WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:02.520 Mac. Have you seen this? Have you heard about this? What's that? 2 00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:08.480 Hello Fresh has put out a box that allows you to have the Elf 3 00:00:08.560 --> 00:00:14.480 experience. Oh boy, the ultimate Elf meal of all the sugars and maple 4 00:00:14.599 --> 00:00:18.480 syrups that you want to go with your cook spaghetti. Okay, all right? 5 00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:21.640 Do you want some? I don't personally, no, I don't think 6 00:00:21.640 --> 00:00:24.199 that's gonna work for me. Did you get your outfit from that Elf box? 7 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:28.199 Yes? The Hello Fresh head overalls in a sweater. I know that 8 00:00:28.239 --> 00:00:31.039 you said you didn't want any, but go ahead and check under your seat. 9 00:00:32.359 --> 00:00:35.759 That's a joke. We don't have the budget for that. But we 10 00:00:35.840 --> 00:00:40.640 are here at the Alamo Draft House, joined by the community Marketing Manager East 11 00:00:40.679 --> 00:00:46.320 Coast, Alex Sheebar. You guys are showing Elf constantly right now, the 12 00:00:46.320 --> 00:00:49.759 anniversary. It's Elf season for us, you know, every day all day. 13 00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:53.200 That's not actually true, but lots of screenings. We love Elf here 14 00:00:53.240 --> 00:00:57.200 at Almadraft House. But I also have found that there are some other Elf 15 00:00:57.240 --> 00:01:03.560 products. You have Elf syrup, fla favored goldfish which that doesn't sound bad 16 00:01:03.600 --> 00:01:07.200 in your Hello Fresh box. No stop, get over the Hello Fresh all 17 00:01:07.280 --> 00:01:11.000 right? Also, if I wanted to make pasta with all this sugar. 18 00:01:11.079 --> 00:01:12.760 I could just make that myself. Yeah, there's a lot of people that 19 00:01:12.840 --> 00:01:15.439 throw a ton of sugar in their red sauce. Really, that's a thing. 20 00:01:15.560 --> 00:01:18.719 Yeah, that's a thing. My nona would not like that. I 21 00:01:18.719 --> 00:01:21.159 bet she puts sugar in her red sauce, just not much. I've never 22 00:01:21.200 --> 00:01:23.319 referred to my grandmother as my nonah, So I apologize to both you guys. 23 00:01:23.439 --> 00:01:29.159 I'm being disingenuous across the board. I'm nervous to be in this beautiful, 24 00:01:29.200 --> 00:01:34.200 beautiful theater. Yes. I was just opened up down the seaport. 25 00:01:34.319 --> 00:01:38.280 Yes, And I have been so excited to come here because you guys did 26 00:01:38.319 --> 00:01:41.840 work with WBZ News Radio over the summer. We did free Friday flicks, 27 00:01:42.200 --> 00:01:46.200 and every week it was just we're gonna open soon, We're gonna open soon, 28 00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:49.680 and finally, finally we are here. I don't understand it's still February, 29 00:01:49.799 --> 00:01:55.000 right. We opened exactly when we said we would see no problems. 30 00:02:01.599 --> 00:02:16.439 One good three Yeah, job three. King of Queen MARYL. Street Entertainment, 31 00:02:16.639 --> 00:02:21.000 I'm good and we are the Mac and Goo program. We bring you 32 00:02:21.199 --> 00:02:23.719 friendship, and today we're adding a third to our friendship. Yes, once 33 00:02:23.719 --> 00:02:29.280 again, Alex shee Bar of the Alamo Draft House. I agreed to know 34 00:02:29.319 --> 00:02:32.199 friendship. I don't understand where this is coming. When you agree to my 35 00:02:32.360 --> 00:02:37.199 email, it says at the bottom, very very fine print, you need 36 00:02:37.240 --> 00:02:42.159 to incorporate friendship in This movie is all about friendship. Actually, you know 37 00:02:42.199 --> 00:02:45.599 what? Family? Family, That's what it really is. Actually, the 38 00:02:45.599 --> 00:02:49.120 writer of the movie, David Berumbach, says, it's about a father son 39 00:02:49.199 --> 00:02:51.960 relationship at its core, which I thought about afterwards. I'm like, you 40 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:54.439 know what it really is, father son. So it's his father and him, 41 00:02:54.599 --> 00:02:59.159 and then his father I believe passed away and now it's him and his 42 00:02:59.280 --> 00:03:04.159 sons. And as someone who watches this movie every single year with his mother 43 00:03:04.400 --> 00:03:07.039 and now sharing the movie with my three year old son, who absolutely loves 44 00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:12.560 it, I fully understand that. Yeah, that's that's an experience I haven't 45 00:03:12.599 --> 00:03:15.639 had yet. So it's interesting to think about. You know, when you 46 00:03:15.719 --> 00:03:19.319 first watched this in two thousand and three, yeah, what fourteen fifteen maybe, 47 00:03:20.199 --> 00:03:22.639 and you have a different experience with that movie then, and now that 48 00:03:22.680 --> 00:03:24.080 you're a father, I'm sure you're having a different speaking as a father, 49 00:03:24.159 --> 00:03:28.080 you mind if I take the floor and speak as a father real quick like 50 00:03:28.159 --> 00:03:30.199 this is a movie, and not to compare it to other ones, but 51 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:34.879 say, if you have this and you have home alone, I'm not showing 52 00:03:34.919 --> 00:03:37.639 my son home alone. Well, I think he'd have fun with it. 53 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:40.680 He also might try and kill me, whereas this it's him. You know, 54 00:03:40.759 --> 00:03:44.840 he loves when Buddy throws up in the trash can or gets attacked by 55 00:03:44.840 --> 00:03:47.000 the raccoon. You know, silly things like that, not putting Christmas orn 56 00:03:47.039 --> 00:03:51.840 in on the floor for me to then step on. How many tarantulists do 57 00:03:51.840 --> 00:03:53.719 you have in your house? It's any more than zero, probably don't show. 58 00:03:53.840 --> 00:03:57.479 Oh that would be if he became obsessed with spiders all of a sudden, 59 00:03:57.719 --> 00:04:00.520 that would be real bad news for that'd be great for there wrote and 60 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:03.960 filled area that I live in. So today we are talking about Elf. 61 00:04:04.120 --> 00:04:09.439 Elf came out on November seventh, two thousand and three. This movie was 62 00:04:09.479 --> 00:04:12.439 made on a budget of thirty three million dollars and it doesn't feel like that 63 00:04:12.520 --> 00:04:15.479 at all. Well, I think the budget actually helps it in the fact 64 00:04:15.520 --> 00:04:18.600 that it's so well paced. And it's well paced because they had to get 65 00:04:18.639 --> 00:04:21.839 all of their shots in there not waste any time with anything else. Yeah, 66 00:04:21.879 --> 00:04:26.600 for sure. And it ended up grossing a total of two hundred twenty 67 00:04:26.600 --> 00:04:30.480 million worldwide, one hundred and seventy three domestic. That's a gold mine for 68 00:04:30.519 --> 00:04:32.439 a studio right there. That's I mean, we've seen with John Favro, 69 00:04:32.600 --> 00:04:35.279 since you make a movie like that that makes that much money, you can 70 00:04:35.360 --> 00:04:38.720 kind of do whatever you want. You've also seen since this movie, and 71 00:04:38.759 --> 00:04:42.680 it was really in the ten years after where there were the the push for 72 00:04:42.759 --> 00:04:46.480 the live action Let's try and make another Elf movie, Let's try and make 73 00:04:46.519 --> 00:04:49.040 another Christmas classic. And while you know I have a soft spot say for 74 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:54.680 Fred Klaus, it's not the same movie. It's not as good. Big 75 00:04:54.759 --> 00:04:57.639 Vince Vaughn fan, is that what you're? Big? Vince von day all 76 00:04:57.720 --> 00:05:00.279 day? It's Vince Vaughan all day, every day. And I think Vince 77 00:05:00.319 --> 00:05:02.439 Vaughn did he have a hand in Favreau getting this job? He did. 78 00:05:02.519 --> 00:05:05.759 Yeah. One of the Alex I don't know if you've seen the Movies That 79 00:05:05.839 --> 00:05:09.800 Made Us series on Netflix. I've seen parts of it. One of the 80 00:05:09.839 --> 00:05:14.399 episodes is Elf and they talk about how they get John Favreau to sign onto 81 00:05:14.439 --> 00:05:16.480 the movie. It was they had Will Ferrell signed up to be the star 82 00:05:16.600 --> 00:05:19.279 and he was working on Old School at the time, and Vince Vaughn said, 83 00:05:19.279 --> 00:05:23.040 hey, how about this guy for the director? Obviously he him and 84 00:05:23.079 --> 00:05:26.079 Favreau made swingers. So that's how they made that connection, which is pretty 85 00:05:26.120 --> 00:05:28.519 much that. It's interesting. Can we talk about Favreau just for a hot 86 00:05:28.560 --> 00:05:30.720 second, because what can't that man do? He's like, Oh, I'm 87 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:35.439 gonna reinvent Christmas, I'll reinvent Disney, I'll reinvent Star Wars, I'll reinvent 88 00:05:35.519 --> 00:05:41.800 Marvel. Just across the board that he builds foundations of incredible films. I 89 00:05:41.800 --> 00:05:45.959 mean truly amazing when you look back on directors that have changed cinema. I 90 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:47.199 don't think he gets enough credit, right, And going into this one, 91 00:05:47.240 --> 00:05:50.639 he had just been he had just directed made and that's it. So this 92 00:05:50.800 --> 00:05:54.879 was his second movie starring Vince Vaughn, right, and then off the back 93 00:05:54.920 --> 00:05:59.160 of this that's when he did take off. And like, I think we've 94 00:05:59.160 --> 00:06:00.639 talked about this in the past, but like we've done like the Dork Hall 95 00:06:00.680 --> 00:06:03.680 of Fame. Yeah, he is a first ballot Hall of Famer. Sure, 96 00:06:03.800 --> 00:06:06.759 yeah, just for what he has put into these characters. For sure. 97 00:06:06.839 --> 00:06:10.120 Yeah. Well, so let's talk about the nuts and bolt of this 98 00:06:10.160 --> 00:06:14.519 movie. Yeah. Elf is a PG adventure comedy, family fantasy romance, 99 00:06:14.839 --> 00:06:18.079 and I think one of the best Yeah, I think one of the best 100 00:06:18.079 --> 00:06:21.959 things about the movie is it's not one thing. It's not just