Matt and Friends Drink the Universe

Christmas Trivia and Name That Tune 2025

Matt and Friends Drink The Universe Episode 61

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A frosty glass, a warm toast, trivia, and a roomful of music nerds trying not to cry-laugh over a slide whistle—our holiday special brings the good stuff. We start with a cookies-and-cream Sugarlands concoction and buttery-nipple shots poured into Matt's Grandpa’s vintage shot glass set, then raise a heartfelt toast to departed friend. From there the energy jumps: holiday music trivia, name‑that‑tune chaos with student recordings, and a chord-progression challenge that reveals how deeply these carols live in our bones.

We dig into the stories behind the songs with some trivia. The slide whistle segment might be the funniest minute of our year, but it’s also a clever lesson in melody recognition: strip away the production and you can still sing your way home. Then we pivot to the all-time top toys list—Slinky, Yo-yo, Barbie, Game Boy, LEGO, Hot Wheels, Wii, Switch—and unpack why certain fads explode, which classics endure, and how design, scarcity, and nostalgia shape holiday demand.

To cap it off, we play a yes–no lightning round of questions to guess what Andy is thinking of and pick our Stellar Sip. It’s equal parts music history, party game, and story time—woven with real friendship, small traditions, and the kind of laughter that lingers. Pour something sweet, press play, and join the table. If you smiled, shared a memory, or guessed a tune before we did, subscribe, leave a review, and tell a friend who needs a holiday laugh.

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Intro and Introductions

SPEAKER_11

Welcome to Matt and Friends the Universe.

SPEAKER_02

Alright, everyone, welcome back to Matt and Friends Drinks Universe. It is once again time for our holiday episode.

SPEAKER_07

I'm feeling festive. Yes.

SPEAKER_02

Very festive. I think we are. I have some great friends drinking the universe again with me today. First off, always giving me a break for the holiday episode. Your ho ho host. Hey, it's Andy.

SPEAKER_03

Yay, it's Siobhan.

SPEAKER_02

Chris. Hey guys, it's Rob. And I'm your host, Matt. I know Andy has a holiday trivia episode cooked up for us.

SPEAKER_07

Absolutely. But do we want to talk about this delicious beverage we have here? I haven't tried it yet. I think we do.

SPEAKER_02

So we did the Sugarlands episode recently, and we made the cherry pie uh drop abomination. Yeah, it was not our favorite. And I had said, uh, I think we can get a mulligan on that one with the cookies and cream. We have uh, so this is with the birthday cake, Sugarland sip and cream. It is a cookies and cream drink. So let's see what we think.

SPEAKER_12

Pretty delicious, in my opinion.

SPEAKER_11

It is quite tasty. The first sip that I had, I don't think was uh was was mixed, and then I shook it around a little bit more and and now settled out.

SPEAKER_07

The whipped cream had to settle a little bit.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_05

Delicious.

SPEAKER_02

That's yummy. So this one, just so you know, it's basically chocolate milk, the birthday cake, sip and cream, whipped cream, and then shaved Hershey's chocolate bar on the side.

SPEAKER_11

Yummy. Wait, hang on one moment. I wanted that to sound nicer than it did.

SPEAKER_02

And before we continue any further, this is a drinking podcast. After all, on the table, we also have some shots here. Most of you may know these as the buttery nipple. These are Bailey's and Butterscotch schnups at the bottom. I will take one of those if someone passes me one this way. So this one's kind of more special to me this year. This was the drink that I'd normally have with my neighbor Dave next door. And unfortunately, Dave passed away back in March. And uh so Dave and I did not get to drink these together this year, but I wanted to make these for all of you. We'll give a quick toast to my buddy Dave, kick off the holiday episode here. The shot glasses are so frosty cold. They are. So the shot glasses, this is a fun fact. These were my grandfather's, and his birthday was on Christmas. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, this is a great set. We need like a good picture of it, too.

SPEAKER_02

That set might date back to like 1970 something. Nice. It comes with a nice little holder so you can carry shots to all your alcoholic friends wherever they happen to be in your house at any time.

SPEAKER_12

Oh, we have the nice uh little Christmas light in the background of this photo. There you go. All right.

SPEAKER_02

Little Christmas light. It looks little in the photo. That's the best part.

SPEAKER_03

It is large.

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It's approximately two and a half feet tall from Home Depot. So I won't talk about what you're compensating for.

SPEAKER_12

I mean you asked for that. Shivan, get a nice little clinking into the mic.

SPEAKER_03

Small treat? Yeah, yeah. Cheers.

SPEAKER_12

All right. Cheers to Dave.

SPEAKER_07

To Dave. To Dave. Oh, that's delicious. Always.

SPEAKER_03

It's so cold.

SPEAKER_02

It's very cold. So the funny thing about those is so good. Dave would call me at like one in the afternoon and say, Are you coming over for like tonight to hang? I say, sure. And he would stick those to the point where they were frozen solid. So when I drink them, the bailies would just slide off. It's like an ice juice. And the butterscotch would have to kind of like That's delicious. Yeah, those are really good. There's three more of them. Help yourself. Yum. So should we turn this over to Andy? Sure.

SPEAKER_07

Let's uh do we have Santa Sack this year? Like which direction are we going in? Yeah, so again, it it's better to give than to receive. So the purpose is to be the person with the least points at the end of the game. But you're not going to know how many points you have. So when you get a question right, you're going to draw a card and put it in the gift bag of one of your competitors. Um, and then at the end of the game, uh the person with the least points wins, and there might be a prize. Ooh, might. Prize.

SPEAKER_03

Chris is like, I'm out. So there's no prize.

SPEAKER_11

By the way, I'm I'm admiring the uh art on the back of your laptop. Oh, yes. Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_07

I enjoy it very much cover. So yeah, so we're gonna put the cards in there. Face value cards are all gonna be worth 10 to keep the math nice and simple because we're drinking.

SPEAKER_10

Hey oh. So we are over 60 episodes.

SPEAKER_02

The last episode that came out was actually the 60th. Wow.

SPEAKER_10

Whoa.

SPEAKER_02

Wow. So do we know historically who won the last two? I seem to recall Siobhan winning one, and then I hosed Chris the first year.

SPEAKER_12

Yeah, the first year you screwed me over at the end of it.

SPEAKER_03

Did I win last year? I don't remember.

SPEAKER_07

I think Matt won once. Yeah, I think that was the that doesn't sound right. No, I'm pretty sure because there was the first year I had like uh it certainly wasn't the first year.

SPEAKER_11

The first year we're just giving points to Matt the whole game.

Holiday Music Trivia Kicks Off

SPEAKER_07

Yeah, but remember which you you can feel welcome to do again.

SPEAKER_11

Deck somebody else's halls, people. I know Matt has won some episodes of this podcast, but usually it's few and far between.

SPEAKER_07

I over the summer I had a goal to at least skip to the end of every episode and make like a spreadsheet of one. Yeah.

SPEAKER_12

I didn't do it.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, we gotta start on that. We need a crazy fan, like uh good job, Brady does that where someone will listen and then write in and be like, this is all the stats about every episode that you've ever done. But they're on like hundreds of episodes.

SPEAKER_11

I cannot remember. There's a Hot Ones guy.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_11

Brian something or Dave something. I don't I don't remember what his name is, but uh he's like a super fan that keeps stats.

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All right, super fans. Where are you at?

SPEAKER_11

Get at the comments.

SPEAKER_07

Click the send us the textbook.

SPEAKER_03

Start sheeting. Yeah. Okay. Get a sheet together.

SPEAKER_07

All right. So shall we start with round one? Take a sheet. Do it. All right. So this uh the trivia is very music-based today. I figured since we're a lot of musicians, this should be good for us. Uh-oh. We're excited. But each question in round one also has a bonus question that goes along with it. So, round one, question one. And uh again, this is the best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear. How old was Brenda Lee when she recorded Rockin' Around the Christmas tree back in 1958? Procedural question who's going first. Oh, oh, right, hold on. Let me get the spinner out. Here we go. Hey, that's fun.

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I hear it.

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Ta-da!

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Player one is Matt. Okay.

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Alrighty.

