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Last Looks: Merry Kissmas
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Jason & Paul gab about all the TV, documentaries, books, and music they're currently loving (scroll down for a list of all their recs!). But first, Paul answers all your Corrections & Omissions on Merry Kissmas before we announce next week's new movie! PAUL & JASON'S TV RECS: SNL's Calculator Christmas Gift Death By Lightning Fisk Landman The Lowdown PAUL & JASON'S DOCUMENTARY RECS: Corey Feldman vs the World It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley Garland Jeffreys: The King of In Between The Hobby: Tales From The Tabletop The Land of Giants PAUL & JASON'S AUDIOBOOK RECS: I Blame Dennis Hopper by Illeana Douglas The Friedkin Connection: A Memoir by William Friedkin Top of the Rock: Inside the Rise and Fall of Must See TV by Warren Littlefield In the Blink of an Eye by Walter Murch JASON'S COMIC BOOK RECS: Hobtown Mystery Stories Vol. 3: The Secret of the Saucer Matt Fraction's Batman #1 Bowling with Corpses by Mike Mignola Johnny Ryan JASON'S MUSIC RECS: Snocaps by Snocaps Resonance by...
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Paul Scheer
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Jason Mantzoukas
Lydia made a call to chat with.
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Paul Scheer
Paul just to ask him what you wanted to know.
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Jason Mantzoukas
Or maybe just kick back, sit back and relax cause you wanna hear an entertaining show.
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Caller/Listener
Sure.
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Jason Mantzoukas
Some things we forgot, whether you noticed or not. But now it's time to set the record straight. It's a mini episode.
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Paul Scheer
Last look. Here we go.
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Jason Mantzoukas
It's time for how did this Get Made?
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Paul Scheer
Da da da ho ho ho. Hello and a Merry Christmas and a happy blow year to you all. Yes. Hey everybody, it's me, Paul Scheer. And welcome to how did this Get Made Last Looks, where you, the listener, get to voice your issues on Merry Christmas, a movie that discord user Corgiherder thinks should have had the tagline in an elevator, no one can hear you decline an unwanted sexual advance. Okay, I like it. I like it. Corgi A little lengthy, but not bad. Thank you for that alt movie tagline and A big shout out to our pal Rob from Long island for that opening theme song, which was a cover of a previous theme done by the great Devin Helmer. So we're doing stuff here, people. We really are. We're referencing ourselves and we get it. Remember, if you have an alt movie tagline, submit it to us on our discord at Discord GG hdtgm. And if you have a last looks theme song, go to hdtgm.com and click submit a song on our homepage. Remember, just keep them short. 15 to 20 seconds is best. Now, coming up on today's episode, we'll be hearing all of your corrections and omissions on Merry Christmas. And I will share an exclusive deleted scene from that episode. That's right. And if you want to watch the full episode in all of its video glory, it is still available for you to watch. Just go to hdtgm.com and you just click on the link and you can watch that. You could also watch the Deep Dive Holiday special. It's a great bargain and that show was incredibly visual. So I think you will enjoy it in just a little bit. Jason and I will talk about some of our favorite TV shows, documentaries and albums. Plus, I will reveal my number one artist on Spotify wrapped for the first and last time. And lastly, as always, I will reveal the movie for next week's episode. But if you watched last week's episode, I think you know what it is, people. We're so excited that you are with us. So let's get into it. We're going to break down everything we might have missed from Merry Christmas. We had questions. We might have even missed a few things. Here is your chance to set us straight. Fact check us, if you will. It is now time for corrections and omissions. Jason, June, Power. They correct themselves, but they can't correct them all. If you got admissions, corrections will fall. Just pick up the phone and you give them a call. You give them a call.
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Jason Mantzoukas
You just give them a call.
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Paul Scheer
1, 800, if power last. You can make a call. Thank you, Chris Purcell, for that theme song. Okay, let's go to the discord. Fun Facts 47 writes. At the end, when Kayla arrives at the lobby of frustrated residents waiting to take the elevator, one of them says, the elevator stuck for good this time and it hasn't moved in 30 minutes. Now, all of these people seem mobile enough to just take the stairs, but instead they decide that they'd rather stand outside just to use the elevator. I mean, any sane person wouldn't wait that for an elevator, if it regularly breaks down. I think they're just all waiting for the elevator since there's mistletoe in it. And they just want to have their own Kissmas Miracle. Fun facts. I like that. Yeah, that was an odd choice because it's also like a residential apartment building. It didn't seem like everyone would be in the lobby in that moment. Didn't look like a giant building. But again, you're right. People are lazy and this movie isn't afraid to show it. Lee Black writes, during the first scene that we see, Dustin Cousin is using a rolling pin on a pile of flour. Not dough, but flour. Now you're right about that. I. I am looking at this image that is pulled. It's on the discord and it is. It is shocking. Yeah. That is just. There's no. Nothing underneath it. It is just a rolling pin on flour and that ain't going to turn into dough. Oh, wow. I guess they didn't have it that day and they just. They needed to close up with something. Dove writes, we all know this was shot in Riverside, not Palo Alto. Even the deep side part Joshua is wearing a T shirt that says Department of Animal Services, Riverside County, California. But it was also shot in the summer, as people can probably guess from all the background folks wearing T shirts. The animal shelter is decorated with red, white and blue stars and flags in the door of Mrs. Joyner's gift shop has posters on the door promoting Fourth of July fireworks and summer concerts. Wow. This fucking movie was lazy. I mean, so lazy. Again, thanks to Brandt, we know why this director did not give a shit and he didn't give a shit. Like in a little way, he aggressively didn't give a shit. By the way, can we just say how great Brandt is? You can watch Brant on the live stream, you can listen to Brant, but you'll see he's an attractive man and only better served by the fact that he was the most honest person that we've ever had. On how this get made when talking about one of these films. Let's go to the phones. Beverly.
