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January Listener Mailbag · Girls Gone Hallmark | Hallmark Movie Reviews

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  Speaker 1: This is a Bramble Jam podcast.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome to Girls Gone Hallmark, a Hamewark review podcast. Oh,
• 0:27
  Speaker 2: I was wondering, we'll get to it. I'm Megan Who
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  Speaker 2: and I'm a long time Hallmark fan. I'm Wendy. I'm
• 0:36
  Speaker 2: a former Hallmark hater. If you're wondering what's happening, I
• 0:39
  Speaker 2: think Wendy just read the notes for this episode. But
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  Speaker 2: before we get there, before we get into the mail bag,
• 0:45
  Speaker 2: I want to take a quick minute and talk about
• 0:49
  Speaker 2: the bracket really quickly. Okay, okay, because I think this
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  Speaker 2: is the best place to do it. I think the
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  Speaker 2: best best place would be a Hallmark Headlines episode, but
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  Speaker 2: we're not doing that right now, So here it is.
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  Speaker 2: First of all, I want to thank you for doing
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  Speaker 2: all of that work. Wendy took me one of the bracket.
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  Speaker 2: Oh yay and ran it and yay.
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  Speaker 1: Yes. How do you feel that it went? I feel
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  Speaker 1: that it was the easiest year yet. And I don't
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  Speaker 1: know why. I don't know if it's because the number
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  Speaker 1: of movies or it was just clear who what everybody liked,
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  Speaker 1: or everybody behaved.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know. I don't know. I don't know either.
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  Speaker 2: I think I think some of our core group had
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  Speaker 2: heard our cries saying, don't f this up. This is
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  Speaker 2: this is your chance. You're coming back to do this
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  Speaker 2: against kind of your better judgment because last year was
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  Speaker 2: kind of rough, and I think they knew better. A
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  Speaker 2: couple people were like, oh, I don't like this match up,
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  Speaker 2: and look, there's a big difference between like, oh my gosh,
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  Speaker 2: this is so hard to choose, because there were definitely
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  Speaker 2: matchups where I felt like that that's totally fine, as
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  Speaker 2: opposed to like, oh I don't like how this met. Well, okay,
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  Speaker 2: that's what happened. Like anyway, people were lovely and it
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  Speaker 2: was a good time and it felt I mean, I
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  Speaker 2: didn't do jack, So I was about to say it
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  Speaker 2: felt easy, but it just felt smooth, like it ran easily.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. I wasn't complaining on the back end to you
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  Speaker 1: at all about any of it.
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  Speaker 2: No, and people weren't. We didn't have people activating multiple
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  Speaker 2: new accounts to vote. Were you surprised by the winner? No?
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  Speaker 1: No, No, I'm surprised at the winning movie aired it
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  Speaker 1: in October, you.
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  Speaker 2: Know, huh.
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  Speaker 1: But other than that, no, I mean, I know Ted
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  Speaker 1: Cooper was such a big hit for everybody, So I
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  Speaker 1: wasn't that surprised. I was surprised at the final two.
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  Speaker 2: Oh me too. The final two were A Keller Christmas
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  Speaker 2: Vacation and Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper. I was I in
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  Speaker 2: my mind, I really thought it was going to come down.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously it couldn't have worked that way, but to Ted
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  Speaker 2: Cooper and Opry like those in my mind were the
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  Speaker 2: final to the top two. And the only reason I
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  Speaker 2: was a little bit surprised those were both five star movies.
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  Speaker 2: For me, there's no bad choice there. I was just
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  Speaker 2: a little bit surprised because I think Hallmark traditionalists might
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  Speaker 2: have leaned a little bit harder into Opry. But maybe
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  Speaker 2: the Hollmark traditionalists aren't voting in an Instagram stories, Paul.
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  Speaker 2: Perhaps Okay, we've kept you waiting long enough. The reason
• 3:39
  Speaker 2: WHNDY was reacting is I couldn't help myself. And when
• 3:42
  Speaker 2: I was putting together today's list of mailbag notes, I
• 3:46
  Speaker 2: was going through our YouTube comments and this one stuck
• 3:51
  Speaker 2: out at me and I just had to include it,
• 3:54
  Speaker 2: just so you don't think we're front loading with only
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  Speaker 2: the nice things people say. Do you know it? Yeah,
• 4:01
  Speaker 2: it's from CHRISTA Miller who says I think you two
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  Speaker 2: suck at reviewing the pilot show Sue Thomas FBI, that
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  Speaker 2: was televised two thousand and two to two thousand and five.