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Okay, and then are we going to go this way or around? Okay.

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Straight down the line.

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You guys. All right, Matt.

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How old was Brenda Lee when she recorded Rockin' Around the Christmas tree back in 1958? Was she A 13, B, 26, C forty six, or D 68? 13. Is the correct answer. Wow. Right? I knew she was young. Think of the tonality of that voice. What a voice. And she was 13.

SPEAKER_03

Did she sound like a smoker when she was 18? Because I feel like she already had that going on. Yeah, right. Oh my God.

SPEAKER_07

Wow. So for so, Matt, you get to draw a card. Don't look at it, but put it in somebody's bag. Stick that in Siobhan's bag. Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_04

Okay.

SPEAKER_07

Rude. Now for the bonus question, which anyone can answer the bonus question. Who can anyone name another song that Brenda Lee was known for?

SPEAKER_03

This is gonna annoy me because I'm sure you're gonna give us one and I'm gonna be like, of course I know that's it.

SPEAKER_07

There's at least one that you're probably gonna know.

SPEAKER_08

I have a question.

SPEAKER_11

Does it have to be a Christmas song? No. Okay. Okay. Oh, so this this could be another song that she recorded. Oh, geez.

SPEAKER_03

Um no idea.

SPEAKER_11

I'm gonna go with Rockin' Robin. Solid guess, incorrect. Is there a penalty for me guessing incorrectly? Very good.

SPEAKER_08

You'll be flogged later.

SPEAKER_12

Right. Any other gr guesses? Uh somewhere over the rainbow.

SPEAKER_03

What?

SPEAKER_12

I don't know. Just taking a wild shot in the dark.

SPEAKER_03

Yikes. I have nothing.

SPEAKER_07

Yeah, I've got it. The other big song she's known for is that I'm sorry song.

SPEAKER_03

Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_07

I'm sorry.

SPEAKER_03

So sorry. Oh. Alright, well, I never would have come up with that, so I don't feel as bad.

SPEAKER_12

I'm glad I didn't get it.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, no. Whatever, Brenda.

SPEAKER_07

Alright. Next question is going to Rob. That's me. Who first recorded Jingle Bell Rock? Was that Brenda Lee, Bobby Helms, George Strait, or Lindsay Lohan? I'm gonna go with Bobby Helms. Bobby Helms is the correct answer. We are two for two tonight. Lindsay Lohan did actually, Lindsay Lohan and George Strait did actually record Jingle Bell Rock.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, well, if she was the first one, we were like, definitely not recorded a little of everything.

SPEAKER_11

A little bit, yeah. I'm going to give my present to Chris, so both dreamers have a present.

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Oh my god.

SPEAKER_03

I don't like presents. Just kidding. I like that.

SPEAKER_07

So bonus question. Can anybody name another song that Bobby Helms is known for singing?

SPEAKER_03

Who in the F is Bobby? Bobby. No.

SPEAKER_07

Nope. No. He's got two that are really well known or for him. The first one is Fraulin, which is Fraulein.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, no idea.

SPEAKER_07

It's a country song about meeting a German woman. Hence why I don't know it. Yeah, not familiar. But the other one is a crossover special angel. Yeah. Oh, oh. I don't know that one either. Yeah. Not the not the best known. All right, good. All right. Next question.

SPEAKER_03

Imagine if one of us knew that. Oh, that would have been amazing.

SPEAKER_07

I mean, if you're into your old school country, like I am absolutely not.

SPEAKER_03

I know that is right up the Shavante out. Literally couldn't be further from enjoying that.

SPEAKER_07

All right, Chris. Hit me. Leroy Anderson wrote Slay Ride. Leroy Jenkins. Leroy Anderson. He wrote Slay Ride for a heat wave in 1948. Mitchell Parrish added the lyrics in 1950. What group famously recorded it in 1963? Was it A, the Supremes? B the Shirley's. C, Martha and the Vandelas, or D, the Ronettes.

SPEAKER_12

Oh my god, I have no idea.

SPEAKER_07

Uh I'll go with the Supremes? It's a solid guess, but the answer is the Ronettes.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, that would have been my guess. Okay, I feel better.

SPEAKER_07

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

Woo! That's the Peter Griffin version.

SPEAKER_07

Should we not get the bonus question now?

SPEAKER_03

I can hear them so.

SPEAKER_07

You've heard it. Alright. This one I think somebody might know, but can someone name another song the Ronettes are known for?

SPEAKER_03

Oh, we should know this. I feel like I don't even know. We will know this. Because we will recognize the name. The Ronettes are the are great.

SPEAKER_07

But it was also such an era of very similar great. It's gonna be like a Mother Motown. Motown hits.

SPEAKER_03

When I tell you all now, I can hear from Is them singing sleigh ride.

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Like sugar pie honey bunch or something.

SPEAKER_03

This is a shout out to someone I know who loves this kind of stuff.

SPEAKER_02

Brown Mary? I don't know. Everybody recorded that one too.

SPEAKER_07

All right. The best known is Be My Baby.

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Be my baby. Okay. Be my be my baby. We've all heard their sleigh ride, though.

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Guaranteed.

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Oh, absolutely.

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All right.

SPEAKER_02

That was my sleigh ride slap. Oh. We thought that you were.

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What are we cutting? What do we miss from? Normally we make that microphone.

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Which is 100% why I did it. Just to get it.

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Oh my god.

SPEAKER_03

What went wrong? Everyone knows.

SPEAKER_11

Everybody freaked out.

SPEAKER_03

That was my favorite part ever that I've ever played in band for like one year.

SPEAKER_11

No gifts have been given on that round. No gifts on that one. Sag.

SPEAKER_07

All right, Siobhan. Yees. Another one of everybody's favorite Christmas songs. How old was Gala Peavy when she recorded I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas in 1953?

SPEAKER_03

This is probably gonna be throwing us off.

SPEAKER_07

A was she six years old? B, ten years old, C, 27 years old, or D eighty-three years old.

SPEAKER_09

Oh man.

SPEAKER_07

So think about it.

SPEAKER_03

I want to go big on it. I really want to go big on it because it either end of the spectrum could sound like that, right? Like you could have an old lady being like, ah no bird, like that's I'm gonna go with it. 83.

SPEAKER_07

Uh you went the wrong direction.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_07

It was 10. 10 okay, 10 years old.

SPEAKER_03

I could absolutely have seen part of it. But could could you not see that being an old woman?

SPEAKER_11

Oh yeah. Yeah. I could. I I was I was thinking to myself, if he went, you know, with a really elderly person, then I probably would have guessed.

SPEAKER_03

Yes. Yeah.

SPEAKER_11

In that direction.

SPEAKER_03

Yep, yep. All right. What else does Rhonda Peavy known for? I don't know. I'm just getting a hip.

SPEAKER_07

So eventually. That song, which is really annoying, was written as a fundraiser for a zoo. Oh. Because the zoo wanted to purchase a hippopotamus. What zoo? The Bronx. Solid guess.

SPEAKER_11

That's a great guess, Chris.

SPEAKER_03

San Diego.

SPEAKER_07

Also a solid guess, but Chicago. Those are all ones that all ones that probably wouldn't have to ri fundraise for such a right.

SPEAKER_03

That's true. I was thinking that as I said it. What um some local Cincinnati.

SPEAKER_08

It's just a guess. But they probably also wouldn't need to fundraise the answer.

SPEAKER_07

Is the Oklahoma City Zoo?

SPEAKER_03

Oh, wouldn't have gotten there for another hour. So that's probably a good thing to cut us off on that. Because I would have been like, I'm just going to start guessing zoos, just like I did with the football teams the other day when I we were asking about football teams.

SPEAKER_02

I knew it was a fun I knew it was a fundraiser for something, but yeah. That's cool. That was crazy.

SPEAKER_03

They were legit trying to get away from the following by extorting a 10-year-old to sing a song.

SPEAKER_11

She was 10, not 83. So when I said she was known for breaking it up, that made no sense. Whoops.

SPEAKER_03

Wouldn't it have been kinder if she was 83?

SPEAKER_07

She wasn't.

SPEAKER_12

Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_06

Okay.

