A Very Jonas Christmas Movie

Summary

Pod Meets World — “A Very Jonas Christmas Movie”

iHeartPodcasts | December 16, 2025

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Episode Overview

In this festive episode, hosts Will Friedle and guest Sabrina Bryan (of Cheetah Girls fame) deep-dive into Disney's big holiday movie for 2025: A Very Jonas Christmas. They dissect the film’s classic boy band antics, holiday hijinks, self-aware humor, and surprisingly star-studded cast, all with their trademark playful banter. Along the way, they riff on boy band definitions, share behind-the-scenes stories from touring with the Jonas Brothers, and gleefully fan-out over cameos, plot tropes, and Christmas movie traditions.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

What Makes a "Boy Band"? ([03:22]–[08:50])

• Boy Band Memories:
  • Sabrina recalls her first concert: an NSYNC show in high school, and the pressure back then to pick a side between NSYNC and Backstreet Boys.
  • Will shares that, for his generation, The Monkees might be the proto-boy band—even if the genre lines get blurry.
• The “Boy Band” Debate:
  • Will asserts: “To me, a boy band is four or five cute looking guys that can sing and dance. That’s the boy band.” ([06:48]; Will Friedle)
  • Sabrina points out One Direction didn’t dance, but are still considered a boy band.
  • Will cracks: “If 98 Degrees danced, they’d be 102 Degrees.” ([07:52]; Will Friedle)

Jonas Brothers: Early Days & Personal Connections ([13:44]–[15:39])

• Sabrina reveals the Jonas Brothers toured as openers for her group while driving themselves in a van:
  • “They were our opening opening act…they were so sweet, such hard workers, and you could just tell how talented they were.” ([14:02]; Sabrina Bryan)
  • Remembers Nick Jonas as especially driven, focused on music and writing even at a young age:
    • “You would just go, God, that kid is just talented, he's got it together…damn it, I swear to God, he's going to make it.” ([16:49]; Sabrina Bryan)

About A Very Jonas Christmas ([10:38]–[12:30])

• Logline: Jonas Brothers try to make it home for Christmas, but their plans are derailed by Santa (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) and a series of comic mishaps—a riff on the “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” formula.
• “It’s a self-deprecating take on the band—basically a revamp of Planes, Trains and Automobiles…with a musical comedy release.” ([11:34]; Will Friedle)
• Packed with cameos (Will Ferrell, Kenny G, Chloe Bennet, Randall Park, Laverne Cox, KJ Apa as “Gene,” Billie Lourd) and inside jokes about the band’s history.

Review & First Impressions ([22:20]–[24:23])

• Both loved the brothers' banter and self-aware, self-mocking approach.
• Sabrina: “I liked this very much. I just…I was smiling so much of the time. I love their banter as brothers, their banter into just like some of the corniness. They leaned into some stuff.” ([22:44])
• Will: “I really enjoyed it. There were parts of this movie that were piss yourself funny. I liked how they leaned into the fact that they were all famous … made fun of themselves and each other.” ([23:31])

Musical Highlights & Noteworthy Scenes

• Song: “Like It’s Christmas” performed at a “weirdly small” London venue—both hosts thought it should have looked like a stadium show.
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• Song: “Best Night”
  • Joe Jonas’ comedic fantasy musical number: “It was hilarious, very funny…amazingly visual.” ([35:34]; Sabrina Bryan)
  • Will: “It’s tongue-in-cheek, and they're making fun of each other. It’s very funny.” ([36:08])
• Train Station Musical Number:
  • Hosts loved the choreography, bustling visuals, and the direct Camp Rock meme reference ([43:16]–[44:16]).
• Kenny G. Cameo: “He looks like a Harry Potter wizard and he is a wizard on the saxophone…but I swear, it’s like he’s gotta finish this song so he can go and teach potions.” ([45:09]; Will Friedle)
• Will Ferrell as Superfan:
  • Opening scenes with Ferrell as an über Jonatic dad were “super fun,” but both wished there had been more Ferrell throughout.

Character & Relationship Threads

• Inside Jonas Jokes:
  • Self-mocking bits about band member roles (Nick as the responsible one, Kevin’s running “forgotten Jonas” joke), real-life marriages, and parental responsibilities.
  • Sabrina: “…when you’re in a group like that, you are obviously…compared to each other quite a bit…like, I always get, ‘Oh, you were my favorite Cheetah Girl!’” ([91:53])
• Santa as a Trickster:
  • Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s Santa essentially sabotages the Jonas travel plans in order to “force” them to reconnect as brothers—Will: “Santa is a real jerk in this one. I get the point, but yikes.” ([38:52])
• Joe’s Romance Plot:
  • Dr. Lucy (Chloe Bennet) is a former childhood friend/surgeon—Will jokes about their “equal” status: “She had to win $3 billion in the lottery...that’s the only way they had to make them equals. And it worked.” ([47:26])
  • Sabrina and Will both note the generational quirk that social media replaced exchanging numbers—“By the time you’ve seen each other in your undergarments, you can exchange numbers.” ([66:18])
• Family Cameos:
  • The real Jonas family, including “bonus Jonas” Frankie, appears at the end (“…somebody needed to do craft service,” jokes Will).

Favorite Moments & Quotes with Timestamps

• On boy band fandom lines:
  • “You kind of had to choose a side between them and Backstreet Boys.” ([04:25]; Sabrina Bryan)
  • “If 98 Degrees danced, they’d be 102 Degrees!” ([07:52]; Will Friedle)
• On the Monkees:
  • “People are gonna be like, the Monkees aren’t a boy band. They played their own instruments! ... I guess that kind of put-together musical act, the first one would be the Monkees for me.” ([06:07]; Will Friedle)
• On early Jonas days:
  • “They were just like little rock stars. ... the vibe just hit.” ([15:18]; Sabrina Bryan)
• On the movie’s meta humor:
  • “Self-deprecating take…they leaned into making fun of themselves and each other, which I’m always a big fan of.” ([24:22]; Will Friedle)
• On pop culture & dating changes:
  • “I feel so bad for people that have to date nowadays.” ([49:32]; Will Friedle)
• On musical numbers:
  • “This reminded me a bit…ooh, this is like a Kenny Ortega kind of scene.” ([43:32]; Will Friedle)
• On family cameos:
  • “It felt like real family, real vibe. But they did it in a great way where it wasn’t like, too jarring…but I did end up seeing that.” ([96:14]; Sabrina Bryan)

Running Jokes & Playful Asides

• Will repeatedly wonders if there’s ever been a Hallmark Christmas movie told from the perspective of “the guy she leaves behind”—riffing on holiday film tropes ([40:29]).
• “Is there a consensus on the cutest Jonas?” led to a playful studio debate and a deadlock ([15:39]).
• Malakai Barton “is not” in A Very Jonas Christmas (new recurring bit) ([27:41]).
• Sabrina’s “Sabrina Sees” segment reflects on group dynamics, being compared within bands, and “worst/least” member jokes ([90:26]).
• Trivia segment (“Facts About the Act”) reveals hosts know almost nothing about deep Jonas trivia ([86:13]).

Plot Recap Highlights ([27:41]–[80:30])

• Movie takes the Jonas Brothers on a wild holiday journey from London (fake O2 gig) through Amsterdam (with a running real/fake debate) and Germany.
• Santa (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) purposely sabotages their journey to force quality brotherly time.
• Comedy beats include:
  • Bantering about “the most forgettable Jonas,”
  • A show-stealing Broadway-rival musical number (“Home Alone: The Musical”) ([56:25]),
  • Mishaps with travel agents (Laverne Cox), exes, pilots (KJ Apa as “Gene”), wolves, and more,
  • Running gag of Nick’s “candle company” and emergency whistles.
• Climax: The boys must survive together (literally—wolves, cold, lost passports) to reclaim their “brotherly magic.”
• Family reunion (with real-life Jonas members) plus a classic “will-they-or-won’t-they” and Christmas performance wrap things up.

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Notable Quotes (with Timestamps)

• On boy band allegiance:
  • “You have to say love both of them.” ([05:04]; Sabrina Bryan)
• On fame & realness in the film:
  • “There's a great conversation she has...‘Am I supposed to walk here and pretend that I don't know everything that's going on in your personal life?’…very clever.” ([23:42]; Will Friedle)
• On movie’s playful tone:
  • “There were parts of this movie that were piss yourself funny.” ([23:31]; Will Friedle)
  • “I loved that they picked and poke at the funny things—the things that they know that people talk about. Might as well lean into it.” ([44:33]; Sabrina Bryan)
• On Santa as an antagonist:
  • “Santa’s a real jerk in this one. I get the point, but yikes.” ([38:52]; Will Friedle)
• On digital-age romance:
  • “By the time you’ve seen each other in your undergarments, you can exchange numbers.” ([66:18]; Will Friedle)

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Favorite & Standout Segments (w/ Timestamps)

• Boy Band Debate: [03:22–08:50]
• Early Jonas Tour Stories: [13:44–15:39]
• Review/First Impressions: [22:44–24:23]
• Train Station Musical Scene & Camp Rock Reference: [43:16–44:16]
• Home Alone: The Musical (Ethan/Nick Sing-Off): [56:25–57:56]
• Santa’s Ongoing Sabotage: [38:52–40:13]
• Behind-the-Scenes Family Cameos, Child “Visibility”: [94:26–95:57]
• Hosts’ Final Ratings: [97:55–100:26]

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Final Verdict & Ratings (99:01–100:33)

• Will: 9.5 Wizard Kenny G Cameos out of 10
  • “I really enjoyed this movie…it was fun, well-written, short. Parts of it were laugh-out-loud funny. The music was fun—even if it didn’t stick in my head.”
• Sabrina: 9.5 Wizard Kenny G Cameos out of 10
  • “I loved the movie, loved the cameos. Will Ferrell was great, just wish he was in it more…they [Jonas Brothers] leaned into it, made fun of themselves. So much fun, highly recommend as a good Christmas movie.”

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Episode Tone & Energy

• Playful, irreverent, full of inside jokes and genuine fandom.
• No matter the tangent—whether Cheetah Girls memories or critiques of CGI—hosts keep the Christmas spirit and nostalgia flowing.

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For Listeners Who Haven’t Seen the Movie

This review is an enthusiastic thumbs-up for both Jonas fans and newcomers. A Very Jonas Christmas delivers on festive laughs, boy band charm, self-aware parody, and genuinely earnest family holiday spirit. The hosts’ review—much like the movie—invites you to smile, remember your pop fandom days, and enjoy some lighthearted fun.

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Next Week:
The show returns after the holiday special with a challenge: can the hosts remember the ratings they've given to past DCOMs? Plus, they've announced the first film for 2026: Cheetah Girls 3.

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Transcript

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[Will Friedle]

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[Will Friedle]

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[Will Friedle]

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[Eva Longoria]

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[Will Friedle]

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[Sabrina Bryant]

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[Will Friedle]

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[Sabrina Bryant]

Oh, that's an easy, easy one. Well, actually, maybe not as easy. I knew Kids on the Block for sure was my first boy band. And then a bigger memory, though one that pops out faster is my first concert was an NSYNC concert, okay. At the Honda Center. And it was kind. It was like, kind of one of my first, like, dates too. I was in high school. I was like a freshman in high school, and I went with another couple. And then this guy that I was seeing, we went and saw NSync because his. His, like, dad had some kind of in on getting tickets of some.

[Will Friedle]

So pretty good seats. Which one of the members of NSYNC most reminded you of your date? If you had to. If you had to put an NSYNC member on your date, which one were you dating?

[Sabrina Bryant]

Oh, the guy of. The guy I was actually with.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, the guy you're actually with. If you had to assign him an NSYNC or who would he.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Skater snowboarder kind of guy. Not a dancer. Not a.

[Will Friedle]

Okay, well, then who would be the skater snowboarder? They didn't really have one of those in incident.

[Sabrina Bryant]

They didn't have like a. Like a, you know, super. I don't want to say not athletic, but I'm just saying, like, they didn't have anyone that was like that. They were just kind of. I don't know. But I loved NSync. And that was like. I was like, oh, my God, if this is how concerts are, I want to go to concerts, like, all the time because they were so good still. You know, I always tell Joey Fatone, you know, I know that there wasn't like, you didn't have to choose a side, but you kind of had to choose a side between them and Backstreet Boys.