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  Speaker 2: My suggestion is watch all three seasons then critique it.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, it's so funny this person's reacting because we didn't
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  Speaker 1: really like that show. Right. This is not the first
• 4:25
  Speaker 1: time somebody has given us feedback like, oh, you guys
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  Speaker 1: should have given that show a little bit more time,
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  Speaker 1: like it turns out really great, blah blah blah blah blah.
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  Speaker 1: We've heard that feedback before. But when we were reviewing
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  Speaker 1: one episodes only, like pilot episodes only, it's literally the
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  Speaker 1: premise of that episode. Yeah, so I'm like, okay, sorry,
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  Speaker 1: Like I'm I'm sorry.
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  Speaker 2: I think we acknowledged that we might have liked it
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  Speaker 2: more had we seen the whole season, but that wasn't
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  Speaker 2: what we were doing there, So it's all right.
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  Speaker 1: Part of me is like wants to be like, I'll
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  Speaker 1: show you. I'm gonna watch it all right now, and look,
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  Speaker 1: I'm in the habit of eating crow, so I will
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  Speaker 1: gladly come back and be like.
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  Speaker 2: This is a really good show, but should I watch it.
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  Speaker 2: Should I watch it in my downtime, Sue Thomas FBI.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean, it's really hard because January
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  Speaker 1: right now, there's so much good TV coming out, so
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  Speaker 1: I don't.
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  Speaker 2: Really have a lot of downtime. I think it's okay.
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  Speaker 2: It's okay to I just not everything is for everyone.
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  Speaker 2: That show does have its fans. After we did that
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  Speaker 2: first Impression episode, a lot of people came out of
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  Speaker 2: the woodwork and said, actually, they really enjoyed that show.
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  Speaker 2: That's great. I didn't say it wasn't worth watching.
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  Speaker 1: We just didn't like the pilot.
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  Speaker 2: It wasn't the greatest pilot episode. It's very dated too. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: this is true. This is true. All right, let's move on.
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  Speaker 1: Okay. We got an email from Melissa. She says, love
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  Speaker 1: your show, guys. I discovered it through finding Mister Christmas,
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  Speaker 1: but stuck around because you guys are so great. Thanks
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  Speaker 1: for doing it. I love that you are reviewing Ripple.
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  Speaker 1: I stumbled upon it on Netflix last week when I
• 6:17
  Speaker 1: was home the day after Christmas and was hooked. I
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  Speaker 1: thought it had a hallmarky feel as well, so I'm
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  Speaker 1: not surprised to find out it was meant for them.
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  Speaker 1: But glad you guys confirmed it was. Can't wait to
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  Speaker 1: see what you guys do in the new year. Thanks
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  Speaker 1: for listening, Melissa, I'm glad. I'm glad you're liking Ripple.
• 6:35
  Speaker 2: Oh.
• 6:36
  Speaker 1: I feel tortured with that show, Absolutely tortured.
• 6:41
  Speaker 2: It's funny because I every time I turn on Netflix
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  Speaker 2: to watch something, I'm trying to make myself just watch
• 6:48
  Speaker 2: one episode at a time so that I'm only reviewing
• 6:50
  Speaker 2: that episode without any future information, because I think that's
• 6:54
  Speaker 2: what works best for this particular show. But I'm like,
• 6:56
  Speaker 2: I want to keep going because I need to know
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  Speaker 2: what happened.
• 7:01
  Speaker 1: Well, admittedly I have watched all but the finale episode,
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  Speaker 1: so but yeah, I hear what you mean. I have
• 7:09
  Speaker 1: to always go back. This is a me process, Like
• 7:13
  Speaker 1: I have to go back and like rewatch it because
• 7:15
  Speaker 1: I can't remember, like what comes from what episode.
• 7:17
  Speaker 2: I don't want to spoil anything when we're reviewing it.
• 7:20
  Speaker 2: You know, I have to confess that in the creation
• 7:23
  Speaker 2: of these mailbag episodes, I have neglected a portion of
• 7:26
  Speaker 2: the population, and that is our Spotify commenters. And I
• 7:34
  Speaker 2: don't know you ever see them, but we get a
• 7:37
  Speaker 2: fair number of comments on Spotify. Oh, I'm terrified now.
