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23- Elf vs. Home Alone! Plus, The Great Die Hard Debate (Is It Really a Christmas Movie?) · Arguing Ever After

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at arguingeverafter@gmail.com. All right, here we are, our
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second week into jolly season. Yeah, brought to you live by the
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one and only Mr. Missus Claus. Yeah, there you go.
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There you go. You don't feel very Missus Claus
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Y right? Now, I'm not a missus Claus, but
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that's OK. That's OK Make the best
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chocolate chip cookies though. I mean.
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Like literally they're better than any other chocolate chip
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cookies I've ever had. And that's her one deal.
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It seems like she's in all the pictures.
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She just makes cookies which is messed up.
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I like the ones where she does more stuff.
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What do you mean like that's? Like she doesn't have more of a
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role. That's sort of sad.
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I feel like she's just underrepresented.
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It's probably like all the the stories, there's very little
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given to the ladies of the story.
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Yeah, yeah, she's probably got a pretty big job, I would think,
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you know, being up there with. She is.
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I mean it. I have watched all the Christmas
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movies. I mean, maybe not all of them.
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I've watched a lot. And in a lot of the movies she's
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given serious props, like she's in charge of the elves and
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she's, you know, the in charge of the reindeer and you know,
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like there's she has a bunch of different things.
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And you know, in some of the movies she's given a little sass
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where she ought to to Old Saint Nick.
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And then there are several where she is not even in the movie.
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That's true. So I or books too a lot.
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Of it because Santa's doing a family through, you know.
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I mean, letting the people know he's.
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Around. Do you remember?
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Talking about one like about. No, the claw, the.
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Claws. The the claw, yeah, I mean,
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well, no, but clauses there's there's several I feel like that
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are where there's time at the North Pole and she is not
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involved. So I'm just saying maybe, maybe
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it's before. Maybe she left his ass.
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Wow. Yeah, yeah.
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Maybe not though. Maybe not.
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Maybe she's stuck around. Yep, Yep.
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I don't remember what I was saying there for a second.
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OK. We were talking about under
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representation for the ladies of the world in general.
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It seems to be a theme that keeps recurring because it's a
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theme. Yeah, although I bet a lot of
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our listeners don't want to think about that while they're
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thinking about the Christmas season.
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But you. Know I sure don't.
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You don't. I want.
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To think about. I know you don't.
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What do you want to think about? Christmas carols and singing and
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Christmas movies, right? And Christmas food like cookies.
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I love cookies a lot. I know you do I.
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Want a cookie right now and I'm sad that I don't have one that's
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like within arm's reach. I feel like you've talked about
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cookies in the last, you know, twice in the last, I don't know,
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5 seconds or whatever it's been clearly.
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I talk about cookies when it's not Christmas.
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I I. Like cookies all year?
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Long Yeah, you do. You talk about cookies all the
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time. I like them at Christmas because
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there's even people that that's the gift.
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It's literally a cookie exchange.
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Like, hey, I baked you these cookies and you're like, you
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know what? I also baked you these cookies.
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Yeah, I mean well. It's I think more people should
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do that. Right.
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I mean, there are families who get together and they just all,
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I, I know people who are dozens upon dozens of cookies that
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they're making and they're sharing and they're going home
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with like 400 cookies. Let's go to their house this
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year. I I don't need that many
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cookies. I do.
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No you. You probably don't either.
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You. Let me be the judge of what I
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need. I'll take your share and my
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share. Yeah, well, that's fine, because
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I don't think I could do that many cookies.
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But but we were talking about Missus Claus being in movies or
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not being in movies. Oh, that's true.
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And that just actually brought us to part of our discussion.
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And we knew we were going to have this discussion a while
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ago. And one of the things that for
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Luke, like, I don't know, November 1st starts asking, can
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we start watching Christmas movies?
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So not about. November.
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It's so early, you're like. Probably like November 3rd.
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It's real early and I just I'm frequently.
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It's Day of the Dead is November 1st and 2nd.
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OK, so you wait until after that.
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Yeah, the the next weekend. And The thing is like you have
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your favorite movies and or not movies, your regular movies.
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Yeah, movies that you watch year over year over year.
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And I think I did, I mean, I did too rowing up.
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I have some that I think are, you know, this is Christmas
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time. This is what we watch and and in
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preparation for this, even though you asked me about a
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month ago to start watching Christmas movies, I very
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recently started watching I guess 1 Christmas movie.
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But I think about like when I was young, the thing like that
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would start. Christmas would be white
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Christmas. Such a good show.
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Movie. Whatever you want to.
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Call it. Feels more like a show when you
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watch it. Well, I mean, I guess it it is
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sometimes on stage and stuff. So I'd.
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See that one time if you wanted to bring me?
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I'm sure you would. I think you could also.
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You could also bring yourself you.
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Don't even want to go to. Me.
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No, because here's the thing, Bing Crosby is White Christmas
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and if I were to go see a live show?
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It wouldn't be Bing Crosby. No, no.
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He's dead. Well, Chuck, my opportunity's
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lost. No, he's definitely dead.
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He's not alive. He's definitely, definitely
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dead, but I I think I would have a hard time because either the
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either the singer's going to try to make the songs their own or
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try to sing like Bing Crosby. Both are wrong.
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This. Is just not true because we want
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to grease. And you weren't all mad that it
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wasn't Olivia Newton John and John Travolta.
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You just enjoyed the production. The truth here is Mrs. Grinch
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Mcgrincherton is it's a Christmas movie and you don't
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want to go see a Christmas show. That's the truth.
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I have seen Christmas. Shows Halloween.
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I bet you if it was a what's it called?
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The one that's Halloween turns into Christmas later.
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Nightmare before Christmas. I bet you would want to see that
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on stage. No, that doesn't even make
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sense. How could you do that on stage?
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Would you want to go see Sweeney Todd?
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Yes, that's different though. Halloween.
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Oh, Sweeney Todd is not Halloween at all.
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Because. It's I'm just saying what?
