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S2 Ep. 5 - Mad Men: Christmas Comes but Once a Year
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The boys slip into their finest suits and break out the whiskey to watch “Christmas Comes but Once a Year” from the fourth season of Mad Men (available on Amazon Prime). Do the dastardly deeds of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce put a damper on the holiday proceedings, or will the spirit shine through enough for the hosts to call this a Christmas Classic?

Non-Christmas topics include: trying to address the 60’s of it all, The Rock’s diet, The Men Who Stare at Goats, drinking, men getting what they want, holiday humiliation, office parties, pop psychology, Alison Brie, the greatness of Roger Sterling, tropical vacations, and a game of “my uncle is better than your uncle.”

Wikipedia entry for this episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Comes_But_Once_a_Year_(Mad_Men)

The episode’s featured Christmas podcast is Weird Christmas: https://weirdchristmas.com/category/podcast/.

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S2 Ep. 4 - Alias: Spirit
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Brian is back leading the podcast as drama week kicks off with “Spirit” from the first season of Alias, starring Jennifer Garner, Victor Garber, and Bradley Cooper (available on Amazon Prime). While the boys spend the first few minutes debating what exactly cuticles are, they do eventually get around to discussing the episode at hand to determine whether or not this spy series is hiding a Christmas Classic in its midst. And Brian introduces a new segment called, “How Christmas is it?”

Non-Christmas topics include: Spy craft, southern accents, Jon teaching us about kicking, grenade pens, young Bradley Cooper’s acting abilities, Super Bowl marketing strategies, and Chris trying to remember if Victor Garber was in The Town.

IMDB entry for this episode: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0508645/

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S2 Ep. 3 - Community: Comparative Religion
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Sup? It’s the final episode of sitcom week, and Chris is back in command to discuss “Comparative Religion” from the first season of the NBC sitcom, Community (available on Netflix and Hulu). This episode encompasses more holidays than just Christmas, which leads to an unexpected discussion about the boys’ rating system and a twist ending none of the hosts saw coming.

Non-Christmas topics include: Confusing Anthony Michael Hall and Michael C. Hall, Jon’s community college experiences, winterdoodles, Jon critiquing Joel McHale’s ability to throw a punch, and checked out professors.

Wikipedia entry for this episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparative_Religion_(Community)

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S2 Ep. 2 - Married With Children: Christmas
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For the second episode of Sitcom Week, Jon takes the reins as the boys discuss “Christmas” from Married with Children (available on Hulu). Chris, Brian and Jon marvel at this time capsule from the 90’s while debating whether or not the humor still works in today’s day and age. It’s a rude, crude episode with attitude, but does it end up being a Christmas Classic, Lump of Coal, or something in between? Tune in to find out.

Non-Christmas topics include: Thanksgiving leftovers, Mars Attacks, TV shows the hosts watched with their families growing up, the TV show Jessie also starring Christina Applegate, half-dollar coins, and other time capsule TV.

IMDB info for this episode: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0642248/

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Title: S2 Ep. 2 – Married With Children: Christmas
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S2 Ep. 1 - Arrested Development: In God We Trust
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Season 2 kicks off with Sitcom Week. To get things started, Brian is in the hosting chair and talking about “In God We Trust” from the first season of Arrested Development (available on Netflix). Does this 2003 episode hold up to 2020 scrutiny? Can listeners get past Brian’s unfathomably long summary? And most important, is the first episode of season two a Christmas Classic or a Lump of Coal?

Non-Christmas topics include: Best in Show, Jon’s YouTube sketch comedy days, Jason Bateman’s appeal, Fox’s bad scheduling practices in the early 2000’s, and Jon briefly forgetting that this podcast focuses on Christmas.

IMDB info for this episode: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0515221/.

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Bonus Ep. 11 - The Christmas Ride
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Chris, Brian and Jon provide a spoiler-lite review of new holiday film The Christmas Ride. The boys explain why this micro-budget mumblecore movie has a little something for everyone this Christmas. This movie is now available on Amazon Prime Video and Vimeo, and all three hosts recommend giving it a watch if you’re looking for something fresh to shake up your typical holiday viewing. 

You can watch the trailer for The Christmas Ride here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y45euwomp9g

Watch on Amazon Prime here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08LZJZB2P

Watch on Vimeo here: Https://Vimeo.com/ondemand/thechristmasride 

Don’t forget to come back for the first full episode of our second season on Nov. 23! 

 

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Season 2 Lineup Reveal and Kickoff!
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The boys are back and ready to do what they do best: find the best Christmas TV episodes ever made. But to do that, they need to figure out what episodes they’ll be watching in season 2! To change things up, they say goodbye to the random selector and welcome a new draft format. Five weeks of shows, new episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and themed weeks to center their picks around. 