SPEAKER_07

All right, Matt. That's me. Which of these have not recorded Santa Baby? A. Michael Buble. B. Madonna. C. Marilyn Monroe. D. Gwen Stefani. Which of these did not record Santa Baby? Marilyn Monroe. That is correct.

SPEAKER_03

Nicely done.

SPEAKER_11

I would have guessed Madonna.

SPEAKER_03

Well, you would have been friggin' wrong.

SPEAKER_02

Santa Baby. So the question then is. I'll give this one to Chris.

SPEAKER_03

Thank God. Christopher. Heck. I know.

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Presents for you.

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We're not doing all we're not doing good.

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The one who hasn't gotten an answer right yet.

SPEAKER_07

Alright, so for the bonus question, does anybody know who did first record Santa Baby? That a lot of people mistakenly think was Marilyn Monroe.

SPEAKER_03

Oh.

SPEAKER_07

Oh.

SPEAKER_03

Is it Edda James?

SPEAKER_07

It's a solid guess.

SPEAKER_02

Was it one of the three original options you gave, or no? Nope. Oh. Nope. Those definitely not.

SPEAKER_08

No, and I should know that. Solid guess, too. She was a dancer more.

SPEAKER_03

She was a dancer, yeah. Dang.

SPEAKER_02

I'm just thinking of like that era.

SPEAKER_03

My mom's probably really mad if she's listening to this.

SPEAKER_02

Patty Labelle. I don't know.

SPEAKER_07

Oh, not correct. The correct answer is Earth a Kit.

SPEAKER_03

That is what I was thinking, and I said Edda James, I'm the worst. Catwoman. God, I love Earth a kit. What are you doing?

SPEAKER_02

Chris is unhappy that his present box is full, so he's reordering all over the table.

SPEAKER_03

Bah. Alright. Alright. That was close.

SPEAKER_07

Rob. Yes. Burl Ives, the famous voice of the snowman in Rudolph, recorded many famous Christmas songs. Which one is not him? Oh, okay. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Holly Jolly Christmas. Silverbells. Or O Little Town of Bethlehem.

SPEAKER_11

I feel like one of these is Bing Crosby.

SPEAKER_03

The orange beater himself.

SPEAKER_11

Peter, what you gotta do is get a bag of nice fillets the oranges. Hard enough to make a point. See? But not hard enough to leave a bruise.

SPEAKER_03

That's right.

SPEAKER_11

I'm sorry. Can you give me my afternoon?

SPEAKER_03

Sorry, I went on a tangent.

SPEAKER_07

Which of these famous recordings is not Burl Ives? Okay. A, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. B, Holly Jolly Christmas. C, Silverbells, or D, Oh Little Town of Bethlehem.

SPEAKER_11

I think it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. The correct answer. Correct. Yes. Oh, there we go. And for the bonus, that is Bing Crosby.

SPEAKER_07

That was not the question. Oh, that would have been easy. Oh, yes, absolutely.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah.

SPEAKER_11

I'll take a card.

SPEAKER_03

Oh man. The Silverbells. So iconic.

SPEAKER_07

Oh, it's so good.

SPEAKER_03

That's one of my favorites.

SPEAKER_07

The bonus question, this is again when is Rob gonna give it to Siobhan.

SPEAKER_03

What is happening?

SPEAKER_07

We're just just giving presence. You realize this is gonna come back to murder both of us. Giving love to the right hand. Yeah. So the bonus question about how many albums did Burl Ives record. This has to be an about, because we're not sure. According to the research I found, about how many albums did Burl Ives record? 26. 35.

SPEAKER_03

40.

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Seven.

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About 40.

SPEAKER_03

Oh my god. I should get a present. I'm just kidding. I do.

SPEAKER_12

Yeah, you got a bonus question, right? Okay. Oh my lord. I was just going to the outside spectrum. Yes. That was aggressive.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, thank God. Well, you're welcome. It was partly for you. The range was 50% because of marriage.

SPEAKER_02

I have nothing yet. You have nothing yet. Okay, let's keep in mind that Rob has no presents.

SPEAKER_03

Yes. Thank you. I have two from both of you.

SPEAKER_02

Overachiever.

SPEAKER_07

All right, Chris. Hit me. Who first recorded Melakamikia Mela? Oh my gosh. Kaliki Maka. That one.

SPEAKER_03

Kaliki Maka. Do you not give me? I was like, what?

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Oh.

SPEAKER_07

Sorry. Oh, I'm not sure. I think I know that. Frustrature. A pure guess. I couldn't I couldn't figure out how to pronounce that, so a little frustrated. Burl Ives, C, Dean Martin, D. Bing Crosby. Something first recorded it.

SPEAKER_12

Something just tells me it's Dean Martin. So I'm going for it.

SPEAKER_07

Solid guess, but the correct answer is Bing Crosby. It's a banger.

SPEAKER_03

Another orange binger.

SPEAKER_07

So for the bonus question, who else was on that recording with him? If you think the song, you can hear some other singers in there.

SPEAKER_03

Uh a chorus of Hawaiian people.

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They're famous. That's your hand. Famous Hawaiian people. Now there's a kamehameha.

SPEAKER_03

Queen Lilou O'Kalani and her Mary singing group. Um Moana. No. I enjoyed that.

SPEAKER_02

Oh, you guys are gonna kick yourself if I tell you.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, no, you can't tell us.

SPEAKER_02

Cycle Supremes or something like that. It's too late. Chantels. How would you describe it?

SPEAKER_07

Well, hint, they're female.

SPEAKER_12

It's a female voice. This is Andrew Sisters.

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There it is, Chris.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, what'd you just say?

SPEAKER_07

The Andrew sisters.

SPEAKER_03

Thank you. He said I had it before him.

SPEAKER_12

I was gonna say who who does um Sandman?

SPEAKER_03

Yes, that's the Andrew Sisters.

SPEAKER_12

Because I knew it was them and I couldn't think of the name. There it is.

SPEAKER_03

Yay.

SPEAKER_12

You get to give a present.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, me? Oh, okay. Are you saying that I got it? Okay. Yeah, you got it. Well, do you here? Do you want to hand it to Rob then? There you go.

SPEAKER_07

Merry Christmas. Thank you.

SPEAKER_03

Yay.

SPEAKER_07

Alright, Siobhan. According to Time magazine, what is the most popular Christmas carol in history? A. Jingle Bells. B Silent Night. C, the 12 Days of Christmas. Or D Away in a Manger.

SPEAKER_03

I feel like I should go with Silent Knight. Feels like a solid guess.

SPEAKER_11

I would have gone that way as well.

SPEAKER_03

Jingle Bells is a close second, but is the correct answer. Yes. Yes, yes, yes.

SPEAKER_07

So for the bonus point, the bonus question. Oh yeah, who are you giving your presentation?

SPEAKER_03

Oh, uh we'll give it to Chris.

SPEAKER_12

Oh my lord. Wow.

SPEAKER_03

The allyship is over.

Name That Tune: Student Performances

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Still answerless, yet gets three gifts.

SPEAKER_07

So for the bonus question, who wrote Silent Knight?

SPEAKER_12

Some German dude. You are correct.

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Hey.

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Is it Zinzendorf? No.

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No one.

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Handel? I'm going with Gustav Germanson. No. Rachman Mendelssohn? No.

SPEAKER_03

Holst?

SPEAKER_02

No. No, he's not.

SPEAKER_03

He's definitely not German. Yeah. Um.

SPEAKER_07

Dang it. Is it like a like are we? You're all gonna know it.

SPEAKER_03

Leroy Andersen. I'm just kidding.

SPEAKER_07

The name was Franz Gruber. No way.

SPEAKER_03

Franz Gruber. Like the brother of Hans Gruber from Die Hard a Christmas movie.

SPEAKER_12

It all makes sense now. Silent Night.

SPEAKER_06

Yes. Silent Night.

SPEAKER_11

It is a Christmas movie.

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Holy night. All is calm. Okay.

SPEAKER_07

That brings us to the end of round one.

SPEAKER_02

You stick a Mr.

SPEAKER_07

Potter at the end of that one? Alright, so for round two.

SPEAKER_03

Oh. I feel like that's never a good sign, is it? For round one.