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You're not what? You can't steal my my show
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anymore. You know, listen, we're going
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back to Christmas. I didn't bring up either of
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those things that you did. No, no, no, no, no.
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I and I was there. I mean start.
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Singing. Oh, please don't.
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Nope, Nope, Nope. You're not.
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You're not being Crosby. And OK, this is just, I'm sorry.
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It's not fair to the listeners. You're right, you're right.
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I apologize to all you listeners if I sounded bad.
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If I sounded good though, I'm not sorry at all.
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Well, you know, I mean, everyone has the right to their own
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opinion, but so that is a movie that when I I had always felt
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was like a classic or really important one.
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But I wanted to do a little bit of research because I feel like
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we get in a Christmas movie rut. Rut.
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Yes, where it's so that's not. Possible.
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I just want to point out. Where it's always the same.
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And one of the things I have issues with in my life today,
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there are very few movies I want to watch more than once.
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OK, most the time I'm like, it's just it's, it's known, you know,
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I mean, I get that there is nostalgia for people on
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Christmas movies, but like, I want to see about other ones.
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So, you know, in preparation for this episode and the fact that
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we battle over things, I had done some basic Googling.
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And I've heard about this in the past, but like, I just needed to
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know what I needed to know as a professional disagreer.
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I needed to know why everyone has such strong opinions on the
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movie Die Hard. It's because people like to be
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argumentative. That's.
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Well, of OK. Go ahead, I'm ready to hear it.
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Let's. Hear what you have to say about
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it. So the question people have is
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it's. Not a question.
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The nobody has this question. The only people that had this
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question. I can't even get the question
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out. OK, go ahead.
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The argument people have is that some people say it's a Christmas
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movie and some people say it is not a Christmas movie.
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Now I figured seeing that I've never seen the movie until this
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exact year in our year 2025. Here we go.
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I would have a completely unbiased opinion because I
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wouldn't have the opinion of when, you know, growing up
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watching the movie and having it be that thing.
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You could just watch it as a complete outsider and do real
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scientific research. And so I did.
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I watched it 2 days ago and when I think Christmas movie you have
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to have like Christmas stuff in it to be a Christmas movie.
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You're being so gross right now. In the first before like the in
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the 1st 5 minutes before the open credits even happened, I
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counted the word Christmas five times being said and in the
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movie I then continued to count throughout the movie to see how
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many times they would say the word Christmas and not like just
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in like Christmas songs, like the actual actors were saying
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Christmas, Merry Christmas, all of those things and it was 17
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times in the movie. Nobody cares.
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I care, move on. Nope.
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What do you mean nobody cares? You don't care cuz.
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You're trying to make a stupid, stupid argument, aren't you?
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You're gonna, are you gonna say that it's a Christmas movie?
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And then I say, what else is in Christmas movies?
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Lord is Christmas carols and the only music in the entire movie.
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I want to be like grumpy old men in here, just hot noises at you
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with my mouth. Hold on to them, the only music
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played in that movie was Christmas songs.
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So you know what? I agree with those who are
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calling it a Christmas movie. Die Hard is in fact a Christmas
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movie. It is settled debate over,
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debate over and if you. Sleeping in another bed tonight.
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And if you're unsure, just. Debate settled.
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Hold on a second. This isn't our fight.
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This is the great debate of. This is this needs to be
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addressed. This.
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Cannot. This cannot go unanswered.
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This is not listen, hold on a second.
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No, I said no. Christmas movie is a genre of
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movie, not a quantity of name said of Christmas or Santa or
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Kris Kringle or Mr. and Missus Claus or Jingle Bells or who
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gives a what Like it doesn't matter if they sang the whole
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litany of Christmas carols in the movie if it's not a
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Christmas movie, which is a genre.
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Listen, I'm going to get 2 votes for this episode because you
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brought that horrible, horrible argument up.
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It's an action movie, action movie.
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There's not another genre for it.
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And I'm just going to say this one time because I swear to God,
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if you try to make this one of our debates, it's I'm going to
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lose my ever. Loving mind it's not.
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That is not a Christmas movie. It has never been a Christmas
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movie. It will never be a Christmas
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movie because it's a genre. A Christmas movie requires there
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to be. That's the story.
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It's a Christmas story which is about or near Christmas, and
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somehow or another, in every friggin one of them, the
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Christmas spirit prevails. And that movie is an action
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movie. Are you shouting?
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I'm shouting because I'm passionate about Christmas.
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OK, but how? What?
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OK, OK. And they have volume knobs.
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The I'm sorry y'all, I get a little heated because I love me
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some Christmas and I absolutely hate that people think that that
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movie is a Christmas movie. It's not a Christmas movie.
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It is a Christmas movie. The hell it ain't.
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Yes it is. And here's the thing.
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We would change the topic because this is going to be the
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one 1/2 hour. Episode It might be It might be
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because it is a I'm telling you it is a Christmas movie based.
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On see the doctor later, you're taking me to the hospital for a
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heart. Condition.
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That's fine. Listen, just because you don't
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like how it works? Oh, OK, Wait a second, wait,
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wait a second. So what?
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What makes it not besides the fact that it's action?
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Why do you say it can't be a Christmas movie and be action?
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Because it's a genre. I understand.
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This movie is not any movie that happens to be Christmas
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referencing or Christmas song in the background or that's not
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what makes a Christmas movie. A Christmas movie is part of the
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genre of Christmas. You want to know what it is
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TuneIn to Hallmark anytime after November, who knows?
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15th, I don't know when they start.
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Every one of those movies is a Christmas movie 'cause it's
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about the Christmas spirit which boils down to love, and that is
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the truth. OK.
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Because it's not. The Christmas movie as a genre
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is made to like do the whole like the warm fuzzy ending where
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everyone is happy and everything's all good and like
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Santa save the day or whatever the whatever the cake or the
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spirit of Christmas brought a family together.
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It's all it's like that's the whole point of the movie.
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The message is love and forgiveness and and harmony and
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family. That's like, that's like the
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reason for the season, as they say.
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It's the reason for those types of movies.
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So when you put an action movie into it and it's like bombs and
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explosions and guns and like I just.
