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April Listener Mailbag · Girls Gone Hallmark | Hallmark Movie Reviews

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Girls Gone Hallmark, a Hallmark review podcast. I'm
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  Speaker 1: Megan and I'm a longtime Hallmark fan.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Wendy.
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  Speaker 1: I'm a former Hallmark hater. Today's episode is a Listener
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  Speaker 1: mailbag episode. If you would like to participate in future
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  Speaker 1: Listener Mailbag episodes, the best way to do that is
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  Speaker 1: by emailing us hello at Girlsgonehollmark dot com. Or you
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  Speaker 1: can leave us a voicemail, oh, which reminds me they're
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  Speaker 1: going to cancel it if we don't use it soon.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I read that email.
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  Speaker 1: Our phone number is nine four nine three two nine
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  Speaker 1: eight zero nine zero. It is a voicemail only number.
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  Speaker 1: We would love to hear from you with your feedback.
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  Speaker 1: We're talking about so much over here on Girls Gone
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  Speaker 1: Homemark lately. Take your pick, Hope Valley. The Way Home
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  Speaker 1: is coming soon. We can't wait to get into those
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  Speaker 1: Listener Mailbag episodes, our PBS coverage, or perhaps you have
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  Speaker 1: thoughts on the first email we're going to discuss. This
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  Speaker 1: one has thrown us both for a loop. We don't
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  Speaker 1: get a lot of hate comments around here, although there
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  Speaker 1: was a comment on.
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  Speaker 2: YouTube the other day. I have to read it to you.
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  Speaker 2: Oh No, I have to read it to you.
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  Speaker 1: Megan is gonna kick me while I'm down.
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  Speaker 2: No, it wasn't about you, not anymore than it was about.
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  Speaker 1: This is us, which is me by an extension. So
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  Speaker 1: you know, I'm sure.
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  Speaker 2: I know you don't want me to read it.
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  Speaker 1: No, I'm dying to hear it. The commentary is extremely
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  Speaker 1: in all caps, fatuous and superficial useless on an episode
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  Speaker 1: of Missiletone Murders. That comment came in four days ago.
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  Speaker 1: Well that just okay. That is going to lead me
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  Speaker 1: into some additional comments. I have what is going to
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  Speaker 1: come in this email? So would you like me to
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  Speaker 1: read this email? Yeah? All right? This is an email
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  Speaker 1: titled unsubscribing. I found you when you first started doing
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  Speaker 1: Hallmark reviews on your prior podcast, and followed you to
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  Speaker 1: your Homewark focused podcast because I enjoyed your reviews.
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  Speaker 2: And your banter.
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  Speaker 1: I gave you a five stargling review on the Apple
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  Speaker 1: podcast app. But now I'm unsubscribing. Unfortunately I cannot take
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  Speaker 1: the ads. I know you can fast forward through them,
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  Speaker 1: but before one can hit that button, a loud, mild
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  Speaker 1: voice is screaming at you to do online betting. I
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  Speaker 1: also know that you have no control over the ads
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  Speaker 1: that play, but you did choose the podcast network you
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  Speaker 1: wanted to be a part of, and the ads they
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  Speaker 1: offer are like over the top AM radio ads, trying
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  Speaker 1: to grab your attention on topics that have no interest
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  Speaker 1: to me. I would put up with it if the
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  Speaker 1: content were still enjoyable.
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  Speaker 2: But now use a knife to the heart right there, Helendi. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: but now you've spend most of.
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  Speaker 1: The podcast reading list of actors' names and prior credits,
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  Speaker 1: and the review itself is very short. So even hearing
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  Speaker 1: those few seconds of how a Mandel yelling in my
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  Speaker 1: ear is not worth it any longer. I have a
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  Speaker 1: lot to say.
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  Speaker 2: So do I.
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  Speaker 1: You might be nicer than me, but.
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  Speaker 2: Well, look, my feelings were hurt.
