12 Days Of TCB: A "Lifesyle" Christmas

Summary

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Episode Title: 12 Days Of TCB: A "Lifesyle" Christmas
Release Date: December 25, 2024
Hosts: Brian Green, Kristen Joy “Krissy” Hoadley
Guests: Christina, Frank Bernardo (featured via video commentary)

Episode Overview

This festive special marks the finale of The Commercial Break’s “12 Days of TCB” series—a rollicking Christmas Day episode that embodies the show’s signature irreverence and playful chaos. Hosts Brian, Krissy, and Christina riff on holiday traditions, bemoan the exhaustion of cranking out daily episodes, and then deep-dive into Rotten Tomatoes’ top-rated Christmas movies before dissecting a new “dating traps” video from recurring internet-favorite Frank (Frankie) Bernardo. Expect fast-paced nostalgia, relentless teasing, and the show’s trademark blend of affectionate roasting and holiday warmth.

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Major Topics & Discussion Points

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1. Opening Festivities and Holiday Banter

00:16 - 03:59

• The hosts wish each other and listeners a Merry Christmas, poking fun at their own fatigue from producing the 12-turned-13-day marathon of episodes.
• Brian shares a sweet anecdote about his young children’s confusion between what’s "live" and what’s not, tying it back to Christmas morning joy and the magic of kids opening gifts:

  “There is no joy like watching a child open up a gift that they really want, it is just like magic.” (03:12, Brian Green)

• Friendly reminders that whether you’re surrounded by family or spending the day solo, there’s no wrong way to experience the holidays.

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2. Rotten Tomatoes’ Top 35 Christmas Movies:

04:00 - 19:25

• The group embarks on a rapid-fire, sarcastic, and opinionated rundown of Rotten Tomatoes’ top 35 Christmas films.
• Notable reactions include surprise at the placement and presence of certain films, mock derision for “highbrow” critic choices, and personal recommendations from all three hosts.
• Key Titles & Commentary:
  • “A Muppets Christmas Carol” — Everyone’s reason for joy; critics apparently less so.
  • “Bad Santa” — Universally agreed as appropriately ranked.
  • “Four Christmases” —

    “Oh my God… At the very start of that movie when they get in a fake fight? I implore you on this Christmas to go watch the first five minutes of Four Christmases.” (05:14, Guest/Fan)

  • “Die Hard” at number eleven prompts classic debate:

    “Die Hard is a fantastic Christmas movie. It's the gift that keeps on giving.” (14:04, Brian)

  • Top 5 includes: “The Holdovers,” “The Shop Around the Corner,” and “Meet Me in St. Louis” (with mild confusion and nostalgia at their rankings).
  • General host critique: Many greats underrepresented; surprising indie and foreign picks elevated by critics.

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3. Charity Spotlight: Disabled American Veterans (DAV)

19:53 - 21:32

• Brian highlights DAV as the episode’s charity, lauding their efficient use of funds and direct support for wounded and disabled veterans:

  “No matter how you feel about war or fighting, we must take care of our veterans. They’re most in need.” (20:40, Brian)

• Encouragement for listeners to consider donating to this, and other charities highlighted during the “12 Days.”

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4. Frank Bernardo’s “Dating Trap” Video (Part 2) Breakdown

23:11 - 54:00

a. Frankie Returns: The Large-Necked Lothario

• Frankie is reintroduced:

  “He’s got veins in his chin. Yeah, you've been working out too hard.” (23:45, Krissy)

• The TCB gang launches into “Dating Trap” Part 2, satirically lauding Frankie’s advice for men in their 50s and 60s.

b. Frank’s Main “Dating Trap” Tips:

• Trap 1: Personality (or ‘Mouthiness’) Not Matching ‘Beautiness’
  • Frankie warns men not to “get caught up in the excitement” if a woman is too dominant or opinionated, repeatedly using invented words like “beautiness.”
  • The TCB crew lampoons his old-school, borderline chauvinist logic:

    “If her mouth doesn’t match the beautiness, then you’re out.” (33:54, Krissy)

• Trap 2: Beware the Narcissist!
  • Frankie claims women can be narcissists too; warns viewers to look for yelling, being “dominant,” or not letting you “get a word in.”
  • Hosts mercilessly pick apart his misunderstanding of clinical narcissism and the blatantly personal backstory lurking beneath his “tips”:

    “This is your video to your ex-girlfriend letting her know what a shithead she was and how wonderful you are.” (44:35, Brian)

• Trap 3: The Scorekeeper—Paying for Dates
  • Although Frankie insists he “always pays,” he clearly resents women who never offer, keeping track of how often he foots the bill.

    “It's grievances. It's score taking. It's the worst kind of score taking. Fuck you, Frankie.” (49:43, Brian)

  • Krissy and Christina joke about men who loudly insist on paying but mentally log every slight:

    “They're score takers. He's a score taker.” (49:12, Christina)

• Drive-thru Diversions & More
  • Frankie films the advice while driving (badly), orders Dunkin’ coffee, and randomly congratulates himself on not eating donuts.
  • Brian and Krissy react with incredulity at the lack of structure and endless repetition:

    “He is ultimately... makes no fucking point. And he says the same thing over and over again using different words and made up words.” (38:41, Brian)

  • The hosts attempt to translate and poke fun at the video’s blurred line between public advice and private emotional venting.

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5. Ongoing TCB Themes and Running Gags

Throughout

• Exaggerated, playful impressions of Frankie’s Chicago accent and macho delivery.
• Celebratory self-awareness about their own podcast’s “lack of structure” and willingness to eviscerate their own format.
• Joking about TCB’s female-focused Spotify audience and possible shift to a Real Housewives recap show.

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6. Closing, Thanks, and Season Wrap-up

55:21 - End

• The gang congratulates themselves and listeners for surviving “The 13 Days of TCB.”
• Reminders of charities discussed in the series: National Breast Cancer Coalition, St. Jude’s Hospital, ASPCA, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and DAV.
• Classic signoff:

  “Enjoy it. I hope it's Christmas night, and you're sitting by the fire listening to Brian talk about his balls. And I hope you had a wonderful Christmas holiday…” (55:29, Brian)

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Notable Quotes

• On Christmas Movies Tradition:
  “There is no joy like watching a child open up a gift that they really want, it is just like magic.”
  — Brian Green (03:12)

• On 'Four Christmases':
  “Oh, I've never seen anything hotter in my life. I implore you on this Christmas to go watch the first five minutes of Four Christmases.”
  — Guest/Fan (05:14)

• On Frankie’s Dating Advice Structure:
  “I don't think there's anything structured about your content, Frankie. I think the only content creators with less structured content is the commercial break.”
  — Brian Green (25:47)

• On Chauvinism in Dating:
  “If she's not on your knees blowing you the second you walk in the door, something's wrong.”
  — Krissy (31:05, satirizing Frank)

• On “Beautiness”:
  “If it doesn't match the beautiness, if her mouth doesn't match the beautiness, then you're out.”
  — Krissy (33:54)

• On Keeping Score Over Dates:
  “It's grievances. It's score taking. It's the worst kind of score taking. Fuck you, Frankie.”
  — Brian Green (49:43)

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Timestamps of Key Segments

• 00:16: Christmas greetings & podcast fatigue
• 03:59: Sentimental parenting stories about Christmas
• 04:00-19:25: Rotten Tomatoes Christmas movie rundown
• 19:53-21:32: Charity highlight: DAV
• 23:11: Introduction to Frankie B’s “Dating Trap” video
• 24:32: Video and live commentary begin
• 29:39: Frankie’s Dating Trap #1: “Beautiness” vs. personality (with running commentary)
• 38:41: Hosts roast Frankie’s repetitiveness and invented words
• 41:01: Frankie’s Dating Trap #2: “Narcissism” (and hosts dissect his faulty logic)
• 47:00: Frankie’s Dating Trap #3: Who pays for dates?
• 54:00: Frankie’s wrap-up; TCB criticism of his lack of substance
• 55:21: End-of-episode goodbyes, charity reminders, and next-season teasers

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Episode Tone & Style

• Chaotic, sarcastic, quick-witted. The hosts are merciless in their satire of internet “dating gurus,” especially direct at Frankie, but with the warmth and humor of old friends riffing together.
• Irreverent but inclusive, making space for sincere holiday wishes alongside playful evisceration of their own content and their YouTube subject.

