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The Dog Lover’s Guide to Dating · Girls Gone Hallmark | Hallmark Movie Reviews

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  Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, welcome to Girls Gone Hallmark. I'm Megan, and
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  Speaker 1: I'm a lifelong Hallmark movie fan.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Wendy, and I can't believe I made it through
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  Speaker 2: countdown to Christmas were here.
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  Speaker 1: I made it alive, guys, really without falling apart at
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  Speaker 1: any point, Like there was no point we were like, uh,
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  Speaker 1: another movie. Well, I don't know about that.
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  Speaker 2: I may have hit a wall at some point, but
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  Speaker 2: it didn't kill me. You know, what makes you whatever,
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  Speaker 2: what makes you stronger? Was what does it stronger?
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  Speaker 1: You got me? Well? I but I do think that
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  Speaker 1: there is perhaps a reason why this season was a
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  Speaker 1: little bit different and I We'll talk about that in
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  Speaker 1: just a second, but today we are discussing A Dog
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  Speaker 1: Lover's Guide to Dating, the very first movie released on
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  Speaker 1: January first from Hallmark Channel in their New Year New
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  Speaker 1: Movies lineup, which is.
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  Speaker 2: So weird that they're calling it that this year, since
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  Speaker 2: you know, most of January is committed to the Wedding
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  Speaker 2: Mayo series like call its I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: I always thought because prior to starting this podcast, it
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  Speaker 2: was called Winterfest right in January, and then in twenty
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty twenty one, I don't remember it. They changed
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  Speaker 2: it to New Year, New Movies, which to me signifies
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  Speaker 2: that it would be like movies with a fresh start.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: You know, resolution is super generic. I think it's like
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  Speaker 1: we got to call these months something so everyone feels
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  Speaker 1: like they need to get the whole month. It's super boring,
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  Speaker 1: like completion mentality. I get it, I think, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I think outside of counting on a Christmas, my feeling
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  Speaker 1: is that their themes have very little meaning. Then why
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  Speaker 1: do them They don't need to do like Autumn because
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  Speaker 1: most of those movies aren't even fall.
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  Speaker 2: Don't get me started.
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  Speaker 1: So anyway, if you want to connect with us outside
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  Speaker 1: of the podcast, we'd love for you to follow us
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  Speaker 1: on Instagram. We have two Instagram accounts. Girls Gone Hallmark
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  Speaker 1: is our Hallmark specific account. It is popping Off over there.
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  Speaker 1: Wendy runs that account, and if you want to talk
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  Speaker 1: all things Hallmark, please join us there. We have a
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  Speaker 1: second Instagram account which is at Megan and Wendy, which
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  Speaker 1: is all Things Megan and Wendy. We talk about our
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  Speaker 1: other podcast there. We talk about life there. That's a
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  Speaker 1: fun account as well.
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  Speaker 2: You can also jump in our Girls Gone Hallmark Facebook group.
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  Speaker 2: We've been letting people in their life and write over
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  Speaker 2: the holiday.
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  Speaker 1: We have yeah going quickly. It's very chat with her.
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  Speaker 2: We chat over there about Hallmark movies, Hallmark news, so
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  Speaker 2: on and so forth. You can also email us always
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  Speaker 2: at Meganandwindy at gmail dot com if you want to
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  Speaker 2: talk about your thoughts on these movies. We are here
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  Speaker 2: to listen.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, we did get few emails, like people
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  Speaker 1: sharing their favorite movies of the year. Oh yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: people who couldn't quite figure out how to play along.
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  Speaker 1: On Instagram, Wendy had a fun little game. Wendy created
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  Speaker 1: a bracket mm hmm to determine the best movie of
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  Speaker 1: the year, of course, all in good fun and look,
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  Speaker 1: Whendy said she was going to do this, and I
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  Speaker 1: was like, that sounds like a lot of work that
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  Speaker 1: you go for that. And there wasn't really anything like
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  Speaker 1: it wasn't really possible for it to be a two
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  Speaker 1: person job.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, no, it's fine. I wasn't asking for all.
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  Speaker 1: But the whole time I was like, wow, this is
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  Speaker 1: a lot of work. Just kept watching it happen. But
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  Speaker 1: she seeded them based on their IMDb rankings, which totally
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  Speaker 1: blew my mind. And then you the fans got to vote,
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  Speaker 1: and there were some surprises there.
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  Speaker 2: A big time surprise is don't you think.
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  Speaker 1: The biggest surprise to me is evident in the final
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  Speaker 1: two movies.
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  Speaker 2: Which was in Mary Measure with a Brendan Penny movie
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  Speaker 2: and what's that other end of the three guys?
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  Speaker 1: You wise, I'm in the Baby Yes, yeah, which I
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  Speaker 1: expected to be in the final two that or a
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  Speaker 1: handful of other movies I anticipated would be in the
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  Speaker 1: final two. Really, in Mary Measure had a true Cinderella story.
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  Speaker 1: The fans really rally behind that movie.
