December 16, 2024 • 29 mins
JJ, Mattson and Alec dive into a critical discussion of the 1996 holiday film "Jingle All the Way," highlighting its shortcomings and the reasons why it has garnered a negative reception. The hosts express their disdain for the movie, with one even giving it a score of 0.5, citing its over-the-top performances and lack of a compelling message about Christmas. They reflect on the absurdity of the plot and the unrealistic portrayal of holiday shopping chaos, drawing from their own retail experiences. The conversation shifts to the failed attempts at humor and the film's inability to deliver meaningful life lessons, contrasting it with more cherished holiday classics. Ultimately, the hosts share their mutual agreement on the film's poor quality, making for a lively and entertaining critique filled with personal anecdotes and shared frustrations.
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And the kid that is the.
The dad's son.
I hate that kid.
He's in some other.
He's the Anakin kid.
Hate him, like, just don'tlike him.
Oh, poor Jake Lloyd.
Wow.
Yeah, Jake Lloyd.
And that right there is why hewent to jail later in life.
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Welcome to the what's Already podcast.
We fashion ourselves cinematicjudge and Jerry.
My name is J.J.
crowder.
I'm here with my co host Mat Heiner.
It's turbo time.
Better red than dead.
And Alec Burgess.
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Man, it's week three ofChristmas movies.
I cannot believe we're threeweeks into December when it comes
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to movies, but here we are.
And this week's movie is.
Jingle all the way wasreleased November 22, 1996.
It was written by RandyCornfield and it's directed by Brian
Levant.
Stars Arnold Schwarzenegger,Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Rita Wilson,
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Robert Conrad, Martin Mole,Jake Lloyd, Jim Belushi, and Lorraine
Newman.
It's about a father who vowsto get his son a Turboman action
figure for Christmas.
However, every store is sold out.
He must travel all over townand compete with everybody else in
order to find one.
Alec, this is your pick too?
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Yes, sir.
Why do I hate you in Christmas time?
Like, I feel like.
I feel like.
It's very purposeful, all ofthese nasty choices.
No.
Maybe a little.
I told you I had some fun this month.
Only.
Only your third pick makes youworthwhile the rest of this month
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because, geez, you've hurt my soul.
This.
How did 3 out of 5 movies getpicked for Alex?
I am lucky.
That's fair.
So why this movie?
Means our patrons have bad taste.
Please join our Patreon so wecan have more voters.
Thank you.
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Public service announcement.
There you go.
Why pick Jingle Away?
Okay.
Face value, right?
Face value.
Reason.
We're out of good Christmas movies.
And I refuse to put, like, aHallmark movie on the list ever.
That's never gonna happen.
A little bit deeper.
And I know it's gonna bake agood podcast episode because the
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movie sucks enough that youmotherfuckers aren't gonna like,
it either.
That's fair.
That's fair.
There are parts in this thatget me.
And it stems entirely from.
I think they did the retailscenes perfectly.
Like, I've worked in retailbefore and the kind of creative license
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they took.
You know, when he's in, like,I need to find a turbo window, and
the guy just starts laughing.
I'm like, like, that'severybody who works in retail.
Christmas around Christmastime or Black Friday, everything
like that is what you want todo to the people who come into the
stores.
Are you stupid?
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You're asking me for what?
Do you know what day it is?
Or even, like, earlier wherethe guy's got a stopwatch and he's
timing when to open the doors.
He's pointing at the door.
I was that person.
And so this little.
You know what?
I.
I worked for the Disney Store, right?
In the mall.
And Christmas Eve I wasworking and our mall closed at 6,
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and I got put on the door andI had so many people trying to come
in.
Because the way it works,right, Is if you're in the store,
you can finish up your shopping.
Yeah.
Oh, I was at that gate and Iwas like, you're not coming in.
Like, I need.
That one's right there.
And I'm like, and we've beenopen since 10am where have you been?
It was the only time I wasallowed to be that belligerent.
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So it speaks to me on a verypersonal level, those scenes specifically.
But there is.
This is not a good movie.
I don't enjoy watching thewhole thing, but I also knew that
YouTube wouldn't enjoywatching it.
And that's enough for me topick it.
Yeah, you're welcome.
What about you, Max?
Had you seen this before?
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Is this your first watch through?
I came across this movie,unfortunately, last Christmas because
Tay puts on all kinds ofChristmas movies.
I don't know why she put onthis movie because she doesn't even
like this movie.
This movie.
I forgot what this movie wasuntil I started watching this, when
I was like, oh, wait, I knowthis movie.
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And immediately was very nothappy and was contemplating just
not watching the rest of itbecause I remember it, but I forgot
some of the middle parts.
And, man, this movie is a 90smovie through and through.
The parts that Alex said werefunny are not funny.
It was so, like, overacted.
Have you worked in retail?
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I have worked in retail.
I once was putting on helpinga mom get a shoe for their child,
thinking that child was afemale and it was actually a male,
and it Was awkward.
I've had.
I.
Yeah.
There.
And I did it during BlackFriday and all kinds of stuff.
Don't miss any of that.
But this movie sucks.
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This movie is terrible.
Arnold Schwarzenegger can'tact in this movie.
Can't really act in any moviebut this movie.
No sin.
Bad.
Terrible.
The radio host, terrible.
Like, none of it's believable.
It's so overdone and stupid.
And then the whole terribleman costume.
I'm sorry.
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Like, really, like, really.
Like, if we could do that as asociety back in the night.
Like, no.
The suspension of disbelief inthis movie is ridiculous.
The only part that has anyredeeming value isn't a good value.
It's the stupid neighborthat's trying to cop the dude's wife.
And, like, that part, like,makes me like, oh, that's kind of
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funny.
He's being devious.
And then he totally getswhat's coming to him.
But what's funny is.
And probably in real life,that guy probably would have won.
So that's how those thingsactually happen.
But in this movie, you know,it's got to go the good way.
All that to say too muchverbiage for a crappy movie like
this movie.
Just.
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I never, ever, ever want towatch this movie again.
It's terrible.
The only way I could haveliked this movie is I watched it
when I was a kid, and I liketo think I better taste.
My gosh, this movie is terrible.
And the kid.
That is the.
The dad's son.
I hate that kid.
He's in some other.
He's the Anakin kid.
Hate him.
Like, just don't like him.
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Oh, poor Jake Lloyd.
