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Could it be that time of year already once again? Yes, it is. Virginias and Virginias out there, it is day one of the TBTL. Winter Games. This is our little yearly trip into the land of all things quiz-based. It's a chance for us to play some fun games, some of them TBTL-related, some of them not. And we also get to take a little break from the daily five-day-a-week drumbeat of podcasting. I'm Luke Burbank right over there, my good friend Andrew Walsh. Hi there.

Hello, Luke. Keeping the drums going over here.

I know, I know, I know, I know. Now, for anyone who's listening, you're hunched over a soundboard, posting and working.

Oh, no, no, no, I wasn't implying that. I'm actually taking a break this time, too. I'm going on vacation, remember? I was totally ready to lie on your behalf. No, I'm not ashamed of taking vacation. Sometimes you just say I'm taking vacation when I'm not. I just said drums because you brought up the drums. That's also me lying. I'm just saying, I usually lie a lot on the show. Well, happy holidays.

Sometimes it works out for you, sometimes it doesn't.

Hope everybody had a good holiday. And now here we are. I guess it's the day after Christmas, so I hope it was a good one.

The way that the holidays actually fell this year, a lot of times we would take a break a little before Christmas and then through Christmas until New Year's. But this one, it's actually kind of back-loaded. So we'll have been doing kind of typical shows right up until Christmas or the Christmas weekend, and now here it is. The wrapping paper is just being sort of cleared out and stuffed into a bag, and we're past Christmas, but we are still not yet hit New Year's, and we have a Christmas Day quiz for you today on day one, or at least a Christmas-related quiz. What is the quiz?

Yeah, I know technically the Christmas is over, but we have one quiz that was submitted by a listener that is Christmas-related, and this is going to be a fun one. I can tell that listener Aaron put a lot of work into this. I'm going to quote directly from Aaron here. Aaron says, in this quiz, you have to guess the Christmas movie by its tagline. For 10 Christmas movies, I give you the tagline, and you have to figure out what the Christmas movie is. Here's an example that is not from the quiz. He puts the mean in green. All who's beware, he's mean and green. And then hopefully you would know that that is for Elf.

Uh-huh, exactly. That would be the Grinch, right?

That would be the Grinch, exactly. And then also Aaron even set it up so that if we need a hint, Aaron has kind of set this thing up that we can request a hint. So I'm very excited about this. This is a sophisticated quiz, Luke. Now, I clicked on the link.

Is that okay?

I think it's okay for you to do it. But why don't I run it from this end?

I haven't. I haven't. Well, okay. Sure. Get an advantage. Why don't you? Sure. Like you're looking. You're going to get to look at the tagline first. Are we playing against each other or are we a team?

I like to think of it as a team that sometimes delivers a split decision, maybe. You know what I mean? I'm hoping we can do this together. Although I will say, and I'm pretty egoless going into this, I would guess that you're going to be way better at this than me. I'm not super into holiday movies, whereas I know that you quote them a lot on the show.

If it's a wonderful life, I've got it. If it's anything else, if it's any kind of Christmas with any cranks, I may not be as strong. Now, the reason I was mentioning I clicked, I haven't clicked through any part of the quiz, but I'm just looking at the main page that Aaron put together. And you and I have been cut and pasted into a Charlie Brown Christmas type situation. I just noticed that myself. Which I think is quite charming.

Yes. We are apparently, our heads are placed on the bodies of twins. I didn't remember that there were twins in the Peanuts gang.

I didn't either. But what's weird is we fit right in. Yeah, I know. We have round heads. They're disproportionately large to our bodies We could have definitely hung with the Peanuts gang Based on this rendering from listener Aaron

Weirdly I'm wearing a San Jose Giants hat I'm not even joking I do have that hat It's a minor league team that feeds into the San Francisco Giants I wonder where this photo was taken from But do you want to get in? Should we just do this? Let's get into it. Okay, well, I think this first one you might not need a hint for because the first one is, and I'll read it out loud. Okay. It truly was a wonderful life. No.

Wait a second. I was going to say, did listener Aaron make these up?

No, you said that you're very familiar with It's a Wonderful Life, and I assume that that is the tagline of that movie.