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Don't. OK, so based on this you would
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say Jingle all the Way is not a Christmas movie.
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OK, that sounds fun. The other.
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Probably red Santa and the and L Gibson was in one too that
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wasn't red Santa. OK, what was that?
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OK, so now we're going to talk about a couple other Christmas
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movies. Since you can't.
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It's not going to be just about Die Hard.
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The well, yours also involved in this conversation.
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Sir, but you're bringing volatility.
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I'm going to bring another one and The thing is like I'm going
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to bring two more. OK, OK, OK, so Jingle all the
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way you said no, I will say you or you don't know because it's
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been a long time since you saw it.
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Jingle All the Way was made in our home state.
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Did they have was was it about Christmas?
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I don't really remember, but I remember being a big deal.
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Another one that was made in our home state that has the love and
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forgiveness factor but also funny.
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And I know I already know what you're going to say, but I like
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it a lot. But it was made in our home
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state. Grumpy old men.
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That's not a Christmas. Movie It's around Christmas
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time. Well, that doesn't just make it
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a Christmas. Movie.
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I kind of feel like it does. Why?
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Because I wouldn't and. Would OK then by default?
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Would every Spring movie be an Easter movie?
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No, because Easter and spring are two different things.
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Christmas. And action are two different
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things. No, no, no, no, no.
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You can have Christmas and action together and you can
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have, I guess, spring and Easter together, but that doesn't make
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all movies, Easter movies and does make all.
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What did you? Have for an action movie that
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was around. Easter.
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Sure, it's an Easter movie. Why not come?
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Off it. Why not?
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Oh, why not? OK, let's make this the topic of
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everything, because you're going to lose every time.
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No, I. Are you serious?
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Right. Now this isn't it doesn't even
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matter. I don't know why you're getting
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so freaking out of. Every movie sort has filmed in
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the summer. A 4th of July movie now.
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What? OK, you're you.
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You aren't even making any. You're.
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Just people that think this is the claim everybody makes.
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You're like, well there was Christmas trees in the movie.
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Like that doesn't make it a Christmas movie.
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Bring it. On OK, I don't know why you're
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so like you can't. You're close minded, Luke.
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You are so close minded that it can only be seen your way.
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Correct pronunciation of that is I'm correct.
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So another one you and I have argued about over the years, OK,
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and absolutely have argued about and we've brought other people
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into and it is also a split decision by the people we've
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brought into. It's Gremlins.
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Count. Well, gremlins.
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Listen to OK, it's a good thing this is not all that we Let's
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go, OK? That is not a Christmas.
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It's a Christmas. Are you kidding?
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Me. Oh my gosh, yes, it's a
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Christmas movie. The.
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Guy wants to go get a Christmas tree and it's around Christmas
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and OK. I don't you don't remember the
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story. Maybe I don't, maybe I haven't
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seen it because you started saying some crazy stuff like
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it's a Christmas movie. There's a bunch of.
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Creepy mob boy. That that turn from a cute
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little cutesy thing and you get it wet or something.
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Or turn into a light bulb on it and it turns into a gremlin.
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A little demon alligator mixed with a bat.
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Yeah, it's what? But that's not cool just
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because. OK, I.
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Wait, does it end with all the happiness and all the joy and
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Santa Claus saves the day? I don't remember Santa Claus
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saving the day because Santa Claus doesn't save the day.
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Do all the. Gremlins die.
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They can't because there's like a 2.
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And a three. But he was bought as a gift for
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his son for Christmas. Like the huh?
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Like and then he turned into a demon.
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No, he didn't. What?
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Was all of the other ones turned into demons?
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I don't. He didn't, you know, he was
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always a good one. I don't go back to those movies,
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but I go back to the Christmas ones because that's not a
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Christmas movie. I think I.
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Will die on this hill like he. Paint.
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I know you're going to and I'm fine.
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I'm fine if you die on this hill.
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I'm just saying that it's OK to open your mind to other
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possibilities that could be included that maybe.
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Is open, just not about what's a Christmas movie because you're
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trying to. That doesn't listen.
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That doesn't mean I'm close minded first of all.
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That just means I disagree. That's not the same thing.
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About about Christmas movies. It does mean that you're close
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minded or it doesn't. Because then you're suggest.
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So are you suggesting that I'm close minded because I don't
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want to allow in all the movies that happen to have some element
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of Christmas in the movie are then by default Christmas movies
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like Gremlins and Diehard and Dingle all the way and pick a
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who cares title? So you're saying my close
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mindedness is The problem is I don't think those are all
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Christmas movies. Good, I'm going to die on this
20:57
hill. Yeah, alone and sad because.
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With my friends who agree with me because I'm.
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Right. No, because.
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Here's get them in the hundreds. Are you kidding me?
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Because here's the thing that I've I've over the years, when
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we've talked about Christmas movies is you're like, I can
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only watch the same Christmas movies.
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That's. Why I can watch the same like
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dozen. It's just there's not enough.
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There's not enough free time in the month of December with our
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work schedules and our kid at school for us to all watch the
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movie. I barely have enough time to
21:28
watch TV anymore. Right.
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My point is like you're not the only person who's watching the
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movie, so if you want others. To any of them so.
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Right, because there's other options, so my.
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For Christmas movies, there's not.
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Yeah, like, oh. You want to put Die Hard in the
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in. The no, what I'm saying is allow
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other people to try to find a way that they can get into like,
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hey, this would be interesting to me and it's Christmas themed.
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Oh. That's fine.
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We look every year and try to find stuff.
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No, but they're only allowing what you're OK with what?
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Has to be a Christmas movie. That's and that doesn't sound
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close minded to you. It has to be within your
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definition. Yeah, I'd love to hear it.
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During October. Yeah.
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Do you want to watch movies that aren't Halloween?
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Sure. Bull flop.
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Are you sure? No, you do not.
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I live in this house. I surely am willing to watch
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movies with the. Family.
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No, you ain't. But I.
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No, you ain't. 100% I'm willing to.
