The Worst of the Best Podcast

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welcome to the worst of the best podcast
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you wanted the best well they didn't
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freaking make
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it so here's what you get from Canada
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Ryan and Ruben
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who is
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that all right welcome to the worst of
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the best podcast Christmas movies
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Edition this is amazing it's that
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wonderful time of the year Ruben where
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we celebrate celebrate Christmas time
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yes yes now remember as kids we had a
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friend named Chris Smith yes Chris Smith
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and we'd always say hey Merry Christmas
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Merry Christmas you didn't like it you
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didn't like that I don't know why I
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would love that so uh yeah welcome to
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the worst of the best today we're
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tackling Christmas movies and we're
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using the list from Rotten Tomatoes The
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Best Christmas movies of all time as per
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the Met critic or whatever critics and
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fans have combined to give us the 25
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best movies of Christmas so what we're
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going to do Ruben is uh Merry Christmas
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to you Chris goof yo yo
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yo and we would like to welcome those
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who are joining us uh from far and wide
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from far and wide far and wide I guess
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far this way and that way why are we
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both wear the same
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shirt it just looks like that on on TV
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hey you have a hat looks just like
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yes I do and it's kind of gross that
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you're wearing my hat but I'm not a hat
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sharer by the way but you know what's
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funny that it suits you better than me
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like I can't bless your heart but my
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hair suits my head better than
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yours does this lighting make me look
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bald it does all right so we're going
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off this list you can follow the link in
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the uh we provided the link in the
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description so if you want to follow
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along but how this is going to work
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because there's 25 films Ruben and I a
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we don't even I don't even know what the
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films we are I haven't even looked at
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the list I haven't looked at the list
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either and so what we're going to do to
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make this fair or to make it what do you
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call uh legit to Legit to Quit we can
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only rate that which we have seen so we
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can speak to the movie but if we haven't
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seen it we can't speak to it all right
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follow along if you'd like to yeah
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follow along and then at the end of it
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we'll mention what our worst pick is
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from what we've seen okay starting with
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number 25 White Christmas I don't think
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I've seen it I don't think I've seen it
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it's got a B crossby we always used to
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listen to b Crosby when we were trimming
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the tree yeah that's right we when we
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decorated the tree we used to listen to
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ban Crosby remember would come out like
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he he beat his family and his wife and
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all was that Bill Cosby no no Bing oh
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yeah sorry
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Bing all right I haven't seen it so I
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don't know you don't know Bad Santa
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number 24 Bad Santa haven't seen it
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starring Billy Billy Bob Cosby sorry
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sorry Billy Bob Thorton Bernie Mack yeah
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I haven't I haven't seen this I've seen
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Snippets I guess it's supposed to be
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funny because he's a bad santa yes okay
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CU that is usually a good character
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right oh but he's bad yeah oh it's by
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mirax bad indeed like okay har W
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probably thought was a pun like or they
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being ironic yeah doesn't seem that bad
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to me The Bishop's Wife The Bishop's
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Wife Carrie Grant Carrie Grant yeah um
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boy we're doing terrible room I haven't
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seen this humbug this fell cast
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82% good uh no okay this one I've seen
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Batman Returns Batman Returns why is
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that considered a Christmas movie it it
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takes place the whole time during
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Christmas uh yeah I guess so yeah I
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guess so you and I have both seen Batman
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Returns I love this film by the way yeah
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me too Tim Burton film Michael Keaton is
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Batman Michelle fer so I knew this guy
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you like that that was good that was
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good
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ier yeah and she played The Cat Practice
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doing that watching cor and Brian that's
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his yeah I can do K so I I used to live
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in New Jersey and I knew this guy that
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was a photographer for like models and
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well like a high-end photographer so
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he's on a flight this woman sits be
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behind him or beside him excuse me and
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they're like just chitchatting and oh
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whoever talks can hold the uh for for
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the podcast this doesn't work but
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there's a reindeer ribbon's holding the
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reindeer and whoever talks gets a hold
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the reindeer like the Taun exactly what
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what speaking to I think our viewers
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should know L of the Flies you hold the
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con when you talk
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moving moving forward so so he's on he's
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on a flight and he's talking to this
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woman she asks what he does and and he
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says a this might sound kind of funny
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but for a woman your age you actually
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are quite
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photogenic um here's my card and I'm
