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Fall Favorite: Haul out the Halloween · Girls Gone Hallmark | Hallmark Movie Reviews

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to our final fall favorite encore episode as we
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  Speaker 1: head into the final weekend of Fall Into Love on
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  Speaker 1: Hallmark Channel. Today we're sharing an absolute five-star stunner of
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  Speaker 1: a movie review, Haul Out the Halloween. This review was
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  Speaker 1: originally published in October 2025. Enjoy! Welcome to Girls Gone Hallmark,
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  Speaker 1: a Hallmark Review Podcast. I'm Megan, and I'm a longtime
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  Speaker 1: Hallmark fan. I'm Wendy. I'm a former Hallmark hater. This week,
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  Speaker 1: we're wrapping up the final movies in 2025's Fall Into
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  Speaker 1: Love lineup, starting with Hall Out the Halloween, which originally
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  Speaker 1: aired on the Hallmark Channel on Saturday, October 11th, 2025.
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  Speaker 1: You know what this means, the last week of fall
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  Speaker 1: programming here on Girls Gone Hallmark. Yeah. Does this give
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  Speaker 1: any indication of my excitement for what's to come? I'm
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  Speaker 1: drinking a Tazo joy tea right now. This is the holiday. Yes.
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  Speaker 1: I'm excited and a little stressed, but you know. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Wendy last night, she was like, We need to meet tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: We gotta figure out our plan. Little bit of a
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  Speaker 1: crash out, but that's all good stuff for the listeners. Well,
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  Speaker 1: now let's talk Hall at the Halloween with a synopsis.
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  Speaker 1: Halloween-obsessed neighbors inspire residents of Evergreen Lane to haul out
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  Speaker 1: their spookiest costumes and decor to become Ever Scream Lane.
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  Speaker 1: McLean Nelson is back at the helm for Hall at
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  Speaker 1: the Halloween, having previously directed both Hall at the Holly
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  Speaker 1: And Hall Out the Hall, he lit up. His Hallmark
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  Speaker 1: resume also includes gems like The Magic of Lemon Drops,
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  Speaker 1: Branching Out, and The Presence of Love, as well as
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  Speaker 1: the recent Home Turf. Nelson also gets credit for the teleplay,
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  Speaker 1: while Christopher Say is credited with the story idea. Lacey
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  Speaker 1: Chabert stars as Emily. Lacey has 183 acting credits and
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  Speaker 1: was last seen opposite Robert Buckley in An Unexpected Valentine
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  Speaker 1: in early 2025. She will also star with Andrew Walker
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  Speaker 1: in the upcoming She's Making a List, premiering this countdown
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  Speaker 1: to Christmas season. This cast list reads like a who's
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  Speaker 1: who of what's coming. Wes Brown stars as Jared. This
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  Speaker 1: movie marks his 55th acting credit. We last saw Wes
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  Speaker 1: in a cameo during Holiday Touchdown, A Chief's Love Story,
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  Speaker 1: as well as Deck the Walls, both in 2024. He
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  Speaker 1: will also co-star in the upcoming A Newport Christmas. You know...
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  Speaker 1: It's not noted here, but Wes Brown is also the
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  Speaker 1: host of the forthcoming Ready, Set, Glow. Yeah. Which will
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  Speaker 1: premiere on Hallmark Channel. It was a Hallmark Plus exclusive
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  Speaker 1: last year. Yeah. It's a fun little watch if you're
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  Speaker 1: into Christmas decor, you know, neighborhood displays. Displays. That's what
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  Speaker 1: I was looking for. Melissa Peterman returns as Pamela. Melissa
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  Speaker 1: is currently co-starring in the NBC comedy Happy's Place. and
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  Speaker 1: will return as co-host and judge in the second season
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  Speaker 1: of Finding Mr. Christmas. Stephen Tobolowsky returns as Ned with
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  Speaker 1: 298 acting credits. Stephen recently appeared in the theatrical release
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  Speaker 1: of Freakier Friday. Fun fact, he will also appear in
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  Speaker 1: the forthcoming Mimics, which is a non-Homark Christopher Palaha-directed movie.
