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Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story (Encore) · Girls Gone Hallmark | Hallmark Movie Reviews

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  Speaker 1: Hi, friends.
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  Speaker 2: We're back with another Encore episode, this time featuring Holiday Touchdown,
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  Speaker 2: A Bill's Love Story, as we count down to the
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  Speaker 2: premiere of Holiday Touchdown, A Bear's Love Story, this countdown
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  Speaker 2: to Christmas weekend. We originally reviewed this movie last year
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  Speaker 2: in 2025 when it premiered, and we hope you enjoyed
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  Speaker 2: this look back at the Holiday Touchdown universe. Welcome to
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  Speaker 2: Girls Gone Hallmark, a Hallmark Review podcast. I'm Megan, and
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  Speaker 2: I'm a longtime Hallmark fan. I'm Wendy.
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  Speaker 1: I'm a former Hallmark hater.
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  Speaker 2: Today, we're discussing Holiday Touchdown, a Bills love story, which
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  Speaker 2: originally aired on Saturday, November 22nd, and is currently available
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  Speaker 2: Well, today we're talking a Bill's love story. Let's start
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  Speaker 2: with a synopsis.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, let me just tell you, it was really long,
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  Speaker 1: and so I condensed it here, but it's still kind
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  Speaker 1: of long.
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  Speaker 2: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: Like the list of cast.
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  Speaker 2: In this movie as well. But we'll get to that
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  Speaker 2: in a second.
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  Speaker 1: The Quinns and the DeLucas, next door neighbors and lifelong
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  Speaker 1: members of Bill's mafia, team up when Morgan discovers her
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  Speaker 1: uncle has been receiving anonymous Christmas gifts for more than
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  Speaker 1: 60 years. Morgan and Gabe work together to uncover the
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  Speaker 1: mysterious benefactor. All while Gabe's longtime crush on her quietly
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  Speaker 1: intensifies and she begins to see him differently too. With
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  Speaker 1: Morgan's plan nearly falling apart, Gabe uses his Buffalo Bills
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  Speaker 1: connection to deliver a heartwarming surprise that brings both families
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  Speaker 1: together for an unforgettable Christmas.
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  Speaker 2: Holiday Touchdown, a Bills love story, was directed by Dustin Reichert.
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  Speaker 2: This marks his 30th directing credit. His recent work includes
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  Speaker 2: A Newport Christmas, along with hallmark titles such as The
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  Speaker 2: Christmas Quest, The Finish Line, and Where Are You Christmas?
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  Speaker 1: The screenplay was written by Vanessa Marano and Danielle Morrow. Vanessa,
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  Speaker 1: known for her role as April Nardini on Gilmore Girls,
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  Speaker 1: makes her writing debut with this film. Danielle, an actor
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  Speaker 1: with credits on multiple Nickelodeon series, is also making her
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  Speaker 1: first screenwriting appearance.
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  Speaker 2: Holland Rodin stars as Morgan. We last saw Holland as
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  Speaker 2: Katie Minetti-Hanahan in the limited series Holidays. This movie marks
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  Speaker 2: her 41st acting credit. Matthew D'Addario stars as Gabe. This
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  Speaker 2: is Matthew's first Hallmark project, but you might recognize him
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  Speaker 2: from his long run on the series Shadowhunters. Joe Pantoliano
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  Speaker 2: plays Morgan's Uncle Tommy. With 163 acting credits, his resume
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  Speaker 2: runs deep, including The Last of Us, The Goonies, and
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  Speaker 2: The Sopranos. Tracy Pollan plays Morgan's mom, Joanne. She has
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  Speaker 2: 32 acting credits and is best known for her role
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  Speaker 2: as Ellen Reed on Family Ties, where she starred opposite
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  Speaker 2: her husband of 36 years, actor Michael J.
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  Speaker 1: Fox.