a comedy, 101 00:06:23.000 --> 00:06:27.399 and actually it's not just an adventure horror wise. This was New Line 102 00:06:27.439 --> 00:06:30.680 Cinema, which of course was known for horror. Yeah, and they didn't 103 00:06:30.720 --> 00:06:33.680 really know what to do with something like this. They also weren't a great 104 00:06:33.680 --> 00:06:35.879 place in two thousand and two, two thousand and three, so that's why 105 00:06:36.079 --> 00:06:39.839 a big reason why they took a chance on this movie. Elf is a 106 00:06:39.920 --> 00:06:43.680 run time of ninety seven minutes. Again, a huge strength to this movie 107 00:06:43.839 --> 00:06:46.360 is it's pacing and the fact that it's an hour and a half. Yeah, 108 00:06:46.399 --> 00:06:49.360 short and sweet on Rotten Tomatoes, roddy t's eighty six percent from the 109 00:06:49.360 --> 00:06:54.240 critics only seventy nine percent from the audience. I don't understand that at all. 110 00:06:54.439 --> 00:06:57.000 Who is pulling that? Who is who is looking at this film and 111 00:06:57.040 --> 00:06:59.800 being like, not for me? It makes no sense. I just can't 112 00:06:59.800 --> 00:07:02.800 look at that face anymore. So would the would the people be giving the 113 00:07:02.879 --> 00:07:06.839 review say after Will Ferrell had like not at the time, but say in 114 00:07:06.879 --> 00:07:11.319 like twenty ten, where people had kind of not soured on him, but 115 00:07:11.319 --> 00:07:13.279 they were getting a little sick of them, and they're like, oh, 116 00:07:13.319 --> 00:07:15.000 you know what, I don't really care for this one because at the time, 117 00:07:15.560 --> 00:07:18.560 like Farrell wasn't a movie start, He'd done almost nothing. Yeah, 118 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:23.879 it was SNL night at the Roxbury. He Austin Powers Old How dare you 119 00:07:23.920 --> 00:07:28.399 neglect his Austin Powers cameo Old School had just come out. Yeah, so 120 00:07:28.600 --> 00:07:30.920 this was when he was fresh. This was his first starring role, and 121 00:07:30.959 --> 00:07:33.279 I think he knocks it out of the park, oh one thousand percent. 122 00:07:33.279 --> 00:07:35.680 And we'll talk about it in a couple of minutes. But I don't know 123 00:07:35.680 --> 00:07:39.639 if you ever could have found anyone to do Buddy the Elf the way that 124 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:43.120 Will Ferrell does it, which is what makes the movie. We mentioned him 125 00:07:43.160 --> 00:07:46.639 at the top. This movie's written by David Berenbaum, who moved to Hollywood 126 00:07:46.680 --> 00:07:51.000 in the early nineties and this was his first ever you know IMDb writing credit, 127 00:07:51.000 --> 00:07:55.879 first thing that actually sold, and since then he really hasn't found much 128 00:07:55.920 --> 00:07:59.160 success. He wrote the Haunted Mansion movie, which I came on. I 129 00:07:59.160 --> 00:08:01.680 think a year after this one. I was gonna say which one, because 130 00:08:01.959 --> 00:08:07.199 he wrote that Tim Allen Zoom movie, which is horrible. It's a terrible 131 00:08:07.199 --> 00:08:11.759 movie. Tim Tim Allen is like a superhero in charge of younger superheroes. 132 00:08:11.000 --> 00:08:16.240 It's pretty bad. Was like ages on that one two and five that I 133 00:08:16.279 --> 00:08:18.360 have never heard of, And that's something that people, if it was any 134 00:08:18.399 --> 00:08:20.560 good, would speak highly of, like, oh, you know what was 135 00:08:20.600 --> 00:08:24.399 ahead of its time was this Tim Allen superhero movie. So I've never heard 136 00:08:24.439 --> 00:08:30.279 that sky High Yeah, that sky High Rocket or one of those ones. 137 00:08:30.639 --> 00:08:33.559 Jim. And since this movie, he really hasn't found any success. That's 138 00:08:33.559 --> 00:08:37.360 really those two titles are the only two titles I thought you guys might know. 139 00:08:37.840 --> 00:08:41.039 Uh. He is doing the upcoming Frost of the Snowman movie, so 140 00:08:41.080 --> 00:08:43.919 I don't know if they're going to do that live action, if they're remaking 141 00:08:43.919 --> 00:08:46.519 it with stop motion. That remains to be seen. But the interesting thing 142 00:08:46.519 --> 00:08:50.879 about Baron Baum is he grew up Jewish, so obviously didn't celebrate Christmas, 143 00:08:50.919 --> 00:08:54.919 but he grew up loving Christmas movies, and he lost his father young around 144 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:58.320 the holiday season, so Christmas meant so much to him that this sort of 145 00:08:58.360 --> 00:09:03.480 became his pet project, his baby. So uh and speaking to what Goose 146 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:05.679 said earlier, you know, he wrote this movie as a son, you 147 00:09:05.720 --> 00:09:09.480 know, so in his eyes when he wrote this, it meant one thing. 148 00:09:09.480 --> 00:09:11.519 And now he's a father and gets to show it to his kids, 149 00:09:11.679 --> 00:09:15.440 and it means means something completely different to him now, which is great. 150 00:09:16.200 --> 00:09:18.159 Obviously, this movie is directed by John Favreaux, which we just talked about. 151 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:22.000 After this, he did zeph Thura, which didn't do much, so 152 00:09:22.440 --> 00:09:24.080 a little bit of a gap there. But then obviously the Man of Break 153 00:09:24.279 --> 00:09:30.120 You're unofficial Jumanji wonderful as it was. Then we get Ironman, Iron Man 154 00:09:30.200 --> 00:09:33.799 Two Cowboys and Aliens, which obviously didn't do well. The movie Chef, 155 00:09:33.080 --> 00:09:37.519 which actually, other than the Ironman movies, well, I guess this is 156 00:09:37.600 --> 00:09:39.919 up there too. Chef is one of the most underrated movies that's come out 157 00:09:39.960 --> 00:09:41.279 in the last decade. I love that movie. Uh. He did the 158 00:09:41.320 --> 00:09:45.320 Jungle Book remake and the Lion King remake, which I don't know. I 159 00:09:45.320 --> 00:09:48.519 didn't love either of those movies, but Jun facing the Lion King, I 160 00:09:48.559 --> 00:09:54.000 would say, but they kicked off Disney Live Action. It was a gigantic 161 00:09:54.080 --> 00:09:58.320 change in Disney's strategy for sure, and I wonder he's just kind of I 162 00:09:58.320 --> 00:10:01.159 think he can do whatever he wants at Disney, obviously talking about The Mandalorian 163 00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:03.919 the Book of Boba Fett, which he was the writer or the creator on 164 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:09.639 both of those shows. He had a love growing up for the Christmas classics 165 00:10:09.639 --> 00:10:13.279 by Ranking Bass, and so when he got hired for this movie, his 166 00:10:13.399 --> 00:10:16.279 big thing was wanting this movie to feel timeless and feel like those Rank and 167 00:10:16.360 --> 00:10:20.879 Bass original stop motion movies. It's great and I feel like over time that 168 00:10:20.919 --> 00:10:24.679 has just proven itself even more where I do think this movie has gotten better 169 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:31.799 with each year and since then, since twenty oh three, I don't think 170 00:10:31.080 --> 00:10:35.480 don't you dare laugh? I hate when you do that. I don't think 171 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:39.240 that we have had a Christmas well. I think we've had one Christmas classic 172 00:10:39.320 --> 00:10:43.480 sense and excited to know what you think. Klouse, I was gonna talk 173 00:10:43.519 --> 00:10:48.080 Klaus close is I think Klause. Although it does get a little silly at 174 00:10:48.120 --> 00:10:50.960 points, I think is the best Christmas movie that we've gotten since ol and 175 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:58.240 maybe the only Oh it's wonderful it is it'll hearts an yeah, and it's 176 00:10:58.240 --> 00:11:01.679 a sportsman. Jake Case Simmons. It's a cool animation too. Yeah, 177 00:11:01.679 --> 00:11:05.840 it's almost like old school hand drawn but with with sort of a modern field, 178 00:11:05.840 --> 00:11:09.720 so it doesn't feel it feels, you know, like a storybook come 179 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:13.080 to life, and it's this great story about a postman and you're just like, 180 00:11:13.559 --> 00:11:16.600 this is what I'm watching, you know, Scandinavian Town about a postman 181 00:11:16.679 --> 00:11:20.919 and a toymaker, and it is so good start to finish. I'm gonna 182 00:11:20.919 --> 00:11:24.600 have to put that Norm McDonald also in there. I really yeah love that 183 00:11:24.720 --> 00:11:26.320 as a fisherman or a sailor. I'm not sure what he's what he's up 184 00:11:26.360 --> 00:11:28.440 to. Lock that in for me. I'll watch that this week. Might 185 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:33.399 be on Netflix. Okay, that's good to know. It's a good recommendation 186 00:11:33.440 --> 00:11:37.679 for the folks. Elf. Let's get to the synopsis. Raised as an 187 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:41.279 oversized ELF buddy travels from the North Pole in New York City to meet his 188 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:43.679 biological father, who doesn't know he exists and is in desperate need of some 189 00:11:43.759 --> 00:11:48.320 Christmas spirit simple fish. Yeah, yeah, it works, it works really 190 00:11:48.320 --> 00:11:52.279 really well. And I think speaking of that rank and bass stuff, that 191 00:11:52.360 --> 00:11:54.240 first like twenty minutes, fifteen minuts, he's on the North Pole. I 192 00:11:54.360 --> 00:11:58.960 love the look of that because he's so gigantic, and Favreaux also didn't want 193 00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:03.480 they use CGI, So it's a lot of practical effects with the stop motion 194 00:12:03.879 --> 00:12:07.919 and they used what's the technique force perspective they use in there, which works 195 00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:09.679 so so well. Yeah. Also, I believe they had a lot of 196 00:12:11.000 --> 00:12:15.600 red flags from the studio because they're like, are you borrowing this or are 197 00:12:15.639 --> 00:12:22.320 you stealing because the costume is the same costume that the elf manager wears in 