[Will Friedle]

You just feel okay?

[Sabrina Bryant]

I just feel like that's just how everyone felt at the time. You have to say love both of them.

[Will Friedle]

I knew. I knew. No, most of the members of NSYNC pretty well. You know, Danielle dated Lance, so they were on the set all the time. But I've never seen an NSYNC concert.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Oh, yes.

[Will Friedle]

I was supposed to go one time and I didn't get it. Didn't go. But I just saw Backstreet Boys at the Sphere and that's. That's going to be tough to beat.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Well, that's a must.

[Will Friedle]

I mean, that's good. That was a hell of a show.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Else goes to the Sphere. That's kind of a hard situation because I heard the Sphere is just.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, Sphere is. It's incredible. I've seen two shows right now. It's the most incredible venue in the world. I'm. I'm saying that hands down. And again, this is somebody who. I've been to some. I mean, I've been to Royal Albert hall in London. I've been to some pretty great places.

[Eva Longoria]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Sphere is pretty magical. Yeah.

[Sabrina Bryant]

What about you is.

[Will Friedle]

It would depend on the boy band because again, I guess technically they're not considered a boy band. But when I was a little kid, like a little, little kid, I found the Monkees.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Oh.

[Will Friedle]

And so they were a put together group, but I loved the television show. And so I guess if it. I guess they're not technically a boy band and people are gonna be like, the Monkeys aren't a boy band. Because they weren't. They played their own instruments and all that stuff. But. But I would say, I guess technically that kind of put together musical act.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

The first one would be the Monkees for me.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Yeah. I think it's fair to say, I mean, yes, they're more, I guess of a band, but the definition of a boy band, I feel like, has always kind of been blurred. You know what I mean? I don't think that they have to dance.

[Will Friedle]

Right. Is our group today a boy band?

[Sabrina Bryant]

I would consider them a boy band.

[Will Friedle]

Yes. See, I don't know if I would. I don't. This is where you don't know where it's like, are they, are they just a band that has these guys? Right? To me, a boy band. I'll be honest, to me, a boy band is four or five guys, cute looking guys that can sing and dance. That's like the boy band.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Okay, so the dance aspect is big.

[Will Friedle]

But I also heard that and I've never. Please don't come at me. And I could be wrong about this because I know they have, they have fans around the world. But I heard like One Direction didn't really dance. Right. Am I wrong?

[Sabrina Bryant]

And I would never in my life not think that they're a boy band. I don't know. I never saw right okay, so somebody just put.

[Will Friedle]

They did. We're getting from everybody. They did not dance at all. Okay. And they're definitely a boy band.

[Sabrina Bryant]

But did they play instruments? Because is it the instruments and the dancing that kind of makes the division?

[Will Friedle]

I don't know. Because I would say they were also put together on that X factor and they did not play instruments. So they're a boy band. That did.

[Sabrina Bryant]

They literally just had mics and just sang.

[Will Friedle]

I guess so, yeah.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Like 98 degrees.

[Will Friedle]

98 degrees. Didn't dance. How did they get so hot?

[Sabrina Bryant]

Not really. Not really.

[Will Friedle]

If they danced, they'd be 102 degrees. Thank you very much. Oh, we just heard from one. Okay. We won't even say that out there in case somebody from 98 Degrees is watching.

[Sabrina Bryant]

98 Degrees. They didn't consider themselves dancers either, though, because I remember Drew Lachey. I was on the season a couple seasons on Dancing with Stars. After him, we went on tour together and him dancing for. For whatever reason. I remember meeting him and like, he was so nervous about it. He never felt, like, super, super confident.

[Will Friedle]

He's a singer, you know?

[Sabrina Bryant]

And I was like, why? And he's like. I'm like, you're in a boy band. And I remember him saying, but we.

[Will Friedle]

Don'T really don't dance. Yes.

[Sabrina Bryant]

That's not.

[Will Friedle]

Where would you put Color me Bad in this. In this situation? You remember Color me bad.

[Sabrina Bryant]

What's a song they sing?

[Will Friedle]

I don't know. I didn't actually hear a Color me Bad song. But I remember color me bad was like. Were they a boy band?

[Sabrina Bryant]

I don't know.

[Will Friedle]

I want to sex you up. Oh, I want to sex you up.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Yeah. See that whole like.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, my God. I know it.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Tick tock. You don't stop.

[Will Friedle]

I know it.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Take that. Get on. So they're cut.

[Will Friedle]

That's Color me Bad.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Okay. So that's. That's a different sector too. Because now we're kind of going out of the pop world and we're going into that.

[Will Friedle]

That's pop, isn't it?

[Sabrina Bryant]

World. Oh, I guess considered more R B.

[Will Friedle]

Like R B is boys to men, which I can listen to all day long. Yeah. Okay.

[Sabrina Bryant]

That and those are considered, I would say, boy bands, right?

[Will Friedle]

Were you a guest O Town fan?

[Sabrina Bryant]

No, no, no, no. And I'm sure they're all great guys, right? I'm sure they are just fine people. But O town was just like, oh, but you're not in sync. Like, it wasn't even like. Like backstreet Boys was still they were good. I just wasn't. I was an NSyncker.

[Will Friedle]

Right, like you were Team NSync.

[Sabrina Bryant]

I was Team NSync.

[Will Friedle]

I was, too.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Just because I knew that I was still good. But O Town was just kind of. It got cheesier. The hair got crazier, the outfits got dumber. Like, it just all kind of just was to me. Not. Not where the bar was in sync and they didn't hit it.

[Will Friedle]

Okay. I would suggest you get deep into a German boy rap group called Fettesbrot. That's gonna change your life. Literally means fresh bread. Check them out. I'm being totally serious. The Drowsy is one of the best songs you're ever going to hear, by the way. We're going to get two emails from people going, like, I can't believe you just mentioned Fetus Brode. So two of them. Two of them, yeah. Two people are going to know who it is. Anyway, it's a good segue. I don't know how we're going to segue from German pop bands, but we are welcome back to Magical Rewind, the show that makes you want to grab your friends, your PJs and your popcorn and go back to a time when all the houses were smart. The wave, tsunamis, and the high school's musical. I'm Will Friedle.

[Sabrina Bryant]

And I'm Sabrina Bryant.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, Sabrina. This is not a drill, folks. This is not a drill. We are sliding down the chimney and tackling Disney's massive 2025. Yes. This year, people. 2025 entry into the holiday season. It's a very Jonas Christmas. Yup. We are back with Kevin, Joe and Nick. Took me half the movie to figure out who was who. Making their glorious return to the channel with a musical comedy release for Disney and Hulu on November 14th of this year. And most imp. It has the tagline, let it bro. Let it, bro. Let it bro. That alone, I'm gonna score it a 10. I didn't even have to watch the movie. Unbelievable. This was filmed in Toronto. Was none of it filmed in Amsterdam? Because I lived in Amsterdam and it really looked like Amsterdam. Well, you know this. The work that the location scout did was the same location scout that did the Color me bad I want to sex you up video.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Got it.

[Will Friedle]

So that's. A lot of people don't know that. No. Yes. It was filmed in Toronto. The movie title was first announced alongside its teaser trailer debut at Jonascon. That's a real thing. It's a real fan convention for the Jonas Brothers. You Know you've made it when it's just your name and con. So when there's Wilcon, we'll talk. This year celebrating the 20th anniversary of the group and this movie is stacked with great guest stars to prove it. It is a self deprecating take on the band in what is basically a revamp of Planes, Trains and automobiles. A classic 80s Thanksgiving movie star John Candy and Steve Martin. Sabrina, don't hurt my feelings right now and please tell me you. Have you not seen Plane, Trains and Automobiles? Oh my God.

[Sabrina Bryant]

I know. Please don't quit, Will. Just stick with me and enlighten me. Will, come back. I'm sorry, I. I don't even know.

[Will Friedle]

I don't even know what to say to you. Planes, Trains and Automobiles is one of the great you are to watch this movie today. There cannot be one more day of your life that goes by without watching Planes, Trains and Automobiles. One of the greatest comedies ever.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Like I was born in 84, so if this is a big movie in the 80s, at what point in my life?

[Will Friedle]

Like how about the last 30 something years? It's like you're saying you've never seen a movie that's taken place before 1984. Are you kidding me?

[Sabrina Bryant]

Okay, all right.

[Will Friedle]

God, I wish I could talk right to your fake husband Jordan, because I would tell him to sit you down and I guarantee you anymore because you've met him. I know I have. And he's great. You've seen.

[Sabrina Bryant]

I do love both of those actors. So I seem like you can't go wrong with them.

[Will Friedle]

It's just. It hurt my heart.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Okay, sorry.

[Will Friedle]

Go see it. Anyway, now we get all of this in the vein of a classic boy band and musical comedians from the past like the Monkeys or the Beatles, which you're all talking about. And it's all very, very cute. Now I know we went over this in the past, especially when we saw the Jonas Trio in their first E Comm Camp Rock. But were you not only a friend of these guys, Were you a fan of the Jonas, bro? Were you friends with them first and then fans or fans and then friends? How did that work?

[Sabrina Bryant]

Friends, then fans. So they came and they were our. At our very first tour we did for our Christmas album. They were our opening opening act. So they came on, then Ali and AJ came on and then we came.

[Will Friedle]

Wow.

[Sabrina Bryant]

They were still driving around in their 12 passenger van. That is like now so well known. And they talk about in the movie. Yeah, and they were still driving around in that at the time and doing Another gig. They, a lot of times would open for us, drive somewhere else and go do a gig somewhere else and then, you know, hop back into the. The tour line and so. Or just meet us at the next city or whatever. Loved them. They were so sweet, such hard workers, so ambitious, and you could just tell how talented they were. And especially with Nick. He's the one, if you remember. I'll give you. Just because I know you.

[Will Friedle]

No, I remember. I got them now. I got them. Trust me, they're. They're the best in the mind.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Now this one, especially with him sitting and talking to him like he was like, at such a young age, like, writing playwrights and working on music and writing and just. He had, like, his brain just worked, like, in that magical way. And then obviously hearing them warm up, hearing them do their show every night, all their songs were so catchy. They were so good. I loved sneaking out into the audience and watching them on stage, because even at that young of an age, they were just rock stars. They were just like little.

[Will Friedle]

We saw that in Gabrock.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Yeah. I mean, they were younger than us, so sorry to, like. I mean, Kevin is. Is close to my age, if not the same age as me, but, you know, it was like they were still so young, and they were like rockers out there. You know, they were younger backstage and they'd get out on the stage and just that whole thing, just the vibe just hit.

[Will Friedle]

Okay, do we. Do we have. Now I'm gonna accept this from all our producers as well, so I'm gonna need the producers to. To chime in. Do we have a consensus on which one is the cutest? Who's the cutest? Jonas Brother. Can we. Can we please get those. Those answers right now? Who do we have? Joe. Okay, we have Joe. We got it.

[Sabrina Bryant]

We got a. I. I've always thought Nick was just so cute.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, we got two Joes. We got two Joes and a Nick so far.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Yeah, Nick. I feel like that's a lot. I mean, Joe is obviously very, very good looking, but I feel like Joe.

[Will Friedle]

Is the middle kid.

[Sabrina Bryant]

He's the middle. So Kevin's the oldest. Joe was the middle, and. And then Nick was the youngest.

[Will Friedle]

And Nikki, as the youngest, is the one who's. Who's somehow broken the mold and is the most responsible because the youngest, which is what I am, is never the most responsible.

[Sabrina Bryant]

No, we're. We're wild. We're wild cards.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, I know. Exactly. Okay, well, so there is no consensus.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Apparently, but I'm telling you that does it? If that. If this movie storyline goes along with how their personalities really are, which I think it.

[Will Friedle]

I think it does.

[Sabrina Bryant]

I think it does. You could tell that from Nick at a very young age. I'm talking like, at this tour. You would just go, God, that kid is just.

[Will Friedle]

He's got it to go.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Talented, he's got it together, he knows what he wants to do, where he wants to go, and damn it, I swear to God, he's going to make it.

[Will Friedle]

That's great.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Here we are 20 years later.