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  Speaker 2: Caroline Aaron plays Gabe's mom, Ricky. Caroline is another actor
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  Speaker 2: with an extensive resume. She's best known for her role
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  Speaker 2: as Shirley Maisel on The Marvelous Mrs.
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  Speaker 1: Maisel. Steve Sharippa plays Gabe's dad, Frank. We last saw
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  Speaker 1: Steve in Sisterhood, Inc. from earlier this year. This role
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  Speaker 1: marks his 80th acting credit.
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  Speaker 2: Patty Mirren plays Morgan's sister, Kathy. This is her 11th
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  Speaker 2: acting credit, and you might recognize her from Hallmark roles
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  Speaker 2: in Mystic Christmas and In Merry Measure.
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  Speaker 1: Patrick Mulvey plays Morgan's brother-in-law, Jeremy. This appears to be
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  Speaker 1: his first project for Hallmark, but has been in shows
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  Speaker 1: like The Pit, NCIS Hawaii, and Magnum P.I.
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  Speaker 2: Abraham Ben-Ruby reprises his role as Santa Claus, a character
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  Speaker 2: he also played in last year's holiday touchdown, A Chief's
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  Speaker 2: Love Story. If he looks familiar, he portrayed Jerry on
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  Speaker 2: ER for 137 episodes.
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  Speaker 1: Eve Gordon plays long-lost love interest Mia. With 94 acting credits,
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  Speaker 1: she's been in a ton of projects, including Don't Trust
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  Speaker 1: the Bee in Apartment 23, Heart of Dixie, and Felicity.
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  Speaker 2: Ugo Chukwu appears as Sal, Joey Palestina as Vinny, Marianne
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  Speaker 2: Torres as Trish, and Mary Stout as Cindy Claus. This
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  Speaker 2: marks the first Hallmark appearance for all four actors. Andrew
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  Speaker 2: Walker appears as bartender at Barbell Tavern. Andrew expressed that
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  Speaker 2: the Bills are his favorite NFL team. Tyler Hines and
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  Speaker 2: Hunter King reprise their roles in a very small cameo.
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  Speaker 2: There are many special appearances from members of the Bills
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  Speaker 2: franchise throughout the movie, and a full list can be
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  Speaker 2: found in our show notes and on our website at girlsgonehallmark.com. Hey,
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  Speaker 2: let's take a quick break and come right back with
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  Speaker 2: our first impression of A Bill's Love Story. Hey, Wendy,
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  Speaker 2: what was your first impression of Holiday Touchdown, take two?
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  Speaker 1: Hey, I think I accidentally joined Bill's Mafia.
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  Speaker 2: Did this movie kind of make you wish that we
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  Speaker 2: had that sort of like sports community?
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: Like we have plenty of professional sports teams, but it's
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  Speaker 2: not like a community. No. Yeah. No. My first impression
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  Speaker 2: is all hail Keith costumes for his masterful color story
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  Speaker 2: in this movie. Yeah, we didn't mention him in our
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  Speaker 2: about episode. But a friend of the show, Keith Nielsen,
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  Speaker 2: does the costuming for this one. Indeed. Let us kick
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  Speaker 2: off with our likes.
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  Speaker 1: Well, if I can be so blunt. Please. This was
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  Speaker 1: a shockingly delightful watch.
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  Speaker 2: Yes. I will, I'll be honest.
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  Speaker 1: Last year's version did not do a whole lot for me.
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  Speaker 1: So I went in with kind of like measured expectations. Like,
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  Speaker 1: very low expectations, and yet I was very surprised how
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  Speaker 1: much I liked this movie.
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  Speaker 2: I have to agree with you. When the announcement came out,
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  Speaker 2: I was not that excited. I was frustrated with last
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  Speaker 2: year's movie because it got all of the promo, all
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  Speaker 2: of the press, everywhere. It was chiefs this and chiefs that.
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  Speaker 2: We haven't really seen that with this movie so much.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's been promoted, but certainly not to the
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  Speaker 2: expense of other movies as.
