Giddy Up, Jingle Horse!

For this special holiday episode of Bro Homo, the boys share their plans for the season and take a warm, nostalgic walk through Christmases past.

Transcript

[00:00:00] What's up? What's up? What's up? What's up? We did it. We did it. We did it. We made it. This is bro homo with Jonathan and Tom. I'm Jonathan. I'm Tom. This is episode number 26. Wow. Yeah. We are recording this on Monday, December 22nd. Uh, we have just passed the longest. Uh, night of the year. The shortest day of the year.

Yeah, the shortest day. Yeah. Which is one of my favorite days of the year. 'cause it means now there's a little bit more light every day. Uh, yeah. We're working our way back up. We're working our way back up. So, yeah. Uh, good to see you. This is the hottest you've ever looked. What is this, uh, frat? This not frat.

What is it called? Plaid flatt. Oh, frat frat plaid. Flatt plaid shirt. Woof. Yeah. Christmas colors. Little Christmasy. Yeah. A little Christmas. Yeah. I like the Christmas cats too though, man. Thanks. I did some Christmas cats for the at-home viewers. Yeah. You can watch us from wherever you wanna watch us.

Wherever you want. Yeah. Um, but yeah, this will be our last, um, our last live record, whatever, not live record. This is our last recording of the, it's no matter what's the last one 'cause the next one comes out on the first. Right. [00:01:00] So, yep. A there's a, we have a sur The next episode will be a little, a little surprise.

A little surprise, but it, um, yep. It also will be next year. So this is our last episode of the year. We did it made the end of the year. We did, we did 26 episodes. That's pretty good. Yeah. Yeah, man. Yeah. I'm proud of us. We did it. I'm proud of us too. We can finally say that like for real. We did, we did. I want a correction corner.

Uh, which we already knew the price of tea. The price of doing tea in China is not a saying apparently. Uh, and is not connected to any sort of saying. The price in the price of tea in China is just. It means it's irrelevant to me. Yes. Right. That's what you told me. So that's what I, that's what I think.

That's, and you know what, this whole thing is irrelevant to me. This whole thing is the price of tea in China. I think it should be a saying. Uh, but um, you guys know what I meant? I was just trying to say like, the price of admission. Yeah, the price of doing business. Yeah. Yeah. We all got there. I feel like we with that.

Yeah. Thanks. Thanks man. Yeah. What, what are your holiday plans? What are you guys doing this week? Our plans this week? Uh, [00:02:00] well, so the main thing so far this week has been, um. Keep the kids, uh, gotta go to school 'cause it's school, but as away from other children as possible to keep them school till when?

Just tomorrow they have one more day of school. Okay. Um, but like, and so that's just a, like a torture. It's just cross our fingers and Oh yeah. They're so checked out and they've been like, yeah, they're, frankly they're a little miserable. I'm a little miserable around them. 'cause there's like still a little bit of this because semblance of.

You know, civilization we have to hold onto, they have to act like they care about school and nobody cares anymore at all. But I try to do as much Christmas music around here as I can. So like I am, you know, we talked about it before and I did not lean in hard to the, like I didn't put up decorations the day after Thanksgiving, but I do like to get into music and I.

Was chilled. I know, just being busy and whatever. But this past week we've been really getting into it. Um, and I have some, like, I have some, I, it's not, it's not everyone's maybe, uh, you know, the classics they think of. But, um, I do like, boy Time and Christmas album was the first CD I ever got. So my Christmas boy, my Christmas hits includes some r and b, like the, you know, like, uh, TLC sleigh Ride.

From the LaFace [00:03:00] Christmas, uh, you know, left eye? No. From TLC. You don't know that. You don't know the ah, man. All right. No, but this makes me think of, uh, the New Kids on the Black Christmas album, which was my first Christmas. Do you know that one? Really? I don't know that one. But that was your, it was your first Christmas album.

Album on Christmas Eve. A saw a site that you just wouldn't believe St. Nick. By the fireplace, Dustin off a beard with a frown on his face. He said, Hey. I said, what? He said, you? I said, what? He said, I left the fire burning and I burned my butt. So now I've learned you've got to turn the fireplace down so Santa won't get burned.

Have a funky, funky Christmas. No, no. But that was awesome. Thanks man. I really enjoyed that. Yeah, I could do more if you want. I do, I do. Let's, we'll do it at the end. Well, uh, well, you, you can close this out. You can close this out with, okay, okay. The N-K-O-T-B Christmas wrap. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll be happy to you.

Um, but the, the kids are, uh, the, my kids have gotten really into, um, giddy up jingle horse. They just think it's the funniest and it is like, what an insult. Like it feels such a, let's, it's such a like bitchy thing to say to. [00:04:00] To a horse gi up jingle horse. So Sydnee would be like GI up jingle horse. I've never heard it said with such a saying, but when you say it that way, sure.

It's kind of like, yeah. Kind of like, well, is there a like gi up jingle horse? I guess you could be like, it's a giddy up jingle. Horse mean do the music itself sounds happy? Well, the whole song sounds happy. That's the whole, but like what do you, what do you call it? What's a, all right, well you have your take and my daughter has her take, um.

We will be going to, uh, Jen's family, um, for Christmas Eve and Christmas day, and then all packing up and going and flying south to see my family for a few days. Mm-hmm. Um, and then, you know, back here it's a pretty low key. I mean, it's never low key. It's, it's chaos, but it far as like the chaos goes, it's like one of the more low key Christmases we've had in the past few years.

Are you looking forward to it all? How are you feeling about it all? Uh, yes. Yes. It, the, the travel is always tough and it's always tough. I kind of feel bad for my mom, my mom and my dad. But my mom is, my mom cares about Christmas. My mom does [00:05:00] Christmas, like, wants Christmas to be Christmas. Right? And so, like, just the, the nature of it is she very early on, like years ago.

Was very cool about saying like, it doesn't have to be on Christmas day, but we all have to get together. We all, I'd love it if we can all be here at some point, but that means like pretty much everyone does Christmas Day with their in-laws or whatever other part of the family. And then we all travel and we're together, uh, on Christmas now.

But that just means like everyone has already been through it a little bit. And like, like for me and my family, we got, we drive and we do Christmas, we do two Christmases and then we drive back and then we get on a plane and we fly and like. It just turns into a lot of travel so that by the time we get there, I'm just like, blah, I just want out.

Yeah. Don't you ever out. Don't you ever want to just say, we want to be at our house and do Christmas at our house? Yeah. And start a, yeah. Yeah. But like, I mean, also like, I mean, it is nice down there, you know, and like they get to see cousins and they get to do like, there is a thing to it and it. My mom doesn't ask much.

