12 Days of TCB: Don't Stare At The Red Rocket

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Episode: 12 Days of TCB: Don't Stare At The Red Rocket

Hosts: Bryan Green, Krissy Hoadley
Date: December 14, 2024

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Overview

In this festive installment, Bryan and Krissy continue their “12 Days of TCB” series with a raucous recap of their favorite holiday movies, a deep—and thoroughly unserious—dive into the world of “Mountain Monsters,” and a celebration of offbeat Christmas folklore. The signature TCB vibe is in full effect: irreverent humor, chaotic banter, wild tangents, and genuine camaraderie, all sprinkled with a touch of holiday sentiment and charitable cheer.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. 12 Days of TCB & Holiday Vibes (00:00–02:36)

• Bryan and Krissy kick off day two of their end-of-year miniseries, highlighting their commitment to reviewing favorite moments and content from 2024.
• Producer Christina briefly joins, alluding to the lighthearted exhaustion of podcast marathons and the need for “magic mushrooms—and vitamins.”
• The new TCB studio is introduced; energy is high and tongue-in-cheek.

“This is a marathon, not a sprint. So I don't want you to get burnt out.”
—Bryan [01:25]

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2. Countdown: Top 20 Christmas Movies (02:24–20:00)

Timestamps for select movies/discussion:

• [02:24] — Launch of the Top 20 list (as ranked by Town & Country magazine).
• Bryan and Chrissy quip about the dubious expertise of Town & Country on Christmas movies.
• Chrissy instantly guesses “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” for the list; Bryan agrees.

Movies Mentioned & Commentary:

• The Family Stone (00:20 in list): Heartfelt dysfunctional-family holiday movie; thumbs up from Christina.
• A Charlie Brown Christmas: Revered but not a personal favorite for Bryan.
• A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas: Presents as “festive,” mostly for adults—Bryan recommends.
• Christmas with the Kranks: Roundly panned by both. Bryan brings up Tim Allen’s coke dealer past (“Santa?” “What indeed.”).
• The Nightmare Before Christmas: Admired by many, not at the top for Bryan or Chrissy, but they respect its cult status.
• Elf [13:07]: Universally loved by TCB—Bryan says, “If you don't like Elf, I think something’s wrong with you.”
• It’s a Wonderful Life vs A Christmas Story [14:30+]: The dynamic duo discuss how “A Christmas Story” became a classic via endless TBS airings and why it holds nostalgic value. Christina admits she’s never seen it due to her Scottish upbringing, instead referencing the “Singing Kettle” UK holiday show.

Memorable Quote:

• “Shoot your eye out! Such a quotable movie…”
  —Bryan [15:01] (on A Christmas Story)

• Tangent about UK Christmas traditions and charmingly bizarre children’s songs (“You canny shove your granny off a bus”).

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3. Charity Spotlight: National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund (NBCC) (19:56–21:36)

• Each day of the 12 Days of TCB, a new charity is spotlighted.
• Today: NBCC, funding research, advocacy, and support for breast cancer.
• Hosts encourage listeners to “check your tits, check your balls,” noting it affects men too.
• Direct donation link will be provided—TCB is not affiliated, just passionate.

“If you have tits, check them. That's all I got to say. Men and women, because it does affect men also...”
—Bryan [56:24]

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4. Segment: The Wild World of Holiday Monsters (23:14–28:43)

• As a warm-up to the “Mountain Monsters” review, Bryan quizzes Krissy on Christmas monsters from various folk traditions:
  • Mary Lwyd (Welsh zombie horse seeking entry to homes via rhyme battles)
  • La Befana and the Babushka (gift-giving witches)
  • Straggle (punishing possum-like demons from Switzerland)
  • Belschnickel (ragged, candy-and-whip-carrying German enforcer—“drunk adults whipping children!”)
  • Gryla and the Yule Lads (Icelandic troll mother and her child-eating Christmas sons)
• All monsters are met with comedic disbelief and horror.

“Back when it was fun and there were no consequences.”
—Bryan [27:32]

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5. Core Comedy Segment: “Mountain Monsters” Deep Dive (29:47–54:14)

Timestamps:

• First clip review: [29:47–41:20]

• Second clip review: [41:54–56:10]

• Bryan and Krissy riff on the absurdity of “Mountain Monsters”—a cryptid-hunting reality show featuring an increasingly outlandish cast and scenarios.

• The hosts lampoon everything: the fake drama, the “investigative” techniques, the logic holes, the regional stereotypes.

Notable moments & quotes:

• The infamous “red shed” and “Cherokee devil/Red Rocket” incidents, where the Mountain Monsters team split up, armed themselves, and returned to the site of previous “trauma.”
• Bryan on the show’s drama: “These are some wild investigative techniques that I think should be shared with the rest of the country.” [47:08]
• Krissy on the cast: “Do you think there's... people out there... who are actually buying into the drama that Buck has to, you know, face his demons at the red shed?” [54:14]
• Christina, upon seeing the show: “This is, like, one of the first times I've actually seen the video. Yeah, I was giggling.” [55:10]

Recurring gags:

• Sound effects overkill, improbable “evidence” (broken twigs, fresh logs as Bigfoot signs).
• Psychedelic monsters and emotional journeys (“We gotta stop and cry for a moment…” [47:43]).
• End scene: The gang discovers manila envelopes with their “real names” inside the shed, setting up a nigh-comical cliffhanger.

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6. Podcast Community & Outro (56:23–58:30)

• Reminder to donate to NBCC for cancer research.
• Plugs for TCB social media, website (with new video catalog), and listener text/voicemail line.
• Running gag about Christina being “trapped in the closet” producing liners for the show.
• Bryan closes with a signature warm goodbye: “Best to you out there in the podcast universe. Until tomorrow… goodbye.” [58:30]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “If you don’t like Elf, I do not like you.” —Bryan [13:07]
• “You canny shove your granny off a bus.” —Christina [19:09]
• “Check your tits, check your balls and support the foundations that are trying to find a cure for this extraordinarily terrible disease.” —Bryan [20:41]
• “These are some wild investigative techniques… shared with the rest of the country.” —Bryan [47:08] (on “Mountain Monsters” team’s sleuthing)
• “Don't look in his red rocket... If you don’t stare at him, Red Rocket will go away. Like a dog humping your leg.” —Bryan [49:23] (on avoiding cryptid eye contact)
• “Nothing gets you in the Christmas spirit, like the Red Rocket.” —Bryan [55:16]

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Segment Timestamps (Major Content)

• 00:00–02:36: Show opening, holiday mood-setting
• 02:24–20:00: Christmas movies countdown & pop culture banter
• 19:56–21:36: Charity profile: NBCC
• 23:14–28:43: Holiday monsters & folklore
• 29:47–41:20: First “Mountain Monsters” review segment
• 41:54–56:10: Continued “Mountain Monsters” review, comedic breakdown
• 56:23–58:30: Charitable plug, socials, closing remarks

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Tone & Language

Consistently tongue-in-cheek, playful, and quick-witted. Bryan and Krissy use irreverence and self-deprecation as comedic tools, skewering pop culture with affection and a healthy dose of barely organized chaos. Christina, the producer, adds droll asides and participating laughter, reinforcing the show’s relaxed, “hangout” vibe.

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Summary

This TCB episode is a microcosm of the podcast’s appeal: sharp comedic banter, relatable nostalgia, self-aware riffs on low-quality reality TV, and surprising moments of warmth. Bryan and Krissy’s chemistry shines as they bounce from Christmas traditions to cryptid-hunting absurdities, keeping listeners laughing through plenty of quotable moments and offbeat insight. The underlying message? Holidays are about fun, togetherness, and not taking anything—especially yourself—too seriously.

Transcript

[Brian]

I just wanted to let you know that December is international.

[Christina]

You can catch these hands awareness month. And don't speak to me sideways because you'll give me an excuse to toss these hands around, which might put me on the naughty list, but it'll feel pretty nice.