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For New Listeners

This episode perfectly captures The Commercial Break’s unique comedic DNA. Longtime fans will appreciate classic in-jokes and returning characters, while new listeners get a representative taste of the show’s unstructured, relatable, and always self-aware humor. If you like your holiday content with a heavy dose of affectionate roasting and meta commentary, this episode hits the spot.

Transcript

[Christina]

Would you like a drink?

[Frank Bernardo]

Well, I shouldn't, but I'll have one to keep you company. Tea?

[Christina]

Coffee?

[Brian Green]

The next episode of the commercial break starts now.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

There was more than one lobster present at the birth of Jesus.

[Frank Bernardo]

Oh, yeah.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Dancers and prancers, welcome back to the.

[Brian Green]

Final day of the 12 days of TCB. That's actually the 13 days of TCB. That will be the 20 days of TCB once we actually finish. I'm Brian Green. This is my co host and my dear friend, Kristen Joy Hoadley. Merry Christmas. Best to you, Kristen.

[Christina]

Merry Christmas is best to you and.

[Brian Green]

Merry Christmas and best to you out there in the podcast universe. It's Christmas Day. You've hung in there with us all the whole time. We've been suffering silently here at the studio, but we are exhausted. But we're gonna bring it home.

[Christina]

Working really hard like Santa's elves.

[Brian Green]

We have been working like Santa's elves, cobbling away, whittling away up in the North Pole or the north of Atlanta, making brand new episodes of the commercial break every day for you. And the fun does not stop as tomorrow and Friday we will also have brand new episodes for you with some guests. We have some TCB infomercials. And then we'll be back with live episodes on New Year's Eve or fresh episodes on New Year's Eve. And New Year's Day shouldn't say live episodes because that's, that's not correct. I actually spent an hour today trying to explain to my son the difference between real and live. Because he is so young, he was made the assumption that everything that happens on television is live. He's like, yeah, Daddy, when I watch Bluey, it's live, right? And I'm like, no, no, no, that's not it. When you watch a basketball game, it's live. It's happening right now. He's like, but Bluey's happening right now too. And I'm like, I do see the logic too. And now I understand how hard fought every single little inch of your brain is. As far as a victory is concerned, it really takes a lot to make that brain form. Some of my kids get it quicker than others, but they're take after their father.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

They take after their father.

[Brian Green]

So Merry Christmas. I hope you're having a wonderful holiday. Hope you're enjoying with family, friends, or no one, if that's what you choose to do or if you celebrate something else. Maybe you're getting the day off work. Maybe you're going to have a meal. Maybe you're going to go watch a Christmas movie or just go to the theater and watch one of these fantastic movies that's out right now. Wicked Gladiator, the shark version, or I don't know what else is out. Red one.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

What is it?

[Brian Green]

Red one.

[Guest/Fan]

The baby girl's out.

[Brian Green]

What's baby girl?

[Guest/Fan]

Oh, it's with Nicole Kidman.

[Christina]

Yes, I'm really excited to see it.

[Brian Green]

Oh, really? Oh, it's out. Okay, baby girl.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

There you go.

[Brian Green]

Maybe that's out. Or maybe you're in the middle of the 24 hours of a Christmas Story, which has got to be the sentimental favorite for best Christmas movie ever. National Lampoon's Vacation Elf. We've talked about them all. There's a lot of them out there. Family Stone is one of my favorites, though. It's on no. 1's top 10 list. It's okay. I like it. You know what I'm saying? And so I look forward. Obviously, we're not recording this on Christmas Day. I look forward to celebrating with my family. The kids will open the Santa Claus presents. That is pure fucking joy.

[Christina]

When to see pure joy, it is open. Presence is just so amazing and so wonderful.

[Brian Green]

I realized when my first child was really, when he was one, he could open up the presents like he ripped them, but he didn't understand what was going on. When he was 2, he started to get excited about opening up presents and seeing them when he was 3, I think. And now that most of my kids are reaching the age of kind of that age, they all understand what Santa Claus is. They all understand what presence is. And I'm being real sentimental and sincere. And when I say there is no joy like watching a child open up a gift that they really want, it is just like magic. So sweet. And I wish that they would stay this age forever. Yet I can't wait till they get old enough to wipe themselves. That's all I ask for. Could they wipe themselves and stay this age forever? That would be fantastic. So, yeah, really exciting. Here we are, Christmas Day.

[Christina]

Here we are.

[Brian Green]

To continue with Frankie B. And his dating traps, with his lifestyles and all that other stuff. We're going to continue with that after the break, but I thought I would take a moment. Chrissy. Earlier in the 12 days of TCB, we reviewed the top 20 Christmas movies as determined by Town and Country. Don't ask me how I came upon that list. The experts, of course. But I think the real experts would probably be Rotten Tomatoes because they take thousands, tens of thousands, millions of ratings from different users around The Web. I do normally trust this.

[Christina]

I looked at that movie I was telling you about earlier. Yeah, the one. The holiday one with James Gandolfini, and it had 8% rotten tomatoes.

[Brian Green]

Well, I remember this movie coming out. Like, I remember briefly seeing a commercial.

[Christina]

Applegate and Catherine o' Hara and Ben Affleck.

[Brian Green]

So you would think all of those people together would make a good Christmas movie. But we've already seen that. When Ben Affleck's in a Christmas movie, he usually doesn't do all that well, let's be honest. What's the other one in Four Christmases? Is that him in Four Christmases?

[Guest/Fan]

No, that's Vince Vaughn.

[Brian Green]

That's Vince Vaughn.

[Guest/Fan]

Well, in that movie. He is so hot in that movie.

[Brian Green]

You like?

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Oh, my God.

[Guest/Fan]

Yes. But okay, at the very start of that movie when they, like, get in a fake fight. Oh, I've never seen anything hotter in my life. I implore you on this Christmas to go watch the first five minutes of Four Christmases.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Okay. All right.

[Brian Green]

I don't typically think of Four Christmases as a movie I need to watch.

[Guest/Fan]

But okay, just the first five minutes.

[Christina]

Because it's what Jennifer ain't.

[Guest/Fan]

Reese Witherspoon.

[Christina]

Reese Witherspoon, that's right.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

But you know what?

[Brian Green]

I am looking for a new Christmas classic to get into, to put in my repertoire. I haven't had one in a long time. I think Eight Bit Christmas has become a good one to watch. You know, Eight Bit Christmas, I have.

[Christina]

Not seen that one.

[Brian Green]

This is so you and I. Because it's 1980 something, right? And even though, yeah, it's probably around the time the first Nintendo has come out, they're in Chicago and they want Nintendo for Christmas. It's a group of kids and how they plead with their parents and how they try and get the money together and how they were, you know, trying to raise money to do all this other stuff. And it's one of these movies. It's seen from the kids point of view, but it's made kind of, I think, for adults. It's really good. Made by hbo. It's on Max right now. Eight Bit Christmas. It's an easy watch. It's an hour and 30 minutes long.

[Christina]

Does that make you cry?

[Brian Green]

No.

[Christina]

Because you like the crying.

[Brian Green]

I do like the crying. Why?

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

What's wrong with crying?

[Christina]

No, no. Feel free to cry. That's not my style.

[Brian Green]

You don't like movies that make you cry?

[Christina]

I don't like Christmas movies that make me cry.

[Brian Green]

Oh, Christmas.

[Frank Bernardo]

No.

[Brian Green]

8 bit Christmas is Not going to make cry. I can promise you this. I mean, if eight bit Christmas makes you cry, then I think something's weird with you. Okay, Ready? Rotten Tomatoes?

[Christina]

Yeah, let's go.

[Brian Green]

Top 35. I'm gonna go through these really quickly and then we'll get to Frankie B. Top 35 Christmas movies of all time. Number 35, A Muppets Christmas Carol with 86% fresh or 86% popcorn or whatever you call it. I don't know, actually they're, they're doing this by the critics score. So this is the critics.

[Christina]

Oh, yeah, you can sort by critics.