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Caller/Listener
Hi, Paul.
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I want to thank you for introducing me to these absolutely delightful Christmas movies the last three years. Each one has been worse than the last. And they've brought me so much joy for the holiday season. My question for you. Do you think merry Christmas and 12 Cups of Christmas are happening in the same cinematic universe? They're both set in Silicon Valley. For some reason, the protagonists have an extremely awkward elevator. Meet cute. In both, they feature totally irresponsible dog adoptions. And in both movies, people are acting like they are totally detached from reality, especially the sister and cousin characters. So I'd love to hear your thoughts and if you agree. Do you think we're going to get a crossover anytime soon? Thanks so much, Paul, Jason and June. Oh, and Jessica. I can't forget her.
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Paul Scheer
Beverly. I'm going to say absolutely yes. I believe there is a 12 pups of Christmas connection. There's definitely a puppy connection. I think it was that movie with Kevin James Brother. I'm not quite sure. But yes, this is in the same universe. I would like there to be an Ion original universe, and we should start having these characters bump into each other. I think it would be great. So let's see how it all worked out. Why don't we do. Oh, I got a great idea. A sequel to one of these. And check in a year later. Is it working out or was it just a Christmas hookup? Next on the phones, we have Stoddard.
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Caller/Listener
Hi, guys. First time, long time here. Reason I'm calling today is because of your discussions about the Nutcracker and why it would be such a big deal and have the guy's name above there. I think that's based on a New York production of the Nutcracker that was referred to as George Ballasheen's Nutcracker. He was like a famous choreographer that made the Nutcracker more American and more palatable to modern audiences in the 50s. And most Nutcracker versions today, all over the world still use this choreography. And I think that was kind of what they were aiming for was because There was a 90s version movie of that with Macaulay Culkin actually in it that was called George Balanchine's the Nutcracker. And also I wanted to point out that the woman who ran the gift shop is none other than Brenda from Highlander. So it surprised me that Jason did not catch that because he seems like he probably would have seen Highlander at least as many times as I did, which is about a million times. Thanks, you guys.
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Paul Scheer
Okay, okay, first of all, I like this. I'm not gonna shit on this. I think you are absolutely right. So he's like George Balanchine. Okay, well, let me tell you that Scott looked up the poster for the Macaulay Culkin movie, and then they put George's name in the tiniest font imaginable and did not include his headshot. So Carlton must be way bigger. But you. I will say this. Scott's looking at the movie Poster, Right? We're not looking at the Broadway posters. If we can find a Balanchine poster with a headshot, I mean, maybe this guy's is even bigger than him. Great call on the Highlander thing. I know that Jason has not seen that many Highlanders. I have. I had that information. I didn't bring it out because I was not wanting to get ridiculed by Jessica and June. Next up, Ashley from Ohio.
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Caller/Listener
Hi, Paul. I recently listened to your Merry Christmas episode episode and you guys had mentioned really quickly about the Leo diamond. And what was that? So I used to work for the headquarters of K Jewelers who funded this movie. I worked there from 2005 to 2012 and I had hands on experience with said diamond. Leo diamond is a cut specifically made by Leo Schachter and it is only sold in the US at K Jewelers and Jared locations. I just wanted to share that with you. I left in 2012, obviously before this movie came out, but it still made me mad that they funded this shitty movie instead of paying their employees more money. But I just wanted to share that little fun fact with you. Thanks. Bye.
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Paul Scheer
Oh, Ashley, I'm so happy that you called in Leo. Leo diamond is cut by this guy. Like that's what we want. We want him to cut are Diamond. I mean, so are we saying that like McDonald's burgers are off of the cut or the style of burger that he, the. The founder, Ray Kroc made? I don't know. I. I love all of this. And yeah, Kay Jewelers pay your workers. K Jewelers. Until then, we ain't buying any of your rings, your necklaces, whatever you sell. Kay Jewelers. Kay Jewelers. Do we have to bleep all those? I think maybe, but you get the idea. And finally, someone who doesn't even leave a name.
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Caller/Listener
Hey, Paul, I was calling in and to Jason, if you were there as well, about this Merry Christmas movie that just happened. As I have had the luck to have seen all of this trilogy, I thought I would call in and give some additional information on what is really a bizarre set of three films. So you have a Christmas kiss, another Christmas kiss, or Christmas kiss two, and then Merry Christmas. So the first two are directly connected. The evil character from the first one comes back to be a. I don't know, you know, saying Obi Wan, like presence in the second film as a. A turn for the good. So the common line is of course, that every single one of these movies involves a mistletoe in an elevator. There is one of the people who is kissing the other person is always in a relationship. It was the dudes in the first two and then the woman in the third one. Trend as a magazine and or company is a common theme as existing in all of these universes. The first movie there is the whole mystery. Somehow someone has body glitter on their face and then someone can't tell who it is, so it's a bit odd. But after that it just settles into this whole idea of people kissing an elevator. One of them is in a relationship. There is always. The female character is always a workaholic type who has too much on their plate and is being underappreciated and eventually has to stand up for themselves. I did not actually finish the third one. I couldn't do it. I caught the first two years ago when I. Before I had streaming, if I'm honest. And they were just kind of on cable and I was randomly looking for a Christmas movie. So, yeah, that is a quick rundown on the bizarre trilogy of elevator kissing adultery movies. Thank you. Appreciate all that you do, all of you on the podcast and have a great day.
