WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:03.439 In a while, hasn't it. Anyway, a little bit about 2 00:00:03.480 --> 00:00:06.120 me in case you've I don't know you haven't heard 3 00:00:06.120 --> 00:00:08.519 this voice for but this voice before it sounds like 4 00:00:08.560 --> 00:00:11.359 I have got like a smooth jazz voice. Then welcome 5 00:00:11.400 --> 00:00:14.800 back to smooth jazz. Yeah, Zach behind the glass helping 6 00:00:14.839 --> 00:00:17.600 out today. He's nodding. He's like, yeah, she does sound 7 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:22.719 a little smooth jazzy. And uh, yeah, that's me. I'm 8 00:00:22.800 --> 00:00:27.480 smooth jazz Cafer. So anyway, in my real life, I'm 9 00:00:27.519 --> 00:00:30.879 a Denver Post columnist. I'm off and on Colorado inside 10 00:00:30.879 --> 00:00:34.119 Out on PBS Denver twelve. In fact, I'll be on 11 00:00:35.079 --> 00:00:37.479 today's Friday. I'll be on this evening eight o'clock on 12 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:41.640 Channel twelve. It's a little TV, a little radio. Also 13 00:00:41.719 --> 00:00:45.000 teach a little write, a little edit, a little so 14 00:00:45.159 --> 00:00:49.479 a little Yeah. I even like grow stuff and sell it. 15 00:00:49.479 --> 00:00:53.159 I guess that makes me a farmer, maybe like a 16 00:00:53.200 --> 00:00:55.880 micro farmer. You've heard of micro businesses. I guess I've 17 00:00:55.880 --> 00:00:59.119 got a micro farm. And it's even more micro thanks 18 00:00:59.159 --> 00:01:02.399 to twhawks, that one hog, two walks. I took out 19 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:05.239 two of my chickens, and you know, I get it. 20 00:01:05.280 --> 00:01:08.400 I like chicken too, but miss those gals. I'm down 21 00:01:08.439 --> 00:01:12.640 to two hens to fix that later on Raise ups 22 00:01:12.640 --> 00:01:15.840 and new Chicks so I can have fresh eggs text 23 00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:18.000 line five six six N I know, got some fun 24 00:01:18.040 --> 00:01:23.280 topics for the show today, Christmas perspective, favorite Christmas movies, 25 00:01:23.640 --> 00:01:28.519 events of twenty twenty four, and New Year's resolutions. I figure, hey, 26 00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:31.840 we're kind of in that, like that weird period between 27 00:01:32.560 --> 00:01:35.079 Christmas and New Year's and I'm only going to sub today, 28 00:01:35.159 --> 00:01:38.040 so I got to pack in what I would probably 29 00:01:38.159 --> 00:01:40.879 normally do over a couple of days, which is, hey, 30 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:44.480 let's review the year. Then we're going to review, you know, 31 00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:46.439 kind of what we hope for for next year, and 32 00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:48.079 so we'll get to all of that, but I want 33 00:01:48.079 --> 00:01:50.840 to give a little perspective first. This is a Wall 34 00:01:50.879 --> 00:01:54.359 Street Journal article that I read today. I text line 35 00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:56.719 five six six nine. Know also you can you can 36 00:01:57.480 --> 00:01:59.640 if you do Twitter. Still. I know it's called X. 37 00:01:59.719 --> 00:02:01.920 I think that is the dumbest name ever, so you'll 38 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:05.040 never hear me call it X. But Twitter at CHRISTA. 39 00:02:05.120 --> 00:02:08.599 Kaefer's that's where you can tweet to me. And here's 40 00:02:08.599 --> 00:02:10.080 the deal you're going to put up with, not only 41 00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:13.360 public policy, but I like animal videos, so I post 42 00:02:13.400 --> 00:02:16.599 some of those and I don't fight. So if you 43 00:02:16.680 --> 00:02:19.240 want to like send nasty things my way, I just 44 00:02:19.360 --> 00:02:22.719 I'll just mute you. And then occasionally I feel in 45 00:02:22.719 --> 00:02:25.039 a little bit ornery and I will give a donation 46 00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:28.199 on your behalf to an organization that you probably won't like. 47 00:02:28.360 --> 00:02:32.319 So tweet wisely, that's all I'm going to say. So perspective. 48 00:02:32.360 --> 00:02:33.800 I just thought this was kind of interesting as we 49 00:02:33.840 --> 00:02:35.639 move into kind of a little Christmas, a little New 50 00:02:35.680 --> 00:02:39.639 Year's topics. And that is an article from the Wall 51 00:02:39.639 --> 00:02:43.479 Street Journal. It said it's called Mary Baum Free Christmas. 