SPEAKER_07

Tee hee. We are playing name that tune.

SPEAKER_12

Alright. The first to call it out gets to give the gift.

SPEAKER_07

I'm scared. Oh no.

SPEAKER_03

We're gonna be screaming.

SPEAKER_07

So this is this is split in three rounds, and I do not apologize. And he's gonna pee his bit. So the first round is my students playing. Oh yes. I love this. Amazing. Amazing, amazing.

SPEAKER_11

So we've got uh you just need song title. Is that what we're looking for? Song title, yeah.

SPEAKER_07

Okay, okay, good. Identify the title of the song. I'm scared. Keep in mind that some of these are done by elementary school students. Oh, I love this. Who are looking at the music for the first time ever. Yes.

SPEAKER_11

Yes. We're in. I'm so excited.

SPEAKER_07

We will get to some that are done by my high school students who I gave the starting note for and told them to play it by ear.

SPEAKER_04

Oh, outstanding.

SPEAKER_07

So some of these are gonna be harder than others. So here we go. Here is your first one, and welcome to my world.

SPEAKER_06

Keep going.

SPEAKER_07

Yep.

SPEAKER_11

It came upon a midnight clear.

SPEAKER_07

Have yourself a merry little Christmas. Your hint is these are it's a kid's song. Frosty the Snowman. There it is.

SPEAKER_03

Oh nice.

SPEAKER_07

Wow, Matthew. Well done. So giving credit where credit's due, this kid had never played on the E-string before.

SPEAKER_06

Oh. Wait.

SPEAKER_07

So he learned that He did a better job than I could really quickly.

SPEAKER_11

As soon as he finished and guessed it, you heard him on the recording say, Yep, you're right. Oh. Which was hilarious. Oh, it's perfect. You'll hear that. You'll hear that when you listen back. That was pretty funny. All right, Matt gets a present.

SPEAKER_02

Matt gets to give a present. Okay. All right. Trying to keep this uh equal opportunity present giving here. So stick it in your sack there, Rob.

SPEAKER_08

Oh yep. All right.

SPEAKER_03

Okay.

SPEAKER_07

All right, here we go. Number two. I think this one's easier.

SPEAKER_06

Yikes.

SPEAKER_07

One, two, ready, go.

SPEAKER_04

Jingle bells.

SPEAKER_07

Angels, we have heard Ohio. There's jingle bells. Mata got it again.

SPEAKER_03

I mean, that doesn't sound bad.

SPEAKER_11

I wanted to guess another one that starts. This is two trumpet players.

SPEAKER_07

This is two trumpet players who only started this year. Wow. Awesome. So this is pretty good. Siobhan.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, I feel it feels right to take that during the herker. Oh. Good job, kids. You're not listening, but good job.

SPEAKER_07

This is wonderful. I hope they're not listening.

SPEAKER_03

Well.

SPEAKER_07

Alright, here we go. Next one. This one is a group of clarinets. Oh boy. Ooh. Here it is. Alright, cool.

SPEAKER_02

What is a group of clarinets called?

SPEAKER_07

That was a good one. I think that was wrong.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, that was right. That was good.

SPEAKER_07

That was quick too.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, that's like a can we name that tune and how many notes on that one?

unknown

Oh.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, there's that square.

SPEAKER_11

It's called intonation. But I'm glad as a as a former reed instrument player, there you go.

SPEAKER_03

Good job.

SPEAKER_07

Of your butt. So again, those kids had never seen it.

SPEAKER_03

So that that's awesome. That is that's great.

Chord Progressions Challenge

SPEAKER_07

I love this, Andy. It's amazing. Oh, this is fantastic. All right, here we go. Now we're going on to my my high school kids. So this should be easier. But keep in mind that I just gave them the starting note and what song to do and said one, two, ready, go. So here we go. Yikes. One, two, ready. I think I heard Siobhan first. Damn loud. That was that was almost immediate.

SPEAKER_08

Again.

SPEAKER_05

That's good.

SPEAKER_07

It's it's that's not bad for only getting the first note. Give a shout out to the drink.

SPEAKER_02

How do we give a shout out to the drummer who had markedably less work to do than this?

SPEAKER_03

But he still showed up. That's all he did.

SPEAKER_07

Alright. And we got one more. One, two, ready. I think that's Siobhan again.

SPEAKER_03

Woo! We'll give it to Matt because you came in second on that one. Well, a present for coming in second. Good job.

SPEAKER_07

All right. So that was the beginner band edition of Name that too. Now we're going on to just the chords. F. Oh God. So this is all me.

SPEAKER_03

Not the F chord, to be fair.

SPEAKER_07

Me playing the chord progression.

SPEAKER_12

Okay. I thought you were gonna say the chord progression. I was like, I'm done.

SPEAKER_09

Oh yeah, there's no way.

SPEAKER_07

Yeah, what instrument? The first one is gonna be on mandolin.

SPEAKER_05

Okay.

SPEAKER_11

No.

SPEAKER_02

Come on, come, manual. Nope.

SPEAKER_12

What song is that? I can't get the name.

SPEAKER_02

Yes, this guy. I'm literally singing.

SPEAKER_03

There we go. We got there. We got there.

SPEAKER_07

All right. Not bad, Matt.

SPEAKER_02

Uh just because I had to sit next to this guy in church for the better part of my young life, I'm giving it to Chris.

SPEAKER_11

That's the reason I was singing. Listen, I I would like to say I'm very impressed with Matt by how much you've known. Yeah, that was good. Oh. You're a drummer. I mean, you're not known for your tones. I'd be a dumbbell. I'm just I'm I was giving you props about it.

SPEAKER_03

He does not play a melodic instrument.

SPEAKER_07

That's true. I was thinking about doing a round where I was just going to use a snare drum and play the stuff.

SPEAKER_03

There's no way that Chris would not know most of that.

SPEAKER_02

So, Chris, that would be you and I head to head next year.

SPEAKER_03

That feels like a written dictation exam that makes you want to jump into a hole and die.

SPEAKER_02

Somebody tossed me one of those shots. What's a buttery shot?

SPEAKER_03

A butt shot. Here you go.

SPEAKER_02

Jingle shots? No.

SPEAKER_07

He's so proud of that. He's getting another butter gable.

SPEAKER_03

That's fair. You should be proud of that. All right, here we go.

SPEAKER_07

Next one, I'm on guitar for this one.

SPEAKER_02

Oh, come on, you'll come easy faithful. Yep.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, come on, you faithful. You guys are a solid heat for that.

SPEAKER_02

As a thank you to Rob for his earlier compliment, which I deeply did appreciate. So this is rather backhanded of me.

unknown

Bullshit.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, I don't even know what would happen.

SPEAKER_11

All right. You know what? I wasn't going to gift you anything, but now I'm going to gift you all the rest of my points. Here we go. All right. Let's go. I'm coming for you, Max.

SPEAKER_07

The next one might be hard.

SPEAKER_03

I knew this would work out for us.

SPEAKER_07

Here we go.

SPEAKER_12

Yeah, it's a pop tune.

SPEAKER_08

Is it Blue Christmas? Solid guess.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, that is a solid guess with the youke, too.

SPEAKER_08

Hmm. Solid, solid pickup on that. Is it Melakalikamaka? There it is.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, good thing Matt gets these points.

SPEAKER_07

One more by the chords. Again, this one. I'm gonna go ahead and give you the hint there. This is more of a poppy, less of a traditional one.

SPEAKER_12

Maybe it's cold outside, is it? Similar vintage.

SPEAKER_07

I'll give you another hint. There's a uh group of cartoon characters associated with this song.

SPEAKER_03

Is this a Charlie Brown song?

SPEAKER_07

No. Oh, that that has confused me more.

SPEAKER_03

Is it the the otters?

SPEAKER_07

No. Cartoon rodents.

SPEAKER_03

Alvin and the chipmunks? Okay.

SPEAKER_07

Oh, um by my my hula hoop?

SPEAKER_03

Um, no. Um is it the Christmas song? Isn't that the name of it? Oh, but I mean, isn't that wait, just that.

SPEAKER_07

Please, Annie, don't play it again. Good God. It's not hula hoop. Nope.