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  Speaker 1: That's I'm a human. I cannot how I read this
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  Speaker 1: and I was like, oh, that hurts my feelings. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: the special is no longer enjoyable, especially I know who
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  Speaker 1: this person is. Yeah, it's not just like some internet
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  Speaker 1: communicated They're part of our community from our long story
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  Speaker 1: short with Megan and Windy days six years ago. No, look,
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  Speaker 1: I'm just going to get it right out of the way.
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  Speaker 1: I hate the betting ads too. Inside baseball, there are
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  Speaker 1: ad categories that we can turn off. That's not one
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  Speaker 1: of them, because further inside baseball, we do have a
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  Speaker 1: lot of categories turned off. Yeah, for reference, the gambling
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  Speaker 1: ads are one point five percent of our ads right now.
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  Speaker 2: Yeck in the last thirty days.
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  Speaker 1: Can we just explain the ad network stuff to just
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  Speaker 1: a little bit too, after you tell them what kind
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  Speaker 1: of ads we have blocked off? We can turn off
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  Speaker 1: relate to pregnancy, sexuality, politics, and illegal content.
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  Speaker 2: It's all off. We're not playing with that.
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  Speaker 1: Does something sneak through, yes, And the only reason that
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  Speaker 1: happens is the advertiser has categorized it incorrectly. And if
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  Speaker 1: that happens, please let us know because we'll get into
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  Speaker 1: action with our ad network to get that removed. I
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  Speaker 1: don't like the gambling ads either. Please skip through ads
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  Speaker 1: if you don't like them. That's what I want to say.
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  Speaker 1: I listen to a lot of podcasts. It's what I
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  Speaker 1: listen to a majority. I listen to our own podcasts.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't want.
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  Speaker 1: To listen to that ads either. I skip, skip, skip
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  Speaker 1: right through them. And I know that's a hassle, but
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  Speaker 1: also ads are what pays the bills around here, and
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  Speaker 1: I'm not going to apologize for making money for and
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  Speaker 1: to be quite transparent, we're not paying our mortgages with
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  Speaker 1: the money that we make.
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  Speaker 2: Here Dare to Dream.
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  Speaker 1: We pay to keep our website, website running, and are
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  Speaker 1: hosting happening like we are barely taking home anything like
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  Speaker 1: any fun money or anything that's going to.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, and if we I'm not apologizing, exactly goes to
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  Speaker 3: someone who is a doctor and I understand we're not
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  Speaker 3: providing that service, but they're like, oh, you should maybe
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  Speaker 3: not take a paycheck.
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  Speaker 2: You should just do this so that the people can
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  Speaker 2: enjoy it, right.
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  Speaker 1: You know. And nobody's telling ABC, hey turn off the commercials, right,
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  Speaker 1: you know. There are things that you can do to
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  Speaker 1: avoid commercials. But yeah, I'm not sorry for making money.
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  Speaker 1: We of course want the experience to be pleasant. But
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  Speaker 1: the network that we're in, the Spreaker ad platform that's
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  Speaker 1: where our podcast is hosted, that's not a secret. They
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  Speaker 1: source ads from all the same place as everyone else
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  Speaker 1: is getting their dynamic ads from. Fortunately, do you want
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  Speaker 1: to talk about the heavy news and notes section? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I do want to talk about that, mostly because I
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  Speaker 1: do a majority of it no, I'm not No, No,
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  Speaker 1: I know us stray. Megan does all the editing. That's
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  Speaker 1: just how we have. Yeah, Rendy writes that section because
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  Speaker 1: she writes the show notes. Yeah, so the backstory on
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  Speaker 1: that is years ago we got any email, a listener
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  Speaker 1: email who was like, you guys aren't doing enough. You
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  Speaker 1: don't know the details, you don't know the details. You're
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  Speaker 1: not giving the actors, directors, et cetera, the respect that
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  Speaker 1: they deserve for the project they have worked on the past, etc.
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  Speaker 1: So we're like, Okay, let's do that. And for me
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  Speaker 1: when I put the show notes together, when I am
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  Speaker 1: pulling the content, which takes anywhere from like forty five
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  Speaker 1: minutes to an hour to do, because I'm looking at
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  Speaker 1: each actor, I'm looking at each of their resumes whatever.