198 00:12:22.440 --> 00:12:26.559 Rudolph. Yes, all right, this movie stars. We'll talk about the 199 00:12:26.600 --> 00:12:30.960 stars, and then we'll talk about the supporting cast looking through this honestly, 200 00:12:31.039 --> 00:12:33.960 one of the greatest supporting casts there's ever been in a holiday movie like this, 201 00:12:35.320 --> 00:12:37.480 especially a lower budget with all the names you see here. You will 202 00:12:37.519 --> 00:12:41.799 Ferrell obviously as Buddy the Elf, James Kahn as Walter Hobbs, who plays 203 00:12:41.840 --> 00:12:46.600 this so straight. Yeah, and that's honestly what makes that relationship work so 204 00:12:46.679 --> 00:12:50.399 well. There's a scene with con because he was instructed never to break, 205 00:12:50.440 --> 00:12:52.559 he wanted to be grumpy the entire time. But when Buddy's getting his blood 206 00:12:52.600 --> 00:12:56.399 test done in screaming, you can see him covering his mouth and moving because 207 00:12:56.440 --> 00:12:58.879 he couldn't keep it together. So that's the only scene where you'll see him 208 00:12:58.879 --> 00:13:01.159 going. You know, he loses the stone face. He turns away from 209 00:13:01.200 --> 00:13:05.799 the camera because he just lost it. But beyond that, he's perfect as 210 00:13:05.840 --> 00:13:11.360 this sour need of Christmas cheer figure. That was also the scene where I 211 00:13:11.480 --> 00:13:13.039 was like, you know what, Buddy the Elf is my three year old 212 00:13:13.080 --> 00:13:18.039 son. I now like this has now hit me because he was just eating 213 00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:22.159 the cotton balls and wouldn't listen to simple instruction to the point of like, 214 00:13:22.200 --> 00:13:26.080 oh, now I fully understand a father's son. And also I think it 215 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:31.360 also plays a bit like how Michael Kine is and I'm up at Christmas Carol, 216 00:13:31.840 --> 00:13:35.480 where it's the stoic actor who is playing it as if he is in 217 00:13:35.480 --> 00:13:39.200 a Shakespearean play. It doesn't matter what's going on around him, it doesn't 218 00:13:39.200 --> 00:13:43.519 matter if he's acting with puppets. He is going to act it a certain 219 00:13:43.559 --> 00:13:46.480 way. And James Khn does that here. And as much as you're rooting 220 00:13:46.639 --> 00:13:50.480 for Buddy the Elf, you're almost rooting more for the switch in Walter Hobbes. 221 00:13:50.639 --> 00:13:54.799 It really gives you something more to root for in this movie. Zoey 222 00:13:54.879 --> 00:14:00.440 Deschanella is Jovi, and this was really her first big role. She was 223 00:14:00.440 --> 00:14:05.000 in almost famous, but more of a big player there. But she was 224 00:14:05.039 --> 00:14:09.559 not the first choice for the studio. The studio wanted Katie Holmes because she 225 00:14:09.639 --> 00:14:11.639 was a star. I'm trying to see if I can see it. She 226 00:14:11.720 --> 00:14:15.120 don't think I can. No, I don't think it's the right choice. 227 00:14:15.159 --> 00:14:18.519 I don't know if she could have given off the uh, the charm that 228 00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:22.279 Zoe Deschanel has in this movie, because she's almost too well known at that 229 00:14:22.360 --> 00:14:26.799 point to play that role. Also, the studio wanted that character to be 230 00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:31.200 a prostitute. Oh why a lady of the night? Yes, and the 231 00:14:31.519 --> 00:14:33.720 and the writers were like, you know that we're trying to make a family 232 00:14:33.759 --> 00:14:37.519 friendly movie. I feel like this might play with that. You know that 233 00:14:37.559 --> 00:14:39.879 one guy in the back was just like, how about we make her a 234 00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:41.320 prostitute? Hey, guys, I don't know if you've thought about this yet. 235 00:14:43.799 --> 00:14:46.879 Maybe pipe down, save that for another one. Bob Newhart's Papa Elf 236 00:14:48.080 --> 00:14:56.559 fantastic, he's so good. And Asner is Santa also, Macda is back. 237 00:14:58.000 --> 00:15:00.480 Yes, I want you a lot of far go. I feel like 238 00:15:00.480 --> 00:15:05.240 you just hit the Minnesota accident, Santa Clause, Mary Steinberg and as Emily 239 00:15:05.279 --> 00:15:11.600 Hobbes is great as the foil for Walter Hobbs. Uh. Faison love as 240 00:15:11.639 --> 00:15:15.600 the Gimbals manager. And there's a great tidbit about this casting. In that 241 00:15:15.759 --> 00:15:20.080 Netflix show, they wanted Wanda Sykes super bad in that role that I see, 242 00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:22.799 and knowing that she would have been great. However, Faison was great. 243 00:15:22.960 --> 00:15:24.200 But if you notice, if you rewatch it again, his name tag 244 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:31.159 even says Wanda on pretty good right there. Peter Dinklage is Miles Finch, 245 00:15:31.320 --> 00:15:35.679 also phenomenal. Amy Sedaris is deb He's she's Walter's secretary. She's great. 246 00:15:37.080 --> 00:15:39.639 Uh, Michael Lerner is Fulton. You might not know who Michael Lerner is, 247 00:15:39.679 --> 00:15:43.320 but when you see his face, you'll recognize who he is. Andy 248 00:15:43.399 --> 00:15:46.639 Richter is Morris, Kyle Gass is Eugene of course of Tenac's d Fame. 249 00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:50.519 Artie Lang is Gimbal. Santa is unbelievable. Yeah, And actually there's a 250 00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:54.600 funny joke in the Honest trailer for this of Andy Richter, Kyle Gas Ardie 251 00:15:54.639 --> 00:16:00.279 Lange just says, sidekicks, you've just assembled basically if character actor from the 252 00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:03.000 two thousand film, it's like, oh, yeah, I know that person 253 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:07.159 from something. Yes, that's the entire list right there. There's also a 254 00:16:07.279 --> 00:16:11.480 nice little uh casting of the kid from a Christmas Story. He plays one 255 00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:15.399 of the elves buds on the north bowle there. So good. We have 256 00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:18.919 talked about this movie a couple times here, so Alex. We used to 257 00:16:18.919 --> 00:16:22.720 do because we've sort of run out of years and movies to do. We 258 00:16:22.799 --> 00:16:26.519 need to stop this vault series. What the crowd keeps saying to I just 259 00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:30.399 get there screaming outside. It's a lot. We used to go back to 260 00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:33.799 a certain year and then talk about the best movies and worst movies of the 261 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:36.440 year, and at the end nominate four, have people vote on it on 262 00:16:36.480 --> 00:16:40.919 Twitter or x now. And this was one of the one of our This 263 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:42.519 was one of our final four for the two thousand and three vault. The 264 00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:45.519 other three where Old School, Lord of the Rings, Return of the King, 265 00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:49.120 and Finding Nemo. This came in second to Old School, which as 266 00:16:49.200 --> 00:16:52.440 much you know, old School might define two thousand and three more, but 267 00:16:52.559 --> 00:16:56.799 this is way more timeless than all timeless. Yes, question, I mean 268 00:16:56.879 --> 00:17:00.120 thinking back to two thousand and three, that's all anybody voted for Yeah, 269 00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:03.640 probably until the forty year old Virgin. Actually know, until Anchorman came out. 270 00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:07.880 I think everyone only just quoted Old School. Yeah, So I'm okay 271 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:11.480 with that because old School is definitely more that era. But I would rather 272 00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:15.480 watch Elf ten times more than well. Now, yeah, we also talked 273 00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:18.960 about this. We did a Christmas movie though, talked about all the Christmas 274 00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:22.359 movies. Our final four for that were Elf, Home Alone, Them Up 275 00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:25.200 at Christmas, Carol, and The Night Before Christmas. Now that was more 276 00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:27.359 our night Christmas. Yeah, the Nightmare before Christmas. Sorry, that was 277 00:17:27.400 --> 00:17:32.400 more our taste playing into it. It's a wonderful life. Probably should have 278 00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:34.799 been nominated. People would mention Diehard. I argue, it's not a Christmas 279 00:17:34.839 --> 00:17:38.559 movie where you stand on there, it's obviously a Christmas said it a Christmas 280 00:17:38.599 --> 00:17:42.559 party. It really said it at a Christmas party. Can't anymoreus bad Santa? 281 00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:45.559 I think is in a discussion a Christmas Carol and a discussion as well. 282 00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:49.000 But Elf actually won that vote over Home Alone, which is my favorite. 283 00:17:49.039 --> 00:17:53.319 Two favorites come Christmas time, and some of like the online rankings you 284 00:17:53.319 --> 00:17:56.759 go and look at. I just had to bring this up because it bothered 285 00:17:56.759 --> 00:18:00.720 Me. Vulture ranked Elf the twenty eighth best Christmas movie of all time, 286 00:18:00.839 --> 00:18:03.599 Pure insanity. I think you could you could argue four or five, six 287 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:06.000 or seven movies over it. I'm not even sure I can name twenty seven. 