[Will Friedle]

I was going to say hello. 15 years since Camp Rock and the TV show Jonas was on the channel back in 2009. So it was a welcome return to Disney for some homegrown talent. The movie also got the full Disney treatment with tons of marketing dollars and some presence at the theme parks. There are photo op setups in California Adventure and a roaming DJ sleigh playing music from the movie. And obviously you don't pay for the Jonas Brothers without getting some new music. So a soundtrack was released with the movie featuring all new Christmas songs like Coming Home this Christmas featuring Kenny G. Who we'll get into him. He just looks like a Harry Potter character. A live version he does right now is like, this is professor marketing. It was like, whoa. A live version of like It's Christmas and Best Night. It was released on streaming services and a special green vinyl. That's an album, kids. But it's not their first dive into the holiday. They had a 2020 hit with I Need you'd Christmas, which is on a loop at my house. Never actually heard that song.

[Sabrina Bryant]

I'm like, what? I've never heard that song. I don't think.

[Will Friedle]

Yes, the movie is of course streamable right now on Disney Hulu, and we encourage you to watch it under the mistletoe. Then you can kiss whichever Jonas you want. It's a real life hack for kissing. People watch a movie before or after listening to the podcast. That's not a problem. But the kissing. Do that after the podcast. We don't want to share you with anyone. You're ours. Not anyone.

[Sabrina Bryant]

No one else's.

[Will Friedle]

Now the best news for the Jonas Brothers. The reviews have been good. People love the inside jokes and the banging music, even if the plot isn't necessarily an original one. But nobody cared. Sabrina. Personally, I think it would be difficult to avoid the existence of this movie, considering its advertising presence and just overall dominance on Disney. But were you planning on watching a very Jonas Christmas, even if it wasn't required as part of your job? Description.

[Sabrina Bryant]

I actually was, I was, I was interested to see how they were gonna do it. I have a feeling especially now watching it. I think this probably played into a lot of into them getting Camp Rock 3. I like, I feel and I'll get that. I'll get into that later of of that towards our wrap up. But I was interested to see how they were going to do it, what, what their storyline was going to be and, and how they were going to handle a musical element of it because it was like sure, how are they.

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[Sabrina Bryant]

So I was, I was, I was interested in seeing it. However, all the advertisement stuff they said at Disney, we were just there. I didn't see anything a very not.

[Will Friedle]

But because my guess is it was before it was streamable. I mean they probably, you know, they were launching it. Yeah.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Yeah, I didn't see any of that like either. But I'm sure I would snag the pick.

[Will Friedle]

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[Will Friedle]

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[Sabrina Bryant]

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[Sabrina Bryant]

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[Will Friedle]

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[Will Friedle]

So for everybody, it is time to meet Santa at a bar and let him almost ruin your entire holiday season. Yes, it's time for the synopsis. The Jonas brothers discover their plans for a quiet family celebration are completely upended by surprise guests, old rivalries, and unbelievable journeys caused by Santa himself. And with that, Sabrina, early thoughts. What did you think of a very Jonas Christmas?

[Sabrina Bryant]

I liked this very much. I just. I was smiling so much of the time. I love their banter. I love that they, you know, their banter as brothers. Their banter into. Into just like some of the corniness. They leaned into some stuff. And I wasn't sure after talking with one of our producers that had gotten to see it earlier, you know, she wasn't like, it's the best movie. You know, she was kind of like, it's good, it's good. And so I was kind of not sure I liked it far more than she sold it. I'll just say that.

[Will Friedle]

Okay, great.

[Sabrina Bryant]

And you will.

[Will Friedle]

And for you.

[Sabrina Bryant]

And for you.

[Will Friedle]

I really enjoyed this movie. No, I really enjoyed it. I really enjoyed it. There were parts of this movie that were piss yourself funny.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Yes, I agree.

[Will Friedle]

I. I liked how they leaned into the fact that they were all famous. You know, there's a great conversation she has with them at one point where she's like, am I supposed to walk here and pretend that I don't know everything that's going on in your personal life? Like, things like that I thought were very clever. The relationship between the three of them was great. The fir. For the first. So Joe is the one in the middle. Yes, for the first maybe 10 minutes of the movie, 10 to 12 minutes of the movie. He mumbled every single one of his lines. And so I had to go back and put on the subtitles because he was mumbling his lines. It got better, but he was very mumbled. Joe is clearly the best actor of. Of the three of them.

[Sabrina Bryant]

I think so, too.

[Will Friedle]

The chemistry they have is great. The premise for what it is is, you know, is very basic, but, man, it worked. They leaned into making fun of themselves and each other, which I'm always a big fan of. So I fully enjoyed this movie. I. Some of the music wasn't my favorite, but again, I don't like musicals. I like how they kind of made fun of the musical at some points, but I can't. And this is just the way my mind works. For some reason, I can't remember a single song, but that's not. That's more on me than anything else. I still really enjoyed the movie, but I can't. I honestly could not hum a single song right now if I had to. And I watched it last night, but either way, I did enjoy the movie. This was directed by Jessica Yu. Jessica is a very established TV director with episodes of ER. I'm kidding. It's ER, the West Wing, Grey's Anatomy, Billions, 13 Reasons why, and Only Murders in the Building. She also directed the 2017 Maris Bamford comedy special Old Baby. And clearly the movie stars, well, the Jonas Brothers. Kevin, Joe and Nick as themselves. Ironically, Joe plays Kevin, Kevin plays Joe, and Nick plays someone named Steve. I'm kidding, it's Kevin Joanick. We've seen them before in Camp Rock, but a reminder, they are a family band who was catapulted into fame through the Disney machine. They would go on to sell millions of records as a group and have also dabbled, of course, in solo careers. But it's Nick who's had the most success acting. He was in movies like welcome to the Jungle, which I still say was the best movie of that year, and Midway and on TV shows like Scream Queens, Hawaii 5o and SNL, which he hosted. And we know the Jonas Trio will be back on the channel. Yes, they will, with a new DCOM. That's Camp Rock 3. This time, aliens come down, destroy the camp, and they're fighting for survival as they're living off the dead corpses of their fellow campers. I'm kidding. We don't know what it's about yet, but my guess is it's gonna be about singing and dancing at a camp. But we're very excited about it. We've also got Chloe Bennett as Lucy. Chloe is best known as Daisy Sky Johnson from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as well as the TV show Dave. Then we've got Randall Park, a familiar face as Brad. Randall was the lead on the ABC TV show Fresh off the Boat and played Jimmy Woo in Wandavision. But he's been in a ton of things, including the movie Always Be My maybe. And he played President Kim Jong Un in the Interview and then Billie Lourd as Cassidy. Billy is part of the Ryan Murphy universe in American Horror Story and she appeared in movies like Booksmart and the Last Showgirl. She is the daughter of the late Carrie Fisher, AKA Princess Leia, and she appeared in the most recent Star wars movie after the death of her mom. Then we've got Laverne Cox. She's Stacey Cox first appeared on TV as a contestant on the VH1 reality show I Want to Work For Diddy and which might just be the worst aged TV show in the history of TV shows. But she went on to become the first transgender person to be nominated for an Emmy in an acting category for her role in Orange Is the New Black. Then she won a Daytime Emmy as a producer, making her the first trans woman to win the award. She's been on TV shows like Doubt Law and svu. That's SVU and Curb youb Enthusiasm and is a real pioneer, including the fact that she was the first transgender person on the COVID of Time magazine. Damn. And there are a ton of cameos in this movie, including Andrew Barth Feldman as Ethan. Feldman was a standout from the Jennifer Lawrence movie no Hard Feelings, which I have not seen but I hear is phenomenal. And he had one or two scenes of this movie and just stole it.

[Sabrina Bryant]

So good.

[Will Friedle]

And on the Disney side of things, he appeared in High School the the series and was the voice of Dopey in the recent live action Snow White movie which everyone loved and came out right after they shot it. And we've got Will Ferrell who people constantly think is me. It's pretty awful when you were Will Friedle and you were like building up your fame at 11. Then some guy named Will Ferrell comes along and is really funny. What a jerk. I'm kidding. He's one of my favorites of all time. He's gonna kick off this movie and that was a fun one. I have to assume he has been a friend of the Jonas Brothers for quite a while and I'm excited to debut a new feature we have here on Magical Rewind. I've been looking forward to this. It's called Is Malakai Barton in it? This is where we see if modern day Disney wunderkin Malakai Barton is in the dcom. We're recapping. We've seen him in under wraps in Zombies 4 so far. So let's check to see if Malakai is in a very Jonas Christmas he's not. Okay. Bummer. Good new feature though. And we'll do this every time. So did Malakai dodge a bullet? Well, let's find out by the runtime. A very Jonas Christmas is. Oh God, I just feel Santa E and eggnog. And I'm holding it on my. Yes. Cause it's 80 minutes. Wow. 10 minutes off the target. But on the right side of history for sure. So I can't be mad. I've taken longer showers in this movie. But hey, I'll take it. Great job, gang. This movie is written by the duo of Isaac Aptiker and Elizabeth Berger. They are best known as the writers of Greg Berlanti's Love God, there's so many names here. My God. Writers of Greg Berlanti's Love Simon movie and would go on to showrun and EP the resulting Hulu TV show. Love Victor. And they are TV vets with credits on this is us about a boy and how I met your father. I've also been told they are big Boy Meets World fans. That is not confirmed in any way, shape or form, but let's just go with it. I assume everybody is. And so let's pretend it's Christmas and remember when we feel something because there's no need to be home alone. We're coming home for Christmas, sucker. Let's recap. A very Jonas Christmas. We open on London. At least we thought so. Now it just appears to be Toronto with the most wonderful time of the year playing. We see the establishing shots we always see when a movie set in England. But now it includes Christmas trees and CGI'd Jonas Brothers ads plastered onto double decker buses. It's apparently time for the group's UK stop in their world tour. And we get Will Ferrell playing himself getting ready for their show in his posh hotel room. He is a Jonas Brothers super, super fan who flew all the way to London with his family, played by his wife and real sons, Magnus, Matthias and Axel. But he cares very little about his real family because tonight is all about the Jonases. This is his super bowl and Nick, Joe and Kevin are his three kings. It's a very funny way to start the movie.

[Sabrina Bryant]

I love it.

[Will Friedle]

And then we're thrown into the concert. Now this was my first weird kind of moment. It seemed like a very small venue.

[Sabrina Bryant]

That's one of my. That's literally my top Sabrina sees is what is this venue and why does it not in any way show the stadium tour that the girl the boys would be out on that why are.

[Will Friedle]

They not in the O2 Arena? I mean, this was like.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Like at the Wiltern. Like, it's like so small compared to the size of, like, arenas or where. I mean, anywhere that they'd actually.

[Will Friedle]

I thought that too. I was like, wow, this is a very small venue. And I figured they. They do sell out arenas. I would imagine so.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Yeah. I mean, these guys are going around just dominating the touring with arena after arena after arena. Their sales are through the charts, like.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, yeah. So I. That was weird to me. This seems.

[Sabrina Bryant]

It was. I thought the same thing. Like, I mean, I get it. Because, you know, it's probably easier to shoot.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, it's probably also just easier to shoot. I. I see why for on camera, but I would have maybe done it in a smaller place like that, but then shot it to look like a bigger place because it looks like they're kind of playing a small place.

[Sabrina Bryant]

It does.

[Will Friedle]

These were like the size of the theaters that we were doing for Pod Meets World, Right. So our live tour was in theaters that size. I was like, oh. So, yeah. Anyway, it is called the Unbreakable Bond Tour and the sold out crowd is going nuts. Will, that's Feral and his family are dead center in the pit. They arrived four and a half hours early. The brothers are getting ready to take the stage. So they huddle and say, every moment, every brother, every feeling matters. And I have to say, this is a terrible, terrible motto when there's a fourth brother that isn't involved in any of this. And I just thought it was mean, like, can you. Oh, God. I was like, there's another brother.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Except for the youngest.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, except for the one who doesn't do for our family.

[Sabrina Bryant]

I think their brother is in the music industry. I think he did.

[Will Friedle]

No, he put us on.

[Sabrina Bryant]

He's significantly younger than them, though.

[Will Friedle]

But still, it's a weird thing for them.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Lisa said he opens for them, so he's still doing his part, but he is significantly, like, when I'm telling you. But it's a weird motto, Monroe. Yeah, it is.

[Will Friedle]

It is.

[Sabrina Bryant]

But I think. I think it's to just bring into, like, I get it. We're together, We're a unique.

