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Countdown to Christmas Preview Part 1 · 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 Cone Hallmark, a Hallmark review podcast. I'm
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  Speaker 2: Megan and I'm a longtime Hallmark fan. I'm Wendy.
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  Speaker 1: I'm a former Hallmark hater.
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  Speaker 2: Today is our hotly anticipated Countdown to Christmas preview episode.
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  Speaker 2: We will be doing this in two parts, so don't
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  Speaker 2: forget to come back for part two as we dive
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  Speaker 2: into the new movies and series coming to Hallmark and
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  Speaker 2: Hallmark Plus this twenty twenty.
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  Speaker 1: Five holiday season. Can you believe we're here again?
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  Speaker 2: No? No, it feels like yesterday that we were leaving
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  Speaker 2: Kansas City. Oh really, Yeah, it doesn't feel like it's
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  Speaker 2: been nine months since that.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. I'm having a lot of melancholy feelings about like
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  Speaker 1: this time of year last year, like excited for countdown
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  Speaker 1: to Christmas, excited for the cruise, and we have none
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  Speaker 1: of that.
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  Speaker 2: This year. We have no cruise, We have no Kansas
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  Speaker 2: City experience. Although as of this morning, the pre sale
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  Speaker 2: for the cruise was just announced and we signed up.
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  Speaker 2: Who knows what we're gonna do with that.
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  Speaker 1: Twenty twenty six seems real far away, it really does.
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  Speaker 1: But but I mean, maybe I know we needed to
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  Speaker 1: take a year off in between you.
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  Speaker 2: But I'm gonna have a serious fomo when that cruise
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  Speaker 2: set sail.
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  Speaker 1: I know same.
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  Speaker 2: So maybe we'll be back in twenty twenty six. We
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  Speaker 2: shall see. We'll let y'all know. Maybe can we do
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  Speaker 2: some broad strokes real quick?
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  Speaker 1: Sure? And I have some questions for you? Okay, So
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  Speaker 1: count under.
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  Speaker 2: Christmas announcement came out. We have twenty four slash twenty
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  Speaker 2: seven new movies. We'll get into it. Five ish series,
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  Speaker 2: no Hallmark Mystery slash Miracles of Christmas. Right, so I'm curious.
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  Speaker 2: Let's start with what are your thoughts on the number
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  Speaker 2: of movies.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I've been thinking about this and I have been
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  Speaker 1: reading Reddit and Facebook a lot. I knew people would
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  Speaker 1: be so unhappy that there were less than forty plus movies. However,
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  Speaker 1: me personally, I've been saying for maybe the last two years,
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  Speaker 1: quality over quantity. Yes, So I'm hopeful that we're going
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  Speaker 1: to get some smash hit movies here because they're not
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  Speaker 1: making so many.
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  Speaker 2: Right, they didn't feel the pressure to hit that number,
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  Speaker 2: which is made up it's a goal exept for themselves, right,
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  Speaker 2: and rather focused on making quality movies. I have some
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  Speaker 2: thoughts on twenty twenty five from Hallmark that we'll get
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  Speaker 2: into in a minute. How do you feel we have
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  Speaker 2: several series both scripted and reality. I mean, I know
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  Speaker 2: the answer to this, but how do you feel about having
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  Speaker 2: those as part of the countdown?
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  Speaker 1: I love it, Yeah, mix it up, baby, Yeah. I know.
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  Speaker 1: There's so many traditionalist Hallmark viewers who are like, why
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  Speaker 1: aren't they just airing Hallmark movies all the time? I
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  Speaker 1: need Hallmark movies all the time, anti reality, anti series,
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  Speaker 1: but I'm like, why not, right?
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  Speaker 2: I think there are a lot of Hallmark watchers who
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  Speaker 2: get very in their Hallmark box and they're like, I
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  Speaker 2: need my two hour movie. I know what to expect,
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  Speaker 2: and I understand I'm not really I'm not a great
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  Speaker 2: stepper out of the box either, especially when it comes
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  Speaker 2: to television. I'm far more likely to go with what
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  Speaker 2: feels comfortable. But as we get into this, I do
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  Speaker 2: think there are some things that are worth people's time.
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  Speaker 1: I agree.
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  Speaker 2: Let's talk Hallmark Mystery. Do you have an opinion about
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  Speaker 2: the loss of Miracles of Christmas? Now?
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  Speaker 1: Honestly, those were probably my least favorite. Look, I need
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  Speaker 1: a fun wrong rom com. H I don't need anything
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  Speaker 1: like too too heavy. The holiday season is heavy for
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  Speaker 1: me personally anyway, so like that's not the type of
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  Speaker 1: movie I'm drawn to. But with that said, I know
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  Speaker 1: a lot of people are upset that those movies don't
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  Speaker 1: exist anymore or that's yeah.
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  Speaker 2: So what I wonder is for me, I'm not bothered
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  Speaker 2: by the loss of movies not airing on Hallmark Mystery.
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  Speaker 2: Those movies always had a lower viewership. Fewer people have
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  Speaker 2: access to Hallmark Mystery. I feel like some people don't
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  Speaker 2: fully understand that there were multiple channels where you could
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  Speaker 2: watch Hallmark movies. So I think consolidating everything on Hallmark
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  Speaker 2: Channel and for the listeners who may or may not
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  Speaker 2: know this, everything is getting a next day air on
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  Speaker 2: Hallmark Plus. This is, in my opinion, the best year
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  Speaker 2: for counting to Christmas movies because there is a very
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  Speaker 2: easy way to watch them all if you don't have
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  Speaker 2: Hallmark Channel, and it's not catch them in the seventy
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  Speaker 2: two hours. They're available on Peacock.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 2: Every movie is on Hallmark Plus. Every series will be
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  Speaker 2: on Hallmark Plus next day. So I want Hallmark to.
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  Speaker 1: Make a full court press to push that information out
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  Speaker 1: there so people are aware that they can have access
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  Speaker 1: to every single movie. Now, tell me, on Hallmark Mystery,
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  Speaker 1: they are going to be airing marathons of Christmas content?
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  Speaker 1: Is that correct?
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  Speaker 2: Every Sunday beginning October nineteenth, Hallmark Mystery offers movie marathons
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  Speaker 2: presented in festive themed collections, including A Cozy Country Christmas,
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  Speaker 2: Thank You for Your Service, The Magic of Christmas, and
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  Speaker 2: a Little Christmas Faith every Tuesday night starting October twenty first,
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  Speaker 2: viewers wanting to binge watch holiday movies led by their
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  Speaker 2: favorite stars will have their Christmas wish granted with back
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  Speaker 2: to back films featuring Paul Campbell, Jesse Shram, Victor Webster
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  Speaker 2: and more.
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  Speaker 1: Look, I love a collection, I love a themed situation.
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  Speaker 1: I'm glad they're doing that, and I think that ticks
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  Speaker 1: the I mean, they have to utilize that channel for something.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm very curious to see what the future of
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  Speaker 2: that channel is going to be. They rebranded. It was
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  Speaker 2: part of their big rebrand announcement prior to Hallmark Plus,
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  Speaker 2: they rebranded all of their channels. I don't know what's
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  Speaker 2: happening over there.
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  Speaker 1: I don't either.
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  Speaker 2: My thought on what Hallmark is doing. I have felt
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  Speaker 2: like twenty twenty five has been a bit of a rebuilding,
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  Speaker 2: refocusing year. You think Hallmark plus big plans in twenty
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  Speaker 2: twenty four, all this original content, and I feel like
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  Speaker 2: Countdown to Christmas was a deluge. Not only did we
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  Speaker 2: have forty movies on linear programming, but we also had
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  Speaker 2: original movies. We had The Unwrapping Christmas, we had Cherry Lane,
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  Speaker 2: we had Finding Mister Christmas, Holidays, Mistletoe Murders, plus Ready
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  Speaker 2: Cycle Low, all of that on Hallmark Plus it was
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  Speaker 2: entirely too much. So as a consumer, how many people
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  Speaker 2: are genuinely watching all forty movies? That number has got
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  Speaker 2: to be low. I like the balance, and I think
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  Speaker 2: like this year has been like, let's maybe recoup some
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  Speaker 2: of what we invested in Hallmark lass and I hope
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  Speaker 2: that the idea is now we're making plans to start
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty six strong, because twenty twenty five has been
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  Speaker 2: a little bit of a mismash.