She asks for, you know, she would really like twice a year that we all guarantee to get together. And that's even not always doable. Yeah. So the once a year we try [00:06:00] to, we try to make happen and it is a fun Christmas, especially for the kids. Like if, as long as they're, well, there have been times that literally like they've gotten off the plane down south and like, like one year.

Sydney, like just got off the plane and my dad was carrying her to the car and she just threw up and it was like, well now this is how we're gonna start. This is how Christmas is gonna be. Okay. So, got it. You know, as long as they stay well, it's always a good time. If they stay well, we'll, we'll still see.

That's why we're really, really watching the eyes and noses right now. Okay. Just what about you? Speaking of eyes and noses, Mr. Sniffles, what are you doing for the Yeah. Uh, yeah, I got a sinus infection. Oh, man. Yeah. Yeah. It's just like never ending this month. Um, well we, qua and I celebrated our Christmas together on Sunday.

We went to a steak dinner. Mm. Uh, which was really nice. Um, you know, traded gifts, the cats made out like bandits. The cats made out like bandits. We both like went overboard on the cats, uh, which is so insane. We're cat people. Um, uh, [00:07:00] no. No. What? No. Uh, but I got a new pair of Air Jordans, which are really cute.

Woo. Nice. Yeah. What, like, like current ones? Like, like throwbacks, like what are they, tell me about the Jordans. Uh, can't speak to their, um, what, what color are they then? What's the They're like a brown, brown. Um, they're the short ones. Okay. Yeah. Nice. All they're really cute. Nice. I'm excited. Um, and yeah, so Christmas, we're going to Connecticut.

Uh, see my family. Um. For a day, maybe a sleepover. CBD? Um, should, should I, and you can tell me honestly. Um, should, should I be offended that we didn't get the call this year? Um, my sister doesn't do that party anymore. Okay. That's a, that's not, doesn't happen. Do you, was how many years ago was it? It only, it was only a couple years ago.

Pre, pre pandemic, but no. Yeah, they haven't done done that time. They haven't done that party since before the pandemic. Really? What, what? Oh. But there was a time, it was, it was post pandemic that you, you, I got a text on Christmas or on the. Day before and it was like, if you guys want to come by and we were [00:08:00] on our way back here 'cause we had to leave.

It was a year that we were leaving earlier than usual. Yeah. And so we came back to New York and I thought you meant at your apartment. And we showed up and it was like my sister-in-law was with us. The kids were with us. We showed up at your apartment. I about that. And I'm texting you, I'm like, we're here.

And you're like, I don't see you. And I forgot about that. So that wasn't my sister's like old timey Christmas Eve parties. Yeah. That was just a ad hoc, like, yeah. Got it. We're all hanging out if you guys want to come. Yeah. Uh, yeah. So that we'll probably be home. 'cause my sister and her family, you know, that's where the kids are.

So Christmas revolves around the kids. They have to go to my sister's husband's family in New Jersey on Christmas day. Mm-hmm. So, um, if we do sleep over Christmas Eve, we won't be there long on Christmas Day and we'll be, um. On our sofa watching Stranger Things probably. Okay. Nice. By afternoon on Christmas Day, being lazy, which I can't wait.

Um, in our union suits. Yeah. Are those new or you? No, we've had those, but we break 'em out at the holiday time. Nice, nice. We should get you in new Union suit a [00:09:00] new one. If you wanna see Jonathan. A new union suit. Do you want your senator write your, write your house? House rep. I was gonna put it in later, but do you want to talk now or do you wanna tease out the last time you saw me in Christmas?

Pajamas? Uh, do you remember when you, uh. When you took Jenny and I to a party that was Oh, yeah. Uh, a, a themed Christmas party. Yeah. And got us all into it. And we wore Christmas pajamas. We wore like, like, like unions, like, like one Z Christmas pajamas, one Z and hers was all like fluffy. And mine was, uh, Christmas trees all over to a party.

To like a, a full party. Was it like. It was the, it was the zero. They don't do it anymore. The zero Winter Wonderland party, and it was at Knockdown and it's, it's a burner party. It was at Knockdown center. It was a burner party. So they did encourage holiday looks, but like 99% of the people interpreted that as like sexy holiday.

At most there was, it was mostly black t-shirts and pants. Like regular old, good old t-shirts and pants. Yeah. And then some like sexy burner looks and not a single [00:10:00] person there was in any kind of holiday. Attire except for my, my wife and I. But then we did, we decided to act as a, a good room, Carey Nation party.

And you guys came into a room full of shirtless. Yeah. Which like, to be honest, for me, I was like, well, I'm taking the top of this off. Like I, I, it's easier for me to be shirtless in pajama bottoms than anything else. And poor Jed was just in like, fluffy, cozy. Yeah. That was, uh, that was wrong. Sorry. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. So, yeah, that's that. We, we, we won't do that again. I used to love that party though. The Winter one, nine party. It was a good one. Uh, I mean, it was fun. It was super comfy. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Um, I have been dying to tell you about, have you heard about this movie? Oh, what fun. I have, I have.

Tell me about it though. I have, I have been dying to tell you about this. So this Oh, fun is on Amazon Prime. It's a holiday movie they made, uh. That's out for the first time this year. Starring my beloved Michelle Pfeiffer, who stars [00:11:00] in one of my two favorite movies of all time, which is Grease Two. Sure.

Is. It was like a, a seminal movie for me, uh, sexually, and I love Grease two very much. Uh, and so, and it's directed and co-written by Michael Showalter, who mm-hmm. Directed and co-wrote, uh, and wrote, um, what Hot American Summer. Mm-hmm. Which I adore. And he's very funny. So I was like, okay, I kind of wanna watch this.

And I talked Quan into watching it. Bro, this movie is so insane. So Well, is it like Showalter? I mean, because if it's like, no, I don't, the facial Mickey tells me it's not the way that it, like I, there's one, there's literally one moment in it. So she plays this mother of a family as mothers are, want to be okay with you so far.

So she's the mother of a family and they, she, they live in Houston. Okay. Um, which becomes oddly important. Um, and it's Christmas time and she loves Christmas and the whole house is [00:12:00] Christmas. Um, everywhere you look, Christmas decorations, everything's Christmas, and it's like days leading up to Christmas and she's busy making her recipes and wrapping her gifts, and it's like mayhem in the house.