Wow.
Yeah.
And that right there is why hewent to jail later in life.
Do not like him.
He took a lot of heat for Star wars.
And if I don't know, this filmwas produced by Lucasfilm.
So it was probably why he got.
Not his fault in Star wars so much.
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But I wish they.
He.
Yeah, he should have donesomething else in acting, probably,
but, you know, he tried.
Yeah, well, this.
This is.
This would certainly be why heended up in episode one, because
Luke's film made this film.
But anyway, I hate this movie, too.
It's bad.
It's.
It's terrible.
I mean, it's.
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Here's the funny part is I hadnever seen this movie all the way
through until I watched it for this.
You're welcome.
Well, and I think that's me,too, because there was some little
piece.
I was like, wait, I don'tremember that.
And I was like, oh, now I know why.
Because I couldn't sufferthrough this garbage.
Yeah.
I was watching it going, thisis bad.
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Like, it's bad.
And it's.
It's bad.
And.
And the reason that you likethe neighbor scenes is because Phil
Hartman was a genius.
Rest his soul.
And he was.
The best part about the movie.
Hilarious.
That.
And then, like, I don't knowwhy, but the cop that he always ends
up running into, that partmakes me laugh.
I don't know why, but it makesme laugh all the way.
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And then, you know, theidiots, like, oh, Turbo man, you're
the man.
Don't worry about it.
It's just like.
Yeah.
It's so ridiculous.
And I.
You know, and I realize it'smade for kids, right?
Like, the whole thing is made for.
Yes.
But at the same time, like, Idon't remember being that stupid
as a kid that I would thinkthat this was funny or great.
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And, I mean, granted, I was.
You weren't a kid when this was.
I was.
Yeah.
But even as a kid, I don't.
I just don't know that I'd belike, oh, look, his dad's Turbo man
flying around on a jet pack.
That should have killed himtwo seconds.
And though five minutes beforethat was pretty funny.
That's another line that getsme is when they're.
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They grab him and they'relike, this is the guy.
And they start putting thecostume on him, and the guy's going
a mile a minute about the.
That's going to kill you aboutthe suit.
Like, that part made me laugh.
But other than that, like,God, it's just not that funny.
And like, the weird.
Come on, man.
It's 96.
You got to be able to make amoose look a little more realistic
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in the face than that.
Like, Jesus.
Like, its teeth were like,what the is wrong with this reindeer?
And why is it in, like, justoutside New York City, New York?
Like, what the is going on?
Anyway?
Phil Hartman, he's the man.
But, yeah, this movie's terrible.
It's terrible.
And I hate you for making mewatch it all the way.
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You're welcome.
Yeah.
The only other part that Ikind of enjoy as well.
I don't know what it is, but Ilike almost this bad Santa, because
the Santa racketeering ring.
Yeah.
It's also funny.
Fair.
That's fair.
This is mob style.
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It.
It was terrible.
Jim Belushi's funny, too.
So that.
Yeah.
You know, his Santa.
Yeah, that was pretty funny.
It's a Horrible movie.
Arnold Schwarzenegger isriding the high of all of his other
stuff.
And think around.
There's some movies obviouslyof him that we've heard me reveal
it.
I like him in the right thing.
He's perfect.
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But like, when he tried to dothese other movies where they actually
need him to do a little bit ofdialogue and do something outside
of Austin, baby, it's just, inmy opinion, never really worked.
And this movie just suffersfor his horribleness and then sin
bad.
Like, just horrible.
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They're fight scenes.
This package is a bomb.
The over.
Like, I love how kids movies,cops always come out with the guns.
Like, and there was a reportlike someone broke him.
Like, shoot first, askquestions later.
I guess that's kind of true.
It was the 90s.
I know, man.
It's just.
It's just over.
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Like every 90s.
It's just over the top cliche.
You know how it's going to end.
It's gonna.
It's gonna be perfect.
Just.
Well, I think what's the worstpart about this?
Like, when you think of itfrom a Christmas movie perspective?
Because, look, Christmasmovies are hard.
They're either reallyinteresting or they're terrible.
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And most of them are terrible.
And this one falls into that.
But at least most of them,like the cheesy, sappy Christmas
ending tries to remind you whyChristmas is important.
This one doesn't even do that.
Like, it just makes this dadlook like a hero.
And it like everything fallsinto place even though he's probably
killed six people in thismovie and that's just the ones he
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was trying to hurt.
Like, it's just like, wait, what?
And then at least, you know, adozen police officers were in that
bomb explosion that onlyfucked up the one dude's hands.
And I'm like, wait, what?
So it's just like they didn'teven get to the point at the end
where they're like, okay,let's make it a Christmas movie and
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teach everyone a lesson abouthow life is beautiful.
And we should all takeChristmas and, you know, life more.
Like the more important thingsshould be important.
And the not important thing,like they had that shit's teed up
throughout this movie.
Because the Alex point.
The other part that alwaysmakes me laugh is the ball fight,
like over like the raffle balls.
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Like, that shit makes megiggle a little bit.
But like, so pointing out theworst parts of Christmas, even to.
In a caricature form, like,but then they don't even pay it off
with.
Like, yeah, that's a Good point.
Because they had all that.
You're waiting at the end tobe like, okay, like, tell me that
presents aren't the thing.
It's like about those.
You spend Christmas.
And I never really did thatbecause even did you guys know, people
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don't care about Christmas.
They care about presents.
That's fair.
You guys know there's an endcredit scene?
Yeah.
I didn't know that because I.
I left it on.
I was like eating and then Iwas like, oh, never knew that this
was a scene because even atthe very end, she's just essentially
asked, like, what did you get me?
Yeah, okay.
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Yeah, it's terrible.
There's no life lesson in this.
There's no make sure.
What's important is important.
It's, hey, if you go and takepart in all the Christmas shenanigans,
eventually everything willwork out and then your kids love
you again.
I don't miss any of the BlackFriday stuff.
I've never, like.
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I'm so thankful for onlineshopping because I don't.
I never had do a ton of it,but never enjoyed going to crazy
malls and having to try tofinagle all the stuff.
Jay, you should tell us yourworst Black Friday experience.
I don't have one.
You never did it?
You never shop?
Never.
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I don't like on my best day, Idon't like going shopping when the
stores are empty.