[Will Friedle]

I get it. And it's supposed to come back later. I get it. But, man, there's the brother that's not even involved in your chant. But with that, the band takes the stage and wishes London a merry Christmas. We get our very first song, like It's Christmas. Their own original from 2019, and it was good. I think I Don't remember it. But I didn't remember. I didn't hear a single song where I was like, oh, that was a terrible song. But I also didn't hear a single song that I was. That I remember. Like, I don't remember them, but they were all. All good. It feels like it could be a cover for a Christmas classic. Very naturally Christmas. So you liked our first track here?

[Sabrina Bryant]

I did. I liked it. I was a little hung up on, like, I didn't feel the only thing about this. And this is a spring season. I'll just go ahead and lose. But to me, it felt. It was a little underwhelming. I liked this song, but I didn't feel that, like, Jonas, like, big band vibe. I didn't get that from this first one. So it was. It was like, oh, oh, no. Like, I kind of got worried, like.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, what's gonna happen?

[Sabrina Bryant]

Because I'm. I'm here for the music. I'm here to. I'm here to hear my Joe Pros give me some good Christmas jingles. And it was a good song, but I didn't think that the visual of it led up to. I mean, you can go on Instagram, TikTok and just see how awesome they are on stage right now. And it didn't give me that vibe.

[Will Friedle]

Okay, fair enough.

[Sabrina Bryant]

And I was like, okay, but don't worry, everyone stay tuned.

[Will Friedle]

Well, you know who does love it is Will Ferrell. Cause he's freaking out. As they finish the show and walk backstage, Nick can't believe Will Ferrell was at another performance. Such a funny line. It's like, can't believe Will Ferrell was here again. And Nick thinks the show went very well, especially with the set changes he made. But the guys didn't even notice the work he put in, which seems like a common occurrence these days. The boys are picked up in a cart by their road manager, Brad, who drives them about 45ft, 4 seconds. They're played by. He's played by Randall Park. He's immediately flying to Atlantic City to renew his vows. Wants to make sure the boys will safely get to their plane in the morning, especially since their stalker count is currently at Nick, 34, Joe, 48, and Kevin, 175. And it's because Kevin writes back to the prisoners that writes to him. And this is where I was like, oh, okay. I get where they're going with this humor. And I think this is going to be a fun ride. And it was.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Yes.

[Will Friedle]

To help, Brad got them emergency whistles. If anyone tries anything on their way to New York. They have whistles and they have their respective names on them and they can blow them at any time. He also hired a 24 hour travel agent just in case. And so now they have a free night in London. But Nick says he's gonna play it cool. He can't show up to see his wife Priyanka Chopra hungover. Joe can't believe it. It's the end of their tour. They should celebrate with an epic night. But even Kevin needs his rest. And anyway, they're three thirty something dads now. How epic could they really get? The question throws us into our second song, a Joe Jonas solo joint, Best Night. This is all about what could be the best night of their lives. It is a very literal comedic song about what Joe thinks their future could hold. And we see it all unfold in front of us. We get Joe playing Elton, get Joe playing Daniel Ratcliffe, and we even get him dressed up as the Beckhams. The boys are clearly having a lot of fun filming this. What did you think of the second song?

[Sabrina Bryant]

Sabrina @ first went as we got into it, I went, oh, oh, oh, oh no. Oh no. And then once I realized this was going to be like a comedy one, I thought it was hilarious, very funny. And I thought it was really amazingly visual, like, you know, using the, the dancers and the, the background where the movement that they had was. And it just, it really caught me on just going, this is gonna be a funny.

[Will Friedle]

Night. Like, I'm sorry. Yeah. I was like, okay, this is. Then it started. I was like, what? Oh God, it's gonna be a musical. They're gonna. Yeah, I.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Know. Oh God, we just lost.

[Will Friedle]

Will. I was like, oh, no. But then it was like, oh God, it's kind of making fun of musicals. And they're, it's tongue in cheek and they're making fun of each other. So it's very funny. But the song doesn't change anyone's mind. And now we're in Nick's very quiet hotel room as he sits in bed drinking tea. His phone rings and it's Priyanka with their daughter. He plans on taking them skiing tomorrow and is so tired, he complains about spending six months obsessing over every single Jonas career detail. And yet his brothers live carefree. Then over in Kevin's hotel room, he's on FaceTime with his wife, the last famous Danielle Jonas, who he's been with since they were like 15. Right? I think they've been together.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Forever. They've been together For a very.

[Will Friedle]

Long time, which is pretty cool. She's with their kids and showing off some very expensive ornaments they purchased. We also find out that Kevin has something important to tell his brothers, and he's not sure how they'll take it. And I thought they were setting up something way different. And at a nearby bar, we then have party boy Joe, all by himself, having a drink. Drinking in a Disney movie. I love it. The Jonas Brothers drinking in a Disney movie. I was a big fan because I'm like, good. They're not like, we have to Disney fy everything.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Up. I know, but did you. They just suggested it. Did you realize that they never actually took a.

[Will Friedle]

Drink? No, but. Well, one of them in the first. The first part. The first. It's going to be a big night. They each come in and take.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Shots they know, but they just clink the.

[Will Friedle]

Shots. I know they don't actually see him drinking, but his beer is empty at the.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Bar. He's only got a little bit left, actually. Physically.

[Will Friedle]

No. But they show that they're.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Drinking. They're suggesting it, but they still don't drink anything. Which I thought was probably a good choice, but was definitely something to, like, pick up.

[Will Friedle]

On. They at least alluded to it, which is.

[Angel]

Good.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Yes.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. The man next to him has white hair and a short white beard and is wearing a red leather jacket. This man is actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson. Not playing himself. He's playing Santa. Santa Tyler Ferguson wants to know if Joe is all right, then quickly realizes he's talking to a Jonas. Santa has Spotify, you know. Santa quickly corrects himself, hiding his identity. Joe explains that his band is doing great, but them as brothers, eh? The magic is gone, and now their Christmas plans are to get away from each other. It's very sad. And with that admission, Joe gets up and leaves. Now alone, Santa Tyler Ferguson starts a spell he operatically demands. The boys cannot get home until they rediscover their brotherly magic. And this is the start of Santa. Just with these guys lives, terrible to the point of, like, really, you're. It's like, why not have them killed while you're at it? Santa, I mean, my God, kind of basically does. I mean, my God, it is. I get what they're going. But they made Santa a real kind of jerk in this one. I get the point of it, but yikes. Then the lights flicker and glitter appears. They must decide to spend Christmas together, or else they'll be stuck for eternity in London, which sounds like heaven to me.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Right? Oh, my gosh. Well, I am starting to really get to know your brain just so well. Instead of like, oh, Will would love.

[Will Friedle]

This. Are you kidding? God, I love.

[Sabrina Bryant]

London. He love it. Left in London for the rest of his.

[Will Friedle]

Life. As long as my wife's.

[Sabrina Bryant]

There. I was just gonna say, as.

[Will Friedle]

Long as I'm with my wife, I'm.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Good. He's.

[Will Friedle]

Good. I'm good. The glitter turns into lightning that travels to strike their airplane, blowing it up just hours before their flight. It's hopefully not confirmed if anyone was actually on the plane, but we'll have to assume it was empty because then we'd have a body count and only the Jonas Brothers are to blame. Also, the explosion looked really bad. Yeah, it was not a good CGI explosion. It just. There. There was a couple CGI moments in this movie, and they're few and far between. And again, we're nitpicking because I really like the film, but there were a couple moments where it was like, that didn't look good. And this was one of them where it was like, oh, this.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Just. This didn't look good for some reason. For me, though, it being a Christmas movie, I don't know why I give it a little bit more. I don't know why. It just is kind of like Christmas, right? They look cheesy, and it's, like, kind of just supposed to be magical and stuff. So, I mean, because, to be honest, for me, all of the. All of the Hallmark, of.

[Will Friedle]

Course. Hallmark producer Jar Hallmark. Is it cheesier? Of course it's.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Hallmark. Yeah. Right. And I mean, Hallmark is, like, the land of Christmas movies, right? So it's.

[Will Friedle]

Like.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Like. Because to be honest, for me, all of the Santa magic stuff looked bad to me. I didn't. I didn't think any of it looked, like, real great, but I didn't care because it's a Christmas movie, and it's like the magic is.

[Will Friedle]

Is. I've never watched a Hallmark Christmas movie. They're just not my.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Thing. Oh, I love them. I wish I.

[Will Friedle]

Could. They're not my thing because they won't. I was gonna say because they won't put me in them. So they don't get my. They don't get my. My vote. Has there ever been a Hallmark Christmas movie done from the point of view of the guy who is inevitably left by the woman who goes to the little IT guy, who's the nice guy, who's got a great job, but then she leaves to go to the little town, and then she falls back and. Is there anyone has there ever been one done from the point of view of the guy she leaves who's like, fine, let her go. Like, go.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Ahead. There's so many of.

[Will Friedle]

Them. If you're gonna leave Wall street to go back to your Christmas tree farm in Vermont to live with the guy who is still talking about how great it was to be in high school, have at it, lady. That's what you get. Yeah, that's the movie I want to do. It's just.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Right. They do so many. They do so many. I bet you they actually have a spin off of one of the other ones that they've already.

[Will Friedle]

Done. This is when we get a title card explaining we are 48 hours away from Christmas. The brothers are in the airport staring at the burnt shell of their plane and panicking they might miss Christmas at home, but there's still time to book a new flight. Brad is unavailable, busy renewing his vows as promised, but his voicemail tells the boys to check their wallets, where they find a business card for Odyssey Travel. They call their emergency travel agent, Cassidy, who's clearly unhinged from a recent breakup. But she pulls it together to get them flying out of Paris, avoiding the storm at Heathrow. But they'll need to get on the train in just 30 minutes. They hop in an Uber decorated for Christmas, driven by an older lady expat named Deb, who left her life as an ear, nose and throat receptionist to live in London. This is a great cameo by SCTV alum Andrea Martin, now best known for her scene stealing role on Only Murders in the Building. And now Deb is speeding down the highway, clearly filmed in the States, weaving it out of the lane, still confused by quote unquote, the other side of the road thing. The boys grip onto their seats and are forced to sing along to Christmas carols and then just narrowly avoid a stop semi truck to eventually land right in front of the train station. They park just as Deb finishes this story. So he kissed me on the cheek, he called down for a cab, and I never saw Buzz Aldrin again. So many of these random comedy moments in this movie and that was one of.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Them. And I never saw.

[Will Friedle]

Him. I never saw sub Buzz Aldrin again. They rush into the station without a minute to spare, but do decide they have time for one song, which again, very funny. We're like, we're late. It's like, do we have time for a song? Yeah, of course. And they start to sing a song and so we get, I got it too.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Cuz. But I'm like, I guess they got their tickets, so then now they are good on time. Like, they had to buy their tickets by a certain time, so they're good on the.

[Will Friedle]

Tickets. But I also think it's funny that they're like, do we have time for a song? Which is great. So we get Bop number three home for Christmas. It's all about getting back to their families for the holiday. And it's sung while interacting with other travelers and the crowded.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Surroundings. This might be my.

[Will Friedle]

Favorite. I don't disagree. This and then the song over the credits were my two favorite.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Ones.

[Will Friedle]

Yes. The last song. Yes. So there was a lot of great direction here. A ton of moving parts. This reminded me a bit where as I was watching it, I was like, ooh, this is like a Kenny Ortega kind of.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Scene. Yes.

[Will Friedle]

Absolutely. There's a bunch of stuff moving around. I'm starting to pick it up now. I'm like, what would Kenny had done with.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Kenny? It felt. It felt so seamless. It felt. And it was just visually, I loved the part where they're like entering in towards where the actual trains are with the chairs. And, you know, I just like, honestly, I loved this, the visuals of this one so.

[Will Friedle]

Much. Yep, lots of moving parts here. We even get some synchronized luggage dancing and drumline moves. We even get arguably the greatest dcom reference ever made in a movie as a group of dancers in the station mimic the infamous Camp Rock Demi Lovato march that has become such a popular, mean, popular meme. The Jonas Brothers notice the reference and give each other a look. Did you notice it.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Sabrina? Yes.

[Will Friedle]

Yes. That was.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Great. Well, because at first, when the. When the. The dancers were just doing it, I went, oh, no. Because I saw them walking in and I went, oh, God, no, no, don't do it, guys. And then I was like, oh, wait. And I rewound it. And I was like, this is actually the.