Is the Shawshank Redemption a Christmas movie? that's the famous debate is the shawshank redemption a sandwich that's what everyone's

arguing about this time of year that's a good show title all right tagline number one for real no spoofing around andrew come on take this seriously i'm disappointed in myself aaron put a lot of work in i know sorry this christmas discover your inner elf okay now well now we can choose a hint or not but it's got to be elf right i mean it would i would be shocked if it

wasn't i'm gonna say we know the answer or do we want to you know the thing about that is i feel like elf is a movie was directed by john favreau stars one will ferrell and james khan let's not sleep on james khan and the new and amy sedaris i believe my friend a person whose cell phone number I actually have, although I'm trying to have her be one of the few famous people who I don't completely, what's the word I'm looking at, alienate with, like, frequent texts. Amy Sedaris is in it. She's really good. My point is the movie has a certain sense of humor, right? And in a way, an arch sense of humor, even though it's seemingly simplistic. So this Christmas, unleash your inner elf or get in touch with it. It's just like a very basic tagline.

It does seem like a basic tagline, but I'm thinking, and I'm not trying to game this too much. But I'm thinking that Aaron might be starting us off a little bit easy. This seems to me to point to Elf. Now, here's the deal. We can just say we know the answer and go ahead and see if we're right. Or we can get a hint.

Let's just rip the Band-Aid off. Is it Elf?

Are you going with Elf as well? Okay, the answer is Elf.

Trivia.

The team was able to use elements from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in 1964 freely because that film is not properly copyrighted. Containing an error in the Roman numerals Oh my gosh There's a mistake in the Roman numerals Of it's copyright notice Meaning that anybody can Just use stuff from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

That is almost worth The price of doing this entire quiz By price I mean Aaron designed it for us So as to entertain people while we're on vacation By the way I'm sorry I forgot this Now I have it ready to go Elf There we go we did it hey did you know that there was an error in the roman numeral on elf which or on rudolph the red-nosed reindeer which is why they were able to use it you are so well read

i am um okay you want to go to the next one all right i do i want to give credit to aaron too for even uh supplying a trailer for the movie elf there which i appreciate but we don't have time

for uh by the way the soundtrack to elf is got some real christmas bangers on it now i know we're A lot of Zooey Deschanel, right? Yeah, also, I don't know if she sings on it. I mean, she sings in the movie. I don't know if she sings on the soundtrack. The soundtrack is a lot of, like, it's got Billy Preston, nothing from nothing. It's got some different instrumental Christmas music. It's got, like, a Brian Setzer orchestra, like, swinging rendition of The Nutcracker, I believe.

We also met Zooey Deschanel at... Yes, we did. Not Bumbershoot. Yeah, Bumbershoot. One of those things. Anyway, not Bumbershoot The other one, Sasquatch No, whatever Alright, here's tagline number two Two dads, one toy, no prisoners Oh, I know this one Do you want to give me a hint Or should I take Aaron's hint? Two dads

How about this? One toy We play We play Audio We play an intro piece of audio that references this film.

Wow, that references the film, but we don't use tape from the film.

It references one of the stars of the film, and I do believe the film.

But the tape is not from the film itself.

It is not from the film. It is from a television show that we love that is the person talking is referencing one of the stars of this movie, if I'm correct, Andrew, if I'm correct. Fried greens to the T, what do they say?

in that Reno 911 tape we played.

Some Sandy B.

Some Sandy B. I'm not getting any closer. Can I take Aaron's hint? I'm going to say we need a hint, but that's unfair to you because really only I need a hint. But here's the hint. Hint, there is no sequel to this film, so if the main actor was to say, I'll be back, you'd have to tell him actually... No, he won't be. Okay, so it's obviously Arnold Schwarzenegger. It's got to be Jingle All the Way.

That's what Jillian says in Workaholics. Doesn't she say? Oh, yeah. I want something kind of like a high and stiff kind of an Arnie in Jingle All the Way or something. Yes.

Is there any chance I can even get that on the fly? Oh, my God. Why is Jillian not doing more stuff? I can't remember the actress.