52 00:02:43.520 --> 00:02:46.199 Just a little perspective. Whether you're happy or not, whether 53 00:02:46.199 --> 00:02:49.439 you had a good Christmas or not, we're pretty darn 54 00:02:49.520 --> 00:02:52.680 safe here. And I pointed out the fact in this 55 00:02:52.919 --> 00:02:56.800 article that you know Nigeria, if you're a Christian, chances are, 56 00:02:57.520 --> 00:03:01.000 depending on where you live, you could be within range 57 00:03:01.080 --> 00:03:04.319 of someone who wants to kill you. Sixty Christians killed 58 00:03:04.360 --> 00:03:09.439 earlier this year by Islamists. And if you're in Nicaragua 59 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:13.039 under Daniel Ortega, he just decided that he didn't like 60 00:03:13.120 --> 00:03:16.879 particular Jesuit Order Catholic nuns. And I don't know if 61 00:03:16.919 --> 00:03:20.560 it was Jesuit. It was some order didn't like the nuns. 62 00:03:20.639 --> 00:03:23.759 Jesuits are usually teachers, but whatever this order of nuns was, 63 00:03:23.800 --> 00:03:27.439 he wouldn't fan, so he expelled them from the country. Also, 64 00:03:27.680 --> 00:03:31.960 China cracking down on Christians and Muslims. Putin of course, 65 00:03:32.039 --> 00:03:35.680 bombed one hundred churches in Ukraine. And if you're a 66 00:03:35.759 --> 00:03:39.479 Syrian Christian, life's a little bit better now that a 67 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:46.560 Sad is gone, but it's a little precarious. The thought 68 00:03:46.680 --> 00:03:49.439 was a very very evil man. It's been a rough 69 00:03:50.199 --> 00:03:54.240 ten years, not from Asad particularly, but from some of 70 00:03:54.240 --> 00:03:58.800 the Islamist factions. I've decided to persecute Christians, take their 71 00:03:59.400 --> 00:04:01.639 fury out on them. And so for them to be 72 00:04:01.719 --> 00:04:06.199 able to openly not do something for Christmas, celebrate their religion, 73 00:04:07.639 --> 00:04:11.120 they feel like they're freer than ever. Right now. The 74 00:04:11.199 --> 00:04:14.599 new leadership, the majority reigning faction is saying, hey, we're 75 00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:18.920 all going to be about helping people to let them 76 00:04:18.920 --> 00:04:21.560 practice their religion, whatever that religion may be. We're going 77 00:04:21.639 --> 00:04:24.360 to be you know, we're going to be a very 78 00:04:24.399 --> 00:04:29.000 tolerant new nation or nation reborn. Rather, if I was 79 00:04:29.040 --> 00:04:32.319 a Christian Syrian, I'd be a little nervous I'd be 80 00:04:32.439 --> 00:04:34.680 very happy with the current majority is like the majority 81 00:04:34.759 --> 00:04:39.279 factions like, yeah, we'll protect you. But it's that same 82 00:04:39.360 --> 00:04:43.399 majority faction decides that it wants to get the radical 83 00:04:43.439 --> 00:04:47.519 Islamists on board, they may no longer protect those Christians. 84 00:04:47.600 --> 00:04:50.720 So just a little perspective. I hate to start to 85 00:04:50.759 --> 00:04:54.879 show off a little on the dark side, but if 86 00:04:54.920 --> 00:04:58.240 you practice your religion, if you don't even have a religion, 87 00:04:58.240 --> 00:05:00.439 if you just did a secular Christmas or no Christmas, 88 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:03.279 or if you did hanukkah, uh, if you're you know, 89 00:05:03.319 --> 00:05:08.639 whatever you're into, if you did it freely yesterday, be 90 00:05:08.680 --> 00:05:12.519 a little grateful, a little grateful because in some parts 91 00:05:12.519 --> 00:05:18.879 of the world, Uh, people are pretty darn miserable. Speaking 92 00:05:18.920 --> 00:05:21.319 of Christmas, that's the dark side. Let's talk a little 93 00:05:21.360 --> 00:05:23.959 bit about best Christmas movies. I don't know if you 94 00:05:24.639 --> 00:05:28.519 watched Christmas movies. Probably didn't watch them yesterday, but if 95 00:05:28.560 --> 00:05:31.519 you probably watched them up up until the season started. 96 00:05:31.560 --> 00:05:35.800 I did get was it the new Uh? The Rock 97 00:05:35.879 --> 00:05:37.360 wasn't a new one. I don't know. I don't know 98 00:05:37.399 --> 00:05:42.360 if you watched that, Zach It's Dwayne red one red one. 99 00:05:42.399 --> 00:05:43.040 Did you watch it? 100 00:05:43.160 --> 00:05:45.879 I actually did, I did gearing up for the season. 