[Will Friedle]

Same. It's.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Great. It's a good one. Again, I loved it. I love that they picked and poke at the funny things, the things that they know that people talk about. You know what I mean? Might as well lean into it rather than trying to ignore it and.

[Will Friedle]

Pretend. I couldn't agree with you more. It's awesome. And then we get another glorious cameo. It's by that wizard, Kenny G. That wizard. He looks like a Harry Potter wizard and he is a wizard on the saxophone. But I swear, it's like he's gotta finish this song so he can go and teach potions. He just does. I'm Telling you, he hasn't aged a bit, except to look like he's somehow more.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Magical. I know. Well, if this. The glitter that came out and then one got stuck on this side, and then it fell off while he flicked his hair, and there was a little bit on this side, and he flicked his hair.

[Will Friedle]

Again.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Yeah, you still got.

[Will Friedle]

It. God. Okay, so what did you. You like the musical number? You like the dancing? Because you're. You're the. You're the expert dancer. So the dancing worked in this.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Scene. I mean, it. Yeah, it was. It wasn't.

[Will Friedle]

Like. I mean, it's basic.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Right? Yeah, I guess. It wasn't like, what are we comparing it to? Right, Right, it. But at the same time, I think it worked. And I think, more importantly, like, the. Just the entire routine and the entire number of visual aspects was just so.

[Will Friedle]

Great. Like, you.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Really. I felt like it was easy to get lost in this.

[Will Friedle]

Movie. Yeah. Like.

[Sabrina Bryant]

This. This one in a good.

[Will Friedle]

Way. Super cool. And just as the boys finally make it to the train, we see that its destination has magically changed, because, of course, Santa's still with them. It's not going to Paris anymore. It's going to my favorite place in the world.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Amsterdam. I thought you can't have two. You say that about.

[Will Friedle]

London. Amsterdam will always be my first favorite, favorite place. I mean, I lived in Amsterdam when I was, like, 18, so that's where I wrote the Winnie the Pooh movie for Disney. I actually lived in Amsterdam when I. When I moved there to write the movie for them. I've been there 20 times. It's my favorite place in the world. I love it. There's a magic to it. I sit in the museums all day long. It's just. I absolutely love Amsterdam. Love the food. I love everything about it. Wow. So, yeah. Damn you, Santa Tyler Ferguson. While getting coffee on the train, Joe runs into a girl he grew up with named Lucy Chen. And normally I'd be like, really? He just happens to run into somebody, but it's happened to me in Europe, where I'll be on a train or I'll be on the street, and I will run into somebody I know. So it has happened to me more than once. So I was like, you know what? I'm fine with this. So her name is Lucy Chen. She moved to Portland when they were teens, and they haven't seen each other since. This is a, of course, fictitious love interest for the movie, since in real life, Joe is going through a very public divorce. Anyway, in the movie, they lost touch when he Got famous. And she is a cardiothoracic surgeon now, which they had to do. They absolutely had to make her something where she's making a ton of money and established because they didn't want it to seem like she's just some girl glomming on to.

[Sabrina Bryant]

JoJo.

[Will Friedle]

Yes. So they had to make. Where she's like, I'm the most famous cardiac surgeon in the world, and I got that after winning $3 billion in the lottery. Like, I don't need you. And so that's the only way they had to make them equals. And it. It worked. They had great chemistry. She's super.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Cute.

[Will Friedle]

Chemistry. It was. They looked good together, so there's obviously some. Oh, it turns out he even stalked her Instagram. So there are lingering feelings over the past 20 years. She's also going through a breakup, so she's on this big solo trip to find herself. The train is now just 10 minutes from its destination, which the brothers are still in the dark about. So the two old pals say goodbye and take their seats. Don't even. Okay, so sue and I talked about this last night. Do people just DM each other and hit each other up on social media? Do they never exchange numbers anymore? Because they never exchange numbers in this movie. Not a single time. Here's my.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Number. That's what I was thinking that. About that same thing, because it was like, you're not gonna get. But then I'm like, I guess they don't have to, because she's already. They've already established that they are both following each other on social media. So I guess they're just.

[Will Friedle]

Gonna. Yeah, I guess.

[Sabrina Bryant]

So. They're gonna chat and. I mean, that would be more so for a single person.

[Will Friedle]

To. Here's my number, dude. Here's my number.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Yeah. Do I find you on. On Hinge.

[Will Friedle]

On. Seriously, do I swipe left on you on Bumble? Is that the one you.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Swipe? I was just gonna call it Bobble the Bump. Do I. Do I find you on Bumble? Can you do that? I don't know how any of that.

[Will Friedle]

Works. Well, he's famous, so what's the one for famous people? Raya. I think Raya is the one for famous.

[Sabrina Bryant]

People.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. Raya. Yeah. So there you go. I know some.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Stuff. Oh, my.

[Will Friedle]

Gosh.

[Sabrina Bryant]

How? Because you've never had to.

[Will Friedle]

Use. I have. You know why? Because I know someone who talked about being on it, and I'm not gonna get into that story. I will tell you that it is a. It is a joy to be in love and not have to worry about.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Dating. It's scary. It's a different world out there. I wouldn't know what I would.

[Will Friedle]

Have if I have no idea how people date nowadays. I feel so.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Bad. I just have to be single because I don't. I don't.

[Will Friedle]

Know. I just get a bunch of navigate that because I don't know how how a dating just seems so difficult now. I feel so bad for people that have to.

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[Will Friedle]

Store. The brothers are still in the dark about. So the two old pals say goodbye and take their seats. And even though Joe is excited to tell his brothers about Lucy, they discount it, saying he makes these female quote unquote connections all the time. In other words, he's a male whore. But enough about that. Kevin has something he wants to tell the guys, but he's interrupted by Nick, who leaves to get mayonnaise. Love me some mayo. And while getting that mayo, which should be put on everything, Nick gets a phone call from Stacy, their manager, who says promoters want to extend the tour by six months. Stacey's thrilled, but it's obvious Nick is conflicted. He knows that six more months means he'll be doing the heavy lifting all again. He immediately says no to extending the tour and asks her not to tell his brothers because they are burnt out. Ooh. Making unilateral decisions about the band. That's not a good idea. As he hangs up the train intercom announces they have arrived at their destination. Amsterdam. 39 hours left in Amsterdam. The boys now have to find a new flight and the tension is bubbling. Nick and Joe lay into Kevin for being the most forgettable Jonas. Is this true? Is he the most forgettable Jonas? You know these.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Guys? I don't know. I have no.

[Will Friedle]

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[Sabrina Bryant]

Wonderful. I cannot.

[Will Friedle]

Remember. I can't remember if he's forgettable. Yep. Then Cassidy calls. She hasn't found a new flight for them yet and is still in the middle of a crisis. She should be able to get something by morning. So they have to stay at with the only vacancy in the city. It's a small room with one bed to share the door. This is a huge laugh for me. The door had just duct tape on it and was just two pieces of string that you had to tie.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Together. And I love that he.

[Will Friedle]

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[Angel]

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[Will Friedle]

Yeah. So funny. And it's worth noting now that huge part of this movie's comedy and effectiveness, as we've talked about, is the Jonas Brothers willingness to make fun of themselves. Nick talks about a fictitious candle company that he had that failed wix by Nick, and they argue over who has the broader shoulders. It is very, very funny and shows the boys really don't take themselves too seriously. It. If this. If you just want to see a movie with. Again, I'm. I'm one of. Because we're pretending they don't have a fourth brother like everybody else in the world does. I. I have two. Two older brothers, so there's three of us. So just seeing the kind of the. The relationship between the three and the egging each other on and then making fun of each other, it's very real. So now, as they try to figure out a way home, Joe stumbles on an Instagram reel from Ethan, Nick's old friend on Broadway. Oh, God. He is on a private jet to Amsterdam to perform his Christmas show Eggnog with an egot. Then he'll fly back home for Christmas. Everybody doesn't know what an EGOT is. It means you've won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Tony.

[Will Friedle]

Yes. So that is an egot. Then he flies back home for Christmas. This is obviously a perfect situation for the guys, but apparently Ethan hates Nick from their time together on Home Alone the Musical. And although Nick thinks it won't work, they agree to see him anyway. And so they arrive at the performance only to walk in on this punchline from Eth Ethan and I said, Kristen Chenoweth, I think this is the best Christmas ham I've ever tasted. That's what I said. It's just so weird. This now begins the most bonkers scene of the movie that sue and I were crying, laughing, watching this entire thing. It is a very, very funny scene. So Ethan notices the Jonas Brothers standing in the back of the show and points them out to the audience. The intimate crowd is excited, especially when Ethan calls Nick to the stage, citing the need for a plane. He goes along with it. The bickering starts right off the bat, but they decide to perform the big title song from Home Alone the Musical. And we get our next song, a completely ridiculous ballad from the perspective of Kevin McCallister and his dad. And it ends with a battle of one upmanship between Nick and Ethan, each trying to sing a higher note of falsetto. It is so funny and Serious. And just one of my favorite parts. Just the.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Start.

[Will Friedle]

Start. Nick is standing behind him as he first grabs the microphone and he does a run. He's like. And you just see Nick shake his head like, oh, God, it is. And just goes downhill from there. They're trying to one up each other. It is a legitimately laugh out loud scene. What did you think of.

[Sabrina Bryant]

This? This I felt was Nick's shining part of this whole movie. I thought his comedic, like, timing. He went there. He did not hold back. And. And they were great together. They worked off each other so well. And then I love that it ends with the piano player who continues to listen to Nick even though he's there to play for Ethan. Right. He continues to listen to Nick on. Go higher. Keep going. Don't stop. Then at the end comes up and goes like, I. I love you. Are.

[Will Friedle]

You? Yeah. No. Something like, you're my life or.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Something. Yeah. You're like one of the things you hear all the time. You're my.

[Will Friedle]

Hero. You're.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Or. Or you're my. You were my childhood or.

[Will Friedle]

Whatever. So.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Good. It was such a good moment for Nick because like I said, like, Joe's single song that he had was so good for.

[Will Friedle]

Him. It.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Was. It was like this chance to have just this real shining moment. And this was Nick's for.

[Will Friedle]

Sure. This was.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Serious. It was good. I was also just laughing so.

[Will Friedle]

Hard. Oh, God. It was seriously funny. It ends with Ethan scorching the earth, calling Nick the worst Jonas brother and assuming he came to Amsterdam just to show him up. And now 29 hours remain until Christmas and no private.

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[Angel]

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[Will Friedle]

Store. Now at the bar, Joe is perusing Dr. Lucy's Instagram when lo and behold, Lucy walks up. She was at Ethan's show and saw everything. She reveals she has something she wants to do in Amsterdam and Joe just invites himself along. But before he joins her, he goes to text his brothers but feels their judgment about him hanging with another girl and decides against including them. Now out in the streets of Amsterdam, Joe, which again, it looks like Amsterdam. Having somebody who lived there, it very much looks like Amsterdam. Joe and Dr. Lucy reminisce about old times and talk about her ex. She admits she broke up with him and it was tough she asks if she had to pretend. This is again, this is what we're talking about. This is great, this dialogue. She asks if she has to pretend she's clueless about Joe's public divorce. And he admits gossip mis makes his life weird. And it was just, it was very real. The conversation where she's like, am I supposed to just kind of pretend that I don't know exactly what you're going through? And then are you supposed to pretend that you're not thinking that I know what's going on? It was super cool the way that they did this because their lives have been in the public.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Forever.

[Will Friedle]

Forever. Which is so.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Strange. These guys are not. These ha. They're not just like a, A good band that is like famous, but not ultra famous. These guys are Beatles.

[Will Friedle]

Famous. Like they are since they were like.

[Sabrina Bryant]

12. Yes. So I mean it's, it's wild to think of how they talk about. You can't think of how someone would be dating. Think about someone like Joe. Right. Like, I mean, who has had huge relationships, you know.

[Will Friedle]

And. Well, I mean, here's how I look at it. I know nothing of pop culture, what's going on in the world, all that kind of stuff. Nothing. And I know about this guy's.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Divorce.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. So it's like, I mean, what does that tell you? It's everywhere. So I love the fact that they just, they leaned into it. They're like, hey, what are we gonna pretend that we, you know, it's like.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Let'S. That it would be easy for me to just run into an old person, like an old person from my past and not like have the conversation like this. Yeah, for.