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  Speaker 2: It really really did. And let me say like, I
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  Speaker 2: felt kind of bad because that was a movie that
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  Speaker 2: we did not review and one I did not watch
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  Speaker 2: during the countdown to Christmas season. But New Year's Eve
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  Speaker 2: I did watch it, and I did think it was
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  Speaker 2: a good movie. I liked it quite a bit. I
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  Speaker 2: really liked the writing, I liked the story, I liked
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  Speaker 2: the actors. I liked it a lot. I felt bad
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  Speaker 2: that I kind of thought it was like a throwaway
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  Speaker 2: Hallmark movie, you know how some of those are, right,
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  Speaker 2: But I was truly wowed how far it got in
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  Speaker 2: the bracket.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and there was a point at which it was
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  Speaker 1: way ahead in the votes, and then the Heidians came
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  Speaker 1: out in full force.
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  Speaker 2: That's what was so crazy about It was like the
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  Speaker 2: fandoms would get bananas over it, right, they would just
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  Speaker 2: like people were sending me like screenshots of dropping our
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  Speaker 2: link to our Instagram in all kinds of crazy like
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  Speaker 2: Facebook groups and Reddit sub threads and all kinds of stuff.
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  Speaker 2: So I was like, well, hey, I'm here for it.
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  Speaker 2: Great share our stuff. But absolutely there are a lot
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  Speaker 2: of like pockets of fans out there, so it was
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  Speaker 2: it was fun to watch. Now let me tell you,
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  Speaker 2: there was some kind of some weird stuff behind the scenes,
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  Speaker 2: just okay, not super weird, but like people questioning our
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  Speaker 2: integrity to the contests. First of all, not a contest.
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  Speaker 2: There was like nothing to win here, no prize. It
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  Speaker 2: was just for fun. It's truly just for engagement for
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  Speaker 2: the fans to like, you know, partake in something that
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  Speaker 2: they love, right, And.
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  Speaker 1: I think the fans really got into it and liked
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  Speaker 1: the opportunity to play. Agree.
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  Speaker 2: But then I got some messages like show me the
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  Speaker 2: proof and send me screenshots and are you changing the votes?
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  Speaker 2: And is it allowed that you're voting from a different account,
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  Speaker 2: you know, because you voted from our Megan and Wendy
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  Speaker 2: Hallmark account, which but why not?
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  Speaker 1: Person?
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  Speaker 2: I know, it just was bizarre. I was like, hey, guys, like,
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  Speaker 2: it's just for fun. It's just for fun. And then
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  Speaker 2: I just started ignoring those messages because I was like,
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  Speaker 2: I can't win here, like I don't have some conspiracy
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  Speaker 2: against three wise men and a baby.
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  Speaker 1: Sorry you did not have a dog in this by And.
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  Speaker 2: Then I would say. There was some feedback to like
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  Speaker 2: people were unhappy with the seeding.
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  Speaker 1: Well that's the way the cookie crumbles, folks, That's what
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  Speaker 1: I said.
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  Speaker 2: Specifically, I'm like, look, I did not match these two
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  Speaker 2: movies up on purpose, Like right, this is what I did.
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  Speaker 2: I went through IMDb. Actually I didn't do it, somebody
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  Speaker 2: did it on Twitter. I have the movie Nice ranked
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  Speaker 2: on IMDb according to user ratings, and then I had
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  Speaker 2: to go in and fill in the gaps a little
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  Speaker 2: bit because it wasn't complete anyway. But people were upset
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  Speaker 2: that I used IMDb as the way to seed them,
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  Speaker 2: but like, how else am I going to do it?
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  Speaker 1: Like yeah, bye, viewership, Look, it's for fun. Y'all it's
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  Speaker 1: for fun. Yeah, exactly, you want to see it our
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  Speaker 1: bracket next year emails and I'm going to Wendy Atter
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  Speaker 1: email buck Mom have at it.
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  Speaker 2: But like one one complaint was that the Holiday Sitter
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  Speaker 2: had it was a kind of a lower ranking because
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  Speaker 2: the IMDb like it wasn't It wasn't like a super
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  Speaker 2: popular movie on IMDb. What's shocker because a lot of
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  Speaker 2: people live on the internet on IMDb and like to
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  Speaker 2: write terrible reviews about movies, right right, So, but that's
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  Speaker 2: not my fault. No, I think you did great. I
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  Speaker 2: think it was very fun. I'm impressed that you pulled
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  Speaker 2: it off.
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  Speaker 1: And if you want to see the full recap of
• 8:37
  Speaker 1: how it went down when he's been saving those into
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  Speaker 1: a highlight on our girls go one Hallmark Instagram account.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Also, should we do it again next year?
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  Speaker 1: I think so. But let me know how I can
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  Speaker 1: help you.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, we got a whole nother eleven months to figure
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  Speaker 2: it out.
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  Speaker 1: We do a little bit more Hallmark news and notes.
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  Speaker 1: I just have one note here that Hallmark has acquired
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  Speaker 1: drop Dead Diva, which will air on Hallmark Movies and
• 9:04
  Speaker 1: Mysteries on weekdays from five pm to seven pm. Now, Wendy,
• 9:08
  Speaker 1: have you ever seen this show?
