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Join hosts Chris, Brian and Jon as they try and find the best Christmas Tv episodes ever made. They'll tackle everything from 90’s sitcoms to Saturday morning cartoons to high brow medical dramas and everything in between. Then they'll help you separate the Christmas classics from the lumps of coal to find the perfect episodes for your holiday viewing.
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Saturday Apr 25, 2020
Saturday Apr 25, 2020
Jon takes the reins in the first edition of "Screw You, Watch This" by making Chris and Brian watch the final three episodes of Cowboy Bebop (available on Hulu). The boys talk anime for almost an hour while Chris tries to figure out what he just watched, Brian tries to say some words, and Jon tries to be the best podcast host around. Also there's a small Digimon update.
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
Happy March! The boys watch and discuss a Jeremy Renner classic, The Town, also starring Ben Affleck and Jon Hamm. Other topics include: how rewatchable Ben Affleck movies are, when Jon Hamm peaked. whether or not someone is SWAT, and what the podcast covers over the next three months.
Wikipedia entry for The Town: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Town_(2010_film)
Tuesday Feb 25, 2020
Tuesday Feb 25, 2020
The boys watch one of their most discussed films from the first season of the podcast: Klute, starring Donald Sutherland and Jane Fonda. Available to rent via iTunes or Amazon Prime Video. They also debate whether or not Donald Sutherland is a nerd and if this movie can in any way be considered appropriate holiday viewing.
Wikipedia entry for this movie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klute
Saturday Jan 25, 2020
Saturday Jan 25, 2020
The hosts return to talk about how they spent their holidays, how the first season of the podcast went, what their favorite and least favorite episodes were and what comes next for their Christmas TV podcast.
Wednesday Dec 25, 2019
Wednesday Dec 25, 2019
Merry Christmas! It’s finally here. We reach the end of our holiday viewing journey with “Christmas Trees” from Malcolm in Middle (available on Hulu).
Before the priests come and shut down our operation, we also discuss: getting bitten by squirrels, how Bryan Cranston made the transition from Malcolm in the Middle to Breaking Bad, Chris confuses his co-hosts, Brian tries to rack all the shows’ we’ve watched theme songs, wrestling podcasts with bad names, Christmas Tree buying tips, Chris being 30, Dad traditions, and we try and decide where to go next.
IMDB for this episode: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0640303/
Monday Dec 23, 2019
Monday Dec 23, 2019
Come on and grab your friends as watch and review “The More You Moe, The More You Know,” from the seventh season of Cartoon Network series Adventure Time (available on Hulu).
We do some adventuring ourselves as we talk about other topics, like: Jon wants to watch The Wire, we explore some new marketing ideas, we discuss what we want to accomplish before Christmas arrives, how murder-y this episode is, does this qualify as a Christmas episode, how this episode appeals to adults and children, deception and Christmas going hand in hand, Chris compares BMO to Jesus, and we prepare for our final episode.
IMDB for this episode: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5252828/
Saturday Dec 21, 2019
Saturday Dec 21, 2019
Head’s up: Jon’s audio gets a little dicey around the middle. Not unlistenable, but annoying. It smooths out after a bit, so be patient and it’ll all work out.
We try and make our holiday super while see if Arrow hits the Christmas bullseye in the first season episode “Year’s End” (available on Netflix).
Less heroic topics include: the best beers for family Christmas celebrations, Arrow’s flashback failures, a plethora of “Previously On” problems, whether bow and arrow fights are dorky, more deep cuts from The Town, Arrow living in Batman’s shadow, Oliver’s casual murder sprees, gift giving vs. obstructing justice, bad nicknames, Dick Wolf’s Chicago-verse, the new season of Bojack Horseman, Milwaukee’s Public Health ads, Brian is pissed about Oliver’s lack of party planning initiative, James Bond’s best friend, how hot the dudes are in this episode, Brian’s Stephen Amell grudge, Stephen Amell’s wrestling prowess, and Chris goes full Podcast Dad.
IMDB for this episode: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5159444/
Thursday Dec 19, 2019
Thursday Dec 19, 2019
We unpack another tricky episode as Fresh Off the Boat tries to determine the truth about “The Real Santa” in this season two episode of the ABC sitcom (available on Hulu).
Other complex Christmas conversations include: Hated holiday carols, whether Jingle Bells is public domain, complicated Santa Claus coverup schemes, people loving Santa, the horrors of Sinterklass, is Collateral a Christmas movie, the brilliance of Constance Wu and Randall Park, Lao Ban Santa vs. Lo Pan Santa, Brian starts bits he can’t finish, Godwin’s law, the art of letting it ride, gift ideas from the Flying J truck stop, we confront our whiteness, and appreciate Ray Wise.
IMDB for this episode: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5159444/
Tuesday Dec 17, 2019
Tuesday Dec 17, 2019
We enter the final five episodes of our Christmas TV podcast and see what’s cooking with the Belchers this holiday season as we watch and review “Nice-capades” from Bob’s Burgers (available on Hulu).
Other topics we talk about as we try and get on Santa’s good side include: Jim Ross’s diminishing announcing abilities, Jon trying to get into the holiday season by gambling, the magic that kids bring back to Christmas, the difference between Simpsons guest stars and Bob’s Burgers guest stars, the joys of the Spirits of Christmas, Utah’s terrible beer scene, terrible school lunches, the greatness of Henry Winkler, and Brian tries to turn the episode into Dora the Explorer.
IMDB for this episode: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5147222/
Spirits of Christmas in full: https://youtu.be/Lud3bgEJeTg
Sunday Dec 15, 2019
Sunday Dec 15, 2019
Fire up your Flash Player as we go back to the early aughts to watch Homestarrunner Presents: Presents from Homestarrunner.com (available there or on YouTube).
Mormon manikins, Wisconsin Tuesdays, the boys lose track of time, we share some conflicting opinions about this episode, the struggles of trying to run Flash cartoons with dialup internet, New Grounds, how the manatee is the most Wisconsin animal to not be in Wisconsin, we some one veer back to discussing ER, we pitch and episode of Frasier, Brian tries to save his marriage, and Chris misses a lot of references.
Homestarrunner wiki entry for this episode: http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Homestar_Presents:_Presents