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Paul Scheer
First of all, I want you to tell us who you are because I love that you have watched all of these. The body glitter, that's wild. This is great. I mean, man, oh man, all this makes me want to do is watch more Christmas films. And guess what? If you want to do that with us, you're in luck. All right, just stay tuned for a second. Back to the discord. Unevolved Panda writes. Was anyone else bothered by the fact that the first conversation between Carlton and Kayla is about how much Carlton loves Christmas and how he's overcompensating for childhood trauma? And then Carlton never discusses Christmas again. Also, what hotel decorates customers rooms for Christmas? Is this something that I could also demand if I was producing, slash directing, choreographing a local production of the Nutcracker? Well, here's the thing, Panda. That hotel, no, that hotel looks like, you know, a mid range hotel. You know, it's definitely not the fanciest. And I believe that like probably the Four Seasons, they have some decorations in the lobby and they probably will put like a little thing in your room. Maybe a little mini tree or something. Like a mini. I'm talking like, you know, one that could sit on a table or, you know, like merry, you know, like happy holidays or something. Some bullshit. But not like decorate. Like decorate. But look, you know, Carlton is coming in. I would say his assistant would be responsible for that. And guess what? We've Already established that his assistant Kayla is terrible at her job. She should have done it justice for Carlton and Kate jewelers. All right, Ari Metis writes, why wasn't the Aerosmith song Love in an elevator discussed? Well, look, we didn't directly discuss the song, but we did have a second opinion review that included the phrase soppy soppy gush gush, which is, I think, the unofficial title of Love in an elevator. Am I right? I think so. So I think that counts. And it wasn't Love in an elevator because I think love in an elevator is about, you know, coitus. Right? Am I right? I think I am. U squared writes Jason. Folks, the bell sound in the scene with the whisper singing carolers was coming from Santa, who was standing around the corner. I don't buy it. I don't buy it. U squared. I don't buy that. That bell was like. So is that bell coordinating with the car? First of all, what are we arguing about? Clearly, it was dubbed, so then they also had to add in the bell, and I don't think that Santa was dinging that bell. You squared. I don't agree with you. I don't agree with you. But here's what I'm gonna say. Just because I don't agree with you doesn't mean it's a great point. So many great corrections and omissions this week, and I gotta tell you, there can only be one. One that is the best. And the one that I think is the best one, I think it has to go to the person who spent the most time in this world. And yes, while Lee Black pointed out a very beautiful idea of you can't make flour into dough, and Dove revealed all the Riverside connections. I believe that I want to give it to our anonymous caller who has watched all of the elevator movies. You have spent the most time in this world, and for that, we are grateful. And you get this theme from Rob from Long Island. Hit it. Congratulations. Cause you win. You had the best correction. Everyone here thought you were quite ahead, but in. In reality, you don't win. Now, if you want to chime in with your own thoughts, you can. Every single episode is your chance to come in here and yell at us, tell us that we're wrong, add a piece of information, bring up your job like our friend from Kay Jewelers. Anything at all. We welcome it. We love it. Oh, by the way, you know what? We should send Ashley something. I mean, because Ashley got stiffed by Kay Jewelers. Oh, man. All right. 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Next week we are closing out our holiday matinees with the Keanu Reeves Drew Barrymore remake of Babes in Toyland with a very special message from Drew Barrymore herself. Make sure you're hitting that like and subscribe. You're following us on Apple Podcasts. It really does help the show. It really, really does. We can't say it enough, so just do that and that's your gift to us. All right, without any further ado, let's welcome Jason to a little just chat action. Jackson 5 play us in TV and.
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Jason Mantzoukas
Movie and comics from Tea to be there on it. Drinking tea for breakfast. Paul and Jason just chat Paul and.
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Paul Scheer
Jason just chat Jason. I am about 19 days into my Taskmaster Advent calendar.
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Jason Mantzoukas
I love it.
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Paul Scheer
It's so much fun.
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Jason Mantzoukas
I love it.
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Paul Scheer
It is really perfect. I've called numbers, I've had to solve puzzles. I've done charades.
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Jason Mantzoukas
It's so good.
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Paul Scheer
It is really a perfect encapsulation. And I will say I know we haven't talked about the show, but my kids are are talking all the time about you talking about this pervert bear. In the last episode you were looking at a bear and now this is like a running joke around my house that the bear is a pervert. The pervert bear. And no one understands exactly what it means because I under like my kids have been doing two things referencing pervert bear which is in the finale of.
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Jason Mantzoukas
Your Taskmaster Taskmaster Season 19.
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Paul Scheer
Yes right.
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Jason Mantzoukas
And it is a true throwaway. It's like, it's not a focal point of the episode at all. It is. As I'm running by a person dressed in a bear costume who's reading a magazine, I just call them a pervert.
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Paul Scheer
Yep. Nope. This has become a rallying cry in the house. Oh, that's so funny. And the other thing that has been nonstop is they watched a sketch on snl, like an old season, a season that Casey Wilson was on, where Fred Armisen and Andy Samberg are two kids who are excited to get a calculator for Christmas. So my entire house for the last two weeks, like, ma, Ma, can we get a calculator for Christmas? Oh, Ma, I want a calculator for Christmas. So my kids are just doing that. No one knows. And then people are like, do they want a calculator? I'm like, no, they're just. They're doing Fred Armisen. I sent it to Fred. I sent Fred just. I was making them breakfast, and I just recorded on my phone just to get their voices going. Ma, Ma, we get calculator. Ma. Texas Instruments. I don't even think they know what a Texas Instruments calculator is, but absolutely, they certainly don't.
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Jason Mantzoukas
And if you handed it to them, they'd be like, what is this antique? You might as well hand them an abacus.
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Paul Scheer
So, like, that's happening. And then last night, I was looking at my phone. I was like, what are you looking at, pervert? Be there some bear looking at some, like, guys. I'm like, I just love. They've attached themselves to these.
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Jason Mantzoukas
The smallest things, whatever those things are, that just really get them, and it's. It's fun to. I'm sure you remember this as well. Although when we were kids, it was so much more of a monoculture. Like, they are obsessed with things that not everybody else is saying. Not everybody else is referencing those things. They are. They are. They have. They have good taste.
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Paul Scheer
Whatever they find funny. I think that's the interesting thing is, like, they. They. It's just funny to them. And they assume that everyone has seen the finale of Taskmaster. And that one, again, like you said, moment. It's not the show. It's not.