She's like, but, but she's so excited and she's obsessed with this. Daytime TV show and they have a contest for mother Christmas mother of the year, but your kid has to enter you. And she's reminding her kids to enter her and they're not paying attention. She asks, she kind of pokes her husband, Dennis Leary, he's in the garage trying to put together a Barbie dream house and no one's listening to her about this contest and the time is running out.

So then the family starts to, who's the Barbie dream house for she? Because where her kids, her kids are. Her kids are older. Older, okay. So her, the kids start showing up. So she's got three kids. The oldest is Felicity Jones. Okay. From, um, rogue One. Mm-hmm. And Oscar nominee for, from the theory of everything, like, you know, there's like Oscar nominees in this cast phoning in the worst American accent.

I, and I love her, she and Rogue One. She's so good. [00:13:00] I love her. She's phoning in. That American accent, she's supposedly supposed to be related to these people. They all look like Dennis Leary looks like a lizard person. Um, she, so she's mad to be there. She's married to Jason Schwartzman, who no one in the family really likes.

Okay. He kind of wears pajamas all the time. Like, like you and Jen. Um, they have young kids, so they're there. She's mad that. They have to keep coming to mom for Christmas. She wants to make their own memories. She wants to go on a ski trip. Okay? Okay, so that's her bone to pick. Then the middle son, I think maybe he's the baby or I don't know.

The birth order. The birth order does not matter. Um, Dominic Cessna, who was the. The, the, the boy in, um, uh, the college movie from last year. Yeah. With Paul Giamatti. Yes. What was it called though? I don't remember what it was called. Not the Last of Us. The, I know, I wanted to say The Leftovers. It's not that The Leftovers.

It is, it is, is it really? No. The left behinds or stuff. Shit. So, yeah. Something like that. [00:14:00] But isn't that about Think is the Leftovers, that's about people who get, who stay at Christmas, right? Is it, isn't that also kind of a Christmas, like, not Christmas movie, but it is about the holidays? I don't know.

There's a movie called Left Behinds. Is it? I don't know. I don't know what's done. I think it The Holdovers. The Holdovers. Holdovers. There we go. Okay. So he, he rose the prominence in the holdovers. He, they, they found him on the college campus where they filmed really for his first time doing a movie. He was great in that movie.

He's so good in that movie. He deserves to have a big career. He's in it. Then their other daughter has been in a bunch of stuff. I don't really recognize her. She's a lesbian. And the joke is that every Christmas she brings home a new um, girl. And so they, they, she brings home a new girl and, and then Felicity Jones is showing her pictures from Christmas Pass, where, where every time they turn the page, there's a different girl.

So that's causing problems. Dominic Cessna is, has been dumped by his girlfriend because he doesn't have a job and he's going nowhere in life. AC across the street is an Asian family. Who is doing Christmas better than Michelle Pfeiffer and she, she has beef with the mom across the street and they're perfect.

Sure, sure. And there [00:15:00] is a shot of them around like the dinner table singing Silent Night in Perfect eight Part Harmony. That's, that's the funniest thing. Genuinely in the movie. That's like Michael Showalter humor. We were gawing for like two minutes. Um, it never quite reaches those heights again. So she gets them all tickets to, um, a, a takeoff of, um.

The dance TV show. Uh, so you think you can dance? Okay. They've like come to town for a live performance, okay? She gets them all tickets and the day that they're all going to the show, it's may, it's like home alone, mayhem in the house, and Michelle Pfeiffer gets left behind and no one notices until they're sitting in the audience.

She gets home alone. The mom gets home alone to this one. Michelle Fier. Okay. After she's missed the cutoff, no one's entered her for the contest. She's gone to the mall with Felicity Jones and they've had a confrontation about where Christmas happens. And then Michelle Pfeiffer steals something from the store and gets chased by cops.

Like it's insane. And they, they, there's a car chase leaving the mall. [00:16:00] Um, she, it feels a little more showalter than you're giving it credit. Like, I feel like if there's a car, is this, is it not? Is it, is it somehow trying to be genuine with stealing things and being in a car chase and like, I don't, I don't know.

She has to go buy a candle with three wicks in it because the Chinese lady across the street brings her a candle with one, with, um, two wicks in it. So the gifts, she pretends that the gift she got for her was wrong and she has to like up, out gift her. Okay. It's so bad. It's so insane. She ends up getting so mad.

She gets in the car and drives and she ends up at a, um, motel and the only, there's only one room and there's a truck driver played by Danielle Brooks. Oscar nominated for Color Purple last year. Very talented, like to Broadway star and. They have to share a hotel room and it's just like a couple scenes.

And I turned to Quan and I was like, oh boy, this is gonna be like, um, the magical black person, you know that trope? Mm-hmm. Have you ever heard that? Yeah. She's gonna come in and she's [00:17:00] gonna like, say something or do something that's gonna make this all better. No, they just share a hotel room. And Danielle Brooks like, I think she farts maybe.

And then that's, and then she is, so here's my question. As you tell, every scene you tell, I wanna like, are they trying to, whether they do it well or not, are they trying to parrot or, and or parody like other classic holiday films? 'cause that sounds like planes, trains, and automobiles. Right? We've got home alone, we've got.

PT A. Yeah, I guess it is. Trying to do that. Yeah. I don't know. I'm not saying it does it well, but is that, it feels like maybe that's what they, I guess that, I mean, I just thought we were just like, what is happening? And so then she drives to LA 'cause she decides she's gonna From Houston. That's in Houston.

Okay. Okay. Overnight. And the rest of the family chases her there on a plane. But she gets there first. How do they know where she's going? Uh. Because the, the girlfriend that dumped Dominic Cessna works as a makeup artist on the t. I don't know. [00:18:00] I don't know. Okay. Okay. So she ends up on the TV show. She just walks into the studio.

No one catches her, and then she happens to walk in when all the moms are about to go on stage for the contest. And she walks on and she wins, and she's like, she looks like she's. Oh, I think it that she smokes pot at some point with, dude, it's so bananas, but not like wet hot American summer. Absurd. I can't, it didn't work for me.

Didn't, and I'm so sad it didn't, because I love Michael Showalter, but it was bananas and I can't recommend anyone wash it. Uh, but it, here's here's the question. It kind of sounds like what, like what do you think the chances are, uh, percentage wise or just like straight up over under that this script was written by, or enhanced by ai.

Like, is it, is it, it feels like it's like grabbing things and do and dropping them in. Is it, maybe it's possible. Maybe they're just trying, they were trying to do like a Christmas, like a, a, a, a comment on the tropes and it just ended up being like, not, maybe it felt like everybody was trying to get a paycheck.