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  Speaker 1: Laura Wardle plays Jared's mom Belinda. This is her eighth
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  Speaker 1: acting credit, and she did appear in the previous two movies.
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  Speaker 1: Ellen Travolta returns as Mary Louise. Ellen's best known for
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  Speaker 1: her roles in Grease, Happy Days, Charles in Charge, and
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  Speaker 1: most recently on General Hospital. Walter Platz plays neighbor Bob.
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  Speaker 1: This movie marks his 62nd acting credit. Walter did appear
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  Speaker 1: in the previous two movies, as well as Hallmark's Switched
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  Speaker 1: for Christmas in 2017. Eliza Hayes-Marr plays Emily's sister Jess.
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  Speaker 1: She has 17 acting credits and has appeared in other
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  Speaker 1: Hallmark movies like Hidden Gems and Taking the Reins. Ashley
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  Speaker 1: Whelan plays Ashlyn Ashworth. Ashley has 21 acting credits, and
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  Speaker 1: this is her first role for Hallmark. Kimberly J. Brown
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  Speaker 1: joins the cast as Luna with 34 acting credits to
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  Speaker 1: her name. Kimberly is best known for her breakout role
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  Speaker 1: as Marnie Piper in the 1998 Disney Channel classic Halloween Town.
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  Speaker 1: a character she reprised in several beloved sequels. Beyond her
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  Speaker 1: spellbinding start, she's also appeared in long-running soap operas like
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  Speaker 1: Guiding Light and General Hospital. Kimberly's real-life husband and former
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  Speaker 1: Halloween Town 2 co-star Daniel Kuntz joins the cast as Marvin.
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  Speaker 1: With 29 acting credits to his name, Daniel has appeared
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  Speaker 1: in popular series including ER, Ghost, Whisperer, and United States
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  Speaker 1: of Tara. The two were married in 2024, and Lacey
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  Speaker 1: Chabert was one of her bridesmaids. Hey, Wendy, what was
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  Speaker 1: your first impression of Hall Out the Halloween? This might
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  Speaker 1: be the funniest, most rewatchable Hallmark movie of the year. Ooh,
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  Speaker 1: my first impression is Call Me Spellbound. I loved this
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  Speaker 1: third trip into the Hall Out universe. It's so funny
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  Speaker 1: you say that because I was convinced that you liked
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  Speaker 1: it but didn't love it. Oh, no. While I watched,
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  Speaker 1: I loved this movie. I was texting Megan, who had
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  Speaker 1: already seen it, and I was like, oh, my God,
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  Speaker 1: this is so funny. Oh, my God, this line. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: my God. And I was like, she hates me right now. No,
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  Speaker 1: because my like, to your first impression, my like is
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  Speaker 1: this movie is so joy-filled. I felt the same way
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  Speaker 1: at the end of the first Hall Out the Holly movie.
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  Speaker 1: I was loving it. smiling while watching the credits at
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  Speaker 1: the end of that movie. And I remember looking to
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  Speaker 1: my husband. I mean, like, wasn't that great? He did
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  Speaker 1: not love that movie. And I was disappointed when he
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  Speaker 1: shared that with me. And so while I was watching this,
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  Speaker 1: I was thinking, I'm so excited. I'm going to get
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  Speaker 1: to watch this again. I was looking forward to watching
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  Speaker 1: it again with him this weekend because we watched this
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  Speaker 1: on a screener. Yeah. And then... I was bereft when
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  Speaker 1: I realized we wouldn't be watching it again this weekend
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  Speaker 1: because he's not a fan of this universe. And then
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  Speaker 1: I realized I have free will and I can watch
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  Speaker 1: it whenever I want. I have so many thoughts here.