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Would we watch this? I don't remember the whole month
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of October. You don't remember.
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OK, OK. But I'm sure we watched comedies
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that weren't Halloween. I'm sure we watched.
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I'd love to hear a list of them. Well, how many movies do we
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usually watch like so for It's there.
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One or two a month. Precisely.
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Yeah, precisely. So that's.
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What we're gonna watch in December?
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A Christmas movie. That's Christmas Eve.
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I'm just. You know what I watched in
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October? At least two or three scary
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movies. I didn't even want to watch
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them. I'm not saying that you can't
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watch other movies. Like here's the difference, as
23:07
you're saying, and I didn't say then you can't watch other
23:11
movies. You're saying the only options
23:14
are what you find to be Christmas movies.
23:17
That is not inclusive to everyone else who's watching the
23:20
movies. And that's what I'm saying.
23:24
I'm. I'm OK with that.
23:26
Great. Do you know and that sounds open
23:28
minded to you? No, it's not.
23:31
It's not about that. It's OK.
23:34
To your point, there's only so many hours in the day.
23:36
There's only so much time in a week that we can sit down
23:39
together as a family. So it's important that we do
23:43
that. Yeah.
23:44
And we do a pretty good job. But actually I would say and
23:47
have for years since I don't know, a long, long time.
23:49
I mean, here we are been buried over 20 years.
23:52
Yeah, so the the Christmas movies for me are much like when
23:59
I don't know if I lost a bed or why.
24:00
It probably was for the podcast. It was for the podcast.
24:03
See. I said I will do it for you.
24:05
Yeah, I'll watch scary movies. I don't even like scary movies.
24:08
No, I know you don't. And you, like, gave me a list
24:12
and I said, I don't know, they're all terrifying.
24:16
And then we watched like 3 out of the five or four out of the,
24:19
I don't even remember how many. We watched a lot of scary
24:21
movies. Yeah.
24:23
And you know why I did that? Because it was October.
24:26
It was spooky month. And it made sense, right?
24:29
And now you're suggesting that in December, which is my holiday
24:35
that I love for the joy, warmth and spirit of the season, for
24:40
apple cider and cookies and singing and all that magic and
24:44
Santa Claus and all of it. You're suggesting that I deviate
24:49
from the theme of a Christmas movie, which there's a literally
24:53
endless titles for that fit inside the genre, many of which
24:58
both me and our daughter enjoy and we watch something.
25:03
Else yeah, why my? Goodness, the self involvement
25:07
must be just amazing. What?
25:11
How can you think that that's OK?
25:13
Wow, just coming you. You're like literally the Grinch
25:17
living above. No, no, no, I'm saying trying
25:20
to. Come down into Whoville and
25:22
Steve, heal all the Grinch, no? Oh, I'm saying open your mind to
25:27
beyond the 10 movies you watch every year to something
25:30
different. OK, I could add another 10.
25:32
You ain't gonna like any of them.
25:34
There are, as you said, hundreds and hundreds and hundreds and I
25:37
get everybody has their own that they are like very like this
25:42
must happen every year and that's fine.
25:44
And we actually kind of probably all have our own that we like
25:48
the best, but. What's your favorite?
25:52
That's going to be our big question.
25:54
Boom. Yeah.
25:56
Let's listen. I'm just.
25:58
I can't believe. I cannot believe that you're, if
26:01
you're trying to say that we ought to not watch a Christmas
26:04
movie, we ought to watch something that's an action movie
26:06
or a fill in the blank. You could pick another genre.
26:10
There's action is a genre. Horror is a genre.
26:13
Yeah, yeah, I'd love to. Oh, I'd love to watch that one.
26:17
Yeah, yeah. You know what?
26:19
You know what you should get for your birthday?
26:21
A vacation. That's what you should get.
26:24
Mm hmm. Get out of here.
26:25
I think that that's true. I should get a vacation.
26:28
You're coming up out of here like I get.
26:30
I should. I don't disagree with you about
26:32
that. Tell you and the audience right
26:34
now you're part of my Christmas. I know part of.
26:38
The reason I feel joy in the world is because you're in it
26:42
with me. Yeah.
26:43
Here and present. But I am not your accessory.
26:49
I'm also here like remember Luke and the world I also in the.
26:54
Last episode you said you you played along and supported.
26:57
Me. I do.
26:59
Did I say I? Don't like it today?
27:00
Did I say you can't? Today, it sounds like you want
27:03
to support yourself. No, I literally did not say you
27:07
can't watch Christmas movies, did I?
27:08
You said I got to watch something else.
27:10
I said, could you try one other thing?
27:13
Yeah, I'll give you a list just like you gave me in October.
27:16
How's that sound for the podcast?
27:18
OK, great, let's find something other than the exact same genre.
27:22
Genre. Hold on.
27:23
I don't know what that term means.
27:25
Christmas. Is the genre OK just to be
27:28
because you gave me the horror? Was this genre horror?
27:32
I and. I get scared so easily, Horror.
27:36
And I watched them for you and I said it's Christmas month, we've
27:40
decorated our house and so has everybody else.
27:43
And you said let's pick another genre.
27:46
No, like something outside of the exact same story.
27:50
I'd like it's always the same story.
27:52
And that for me, I watch how many movies?
27:56
Like I think that here's the difference.
27:57
You're acting like I'm taking away something from you, I'm
28:00
saying. Would that would that bother
28:03
you? Would it bother you to sacrifice
28:06
one movie to Oh It? Wouldn't bother me.
28:10
I no I'd. Sacrifice plenty.
28:13
Literally you've been complaining because I'm saying
28:16
could one movie. One month out of the year.
28:18
One movie a whole month. For Christmas.
28:20
A whole month. Yeah, which really boils down to
28:23
if we're being real about stupid work schedules and being adults,
28:26
it's like 4 days. Right.
28:29
I'm saying in the spirit of giving, not just receiving.
28:33
OK, Yeah, OK. The other movies that we watch,
28:37
I don't actually want to watch all of the Christmas movies.
28:40
But I do support you in your period of joy, right?