She is, but she's kind of moved into film. but um i i you know they can't make it is it jillian jacobs is that her name i'm blanking

on the last name but that clip was from workaholics but she was also an idiot sitter

talking about she's going she's first of all she's singing for he's a job is that the word she's singing for he's a jolly good fellow or is that a different clip i think that is a different

clip yeah but i can but i hold on i'll get it but i can she is so great she's brilliant isn't she

okay how about this let's take a quick break and when we come back can we see just because i won't be able to i won't be able to move on can we see if we can grab that clip yeah uh of the of because i could be wrong i see i know she mentions arnie i feel like no you're definitely right no you're absolutely right i'm just looking arnold schwarzenegger versus sinbad for i don't know who the other person is of the we'll take a break and then we'll all we'll figure all of this out during the break and then we'll be back with more winter games day one in a moment

be honest what is it about me that no one respects that my hair yeah i'm thinking about getting a new haircut changing stuff up maybe getting like an arnie schwarzenegger jingle all the way type of haircut you know short tall and stiff kind of like how i like my men short tall

and stiff can i also mention something about that i'm looking at the um like the imdb info for jingle all the way that in no way describes arnold schwarzenegger's hair in the film jingle that's like his hair in predator in jingle all the way he's just playing a you know a mild mannered dad who's trying to get the last turbo man, while Sinbad is also trying to get the last turbo man for their respective children. Well, I also

just feel like describing it as both short and

tall is also... Are you saying that's the first indicator that we're not dealing in the fact-based universe of Arnold's hair? I don't go to

this well a lot, but I feel like there might have been some improv on that line. I don't know what you think. So good. Never seen that movie. Alright, sometimes we call it Jingle If You Can in this house. All right, here's question number three from Aaron's Too Beautiful to Tagline a Christmas Movie quiz.

By the way, I want to mention that, actually, I mean, we both got there.

Well, no, no, I'm not going to take it. You got two. I got one. This is tagline number three. This is a tagline from a movie. Experience the miracle. Discover the miracle. If you really believe anything can happen.

Oh, no.

Yeah, this is very. that's so general for that for this genre of film what is it again experience the miracle discover the miracle if you really believe anything can happen i'm trying to do the trying to do the voice yeah i think in a world in a world um okay so listen i've got some theories

is it the reboot of Miracle on 34th Street not the original I feel like they don't even have taglines for like the original Miracle on 34th they just keep saying Miracle which makes me think

I'm going to say we need a hint I'm going to say we need a hint hint there are oh look at my boy Luke hint there are two versions of this movie in the 1994 remake. One of the actors also has a role in the movie

Matilda. I was going to say it's, I can't call to mind the name of the actor, but we had her on Livewire. Mara something? And she was in Mrs. Doubtfire. Okay. And she was in Mrs. Doubtfire. She was Matilda, and she was the Miracle on 34th Street

reboot. Mara Wilson, it looks like, according to the internet. Mara Wilson. I take no credit for any of this i was a babe lost in the woods but my friend miracle on 34th street in its original theatrical release 20th century fox offered a full refund to any viewer who didn't enjoy the movie approximately 1500 tickets were returned to the studio i thought that that was

going to end with and not one person asked for their money back experience the miracle refund the miracle that's i mean that's an interesting business approach i wonder if that would work now 1500 is not that much It really isn't

And if you got an extra 20,000 people into the theater Over the course of the national release And you only lost 1500 tickets or had to refund Which by the way Considering how movies work Unless every showing was sold out There's another reason why it's a genius idea For a film Which is how many times are you in a movie theater And it's half full So that other person sitting there And then wanting their money back It really doesn't make a very big difference It's not like you're a restaurant And you're like try our famous turkey meatballs And if you don't like it we'll refund you Now you've spent the money to make the turkey meatballs The movie is playing in a theater You're watching it If you want your money back It's like you were never there

Right it's like a bus going down the street And like sometimes people get on the bus without paying And it's like well is that really going to be a problem Because that bus is rolling down that street anyway That's a reference from my life recently

But from a marketing standpoint If you get a bunch of people to go to the movie Because they're like well I'll see what you've got Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer And then they like it They're like it's a Christmas miracle That's a pretty good marketing approach

It is although all it does is sort of Even if the number is low it highlights the fact That some people wanted their money back It's kind of a weird approach sort of If somebody's doing a story it's like Only 1500 people wanted their money back But still, like, is that really what you want Entertainment Tonight reporting on, you know? Right. Okay, we should probably move on. I have no idea how many questions are in this quiz, but we have a few minutes left.