Mm. Like it felt like Felicity Jones was like, what time do you need me there? Okay. And worked on her accent on the ride over. I'm [00:19:00] so, which I love her. I'm so sad to have to say that. I just watched her in Train Dreams on Netflix, which is incredible. She's incredible in it. Um, Joel Edgerton is incredible in it.

I hope he gets an Oscar nomination. That's a great movie. She's very talented. But she did not bring it to this. But is it, do you think that, are we, are we to a point now that Christmas movies are like horror movies, which is like, you gotta take a swing at one and it's probably not gonna be good, but like, you gotta have one or two, uh, under your belt.

Like, I don't know. I guess so. I mean, Michelle Pfeiffer's not getting nearly enough work. I don't blame her for wanting to do this. Yeah, she looks incredible in it, and she's very good in it. Like she's actually great in it, but um, she's doing her best. She's selling it. But yeah, I don't know. I don't know, man.

But maybe your mom would like it. Like is it talking about your mom being like a Christmas, I would love to get your mom's review on it. That's question. She's listening. Is it supposed to be, is it a, is it a celebration of, is it a, uh, uh, pull back the curtains and remind everyone how hard moms work for Christmas?

Or like what is it? Yes, that's totally, that's the thesis. Okay. And it, it does work hard at like, doing that. And then at the end they all the following, oh no, I [00:20:00] won't, I won't spoil it. Why do I care? Nobody watch it, but please don't spoil it. Um, everything, everything's fine at the end. Um, does the family, it actually ends like days after.

I don't know, the timeframe doesn't make sense 'cause she drives from Houston to LA like seemingly overnight, and then they're filming this contest like what? What morning show? What Like Oprah style show films on Christmas Day. That didn't make sense. Like it just like p plot point wise didn't make sense to me, but yeah.

Well, all right. Um, does the family, does the family learn by the end? Are they, do they do a better job of, of being a part of Christmas? Everybody learns the mistakes they made. Mostly they learned about themselves. All right, good. They do. They do. Yeah, they did. So, yeah. So no politics this episode. Yeah. Good vibes only.

No politics, good vibes only, no politics. Um. Yeah. What are we gonna talk about? Let's talk about, let's talk about Christmases of your, let's talk about, okay. [00:21:00] Okay. Let's just do some holiday. Um, I think that by next year when we have a budget, you know, and we have more going on, I want to, I wanna, I wanna set the intention now that we do a good old fashioned.

Like Bean Crosby holiday special. We have guests, we do songs, we do a whole thing. Boy, oh boy, I've always wanted that. I've always wanted to, to be probably not the host, like the ma, the main guy, but I've always wanted to like be the name, like show, like show up and do a little song. Do a little crooner song with, you know, with Josh Groin or Michael Bule or whoever's.

What's your favorite Christmas song? Uh, that is a good, well, I mean, let it snow by Boy Men is way up there. But, um, I, I really love 'em all. I really love Christmas music. I, I, I really, um, all of the crooner classics or big hits, the, like, we, a lot of Dean Martin was on before, um, you know, happy holidays. Uh, welcome to Winter Wonderland.

Uh, I like, I like all that stuff. I like the good old fashioned Rudolph when it's done well, you know? Mm-hmm. Um. [00:22:00] And then some boys demand, and then some TLC. Uh, what about you though? What's your favorite Christmas? Uh, have yourself a very little Christmas. Yeah. And, uh, if for, is that secular or not secular?

I always forget which ones, which. I think that, well, secular means not Jesus. Sacred means that's my favorite. Secular. Okay. And then my favorite Sacred is, oh, holy Night. Mm. Yeah, that's a good one. Yeah. Um, who is, ah, dude, I, you know his name. I'm I, well, maybe not, but there's a guy, and this is just me being dumb 'cause he's, he's really blown up and he deserves to, but he does like a lot of like musical theater tropes.

He does song he plays now, he's like, he's friends with Kristen Bell. They've been doing live shows together. But he got famous on Instagram like. Playing like, like, it's like singing the tropes of songs. Like he would just be like, he was doing the, um, the I Want song for silly things, and he was like making it up and it was like really funny.

But he does a lot of like parody kind of stuff and he's really funny. Um, I just don't know his name, but he, I saw a post from him the other day that said like, please, please, this year, please, let's try, let's not try to make. Rumpa pom sexy. Like, we don't [00:23:00] need to, we don't need to make rumpa pom pom sexy.

Yeah. I don't know who that is, but that's funny. No, it's the song, the, uh, little Drummer Boy. Yeah, yeah. The song. I know who the guy is. Yeah. The guy is, um, yeah. Well I'll send it to you. And maybe I was like, I don't know what Rumpa is. I dunno. That is, I I've never heard of him. Who's, who's Rumpa? That's my dad's favorite Christmas song.

Really? Yeah. That's a good one. I like it. Have you ever seen the Claymation Little Drummer Boy? Yeah, that's like the obscure one. Yeah. Yeah. Um, well, I mean, let's, what about like. The Claymation, I mean, Claymation Rudolph, right? Like, you know that, right? Yeah, I know. All the Claymations. And then, uh, Santa, come on now.

Santa Claus. And then there's the New Year's one Baby New Year's. That's my favorite. I don't think I know that one. New Years. Oh yeah. There's a Claymation where Rudolph has to team up to save baby New Year's. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Like an ADV event. Like a Rudolph Adventures. I forgot that. Um, yeah. That, that continues.

Yeah. Yeah. Um. What about, oh, fuck, I'm not the Christmas toy. The Christmas toy. It took me forever. Shout out COVID movie club that we have never talked about in this podcast for six months of doing this. But [00:24:00] I, uh, uh, have a group of friends that we've been watching movies and I've had to take a little break for a couple for a month or so, but like for the past five years, we've been watching movies every week and get together and talk about 'em.

And we, uh, a few years ago, uh, it was a, it was a made for tv. Muppet knockoff, like, I think it might've been Henson, I think it might've been Jim Henson using non-branded puppets and Muppet style creatures. Um, but it was about a little, like, it was, I think it's called the Christmas toy, and it's like. In this giant big playroom with this kid, you know, it's, it's toy story y uh, 20 years before Toy Story, but, uh, the favorite toy, the like little tiger thing I think it is, thinks that it's, thinks that he is always been the favorite.

'cause he was, he was like, you know, was, he was gotten at Christmas and for the whole year he's been the favorite toy and so he just like thinks that he is the favorite toy and all the other toys in the room like. Are aware that at some point they were all the favorite toy and they know that he's about to get a rude awakening.