28:44
Doesn't sound like it. Because I'm asking to just have
28:47
one. This isn't the big question and
28:50
I think that when you look back upon this.
28:53
Yesterday you just got heat, heat and more heat.
28:55
No, I don't. It's coming provocative out of
28:57
here. You just came out the gate.
28:59
Like I got a couple of javelins I'm going to throw right at you.
29:03
Let's you're not attacked, you're not attacked.
29:06
I am certain I'm asking for you to allow others within the
29:09
space. There's a huge difference.
29:11
Huge difference. You're going to have to prove to
29:14
this audience that you're not just a sour puss.
29:16
I don't think that they've heard that if they've listened,
29:18
they've only heard that you are only about what you want.
29:21
Maybe they'll find some. Of for the month of December.
29:25
You know what the another theme of this the Christmas movies is?
29:28
Redemption. Maybe you can redeem yourself
29:30
today. Oh, I think this is hilarious
29:33
thing. Maybe.
29:34
I feel like maybe you can't, you know how you're.
29:36
The one that's gonna die on the hill, You went all the way up on
29:38
the hill. You were like, yeah, try to die
29:41
on it. Come.
29:42
No, come on with it. No, no, no.
29:44
I don't think I'm dying on a hill by saying, hey, maybe it
29:47
doesn't just need to be about what you want the whole time.
29:50
Like just maybe. I don't let that.
29:53
Argument fly I'm you clearly aren't terrible argument clearly
29:56
you can't handle it so. Traditions are important.
30:00
I understand you want. To talk about traditions, can we
30:02
change the topic? Just for.
30:04
Just for a minute. Sure, what tradition you want to
30:06
talk? About just traditions in general
30:10
and their value. I know, but I think maybe we
30:11
talk about that next episode because, Oh my goodness, on this
30:14
episode we are talking about movies.
30:17
And Luke, let me ask you a question.
30:21
Man, if you're watching this video you can see me struggling.
30:24
Right now it's struggling. You know what?
30:27
You want to ask me a question? I do.
30:30
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the moment you've all been
30:34
waiting for and I have been waiting for as well because it
30:37
changed the topic just a little bit.
30:40
In this corner, we have definitely not Missus Claus.
30:45
Claiming to weigh in. At a 135 lbs who has red hair
30:50
and a green shirt. But it's ain't it's not
30:52
Christmas. No, it ain't.
30:54
Here's Amber Pet, Al. And in this shouting corner, I
30:59
apologize for those of you who've had your eardrums blown
31:03
out. So hot I gotta take my shirt.
31:04
Off is Luke weighing in at 185 plus?
31:09
I think the other reason he's heated is because we checked out
31:12
our wins and loss categories and currently he has won seven,
31:19
we've tied 4 and I have won eight.
31:23
So he's really also coming in on that too.
31:26
So what did I say? I said let me ask you a
31:28
question. And I'm a little heated because
31:31
it's been a long day today, man, I was plowing, snowing the
31:35
bobcat all day at work. Wow, no one else worked.
31:40
Today, No, we did though. Then we went.
31:42
I'm sorry. You can ask me a question.
31:44
Go ahead, Go ahead. You want to ask a question?
31:46
Let's. Do it.
31:46
Do you want to talk about what we did today?
31:48
Oh, we went to, we went to local charity.
31:51
Yep. And we?
31:54
Packaged. Yeah.
31:55
I guess it was technically a charity, yeah.
31:57
It's 100%. It is a charity.
31:59
Yeah, we went to a local charity and we packaged meals for
32:03
starving children of the world. With our daughter's Girl Scout
32:06
troop. And it was great.
32:07
Yeah, it was great. I actually felt, you know what?
32:09
I got some Christmas carols. I was singing a little bit while
32:12
I was carrying heavy stuff. Yeah, I broke a sweat, which
32:15
felt good. So we did some good, some good
32:19
today. Yeah, I think it's really cool
32:21
that her troupe organized that because I don't know if on my
32:25
own I'd be like, great on a random day in the middle of the
32:28
week. That's something I want to do.
32:29
But it feels good to certainly do something outside of our
32:33
self. And to recognize how like overly
32:40
blessed. We Oh yeah.
32:41
Yeah, a lot. Indulged our lives.
32:45
Are. And how richly we're rewarded
32:50
for the work we do, that we're able to live lives that would be
32:55
unimaginable to so many people in the world.
32:58
Yeah, we need our help. True.
33:00
True, so I would recommend anyone to get out there and
33:02
volunteer and do some good in the world.
33:06
Yeah, I agree. I agree Luke needed that little
33:09
bit of a tone down because the big question Still a little warm
33:12
I know and I can't wait to rewatch.
33:17
I don't want to. Luke, given that it is your
33:23
favorite season of the year and given that we've been talking
33:28
about movies, the big question, the big question is what is your
33:36
favorite Christmas as however you define Christmas movie?
33:43
It makes me think you're going to say something that's not even
33:46
a Christmas movie. And I'm like, I'm not thrilled
33:50
about it. My favorite Christmas movie is
33:53
actually a Christmas movie. I didn't do any research because
33:58
I don't feel like I need to, but I would venture to say that this
34:01
particular Christmas movie, which became an instant classic,
34:06
it's probably like one of the most heavily watched every year.
34:12
I actually don't know. But but if you would say it
34:16
enough, it'll be a 5. I would put it in like the top
34:19
five categories. Probably I'd agree with that.
34:22
This movie, I'm wearing the T-shirt which says actually I'm
34:27
human, but I was raised by elves, and it's a story about
34:32
Buddy the Elf, who was born in New York City.
34:36
Yeah. And he was in an orphanage.
34:40
Yeah. And Santa Claus came to give the
34:43
kids presents and Little Buddy crawled into Santa's present bag
34:49
and was whisked off to the North Pole at the age of like 2 or
34:53
something. And then he was raised in the
34:55
North Pole. Yeah.
34:57
And he was bigger than all the else.
35:00
Yes. And he struggled a little bit
35:02
with that. But he could change all the
35:05
batteries in the smoke detectors.