I am not going to stand inline for something that I can spend
a couple hundred bucks morefor and not have to go through the
hassle of someone that wantsto kick my ass if I'm in front of
them in line.
I.
It just in standing in line toshow there are very few things that
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I will stand in line for, andshopping is not one of them.
And so I'm grateful for onlineshopping, too.
But I've been grateful foronline shopping for a very long time.
And it has nothing to do withBlack Friday because I just don't
like leaving my house, letalone going on a day when it's just.
I don't even.
I do everything I can to notleave my house on Black Friday, even
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if it's just to go to, like,somewhere completely different.
Especially back when it was a thing.
Thing.
I mean, it's still a thing,but was.
It was like you had to go tothe stores and like, like, I didn't.
I'm out because, like, I'm nota nice person in the general public.
And when the general public isin, like, the worst state possible,
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I'm certainly not a nice Person.
I still don't.
Now, I will say that there'splaces like, so Christmas time to.
For me.
So we shop at a store that isdown in another city a couple miles
down the road.
Well, the store that's closestis that one that.
But it's part of one of thesewalking malls now.
Like, it's just.
There's like a walking outdoormall, and then there's like, a thing
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of stores that's kind ofdetect, like, separated from them
big piece of the walking mall.
And then the grocery storethat I shop at is right there.
So it's like a parking lotaway from this walking mall.
Dude, I go to a completelydifferent grocery store during Christmas,
like, the month of December.
I can't shop there becauseit's like, I don't even get out of
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my car in the worst place.
But, like, there's peopleeverywhere, cars everywhere.
And I want to run most of themover as I'm driving in and out of
the parking lot.
Because I just.
I'm just like.
I thought you were verypatient individual, jj, as you told
us in our.
Last podcast, I'm very patientwith people that I know.
I probably should have beenmore clarifying on that, like, or
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in situations where I need to be.
But if I'm in the safety of myown car and I'm trying to go somewhere
that shouldn't have a fullparking lot with holes walking around
everywhere and getting in myway and being disrespectful and discourteous,
my patience immediately goesout the window.
But that's also because Idon't like driving anymore.
I used to love driving.
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I don't like driving anymore.
I don't even.
Like.
I.
The.
The older I get, the moreagoraphobic I get, which, that's
the wrong term because I amnot actually afraid of it.
I'm just angered by it.
Like, I don't like people whenit comes to, like, the general public
hate it.
I hate grocery stores most ofthe time in grocery stores, and I'm
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pushing the cart.
Like, I have fantasies ofmowing people down with my shopping
cart.
Like, you don't just do, like,online grocery orders at this point?
No, I.
I don't trust people.
Like, I've had bad experienceswith it.
I've tried it.
But, like, I don't likesomebody shopping for me because
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I especially like.
We eat a lot of produce, andso I don't like when I get a mushy
goddamn apple.
I'm like, really?
Either you pack this so hardthat my Apple turned to applesauce
in the time that you did it oryou just picked a shitty apple, in
which case the is going on.
So I prefer to be able to goand pick my own.
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It's kind of a double edged sword.
But JJ is one of those peoplethat just reads a one star review
just because he can.
Sounds like.
Yeah, I don't leave reviews.
I won't say that too becauseit's still funny to me that they,
there's, there's.
I've left like I left morereviews for like past employers than
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I have for anything else.
Like that's it.
What about you Madsen?
What's your worst Black Friday story?
Oh no, I don't even have one.
I barely ever.
I can't even last time I'vedone that.
I just now these days I'm justskeptical of Black Friday deals on
like Cyber Monday and all that stuff.
I just, I think most companieson like Amazon and stuff, they mark,
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they the prices are higherlike three weeks before and then
Cyber Monday or Black Fridayweek it's like oh, it's on sale.
And it's like well is itreally on sale or did you just like
mark it down and makes us feellike it's on sale.
Marked first then yeah, markedit up and then.
Or like it slowly marked it upover time in preparation for that
so they can still make a goodprofit on that.
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I'm just pretty skeptical of.
Hey look, we, they.
These companies just want tomake a lot of money so I just don't.
Yeah, is it a deal?
But I'm like, is it really asmuch of a deal as it used to be?
I think because there's alwayssales like every day.
I'm like, is this one morespecial than the last one?
You just told me there was asale yesterday.
So like what is it?
It's all, it's all psychology.
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It's.
That's all it is.
99 cents is better.
299 is better than $3.
Jay.
It really I.
Hey, that's a good deal.
Yep.
I'll buy two for 299 before Ibuy one for three.
That's right.
That's right.
Well it's just like thememberships that like stores and
stuff, right?
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So like you have the littlecard that you get the bonus bucks
or whatever and the gas likethe most, the best deal you're getting
is gas points.
Like that's it.
Like because all the othershit it's get.
They're, they use it to getrid of their shit that's been on
the shelf forever or that'sgoing out of stock or they don't
want to carry as much.
It's not about.
And they still the markup,especially in groceries.
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This is not have anything todo with Christmas.
But the markup and grocery isone of the biggest markups period
across the board.
So deals are still raping you,raking you over the coals.
So it's just like whatever.
But I'm grateful for Costco.
Grateful for Costco gas.
I'll say that.
Not sponsored by Costco, butat least their gas is a little bit
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cheaper because of freaking hate.
Gas prices here in Washingtonare crazy.
Anyways, we digress.
Christmas like the movie istalking about is these days it's
so easy just to be like, ohyeah, it's about present.
Whether you're religious or not.
It's very easy to just forgetthat all these movies and stuff want
it to be about presents andpresents equate to happiness.
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When at the end of the day,like the older I get, like I don't
even.
There's absolutely nothing Ineed for Christmas.
There's nothing.
There's one thing I want, Iwant the.
This new Stormlight book fromBrandon Sanderson.
That's like the only want Ican even think of because we're all
grown people.
Like shit.
I know Jay, if he wants it, hebought it already.
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And so like at this point Ilike, I just value the ability to
take time away from work andlike, and just enjoy it.
It's fun.
Now we have like banks for instance.
He's still too little.
But seeing Christmas throughsomeone else's eyes and seeing the
excitement they have for likea gift or something that they're
going to play or like I justdon't have that anymore because I
don't need anything.
I wish I could be transportedback to like my 11 year old self
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and just remember that feeling.
Because damn, Christmas wassomething special then.
Nowadays it doesn't have that feeling.