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  Speaker 1: I agree, a lot of re airs, a lot.
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  Speaker 2: Of weekends without even a new movie, not even a
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  Speaker 2: reaired movie. So I'm very curious to see what next
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  Speaker 2: year brings. We have Michelle Vickery in the mix, hopefully
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  Speaker 2: trying to refocus things. I'm not mad at this schedule though,
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  Speaker 2: me neither, particularly as a content creator. Yes, ma'am, Now
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  Speaker 2: let's talk about you and I really quickly. Okay, you
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  Speaker 2: made a statement the other day. What did you say.
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  Speaker 1: I said, let's do them all.
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  Speaker 2: I don't see why we don't.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, in previous years, when there's forty plus movies, we
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  Speaker 1: would have to sit down and like kind of pick
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  Speaker 1: and choose what sounded best to us. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: we are two people. There's only so many hours in
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  Speaker 1: the day, there's only so many days in the week
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  Speaker 1: to publish podcasts. But this year seems highly doable. We're
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  Speaker 1: talking about two movies a week plus the series. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I think that can be done.
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  Speaker 2: I think so too. I think so too.
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  Speaker 1: So. I mean, I'm saying it now, let's do it.
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  Speaker 1: But who knows what what can happen?
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  Speaker 2: Look, if you had a sneak peek into the behind
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  Speaker 2: the scenes of the Lives of Girls Gone Hallmark this
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  Speaker 2: past week, expect the unexpected would absolutely be the theme
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  Speaker 2: around here. M But let's hope maybe it's all out
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  Speaker 2: of the way and it's going to be smooth sailing
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  Speaker 2: until the end of the year.
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  Speaker 1: I hope.
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  Speaker 2: So, so are you ready to talk? Count do under
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  Speaker 2: Christmas twenty twenty five? I am, Why don't you kick
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  Speaker 2: us off?
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  Speaker 1: Saturday October eighteenth, A Royal Montana Christmas, A princess seeking
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  Speaker 1: escape spends Christmas at a Montana ranch where she rediscovers
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  Speaker 1: joy family traditions and an un expected romance. It stars
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  Speaker 1: Fiona Googleman and Warren Christy. It's also directed by Peter Benson.
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  Speaker 2: Peter Benson one of my faves. Fiona Googleman was in
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  Speaker 2: last year's she was in Sugar Plum. She was also
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  Speaker 2: into the season to be Irish. She was in sugar Plum.
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  Speaker 2: Ask Who's not one of the leads? But she was
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  Speaker 2: in it?
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  Speaker 1: Okay, I'm shaking my head to Megan. I'm like, that's
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  Speaker 1: not right, but I don't she was not. She was
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  Speaker 1: definitely not the lead, not one of the two leads.
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  Speaker 1: Remember her. I have been alongside Victor Webster in that
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  Speaker 1: cameo saying, oh, I don't know who she was.
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  Speaker 2: My point is Princess Victoria of Zelarnia is the character
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  Speaker 2: that she plays. I'm glad to see Warren Christy. He'll
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  Speaker 2: be in Home Turf with Niki Delouche this fall. He
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  Speaker 2: was in Niki with Nikki di Loluche last year. I
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  Speaker 2: liked him in that movie as well. I feel like
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  Speaker 2: he's been like we haven't seen a ton of him lately,
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  Speaker 2: so I'm glad to see him back. But I had
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  Speaker 2: to tell you when you kick off with Princess Victoria
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  Speaker 2: of Larnia, my first reaction is to like mentally to.
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  Speaker 1: Now, yes, I agree you lost me at Princess, and
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  Speaker 1: I hate seeing that. It's just not the type of
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  Speaker 1: movie movie that draws me in. With that said, though,
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  Speaker 1: you have a really good director with Peter Benson, like
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  Speaker 1: he gave us Return to Office earlier this year Leah's
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  Speaker 1: Perfect Gift from last year. I enjoyed that movie quite
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  Speaker 1: a bit. Blind a book Club, and he's booked and
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  Speaker 1: busy this year. This is the first of three maybe
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  Speaker 1: movies he has in the countdown to Christmas lineup, So
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  Speaker 1: good director.
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  Speaker 2: All Right, what are you thinking about a royal Montana Christmas?
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  Speaker 1: Overall? I think it's an odd choice to kick off
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  Speaker 1: this season. Interesting, but it also makes sense for October,
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  Speaker 1: oh because Montana feels like fall No, because nobody's watching
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  Speaker 1: Christmas movies and how I'm not trying to be a hater.
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  Speaker 2: I just I hear you. I do hear you. Although
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  Speaker 2: I do remember last year starting strong, don't ask me what,
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  Speaker 2: Oh no, it was. It was that Robert Buckley any
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  Speaker 2: Greening movie, which was great.
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  Speaker 1: It was great. I think.
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  Speaker 2: Wasn't Holiday Crashers opening weekend too?
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  Speaker 1: I think so?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, So I'm I'm willing to be surprised. Speaking of names,
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  Speaker 2: I want you to know that Warren Christy plays a
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  Speaker 2: man named Huntley Blaylock. Hmmm.
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  Speaker 1: He's a rancher, a dashing he's her dashing guide.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, he's a rancher. So there's going to be a
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  Speaker 2: lot of royal in the country. Hijinks may ensue. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I'm I'm not looking for I'm envisioning her very much
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  Speaker 2: like Jesse Shram and Harvest Moon, like on her ass
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  Speaker 2: in a big mud puddle. Hmm, you know, inappropriately addressed
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  Speaker 2: for the occasion.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, I'm well.
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  Speaker 2: We'll be watching it. Come back here, girl's gone hommark
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  Speaker 2: for the review. Next up, Sunday, October nineteenth, a Christmas
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  Speaker 2: Angel Match starring Megan Ory and Benjamin A. Two angels
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  Speaker 2: with very different styles are paired to help a destined
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  Speaker 2: couple fall in love and find their own spark along
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  Speaker 2: the way. My notes say angels, yes, Benjamin Airs double yes.
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  Speaker 2: So this one is directed by Christy Wilbolf. I don't
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  Speaker 2: know who the writer of this movie is currently unknown,
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  Speaker 2: just because the information is not readily available to us
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  Speaker 2: or on the internet quite yet. At first glance, this
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  Speaker 2: was Giving Miracles of Christmas. However, the extended description which
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  Speaker 2: you have in your hands, it reads to me more
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  Speaker 2: like opposites attract trope. Yeah, let me give you a
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  Speaker 2: little more information. Monica is a by the book traditionalist
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  Speaker 2: who follows every heavenly rule, while Michael, that's our boy,
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  Speaker 2: Benjamin right there embrace's spontaneity and delights and earthly joys
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  Speaker 2: like hot chocolate, snowball fights and holiday dancing. Is it
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  Speaker 2: giving buddy the elf angel version? M Perhaps, Look, Benjamin
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  Speaker 2: Air's is a great comedic actor, and so I think
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  Speaker 2: he's going to.