101 00:05:46.040 --> 00:05:47.439 I thought it was super cute. 102 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:49.160 You know, it's it's kind of you if you're if 103 00:05:49.199 --> 00:05:50.959 you got kids that are sort of junior high end 104 00:05:51.040 --> 00:05:53.600 up or late elementary. You know, there's I think there's 105 00:05:53.600 --> 00:05:56.720 a little language in it that's about it. It's cute, 106 00:05:56.759 --> 00:05:58.000 it's fun, it's mild. 107 00:05:58.040 --> 00:06:01.360 And I I liked how they depict it the Santa 108 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:06.079 hitting you know, eight billion houses in twelve hours or whatever. 109 00:06:06.120 --> 00:06:06.879 I thought that was. 110 00:06:07.040 --> 00:06:09.519 Something I hadn't seen in a Christmas movie before, and 111 00:06:09.560 --> 00:06:11.879 they did it, and I think it really like magical 112 00:06:11.920 --> 00:06:13.600 way that I felt kids would enjoy. 113 00:06:13.759 --> 00:06:15.519 Yeah, it's magical, but you know they just you know, 114 00:06:15.560 --> 00:06:17.439 Santa's got a lot of helpers, let's put it that way. 115 00:06:17.439 --> 00:06:18.759 I thought it was pretty cute. So I'm gonna tell 116 00:06:18.759 --> 00:06:20.600 this question out there eight six sixth and I know 117 00:06:21.240 --> 00:06:25.000 is our text line, and no one answers that I'll answer. 118 00:06:25.120 --> 00:06:28.000 Maybe ZECH can answer it. There are two Christmas movies, 119 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:30.399 so think all the way back, you know, black and 120 00:06:30.399 --> 00:06:32.560 white Christmas movies all the way up to read one 121 00:06:33.199 --> 00:06:36.319 kind of the newest Christmas movie two that I can 122 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:40.000 think of, in which a character reads part of the 123 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:43.800 Biblical Christmas story. There's only two that I can think of. 124 00:06:44.839 --> 00:06:49.519 The shows are very different from one another. You're gonna 125 00:06:49.560 --> 00:06:52.199 answer five six to six, and I know I would 126 00:06:52.279 --> 00:06:54.079 love to think you think it would be something like, 127 00:06:54.240 --> 00:06:58.560 you know, an old fashioned in to both one movie 128 00:06:59.319 --> 00:07:07.439 two two thousands, the other's nineteen sixties. You may know 129 00:07:07.480 --> 00:07:10.040 what they are seem to get any answers yet, not yet, 130 00:07:10.519 --> 00:07:12.519 but if you want to text me five sixty six 131 00:07:12.560 --> 00:07:16.959 and I know two Christmas movies shown to wide audiences 132 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:20.560 that actually read a little bit of the Christian story, 133 00:07:20.639 --> 00:07:24.759 that the biblical story from the Christian tradition, and the 134 00:07:24.800 --> 00:07:26.600 first one you probably have guessed, so I'll give you 135 00:07:26.639 --> 00:07:29.279 the first one. The first one is Charlie Brown Christmas. 136 00:07:29.639 --> 00:07:32.040 Charlie Brown Christmas. You've obviously seen it. 137 00:07:32.199 --> 00:07:33.759 Of course, one of the classics. 138 00:07:33.800 --> 00:07:36.639 It's a classic. Nineteen sixty five what I thought was interesting. 139 00:07:36.680 --> 00:07:39.199 Denver Post had a piece about it, talking about the 140 00:07:39.279 --> 00:07:43.240 controversy behind it when it aired, and I just thought 141 00:07:43.279 --> 00:07:46.319 it was pretty pretty interesting. So nineteen sixty five, the 142 00:07:46.360 --> 00:07:49.240 twenty five minute show of a couple of things that 143 00:07:49.279 --> 00:07:53.360 were unique about it. No laugh track, No laugh track. 144 00:07:55.240 --> 00:07:57.399 I hate laugh tracks personally. There's a laugh track on 145 00:07:57.439 --> 00:07:59.360 a show. I won't watch it, but a lot of people, 146 00:07:59.399 --> 00:08:01.680 a lot of people prompts laughter. That's why it's used. 147 00:08:02.240 --> 00:08:04.720 It also had a jazz musician that scored it, which 148 00:08:04.759 --> 00:08:09.279 is kind of interesting. So it's some interesting angles and 149 00:08:09.319 --> 00:08:13.680 that what in addition to sort of breaking those rules 150 00:08:14.120 --> 00:08:20.560 no laugh track, kind of a cool score? Is it simplicity? 