But I try to just surroundmyself with like good vibes and bring
back the memories and try tonot get so caught up in the hoopla
of having to spend like a tonof money.
Yeah, I don't like that itdoesn't have a mess and I'm with
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you.
Like we don't even Christmas.
You're right.
I buy whatever the.
So there's a rule in ourfamily too though, like from like
the beginning of Novemberthrough December, you're not allowed
to buy your own unless it's anecessity like, you have to put a
pot.
Because otherwise.
Because I.
And it.
That rule was pretty much madefor being Casey because we just.
It.
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We just bought.
So what are you gonna buy yourpartner at that point?
Yeah.
Yeah.
You're making something upthat, like, you didn't really want
anyways.
Yeah.
And that's.
Yeah.
So now we'd go to Christmasand get like a gift and I'm in my
head going, well, you justbought that last week, so we'll take
that one back.
You know what I mean?
We wouldn't tell anybody.
But yeah.
So, like, that's one of thoserules that Casey's family introduced
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to.
Like, I was like, okay, that's smart.
Just, you put a hiatus onbuying anything that you want, you
can only buy you need.
So it's like.
But yeah, it's.
It's tough as an adult.
I do get excited watching thelittle kids, though, because they
still get, like, super excitedas they come running in and sitting
under the tree and they'rehaving fun.
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And I have more fun watchingthem open presents and lose their.
Than anything else that we do.
In fact, it's funny.
Like, Casey and I both goteach other presents and hers came
first for me, came like twodays ago.
And they're.
I'm wearing them on my feetright now.
And then the one that I gother, she's literally putting on the
bed right now.
So it's like, we don't evenwait until it's December fucking
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third and we've already hadour presence because it's just like,
hey, that's a nice thing foryou to do.
I probably would have boughtthat for us both or myself, like
in two weeks.
So.
But, you know, we make surethat there's an opportunity to do
that stuff.
But it's just so tough as an adult.
But that's.
I think that's probably if I'm half.
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If I'm being honest, like,from Christmas movie perspective,
like, it's so lazy.
Like, how do you make a moviethat doesn't even have a good message
in the end of it?
Because this just doesn't.
And that's a waste ofChristmas movies.
No, even the worst Christmas movie.
Like, at least even the worstfreaking movie that we reviewed pre
last week, Christmas Storystill has some good messages in it,
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right?
Like, it ends in the familyeat at a Chinese restaurant and enjoying
themselves and having fun together.
But this one's like, oh, Igotta go run a gig saying get my
wife anything if you stickaround long enough.
Or it just ends on Straightup, my dad saved the day being a
dick.
Like, what the.
That's a good life lesson.
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Don't be nice and you'll win.
There you go.
Alec just added fuel to hisown fire.
All right, let's rate this thing.
My movie.
I get to go first.
You're doing this first thingthree times, and you got last week
because you hijacked Matson'spick when he wasn't here.
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And see proof.
Okay, I'm a dick and I'm winning.
So both of y'all.
No.
So I don't like this movie.
I do get a chuckle out of theretail experiences because they're
so outlandish.
But you can see it on, like,employees faces when you go into
retail when they're just aboutdone and want to do this exact thing.
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And I love the Santaracketeering because I just find
it hilarious how stupid it is.
But it's not a good movie.
I'm giving it a one.
Like, I watched it purely tomake you guys Mr.
Guy.
All right, pick me.
This movie is a 0.5.
It's terrible.
Done.
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I love it when Matson's so salty.
He doesn't even give a review.
He's just like, this movie sucks.
It's a 0.5.
Move on.
Or it's so good, he hasnothing to say what was a couple
weeks ago you were like five?
I don't remember.
I remember what that was.
I don't either.
Anyway, I'm giving it a one.
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It's bad.
It's.
Yeah.
For it to get the same ratingas Christmas Story.
It's bad.
Like, I don't like it.
It's weird.
Arnold sucks.
Sinbad sucks.
Phil Hartman was the onlything that saved this movie in even
the slightest possible way.
Yeah, that's about it.
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And it's.
And then the funny.
Weird.
I'm with you, Alec.
Like, I love watching thecaricature of.
Of retail shopping on Christmas.
You're gonna form one orderlyline and get a raffle ball.
Yeah.
And then they end up like.
Yeah, it's just.
It's terrible.
I was surprised, though, at the.
I mean, I've been surprisedthese last two weeks.
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How much was in these twomovies that we've done recently that
get people in some serioustrouble nowadays if they made that.
Like, it's just like, what theis happening.
But, yeah, these are.
This is a terrible movie.
And I hate you again formaking me watch this movie.
You're welcome.
So, Alex winning.
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I'm here for a good time.
Not a long time.
At least next.
At least next week he has agood choice that we get to talk about.
So there it is.
I can jingle all the way.
Merry Christmas, Alex.
Tell everybody where they canfind us.
Happy too.
So this is week three of.
I'm just gonna call itChristmas Movie Bonanza.
There we go.
Christmas Movie Bonanza.
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Special thanks to naming thisChristmas movies that Alec picked
that he wanted the torch.
Oh, perfect.
This is.
This is week three of Alex Month.
Thank you very much.
I'm taking all the credit forevery single movie.
Week three of Alex Month.
Special thanks to our patronsfor picking such a great topic.
By the way, phenomenal choice.
Rich mel Brooks and JJ's ExtraLarge Pepperidge Farm wiener.
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That's the first time I feltgood saying that.
Like Mattson just put me up oncloud nine with saying this.
I love.
So check us out on YouTubewhere you want to see our smiling,
giggling faces or, you know,for poor JJ and Matts, in the last
couple of weeks it's beennothing but disappointment, frowns
and judging all of my life's choices.
Other than that, Patreon is aplace to find us where you can get
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behind the scenes content.
There's up to now like 400little episodes or 400 extra videos
that you guys can indulge in.
That's the best place to get involved.
So you can pick topics.
You can choose on movies thatwe select for those topics.
And then you guys also havethe ability to suggest quarterly
picks.
And we got a Q4 banger linedup for poor old JJ.
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With that though, I will kickit back to the wazir of wap.
Jack Dunn's baby Scroogehimself a jj.
That's right.
I was very sad that Charlesdidn't pick Scrooge.
That's one of my.
Yeah, I got.
I had a whole list of great.