Over the course of the draft other discussion topics include: Mortal Kombat, whether or not Jennifer Garner ruins the projects she’s in, obscure streaming services, and against all odds, the brief return of Newgrounds. 

New episodes begin in earnest on Monday, Nov. 23! We hope you’ll join us!

 

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Bonus Ep.10 - The Nightmare Before Christmas
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In their final bonus episode, the boys celebrate two seasons at once as they watch and review The Nightmare Before Christmas (available on Disney+). As they work to determine whether or not this is a Christmas Classic (Halloween Highlight?) they also discuss: creepypasta YouTube videos, Brian’s bad bits, Jon’s emo days, other stop motion feature films, Tim Burton’s Batman films, the feud between Tommy Lee Jones and Jim Carrey, Greg Proops, and trying to figure who exactly this movie is for.

Season 2 of the podcast kicks off with a full lineup reveal on Nov. 2. Don’t miss it!

Wikipedia entry for this film: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nightmare_Before_Christmas

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Mini-Bonus Ep. 1 - Doogie Howser, M.D.
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Stop! Before you do anything, make sure you listen to our guest spot on Totally Rad Christmas, here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/840331/5755690-ep-29-doogie-howser-m-d-w-chris-brian-and-jon.

We watched and reviewed a Christmas episode from the first season of Doogie Howser, M.D., titled “Doogie The Red Nosed Reindeer” (available on Hulu). Our first ever mini-bonus episode serves as a companion to this conversation by telling you whether we thought it was a Christmas Classic, Pair of Socks, or a Lump of Coal, but that’s it! For our full thoughts and dissection of the episode with host Gerry Davila, you need to go check out Totally Rad Christmas, your podcast home for all things Christmas in the 80’s.

See Gerry’s full back catalog here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/840331.

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Bonus Ep. 9 - Call the Midwife
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Our friends at the Sleigh Bells & Mistletoe Christmas Podcast recommended we watch this first Christmas special from BBC period drama Call the Midwife available on Netflix. While the boys work to determine whether or not this is a Christmas Classic, they also discuss: people who like Fight Club vs. people who like Snatch, their feelings on period piece television, vicars, women giving birth at Christmas as a trope, Hey Arnold, Jon’s British accents, pocket lamb chops and Keira Knightley clones.  

IMDB for this episode: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2238586/

Listen to the Sleigh Bells & Mistletoe Christmas Podcast here: https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/sbmchristmas

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For the start of the new school year your hosts take a look at the 2006 comedy, Accepted, starring Justin Long, Jonah Hill, Blake Lively, and Lewis Black. Along the way we discuss karaoke bars, other Comedy Central classics, Brandy Old Fashioneds, and the comedy of Kyle Kinane. 

Wikipedia entry for Accepted: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accepted

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For their Christmas in July Special, the Yuletide Boys watch the excruciating 2019 adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol starring Guy Pearce and Andy Serkis. They pick apart all the places this dark and gritty reimagining goes wrong and save listeners two hours by condensing a three hour slog into a one hour podcast. 

Wikipedia entry:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol_(miniseries)

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Title: Bonus Ep. 7 – A Christmas Carol in July
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In the final installment of “Screw You, Watch This,” Chris hops back in the saddle and has Brian and Jon watch the original Magnificent Seven from 1960. Along the way they discuss hand sanitizer, killing the coronavirus with fireworks, taking back the term UFO, the fact the hosts are three dumb white guys, Jon struggling to remember the band the Chainsmokers, Rhonda Rousey, Vin Diesel, and what their campaign slogans would be if they ever ran for office. 

Wikipedia entry for The Magnificent Seven: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magnificent_Seven

 

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Title: Bonus Ep. 6 – The Magnificent Seven (1960)
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Brian takes over the podcast to talk about the pilot episode of the FX series Justified starring Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins. Over the course of the episode, the Yuletide boys also discuss the recent movies Jon has watched while quarantining, whether Chris is the Heat Miser or Cold Miser, Walton Goggins other great roles, Chris’s efforts to avoid infecting the elves at the North Pole as the Polar Express visits twice in one episodes, and what does or does not constitute the Midwest. 

IMDB for the pilot of Justified: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1522554/

 

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Jon takes the reins in the first edition of “Screw You, Watch This” by making Chris and Brian watch the final three episodes of Cowboy Bebop (available on Hulu). The boys talk anime for almost an hour while Chris tries to figure out what he just watched, Brian tries to say some words, and Jon tries to be the best podcast host around. Also there’s a small Digimon update. 

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Happy March! The boys watch and discuss a Jeremy Renner classic, The Town, also starring Ben Affleck and Jon Hamm. Other topics include: how rewatchable Ben Affleck movies are, when Jon Hamm peaked. whether or not someone is SWAT, and what the podcast covers over the next three months. 

Wikipedia entry for The Town: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Town_(2010_film)

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