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  Speaker 1: Bring a lot of fun to this role. Remember him
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  Speaker 1: in the Santa Claus last year. Absolutely Chef's freaking Kiss. Absolutely,
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  Speaker 1: he's so funny, he does comedy so well. I think
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  Speaker 1: this is going to be a real nice pairing. I
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  Speaker 1: can absolutely see Megan or as this kind of buy
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  Speaker 1: the book Angel Dal. I'm excited to see how they
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  Speaker 1: portray angels. In the last couple of years, we've seen
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  Speaker 1: them do variations of Providence Falls. We had Angels and
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  Speaker 1: that was kind of weird. And then that movie where
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  Speaker 1: Ian Harding, isn't it and like they're angels and.
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  Speaker 2: Oh yes, that's a Christmas Carol spin off.
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  Speaker 1: That was really good the way they portrayed loved there.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm excited to see what they're going to do here.
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  Speaker 1: I agree with you, this is definitely on my radar.
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  Speaker 1: Also in this movie, these two angels, they're trying to
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  Speaker 1: put like a couple together. I'm excited to see who
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  Speaker 1: that couple is. Is it random or is it going
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  Speaker 1: to be like a Yammo type situation question?
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  Speaker 2: Is there any part of you that is envisioning the
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  Speaker 2: nine to two to one zero Christmas episode with the
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  Speaker 2: Angel and.
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  Speaker 1: The school bus and all this nonsense. Yes, TV episode
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  Speaker 1: from thirty plus years ago.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, but I can hear their voices as the bus
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  Speaker 2: is headed towards certain disaster.
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  Speaker 1: Oh can I? So? Can? I? Next up Saturday, October
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  Speaker 1: twenty fifth, Mary Christmas, Ted Cooper stars Robert Buckley not Junior,
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  Speaker 1: and Kimberly Sesdad. After a string of unlucky holidays, a
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  Speaker 1: cheerful weatherman heads home for Christmas and gets a second
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  Speaker 1: chance at love. Writer Russell Haylan did the screenplay for.
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  Speaker 2: This, Yes he did.
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  Speaker 1: I only know this because Homie's out on Reddit promoting it. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: I saw that you share. You shared it with me.
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  Speaker 2: He also posted on Instagram about it. I like when
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  Speaker 2: these writers and directors are getting up in the socials
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  Speaker 2: and sharing what they've worked on, because that information's not
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  Speaker 2: out there with all of these press releases. For me,
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  Speaker 2: I was already sold. I feel like Robert Buckley and
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  Speaker 2: Kimberly says, has a great pairing, can't go wrong, cannot
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  Speaker 2: go wrong. Russell Hanline can write a killer holiday movie script.
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  Speaker 2: So I think it's a fun, a fun idea. I agree,
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  Speaker 2: we have all the ingredients here. However, may I read
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  Speaker 2: this line to you from the extended synoposition?
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  Speaker 1: Sure?
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  Speaker 2: Within hours of arriving at his sister Kate's house, he
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  Speaker 2: finds himself making a trip to urgent care after falling
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  Speaker 2: off a ladder while hanging decorations. While there, he runs
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  Speaker 2: into Ruth Mittens, his former high school science teacher who
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  Speaker 2: was always his cheerleader. He reconnects with the charming Hope Miller,
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  Speaker 2: except she's now doctor Hope Miller, with whom he went
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  Speaker 2: to high school and quietly crushed on. From Afar look
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  Speaker 2: falling off a ladder. I always worry hijinks.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, but but I'm excited to see Robert Buckley play
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  Speaker 1: kind of like this unlos dude. I'm mean, with a
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  Speaker 1: face card like his, and to be a love face
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  Speaker 1: card look at you. Yeah, I'm excited for it. I'm
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  Speaker 1: really excited to see who is going to play Ruth Mittens,
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  Speaker 1: the high school teacher as am I.
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  Speaker 2: Also, he's described as having relentless optimism. I'm picturing a
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  Speaker 2: ted Lasso type character, which I totally get behind.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, and then you got like Kim's dry sense of humor. Like,
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  Speaker 1: I can see it all working very much. Looking forward
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  Speaker 1: to this one.
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  Speaker 2: So next up on this very weekend, we have Sunday,
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  Speaker 2: October second, we have the Cherry Lane Movie's Hallmark Channel debut.
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  Speaker 2: We get a triple play starting at four pm, seasons
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  Speaker 2: Greetings from Cherry Lane, followed by Happy Holidays from Cherry Lane,
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  Speaker 2: and then deck the Halls on Cherry Lane. This was
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  Speaker 2: a Hallmark Plus release in twenty twenty four. I am
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  Speaker 2: not surprised to see that they I'm glad actually to
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  Speaker 2: see that we get them back to back, that they're
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  Speaker 2: doing them on one Sunday, rather than trying to fill
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  Speaker 2: three separate time slots.
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  Speaker 1: Thank god.
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  Speaker 2: And this wasn't even in the original press release. They're
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  Speaker 2: not calling these originals, but they are on the official schedule.
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  Speaker 2: I got to say, I really enjoyed the first round
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  Speaker 2: of Cherry Lane the original, the original movie. Yeah, I
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  Speaker 2: thought it was very cleverly done.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree.
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  Speaker 2: I did not.
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  Speaker 1: Watch all of these, but I started to. I'd be
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  Speaker 1: willing to give them another try. These aren't high.
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  Speaker 2: On my list of movies I'm dying to talk about
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  Speaker 2: this season.
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  Speaker 1: That's interesting you say that. More on that in a second.
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  Speaker 1: I had a very good feeling these were going to
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  Speaker 1: drop on the schedule. I was kind of surprised when
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  Speaker 1: they weren't, like initially on the schedule. Yeah, absolutely, me too,
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  Speaker 1: But I'm not surprised. Why Why wouldn't you, Why wouldn't
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  Speaker 1: they agree with you? I'm so glad they're not drawing
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  Speaker 1: it out over three weekends. I would probably riot in
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  Speaker 1: the streets of Kansas City if that was the case.
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  Speaker 1: Not because these are not good movies. It's just because
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  Speaker 1: it's been a year of Encore presentations and I'm like,
• 18:06
  Speaker 1: please give us something new and fresh. I agree with you,
• 18:10
  Speaker 1: I'm not Are we going.
• 18:11
  Speaker 2: To review these? I don't know. I just feel like they've.
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: Been out there. I don't know if we want to, Like,
• 18:17
  Speaker 1: I'm not sure that we need to. And I watched
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: these last year when they originally dropped. For me, it's
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: it's like rinse and repeat. It's the same. Like I
• 18:26
  Speaker 1: thought it was so nicely done. The first movie was
• 18:30
  Speaker 1: so nicely done, like you said, it was clever. It
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: left a lot of people asking questions, they didn't quite
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: get it whatever. But now you're repeating that same formula
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: like three more times. It feels like why. So That's
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: how I feel about it. But great cast, great casting throughout.
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: Absolutely let me move on?
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: Yeah? Moving on Saturday, November one, Christmas on Duty East
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: stars Janelle Parish and Parker Young. This was directed by
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: Jake Van Wagner, who directed last year's Deck the Walls.
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: The screenplay comes from writer Alexis Sigal, totally new to Hallmark,
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: has previously written on a TV series, but that's it.
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: Here is the synopsis. Former rivals are stuck working Christmas
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: duty together on base and a snowstorm forces them into
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: a holiday saving mission. Last year's Finding Mister Christmas winner
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: Ezra Morland also appears in this movie. What are your
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: first impressions?
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: Well, our stars are Janelle Parish and Parker Young. Parker Young.
• 19:40
  Speaker 2: I feel like it's worth noting in that it's so
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: interesting to me j They list their credits in the
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: press release. Janelle is listed as Pretty Little Liars, which
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: is so bizarre to me that in a Hallmark press
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: release you wouldn't list one of her Hallmarks, sugar Plum.
• 19:55
  Speaker 2: Why are we not calling out sugar Plum a.
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: Return to office.