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sorry what do you do and she goes oh I'm
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a I'm an actress oh and once she said
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that he dawned on him he's talking to
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Michelle feifer oh wow and he didn't
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realize you know why would he think
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you're playing with Michelle feifer he
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said he felt so stupid well sure but you
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know I think I've heard when you see
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celebrities in real life they don't
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quite look this well they don't have
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their makeup on they might seem smaller
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than you thought they're not as large as
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life as you would appear so people would
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seem normal you didn't make the
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connection yeah Michelle Fifer's you
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know she's very pretty but she might get
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away with kind of blending in I think
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with with the average person yeah so far
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so good uh Batman Returns all right
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number 21 A Christmas Carol released in
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1951 oh I've seen it yes I've seen seen
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this one too okay it's black and white
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despite the colored poster yeah all
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right so we both seen it m all right so
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okay uh Gremlins 1984 seen it yeah I've
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seen it too back when it came out
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nothing zier than yeah very 80s movie
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84% is that 84% on Nostalgia well
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probably it's it is considered a cult
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classic and uh it's a popcorn flick it's
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fun I don't know yeah all right had
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Phoebe Kates in it
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okay all right Zach gallan that's a Zach
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Galan a twin brother all right fraternal
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so number 19 elf elf will pharoh's elf
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yeah he playing at the theaters this mon
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this Saturday coming up oh really yeah
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this one is you know it really has kind
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of warm on the hearts it's become
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actually a modern day Christmas I know
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you know how there's certain films that
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over the years you have to watch it yeah
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it's one of my favorite Edward Asner
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movies
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yeah yeah
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Edward Asner sure makes this film I tell
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you it was directed by John Fabro
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anyways will farell was funny in it elf
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um John Fabro does great with movies
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when men wear tights Trading Places I
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got it thank you have you seen this oh
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yeah of course yeah of course okay yeah
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the famous uh the bet $1 bet that's
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right it's great it's a great movie I
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love Dan akroy I love him I know I think
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he was great in his he's older now he
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doesn't really do films anymore but in
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his 80s hey days man he was great really
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good
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all right well we're moving on Eddie
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Murphy Eddie Murphy he also was the best
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at his game in the 80s he's done really
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terrible movies in the 90s and 2000s
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where it's hard for me to kind of like
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him again if that makes sense he's made
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some terrible movies our brother Jason
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saw Eddie Murphy life oh really he was
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doing security at a movie Pluto Nash
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remember Pluto Nash yeah with I think is
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that right Jay okay moving forward to
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the next movie after
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what were we on there Ryan oh sorry my
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bad yeah we're on H number 17 Christmas
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in Connecticut I've never heard of this
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never heard of it okay all right number
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16 Tokyo Godfathers releas never never
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heard of it have you heard of it well of
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course it's beautiful substantive it's a
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Tokyo Godfather adds a movie and
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somewhat unconventional entry into the
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animated Christmas Cannon H surprised
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you haven't heard of directed by satachi
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Kong and shle for yeah what this one
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better watch out better this year better
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watch out 2017 91% fresh what it's never
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even heard of it okay but it looks like
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it's a lot of fun apparently this
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holiday season you may be home but
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you're not alone okay so it's obviously
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a scary one well it's got a picture of a
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guy with a bat with Christmas lights
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wrapped around the bat and it's got yeah
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I don't know better watch out I haven't
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seen it oh my goodness another one rare
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exports A Christmas Tale number 14 2010
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yeah I've never heard of this looks like
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another Japanese film uh directed by yar
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Hollander maybe maybe not Japanese I
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don't know but it's a foreign film it
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looks like I I can't I don't I think
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it's a EUR Scandinavian my
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apologies I don't know why why are you
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not up to date on your Scandinavian
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movies no boy number 13 this is going to
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be a short list of movies we've seen
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together I thought G to be I thought
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we're gonna have too many movies I know
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well well so Christmas A Christmas Tale
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2008 it's a French
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film I never heard of these films these
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are highly rated Christmas films cently
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all right all right the miracle Morgan
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Creek released in
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1944 yeah still the test of time it
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really has the miracle Morgan Creek
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finds director Preston sturis that is
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most zanily subversive not to mention
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hilarious oh I love it when he zely PR
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Preston this is his most this is his
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most zany Preston sturis you character