[Brian Green]

So you know that it's, you know, by the time we get to the top five, it's going to be terrible and no one watches them. The Muppets Christmas Carol gets a 77% by the Christmas by the critics.

[Christina]

Ding.

[Brian Green]

Christmas Eve at Miller's point gets 78. Christmas Eve and Miller's Point. I do think I've watched this one time before and I thought it was terrible.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

All right.

[Brian Green]

Anna and the apocalypse with a 77.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Anna and the Apocalypse is a Christmas movie.

[Brian Green]

What the fuck are you talking about? Bad Santa number 32. Bad Santa is a good movie. Probably number 32 is where it stands in my mind too. Ready for this? A Christmas story number 31.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Wow.

[Brian Green]

How is that true?

[Christina]

Yeah, I mean, I don't know. My mom would probably agree with that.

[Frank Bernardo]

Yeah, I know.

[Brian Green]

And you know, I don't think the critics have ever liked this movie. I think it's just the people who like the movie.

[Christina]

We're nostalgic for it.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, I think we're. Well, I mean, somebody people must like it. They play it 24 fucking hours a day from Christmas Eve to Christmas. That gets a 79%. The man who invented Christmas. This is exactly the type of shitty British period piece that critics like. Number 30 comes into. The man who invented Christmas. It's the author, Charles Dickens is in financial trouble.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Whatever.

[Brian Green]

All right. While you were sleeping comes in at number 29. I remember watching this and I think it's okay. That's number 29, Batman Returns.

[Christina]

What?

[Brian Green]

Comes in?

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yes, Batman Returns.

[Brian Green]

I think this is movies that came out during the Christmas time. Batman Returns comes in at 82%. Batman returns. The. Of course, the only turn that Michael Keaton took as Batman, the happiest season, comes in at number 27. Never seen it. Who's that with Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis. Have you seen this?

[Christina]

Oh, I have seen that. It's pretty good.

[Guest/Fan]

I haven't seen it, but I think it's Lesbian.

[Christina]

Pretty good.

[Brian Green]

Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, Mary Steve version.

[Christina]

One of them can't know that they're really together.

[Guest/Fan]

Right? One of them's, like, not telling the family. Yes.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Very lesbian.

[Brian Green]

Christmas. Happy season. Okay, 27. Number 26, elf. I would have put that a little bit higher. Gremlins comes in at number 25. Not in my Christmas classics, but okay. It's an. It's a.

[Christina]

It does take place during Christmas.

[Brian Green]

It does A Christmas tale with Catherine. These are. This must be a French movie. A sharp black comedy about a chaotic family gathering. A Christmas tale is always involving, thanks to an impressive ensemble cast. It's a French. When the French steely matriarch learned she has leukemia. Yeah. This is the kind of story that Christmas doesn't. Chrissy doesn't want to watch this. 23. Kiss kiss bang bang. Oh, which is a great movie. It is, but I do not consider it a Christmas movie. I like. I like this, though. Robert Downey Jr. Val Kilmer, Michelle Moynihan, Corbin Burdenson. Trading Places. We have forgotten about this one.

[Christina]

All hail Trading Places.

[Brian Green]

All hail Trading Places.

[Christina]

A good one.

[Brian Green]

This is a fantastic Christmas flick. 89% by the critics. Featuring deft interplay between Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd, Trading Places is immensely appealing social satire. Yes, it is.

[Christina]

Looking good, Brian Greene.

[Brian Green]

Oh, thank you. Feeling.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Feeling good. Chrissy Hoagney.

[Brian Green]

Yes. Better Watch out. Carried by its charismatic young cast, Better Watch out is an adorably sinister holiday horror film. 89% holiday horror. Leave it up to Ryan.

[Christina]

I don't know if I'm into the holiday horror either.

[Brian Green]

I'm sorry, I need to make a change here. 31. Number 31 was not a Christmas Story. It was A Christmas Story Christmas, the sequel that recently came out.

[Christina]

Yeah, that wasn't that good.

[Brian Green]

I watched it and I gotta say, good try, good try, good try. But hitting all the notes.

[Christina]

It had a lot to live up to.

[Brian Green]

It did have everything to live up to. And it fell just short. And according to the critics, not that much shorter because it comes in at number 20. Number 20 is the original Christmas story. Warmly nostalgic and darkly humorous Christmas story deserves its status as a holiday perennial. Based on the humorous writings of author Jean Shepard, this beloved holiday film follows the wintry exploits of Ralphie and his brother. Okay. Rare. A Christmas tale.

[Christina]

Rare exports.

[Brian Green]

Rare exports. Oh, this is a. This is an Asian flick, I believe. Oh, no, this is not. I don't know. The Scandinavian, I think.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Whatever.

[Brian Green]

Edward Scissorhands, number 18. Never thought of that as A Christmas flick, but okay. The first collaboration between Johnny Depp and Tim Burton. Edward Scissorhands is a magical, modern fairy tale with gothic overtones and a sweet center. I agree, but I don't think it's a Christmas movie. All right.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Jingle Jangle A Christmas Journey. Jingle Jangle A Christmas Journey comes in.

[Brian Green]

At number 17 with 91%. Forest Whitaker, Keegan, Michael Key, Hugh Bonneville and Anika Noni Rose. It celebrates the yuletide season with a holiday adventure whose exuberant spirit is matched by an uplifting message. Okay, never seen that, but maybe I will. Tokyo Godfathers comes in at number 16. Beautiful and substantive, Tokyo Godfathers adds a moving and somewhat unconventional entry to the animated Christmas canon. Oh, that sounds like something I might get into. Animated and I like. Yeah, no, I might watch that. Arthur Christmas comes in at number 15. I never was into Arthur, you know.

[Christina]

Oh, the Arthur movies.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, the Arthur movies.

[Christina]

They're funny, but I didn't know. I didn't even realize there was a Christmas one.

[Brian Green]

There's a lot of them. And, yeah, I'm not into it. Little Women comes in at number 14, thanks to a powerhouse lineup of talented actress Gillian Armstrong's take on Louisa May Alcott's Little Women provides that timeless story. That a timeless story can succeed no matter how many times it's told with Winona Ryder, Gabriel Byrne and Samantha Mathis. Okay. I don't think I ever saw that movie. Was it good?

[Christina]

It's good.

[Brian Green]

Did you like it? Little Women. Okay. The Apartment comes in at number 13 with Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred, or, excuse me, Ray Walston, and is directed by Billy Wilder. Billy Wilder's customary cynicism is leavened here by tender humor, romance and genuine pathos, whatever the fuck that means. I don't think I'll be watching that this Christmas. The Guardians of the Galaxy holiday special.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Movie comes in at 12 with 94%.

[Brian Green]

More stocking stuffer than a fully rounded out parcel. This yuletide excursion is a delightful showcase for Drax Mantis and a very game Kevin Bacon. Wow.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Okay.

[Brian Green]

My kids will love that. I'll put that on number 11. I believe this is the right call. And number 11, Chrissy comes. Die Hard.

[Christina]

Die Hard.

[Brian Green]

Die Hard is a fantastic Christmas movie. It's the gift that keeps on giving. It is great no matter when you watch it. Bruce Willis at his finest in Die Hard. And like it says here, there are many imitators and sequels, but never have come close to matching the thrills and definitive holiday action of the Original Die Hard starring Bruce Willis. Okay, here we go into the top ten. You ready?

[Christina]

Yes. Ready.

[Brian Green]

Now, there's a lot of movies that we like that we've already talked about. So now we get into the critics being critical and actually trying to discern what's good or what's bad. This is not based on popularity. This is based on the critics. It's a Wonderful Life at number 10. I like the movie. I think I would put it in my top 10. I think 10 is the right number. 94%, the holiday classic to define all holiday classics.

[Christina]

Have you watched it this year?

[Brian Green]

I watched a little bit of it with my kids. They were not interested, so we turned it on to Bluey. Carol comes in at number nine.

[Christina]

Carol.

[Brian Green]

Shaped by Todd Haynes's deft direction and powered by a strong cast led by Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, Carol lives up to its groundbreaking source material. What is this about?

[Guest/Fan]

Oh, my God. Carol. Another lesbian love story.

[Brian Green]

Another lesbian love story.