• 19:58
  Speaker 2: Yes. Parker Young's previous credit is listed as Enlisted, which
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: is a twenty fourteen series that he has, and he's
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: been in quite a bit since then. He was in
• 20:08
  Speaker 2: several episodes of nine to one one Lone Star, the
• 20:10
  Speaker 2: series Impostors a Million Little Things. But he is a
• 20:13
  Speaker 2: Hallmark newbie. We have two military based movies this year.
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: My concern is sometimes when we try to do a
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: very specific job. Can we make it look realistic? Okay,
• 20:25
  Speaker 2: I don't want bobo military. I want to give it
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: the respect that it deserves. And I do worry about
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: that a little bit.
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: Here's my worry. I feel like this movie, a majority
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: of it might take place in one setting or one
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: short time frame. Yes, I think you're right, and that.
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: Worries me a little bit.
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: I don't have a great feeling about this one. I
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: love Janelle Parish like last year's sugar Plum, last year's
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: a haunted wedding, like she was really busiastic, really busy
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: last year, and at the beginning of this year. I
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: hope I'm wrong about it. I worry it's just gonna
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: be like frenemies to lovers with a greater mission of
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: like saving Christmas, and I don't know, I don't know.
• 21:13
  Speaker 2: They plan to stay away from each other, but when
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: a snowstorm prevents all the Christmas presents from being delivered
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: to base, they are forced to team up for a
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: special mission to save Christmas. Now, is this a Santa
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: Claus situation? What's you know? Or is it like save
• 21:26
  Speaker 2: the Amazon truck?
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: Good question?
• 21:29
  Speaker 2: Good question? Indeed, Next up, the Hotly anticipated Sunday, November two.
• 21:34
  Speaker 2: A Newport Christmas starring Gina Clare Mason and West Brown,
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: a nineteen o five socialite, magically lands in twenty twenty
• 21:43
  Speaker 2: five Newport that's Rhode Island and falls for a local historian,
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: but must choose between two centuries?
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: Can I just add here? The director is Dustin Rei Cart,
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: the writers Juwa Botkin, Andrew Gernhardt and Dustin y Cart
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: as well. This is the team, with the exception of Jawabatkin,
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: but this is the production team behind A Builtmore Christmas.
• 22:08
  Speaker 2: This is a killer team.
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: They're not gonna miss, not gonna miss, not gonna miss.
• 22:12
  Speaker 2: Costuming done by one Keith Costumes. Yep, who I trust
• 22:16
  Speaker 2: to get the period costuming done well. He of course
• 22:19
  Speaker 2: also worked on the Biltmore Christmas. He nailed that. In
• 22:22
  Speaker 2: my opinion, I am very much looking forward to this
• 22:25
  Speaker 2: on many many levels. I love everyone involved. A Builtmore
• 22:29
  Speaker 2: Christmas really sold me on time travel Christmas content.
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: I mean, you can't go wrong with Jawabakan too, who
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: knows how to write. She writes the we have said
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: for a long time. She writes, like difficult family situations
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: really well, if you're not familiar with her work. I
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: mean she wrote Savorine Paris from last year, branching out
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: from maybe two years ago with Sarah Drew. She's so good,
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: She's so good. Gina Claire is great, Wes Brown is great.
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: It's gonna be five stars if we can get these
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: two to sing together. I don't know if there is
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: gonna be a moment for that or not. I'm really looking, really,
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: really looking forward to this one. I just think visually
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: it's gonna be stunning. Storytelling is gonna be great. I
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: cannot wait.
• 23:19
  Speaker 2: I co sign all of that. We're gonna take a
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: quick break and we're gonna come right back with more
• 23:23
  Speaker 2: first impressions of the count. On a Christmas lineup.
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: Saturday, November eighth, Christmas Above the Clouds talk about another
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: hotly anticipated, indeed reunification of our two faves.
• 23:47
  Speaker 2: Mister Golden Delicious himself.
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, guys, Christmas above the Clouds. I don't
• 23:52
  Speaker 1: know if I even have said it yet. A CEO
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: trying to skip Christmas, faces her past, present and future
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: on a long haul flight and reconnects with her ex.
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: This is the first time we've seen Aaron Craig how
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: and Tyler hyes, reunite? Since it was always you do
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: you have a first impression?
• 24:10
  Speaker 2: My first impression is done and done. I'm here appointment
• 24:14
  Speaker 2: television for real. Peter Beinson also directed It's gonna be great.
• 24:19
  Speaker 2: I have no doubt these two have fire chemistry. They're
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: great together. I'm excited to see them reunite. I think
• 24:25
  Speaker 2: they've both only gotten better with time. If this isn't
• 24:29
  Speaker 2: a smash hit.
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: I'll be shocked. Yeah, let me tell you, I love
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: a retelling of a Christmas Carol. In the extended synopsis,
• 24:39
  Speaker 1: they talk about three quirky spirits you have who come
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: to visit? Who is playing the three quirky spirits? I
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: cannot wait. I haven't heard any rumors. Please, I'm begging
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: these are cameo spots. Absolutely begging that they're cameo spots.
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: Here's what I am worried about. Like Christmas on duty,
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: I feel like this is taking place in one setting.
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: Are we trapped in this airplane for the entire time
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: or is it going to be like they eventually land
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: and then like life continues on land. I don't know
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: what do you think? Are we in this tube, this
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: metal tube, this entire.
• 25:16
  Speaker 2: We're spending a lot of time in an airplane, which
• 25:18
  Speaker 2: they're gonna have to sell me on for real.
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: But so excited to see these two and like you said,
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: bring on golden delicious Hines.
• 25:27
  Speaker 2: You know, I think the fact that they It says,
• 25:29
  Speaker 2: haunted by her past present in future, she's forced to
• 25:32
  Speaker 2: confront the choices that led to her success, so it
• 25:34
  Speaker 2: left her flying solo. So we may get while we
• 25:37
  Speaker 2: are centered in a plane in real time, we may
• 25:39
  Speaker 2: get a lot yeah, dream sequences or moments that or
• 25:44
  Speaker 2: at least are set outside of the plane, happening in
• 25:47
  Speaker 2: past and the future.
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: I'm really excited. I don't know who the writer is
• 25:50
  Speaker 1: on this one either, dying to know that as well.
• 25:54
  Speaker 2: Next up, Sunday, November ninth, A Keller Christmas Vacation. It
• 25:59
  Speaker 2: starts Jonathan Bennett, Brandon Routh, and Eden Share. Three adult
• 26:05
  Speaker 2: siblings reluctantly reunite for a European Christmas or river cruise
• 26:09
  Speaker 2: that becomes the family trip of a lifetime. Wendy, do
• 26:12
  Speaker 2: you know who eaton Share is?
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: I sure do? From the middle, Sue, heck, yeah, it's
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: not a show that I watched, But she's like a
• 26:20
  Speaker 1: cultural touchstone that I shall like.
• 26:22
  Speaker 2: She's real great on TikTok. She's super normal, really got twins,
• 26:27
  Speaker 2: She's just like a mom. I'm so excited. I really
• 26:29
  Speaker 2: enjoy her on TikTok. She's real smart and funny. And
• 26:32
  Speaker 2: I did not watch The Middle in real time, but
• 26:35
  Speaker 2: TikTok loves to feed me scenes of television shows and
• 26:39
  Speaker 2: I've seen a fair bit of it since then. She's
• 26:42
  Speaker 2: absolutely an icon. I love this pairing her. Jonathan Brandon
• 26:46
  Speaker 2: Routh of course, Superman Slash Nine Lives, Nine Kittens of Christmas,
• 26:51
  Speaker 2: Welcome Back, Welcome back. We're headed back down the Danube.
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: Yeah, Danube, but make it Christmas.