SPEAKER_03

Christmas Don't be late?

Slide Whistle Showdown

SPEAKER_02

Nope. Oh, similar chord progression, that's pretty close. That's the one I couldn't get to.

SPEAKER_03

Oh my god, that's the only thing I can think of now with the crit the chipmunks. Me, I want a hula hoop. We can hardly. That's what Christmas Don't Be Late is.

SPEAKER_12

Yeah, but it's the What's the other one by them? It's uh the end.

SPEAKER_03

That's not it.

SPEAKER_12

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth. My two front teeth. All right, Chris, all right.

SPEAKER_03

We got a lot of assists on that, though. The wag hood with Mary Christmas.

SPEAKER_02

Oh F all. I love how you just keep giving your wife presents. It's so beautiful.

SPEAKER_03

He doesn't give me real ones. Oh no.

SPEAKER_12

I'd like to point out that's my first correct answer. Thank you very much.

SPEAKER_03

You're welcome. I helped you. Beer Trail.

SPEAKER_07

All right. Go with America with.

SPEAKER_03

Yep.

SPEAKER_07

Round three of Name That Tune. So I have this really nice slide whistle. Round three is me with no practice, just recording it live once through. On slide whistle. On slide whistle. I'm excited. Here we go. Here we go. Here we go.

SPEAKER_03

Oh my god. That was like a didgeridoo.

SPEAKER_02

Oh, oh, just like rose ring on an open fire? Red ops are at those right here. Do they know it's Christmas town in Africa?

SPEAKER_03

That's called do they know it's Christmas time?

SPEAKER_11

Argentina. That's what I'm gonna hit. Evita.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, I'm doing it. Oh, that was so good. Back in you cried. Oh Christ. Oh my god, Jesus is crying.

SPEAKER_07

Jesus wept.

SPEAKER_03

Oh no. Yes. That's up to the thing. The big finish.

SPEAKER_07

The hardest thing about doing this was not cracking up laughing.

SPEAKER_03

Oh my god, there's no way. I can't even imagine. Oh my god.

SPEAKER_11

How many more of these are there?

SPEAKER_03

Three more.

SPEAKER_05

Okay, good.

SPEAKER_07

All right, here we go. Our next one.

SPEAKER_11

Police Navy died? Yes.

SPEAKER_04

Oh, well done.

SPEAKER_03

Oh my god, that was so good. This is amazing.

SPEAKER_11

I give to the Christopher, I'm sorry.

SPEAKER_02

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_03

This is amazing.

SPEAKER_02

For the record, when Andy told me he wanted to do name that tune, of course, my first thought was, oh god, copyright concerns. Andy said to me, You don't have to worry about that.

SPEAKER_03

This is live whistle challenge accepted. Oh my god.

SPEAKER_11

You do all seven verses of this?

SPEAKER_03

I want to win if you remember. Oh my god. Listen. That was a very good job. Oh man. That was a good one. Oh you're getting so much better. Oh my God.

SPEAKER_07

This is brilliant. Brilliant. Again, the hardest thing about this was not cracking up in the middle of the city.

SPEAKER_03

I mean, thank God we can do that here because I can't not laugh.

SPEAKER_08

All right, here we go. Next one. It's a legit laugh cry, by the way, at the end of that. Thank you. Where is it?

SPEAKER_03

I don't know where it is. Oh my God.

SPEAKER_12

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas. Came upon a midnight clear.

SPEAKER_11

It's the most wonderful time of the year. With those Welters getting presents and Matthews getting presents and pretty good.

SPEAKER_03

Oh my God, is it I can't.

SPEAKER_07

We've got one more.

SPEAKER_03

This is peak. One more of the slide whistle? One more of the slide whistle. Oh my god. I thought that was a little bit more. There we go.

SPEAKER_11

No, one more.

SPEAKER_03

Good, good.

SPEAKER_11

If I guess it before you start playing it, do I get two cards? Sure. I farted on Santa's lap. Nope. Damn it. Okay. Is that a song? Yes, it is.

SPEAKER_03

Well, you gotta play it on slide whistle now, so get it for the next time.

SPEAKER_07

All right, here we go.

SPEAKER_03

Or release that as an alcohology.

SPEAKER_07

Last one.

All-Time Top Toys Guessing Game

SPEAKER_03

The breathing. This isn't all I want for Christmas is you, is it? Because I'm really waiting for that song.

SPEAKER_07

I thought about that.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah. Oh. Is that Santa Baby? There it is.

SPEAKER_02

Oh. Who's this for? I could not hear that. Harab. Oh.

SPEAKER_03

Okay. That's got what got me. Oh my god. Every song for Christmas should now be on slide whistle. That's what I demanded.

SPEAKER_07

I started with some of them, and I was like, oh, these are way too easy. It's gonna be too obvious. And I'm like, I gotta go to something more complicated. So that's how we know.

SPEAKER_02

This is amazing.

SPEAKER_07

Andy, Andy, I I just I'd say just I'll take it.

SPEAKER_08

Outstanding. All right. I really jingled my bells. Round three.

SPEAKER_03

Woo. Woo! Okay.

SPEAKER_07

All right. Again, we're good. We're going difference here. I have a list from Hamley's, which is a British toy company, of the top selling toys of all time. You each are gonna get three guesses to find one. Now, my advice here don't go like super broad, like board games way too broad, or puzzles way too broad. Yeah, yeah, no. Right.

SPEAKER_03

We need names.

SPEAKER_07

But you also don't have to be like uber uber specific, right? So like a tight. One that's surprisingly not on here. G.I. Joe. You could just say G.I. Joe. You don't have to say like Duke from the G.I. Joe's. Gotcha. Gotcha. Okay. Okay. I would never have said that.

SPEAKER_03

So, but that's a good example.

SPEAKER_07

So let's see who's going to go first this time.

SPEAKER_03

There should be a slide whistle.

SPEAKER_07

G.I. Joe.

SPEAKER_03

Pork job sandwiches.

SPEAKER_07

So the down move.

SPEAKER_11

Action figure is too broad.

SPEAKER_03

We need to go at least a little more specific than that.

SPEAKER_11

Right. Okay. Right.

SPEAKER_07

The IP. Siobhan. Again. We get three guesses. We'll do one guess at a time. Oh, one guess at a time. We'll go around three times.

SPEAKER_03

Got it. Slinky.

unknown

Oh!

SPEAKER_07

Slinky is on the list. All right. So you get to give out a gift. That's a great guess.

SPEAKER_03

Give for me. Matthew.

SPEAKER_11

Matthew.

SPEAKER_08

Okay. And Matthew, it's your turn. Monopoly. Monopoly is on the list.

SPEAKER_03

Great guess.

SPEAKER_08

Good guess. So far, two for two.

SPEAKER_07

Yeah, right back at you.

SPEAKER_03

Oh. Could have just picked that myself.

SPEAKER_08

I don't know if this is too broad. I'll let you know if it's too broad. Yo-yo.

SPEAKER_07

Yo-yo is on the list. Good job.

SPEAKER_11

Three for three. Slinky was my first guess, and you went right there.

SPEAKER_03

Sorry. Zarya. Okay. Are you going to give it to me, Al?

SPEAKER_12

No, I'm going to give it to Matthew.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, thank you. Appreciate that.

SPEAKER_12

Alright, you said uh G.I. Joe was not, but is Barbie on the list? Barbie guess. And that's as specific as you need to be. That's pretty good. Yeah. All right, all right, all right. Malibu. Yeah, no, I was gonna say.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, ass. Wow. That's not my guess. Wow.

SPEAKER_12

There's no ass. No ass. The Owen Wilson action figure.

SPEAKER_03

My other guess is tickle me Elmo.

SPEAKER_12

Oh, that's rather specific. Is not on the list.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, that was such a hype.

SPEAKER_12

Oh, that makes me nervous for my next guess. Okay. All right, well, good. Go ahead, man.

SPEAKER_03

You're welcome for informing you all.

SPEAKER_02

Nintendo. Ooh. Can you be more specific? Nintendo's a few.

SPEAKER_03

You can't make a weird face. Like you know that there's multiple Nintendo options there. Yeah, but Nintendo release in the 90s. No.