• 7:41
  Speaker 2: No no, no, no, no, no no no. I just want
• 7:44
  Speaker 2: to shout out the lovely Sue Adams has left a
• 7:47
  Speaker 2: number of comments there, and I want to give her
• 7:50
  Speaker 2: her moment in the sun. I want to read a
• 7:52
  Speaker 2: recent one from her included in this mailbag. It's not
• 7:55
  Speaker 2: in our notes because not only do I forget it
• 7:58
  Speaker 2: every week, so I forgot it this week. So here,
• 8:00
  Speaker 2: there you go. Sue Adam says she's commenting on the
• 8:03
  Speaker 2: Finding Mister Christmas reunion episode. This was an absolute joy
• 8:08
  Speaker 2: to watch, and the two of you being there was
• 8:09
  Speaker 2: an epic surprise. I screamed. Of course they loved you.
• 8:13
  Speaker 2: You are the shining representatives of their main fan base.
• 8:17
  Speaker 2: You get more people to watch Hallmark through your awesome
• 8:19
  Speaker 2: fun podcast, like me, a competition reality junkie who only
• 8:23
  Speaker 2: this year started watching Hallmark movies and now this show.
• 8:27
  Speaker 2: Thank you for covering in Happy Holidays. PS. Can you
• 8:30
  Speaker 2: please pitch a Midsummer spinoff Finding Mister Summer? Maybe? Oh interesting,
• 8:38
  Speaker 2: my name mister Summer kind of like that, you know.
• 8:46
  Speaker 1: Thank you Sue for leaving all these comments. I don't
• 8:49
  Speaker 1: see those on Spotify. I'm gonna have to go over
• 8:53
  Speaker 1: there and just peruse. You know, God, I still I'm
• 8:58
  Speaker 1: so I love our experience doing Friday Mister Christmas. That
• 9:02
  Speaker 1: was so much fun, such a highlight of the year
• 9:06
  Speaker 1: for me personally.
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  Speaker 2: Me too.
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  Speaker 1: I hate that we couldn't talk about it for months,
• 9:11
  Speaker 1: but that was super fun and I'm glad like those
• 9:15
  Speaker 1: who listen to us were excited to see us on it.
• 9:17
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree, I agree, Sue, I just want to
• 9:20
  Speaker 2: tell you. I'm scrolling back through some of her previous comments.
• 9:24
  Speaker 2: She says, also, please do Traders recaps. Unfortunately, we have
• 9:30
  Speaker 2: decided we are not taking on Traders recaps as much
• 9:34
  Speaker 2: as we want to, and we'll be watching that show.
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  Speaker 2: We're trying to be smart about where we put our time.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, but Sue, come join our Patreon. We'll be talking
• 9:45
  Speaker 1: about and we'll be talking about Traders over there on
• 9:48
  Speaker 1: our pop Culture Club. Yes.
• 9:49
  Speaker 2: Actually, we just ran down the cast in our pop
• 9:53
  Speaker 2: Culture Club episode and then the episode as we record this.
• 9:57
  Speaker 2: The first Traders episodes dropped tonight, so we'll be talking
• 10:00
  Speaker 2: about it in our next pop Culture Called episode. Yes.
• 10:03
  Speaker 1: So that's patreon dot com slash Megan and Wendy and
• 10:06
  Speaker 1: I'm not trying to be like clickbaity or like whatever
• 10:11
  Speaker 1: the word is called. I'm just we just don't have
• 10:13
  Speaker 1: time to do it on our Hallmark channel, our Hallmark channel.
• 10:19
  Speaker 1: You know, you guys know what I mean on this podcast. Yeah, yes, yes,
• 10:25
  Speaker 1: unless Peacock wants to sponsor a series.
• 10:28
  Speaker 2: Of episodes, Oh my god, that would be unreal.
• 10:33
  Speaker 1: Facebook moderator Mackie she writes in she writes about the
• 10:39
  Speaker 1: Builtmore sequel.
• 10:41
  Speaker 2: Dustin Reiker, the director.
• 10:43
  Speaker 1: Announced in the following interview she linked an interview on
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  Speaker 1: The Heart Full of Hallmark Podcasts, that the official title
• 10:51
  Speaker 1: of the sequel is going to be called A Grand
• 10:54
  Speaker 1: Builtmore Christmas. Do you have thoughts on that?
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  Speaker 2: That works for me?