[Will Friedle]

Sure. So it was. The writing was really top notch. The way they played. It was really great. The duo eventually stops to swim in a canal, which is a Dutch New Year's tradition. Again, as someone who lived in Amsterdam, the canals are disgusting. She convinces him to dive into. So he takes off his passport pack, a little fanny bag that holds all the guys passports. And then we hear a hearty ho ho ho from Santa Tyler Ferguson and sees some glitter attacking the bag. He's trying to ruin their lives again. Oh. All they do is bring joy to people's lives. Santa. And this is how you repay them. Thank you very.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Much. Watch Lisa Googled. She said apparently they did film for three days in Amsterdam. The majority of the movie was Toronto. Would you say from your knowledge of Amsterdam, this canal scene was most likely one of the, one of the.

[Will Friedle]

Things they filmed there, the streets they were walking on were. Some of them were certainly Amsterdam. The canal was. All. The water was blue. Which leads me to believe this was not an Amsterdam that was either done on a stage or done somewhere else. Water like it's like a black nastiness. It's like the water in Venice where it's. Which has gotten better. The water in Venice has gotten better. But the water in Amsterdam, the last couple of times I've been there, it's just. It's. There's boats going through all the time. It's just a slimy kind of gross.

[Angel]

Canals.

[Will Friedle]

Okay. You definitely do not want to swim in the.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Canals. Do not want to jump in.

[Angel]

It.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Okay. Well then I'm happy for two actors weren't forced to do something like.

[Will Friedle]

That. Exactly. They're now back in that wonderful hotel room. Nick is struggling with a computer automated operator trying to book a new flight. Meanwhile, Kevin is in the bathroom working up the courage to tell his brothers the thing he's feel pressured to ask, which is okay now. I was like, he's going to tell me he's going to leave the base band. This is. He's going to tell them, I don't want to tour anymore. I want to spend more time with my kids. I'm done with this. Like, they built this up. Like this was going to be the biggest thing. No, he wants to see. He wants to sing lead in one song. But his courage takes a shot when he remembers he's the most forgettable. Jonas, a human cardboard cutout even. Which is what they're calling him. His brothers call him that. But he still finds the ability to be heard until he storms out to Nick yelling at the phone robot. So he decides to punch and hopes he can talk to him about it later. We got 25 hours left till Christmas. Now Joe and Dr. Lucy jump into the freezing water only to be immediately spotted by the police. They sprint off in their underwear, grabbing their clothes and the passport pack. Now without any passports inside. Thank you again, Santa. They hide inside a laundromat. It feels just like old times. They're really getting along. Then Joe gets a text from Nick. They've got flights to New York. And good news. Lucy is leaving for Brooklyn tomorrow too. Everything seems to be working out. They're both gonna be in the city. But then it gets weird. He doesn't make any plans this year. And they just say goodbye to each other once again, not even exchanging numbers, which I thought was.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Weird. This felt more weird than the first time. Now you guys have. When you maybe just pass by Someone on a trainer. Yeah, you guys have spent some time, you caught up a little bit, you jumped in the water, you guys, you know, ran for your life from the police. You know, you're sharing a moment and then.

[Will Friedle]

Nothing. No, I think, I think a good rule of thumb is by the time you've seen each other in your. Your undergarments, you can exchange numbers. I think that's.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Fair. I would hope so. I would hope.

[Will Friedle]

So. Yeah. Tiny whities and broad panties equals here's my.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Number. There are special rings. They're purity rings to. To this. And you can't even get a number. There's got to be some kind of.

[Will Friedle]

Boundary. Come on. You got it. Let's figure, let's figure out a balance here.

[Sabrina Bryant]

People.

[Will Friedle]

Right? We are now on his second that walk home. Joe sings the next song, which is a duet with Chloe Bennett, who in reality was a former pop star in Japan. That is not a joke. The song details his. Yeah, cuz she can.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Sing. I looked her up on ID IMDb and I did not. Because I was like, wait, should I know who this girl.

[Will Friedle]

Is? I did the same thing. Am I, do I know this?

[Sabrina Bryant]

Yes. Like, is this somebody? Is this an artist that's out there? But that I didn't know, like, you know, because all I saw in anything was just her, her acting credits and I did something. Did you see anything about her pop group in.

[Will Friedle]

Japan? I did not. She sang under the name Chloe.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Wang.

[Will Friedle]

Oh. So I guess we're gonna have to re.

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[Will Friedle]

Yeah. But the song details his own fears about feeling emotions for someone. And again, I. It was fine. I don't remember it. Do you remember the song? They're both, they both sing well. They have great chemistry. But I don't remember the.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Song. I was too busy.

[Will Friedle]

Googling. Googling. Googling her.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Yeah. And it, and it did pop out at me so much where I was like, oh, to rewind this and rewatch this section. I kind of just kept.

[Will Friedle]

Going. By the way, I will say, as essentially the only other actor, I mean, you've got Jesse Tyler Ferguson coming in and you've got. They are cutting to Cassidy occasionally. She's really the only other actor that's kind of with them in the, in the cast. And she's great. She, she's got the same sensibility, the same kind of comic timing. She's likable, she's personable. They have great chemistry together. Yes, she was very good casting. Like, it really.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Works. She was, was so.

[Will Friedle]

Beautiful. She distractingly pretty.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Cool. Cool. Look That I was like, you know.

[Will Friedle]

Who? She reminded me a little bit of a. She. She had a little bit of a Linda Cardellini vibe to.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Me. Oh.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. Who I. Who again, is one of my favorites. So shout out to.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Linda. Shout out to.

[Will Friedle]

Linda. Linda, Linda. Shout out. And back at the hotel, the boys are getting ready to fly home when Joe returns. When asked for the passports, he realizes they are gone. 23 hours left till Christmas. They inform their travel agent, Cassidy, about the issue, and she has an idea. The ex boyfriend she's been pining for the entire movie, he's a pilot. She knows he flew to Germany with some girl. So they can get to Germany, she can convince him to fly the Jonas Brothers home. So they rent a car to Hamburg, and just when they think nothing can stop them, we get more glitter in the tailpipe and we hear Santa Tyler Ferguson yelling Magic. Almost immediately there on the side of the road with a stalled engine. He just keeps messing with these guys. 14 hours left. He's not going to be happy until they're a duet. The boys are. What? That was a good joke. The boys are walking in the snow Fearful they're a star Fearful they will starve or freeze to death when a truck approaches. Though scared, they flag down the driver and it's Santa Tyler Ferguson. Joe thinks he knows him, but the undercover saint, Nick, says he's driving through Hamburg and offers them a ride. Joe and Kevin hop in the back with some Christmas trees while Nick sits in front with what he feels like could be a merchant.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Harder. Would you do.

[Will Friedle]

This? Oh, yeah. In. In Europe, absolutely. By the way, it's very strange that they're in Europe so quick. Oh, yeah. In Europe, I certainly.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Would. You.

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Would?

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. I wouldn't hitchhike in the States anymore. I mean, I did as a kid, but I wouldn't anymore. But in Europe.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Okay. I wouldn't feel. I. I will say this. It's very strange that every single car they get into in Europe is driven by an American. American. They've got the woman who's the expat. Now you've got Santa Tyler Ferguson. It's like they don't get a single European person who actually picks them up. It's always another American, which is.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Very. So true. Even the. The flight. Well, I mean, I know he's private jet flying, but even.

[Will Friedle]

The. He's Australian.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Right? Yeah, he. Well, yeah, I guess he's Australian.

[Will Friedle]

But. Yeah, but it's. But nobody. Yeah, it's. Oh, New.

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[Will Friedle]

Sorry. He's a Kiwi. The Two chat about how the band got in this position and how working with the family all the time since they were kids is taking tough. And since Nick worries and obsesses over every detail to keep them on their aame, he's stuck being the annoying one, and it's driving him nuts. Santa admits his own life is pretty solitary. He wishes he was part of a pack like Nick is. This forces Nick to realize the love he has for his brothers and ask Santa to pull over. He wants to sit with Joe and Kevin in the back. And once he's in the truck bed, the brothers talk about their childhood, from their dad driving them in that famous minivan, two shows to their favorite Christmas days. And that leads us to their next song, remember when, from Nick, which is interspliced with real home movies from New Jersey. It's very adorable footage. I don't remember the song, but again, the. The. They didn't even look like them in some of them. They were so.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Young. I know. And this was like, oh, my gosh, are they doing it.

[Will Friedle]

Right? Fans service, fans. What they.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Want. They want this video footage. I mean, it was all over the documentary that they had out their. Their latest one. I mean, it is. And it's so cute because, I mean, they're two brother, or they're three brothers that have really grown up together and, like, finesse their, you know, their talents together. And it's so cute to see them with the glasses and the. I mean, it's just, like, so.

[Will Friedle]

Adorable. Fan.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Service.

[Will Friedle]

Yes. The boys and Santa end up at a rest stop where Nick decides to call back their agent, Stacy. He gets her voicemail and tells her to extend the tour. After all. All when things are good, they're great. He just needed a minute to decide. His brothers brought some touristy German sweatshirts and end up finding Cassidy's ex's plane. They are pleasantly surprised that he's a heartthrob hunk named Jean played by Riverdale's KJ Appa. But he's more known to pop culture nowadays as Mr. Fantasy. What? What is.

[Sabrina Bryant]

That? I don't know. What is.

[Will Friedle]

That? All right.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Explanation. Yes, please.

[Unidentified Female Advertiser]

Please.

[Angel]

Okay.

[Will Friedle]

Okay.

[Sabrina Bryant]

So is this fake character that KJ Appa created on Tik Tok, and he's like this. He has a British or Australian accent, and he goes around, he wears these big glasses. He has this wig on, and he's just, like, in character the entire time. And we literally had him at our. Wait, was he a jigo.

[Angel]

Ball?

[Will Friedle]

Yes.

[Sabrina Bryant]

And. And he went up to Ryan Secrest.

[Angel]

Right?

[Sabrina Bryant]

Yes. And he's just like. He's just like a character, but it kind of like blew up after this movie came out and then he released a.

[Angel]

Song. It's.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Just. He was in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Oh my.

[Will Friedle]

God. Is it funny the character that he does or. It's supposed to be.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Serious. It's supposed to be funny. He's in like, like, I feel like for Jingle Ball. Was he in like a, like a fully, like silver, like bell bottom? He was like, yep. Bell bottoms and like a jacket and like a black, like short wig. Yeah. And the big glasses. Yeah, he was like. It's like a character like he literally puts in like fake teeth that are like, this guy is so handsome. And you would never know that in that outlet what he was looking like. He just looked like just like this big giant character. I feel like it's similar to kind of like what that guy was who wore the bell bottoms and on mtv. He had like the crazy ratted hair and he. He was like a host of some sort. It was, it was during. Sorry, I forget what that guy's name was, but it was like that, like a big old character that you're just.

[Will Friedle]

Like. It shows you how little I know of any of this stuff. So.

[Sabrina Bryant]

He'S. I just saw him on the. In the pictures and on social media from Jingle.