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Jason Mantzoukas
It is even you saying pervert Bear to me, like, as if I was gonna be like, well, of course, Pervert Bear. I had to be like, wait a minute, Taskmaster. Oh, I remember. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Paul Scheer
But I know that you and I. This is a good month. I love catching up in December, watching a bunch of Stuff and like loving.
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Jason Mantzoukas
Well, I will say year, you gave me an incredible present which was the Gilmore Girls Advent calendar. Oh yeah. Which was. Which made last year. I still have some of those little tchotchkes and stuff that came in the. In there, like propped around the house. Like that was such a big hit.
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Paul Scheer
When I saw that, I was so excited. I was. And we are, you know, we're coming off our live stream, which I believe you might be able to still watch. I know we have like a seven day window, but we might have extended it there. We will see. We will see. So chat it out. If you've missed.
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Jason Mantzoukas
If you didn't watch it, you missed. You. Obviously you've heard the chatter. It was a. It was an explosive episode. Nobody. Nobody saw coming the stuff that happened. And you know, like we're talk about it right now, but we're not gonna.
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Paul Scheer
That's a new year thing. Here's the thing, Jason, I want to say because I did watch the Deep Dive holiday special and you know, I'm not allowed to listen to the Deep Dive. That is a rule that I've been given. I can be on the Deep Dive. I'm not allowed to listen to the Deep Dive.
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Jason Mantzoukas
I just choose not to listen to.
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Paul Scheer
Yeah, there you go. Now I did not realize that Jessica St. Clair is so filthy. Like she. And from. I guess I see elements of it in our show, but man, when she is left to her own devices, just her and June, I'm like, whoa.
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Jason Mantzoukas
Oh yeah. No, St. Clair, I think. Cause you know, Jess and I used to be comedy partners.
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Paul Scheer
Yes.
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Jason Mantzoukas
And I think there was a real, A real misunderstanding that it was a Beauty and the Beast scenario.
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Paul Scheer
Yeah.
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Jason Mantzoukas
And in fact, if it was, it just maybe was in the opposite direction and maybe perhaps I am the beauty and she is the beast.
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Paul Scheer
After watching that special, I was like, I think you are right.
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Jason Mantzoukas
Oh, I gotta watch it now. Oh, that's hilarious.
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Paul Scheer
Just saying things.
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Jason Mantzoukas
St. Clair can go toe to toe.
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Paul Scheer
She is.
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Jason Mantzoukas
She's an absolute monster.
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Paul Scheer
Oh my gosh. What have you been watching? What have you been up to in like your media consumption this month?
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Jason Mantzoukas
You know, I am, I'm watching a bunch of stuff. I'm watching and I'm like reading. I've got a of stuff to go through.
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Paul Scheer
Yeah, I would love to hear.
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Jason Mantzoukas
I mean, our Spotify wraps have come out. I don't know if you are. If your kids ruin yours, perhaps.
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Paul Scheer
No, you know, I feel like every now and then I accidentally put my phone or my phone starts playing Spotify and it's screwed up because it never feels to enca. Like, encapsulate what I'm listening to. My number one artist this year, you may be surprised, was Teddy Swims. Which I'm surprised.
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Jason Mantzoukas
Who's Teddy Swims?
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Paul Scheer
Like, he. Like, it's just like a.
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Jason Mantzoukas
Like this is like a pop. Like a pop act.
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Paul Scheer
Yeah, like he's like a.
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Jason Mantzoukas
Like a.
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Paul Scheer
This is like a. I don't know.
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Jason Mantzoukas
I mean, we've got a Teddy Swims and a Billy strings. Yeah, I mean, like, this is. What are we doing? I'm convinced. Boy, this is an old man thing.
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Paul Scheer
Well, this is.
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Jason Mantzoukas
We got a Teddy Swims and a Billy strings. Oh, what's everybody doing? What happened to Led Zeppelin?
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Paul Scheer
Like, Teddy Swims to me, like, this is like. I'm having a hard time even describing him because he's kind of R and B soul, country, hip hop guy, a lot of tattoos on the face. But I can't tell you I know a single song of his. Like, well. And I'm like, how did that become my number one? Listened to track? I don't know. And I'm like, has someone broken into my account? And I've like, looked back and I think I've just accidentally hid it while it's in my pocket.
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Jason Mantzoukas
Teddy Swim and it Swims. Like autoplayed or something.
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Paul Scheer
And I'm mad. I'm mad at Teddy Swims.
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Jason Mantzoukas
Have you watched any of Death by Lightning?
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Paul Scheer
No. What is that?
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Jason Mantzoukas
The Netflix show that. That our friend Nick Offerman is on, along with a lot of other great people. It's the show about the Garfield assassination. The president Garfield assassination, not Garfield the cat.
- [29:56]
Paul Scheer
Right. Oh, my gosh. Well, I mean, he has it coming.
- [29:59]
Jason Mantzoukas
I mean, like, hey, how about try loving Mondays, buddy.
- [30:03]
Paul Scheer
Exactly.
- [30:04]
Jason Mantzoukas
Super fun. Death by Lightning on Netflix. Our friend Danielle Schneider, who we did our dinosaur improv tour with, recommended the Australian sitcom Fisk. Oh, yes, right.
- [30:17]
Paul Scheer
Isn't it great?
- [30:18]
Jason Mantzoukas
Also on Netflix and is fantastic. Like, we loved Colin from accounts. I feel like we talked about it before. And Fisk scratches that same itch. It's a great hard, funny jokes, comedy, sitcom.
- [30:33]
Paul Scheer
It's so funny. It's about this like lawyer who has to work at like this like suburban law firm. And it's an Australian show. It's. It's very. I don't know. She recommended to me a while ago and I watched it. I thought it was so fun. I want to get more into finding these like, other, other countries comedy shows. Cause it's like they can kind of be A little hidden. I feel like you can't.