Christmas movies and you didnot realize.
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It'S my month and now and Igot hijacked by Alex picks.
Yeah, thanks, Alec.
Appreciate it.
And to everyone else, weappreciate you tuning in.
We'll catch you on the next.
Bye, Austin la Vista, baby.
That was weird.
And the kid that is the.
The dad's son.
I hate that kid.
He's in some other.
He's the Anakin kid.
Hate him, like, just don'tlike him.
Oh, poor Jake Lloyd.
Wow.
Yeah, Jake Lloyd.
And that right there is why hewent to jail later in life.
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Welcome to the what's Already podcast.
We fashion ourselves cinematicjudge and Jerry.
My name is J.J.
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I'm here with my co host Mat Heiner.
It's turbo time.
Better red than dead.
And Alec Burgess.
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We'll take all of theirlistens, watches, follows.
Man, it's week three ofChristmas movies.
I cannot believe we're threeweeks into December when it comes
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to movies, but here we are.
And this week's movie is.
Jingle all the way wasreleased November 22, 1996.
It was written by RandyCornfield and it's directed by Brian
Levant.
Stars Arnold Schwarzenegger,Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Rita Wilson,
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Robert Conrad, Martin Mole,Jake Lloyd, Jim Belushi, and Lorraine
Newman.
It's about a father who vowsto get his son a Turboman action
figure for Christmas.
However, every store is sold out.
He must travel all over townand compete with everybody else in
order to find one.
Alec, this is your pick too?
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Yes, sir.
Why do I hate you in Christmas time?
Like, I feel like.
I feel like.
It's very purposeful, all ofthese nasty choices.
No.
Maybe a little.
I told you I had some fun this month.
Only.
Only your third pick makes youworthwhile the rest of this month
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because, geez, you've hurt my soul.
This.
How did 3 out of 5 movies getpicked for Alex?
I am lucky.
That's fair.
So why this movie?
Means our patrons have bad taste.
Please join our Patreon so wecan have more voters.
Thank you.
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Public service announcement.
There you go.
Why pick Jingle Away?
Okay.
Face value, right?
Face value.
Reason.
We're out of good Christmas movies.
And I refuse to put, like, aHallmark movie on the list ever.
That's never gonna happen.
A little bit deeper.
And I know it's gonna bake agood podcast episode because the
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movie sucks enough that youmotherfuckers aren't gonna like,
it either.
That's fair.
That's fair.
There are parts in this thatget me.
And it stems entirely from.
I think they did the retailscenes perfectly.
Like, I've worked in retailbefore and the kind of creative license
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they took.
You know, when he's in, like,I need to find a turbo window, and
the guy just starts laughing.
I'm like, like, that'severybody who works in retail.
Christmas around Christmastime or Black Friday, everything
like that is what you want todo to the people who come into the
stores.
Are you stupid?
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You're asking me for what?
Do you know what day it is?
Or even, like, earlier wherethe guy's got a stopwatch and he's
timing when to open the doors.
He's pointing at the door.
I was that person.
And so this little.
You know what?
I.
I worked for the Disney Store, right?
In the mall.
And Christmas Eve I wasworking and our mall closed at 6,
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and I got put on the door andI had so many people trying to come
in.
Because the way it works,right, Is if you're in the store,
you can finish up your shopping.
Yeah.
Oh, I was at that gate and Iwas like, you're not coming in.
Like, I need.
That one's right there.
And I'm like, and we've beenopen since 10am where have you been?
It was the only time I wasallowed to be that belligerent.
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So it speaks to me on a verypersonal level, those scenes specifically.
But there is.
This is not a good movie.
I don't enjoy watching thewhole thing, but I also knew that
YouTube wouldn't enjoywatching it.
And that's enough for me topick it.
Yeah, you're welcome.
What about you, Max?
Had you seen this before?
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Is this your first watch through?
I came across this movie,unfortunately, last Christmas because
Tay puts on all kinds ofChristmas movies.
I don't know why she put onthis movie because she doesn't even
like this movie.
This movie.
I forgot what this movie wasuntil I started watching this, when
I was like, oh, wait, I knowthis movie.
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And immediately was very nothappy and was contemplating just
not watching the rest of itbecause I remember it, but I forgot
some of the middle parts.
And, man, this movie is a 90smovie through and through.
The parts that Alex said werefunny are not funny.
It was so, like, overacted.
Have you worked in retail?
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I have worked in retail.
I once was putting on helpinga mom get a shoe for their child,
thinking that child was afemale and it was actually a male,
and it Was awkward.
I've had.
I.
Yeah.
There.
And I did it during BlackFriday and all kinds of stuff.
Don't miss any of that.
But this movie sucks.
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This movie is terrible.
Arnold Schwarzenegger can'tact in this movie.
Can't really act in any moviebut this movie.
No sin.
Bad.
Terrible.
The radio host, terrible.
Like, none of it's believable.
It's so overdone and stupid.
And then the whole terribleman costume.
I'm sorry.
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Like, really, like, really.
Like, if we could do that as asociety back in the night.
Like, no.
The suspension of disbelief inthis movie is ridiculous.
The only part that has anyredeeming value isn't a good value.
It's the stupid neighborthat's trying to cop the dude's wife.
And, like, that part, like,makes me like, oh, that's kind of
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funny.
He's being devious.
And then he totally getswhat's coming to him.
But what's funny is.
And probably in real life,that guy probably would have won.
So that's how those thingsactually happen.
But in this movie, you know,it's got to go the good way.
All that to say too muchverbiage for a crappy movie like
this movie.
Just.
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I never, ever, ever want towatch this movie again.
It's terrible.
The only way I could haveliked this movie is I watched it
when I was a kid, and I liketo think I better taste.
My gosh, this movie is terrible.
And the kid.
That is the.
The dad's son.
I hate that kid.
He's in some other.
He's the Anakin kid.
Hate him.
Like, just don't like him.
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Oh, poor Jake Lloyd.
Wow.
Yeah.
And that right there is why hewent to jail later in life.
Do not like him.
He took a lot of heat for Star wars.
And if I don't know, this filmwas produced by Lucasfilm.
So it was probably why he got.
Not his fault in Star wars so much.
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But I wish they.
He.
Yeah, he should have donesomething else in acting, probably,
but, you know, he tried.
Yeah, well, this.
This is.