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  Speaker 1: Far as I can tell. Yeah, but that also kind
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  Speaker 1: of threw up a red flag for me. I was like,
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  Speaker 1: oh no, what if it's terrible and that's why they're
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  Speaker 1: not promoting it so hard? Sure.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know. Well, and I think in my opinion,
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  Speaker 2: it had some things working against it. It had a
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  Speaker 2: unknown to me lead male actor. We had new writers attached.
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  Speaker 2: I just, you know, it was the second in a
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  Speaker 2: franchise that I wasn't like super excited about. So like you,
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  Speaker 2: I went in with low expectations and they were swiftly exceeded.
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  Speaker 1: So you liked it? Yes. And what did you like
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  Speaker 1: about it?
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  Speaker 2: Speaking of that unknown actor, Matthew Daddario, who I did
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  Speaker 2: not know prior to this movie, is absolutely delightful. And
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  Speaker 2: I thought he and Holland Rodin were adorable together. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: let me unpack some stuff here.
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  Speaker 1: Okay. Matthew Daddario. Hello. He gives a little bit of
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  Speaker 1: like Adrian Grenier energy. Kind of has the same... younger look.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not mad at it. I would gladly watch him
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  Speaker 1: in another Hallmark movie. I really liked him a lot.
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  Speaker 1: A lot.
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  Speaker 2: Not just, I think he looks the part.
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  Speaker 1: It's nice to have like a dark haired kind of,
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  Speaker 1: we don't have a lot of dark haired dudes on Hallmark,
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  Speaker 1: I feel like. I know people are screaming at me.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure there are. But I actually liked his acting
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  Speaker 1: a lot as well. Holland, I liked as well too.
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  Speaker 1: Let me just say that. I'm carrying some Holland Rodin
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  Speaker 1: baggage with me from Holidays. Oh, I hated her character
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  Speaker 1: so much on Holidays that I'm like, wasn't excited to
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  Speaker 1: see her in this role, but I very much enjoyed
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  Speaker 1: her in this role. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I've, I've let the unfortunate Katie Minetti Hanahan disaster.
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  Speaker 1: I've left that in the past. I, at, times I
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  Speaker 1: was like, ooh, that fills the touch of that character here,
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  Speaker 1: like when she would get a little bit spun up.
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  Speaker 1: But overall, I enjoyed her.
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  Speaker 2: Well, speaking of casting, an ensemble cast is not an
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  Speaker 2: easy thing to do and make it work cohesively. And I,
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  Speaker 2: we had a very large ensemble with some very big names,
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  Speaker 2: and I thought they worked incredibly well together, and they
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  Speaker 2: formed a very believable family and framily unit. I was
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  Speaker 2: particularly enamored with joey pants were you yes i thought
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  Speaker 2: he gave a heartfelt and believable portrayal of her uncle
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  Speaker 2: i liked a lot of their scenes together morgan and
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  Speaker 2: uncles tommy uncle tommy particularly the the catch scene they
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  Speaker 2: have a little football tossing scene i love that scene
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  Speaker 2: he tells her having you two in my life changed
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  Speaker 2: it for the better because she's worried about like Did
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  Speaker 2: we change, you know, did we ruin your life essentially
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  Speaker 2: by moving in with you and changing the course of
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  Speaker 2: your life? And he says, it changed it for the better.
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  Speaker 2: And I loved his line. We worry so much about
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  Speaker 2: what we might lose and not enough about taking a
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  Speaker 2: chance and seeing what we might gain.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I thought it was really lovely.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it's funny because if you remember Tony Danza
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  Speaker 1: was supposed to play this role originally and then he
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  Speaker 1: had to drop out of it and Joey Pants took
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  Speaker 1: it over. I kept wondering, I'm like, how would Tony
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  Speaker 1: Danza be in this role? Joey Pants is great. Yeah, no,
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  Speaker 1: I thought he was great, too, and I did enjoy
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  Speaker 1: all those scenes. If I can circle back to the
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  Speaker 1: storyline that surrounds him, this.