[Will Friedle]

Ball. All right, well, Gene calls it an honor to get them home for Christmas. And it's maybe too good to be true. He's decorated the cabin and gotten them their favorite snacks. But once they're in the air, there's some serious turbulence. Nick goes to the cockpit to see what's up, and when he arrives, Jean is taking sexy selfies. He's also flying by himself with no co pilot. Cassidy has been posting photoshopped images of herself with dudes and he's trying to even the score with thirst traps. He abandons his position to take better photos, putting the plane on autopilot, but nothing he takes is good enough. He is super obsessed. And while Nick tries to nail the shots using Joe's successful candle brand glow by Joe as lighting, Joe and Kevin see that Ashley has texted Nick about changing his mind and extending the tour. They don't get the part about changing his mind. So Nick admits he lied to her originally and made decisions without them. The brothers are not happy and neither is Gene, who is having a full on meltdown about not looking hot enough. As he throws a fit, he slips and hits his head on the table, knocking himself out they weaken to Bernie's and back into the cockpit and accidentally deactivate the autopilot. They are now losing altitude fast. Gene still won't wake up, so Joe takes the reins. He's confident he can land the plane. He's friends with Glen Powell from Top Gun. But as soon as he grabs the controls, they nosedive even faster. He has no idea what he's doing. As they are plummeting to their death, which I'm pretty sure is Santa's idea. The entire time Nick has an idea. He pulls out their customized emergency whistles. He tells his brothers to blow into them aggressively, hoping the ring will awaken Gene. They work together to make the loudest sound possible, finally startling the pilot and bringing him back to life just in time for Santa to send some glitter and help the group barely survive. Hey, thanks, Santa, for not having us crash in a fiery snowball landing them in a snowy forest. But the candle lit glow by Joe has caught the plane's Christmas tree on fire. And now the entire cabin is ablaze. Gene and the boys make a run for it, now dodging trees in the snowy wasteland, just as a plane erupts into a mushroom cloud of fire. That's two planes now, two private jets. They've destroyed about 300, 300 to $400 million worth of stuff. And then they realize no one has their phone. And now it's five hours till Christmas. Gene apologizes for his behavior and says he'll build a shelter for the night. But Nick isn't having it. He is furious. They're in this position because Gene was trying to win back the weirdest woman ever. This infuriates Gene, who says to keep her name out of his mouth. So Nick challenges him by saying her name over and over and over again. And with that, Gene leaves. The Jonases are now without anyone and no one has survival instincts. And they blame Nick again for making decisions without them. This turns into a big fight about how Nick resents making all the decisions, but his brothers blame his need for control. Joe brings up how everyone is so critical of his womanizing, which made him not tell them about Lucy in Amsterdam. Then Kevin jumps in. He wants to sing lead. Yes. This is becoming a moment for all of them to get out their gripes, leading to a blowout where they all go their separate ways to see their kids. Kevin also wonders aloud if all the brothers only had girls because of genetics, which is a very funny moment. This leads us to Better Off Alone, a song with the brothers wondering if blood truly is Thicker than water. They walk away aimlessly in the snow and end right back up with each other at the end of the song, which is very funny. They all finish singing and then they come back and they're staring at each other. Did we walk in a circle? Yep, we walked in a circle. Then they hear rumbling in the woods. They hope it's Jean, but it's a pack of wolves. They don't know if they're supposed to stay silent or make a lot of noise. They know it's easier for these wolves to attack in packs. Like it's easier for them to be brothers in a pack. They decide to yell their apologies to each other at the wolves. It is a nice moment as they're surrounded by hungry, rabid animals. Animals ending with just loud screaming. But the wolves aren't leaving. So in a last ditch effort, they huddle and quietly say their motto again. Every moment matters. Every feeling matters. The three of us brothers matter. Our fourth one doesn't. They profess their love for each other. And then the glitter appears above them. The wolves scatter. And the Jonas Brothers call it a Christmas miracle. They thank Santa. Don't thank Santa. You're in the woods because of him. But then hear what? Could be the wolves returning, but it's actually sled dogs pulling the road manager, Brad. The plane crash was all over the news and he was looking to rescue them. Choppers are on their way also, in case you were worried. Brad did get to renew his vows, but he's promised a sick Bali honeymoon to the Jonas Brothers. The guys call their families and decide they all should celebrate together. That was funny. Was like, oh, you should call your wives. They all think you're.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Dead.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. And now we are zero hours from Christmas. The boys have been dropped off at a big mansion. They made it home. Everyone is there. And we see their real families, including that bonus Jonas. Yay, Frankie. Somebody needed to do craft service. And their parents, which is a nice surprise. Joe sees Nick kissing Priyanka and his daughter and you can tell he wishes that he had that. Later that day, Kevin is retelling the story of their journey when there's a knock at the door. It's Dr. Lucy. Nick and Kevin invited her. And the bonus Jonas talks. He speaks. Apparently she used to babysit him and he's weirded out to see her. The two possible lovebirds reconnect and it's revealed that Nick and Kevin have promised her some big speech from Joe apologizing for the weird behavior in Amsterdam. She realizes quickly they all made it up. And the boys are watching them from the kitchen, smirking again. Very funny brother stuff. Joe improvises the speech and despite going through a lot of the insane details of their venture, it's emotional and nice. He admits he choked in Amsterdam and should have hung with her right until they got back to New York. He's scared of falling for her, but he's willing to take the risk. She is worth it. She responds by kissing him. And then he asks if she'll spend Christmas with the family. Which another thing do you want to do? You want to spend Christmas with my entire family? Which is very Then still in her arms, he starts singing this got weird. We get the song time and it's completely insane. Everyone else is just talking to each other like normal, but Joe singing amongst them. Eventually, finally the others join in, which makes it a little less weird interacting with their immediate families, then regrouping with everyone at the tree. We then see travel agent Cassidy at the call center reuniting with a still injured Gene. The road manager Brad is with his wife and Bali for their honeymoon. Stacy ended up getting a facial treatment that she wanted. Deb, the Uber driver, is happy at her job. And now back at the Jonas's household, the real dream has come true. Kevin is singing solo and he sounds great. Everyone loves it. The family members dance around celebrating and hugging. We see Santa Tyler Ferguson looking through their window. This poor sociopath didn't get to kill the entire family like he wanted to. He's about to announce the continuation of the Jonas tour, but then gets a call. The Oasis Brothers need him. We cut to one month later. It's a live Jonas Brothers performance of their hit song Sucker. Which again, I thought this was the second best song of the thing. This one I kind of remember. It's in front of a big sold out crowd. And we also see our credits. We catch Will Ferrell again in the audience screaming and admitting he'd saved the Jonas Brothers from drowning before his own children. We also see a YouTube apology from Ethan. Ugh. Just a chef's kiss asking for forgiveness for the Amsterdam incident. And that is a.

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[Will Friedle]

Store. Let's do our real reviews. I have the one star review this time, which again, I don't agree with this person. This is the scientist03 I was extremely disappointed to see Joe Jonas more interested in flirting and getting together with a woman rather than seeing his daughters for Christmas. Especially after the really messy Divorce from his wife. That was extremely public. Joe needs not to focus on dating women right now. He needs to focus on his daughters, as they should be. What is the most important thing in his life? Life. Kevin and Nick have their priorities straight. That is from the scientist. One star. I'm going to say I've never met Joe Jonas. I don't know anything about Joe Jonas, but I'm going to say, hey, the scientist yourself from Joe.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Jonas. Seriously, like, okay, you just need to sit down and never write a review again. Oh, it's nothing to do with the movie in any sense, you jerk face. Get out of here. Don't like you at.

[Will Friedle]

All. Yeah, so I never. I never call out the people that write reviews or do any of that stuff. But hey, the scientist 03. Go pound sand, my friend. Seriously, Sabrina, you have the five star. Let's get back to some reality. What do you.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Got? Yeah, for real. Although this one is kind of funny as it.

[Will Friedle]

Starts.

[Sabrina Bryant]

This. Five stars from Tracy Lee. I'll be honest, I've never been a Jonas Brothers fan. I almost turned it off when I saw Will Ferrell, one of my least favorite actors, but I stuck it out and I'm so glad I did. The Jonas Brothers comedic chemistry is something I was not. Not expecting. Is it predictable? Yes. But to be fair, I think all Christmas holiday movies are anyone or anyone watching and inspecting anyone watching and expecting otherwise. Come on.

[Will Friedle]

Really? So five.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Stars. Kind of like a backhanded compliment. In many, many ways it is. But Tracy Lee, I'll take yours over the scientists.

[Will Friedle]

Anyway. Yeah, agreed. Yeah, that was a bad backwards compliment. Wow. We are now to Sabrina's favorite part of the program. And I'm just.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Reading. This is starting to become my.

[Will Friedle]

Actual. I can tell you I've got to put all this on your shoulders because I will know none of this.

[Sabrina Bryant]

So. Oh, no. If it's actual songs from the Joe Bros.

[Will Friedle]

It's. No, not songs. So this is called facts about the act in celebration of the Jonas Brothers returning to magical rewind in spirit. Anyway, they haven't been on the show yet. Come on, bros. We got you. We want to celebrate the iconic Disney group. We will be giving a question about the family and we have to pick the correct answer. 3 out of 5 wins. Are you confident in your Jonas Brothers trivia? Please be. Because I got.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Nothing. Not in any way.

[Will Friedle]

Sorry. Okay, here we go. I'm already. I'm already thinking it's gonna be over.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Five. Help us do this.

[Will Friedle]

One. Well, no.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Then. Or.

[Will Friedle]

Michaela. That's what's it. Yeah, there's everyone saying, do you need to call a friend? I'd like to phone a friend. I'd like Lisa to answer all these. Lisa, Michaela, and Tara to answer all these together. All right, here we go. We're going to look pretty bad. Okay, the bonus Jonas, Frankie released a solo song in February 2023. Was the. So was the song called A, My Time. B, introduction. Suction. God, I hope it's not that. C, cocaine. Or D, Dip that Pole. And I hope it's not that. I hope it's A. My Time.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Time. I am gonna go with A, too, but for some reason, C is drawing me. But we're gonna go with A. I hope it's.

[Will Friedle]

A. The answer is C. Oh, and it's produced. Char, are you with us today? Okay, it's C. So he released a song called Cocaine.

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Okay.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Okay. That seems so off. Brand.

[Will Friedle]

Of. Maybe that's why he's doing it, is he's trying to get, like, as far away. At least it wasn't Dip that.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Pole. Or.

[Will Friedle]

Introduction. Or introduction. Suction. Never have the word suction in the title of a song. Yeah. Yikes. Okay, number two, the Jonas Brothers. Parents, Kevin Senior and Denise, run a Southern Comfort food franchise. Is it called A, Nelly's, B, Belly's, C, Joe's, or D.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Bros? Didn't the Jonas Brothers just open a pizzeria type place called.

[Angel]

Joe's? I don't.

[Will Friedle]

Know. I think it's just a Burger.

[Sabrina Bryant]

King. Southern.

[Will Friedle]

Comfort. D, Bros. No.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Idea. I'm gonna go with a. A.

[Will Friedle]

Nellie's. Okay. D Bros. Sabrina's.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Right. It's.

[Will Friedle]

A. Okay.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Nellie's. Of course you're a.

[Will Friedle]

Guest. This is none of the. I'm getting. I'm getting none of these. All right, number three, Kevin Senior has a podcast. He's a real peer, apparently. Is his podcast called A, Father Knows Best? I hope. B, legendary. C, classic and timeless. Or D, how we did.

[Sabrina Bryant]

It? Father Knows Best sounds so.

[Will Friedle]

Good. It does. I'm.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Gonna. Because he also was a preacher.

[Will Friedle]

But the last one was A, so I don't think he'd do two A's in a row. So I'm gonna say I'm gonna. I'm gonna go with D again. D. No, I'm gonna do what I did back in the day and just circle C when I didn't know the answer. So C, classic and.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Timeless. I'm going with A. The answer is B.

[Will Friedle]

Legendary. Of course it.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Is. What is it? Okay, now I gotta look it up. What's this podcast about number four. Nick made his Broadway with I.

[Will Friedle]

Heart. Yeah, Number four, Nick made his Broadway debut in which musical? A, Rent, B, Calamity Jane. C, Cats or D, Annie, get your gun. Okay, it's not gonna be Cats. Cats was gone by that that point. It's got to be.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Rent. I would think Rent.

[Will Friedle]

Too. It's got to be Rent. A.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Rent. The answer is D. Andy, get your.

[Will Friedle]

Gun. It knows so little about the Joe. Yes. Should have been. And finally, mercifully, number five put me out of my misery. The Jonas Brothers wrote the jingle and were the spokespeople for which candy. A, baby bottle pop, B, ring pop, C, blow pop, or D, Tootsie Tootsie Pop. Everybody knows it's the owl. Is the, is the Tootsie Pop spokesperson a 1:1. So it's not that it's got to be blow pop.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Right? I would think ring.

[Will Friedle]

Pop. Okay, I'm gonna say C, blow.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Pop. Oh, you guys, it's baby bottle pop. Baby bottle pop. Candy. I didn't even know you guys.

[Will Friedle]

Knew. Full of these too, didn't.

[Sabrina Bryant]

You? Oh, my gosh. You dip it and you shake it. Loves those. I have to throw them away because she likes to. She can't do it. She can't have it all at the same time, and she wants to keep it. And it's.