I would say we take this, considering how well we're doing, I say we do every question, even if we have to cancel the next three programs. Okay, we just keep rolling forever. I just like to do quizzes that I'm moderately competent at. This Christmas, the snow hits the fan.

Oh, no. This Christmas, the snow hits the fan. well i'm assuming it's a drama i am this snow was sinbad ever in a christmas movie i don't know why he's in every christmas oh wait you oh that's right yeah he's on my mind because you already referenced him from

is this snow dogs though because i do believe he might be in no cuba gooding jr's in snow dogs oh i don't even know i'm just i'm locking into the i don't think snow dogs is a christmas movie I think it's a movie about

Dogs who are addicted to cocaine Yes, exactly

It's basically A lot of people think of it as an unofficial prequel To Scarface And a prequel to Crack Cats Which came out later It was directed by Randy De Palma Which is Brian De Palma's brother It's a lesser work from the Scarface canon See, the thing is Do you have any theories?

I'm so bad at this This is now me just giving you the quiz because, God, I have no idea. I'm going to get a hint here. You don't want to yet? Okay, wait one second.

Can I try to – so the snow hits the fan. First of all, that doesn't work as an idea. I know you're trying to say the shit hits the fan, but the problem is snow is not close enough to shit other than they start with S. So I'm wondering, is it – it's obviously – I think it's a movie, a Christmas movie where things go awry. so I would say it could be Ernest Saves Christmas except I think they would work in something more Ernest related Snow Hits the Fan is too general it could be Jack Frost starring Martin Short where he plays Jack Frost or it could be what's another holiday movie another Christmas time movie where things just go completely

I mean maybe Christmas Vacation but I know what it is now not because I've looked at the answer but because I've looked at the hint and the hint leaves no doubt in my mind what movie leaves no doubt about at least no

this christmas there'll be snow doubt which movie aaron's talking about once you read the hint

i will say this i mean assuming i'm right which i'm quite sure i am because this hint is very specific i don't think you've um i haven't gotten anywhere you haven't gotten anywhere near it well

then i have an idea which one it is is it one of those terrible looking tim allen movies i think

So I now know the name of this movie, and I'm pretty sure that Tim Allen is in it. That's what I'm thinking. Is it the Santa Claus? Oh, my God. It's got to be. I'm going to read the hint. The title of this movie is a play on words. It refers both to a primary character in the story as well as a legally binding agreement for who must play the character at all times. Ladies and gentlemen, that could be nothing other than Santa Claus with an E on it. I believe it's the Santa Claus with an E on it Not to put Aaron on Front Street here

Now here's the thing It doesn't surprise me that a movie Now I'm going to just let my I'm going to let my true colors out I'm not a big fan of Tim Allen Not just because of his conservative politics Mostly because of that

also because of him creating to me a lot of comedy that i find very subpar outside of the movie galaxy quest which i think is great in spite of tim allen that's what everybody always says yep that's not because of tim allen um but um it does not surprise me that they would have a shitty tagline like the snow hits the fan sorry it's the day after christmas i can swear like a movie starring tim allen should have a tagline that doesn't quite work because comedically he doesn't

quite work for me how about that yeah and also he was what was that he was playing like the victim when his show got moved to a different like oh god last man standing exactly how i don't understand how a man with a with his own tv show which is not good that is on a network can also somehow be a victim of woke culture i just don't get it here this is interesting let me just i'm sorry if i

can for a minute on the subject of tim allen and snow this is the guy who was moving heavy weight of cocaine in michigan got arrested has suffered zero consequences from it professionally which i would say is the experience of most like black men who get busted with like marijuana right it's a blip yeah yeah he's so i think we can all agree tim allen is the true victim of the of sort of

american uh culture at large well this this uh little trivia that aaron included totally plays into that tim allen has a criminal record and disney has a strict no hiring of ex-cons policy but an exception was made in this case good job disney good job tim allen is so dynamic

how do you how could you make home improvement without i mean i guess you kind of couldn't because it is based on one of his silly stand-up comedy jokes like you know that part right no is

Oh, is that really? That's the origin of this?