'cause there's gonna be a new toy that's going to be under the tree and he's gonna like lose his spot as the favorite. That's just that like [00:25:00] how it works, but it's like it's, it, it, it. You know, toy Story, they eventually cleaned it up to where if there's humans around that just play dead. In this one, if a human catches you, you fucking die.

You turn into a toy that does not come back, like you are just a, you are just a toy at that point. So the stakes are really high. Yikes. But it's like, you don't know this at all. No, it's like, uh, I got a, I, it's called, I believe it's called the Christmas toy, and it's like, it's. Puppets and it's just like a very high stakes toy.

Okay. And I think that the new thing is like a buzz lightyear, but like a scary, like, I think it's like a blaster kind of thing, but like a not fun guy, like a scary guy who thinks that he's really a, you know, blaster villain. Um. So it, it's a, it'll, it'll, this is, yeah. And so in movie club, I, I was talking about that some year and most people were like you.

They were like, that's not a movie. I've never heard of that before in my life. And it like, doesn't exist. And I think, shout out Brie, Cuba. Like, I'm pretty sure that Brie found like a, like a VHS copy of it somewhere and then just like digitized it for us so we could [00:26:00] watch it. 'cause it, it doesn't really exist anymore.

Or maybe she found like YouTube somewhere where someone else had done that. But it was a made for TV one and done. That we finally found and it, uh, it lived up to all the hype. It is, uh, the, it's the most eighties thing I've, I remember seeing in a, in a long time. Geez. Um, so that just, that, that fits right in with the Claymation movies.

Um, well, while we're tripping down memory lane here a little bit, let's talk about some Christmases past. What, what is your favorite ever push a q in some music right now that really felt like it needs a piano lead in, um, uh, my favorite Christmas ever? I know you, you set these prompts and they're good prompts, uh, for a conversation and it's really hard for me to think back and like.

Think through specifically like what was a, a, a really good one. But I will say one that really stands out to me is my family. Uh, one year we've only done this once ever, um, went to Hawaii as a family for Christmas. We like took a week vacation. Um, and I was already living in New York, but my, you know, my parents got us all tickets and we.

Um, we went to Hawaii and it was like, I mean, beautiful. [00:27:00] It was beautiful. It was so much fun. It was so, it was so chill. It was so relaxing and yeah, super bougie and really like, we had like a nice condo and I remember thinking like. It was, it was at that point I was kind, I'd been in New York only a couple years and it took me like a couple of days to actually settle into having a nice time because it was so slow.

It wasn't even like, I guess these were the were, this was before the Montauk years of my life, but it wasn't like a busy beach. It was like a legit. You know, it's I real island time. It's like real slow and I, I remember like taking some real time to adjust to that. Being bored at first even though I'm in paradise.

Like being like antsy and bored and then finally adjusting to like, oh, I really. Need to rest. Like we were talking before about, you know, your body saying like, it's on the chill out a little bit. Like you, you know, when you start getting sick or start feeling tired and like that's, I remember that Christmas was a really rejuvenating, like healthy Christmas for me because it, like we had a week and it was [00:28:00] after the first couple days I didn't do shit.

It was a lovely vacation. We had a couple of like tourists where we went and saw like the road to Hana and we went to a luau. We did some things, but it was not like a action packed fun like, you know, events. Vacation. It was just like, and I'm pretty sure that that's also my dad. My mom and my dad were like, we've been doing a lot for Christmas, we've been doing a lot for our lives.

Like, let's just pay all the money up front and just not do anything after that. Yeah. And it was nice, really nice. And so, like, I, Christmas is always, sometimes it's hectic, sometimes it's chaotic and a little stressful, but like, I always enjoy Christmas and it's, I, I, I like the. Whether I in the moment, like it or not, like I had the energy of that and being around that much family.

Like, I, I like that. But it was nice to get a, like a, a one-off where it was like, still family, but like a very different vibe. Just like stillness in a, in a, in a healthy way. Nice. Um, so yeah, not shout out that one. What about you? What's like your favorite. Christmas. My, well, so my dad always, we were talking about traveling on Christmas to see family.

My [00:29:00] dad laid down the law early, I guess in the marriage, and told my mom, Christmas day is gonna be at our house. Whoever wants to come see us can. And I really am glad he did that 'cause I, every, every Christmas of my life up, up until I recently has been at my parents' house. Hmm. Um, and, uh, so growing up, we just never let we, we, we, we went.

Christmas Eve, we went to grandparents, and then Christmas day we woke up in the morning. Santa had come and we just spent all day there and different relatives would come. And I have great memories. I used to love Christmas Day and, um, before I turned Scrooge, but, um, uh, I, there was one early, like I was maybe like kindergarten ish, um, where I remember, um, my auntie Donna, one of my mom's sisters, um.

Got me the Justice League of America, um, hall of Justice play set. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. And I remember us putting it together and I just remember the feeling of that Christmas being like, and maybe it was [00:30:00] like, kind of like when you're a kid, Christmas becomes more exciting. Those first couple years as you start to get more conscious and then like, yeah, when you finally, like, there's a Christmas that comes when you remember from the year before and then you can look forward to it.

Yeah. So I think I was just like, right. I was peaking in terms of like Santa and getting excited and so, yeah. Um, but yeah, that's, uh, that's, that's my favorite Christmas. What about your worst? Um, that. Maybe I blocked it out or maybe there's been too many to really like, really be able to narrow it down. I think the, so, so two things.

One, that was a rough one. Um, one Christmas was at my grandparents, my dad's parents' house. And I have one cousin on that side. Um, and he, uh, you know, Santa visited my grandparents' house 'cause we were all there. We, you know, got there a day or two before and we were there for Christmas. Um, and so it was a little bit different to have multiple families.

With Santa coming to the same place. Right. So like, I guess during the night they had set up so that, um, Adam was getting a new, like a brand new [00:31:00] Nintendo, uh, it was early enough that like, they, we didn't have that, you don't have video games. And we knew about 'em and we had, I think asked for it. Like, but we weren't gonna get it that year.

But then we like wake up and come out on Christmas morning and there's a Nintendo like set up with the TV's, like ready to play, like ready to go. And my brother and I were like, we got it. We got a Nintendo. And my mom and dad had to like. Pivot and like work that out and be like, nah, I, well I think maybe, I think maybe Santa's saying, oh, I think maybe this stuff over here Santa's saying is for you guys, and like had to like pull back on that.