This would certainly be why heended up in episode one, because
Luke's film made this film.
But anyway, I hate this movie, too.
It's bad.
It's.
It's terrible.
I mean, it's.
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Here's the funny part is I hadnever seen this movie all the way
through until I watched it for this.
You're welcome.
Well, and I think that's me,too, because there was some little
piece.
I was like, wait, I don'tremember that.
And I was like, oh, now I know why.
Because I couldn't sufferthrough this garbage.
Yeah.
I was watching it going, thisis bad.
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Like, it's bad.
And it's.
It's bad.
And.
And the reason that you likethe neighbor scenes is because Phil
Hartman was a genius.
Rest his soul.
And he was.
The best part about the movie.
Hilarious.
That.
And then, like, I don't knowwhy, but the cop that he always ends
up running into, that partmakes me laugh.
I don't know why, but it makesme laugh all the way.
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And then, you know, theidiots, like, oh, Turbo man, you're
the man.
Don't worry about it.
It's just like.
Yeah.
It's so ridiculous.
And I.
You know, and I realize it'smade for kids, right?
Like, the whole thing is made for.
Yes.
But at the same time, like, Idon't remember being that stupid
as a kid that I would thinkthat this was funny or great.
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And, I mean, granted, I was.
You weren't a kid when this was.
I was.
Yeah.
But even as a kid, I don't.
I just don't know that I'd belike, oh, look, his dad's Turbo man
flying around on a jet pack.
That should have killed himtwo seconds.
And though five minutes beforethat was pretty funny.
That's another line that getsme is when they're.
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They grab him and they'relike, this is the guy.
And they start putting thecostume on him, and the guy's going
a mile a minute about the.
That's going to kill you aboutthe suit.
Like, that part made me laugh.
But other than that, like,God, it's just not that funny.
And like, the weird.
Come on, man.
It's 96.
You got to be able to make amoose look a little more realistic
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in the face than that.
Like, Jesus.
Like, its teeth were like,what the is wrong with this reindeer?
And why is it in, like, justoutside New York City, New York?
Like, what the is going on?
Anyway?
Phil Hartman, he's the man.
But, yeah, this movie's terrible.
It's terrible.
And I hate you for making mewatch it all the way.
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You're welcome.
Yeah.
The only other part that Ikind of enjoy as well.
I don't know what it is, but Ilike almost this bad Santa, because
the Santa racketeering ring.
Yeah.
It's also funny.
Fair.
That's fair.
This is mob style.
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It.
It was terrible.
Jim Belushi's funny, too.
So that.
Yeah.
You know, his Santa.
Yeah, that was pretty funny.
It's a Horrible movie.
Arnold Schwarzenegger isriding the high of all of his other
stuff.
And think around.
There's some movies obviouslyof him that we've heard me reveal
it.
I like him in the right thing.
He's perfect.
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But like, when he tried to dothese other movies where they actually
need him to do a little bit ofdialogue and do something outside
of Austin, baby, it's just, inmy opinion, never really worked.
And this movie just suffersfor his horribleness and then sin
bad.
Like, just horrible.
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They're fight scenes.
This package is a bomb.
The over.
Like, I love how kids movies,cops always come out with the guns.
Like, and there was a reportlike someone broke him.
Like, shoot first, askquestions later.
I guess that's kind of true.
It was the 90s.
I know, man.
It's just.
It's just over.
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Like every 90s.
It's just over the top cliche.
You know how it's going to end.
It's gonna.
It's gonna be perfect.
Just.
Well, I think what's the worstpart about this?
Like, when you think of itfrom a Christmas movie perspective?
Because, look, Christmasmovies are hard.
They're either reallyinteresting or they're terrible.
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And most of them are terrible.
And this one falls into that.
But at least most of them,like the cheesy, sappy Christmas
ending tries to remind you whyChristmas is important.
This one doesn't even do that.
Like, it just makes this dadlook like a hero.
And it like everything fallsinto place even though he's probably
killed six people in thismovie and that's just the ones he
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was trying to hurt.
Like, it's just like, wait, what?
And then at least, you know, adozen police officers were in that
bomb explosion that onlyfucked up the one dude's hands.
And I'm like, wait, what?
So it's just like they didn'teven get to the point at the end
where they're like, okay,let's make it a Christmas movie and
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teach everyone a lesson abouthow life is beautiful.
And we should all takeChristmas and, you know, life more.
Like the more important thingsshould be important.
And the not important thing,like they had that shit's teed up
throughout this movie.
Because the Alex point.
The other part that alwaysmakes me laugh is the ball fight,
like over like the raffle balls.
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Like, that shit makes megiggle a little bit.
But like, so pointing out theworst parts of Christmas, even to.
In a caricature form, like,but then they don't even pay it off
with.
Like, yeah, that's a Good point.
Because they had all that.
You're waiting at the end tobe like, okay, like, tell me that
presents aren't the thing.
It's like about those.
You spend Christmas.
And I never really did thatbecause even did you guys know, people
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don't care about Christmas.
They care about presents.
That's fair.
You guys know there's an endcredit scene?
Yeah.
I didn't know that because I.
I left it on.
I was like eating and then Iwas like, oh, never knew that this
was a scene because even atthe very end, she's just essentially
asked, like, what did you get me?
Yeah, okay.
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Yeah, it's terrible.
There's no life lesson in this.
There's no make sure.
What's important is important.
It's, hey, if you go and takepart in all the Christmas shenanigans,
eventually everything willwork out and then your kids love
you again.
I don't miss any of the BlackFriday stuff.
I've never, like.
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I'm so thankful for onlineshopping because I don't.
I never had do a ton of it,but never enjoyed going to crazy
malls and having to try tofinagle all the stuff.
Jay, you should tell us yourworst Black Friday experience.
I don't have one.
You never did it?
You never shop?
Never.
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I don't like on my best day, Idon't like going shopping when the
stores are empty.
I am not going to stand inline for something that I can spend
a couple hundred bucks morefor and not have to go through the
hassle of someone that wantsto kick my ass if I'm in front of
them in line.
I.
It just in standing in line toshow there are very few things that
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I will stand in line for, andshopping is not one of them.
And so I'm grateful for onlineshopping, too.
But I've been grateful foronline shopping for a very long time.
And it has nothing to do withBlack Friday because I just don't
like leaving my house, letalone going on a day when it's just.
I don't even.