[Brian]

The next episode of the commercial break starts now. And we're gonna have the happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap dance with Danny fucking K. Yeah. Cats and kittens, welcome back. Commercial break. This is the jingle to my jangle, Chris and Joy Hoadley. Best to you, Chris.

[Chrissy]

Best to you, Brian.

[Brian]

Best to you out there in the podcast universe. Merry Christmas, happy holidays and all that jazz. We're on day number two of the 12 Days of TCB, reviewing our favorite content, stories and events of 2024. I know you don't like the camera, Christina, but don't kick it over. I spent a long time on those wires. Welcome back. We're in the brand new studio. Christina is here with us and we're celebrating and enjoying the holiday, the very festive holiday time with you by. I don't know, by just generally being festive, we're a little less boring than we normally are. How's that? There you go.

[Chrissy]

I like it.

[Brian]

And Chrissy, best to you.

[Chrissy]

Best to you.

[Brian]

Best you out there in the podcast universe. You. Thank you for joining us. How are you feeling?

[Chrissy]

I'm feeling good.

[Brian]

This is a marathon, not a sprint. So I don't want you to get. I don't want you to get burnt out.

[Chrissy]

Yeah.

[Brian]

I want to make sure you have lots of coffee. You've taken your magic mushrooms and all that good stuff.

[Chrissy]

Vitamins.

[Brian]

Yes. I was just watching. I can't remember who the celebrity was. I want to say it's Pete, not Pete Davidson, but there's another gangly looking Pete with blonde hair. Do you know I'm talking about the comic. He had a HBO show for a while of his own. He was talking about Magic Mind. Have you heard about this drink, Magic Mind?

[Chrissy]

I have not. But there's a lot of different stuff out there that includes thc. Psilocybin. Yeah, different stuff.

[Brian]

I think. I don't. I'm not sure Magic Mind has psilocybin in it, but it is like, apparently some drink that a lot of people that are taking and they. They feel very good about themselves and the world around them when they take Magic Mind. Yes. So I snorted crank this morning and that has made me feel awful Good.

[Chrissy]

Chrissy, you're pretty calm for crank.

[Brian]

Well, listen, it just hasn't Kicked in yet. My third eight ball has not kicked in yet.

[Chrissy]

Okay, got it.

[Brian]

All right. Top 20 Christmas Movies of all time. As ranked by who? I don't know, but give me, give me three of them. Tell me three of the top 20 Christmas people. We're gonna review them real quickly.

[Chrissy]

Okay.

[Brian]

As ranked by town and country.

[Chrissy]

Because they are the experts.

[Brian]

The Martha Stewartist, stewardess magazine that ever lived.

[Chrissy]

Well, let's see. I mean, one that's gotta be on there is National Lampoon.

[Brian]

You're right about that. That's on there.

[Chrissy]

Christmas vacation.

[Christina]

Yes.

[Chrissy]

How about It's a Wonderful Life?

[Brian]

It's a Wonderful Life is on there.

[Chrissy]

A Christmas Carol.

[Brian]

A Christmas Carol. Carol, I think is on there also. Are you ready for him?

[Chrissy]

I'm ready.

[Brian]

Okay, I'm going to go 20 to 1. Here we go. There's. They ranked the top 65. How they even came up with 65 movies to rank, I don't know. I'm sure they're out there. But it probably includes Hot Frosty. I'm sure.

[Christina]

National Treasure. Okay.

[Brian]

National Treasure. Your algorithm. Yes. Your Netflix algorithm. Number 20. A family. The family stone. The family stone 2025. A holiday flick about a dysfunctional that features an all star cast including Sarah Jessica Parker, Luke Wilson and Diane Keaton. I do like it. It's very good. Last holiday from 2014. The heartwarming Rom com starring Queen Latifah plays a small town saleswoman who spends her life savings on a holiday trip to Europe and finds that she is terminally ill. Except there's a twist. Oh, congratulations. Sounds wonderful.

[Christina]

Movie is incredible.

[Brian]

Is it really?

[Christina]

I love it.

[Brian]

Never seen it.

[Christina]

It's in my top five Christmas movies.

[Brian]

Is it really? It's a good one. Okay, maybe I'll have to watch it. This Christmas, Charlie Brown Christmas comes on Charl 18. It's so fun. Now, Charlie Brown Christmas is not my favorite Christmas movie. I wouldn't even put it in my top 10. But I do understand. I do understand. It's a classic. There's a lot of nostalgia around it. And what is fun is watching my children now get into A Charlie Brown Christmas. So we've all seen it as a timeless cartoon starring Charlie Brown as he seeks out the true meaning of Christmas with the help of his friends and his curious dog, snoopy. Okay, number 17. Going exactly the opposite direction. Harold and Kumar Christmas. A Very Herald and Kumar Christmas. Which is super fun, very funny and unbelievably like even a little bit festive. I think you'll like this one. Yeah. Yeah. Looking for something to watch before the after little ones go to bed. Press play on this Bowdy holiday. Bowdy holiday comedy which is the third installment of the Harold and Kumar series. Neil Patrick Harris is in it. A very funny cocaine. Cocaine filled child is in the movie also. It's a lot of fun. You'll like it. Watch that one. Number 16. I disagree with this completely. Christmas with the Cranks. I don't even think that would show up in my top 65 and I don't even know 65 movies. Christmas with the Cranks was not very good.

[Chrissy]

Jamie Lee Curtis.

[Brian]

Jamie Lee Curtis. Tim Allen. Speaking of cocaine. Tim Allen. Did you know that Tim Allen spent like we talked about seven years in federal prison for cocaine distribution?

[Chrissy]

Crazy. Before what?

[Brian]

Yeah, it's true. Before he became a stand up, he spent a period of time for and not a small amount of cocaine. It was like 20 pounds of cocaine or something. Can you believe that? Isn't that crazy?

[Christina]

Santa?

[Brian]

Yeah, I know Santa. What indeed. And then, you know, listen. And then he's Buzz Lightyear, right? Okay, so he's Buzz Lightyear. And then he makes a couple of comments during the pandemic.

[Christina]

Tom Hanks.

[Brian]

No, Tom is. Oh, he's Woody. Yeah, he's Woody. Buzz Lightyear. Tim Allen. He makes a couple of comments during the pandemic that rile the people up over there at Disney and they say no more. Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear. He's not going to appear in any movies moving forward. But I guess Tim had the last laugh as they're currently making Toy Story Number five with Tim Allen.

[Chrissy]

Yeah.

[Brian]

So the Christmas of the Cranks is a light hearted comedy. The funny flick follows a couple played by Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis who anger their neighbors by making plans to skip Christmas in favor of taking a Caribbean cruise. It's a ridiculous premise and it's not very funny. Dan Aykroyd is in the movie also. I'm sorry, I just don't like it. But Anyway, okay, number 15. A Nightmare Before Christmas.

[Chrissy]

The Nightmare Before Christmas.

[Brian]

I know people who go crazy over this movie, who go nuts over this movie. I dated a woman for a period of time and she. It was like right when I think it was in 2000, like the early 2000s. And she like. Everything was about A Nightmare Before Christmas.

[Chrissy]

And people do go crazy over it. I mean, it's an interesting take on the Christmas classic.

[Brian]

I can appreciate where Tim Burton is coming from. He's never been my favorite director in the world, but I understand, like I can Appreciate the creativity behind Tim Burton movies. And this one is Claymation. So it's really, really like, I guess, a huge feat of animation that he did this, and I think it took him a long time to do it. Not my favorite, but I can appreciate that it's in the top 20. Almost Christmas is number 14. Almost Christmas from 2016 starring Danny Glover. Omar Epps. I have not seen this.

[Chrissy]

Okay, I don't think I have.

[Brian]

Danny Glover is a retired. Who doesn't love a little Danny Glover?

[Chrissy]

I know.