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  Speaker 1: If you listen to our foresights episodes, you know there
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  Speaker 1: are fifty actors in that show. It's a lot of work.
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  Speaker 2: With that said, I.
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  Speaker 1: Do love seeing connections of oh, all these actors have
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  Speaker 1: worked on this show together, or they've been in this,
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  Speaker 1: or I have seen them in this, or I'm interested
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  Speaker 1: in seeing then that I'm sorry that doesn't land for
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  Speaker 1: some of our listeners, and maybe the news and notes,
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  Speaker 1: or the cast details is too lengthy or too detailed,
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  Speaker 1: then you are not interested in that stuff. Where do
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  Speaker 1: you want to go from there? Well, I think there's
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  Speaker 1: two things right. One, if you don't like it, skip
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  Speaker 1: through it. Told like, I don't want to give too
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  Speaker 1: much weight to one person.
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  Speaker 2: Who's unhappy with you. Yeah, right, Like, if you don't
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  Speaker 2: like it, we're not for everybody. Also, I am.
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  Speaker 1: Interested in if that's a general consensus, because some people
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  Speaker 1: are like, I love that. You guys talk about that,
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  Speaker 1: and we have heard there's too much of that. But
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  Speaker 1: we've also heard, oh, other podcasts don't do that at all. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: So maybe there's a happy medium we are going to do.
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  Speaker 1: We've never done it for Girls Gone hamewark a listener survey.
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  Speaker 1: The link is in the show notes, so you can
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  Speaker 1: pop right there. It's on Girlconhollmark dot com. We'll be
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  Speaker 1: sharing it on Instagram. We want to hear from you.
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  Speaker 1: It's fully anonymous. There's a bunch of questions you can
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  Speaker 1: answer multiple choice. There's places for you to type in reactions.
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  Speaker 1: If you're a listener, we'd love to hear from you
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  Speaker 1: about what works for you, what doesn't, what you would
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  Speaker 1: like change because we want to see some trends there.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's where we're going with this.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I love data, like let me, I'm I'm open
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  Speaker 1: to feedback. You and I agree that her comment that
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  Speaker 1: the content is no longer enjoyable cuts deep, cuts deep,
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  Speaker 1: and that's okay. There's there's podcasts that I really loved
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  Speaker 1: at one point and then don't listen to anymore. I
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  Speaker 1: also didn't email them to tell them what I was unsubscribing.
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  Speaker 2: Just you're free to go.
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  Speaker 1: But in connection to the YouTube, to the YouTube comment
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  Speaker 1: that you just read or earlier, this writer er tells
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  Speaker 1: us that the reviews are very short, and I just
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  Speaker 1: want to say, they are Hallmark movies.
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  Speaker 2: They are one hour, and sometimes there's not a lot
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  Speaker 2: to say. There's not a lot to say.
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  Speaker 1: I'm like, I'm not writing a dissertation on a Hallmark movie.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know you milor Look, a lot of people
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  Speaker 1: have said, like, I like the length of this podcast.
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  Speaker 1: They don't want an hour long podcast. They like that
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  Speaker 1: they're under thirty minutes. So look, we're not going to
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  Speaker 1: please everybody. But I also don't want to just steal
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  Speaker 1: time when it's like there was one and done, Like,
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  Speaker 1: there's not a whole lot to say.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't want to.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, So anyway, I mean, like I said, I do
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  Speaker 1: appreciate constructive criticism and feedback. Yeah, but also I'm human,
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  Speaker 1: like you said, and my feelings are hurt so too. Also,
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  Speaker 1: I would just like to add before we move on,
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  Speaker 1: the last listener mail bag we did. We got an
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  Speaker 1: email from Steve who kind of laid into us too,
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  Speaker 1: and I was like, mail Man Steve, I would just
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  Speaker 1: like to justice for mail Man Steve. Correction corner, Steve
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  Speaker 1: did reach out, he did. Mail Man Steve did not
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  Speaker 1: write that email.