SPEAKER_02

Oh God. The Nintendo Entertainment System. That's not the 90s. I know.

SPEAKER_07

But I also think you're correct, is it? You are not correct.

SPEAKER_03

Oh.

SPEAKER_02

Oh, I should have gone with 64.

SPEAKER_08

Yeah. Damn it. Rob.

SPEAKER_03

Don't say it.

SPEAKER_07

All time. Top hundred selling of all time.

SPEAKER_03

Top hundred. Wow.

SPEAKER_07

Um, this is not like amount of money sold. Just to unit. Individual units. Yeah, it makes sense.

SPEAKER_11

Okay. Okay. So then my next guess would have been very bad because there's no way it's on the top list. Lamborghini. No.

SPEAKER_03

Okay, this is a portion.

SPEAKER_11

This is not my guess.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, well then why are you saying it?

SPEAKER_11

But I will say, well, I'll say it at the end. Um I'm gonna go with Game Boy.

SPEAKER_07

Game Boy is on the list. Oh, nice, nice, nice, nice.

SPEAKER_03

Notice how I said nice. Please don't hand me this card. That's fine. Thank you.

SPEAKER_11

I'm bouncing between Matthew and Christopher.

unknown

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

But mostly Matthew.

SPEAKER_11

I gave him a compliment and he smited me. My next guess is Cabbage Patch doll. Cabbage Patch dolls is a good thing.

SPEAKER_03

Good one. Good one.

SPEAKER_08

Well done.

SPEAKER_03

There you go.

unknown

Okay.

SPEAKER_03

I'm very indecisive.

SPEAKER_07

Last time around.

SPEAKER_03

Let's be real. I'm in a steal and Bogard and say Nintendo 64 is not on the list. Oh, I knew it was gonna be a different one.

SPEAKER_02

I'm literally eyeballing.

SPEAKER_03

Well, you get you get a turn now, so Lego. Oh. That's two.

SPEAKER_07

Is that Lego's on the list twice?

SPEAKER_03

Okay, and I think two presents.

SPEAKER_07

I think it's a little overly specific.

SPEAKER_03

So is there a middle ground we could find? I don't know what the answer is.

SPEAKER_07

I think the middle ground is to give a second guess. Because the two Legos on here are the Lego Harry Potter sets and the Lego classic bricks. Oh, Lego just for random bricks.

SPEAKER_03

I think I mean he said Lego and it's on the list. Yeah, I mean Matthew gets a present.

SPEAKER_02

Yes. Actually, Robert gets a present, so there you go.

SPEAKER_03

You don't get two.

SPEAKER_02

There you go. Right. Last guess.

SPEAKER_11

Last guess.

SPEAKER_03

Makes sense with the Harry Potter ones.

SPEAKER_11

Okay. Um, I'm gonna go. I know how much you love my little pony. I'm gonna go Star Wars.

SPEAKER_06

What?

SPEAKER_08

As in action figures.

SPEAKER_06

Oh.

SPEAKER_08

There is nothing Star Wars on the list. Surprising. But okay. Wow.

SPEAKER_11

And when Chris is done, I'll tell you what my other guess was gonna be. I also need to know which Nintendo it is when we wrap up because this is gonna burn my.

SPEAKER_12

He said Game Boy. I mean, which is interesting.

SPEAKER_03

That is a Nintendo. I know which one is.

SPEAKER_12

I'm gonna assume it's the Wii, but I'm not that's not my guess.

SPEAKER_05

Oh, that's fair.

SPEAKER_12

My it's GameCube. Also, another joke guess is it I won't if it's on the list, I won't take a card for this. Is ball in a cup on the list? It is not okay. That would have been hilarious.

SPEAKER_03

Even the actual name, because that's just from family guys.

SPEAKER_07

There is one thing that is that like old school. There's one other thing that's old that old school like ball and paddle.

SPEAKER_12

Not to get anything like my legitimate guess is Furby?

SPEAKER_11

That was that I decided not to guess. On the list. There was no way that there was enough units of those sold because it was only like popular for like Furby two years, Mimi.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, what about beanie babies? Beanie babies. How about the list? How about a top? Oh, a top.

SPEAKER_07

Tops are on the list. Oh, it gets too much.

SPEAKER_03

What about that creepy ass bitch of a phone that you used to be able to drag on the ground? Oh, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_12

Oh, shit out of the phone. Fit your price phone.

SPEAKER_08

Yeah, no, that's not on. How about power wheels? Power wheels are on the list. Oh, no, no.

SPEAKER_07

Not on the list. That's not surprising.

SPEAKER_03

That was too expensive.

SPEAKER_07

The first person to tell you that American Girl dogs were too expensive is my mother.

SPEAKER_11

Yeah.

SPEAKER_07

Was it the Wii? It was the Wii and the Switch are both on there. Oh. Switches on there. NES and Super NES are or GameCube or Nintendo 64. GameCube not surprised.

SPEAKER_12

None of those are that huge, to be fair. Like in terms of like NES is too early to be widespread.

SPEAKER_03

The consumerism of the current time is just like hard to fight.

SPEAKER_12

I would say probably. And Wii was like insanely popular when it came out. Absolutely.

SPEAKER_03

It was the first of its kind. With the ocean sensor.

SPEAKER_07

Like probably 75 out of a hundred of these are things that like we played as with the game. What about what other board games are on there? Anything else? Board games. We've got battleship, which is the same thing. Yeah, the British, because it's again British list here. Um I'm like trying to think of something funny that would be British.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, that they would be.

SPEAKER_12

Oh, that was a joke at the end.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, that phone is horrifying. We're gonna put a picture up for anyone that doesn't know what that is because it's from Toy Story. We know what it is. Oh, yeah. Well, I don't know. You know.

SPEAKER_07

Snakes and ladders.

SPEAKER_03

Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_07

Barrel full of monkeys. Um Pokemon cards are on there. Yeah, I figured Pokemon is on there somehow.

SPEAKER_08

Um, is barrel full of monkeys on there? Barrel full of monkeys is not, but tiddly wings is all old school.

SPEAKER_03

Is there any what's the thing that's like the the old ball in the card?

SPEAKER_07

Uh the clackers.

SPEAKER_03

What are those?

SPEAKER_07

No means no means.

SPEAKER_03

The hand things?

SPEAKER_07

No, clackers are like a British toy. I think they're actually illegal in the United States.

SPEAKER_03

Amazing.

SPEAKER_07

It's literally like two plastic balls on a rope. Oh. And you like spin around the colour. Oh, yeah, they do that.

SPEAKER_03

There's like TikTok people that do that. Yeah. Yeah, that's crazy. Oh man. All right. Now I'm like, what else? Oh.

SPEAKER_07

Clackers. The one I'm surprised none of you guys guessed, aside from Beanie Babies, Tamagotchi.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, okay. That's crazy though. But I don't know if I thought they would, I mean, I guess top hundred. That's like Ticko B.

SPEAKER_12

So you thought of that with Ticko Miomo, where it was like something that no one could.

SPEAKER_11

And when you said that, I immediately thought Furby. But then when I asked, like, is it in money or is it in units? And when you said units, I was like, it was only like two years that they were popular.

SPEAKER_07

I don't know if it was in the United States. Um, I bet you that thing was crazy popular in Japan and China.

SPEAKER_12

Yeah, and probably for a full year before we even got them. Yeah. There's a lot of Furby Furbies were absolutely bonkers, though. They like well after the Christmas season, you could not find them and people still wanted them. It wasn't like it just disappeared off the face of the earth. People were still buying them like well into the summer. Because I remember there were like news things about, and then like all of the funny things about like, oh, it's creepy because it like activated while it was in the closet. And that's so it like was in the narrative. Oh my god. And then it was self-class. Is it a Chinese thing? Like there was a lot of craze around the first time. Well, that was one of the crazy in the 90s trivia.

SPEAKER_02

If you haven't caught that one yet, like Furby was banned from military bases and stuff like that. Like the Navy banned it from yeah. Anyone remember the crossfire game?

Yes-No Bonus Round: Holiday Mysteries

unknown

Crossfire!