He had a bit. So the story, I don't... The thing is, I study my friends closely and my enemies more closely, Andrew. I couldn't think of the right word was closer there, so I just went with more closely. Never use one word when four will suffice.

Closelyer is what you're looking for.

Thank you. You bring me closelier to God, I think, is one of my favorite Nine Inch Nail lyrics. So he so basically the story on Tim Allen was he's doing stand up comedy. He's kind of middling, but he's gotten he's gotten these gigs where he's doing comedy at these like big corporate like it's like the association of hubcap dealers in, you know, Anaheim get together. And I've actually worked to these events as well, not doing comedy, but, you know, doing like other kind of emceeing things. and he says that he was on stage and he was doing his jokes and no one was paying attention to him or laughing and he was just looking out at all of these mostly men just kind of like eating these steaks and drinking their drinks and being kind of like like sort of caveman or almost like ape-like and he started doing an impression of them on stage back to themselves by the way i put all this in in in heavy air quotes because this is the word of someone who also says that woke culture is keeping them from having a successful career um but uh he says he started doing this character on stage and suddenly all of the people at these conferences started paying more attention to him and then his whole go-to on that movie or that show rather home improvement was on his show tool time was him being kind of like this has more power like that's a thing that developed out of some stand-up of his oh i had no idea any of that and i'm sorry that i can't take it back

out of your mind you know what the good thing about me is luke my mind you're already erasing it what did genevieve said to me the other day she says it just takes a couple of swims around the fishbowl for you doesn't it i love it there's a little uh close to home here um okay so here more is another one here tagline number five he's the world's coolest dad and he's gonna prove it whoa wait that couldn't be i almost got a griswoldy vibe from that but that would not be the plot of that would be almost more like um like just like vacation national lampoon's vacation but

christmas vacation has nothing about being cool yeah i feel like coolest dad is indicating that the dad is i i coolest dad to me wouldn't describe clark griswold because the whole joke that's played is how hopelessly uncool he is yeah um although he did invent a uh what was it a non nutrient cereal varnish which is pretty cool if you think about it non-nutritional non-nutrient

cereal varnish hey luke hey luke yeah what if cool in this in this context means like icy like that's what i'm thinking so what movie is there a movie is there a movie where a snowman fathers

Human children Honey

And it's not a horror film And it's not a horror film No Um Just think about The sexual congress Or don't Is the I mean

I mean I mean I mean I mean I mean I mean I mean I mean I mean I mean I mean I mean I mean I mean I mean I mean I mean I mean I mean I mean

Mom's human and the dad's a snowman?

I mean I mean I mean I mean

Can you give me one second?

I mean I mean I mean I mean I mean I mean I mean I mean I mean I mean

I want to write that down for something I'm working on.

I mean I mean I mean I mean I mean I mean I mean I mean

Like, I do think, yes, I think cool has to be a play on words, but what is going on with the dad in this movie that he is temperature cold? Is Jack Frost, I keep coming back to this, there was a movie where Martin Short, I believe, played Jack Frost.

I don't know if he was a father in it. I kind of like this, though. Should I go, we need a hint, or do we want to go with the answer? Okay, let's get a hint. Hint, this film was released in 1998. Does that jive with Jack Frost? Yeah, it does. One year after a different film was released with the same name. The 1997 film that had the same name was a horror film featuring a mutant killer snowman. I'm still thinking it might be Jack Frost.

uh but i no maybe i mean i i kind of have a vague memory of the mutant killer snowman movie i kind of feel like i can i can almost picture the movie poster but golly i don't know um what would have the same i mean would there be a mute would there be a mutant killer snowman that they just called jack frost i'm gonna say jack frost because i can't think of something better what about you

Yes, I think, I mean, I'm really drafting off of you here, but I think Jack Frost as well, because I have a, I feel, I might be talking myself into it, but I feel like I have a vague memory of Jack Frost as some sort of a horror film.