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  Speaker 2: Steve number two did.
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  Speaker 1: Mail Man Steve says he's he's writer or die for.
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  Speaker 1: So thank you, mail man Steve. Yeah, apologies for besmirching
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  Speaker 1: your good name. Well, let's move on because the rest
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  Speaker 1: of these are largely positive, okay. Our first emails from
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  Speaker 1: Sharon regarding the most recent Jen Lily movie a royal setting,
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  Speaker 1: She writes, I just watched the new Jen Lily movie.
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  Speaker 1: She was never a favorite of mine when she initially
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  Speaker 1: was with Hallmark, particularly after she left following the Pied
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  Speaker 1: Piper CCB. The movie was okay, but seemed rush though
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  Speaker 1: I did enjoy the Steadfast Guard George comm up Fred's performance.
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  Speaker 1: I'm happy for her fans though, who must be thrilled
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  Speaker 1: to have her back. I think her fans are really
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  Speaker 1: thrilled to have her back. Those that love her were
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  Speaker 1: real excited to see this movie come out. Yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: mean it seemed like that on Instagram. People were really
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  Speaker 1: excited to have Jen Lilly back. And I'm going to
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  Speaker 1: repeat what I said here in our review of that movie.
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  Speaker 1: If this was Jen Lily's big return to Hallmark, I
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  Speaker 1: think she deserved a better movie. Yeah, I guess I'm
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  Speaker 1: not that surprised. I would just like to acknowledge Jen
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  Speaker 1: Lily was in our comments on Instagram on our First
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  Speaker 1: Impressions post last Saturday night when when this episode aired,
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  Speaker 1: and we're looking for fan engagement.
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  Speaker 2: We want to know your.
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  Speaker 1: Thoughts on the movies, like as the movie airs. She
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  Speaker 1: was truly interested too, That's what the comments said, that
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  Speaker 1: she wanted to hear from fans too.
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  Speaker 2: So all right.
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  Speaker 1: Next up, we have an email from Paula regarding the Foresights.
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  Speaker 1: She starts off by saying, I love both the Foresights
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  Speaker 1: and your review. I do think Wendy should watch Downton Abbey.
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  Speaker 2: But there are a lot of.
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  Speaker 1: Differences, the main one being that the Crawleys, that's the
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  Speaker 1: downtoonn Abbey family, are part of the nobility. The Foresights
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  Speaker 1: are businessmen. They build their own fortunes. They don't have
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  Speaker 1: big est dates. Also, Downtown Abbey starts in nineteen twelve,
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  Speaker 1: the Foresights in the eighteen seventies. I believe you'll recall
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  Speaker 1: that automobiles have a big part in the happenings at
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  Speaker 1: Downton Abbey. The Foresights is closer to the Gilded Age.
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  Speaker 1: They both take place at the same time period and
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  Speaker 1: are both about businessmen and their family. The Gilded Age
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  Speaker 1: is in New York City. I think maybe the guilded
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  Speaker 1: Age is more my jam poor perhaps. Also, I did
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  Speaker 1: see a comment from listener Michelle who said that I
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  Speaker 1: might enjoy Bridgerton as well. I mean, if you want spice,
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  Speaker 1: you're gonna get it with Bridgerton, I get it. I
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  Speaker 1: also like good storytelling. I think it is that I
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  Speaker 1: only watch she's in one of Bridgerton. Maybe I need
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  Speaker 1: to watch the Gilded Age after we're done watching The Foresight.
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  Speaker 1: But maybe that's gonna you know, so off topic here,
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  Speaker 1: but I texted Meghan over the weekend. If you don't know,
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  Speaker 1: Meghan's a huge the West Wing fan, Aaron Sorkin fan,
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  Speaker 1: and Aaron Sorkin fan. And I started the show the
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  Speaker 1: Newsroom over the weekend and I did not realize it
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  Speaker 1: was an Aaron sworkin project until I saw his name
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  Speaker 1: on the screen and I was like, oh, I'm sure
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  Speaker 1: Megan's watch this. And I texted you and I was like,
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  Speaker 1: I think this could lean down to the room.