SPEAKER_02

That was what was stuck.

SPEAKER_12

Most disappointing game ever.

SPEAKER_02

Nothing said. Nothing said late 80s, early 90s, like fire ball bearings at each other and try to short range.

SPEAKER_03

What about rock'em sock'em robots?

SPEAKER_07

Absolutely.

SPEAKER_03

Heck yeah.

SPEAKER_07

And I thought it was phenomenal. A lot of IP stuff, like Transformers, uh, Thunderbirds, Masters of the Universe, Hot Wheels.

SPEAKER_03

Um, you said that right. Yeah.

SPEAKER_07

Also, Matchbox, Polypocket, My Little Pony is on Play-Doh. Play-Doh is not because that's disgusting. What about zasty?

SPEAKER_03

Oh, you remember that?

SPEAKER_07

No, but slime.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah. Oh, well, slime because it's like a general or phloem.

SPEAKER_12

You remember flowing? Absolutely.

SPEAKER_03

That was a good time.

SPEAKER_12

Except then you would leave it out and it would just turn into a rock. And then it would be ohm.

SPEAKER_03

It would lose its flow. Yeah.

SPEAKER_07

All right. If we want, I've got a bonus round we can do. Of course we do. So I really liked it last year. We did the game of questions. So we're bringing questions back. Okay. So you ask me questions, I will answer yes, no, or yes and no.

SPEAKER_12

Rob. And you're thinking of a Christmas-related person.

SPEAKER_07

Something Christ Christmas related.

SPEAKER_12

Item, person, place, and you can see what I'm saying. Well, okay, we're gonna be a question. Okay.

SPEAKER_07

Question Chris, it's not your turn.

SPEAKER_11

Sorry, guys. Damn it, Chris. Is this a person?

SPEAKER_12

No. Oh, sorry. Uh is now he's not ready. Living. No.

SPEAKER_03

Is this a song?

SPEAKER_12

No.

SPEAKER_03

Thank God we've had too many of those.

SPEAKER_12

Songs are living, God.

SPEAKER_03

Okay.

SPEAKER_02

Is it Linus from Charlie Brown? No.

SPEAKER_03

Is it a blue? Is it a sad?

SPEAKER_02

I'm going surgical strike on here.

SPEAKER_11

Yeah, that's sad. No, no, no, no, I'm kidding. Um is it a cartoon?

SPEAKER_12

No. Is it a food? No.

SPEAKER_03

It's not a color because you're Andy.

SPEAKER_07

I take offense to that. The gray Christmas.

SPEAKER_03

Is it an item you would use for decor in your home?

SPEAKER_07

You could. I don't think you would traditionally think of it that way. But is it edible? I mean, anything's edible if you try hard enough.

SPEAKER_03

No.

SPEAKER_07

But no. Is it even I, dear children?

SPEAKER_12

Is it a Yule log? No. Is it elf on a shelf? No.

SPEAKER_03

Damn. That would be a traditional piece of decor. Dang, we're really striking out on this.

SPEAKER_11

I have a good question.

SPEAKER_03

Is it a character?

SPEAKER_08

No.

SPEAKER_02

Is it a candy cane? No. Is it? Most of the time, some are not at all.

SPEAKER_11

Related to Christianity. No. Okay.

SPEAKER_07

I mean, as far as like it's related to Christmas, so it's not the Jesus side of Christmas.

SPEAKER_03

It's a secular.

SPEAKER_10

Yeah, secular side, yeah.

SPEAKER_12

Man, I cannot think of a question. Is it smaller than a bread box? No.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, is it a snowman?

SPEAKER_02

No. Is this something that would be contemporarily found in your home for Christmas? Very broad question.

SPEAKER_03

I don't know how menorah that was in mine.

SPEAKER_07

Maybe as part of another decoration. Is it a menorah?

SPEAKER_03

Ooh. Okay, that's good.

SPEAKER_12

Is it a toy train? No. Damn. That was a good guess.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, that's a good guess. Is it a candle?

SPEAKER_11

Nope. Bigger than a bread box.

SPEAKER_03

I got some big ass candles. Okay. We're all crying inside.

SPEAKER_02

That's got harder since last year. No. Yeah, we got these really fast last year. It's your turn now. Oh, it is. Damn it. I was waiting for somebody else to guess. No, it's your turn. It's your turn.

SPEAKER_12

Ding dong.

SPEAKER_03

Oh shit. Ding dong.

SPEAKER_12

The sleigh bells? Bigger good. Then a bread box. Those would be some insane sleigh bells.

SPEAKER_03

The ones for the ding dings.

SPEAKER_11

A horn. No. Oh. Like a Christmas horn. You know what I'm talking about?

SPEAKER_03

A Christmas horn.

SPEAKER_11

Yeah, they put bows on them and shit and tuba with a bow on it.

SPEAKER_02

French horn with some holly. Is it a sled? Solid guess, but no.

SPEAKER_07

Damn it. I will get this.

SPEAKER_03

Are we being more specific? Is it something you can ride on or sit in?

SPEAKER_07

Don't worry about it. I guess in theory, it has done that in movies. I wouldn't think that to be its actual purpose.

SPEAKER_03

Uh okay. I don't know this, but we'll see.

SPEAKER_07

Is it for children?

SPEAKER_03

No. Are things for Christmas all kind of for children?

SPEAKER_07

Is that where sleigh? Nope. Solid guess though. You're getting warmer.

SPEAKER_12

You get this, I'm gonna cry. We said it was not living.

SPEAKER_07

Correct.

SPEAKER_12

A reindeer. It's living.

SPEAKER_07

Solid guess, but no.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, that was gonna be. Reindeers are living, though. I know.

SPEAKER_12

I know. That's why I just I can't think of it.

SPEAKER_07

You guys are going wrong in the right direction. And they're better than people.

SPEAKER_03

I need like another hour. Um people kind of riding on. I mean, it isn't living.

SPEAKER_11

Mrs. Claus.

SPEAKER_03

Whoa, she's alive, mother. She has a name. Mrs. Claus.

SPEAKER_02

Um holiday necrophilia. Yes.

SPEAKER_03

Is it a vehicle? I did ask if you can ride on it.

SPEAKER_09

God. No. Is it a s toboggan? No, we already I feel like Is it a stocking? Solid guess. Ooh.

SPEAKER_03

God.

SPEAKER_09

But no.

SPEAKER_03

Dang. That is also something you would have in your home, right?

SPEAKER_12

And would be a traditional decor item.

SPEAKER_03

We're about to catch you, Andy. I don't know. We're all like calling this out like, if it is, you're stupid. I don't know. Um Good Christ. Did we get too old?

SPEAKER_12

It's God, we we are like off the margin.

SPEAKER_07

It is dancing around it. You're so close. Alright, it's been written in some movies.

SPEAKER_02

It is not a vehicle. Correct. It could be decor. Do we have to wait our turns?

SPEAKER_12

Yes.

SPEAKER_03

God, I'm at this point, I feel like just someone guess.

SPEAKER_12

Is it smaller than your average sedan? Traditionally.

SPEAKER_07

Not always in movies, though.

SPEAKER_03

Why do you keep being the person before me to make this harder? Um in movies, what is the movie? It's like it's in a lot of movies. Yeah. Oh god. But it's not a sleigh. Oh god.

SPEAKER_07

It's close though.

SPEAKER_03

It's not a sled or a toboggan.

SPEAKER_07

You're getting colder.

SPEAKER_03

A sledge, which is the name. Another name for a fucking sleigh. Um is it the station wagon from Christmas Vacation?

SPEAKER_02

No. Rob seems Rob has a look.

SPEAKER_03

Put us out of our misery.

SPEAKER_07

Oh, I will see. That would be very funny.

SPEAKER_08

I don't know that I'm right.

SPEAKER_02

I don't. You keep saying a sleigh is close, and that's what I'm stuck on right now, but it could be dick.

SPEAKER_03

Do it. Go with your instinct. Go with your gut.

SPEAKER_02

Christmas tree. I got nothing. Nope. Is it Santa Sack? It is Santa Sack.

SPEAKER_03

Who wrote on one?