35:08
That's true. He could reach them.
35:10
Yeah. And Papa Elf was adorable.
35:17
Trained him in some of the stuff about Santa's slave.
35:21
This Papa Elf was the slave mechanic and the movie, if you
35:27
haven't seen it, it's I highly recommend it, especially if you
35:30
love Christmas. I don't want to give away all of
35:34
it, but it's, you know, it's like 25 years old.
35:36
So I don't, you know, I'm not really that worried about
35:38
spoilers. He, he comes to New York City,
35:43
Buddy the Elf does because he wants to meet his real dad and
35:45
his real dad's a real Grinchy, Scroogy fella.
35:52
More scroogy than Grinchy And Buddy the elf is Buddy the Elf.
35:57
He was raised by elves. He grew up with Santa Claus.
36:01
He was making toys for the whole world.
36:03
So he is the Christmas spirit embodied.
36:06
I mean, he walks around in a elf suit, he sings Christmas carols
36:11
all the time. He's trying to decorate every
36:14
Christmas tree and he's telling everyone good job and high 5 and
36:19
and you're like the people in the office.
36:22
You're doing a great job, Brenda.
36:24
He's just super positive the whole movie, which is one of the
36:27
reasons everyone loves him. And then ends up saving the day
36:32
because Santa Claus needs a little Christmas spirit.
36:36
And Buddy the Elf gets a bunch of people to sing Christmas
36:38
carols and Santa Claus takes off to give presents to the rest of
36:44
the kids and it's only because of Buddy.
36:47
Now that movie is wonderful because the like there's like
36:53
part of it is he's like the good guy, so to speak, but the bad
36:59
guy is like anti Christmas grouchy, which is his dad I.
37:07
Don't think he's the bad guy. But he he's not, he's not a bad
37:10
person. Well, but he was on the naughty
37:14
list. I know, but then, but then he he
37:17
turned around a little bit at the end.
37:21
I guess the the Park Rangers at Central Park are part of the
37:27
bad. Guys too, they were also on the
37:29
Santa. Yeah, they were also on the
37:30
naughty list. Yeah.
37:33
But part of the reason that movie is so great is just the
37:37
the pure positivity and love that Buddy the elf radiates
37:42
throughout the movie. And it's hilarious because Will
37:47
Ferrell is a hilarious actor and he has a lot of really funny
37:51
things that he does in the movie and a lot of funny jokes that he
37:54
says, like the four made food groups are.
37:58
I think it's like, is it? Candy.
38:02
Candy canes. Candy corn candy.
38:04
Corns and syrup yes, those are the four main food groups and
38:08
then he makes a plate of spaghetti which has candy, candy
38:11
canes, candy corns and syrup on the spaghetti I.
38:14
Think he had fruit loops in it too.
38:16
M&M's. Yeah, it was something.
38:18
And then he was eating it and he said this is delicious.
38:22
It was anyway. So that movie is super
38:27
hilarious. I laugh at all the same jokes
38:30
every year because they're funny every year, but I don't watch
38:33
them but once a year. So there's still a little bit
38:36
like I forget the little bits and pieces of the movie because
38:39
you know, it fades out. You see it once a year.
38:41
So you don't, I don't remember every line.
38:44
I remember the big funny ones, but I don't remember all the
38:47
dialogue in between. So I get that sort of renewed.
38:51
And there's some scenes that are always great, like when are you
38:53
saying goodbye to the, I don't know, you know, I think it's
38:56
like a walrus and a snowman or something in the North Pole
39:00
that's always fun to re watch. And I don't know, there's just
39:05
the, the joy in that movie. It gets me in the fields every
39:10
time. Every time.
39:13
Just thinking about the movie and talking about it made me
39:15
feel good, and I was feeling pretty bad before.
39:18
I was feeling like you were trying to take Christmas from
39:20
me. I'm.
39:21
Not doing that I. Just felt bad.
39:23
And so now I feel a little better, thanks to Buddy the Elf.
39:27
Yeah, and the true joy of Christmas.
39:31
And you already argued that Christmas wasn't even the best
39:33
holiday. Sure.
39:36
You that's the that's old news, though.
39:39
I should have brought it up anyway.
39:40
This this is about. What's your favorite?
39:45
A Christmas movie? And then they're gonna vote on
39:47
whichever one they agree with. Yes.
39:49
So I'm saying Buddy the Elf in the movie Elf, also oddly
39:56
directed by Jon Favreau. I don't know if you know.
39:58
Who that is? I don't know.
39:59
Who that? Is but he like did a lot of The
40:02
Avengers in Iron Man. Oh gosh, other movies I didn't
40:05
watch. I mean, I've watched.
40:06
I clearly I have watched Elf about a gazillion times.
40:11
Yep. So I'm, I'm very familiar with
40:13
that movie. So I guess I am familiar with
40:15
his work. I'm familiar with that movie.
40:17
I've seen it probably enough times that I could actually act
40:21
out the entire movie. You know how many?
40:24
Times do you think you've seen it?
40:25
Oh God, you got. Many.
40:26
How many years has it been out? At least once a year since it's
40:30
been out. I've watched it every year.
40:32
Since yes, we have This is a movie.
40:33
This is one of those movies you have to watch every year along
40:36
with The Grinch. That's a great movie.
40:40
Oh God, it's it was great the first time.
40:44
The second time it was OK. Oh I love that.
40:47
Unpopular opinion with the youth is that I prefer the Jim Carrey
40:51
version and they prefer the cartoon version with but the
40:55
Carrey version. Was.
40:56
Great. But I also, I've seen it enough
40:59
times and I don't need to see it again, but I'm sure I will watch
41:03
it again because it's something you like to watch and I do for
41:07
you on in the Christmas month. We have a kid.
41:12
I don't think you would if. That's not true.
41:14
We watched all of If you think about when the Grinch came out
41:18
and how old our child is and you do the math backwards, guess
41:21
what? OK, we watched it before she
41:24
was. Born get to prove it all over
41:25
again. So, OK, so that's that's your
41:29
movie. It's definitely it's yours.