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  Speaker 2: I never watched it.
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  Speaker 1: No, I watched it in its original airing stars Brooke Elliott,
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  Speaker 1: and that I think was my first introduction to her.
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  Speaker 1: I loved this show, so I'm excited that it will
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  Speaker 1: get a new audience. I did tell Wendy that we
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  Speaker 1: should throw in another recap, but every time I've mentioned it,
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  Speaker 1: she has just ignored the suggestion.
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  Speaker 2: So did you see my reply on Facebook late last night? Well,
• 9:37
  Speaker 2: late last night I did chime in and I said, Patreon, honey, if.
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  Speaker 1: You would like a Patreon exclusive podcast recapping dropped a
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  Speaker 1: diva from the Ladies of Girls called Hallmark, email us
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  Speaker 1: and let us know.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, especially I've never seen it. How many seasons are there?
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  Speaker 2: A couple, two, three, couple.
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  Speaker 1: A couple and it's it's fun and light. I think
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  Speaker 1: you might like it.
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  Speaker 2: Well, hey, I'm open to it.
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  Speaker 1: I have a question for you. Yes, are you interested
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  Speaker 1: in hearing what the top five countdown to Christmas movies
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  Speaker 1: were by Girls Gone Hallmark download numbers?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, i am.
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  Speaker 1: I'll start with number five. Okay, number five might be
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  Speaker 1: a surprise. It's The Royal Nanny. Oh wow, I'm surprised
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  Speaker 1: it made the top five. Next up we have Lightscamra Christmas.
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  Speaker 1: The number three spot is time for Him to come
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  Speaker 1: home for Christmas. That's no surprise to me. Tyler Hines's
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  Speaker 1: movies performed very well for us.
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  Speaker 2: I know, I just cringe though, because I was like,
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  Speaker 2: I was not that kind to that movie.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I think there were some criticisms to be made.
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  Speaker 1: Number two is Haul Out the Holly, and the number
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  Speaker 1: one spot is no surprise. Three Wise Men and a Baby.
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  Speaker 1: That movie was just a force unto itself. Yeah, there
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  Speaker 1: was no like.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you know what. I got a lot of
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  Speaker 2: dms from people saying like it was not their favorite.
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  Speaker 1: It wasn't my number one movie of the year. I
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  Speaker 1: liked it, but it wasn't my number one movie of
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  Speaker 1: the year. And my husband we were talking about Hallmark
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  Speaker 1: movies with some friends over the weekend. He goes, people
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  Speaker 1: just like that movie because the boys in it are pretty,
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  Speaker 1: and I said, yes, that is the heart of that movie. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: because it's middle aged women watching Hallmark and we want
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  Speaker 1: to see hot dudes. Sorry Tyler Hines and his Candy Cane,
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  Speaker 1: Oh my God, Forever and ever.
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  Speaker 2: Aim In he better have a candy cane in his
• 11:32
  Speaker 2: next set Christmas movie. I Know, I know.
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  Speaker 1: Is there anything else you'd like to discuss in Hallmark
• 11:39
  Speaker 1: News and Notes?
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  Speaker 2: Just one? Kevin McGarry, who is in the upcoming The
• 11:45
  Speaker 2: Wedding Veil Expectations. He and his now fiance Kayla Wallace,
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  Speaker 2: who they co star together, and one calls the heart
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  Speaker 2: got engaged over the holidays.
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  Speaker 1: I was so exciting in New York and we're very
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  Speaker 1: excited for them. You're the first synopsis? Oh sure.
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  Speaker 2: The Dog Lover's Guide to Dating Simon believes Chloe is
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  Speaker 2: the girl of his dreams, but can't seem to win
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  Speaker 2: over her beloved pup. He enlists dog trainer Alex and
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  Speaker 2: soon finds himself wondering where his real connection might be.
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  Speaker 2: Starring Rebecca Dalton and Corey Sevier Sevier every time.
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  Speaker 1: Sorry he was in notes for A dog Lover's Guide
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  Speaker 1: to Dating. This movie was based on the book The
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  Speaker 1: Dog Lover's Guide to Dating, which it's not a novel,
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  Speaker 1: but an actual how to guide.
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  Speaker 2: It's yes, a practical guide. Isn't that funny?
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  Speaker 1: Yes?
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  Speaker 2: I saw the credit at the beginning of that movie,
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  Speaker 2: and so I looked it up and I was like, oh,
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  Speaker 2: it's not a novel, so bizarre.
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  Speaker 1: I agree. I thought it was gonna be like musc
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  Speaker 1: Love Dogs, but no, it is.
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  Speaker 2: It is not.
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  Speaker 1: It is an actual If you want to meet, if
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  Speaker 1: you like dogs and you want to find dates, this
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  Speaker 1: is the book for you.
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  Speaker 2: I will leave a link to it in our show notes.
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  Speaker 1: Guys, pick it up on Amazon, get it from the library.