Oh. So to be honest, that was like. That's more of a story that they tell. And I, I mean, like, I don't even remember being that hurt by it. I kind of remember that Christmas, but it doesn't, it doesn't, but, but apparently it was like very heartbreaking in the moment, you know, like, yeah. The, the, for me, the, the, one of the worst Christmases I remember, it's not even worst, worst, but it was just like being in New York before I could get home.

I couldn't get home to like the 28th or 29th. Oh yeah. And so I worked the whole time and like, so I was just like alone and waiting tables and you know, it's cold and miserable here. Like, oh, I would've cuddled with you. I know. I'm sorry. My, I, I, I don't know why I [00:32:00] didn't think to call you and have you coddle with me.

It would've been I, I should have, I needed it. Yeah. I'm sorry, man. Um, my, my worst Christmas ever when I was a sophomore in college, I had to get my tonsils out. Um, yeah. Which is late old to get your tonsils out and they don't really do it anymore. I had to like, fight for it. I was getting like a lot of, um.

Sore throats. Yeah. I had huge tonsils. Yeah. And I, like, ever since I was a kid, the doctors were always like, whoa, your tonsils are huge. You should have these removed, but we don't do that anymore. And so, yeah, I finally fought for it and it was rough. It was like a rough, um, I ended up back in the hospital and like, uh, it was like I was coughing and blood was coming out and then like it was outta Stranger things.

It was like a. A slug of a blood clot came out. Oh. It was like six inches long. That was like, ah, yeah. Oh, that's so, and the doctor had to, at like two in the morning at, in the hospital had to come in and cauterize it. Oh. Like burning stuck. Something burning down my throat. It was terrible. Oh. Yeah. So that was my worst Christmas ever because it was like the week [00:33:00] before Christmas, and on Christmas day I was bedridden and I couldn't eat.

So I couldn't eat the Christmas food, which was my favorite. And I just laid in bed all day and slept and it was terrible. It was my worst Christmas ever. I, and I think when I look back, that was the beginning of the end for the scrooge of it for me. 'cause I think that was when the rug got pulled outta me.

That Christmas wasn't guaranteed. That Christmas feeling. Thought was a guarantee that I would get every year. Mm. Was slowly gonna go away. And then people were gonna start dying and people are gonna, you know, grandparents are gonna die and like, all obvious stuff. But like, you don't, you don't, you don't face those facts when you're young.

Yeah. And then it was like, that was the first time that the world was like, no, you don't get that every year. It's not gonna always be there. And so, yeah. Geez. Yeah, man. Oh man, I'm sorry. I know heavy. Sorry. What are you, you're a fan of the Christmas food though, so you're not a Thanksgiving guy. You don't like the Thanksgiving food.

What is, what, what food at Christmas, uh, does it for you? Yeah, I mean, we don't do it anymore. My mom used to cook. It was like, my mom didn't, was not a mom that loves [00:34:00] cooking. Uh uh, but she used to do like a whole Christmas spread and it was really good. She doesn't do it anymore, and no one has picked up.

The mantle. Mm. I I would maybe try to do it if everybody came to our place for Christmas, but they're not invited to come here for Christmas, like if we had a big house. You know what I mean? Yeah. But it was like, it was like an Italian anti pasta. It was, um, it was, uh, it was like a pasta, like a, a. It was like ravioli or lasagna or manic or, um, yeah, like a, not a, not a, not a little noodle.

Like something, something more going on to it. So with cheese in it and like homemade meatballs, homemade sauce. Nice. The only time she made homemade sauce on year. Wow. All right. Yep. So we would get up, Santa will have come, we would have like some sort of. I don't know, Christmas cookies or something For breakfast.

Yeah. And then the, the tomato sauce would be simmering on the stove all day long. Ooh, nice. So I would go like, dip bread in, and it was, it was really good. I miss stuffed mushrooms, like, wow. Okay. All right. Yeah, it was a pretty good spread. And, uh, we don't, we [00:35:00] don't, I don't get that anymore, but I loved it.

Your sister doesn't do that now. You're not gonna. That's a no no, no. What about you? What's your favorite Christmas food? Oh, man. My house is, the food is all good. It's there's, and there's a good rotation of, um, like, uh, dishes that come through, but my mom sets up, uh, the, like the kitchen, the. The, um, what the fuck, like bar, the kitchen bar or the, where you sit area, the, um, it just stays covered in homemade, but also just good old fashioned store-bought candies and sweets.

Like, it's just like, so my favorite thing is Rocky Road. It's like pecans and marshmallows. Um, with Melt, Mel. Chocolate all tossed together and then hardened. So you like end up with these little, like, just chunks of chocolate covered pecans and, uh, or no, uh, peanuts, I'm sorry, not pecans, peanuts and marshmallows.

Um, and they're delicious, but they're just like everywhere. And then there's, there's also just like m and ms and there's cookies that she's spent all week making and there's just like, it's so. Much sugar, much [00:36:00] and nice. Yeah. And I spent all of this time like gearing myself up to go down there and be like, all right, like obviously, like have some, it's the holidays, have a little bit, but don't be a fucking idiot about it.

And it just stays out the whole time. And I end up being a fucking idiot every time I walk by, I end up eating something. Yeah. It's like, I love it, but I just also then, like, it's gonna take me the rest of the year to work off the weight to on this week. But like, what's the food you guys ate? Like the meal?

Uh, I mean, it, it, there's a, there's a, uh, a. Creamy, like Christmas Day food. I don't know that there's a specific Christmas Day meal. We do kind of a, it used to be New Year's, um, and now since we're all spread out for New Year's, it becomes a Christmas week meal. But my dad will do like a, like a seafood boil.

We'll do a what, what, what's the Christmas? It's like you're being shady about what you ate on Christmas day. You're like, I don't know. I don't know. New Year's we ate. Well, we didn't have, I'm sorry, we didn't, my mom didn't get up early to make the sauce. So there was no, there was no, I'm like, what did you eat on Christmas day?

Don't, there's not a thing. Fucking candy. I'm telling you, [00:37:00] candy. I don't, there wasn't like a meal. Jesus. Yeah. There was plenty of food throughout the day. There wasn't a set meal that was every year. No. Okay. There was not the one thing that happened every year. It just rotate. What I'm telling you. Every year was something different.

Something. Yeah. I don't, yes, it was something delicious that, that was, you know, made with love and, uh, I don't know what. Like, it's been 20 years since I've been home on Christmas day. So like growing up it was, and the growing up was always different too. Like we were at my grandparents for a lot of Christmases and then, you know, we talked about the differences at my grandparents' house.