41:32
Say you know you're sneaking up on me again.
41:34
No, I'm not. You say that I do that and
41:36
y'all, he just likes to do this to get you all revved up.
41:39
I actually give him information all the time.
41:42
I let him know a couple except for one time.
41:46
I've let him know what I was thinking.
41:48
Now sometimes time, yes, yes, at the live show I did not give you
41:54
that information because I hadn't decided.
41:56
Now, I did let you know prior to today and today, No, I think I
42:01
told you today what I was choosing, but I'll let you know
42:03
prior to today what I had been between.
42:07
You knew that. So I think I do know that.
42:09
OK, what? So what I had been between is a
42:14
movie that you've told me is not a Christmas movie, but I enjoy
42:18
watching it at Christmas time. Gremlins.
42:23
Not a Christmas. Movie and the other one that I
42:28
enjoy watching Home alone. It's a great Christmas movie.
42:34
It's an action movie in many ways, literally comedy.
42:41
All sorts of things are happening in the movie.
42:43
It's got everything, son. Of action.
42:46
It's got everything, comedy, action, all sorts of things.
42:52
They're they're getting hit in the head with paint jars and
42:55
things like that. I mean, like, I don't think you
42:56
get to, you don't get to take away all the things from Home
42:59
Alone that make it specifically a very unique Christmas movie.
43:04
You don't get to pull that away from them because Macaulay
43:08
Culkin, Evan. McAllister.
43:11
Yeah, I mean, and like his mom, all of these big name actors,
43:15
like what? Pesci, you know, Pesci and the
43:18
mom, Kath, what is her name? Cathy.
43:22
Cathy, See. Her red lips.
43:24
Catherine red hair. She's Catherine something.
43:28
She's awesome. She's in.
43:29
She's such a great actress. Yeah, she's Beetlejuice.
43:32
She's in. What is that other show I really
43:36
like with the the the I I don't know.
43:41
It doesn't matter about the hotel.
43:43
I love the TV show anyhow. She's really, really funny.
43:47
She's in it and what I like about there's so many things.
43:53
It was so it was such a refreshing different holiday
43:58
movie when it came out for me, right like. 4 When did it come
44:04
out? No, it had to be earlier than
44:05
that. I don't know, cuz it definitely
44:08
had to be earlier than that. But like also the things that
44:13
are in that movie, some of it is so unique to that time, things
44:18
that wouldn't happen anymore, but would totally happen back
44:22
then when we were kids at that age, right?
44:24
Like, think about sure. You know, I mean, like Macaulay
44:27
Culkin going to the grocery store with a grocery list and
44:32
and the woman was kind of like, hey, where's your mom?
44:34
But also, who really cares? Because I'm sure you're fine,
44:36
you know, And then all of the things he had access to that I
44:41
think parents just would be like, I'm totally like, we're
44:44
going to lock up all these things that Kevin's throwing at,
44:47
you know, at these burglars. Also BB gun.
44:51
Yeah, yeah. I mean, the interesting thing
44:53
too, of Macaulay Culkin thinking he's going to keep these
44:56
burglars out of his parents house.
44:58
Like that also is the spirit of use of that time, right?
45:01
Like, I mean, we were like, yeah, I'm going to kill this
45:04
Robert so independent. So he embodied the spirit of of
45:10
our age group. I feel he was so there.
45:13
And then the other thing is like, there's such great things,
45:17
like lines that come from it, you know, that are still quoted
45:21
today by many, many people, right?
45:23
Like, I mean, they're just iconic.
45:25
And every once in a while I'll see something.
45:28
It'll make me think of a line, you know, like, look what you
45:31
did, you little jerk. You know, I mean just sitting
45:33
there when he spilt all the pop all over because no one who
45:37
cared about him having cheese pizza and his brother Buzz, Like
45:41
we all have a brother Buzz or something like that who's just a
45:44
did. You watch this movie for
45:46
research. No, I've seen this movie so many
45:50
times. I.
45:51
Remember much of it too, but I don't know that I.
45:53
Remember gosh, it was probably the most watched Christmas movie
45:57
I have ever seen for me in my life.
46:00
But then like you have the I think about the airport scene,
46:04
right? And like in Home Alone 2, it's a
46:06
little different, but you know, like how easily back then it
46:09
would have been to get completely separated from your
46:12
parents, like wind up on another plane.
46:14
Like that could have easily happened back then way.
46:18
Before like any of the 9/11. Changes so that's.
46:21
Like, I mean, you could go to the gate, yeah.
46:24
You didn't need a ticket. You just go on.
46:26
Through I mean, and people had a lot of.
46:28
Security where is no you still you went through.
46:31
Yeah, you went through security, but like people you.
46:33
Didn't need a ticket. No, you didn't need a ticket
46:35
you. Just go in.
46:36
Yes and people had a lot more kids.
46:38
So like when you'd see someone with a group of like 10 kids,
46:41
you're like, whatever, there's ten kids, you know, And I'm sure
46:44
that, you know, our parents weren't always, well, I mean, I,
46:49
I don't know how my dad kept track of the amount of kids he
46:52
had, you know, but I'm sure like there were times you just sort
46:54
of assume, you know, where is now, you know, people don't
46:57
always have as many kids. So I feel like all of that could
47:00
have happened. But then you have like today, I
47:06
don't know if little Kevin McAllister was born and this
47:12
happened in today's world, that little Kevin McAllister could
47:15
last however many days on his own, especially with burglars.
47:20
I would hope that today Kevin McAllister would think about
47:24
calling the police sooner than the other one.
47:26
But we would not have had the antics like, you know, a
47:29
tarantula being let loose. And I mean, it was a.
47:33
Movie I just want to point out like it didn't actually happen.
47:36
But we all had that super scary person in the neighborhood that
47:40
we had the rumors about what they would do.
47:43
I don't, I don't remember. But, you know, again, that was a
47:45
great lesson there. Yeah.
47:48
It. Yeah.
47:49
Shovel me. I don't know.
47:50
I know. I know.