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  Speaker 2: I had a feeling that this movie might have been
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  Speaker 2: a Johnson Production Group movie, and I was right, Wow,
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  Speaker 2: look at you. Yeah, I just nailed it. Johnson Production
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  Speaker 2: Group has produced many Hallmark movies, including Mini I personally
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  Speaker 2: didn't like. However, they have most recently produced Noel next Door,
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  Speaker 2: Five More Minutes, Moments like these, and Time for Him
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  Speaker 2: to Come Home for Christmas.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, I think they.
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  Speaker 2: Might have a deal with Corey Cervier because I was
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  Speaker 2: looking at their lineup of movies. You know, Noel next
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  Speaker 2: Door obviously, and then there was another one from last year.
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  Speaker 2: I can't remember what it was exactly, but he was
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  Speaker 2: in it a deal or perhaps they just enjoy him.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Maybe this was filmed in the easternmost providence of Canada,
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  Speaker 1: very far away from Vancouver. Specifically Newfoundland and Labrador and
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  Speaker 1: Saint John's.
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  Speaker 2: I actually thought that was a joke when I first
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  Speaker 2: saw the note on that.
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  Speaker 1: I was like, because of the dogs.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, I was like, is somebody trolling me?
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  Speaker 1: Like?
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  Speaker 2: Are these real places? I didn't know didn't know that
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  Speaker 2: they were actual real places.
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  Speaker 1: That's funny. Did you know of Labrador and why then
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  Speaker 1: to Saint John's? So yeah, yeah, but that's not a.
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  Speaker 2: Dog I'm talking about, like Labrador and Newfoundland.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that was unsurprising to me.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, I thought it was quite funny. Quite funny. A
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  Speaker 2: dog movie that takes very meta, A dog movie that
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  Speaker 2: takes place in a in a well, actually it never
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  Speaker 2: really said where it took place, right.
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  Speaker 1: No, I don't think they ever named the setting of
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  Speaker 1: the movie.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, okay, a dog movie that was filmed in
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  Speaker 2: a dog land, No offense anybody. It was beautiful. I
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  Speaker 2: actually thought it was quite setting.
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  Speaker 1: It was beautiful. I was like, I like to go there.
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  Speaker 1: I think they had the advantage of it feeling wintery,
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  Speaker 1: not snowy, wintry, but not dead of summer, even though
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  Speaker 1: it was filmed in August and September, because fall arrived
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  Speaker 1: quite early in that part of the world. Oh really,
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  Speaker 1: yes it is.
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  Speaker 2: Yes. So do you think that wind when they were
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  Speaker 2: on the cliff side was that hot wind or cold wind? Oh?
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  Speaker 1: I think it was a cold wind. Did you think
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  Speaker 1: they had the ad R the dialogue during the scene.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, me too.
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  Speaker 1: I was actually watching very carefully because if they did
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  Speaker 1: have to do that, they did it well. It didn't
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  Speaker 1: sound like we're standing in a room saying these lines. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: No, they did a good job. There's no, there's no
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  Speaker 2: Mike would have totally picked up wind. They definitely had to.
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  Speaker 2: Had that same thought while watching Rebecca Dalton, she plays Alex.
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  Speaker 2: She's totally new to me. I've never seen her before.
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  Speaker 2: She has a lot of acting credits though, dating back
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  Speaker 2: to twenty ten, including the Unauthorized melrose Place Story where
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  Speaker 2: she played Courtney Thorne Smith.
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  Speaker 1: That's so funny. I have that exact note because I
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  Speaker 1: knew you were going to see that in her of course,
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  Speaker 1: in her yers. I mean it's like TV TV movie,
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  Speaker 1: TV movie, TV movie, the Unauthorized melrose Play Story. I
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  Speaker 1: thought that was a fun little note Courtney Thorn.
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  Speaker 2: She was also in Hallmark's A Perfect Christmas in twenty sixteen.
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  Speaker 2: She wasn't like the star of the movie, but she
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  Speaker 2: was in it, and I noticed she also co starred
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  Speaker 2: with Corey Sevier in last year's Lemonade Stand Romance, which
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  Speaker 2: was not a Hallmark movie. I'm not exactly sure where
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  Speaker 2: it aired, but it's written directed by a bunch of
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  Speaker 2: like Hallmark regular so but I don't know where where
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  Speaker 2: that movie's at.
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  Speaker 1: I noticed that as well. Chrysavier is really churning out
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  Speaker 1: the Hallmark movies lately. He plays Simon in this movie.
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  Speaker 1: I'm wondering if he needs to be considered for our
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  Speaker 1: Dudes of Hallmark short but Hallmark seems to be a
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  Speaker 1: big fan of Korysavier. I mean, I three movies in
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  Speaker 1: the last four months. It's working a lot.
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  Speaker 2: What three movies? Not for all for Hallmark?
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  Speaker 1: Yes, so for Hallmark. He was in road Trip Romance
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  Speaker 1: in the Fall, okay, he was in.
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  Speaker 2: Noel, next Door, Well next Door, and then this Okay,
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  Speaker 2: He's He's got a bunch of other movies in his
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  Speaker 2: IMDb too, but like I honestly don't know where those
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  Speaker 2: movies are at. He did two other Christmas movies and
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  Speaker 2: then he has another one completed called Keta Love and
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  Speaker 2: I don't know where that one is going either.