• 10:59
  Speaker 1: It works for I saw look this news. I was
• 11:03
  Speaker 1: really excited to see this news. I'm excited to see
• 11:05
  Speaker 1: a sequel to this movie. I know a lot of
• 11:07
  Speaker 1: people are like, no, don't touch it. It was perfect
• 11:10
  Speaker 1: as is. I agree with that, but I don't think
• 11:14
  Speaker 1: it's like a sequel. I see it more as like
• 11:16
  Speaker 1: a spin.
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  Speaker 2: Off in the Biltmore universe.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm really excited for it.
• 11:24
  Speaker 2: I think it's gonna be good. I know there are
• 11:26
  Speaker 2: like boots on the ground.
• 11:27
  Speaker 1: I saw wardrobe designer costumer Keith Nielsen shared a picture
• 11:32
  Speaker 1: last night from the Biltmore estate. So I'm like, they're there,
• 11:37
  Speaker 1: They're doing it so exciting, very exciting.
• 11:50
  Speaker 2: Melissa emailed she just wanted to share a few thoughts
• 11:53
  Speaker 2: about the holiday season. She says, I like both of
• 11:56
  Speaker 2: you felt very unprepared for the season. I think it's
• 11:58
  Speaker 2: due to having one last week to prepare since Thanksgiving
• 12:01
  Speaker 2: was so late this year. I don't think I realized that. Yeah,
• 12:06
  Speaker 2: it was like December Thanksgiving weekend. Oh you're right, Okay,
• 12:10
  Speaker 2: go ahead, she says. For me, Mistletoe murders is the
• 12:13
  Speaker 2: standout of the season. She goes on to say, I
• 12:16
  Speaker 2: know you love twelve dates till Christmas, but I have
• 12:18
  Speaker 2: to say that the character of Kate is very unlikeable.
• 12:21
  Speaker 2: She's self centered and needs to work on herself before
• 12:23
  Speaker 2: her relationship with Callum will be successful.
• 12:27
  Speaker 1: I don't disagree. I thought Kate was likable. I do
• 12:32
  Speaker 1: think she needs to work on herself, though She's a
• 12:34
  Speaker 1: flawed human for sure.
• 12:35
  Speaker 2: Uh huh. The Christmas adye was a nice idea for
• 12:38
  Speaker 2: the story, but as far as Kelly and Aaron, they
• 12:40
  Speaker 2: appeared more as roommates than a couple. I didn't feel
• 12:43
  Speaker 2: the love between them.
• 12:46
  Speaker 1: Okay, here's my thoughts on that.
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  Speaker 2: Mm hmm.
• 12:48
  Speaker 1: It's one of two movies that showed a same sex
• 12:52
  Speaker 1: couple this season. I'm sure Hallmarks treading lightly of like
• 12:59
  Speaker 1: how much? Which I mean, like, what are you?
• 13:01
  Speaker 2: What are you expecting?
• 13:02
  Speaker 1: She's just saying that there was no chemistry between them.
• 13:05
  Speaker 1: Well I'm not.
• 13:06
  Speaker 2: I'm not sure one hundred percent what she's saying, but
• 13:09
  Speaker 2: I think your point is correct that they needed to
• 13:12
  Speaker 2: be Hallmark was perhaps being a little bit too careful.
• 13:17
  Speaker 1: Yeah, they know who their audience is and they don't
• 13:19
  Speaker 1: want to ruffle any sort of feathers.
• 13:24
  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, which.
• 13:27
  Speaker 1: Ruffle.
• 13:29
  Speaker 2: She closes by saying, on another note, I'm fifty two
• 13:31
  Speaker 2: and call my parents every day to check in, just
• 13:34
  Speaker 2: to my opinion, but call your parents more often. They
• 13:38
  Speaker 2: will appreciate it.
• 13:39
  Speaker 1: This is a throwback to a conversation we had regardedly
• 13:43
  Speaker 1: on Patreon.
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  Speaker 2: Was it? And then it came over to we talked
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  Speaker 2: about it in a Hallmark episode.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah that's nice, Mike. Why are you calling me every day?
• 13:54
  Speaker 1: My dad is waiting for a phone call for me.
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  Speaker 1: I'm on as soon as done. Recording here, I will
• 14:01
  Speaker 1: call and check in you've been sufficiently shamed I have.