- [30:54]
Jason Mantzoukas
Well, that's how I felt about Colin from accounts at the time. I was like, this should be a gigantic show. This is a absolutely gangbusters. Hilarious. Such a rom com setup, such great jokes. I thought they were fantastic. The two leads, Patrick and I think her name is Harriet. Great show. Colin from account still available. But yeah, like, what are those other shows, those other sitcoms? I feel like we know a lot about them when they come out of England, but less so if it's Australia, New Zealand, places like that.
- [31:25]
Paul Scheer
I agree.
- [31:26]
Jason Mantzoukas
So if you've got a good one to recommend to us.
- [31:29]
Paul Scheer
Oh, yeah, get on that discord. Yeah.
- [31:31]
Jason Mantzoukas
God, do we have to?
- [31:32]
Paul Scheer
Well, I know, I know. Well, it's gonna have to be. It'll have to be there. It'll have to be there. You know, here's the thing I wanted to talk about just for a second, because I feel like you're the only person that I know that watches it, but holy shit, Landman.
- [31:50]
Jason Mantzoukas
Oh, dude, Landman. I could talk about Landman. Landman is the best, the greatest show of our time.
- [31:59]
Paul Scheer
I'm truly like, I need to get everyone together on this because it is great.
- [32:05]
Jason Mantzoukas
And Andy, so far this season, there have been four episodes of Landman this season, and all of them together feel like one big. Just montage. Like, I don't know what's happening in this show, but I am captivated by. Everybody gets to monologue all the time.
- [32:27]
Paul Scheer
Oh, and here's the thing. It's. Is this the season where they open up on the lawyer that he's got that kind of repartee with where she's just, like, benching, like, a lot of weight? Like, I was like, whoa, did not expect this.
- [32:40]
Jason Mantzoukas
Yeah, she's squatting three plates.
- [32:42]
Paul Scheer
I was like, yeah. And the only issue that I had right out of the gate, and I was a little bit nervous. Season two starts off, and I really love the mother and daughter in the show. Alli Larder is fantastic. But I thought they made the daughter, like, aggressively, like, almost like sketch comedy show dumb.
- [33:00]
Jason Mantzoukas
Like, like, oh, she's like. They're giving her lines that are real dumb.
- [33:04]
Paul Scheer
Yeah. Like, it. Like, she went from being like, just like a. A young high school. Like, like, not. I wouldn't just. I wouldn't use dumb as the first thing. And now I'm like, oh, now she a dummy.
- [33:16]
Jason Mantzoukas
Yeah, it's shocking.
- [33:18]
Paul Scheer
I mean, I enjoy it. I enjoy the hell out of it, but what a choice to be like, we're just Gonna write comedy.
- [33:23]
Jason Mantzoukas
Kareem. From mother and daughter getting elderly people at the nursing home drunk. To like, group of hunters dying from toxic gases leaking out of the earth.
- [33:37]
Paul Scheer
To like Andy Garcia with a cigar and a whiskey monologuing beauty.
- [33:41]
Jason Mantzoukas
I mean, oh, Andy Garcia monologuing everybody monologues all the time. And now in season two and did you see it's gotten picked up for season three.
- [33:50]
Paul Scheer
Yeah. I mean, by the way, Billy Bob has said he sees it as a five season show. And I'm like, great. It is.
- [33:57]
Jason Mantzoukas
He is having a blast. It is. All he does is react to circumstances in his life and world.
- [34:06]
Paul Scheer
Yeah.
- [34:07]
Jason Mantzoukas
That are so enormous. And all of it is like, oh.
- [34:11]
Paul Scheer
God, honey, I gotta go.
- [34:13]
Jason Mantzoukas
I gotta, I gotta, I gotta hang up. It's as if. But he's juggling like such gigantic things that. But so casually.
- [34:23]
Paul Scheer
It's. I love him in this. One of the things that's so special about this show is that his. When his wife calls him, she has a special ring for his phone. And the show will build up to a stress point. And then you hear that ring and you also feel like, oh, God damn it. Like now, like he's. I just have time for this. But he always picks up. He never lets it go to voicemail.
- [34:45]
Jason Mantzoukas
He never does. It's incredible. He always picks up. He always picks up. And he picks up. When, like someone else is in the car that shouldn't hear this call. He still picks up.
- [34:56]
Paul Scheer
Like, she's always on FaceTime. She's never just calling. She's never gonna get that.
- [35:01]
Jason Mantzoukas
I cannot recommend Landman enough. Everybody needs to be watching Landman.
- [35:06]
Paul Scheer
It is so sweet.
- [35:07]
Jason Mantzoukas
Landman, the Lowdown. Incredible again.
- [35:11]
Paul Scheer
Another show where it's just like, oh, I'm just watching someone who is very good.
- [35:15]
Jason Mantzoukas
Yeah.
- [35:16]
Paul Scheer
Ethan Hawke and the whole cast is too. But just kind of dance through this show in a way. It's like there's an ease to it. Like Billy Bob is like, oh, just an ease to his performance.
- [35:27]
Jason Mantzoukas
Exactly. And it's such a great juxtaposition because Landman, the stakes are so gigantic, like, huge. And the Lowdown, it's so much more personal. It seems so much smaller stakes, but nonetheless, Ethan Hawke's character is just going for it so hard. I love that show.