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  Speaker 1: I like to call it mystery light.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: It wasn't a mystery, but Gabe and Morgan are trying
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  Speaker 1: to find out who's sending all these gifts. I was
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  Speaker 1: super drawn to this storyline. I thought it was interesting.
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  Speaker 1: I thought it was compelling. There was this one scene
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  Speaker 1: where they did a flashback, which I was like, thank
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  Speaker 1: you for doing that. Instead of just telling us the story,
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  Speaker 1: we got to see a flashback. I thought that was
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  Speaker 1: super done well.
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  Speaker 2: Overall... Color.
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  Speaker 1: Me stunned, but I thought the script was pretty damn good.
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  Speaker 2: I did too. And I didn't feel like we were,
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  Speaker 2: it felt like we did justice to these individual stories
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  Speaker 2: that we were weaving. The main story is kind of
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  Speaker 2: like a cross between Gabe and Morgan's love story and
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  Speaker 2: then the Uncle Tommy mystery. We have all these other
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  Speaker 2: small storylines. We have the pregnant sister. We have the
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  Speaker 2: running gag with the high cholesterol foods, right? We've got
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  Speaker 2: the sister's husband who's kind of a doofus.
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  Speaker 1: A little bit. Yeah, right.
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  Speaker 2: But they were all done justice and carried through. Like,
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  Speaker 2: we were picking up the threads at the appropriate moments.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree.
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  Speaker 2: I'm kind of surprised. First-time writers? I'm impressed. I'm impressed, honestly.
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  Speaker 2: I'm impressed.
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  Speaker 1: There were some great lines too. Oh, yeah. When they
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  Speaker 1: go to meet Trish, because they need some help locating Mia, right?
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  Speaker 1: And she says, social media stalking is an art and
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  Speaker 1: I'm Michelangelo.
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  Speaker 2: I was like, what?
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  Speaker 1: It felt very relatable, first of all. But I was like,
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  Speaker 1: that was so good. And then there was all these
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  Speaker 1: little jabs from Gabe's like, co-workers or santa his friends
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  Speaker 1: when they were like giving him a hard time about
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  Speaker 1: his crush on morgan i all of it i thought
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  Speaker 1: it was really good the stuff with the sister and
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  Speaker 1: her saying like i'm following these influencers yep morgan reacting
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  Speaker 1: to it like i thought it was really funny i
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  Speaker 1: thought the light way that they turned that trish moment
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  Speaker 1: into like a godfather oh my god yep great like
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  Speaker 1: it's done with a real light touch but it's great
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  Speaker 1: yeah I agree which is kind of funny too because
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  Speaker 1: they said the line and I don't know what it
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  Speaker 1: is from the Godfather but it's like here on the
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  Speaker 1: day of my whatever they use that in Gilmore Girls
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  Speaker 1: too and only because I've seen Gilmore Girls so many
• 12:44
  Speaker 1: times and our writer appeared in Gilmore Girls I don't
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  Speaker 1: know I don't believe like she was in during that
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  Speaker 1: season but she could have been yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I'd be curious to know if she's a fan of
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  Speaker 2: the show Of Gilmore Girls? Yeah. Just because she was
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  Speaker 2: on it. April Nardini. No, I understand she was on it,
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  Speaker 2: but that doesn't mean she watched. Did she watch the
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  Speaker 2: other seasons? You know, is she like, I smell snow?
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  Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: Does she also think that the April Nardini storyline is
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  Speaker 2: a little bit BS?
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  Speaker 1: And that people really hate that character. I mean. They
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  Speaker 1: think April Nardini ruined the show.
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  Speaker 2: And Anna Nardini, her mother, was a trash bag with
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  Speaker 2: Never Telling Luke.
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  Speaker 1: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: I know. I know.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, we could have our own Gilmore Girls podcast here.
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  Speaker 1: We know a lot about it.