[Brian]

How have I never heard of this? How have I never heard of this? Danny Glover is a retired widower who only wants one thing for Christmas. His grown children and the families to get along for the holidays. This performances from his. This talent. The performances from this talented ensemble cast will make you grateful for your folks this December. Okay, well, all right. Monique's in there. J.T. jesse T. Ushers in it. D.C. young fly, Nicole Allen Parkway. Oh. Oh, the. Oh, it's okay. Oh, I see there's a little break in the curtain.

[Christina]

I was trying to be discreet.

[Brian]

It's okay. Listen, we've never been in. We've never been a podcast that's particularly discreet, so there you go. All right. This is right up your alley, Chris. Christina, number 13 is a Christmas prince from Netflix. Have you seen this movie?

[Christina]

Actually, I hate that movie.

[Brian]

You hate that movie? Surprise.

[Christina]

The hair and makeup was atrocious.

[Brian]

Oh, really? Yeah, it's the hair and makeup. We have a problem.

[Christina]

So dirty.

[Brian]

Really?

[Christina]

Yeah.

[Brian]

Wow. A Christmas prince packs every rom com cliche that you can think of into 90 minutes. And that's exactly, exactly what makes it so delicious to watch. When a junior. And when a journalist is assigned to cover a handsome but mysterious prince of a small country named Aldovia, she gets more than she bargained for.

[Chrissy]

Nice.

[Brian]

Yeah, not. Not a movie I would watch, but okay. All right. Number 12 is Santa Claus. Number 2. Not a fan of the Santa Claus movies.

[Chrissy]

They're okay.

[Brian]

I like some Tim Allen movies like Toy Story, but I am not a fan of the Santa Claus series.

[Chrissy]

Yeah, no, I liked. What's the other one, though? With. That's. With Kurt Russell. I liked that one.

[Brian]

That's Santa Claus, like five or something, isn't it?

[Chrissy]

No, no, it's. It's called something different, but it's got Goldie Hawn in it too. In, like, the second installment of it. Anyways, I thought those were cute.

[Brian]

Wait, Kurt Russell plays Santa Claus and Goldie Hawn appears? Well, I gotta see this. Oh, really?

[Chrissy]

It's super cute.

[Brian]

Okay. All right, well, I'll. I'll find out what the name of that movie is. Number 11 is the original Santa Claus, when a divor divorced businessman accidentally kills Santa. Nothing like the holidays to send the writers and directors into overdrive trying to figure out the most ridiculous premise.

[Christina]

Yes.

[Brian]

Number 10, the Dr. Seuss's the Grinch. The animated one from 2018. No list of Christmas movies is truly complete without an appearance from the Grinch. And the newish animated version deserves a place in the holiday movie can. And thanks to Benedict Cumberbatch's memorable take on everyone's favorite green holiday grump. I agree with this.

[Chrissy]

It's a good one.

[Brian]

This is the best version of the Grinch, I think is the new one from 2018. Number nine is claws. Claws by Netflix, an animated original. The Netflix original, about a postman who befriends a reclusive toy maker is a great family Christmas film, especially with the beautiful animation that will leave you really feeling the holiday magic. Haven't seen it. I guess I'll have to see it. Have you seen this one?

[Christina]

No, but I've heard really great things about it.

[Brian]

Okay, I'm gonna watch this. This is from 2019. Number nine, Scrooged.

[Chrissy]

I love Scrooge.

[Brian]

We've talked a couple times about holiday movies and we have not. Is fantastic. A modernized version of the Christmas Carol stars. Stars Bill Murray as a curmudgeonly New York City TV executive who learns the true meaning of Christmas in hilarious fashion. And sometimes a bit scary. But I love this movie.

[Chrissy]

Oh, it's a great movie.

[Brian]

I remember seeing it as a kid. This came out in 1988. I remember seeing it as a kid.

[Chrissy]

Yeah.

[Brian]

And I loved it from the beginning. I thought it was great. And Bill Murray really does play the best screen.

[Chrissy]

He does that.

[Brian]

That has ever been the Christmas Chronicles. Starring the Christmas Chronicles.

[Chrissy]

That's what I was thinking of. Those are good.

[Brian]

The Original is number seven. Number six is Home Alone 2. Lost in New York, starring Donald Trump. Kevin McAllister's family manages to leave him behind yet again in a Home Alone too. And this time around, he winds up in New York City where he managed out with the bandits one more time. Yeah, I'm gonna say. I'm gonna say it again. Hot take. I just don't like the Home Alone series. Yeah, I just find it. I find it to be absolutely ridiculous premise. How you could leave a child behind and then that child, through no fault of their own, is then left for days on end to outwit Bandits with, you know, Cracker Jacks and sound effects.

[Chrissy]

I know. I do love it though. I love the first one.

[Brian]

Home Alone is. Comes in at number five. Number four. I would have put this a little bit higher, but number four is National Lampoons Christmas Vacation. Of course, watching this Chevy she's movie will make you will make anything your family does at Christmas seem totally normal by comparison. It is probably, probably the best vacation movie.

[Chrissy]

I think so too.

[Brian]

Christmas Vacation. But a very close second is the regular vacation movies. I actually liked the Vegas Vacation. Vegas Vacation too. I thought that was pretty cool.

[Chrissy]

I remember watching it. I didn't love it, but I could be up for watching it again.

[Brian]

Okay. Number three is Elf with Will Ferrer, of course. This is a Christmas instant Christmas classic. I have met people who do not like this movie. I do not like them. It's like people who don't like dogs. I don't trust them. And even though I don't like my own dog, that doesn't mean I don't like dogs in general. I just don't like that one that's outside my room. But if you don't like Elf, I think something's wrong with you. Like, how do you not like Elf? I can understand you maybe not being a fan of Will Ferrell, but if you take your dislike for Will Ferrell out of it, how can you not love the sheer innocence and joy of the character he plays? And Will Ferrell was born to play. He was born to play for sure. An adult child essentially looking at the world in such an awestruck way and seeing everything. And then add to it that he's a very physical comedian. He just does this role such justice.

[Chrissy]

He does.

[Brian]

And while the ending is a little kafucked up, I always will stop and watch Elf when it's on television.

[Chrissy]

And Bob Newhart, oh, I love him in it too.

[Brian]

In one of his last movie appearances. Bob Newhart. Newhart was great in that movie, as was. Who's that guy? Wilford Brimley. Isn't Wilford Brimley in that movie?

[Chrissy]

Yeah, I think so.

[Brian]

Yeah. Okay. And diabetes. Diabetes. Number two is It's a Wonderful Life, which is a Christmas classic. Not my favorite Christmas movie, but it's a Christmas classic.

[Chrissy]

It is. It's been around forever and it's got a good story.

[Brian]

And number one. Well, I would say that the three Elf, Christmas Vacation and A Christmas Story. Well, jockey for position in my heart. Christmas Story is the sentimental favorite. I think this is a.

[Chrissy]

It's a great one.

[Brian]

Leg Lamp Yeah, Fragile.

[Chrissy]

It must be Italian.

[Brian]

Such a quotable movie, y'. All, Shoot your eye out. Such a quotable movie and the story of a Christmas story. The movie itself is just, I think, as charming as the actual movie, which is this was a book that was written back in the 30s or 40s, I think, about the. The writer's childhood and kind of a fictionalized version of his Christmases and how he really wanted this. Red Rider, B.B. gunn, his mom said, you'll shoot your eye out. And he grew up in Cincinnati, I think it was Cincinnati, Ohio. Somewhere in Ohio. And so the movie gets made after, like the book kind of banters around for a couple of decades trying to find the right writer and director. The movie finally gets made in the early 80s, I think it was 1983. And it is a flop at the movie theaters, basically. Not a flop, but it doesn't do very well at the movie theaters until a burgeoning network cable network called TBS decides what can we do for Christmas? It's not going to cost us a lot of money, but might get people to tune in and they start running it. They run it on a loop for 24 hours and the rest, as they say, is history. As a bunch of children my age and younger and older decided that was the movie that we were going to watch because it was on, just on a loop. So you could essentially you could do anything. You could go and eat some Christmas cookies and come back and it was on again. And it just got embedded into our minds really. And now it is a Christmas classic. I think there will other Christmas movies will come along for other generations, but for our generation, for a large, like a 20 year period, that was the tr. The Christmas tradition that made us. Your mom hated it.