288 00:18:07.640 --> 00:18:10.079 I don't. I have no idea how you justify it was at least 289 00:18:10.119 --> 00:18:17.240 twenty seven Rudolph movies. Shiny New Year, The July One, the one 290 00:18:17.240 --> 00:18:22.319 where he meets Shiny New Year, two, Miser Cold Meser, One Year 291 00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:26.920 Without a Santa Claus. Just about every other publication has a top five, 292 00:18:26.920 --> 00:18:30.200 and I think most people you would speak to would have it in their top 293 00:18:30.200 --> 00:18:32.880 four or five. Yeah. I mean, if you want to argue the 294 00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:36.559 older stuff, which I understand, I think the pacing on the older stuff 295 00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:41.759 doesn't help it out. This is the one I like this Home Alone and 296 00:18:41.880 --> 00:18:45.480 while Home Alone two doesn't have that same feel as Home Alone one, the 297 00:18:45.599 --> 00:18:48.599 murder House at the end might be my favorite Christmas thing. It does have 298 00:18:48.640 --> 00:18:55.799 one hundred percent more Donald Trump. So you go right ahead, gud This 299 00:18:55.839 --> 00:18:57.640 is a point you brought up that I think is interesting to talk about. 300 00:18:59.119 --> 00:19:03.039 In consideration, I think the original person they wanted for this role was Chris 301 00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:06.839 Farley, and obviously it's of the era of Jim Carrey too. Would this 302 00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:11.119 movie have been better or worse with those two castings? So with Farley it's 303 00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:15.119 a completely different movie. And I feel like, and obviously we don't know 304 00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:17.720 because we've never seen a cut with it, but we've also seen some of 305 00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:22.160 the stuff of Farley playing Shrek, and that's completely different than what Mike Myers 306 00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:26.000 is. Yes, to the point of like, I don't know if he 307 00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:30.559 could have had the childlike wonderment and the sincerity that Will Ferrell had here. 308 00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:37.359 So although it would have been maybe a movie that we remember, I don't 309 00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:40.119 think it would have been a timeless classic. You've hit the right word there, 310 00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:42.480 which is the wonder because it's easy to see why they would have picked 311 00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:47.400 Farley or Jim Carrey because they're looking for adult children. I'm looking for people 312 00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:51.440 who can, you know, throw a tantrum or you know, feel larger 313 00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:52.799 than life at the same time as like a three year old feels larger than 314 00:19:52.839 --> 00:19:56.079 life because it's so much energy and power. But neither of them has the 315 00:19:56.119 --> 00:20:00.680 innocence or the wonder or the sweetness that Will Ferrell brings. The word I 316 00:20:00.759 --> 00:20:04.559 keep coming back to is like this wholesomeness beautiful, which I don't think the 317 00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:07.279 other two have, and Will Farrow has to the max. Well, I 318 00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:11.079 think Farley kind of had it, but you needed a sidekick with him, 319 00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:17.440 like a Chris, like a David Chris Baide, like David Spade, who 320 00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:19.960 can like poke at him and like get him to that point. I'm not 321 00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:23.680 sure because when Farley was off on his own, those movies didn't really have 322 00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:26.799 that same feel. Plus, did you know I don't know if you know 323 00:20:26.880 --> 00:20:30.960 this fact. This is not Will Ferrell's first adventure with Christmas. Before he 324 00:20:32.079 --> 00:20:37.519 was famous. He was a mall Santa and his elf was Chris Catant. 325 00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:41.160 They were both coming up in the ranks. And that's so funny. They've 326 00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:45.319 told many stories about it andredible, that's awesome. So the rumor with Jim 327 00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:48.240 Carrey not doing it, and I've only seen that one online because the Chris 328 00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:52.079 Farley stuff is in the Netflix special. But the stuff with Jim Carrey is 329 00:20:52.119 --> 00:20:56.000 that he was doing the Grinch and he didn't want to do back to back 330 00:20:56.119 --> 00:20:59.160 Christmas things. You know, that's a classic Christmas movie, But that one's 331 00:20:59.160 --> 00:21:02.000 insane, but that no one's insane. And that one's a bit more crass. 332 00:21:02.079 --> 00:21:03.799 Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah, I mean it worked out from 333 00:21:03.799 --> 00:21:07.200 that movie did well too. After the success of Old School, which I 334 00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:11.119 think was in the early part of two thousand and three, Yes New Line 335 00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:12.759 looked at this movie and was like, oh boy, we got to capitalize 336 00:21:12.839 --> 00:21:17.440 on the Frank the Tank and didn't want the wholesome Will Ferrell. They wanted 337 00:21:17.440 --> 00:21:21.200 Frank the Tank. So they had actually taken the movie away from Favreaux and 338 00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:25.519 re edited it and tried to make that PG thirteen slash R rated comedy and 339 00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:27.079 they couldn't do it. The footage wasn't there. So they're like, we 340 00:21:27.119 --> 00:21:32.119 didn't shoot that movie. You can't. You can try, you can't edit 341 00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:34.759 something that isn't there, setting it swear beliefs and random times they're like, 342 00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:37.920 look out, look at his mouth. They were actually adding in footage from 343 00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:41.640 Old School, just putting it in there digitally edited Santa Hat just like on 344 00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:45.160 him running through the streets, like look, it's elf. We nailed it. 345 00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:52.519 Didn't know Luke Wilson was in this movie, Jeremy Pevin. So after 346 00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:56.759 they cast Farrell, their next role was Walter that they wanted to cast Originally 347 00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:59.880 they wanted Gary Sandley, which would have been interesting because I don't know, 348 00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:03.759 he could have been as mean but not as serious as Conn plays it. 349 00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:07.519 But I think that Shandling actually could have pulled off the supporting role. He 350 00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:11.799 could have not as not as important as the main role as Buddy the Elf, 351 00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:15.000 And I think that Shandling could have had, like could have had that 352 00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:18.400 hatred and anger towards Buddy. But altoately, when I was young and I 353 00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:22.000 saw this film, like con scared me so like, I mean, you 354 00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:25.720 know, maybe flashbacks to my own father, which you're not getting into this 355 00:22:25.839 --> 00:22:30.240 podcast, but like that's actually why you're here, great, wonderful. I 356 00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:33.119 had no idea, but like I remember being like, I don't know if 357 00:22:33.119 --> 00:22:34.640 Gary Shanling if I looked at it ever looked at that man and been like, 358 00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:41.319 well, the cast and crew was also very afraid of James con sure, 359 00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:45.599 James, God, I would be afraid of him. We also a 360 00:22:45.640 --> 00:22:48.599 couple of years ago, two three years ago, we did a top ten 361 00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:52.599 Will Ferrell characters. Okay, we had Buddy the Elf ranked number two behind 362 00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:56.440 Ron Burgundy, which I think that's that's an absolute fair ranking. Uh So, 363 00:22:56.519 --> 00:23:00.519 getting back to your point, gu has there been a Christmas class since 364 00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:04.519 this movie? So they tried with Violent Night. And while I appreciate Violent 365 00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:07.480 Night, I think that's a fun movie, I don't even consider it a 366 00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:11.799 Christmas movie. No, I mean, after you know, Bad Santa is 367 00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:14.680 maybe the only thing I can think of that sort of bridge that gap of 368 00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:18.400 like adult Christmas movie, Like let's take out all the sweetness and wonder and 369 00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:22.000 childhood fun and we'll just make it like crass and violent and angry. And 370 00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:25.359 there have been ones that have enjoyed, but they're not classics. They're just 371 00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:26.519 kind of there for the moment to be like, oh, this is crampis 372 00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:30.799 a movie about