151 00:08:20.800 --> 00:08:22.639 You know, it's it's a bunch of kids. One of 152 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:26.439 them is feeling kind of down. He doesn't know what 153 00:08:26.480 --> 00:08:29.000 the meaning of Christmas is. He's looking around for it, 154 00:08:29.040 --> 00:08:32.200 he's yearning for it. And then by the kind of 155 00:08:32.279 --> 00:08:35.320 towards the end, Linus lineus a fascinating character and that 156 00:08:35.399 --> 00:08:38.200 he's kind of a philosopher, but he still carries his blanket, 157 00:08:38.799 --> 00:08:42.080 which is I don't know, kind of endearing, right, sweet kid, 158 00:08:42.919 --> 00:08:46.960 but definitely the philosopher of the bunch. And he sort 159 00:08:46.960 --> 00:08:50.759 of steps up and he reads a little bit of 160 00:08:50.799 --> 00:08:54.480 the Christmas story and I thought it was interesting. Well, 161 00:08:54.519 --> 00:08:59.720 at the time that it was written, the founder of Peanuts, Schaltz, 162 00:08:59.840 --> 00:09:02.039 he uh, you know, you put it together. They put 163 00:09:02.039 --> 00:09:05.399 it together pretty fast, got it over to the studio. 164 00:09:05.919 --> 00:09:09.240 The studio watched it and they were like, ah, I 165 00:09:09.279 --> 00:09:13.159 don't know, guys, it's an unusual it's kind of simple. 166 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:15.799 It's a little you know, this kid's kind of feeling down. 167 00:09:15.960 --> 00:09:20.000 There's no there's no Yettis, there's no Santa Claus, there's 168 00:09:20.000 --> 00:09:23.279 none of that stuff. And then you, you know, you 169 00:09:23.679 --> 00:09:26.840 bust out some some bible. I'm not sure we can 170 00:09:26.879 --> 00:09:31.559 do this, and it was too late to rewrite it, 171 00:09:31.639 --> 00:09:34.639 so they went ahead and aired it, and when they 172 00:09:34.720 --> 00:09:39.240 aired it, it became an instant success. So Charlie Brown, 173 00:09:39.320 --> 00:09:41.600 Christmas one of the one of the two that I 174 00:09:41.639 --> 00:09:43.320 can think of, and maybe you can think of more 175 00:09:43.320 --> 00:09:48.919 than I can. This person says, a Little Drummer Boy, Oh, yes, there. 176 00:09:49.039 --> 00:09:52.159 I guess there was a movie Little Drummer Boy, so 177 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:55.879 maybe there. I haven't seen it. Another person says, it's 178 00:09:55.919 --> 00:09:58.360 a Wonderful Life. This would be Dan in Northern Colorado, 179 00:09:58.440 --> 00:10:01.480 and actually you would, they so, but it's not in there, 180 00:10:01.639 --> 00:10:03.759 and I've watched It's a Wonderful Life a number of times. 181 00:10:03.759 --> 00:10:07.000 It's actually on my list of faves. I absolutely love it. 182 00:10:07.159 --> 00:10:10.559 I also love trading Places. And I know some people 183 00:10:10.639 --> 00:10:14.240 don't think that die Hard is a Christmas movie. Very 184 00:10:14.240 --> 00:10:16.960 clearly is a Christmas movie. Thoughts on that, Zach, I'm 185 00:10:16.960 --> 00:10:17.759 with you. I'm with you. 186 00:10:17.840 --> 00:10:21.559 It's the idea of Christmas themes versus Christmas setting. The 187 00:10:21.600 --> 00:10:24.840 Christmas setting applies only to Christmas. The Christmas themes are 188 00:10:24.960 --> 00:10:27.159 year round. If a movie doesn't have those themes but 189 00:10:27.240 --> 00:10:28.960 has the setting, I think it's a Christmas movie. 190 00:10:29.080 --> 00:10:31.159 Yeah, I think you're right. And hence, I mean Trading 191 00:10:31.159 --> 00:10:35.320 Places also has and he he's dressed up as the 192 00:10:35.360 --> 00:10:38.600 Santa Claus. He so completely wasted dan Ackroyd, and he 193 00:10:39.240 --> 00:10:43.279 goes to the and he's like shoving the food down 194 00:10:43.360 --> 00:10:47.399 his shirt because he's starving, and he's he's drunk. So 195 00:10:47.399 --> 00:10:51.600 it features a Santa of sorts, a sort of sad Santa. 196 00:10:51.720 --> 00:10:54.600 And I love Trading Places. You've seen that one to 197 00:10:54.639 --> 00:10:55.559 your nodding, for sure. 198 00:10:55.639 --> 00:10:55.840 Yeah. 199 00:10:56.120 --> 00:10:58.080 And the themes of like, you know, being grateful for 200 00:10:58.159 --> 00:11:00.639 what you have and all those things present all throughout 201 00:11:00.639 --> 00:11:03.360 that movie. Comedy classic and definitely a Christmas movie. 202 00:11:03.600 --> 00:11:05.919 Definitely a Christmas movie. Well, okay, so I'm gonna let 203 00:11:06.000 --> 00:11:09.919 you guess what is the second film that has a 204 00:11:09.960 --> 00:11:11.480 little bit of the Bible story in it? 205 00:11:12.440 --> 00:11:13.679 Okay, this is a long shot. 206 00:11:13.679 --> 00:11:15.919 I was thinking Home alone because there's that scene where 207 00:11:15.960 --> 00:11:18.759 they go to the church and I know there's choir singers, 208 00:11:18.799 --> 00:11:21.559 but I was thinking maybe there's a passage in the background. 209 00:11:21.559 --> 00:11:22.919 But now it's a long shot. 210 00:11:22.919 --> 00:11:24.960 What is it. It's Bad Santa. 