18,083 --> 00:27:21,291

Yeah it you know, parts of it are good.

588

00:27:21,291 --> 00:27:22,791

There are some problematic parts.

589

00:27:22,791 --> 00:27:27,000

If you reconsider,

you know how we've progressed since then.

590

00:27:27,083 --> 00:27:30,083

But yeah.

591

00:27:30,083 --> 00:27:31,458

Right

592

00:27:31,458 --> 00:27:36,000

there I mentioned this in our “In Too

Deep” episode, but

593

00:27:36,083 --> 00:27:39,166

“Last Holiday” with Queen Latifah

and LL Cool J.

594

00:27:39,166 --> 00:27:40,500

Very cute. Yes.

595

00:27:40,500 --> 00:27:42,791

They're one of my wife's favorites. Yeah.

596

00:27:42,791 --> 00:27:44,833

I love that. Movie, you know.

597

00:27:44,833 --> 00:27:47,166

Yeah,

598

00:27:47,166 --> 00:27:50,583

I watched that movie a few times over

probably the last couple of months.

599

00:27:50,666 --> 00:27:52,875

Yeah,

600

00:27:52,875 --> 00:27:56,458

it just kept coming on in my house,

so I'll watch it again.

601

00:27:56,541 --> 00:28:00,541

Yeah, we have it on DVD, so. Right.

602

00:28:00,625 --> 00:28:01,583

And I guess.

603

00:28:01,583 --> 00:28:05,583

That gets a heavy rotation.

604

00:28:05,666 --> 00:28:06,625

Remember last year

605

00:28:06,625 --> 00:28:10,000

around this time

we did the “Hip Hop Nutcracker”.

606

00:28:10,083 --> 00:28:10,791

Yes, I.

607

00:28:10,791 --> 00:28:13,541

If that still out there. It was

it was a Disney Plus thing.

608

00:28:13,541 --> 00:28:14,333

I don't remember.

609

00:28:14,333 --> 00:28:15,375

It was Disney+.

610

00:28:15,375 --> 00:28:17,666

Yeah. But that's something

that's worth rewatching too.

611

00:28:17,666 --> 00:28:19,083

That was good.

612

00:28:19,083 --> 00:28:21,125

It was good. Yeah.

613

00:28:21,125 --> 00:28:22,500

Great dance scenes.

614

00:28:22,500 --> 00:28:24,666

They're going to be doing the

615

00:28:24,666 --> 00:28:28,291

the live one down at the Orange Park

616

00:28:28,375 --> 00:28:31,833

because I know when I went to see

Kurtis Blow,

617

00:28:31,916 --> 00:28:36,500

one of his dancers was the main character

he played the main character in.

618

00:28:36,500 --> 00:28:38,500

And he was

and they were kind of talking about it

619

00:28:38,500 --> 00:28:40,583

and they said,

Yeah, we'll be back this year,

620

00:28:40,583 --> 00:28:47,083

so maybe I'll see if I can snag

a ticket or to check it out.

621

00:28:47,166 --> 00:28:49,500

Two more:

622

00:28:49,500 --> 00:28:50,791

“Scrooged” with Bill Murray.

623

00:28:50,791 --> 00:28:53,000

Yes, he's so funny.

624

00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:56,000

It's so. Funny.

625

00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:57,958

I was just talking about that

as the Bobcat

626

00:28:57,958 --> 00:29:01,291

Goldthwait goes postal. Yes.

627

00:29:01,375 --> 00:29:03,416

Yes. And Lee Majors.

628

00:29:03,416 --> 00:29:05,916

Yeah. Yeah.

629

00:29:05,916 --> 00:29:10,375

And the other one is Albert

Finney's version of “A Christmas Carol”.

630

00:29:10,458 --> 00:29:11,583

It's also very good.

631

00:29:11,583 --> 00:29:14,541

Yes. Yes.

632

00:29:14,541 --> 00:29:15,541

Also Christmas Carol.

633

00:29:15,541 --> 00:29:16,791

That's a great one. Yeah.

634

00:29:16,791 --> 00:29:20,500

With Ebenezer Scrooge, that is a classic.

635

00:29:20,541 --> 00:29:23,666

But also there is an animated version

that Disney put out

636

00:29:23,666 --> 00:29:27,375

and also Jim Carrey plays Scrooge.

637

00:29:27,458 --> 00:29:29,833

And that's very well done, too.