Crampus, and they're like, great, that was the tag 373 00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:36.680 on the movie. Nailed it in one. Yeah. So, and Bad 374 00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:38.960 Santa even works only because of Billy Bob Thort. Anyone else you'd be like, 375 00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:42.960 what are we watching here? So I don't have a class, was 376 00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:45.759 my answer. You asked me this question earlier, That's the one I was 377 00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:48.279 bringing. You stole it from me. Thanks, that's great. Sorry, 378 00:23:48.319 --> 00:23:52.200 I that was a movie. I think my son was like one at the 379 00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:53.240 time, and like, oh an animated movie. Let me put this on 380 00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:59.119 for you, and then I'm sitting there watching like this is fantastic. It 381 00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:02.079 truly is two thousand and three. By the way, you get Bad Santa 382 00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:04.359 as well and also love. Actually, yeah, great year for for a 383 00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:08.640 Christmas movie special there. I have heard that the new Paul Giamatta movie The 384 00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:14.519 Holdovers is almost an instant Christmas class Now that's interesting, but obviously for an 385 00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:17.839 older crowd. It is said at Christmas, it's one So you've seen it. 386 00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:21.200 I've seen it. We haven't seen it. It's fantastic. You know, 387 00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:22.880 Giomani is best. Geomony is one of these actors that like everything you 388 00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:26.279 see him in he's fantastic, and then you forget him out immediately. He's 389 00:24:26.359 --> 00:24:29.920 like, why are you not in more movies? What are you doing? 390 00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:36.440 Paul Giamonni like, yes, it's very sad and very it's it's it's kind 391 00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:38.440 of like got that dead Poet's thing going for that, where like it's inspirational 392 00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:42.519 and it's all about obviously a prep school and uh there's connections made and people 393 00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:45.880 grow as characters, etcetera, etcetera. But it's not like a super cheerful, 394 00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:48.319 fun movie. I wouldn't throw it on with like a hot coco and 395 00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:52.319 be like, this is not my entertainment for the So there's not a ton 396 00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:55.160 of like rewatchability to it. I guess that is what you're saying. Do 397 00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:57.599 you like? How much? Do you want to like be sad like it? 398 00:24:59.200 --> 00:25:03.119 I love it? Then, yeah, you'll you'll enjoy it very much. 399 00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:07.440 It is. It is a fantastic film. I'm just not sure I'll 400 00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:11.279 watch it again next year. Okay, that's fair. I have heard it's 401 00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:12.200 one of the best movies of the year, so I can win that. 402 00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:15.440 I've been putting together my list and it's it's definitely top ten. I have 403 00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:18.480 to figure out where it's gonna go. Here's a good question for you. 404 00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:22.119 So we go back and forth on this. Our top two right now is 405 00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:26.200 Oppenheimer and across the Spider Verse. Okay, I don't know where you stand 406 00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:29.559 on those two. Absolutely those are big top five. Yeah, all right, 407 00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:32.680 there's there's I haven't seen Killers of the Flower Moon yet. I think 408 00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:36.920 it just hits streaming, so that's my next It's really really good. I 409 00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:41.200 have it just a smidge below, say Oppenheimer. Okay, that's interesting. 410 00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:44.680 I did Barbenheimer when that actually came out into the whole five hours back to 411 00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:48.240 back again. Oh no, you do Oppenheimer. Then, Barbie, it's 412 00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:52.200 dinner than dessert. There is no other option. I will hear no. 413 00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:55.680 I yield the rest of my time. I will hear no. Rebuddal that's 414 00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:57.960 true. Imagine having coming off the high of Barbie going into Oppenheimer. I 415 00:25:57.960 --> 00:26:02.839 would just crush your soul. Barbie. But like Barbie Barbers, Yeah, 416 00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:10.079 that's true. That's the main difference. I liked Barbie a lot more than 417 00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:11.480 him. The emotional stuff hit for me, it didn't really hit for him. 418 00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:14.559 Okay, I saw with my mom, so then I was kind of 419 00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:17.160 overwhelmed with my mom sobbing and I was like, well now I'm crying, 420 00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:22.039 thanks mom. All Right, so we talked about Christmas classics. Now let's 421 00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:27.039 talk about like two thousands classics comedies. Okay, obviously I wouldn't say this 422 00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:33.519 is as funny as barrat Stepbrother's Anchorman, But because it's so good, I 423 00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:37.640 think you could argue it's in that top tier. Now. I made two 424 00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:40.039 tiers, so there might be eight tiers, five tiers, however you want 425 00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:42.440 to do it. But I have a tier one of like two thousands classic 426 00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:47.200 comedies, and you tell me what I'm missing or what shouldn't be in there. 427 00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:49.200 I have Stepbrothers, Borat Anchorman, super Bad, and Mean Girls. 428 00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:53.319 I think that five sort of defines that, you know, eight to ten 429 00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:57.319 year period, and I would have this just a tier below with like forty 430 00:26:57.400 --> 00:27:00.720 year Old Virgin, Wedding Crash. There is Jackass, I Love You man 431 00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:03.599 in Old School. I think I have those just a step below that the 432 00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:07.839 top five. So number one Jackass two is better than Jackass one, fair 433 00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:11.920 enough. Also, I think forty year Old Virgin is in the tier one. 434 00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:15.599 I think that kicked off the R rated comedy decade, which was just 435 00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:22.480 Gangbusters. And that's the only thing I'll say about that is the last thirty 436 00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:23.799 minutes. It's a little long. Yeah, yes, it goes a little 437 00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:26.480 long. But that's what an appata movie is. Yeah, that's true and 438 00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:30.720 also true. I mean think back to you know hockey, like in the 439 00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:33.640 locker room, what was the movie that we quoted the most. No, 440 00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:37.559 for sure that it was the forty year Old Virgin. Yeah, I like 441 00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:41.319 the ones who just named you're just basically reading Will Ferrell's holography. That is 442 00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:45.359 that's a huge point too. You just dartboard at his sort of IMBB page. 443 00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:48.359 You're like, well, that's a class. It's like Will Ferrell, 444 00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:49.920 and then you start to get into like Paul Rudd stuff, and like that's 445 00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:53.319 a whole fifteen year period. Well it's like Will Ferrell and then like all 446 00:27:53.359 --> 00:27:56.839 of his friends. So it's like it's kind of sprinkling out. Yeah, 447 00:27:57.000 --> 00:28:00.319 all right, let's get into the gauntlet goo fun. Fact? Does this 448 00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:04.839 movie define fun? Is this the most fun movie ever? It is ninety 449 00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:10.160 seven minutes of just fun. I don't think it is like I would say 450 00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:12.279 fun factor wise, I would have it below say like a Back to the 451 00:28:12.319 --> 00:28:15.440 Future, where I think that movie is just wall to wall. It's like 452 00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:21.240 different fun, it's different kinds of fun. But this is just very simple. 