211 00:11:25.720 --> 00:11:28.000 Oh, that's funny. I guess it kind of makes sense. 212 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:29.000 But I would have never guessed that. 213 00:11:29.159 --> 00:11:30.720 Yeah, a lot of people would never guess. So two 214 00:11:30.759 --> 00:11:34.000 thousand and three it is my favorite all time Christmas movie. 215 00:11:34.480 --> 00:11:37.159 I watch it every year sometimes. Usually I got my 216 00:11:37.519 --> 00:11:40.879 decorations up, I turn on the oh the twinkling lights, 217 00:11:40.919 --> 00:11:43.080 I light some candles, and I watch Bad Santa. Now 218 00:11:43.080 --> 00:11:46.039 before you run out and get Bad Santa. They're like, okay, 219 00:11:46.120 --> 00:11:48.399 Caper recommended it. We got to watch this. Do not 220 00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:52.360 watch it with kids. It is an incredibly raunchy movie, 221 00:11:52.600 --> 00:11:55.799 and that's not all it is, but it definitely is 222 00:11:55.879 --> 00:11:58.600 not for younger viewers. You will see some people that 223 00:11:58.679 --> 00:12:02.240 you recognize in it, Bernie Mack and John Ritter, John 224 00:12:02.320 --> 00:12:06.080 Riders last movie. Billy Bob Thornton plays the main character, 225 00:12:06.120 --> 00:12:08.200 the Bad Santa. And I'm not going to give away 226 00:12:08.240 --> 00:12:10.799 the plot here, but I will say that you start 227 00:12:10.840 --> 00:12:13.159 off with truly one of the worst human beings you 228 00:12:13.200 --> 00:12:15.440 can possibly imagine. And I want to say, one of 229 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:18.279 the worst human beings. I'm not talking like you know, Hitler, 230 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:22.519 Stalin Polepot, League of mass murders. I'm talking run of 231 00:12:22.559 --> 00:12:31.000 the mill, horrible, drunk, dissipated, womanizing, selfish, the botched, actually 232 00:12:31.120 --> 00:12:33.200 kind of gross. The kind of person that would drink 233 00:12:33.240 --> 00:12:35.759 so much you would pee himself in public and not 234 00:12:35.960 --> 00:12:39.480 mind like that kind of gross. He's a gross human being. 235 00:12:39.600 --> 00:12:44.360 He's a thief and every Christmas, he and his associate 236 00:12:44.480 --> 00:12:49.559 they rob a grot, they rob a department store. What 237 00:12:49.679 --> 00:12:52.279 happens in the course of the film, and why it's 238 00:12:52.320 --> 00:12:56.320 my favorite, is that it's a redemption story. You have 239 00:12:56.440 --> 00:13:01.720 this grotesque, horrible human being who becomes a better human being. 240 00:13:01.759 --> 00:13:04.919 That does he become mother Teresa. No, that becomes a 241 00:13:04.919 --> 00:13:08.240 better human being by the end of the movie. And 242 00:13:08.279 --> 00:13:11.440 he does that because of the unmerited love of a child. 243 00:13:12.039 --> 00:13:16.159 The unmerited love of a child causes him to go 244 00:13:16.320 --> 00:13:22.679 from this self loathing, despicable person to a better person 245 00:13:22.919 --> 00:13:25.720 by the end of the film. And that, my friends, 246 00:13:25.840 --> 00:13:28.360 if you're of the Christian tradition, you know that is 247 00:13:29.039 --> 00:13:34.320 the Christian message that you know, God breaks into the 248 00:13:34.320 --> 00:13:40.559 world to redeem human beings who can be despicable, every 249 00:13:40.559 --> 00:13:45.279 one of us, and that it is the unmerited love 250 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:50.080 of a child that can cause people to go from 251 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:55.080 being pretty bad to being better. Not you know, I'm 252 00:13:55.120 --> 00:13:58.600 no mother Teresa, but it's something I've experienced at myself. 253 00:13:58.879 --> 00:14:00.519 So yes, if you're gonna go on a watch Bad 254 00:14:00.559 --> 00:14:03.200 Santa it is, you could watch it with a teen 255 00:14:03.399 --> 00:14:06.440 Do not watch it with kids. Maybe watch it alone 256 00:14:06.759 --> 00:14:09.639 if you're you know, I don't know of any kind 257 00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:12.840 of edited version. I'm not sure you could edit it, 258 00:14:12.960 --> 00:14:14.799 just because there are so many F bombs in it. 259 00:14:14.919 --> 00:14:19.759 The dialogue would be at a little thin, some other 260 00:14:19.840 --> 00:14:23.200 sort of ryebald scenes in it. But it does have 261 00:14:23.440 --> 00:14:28.039 a redemptive theme, and that's my favorite story. I love 262 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:30.159 Road to Perdition. Like if you were to like have 263 00:14:30.320 --> 00:14:33.720 me list my ten favorite films, a lot of those 264 00:14:33.759 --> 00:14:36.960 would fall into the redemption category. I just I'm stunned 265 00:14:36.960 --> 00:14:39.879 by those kinds of films where you start off with something, 266 00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:41.840 you know, somebody who's a bit of a hot mess, 267 00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:45.559 and by the end they're somewhat redeemed, or a story 268 00:14:46.159 --> 00:14:49.200 bad relationship that becomes better by the end of the movie. 