[Chrissy]

She hated it.

[Brian]

Why?

[Chrissy]

I don't know. It just would run all that, you know, it would just run over and over again. I think after a while she just hated that movie.

[Brian]

She just.

[Chrissy]

Plus, I think as a kid, if you watched it while when you were a kid, you kind of like identified with the kid a little bit in there. So I think that kind of, you know, stuck.

[Brian]

I think it reminded me a little bit of growing up in Chicago, the snowy winters, the being bundled up, the, you know, growing up in Chicago, 1942, you know, the kind of things that I did. Yeah, but it's because it's so quotable and the lines are sparse but funny. And you can get it as an adult and you get it as a kid. I think that's why we as children started to really identify with it. And even though the toys that they are obsessing about were nothing like the toys we were obsessing about, there's something charming about this. Has. This is less about the Christmas spirit and more about what Christmas really was about when we were kids. No matter what you thought, which was getting a present. Getting that present that you wanted.

[Christina]

Yeah.

[Brian]

And then. And when you're an adult, you see that this really becomes about parenting children and how you. How these moments are special and how they're fleeting and how they come. And so as a parent, I have a new appreciation for it. However, my children do not have an appreciation. No, they don't whatsoever.

[Christina]

I've never even seen it.

[Brian]

You've never seen A Christmas Story?

[Chrissy]

Oh, wow.

[Christina]

I know, that's weird.

[Brian]

Where do you live? Where did you up? Scotland.

[Christina]

Same place we are right now.

[Brian]

Yeah. Yeah. But you've never seen A Christmas Story?

[Christina]

No, no. I think, I think just because it wasn't part of my like parents culture, it was very American. So I think it's just one of those things that we never really would have watched. But I did watch the Christmas special of a singing. The Singing Kettle.

[Brian]

The Singing Kettle?

[Chrissy]

Yeah.

[Brian]

What in the is the singing kettle?

[Christina]

It's like, it's a British like children's sing along TV show.

[Brian]

Oh, okay.

[Christina]

It's like a live performance though. It's. It's cool.

[Brian]

It's a live performance with puppets and stuff. No, it's okay.

[Christina]

No, with people.

[Brian]

Oh, with people, yeah.

[Christina]

Like they do like a sing along show. Like a singing show. It's like, like spout, handle, lid of metal.

[Chrissy]

But what's inside the singing?

[Brian]

Ketchup. Oh, very interesting. Okay, now I'm seeing it has some.

[Christina]

Great classic hits like you canny shove your granny off a bus.

[Chrissy]

Okay.

[Christina]

Which is a good song.

[Brian]

You can shove your granny off a bus.

[Christina]

No, you can't. But the song goes, you can shove your dad's mom off a bus, I think. But you can't shove your mom's mom off a bus.

[Brian]

Well, that's fair.

[Christina]

And then every time after you say, like you can you shove your granny off a bus? You go, push, push.

[Brian]

Wow. Isn't that silly? It is very silly. And so I'm glad I didn't grow up in Scotland. I will say that my children have. Speaking of silly songs, my children, I have interviews, introduce them to grandma got run over by a reindeer, which is a Christmas classic. And so now they are running around the house saying, grandma got run over by a reindeer, which Venezuelans don't understand.

[Chrissy]

No, they don't.

[Brian]

No, they certainly don't. Okay, so we're getting close to a break here. I want to remind you that each day during the 12 days of Christmas we are going to be asking are we going to be telling you about a essentially a charity that we have done a little research on and we feel strongly are doing good work out there in society and we feel strongly that they should be supported in their mission. So Chrissy has chosen one. Chrissy, today you are choosing.

[Chrissy]

Yes. The National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund, the nbcc.

[Brian]

We will put a link up there on the show notes. The National Breast Cancer Coalition and their fund, they do good work. Apparently most of the money goes to the work that they are doing to support women, breast cancer research, help find.

[Chrissy]

A vaccines, all kinds of stuff.

[Brian]

Yes. So yeah, a cause that is near and dear to I know Chrissy's heart and my heart too. So check your tits, check your balls and support the foundations that are trying to find a cure for this extraordinarily terrible disease that affects many, many women. And men. And men. That's true. If you know a man or a woman in your life, if you know a man or woman in your life, it's likely you're going to know breast cancer at some point in your life. It is. So please go to the link in the show notes. We have not to do. We are not authorized by them. We are just saying this out loud that we would love it if you would go and visit and if you find it a worthy cause, please donate a few dollars this holiday season to support the women and men in your life who may or may not be affected by breast cancer. Yes. Okay, so that's it. So let's take a break and we'll be back.

[Christina]

In a shocking turn of events, it's me again, Christina, your producer and resident rom com lover here at the commercial break. And I just have one thing to say. I'm just a producer standing in front of an audience asking you to follow us on Instagram at the commercial break and on TikTokCBpodcast, text us or call us and leave us a voicemail because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with tcb, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible. And while you're at it, go to our website, tcbpodcast.com but you don't have to because we like you just as you are. Now if you immediately got those references, you're my kind of person. But it's time to take a break and listen to some sponsors, and then we'll get back to the show.

[Brian]

Okay. The 12 days of TCB. And we are reviewing 12 of our favorite news events, content, ideas, guests, all. We've we reviewed guests yesterday, and now we're gonna get into some meat and potatoes. Chrissy, we did this in 2023, and we did this in 2022. We did a little year in review, and we ke for one episode on those other two years, but this year, we stretched it out to 12 hours of TCV. Hey, why not Bigger, better, and more complicated than ever. So this year we're reviewing some of our favorite content as we've done before, and no year would be complete without discussing one of our favorite the mountain Monsters in our lives. We love the Mountain Monsters. What a ridiculous premise. What an absolutely ridiculous show that really has taken the world by storm, Quite frankly, there are so many people who.

[Chrissy]

Like this show, and it's been on for forever.

[Brian]

I think they're on season number 27 or something. They have to be good for Buck. I agree. At this point, I'm rooting for him. You know what I'm saying? So Buck and Huck and Chuck and. And all the guys that are in the group. That and the gang. But before we get to reviewing a mountain monsters for our second day of the 12 days of TCB, I wanted to ask you if you've ever heard of any. Are there any holiday monsters that you have heard of besides. Besides Krampus? Are there any holiday monsters that, you.

[Chrissy]

Know, Holiday monsters, I mean, Grinch, I guess, is one.

[Brian]

Well, I mean, any, but, like, monsters that might actually exist?

[Chrissy]

Oh. Oh, no.

[Brian]

Okay.

[Chrissy]

I'm not familiar with a lot of them. Christmas monsters.

[Brian]

You've never heard of the. The merry. The merry lild.

[Chrissy]

The Merry lil.

[Brian]

Now, yes. The Christmas zombie horror. All right, here it is. The macabre skeleton. Mary of the Welsh tradition, rises from the dead and wanders the streets with her attendants who are fresh from the grave to remind the living of their existence. Mary Lwyd. Lwydd. L, W, Y, D. They should put some vowels in there. L, W, Y, D. Lwyd has only one goal in mind, and that is to get in your house. To keep the zombie horse out, you must engage in a battle with the zombie horse. Yes.

[Chrissy]

I thought you said zombie whore.

[Brian]

No. Oh, the zombie whores. That's a whole different. I met one of those on Christmas Eve. They met my. They met the mirror on the side of my car to keep the Zombie horse out. You must engage in a battle of wits, in rhyme, no less. Usually on New Year's Eve where the undead mare is represented by a puppeteer parading a horse skull on a pole draped in a white cloth. Sounds like a ton of fun. I know. That's weird. That is so weird. Weird. The babushka Chrissy. In Italy, Russia and parts of Europe, we encounter a witch like lady rooted in the fairy tale figure of Mother Holy who doles out punishments for the lazy and riches for the hard working. In Italy, she is known as Le Befania. And in Russia, the babushka. Each January she packs up and sets off on a broomstick to join the three kings who are seeking the Christ child. She searches every house and if she finds a child there, she leaves cookies and gifts behind. Well, that's the kind of babushka I like.