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  Speaker 2: We've discussed it. I know.
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  Speaker 1: I know.
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  Speaker 2: We panicked at the idea of the number of episodes
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  Speaker 2: it would take.
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  Speaker 1: It's a lot of episodes. It certainly is.
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  Speaker 2: Let's get back to bills. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: You talked about a big cast. The cameos were also
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  Speaker 1: very fun in this, I thought. I kind of loved
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  Speaker 1: Andrew Walker as just this bartender. I mean, he barely
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  Speaker 1: has any lines and it's totally fine. I remember when
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  Speaker 1: this movie got announced and everybody was like, oh, Andrew
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  Speaker 1: Walker is going to be the lead. Andrew Walker is
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  Speaker 1: going to be the lead. And then he ends up
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  Speaker 1: with like this tiny little cameo part in it. Do
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  Speaker 1: you remember? Of course. Yeah. So it was fun to
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  Speaker 1: see him in there.
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  Speaker 2: He has one of the best lines in the movie.
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  Speaker 1: Which was what?
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  Speaker 2: At the end of her date, he says, wherever you
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  Speaker 2: met him, go there less.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, you're right.
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  Speaker 2: You're right.
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  Speaker 1: You're right. Yeah, that date was funny. I was like,
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  Speaker 1: oh my God. Did you enjoy seeing Tyler Hines in
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  Speaker 1: Hunter King?
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  Speaker 2: I loved it. Made no sense, but I loved it.
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  Speaker 1: And the only reason, because like Tyler works in football,
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  Speaker 1: so maybe like Yeah, and maybe.
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  Speaker 2: The Chiefs were playing the Bills. Who knows? It was cute, though.
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  Speaker 2: Can we have a reindeer? Yeah, I thought I was
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  Speaker 2: happy to see them. Yeah, I thought that was cute.
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  Speaker 1: And then all the Bills players, I loved it. I
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  Speaker 1: only recognized one of them, but I'm sure the Bills
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  Speaker 1: fans who are watching this were probably pretty stoked. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it didn't do a lot for me, but you could
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  Speaker 1: tell the moments where there was someone significant on screen.
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  Speaker 1: And I was like, I bet someone's really excited about
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  Speaker 1: that moment right there. Yeah. And it's cool, too, because
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  Speaker 1: I was looking at the cast list, and it's like
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  Speaker 1: a big range over the history of the franchise. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: so that's pretty cool. Pretty cool. And also cameo. I
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  Speaker 1: love that the same Santa is used.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, I love that this Santa exists within the Holiday
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  Speaker 2: Touchdown universe. I thought that was great.
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  Speaker 1: Which leads me to believe there'll be another one.
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  Speaker 2: I hope so. I actually kind of hope so. This
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  Speaker 2: one was done well. Speaking of cameos, if I may,
• 15:44
  Speaker 2: we had heard that Jake from Finding Mr. Christmas was
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  Speaker 2: going to be in this movie. And I watched the
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  Speaker 2: movie and then I got to the end and I realized,
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  Speaker 2: oh no, I didn't see Jake. And so I scrubbed
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  Speaker 2: back through the movie and.
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  Speaker 1: I still didn't see Jake.
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  Speaker 2: So I messaged Jake and he says, I was in
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  Speaker 2: two scenes for a total of probably one second combined.
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  Speaker 2: He was in the Elm Street Bakery. He's sitting behind
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  Speaker 2: the Bills players. I think you see a glimpse of
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  Speaker 2: me as the couple is walking out. And he is
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  Speaker 2: a background shopper at Vidler's the second time they are
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  Speaker 2: in the store. Finding Mr.
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  Speaker 1: Jake.
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  Speaker 2: Finding Mr.
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  Speaker 1: Jake, indeed.
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  Speaker 2: But he's there. So that's very fun. That's fun. Can
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  Speaker 2: I talk a second about Viddlers? Oh, yeah. Why is
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  Speaker 2: this the five and dime of my dreams? I Googled it.