269 00:14:49.440 --> 00:14:51.200 I'm a sucker for that. I'm a sucker for like 270 00:14:51.399 --> 00:14:54.240 quest type shows as well. People. You know, I guess 271 00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:56.840 you could say that the Charlie Bounce Brown Special falls 272 00:14:56.840 --> 00:15:00.039 into the quest category of, you know, searching for something 273 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:03.120 and finding it. You know, I'm kind of a sucker 274 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:06.559 for those as well, and hence the reason I love 275 00:15:06.720 --> 00:15:10.320 Aad Santa and I recommend it, but I recommend it 276 00:15:10.360 --> 00:15:13.000 again with a caveat. If you're a person who is 277 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:21.120 sensitive to things that are a little ribaled, naughty and 278 00:15:21.440 --> 00:15:23.600 a lot of swearing, it's not the film for you, 279 00:15:23.759 --> 00:15:26.720 But if you know you're willing to overlook that for 280 00:15:26.759 --> 00:15:33.320 some other merits, it's also absolutely hilarious. And speaking of hilarious, 281 00:15:33.360 --> 00:15:38.960 I just finished Deadpool and Wolverine. I know a Rod 282 00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:41.320 would like that at Zach. Have you seen it as well? 283 00:15:42.399 --> 00:15:43.000 I have. I have. 284 00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:44.200 I thought that was a fun one. 285 00:15:44.320 --> 00:15:48.240 It was fun. Now it is a little bit patchy 286 00:15:48.320 --> 00:15:52.960 on the I think the plot is not great, but 287 00:15:53.080 --> 00:15:55.120 I thought the movie itself was a laugh riot. 288 00:15:56.000 --> 00:15:56.240 Yeah. 289 00:15:56.320 --> 00:15:59.919 Yeah, the plot is more an excuse to, I don't know, 290 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:02.600 get all these characters together and get them to interact 291 00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:05.320 and whatnot, and all the fourth wall stuff. And you know, 292 00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:06.879 for how messy it could have been, I think they 293 00:16:06.879 --> 00:16:08.279 did a pretty good job executing that. 294 00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:12.759 I think so too. I mean it thin on plot, 295 00:16:12.799 --> 00:16:16.000 but pretty fun and a lot of hilarious jokes, and 296 00:16:16.080 --> 00:16:18.000 it got a couple of texts coming in here. All. 297 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:22.799 This person says, Yage has these sexy, brilliant Christmas back Ah. 298 00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:26.600 You know, I'm a sucker for flattery. Thank you, thank 299 00:16:26.639 --> 00:16:31.360 you very much. And let's see Christmas movie also brilliant. 300 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:36.240 Gremlins definitely a Christmas movie. Takes place during Christmas, but 301 00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:40.679 there's some Christmas themes and now granted evil monsters. I 302 00:16:40.679 --> 00:16:43.039 mean they kill a lot of people, basically ruined their Christmas, 303 00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:46.440 but it's still still good. Let's see this person says, 304 00:16:46.519 --> 00:16:51.399 Christmas Chronicles one and two, and I guess star animated 305 00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:54.960 Star not ones. I've seen a person who also likes 306 00:16:54.960 --> 00:16:58.240 Bad Santa at Rocks. And this person says, have you 307 00:16:58.240 --> 00:17:01.320 ever noticed that Billy Popler in play almost the exact 308 00:17:01.320 --> 00:17:04.480 same character in every movie. He's almost always a drunk, 309 00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:09.400 cigarette smoking, divorced man. Yeah, pretty much. He does seem 310 00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:13.480 to have He does seem to have that. I think 311 00:17:13.559 --> 00:17:17.599 some characters, some actors out there are most comfortable when 312 00:17:17.599 --> 00:17:21.079 they can step into the same role in every movie. 