• 26:57
  Speaker 2: They must have gotten a good deal. Yeah, here's some
• 27:00
  Speaker 2: inside baseball. Last year, we interviewed Jonathan Bennett and he
• 27:05
  Speaker 2: was telling us off Mike. It was off Mic. I mean,
• 27:08
  Speaker 2: I feel like we can talk about it now. But
• 27:10
  Speaker 2: he's like, yeah, I'm getting ready to leave.
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: I gotta go do a European movie, like and it's
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: got to be done now actually during the Christmas season, so.
• 27:19
  Speaker 2: They must go to some holiday market. Yeah. Look, I'm
• 27:22
  Speaker 2: into it.
• 27:22
  Speaker 1: I like the three adult siblings angle. I'm excited to
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: see who plays their parents. I'm into the River Cruise.
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: Cruise movie the Dan New Movies I really liked, and
• 27:35
  Speaker 1: if I recall when we reviewed the Dan New Movies,
• 27:38
  Speaker 1: I was a little bit disappointed that they didn't show
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: more boat stuff. But here is where it's going to work.
• 27:44
  Speaker 1: Because they're not going to just be contained to a boat.
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: They're going to be in the you know, when you
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: what's it called when you d boards. Yeah, and they're
• 27:53
  Speaker 1: gonna go to the markets and they're gonna do this stuff.
• 27:54
  Speaker 1: And it allows the opportunity for like, you know, a
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: boyfriend or a girlfriend to fly to them. Like it's
• 28:01
  Speaker 1: not just going to be them or it's gonna be
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: some meeting. They're gonna meet people. So yeah, it does
• 28:07
  Speaker 1: say new friendships and budding romances. This will be, as
• 28:13
  Speaker 1: far as we can tell, the first opportunity for a
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: main character of Sam sex romance. I'm certainly hoping we
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: get some of that with Jonathan Bennett here. Agreat. You
• 28:22
  Speaker 1: know what I think would be so amazing too if
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: Katherine Disher showed up just as like a sitting in
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: the lounge area, So good.
• 28:32
  Speaker 2: Back, not just Katherine Disher, bring back our captain. Oh
• 28:36
  Speaker 2: I'd love that.
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: I wonder if it's the same. It's got to be
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: like the same, it's got to be actual boat company. Yeah, Saturday,
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: November fifteenth, Here is the one I feel everybody is
• 28:48
  Speaker 1: excited about. Yeah, and please don't mistake the tone in
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: my voice about it. But three wise This Man, starring
• 28:56
  Speaker 1: Paul Campbell, kimberly Sasdad, Tyler Hines, Andrew Waller, Margaret Margaret Colin,
• 29:03
  Speaker 1: directed by Terry Ingram. I believe the writer's return, Paul Campbell,
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: kimberly Sasaid, and Russell Han.
• 29:10
  Speaker 2: Indeed, Russell confirmed he did ride alongside Paul and Kim
• 29:13
  Speaker 2: for this final chapter and the Brenner Boy saga.
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: The Brenner brothers are back, this time juggling babies, big moves,
• 29:21
  Speaker 1: and their final family Christmas in their childhood home. I
• 29:25
  Speaker 1: guess if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
• 29:28
  Speaker 2: Yeah. With unexpected in laws, visiting wild animals, lurking and
• 29:32
  Speaker 2: freshly cut Christmas trees, and a hesitant mal Sanna, the
• 29:35
  Speaker 2: boys love their work cutout for them as the holiday
• 29:37
  Speaker 2: begins to loom. Yeah. I think this is a rinse
• 29:39
  Speaker 2: and repeat situation. They know what works, why not bring
• 29:42
  Speaker 2: it back one last time. What are your personal feelings
• 29:45
  Speaker 2: on that Last year's Three Wiser Men was not one
• 29:48
  Speaker 2: of my favorite movies of the season. I didn't hate it,
• 29:52
  Speaker 2: but I thought there were stronger showings. I may have
• 29:55
  Speaker 2: said last year that we didn't need a third installment
• 29:59
  Speaker 2: of the rewise Is, then I'm not surprised it's back.
• 30:02
  Speaker 2: It will be an enjoyable watch no matter what. Yeah,
• 30:06
  Speaker 2: I mean, the guys together are always funny. I think
• 30:10
  Speaker 2: there will be plenty of comedy. I'm hoping there's a
• 30:13
  Speaker 2: big emotional payoff, especially with the storyline that this is
• 30:17
  Speaker 2: their last Christmas in the family home and what that
• 30:21
  Speaker 2: means to them. I'm hoping there's some.
• 30:24
  Speaker 1: Meat to meet.
• 30:25
  Speaker 2: Uh huh, yeah. Yeah. Sunday, November sixteenth, we have tidings
• 30:29
  Speaker 2: for this season. It starts Tamara Mowrey Housley, b J
• 30:32
  Speaker 2: Britt and Elijah Justice Lewis. A serious news anchor is
• 30:37
  Speaker 2: inspired by a young fan to highlight heartwarming holiday stories
• 30:41
  Speaker 2: and finds love along the way. All I gotta say
• 30:45
  Speaker 2: is b J Britt was looking like a snack in
• 30:47
  Speaker 2: those behind the scenes sneak peaks we got of this movie.
• 30:50
  Speaker 2: I am all in for our boy BJ as a newscaster.
• 30:55
  Speaker 2: I think he's gonna nail it.
• 30:57
  Speaker 1: I'm really excited to see b J Britt in a
• 30:59
  Speaker 1: lead role. I hate the title of this movie. It
• 31:04
  Speaker 1: was formerly called Tonight's Top Story, which at least gives
• 31:08
  Speaker 1: me something. We know his character is a miscaster. Tidings
• 31:13
  Speaker 1: for this season means absolutely nothing to me.
• 31:16
  Speaker 2: I totally agree. It's like they had to make it
• 31:18
  Speaker 2: holiday in some way. There had to be some sort
• 31:22
  Speaker 2: of happy medium between Tonight's Top Story and Tidings for
• 31:25
  Speaker 2: the Season. Yeah, I just I mean, I could freaking
• 31:30
  Speaker 2: chat GPT five absolutely absolutely. What I like about this
• 31:35
  Speaker 2: is the premise feels fun, and it feels fresh, and
• 31:39
  Speaker 2: I like that it's reflective of our world today because
• 31:43
  Speaker 2: in the extended synopsis, we have like a boy who's
• 31:47
  Speaker 2: unhappy about all the bad news in the world. Yeah,
• 31:51
  Speaker 2: let's report some good stories.
• 31:52
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 31:54
  Speaker 2: I love that.
• 31:55
  Speaker 1: That give me some feel good. I'm excited. I'm a
• 31:59
  Speaker 1: little bit wor worried because you know how I feel
• 32:01
  Speaker 1: about children and movies. Could it could go either way,
• 32:05
  Speaker 1: like this could be super annoying or he'd be like adorable.
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: Totally agree what our synopsis does not make clear is
• 32:12
  Speaker 1: that this young boy is the son of Tamaramo Ray
• 32:15
  Speaker 1: Housley's character right a single mom So and then, of
• 32:19
  Speaker 1: course things are gonna get sticky as the young boy
• 32:23
  Speaker 1: starts to look up to.
• 32:24
  Speaker 2: This man in his budding romance with his mother. Yeah.
• 32:29
  Speaker 2: I'm looking forward to it me too.
• 32:30
  Speaker 1: Here's another big one, Saturday, November twenty second Holiday touchdown,
• 32:34
  Speaker 1: A Bill's love story. I mean, neighbors bounded by Bill's
• 32:39
  Speaker 1: mafia traditions, discover a decade's old Christmas secret and the
• 32:44
  Speaker 1: romance that's been right next door. Okay, hear me out
• 32:49
  Speaker 1: for a second. This movie stars Holland Roden, Matthew Didario,
• 32:54
  Speaker 1: plus cameos from Buffalo Bill's players and legends. Director Dustin
• 32:59
  Speaker 1: Reichart also did last year's football movie. We talked about
• 33:02
  Speaker 1: him earlier in this episode that he did builtmore like
• 33:06
  Speaker 1: he's very.