[Guest/Fan]

It's incredible.

[Brian Green]

Is it? When was this made? Oh, 2015.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yeah. Okay.

[Brian Green]

All right. It gets a 94 critic score here. Klaus comes in at number eight. Klaus. Beautifully hand drawn animation and a humorous. I think I. Yes, this is one that's on our saved list. So this might become a holiday classic for us. We'll see. Number seven. I do not agree with this whatsoever, but okay. Tim Burton's the Nightmare Before Christmas. A stunningly original and visually delightful work of non stop motion or stop motion. Non stop stop motion animation. I do like it. I don't think it gets.

[Christina]

I need to rewatch that.

[Brian Green]

Yeah. Okay, let's see here. Number six. Little Women. Another version of Little Women. Stellar cast and smart, sensitive retelling of a classic source material. Greta Gerwig's Little Women.

[Christina]

That one was really good. So that does beat out the other one with.

[Brian Green]

That's the one with Emma Watson. Okay. Eliza Scanlon. Okay.

[Guest/Fan]

Emma Watson. Is she in that?

[Brian Green]

This is the 2019 version of Little Women.

[Christina]

That's the most. I think so I just forgot about here.

[Guest/Fan]

I just mostly focused on Saoirse Ronan and Florence Pugh.

[Brian Green]

Yeah. Who are both in the movie also. Okay, so number six. I don't think I've ever seen this. I don't think I've ever seen either of her. So maybe I'll watch it. Miracle on 34th Street. The 47 version.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Okay.

[Brian Green]

Irrefutable proof that gentle sentimentalism can be a chief ingredient in a wonderful film. Yeah, it's old.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

It's sweet.

[Brian Green]

I mean, it's really old. It plays a little slow, but I think if you watch it, if you've never seen it, you'll find it to be delightful. Tangerine.

[Christina]

What?

[Brian Green]

After hearing her boyfriend slash pimp cheated on her while she was in jail, a transgender worker at her. Hold on one second. Transgender worker during the holidays? Something or other. Tangerine. I do remember when this came out.

[Christina]

Okay, I need to watch that.

[Brian Green]

The guy who directed this, Sean Baker, also directed. I think it's Sunshine State. And that was a movie about kids that live in a motel right outside of Disney World.

[Christina]

Yes, I watched that. That was kind of depressing.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, it was kind of depressing, but it was wonderfully acted. And it was made, obviously on the cheap, and you can tell. But I liked the tone and texture of the movie. Tangerine, I think, is another film by this same guy and apparently is wonderful. I think it won or I think it was nominated for Oscars. Number three is the most recent addition to this list, the Holdovers, starring Paul Giamatti. Is it really? Yes.

[Christina]

I loved that.

[Brian Green]

But it'll make you cry, right?

[Christina]

No, I mean, it's sweet. There's sweet parts of it, but it's good. I just. I love Paul Giamatti. Anything that he does.

[Brian Green]

He is so fucking good and has been good in almost every single thing that he has done. The Shop around the Corner gets a rousing 99%. Directed by Ernst Lumstick, from a smart and a funny script. The Shop around the Corner is a romantic comedy in the finest sense of the term. That is number two. Never seen it.

[Christina]

When did it come out?

[Brian Green]

1940. 40.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

1940.

[Christina]

Yeah, 1940. That sounds like it.

[Guest/Fan]

In. Was it. Sorry, that rom com with Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. You've got mail.

[Frank Bernardo]

Oh, yeah.

[Guest/Fan]

When she has the Shop around the Corner, it's referenced to that.

[Brian Green]

Okay. There you go, Christina putting it all together for us.

[Guest/Fan]

I'm a rom com girl.

[Brian Green]

You are a good addition to this studio.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

All right.

[Brian Green]

And number one, are you ready for this?

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

You're never gonna guess.

[Brian Green]

Meet me in St. Louis gets a hundred percent. Meet me in St. Louis, a disarmingly charming musical led by an outstanding cast. With Judy Garland, Margaret O'. Brien. Meet me in St. Louis offers a holiday treat for all ages. It's a classic MGM romantic musical comedy that focuses on four sisters.

[Christina]

I'm surprised White Christmas isn't in that.

[Brian Green]

I'm surprised White Christmas isn't in that list anywhere. Christmas vacation is not in the top 35. At least white Christmas might be there. Oh, White Christmas is number 36. So there you go. Christmas vacation is not anywhere. But you don't expect Christmas vacation to get any respect from the critics. But there's a couple movies that you would think would be much higher up on there. And I wouldn't think that that would be number one, but okay, it's number one. All right, Frankie B. We're gonna get back to him. We're in the middle of his dating trust.

[Christina]

Rocket.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Rocket.

[Brian Green]

But first, I would like to tell you about our fifth and final charity we are discussing here on the commercial break to shed a little light and hopefully grab a few bucks out of your pocket to do some good this holiday season and certainly during the 12 days of TCB. And that is DAV, Disabled American Veterans. This is an organization who, unlike some other very famous veterans organizations out there spending a ton of money on marketing, do not spend all their money paying their CEO and having parties. These men and women, they provide food, shelter and assistance to Americans who fought on our behalf and came back little less than on the way. And they came back different. They came back hurt, injured, disabled in some way, shape or form. It's a huge problem. Now, whether you believe, believe in the war, don't believe in the war, the fighting or the not fighting, that doesn't make a difference because once it's done, they come back and they desperately need our help. And they should be the first ones in line to receive it because they have done at least, at least altruistically, they're trying to do their part to keep us safe and free in the United States. So no matter how you politically feel, no matter how you feel about war or fighting, we must take care of our veterans. They're most in need. And this is an organization that I've done some research on and I feel strongly the money is going to the right place. Dav.org Christina's going to put a link in the show notes, donate to any of the causes that we've been talking about for the 12 days of TCB. God bless our men and women who are away this holiday season fighting for our freedom. Let's take a break and we'll be back.

[Guest/Fan]

What do you mean you don't know our phone number? I only tell it to you twice a day, four times a week. Fine. If you insist, I will tell it to you again. It's 212-4333. TCB. That's 212-433-3822. And don't you forget it. Now, in case you can't remember Our instagram handle is hecommercial break. A tough one. I know. And our TikTok handle is podcast, and that one is the same as our website, tcbpodcast.com and one last thing, go to YouTube.com the commercial break for all of our video episodes.

[Brian Green]

Got it.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Good. And we're back celebrating Christmas with you.

[Brian Green]

Aren't you excited? Look how excited everybody is. I think we're just excited that this is over. No, actually, I. Like I said, I think this has actually been a ton of fun. I look forward to hopefully repeating it in 2025 if our network continues to employ us.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yeah, this has been a ton of fun.

[Brian Green]

We got a very nice game from our network, by the way. Yeah, we don't talk about them a whole lot because we just don't talk about our networks a whole lot unless they don't pay us and then we talk about them a whole bunch. But our network is Odyssey. And while we're at it, the Odyssey has a great app. You can listen to podcasts on local radio stations. I think they're going to even include video coming up here very soon. So if you want a new app to listen to your stuff on the home of the commercial break is Odyssey. It's a free app, free to download, free to listen to us. There's no noise gate. Listen to us anywhere you want to. But I'm just giving a shout out to Odyssey because they' very good to us and I've been snacking on the stuff that they gave us for Christmas. There you go.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Hey, there you go.

[Brian Green]

All right, so yesterday on Christmas Eve, we gifted you with the only present we could think to give all of our listeners that would satisfy the entire crew. And that would be a brand new Frank Bernardo video. Be Nardo video. I've been saying Bernardo for the longest time. It's Bernardo.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Frank Bernardo is our lovely cuttable.

[Brian Green]

Cuddle bowl. Cuddle able.

[Christina]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

How do you say that?

[Christina]

Our large necked friend.

[Brian Green]

Our large neck, leather necked friend.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

He's got veins in his chin. Yeah, you've been working out too hard.

[Brian Green]

When you have veins in your chin.

[Christina]

You know, he's an expert.