638

00:29:29,833 --> 00:29:33,000

Yeah, the animated version

animation is pretty neat and it's it's

639

00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:36,291

at least ten years old,

I would think, around that time frame.

640

00:29:36,291 --> 00:29:38,125

But I like that version also.

641

00:29:38,125 --> 00:29:41,541

My kids. My kids really enjoyed that one.

642

00:29:41,625 --> 00:29:46,000

Yeah. Tiny Tim always steals the show.

643

00:29:46,041 --> 00:29:48,083

Little Tiny Tim

644

00:29:48,083 --> 00:29:50,125

Yeah, yeah.

645

00:29:50,125 --> 00:29:51,041

There's so many.

646

00:29:51,041 --> 00:29:53,041

Then there's those shows, the specials,

like they come out,

647

00:29:53,041 --> 00:29:54,041

you know, the “Rudolph

the Red-Nosed Reindeer”.

648

00:29:54,041 --> 00:29:56,125

“Frosty The Snowman” too.

649

00:29:56,125 --> 00:29:58,250

Right. “The Year Without a Santa Claus”.

650

00:29:58,250 --> 00:30:00,666

It was the Snow Miser, Heatmiser

and all those.

651

00:30:00,666 --> 00:30:02,500

Yeah, Yeah. Claymation.

652

00:30:02,500 --> 00:30:03,208

All those guys.

653

00:30:03,208 --> 00:30:06,541

Misfit Toys. Yeah.

654

00:30:06,625 --> 00:30:10,458

You guys Emmett Otter Jug Band fans?

655

00:30:10,541 --> 00:30:13,750

As a kid. Yes.

656

00:30:13,833 --> 00:30:17,333

The jug band Christmas. Yes.

657

00:30:17,416 --> 00:30:20,916

Look at the birds in the trees.

658

00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:28,833

We’re no birds, we’re a jug

659

00:30:28,916 --> 00:30:30,666

band. Yes.

660

00:30:30,666 --> 00:30:33,791

Do you remember one

that's maybe embarrassing

661

00:30:33,791 --> 00:30:37,291

to Keanu Reeves,

But he's got no shame, probably.

662

00:30:37,375 --> 00:30:38,458

And Drew Barrymore.

663

00:30:38,458 --> 00:30:40,708

Remember “Babes in Toyland”?

664

00:30:40,708 --> 00:30:42,375

Oh yeah. They were.

665

00:30:42,375 --> 00:30:44,291

I remember the beginning.

They're singing in this one.

666

00:30:44,291 --> 00:30:44,541

There's a

667

00:30:44,541 --> 00:30:49,791

snow, there's a blizzard to sing a song

about since the town of Cincinnati. And

668

00:30:49,875 --> 00:30:50,750

it's not.

669

00:30:50,750 --> 00:30:53,875

Okay. Yeah, it's it's it's really weird.

670

00:30:53,875 --> 00:30:54,875

It goes off a different tangents.

671

00:30:54,875 --> 00:30:58,416

Pat Morita is in it and okay.

672

00:30:58,500 --> 00:31:01,500

It's a wild, weird thing,

673

00:31:01,583 --> 00:31:05,500

but it just it just jogged my memory.

674

00:31:05,541 --> 00:31:08,875

Not one that's easily watchable,

you know, what's going on here,

675

00:31:08,875 --> 00:31:12,291

but to see those stars

as young youngsters, it's kind of like,

676

00:31:12,500 --> 00:31:14,916

my God, I can't believe. Yeah,

677

00:31:14,916 --> 00:31:15,291

yeah.

678

00:31:15,291 --> 00:31:20,250

That's

where where they kind of got their start.

679

00:31:20,333 --> 00:31:22,958

And we can't forget “The Muppet

Christmas Carol”.

680

00:31:22,958 --> 00:31:23,833

absolutely.

681

00:31:23,833 --> 00:31:26,666

Yeah. Sure.

682

00:31:26,666 --> 00:31:27,083

Yeah.

683

00:31:27,083 --> 00:31:31,083

Nice Stop to think about how many movies

Christmas movies there are.

684

00:31:31,166 --> 00:31:32,000

There are a zillion!

685

00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:35,000

Yeah.

686

00:31:35,208 --> 00:31:37,791

It just keeps going and going.

687

00:31:37,791 --> 00:31:39,625

It's definitely a rabbit hole.