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  Speaker 2: Like that writing style.
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  Speaker 1: I love that dense dialogue.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I love it.
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  Speaker 1: I think you should give the West Wing a chance.
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  Speaker 1: But after the Newsroom, the Newsroom's great. The next bit
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  Speaker 1: of this email from Paula discusses what the foresights do,
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  Speaker 1: because we were like.
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  Speaker 2: What the heck is their job?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, so Paula roal smart. She says, it looks like
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  Speaker 1: the foresights run a trust. They manage their client's wealth.
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  Speaker 1: They take positions in their name and their own.
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  Speaker 2: This is different than.
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  Speaker 1: A broker, actually a registered presentative of a broker who
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  Speaker 1: just executes trade. The actual brokers work on the exchange floor.
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  Speaker 1: So they're like, fye, I don't know, I don't really
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  Speaker 1: understand what happens inside the stock exchange. What Solmes did
• 13:13
  Speaker 1: was use his inside information not illegal back then, to
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  Speaker 1: sell all their stock and then go short and profit
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  Speaker 1: from the news. The news comes out the stock's plummet
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  Speaker 1: because of no buyers. Julian wanted to support the stock
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  Speaker 1: and wait out the panic because it was still a
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  Speaker 1: good stock. Irene and her mother lost everything because of Solmes.
• 13:32
  Speaker 1: He's not a hallmark bad guy. He's a really bad guy. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: So then this leads me back, is he truly in
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  Speaker 1: love with Irene? Or is he feel bad? Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: It was his motivation and motivation there.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, don't you love that bit from Paula. Yeah, Paula
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  Speaker 1: always gives me a hard time about like the Bad Boys,
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  Speaker 1: because I always liked.
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  Speaker 2: The Bad Boys.
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  Speaker 1: Our next emails from Jamie and is regarding the Count
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  Speaker 1: of Monte Cristore. Good morning, regarding the Count of Monte Cristo.
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  Speaker 1: I have read the book and watched the movie with
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  Speaker 1: Jim Cavisil and Jim Cavizil has a brother named Tim Cavizil.
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  Speaker 1: He's a friend of a friend of my husband's. Really
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  Speaker 1: not twins.
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  Speaker 2: Not Tim and Jim They're just brothers.
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  Speaker 1: They're just brothers. Interesting. Also in that movie was a
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  Speaker 1: young Henry Cavill Cavill Cavill Cavil, and I really didn't
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  Speaker 1: think I needed another version of the same story. But Tuesday,
• 14:27
  Speaker 1: I was working on a boring project at work, so
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  Speaker 1: I turned on episode one so I could follow along
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  Speaker 1: with your podcast. Side note, thanks for listening, even though
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  Speaker 1: you weren't going to watch the show. I thoroughly enjoyed
• 14:39
  Speaker 1: the PBS version and your recap. Can't wait to watch
• 14:43
  Speaker 1: or hear more. You know. I got to say in
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  Speaker 1: these foresights encount of Monte Cristo reviews, I was really
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  Speaker 1: worried because.
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  Speaker 2: This is a fun podcast.
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  Speaker 1: We talk about Hallmark movies, and I was like, do
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  Speaker 1: I have it in me to talk about something with
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  Speaker 1: more substance. I'm really proud of those reviews. I think
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  Speaker 1: they're coming out great. Me too. And I can't help
• 15:04
  Speaker 1: but think back to when we reviewed Ripple, and I
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  Speaker 1: remember crafting my notes for Ripple. Ripple was originally a
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  Speaker 1: Hallmark series that then moved to Netflix, and every week
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  Speaker 1: I struggled a little bit because I was like, what
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  Speaker 1: more can I say other than I like this series.
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  Speaker 1: It was deeper. It was more complicated than the regular Hallwark.
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  Speaker 2: Reviews we did.