I do everything I can to notleave my house on Black Friday, even
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if it's just to go to, like,somewhere completely different.
Especially back when it was a thing.
Thing.
I mean, it's still a thing,but was.
It was like you had to go tothe stores and like, like, I didn't.
I'm out because, like, I'm nota nice person in the general public.
And when the general public isin, like, the worst state possible,
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I'm certainly not a nice Person.
I still don't.
Now, I will say that there'splaces like, so Christmas time to.
For me.
So we shop at a store that isdown in another city a couple miles
down the road.
Well, the store that's closestis that one that.
But it's part of one of thesewalking malls now.
Like, it's just.
There's like a walking outdoormall, and then there's like, a thing
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of stores that's kind ofdetect, like, separated from them
big piece of the walking mall.
And then the grocery storethat I shop at is right there.
So it's like a parking lotaway from this walking mall.
Dude, I go to a completelydifferent grocery store during Christmas,
like, the month of December.
I can't shop there becauseit's like, I don't even get out of
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my car in the worst place.
But, like, there's peopleeverywhere, cars everywhere.
And I want to run most of themover as I'm driving in and out of
the parking lot.
Because I just.
I'm just like.
I thought you were verypatient individual, jj, as you told
us in our.
Last podcast, I'm very patientwith people that I know.
I probably should have beenmore clarifying on that, like, or
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in situations where I need to be.
But if I'm in the safety of myown car and I'm trying to go somewhere
that shouldn't have a fullparking lot with holes walking around
everywhere and getting in myway and being disrespectful and discourteous,
my patience immediately goesout the window.
But that's also because Idon't like driving anymore.
I used to love driving.
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I don't like driving anymore.
I don't even.
Like.
I.
The.
The older I get, the moreagoraphobic I get, which, that's
the wrong term because I amnot actually afraid of it.
I'm just angered by it.
Like, I don't like people whenit comes to, like, the general public
hate it.
I hate grocery stores most ofthe time in grocery stores, and I'm
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pushing the cart.
Like, I have fantasies ofmowing people down with my shopping
cart.
Like, you don't just do, like,online grocery orders at this point?
No, I.
I don't trust people.
Like, I've had bad experienceswith it.
I've tried it.
But, like, I don't likesomebody shopping for me because
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I especially like.
We eat a lot of produce, andso I don't like when I get a mushy
goddamn apple.
I'm like, really?
Either you pack this so hardthat my Apple turned to applesauce
in the time that you did it oryou just picked a shitty apple, in
which case the is going on.
So I prefer to be able to goand pick my own.
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It's kind of a double edged sword.
But JJ is one of those peoplethat just reads a one star review
just because he can.
Sounds like.
Yeah, I don't leave reviews.
I won't say that too becauseit's still funny to me that they,
there's, there's.
I've left like I left morereviews for like past employers than
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I have for anything else.
Like that's it.
What about you Madsen?
What's your worst Black Friday story?
Oh no, I don't even have one.
I barely ever.
I can't even last time I'vedone that.
I just now these days I'm justskeptical of Black Friday deals on
like Cyber Monday and all that stuff.
I just, I think most companieson like Amazon and stuff, they mark,
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they the prices are higherlike three weeks before and then
Cyber Monday or Black Fridayweek it's like oh, it's on sale.
And it's like well is itreally on sale or did you just like
mark it down and makes us feellike it's on sale.
Marked first then yeah, markedit up and then.
Or like it slowly marked it upover time in preparation for that
so they can still make a goodprofit on that.
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I'm just pretty skeptical of.
Hey look, we, they.
These companies just want tomake a lot of money so I just don't.
Yeah, is it a deal?
But I'm like, is it really asmuch of a deal as it used to be?
I think because there's alwayssales like every day.
I'm like, is this one morespecial than the last one?
You just told me there was asale yesterday.
So like what is it?
It's all, it's all psychology.
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It's.
That's all it is.
99 cents is better.
299 is better than $3.
Jay.
It really I.
Hey, that's a good deal.
Yep.
I'll buy two for 299 before Ibuy one for three.
That's right.
That's right.
Well it's just like thememberships that like stores and
stuff, right?
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So like you have the littlecard that you get the bonus bucks
or whatever and the gas likethe most, the best deal you're getting
is gas points.
Like that's it.
Like because all the othershit it's get.
They're, they use it to getrid of their shit that's been on
the shelf forever or that'sgoing out of stock or they don't
want to carry as much.
It's not about.
And they still the markup,especially in groceries.
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This is not have anything todo with Christmas.
But the markup and grocery isone of the biggest markups period
across the board.
So deals are still raping you,raking you over the coals.
So it's just like whatever.
But I'm grateful for Costco.
Grateful for Costco gas.
I'll say that.
Not sponsored by Costco, butat least their gas is a little bit
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cheaper because of freaking hate.
Gas prices here in Washingtonare crazy.
Anyways, we digress.
Christmas like the movie istalking about is these days it's
so easy just to be like, ohyeah, it's about present.
Whether you're religious or not.
It's very easy to just forgetthat all these movies and stuff want
it to be about presents andpresents equate to happiness.
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When at the end of the day,like the older I get, like I don't
even.
There's absolutely nothing Ineed for Christmas.
There's nothing.
There's one thing I want, Iwant the.
This new Stormlight book fromBrandon Sanderson.
That's like the only want Ican even think of because we're all
grown people.
Like shit.
I know Jay, if he wants it, hebought it already.
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And so like at this point Ilike, I just value the ability to
take time away from work andlike, and just enjoy it.
It's fun.
Now we have like banks for instance.
He's still too little.
But seeing Christmas throughsomeone else's eyes and seeing the
excitement they have for likea gift or something that they're
going to play or like I justdon't have that anymore because I
don't need anything.
I wish I could be transportedback to like my 11 year old self
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and just remember that feeling.
Because damn, Christmas wassomething special then.
Nowadays it doesn't have that feeling.
But I try to just surroundmyself with like good vibes and bring
back the memories and try tonot get so caught up in the hoopla
of having to spend like a tonof money.
Yeah, I don't like that itdoesn't have a mess and I'm with
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you.
Like we don't even Christmas.
You're right.
I buy whatever the.
So there's a rule in ourfamily too though, like from like
the beginning of Novemberthrough December, you're not allowed
to buy your own unless it's anecessity like, you have to put a
pot.