• 33:06
  Speaker 2: Skilled than his job. Yeah, but Julie Sherman Wolf did
• 33:11
  Speaker 2: not get the opportunity to write this movie, and as
• 33:14
  Speaker 2: far as I can tell, did not write a movie
• 33:16
  Speaker 2: in the countdown.
• 33:17
  Speaker 1: Yeah, there's a lot of movies that we don't know
• 33:20
  Speaker 1: who wrote them yet. So I'm hoping that there's one
• 33:23
  Speaker 1: in there that was pinned by her, and.
• 33:25
  Speaker 2: We just don't know yet.
• 33:27
  Speaker 1: Yeah. The writers of this are Vanessa Morano and Danielle Morrow.
• 33:32
  Speaker 1: If you are a Gilmour Girls fan, Vanessa Morano is
• 33:35
  Speaker 1: April Nardini. Hmmm, here, I'm gonna say it. How did
• 33:39
  Speaker 1: they land this gig? The writers? Yeah, that's a great question.
• 33:44
  Speaker 2: I don't know. I thought the Chiefs movie was fine
• 33:47
  Speaker 2: last year. I thought it was.
• 33:48
  Speaker 1: Cute, but it was one and done right.
• 33:50
  Speaker 2: It was totally watchable, but it was not a movie
• 33:53
  Speaker 2: that I wanted to continue talking about once it was over.
• 33:55
  Speaker 2: I found the promotion of it to be very frustrating.
• 33:58
  Speaker 2: It overshadowed so many other movies that I thought deserved
• 34:02
  Speaker 2: time and promotion. I haven't that. It hasn't hit critical
• 34:06
  Speaker 2: mass yet, so it'll be interesting to see how that
• 34:09
  Speaker 2: promotion plays out this year. You know, last year, the
• 34:13
  Speaker 2: stars of that movie were on the cruise. Julie Sherman,
• 34:17
  Speaker 2: Wolf was on the cruise. There was a big focus
• 34:19
  Speaker 2: on Tyler and Hunter. That's not the case this year, right,
• 34:24
  Speaker 2: They're not on the cruise, although I'm sure they'll make
• 34:26
  Speaker 2: a appearance at Kansas City. I'm very interested to see
• 34:31
  Speaker 2: what the promotion looks like. I think it could be
• 34:33
  Speaker 2: fine bringing in a fandom like this, bringing in the
• 34:36
  Speaker 2: football fandom. There's also another crossover with the Bills player
• 34:40
  Speaker 2: in another movie.
• 34:41
  Speaker 1: Yeah. I noticed that too, So you know, I think
• 34:44
  Speaker 1: that's smart.
• 34:44
  Speaker 2: Right? Are you going to get some people who are
• 34:46
  Speaker 2: maybe willing to watch because they're going to see their
• 34:48
  Speaker 2: favorite team? Andrew Walker makes a cameo in this movie.
• 34:52
  Speaker 2: Obviously we'll watch it.
• 34:53
  Speaker 1: Yeah. I'm looking forward to this one the least, and
• 34:56
  Speaker 1: I will gladly eat crow if it's good.
• 35:01
  Speaker 2: Totally me too. I'm not afraid to admit that. If
• 35:04
  Speaker 2: it's good, I just I wasn't on my list of
• 35:08
  Speaker 2: things to look forward to this year.
• 35:09
  Speaker 1: Yeah, but let's see. Can April Nardini write a script?
• 35:12
  Speaker 1: I don't know.
• 35:13
  Speaker 2: I don't know that. Sunday, November twenty third, Melt my
• 35:16
  Speaker 2: Heart This Christmas, A glass blower's dream collides with a
• 35:20
  Speaker 2: fair director's rule, leading to love, betrayal and a second chance,
• 35:23
  Speaker 2: starring Laura Vandervoort as the passionate glass blower and Stephen
• 35:30
  Speaker 2: Who's our That says a lot right there. I just
• 35:35
  Speaker 2: don't I don't have high hopes.
• 35:37
  Speaker 1: For this movie. So when I was doing the research
• 35:39
  Speaker 1: ear like weeks and weeks and weeks ago, when I
• 35:42
  Speaker 1: started compiling the rumored movies for Hallmark, this one was
• 35:47
  Speaker 1: one of them at that time. Full IMDb page, which
• 35:51
  Speaker 1: leads me to believe that this acquisition is an acquisition.
• 35:55
  Speaker 2: It reads like one.
• 35:56
  Speaker 1: I could be wrong. I don't know. I've enjoyed Lloyd
• 36:00
  Speaker 1: both actors previously, but this story is not compelling enough
• 36:04
  Speaker 1: for me to be interested. And the director and writer
• 36:08
  Speaker 1: are two names that are not familiar with Hallmark.
• 36:13
  Speaker 2: We also have mixed into this storyline. There's a secret
• 36:17
  Speaker 2: identity situation, so you know there's a case for misunderstandings
• 36:23
  Speaker 2: to abound. Oh boy, oh boy, indeed, we're gonna take
• 36:28
  Speaker 2: a quick break and we're gonna come right back with
• 36:30
  Speaker 2: more first impressions of the count on a Christmas lineup
• 36:41
  Speaker 2: that takes us into Mary Thanksgiving weekends.
• 36:44
  Speaker 1: I gotta tell you kind of surprised that our football
• 36:48
  Speaker 1: Bill's movie did not end up on Mary Thanksgiving.
• 36:51
  Speaker 2: Indeed, indeed it did last year.
• 36:54
  Speaker 1: But with that said, let's get into the first movie
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  Speaker 1: of Mary Thanksgiving Weekend, Thursday, November twenty seventh. This is
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  Speaker 1: Thanksgiving Day.
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  Speaker 2: If I'm correct, we are correct.
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  Speaker 1: We met in December. Stars Autumn Reser and Nile Mater. Director,
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  Speaker 1: writer currently unknown.
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  Speaker 2: I believe Nea Wineman wrote this script.
• 37:14
  Speaker 1: Really Ah, that makes me so happy to strangers share
• 37:18
  Speaker 1: a magical night in a holiday hotel and spend December
• 37:21
  Speaker 1: searching for each other. My first impression. I love a
• 37:24
  Speaker 1: missed connection storyline. Me too. I love Autumn Recer, we
• 37:29
  Speaker 1: have not seen her since last summer. Give me bail.
• 37:32
  Speaker 1: I love nil Mater. I know he's not going to
• 37:35
  Speaker 1: be bailing.
• 37:36
  Speaker 2: This, but no, but Nina Weinman did report that nil
• 37:39
  Speaker 2: Mat is incredible in this.
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  Speaker 1: Oh I'm so excited.
• 37:44
  Speaker 2: Yeah. I love their quest to find each other. That's
• 37:47
  Speaker 2: very fun. Next up, Friday, November twenty eighth, The Snow
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  Speaker 2: Must Go On. This is directed by one Jeff Beasley
• 37:54
  Speaker 2: and stars Heather Hemmons and Corey kott Are. This is
• 37:58
  Speaker 2: about a former Broadway star who directs a small town
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  Speaker 2: Christmas musical, rekindling his love for the stage and for
• 38:04
  Speaker 2: a local teacher. Isaiah Hayward is Coreycott's characters name. He's
• 38:10
  Speaker 2: a former Broadway star, so Jeff gets to revisit his
• 38:13
  Speaker 2: Broadway Dreams. I imagine we get some singing once again
• 38:17
  Speaker 2: in this movie.
• 38:18
  Speaker 1: I have some good news. Stephanie say also, Stephanie say ah.