688

00:31:39,625 --> 00:31:44,166

Yeah, Yeah.

689

00:31:44,250 --> 00:31:46,833

And if you like Hallmark movies, there's.

690

00:31:46,833 --> 00:31:49,083

There's another zillion of those.

691

00:31:49,083 --> 00:31:50,708

That's right. man.

692

00:31:50,708 --> 00:31:51,833

They make so many of them.

693

00:31:51,833 --> 00:31:56,708

They put them out quick too,

and they put them out all year round.

694

00:31:56,791 --> 00:31:57,625

So they had a formula.

695

00:31:57,625 --> 00:32:00,500

They have the same formula

everybody jokes about.

696

00:32:00,500 --> 00:32:03,208

Yeah, yeah.

Formula is definitely the same.

697

00:32:03,208 --> 00:32:05,333

It's like someone has a loss.

698

00:32:05,333 --> 00:32:08,666

And so it's kind of like the Disney

formula is like.

699

00:32:08,750 --> 00:32:12,750

Somebody traveling to the big city

ends up in a small town.

700

00:32:12,750 --> 00:32:16,291

Yeah. During the holidays. Yeah, yeah.

701

00:32:16,375 --> 00:32:18,458

Why does everything happen in Vermont?

702

00:32:18,458 --> 00:32:19,083

Everything’s in Vermont.

703

00:32:19,083 --> 00:32:23,375

But I have a Christmas card from last year

704

00:32:23,458 --> 00:32:26,708

and it's a Hallmark movie title generator.

705

00:32:26,708 --> 00:32:28,375

Yeah, that's funny.

706

00:32:28,375 --> 00:32:31,375

my goodness.

707

00:32:31,500 --> 00:32:33,166

that's great.

708

00:32:33,166 --> 00:32:35,541

Nice,

709

00:32:35,541 --> 00:32:36,041

right?

710

00:32:36,041 --> 00:32:38,708

I think that's a wrap on Dashing

Through the Snow.

711

00:32:38,708 --> 00:32:40,041

Let's rate this movie.

712

00:32:40,041 --> 00:32:45,041

And our famous

and now very famous rating system.

713

00:32:45,125 --> 00:32:48,458

haha Boogie for Dashing Through the Snow.

714

00:32:48,458 --> 00:32:53,375

Will you bring that funky flick

back, (Bring that funky flick back)

715

00:32:53,458 --> 00:32:55,666

or leave it in the vault?

716

00:32:55,750 --> 00:32:57,875

Bring that funky flick back.

717

00:32:57,875 --> 00:32:59,333

Right on.

718

00:32:59,333 --> 00:33:00,875

DynoWright?

719

00:33:00,875 --> 00:33:04,166

I'll bring this funky flick back.

720

00:33:04,250 --> 00:33:05,291

And I will do the same.

721

00:33:05,291 --> 00:33:07,041

Bring this funky flick back.

722

00:33:07,041 --> 00:33:08,416

Let's keep it going.

723

00:33:08,416 --> 00:33:21,083

All right. Yes.

724

00:33:21,166 --> 00:33:21,916

Bring it!

725

00:33:21,916 --> 00:33:23,000

C’mon!

726

00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:28,291

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727

00:33:28,291 --> 00:33:31,750

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728

00:33:31,833 --> 00:33:33,000

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730

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731

00:33:42,458 --> 00:33:43,125

(Bring it!

732

00:33:43,125 --> 00:33:46,166

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733

00:33:46,250 --> 00:33:51,208

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00:33:51,291 --> 00:33:54,541

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00:33:54,625 --> 00:33:55,791

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736

00:33:55,791 --> 00:33:58,250

Thanks for tuning in.

737

00:33:58,250 --> 00:34:01,833

You remember Don't hate, regulate.

738

00:34:01,916 --> 00:34:02,875

I was holding that one!

739

00:34:02,875 --> 00:34:08,083

Oh man, I can't believe

I didn't do that one yet!

740

00:34:08,166 --> 00:34:09,541

It was a clear black night.

741

00:34:09,541 --> 00:34:10,708

A clear white moon.

742

00:34:10,708 --> 00:34:17,958

She was on the C streets

trying to consume the

743

00:34:18,041 --> 00:34:19,916

Bring it!

744

00:34:19,916 --> 00:34:20,833

C’mon!