453 00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:26.400 Will Ferrell as perfect casting with the counter of his fuddy duddy daddy yep, 454 00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:32.039 and with the small budget, and they had to only get so much 455 00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:37.519 footage. It's quick, it's brisk. They change the scenes enough. It's 456 00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:40.880 very very well done. You know why I will actually give you credit for 457 00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:44.039 running the goonlet of fun that this is it is that this movie works at 458 00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:47.000 any age. You were nine you were ninety, you will laugh, yeah, 459 00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:48.920 laugh at different things, which I agreed. Back to the future, 460 00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:52.279 I probably had more fun watching. But if I was like fourteen, I'd 461 00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:56.319 be like, what am I watching here? Like I want to play with 462 00:28:56.400 --> 00:29:00.480 swords. I guess that's what I did at fourteen. And you know what, 463 00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:03.759 even like background so to that point in college, my college roommate was 464 00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:07.720 from New York, just outside of New York City. His the hardest, 465 00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:10.319 he laughs, is when Buddy gets hit by the cab, because he's like, 466 00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:12.519 that's so realistic, you know, it's like that, just that little 467 00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:15.680 touch is so good. That's how you know you're a New Yorker is when 468 00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:18.240 you've been robbed, you need a bad celebrity, and you've been hit by 469 00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:22.359 a cab. It's those three things you have officially become a New york Also, 470 00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:25.839 the guy that Will Ferrell says, Santa two on the street, he 471 00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:27.359 didn't even know him. That's awesome. Yep, is this a random guy 472 00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:30.480 in the street. That's great. It's like Billy on the Street way before. 473 00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:37.039 But you talked about quotability. This movie for being as maybe not on 474 00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:41.599 that upper tier of comedy is insanely quotable. Almost every scene has as something 475 00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:45.559 requotable from it. You talk about Cottonhead and Nitny Muggins when he gets scared 476 00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:48.920 by the jack in the box. That kills me every time. The line 477 00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:52.720 about the race pizza being the race pizza, that's an awesome line that you'd 478 00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:57.279 never even would think to put it in there. You get it. Yeah, 479 00:29:57.359 --> 00:30:00.960 you saying that you don't see Santa and you all aways go sat up. 480 00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:04.440 Yeah, I know him. I can't not say it. It's hope 481 00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:10.559 you find you're dead. That's John Fabre is it. Yeah, smiling is 482 00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:15.279 my favorite. I'm singing. I'm singing. Every single interaction with Faison love 483 00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:19.839 is absolutely gold amazing. You sit on a throne of lines. I think 484 00:30:19.880 --> 00:30:22.640 I might quote that one the most. It's a great quote. Oh he's 485 00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:27.440 an angry elf. I always Francisco, Francisco. That's fun to say out 486 00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:30.359 of the elf. What's your favorite color? Like? It's the whole movie 487 00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:33.799 from top to bottom is so cornable. Son of a Nutcracker. That's another 488 00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:37.359 one that's great. You walk into an elevator and you just see all the 489 00:30:37.359 --> 00:30:42.079 buttons and you just have that instinct to just like fingers all the way down, 490 00:30:42.359 --> 00:30:45.759 it's like, all right. One of the funniest things that has been 491 00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:48.680 that was originally pointed out I think in one of those like honest trailer type 492 00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:52.000 videos is the guy that he drinks with in the mail room. It's supposed 493 00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:53.960 to be like twenty six years old. That man looks like he's fifty five. 494 00:30:55.599 --> 00:30:59.720 That's Hans Mallman. I'm thirty two. Alcohol has ruined my life? 495 00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:03.799 Uh, satisfactor. How satisfying is this movie? To you? Guys? 496 00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:08.759 It's wildly satisfying. But I will say that the end it is them trying 497 00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:14.799 to find an ending almost and although I don't love it like I love I 498 00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:18.319 think the ending of Home Alone is way more satisfying. Yeah, that's true, 499 00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:22.799 but true this movie needed to end, and that is that's a good 500 00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:26.200 Christmas spirit Christmas movie ending. Yeah, there's a family, there's a successful 501 00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:30.160 business. James Gone is happy. What more do you want? Yeah? 502 00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:33.640 The real satisfying thing, I guess is James Kahn. He starts singing, 503 00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:36.559 he makes that switch and he finally like opens up his heart. But also, 504 00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:40.680 why wasn't he singing like he just met Santa Claus. He's a curmudgeon. 505 00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:42.559 I know, but he just met Santa Claus. It's not like you 506 00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:48.359 know, he hadn't met him yet. Borahmer. If you were looking at 507 00:31:48.359 --> 00:31:52.440 this as a meter of bor Alex, was there any ticking on the meter 508 00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:56.160 at no point? It's ninety minutes of like insanity and wildness and manic craziness 509 00:31:56.160 --> 00:32:00.440 for Christmas, like we be bored. We say this so often, is 510 00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:04.039 that if you can get a movie to ninety minutes, we'll almost always accept 511 00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:06.240 it. It's the perfect length right there. It is. That's how long 512 00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:09.000 a dream is. Honestly, like, even if you don't love a movie 513 00:32:09.119 --> 00:32:14.119 or borderline, if you borderline disliked a movie and it was eighty eight minutes, 514 00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:15.759 you're like, I'm not even that upset. No, no, no, 515 00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:17.480 I've watched TV shows that are longer than at this point, and that's 516 00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:22.160 one of thirty. So let's dance Halloween. This is us misconstruing the words 517 00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:28.400 ween and Wayne Alex. Has this movie waned over time to you? No? 518 00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:31.960 In fact, it's gotten better yes by Christmas? Why you know? 519 00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:36.039 Does it have something to do with Zoe deschanelisn't on TV anymore? So I 520 00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:37.799 don't have to be annoyed by her constantly, and this is like a lovely 521 00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:42.279 take. Yeah, maybe this is about the level I could take of that 522 00:32:42.359 --> 00:32:45.200 woman. And there it is. Yeah, No, it's it's only gotten 523 00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:47.440 better all time. Great rewatchability. Yes, this and Home Alone are the 524 00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:52.279 only two that I watched multiple times during the Christmas season. Equator equator is 525 00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:57.720 this? Is this movie better or worse or the same as twenty seventeen's Aquaman. 526 00:32:58.200 --> 00:33:01.920 It's a tough call. Better. I know you guys show Aquaman every 527 00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:07.240 December. Here in classic tradition, people come and float ees, It's wonder, 528 00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:12.640 bring your trit as to the raft, No weapons in the pants, 529 00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:16.279 tent city, Excite bike Mania. This is the PG way of saying, 530 00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:20.240 did anything in this movie get you going? Really really stir you up? 531 00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:27.440 No, to put it, That's totally fine. I'm not thrown by the 532 00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:30.519 question. I'm more interested in your answers because if there's a yes coming, 533 00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:32.720 this podcast is going to run a little longer. To keep it PG, 534 00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:37.839 no, to give it to be honestly, to say. PG thirteen the 535 00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:40.839 singing in the shower scene. All right, sure, all right, fair 536 00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:45.519 a little bit cu Max credit Union. This is the segment of our program 537 00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:49.640 where I give credit to someone that made the movie or in the movie. 