Because there definitely was the Martin Short version where, and that would have been like late 90s, so that part checks out. Again, I couldn't tell you anything about the plot of it, but I'm willing to put my money where I usually put a piece of coal, aka my mouth, to say, is that what they make? What do you make a snowman's mouth out of? Two eyes made out of, if only someone wrote a song about it. What do you make the mouth out of, though? It's usually a carrot for the nose, right? That's a thing Two eyes made out of coal And then I guess the mouth would be also maybe some coal

Or just if you can find some lips in the snow Sure Any lips will do Any lips will do Luke Burbank, you are so good at this game Jack Frost is the answer George Clooney was originally attached to the project When he left to do Batman and Robin Michael Keaton was cast into the lead role Look at that little swap

Well, no, I'm wrong I'm wrong I kept saying Martin Short. I'm sorry to listen to you out there. So I had the right movie, but I had the wrong. What the heck? What the hell? What the heck? What the hell? What was Martin Short in where he played some? Have I just been misremembering this movie for my whole? I want to Google Martin Short Christmas movie, but maybe it's the answer to something down the line.

Let's do that at the very end of the show. That way we're not ruining anything. I'm going to move on to the next one here. Do I still get a point even though I was wildly wrong about the star? Yeah, I wasn't even paying attention to that part Okay, perfect, thank you There's no place like home for a holiday Now let me ask you this Wasn't Steve Martin and Queen Latifah Weren't they in a Christmas movie together Or a holiday movie together? Oh, yes I didn't even think of that until just now But I can't think of the name Isn't it something like somebody's home? Like daddy's home? I don't think it's daddy's home

look who's coming to daddy show title the queen is hyped up colon jingle all the way

chase me all the jingle let me see here I feel like this might be it I feel like those two were in a movie

isn't it called home for the holidays

could it be home for the holidays there's no place like home for a holiday I'm gonna say we need a hint

I like where you're going with this I'm with you So I think I can like picture, I feel like I can picture the poster and it's got like a smiling Queen Latifah and a Steve Martin on it, right?

Yeah, but I'm actually, I'm picturing like a couch for some reason, but this, the hint is. Maybe, and there's like Martin shorts in the background. In this film, the protagonist earns, quote, a one-year membership to the Jelly of the Month Club as their Christmas bonus. Oh, wait. This must be Christmas Vacation. Christmas Vacation. Yeah.

That's a very bizarre tagline.

That is a strange tagline. There's no place like home for a holiday.

I mean, I could come up with a thousand better taglines for Christmas vacation.

But you are absolutely right. We are absolutely right. It's National Lampoon's Christmas vacation.

Okay.

Sometimes you can play the reveal afterwards. That's fine, too. After failing to get a Christmas tree lights to work one last time, Clark Griswold takes his frustration out on the plastic decorations in the front yard. Chevy Chase actually broke his pinky finger while punching Santa Claus. He resorts to kicking and clubbing the decorations after that. The film kept rolling and the take was used. Oh, nice. Next time we watch that, we'll know.

that he broke his finger there. How about this Christmas, shitter's full? How about this Christmas? Ah, he's just yakking on a bone.

I'm really focusing on one character's experience.

I'm real dialed in on the Uncle Eddie-isms from the film. But I just... How about this Christmas? Can you make a shoe stink?

This Christmas, the Star Whackers are coming home. That's, I would say, newer Quaid. Question number seven. Okay, last one. Sometimes Christmas is about getting what you really want. Oh, geez. Wasn't there a movie called... All I Want for Christmas? What She Really Wants or something? All I Want for Christmas? All that she wants is another baby? I saw the sign. Uh-huh. Okay. Trevor Goon. things of that nature

things of that nature that would be great how about a movie just called and things of that nature

sometimes Christmas is about getting what you really want I feel like this is a romantic I feel like this is a rom-com Luke Love Actually is that a Christmas movie

I think it is our listeners Love Actually is a whole thing right yeah that movie and the people's extreme response to it So I'm not one of those people. I don't know a lot about it, but I'll go love actually with you.

Will you? What if I told you a hint?

Okay.

That would prove us both very wrong before we submit this. The hint is if what you want is a Red Ryder carbon action 200 shot range model air rifle, a Christmas story. Now, I think that's only the second movie on this list that I've actually seen, and boy, did we watch that a lot when I was young.