• 14:08
  Speaker 1: I was like, is this signed by my dad? Ah
• 14:11
  Speaker 1: From Chantale, She writes, Ladies, I know I'm probably too late,
• 14:15
  Speaker 1: but I wanted to warn you that you will feel
• 14:18
  Speaker 1: even more sad after listening to the Mistletoe Murders podcast
• 14:24
  Speaker 1: on Audible because it is so good and then you
• 14:29
  Speaker 1: have an undetermined amount of time that you're anxiously awaiting
• 14:33
  Speaker 1: both the TV and audio series.
• 14:37
  Speaker 2: It's torturous lol.
• 14:39
  Speaker 1: As a side note, the writer is Canadian and I
• 14:43
  Speaker 1: was so excited to hear some of my very local
• 14:46
  Speaker 1: towns and cities mentioned. We talked about it on our
• 14:49
  Speaker 1: Patreon episode. You and I both are currently listening to
• 14:55
  Speaker 1: season one of Mistletoe Murders on Audible. It's very good.
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  Speaker 2: I'm listening on Amazon Music by the way. Oh interesting, Yes, perfect,
• 15:05
  Speaker 2: because when I and perhaps the technology got the best
• 15:09
  Speaker 2: of me, but I couldn't. I think you need to
• 15:11
  Speaker 2: have an active Audible subscription to be able to listen
• 15:13
  Speaker 2: on Audible, but it's if you have a Prime subscription,
• 15:16
  Speaker 2: you can listen on Amazon Music. So got it.
• 15:19
  Speaker 1: Chantelle also also writes, I screamed when you guys came
• 15:24
  Speaker 1: out during the Finding Mister Christmas Reunion. I've been listening
• 15:27
  Speaker 1: to you ladies for so long, back when I was
• 15:29
  Speaker 1: yelling at you guys through my phone, when you were
• 15:32
  Speaker 1: just starting this and mispronouncing names and didn't have a
• 15:34
  Speaker 1: lot of Hallmark knowledge. And now you're being invited by Hallmark.
• 15:38
  Speaker 1: I'm so freaking proud of you girls. You looked amazing
• 15:41
  Speaker 1: and did a great job interviewing the guys. Yeah, I
• 15:46
  Speaker 1: Nile meter.
• 15:47
  Speaker 2: Sticks out in mind.
• 15:49
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 15:50
  Speaker 2: I think we did a number on Aaron craig Ow
• 15:52
  Speaker 2: as well.
• 15:53
  Speaker 1: Yeah, yep, yep, yep, yeap. So thanks for being a
• 15:56
  Speaker 1: long time listener, Chantel. I just have a quick question.
• 15:59
  Speaker 2: Did you you I know you and I watched our
• 16:03
  Speaker 2: portion of the reunion together. Did you show that to
• 16:06
  Speaker 2: anybody else? My husband? Yeah, like that's family.
• 16:13
  Speaker 1: Oh my my parents watched it and then they showed
• 16:15
  Speaker 1: yeah yeah yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah yeah like my mom. So my mom I had.
• 16:20
  Speaker 2: My mom had been talking about it for so long.
• 16:22
  Speaker 2: So on Christmas Eve, I was like, so did you
• 16:25
  Speaker 2: see it? And she was like she got this look
• 16:27
  Speaker 2: on her face and she was like no, And my
• 16:29
  Speaker 2: dad goes, you should have heard her when she realized
• 16:32
  Speaker 2: she forgot to record it, like she in the other
• 16:34
  Speaker 2: room was like oh, and he like came running in
• 16:41
  Speaker 2: and I was like, it's fine, I could show it
• 16:43
  Speaker 2: to you right now. So we just watched our three
• 16:46
  Speaker 2: minute segment and then my aunt and Ilkle came over.
• 16:48
  Speaker 2: She's like, Mark, go over here, you gotta see Megan's
• 16:50
  Speaker 2: we watched it. Oh that's cute.
• 16:54
  Speaker 1: Yeah, my parents said they watched it, and then they
• 16:57
  Speaker 1: showed my step grandparents, who are our both nearly ninety
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: years old. They they sat them down and watched it too,
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: and I was like, that's sweet. I mean, I shared
• 17:07
  Speaker 1: it on my personal Instagram too. I don't know how
• 17:10
  Speaker 1: many people were like looking to find it or anything,
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: but yeah, it was exciting.
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  Speaker 2: I enjoyed it. It was very exciting. Diane writes, it
• 17:21
  Speaker 2: was awesome to see you on the Finding Mister Christmas reunion.