313 00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:23.480 You know a lot of people like to, you know, 314 00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:28.200 diss Tom Cruise, but I think you know when he 315 00:17:28.240 --> 00:17:32.039 plays the character that he is best at, which is 316 00:17:32.160 --> 00:17:37.039 you know, badass dude, maybe he does okay. I think 317 00:17:37.079 --> 00:17:38.880 the Rock plays the same guy every time and he 318 00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:41.559 does great. So you know, no, you're not everyone's built 319 00:17:41.559 --> 00:17:44.079 to be like a Shakespeare actor. Some people want to 320 00:17:44.079 --> 00:17:46.160 play the same role and you know what, they do 321 00:17:46.279 --> 00:17:50.599 a darn fine job at it. The thoughts about Christmas 322 00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:53.519 movies I'm totally open for at five, six, six, nine 323 00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:55.880 to zero. Do you know that bad Son is a 324 00:17:55.920 --> 00:18:00.680 Cohen Brothers movie. Yeah, they were executive producers. Weren't writers 325 00:18:00.720 --> 00:18:03.240 on it, but they were executive producers. And I got 326 00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:05.880 to say, I haven't seen every Coen Brothers movie, but 327 00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:09.640 I'm a sucker for the ones that I like. I 328 00:18:09.680 --> 00:18:13.559 loved Lady Killers, which is actually they re redid a 329 00:18:13.599 --> 00:18:15.920 film from the sixties on that one, but it's got 330 00:18:16.319 --> 00:18:19.200 Tom Hanks in it. And if you watch Lady Killers, 331 00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:22.559 watch two things. Watch what the cat is doing and 332 00:18:22.640 --> 00:18:26.079 watch what the portrait is doing. There's a portrait of 333 00:18:26.119 --> 00:18:29.359 her husband's is the good character in it. There's a 334 00:18:29.359 --> 00:18:32.599 portrait of her husband, and that portrait changes over the 335 00:18:32.640 --> 00:18:36.599 course of the movie. It is a funny, fun beautiful film, 336 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:41.519 True Grit, the remake, awesome Coen Brothers. Oh brother Where 337 00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:47.160 art tho? It's beautiful film, funny, witty moments, sort of deep. 338 00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:49.720 It kind of tracks, like I say, loosely tracks. I 339 00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:52.440 believe the Odyssey. It is a coming home kind of movie. 340 00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:56.920 You even have sort of the Cyclops character in it. 341 00:18:57.720 --> 00:19:01.400 Great scene, absolutely great scene. So, uh I am I 342 00:19:01.440 --> 00:19:04.799 am a sucker for a Redemption movie. I am a 343 00:19:04.880 --> 00:19:09.880 sucker for a Coen Brothers movie. And uh yeah, what 344 00:19:09.960 --> 00:19:13.119 can I say? Let's see a couple other films that 345 00:19:13.240 --> 00:19:19.519 came in. Oh, that's nice of you. Let's see while 346 00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:22.359 you were sleeping. Yes, that's a good one, very good 347 00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:27.119 Sandra Bullock when she was young. Christmas movie obviously total classic. 348 00:19:27.599 --> 00:19:32.119 And uh, Crampis. I had not seen Crampis, Crampus being 349 00:19:32.119 --> 00:19:35.119 the sort of dark side of like Santa's. I don't 350 00:19:35.119 --> 00:19:39.799 know if they're brothers. They are in Red One. I 351 00:19:39.799 --> 00:19:42.960 think adopted brothers. I'm not sure that they're well because 352 00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:46.079 they don't they don't really look alike Grampa's though. So 353 00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:50.759 Santa Claus gives gifts to kids on the the good list, 354 00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:56.240 and the Crampish meets out punishment to the bad kids 355 00:19:56.279 --> 00:19:58.279 on the list. And so you might want to know 356 00:19:58.359 --> 00:20:02.559 what which list you're on when are coming in to Christmas. 