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  Speaker 1: But moving onto the Count of Monte Cristo and the foresights,
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  Speaker 1: I am proud too. I'm really interested in the stories
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  Speaker 1: and how we're talking about them too. Jamie goes on
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  Speaker 1: to write regarding two for Tea also being a delight.
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  Speaker 1: My one thought that you didn't mention when Tea overslept
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  Speaker 1: and her cousin called her, he didn't overreact or get
• 15:51
  Speaker 1: mad at her. He fibbed and told her the shop
• 15:53
  Speaker 1: was slow and to do what she needed. I love that.
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  Speaker 1: I do remember that scene, and I thought that was
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  Speaker 1: very cute.
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  Speaker 2: He's like, no, it's not at all. There's a ton
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  Speaker 2: of people behind them. That's nice, very cute.
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  Speaker 1: Finally, this is way overdue, but you asked when reviewing
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  Speaker 1: the Hallmark Hall of Fame movies, what other older Hallmark
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  Speaker 1: movies you should consider this past holiday. I inadvertently recorded
• 16:14
  Speaker 1: November Christmas from twenty ten, and since it stars Sam Elliott,
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  Speaker 1: I figured I would watch it. It isn't anything like
• 16:21
  Speaker 1: the current Hallmark Christmas movies we have now, but more
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  Speaker 1: like the Hall of Fame movies, and I quite enjoyed it.
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  Speaker 1: Do you have something to say about Hallmark Hall of
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  Speaker 1: Fame and Christmas in July? I do every summer. I
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: try to come up with a theme. Yeah, sign seal delivered,
• 16:39
  Speaker 1: Summer Mystery, Summer. Previous summers, we would like record ahead
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: or maybe not always do the Hallmark Weekly movie just
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: based on schedules. I think last year maybe we did both.
• 16:50
  Speaker 2: I think so.
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: But this summer I was like, what are we gonna do?
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: What are we gonna do Christmas in July? I think
• 16:55
  Speaker 1: we should do Hallmark Hall of Fame Christmas movies. I'm
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: into it, and I think November Christmas should make the list.
• 17:01
  Speaker 2: I think so too.
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: Thank you Jamie for their recommendation. He has been loved
• 17:04
  Speaker 1: Sam Elliott, so he'll probably even watch it. We love
• 17:06
  Speaker 1: Sam Elliott too to love. Next up is an email
• 17:10
  Speaker 1: from Jennifer. It's a mixed bag of comments. She says,
• 17:13
  Speaker 1: are you nervous? Yes? Oh? Why?
• 17:16
  Speaker 2: The like no, no, big you.
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: Is subject matter. I'm not sure the rest of these
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: are bad. None of the rest of these are bod
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: Oh this is a long one. Yeah, she says, first
• 17:25
  Speaker 1: of all, two for Tea. I really enjoyed it.
• 17:27
  Speaker 2: It was sweet.
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: I love that they're both attracted to each other and
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: acted on it instead of them just finding reasons to
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: be together, they actually went on a date, though I
• 17:34
  Speaker 1: do wish he had been upfront about being a divorced
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: single dad when asked how he would describe himself.
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  Speaker 2: I agree.
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  Speaker 1: I did like that after that, which was fairly quickly
• 17:42
  Speaker 1: taking care of. Most of the drama came from keeping
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: the center open, not their relationship.
• 17:47
  Speaker 2: I also liked that the.
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: Ex wife was around a nice person and not demon
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: I as were being career oriented, demonstrated by her still
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: being in her child's life and not away. I'm not Chinese,
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: but I really like that element of the story and
• 17:57
  Speaker 1: hope we continue to see more explorations of people's different
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: immigrant and cultural stories in Hallmark movies. Side note, we
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: did not get the blowback for me saying that I
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: got the ick about Chris McNally being like whatever, I
• 18:10
  Speaker 1: just I just flib buy and see in my pants.
• 18:12
  Speaker 1: Cool dude.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: On the foreside, Jennifer says I came to this completely clean,
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: just knowing it was based on books the general time
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: period and that it was an intergenerational story and had
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: been adapted before.