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: I was wondering if after the Holidays you could review
• 17:27
  Speaker 2: Happy Howlidays with Ezra. I'm not a fan of the movie,
• 17:31
  Speaker 2: and it really shaped how I feed the guys in
• 17:33
  Speaker 2: season two after the acting challenges. I can't help but
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: wonder if that's why Craig wasn't a true leading man
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: in his movie. Craig did a great job, though I
• 17:45
  Speaker 2: don't think we're going to go back and do Happy Howlidays. No,
• 17:51
  Speaker 2: we sailed it.
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean you can assume from a reaction here
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  Speaker 1: while we thought about it.
• 18:00
  Speaker 2: Ezra A is the nicest man, a good human, produces
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: role wholesome positive content on Instagram. Definitely rooting for his success.
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: You can listen to our interview with him. I really
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: do wonder the details of getting from leading man to
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: Craig's role in A Make or Break Christmas. I really
• 18:27
  Speaker 2: want to know how that shook out. I'm okay with
• 18:30
  Speaker 2: it not being a leading role. I think there's me too,
• 18:33
  Speaker 2: But again, I do think Craig should have been given more.
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: Should do. I think there's a big difference between not
• 18:38
  Speaker 2: a leading role and what Craig was given. I thought
• 18:41
  Speaker 2: he did great in what he was asked to do.
• 18:44
  Speaker 2: I hope he'll get another chance. But I do think
• 18:48
  Speaker 2: some people really do get caught up in the fact
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: that Jonathan kept saying a leading role, a leading role,
• 18:52
  Speaker 2: a leading role, and then it wasn't that. I care
• 18:54
  Speaker 2: less about that, but I will continue to beat the
• 18:57
  Speaker 2: drum of let him do more than some react to
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  Speaker 2: Hunter this entire time. Yeah, okay, yeah. Diane finishes by saying,
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  Speaker 2: do you think the second Homemark Christmas movie at Builtmore
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  Speaker 2: Estate could be his merry wife from the first movie.
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  Speaker 2: I sure hope it is. I think the answer to
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: that is no, because we have a whole new set
• 19:16
  Speaker 2: of actors. If it was his married wife, we'd be
• 19:19
  Speaker 2: getting Palaha back.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, yeah, which would have been a fun spin too,
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  Speaker 1: I think. But from what we know, Chris is busy,
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  Speaker 1: right working on other stuff.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Chris is busy. And I don't even know if
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  Speaker 2: that was a conversation to do. I know people had
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: talked about, like they should make that movie. I like
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: this direction better, like keeping it in the vein of
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  Speaker 2: the original Biltmore movie. Yeah, I think so too. I
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  Speaker 2: think they still leave room for doing his married wife
• 19:49
  Speaker 2: at some point. Sure, you know, might be so cool.
• 19:53
  Speaker 2: Dog just ran by with something in his mouth, and
• 19:55
  Speaker 2: he ran down the side of the house, and I
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: wonder if he's got like a secret stash of stein.
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: Never go over there, I'll report back. Oh no, he
• 20:03
  Speaker 2: just came. He just came back with the same thing
• 20:05
  Speaker 2: in his mouth.
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  Speaker 1: So He's like, I got a pile of goodies over
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: here on the side of the house that you don't
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: know about.
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: He has these chews that he loves, but like they're
• 20:14
  Speaker 2: the only thing that lasts. I'm a reasonable amount of time,
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: but they still don't last that long. And sometimes he'll
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: when he gets one, he'll run to the backyard and
• 20:20
  Speaker 2: bury it, which pisses me off because I'm like, you
• 20:24
  Speaker 2: just buried ten dollars in the Yeah, so he's burying.
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: He just dug one up, and now he's bearing it again.
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: This is this is the life of recording a podcast
• 20:33
  Speaker 2: from your kitchen table. I was like, you know, no,
• 20:35
  Speaker 2: I saw this morning a black crow and I had
• 20:38
  Speaker 2: a rodent in its mouth.
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: I was like, no, no, please don't drop that on me.
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: Oh no, yeah from Sarah. Oh mg. My daughter and
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: I just watched last night's reunion show Finding Mister Christmas.
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: When they did the teaser of what was going to
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: happen later in the show and you all were shown,
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: I freaked out. My daughter had heard your voices but
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: not seen your face, so she had no idea why
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: I was excited. I just kept saying, Megan and Wendy
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: Megan and Wendy. As soon as she caught on, she
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: was as excited as I was. How did you two
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: keep that secret? What was it like being on set?