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  Speaker 1: I remember when we talked about Hall Out the Holly
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  Speaker 1: and your husband not liking it. And I remember probably
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  Speaker 1: saying to you, it's because he's a traditionalist. Like he
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  Speaker 1: likes the Hallmark formula. And that movie during that time was... Very. Right?
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  Speaker 1: I feel like we've gotten more movies like that since then. Also, like,
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  Speaker 1: he can't stand the Gilmore Girls of it all. Hmm.
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  Speaker 1: He doesn't want, like, the rapid fire. Nope. I'm not
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  Speaker 1: even listening to this part because nope. I have a feeling. Okay, wait.
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  Speaker 1: Let's get to it in a second because I have
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  Speaker 1: a feeling that might be. Be a complaint of regular
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  Speaker 1: Hallmark fans. Well, yeah. About this movie as well. Well,
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  Speaker 1: that's my point, though. Like, it's steeped in pop culture
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  Speaker 1: and rapid-fire dialogue. Don't jump ahead. I'm not. I'm just
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  Speaker 1: saying that for me. I'm not giving any specific examples now. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: But for me, that's what's part of what's so great
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  Speaker 1: about this. Agree. Agree. So anyway... His opinion is not
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  Speaker 1: the point here. I loved the first Hall Out the
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  Speaker 1: Holly movie. I loved this movie. I loved this movie too.
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  Speaker 1: Like you said, I caught myself smiling the entire time
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  Speaker 1: while I'm watching this on like a random Wednesday afternoon
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  Speaker 1: and laughing out loud. And my daughter's in the other
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  Speaker 1: room and she's like, what are you laughing at? I'm like,
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  Speaker 1: this movie is so damn funny. I'm like, I really
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  Speaker 1: think you would like it. My 17-year-old is not interested
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  Speaker 1: by any means, but I'm like, I don't really think
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  Speaker 1: you would like it. I could see this being a
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  Speaker 1: movie that people trot out every Halloween. Like, this is
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  Speaker 1: a family Halloween movie. This is a family Halloween movie
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  Speaker 1: that I will put out every year. Like Hocus Pocus.
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  Speaker 1: Like It's the Great Pumpkin. I'm going to give you–
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  Speaker 1: I've mentioned this before. It probably was on our Patreon page.
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  Speaker 1: Hubie Halloween. Hubie Halloween is a movie we watch every
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  Speaker 1: year in my house. It was from 2020. It has
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  Speaker 1: Adam Sandler. It's stupid jokes. It's 12-year-old comedy. But it
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  Speaker 1: makes me laugh out loud every time I watch it.
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  Speaker 1: And this had a similar vibe to it. So my
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  Speaker 1: husband's a big Adam Sandler fan. And over the summer...
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  Speaker 1: went on an Adam Sandler deep dive of the movies
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  Speaker 1: he might have missed. Like, you know, he's seen all
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  Speaker 1: the classics. But I don't think Hubie Halloween is one that, like,
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  Speaker 1: comes to mind when you're like, Adam Sandler, like, right?
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  Speaker 1: He watched that. And I was like, no, because you've
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  Speaker 1: mentioned it before. And I wanted to watch it with him. Again,
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  Speaker 1: I have free will and can watch it on my own.
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  Speaker 1: And now I think I have to. You have to.
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  Speaker 1: This is going to be my... Yeah. October 1st rolls around.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to watch this movie again. I loved it
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  Speaker 1: that much. Me too. I loved it. Can we talk
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  Speaker 1: about the reasons why? Yes, please. You and I both
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  Speaker 1: liked it so much. And I know we have talked
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  Speaker 1: about this a million times. You already brought it up.
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  Speaker 1: But the dialogue was filled with so many pop culture
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  Speaker 1: references that it just hit. And we've talked about how
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  Speaker 1: much we love Gilmore Girls and how... Gilmore did that
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  Speaker 1: during that time. Of course, the references are much older
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  Speaker 1: back then. This played in an area that I was
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  Speaker 1: very familiar with. Yes. I don't know if a lot
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  Speaker 1: of the regular Hallmark viewers will pick up on some
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  Speaker 1: of the references they were throwing down. In a little bit,
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to talk about some of the specifics. Yes.