[Chrissy]

Yeah, I know.

[Brian]

Doesn't sound very scary. How about the straggle? Have you ever seen the straggle? Look at that, Chris. Look at that forefingle. The straggle. In many places, kind of possum like. I know this one simply because I was in Switzerland for a while with Astrid and I had seen something on TV about this. In many places such as Switzerland, perched in rides on a throng. Rides with a throng of demonic looking helpers known as straggle, who love to participate in the feast of offerings left out for them on Christmas by people hoping for perched as blessing of wealth and health in the new year. In some places, straggle get to dole out punishments themselves and aren't terribly discerning as they rob all the bad children and tear them to pieces, flying through the air. Oh, nothing like the straggler. Don't be a straggler. That is scary.

[Chrissy]

That is scary.

[Brian]

Jesus, people are weird. People are weird. How about the Belschnickel? In some German and Pennsylvania Dutch communities, Belschnickel, the bell Snickel, shows up a couple weeks before Christmas, filthy and dressed in rags and furs like my mom used to dress me up for Halloween to beat children who have misbehaved. In 1872, a Philadelphia newspaper recounted Mr. Belsnickel his personal appearance, dressed in skins. Skins or old claws, his face black. A bell, a whip, Silence of the Lambs and a pocket full of cakes or nuts. And either the cakes or nuts or the whip are bestowed upon those around. Back in the 19th century, it was popular for rowdy revelers to go bell snicking and get drunk, vandalize the city, whip children and play planks. What the fuck? That's awful. Back when. Different kind of corporal punishment. Back when it was fun and there were no consequences.

[Chrissy]

Yeah.

[Brian]

Unbelievable.

[Chrissy]

Drunk adults whipping children.

[Brian]

One more here. One more here, Chrissy. Then Grylla. The G R Y L A the Grilla. One of Iceland's most renowned figures associated with Christmas. The gorilla is a giant troll who is in a perpetual bad mood due to their insatiable hunger.

[Chrissy]

They have a thing in the TR over there.

[Brian]

Oh, they do. It's one of those things they. They swear. They say they believe in them. So they're in a perpetual bad mood due to their insatiable hunger. This sounds like both of my children and my wife. Each Christmas gorilla comes down from her mountain dwelling to hunt for naughty children. She places them in a sack, drags them back to her cave where she boils them alive for her favorite stew.

[Chrissy]

That's one way to make your kids behave.

[Brian]

Oh, and she has 13 sons called the Yule Lamb Lads. There you go. That's where the Yule logs come from. The Yule Lads.

[Chrissy]

Yeah. Those are incredible.

[Christina]

The hottest new boy band.

[Brian]

We wish you a merry Christmas. We tear apart your small children.

[Chrissy]

I know.

[Brian]

And eat them for lunch.

[Chrissy]

Boil them.

[Brian]

Yeah, we boil them alive. All right. But listen, the mountain monsters know better than to talk about eating children on their show. They want to get raised. So the mountain monsters are added again. Chrissy and I just thought because we have done so many mountain monsters over the years, in 2024, we've done the fewest amount of mountain monsters that we have since the show started in our five year history. Four year, four and a half year history. This has been the year where we've addressed the mountain monsters the least. Maybe we should have done more of them. The mountain Monsters. But it's still one of my favorite. I think we have to agree, and I think the audience agrees also that the Mountain Monsters is classic tcb. There are now a whole podcast dedicated to making fun of the mountain monsters. And it makes me wonder. Let's take the good part of TCB and let's just do that all the time.

[Chrissy]

Smart idea.

[Brian]

Smart idea. I wish we had done that cow killing bastard. Exactly. All right, so here the mountain monsters are. There's no preface on this particular video except to say that the mountain monsters are literally in a nightmare. So let's see. Okay, let's see what happens.

[Christina]

There we go.

[Buck]

Guys, notice that no one said one single word for the last last hour.

[Brian]

You guys noticed that I just said some words and Those were the only words we said for the entire hour. Now you're gonna make me believe that these four yellers, screamers and yappers didn't say a word for something's a mess. Yeah. Video or it didn't happen.

[Buck]

A lot on our minds, Buck. Well guys, I'm none too thrilled to be heading to Ash County, North Carolina.

[Brian]

No, nothing good happens in Ash County, North Carolina.

[Chrissy]

I've heard.

[Brian]

Yeah, got a lot of things on our mind, Buck. It's Christmas, the kids are out of control, gotta pay for private school, and I don't know what to wear. This year's Emmys.

[Buck]

This is a place that I never thought I'd see again. I keep dwelling on what can happen.

[Brian]

After I took a hot in the local waffle house, I thought they'd run me out for good.

[Buck]

Keep dwelling on what has happened. This rogue team's drawn us in here for whatever reason it may be. I'm not sure. But the other thing is we got a back badass bigfoot that's still in these woods. All guaranteed.

[Brian]

Yeah, we got a badass bigfoot.

[Chrissy]

Oh, there's a picture.

[Brian]

Hey, there he is. Wow, that's never seen something so realistic. Chrissy, look at that picture. That's straight out of a canon rebel eso 7.

[Buck]

All I can think about whenever I think about that red shed is the Cherokee devil. I can't even think about the rotate whether they're in there.

[Brian]

Oh, I can think about the Cherokee devil. Chris, you ain't never seen the Cherokee devil.

[Chrissy]

How do they keep up with all the names of these different creatures?

[Brian]

He's down by the whacking post, Chrissy. Or the red shed as they called it. That's because my red rocket comes out every time I get in that red shed. That's where the local gals go to make a few extra bucks. Some people have lonely fans. We have the red shed.

[Buck]

Trying to draw us in for an ambush or whatever the hell they're setting up.

[Brian]

Ambush, Ambush. Of course they know ain't like anheuser.

[Buck]

Bush that this Cherokee devil's going to be on the of our head the minute we walk in them woods, try to get our minds right, get focused on what we have ahead.

[Brian]

Yeah, they're going to pull over and meditate. Yeah, get our heads right. You got to get in the right mindset before the big game. You can't go off willy nilly into Ash County, North Carolina without getting your head right. Let's pull over and smoke a little mountain Dew meth before we get into the game, shall we try to find.

[Buck]

Out why this rogue team wants us back to that little red shed?

[Brian]

What is a road team? You know, roti is a certain kind of food they make. Not traditional holiday food in Venezuela. The roti.

[Chrissy]

Okay.

[Brian]

I don't think that's what they're saying. I think they're saying rotine. If they're taking routines to the red shed, we might want to censor this episode before it starts.

[Chrissy]

Scary, scary.

[Brian]

Sound effects, sauces. That's my favorite is that they just. They just don't sound effect over sound.

[Chrissy]

They do.

[Brian]

But my favorite is when that. That Whatever. Wildcat.

[Buck]

Yeah, we just got Knights County, North Carolina. We came here straight from Trappers.

[Chrissy]

Trappers?

[Brian]

Yeah, Trap Trappers. It's a local bar. Chrissy, we found our. We found Billy down there.

[Chrissy]

I bet Billy was there.

[Brian]

I'm sorry, guys. I just can't take it anymore. We've been done chasing these monsters for a long time and ain't seen. My wife wants me to get a real job. I like how it said night two of the investigation.

[Chrissy]

Yeah.

[Brian]

Investigation indicates that, you know, you're actually doing serious investigating.

[Chrissy]

Well, just drop a headlamp on. Oh, that makes it real.

[Brian]

I don't think this is the first thing Buck is strapped on. I'm just saying. I bet Buck likes pegging.