- [35:45]
Paul Scheer
I think I could tell you this story publicly because it doesn't paint anyone in a bad light. I had done this movie with Billy Bob back in the day. The hit classic School for Scoundrels. As I always say, the only Todd Phillips movie that didn't Make a billion dollars. And it was really interesting because he was exceptionally playful and fun and wanted to hang out. Would be a guy that would sit on the stairway to his trailer and just be like, hey, what's up? What's up? And I remember, man, this is my favorite story of him. Like, he. We're like hanging out in his trailer, just talking, whatever it is chill time, right? He's a very chill guy. And it was like around Christmas, he's like, you know, we should everybody come over the house this weekend. We have a thing and invited everyone to come and hang. And I would say maybe there was about a 15 second pause where like, no one just like jumped in. Like, yeah, great idea. He's like, ah, fuck it. Nah, I don't want. No, you know what? I'm not inviting any of you. Like, again, like, just got. Just got him, like, felt that pressure of, I invited everyone. No one jumped at it. And I'm like, nah, I'll take it back. No, no one can come. I'm not having it now.
- [36:54]
Jason Mantzoukas
I'm not.
- [36:55]
Paul Scheer
I'm not having it.
- [36:55]
Jason Mantzoukas
Oh, that's so funny.
- [36:58]
Paul Scheer
And it was like such a sweet thing, like. And then I was like, oh, I didn't. I should have said yes. Should have said. Then I think I was like, I think all of us were nervous. Like, what is that gonna be like, to go over to Billy Bob's house.
- [37:09]
Jason Mantzoukas
And also like, is this a real offer? Is this. Is he being polite? Is, you know, you never want to be like, and now I'm at like the star's house. Does he want me here?
- [37:18]
Paul Scheer
It felt to me like it was just like an open thing. Like, hey, you should all come over to my house on Saturday. And we didn't have to agree to it in the moment, but we. And then we all missed our opportunity to go over to his house. Man, he was fucking cool.
- [37:29]
Jason Mantzoukas
Oh, that's cool.
- [37:32]
Paul Scheer
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Jason Mantzoukas
I love it.
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- [40:15]
Jason Mantzoukas
Oh, yeah.
- [40:15]
Paul Scheer
Versus the world. Directed by Marcy Hume. It was a documentary 10 years in the making about. Well, this documentary filmmaker is embedded with Corey Feldman at a time in his life where he performs in the Today show with a group of female musicians who are all dressed like angels. Scantily clad angels. The clip goes absolutely viral and everyone's like, this is one of the worst album songs I've ever seen. And because it's going viral and it gets in the top 40 because people are trying to find it. He decides it's a great time to go on tour. People want this. He doesn't see why the virality is happening. He just sees that it's going viral. So he goes out on tour and this director embeds herself on this eight city tour of Corey Feldman and the Angels. And I will just tell you, I was not expecting. I did not know where it was gonna go. I don't wanna tell you where it's gonna go. And it is fascinating.
- [41:13]
Jason Mantzoukas
Fascinating. Oh, that's great. Yeah. We talked about it the other night and it sounds absolutely incredible. I cannot wait to watch this.
- [41:19]
Paul Scheer
I mean, 10 years. And that's the other thing too. It's 10 years old. Like it's like. And a real labor of love. But yeah, so that's a little bit there.
- [41:28]
Jason Mantzoukas
I'm excited for that. I'll shout out a couple of other documentaries. I think the last time we spoke, I think I talked, I mentioned the Jeff Buckley documentary, the Garland. Jeffries documentary. Both, Both terrific.
- [41:40]
Paul Scheer
How's the Jeff Garland documentary all black and white?
- [41:43]
Jason Mantzoukas
It's a, it's. It all. It's stills that are in black and white from a Leica camera. There's a documentary called Hobby.
- [41:52]
Paul Scheer
Okay.
- [41:52]
Jason Mantzoukas
That is about board games. Oh wow. That is fantastic. That I absolutely love that. It's called Hobby. The Artist Greenhouse, who I've also mentioned on the podcast before does the music which is just an aside and it's beautiful. But the. It's a. It's great. It's about how big board games, the explosion in board games. They talk to different people who are, you know, go to conventions who are making the board game makers. The. All the, all the explosion in tabletop gaming that has happened in the last chunk of years is what this documentary is about.
- [42:31]
Paul Scheer
Do you do that at all? Like, because like that's a thing that. I was actually literally had this idea the other day. I was like, like I think it would be fun to get a group of people together to do like a board game. Might every like two or three months. Because it's like I would love to play more games. It's just hard to a. Get everybody on the same page and then also have somebody to let you in. Like how do you play these games? What do you do?
- [42:53]
Jason Mantzoukas
I feel like I used to have a group that. That exactly was, that was, you know, and it was just. It wasn't like all different games. It was kind of the same couple of games rotated through. And I think that post pandemic, that group has kind of gotten scattered.
- [43:09]
Paul Scheer
Okay.
- [43:09]
Jason Mantzoukas
You know, it just doesn't exist the same way anymore. So. So the answer is no. But it was like that era of playing catan or playing some of these large group games that are not party games that are, you know, that are board games, you know.
- [43:25]
Paul Scheer
Well, Rich, you know, Rich Summer, who always was like this man who has a great actor, obviously, we love Richard, had this great podcast for a while actually, on the old wolfpop. But this idea of like, he has this like, I hate the term man cave, but I can use that here. He's a man cave where it's wall to ceiling games. And he knew all these games and he would. And he was a great host because I think part of that is like, you can get on board. All these games are relatively easy. You just need somebody to be like, here's how you do it. You just need some of the. Cause sometimes you look at these things and you're like, I don't know. I don't know how to even begin here.
- [44:03]
Jason Mantzoukas
Oh, well. And. Cause some of. Or I. I don't buy games that have a million little pieces.
- [44:09]
Paul Scheer
No.
- [44:10]
Jason Mantzoukas
Because I'm like, oh, I don't. This looks like it's going to be too difficult. I don't. I can't go more than like three levels into a game's strategy.
- [44:18]
Paul Scheer
Right?
- [44:18]
Jason Mantzoukas
Like, I can't have big, gigantic, tons of little stuff. I. I'm out now. You know, Especially if it's like, oh, fuck, we lost the thing. We lost that one. Oh, well, then you're done now is, oh, okay, forget about it. No, I want to play games that. It's like, part of it is, yes, we're playing the game, but part of it is also we're hanging out. I want to. I don't want the hang to be superseded by the rules, you know, I agree.