• 38:24
  Speaker 2: I hope she gets to sing.
• 38:25
  Speaker 1: I know so. If you recall, Jeff Beasley directed Last
• 38:29
  Speaker 1: Year's A Carol for Two, which was also a Nina
• 38:31
  Speaker 1: Weinman movie, it did not get talked about enough. I
• 38:35
  Speaker 1: loved that movie.
• 38:36
  Speaker 2: It was so good. The music was so.
• 38:40
  Speaker 1: Incredible in that movie. I'm thrilled. I'm so excited for
• 38:44
  Speaker 1: this one.
• 38:45
  Speaker 2: I don't think we made enough Hey about the fact
• 38:47
  Speaker 2: that Jordan Litz, the actual Fearo on Broadway, was in
• 38:50
  Speaker 2: that movie.
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: Jaw of Stone. That was such a great movie. If
• 38:57
  Speaker 1: you have not watched it, please find it on Hallmark Plus. Yes,
• 39:00
  Speaker 1: but I am really looking forward to this one, really
• 39:03
  Speaker 1: really looking forward to this one. Last Year's A Carol
• 39:07
  Speaker 1: for Two with that like kind of New York gritty
• 39:11
  Speaker 1: miss Broadway. I just loved so much about that. I
• 39:14
  Speaker 1: hope it has touches of that. I don't think it's
• 39:16
  Speaker 1: going to because it's like small town Christmas musical, but
• 39:19
  Speaker 1: I'm looking for the big musical scenes.
• 39:22
  Speaker 2: Sure me too.
• 39:23
  Speaker 1: I cannot wait. Friday November twenty eighth. The More the
• 39:27
  Speaker 1: Merrier stars Rachel Boston and Brendan Penny. Snowed in at
• 39:32
  Speaker 1: a rural hospital on Christmas Eve, two doctors deliver babies
• 39:36
  Speaker 1: and holiday cheer while falling for each other. Director and
• 39:40
  Speaker 1: writer unknown Well. One of the babies being delivered is
• 39:45
  Speaker 1: the baby of the local obg yn. Now, look, I
• 39:49
  Speaker 1: like this pairing Rachel Boston Brandon Penny.
• 39:51
  Speaker 2: This is a real fun pairing. As you often point out,
• 39:55
  Speaker 2: Brandon was so fun in Family Food on the cruise.
• 39:57
  Speaker 1: Worried about the high jinks, worried about the like oh no,
• 40:03
  Speaker 1: you know, like a little.
• 40:04
  Speaker 2: Bit of that, but could be very fun.
• 40:07
  Speaker 1: This is also the movie that has the crossover with
• 40:10
  Speaker 1: the Bills Player, if I'm correct, Mar Hamlin.
• 40:13
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 40:13
  Speaker 1: And there's a little bit of a confusion I feel
• 40:17
  Speaker 1: in terms of the story premise here because the way
• 40:21
  Speaker 1: it reads to me is like there's a lot of
• 40:23
  Speaker 1: baby's being delivered, but when you when you read the synopsis,
• 40:31
  Speaker 1: it does talk about like other heart patients. I have
• 40:35
  Speaker 1: a link to a website it's called abbot dot com,
• 40:38
  Speaker 1: which is weirdly sounds related but it's not. And the
• 40:42
  Speaker 1: article is Abbot Heartmates. Ambassador tomar Hamlin and five of
• 40:48
  Speaker 1: his Heartmates teammates will appear in the More the Merrier
• 40:52
  Speaker 1: And so these are real life heart patients.
• 40:55
  Speaker 2: And so my guess is they're there trying to spread
• 40:57
  Speaker 2: holiday cheer, doing a holiday cheer visit, delivering gifts, that
• 41:01
  Speaker 2: sort of situation children, right, but DeMar Hamlin is there, yeay,
• 41:07
  Speaker 2: trying to yeah, spread holiday cheer. Yeah, I'm not sure.
• 41:11
  Speaker 2: So it feels a little late dual storyline, Yeah it
• 41:15
  Speaker 2: does it get too messy?
• 41:16
  Speaker 1: I hope not? Yeah? Yeah.
• 41:18
  Speaker 2: Next up Saturday, November twenty ninth and Alpine Holidays starring
• 41:21
  Speaker 2: Ashley Williams, Lacey Maylee and Julian Somoni. A strange sisters
• 41:26
  Speaker 2: honor their grandmother's wish with a trip to the French
• 41:29
  Speaker 2: Alps that rekindles family bonds and sparks romance. Weren't we
• 41:33
  Speaker 2: just saying we needed a group of women, including Ashley Williams,
• 41:37
  Speaker 2: And here it is, our wish has come true?
• 41:40
  Speaker 1: Yep. Also directed by Lucy Guest. Which It's gonna be
• 41:44
  Speaker 1: so great, It's gonna be so great, Like I'm in
• 41:48
  Speaker 1: Ashley Williams, Stan, I love her, I love her movies.
• 41:51
  Speaker 1: I told Megan off Mike all week and long. I
• 41:53
  Speaker 1: watched maybe four Ashley Williams.
• 41:57
  Speaker 2: What did You Want?
• 41:58
  Speaker 1: I watched October Kiss ye. I watched Falling Together from
• 42:02
  Speaker 1: last year. Yes, I also watched One More hold On.
• 42:06
  Speaker 1: She has long hair in it and she's a single.
• 42:09
  Speaker 1: Oh never kiss a man in a Christmas Guys, I've
• 42:15
  Speaker 1: been really sick and so like, I just like laid
• 42:18
  Speaker 1: on the couch and watched movies. And yeah, yeah it
• 42:22
  Speaker 1: was an Ashley Williams weekend.
• 42:23
  Speaker 2: But actually William's fest.
• 42:26
  Speaker 1: I'm so excited. I love Lacy j Maylee too. I
• 42:30
  Speaker 1: just think I'm expecting comedy. I'm expecting Heartfield connection. You
• 42:35
  Speaker 1: cannot go wrong. I'm dying to see who wrote this movie.
• 42:38
  Speaker 2: Me too.
• 42:40
  Speaker 1: Here's a Biggie Saturday, November twenty ninth, So this is
• 42:42
  Speaker 1: a double header of a night. Here we have the
• 42:48
  Speaker 1: highly anticipated A Grand Old Opry Christmas stars Nicky DeLoach,
• 42:53
  Speaker 1: Christopher Paulaha, James Ditton, Shorn, Sharon Lawrence, plus Grand Old
• 42:59
  Speaker 1: Opry cans by many, many musicians. This is director by
• 43:04
  Speaker 1: Claire Nieder Pruhim, which I was so filled with joy
• 43:09
  Speaker 1: when I found out that a woman directed this. I
• 43:12
  Speaker 1: don't know why. I enjoy her movies a lot. I'm
• 43:15
  Speaker 1: very excited to see her do something with this. I
• 43:17
  Speaker 1: don't know who the writer of this movie is.
• 43:20
  Speaker 2: Neither do I. I think it's Tracy Andrene.
• 43:22
  Speaker 1: Oh fantastic. Here's the synopsis. A songwriter returns to Nashville's
• 43:28
  Speaker 1: Grand Old Opry, where Christmas Magic transports her back in
• 43:31
  Speaker 1: time to reconnect with her late father. Can I tell
• 43:34
  Speaker 1: you here's the one biggest thing that worries me, this
• 43:38
  Speaker 1: big extended cast. I hope it doesn't come off as
• 43:42
  Speaker 1: like an all star special? Do you see what I
• 43:46
  Speaker 1: mean with? Yeah?
• 43:47
  Speaker 2: And I look, these are like if you were a
• 43:49
  Speaker 2: nineties country fan and you're seeing names like Red Agins
• 43:51
  Speaker 2: and Susie Bagas and then she gets transported back to
• 43:54
  Speaker 2: nineteen ninety five to connect. A part of me is
• 43:56
  Speaker 2: like the nineties country is ma jam yeah yea ash So.