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  Speaker 1: I did notice that a lot of these actors have
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  Speaker 1: a lot coming up.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I know, exciting, right.
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  Speaker 1: Eliza Kinge plays Chloe in this movie. She lives in
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  Speaker 1: Newfoundland and her three other acting credits are movies that
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  Speaker 1: have all been shot in Newfoundland. Oh. I actually really
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  Speaker 1: enjoyed her, and so did. I hope that she can
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: funny break out of the Eastern Canada acting scene because
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: I liked her and would like to see more of her.
• 18:28
  Speaker 2: I agree, there was something. I was very drawn to
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: her for some reason.
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't know.
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: That's all I got for news and notes.
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: I just want to say this. This movie has three
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: co writers, Katherine Ray, Kate Summerville, and Juliana Wimbles. Katherine
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: Ray and Kate Somerville are both very newly published writers.
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: I shall say Catherine Ray has two writing credits, is
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: Kate Somerville's first writing credit. Juliana Wimbles has a fair
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: amount of Hallmark acting under her belt, but three writing credits.
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: So these are some new writers that we're getting in here. Okay,
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: all right, let's move on to first impressions.
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: Do you want to go first?
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: Sure? Mine comes from my husband.
• 19:15
  Speaker 2: Oh.
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: Okay, was in the room as I was watching, although
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: he wouldn't tell you, watched this movie, and he said,
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: if there are pets in the movie, you already know
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: what you're gonna get.
• 19:27
  Speaker 2: That is a fair first impression. My first impression was
• 19:33
  Speaker 2: someone has daddy issues.
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, wait till we get to my wish. Okay,
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: so what do we like about this movie?
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: I'll start. I was really focused on Corey Sevier's performance. Now,
• 19:49
  Speaker 2: let me just a little backstory here. Prior to Noel
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: next Door, I had personally found him kind of unremarkable.
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: He's very handsome, don't get me wrong, but like I
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: couldn't name one of his movies if I my life
• 20:07
  Speaker 2: depended on it, Like, I have no idea. You said,
• 20:10
  Speaker 2: Romance to the Rescue. Was that a dog movie?
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: No? No, no road trip romance? Oh my god, I
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: see I can't any suitcases?
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: Oh god, oh god, oh god. Oh Natalie Hall was
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: in that movie, right, yes, Okay, Anyway, I think that
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: he's a really good dramatic actor.
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: Hmmm.
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: So I enjoyed him in those scenes that require like
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: a little more depth as opposed to like the comedic
• 20:38
  Speaker 2: scenes which I feel like they're like overacted, especially like
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: at the beginning when he's chasing the dog through the party. Yes,
• 20:47
  Speaker 2: I could not. I was like, no, this is what
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: we're dealing with. I yeah, I mean I like him
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: as an actor. I just I don't I'm.
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: Gonna put that on the direct or having those scenes.
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: You're not gonna dive through somebody's picnic to try and
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: get the dog.
• 21:05
  Speaker 2: You're just right, Okay, that's fair. That's fair.
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: So, as I mentioned, I really liked Eliza King. I
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: liked Chloe's character. She had some really funny lines. She
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: and Simon go for a walk and she's like, I'm
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: not like outdoorsy, and then she goes, is this like research?
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: And I yelled at the screen. I go, it's a walk, Chloe. Like,
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: I just thought she was very share Horowitz in this movie.
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I thought she was a fun, light comic relief. Yeah.
• 21:41
  Speaker 2: I liked her too. I really enjoyed Emily Stranger's Who's Me.
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: She played the role of a sister. Yeah. I liked
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: her a lot too, Like she was like the level
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: headed one who would ask the questions like you need
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: that always in a movie. But I but I liked her.
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: I liked her in that role well, and to that point,
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: I was more invested in the relationship between Alex and
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: Sarah than I was in the relationship between Alex and Simon.
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: Oh right, that's see, that's how they could have made
• 22:09
  Speaker 2: this movie a little bit better, make it more about
• 22:11
  Speaker 2: the sisters, you know, Like I'm just I don't want
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: I don't want to start the year out being like
• 22:19
  Speaker 2: I don't want these Hallmark trope movies.
• 22:22
  Speaker 1: But I watched this movie so carefully because I wanted
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: to start strong. I'm struggling with that. A quick little
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: side note. There was an interview with Lacy Shab that
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: was done recently and it was kind of like the
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: counterpoint to the Candice Cameron Beret interviews that have been done,
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: and it was a nice interview. But one of the
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: things they asked was do you think we'll ever see
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: movies without a love story? And she said, I think
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: that love story is at the heart of what we do.
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: She said, but you never know. But I was a
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: little bit disappointed in that answer, because I do think
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: there's room for Hallmark to branch out and tell these
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: stories that don't end in an I love you moment, right.
• 23:06
  Speaker 2: I mean three wise men and a baby was not
• 23:09
  Speaker 2: a primary love story.
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: Great point.