- [44:42]
Paul Scheer
I think, like, it's. Well, this is why mahjong has been a big, big thing that we have been doing here in our household. I love mahjong. It's a very. It's just that, right. Middle ground of I have to pay attention, but I also can have a good time and we can switch partners and it feels like the games are going. It's like poker or something like that. I love. I. I don't know. I just think it's great.
- [45:02]
Jason Mantzoukas
It's a great documentary. I think you'll really dig it. And I'll shout out one more documentary. That is the Opposite of tabletop gaming, which is the ski documentary Land of Giants. I am a real sucker, especially as we get into the winter, for just very beautifully shot ski movies that are just people getting dropped out of helicopters on top of mountains and then skiing down, like, avalanches that are chasing them.
- [45:30]
Paul Scheer
Oh, my gosh. That. Oh, I got to. I'm looking at some of the footage of this right now. That looks really, really good.
- [45:34]
Jason Mantzoukas
It's a good one. Every year, I feel like a new great ski movie comes out. This one is terrific. It's a great. Have a gummy late at night. Just like, watch, watch. People just challenge nature in every way, shape, or form. It's absolutely stunning.
- [45:50]
Paul Scheer
Have you ever seen that footage on TikTok where a skier is, like, coming down the hill, he's got, like, a GoPro on his helmet, and he sees just a little image of, like, a board in the ground. And then realize it's the guy who went head first and is, like, upside down in the snow. I'll send it to you. And you watch him dig this guy out who just was like, boom. Just comically upside down.
- [46:15]
Jason Mantzoukas
Terrifying.
- [46:16]
Paul Scheer
Also amazing for that skier to see just a sliver of a board and be like, oh, wait, hold on, let me get this guy out. Out.
- [46:24]
Jason Mantzoukas
There is some video. I just watched that Red Bull puts. Red Bull puts out a ton of this stuff.
- [46:28]
Paul Scheer
Yeah.
- [46:28]
Jason Mantzoukas
And I was. I'm so susceptible to, like, the. It was on YouTube and it was like, it's a guy who climbs up Mount Everest and skis down.
- [46:39]
Paul Scheer
Whoa.
- [46:40]
Jason Mantzoukas
And that was crazy, too. Like, no oxygen assist. Like crazy. Super interesting. You know what? I think you would very much enjoy in a very sight. Now I'm switching to audiobooks because we also. So we're talking about audiobooks. Recently. The audiobook. This is a book that the action boys have talked about multiple times on their podcast. So I got it, and it's Ileana Douglas's book, I Blame Dennis Hopper.
- [47:07]
Paul Scheer
Whoa, wait a second. Did you not know about this?
- [47:09]
Jason Mantzoukas
That is so fantastic and so funny and interesting. And Ileana Douglas has just such an. Such a. Hilarious.
- [47:19]
Paul Scheer
Her.
- [47:19]
Jason Mantzoukas
Her writing is great. She reads it herself. Her voice, her vocal performance is fantastic. And it's all stories that are based. The reason it's called I Blame Dennis Hopper is she starts out the book by saying when the movie Easy Rider came out, her father basically had like a. Not a midlife crisis, but basically turned into Dennis Hopper's character from Easy Rider. Oh. And started hanging around with other Dennis Hopper esque guys.
- [47:49]
Paul Scheer
Oh, that's cool.
- [47:50]
Jason Mantzoukas
And like started living that life, man. And this man. And she does the voice so funny. And her life kind of spirals out of control. They were like an upper middle class family and they like just completely lose everything. And the chapters that are about this part of her life are fascinating. But then she becomes an actor. She's in all these movies. So then the majority of the book is. Is just a. Her experience, her life in Hollywood or in, you know, in film, which is. Sup. Also super interesting. Great listen.
- [48:25]
Paul Scheer
Okay, that's. That is going on my list.
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Jason Mantzoukas
Yeah, I think you'll like it. I've been listening to a lot of like those, like a lot of like the. The Friedkin audiobook. The.
- [48:35]
Paul Scheer
Yes, the.
- [48:35]
Jason Mantzoukas
A lot of like those. The. The Warren Littlefield one. Like all these audiobooks about the business that are just, just great listens.
- [48:42]
Paul Scheer
They're fun. Like, you know, they're always like. They go down so smooth. I'm listening to the Walter Murch book on tape, which is really cool.
- [48:50]
Jason Mantzoukas
Another one that Ben Rogers on Action Boys is very positive on.
- [48:54]
Paul Scheer
It's a very like technical in certain degrees. But then he's worked on so many things. So it's sort of like, oh, it's a technical book where a guy who has worked on Star wars and worked on like worked with the greatest directors. And it's a book for editors to a certain extent. But at the same time it's very entertaining. So, you know.
- [49:10]
Jason Mantzoukas
Yeah, I love it.
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Paul Scheer
All right, so can I give a couple.
- [49:13]
Jason Mantzoukas
I'm just going to shout out a couple of other things just because we're coming into the holiday season. So sometimes people are like, what can I buy the person that I love? Why not buy them comics? There is a new Hobtown mysteries book. It is called the Secret of the Saucer. This is an. My, maybe my favorite ongoing series of graphic novels. The Hob Town Mysteries, the. The Cursed Hermit, the Case of the Missing Men. These are like what if David lynch wrote Nancy Drew Hardy Boys books. I cannot recommend these enough. These are. There's three of them. All three of them are five stars. Incredible books. Beautifully drawn, incredibly written. These are some of the best graphic novels of the last 10 years. I cannot recommend them enough. Get that. That Our buddy Matt Fraction's new Batman book is fantastic.