[Buck]

It's a pretty quiet drive. Long drive. The thoughts never crossed my mind. I'm coming back in these woods somewhere I've never wanted.

[Brian]

Bringing the base boys.

[Chrissy]

You're going back.

[Buck]

And yet here I am. You brought extra firepower tonight, I see.

[Brian]

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. I brought me an AK47. If we decide to shoot anything, I'm gonna be ready. But we haven't really shot Anything in the 72 seasons of Mountain monster.

[Buck]

Ready, boss?

[Brian]

Yeah.

[Buck]

That other team thinks they're gonna get us in that shed. And ambushes. They're gonna find out why I'm parked.

[Brian]

I'm gonna dare you. What's gonna happen down. Down there if they think you're gonna ambush? I got nothing. I got a water pistol. Four thousand here. Scorch of water, 72ft in the air.

[Buck]

From three states and two county fairs until we can find.

[Brian]

He said two states and three county fairs.

[Chrissy]

Yes.

[Brian]

Oh, funnel cakes. What's he talking about?

[Buck]

Who these people are and what they want. We're never going to be able to fully prove that Bigfoot exists.

[Brian]

Oh, wait, hold on. They're talking about people. They're ready to go meet people and they're bringing loaded Guns. So now we've just turned into Ashe county is lawless. You just bring your guns. Ready for a gunfight. It's. This is the real Hatfield and McCoys, right?

[Chrissy]

Yeah.

[Buck]

Right now we have to focus 100% on this rogue team. Yeah. Yeah. However, the devil lives in them woods. Yeah. Yes, he does. And we're going right in there with.

[Chrissy]

There's a rogue team and a Bigfoot.

[Brian]

There's a rogue team and a Bigfoot, and Satan is protecting them all. But luckily, we have water, what look like real guns, but are probably water pistols prepared at any moment to go firing upon anything that moves in the woods. Because that is both legal and reasonable to film a reality television show.

[Chrissy]

Yeah.

[Brian]

First of all. Second of all, who are these camera. If this is any reality to this. Who are these camera guys agreeing to just go behind armed men who are ready to shoot at the rogue team? The rogue team of who?

[Buck]

It's not something that I prefer to do. There's only one way to find out what they want and what they're.

[Brian]

By the way, they're working with a skeleton crew today.

[Chrissy]

Well, that's what I was saying. I'm thinking maybe that the other half of that.

[Christina]

Them.

[Chrissy]

Maybe that's the. The rogue team.

[Brian]

Oh, maybe. I don't know. You think they've. They've been divided?

[Chrissy]

I don't know. There's only three.

[Brian]

Well, listen, when Satan is running through the woods, you know, he's bound to catch a couple of you, right?

[Buck]

And that's to head right back to that little red shed. Yep, yep.

[Brian]

Let's do it. Yep, yep, yep, yep.

[Buck]

I don't know what lies ahead of us.

[Brian]

I think they've. I think they've cocked their guns 12 times.

[Christina]

Yeah.

[Brian]

Chick, chick, chick, chick. You. What's that? I want more gun loading sound effects, please.

[Chrissy]

And they look so fit to go chasing after things.

[Brian]

Listen, when you think about guys you want running after Satan, you think about Huck Chuck, and it could be an ambush.

[Buck]

It could be a fist fight. It could be a gunfight. I don't know. But what I do know is in these woods is the Cherokee devil. He still haunts me every day.

[Chrissy]

The red eyes.

[Brian]

The red eyes. Yeah, the red glowing eyes. Well, listen, to be fair, if there is a red devil, you're probably gonna have glowing eyes.

[Buck]

Does this look familiar, guys? Oh, yeah. Hell, yes.

[Brian]

Oh, yeah, it does. I think we're a couple yards down from there. The qt. I used to smoke cigarettes here after high school. Oh, what? No. Okay. All right. I'LL shut up.

[Buck]

Guys, we found that totem pole laying down right there in that brush.

[Brian]

A totem pole?

[Chrissy]

A totem pole.

[Brian]

A totem pole. Yes, a totem pole. We found a totem pole. We're now mixing Indian ufology with our. Yeah, with our monsters. Okay, fair enough. Hey, listen, to be fair, Indians did believe in a lot of this shit, too. That looks like something straight out of Polynesian Resort in Walt Disney World, Florida. That was the fakest looking totem pole I've ever seen. It's Huckleberry. Oh, my God.

[Chrissy]

See?

[Brian]

Oh, wow. You are right.

[Chrissy]

It's Huckleberry.

[Brian]

Huckleberry is naked in the rain. Oh, no. Oh, wow. Oh, my God. I gotta take my hat off for this. I cannot believe this. The band is broken up and three of them are on the side of Satan. Oh, no. And he's dressed in a hula hoop or a hula skirt or whatever you call those things.

[Christina]

He looks like Mr. Tumnus.

[Chrissy]

Like, you know what?

[Christina]

He's wearing some, like. I don't know, he's covered in mud or something. It looks like fur bottles.

[Brian]

He's wearing a grass skirt. What happened? It looks like he got.

[Chrissy]

I don't know, he's crouched.

[Brian]

It honestly looks like he got lost in the Polynesian resort costume. He's a apartment Huckleberry. Huckleberry.

[Chrissy]

Oh, my God. Poor Huckleberry. Is this a flashback? What is happening?

[Brian]

This is a flashback.

[Chrissy]

That was a flashlight, baby. To where? They were there before.

[Brian]

They were there before.

[Chrissy]

They're coming back for a second time.

[Brian]

We didn't see part one. We're catching up on part two. But now we think we're understanding that the team has literally been split up. The guys are no longer working as one. They are too. So there's.

[Chrissy]

Are they ever.

[Brian]

I. Hey, listen, Chrissy, far be it for me to get in the minds of genius. I don't know. I'm just a mere mortal. I can't talk about all these, the comings and goings of the mountain monsters. But I will tell you this much. This is going to be an interesting episode if these guys are fighting against each other.

[Chrissy]

I agree.

[Brian]

Good drawers.

[Buck]

Maybe we'll find them tonight, Huck. And if we want them now.

[Brian]

Wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah. It's the teacher from the Peanuts.

[Chrissy]

Yeah.

[Buck]

This trail's still up active. Hey, guys, see them trees right there, Guys, Right here. Oh, the bow trees. Yeah, the bent over tree.

[Brian]

Branches on the ground in a forest. Yes, this. This trail is still active. Boys, I don't even know what that means. It's still active. All right, I think this is a good place to stop. We'll take a break and then, you know. But I do want to remind people, people, that we are focusing a little bit today on one of an organization that's near and dear to Chrissy's heart, the national breast cancer Coalition. We'll put a link down inside of the show. Notes. If you're feeling in the holiday spirit and you'd like to save some tatas and some lives, go ahead and donate to the nbcc. We're going to give a direct link. We are not getting in the middle of this. You go there, you donate what you will. That's between you, God and the nbcc. We'll take a look, break, and we'll be back.

[Christina]

In case you guys were wondering, I am currently trapped in the closet in the studio being forced to record liner after liner, and I never get to leave. So help me by following us on Instagram at the commercial break and on TikTok @TCB podcast and go to our website, tcbpodcast.com for more information about Brian and Chrissy and access to our massive catalog of video and audio episodes. Episodes now, please text us at 212-4333, TCB. And tell Brian and Chrissy to let me out of the closet.

[Brian]

All right, we're back here with our boys, the mountain monsters who apparently Satan has divided so he can conquer. They are in the woods of ash, North Carolina. I've never heard of ash, North Carolina. I haven't either, but I guess. Is it near Asheville? Could be North Carolina. Makes some sense, huh? They just ran out of. So they put a ville on the end of ash. There's ash and then there's the ville of ash. Okay, there you go. Huck, buck, Chuck and Fuck. There's one team of three. It's Chuck or huck buck. And who is that?

[Chrissy]

Huckleberry.