357 00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:05.359 Just to modify your expectations, happy to have a few 358 00:20:05.400 --> 00:20:09.400 other Christmas movies also, Well, let's do a little bit 359 00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:13.400 of a year in room. A year in room? Can 360 00:20:13.440 --> 00:20:16.960 I get through the sentence? A year in review kind 361 00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:20.400 of top things that you think happened over over the 362 00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:22.440 last year. Twenty twenty four. I'm not going to say 363 00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:23.880 it was a good it was not a good year 364 00:20:23.880 --> 00:20:27.039 for me. Twenty twenty five has got to be a 365 00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:29.680 little bit better. With that, Let's let's go ahead and 366 00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:31.680 take a break. This is Christa Kafer sitting in for 367 00:20:31.799 --> 00:20:40.880 Mandy Connell. You're listening to eight fifty koa like I 368 00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:43.640 srot on the shallow end of the pool and then 369 00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:45.799 just sort of drift into the deep end. So we 370 00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:48.200 started off with I just started off with like a 371 00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:51.839 kind of a heavier, you know, foreign policy Christmas perspective, 372 00:20:51.839 --> 00:20:54.079 but then we moved into the shallow in we've been 373 00:20:54.119 --> 00:20:58.759 doing best to Christmas movies. I confessed Bad Santa is 374 00:20:58.799 --> 00:21:02.559 my favorite. It's my top watched every year. Yes, it 375 00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:06.680 is a little raunchy. I don't know, maybe a little 376 00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:09.440 more than a little. I had a little bad language 377 00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:11.000 in it, but I just I'm such a sucker for 378 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:13.839 a redemption movie that I gotta love it. I actually 379 00:21:13.880 --> 00:21:16.079 gotta love it. And it's really well acted and it's 380 00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:20.359 it's absolutely hilarious. Somebody just texted in and said, I 381 00:21:20.400 --> 00:21:24.079 saw Bad Santa on MTV on Tuesday and the cuss 382 00:21:24.079 --> 00:21:26.759 words were all bleeped out. Wow, it can be done. 383 00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:30.319 I would assume the film would be like beep beep, dialogue, 384 00:21:30.319 --> 00:21:34.279 beep beep, beep beep. I don't know, but it, Yeah, 385 00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:37.279 I feel like overused, Like people are really over using 386 00:21:37.359 --> 00:21:39.920 the F word, and it's kind of ruining it for me. 387 00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:43.680 You know, it's taken all of the kind of spiciness 388 00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:45.720 out of it. It's like if you put cayenne pepper, 389 00:21:46.119 --> 00:21:48.599 and I love me some cayenne, but if you put 390 00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:51.440 it on everything, after a while you'd be like, I 391 00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:53.920 don't know, this is just not that spicy. I just 392 00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:56.640 feel like people have ruined it. You know, it's just 393 00:21:56.640 --> 00:21:58.960 taking all the joy out of the word. And I uh, 394 00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:02.359 I hate that, I absolutely hate. I mean, you know, 395 00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:05.480 it's like in all these little videos on you know, 396 00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:08.200 I watched videos on Facebook or whatever, and you know 397 00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:12.039 they're funny, but you just cut back on the f wort. 398 00:22:12.079 --> 00:22:15.559 They just ruined it. It really bothers me. I hardly 399 00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:18.160 want to use it anymore. It's just becomes so common. 400 00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:22.079 A couple other movies carry on on Netflix. I'm about 401 00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:24.359