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  Speaker 2: I was like, does this exist? And of course it does.
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  Speaker 2: Did you start following them on Instagram?
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 16:44
  Speaker 2: I probably should do it for my personal account and
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  Speaker 2: not from Girls Gone Hallmark. Whatever.
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  Speaker 1: Whatever.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: I love the idea of this like vintage five and
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  Speaker 1: dime store. Like put that into my veins. I love
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  Speaker 1: the warm, nostalgic, neighborhood-y feel it gives.
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  Speaker 2: All the local flavor in this movie. Biddlers and then
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  Speaker 2: a lot of food. We get the peanut stick, which
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  Speaker 2: I had to look up what it is because I
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  Speaker 2: couldn't quite tell.
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  Speaker 1: Same.
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  Speaker 2: It's like a donut for the listeners. Dipped in a glaze,
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  Speaker 2: rolled in chopped peanuts. Yes. And a beef on weck?
• 17:22
  Speaker 2: Did you know what a beef on weck is? I don't.
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  Speaker 2: It is a thinly sliced roast beef sandwich piled on
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  Speaker 2: a kummelweck roll, which is a Kaiser-style roll, often dipped
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  Speaker 2: in au jus.
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  Speaker 1: I'm down for that.
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  Speaker 2: Yes. I just thought they did a really nice job
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  Speaker 2: of infusing all of these bits of buffalo into the movie.
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: Totally. Totally. You know what else I really liked about
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: this movie?
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: What?
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: Was the stadium subplot?
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: That it was their last year in the stadium?
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: Yes. And so this is news to me.
• 17:58
  Speaker 2: I like Googled. Yes, it's true.
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: Like they are currently building a new stadium. And I mean,
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: obviously we saw the shots. Like you can see the
• 18:06
  Speaker 1: new stadium being built almost in the parking lot of
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: the old stadium, right? I just thought it was, I'm like,
• 18:12
  Speaker 1: who came up with that idea? Like, was that just
• 18:14
  Speaker 1: a like a supplemental story piece? After it was written,
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: you know, like, oh, hey, by the way, we're building
• 18:22
  Speaker 1: this new stadium. Let's make Gabe be part of that project.
• 18:26
  Speaker 2: I don't know. I don't know. But I liked it.
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: And I got, like, overly emotional when Gabe is, like,
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: at work and he's talking to his team about, like,
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: be proud of what we built. My grandfather both built
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: the original Highmark. And, like, I feel him when I
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: go there and blah, blah, blah, whatever.
• 18:44
  Speaker 2: I was like, this is so good. Yeah.
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: Question about that scene. I watched it twice.
• 18:49
  Speaker 2: Do you think that all of those employees are actual
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: employees or background actors? That is a good question.
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: I don't know.
• 18:57
  Speaker 2: You should go back and rewatch it because it was
• 18:58
  Speaker 2: very interesting to me when I was watching it because
• 19:02
  Speaker 2: something about that scene, I was like, I feel like
• 19:04
  Speaker 2: I should be noticing something here. Now, they could just
• 19:07
  Speaker 2: be day player actors. I do know that this movie
• 19:10
  Speaker 2: had a huge stable of background actors. Obviously, we have
• 19:15
  Speaker 2: all those crowd scenes and they had a call for
• 19:17
  Speaker 2: background actors. I just wondered something about that scene. I
• 19:20
  Speaker 2: was like, maybe these are actual Bills employees or background actors.
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: I don't know.
• 19:25
  Speaker 2: If anybody knows, let us know.
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: Maybe Keith Costumes knows. Maybe.
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: Maybe.
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: And finally, my last like was when they, Gabe surprises them. Well, actually,
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: Gabe's two surprises I really liked when they honor the
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: service member. Loved it. Loved that scene. Loved it, loved
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: it so much. And then gave surprises them again. They
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: all get to take their photo and then like be
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: on the field and play a game. And I just
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: loved all of it.