• 44:00
  Speaker 2: So I'm hoping it's done in a way that's not
• 44:02
  Speaker 2: like and Ladies and Gentlemen Sissy Boggas and it's more like, hey,
• 44:06
  Speaker 2: that music is incidental to the time, and she happens
• 44:09
  Speaker 2: to be there. Yeah, Well, if she sings Hay Cinderella
• 44:13
  Speaker 2: in this movie. I'm going but there's so.
• 44:15
  Speaker 1: Many musicians in this do you think, like no one
• 44:18
  Speaker 1: artist and they begin to imagine how they're gonna do it. Yeah,
• 44:21
  Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know. Look, I love Chris,
• 44:24
  Speaker 1: we all know this. I love Nikki. I'm excited to
• 44:26
  Speaker 1: see them together in this. I'm excited to see Nikki
• 44:29
  Speaker 1: get a really big movie. I love the time travel
• 44:33
  Speaker 1: element so much, the fact that she gets to go
• 44:36
  Speaker 1: back in time and it's a story of redemption. And
• 44:39
  Speaker 1: we have Chris who's playing this nineties. He's not present day.
• 44:44
  Speaker 1: He's a dude that lived in the nineties. He's like
• 44:46
  Speaker 1: a manager or something. So excit I cannot wait. I
• 44:50
  Speaker 1: will have some problems if they like have a romantic thing.
• 44:55
  Speaker 1: Like look, I know I've just talked about it before,
• 44:58
  Speaker 1: a Biltmore being my favorite movie, Like you.
• 45:00
  Speaker 2: Don't want them to have a romance.
• 45:02
  Speaker 1: I do, but like in my brain it doesn't make
• 45:04
  Speaker 1: any sense, but you know, sell it to me.
• 45:08
  Speaker 2: I mean, they bring him forward in time and a
• 45:10
  Speaker 2: built more Christmas.
• 45:11
  Speaker 1: I know, I don't know.
• 45:13
  Speaker 2: He's our time traveling dude.
• 45:14
  Speaker 1: He is. I'm really excited for this movie. I'm really excited,
• 45:19
  Speaker 1: and I have been.
• 45:20
  Speaker 2: Have you have you been to Nashville? I have not.
• 45:22
  Speaker 1: I went several years ago. I toured the ground old Operate.
• 45:25
  Speaker 1: I can envision it in my mind. It's like church pews,
• 45:29
  Speaker 1: like I can just see the dark wood and stained glass,
• 45:33
  Speaker 1: like I'm already envisioning what this movie is gonna look like.
• 45:35
  Speaker 1: I'm so excited.
• 45:37
  Speaker 2: I think it's gonna be great. They had a ton
• 45:39
  Speaker 2: of they had a call for background actors. So a
• 45:42
  Speaker 2: lot of Hallmark watchers, including Front of the Show denise it,
• 45:46
  Speaker 2: are in this.
• 45:47
  Speaker 1: That's so exciting, it's fun, so fun. I wish I
• 45:49
  Speaker 1: would do that here in La. You know a lot
• 45:52
  Speaker 1: of Hollywood where they're supposed to make movies but they don't.
• 45:55
  Speaker 2: But you know, yeah, well California is trying to incentivize
• 45:58
  Speaker 2: people to come back to make movies. So crush your fingers.
• 46:01
  Speaker 2: Wrapping up Mary. Thanksgiving weekend, we have Sunday two movies,
• 46:04
  Speaker 2: The Christmas Cup Sunday November thirtieth, which stars Rhann and
• 46:08
  Speaker 2: Fish and Ben Rosenbaum, who is on when Calls the Heart.
• 46:13
  Speaker 2: A marine sidelined by an injury, leads her hometown team
• 46:17
  Speaker 2: in a holiday rivalry game and finds love on and
• 46:21
  Speaker 2: off the field. Do you have any thoughts on this movie?
• 46:25
  Speaker 1: Not for one second do I believe that Rhianna and
• 46:27
  Speaker 1: Fish is a marine.
• 46:29
  Speaker 2: I find rhann and Fish. I really like her. However,
• 46:33
  Speaker 2: I find her to have somewhat of a bad picker.
• 46:36
  Speaker 2: Uh huh, go ahead, So I think she finds herself
• 46:40
  Speaker 2: in Look at a picture of her. That's a great performance.
• 46:43
  Speaker 2: She and Tyler Hines have crazy chemistry in that movie.
• 46:47
  Speaker 2: And then you look at all these on location travel
• 46:49
  Speaker 2: movies that kind of fall flat for me quite frankly,
• 46:52
  Speaker 2: So this could really go either way.
• 46:55
  Speaker 1: She's too in the very best way, like too bubbly
• 46:59
  Speaker 1: and too exuberant for me to buy her as like
• 47:03
  Speaker 1: a serious And the Christmas Cup is it about soccerow?
• 47:09
  Speaker 1: It's some sort of sport, the annual Christmas Cup against
• 47:12
  Speaker 1: the rival town. I mean, it'd be great if it
• 47:15
  Speaker 1: was like trivia and not actual sport. I don't know, Like,
• 47:19
  Speaker 1: it's just this isn't This does nothing for me, totally
• 47:24
  Speaker 1: nothing for me.
• 47:25
  Speaker 2: I'm sorry.
• 47:27
  Speaker 1: Sunday, November thirtieth, again, another doubleheader night. We have Christmas
• 47:31
  Speaker 1: at the Catnip Cafe Stars Aaron Cahill and Paul Campbell,
• 47:36
  Speaker 1: directed by Lucy Guest, a marketing exec inherits half of
• 47:41
  Speaker 1: a cat cafe, where fundraising, feline matching, and romance all
• 47:45
  Speaker 1: play leading roles.
• 47:47
  Speaker 2: What are your thoughts here?
• 47:48
  Speaker 1: I mean, the premise makes my eyes roll, but but
• 47:54
  Speaker 1: I do think the cast and director are going to
• 47:56
  Speaker 1: elevate this. Sure. I imagine Paul will play like a
• 47:59
  Speaker 1: curmudget type.
• 48:01
  Speaker 2: Yeah, he's doctor Ben Kain, the veterinarian who owns the
• 48:04
  Speaker 2: other half of the cat cafe that Aaron ky Hill's
• 48:08
  Speaker 2: character wants to sell before Christmas. Naturally.
• 48:11
  Speaker 1: Yeah, those hot Christmas real estate deadlines. Totally. I feel
• 48:16
  Speaker 1: like I know what to expect. But I love Aaron
• 48:19
  Speaker 1: k Hill, and that's another one who I've really been
• 48:22
  Speaker 1: leaning into watching a lot of your movies. I really
• 48:26
  Speaker 1: enjoy her, I enjoy Paul. I think it's gonna be good.
• 48:30
  Speaker 1: I'm excited for it.
• 48:31
  Speaker 2: But the nine Last of Christmas was an unexpected hit.
• 48:33
  Speaker 2: Maybe we're gonna get another one. Cat cafes are all
• 48:36
  Speaker 2: the rage, they sure are. We're gonna wrap this episode
• 48:39
  Speaker 2: up here, We'll be back with another episode. It's already
• 48:42
  Speaker 2: in your feed right now. Wrapping up the last month
• 48:46
  Speaker 2: of the count on to Christmas movies, as well as
• 48:48
  Speaker 2: all of the series coming to Hallmark this holiday season.
• 48:52
  Speaker 2: Check that out. Thank you for listening to this episode
• 48:54
  Speaker 2: of Girls Gone Hallmark, a Bramble Jam podcast. We'll see
• 48:57
  Speaker 2: you next time. Goodbye man. All Right, friends, before we go,
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