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stupid well it got 91% I've never heard
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of it Rudolph the rednose Reindeer
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1964 it's the stop motion an I love this
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one but I wanted be a dentist
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do we just watched this so I I started I
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I've seen it before of course but I
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watched it with my daughter who's three
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she got five minutes into it left but my
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six-year-old boy who's turning six soon
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he watched the whole thing and seemed to
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enjoy it yeah yeah yeah I remember
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watching it as a kid I I really enjoyed
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it yeah and of course we have at number
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10 we're cracking the top 10 here boys
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and girls number 10 A Charlie Brown
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Christmas
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1965 the Schultz are going to have a
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really try B on Christmas this year the
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House burn down the wildfires Charles
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Schultz home oh yeah sorry I was reading
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Jason's comment here is Jason says can't
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remember the movie name I think it's PL
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Nash that he oh oh he's talking about
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him being security yeah so Jason's
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confirming that he was security at an
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Eddie Murphy concert and it was during
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the Pluto Nal coner movie oh movie sorry
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my bad it was that's right it was Pluto
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ntion I think I recall that too yeah
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Herby wants to be a dentist say Chris
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that's right he does I haven't seen that
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film in years till I watched it with my
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kids this weekend it's one of those
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movies I know I've seen but I don't
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think I've seen it in years so I
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actually I was like this movie is weird
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it's odd I love it love it okay all
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right so Charlie Brown Christmas I love
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everyone loves their Charlie Brown
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Christmas tree and yes Charles Schultz's
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home and all that who the worst of the
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gang in the Snoopy Universe sorry I
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meant Oh that wasan slip on my part oh
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you don't like Snoopy you don't like his
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character uh he's my least favorite okay
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doesn't mean I don't like him why Lucy
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she's just a there's Lucy in the world
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yeah it's true all right all right well
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we're doing good for time we got time
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okay let's talk slower we got time so
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the next one number nine is a Christmas
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story 1983's yall shoot your eye out
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it's fantastic yeah I haven't seen it
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again in years but yeah I loved it as a
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kid yeah I remember watching it for my
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first time is at school and all the kids
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knew it except for me it was all on
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their VCRs they had the the tapes at
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home yeah it's crazy did you buy it no
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Mom Dad bought it they did I remember I
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set it up for them I was very proud of
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myself for setting up the VCR they were
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amazed that I could do
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it all right Arthur Christmas 2011
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Arthur Christmas I haven't seen that
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yeah no either I okay number seven
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everyone's favorite Christmas movie har
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is my favorite Christmas movie we get
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the joke but it is die hard yeah it is a
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fun movie my goodness it's it's a
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probably one of the most Flawless action
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films of all time it's humor good action
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good acting the great villain played by
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uh alen Rickman it's really got it all
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yeah you got Reginald Donson yeah love
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veral Johnson I love that guy who like
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snorts the cocaine on the desk in the
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big business meeting he's actually like
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a big hot shot
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yeah he get shot I'll never forget the
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BL the brain splatter on the window as a
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kid I saw this in grade seven or eight I
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remember like what have we got ourselves
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into it's just great fantastic film I
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Bruce Willis is amazing in it when he
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came out with this film everyone just
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knew him from Moonlighting and blind
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date the comedy film and they just
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thought he was going to be horrible as
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an action star and lo and behold this
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movie made his career as who he is who
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he is because of Die Hard this is his
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Rocky because of this film Bruce Wills
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is the star that he is y absolutely okay
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is that our worst
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pick all right number six Nightmare
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Before Christmas another Tim Burton
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entry you here I love this one this is
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when Tim Burton was I think as a
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creative high sure yeah in the zone I'm
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not really a goth kid but I appreciate
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the dark humor of it all Jason I'm sorry
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to make our people that are commenting
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if you don't mind this is a small little
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thing but when you comment can you just
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say what you're referring to because the
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chat is behind there is a bit of a delay
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there's a delay so you might be
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commenting on something that you've
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heard right away but it's like a minute
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behind where we are so Jason says he's
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amazed as well maybe just amazed at our
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show in general is probably what he
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probably amazed at the show yeah all
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right number five we're getting to now
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every film here after it has 100% score
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or close to it okay I thought they were
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100% okay number five How the Grinch
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Stole Christmas 1976 the cartoon I read
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it this morning before I you ever wake
