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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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.

SPEAKER_02:

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.

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.

SPEAKER_03:

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.

SPEAKER_08:

I hear it.

SPEAKER_07:

Ta-da!

SPEAKER_08:

Player one is Matt. Okay.

SPEAKER_03:

Alrighty.

SPEAKER_08:

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

SPEAKER_07:

Straight down the line.

SPEAKER_08:

You guys. All right, Matt.

SPEAKER_07:

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.

SPEAKER_07:

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.

SPEAKER_02:

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.

SPEAKER_11:

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

SPEAKER_07:

Guaranteed.

SPEAKER_02:

Oh, absolutely.

SPEAKER_07:

All right.

SPEAKER_02:

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

SPEAKER_07:

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

SPEAKER_02:

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

unknown:

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.

SPEAKER_12:

Presents for you.

SPEAKER_03:

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

SPEAKER_12:

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.

SPEAKER_07:

Seven.

SPEAKER_12:

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?

unknown:

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.

SPEAKER_10:

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.

SPEAKER_07:

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.

SPEAKER_12:

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.

SPEAKER_04:

Hey.

SPEAKER_12:

Is it Zinzendorf? No.

SPEAKER_04:

No one.

SPEAKER_02:

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.

SPEAKER_06:

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.

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?

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.

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?

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.

unknown:

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?

unknown:

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.

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.

unknown:

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.

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.

SPEAKER_01:

Stellar Sipellar.

SPEAKER_00:

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SPEAKER_02:

This episode's booster quote is a conversation from the Christmas classic National Lampoons Christmas Vacation. Clark says to his dad, Oh, our holidays were always such a mess. And Clark Sr. says, Oh yeah. Clark says, How'd you get through it? His father replies, I had a lot of help from Jack Daniels. Merry Christmas, everyone. Would you like to suggest something for us to drink? Give us some feedback, or have your brand featured on Matt and Friends Drink the Universe? We would love to hear from all of our listeners. Please check our episode descriptions down below for links to send us a text, support the podcast, and visit our merch store. To keep up with our latest news or share your stellar sips with us, please like and follow Matt and Friends DTU on Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok, Threads, Blue Sky, and Reddit. For more information about the podcast and links to all of our episodes, please visit www.mat and friendsdtU.com. That's MattfriendsDTU.com. Cheers, friends.

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