Because otherwise.
Because I.
And it.
That rule was pretty much madefor being Casey because we just.
It.
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We just bought.
So what are you gonna buy yourpartner at that point?
Yeah.
Yeah.
You're making something upthat, like, you didn't really want
anyways.
Yeah.
And that's.
Yeah.
So now we'd go to Christmasand get like a gift and I'm in my
head going, well, you justbought that last week, so we'll take
that one back.
You know what I mean?
We wouldn't tell anybody.
But yeah.
So, like, that's one of thoserules that Casey's family introduced
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to.
Like, I was like, okay, that's smart.
Just, you put a hiatus onbuying anything that you want, you
can only buy you need.
So it's like.
But yeah, it's.
It's tough as an adult.
I do get excited watching thelittle kids, though, because they
still get, like, super excitedas they come running in and sitting
under the tree and they'rehaving fun.
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And I have more fun watchingthem open presents and lose their.
Than anything else that we do.
In fact, it's funny.
Like, Casey and I both goteach other presents and hers came
first for me, came like twodays ago.
And they're.
I'm wearing them on my feetright now.
And then the one that I gother, she's literally putting on the
bed right now.
So it's like, we don't evenwait until it's December fucking
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third and we've already hadour presence because it's just like,
hey, that's a nice thing foryou to do.
I probably would have boughtthat for us both or myself, like
in two weeks.
So.
But, you know, we make surethat there's an opportunity to do
that stuff.
But it's just so tough as an adult.
But that's.
I think that's probably if I'm half.
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If I'm being honest, like,from Christmas movie perspective,
like, it's so lazy.
Like, how do you make a moviethat doesn't even have a good message
in the end of it?
Because this just doesn't.
And that's a waste ofChristmas movies.
No, even the worst Christmas movie.
Like, at least even the worstfreaking movie that we reviewed pre
last week, Christmas Storystill has some good messages in it,
(24:16):
right?
Like, it ends in the familyeat at a Chinese restaurant and enjoying
themselves and having fun together.
But this one's like, oh, Igotta go run a gig saying get my
wife anything if you stickaround long enough.
Or it just ends on Straightup, my dad saved the day being a
dick.
Like, what the.
That's a good life lesson.
(24:37):
Don't be nice and you'll win.
There you go.
Alec just added fuel to hisown fire.
All right, let's rate this thing.
My movie.
I get to go first.
You're doing this first thingthree times, and you got last week
because you hijacked Matson'spick when he wasn't here.
(24:59):
And see proof.
Okay, I'm a dick and I'm winning.
So both of y'all.
No.
So I don't like this movie.
I do get a chuckle out of theretail experiences because they're
so outlandish.
But you can see it on, like,employees faces when you go into
retail when they're just aboutdone and want to do this exact thing.
(25:20):
And I love the Santaracketeering because I just find
it hilarious how stupid it is.
But it's not a good movie.
I'm giving it a one.
Like, I watched it purely tomake you guys Mr.
Guy.
All right, pick me.
This movie is a 0.5.
It's terrible.
Done.
(25:41):
I love it when Matson's so salty.
He doesn't even give a review.
He's just like, this movie sucks.
It's a 0.5.
Move on.
Or it's so good, he hasnothing to say what was a couple
weeks ago you were like five?
I don't remember.
I remember what that was.
I don't either.
Anyway, I'm giving it a one.
(26:03):
It's bad.
It's.
Yeah.
For it to get the same ratingas Christmas Story.
It's bad.
Like, I don't like it.
It's weird.
Arnold sucks.
Sinbad sucks.
Phil Hartman was the onlything that saved this movie in even
the slightest possible way.
Yeah, that's about it.
(26:23):
And it's.
And then the funny.
Weird.
I'm with you, Alec.
Like, I love watching thecaricature of.
Of retail shopping on Christmas.
You're gonna form one orderlyline and get a raffle ball.
Yeah.
And then they end up like.
Yeah, it's just.
It's terrible.
I was surprised, though, at the.
I mean, I've been surprisedthese last two weeks.
(26:44):
How much was in these twomovies that we've done recently that
get people in some serioustrouble nowadays if they made that.
Like, it's just like, what theis happening.
But, yeah, these are.
This is a terrible movie.
And I hate you again formaking me watch this movie.
You're welcome.
So, Alex winning.
(27:05):
I'm here for a good time.
Not a long time.
At least next.
At least next week he has agood choice that we get to talk about.
So there it is.
I can jingle all the way.
Merry Christmas, Alex.
Tell everybody where they canfind us.
Happy too.
So this is week three of.
I'm just gonna call itChristmas Movie Bonanza.
There we go.
Christmas Movie Bonanza.
(27:26):
Special thanks to naming thisChristmas movies that Alec picked
that he wanted the torch.
Oh, perfect.
This is.
This is week three of Alex Month.
Thank you very much.
I'm taking all the credit forevery single movie.
Week three of Alex Month.
Special thanks to our patronsfor picking such a great topic.
By the way, phenomenal choice.
Rich mel Brooks and JJ's ExtraLarge Pepperidge Farm wiener.
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That's the first time I feltgood saying that.
Like Mattson just put me up oncloud nine with saying this.
I love.
So check us out on YouTubewhere you want to see our smiling,
giggling faces or, you know,for poor JJ and Matts, in the last
couple of weeks it's beennothing but disappointment, frowns
and judging all of my life's choices.
Other than that, Patreon is aplace to find us where you can get
(28:12):
behind the scenes content.
There's up to now like 400little episodes or 400 extra videos
that you guys can indulge in.
That's the best place to get involved.
So you can pick topics.
You can choose on movies thatwe select for those topics.
And then you guys also havethe ability to suggest quarterly
picks.
And we got a Q4 banger linedup for poor old JJ.
(28:38):
With that though, I will kickit back to the wazir of wap.
Jack Dunn's baby Scroogehimself a jj.
That's right.
I was very sad that Charlesdidn't pick Scrooge.
That's one of my.
Yeah, I got.
I had a whole list of great.
Christmas movies and you didnot realize.
(28:58):
It'S my month and now and Igot hijacked by Alex picks.
Yeah, thanks, Alec.
Appreciate it.
And to everyone else, weappreciate you tuning in.
We'll catch you on the next.
Bye, Austin la Vista, baby.
That was weird.
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