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up and like the kids are woken up
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because you're awake and then all a
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sudden they want your attention you
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can't even like make it to the bathroom
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that was this morning I read that
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before wow before my kids even got of
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bed so the Grinch stole your private
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time
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he did all right he did great story
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classic Dr Seuss The Great I I will say
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that I enjoy Jim carre's version his his
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portrayal the Grinch is pretty amazing
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yeah he did a good job you know I know
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some of the storyline is kind of weak
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but his performance as the Grinch is
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pretty amazing yeah he brought it he did
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did you see that Netflix special in Jim
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Carrey I'm about halfway through it it's
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crazy yeah it's insane yeah he is a
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genius M he's a little bit insane too
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but I don't mean a bad way but for an
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artist he he's bring something to the
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table that you and I might not bring oh
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Jason says that he was amazed that I set
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up the V the VHS thank you Jason I aim
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to please okay the shop around the
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corner I don't think I've ever heard of
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it no never heard of it either I think
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I've heard of it but came out 1940 I
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don't know James
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Stewart oh Frank Morgan's in it good old
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frank holiday in number three yeah they
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based the hotel chain after
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this uh Bing's back Bing making a return
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to the Christmas films Bing holiday in
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Fred there Fred let me guess there's a
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dancing scene
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somewhere oh I haven't seen holiday in
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but spoil aler they dance for the girls
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affection Virginia FR and Bing do all
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right last two movies these are both
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Christmas classics I don't think they
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even make it closer being the worst film
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of Christmas films but miracle in 34th
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Street beautiful little film I don't
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think seen it all right Ruben your
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mission should I choose to accept should
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you choose to accept it's a watch him
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you're going on 34 Street with your with
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your daughters I don't know if I have
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time because I haven't seen one through
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33 well the Miracles on 1 through 33
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fail this is the one that did they're in
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the top 25 all right and then the number
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one the number one film if anyone hasn't
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guessed yet love this one it's a
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wonderful like that's right that's right
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I saw this with you for the first time
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we did yeah we saw this yeah yeah yeah
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we did see this for yeah I was a
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latecomer to this we did not well we
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both were I say a little earlier because
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I'm two years this isn't uh we just
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didn't watch a lot of Christmas films we
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should say that this unfairly missed
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from the top 25 by critics is National
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uence Christmas vacation I thought Home
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Alone was going to be in there no but
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again let Ruben and I reiterate how our
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show works we do not pick the best
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that's not our job that's not our
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assignment we can only pick the worst
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from the best so these are the best
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reviewed films I guess Christmas
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and Home Alone did not make the best
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review 25 of all time so though they
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might be the hearts of many people as
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the best film we cannot enter the and
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they wouldn't even make our worst list
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well this also just shows how the media
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is so liberal the liberal media bias the
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fake news because we have Home Alone 2
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starring president Donald J J Trump who
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makes the Cameo on there and this not
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even on the list so obviously it's just
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a fake new fake fake news Home Alone to
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is not in the list because of fake news
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Trump has been treated poorly again okay
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so I have my pick ribbon you have yours
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uh so again this is the pick from the
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the worst pick of the top 25 best
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reviewed films and it has to be one that
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we both have seen you agree with mine
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yeah yeah the same page wait we we're g
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to go with number 20 that is gremlins
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gremlins and before every goes how can
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you hate Gremlins we don't hate it it's
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just the worst Christmas film if I had a
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choice between watching Gremlins and
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like just like sitting down and having
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Peace Quiet I would choose I would I
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would choose silence over watching
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Gremlin yeah close my eyes right all
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right yeah that's the worst Gremlins
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you're the worst you're the worst the
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best reviewed holiday film so yeah hey
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rien why don't we just wish all of our
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listeners and fans of Merry
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Christmas ribbon Merry Christmas to you
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and your Merry Christmas to you and
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yours all right Merry Christmas everyone
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we'll see you in the new year well we'll
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probably have some recordings before the
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new year this I'm also talking to the
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have I been saying it wrong the whole
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time I don't know I don't really listen
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to a lot what you say okay inside every
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silver lining
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cloud and we're here to help you find it
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