Barra's Bits: Home Alone For Adults

It’s that time of year again Christmas movie season. Barra has done everything he can to dodge Love Actually, and this year he even asked ChatGPT for alternatives… with some very unexpected suggestions. Plus, Lisa and Russell ran through their own festive favourites. What's your favourite?

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, Bara's joining us now. Time for Barra. On a Thursday,
Good morning, Why guys, you were you were talking about
Christmas movies and how it's about the time of the
year that you like to settle in for a bit
of a Christmas movie session this weekend. Yeah, what are
you gonna watch?

Speaker 2 (00:15):
It's actually it's actually actually, that's half the name of
the movie. It's actually about avoiding love, actually avoiding love.

Speaker 3 (00:24):
Actually, it's Likeageddon movies.

Speaker 2 (00:28):
It is because I heard you earlier in the week
talking about your favorite movie, which Blew Away.

Speaker 1 (00:32):
I like Fred Klaus, which is where Paul Jim Marty's
Santa Clause and Vince Vaughn's his idiot brother who needs
a loan so he has to go and work for
him over the Christmas preparation period.

Speaker 2 (00:43):
So you recommend that one?

Speaker 1 (00:44):
I recommend that one. Yeah, definitely.

Speaker 3 (00:46):
I look, I still like National Lampoons Christmas Vacation because
I just feel very still at one.

Speaker 2 (00:58):
Well, I can see you driving that card too.

Speaker 3 (01:03):
Well, what's more about putting the lights up and then
everything going wrong and then things not working.

Speaker 2 (01:08):
And yeah, yeah himself, but well, that's my goal is
to avoid love. Actually, because this Christmas because I've seen
enough times. It's a beautiful movie and Joe I love it,
but I'm not watching it again. I'm watching die Hard,
which is like Home Alone for adults, really, you know
what I mean? Like that and see that everyone says
it's not a Christmas movie. It's on bloody Christmas Eve.

Speaker 1 (01:30):
Yeah. Yeah, it's my favorite the ref with Dennis Leary
that's said on Christmas Eve.

Speaker 3 (01:36):
So it's a Christmas movie. And nothing says family like
sitting down and watching bad Santa together, does it?

Speaker 2 (01:41):
Yeah? Santa, yippik mother, that's die Hard. I'm getting enough
die Hard. The other thing is, I'll let you in
on a secret too, because I've been talking to my
friend chat GPT and I was seeing what other movies
can I get away with that Christmas at Christmas movies

(02:01):
but some people may not say and it come up
with lethal Weapon because apparently that happens at Christmas time.
Lethal Weapon one, the first one, the big one, and
how's this wait.

Speaker 3 (02:14):
For it, Rambo Christmas movie.

Speaker 2 (02:17):
Yeah. So in one of the shots there Sylvester Stallone,
there's a Christmas tree in the background.

Speaker 1 (02:26):
Chat GPT is a bit loose on the rules.

Speaker 2 (02:28):
I think hang on going by your favorite movie, what
was your second favorite movie? The ref Yeah, that's a
similar analogy.

Speaker 1 (02:36):
Yeah, yeah, well no, no. Dennis Leary plays this burglar
who's evading the police and he breaks into this house
and Judy Davison and Kevin Spacey are this bickering couple
that he takes hostage and you know, got more than
he bargain for.

Speaker 2 (02:47):
It's great, but where's the Christmas bit?

Speaker 1 (02:49):
It's Christmas Eve.

Speaker 3 (02:51):
We are really straight away from the classics, you know,
Miracle on thirty fourth Streets, A Wonderful Life, A wonderful life,
the real Christ.

Speaker 2 (03:04):
I'm getting that one out tomorrow.

Speaker 1 (03:06):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (03:07):
I like that guy's name, Jimmy Stewart. Jimmy, he's the man.

Speaker 3 (03:12):
He's the man, not the great one I would like
to be Jimmy Stewart. Yeah yeah, all right, slim down
a little bit there, But I love Christmas is coming.
Christmas is coming. There, there are a few.

Speaker 1 (03:28):
Are we agreeing? We're all gonna We're all gonna watch
It's a Wonderful Life.

Speaker 3 (03:32):
Yeah, yeah, good, you know what I'm in on that?

Speaker 2 (03:35):
Okay?

Speaker 1 (03:36):
Done?

Speaker 2 (03:37):
Pretty cool?

Speaker 3 (03:37):
Love?

Speaker 2 (03:37):
Actually, actually, you don't come back around.

Speaker 3 (03:40):
I can easily skip.

Speaker 2 (03:42):
That is the door, and he does that, you know.
She answers the door, and she comes out and kisses
him and he gets his heart breaking.

Speaker 1 (03:48):
Great movie.

Speaker 3 (03:49):
It's a wonderful life.

Speaker 1 (03:51):
We'll do that, all right,