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  Speaker 1: We'll get to it. But yeah, the pacing right on
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  Speaker 1: the money in this movie. Shout out to McLean Nelson
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  Speaker 1: because not only did he write it, he directed it.
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  Speaker 1: And so the rapid back and forth dialogue was just
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  Speaker 1: done so well. We talked about it in Home Turf too,
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  Speaker 1: like a movie he also directed. Yeah. You were, you were,
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  Speaker 1: you liked in that movie how the scenes would cut
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  Speaker 1: back and forth real tightly. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, and that
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  Speaker 1: does come down to directing and editing, and it works
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  Speaker 1: for me. I like that kind of pacing. I like
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  Speaker 1: when it's rapid fire, and it feels like natural conversation,
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  Speaker 1: and it doesn't feel like we shot this person. Now
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  Speaker 1: we're shooting this person, and there's an uncomfortable break. It
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  Speaker 1: felt like these people know each other. These people get
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  Speaker 1: each other. These people have a history. These people are
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  Speaker 1: firing off inside jokes, and they're firing off jabs. And
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  Speaker 1: this is my family and these are my neighbors. It
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  Speaker 1: just felt like this is a movie that has– this
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  Speaker 1: is a cast that has found its stride and found
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  Speaker 1: its place. And I almost felt a little bit sad
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  Speaker 1: by that because I do think this is the natural
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  Speaker 1: conclusion of this series. No. I don't know where else
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  Speaker 1: we go from here. So that's funny you brought that
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  Speaker 1: up because I was like, is the next movie Jared
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  Speaker 1: going to Vienna to do the Santa class? Yes. essentially. Right.
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  Speaker 1: That's a good question. But then how did the neighbors
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  Speaker 1: play into that? Because the extended cast in this movie
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  Speaker 1: is so good. Is what makes it. Yeah. If we
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  Speaker 1: can go to the beginning of the movie. Yes. So
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  Speaker 1: we start with the wedding. Yes. And I'm honestly really
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  Speaker 1: glad that we spent like five minutes at the top
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  Speaker 1: of the movie kind of bringing this full circle, like
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  Speaker 1: bring it home. They're together. They're getting married. We get this.
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  Speaker 1: And it's so on brand with the with the series
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  Speaker 1: because even the wedding's themed, it's very fall themed. The
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  Speaker 1: fall colors are very rich. And this very easily could
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  Speaker 1: have been a moment where they didn't spend a lot
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  Speaker 1: of time or effort. But I thought the wedding itself
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  Speaker 1: was quite lovely. Agree. Those golden hour shots were gorgeous. Yep.
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  Speaker 1: The you may kiss the bride shot through the arch
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  Speaker 1: with all of their guests cheering behind them. They had
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  Speaker 1: a deep cast of... background actors to fill that out
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  Speaker 1: and make it look like a real wedding. And then
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  Speaker 1: the bubble shot as they're exiting. Look, I have chills
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  Speaker 1: right now. So do I. First of all, I forgot
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  Speaker 1: about the bubble shot. When we go to Disneyland, my
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  Speaker 1: most favorite thing is when the kids have that bubble
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  Speaker 1: wand and it's just like rapid firing bubbles. Just walking
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  Speaker 1: through their bubble trails. I love it so much. And
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  Speaker 1: I don't think I've ever seen it at a wedding
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  Speaker 1: like that. No, it was great. Oh, I loved it.
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  Speaker 1: I loved it. The wedding scene, you're so right. It
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  Speaker 1: was shot so beautifully. What I liked about it is
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  Speaker 1: that it moved their story along. Jared and Emily's story along.
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  Speaker 1: And it was five minutes. Yes. And also what I
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  Speaker 1: liked about it is that we didn't get a whole
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  Speaker 1: haul out the wedding movie. Yes, exactly. I liked that
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  Speaker 1: we were moving the story along. Here is the next part.