• 23:13
  Speaker 2: Yes those were side stories, but it was last That's crux.
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: Of the movie.
• 23:17
  Speaker 2: For me.
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: It's always take a lesson from the movie Frozen, right,
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: Disney Princess movies always have a fairy tale, happy ending,
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: But that movie was about the love between sisters. And yes,
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: there were romantic relationships in that movie, but they were
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: not at the heart of the movie. So it can
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: be done. If Disney can break the mold, so can Hallmark.
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: I agree.
• 23:37
  Speaker 1: Okay, I thought there was some just fun, lighthearted, very
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: current writing in this movie.
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: I agree, same, same, same.
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: In the advertising they talked about, you know, wanting a
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: very like Goop style. Wasn't advertising plan That's what I'm
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: losing the word, but you know what I mean, like
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: a pitch. They're like think when it's Tesla. I thought
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: that was Simon made fun of Alex for her printed posters.
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: He's like, you need to think online, not telephone polls.
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: What year do you think it is? I I thought
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: it was written for a younger audience, or at least
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: written in a way an younger audience could appreciate. Alongside
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: a classic coal Mark audience. Mm hmm, yeah, what'd you
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: think about Rebecca Dalton? I actually really liked Rebecca Dalton.
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: I think it's funny how much she resembles Natalie Hall.
• 24:33
  Speaker 2: Oh my god, Megan, I wrote the same thing. I said,
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: she looks too much like Natalie Hall.
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: Yes, I liked her too.
• 24:40
  Speaker 2: I don't want to be like she should change herself,
• 24:43
  Speaker 2: but I think like maybe she darkened her hair a
• 24:46
  Speaker 2: little bit or something, you know what I mean. She
• 24:50
  Speaker 2: does look exactly like Natalie Hall, and I don't want
• 24:53
  Speaker 2: her to get fall into this mix of like blonde
• 24:56
  Speaker 2: Hallmark actresses.
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: Right right, Yes, I don't want her to be the
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: bobo Natalie Hall. Because I really liked her. I thought
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: she was one of the strongest actors in this movie.
• 25:07
  Speaker 1: I have some criticism about her storyline, which isn't about her.
• 25:11
  Speaker 1: I enjoyed her and would be happy to see her
• 25:14
  Speaker 1: in more.
• 25:15
  Speaker 2: Me too, agree.
• 25:18
  Speaker 1: I'm tapped out on likes. What about you? Me too? Okay?
• 25:22
  Speaker 1: You ready for wishes? I am? I have one? Oh oh,
• 25:27
  Speaker 1: go ahead.
• 25:28
  Speaker 2: I wish there was a better plot.
• 25:30
  Speaker 1: Oh I didn't. I'm sorry.
• 25:32
  Speaker 2: I didn't think there was anything special about this story,
• 25:35
  Speaker 2: and there was nothing to move this story or the
• 25:40
  Speaker 2: relationship between Simon and Alex forward after the dog training,
• 25:45
  Speaker 2: So then they had to like throw in the loss
• 25:48
  Speaker 2: of the shelter to like finish the movie iet them connected. Yeah,
• 25:53
  Speaker 2: I just thought I was kind of weak overall.
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: I don't disagree with you, so my big well, I
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: have a lot of wishes, but I wish Alex would
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: have gone to therapy. And I don't say that as
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: a joke. She is dealing with childhood trauma that has
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: carried into her adult life and marks the way that
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: she behaves in multiple situations and in her relationships. And
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: Simon is not going to be the one to solve
• 26:23
  Speaker 1: the problem for her, and she can't rely on another
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: person or a relationship. It's not fair for him to
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: bear this burden of having to constantly prove to her
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: that he's not going to leave her like her dad did. Yeah,
• 26:38
  Speaker 1: she needs to process the trauma that she is holding
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: on too before she can move on. And there is
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: someone rolling their eyes at me right now. But if
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: you're going to put that at the heart of this movie,
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: that their dad leaving marked their relationships in such a
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: heavy way, she needs to process that and not be
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: like Simon will save me because she's tougher than that.
• 27:04
  Speaker 2: Girl with the armchair therapy right now. But you're right,
• 27:08
  Speaker 2: You're absolutely right.
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: I said what I said. What else? My other wish
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: is I wish there was less antagonism, specifically from Alex
• 27:22
  Speaker 1: to Simon. It made her unlikable to me. Oh uh huh,
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: you know, Oh we agree, you need professional help. You
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: need a life coach more than a dog trainer. I
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: mean it was just like it was more pointed than
• 27:38
  Speaker 1: it needed to be. I feel like the sarcasm was
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: real heavy, and I don't think that they had enough
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: time in their relationship to recover from her being kind
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: of nasty to him to go to the I love
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: you that they got I'm in love with you at
• 28:00
  Speaker 1: the end. They could have had a professional dog trainer
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: relationship and set it apart from the romantic relationship that
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: he was pursuing with Chloe without making her hate him. Right, Yeah,
• 28:16
  Speaker 1: I agree?
• 28:17
  Speaker 2: What else do you have?