538 00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:53.400 Obviously Will Ferrell is the obvious answer. But I would say this script is 539 00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:57.759 pretty great. The writing is really good, the joke telling is great. 540 00:33:58.000 --> 00:34:00.480 So I got to give David Berenbaum his credit because he never found success. 541 00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:04.440 Again, I want to give Will Ferrell more credit because, like we already 542 00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:07.680 talked about earlier, I don't think anyone else could have pulled off this wide 543 00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:15.119 eyed, wholesome, silly character and made you want to watch it again. 544 00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:17.880 Yeah. Yeah, because there's also a point of if someone else is doing 545 00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:21.559 this, you're like, oh, that wasn't bad, but you're not going 546 00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:23.559 to want to watch it again. He plays it so well, Yeah, 547 00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:28.199 he really does. He also, obviously John Favreau has to get some credit 548 00:34:28.239 --> 00:34:30.440 here. Yeah. I just read a book about the rise of MC of 549 00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:35.000 Studios, which was phenomenal, and you learned how much he was just pushing 550 00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:37.239 for this vision because you're dealing with suits, you're dealing with being character. 551 00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:43.760 Yeah, the character, that's exactly right. And then the podcast, now, 552 00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:45.519 yeah, we're good. You nailed it. You nailed it on a 553 00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:50.440 terrible pun, and so I obviously I haven't looked into this, but I 554 00:34:50.440 --> 00:34:52.880 imagine, especially if it's new line is putting this together, you need a 555 00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:55.159 director who's like, I have this decision, I want this to come out 556 00:34:55.199 --> 00:34:58.559 this way, and I know what's going to work. And he did. 557 00:34:58.760 --> 00:35:01.239 Yeah. His number one thing was for this to be timeless, and he 558 00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:05.639 nailed it and nailed it. Yeah. Success, all right, hot dogs, 559 00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:07.679 hot dogs, Alex. I know this was briefly explained to love this. 560 00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:10.760 We rate things on a forty hot dog rating stuff, and everyone, 561 00:35:12.440 --> 00:35:15.360 I'm shocked to hear you even need to do you give something a forty. 562 00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:19.079 It's the best movie roughly you've ever seen. I'll go first. If you 563 00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:22.000 don't mind, you know what, I'll let you go first. That's fine. 564 00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:25.039 So this Fish out of Water in New York City is perfectly executed by 565 00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:29.239 Will Ferrell. His physical comedy in two thousand and three is peak. It's 566 00:35:29.239 --> 00:35:32.360 peak Will Ferrell. Beyond Will Ferrell. The supporting cast is call it time 567 00:35:32.360 --> 00:35:36.440 out real quick. Yeah, have you ever seen Old School? On mute? 568 00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:39.679 I've not seen Old School. I cannot recommend that enough. Will Ferrell 569 00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:46.199 is unbelievable. Just the facial expression is when he's doing the toiral stuff. 570 00:35:46.239 --> 00:35:50.559 Okay, that's the best part. Actually, I would say the pool party, 571 00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:53.679 the party stuff with him like it's it's so good, it's so good. 572 00:35:53.679 --> 00:35:59.440 But I do that way more than i'd like time in Beyond fare, 573 00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:02.360 the supporting cast in this movie is incredible. There's like twelve to fifteen great 574 00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:06.199 characters in here. Some of them get thirty seconds, some of them get 575 00:36:06.239 --> 00:36:09.440 three minutes, and they do a really good job of painting this pessimistic New 576 00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:14.159 York City up against Buddy's glee. It's a really good they're really good foils 577 00:36:14.199 --> 00:36:15.440 for each other. Yeah, And as funny as this movie is, it's 578 00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:20.519 ultimately defined by its heart, which is why I think it makes for me 579 00:36:20.599 --> 00:36:23.519 the best Christmas movie ever. The feel good moment during the conclusion when everyone's 580 00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:27.519 singing like it's a bit corny, but it's Christmasy as well, and Christmas 581 00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:30.920 is kind of corny obviously, it's hysterical as well. We talked about the 582 00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:34.199 comedies. There's actually a decent little romance story in here too. It's not 583 00:36:34.199 --> 00:36:37.840 a bad rom com between him and Jovie. But I think what takes this 584 00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:43.039 from like being a great movie to all time great is the pacing. There's 585 00:36:43.039 --> 00:36:46.239 no moment wasted in this movie from beginning to end. It's ninety seven minutes. 586 00:36:46.280 --> 00:36:50.760 Whatever it is, it's perfect, perfectly paced. So while maybe it's 587 00:36:50.760 --> 00:36:53.400 not a forty out of forty comedy or a forty out of forty family movie, 588 00:36:53.480 --> 00:36:57.960 I think when you consider all the outside factors and the fact that it's 589 00:36:58.000 --> 00:37:00.519 like clearly my number one Christmas movie, I had to give this forty hot 590 00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:05.320 dogs and I very rarely I nitpick a lot. I think maybe you could 591 00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:07.239 argue it to thirty nine, but for me, it's a forty hot dog 592 00:37:07.320 --> 00:37:09.440 movie. Yeah. For me. First off, I want to give a 593 00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:15.400 shout out to Michael for wearing a Wayne Krabet jersey that's perfectly of the time. 594 00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:17.079 That might be the only thing that takes it out of being timeless, 595 00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:19.960 because that was the first thing I looked at him, like, what was 596 00:37:19.960 --> 00:37:22.960 he wearing? Eighty jets? Okay, But like we've already talked about a 597 00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:27.199 million times, Will Ferrell is perfect in this. It captures the Christmas magic 598 00:37:27.280 --> 00:37:30.119 that they're absolutely going for. And Favreau wanted he wanted that rankin bass. 599 00:37:30.159 --> 00:37:34.800 He wanted that every year you can put it on, you can watch it 600 00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:36.960 with your mom, you can watch it with your dad, you can watch 601 00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:39.480 it with your kid of any age. This movie hits for everybody. It's 602 00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:43.800 one of the most quotable Christmas movies of all time. You made the point 603 00:37:43.800 --> 00:37:46.719 of making it, you know, quotable movies of the decade. And I 604 00:37:46.760 --> 00:37:51.880 think as a Christmas movie, this is pretty perfect as a Christmas movie. 605 00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:54.760 This is a forty hot dog Christmas movie. If you're talking about just a 606 00:37:54.800 --> 00:37:58.039 movie in general, you might knock it down to like, you know, 607 00:37:58.119 --> 00:38:00.920 thirty seven, thirty eight because you can't compare are it. No, yeah, 608 00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:05.519 you can give me if you take it. We're not tell Chindler's List. 609 00:38:06.079 --> 00:38:08.159 It's a tough comparition. I know it's tough to compare those movies, 610 00:38:08.159 --> 00:38:12.400 but don't throw it up against the Christmas backdrop. If you had to evaluate 611 00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:15.760 this in a vacuum as a movie, what's your score? Probably thirty seven 612 00:38:15.840 --> 00:38:17.559 or thirty eight. Okay, all right, that's fair. But I also 613 00:38:17.760 --> 00:38:21.679 you need to look at the context of what the movie is fair. I 614 00:38:21.760 --> 00:38:23.880 know, and I'm just saying, like, like Christmas movie wise, I 615 00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:28.280 don't think you can do better than what this is. Yeah, yeah, 616 00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:30.760 well so don't you think that it being like a fifty out of forty Christmas 617 00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:35.639 movie brings it up to forty. That's not how the skis. Well, 618 00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:37.280 I'm not gonna argue it broke my brain. Thirty seven thirty eight is a 619 00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:45.199 great score. Okay. So this movie obviously iconic for lots of reasons and 620 00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:46.760 has sort of transcended the film itself. I mean, if you're going to 621 00:38:46.840 --> 00:38:50.800 hire someone to be at your your Christmas party, you're gonna hire a Santa. 