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  Speaker 1: I thought it was beautifully done. I thought it was smart.
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  Speaker 1: I loved Emily's voiceover explaining why they didn't get married
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  Speaker 1: at Christmas. And I don't know if you picked it up,
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  Speaker 1: but they did it because it was Jared's parents' anniversary.
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  Speaker 1: That's the date that they got married on. And I
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  Speaker 1: was like, that is the sweetest thing I've ever heard
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  Speaker 1: of or considered. I loved it so much. And it
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  Speaker 1: was such a throwaway. Yeah. Their vows were beautiful. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: It was great. It was so great. And it also
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  Speaker 1: recenters us in the cast because it gives them a
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  Speaker 1: natural opportunity for these people to be back together. And
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  Speaker 1: so we have them Getting ready together as their wedding party,
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  Speaker 1: participating in the wedding. And so we're right back in
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  Speaker 1: with the Evergreen Lane crew. Yeah, exactly. In an event
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  Speaker 1: that makes sense and is not contrived. Exactly. On another note, Emily,
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  Speaker 1: as a person around Halloween, is so me. She doesn't
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  Speaker 1: like scary movies. And she says... I don't even like
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  Speaker 1: movies that people say aren't scary, but they really are. Yes, girl. Yes.
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  Speaker 1: I totally thought of you. Yep. On that same note,
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  Speaker 1: yard yelping is a no for me, dog. Do not
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  Speaker 1: jump out at me. It is a rule in my marriage.
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  Speaker 1: You know, you see like TikTok prank videos where people
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  Speaker 1: are like, nope, that's an immediate grounds for divorce. Do
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  Speaker 1: not scare me. Do not like, I don't know if
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  Speaker 1: you can envision it, but if you're like, do you
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  Speaker 1: ever walk to the house and like you look for
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  Speaker 1: your husband and like, Mine does knows not to do this,
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  Speaker 1: but like they'll hide maybe. Yeah, that's a no. Right? Uh-huh.
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  Speaker 1: You walk into a room and you think they're there
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  Speaker 1: and you're like, oh, and they're not. And then they
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  Speaker 1: like jump out from behind a door. Yeah. My daughter
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  Speaker 1: has done it to me and I've pushed her before. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I don't like being– I don't find it funny. Like
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  Speaker 1: to me, it's mean. I will jump if my husband
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  Speaker 1: walks into the room speaking in full view and I'm
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  Speaker 1: not expecting him. I startle so easily. So– We are
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  Speaker 1: not a yard yelping kind of family, and that would
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  Speaker 1: have ruined a friendship for me as well, too. I
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  Speaker 1: would have been humiliated if my friend's yard yelped me. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that's not cool. I would carry that grudge. Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: What else did you like? I loved the way Jared's
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  Speaker 1: slow-mo realization flashback of what's happening between his mother... And Ned,
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  Speaker 1: his crash out is done so well. I loved it.
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  Speaker 1: Just the flashback scenes as he's like, oh, great. Great.
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  Speaker 1: I also really like when they are in the attic
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  Speaker 1: and we see Emily's drums. Yeah. And they say Nickelback. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I'm like, that's a real choice. Yeah. And then we
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  Speaker 1: get at the end, he comes out. Now, this is like,
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  Speaker 1: this is the only... Pop culture reference I'm going to
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  Speaker 1: talk about in this segment. This is kind of like
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  Speaker 1: you got to know to know. It's a real if
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  Speaker 1: you know, you know moment. He's dressed as Freddie Chad Kruger. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: He's the lead singer of Nickelback. Yeah. But he calls
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  Speaker 1: himself Chatty Kruger. Yeah. Now, is everyone going to get that?
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  Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't think so. It is so
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  Speaker 1: funny because I saw the Nickelback drums. I'm like, that
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  Speaker 1: in and of itself is funny. And to bring it around,
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  Speaker 1: this movie was made for me. I know. I know.