- [50:07]
Paul Scheer
I gotta say, he did, he did a solid for me. We were talking the other day and he sent my kids some Batman books and they are. I was as excited as they were. It was great. He. I love his Batman. It's A great book. I think you're right. It's like, and it's, you know, I say go to the, find your local comic book shop. Get in there.
- [50:24]
Jason Mantzoukas
Support.
- [50:24]
Paul Scheer
It's really important. It really is.
- [50:26]
Jason Mantzoukas
Yeah. It's such a good way to support local stores is to buy these books. There's the, the Mike Mignola book from last year. Bowling with Corpses is fantastic. Johnny Ryan has a new book. Great. I'm just shouting some stuff out because people are buying stuff.
- [50:42]
Paul Scheer
I, I, you know, I have a full three part list on my sub stack where I just kind of, I normally would go on cool ops, add to cart and, and do a little Christmas gift recommendation and I did a three part thing there so you can check that out. It's totally free. And Jason, I'll tell you, I don't know if you were a part of this, but Tom Bin sent me their messenger bag.
- [51:04]
Jason Mantzoukas
Great. Me as well. And it's fantastic. I think it's called the Marathon messenger bag.
- [51:08]
Paul Scheer
I have signed off messenger bags and I was like, I don't do it anymore. And then I got that and I went on a trip with it and I was like, this rules. It's great. It really is.
- [51:17]
Jason Mantzoukas
If you love a shoulder bag. If you love a messenger bag.
- [51:19]
Paul Scheer
Yes.
- [51:20]
Jason Mantzoukas
The new Tom Bin bag is incredible.
- [51:22]
Paul Scheer
Fantastic. I love.
- [51:23]
Jason Mantzoukas
If you don't mind, I'm just going to shout out the new Snow Caps album, the new Bill Fox album Resonance, the new Tortoise album, touch. And our friend Mary Latimore has a new album with the incredible singer Juliana Barwick. That record I cannot recommend enough. I think it is incredible. So that's a little bit of music.
- [51:43]
Paul Scheer
And again, Teddy Swims, make sure you're listening. Just like me. Just like me. You know me. Me and Teddi Swims. All right, Jason, so great to chat with you. We will catch up again potentially in the new year.
- [51:57]
Jason Mantzoukas
Can't wait.
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Paul Scheer
All right, that is a wrap on Just Chat, which means it is finally time to announce our next movie. Next week we'll be going from a Santa who's unwise to a Santa in disguise. That's right. Jason called it. We are going to be watching the brand new 2025 Netflix Rom Com, My Secret Santa, starring Alexandra Breckenridge and Ryan Eggold. For those of you who watched our holiday livestream, Jason demanded that we cover this movie. So we decided to cave to his demands and give you one last holiday gift this year. So instead of playing the trailer, listen to this deleted scene in which Jason describes the plot and why he's obsessed with it.
- [52:35]
Jason Mantzoukas
I will say I have now seen about 15 to 20 minutes of a movie that if we don't do it ASAP.
- [52:42]
Paul Scheer
You were telling me about this.
- [52:44]
Jason Mantzoukas
So there's a movie on Netflix. It is a kind of reverse Mrs. Doubtfire where a single mom dresses up as Santa Claus in the course of dressing up like Santa Claus meets and falls in love with the man who owns the ski resort that she is now portraying Santa Claus at. And they become best friends because the guy thinks she's a man as Santa Claus and they are now bros.
- [53:11]
Paul Scheer
So she has a crush on him.
- [53:13]
Jason Mantzoukas
And so she is constantly dressed as full Santa. Not just like I'm in a beard.
- [53:19]
Caller/Listener
And now some kids there.
- [53:21]
Jason Mantzoukas
Oh, she is in a full. She has a full face mask that is Santa Claus. And she does a deep voice. It is absolutely mental.
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Paul Scheer
Now, will Jason regret this choice? Well, I know the answer to that, but you don't. You have to tune in next week. Now, Rotten Tomatoes does rate this movie at a 77% fresh. And Eddie Harrison from Film Authority says fusing Mrs. Doubtfire and Tootsie My Secret Santa is a laughable Netflix ripping off the Hallmark movie about a single mom passing herself off at Santa. That passes this so bad. It's good test. It's so silly. You literally won't believe what you're seeing. Now, I gotta tell you, they're not wrong. I enjoyed the hell out of it. The only place to watch it though is on Netflix. So there you go. Now, unrelated to this movie, you can always find movies that are available outside of Netflix through your local public library. But we don't have to worry about that this week. What I do want to tell you though is have a very happy holiday season. Thank you for following us on social media. Thank you for listening to us. Thank you for recommending us to all of your friends. It means a lot. Seeing you put us on your Spotify end of year playlist is amazing. I wish we recorded a video for you, but we forgot that's the kind of things that we gotta be more on top of in the new year. Anyway, thank you to our producers who pull this show together every week. Scott Sahni, Molly Reynolds, our engineer, Casey Holford, and our social media manager, Zoe Applebaum. We will forever be thankful to the one and only Avril Halle. We think of her a lot during this holiday season and we miss her. We will see you next week for Secret Santa. Hey, this is Will Arnett, host of Smartless. Smartless is a podcast with myself and Sean Hayes and Jason Bateman, where each week one of us reveals a mystery guest to the other two. We dive deep with guests that you love, like Bill Hader, Selena Gomez, Jennifer Aniston, David Beckham, Kristen Stewart, and tons more. So join us for a genuinely improvised and authentic conversation filled with laughter and newfound knowledge to feed the smartless mind. Listen to Smartless now on the SiriusXM app. Download it today. Drafty Windows Sky High Energy Bills Tired of the hassle of constant repairs this holiday season? Renewal by Andersen helps you slay the savings. Buy one window or door and get one 40% off, plus take $200 off your entire purchase with a minimum of four. And with special financing available, Replacing those old inefficient windows has never been easier. Don't let drafty, worn out windows crash your holiday cheer. Visit renewalbyanderson.com today to schedule your free consultation.