[Brian]

Huck Buck and Huckleberry. And then you've got the other guys, the one that screams, and the other guys, they're all on the other side doing something. So they're running through the woods chasing each other with loaded guns, I might add, you, former teammates soon to be murdered by their former teammates.

[Buck]

Fresh. Yes, it is. That's real fresh. That's some definite bigfoot sign, right?

[Brian]

How do you know? It's like a branch is fresh when it's falling on the ground. I mean, I'm sure there's a way to tell, but how does one acquire Those skills, I guess when you spend all your time by the creek in the wacking tree, you know when a fresh stick is, you can tell that's a fresh. Fresh stick, Chrissy. There.

[Buck]

This is so fresh. The limbs want to still have the green leaves. Look where you pick this log up and set it on top of it to hold it down. Look at that.

[Brian]

That looks like a fallen tree to me. But I guess that's where. I guess he knows he's clued into some special investigatory powers allow him to know that bigfoot has picked up the log and thrown it on the ground. And it's fresh. It's still active, Chrissy. This is still an active investigation. Yeah, they can't give us much information yet, but they do know they're hot on the trail.

[Buck]

Without a doubt. Bigfoot, son. He's still here. Guys. The bigfoot that actually grabbed me is still right here.

[Chrissy]

Of course, something quickly happens.

[Brian]

Yes. Oh, did you see that? Right where I stopped it. They seem to have a photograph of a small minute miniature bigfoot. Yeah, look like a miniature bigfoot. Look like a child in a bigfoot costume. Oh, they're gonna get shoot. Oh, got their guns out.

[Buck]

Come on Jeff, get on your feet. That tree just come down. Yes, it did. Right behind.

[Brian]

Come on Jeff, get on your feet. In case we have to outrun the seven and a half foot red eyed bigfoot with claws that'll tear into human flesh. We can do this quick. That weight watchers is paying off now, Jeff.

[Buck]

I don't see anything.

[Brian]

Holy.

[Buck]

He's here. We're standing there looking at those bent over trees. Then all of a sudden the biggest tree in this forest falls over right behind us. This cherokee devil tried to knock us out. We're right here at hysterical forest.

[Brian]

Luckily he did not. We came near inches from certain depth. Oh my God.

[Chrissy]

The biggest tree in this forest.

[Brian]

The biggest tree in the forest fell. Only we didn't capture it on camera, unfortunately. But that is fresh. Chrissy. I would tell you if a tree falls right next to you, that's a fresh fall.

[Buck]

Go Jeff, go.

[Brian]

I'm going.

[Christina]

Go.

[Brian]

Stay, Buck. Let's go.

[Buck]

Stay together. You guys there? Yeah, I'm here. Yeah, we're here. Did you just do this, Buck?

[Brian]

You guys there. All those lights and cameras behind me, Are those you?

[Buck]

No, you do that. No.

[Brian]

Wait.

[Buck]

Look at this.

[Brian]

Oh my God. They're literally pointing to a branch.

[Chrissy]

Like the tiniest, tiniest forever.

[Brian]

Look at this.

[Buck]

Broke off. This is. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Yeah, this is human side.

[Brian]

Yeah.

[Buck]

If this was that Cherokee devil, he's tall. His face would have been right here. He'd have burnt this out of his way. This.

[Brian]

Isn'T that a branch you just walked by And I don't mean to throw shade or anything but you're a big boy, if you walk you're gonna break a few tiny little branch.

[Chrissy]

Yeah, he is.

[Brian]

So he walks by the twig of a tree. I mean we're talking like oh, it's a tiny round. Yeah. With little tiny twig. The smallest of twigs blooming out of it. And he's pointing to one broken one. It's probably no longer than 3 inches long. And he's saying that because one is broken on the bottom but not on the top. That's a human sign and not the Cherokee Red devil.

[Chrissy]

What is it?

[Brian]

The Red Rocket. Cherokee Red Rocket.

[Buck]

That's human sign. They've been here. They've been here. We think there might be somebody else out here. I don't know what they're they want.

[Brian]

Well maybe it's not the other part.

[Chrissy]

Of the team then. Cuz they would be calling them by their names.

[Brian]

Yeah, maybe they. Yeah, or calling them by their cell phones.

[Chrissy]

Right.

[Buck]

But we have to find out why this rogue team wants us to go to that little red shed. We have to keep pressing on. Right here. This is exactly where I was standing when I seen him.

[Brian]

How do you know that? By putting the butt of your gun on the ground. How do you know that's exactly where.

[Chrissy]

You were stand like a year ago too. Right. Or whenever he was there last.

[Brian]

These are some wild investigative techniques that I think should be shared with the rest of the country.

[Chrissy]

Yeah, they could be helpful if you.

[Brian]

Really could tell where someone was standing a year ago by putting the butt of your gun on the ground and going, this is exactly where it happened. It's almost like his gun was magnetically drawn to that point.

[Chrissy]

I know.

[Brian]

It has a memory.

[Buck]

I looked up and right at that grapevine. He was standing right there. Oh, it's all right buddy.

[Brian]

All right.

[Chrissy]

Oh, he's got ptsd.

[Brian]

Yeah. We gotta stop and cry for a moment. Let us all give a moment for Buck and the time when he was standing exactly right there staring off at the vine and he saw the red eyed red rocket monster.

[Chrissy]

Yeah.

[Brian]

And it's tough to talk about really. It's.

[Chrissy]

It's emotional.

[Brian]

It can be, it can be Chrissy.

[Chrissy]

Bringing up old memories.

[Brian]

It does, does. But I think it just might be the Taco Bell. I had earlier, but I just need a second. I'll be okay.

[Buck]

They knew bringing us out here. Guys, I got a light.

[Brian]

Oh, wait, hold on. He was having a moment.

[Chrissy]

He was so rude.

[Brian]

Can we just get. Can we just let him have his moment?

[Chrissy]

He found a light, though.

[Buck]

I just seen a flicker. Right straight through here. Turn your lights off. Turn your lights off.

[Brian]

Turn the lights off. Turn.

[Chrissy]

What about the camera lights?

[Brian]

The camera lights?

[Chrissy]

I know.

[Brian]

If you see red eyes, don't look. Don't look like.

[Chrissy]

Is it gonna turn you to stone? Like Medusa?

[Brian]

Well, it hypnotizes you, Chrissy.

[Chrissy]

Okay?

[Brian]

That's really where you get the PTSD from. I mean, I don't know if you've ever seen red eyes from a red rocket ash monster, but it's. It can really send you. Yes. It's like, don't stare at the commercial break sign either. Same thing happens. You got it?

[Buck]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Work where? Right behind. Right in front of Jeff. Look straight up the hill. You gotta look real easy. You gotta turn away and look. Oh, what was that? I'm turning my light back on. I ain't playing this game. Don't let him get to you, Jeff. That's not them I'm worried about right now. Come on now, guys.

[Brian]

Come on, guys, get our shit together. We're trying to kill the Red Rocket. If we kill the red rocket, we'll go down in fame. But right now, all you guys want to do is bicker and complain about your light bulbs. Turn them on, don't turn them on, don't give a shit. Just don't look in his red rocket. You still stare at the red rocket. It's like a dog humping your leg. If you don't stare at him, Red Rocket will go away. This together here, Jeff.

[Buck]

There's someone there. Well, then let's hustle around there and find out. Let's get toe to toe with them. This rogue team's in the psychological warfare. They sent us back where we never wanted to go back to again, but we've.

[Brian]

Is that psychological warfare? Is that. Is that the definition?

[Chrissy]

And why have they sent them there?

[Brian]

And why have they agreed to go back?

[Christina]

Why?

[Chrissy]

I know.

[Brian]

Yeah. What is the point? Guys, can I ask a question? I know you got episodes to make just like we do.

[Chrissy]

Yeah.

[Brian]

But can I ask? Why are we going back to the place where Buck almost got killed, putting him through all of this ptsd. Don't look at his eyes. And then you're claiming it's psychological warfare. You're the Dumb dumbs that decided to go back there. It's not like they rogue team. It's. There's a rogue. Let the team be rogue.