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: How did that opportunity come about? We talked about it
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: at length, but Megan, do you want to weigh in?
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: Well, let's talk about the how did you keep the secret?
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: Part? It's called signing an NBA.
• 21:26
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's called We wanted to be asked back, but
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: it was hard because it was such a fun day.
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: I mean, obviously we talked about it in the Finding
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: Mister Christmas reunion episode of this podcast. If you haven't listened,
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: we talked about the reunion, but we mostly talked about ourselves,
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: and I wanted to talk about it. There were so
• 21:44
  Speaker 2: many things and so many times during our recap of
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: the show that there were relevant things from our time
• 21:50
  Speaker 2: on set that I wanted to have an opportunity to
• 21:54
  Speaker 2: bring in. But I was really excited for it to
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: finally come out and to finally be able to we
• 22:00
  Speaker 2: were there.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it was. We had a really fun time on
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: set that day. Please go listen to our recap of
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: that This question, how did the opportunity to come about?
• 22:10
  Speaker 1: I know that has come up a couple times, and
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: I don't know if we fully addressed it on that
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  Speaker 1: recap episode.
• 22:18
  Speaker 2: I think you're right.
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: How did the opportunity to come about? The production company
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: Super Delicious TV, who creates that show, makes that show,
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: produces that show reached out to us?
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: Yep.
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: And I don't want to like say specifically who, just
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: because I don't want to like a follower of us
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: who works for them. She kind of like put the
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: ball in motion. We talked to producers first over a
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: zoom call, and then we were invited out.
• 22:47
  Speaker 2: And yeah, it was.
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: It was very organic how it happened and kind of surprising,
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: and I'm just I'm so glad that they reached out
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: to us because I think it was genuinely like it.
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: It was genuine how much we love the show during
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: season one. So I am so glad that came through,
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: and I'm glad that we had the opportunity to be
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: part of it in a little way exactly.
• 23:11
  Speaker 2: We have an email from Lisa. Lisa sent us a
• 23:14
  Speaker 2: lot of thoughts on recent movies, but I did want
• 23:15
  Speaker 2: to share this one little tidbit. She says, I think
• 23:19
  Speaker 2: you should have some kind of contest maybe to raise
• 23:22
  Speaker 2: money for a favorite charity or something like that, and
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: the winner gets to record a podcast with y'all. That
• 23:28
  Speaker 2: would be so much fun. What are your thoughts on
• 23:33
  Speaker 2: that way, Megga, do you know if you know me,
• 23:38
  Speaker 2: you know I immediately went to the logistics of that.
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: That's immediately where my brain went, like, how would we
• 23:45
  Speaker 2: even do that? What kind of con Like That's where
• 23:47
  Speaker 2: I get hung up? Mm hmmm, what are your thoughts?
• 23:51
  Speaker 2: Part of me loves the idea of it, like raising
• 23:54
  Speaker 2: money for a charity, and our friends at Deck the
• 23:57
  Speaker 2: Hallmark do something like that during the holiday season when
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: they kick off countdown to Christmas. They have like a
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: whole like live show that they fundraise for local charities
• 24:08
  Speaker 2: and whatever, And I think that's super admirable.
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I part my where my brain goes to is
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: like nobody listens to us that much to Like I.
• 24:19
  Speaker 2: Did have that thought of like nobody really wants that prize.
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm like, who wants to be sitting with us?
• 24:25
  Speaker 2: Like I don't want to be humbled when nobody They're like,
• 24:28
  Speaker 2: I'll donate, but please do not let me wait? Yeah,
• 24:34
  Speaker 2: exactly pass on the opportunity. Thanks Lisa, We love that
• 24:39
  Speaker 2: you're such a supportive fan, and you think that there
• 24:41
  Speaker 2: are people who would find that to be a compelling prize.
• 24:46
  Speaker 2: They're like, can I just have the cash equivalent, which
• 24:48
  Speaker 2: is like a five Starbucks skills card. Hey, that's a
• 24:53
  Speaker 2: wrap on this week's Listener Mailbag episode. Please keep your
• 24:56
  Speaker 2: emails coming, girls, Gone Hallmark at gmail dot and again
• 25:01
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• 25:07
  Speaker 2: what you're thinking about these movies, the podcast, and life
• 25:10
  Speaker 2: in general. We can't wait to hear from you. We'll
• 25:13
  Speaker 2: see y'all next time. Goodbye, bye. All right, friends, before
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