[Brian Green]

He's an expert in all things fitness, fashion, fun and lifestyle. Lifestyle style, Chrissy, it's lifestyle. Please get it right. If you're gonna be Frankie, talk like Frankie. All right, so let's get back to it. We are in. This is video number two. We reviewed three. Now we're going backwards to two. Video number two of Frankie B's dating traps. He says that he put these three videos together because it was in such popular demand that he had to do it.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

All right, okay.

[Brian Green]

He's in his car for this one, so if there's a little background noise, it's not our fault, it's his fault. Words, they don't represent the car. Oh, wait, hold on. That's yesterday. That's another video altogether. All right, let's press play on that one and hopefully it'll work.

[Frank Bernardo]

So back by popular demand, several of you have reached out to me via email on my dating trap video.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, those are commercial break listeners, and they're just poking you along. Hey, commercial break listeners, email Frank Bernardo and tell him despite the fact that he has a girlfriend, we desperately need content ideas.

[Frank Bernardo]

Now, if you haven't seen the dating trap video, I'm gonna put the one on the screen at the very end of this video.

[Brian Green]

He never does that.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

He never. He never quite figured that out.

[Brian Green]

By the way, so many of his videos are. He mentions other videos and so many of his videos and he says he's going to put a link to them.

[Frank Bernardo]

He never does this, so you might want to watch that.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

And by the way, 100 safe to.

[Brian Green]

Be driving down the highway filming yourself.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I'm putting together, look out greater Chicagoland area for. For a large necked guy driving brand.

[Frank Bernardo]

New Tesla, a string of dating advice and dating trap videos. This is mostly structured, you know, for guys in their 50s and 60s, you know, who are not used to dating, who forget what it's like to date. Let's face.

[Brian Green]

I don't think there's anything structured about your content, Frankie. I think the only content creators with less structured content is the commercial break.

[Frank Bernardo]

Most of us have been in a relationship for years and years and years. And look at that neck.

[Brian Green]

That is cherry red tomato. Yeah, it's bulging. It's cherry red. Unbelievable.

[Frank Bernardo]

We get thrusted back into the dating scene and thrusted.

[Brian Green]

I put an ed on the end of it, Chrissy.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

That's how we do it in the greater Chicagoland area.

[Frank Bernardo]

Do forget, you know, you gotta overlook all the excitement of meeting a new woman and pay attention to the details.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Like tits harass, you know, the important stuff.

[Frank Bernardo]

And in this video, I'm gonna give you a few details that you need to watch out for so you don't get caught.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I'm gonna explain exactly what my last.

[Brian Green]

Girlfriend did to me so you don't get caught up in the same trap.

[Frank Bernardo]

In the dating trap. Rocket.

[Brian Green]

Rocket.

[Christina]

That's my favorite part.

[Brian Green]

Rocket. Whoa.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

By the way, the people in that.

[Brian Green]

Bucolic fucking suburb of Chicago. Must love it that he's bo. Wheelies in the kids parking lot of the local park. Lifestyle, biking, fashion, golfing, trees, fitness, pumping.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Iron.

[Brian Green]

Tits, ogling, girl lotions, Parasailing, walking away from the camera.

[Frank Bernardo]

What is going on, everybody? And welcome to today's video. If this is your first time here, my name is Frank Bernardo and this channel is geared for all guys who want up their game look and feel better.

[Brian Green]

Here's the worst part about this whole video. Not only is he driving down the highway filming this video, staring at the camera, but he most obviously does not have a phone holder. He is actually holding it with his hand.

[Christina]

He's done this before.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I know.

[Brian Green]

This is so. This is so unnerving.

[Frank Bernardo]

Actually sells in grooming, fitness, fashion and lifestyle. And every once in a while we're going to sprinkle in dating advice.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I mean, every once in a while.

[Christina]

Every second video or so, they're all about dating advice.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Hey, listen, Chrissy, when the audience says this is what I want, this is.

[Brian Green]

What I'm gonna give you.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Give them what they want, Chrissy.

[Frank Bernardo]

To get dating advice from someone who is actually dating. I'm not the kind of guy that's gonna read a bunch of material.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

And I'm not a reader per se. I'm not a guy who's gonna look at words. Chrissy, I'm gonna give you the actual on the ground, in the streets, in the bed kind of action. That's right when I'm giving you thrusts. I know about the thrust.

[Brian Green]

I've thrusted myself.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

When I say thrusted, it comes straight from my brain. I thrust it.

[Frank Bernardo]

Stand up in front of this camera and pretend I know what I'm talking about. You're gonna get at actual life dating experiences. I mean, that's, that's the way it should be.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

From someone who exper that it, that's.

[Christina]

That'S the way it should go.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Gold standard.

[Frank Bernardo]

This is it dayto day. So at any time during this video, you like what you're seeing.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

You like, anytime you need to throw up, there's a barf bag provided in the front of your seat.

[Frank Bernardo]

What you're hearing, do me a favor, hit the subscribe bell.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

So you don't subscribe.

[Brian Green]

Everybody subscribe.

[Frank Bernardo]

Miss any of my upcoming videos? And one more thing. This video, you could do it now, you can wait till a little bit later. Please give the video.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

You can do it at 3 o', clock, you can do it at 4 o' clock if you want to come back at 5 o', clock, set an alarm, do it at 7 o'. Clock after you eat, before you eat, don't take a shower, take a shower. I don't care. I want to do it.

[Brian Green]

Minute number one.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Minute number four.

[Brian Green]

Minute number seven, hit the subscribe button. Thanks. Appreciate it.

[Frank Bernardo]

Thumbs up because it'll definitely help this channel grow and I would greatly appreciate it. Let's jump right into it. I think the first trap and let's.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Jump right into it. Minute number seven.

[Frank Bernardo]

Is when you do meet a girl. Yeah, There's a lot of excitement going on. You can go on quite a few dates and you know, the excitement is always, always going to be there, you know, in their look, maybe their sexiness, sex appeal.

[Christina]

He's getting a footage.

[Brian Green]

I know, look at him, he's all excited.

[Frank Bernardo]

Breasts, the way they carry themselves, that's.

[Brian Green]

He's, he's overpowering his, his Botox.

[Frank Bernardo]

That's beautiful. That's really something to get excited about. You know, you don't run into that type of a woman every day. So when you do, yeah, the adrenaline's.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Pumping, but you got your semen X ready to go. You're, you're gonna. Your hair follicles, your Frankie's hair follicles are yelling and screaming. You got loads ready and all tied up, ready to rock.

[Frank Bernardo]

That woman. If her attitude doesn't match the sex appeal and the beauty of that woman, that's a trap.

[Brian Green]

It's Chrissy. I've said this before and I'm gonna say it again.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

If she's not on your knees blowing you the second you walk in the door, things are.

[Brian Green]

Something's wrong.

[Christina]

It's not matching.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

It's not matching. That sex appeal is not matching. Her mouth appeal. You know what I'm saying?

[Frank Bernardo]

Now, if she starts bossing you around, telling you what to do.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Frank Bernardo]

Being the dominant one in the conversation, you're not allowed to over talk her. You're not allowed to give an opinion.

[Brian Green]

You know, you.

[Frank Bernardo]

If after a time or two, you gotta start to wonder, all right?

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Because, gentlemen, you gotta start to wonder, is this the kind of woman that's ever gonna shut the fuck up? Am I gonna be allowed to watch football, go golfing, take vacations to Las Vegas without a lot of yammering, or is this girl just gonna keep talking? Now, if you ask my opinion, I'd prefer them without mouths, but a lot of guys like the mouse. That's just the way it is.

[Brian Green]

I don't know. No, I'm old school.

[Frank Bernardo]

I'm old school.

[Brian Green]

What can I say?

[Frank Bernardo]

Trends are trends. If it starts out that way, all.

[Brian Green]

Right, it usually trends are trends, meaning they come and they go. Yeah.

[Frank Bernardo]

It's gonna end that way. I don't want you to get caught in the trap of being caught up in the beauty, in the attitude and the person. Audi doesn't equal the beautiness of the woman.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

The beautyness. That's a word I just made up in my own little noggin right there. I got words.

[Brian Green]

I got the best words. All the words. Look at that. My beautiness.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

It's such a show for this. He really is totally.