Now, I actually, believe it or not, I don't know if I've ever watched that movie all the way through, but it's one of those things. You'll shoot your eye out, and the lamp that's just like the woman's leg, and the fishnets, and all of the kind of things that became, I guess, sort of meme-ified before we really talked about things that way. I was always aware of all those things, but I've never watched that. In fact, it was only recently, I think, the guy who did that as a radio story passed away.

Yes, that's right, because it was based on – actually, I think I met him once at KUOW. He came in for an interview with Ross Reynolds and I think also told some stories in the little performance space down there. I can't recall his name.

I can't either, but I didn't know the origins was he had a nighttime radio show, I want to say in New York, And he used to tell these stories And he told that one And then he eventually left radio To, I think, become either a full-time writer Of books or screenplays But he had a really interesting career And I think he passed away within the last year Because I think I was reading up on him at some point

Yeah, I apologize Gene Shepard Gene Shepard is the name And that does ring a bell So, all right, do we have to leave the Oh, Gene I hired him about a million years ago Gene! All right, we probably have to leave it there But this is intriguing It's hard to stop here. Aaron, what a quiz. That was really fun.

Thank you for that.

And I won.

It's a Christmas miracle. It's a day after Christmas miracle. Of course, we can't get out of here today without thanking, or before, I should say, thanking our daily donors. These folks left a little something under the tree for us, Andrew, called the donation each month. And we are very appreciative for folks like Riley Gifford and Jenna Jardine. Hey, good friends of the show. Indeed. Thank you, Riley and Jenna. Thanks also to Adrian Haskell of Bellingham, Washington. What a town. What a place. I got to get back up there at some point. Well, I got to get my boat out of there. Oh, yeah. How's that going? Well, my neighbor, Dr. Rich Krebs, has managed to fix the axle. I don't know how this guy learned how to do that, but it's mobile again, so that's a win. That's great. Yeah. Adrian, could you do me a favor and tow my boat out of there, but try not to taco that planter like I did with Andrew that one time? If the insurance people call, I was not there. Kevin O'Brien, cover your ears. Thanks, Molly Jameson of Tallahassee, Florida. where I'm guessing right now it's probably a balmy 72 degrees despite being wintertime. Of course, that's the premise of Ernest.

saves christmas is it uh well it's orlando but in earnest saves christmas it's never well first all earnest has to help santa claus deliver the presents and then also the kind of big payoff at the end is it starts snowing in orlando which it's never done at christmas and that causes someone i forget who some hype high-powered very suspicious about christmas person to realize that

christmas spirit is real now that's one that i have seen i just don't remember because again see comments about swimming around the fishbowl i saw that one in a theater i went to a movie theater to watch ernest saves christmas as a kid i believe i might have seen it on laser disc i'm not even joking wow i bet kevin has it yeah probably my friend tony's dad had a bunch of

ernest does various stuff laser discs uh thanks also to navia mala in pleasanton california I just came through Pleasanton Not that long ago You know it sounds nice It is it's actually very pleasant there Thanks Navya Also thanks to Christopher Morrow Of Seattle Washington Another place that I've been through recently And then Alexa Rader Is in Everett Washington Thank you Alexa Sorry about the name situation I mean I feel like you know It's pretty clear in that household Which smart speaker they're going with and it's not that one. I guess, can you rename them? You can. Oh, okay. Well, then maybe they do have that one. Yeah. Thank you, Alexa. Thank you to all of our donors today for making this episode of The Winter Games possible. I guess that's going to do it for today's edition of the show. The good news is we will be... Oh, by the way, Martin Short was in, like, The Santa Claus 3. Really, The Santa Claus 3, so the one that was... He's like opposite Tim Allen. I think maybe he's like Tim Allen's nemesis.

Oh, is he on the other side of the fence and you only see his eyes?

It's called the Santa Claus 3 colon the Escape Clause. I'm not joking. I wish I was. And I think, I don't know if he's Jack Frost or just some kind of weird frosty bad guy. But let's see. But Martin Short is in it. And it looks like he's somehow the nemesis of Santa. Which means, in this case, I side with Martin Short 100% of the time.

Yeah, I'd throw my lot in with Martin Short any day of the week.

Against Tim Allen. All right, thanks, everyone. We'll see you tomorrow. Until then, have a great Monday. Take care of yourselves, and please remember, no mountain too tall. And good luck to all. Power out.