SPEAKER_11

Tim Allen. Like it carries him up the channel. Oh, the baby elf. Baby elf wrote in one.

SPEAKER_07

The elves in uh Polar Express.

SPEAKER_03

God, I don't know.

SPEAKER_12

Wowzers. Oh man, he was going Polar Express.

SPEAKER_03

Crap. That took us four hours.

SPEAKER_11

Give me a present.

SPEAKER_12

Okay.

SPEAKER_11

Oh, who's gonna get this present?

SPEAKER_03

Yikes.

SPEAKER_11

Sioban.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, boo.

SPEAKER_11

I haven't given you one in a while. I've just been tormenting the boys. Alright, shall we do one more?

SPEAKER_07

Yes. Thank God, at least.

SPEAKER_11

Hopefully faster.

SPEAKER_07

Let's go the opposite direction this time. Chris, you're up first.

SPEAKER_12

Okay. Uh is it a person? No.

SPEAKER_03

Oh. You made a shifty face.

SPEAKER_08

Yeah, you did. And are we going this way? I put that as a solid yes and no, but no.

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Rob.

SPEAKER_08

Is it Frosty the Snowman? No. Okay.

SPEAKER_03

That's a good guess.

SPEAKER_08

That was a good guess, yeah. Because he was faltery on person.

SPEAKER_03

Right.

SPEAKER_08

And a cartoon character? Yes and no.

SPEAKER_03

Yes and no. Is it a fictitious character?

SPEAKER_12

Yes. Is it portrayed as a living thing that is not normally living?

SPEAKER_03

Oh, that's a different question. Anthropomorphic. Yes and no. Okay.

SPEAKER_11

Is it the abominable snowman? No.

SPEAKER_03

The Yeti. I love him.

SPEAKER_11

Is it a Christmas tree?

SPEAKER_07

No.

SPEAKER_03

It's a fictitious character. Is it Krampus?

SPEAKER_07

It is not.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, I had it the first time.

SPEAKER_07

We did Krampus the other day. I know. I didn't know if you'd sneak it in again.

SPEAKER_12

Is it Mr. Norwell? No.

SPEAKER_02

Is it male? Yes. Is it Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer? No.

SPEAKER_11

That would have been my guess as well.

SPEAKER_03

Is it Herbie the Elf that wants to be a dentist from Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer?

SPEAKER_07

What a reference. Solid guess, but no.

SPEAKER_12

Is it a humanoid character? Yes.

SPEAKER_11

Is it Sam the Snowman?

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No.

SPEAKER_11

Voiced by Burlives. No.

SPEAKER_03

Is that his name? Sam? Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_02

Is it the Grinch? No. Ooh.

SPEAKER_03

Solid guess. That is a good guess, yeah. Is it Cindy Lou who going on the Grinch theme?

SPEAKER_07

Definitely not male though.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, fair. Sorry. I don't know her pronouns. I am assuming them.

SPEAKER_07

I wouldn't want to assume. Do we know the Grinch isn't? I mean Grinch isn't wearing pants at all.

SPEAKER_03

Does it what is that? What? That doesn't really mean much, but that's okay.

SPEAKER_12

Is it a snowman character? No.

SPEAKER_08

Is it food-based? No. Jack Frost. No.

SPEAKER_03

God, Matt, you're coming up with good ones, and then I have to follow that? Damn.

SPEAKER_12

That just made me think of MSC3K.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, yeah. So good. He can reverse the film. Um okay. Male fictitious character. Oh my god.

SPEAKER_07

I think focusing on the yes and no to cartoon might help.

SPEAKER_03

Yes and no.

SPEAKER_11

Which means that it's been portrayed in both ways.

SPEAKER_03

I mean, is this Charlie Brown?

SPEAKER_12

No.

SPEAKER_03

Okay. Because I'm thinking of like the theater show of Charlie Brown.

SPEAKER_12

But is it a child aged character?

SPEAKER_03

That's a good question.

SPEAKER_07

Good question.

SPEAKER_11

Adult character film and drawn. Male. Male.

SPEAKER_03

You assume.

SPEAKER_11

No, he confirmed. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_11

Yeah, he can he confirmed. It's both been in live action and drawn.

SPEAKER_03

Well, film could have been TV.

SPEAKER_12

That's fair.

SPEAKER_03

But that's fine.

SPEAKER_12

I'm if you want to say like live action versus animated.

SPEAKER_03

Well, and animated.

SPEAKER_08

I'm gonna go with Father Time. Solid guess, but no. Scrooge. Nope.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, that's goddamn.

SPEAKER_07

Oh, you don't know how a good of a guess that is.

SPEAKER_03

Oh. Oh my god, if I took a sound dad tonight, ghost of Christmas present.

SPEAKER_08

Bob Cratchit. Nope. Damn it.

SPEAKER_03

No. You got two to pick.

SPEAKER_11

The ghost of Christmas past.

SPEAKER_07

Is the correct answer.

SPEAKER_03

I just feel like ghost of Christmas present is more your energy. I hate you all.

SPEAKER_12

I'm dumb. Bob Cratchit is an actual human.

Tallying Gifts And Crowning The Winner

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, he is. He's technically also Kermit the Frog in the Muppet Christmas Carol, which is not animated, but all on the damn table.

SPEAKER_02

You sure did.

SPEAKER_12

Rob two for two. Back to uh the best version of that. Uh, make sure you apparently watch the full version in the extras of Disney Plus because there's the song that got reboot. Oh, we're not.

SPEAKER_10

Beautiful song. Shouldn't have been cut. I give it a lot. It was too dark for the sensitive children.

SPEAKER_03

Oh my god, we don't have another six hours to be.

SPEAKER_11

Did anybody ever see the meme that says uh why Michael Cain and um oh god, why can't I think of his name from uh Rocky Horror Picture Show? What's it? Tim Tim Curry. Why Michael Cain and Tim Curry are the best actors to work with Muppets? Because they treated them like real actors. Because Michael Cain treats them like real actors and and Tim Curry Muppet.

SPEAKER_07

Alright, guys, I think it's time to open your presents.

SPEAKER_11

I'm a little upset. All right. That's why I didn't give you a gift for that.

SPEAKER_07

You're gonna be you're gonna be a lot more upset when you try and edit all the dead air of people thinking.

SPEAKER_11

Okay.

SPEAKER_08

I have a lot of surprising amount of cards in here. So face cards count as 10.

SPEAKER_03

Even aces.

SPEAKER_02

Yes. Okay. Keep it simple. And the other ones are face value? Yep.

SPEAKER_11

Well, that's 53. Oh my god. 53 points. I have a lot of face cards here.

SPEAKER_03

54. Yeah, because I had three aces, you asses.

SPEAKER_02

I had 63. Ooh.

SPEAKER_12

And the winner, 48. Wow.

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Wow.

SPEAKER_03

I don't know.

SPEAKER_12

I don't know.

SPEAKER_03

30.

SPEAKER_12

46.

SPEAKER_03

No. No.

SPEAKER_12

No, you did not do mathematics.

Podcast Information and Boozy Quote

SPEAKER_03

Really, Chris? Y'all thought this would go well. So who is it? Robin. It's me. By one point.

SPEAKER_12

I probably counted the jacks as one.

SPEAKER_03

No, you shouldn't do that.

SPEAKER_12

Womp.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, you did it a hate. Look at the ads.

SPEAKER_11

Okay, what? Silence.

SPEAKER_02

Wrong button.

SPEAKER_01

Stellar shit.

SPEAKER_12

Oh Lord. Wonderful. That was fantastic.

SPEAKER_03

Okay.

SPEAKER_02

The slide whistle. Andy, that was absolutely outstanding. I hope you had fun with that. That was awesome.

SPEAKER_11

Thank you so much. Sure thing. Happy holidays, friends. Merry Christmas.

SPEAKER_02

Before we wrap, what do we think the stellar sip of the episode was? Drink wise.

SPEAKER_03

That shot was real good. Yep.

SPEAKER_02

We're going to go with the butterscotch shot. Absolutely. The butt nuts. Butterscotch shot it is for the Stellar Sip. And Merry Christmas. Happy holidays to all, and thank you for listening.

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Stellar Sipellar.

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