[Brian Green]

You know what he's saying. If a woman talks too much.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

If she has an opinion. If she's opinionated about something or argues with him. Yeah. Or. Yeah. Even disagrees in any way, shape or.

[Frank Bernardo]

Form because ultimately it's a failure. Failure. So I would give her two, maybe three chances after that. If she's persistent in her dominance, in the way she acts, it's gonna stay that way. Do yourself a favor, get out of that relationship. You don't want to get out of the relationship? Why? Because. Oh, my God, now I gotta go through the whole.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

If she's asking for an orgasm also. And you've already finished, Chrissy, it's trouble.

[Brian Green]

It doesn'.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Fit. It doesn't match your sexiness. Needs to match her ability to shut the fuck up and do what you want her to. If she does that, then you give her a chance. One, maybe two times. She gets out of line. Ok, I understand something. You know, they're wild. Women are wild. You never know what they're going to do. But if she keeps on yammering, Chrissy, pull the plug immediately. I'm telling you right now, it's nothing but trouble.

[Brian Green]

It's a trap.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

It's like a little wolf trap. Just get you. Get you right in the leg.

[Christina]

Never let you go or. What did he say?

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

It's beautiness.

[Brian Green]

That's what it is.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

If it doesn't match the beautyness, if her mouth doesn't match. Match the beautyness, then you're out.

[Frank Bernardo]

Well, thing again. Hey, take a chill pill, all right? There's plenty of women out there. Don't be afraid.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

There's plenty of empty vessels.

[Frank Bernardo]

Only, you know, if you have to move on from that relationship.

[Christina]

All right, do it.

[Frank Bernardo]

Get back on the dating app. You'll forget about her as soon as the next one comes.

[Brian Green]

Comes.

[Frank Bernardo]

Just take my.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

You know how easy it is to date in 2024? There's literally people dropping from the sky. You'll have no problem picking up another girl. Yeah, she's got an opinion.

[Brian Green]

Let her go.

[Frank Bernardo]

Don't feel sorry for yourself. Move on. Don't dwell on it all day. Carry on with your day and stop looking on the dating app. Is someone coming after me? Is someone texting me? If somebody want to contact me? If you do that, it's not gonna happen.

[Christina]

Is he just driving around the loop of the city?

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yes, because I'm seeing the same building over and over again, by the way, and I know Chicago. All right, so.

[Brian Green]

So first of all, second of all, here's the music I imagine is playing in Frankie's head.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

He went from if a girl, if.

[Brian Green]

It doesn't match her, if her beauty doesn't match her mouth, then you got to let her go.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Don't worry about it.

[Brian Green]

Plenty of other girls are there. If you're on the dating apps all day long looking for girls, you're doing it the wrong way.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I mean, he has made no points whatsoever.

[Brian Green]

It's not a D trap, Frankie. It's your personal opinion. It's your personal preference to have a woman who is not strong character. And that's okay. Okay, there's. Listen, it takes all kinds. There's plenty of men and women who are not dominant in any situation, let alone in a relationship, that's fine. But the way that you're presenting this makes it seem like all guys should be dominant to submissive women. And if they're not, then that's a bad fit altogether. You're really painting a very broad stroke here, if I'm being honest. Honest.

[Frank Bernardo]

Edit, come.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Here comes that same building again.

[Christina]

I'm telling you, he's just driving.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

He is.

[Frank Bernardo]

And trust me, it will.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Oh, oh, he's stopping at the. Stopping at a gas station. That's insane. The camera is now turned around.

[Brian Green]

This is not the first time Frankie has done this. Frankie has been in other car rides where he stopped to get his Dunkin Donuts coffee. And he's also randomly. Just all of a sudden he's, I'm.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Going to go eat lunch.

[Brian Green]

I'll be back.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yeah.

[Christina]

And it shows him walking to the door, then out. Can I help you?

[Frank Bernardo]

Yeah, can I have a large hot coffee, black.

[Christina]

Anything else?

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Large hot coffee.

[Christina]

That's not good.

[Brian Green]

Donut, hot and black.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Like I like my ladies.

[Frank Bernardo]

Nope, that'll do it.

[Christina]

Okay, three.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

All right.

[Christina]

He filmed the menu.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

He filmed the menu.

[Christina]

The drive thru menu.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

This episode is sponsored by Dunkin Donuts. This chauvinism is sponsored by Dunkin Donuts.

[Frank Bernardo]

That I passed up the donuts. I pass up the bagels.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

What do you want a award?

[Brian Green]

You jack hole.

[Christina]

See that?

[Brian Green]

Okay, you're not human. We get it. Your. Your follicles are fake, your Botox is on point, your neck is huge, and.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

You don't eat donuts.

[Brian Green]

Donuts.

[Frank Bernardo]

I passed up all the bad stuff. Cation season's coming. You better be in shape for vacation season. Because when you go on vacation, when you're on these trips, what's everybody doing? Well, they're looking at you. And.

[Christina]

Are they?

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Do you know how proud my children are of me?

[Christina]

Yeah.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

They love seeing these videos come out.

[Brian Green]

My five daughters love these videos. They think it's the greatest.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

We love you, dad.

[Brian Green]

That's what they say.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

We love you, dad. We're gonna commit you to an institution, Dad. I hope I'm in the will, dad. That's what they say.

[Frank Bernardo]

Say nothing to you. But you know, if you're like, out of shape or whatever have you. They're probably.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I wasn't gonna say anything to you, but if you're honest, I wasn't gonna say anything to you. Who are you talking to? He's on FaceTime now. I know I wasn't gonna say anything to you, but yeah, you could lose a few pounds, you could skip.

[Brian Green]

You know what I mean?

[Frank Bernardo]

And you know, they're. They're thinking it.

[Brian Green]

Who's thinking it?

[Frank Bernardo]

Dating trap number two.

[Christina]

Oh, he's got a different angle.

[Brian Green]

Oh, yeah, he's going first we're right to left, now we're left to right. That's a Mercedes Benz, by the way.

[Frank Bernardo]

Pay special attention to narcissism now.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Kettle, it's the pot. I'm just giving you a ring to.

[Brian Green]

Have a smart conversation.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I usually.

[Guest/Fan]

Aren't these the same things he brought up in the other video?

[Brian Green]

Exact same thing.

[Guest/Fan]

Why did this need three parts, brother?

[Brian Green]

Christina.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I mean, this is what he does.

[Brian Green]

You've been with us for a long time, but not the entirety of the commercial break. Chrissy and I know this because we know Frankie so well. Especially in that season two and three when we did so many of these videos. He is ultimately. Makes no fucking point. And he says the same thing over and over again using different words and made up words. Yeah, made up words.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

He makes them up. Yeah.

[Brian Green]

And as many words as his little brain can figure out. I mean, honestly, this guy is such a nudic.

[Frank Bernardo]

Usually get the bad rap for being narcissists, but can a woman be a narcissist? Absolutely. 100% they can.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

My name is a Dr. Frankie.

[Frank Bernardo]

How can you tell if they're a narcissist? I'm going to give you a few signs right now.

[Brian Green]

Oh, here we come. So. All right, well, let's do this. Why don't we take a short break before let all the fun roll out in just one day. Why don't we take a short break and then we get back? We'll do the rest of this. Please donate to today's TCB. 12 days of TCB. Cause it's our fifth and our final, and it's a good one. Disabled American Vets.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Dav.

[Brian Green]

Org. We'll put a link in the show notes. They provide food, housing assistance, medical needs for veterans who come back wounded or otherwise not feeling all that great. They're doing great work. And I've never seen a commercial for DAV which tells me that most of the money is going straight to what it's to the cause intended, which is the disabled veterans that fight for our freedom. All right, we'll be back.

[Guest/Fan]

Holidays getting you down. Family acting out of pocket. Text us and tell us all about it at 212-4333, TCD or leave us a voicemail with all of the unhinged and or spicy details. And then follow us on Instagram at the commercial break and on TikTok CBpodcast. If you need a laugh or an escape, you can always escape for a full hour and watch our YouTube videos at YouTube.com thecommercialbreak while you simultaneously peruse our website tcbpodcast.com to find out all there is to know about Brian and Chrissy. Now let's hear from our sponsors so we can afford afford the holidays this year.