That was the same thing would happen at Christmas. And then we got to the point where my, I, I have to imagine, I wasn't around for the conversation, but I have to imagine my mom and dad were like, we are not gonna drive our four children four hours for Christmas anymore. If you guys are welcome to come here, come, come stay here.

You know? Um, and my grandparents did that like once or twice, and then they were kind of like. We don't love that. So why? But we'll just like find a time to get together, you know, when it works out. Yeah. Um, but as far like, uh, there was always some kind of like breakfast, like cinnamon bun or like a, um, a, a french bread [00:38:00] casserole kind of thing, you know?

Mm-hmm. That my mom would, uh, a french toast casserole kinda thing that, that she would make. But it was usually like, we'd get up, we'd do like we'd, you know, we'd. Ransack the presents, and then we'd have like a nice breakfast and then everyone would, some people would take naps, some people would play with their stuff.

It was like, you know, chill out and like, enjoy Christmas. And then I, uh, there was always, uh, growing up there was always a couple of, at least one, the Marls always had like a banging open house all day. I always thought that was so cool to just have like the open house that whenever you wanna stop by, you stop by, you know?

So we'd go there for a couple hours and then maybe another friend or two would have their open house. You know, we'd stop by somewhere. And then there was that, my, my church growing up did this thing called the living Christmas tree. I guess they still do it. I think they still do it. The Living Christmas tree is a, I, um, so when Jen came to the church, I grew up in the first time, she was like, oh, is this a mega church?

And I was like, this is not, this is just a church in the south like it. But I understand the confusion because it's giant. There's another step of giant way beyond this. But for if you've never been to a church in the south, like it's, it's, it's big. And so [00:39:00] our big sanctuary with our big. Choir, loft and high, high, high vaulted ceilings.

I mean, high ceilings had this giant tree that like where there were risers on it, it was like, it was like. Trees, you, you stood and then in front of you would be like a hedge of a tree. So it made a tree going up and people were standing on risers going all the way up, like, I don't know, 50 people fit on this tree.

And so it's like nice and tall. And there was always a soprano that was always the top, the top person who had a solo at some point. Um, but it was like a really, and the full orchestra would play the living Christmas tree. It was always like a, a big, very cool. Cool Coral concert for, for Christmas. And so that was part of the tradition too.

But the, that, the, the long answer is I still don't have one thing that we ate every Christmas, so I'm sorry, I can't No, it's, that's okay. I can't give you the, the, but the, its candy, they ate candy, like the seafood boil that I was trying to say. I would, I would love to tell you that it was always good. We have, you know, shrimp and potatoes and, uh, mushrooms and uh, Hawaiian rolls.

They're always delicious and, you know, um. Uh, uh, tiered, [00:40:00] tiered cocktail sauce. If you like it, hot or not, you know, there's, um. But that's New Year's. Well, it moved up because no, we're not all there for New Year's now, so we were able to request that the seafood oil be moved up to during the week of Christmas when we're all there.

So at some point I believe we'll have that. I could be wrong. My, you know, but I, I'm fingers crossed that we'll have that. And then the only other thing that I love, and this is just like it, my dad always made this like spicy sausage and vel vita cheese dip. Um. Which I love. I think Jen is still a little dis disgusted by the idea of Velv Vita cheese, but whatever, she's an elitist.

Um, so, uh, I look forward to this like spicy sausage in Velv vita cheese dip that I'll go home to. Um, but again, not a main course. So I'm sorry I don't have a better answer for you for that. No, that's okay. That's okay. Alright. Best gift you ever got. Uh, um, the year that Santa brought us cats, we got two cats and they were, I.

One of them was immediately trying to jump outta the cage. And I, I was like, that one's mine and his name is Mac. Um, and I, the other, [00:41:00] like, we had Mac and Murph, they were these two cats and they were great. Um, and they were for the most, for most of my life, the only pets. They were the only pets we had in my house when I was born.

Before I was two. My parents had a dog before I was two. They got rid of the dog, they gave it to my grandparents. It stayed close. They stayed in the family, but not in the house. Um, and then no pets until I was in high school when we had these cats. Um, and then after I left, almost immediately after I left, they got another dog.

The only time they didn't have a dog for most of the time was when I was living at home. Um, interesting. So we got these pets. They were the only real pets. My brother and sisters had rabbits and had other things, but the only pets that I was ever involved with, with these cats, and Mack was a, a, a very cool cat.

They were both cool cats, but Mack was like a, had a lot of personality, uh, was a lot of fun. Mm-hmm. Uh, and I really, really worked hard to get him to sleep with me at night. He was kind of his own, uh. He was a lone soul, you know, so like, he didn't really like to sleep with me at night, but he'd come in and check on me sometimes.

Um, that was my boy. Oh, but what about you? What was your best? Um, my grandparents, uh, on my dad's side, there were nine of us, nine [00:42:00] cousins. And so, um, Christmas Eve was on that side of the family. And, uh, we, there was one year they gave us all, we unwrapped our presence in, it was like a candy bar, a big candy bar, and we were all like.

Like they could tell we were all, and then, and then someone was like, maybe you should open 'em. And we all opened 'em and there were a hundred dollars bills in each of 'em, so we each got a hundred dollars and they were like the thickness of a candy bar. Um, and so it's just memorable. It was like a memorable moment where they like fucked with us.

And then it was funny. And then we were all excited and it was like a hundred dollars, felt like a lot of money and like. So, so that sticks out. Yeah. That's funny. We've been working, we've been working this week with the kids about like, uh, fixing your face with presents, you know, 'cause like really trying to work on the idea of like, someone, someone took the time to give you something.

Yes. Like that's what's, even if you don't like the thing, first of all, you might decide that you do like it. So let's not jump to judgment. And second of all. Let's try to remember someone got you something and it's kind that they did that. Yeah. You know? 'cause it's also not great to be like, Hey, fucking fix your face, you look mean.

Yeah. Yeah. You're being [00:43:00] rude. Yeah. I, I don't, I mean, it makes me wonder, like, I, I, I guess maybe, I'm sure I did. I don't like when kids. At Christmas, the energy of like, unwrap. Unwrap. Okay, what's next? Unwrap. Unwrap. Yeah. Okay. What's next? And like, I'm sure that that's what I did as a kid too, but like it's not, not, I mean, oh, I can almost guarantee you did.