[Chrissy]

I know.

[Brian]

Let them go do their thing. You do your thing. There's plenty of room in Ash County. You don't have to go right back. Exactly.

[Chrissy]

Or get Kentucky.

[Brian]

Oh, the Kentucky seems to be your hunting grounds. Why not go back there?

[Buck]

Got a man up and go to that little red shed.

[Brian]

That's what I say. Take a break, get the anhyzer Busch and go back to the red shed.

[Buck]

There it is.

[Chrissy]

What?

[Brian]

What? I don't see what happened. Where'd it go? Everyone's crying now. I don't know what's going on.

[Buck]

The emotions are overwhelming. Right where I'm standing at. I look over and that's where I seen that little Cherokee girl.

[Brian]

Whoa.

[Buck]

Look, look, look, look, look, look.

[Chrissy]

Cherokee girl.

[Brian]

A Cherokee girl.

[Buck]

Do you see that?

[Brian]

Do you see that?

[Buck]

How's that Little Indy?

[Brian]

Well, he's in love.

[Buck]

Where'd she go?

[Brian]

Where'd she go?

[Chrissy]

They're flashing back.

[Brian]

They're flashing back. Before, in the red shed, there was a Cherokee girl that he fell in love with briefly, but she ran off. She ghosted him. They connected on Tinder or Grindr. I'm not sure which one it was, but they connected. And all Buck wanted was just a moment, moment more with the Cherokee girl. And who doesn't, quite frankly? Chrissy? But, nay, she was gone off in the wind. Probably eaten by the, you know, redhead, Red.

[Chrissy]

The red devil.

[Brian]

Red devil.

[Buck]

Where'd she go?

[Brian]

Oh. Oh, God.

[Chrissy]

Buck's throwing up.

[Brian]

Jeez, that's gagging. Yeah, that's not a sight for anybody to see. God, please pull out your airplane bag.

[Buck]

Come on, Buck.

[Chrissy]

I thought that was like a baby making noise or something.

[Brian]

I don't know. Maybe it's a burrito baby or something. Poor Buck.

[Buck]

Keep with him, Jeff. Keep with him. I'm gonna keep an eye out right now.

[Brian]

I'm gonna keep an eye on him. You go get the seven and a half foot red devil. I'll stay here.

[Christina]

Yeah.

[Brian]

What is it? You're like at a. What is a bachelor party in Nashville. I'll stay here. You go back and make sure we get the boy's phone number.

[Buck]

I'm really concerned about my little buddy Buck. He's having a hard time to get through this, but deep down, I know he's gonna push himself because he knows this has to be done.

[Brian]

What has to be done? What is pushing you so hard? I don't know you got. There's an episode in the can somewhere.

[Chrissy]

Look at his face.

[Brian]

I know. Look at his face. All that fake throwing up's got him upset.

[Buck]

I'm sorry, guys. You be sorry. Not at all.

[Brian]

The longer we stay, there is some love between.

[Chrissy]

Oh, absolutely.

[Brian]

You know, there's some compassion. They're just a bunch of friends trying to chase deadly creatures through the woods of Asheville here.

[Buck]

Look at the. The harder it's going to be to go in it. So there's only one thing left to do. It's time to do it. All right, Buck, Jeff, you stay with him. All right, you stay close, Huck. I'll be right behind you guys.

[Brian]

Do you think they're, like, in a pitch meeting and they go, you know, we should do. Make a big drama about that Cherokee girl that ghosted you that one time and make it emotional for to go back to the red shed. And do you think. Not only do you think that there's, like, a pitch meeting where they have to write all of this out, but then do you think that there are people out there somewhere in cable television land who actually are buying into the drama that Buck has to, you know, go and face his demons at the red shed in Ash, North Carolina?

[Chrissy]

I think so.

[Brian]

You think so?

[Chrissy]

I think there's some people out there that might believe it.

[Brian]

There's a lot of people in this world. Some of them are not. Well, Right. Okay. I do believe that there's. But I don't believe it's a majority of the audience.

[Chrissy]

No.

[Brian]

If the comments underneath the YouTube videos are any indication, most people take it like we do. It's a good comedy show if you watch it that way. And it's funny. You know, it can be really funny. But there are some comments under there where, you know, people are really into this show and they hang on every scene.

[Chrissy]

Yeah, I can see that.

[Buck]

This could be an ambush, guys.

[Brian]

Hell, yeah.

[Buck]

Oh, my gosh. We got.

[Brian]

We got.

[Buck]

What the hell you got. What is this? How do they know my real name?

[Brian]

Oh, and that's the end. We might have to find the second parts of that. He walked in the shed. Did you see that, Christina? That was crazy. Christine is blown away. She can't believe it.

[Christina]

This is, like, one of the first times I've actually seen the video. Yeah, I was giggling.

[Chrissy]

Oh, yeah.

[Brian]

This is funny. This is high entertainment. If you screw the 12 days of tcb, if you really want to have some fun this Christmas, put yourself on a marathon of the mountain monsters. Nothing gets you in the Christmas spirit, like the red rocket. But what happened was he went back to the shed where he had seen the Cherokee girl. And when he walked inside of the shed, there were a bunch of manila envelopes tacked to the wall with all of their real names.

[Chrissy]

That looked pretty professional, actually. It's typed out and everything.

[Brian]

I mean, it was a red rocket.

[Christina]

To take it at the printer.

[Brian]

Exactly. Yeah. I don't think it was a red rocket. Well, listen, May, we'll find out. Maybe we won't. Stay tuned to the 12 days of TCB.

[Chrissy]

We're on the edge of our seat.

[Brian]

It wouldn't be a year in review without our mountain monsters. That's all I gotta say. I love it. I love it.

[Chrissy]

I know.

[Brian]

I love the boys.

[Chrissy]

They're a good group.

[Brian]

I wonder if they do an episode like a holiday episode, chase, holiday monster. They should. If they don't, they should. I'll look into that. I'll see if. If it is. I'll see if we can't it do. Do that.

[Chrissy]

Yeah.

[Brian]

Sometime shortly after the 12 days of TCB. All right, Chrissy. The NBCC, the National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund, will put a link to their official website where you can donate directly to them in the show notes. If you could be so kind as to do that. It is a cause that's near and dear to our hearts. We certainly would appreciate it. I know Chrissy would. I would. And hey, if you have tits, check them. That's all I got to say. Men and women, because it does affect men. Also, men do get breast cancer and at a more alarming rate, I think, than ever before I was reading. So There you go. TCB, podcast.com. that's where you go to find more information about the show. All the audio, all the video, which includes now every episode of the commercial break is available on video on the website YouTube.com and soon Spotify video, if it's not up there already. It'll be up there soon. And those episodes, just to let you know, get released a day or two after they get released on the audio feed. Can't cannibalize our own, you know, sponsors, Chrissy, because we don't have.

[Chrissy]

Right, yeah, exactly.

[Brian]

We don't have many. We got to keep them around. 212-4333, TCB 212 3822. Questions, comments, concerns, content, ideas? We're taking them all right there. You can call, leave us a voicemail or text message, that phone number and we will get back to you. We promise. I don't know when, but we'll get back to you sometime soon. Ask tcb. We might get to that in sometime in the year 2025. Ask TCB is on the list of 12 days of TCB. Okay, so there you go. Do a little foreshadowing for you. Nice again. YouTube.com the commercial break. Subscribe like and comment on your favorite videos. Add the commercial break on Instagram TCB podcast on TikTok. At least for right now on TikTok. We'll see what happens in a couple of days. TikTok might go away. You never know.

[Chrissy]

Yeah.

[Brian]

Okay, Chrissy, I guess that's all I can do for now.

[Chrissy]

I think so.

[Brian]

But I'll tell you that I love you.

[Chrissy]

I love you.

[Brian]

Best to you. Best you out there in the podcast universe. Until tomorrow. We always say, we do say and we must say goodbye.

[Buck]

That cow killing bastard.