622 00:38:50.800 --> 00:38:52.920 You're gonna hire a buddy the Elk. Yeah, they're like, that's 623 00:38:52.960 --> 00:38:54.119 it, Like who else would you? I guess a missus Claus. So 624 00:38:54.159 --> 00:38:58.960 you've got three options, maybe a weird dude in a reindeer suit with like 625 00:38:58.960 --> 00:39:01.440 a glowing red news even that's like you hire him first. Yeah, that's 626 00:39:01.440 --> 00:39:07.440 the first one obviously. And so I kind of agree with you that it's 627 00:39:07.440 --> 00:39:09.039 hard to take this out of kind of the Christmas vacuum of like I wouldn't 628 00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:14.599 watch this in like March see I would, Okay, And that's totally fair. 629 00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:16.880 I have a colleague named Bridget who sets up all of our movie party. 630 00:39:16.880 --> 00:39:20.400 So we're at the Almo draft House. We do elf with props and 631 00:39:20.440 --> 00:39:23.119 you get like hats and snowballs, and it's really fun. This is the 632 00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:29.280 bane of her existence because she has to do so many shout out Bridget and 633 00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:31.039 so it's really funny to watch her. The only person I know who actually 634 00:39:31.079 --> 00:39:36.920 actively hates this movie. And so I would give it thirty five syrup filled 635 00:39:36.960 --> 00:39:38.920 hot dogs, the most sweet, disgusting odd dogs. But I'm giving the 636 00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:45.079 extra five just to annoy Bridget. You get that four full forty? Yeah, 637 00:39:45.239 --> 00:39:51.239 just fight, but probably thirty five your shortlist of greatest Christmas movies ever? 638 00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:52.920 Get what's in the conversation with Elf for you? So I love Night 639 00:39:52.920 --> 00:39:55.519 Member four Christmas that you brought up, But I think Night Member before Christmas 640 00:39:55.639 --> 00:40:00.119 is a Christmas movie for people who love Halloween. Halloween movie for people love 641 00:40:00.159 --> 00:40:04.440 Christmas. I think it's the opposite way there. That's the one I probably 642 00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:07.280 watch more than anything else. I just think it's weird and wonderful and dark. 643 00:40:07.039 --> 00:40:09.719 I do watch Diehard as a Christmas movie. I think that you know, 644 00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:14.119 you've got violence and anger and Alan Rickman. What more would you want 645 00:40:14.119 --> 00:40:15.480 for Christmas? That's a great movie. That's a great film. That's right. 646 00:40:15.519 --> 00:40:20.280 So we we've this is seven years, six years of a standing argument 647 00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:23.199 die Hard being a Christmas not being Christmas movie. I've gotten so deep in 648 00:40:23.239 --> 00:40:27.519 that people think I don't like die Hard. I love Diehard. I just 649 00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:30.000 draw that line in the sand I Christmas. I also refuse to have this 650 00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:36.719 argument anymore. It's it's the hot dog is a sandwich argument for movies. 651 00:40:36.880 --> 00:40:39.199 It really doesn't matter. It's at a Christmas party. Yeah, I mean 652 00:40:39.239 --> 00:40:45.159 the second Fas line is him with the machine gun. Oh yeah, there's 653 00:40:45.199 --> 00:40:51.400 the line. Yeah. I think those are like my mom really loves White 654 00:40:51.440 --> 00:40:53.119 Christmas. She watches that a lot, and that one. That one's sweet 655 00:40:53.159 --> 00:40:58.760 and wonderful. I love the old ranking baths stuff. I don't know if 656 00:40:58.800 --> 00:41:01.239 you are you guys big TikTok people, and if you're not totally fun Okay, 657 00:41:01.320 --> 00:41:06.199 So all the people doing the claymation like in live action to those songs, 658 00:41:06.519 --> 00:41:08.079 it's incredible to see. I don't know why this year over any other 659 00:41:08.159 --> 00:41:10.719 year, but they feel like they've been a ton of them and it's super 660 00:41:10.760 --> 00:41:15.159 nostalgia. Like that's wonderful. I think, you know, obviously we just 661 00:41:15.159 --> 00:41:17.679 talked about this movie for forty five minutes, but I think that's what ropes 662 00:41:17.719 --> 00:41:22.119 you into this movie immediately. Is it feeling like those classics? From the 663 00:41:22.239 --> 00:41:24.199 jump one minute in? It feels like those ranking and bestmentvies, which is 664 00:41:24.199 --> 00:41:29.280 great. Yeah. I did update my Christmas list? Do you want to 665 00:41:29.320 --> 00:41:31.719 do a top ten Christmas list? Oh? As a separate podcast because we 666 00:41:31.760 --> 00:41:35.039 need content. We did the vault, but we didn't do the top ten 667 00:41:35.320 --> 00:41:38.880 because we desperately need content. It's on my lap right now, see it. 668 00:41:39.000 --> 00:41:40.800 I haven't made this list. I'm going to have to do that. 669 00:41:40.960 --> 00:41:44.639 This is good. Yeah, yeah, So what is your top four on 670 00:41:44.639 --> 00:41:45.360 that list? Right? Top four? I mean that kind of gives it 671 00:41:45.360 --> 00:41:49.719 away. I mean already, but we've all I'll just give my top two 672 00:41:49.719 --> 00:41:52.280 because we've talked about it a million times. I think you've mentioned it too, 673 00:41:52.599 --> 00:41:55.719 Elfin Home Alone are just the ones that every single year, and Home 674 00:41:55.760 --> 00:42:00.280 Alone is the other one now that people start to give, well it's Christmas. 675 00:42:00.599 --> 00:42:05.840 No, that is there's a movie that you cannot tell unless it's Christmas. 676 00:42:05.599 --> 00:42:08.159 The only so because they bring this up as a counter to the to 677 00:42:08.199 --> 00:42:14.000 the Diehard argument is Diehard could happen any other number of times a year, 678 00:42:14.239 --> 00:42:16.719 which I think I think there's like seven or eight other times during the year. 679 00:42:16.760 --> 00:42:20.559 You could set diehard and it would work. Ye, Home Alone only 680 00:42:20.599 --> 00:42:24.800 works during Christmas time or Thanksgiving. It has to be that draw. Maybe 681 00:42:24.880 --> 00:42:29.360 it has to be the hectic travel. Which hectic travel, It's it only 682 00:42:29.480 --> 00:42:31.559 like one two three times a year. That's why I think Home Alone is 683 00:42:31.679 --> 00:42:36.159 more of a Christmas movie. But you could make the diehard argument against you 684 00:42:36.239 --> 00:42:43.039 heard it there first, Home Alone a hectic travel time movie. All right, 685 00:42:43.079 --> 00:42:45.320 so I guess that'll do it for this episode of MAC and do Alex, 686 00:42:45.320 --> 00:42:50.199 would you like to plug yourself? Hello? Yes, all right, 687 00:42:50.400 --> 00:42:53.679 let's do that. I'm Alex. I'm at Alex shebar s HG B A 688 00:42:53.840 --> 00:42:59.039 r on on Instagram and at featuring Alex on on TikTok. I do a 689 00:42:59.119 --> 00:43:01.559 movie fact every single day at ten second movie fact on TikTok every single day. 690 00:43:01.639 --> 00:43:05.199 Awesome. So if you want, you know, nonsense, you can 691 00:43:05.239 --> 00:43:08.239 do That's that's that's featuring Alex on TikTok. If the audience here loves nothing 692 00:43:08.239 --> 00:43:10.559 else, it's nonsense. Yeah, there it is that well, I got 693 00:43:10.559 --> 00:43:14.199 plenty of it for you. And of course, the Alamo Draft is now 694 00:43:14.199 --> 00:43:16.639 open in the Seaport District of Boston. Mac where gonna people find. You 695 00:43:16.639 --> 00:43:21.079 can find us on Twitter and on Instagram at Mac and goog podcast. On 696 00:43:21.119 --> 00:43:23.800 every other platform, we are Mac and Persan Goo that's Mac Shift seven Goo 697 00:43:23.800 --> 00:43:27.920 on your keyboard that includes Facebook, Stitcher, Tuning, Castbox, Spreaker, 698 00:43:27.960 --> 00:43:31.679 Google Play, I Heart Radio. We are on Spotify, but more importantly 699 00:43:31.679 --> 00:43:36.519 we are on Apple Podcast. Rate review, subscribe five stars. 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Because we had seven more movies to do that and 708 00:44:10.840 --> 00:44:14.400 if we both see God's Own minus one, that'll be worth talking about and 709 00:44:14.440 --> 00:44:22.920 if you see us next wins it's rough. Don't give away anything, sorry, 710 00:44:22.960 --> 00:44:27.239 I mean it was a mystery so much, and love him much, 711 00:44:28.559 --> 00:44:31.280 but you know what, he has a show called Our Flag Meats Death, 712 00:44:31.719 --> 00:44:35.840 which I'm absolutely loving. So you know ups and downs of Taiko this year. 713 00:44:36.480 --> 00:44:39.400 I didn't want to give anything away, but it felt like someone wrote 714 00:44:39.400 --> 00:44:44.599 the movie for him and then tried to put in taikas well. That's exactly 715 00:44:44.639 --> 00:44:47.159 right. I felt like it was the Mighty Ducks with with him, but 716 00:44:47.760 --> 00:44:52.760 neither one was done well, and you just like, what go one way 717 00:44:52.800 --> 00:44:57.480 or the other, but you can't do just Fashbender helped the movie at all. 718 00:44:58.639 --> 00:45:00.280 And this is the movie he like, hadn't a movie in like half 719 00:45:00.360 --> 00:45:04.599 a decade because he's been racing and he came back to make this and then 720 00:45:04.880 --> 00:45:07.519 you're just like, what disappointing? What are you doing? Brother? Yeah, 721 00:45:07.679 --> 00:45:10.239 I'm gonna come away loving Italy. I hope you do. I really 722 00:45:10.280 --> 00:45:14.280 honestly hope you do. I'm gonna apologize for it if you don't mind me, 723 00:45:14.880 --> 00:45:16.079 all right, So check us out next week. Thank you to this 724 00:45:16.159 --> 00:45:29.880 great studio audience. Bye bye bye. 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