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  Speaker 2: I'm enjoying it.
• 18:26
  Speaker 1: I love explorations of ruthlessness, ambition, and class. I had
• 18:30
  Speaker 1: a Samantha American Girl dolls, so I have long loved
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: this time period. Honestly, reading your description of the series
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: story on the website after the episode made me even
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: more excited, especially since I thought the meeting between Solmes
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: and Irene was reminiscent of Marius and Cosette meeting in
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: Le Miz. But I'm glad to hear it's not that
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: story at all, and looking forward to seeing how everything
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: plays out. And I think the books will go on
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: my TBR after Paris is always a good idea, and
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: the count of Monte Cristo taste makers out here when okay, yeah, hey,
• 19:06
  Speaker 1: don't knock our book club, I'm not Can we talk
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: about the book club after we finished this reading this
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: email to you?
• 19:12
  Speaker 2: Okay? Finally, she says.
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: Also, I was recently on Hallmarks YouTube page and saw
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: that they had an official podcast for When Calls the Heart.
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: Do you think this is any chance they will do
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: this for The Way Home? Your podcast episodes will obviously
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: be better, but it would be nice to get some
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: interviews with the creators of the show and actors, which
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: I'm guessing is.
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: What the official podcast really is. Hmmm, so we did
• 19:32
  Speaker 2: a little digging.
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: The way When Calls the Heart has an after show
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: on YouTube which is official interviews, like live in person
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: shot on a set with the cast and crew.
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: Will they do this with The Way Home?
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: Honestly, given the last season and they're done, I doubt it.
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: I don't know what their motivation would be at this point,
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: but we would.
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: Be happy to do interviews with cast and crew.
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: Last year we had really hard time. They weren't giving
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: us access to n anybody. No, So maybe they're like
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: that that's over. What could they possibly do? They might now, Yeah,
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: we'll try. We'll definitely try. I mean to be quite honest,
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: I I interviews are so hard because I just like
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: fangirl and I just want to like sit there and
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: listen to them and observe and like Megan does most
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: of the work, and also like I just get very nervous,
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: same same I swept through the entire thing.
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: I just want to be like.
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: Professional, but also like I'm also sitting at the kitchen
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: table casual, you know what I mean, I don't I
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: want to show them the respect as like for their craft,
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: but also I you know, I'm just gets nervous, sure
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: gonna be like, look, who are these bozos? You know?
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: So therefore I just kind of like when you see
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: Megan doing like jumping on press junkets, it's because I
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: don't want to two reasons. They're always like, well, whnny
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: be there too, I'm like, just me. But also we're
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: not together all the time, so no, no.
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: We are not.
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: Okay, you said you wanted to return to the talk
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: of our book club.
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: At the end of this email.
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: Yes, so give us an update on book club. So
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: the book club the Facebook group has launched. If you
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: are on the email list, you've already received an email
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: actually too, with a link to the Facebook group as
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: well as.
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: The discussion schedule.
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: The discussions will be asynchronous, which means they'll be posted
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: in the group. If you're not available that day, it's okay,
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: just pop in when you are available. And we are
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: working on adding some fun additional things to that group
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: behind the scenes, so if you want in, we will
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: put a link to joining the book club in the
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: show notes. There's still time to join. We are reading.
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: Paris is always a good idea by Jen McKinley that
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: it's book that's being adapted into a series starring Lacy
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: Saber currently filming. Currently filming, so you can read the
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: book along with us. We don't know exactly when that
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: show airs, but our book discussions all take place during
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: the month of April, so I think it's a good
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: guess to say that our book club will conclude before Yeah,
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: I imagine maybe June. Ooh, that's a quick turnaround for them.
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: I was thinking like more early fall for Hallmark. Plus,
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: maybe it's just such a rush going into count down
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: to Christmas. I feel like it's gonna be a summer
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: series after the Way Home. Ooh maybe, I don't know, Chelsee,
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to it. Yeah. Our next emails from Sherry,
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: and it's the subject says regarding glasses. I just had
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: to include this because this is why I love our listeners,
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: she writes. I hope I'm not being nosy and this
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: has nothing to do with Hallmark. Quick word of advice
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: on your review of Nelly Knows, one of you mentioned
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: problems you're having.