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: I wish we could have seen the photos from the
• 28:20
  Speaker 1: photo shoot me too, Oh my gosh, why is that?
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: Why do you think that is because they weren't actually
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: taking photos? Oh?
• 28:28
  Speaker 2: I know that. I'm asking, why do you think we
• 28:31
  Speaker 2: both wanted to see the photos?
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: I don't. I don't. That's a good question. I can't
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: imagine they actually turned out great. But I do think
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: they did a nice job in that scene, because you know,
• 28:43
  Speaker 1: they're shooting this dog food, I'm like, you need a dog,
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: and then they bring in the dogs, and then I
• 28:48
  Speaker 1: thought that was actually very funny with them like running
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: through with the dogs. I thought it obviously made it
• 28:54
  Speaker 1: a more interesting ad to have living things in it
• 28:57
  Speaker 1: than just a bag of dox of dog yeah style.
• 29:04
  Speaker 1: But yes, I would have been very curious to see
• 29:07
  Speaker 1: how those turned out. You ready for we did see that?
• 29:09
  Speaker 2: Yeah? I have a few. Okay, I have a few,
• 29:12
  Speaker 2: and I have a few stupid little complaints too. Yeah,
• 29:16
  Speaker 2: but truly, did you see that there were so many
• 29:20
  Speaker 2: American flags in the background of this movie. I don't
• 29:23
  Speaker 2: know if you caught them. In at least two scenes,
• 29:27
  Speaker 2: there was like American flags, and it almost looked like
• 29:30
  Speaker 2: they were used to like cover up signage, you know,
• 29:33
  Speaker 2: like something that said like Canadian tire or whatever. You
• 29:37
  Speaker 2: know what I mean. I hung this like big American
• 29:40
  Speaker 2: flag over it. I was like, Okay, we get it,
• 29:43
  Speaker 2: you're not in Canada. It just was so funny. I've
• 29:50
  Speaker 2: never noticed it before when it happened twice, huh. The
• 29:55
  Speaker 2: other time it was the first time. Alex has a
• 29:59
  Speaker 2: stack of flo for the dogs and there's a picture
• 30:04
  Speaker 2: of a dog and it was so blurry. I was like, who,
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: who in the props department decided like to take some
• 30:12
  Speaker 2: screen grab of this dog?
• 30:14
  Speaker 1: It was so out of focus school images, totally one.
• 30:20
  Speaker 2: And it's funny because when she had those, I was like,
• 30:24
  Speaker 2: this was like at the very beginning, I was like,
• 30:26
  Speaker 2: why on earth does she has flyers? Who is she
• 30:28
  Speaker 2: giving flyers to? So, you know, kudos to the writing
• 30:33
  Speaker 2: for a signmon to be like what are you doing?
• 30:35
  Speaker 2: Like everything's online these days? And I was really hoping,
• 30:39
  Speaker 2: since he was in advertising, that he was going to
• 30:41
  Speaker 2: like make a better campaign for her.
• 30:46
  Speaker 1: Well he had said that he would. I know you
• 30:50
  Speaker 1: you train me and I'll make your flyers, but we
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: never actually saw that happen. All I know he did
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: do the signage at the event.
• 31:00
  Speaker 2: Which was also not very good for an advertising executive.
• 31:07
  Speaker 2: You know, I was like, what I could do better
• 31:09
  Speaker 2: on Canva myself anyway. Anyway, Lastly, if I could point
• 31:17
  Speaker 2: this out, Uh, when the Vet picks up Alex to
• 31:21
  Speaker 2: go to the fundraiser, her hair is straight. Oh the
• 31:27
  Speaker 2: next scene they're at the fundraiser and it's curled.
• 31:29
  Speaker 1: That's funny. So Mike, did you see that's? Are you know,
• 31:33
  Speaker 1: just some random commentary? First of all, jack Axes is
• 31:36
  Speaker 1: a real place. I looked it up. Oh, real axe
• 31:39
  Speaker 1: throwing place. So shout out to them. Nice nice cameo
• 31:42
  Speaker 1: in this movie for this Canadian ax throwing hotspot.
• 31:47
  Speaker 2: M hmm.
• 31:49
  Speaker 1: Lots of questions. Okay, how does she afford that house
• 31:53
  Speaker 1: on a dog dor in her salary? I don't know.
• 31:54
  Speaker 1: She spends all her time volunteering.
• 31:56
  Speaker 2: I don't know. I don't know.
• 31:59
  Speaker 1: Like this beautiful house and a beautiful location. Why is
• 32:03
  Speaker 1: she not just doubling the scrambled eggs cause she's making
• 32:05
  Speaker 1: for her dog. She's not making dog food, she's making
• 32:07
  Speaker 1: human food for her dog. Throw a couple extra eggs
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: in there, lady.
• 32:10
  Speaker 2: I that was such a weird scene, right, The.
• 32:15
  Speaker 1: Disordered eating was uncomfortable. You're telling me I eat three
• 32:20
  Speaker 1: power bars a day, Like there's not a meal in
• 32:23
  Speaker 1: your day. You're just eating these protein bars that's not efficient.