[Brian Green]

Oh.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

All right, here we go. Into the home stretch, girls. We're on our way. All right, Frankie B.

[Brian Green]

Is back, giving us the second of what I'm sure will be three incredibly informative dating trap tips. He's talking about how we can tell a woman is a narcissist. Let's go.

[Frank Bernardo]

The biggest sign is if you question them. If you question a narcissist and they get all excited, angered, huffy and puffy and start yelling and screaming at you. How dare you question me. Just in. In that content. You know what? What a.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

In that content. What I meant to say was context, but in that content, are you noticing how beautiful my teeth are? Because I spent a lot of money for those.

[Christina]

Yes, he did.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Those dentures are on point, Frankie.

[Brian Green]

I love them. Are you noticing that One of his eyes is like, first of all, his teeth are very, very straight. I mean, incredibly straight veneers. Yeah, obviously. And then one of his eyes is like a different color than the other one. Am I right about that? Maybe. Okay, I'm colorblind, so I don't know. I think the other reason why he turned around the camera is cause he doesn't want you to realize, see that.

[Christina]

The same stuff is passing by over and over again.

[Guest/Fan]

He's gotta hold his coffee in that hand so that you know he's gotta get his donkeys.

[Brian Green]

Yes. At first I thought he might be driving a Tesla that might be self driving itself. But then I recognized that this is actually a Mercedes Benz. They do not self drive themselves.

[Frank Bernardo]

This is dust.

[Brian Green]

Well, so you don't need to talk, Brian. You don't need to say self drive yourself. It already knows. Self driving is a descriptive word.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

All right, now I sound like Frankie B. Now we're all going to hell in a handmade.

[Christina]

It's been a long Christmas.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, it's the beautiness of it though. The beautiness of it is they will talk over you.

[Frank Bernardo]

They will give you. Or they will try. They will try to give you the fear that.

[Christina]

How.

[Frank Bernardo]

How dare you question them? Because what they do.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

How dare you question them.

[Christina]

That's not the definition of a narcissist.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, there's by the way. This is so off base. People. I. I know plenty of narcissists that. That know. I mean people that are not narcissists that question me. And that is not the definition of narcissist. That is a narcissist is a clinical diagnosis that needs to be made by someone who is actually able to make that diagnosis. But it's so much more involved than just someone who talks over.

[Christina]

He does not. He just doesn't want somebody arguing with him.

[Brian Green]

Well, he's the narcissist. Yeah, I think so. Then that he just thinks everybody else is too match you hard.

[Frank Bernardo]

So you don't ask that question or you don't assume something. That's what narcissists do. They strike the fear.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Narcissist. Is he putting an extra five S's in there?

[Brian Green]

Narcissists got in you.

[Frank Bernardo]

They make you afraid to say something because what does it a narcissist do? They blow up.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

There's that same building he went to.

[Brian Green]

The other hand with the camera and there's that building again. He really is driving around the Chicago Loop right now.

[Frank Bernardo]

Crazy. They. They make you feel that you're wrong. That's, that's in their best idea.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Right? In their best idea. They make you wrong. Have you ever had your what's your.

[Christina]

Best idea worked up?

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

He is so hot under the coffee.

[Brian Green]

Because he just got dumped by a narcissist. In his opinion, like confrontation.

[Frank Bernardo]

Some narcissists are hiding things. They're hiding things behind your back.

[Christina]

It's last relationship.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Oh, it always comes sliding out the.

[Brian Green]

Ooey gooey sides, doesn't it Frankie?

[Christina]

You can't under the guise of giving tips.

[Brian Green]

You're really. This is your video to your ex girlfriend letting her know what a shithead she was and how wonderful, wonderful you are. And by the way, this is such specific information that it can only be. It can, it's like an audience of one. You know, sometimes they say with Donald Trump that people like, you know, politicians or people on the news, they'll be talking to an audience of one. Yeah, he's talking to an audience of one. And that is his recent ex girlfriend, who is.

[Frank Bernardo]

They come at you strong and hard. Again, it's all in repetition of how they, they come at you. They're gonna over talk you. They're gonna strike the fear of God in you. They're just going to be dominant. And again, it's all, it's all.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

They're gonna beat you up while you're.

[Christina]

Sleeping, keep saying the same things over and over again.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

They're gonna dominate, coming at you, say.

[Brian Green]

Words and they, they, they won't blow.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

You when you want to. It's a bunch of. It just turns into one big.

[Christina]

All.

[Frank Bernardo]

About them striking the fear of God in you. So if you're in a relationship where that woman is just as dominant as hell and you're not allowed to have an opinion, listen, we should all be able to have opinions.

[Brian Green]

Listen, Frankie, there has never been a woman that you've been in a relationship.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

A room that you've walked into where.

[Brian Green]

Your opinion hasn't been known because that's who you are. I promise you, you, you have never been in a relationship with a woman who has asserted 100% dominance. You couldn't tolerate it. You couldn't tolerate it in a conversation, let alone a relationship. That's just who you are.

[Frank Bernardo]

And we should all be able to talk through that. But a narcissist, there's no talking. They yell right off the bat. They come at you right off the bat. So pay attention to that woman. If she's very strong willed and dominant and aggressive and they don't let you Get a word in edgewise.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I want to point out here, first.

[Brian Green]

Of all, he's saying the same thing.

[Christina]

He's getting very aggressive.

[Brian Green]

He's getting very aggressive. And he's yelling, first of all. Second of all, Frankie is in the far left lane, driving much faster than everybody else, holding a cup of coffee in one hand.

[Frank Bernardo]

All right, sure. Telltale sign they're a narcissist. And guess what? Narcissists don't change. Get out of that relationship trap.

[Christina]

Oh, look at this.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

This episode brought you that.

[Christina]

He's just gonna show us the road ahead.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yeah. Well, this episode brought to you by.

[Christina]

He's out his window.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Holiday Inn.

[Christina]

He's out the window.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yes, of course. Would you expect that I would get it through the windshield? That makes for a bad shot, Chrissy. I'm gonna put it out the window while I'm driving.

[Christina]

Yes.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

He sounds like he's going back on the loop. He's just going in a loop.

[Brian Green]

Loop.

[Frank Bernardo]

What is the final dating trap?

[Brian Green]

What?

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Why did we just. What was that?

[Brian Green]

This. His videos are almost as bad as our trailers.

[Frank Bernardo]

Eating trap number three. Okay, and before I get into this, I just want to make a disclaimer over here, all right? I don't want anybody taking this wrong. As a man, when you have to.

[Brian Green]

Say that it's likely everyone's going to take it wrong.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

When you preface something by don't take this the wrong way, it's because you know they're going to take it the wrong way. There's only one way. It's.

[Brian Green]

Of course it does.

[Frank Bernardo]

And I'm a believer that the man pays for everything. When I go on a date, I pay for everything. I would never, ever ask a woman to pay. But I just think every once in a while, let's just say grievances.

[Brian Green]

It is grievances around his last date. He has said this before, by the way. This is not the first time he has said this.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I believe that you, man, should pay for every single thing. Don't even ask.

[Brian Green]

Don't even break out your credit card.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

But if you want to pay for a cruise or a dinner or movies or my car payment every once in a while, I'm not going to complain. It's just a nice thing to do.

[Frank Bernardo]

You've been dating a girl for three, four.

[Brian Green]

Oh, God.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I know a guy like this.

[Brian Green]

I know a guy like this. Christian. I'm gonna tell you who it is.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

After we get off here, okay?

[Brian Green]

They wanna pretend that they are the most chivalrous person in the world and they would never think to have a woman pay, but the second she doesn't offer to pay, it's a problem. And it's like, dude, it's like being kind of pregnant. You're either gonna say those words and never. People take scores. They're score takers. He's a score taker.

[Christina]

He is a score taker.

[Brian Green]

Right? I've paid for everything since we've been starting.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

You can't pay for a couple dinners.

[Brian Green]

It's a sc. If you're gonna take score, you might as well admit from the beginning. I'd like you to pay for something.

[Guest/Fan]

Brian, you would love the Real Housewives. Oh, well, I mean, honestly, I'm hearing this and I'm like, God, the drama with Shannon Beador and John Chanced.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

You would love it.