[Will Friedle]

Nasty. Sounds disgusting. Well, I, I, I went over 5, except.

[Sabrina Bryant]

For. Unless they want to do that. It sounds really.

[Will Friedle]

Good. Exactly. Such a great product sponsored by Baby bottle Pop. Can we do a Sabrina Sees.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Please? We can Now. I will tell you, I enjoyed this movie so much. I really didn't, like, nitpick or have anything like a ton. I feel like all my stuff was just like Will Ferrell. Yes. Nick's voice is just so good. Like, I like literally looking at my fangirling. These Sabrina Cs are embarrassed Sabrina fangirl.

[Angel]

Girls.

[Sabrina Bryant]

True. Oh, okay. One of the things that I will say because I actually was talking to Joey Fatone about this, and for some reason, when you're in a group, as both of us have experienced being, and you might get it from being a part of Pod meets world, the characters, like the ensemble cast is for some like. And it, it spiraled me into this. I paused it a little bit of when he does the piano dueling. Right. The singing piano portion. And he goes, you're the worst Jonas Brother. And I'm like, it's so funny to me how when you're in a group like that, you are obviously. And it's not A big deal, but you're compared to each other quite a bit. And then it's like, I don't really get the worst ever, but I always get like, oh, it's funny when they either go, oh, you were my favorite Cheetah Girl. And I was kind of like, well, you didn't have to pick a favorite one, but thank you. Right? Or like. Or. And they'll be like, oh, my gosh, Galleria was my favorite. And I'm like, oh.

[Will Friedle]

Good. You're my. You're my third. You're my third.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Favorite. And then I like Chanel, and then I like Aqua, and then I like Junior. Kind of like, wow, thank you. I feel so honored being your last and only pick. It just made me think of it because Joey and I would just say how often, like, people would go. And he goes, you know, it's great when they say, you're my favorite. I always loved your. Your Superman stuff or whatever. And then he's like. But most of the time, it was like, oh, I like Justin. Oh, I like.

[Will Friedle]

Jc.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Yeah. And as I was like.

[Will Friedle]

Cool, thank.

[Sabrina Bryant]

You. And then I had never felt more seen in my life watching Nick's scene with the voice.

[Will Friedle]

Operator. Oh, yeah. Oh.

[Sabrina Bryant]

God. I, at this point now have the quickest temper with those. I am, like, in once the options come on, I'm sitting there going, 0, 0,000. Like, I don't even. Operator, Operator, Operator. I get so irritated because they can never understand what I'm saying. And then literally the next one was. I thought it was kind of funny during the seat. The scene with them in the back of the truck, and they're with all of these just cut Christmas trees, right? They're all just cut. And then they start talking about how their dad went and chopped down one, and then there was a bunch of spiders in it, yet they're sitting in a truck filled with these. That would have creeped me.

[Will Friedle]

Out. No, but there's no spiders in.

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[Will Friedle]

Okay? There aren't. That's, like, one of the things that Germany is known for. Germany and New Zealand have no indigenous spiders, so it's. They don't Google.

[Sabrina Bryant]

It. Will Google.

[Will Friedle]

It. Google.

[Sabrina Bryant]

It. No, because I.

[Will Friedle]

Know. I was at you. I was at.

[Sabrina Bryant]

You. Jordan got the biggest kick. He's like, I don't listen to these. These podcasts very often. Or not often enough to know how much. How gullible you become around Will. Like, he's like, you're not a gullible person, Sabrina. Why can't. Can he convince you of anything. I'm like, I don't know. He just can literally tell me anything. And I just start to question my own thought.

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[Sabrina Bryant]

Okay. Last little bit. And this isn't it. This isn't a hit at. At the. At it at all. But did you notice that the only kids. Faces that we saw were Kevin's.

[Will Friedle]

Kids?

[Sabrina Bryant]

Smart. And the.

[Will Friedle]

Other. I thought that same.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Thing. Priyanka. And then to the point where I wasn't even sure if Joe's daughters were in it or not, because I never. I saw little girls and, you know, it doesn't. But I just thought that was.

[Will Friedle]

Like, oh, they were actors for. They were actors for Joe's.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Kids. Okay. Yeah. Because I. I was like, you know, wow, that. That's an interesting way to go since, you know, you want the kids.

[Will Friedle]

You're. They're wanting all this.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Stuff. Family thing. Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Let'S. They recently started not showing Nick's daughters full face. Joe's kids have never been seen in public and they've never posted them, which again, when you're a celebrity, especially of that.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Status.

[Will Friedle]

Right. You don't. I mean, I couldn't imagine that. So I. I thought the same thing. Like when the. He's doing the FaceTime in the beginning, you just see the kids back. Very smart. Very smart way of doing it where it's like the kids there, but you're not.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Gonna. Yeah, it wasn't like, so obvious. They still seem to have the kids on set, you know, or. I don't even know. Again.

[Angel]

I.

[Sabrina Bryant]

It. You could have. I've never seen a picture of Nick's child, so I don't. I wouldn't have recognized whether it was true or not. And obviously same thing with Joe. But I thought they did a good job of it. It wasn't like.

[Unidentified Female Advertiser]

Jarring. It.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Was. I mean, me, I'm looking. I'm looking at all the details and stuff too, so it wasn't jarring. But I thought that was a great way to feel like your. Their families were really involved. I mean, we know that Mr. Jonas and his wife, you know, their mom and dad were in.

[Angel]

It.

[Sabrina Bryant]

It. Their brother was in.

[Will Friedle]

It. Will Ferrell's real family was in. Like, they use their real family members. Great.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Idea. So, like, I love that it felt like real family, real, real vibe. But they did it in a great way where, like, it wasn't like, too jarring, but I did end up seeing that. So that was my last.

[Will Friedle]

One. That's great. Well, now we come to the portion of our program of course where we have to rate the film we just saw and we're gonna do. Because it's Christmas, we're gonna do 1 as the lowest and 10 as the the best. And here are options. 1 out of 10 bad mottos less Famous Daniels Santa. Tyler Ferguson's Wizard Kenny G cameos. One out of ten Forgettable Jonas's one out of ten teen pop stars in Japan or one out of ten Bad pilot selfies. Who picks this week? Do I pick? I think I picked this week, don't.

[Sabrina Bryant]

I?

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. It's got to be Wizard Kenny GK.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Cameos. It was too.

[Will Friedle]

Good. So I. Do we remember who went first? You went first last.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Time. Did I go first last.

[Will Friedle]

Time? You did. Okay, so here we go. I really enjoyed this movie. It's short. These are all the things that I liked. It was. It's short. It is well written. They are hugely personable. There are parts of it that were really laugh out loud funny. It looked good. Except, you know, there's. Now I'm gonna. Because I have to nitpick. That's my job. Some of the CGI didn't look great. Mostly with plane stuff. The first plane exploding and then when the actual next plane they were on flew, that took off. It was very cgi. It just didn't look very good. But those are straight up little nitpicks. I really enjoyed this movie. I thought it was timely. The. The seeing the brothers together was great. Seeing the relationship they have them leaning into kind of the stereotypes of. Of their character as the brothers I think was a great way to go with it. The self deprecating great way to go with it. I'm giving this a solid.

[Sabrina Bryant]

9.5.

[Will Friedle]

Wow. Wizard Kenny G cameos I really enjoyed. Again, I don't remember much of the music, but I'm not a musical guy anyway, so I'm just kind of letting that go. The music was fun. I remember as I watched it, they didn't stick in my head. That doesn't mean they're bad. It just means they didn't stick in my head. Some of them were very funny. The Home Alone song. I could make my ringtone. All that stuff was. I mean the whole thing starts with him just going home alone like it's. It was. It was great. So I am giving this a solid 9.5. I really enjoyed this movie. It was a fun 80.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Minutes. Yes. I am right there with you. However, I think that might. That is the top score you've ever done. I think you've done it before. No You've done tens. You did a.

[Will Friedle]

10. Yeah. Didn't I think miracle in lane two and then and Color of Friendship. I think. I think I've given a couple ten.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Ends.

[Will Friedle]

Okay. I think.

[Sabrina Bryant]

So. But this is, this is not put it at 9.5. But regardless, it being a musical ish. Ish. I could should say a musical ish movie hitting a 9.5. That's pretty damn good.

[Will Friedle]

For. I.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Agree. I like.

[Will Friedle]

It. I thought it was.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Fun. I'm happy about it because I agree. I loved the movie. I loved the cameos. Will Ferrell is just so.

[Will Friedle]

Good. It was.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Great. I wish she was in it more. If there was a critique, it would have been to have him in it more. Other than that, I mean, I think think I loved because I had spent a good amount of time at the very beginning with these guys. They're funny. They're funny and they don't take things too serious. They are serious about their careers. But I could and I don't know them as much as I did when they were first starting and when they got really, really big. However, I've ran into Joe a few times and he's just like a really funny guy. Like he makes fun of himself. He knows how to things are and I love that this movie, they leaned into it and they lead into it for each of the boys. It wasn't just them as a group and I had so much fun watching it. I was smiling the whole time. There's parts of laugh out Laughter in this movie and I really, truly recommend it. Honestly, for a good Christmas movie. I thought the music was great. I'm on the same level with you don't really remember the great the songs. I remember the first one being probably like one of my favorite song songs that was catchy. The one that was visually looking like a Kenny Ortega music video was amazing. And then of course the one at the end. So I. I also give it a.

[Will Friedle]

9.5. Solid.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Scores. 9.5 wizard. Kenny G.

[Will Friedle]

Cameos. Perfect. Oh, man. Well, this has been a journey. Thank you everybody for staying with us. Us. We are now together going to grab hands. We're going to hold hands and we're going to walk together into 2026. So we're not going to do a movie recap next week. Instead we're going to be participating in a very important exercise. Something to keep us on our toes, which we just literally were showing you right now as Sabrina was like, have you given a 10? Okay, so we're going to be given titles of old dcoms we've already recapped. And then we have to try and recall the score we gave them at the time. Yikes. This is to see if we remember our opinions at all. Can we recall which movies we liked and which movies we dislike? Sabrina, do you think we'll remember the scores even a.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Little? I think we will remember the ones we disliked more than the ones we than the ones we really.

[Will Friedle]

Liked. It's gonna be the ones we gave like sixes to, where it's gonna be like, I don't.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Remember. I don't. Yeah, but the ones that we went lower than that, it's gonna be like, oh, yeah, we hated.

[Will Friedle]

That. I.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Know. Or got a lot of crap on Instagram for.

[Will Friedle]

Something. Exactly. It happens. But here's our first big announcement, though. Our first movie of the new year will be our first three quel ever. Sounds. Sounds a little strange the way I said that. Our first throuple ever. Cheetah Girls 3. Get excited, everyone. That is right. We are seeing. I don't know anything about this movie, but I think it ends with the final fight to the death where one Cheetah Girl is left standing. I can't wait. I don't.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Know. There can only be one gonna.

[Will Friedle]

Be. Oh, God, it's like Highlander. I love it. Yeah, right? So great. And for more info I the podcast, you can follow us at. Magical Rewind Pod on the Instagram machine, you just crank that thing on the side, press a button, then yell magical rewind into your phone and apparently it pops up. I don't know how technology works. Thank you, everybody. Bye.

[Unidentified Female Advertiser]

Bye. Okay, only 10 more presents to.

[Eva Longoria]

Wrap. You're almost at the finish.

[Will Friedle]

Line. But.

[Eva Longoria]

First. There the last one. Enjoy a Coca Cola from or a pause that.

[Will Friedle]

Refreshes. Only one movie answers the call. Hello, it's me, SpongeBob. For the biggest comedy event of the holiday.

[Sabrina Bryant]

Season. Do you know what the best part.

[Will Friedle]

Is? What is it, Patrick? No, I'm asking. The spongebob movie Rated DG Friday. Hey, it's Ryan Seacrest for Albertsons and Safeway. Flu season is here and the in store pharmacy has you covered with with a free flu shot with most insurance plans. And as a thank you, get up to $20 off your grocery purchase. Plus it's coughing cold season. Stock up on all the season's essentials and get ready for relief with discounts on items like Hall's Menthol cough drops, Tylenol Cold and Flu and Mucinex Fast Max products. Offer ends December 30th restrictions apply and offers may vary by location. Visit Albertsons or Safeway.com for more.

[Angel]

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