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: They're so excited. You mean we get to go on
• 19:58
  Speaker 2: the field? They're almost less excited about the Bills franchise
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: members there than they are about the chance to go
• 20:05
  Speaker 2: on their field. Yeah. That tribute moment, I just want
• 20:08
  Speaker 2: to say that I feel like that moment honors the
• 20:10
  Speaker 2: military in a way I would have liked to have
• 20:12
  Speaker 2: seen in another movie this season that shall remain nameless.
• 20:16
  Speaker 2: And the hero speech we get from Joey Pants is
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: really lovely.
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: One more production note. The way we have sportscasters, sports
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: flavor discussion over the opening of the movie, over Holland
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: getting ready, moving throughout her day, and then we have
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: it later on going into the game. I think it's
• 20:36
  Speaker 2: just a nice touch that adds a lot of depth
• 20:40
  Speaker 2: to the movie when we're talking about football.
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: I really enjoyed that. I agree. Me too. I don't
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: have any wishes.
• 20:47
  Speaker 2: Really?
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: I have one.
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: I had such a long list. Tell me what your
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: wishes are.
• 20:52
  Speaker 1: My one wish is why make Morgan a doctor if
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: she never goes to work?
• 21:00
  Speaker 2: The lady is never at work. Make her.
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: An office manager at the hospital, a community liaison, a fundraiser, something.
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: A doctor, she would have to be there all the time.
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: And she spent more time with Gabe. You're not wrong there.
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: At one point, she's like, I have to work early
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: in the morning. I was like, you really aren't at
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: work very often. Not at all.
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: I don't know if you caught it. This is not
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: a did you see that, but her name is Morgan Quinn.
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: She's Dr. Quinn. That's funny. That's medicine woman. I was like,
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: I wonder if that's on purpose.
• 21:32
  Speaker 2: That is funny. Let's talk did you see that. Okay.
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: I have a few.
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: Yeah, me too.
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: You mentioned peanut sticks already. That was on my did
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: you see that? Because I was like, what is a
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: peanut stick? I didn't realize it was a donut. I
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: thought it was like a dessert of something. But do
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: they have those on the West Coast and they're just
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: called something else?
• 21:51
  Speaker 2: I don't know. When I Googled it, it was like
• 21:53
  Speaker 2: a Western New York specialty.
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: Yeah. So interesting.
• 21:59
  Speaker 2: Do we have like a New York deli here? I
• 22:02
  Speaker 2: don't know where they would have them.
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: Let me know.
• 22:04
  Speaker 2: Question there was a chair in their home is it
• 22:08
  Speaker 2: on your did you see that.
• 22:10
  Speaker 1: The chair the chair at morgan's mom house yes i
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: had the exact same chair i was like the ecat
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: fabric yes i did i was like i know that
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: chair wendy's dog ate that chair yeah i couldn't believe
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: it when i saw it because we ended up throwing
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: that chair away because the dog had chewed on the
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: like arm of it right she was a puppy uh
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: when we moved we got rid of it but i
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: was like ah that's.
• 22:35
  Speaker 2: My old chair and i miss it.
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: It's a cute chair so funny that you you noticed.
• 22:45
  Speaker 2: That you instantly recognized it i was like did they
• 22:47
  Speaker 2: have your chair oh my god another did to see
• 22:51
  Speaker 2: that ice bikes have you ever seen ice bikes i
• 22:54
  Speaker 2: don't even know what you're talking when they went At
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: the ice skating rink, they had bikes that you could
• 22:59
  Speaker 2: sit on and pedal. Ice bikes.
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: Yeah. No, I've never seen that before.
• 23:04
  Speaker 2: Yes. Did it sound like I was saying spikes?
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: Ice bicycles.
• 23:08
  Speaker 2: I was like, I could get behind this because I
• 23:10
  Speaker 2: cannot ice skate to save my life, but perhaps I
• 23:12
  Speaker 2: could ice bike. It looks fun.