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  Speaker 1: It's so good. I agree. I agree. I agree. Stephen
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  Speaker 1: Tobolowsky and Melissa Peterman. You guys, okay. This is comedy gold,
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  Speaker 1: these two together. Melissa Peterman is not talked about enough.
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  Speaker 1: I've always enjoyed her. I'm not familiar with her on
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  Speaker 1: her show, Reba. I don't know if it's not her show,
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  Speaker 1: but the show that she was on, Reba. I really
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  Speaker 1: came into my Melissa Peterman crush during Finding Mr. Christmas.
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  Speaker 1: And even though I had seen both haul out the
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  Speaker 1: hauling movies at that time too, look, I'm all in
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  Speaker 1: on her. And This entire movie, between her and Stephen Tobolowsky,
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  Speaker 1: the actual, like, looks of disgust that she would give him. Like,
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  Speaker 1: so much great physical comedy, right? But just, like, in
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  Speaker 1: a nuanced look. Like, she was so annoyed with him
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  Speaker 1: all the time. And the way they would bicker back
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  Speaker 1: and forth with each other. Chef's kiss. It feels like
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  Speaker 1: such a big get that these two are together in
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  Speaker 1: this movie. Mm-hmm. They're different. Everything you said is so accurate,
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  Speaker 1: but it just is, like, such a gift to get
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  Speaker 1: them here. They're just really at the top of their
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  Speaker 1: game still. Yeah. Agree. Agree. More on Peterman. Peterman. Her
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  Speaker 1: comedic timing is just so good. In that scene where
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  Speaker 1: they're at the bake-off. Yeah. And she's, like, intimidating them.
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  Speaker 1: the two new, you know, neighborhood people. And then she
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  Speaker 1: like turns to her kids. She's like, those are good
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  Speaker 1: cookies or whatever. She's like, is she just so funny?
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  Speaker 1: And then she loses the competition and it's great physical comedy.
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  Speaker 1: She passes out and wakes up in the bed and
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  Speaker 1: you were there and you were there just like the
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  Speaker 1: Wizard of Oz. Yes. Oh my God. So great. I
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  Speaker 1: love it towards the top of the movie. Emily and
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  Speaker 1: Jared are still away on their honeymoon and Jared's mom
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  Speaker 1: doesn't want, like they're realizing they see the Halloween decorations
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  Speaker 1: and they're like, we got to loop in Emily and Jared.
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  Speaker 1: And she's like, don't interrupt them. And she's like, we
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: get it. You want grandchildren, Barb. Like she just fires
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: it back at her. I don't know why that line
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: made me laugh so much, but we might cut this
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: next part out because I could have interpreted the scene wrong,
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: but it was during like the, Mary Louise's husband was
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: bobbing for apples. Yes. Yes. And he comes up with one.
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: And then Pamela says to him like, oh, you got
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: a good one there, Mary Louise. And I was like,
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: what is that? What is she referring to here? Yes.
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: I heard it too. I was like, was that like
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: a full big sex joke? I don't know. I heard
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: it too. I don't know. The title sequence on the
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: moving truck called The Halloween on the Moving Truck. Nice touch.
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: Not something we've seen before. Love that. Tell me what
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: else you liked. I actually really enjoyed the overall theme
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: that the holidays are meant for fun and making memories
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: and how to pass them down to the next generation.
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: It really landed for me personally as a person who
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: doesn't love the holidays in general. And I think it's
• 19:43
  Speaker 1: a great timely reminder about what the season is supposed
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: to be. Loved that. I love the mount up callback
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: from we get in the first movie and then we
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: kind of get the backstory in this movie that that
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: was grandma's line. She says it to them in that
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: scene where after Emily is scared and then she takes...
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: Emily and Jared out on the golf cart. I just
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: loved all of that. Yeah, that's a nice catch there.
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: Loved it. And the last thing that I really loved,
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: I just thought the production design was next level cute.