Yeah. And the whole thing kind of like builds to that. It's, it's, that's a, that's a fucking uphill battle for par as a parent is like undoing that. That's like totally. I try, I mean, whatever. That's a, that's a, a societal thing. That's the way that like gifts Yeah. Is like the thing, and it's what people wanna teach, talk about the kids to be capitalist and want stuff and like, it's just icky.

Yeah. And it's, yeah. It is icky. It, it, it's, we work real hard. I, we haven't done it as good a job about getting them to like, give gifts. The idea of giving, we try to work with and we try to, we talk about all these things, but like also getting them to get out and go shopping with them and like work on getting, getting them to get gifts to give is, you know, it's like mostly I'm just like, [00:44:00] we'll just take care of it.

We're gonna get you, so this is what you're gonna give your teachers. This is what you're gonna give, you know, so and so, like, just because it's like another step of work to get them to do it with us. But it's an uphill battle to fight that. And my kids, you know, they've got Hanukkah too, so like they're coming right now, coming out of.

Eight days of gifts. Oh my God. And literally like extra withdrawal for the three days. They don't get gifts. And I was like, you gotta chill out, dude. Like you should. Yeah. Yeah. It's, it's, yeah. Well that's a cute little walk down Christmas lane. Yeah. I loved it. Uh, are you excited for Christmas? How you feeling?

Oh, uh, I am. It's gonna take me, uh, tomorrow I'll start getting more excited. It's like finally here. Yeah. It's like things are the, it's such a gauntlet. The things are busy. This, the weather sucks. Things are very, very busy. It's always right up until then I get to stop and go, oh, yeah. Like, all right, now we can chill out.

Now we can be with family. Now we can like, not, not have to rush everything, even though there will be some time of rushing getting to the airport and getting, you know, getting it done. Yeah. But I'm, I'm looking forward to. [00:45:00] Settling down a little bit and being in, you know, and I, I, they'll get a bunch of shit.

They'll get a bunch of stuff that like, whatever. But like, then they'll have stuff to play with for a little bit and they, you know, they'll have fun then. Like, it's, I'm excited for, um, the, we, we try not to do, you know, we don't give Santa too much credit. We try not to give Santa too much credit, but we, I, it's, it's really fun to watch them.

It's a fine line. Like we're talking about it, it's a fine line between like, what did I get? And like, just like the magic of Christmas as a whole, you know, like there is a gid part of it. There is, that's part of it. But also like, just the fact that there's, it's a, everyone works together to make this thing, you know, more fun.

It's like, you know, there's product, there's um, there's, um, production value to Christmas, everyone steps up a little bit. Mm-hmm. Um, so that part I'm, I'm excited for. What about you? Are you feeling. Up for it. Scrooge, you feeling good and you're feeling I can't wait till it's over, bro. Cannot wait. I need, I need a, I need a break.

I need some time to chill. Um, but take that, right, that counts as part of Christmas, right? I, [00:46:00] well, I, I'll take it as soon as it, there's an opportunity for it, but there hasn't been yet. Uh, but I'm looking forward to it. Um, but yeah, you know, it's, uh, I'm excited for a new year, new start, all that kind of stuff.

Yeah. I look forward to that. Um, you know what it's time for? I do. Who would you fight? Who would you fight? Jingle, jingle. Oh, nice. I like it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll go first. Okay, go for it. I am gonna fight and this is not, uh, this is not a specific knock at you and Jen, please don't take it that way. I want to fight straight people and they're overhead lighting and, you know, 'cause I've already like.

We've already talked about this before. I'm so over straight. People need to get little lamps and little like and chill with the overhead. With the overhead lighting, it doesn't make anybody look good. It doesn't make a room feel good. So that's why I wanna fight this week that you know what that tells me about your life.

That tells me so much about the privilege of your life and the pace at which it works at your house, and the pace at which things happen in your house. That's what that tells me. I gotta be able to see [00:47:00] fucking. Everywhere in my house. I gotta see where the fucking Legos are. I gotta see where the squished food on the carpet is.

I need to know what is happening. It's a fucking war zone out there. I knew you. I knew you would take it personally. I knew there was no way for you to not take it personally. No, I'm speaking on behalf of straight people in our overhead lights as a whole group. Which by the way, I think about this all the time.

When, when? When. Considering my spot on the Kinsey Scale, on the lighting scale. Mm-hmm. I, I think it's a apropos to say that I, I did all the own lighting. I did all my own lighting in the house. I put it all in and installed it all and set it all. I mean, I had help, but I, in, I said it all, I chose all what it was.

And there is overhead lighting. I, we have overhead lighting in every room, but they're all on dimmers that good, which is good. And, and rooms should have overhead lighting. There are times when you need it, like when you're vacuuming, um, or painting. Yeah. Which is all the time. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And the other problem with smaller lights is like, then that's something that takes up space, that when kids are little, they're definitely gonna knock it over.

It's like a definite hazard. So I, what we could do, and I, from the [00:48:00] personal side, I will say is I put 'em all on dimmers. Um, good. But I'm with you obviously, like, you know, little, little, little bursts of lighter, a better way to be. Um, but I'm glad that you want to kick person while they're down. You wanna fight someone who just needs to be able to see.

Who are you fighting to see? I like in my, this is not what I meant. I like that the outline. I stopped writing, not on purpose, just by 'cause I got distracted. A DHD kicked in and it just says. Whoever, which I kind of wanna stick with. I'll just fucking fight whoever. No, what it was supposed to say was, I want to fight whoever made the call that any new thing that plugs in just gets a USB and not an outlet.

I know, not a plug. What the fuck, dude? We're not plugging everything into a computer like. I need a pro. I need prongs. I need, I know. I need a plug. Don't fucking make me go find a block that got for my phone that we don't even use anymore. 'cause there's new blocks now. That's absolutely those blocks, those old blocks.

Nobody. So we're still getting new stuff with USB plugs. I fucking, I can't do anything with. Yeah, it's terrible. That's a good, I wanna fight. That's why I wanna fight. Yeah, yeah. I agree. I agree. Um, you wanna read [00:49:00] this out? How about I read this out and then as I finish you are gonna sing N-K-O-T-B. Okay. All right.

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New kids on the block. Let's rock. It's Christmas time. We're going to celebrate it with the rhyme. Danny t, are you ready? Ready as a love bee. Steady. You know Joey Joe's ready, Jordan and John. Yeah. Come on. We got a funky, funky Christmas going on. That's it. Nice. Great. Alright. There's more I didn't wanna subject you to the whole song.

Well done. Thanks, man. Happy holidays, Mery Christmas. Happy holidays love. Love you, peace and joy. Mm.