47:51
But like, so it had the the bright, touching moments, but
47:54
also it had so much humor. That just is good.
47:58
And I know very young kids today who have seen it for the first
48:03
time and they still find it hilarious.
48:06
Hilarious. I haven't heard.
48:08
Like, sometimes our daughter will say of movies, older ones
48:12
that she's watched, she's like, I can tell that's old.
48:14
So like, they're coming in with that.
48:16
But like, immediately the movie starts hitting at the very
48:19
beginning, and it just stays great the whole time.
48:24
And yeah, Kevin is reunited with his mom.
48:27
And actually his mom's kind of a little repentant for being kind
48:30
of a jerk to Kevin, you know, like, I mean, how do you leave
48:33
your kid, You know, Seriously. Like, yeah.
48:37
Yeah, she needed a head count, which I understand.
48:40
They had. They had it though. 11 is that
48:42
the number? I feel like it was 11.
48:43
Yeah, and then there was that kid who it was over. 10 and
48:45
under 15. But they had the head count
48:47
because oh. No, I understand.
48:49
But my problem is like that. That was the method.
48:52
Oh yeah, again, it's very like 80s, nineties, like Gen.
48:55
X. Are there enough humans in the?
48:57
Vein. Yeah, instead of like going
49:00
like, actually like looking at the people, yeah, like, OK, is
49:04
Kevin here and like naming the people.
49:06
I just, man, that's the whole premise is sort of wild and it's
49:11
not, I mean, never mind. I'm gonna let you keep going.
49:13
Go ahead. I feel like you understand the
49:18
awesomeness of this movie, and I will say the timelessness.
49:22
I get that Elf is a new classic, but I don't think Home Alone's
49:28
going anywhere. It's just good for all
49:32
audiences. And for someone like me that
49:36
needs a little more meat to the bones, you know, I need a little
49:41
bit, a little. More meat to the.
49:43
Bone, Can I? I Yeah.
49:46
I need a little bit more plot. And I also need something
49:49
different, like how I can't think of, and it might exist out
49:53
there, but I can't think of another movie that is a
49:56
Christmas movie where all of those things happen and you were
50:00
guessing the whole time. You know, I can't think of it.
50:04
So This is why I have to say Merry Christmas you filthy
50:12
animal. Home Alone is the best Christmas
50:16
movie, period. I just need to just need to add
50:23
a little one more thing. It's not like the most
50:26
Christmassy Christmas movie, actually.
50:28
Wait, yeah, I hear it might be. Right, You might be right.
50:31
I was thinking about it. It might be.
50:34
It might be more an action movie than a Christmas movie.
50:37
As I was thinking about it. I'm like, it's not really super
50:39
Christmassy. Like, it goes right into, like,
50:43
he's just stuck at home and it is Christmas.
50:48
And then they freak out and the whole movie is he's trying to
50:51
battle for his life, and then they're trying to figure out how
50:55
to get back from France. Yeah.
50:58
And he beats up the burglars and they get back from France.
51:02
But there's not really like a ears like it's Christmas, you
51:06
know what I mean? I don't know it.
51:07
Is he literally you? Know and he goes to the church
51:10
and. He goes to the church.
51:11
He looks for Santa to wish. For and the guy talks about his
51:16
family and yeah, but it's not like, I don't know.
51:20
I think for me a Christmas movie is like super Christmassy.
51:24
OK. I think if you're trying to
51:27
pull, if you're trying to pull a little a little one over being
51:31
like maybe it's not Christmas movie, not pull.
51:35
Nothing, I just I was remembering the movie it elf
51:39
happens to be a very. Christmas it's it's what it
51:44
offers. Because he literally talks about
51:46
the Christmas spirit the whole movie.
51:48
Yeah, Yep. So it's very different.
51:50
Well, but I really like everything about Home Alone.
51:54
It's a good movie. It's it's not.
51:56
The best Christmas movie? Do you want a Christmas movie?
51:59
Elf is it? Yep.
52:03
I I know that there's going to be people who certainly have
52:06
their opinions and I might have set a couple of them off earlier
52:11
for those who are anti. Set me off I.
52:15
Man, but you know what that is really because I just really do
52:20
like seeing something new and original.
52:22
You know that I have that. I don't even like reading
52:25
previews about movies before I see them after.
52:28
Months of the year we can look for new and original.
52:32
Well, I think that we could also do that.
52:34
You said 10 other months. Yeah, October.
52:38
That has its own. No, but we watch other things in
52:41
October. I've already said this.
52:42
We. Really don't.
52:44
Well, OK, anyhow, we're so how? Christmassy we can get this
52:47
year. We do that every year.
52:49
So that is our argument. What is the better of the two
52:55
Christmas Christmas movies? Elf?
52:59
Christmas. Or home alone.
53:01
So what's your favorite of those two?
53:03
And then where can they vote for that?
53:06
They should first your vote on Spotify in the app cuz that's
53:10
where the vote is. Mm hmm.
53:13
No. On the polls, please.
53:14
That's where we want you to vote, because that's how we can
53:17
track it. Mom.
53:20
Talking to you. Anyway, you can also vote for
53:24
now, you could still vote on our social media places.
53:31
We're all over the everywhere arguing ever after.
53:34
But probably at some point we're going to take that off the table
53:37
because it's it's too much to check like 5 social media things
53:43
plus the votes, plus we got like but and we record.
53:47
Yeah, yeah. But I would love it if we got
53:49
comments about, you know, after you vote on what we think,
53:52
comment to your favorite movie, let us know maybe maybe you
53:56
could tell us when to try. So maybe that we could have a
53:59
new one. We would love that.
54:01
By we, I mean me. I know Luke doesn't like too
54:03
much change, but I would love to see what you might recommend and
54:08
maybe, maybe I'm not gonna make promises, but maybe we'll watch
54:12
it this year or next year, who knows?
54:15
So yeah, Spotify. Right on.
54:18
Yeah. Thanks for listening and
54:21
hopefully we didn't alienate too many people today.
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Thank you. Bye.
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Bye.