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: I recently talked about Hobby Lobby throwing up all over
• 20:21
  Speaker 1: that other Wes Brown movie, the one we just reviewed
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: last week. Yeah, Under the Autumn Moon. Yeah. This one
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: was not as like... It just... The Halloween tones, like,
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: it was fall and Halloween together, and it just all
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: worked for me. It wasn't just, like, somebody, like, randomly
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: threw up everything. I think Halloween is better than fall
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: or Christmas because you're not trying to fake anything. Yeah.
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: You're not trying to do fake leaves. You're not trying
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: to do fake snow. You know, you can just lean into, like,
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: the Halloween witches and goblins and haunted houses. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: I think we've hit just every, like– Well, I don't
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: have a single wish about this movie. Me neither. Not one.
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: And that is very rare. Yeah. I read over my
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: notes over and over. I thought back. I cannot come
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: up with a single thing I would change. Me neither. Well,
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: let's talk, did you see that? And I think just
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: to prep the listener, this is going to be a
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: little bit different. Rather than true, did you see that?
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: Although Wendy does have one. It's really just, we're going
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: to call out all those great dialogue, pop culture-y moments. Mm-hmm.
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: Hit me with your true did you see that moment.
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: This is another if you know, you know. And I
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: don't know. What do you mean if you know, you know?
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: Tell me your did you see that. Okay. So the
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: character who plays Bucky, he comes at the end. The brother. Yeah.
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: Who's he? The brother of Melissa Peterman's character? Yes. Yes.
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: Bucky is played by one Richard Christie. Do you know
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: that name? Only because I've read our Instagram DMs, but
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: I don't know who that is. Oh, yes. Okay. So
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: Richard Christie was once a longtime personality on the Howard
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: Stern show. I used to listen to Howard Stern a lot,
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: early 2000s, like every single day. And that's when Richard
• 22:10
  Speaker 1: Christie was on the show. He left in 2004. Wow.
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: I recognized him right away. The voice and the face.
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: I was like, no, wait, could that be? It's funny
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: that you know his face. Isn't that crazy? For him
• 22:22
  Speaker 1: being a radio personality. Yeah. I don't know if it's
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: because maybe Howard Stern at one time had an E!
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: show where they would show the broadcast, the radio broadcast,
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: you know, on the E! channel. I can't remember if
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: it was around that same time. I don't know. I
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: just know his face. Look, I live on social media. Sure.
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: But this was way pre-social media, so I don't know.
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: But you know who he is. I knew who he was,
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: and I couldn't believe it. Yeah, that's fun. Does he
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: do a lot of acting? I don't know. How does
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: that happen? I don't know. They shot this in Utah.
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: I was like, does he live in Utah? Does he
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: know somebody? Does the director know him? Does the casting
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: agent know them? How did that all come together? How
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: does that happen? And are you like, yeah, I guess
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: he's like a drummer or two for a band, but
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: how does that work? I don't know. It's like seeing
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: your teacher in the wild. It was like that kind
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: of moment for you. It was, yeah. I was like, wait, what?
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: So crazy. It was so crazy. I imagine that a
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: lot of Hallmark watchers are not Howard Stern fans. Yeah,
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: I don't think, my point, what I was trying to
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: say is I don't think a lot of people are
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: going to be like, oh my gosh, in that moment.
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: But for you, it stood out. Look, I appreciated it.
• 23:37
  Speaker 1: Are we talking about who's not in this movie? Who?
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: Eric Mabeus. Was he in the second one? Eric maybe is.
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: Is in the second one. Okay. Let's talk some of
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: our favorite lines. Yes, please. Let's just back and forth it. Okay.
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: Can I start? Mm-hmm. Funeral potatoes. Do you know what
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: funeral potatoes are? And that's a very Utah LDS situation.