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Did the wheels actually turn on the, like the
• 23:19
  Speaker 1: tires turn on the ice? That makes it go?
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: I don't know the physics of it, but I do
• 23:23
  Speaker 2: like the idea of sitting down and having less opportunity
• 23:29
  Speaker 2: to break a wrist. Oh, you and me both. Yeah.
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah.
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: I have one last did you see that, and I'm
• 23:37
  Speaker 2: sure you have it too. The five gold rings now
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: playing on the movie marquee, a Holland Rodin movie from
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: last year. Multiple times.
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: Yep.
• 23:46
  Speaker 2: Yep.
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: I was like, once is enough, but multiple times. Yeah.
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: They should have changed it out and put like a
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: different one up there.
• 23:54
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: Holidays.
• 23:55
  Speaker 2: You know, something.
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: I don't know. Whatever. That would have been funny.
• 23:59
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: I did notice it.
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: Time for him to come home for Christmas.
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly.
• 24:04
  Speaker 2: Because that did have the.
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: Same feel, like they're on this quest to find this person.
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: And wasn't Tyler Hines in that movie too?
• 24:11
  Speaker 2: He was. Is her?
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly.
• 24:13
  Speaker 2: I have one more. Did you see that?
• 24:14
  Speaker 1: Okay. During the game scene where we see the Bills playing,
• 24:20
  Speaker 1: they're playing like a no-name opponent.
• 24:24
  Speaker 2: Oh, interesting.
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I was like, who are they playing? Who are
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: they playing? And they're just like in like these white uniforms.
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: They don't say like they're playing.
• 24:32
  Speaker 2: That's so funny.
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: I didn't even notice. Chargers. If the Chargers even play
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: the Bills, I don't know.
• 24:37
  Speaker 2: Well, because it was filmed in June, right? So they're
• 24:39
  Speaker 2: like probably just two, both sides are Bills players out there.
• 24:45
  Speaker 2: No idea.
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: I don't know if that was like stock footage from
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: from another from like an actual game game. It couldn't
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: have been because then they would have had uniforms on. Yeah.
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: So I don't know. I don't know. I don't know either.
• 24:59
  Speaker 2: But, you know, that's funny because it was filmed in June.
• 25:01
  Speaker 2: But that end scene, they're all wet. Yes, I did
• 25:06
  Speaker 2: notice that. So was it raining or was it the
• 25:11
  Speaker 2: fake snow make? What was happening there?
• 25:14
  Speaker 1: I don't know. Huh.
• 25:15
  Speaker 2: Because, like, Holland's hair was wet and wavy and interesting. Okay.
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: Yep.
• 25:20
  Speaker 2: And they were wet at the game. Joey, the on-field presentation,
• 25:24
  Speaker 2: they were kind of wet.
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: Mm-hmm.
• 25:26
  Speaker 2: I wonder if it was raining. All right.
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: That was definitely green screen, though, right?
• 25:32
  Speaker 2: On the field? Was it green screen?
• 25:33
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 25:34
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't think– I think the crowd– yes, I
• 25:37
  Speaker 2: don't think there was a full stadium in that moment.
• 25:39
  Speaker 2: Got it. But they were outside. I mean, they seemed
• 25:42
  Speaker 2: like they were actually on the field. Just not in
• 25:46
  Speaker 2: the middle of a game.
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 25:48
  Speaker 2: Hey, what did you rate A Bill's Love Story?
• 25:52
  Speaker 1: I'm shocked more than anybody. I gave it 4.25 stars.
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: I gave it four and a half stars.
• 25:58
  Speaker 2: What is happening? I loved it. I loved it. Yeah,
• 26:03
  Speaker 2: I really liked it too. I'm like, I wonder if
• 26:05
  Speaker 2: my husband would watch this. Simply because it's a football movie. Yeah.
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: You know? Yeah. Be his gateway. I don't know.
• 26:13
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• 26:16
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• 26:19
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