• 22:59
  Speaker 2: With your glass.
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: It's me. I was megan about ten years ago in
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: my mid forties. I changed from single vision lenses to tryfocals.
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: There for close up, at long distance and mid range,
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: which is perfect for computer screens or music. They were
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: great for me, and I just died quickly to them.
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: I just tilted my head a little to use the
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: part of the lens I need. After a couple of days,
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: I just did that automatically. Sorry to divert from Hallmark,
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: but this is why you enjoy your podcast. You're not
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: afraid to talk about real life issues. I'm a bit
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: older than you guys, but can relate to your conversations
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: and boop and viewpoints. Keep up the good work. Great work. Sorry,
• 23:37
  Speaker 1: keep up the great work. I do think I need bifocals.
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: By the way, I need to go back to the
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: I doctor. I think I do too, to be honest. Yeah,
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: I'm having a hard time driving at night and then
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: looking like at the you know, instrument panel in front
• 23:52
  Speaker 1: and then going back.
• 23:54
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: Terrible. Yeah, no, it really sucks. Think you share. Hey,
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: we have an email from said, we have an email
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: from Selaste. We're gonna wrap it up with this. She
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: has some homemark Hall of Fame suggestions. She says, First,
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: I've been a longtime listener and love the podcast. I
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: just finished listening to Hallmark Hall of Fame, followed the
• 24:14
  Speaker 1: Stars Home episode from yesterday. Yes, this email has been
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: sitting in the inbox for a little bit. You were
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: asking for other Hall of Fame recommendations.
• 24:22
  Speaker 2: Here are some.
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: Loving Leah one of the first and favorite movie I've watched.
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: Love how they explore religion, family, and love some She's
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: forced to marry her husband's brother after her husband's death.
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: Did a lot of recommendations for this one.
• 24:38
  Speaker 2: I know Wendy was like, but so many people have recommended.
• 24:41
  Speaker 2: I think we need to do it.
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: Okay, Christmas with Holly Christmas and July ding Ding ding
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: YEP a classic rewatch for me every year. The story
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: is amazing with the brothers and their niece. The love
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: story is a bonus. Great casting in Eloise Mumford, Sean Ferris,
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: the two brothers, and especially the child actor played by sisters.
• 24:59
  Speaker 1: Well one, I can't go wrong with Eloie's mom. Third,
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: and I like this shout out to the child actor
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: played by his sisters because you know I don't love children. Okay.
• 25:11
  Speaker 1: Front of the Class based on a true story of
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: how he defies the odds to become a teacher despite
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: having Tourette syndrome. Great acting, casting and flashbacks. You will
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: see some familiar faces as well. The Lost Valentine a
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: heartfelt movie with a great story, amazing and accurate flashbacks
• 25:27
  Speaker 1: for World War Two. Great casting with Betty White and
• 25:30
  Speaker 1: Jennifer love Hewitt. Jennifer love Hewitt, I love her beyond
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: the Blackboard and as smile as big as a moon.
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: Both of those do not have additional commentary. Yeah. Those
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: Hall of Fame movies were spectacular. Yes, and I'm excited
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: about doing the holiday ones for christy Tis in July.
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: Me too, So you have that to look forward to, folks. Yeah,
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: get your suggestions, and I think we already have two.
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: We'll need four total, so yeah, send us two more. Well,
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: thanks for listening to this meilback episode of Girls Gone Hallmark.
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: Thank you to those of you who say that you
• 26:03
  Speaker 1: enjoy these episodes as a little bonus in your feed,
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: and for your emails and voicemails to add to these episodes.
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: We'll be back next time with more Homemark reviews.
• 26:16
  Speaker 2: Goodbye bye.
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: All right, friends, before we go, just a quick heads up.
• 26:31
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