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: It is like a hash brown casserole that is almost
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: mandatory at every church potluck. And- Right at the top,
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: like Pamela makes a reference to funeral potatoes. I don't
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: remember who she said brought them and almost killed her
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: with their funeral potatoes. It made me laugh out loud.
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: I don't even know how I know about funeral potatoes.
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: Social media. I've seen people. It's one of those things
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: that comes up, I feel like, on the old Twitter.
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: And people would be like, do you know what funeral
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: potatoes are? Yeah. And then all the people would be like,
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: exactly what you said. It's a church potluck staple. Yeah, crazy. Funny, funny, funny, funny.
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: Emily says, I get around her and I turn plastic
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: about Ashlyn. I was like, well, thank you for the
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: Mean Girls reference. I loved it. Great. Mary Louise and
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: Belinda both drop current slang. We hear Mary Louise go,
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: what's the T? I thought that was really funny. Belinda,
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: when she's explaining to Wes about her relationship with Ned
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: several times, she says, we're what the kids are calling talking. Yes.
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: Which if you don't have a teenager, you wouldn't. That's
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: like a courting. Like that's when we're in the talking stage. Yes. Oh,
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: my God. And that she was catching feelings or had
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: caught feelings. And Ned was a Rizzler teenager. And Wes
• 25:20
  Speaker 1: was like, please don't ever say that again. I just died, Wes.
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: Wes as Jared. I died. And I know you did
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: too when they go to Swigalicious, the soda shop. And
• 25:33
  Speaker 1: then they come back with their giant styrofoam cups. Now,
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: if you're not on dirty soda internet, especially in Utah,
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: like you and I went. We were in Utah a
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: couple years ago and we went to. We had to
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: hit all the soda places. We went to. So delicious.
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: I don't think we went to Swig. Uh-huh. And we–
• 25:52
  Speaker 1: I got to tell you, I'm kind of a soda purist.
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: Like I would rather just have a Coke. Although I
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: do like maybe a lime. I don't necessarily need all
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: of the flavor. Really? Yeah, I think– like it was
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: a fun experience and they have fun desserts. Yeah. And
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: the drive-thru line was like 45 minutes long. We had
• 26:12
  Speaker 1: to go. And also the soda was the size of
• 26:15
  Speaker 1: my head. I remember it being so big. But I
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: just loved. I loved that they went there. I love
• 26:20
  Speaker 1: that they all come back with their cups. I love
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: that they call it Swigalicious. Yeah. Great. It was great.
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: There was a moment. You probably didn't even catch it,
• 26:30
  Speaker 1: but there was, if you are a Bravo fan, specifically
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: a Real Housewives of Salt Lake City fan, there was
• 26:37
  Speaker 1: a mention about Salt Lake City and Emily says something like, oh,
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: they need to bring Monica back. And if you don't
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: watch that series, Monica was like a one season wonder
• 26:49
  Speaker 1: chaos agent that flipped that franchise on its head. And
• 26:52
  Speaker 1: I was like, oh my God, what a great mention.
• 26:55
  Speaker 1: It's going to be lost on so many people who
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: don't watch the show. I heard it. I loved it.
• 27:00
  Speaker 1: My final, did you see that mention, is all of
• 27:04
  Speaker 1: the cruller talk was giving Say Strudel one more time.
• 27:08
  Speaker 1: Oh my God, you're so funny. It didn't bother me.
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: I loved it. Oh, it didn't bother me either. But
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: I just, if you know, you know. Yeah. If you know,
• 27:16
  Speaker 1: you know. Strudel talk. Yeah. Great stuff. What did you
• 27:19
  Speaker 1: rate Hall Out the Halloween? This was a five-star stunner.
• 27:25
  Speaker 1: Five stars for me, too. Five stars. Can I give
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: it six? So good. Five stars. No notes. That could
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: be the episode. It's a 10 out of 10. No notes. But,
• 27:35
  Speaker 1: in fact, we had many minutes of notes. Yes. Bye. Bye. Bye.
• 28:17
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• 28:19
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• 28:21
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• 28:25
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