[Guest/Fan]

You would eat that shit up.

[Brian Green]

Oh. The reason I've told Chrissy this before, the reason why I don't get into the real house. Well, first of all, the Atlanta version just turned me off to any future.

[Guest/Fan]

Fair enough.

[Brian Green]

And I know some of the Real Housewives of Atlanta, and they're just as obnoxious in real life as they are on the screen. But the other reason why I don't get into it is because I fear that I'll get into it. Like, I fear all of the sudden, I'll be watching it. Because that's the kind of minutia drama.

[Guest/Fan]

I mean, you could just start with Salt Lake City.

[Brian Green]

I know, and I know Salt Lake City would be good. Yeah, listen, listen. I might as well just follow this all the way down the rabbit hole. Only women are listening to us on Spotify right now.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Do it, do it, do it.

[Christina]

I'd love to talk about it.

[Brian Green]

We're going to be the most popular female comedy podcast available.

[Guest/Fan]

Housewives podcast now.

[Frank Bernardo]

Five, six, seven, eight, nine months, whatever. Have you and that woman never.

[Christina]

Five, six, seven, Eight, nine.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Ever?

[Frank Bernardo]

Yes.

[Christina]

Was it five or was it nine?

[Brian Green]

Yeah. Was it nine? Or was it 12?

[Frank Bernardo]

Hey, let me get this round of drinks. Or hey, let me get dinner. You just bought the last 150 dinners.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I told you.

[Brian Green]

I told you.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yes.

[Brian Green]

It's grievances. It's score taking. It's the worst kind of score taking. Fuck you, Frankie.

[Frank Bernardo]

Vacation, concerts, boating.

[Brian Green]

We.

[Frank Bernardo]

We have so much fun boating.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Does boating cost money? You mean you want her to pay for your boat?

[Frank Bernardo]

Let me show you my appreciation for you, and let me get this dinner. Now, if you run into a woman or you a girlfriend like that, I.

[Brian Green]

Imagine if I'm a woman, I'm Saying, let me show my appreciation for you by dealing with you. Being around you.

[Christina]

That's payment.

[Frank Bernardo]

That's something that I don't quite understand why they can't do if they don't do it. What's that telling us? That they could be taking advantage of you. They don't have.

[Christina]

Or.

[Frank Bernardo]

A lot of interest. I mean, in spending money. I think you. It's always like.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Or you told them that you don't believe in a woman paying for anything.

[Brian Green]

You.

[Frank Bernardo]

All right, guys who have to have the. On a woman. And I don't want you guys to be caught in that trap. Okay? A woman who cares for you will make that gesture.

[Brian Green]

I'm waiting for a Chicago police officer to come behind.

[Christina]

I would love.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, that would be awesome. Because he really is going very fast, weaving in and out of traffic while he's recording this video.

[Frank Bernardo]

Well, hey, let me get the drinks. Hey, let me get the dinner. Now, me as a man. I've had women offer me that all the time. You know what I tell them? Absolutely not. Keep your money in your pocket.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I keep your money in your pocket for your period period pads and stuff. You're gonna need it for your makeup.

[Brian Green]

And your twinkly things.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I got it. I'm a man. I'm a man.

[Brian Green]

But you offered.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

And so you go down as one.

[Brian Green]

Point on the scorekeeping.

[Frank Bernardo]

Love the fact that they at least offer because it shows me something. So dating trap number three. If that woman never even offers to buy you around the drinks, something's up. Something again.

[Christina]

This is not a trap.

[Brian Green]

It's not a trap if you tell a woman or anybody. Please put your wallet away. I don't want you to pay for this. I am. I can be like this. I'll sneak off and I'll pay the waiter. You know, not every time, but sometimes, you know, sometimes I can get generous with my cash. And I go. And, you know, my wife hates it because sometimes I get a little over generous, but okay. And I'll go. The reason why I sneak off and pay the waiter is. I don't want an argument.

[Christina]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

I don't want anybody to keep score. It's just paid for and let's go. Like, that's it. I just wanted to treat you. Is that okay? But I would never think. Ever think.

[Christina]

I'm just thinking about the time that your friend wanted to split the.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

The.

[Christina]

How many bites of the. Of the appetizer that you ate.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

It's so true. And then you got assholes who want to count the amount of Bites. You had, like, three bites of that egg roll.

[Brian Green]

What do you think?

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

There's like seven total bites of the egg roll.

[Brian Green]

You had three meds or $4 a piece.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I think 250 would be good for you.

[Brian Green]

Thanks.

[Frank Bernardo]

So that's going to conclude.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

You're so right. I remember that now.

[Brian Green]

Oh.

[Frank Bernardo]

The dating traps for today. Dating Traps part two. Don't forget to subscribe because Dating Traps part three is coming next week. And I got some good ones for you.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Oh, God, it's wicked. Part two. We all gotta subscribe. I can't wait for you to see.

[Christina]

He's just gonna go over the same.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

One, the exact same thing, both days.

[Brian Green]

And you can go back and listen to the commercial. The commercial breaks Christmas episode. And I guarantee he said the same thing.

[Frank Bernardo]

So take advantage of these videos. My other ones should be linked up about right now.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Go back about right now. I'm driving down the highway. I'm gonna link all these Starlink. I'm gonna put them all together, however that happens. And yeah, look at this video.

[Frank Bernardo]

It's dating trap number one. And when you run into trouble, watch these videos. My name is Frank. Bernardo take you off.

[Brian Green]

He says, frank Bernardo. He does not say Bernardo.

[Guest/Fan]

Spells it at the start of the video. Bernardo.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Fair enough.

[Brian Green]

You actually thought to read his name? I just heard it. Yeah.

[Frank Bernardo]

See everybody in the next video where you go.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

All right.

[Brian Green]

Well, Frankie, you have not given us any new content. Really not a lot of it in 2024. And maybe that's been a good thing. That's allowed us to get away. But we have completed the 12 days.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

The 13 days, the actual 13 days.

[Brian Green]

Of T. Merry Christmas to you.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

All right.

[Brian Green]

Enjoy it. I hope it's Christmas night. You're sitting by the fire listening to Brian talk about his balls. And I hope you had a wonderful Christmas holiday. Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, whatever it is that you celebrate. Nothing. If you celebrate nothing. That's kind of sad, but okay.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

All right.

[Brian Green]

You celebrate nothing. Please let us know how your holiday holidays went. We would love to hear your stories because we're gonna be fresh. Right back at you with season number six on January 6th, I think it is January 6th or 7th. Back with season number six. The same as season number.

[Christina]

We're gonna have a little New Year's show, right?

[Brian Green]

We will be here New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. You've got a couple of TCB infomercials coming over the next couple of days. So we're gonna round it out. Only I Think we might only have to throw in a best of or two while we go and take some time off, but there's been a lot of fun. Good job. Good job, Christina.

[Christina]

All right. Good job, everybody.

[Brian Green]

All right. The 13 days of TCB. There it is. Next year we'll know what to call it. The 13 days of TCV. Or maybe I'll just move it back one day and it'll be the 12 days of TCP. All right. Donate to any of the charities that we've been talking about over the last 13 days. The National Breast Cancer Coalition Coalition Fund. St. Jude's Hospital, the research hospital that takes care of children when they get diagnosed with terrible life threatening illnesses. The National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund is looking for a vaccine. They're looking for a cure. And they're helping women through some of the most difficult times of their life. Cancer. Let's get it done. Also the aspca, taking care of all the animals who need a little help. Our furry little friend friends take care of your. Get your, get your motherfuckers spayed and neutered. That's all I gotta say. Most important thing you can do. That way you don't have any extra babies you can't take care of. You know what I'm saying? It's the right thing to do. Also, the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Taking care of women and children as they leave abusive relationships. Supporting local organizations. So important. And finally, the Disabled American Vets-A V.org go donate to one of those causes. 212.4333.TCB YouTube.com thecommercial break for every episode on video tcbpodcast.com@the commercial break on Instagram and TCB podcast on Tick Tock. Okay, Christina, Chrissy. That's all I can do.

[Christina]

I think so.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

This year, best year you and best of you out there in the podcast universe. Until next year, we all will say good goodbye.

[Brian Green]

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