• 32:26
  Speaker 1: That's a problem.
• 32:28
  Speaker 2: I agree, and I did write that down. I go
• 32:31
  Speaker 2: the weird through line of Alex's eating behaviors was bothered me.
• 32:36
  Speaker 2: The fact that it was brought up multiple times, I
• 32:43
  Speaker 2: don't know, that made me uncomfortable.
• 32:46
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and if you're already making food for your dog,
• 32:48
  Speaker 1: it's very efficient to just double it and feed yourself.
• 32:53
  Speaker 2: But she doesn't have time. I know, she has to
• 32:56
  Speaker 2: get out there.
• 32:57
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it was just weird. She does have time, owner
• 33:00
  Speaker 1: does Oh.
• 33:02
  Speaker 2: I got one. This is not how fundraisers work, as
• 33:05
  Speaker 2: a as a girl who's working on a fundraiser right now,
• 33:08
  Speaker 2: Like you know, they had they had this like silent option.
• 33:11
  Speaker 1: I was like, oh yeah, yeah.
• 33:14
  Speaker 2: They never showed anybody trying to get that stuff donated,
• 33:16
  Speaker 2: Like that's the hardest part of a fundraiser, right, and
• 33:19
  Speaker 2: then they're like doing the calculations at the time of
• 33:23
  Speaker 2: the announcement, Like no, none of that works, None of that,
• 33:27
  Speaker 2: None of that works.
• 33:28
  Speaker 1: Yay.
• 33:29
  Speaker 2: Yeah, And like did they even say like the owner
• 33:33
  Speaker 2: of the building was willing to sell to them? Like mate,
• 33:37
  Speaker 2: what what they did?
• 33:39
  Speaker 1: They they there was that conversation they said, is the
• 33:43
  Speaker 1: owner willing to extend your timeline, and she said no,
• 33:46
  Speaker 1: the best he's willing to do is give us the
• 33:49
  Speaker 1: first option to buy.
• 33:51
  Speaker 2: Are you ready to rate this movie?
• 33:54
  Speaker 1: Unfortunately?
• 33:55
  Speaker 2: Me too? Go ahead, I don't know. Oh well, fine,
• 34:01
  Speaker 2: i'll say it. My ratings two point five stars.
• 34:04
  Speaker 1: Oh mine's too, which I thought was too generous. Oh,
• 34:08
  Speaker 1: I'm very sorry. I don't want to be this person.
• 34:12
  Speaker 1: There's no joy in it. But I don't think this
• 34:16
  Speaker 1: was their solid most solid starts.
• 34:18
  Speaker 2: No, it bows me out because I'm like, they're really
• 34:22
  Speaker 2: really like hanging their hat on the Wedding Bill trilogy.
• 34:27
  Speaker 2: We just need something here on the the first weekend
• 34:32
  Speaker 2: of January, which I didn't need.
• 34:34
  Speaker 1: The I Love Yous. I really hated the I Love
• 34:37
  Speaker 1: yous at the end, me too. You're not in love
• 34:39
  Speaker 1: with him. You need therapy, Like date him.
• 34:44
  Speaker 2: That's great, you guys like the right date the sun. Yeah,
• 34:48
  Speaker 2: go on a date.
• 34:48
  Speaker 1: He got a dog, yay.
• 34:51
  Speaker 2: Yeah. Oh my god. Those dogs were real cute.
• 34:54
  Speaker 1: They were real cute. I like both those dogs. I
• 34:57
  Speaker 1: really was like a Ziggy in my should because that's
• 34:59
  Speaker 1: a cute. Oh my god.
• 35:01
  Speaker 2: I was so drawn to Ziggy. I was like, I
• 35:03
  Speaker 2: love him. He has just look like a hairy old man.
• 35:06
  Speaker 1: I love it, I know, and I thought, Wow, these
• 35:08
  Speaker 1: are the most well trained should dogs I've ever seen
• 35:10
  Speaker 1: in my entire life.
• 35:12
  Speaker 2: I know. I was like, Alex, I have a dog
• 35:15
  Speaker 2: for you. You want to do right my crazy ass dog.
• 35:19
  Speaker 2: It was so funny because she was like, oh, you
• 35:21
  Speaker 2: have to, like, I don't know, look the dog in
• 35:25
  Speaker 2: the eye. I don't know. So I tried that last
• 35:28
  Speaker 2: night when my dog was aggressively humping my leg, I
• 35:30
  Speaker 2: was like, look me in the eye. Stop it not helping.
• 35:35
  Speaker 1: It did not work, I know when she just y'all
• 35:39
  Speaker 1: sit at Simon and he like spins around and sits
• 35:41
  Speaker 1: and looks at her. Come on, okay, speaking of the
• 35:45
  Speaker 1: wedding veil. Next week, we all be back with a
• 35:47
  Speaker 1: review of the wedding veil expectations. And you might have
• 35:49
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• 35:52
  Speaker 1: bumped Girls Gone Hallmark movie releases to Tuesdays instead of Thursdays,
• 35:56
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• 36:00
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• 36:03
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• 36:08
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• 36:13
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