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The Movie Club
Day 4: Our Funniest Christmas Movies - 12 Days of Christmas
We sat down and recorded 12 episodes all about Christmas. Our favorite Christmas movies, our favorite Santas, our worst Santas, the soundtracks we love. A little insight into who we are and what we actually care about this time of year.
You learn a lot about people when you ask them what the funniest Christmas movie is. It’s the same energy as meeting your favorite radio DJ in person and their face completely rooned your whole fantasy.
And for anyone new here, “rooned” is how Katie says “ruined.”
(Sorry Katie. Kevin’s got ya back but this was the perfect chance...)
Yeah. This is that episode.
Who’s Kevin? Yeah that’s me. The AI who is writing these notes because TMC has better things to do.
Sorry dudes.
Movies in This Episode
- Four Christmases
- Elf
- Christmas Vacation
- Bad Santa
Favorite Clips / Favorite Scenes
Four Christmases (Katie)
- Vince Vaughn trying to set boundaries with his brothers and getting flattened immediately.
- The Taboo scene — “capital of China,” “Hong Kong,” “miniskirt,” the whole guessing-meltdown.
- Vaughn and Reese are stuck doing four different family Christmases after their trip gets cancelled.
- Jon Favreau and Tim McGraw as the huge brothers who beat him up for fun.
Elf (Erica)
- “Buddy the Elf, what’s your favorite color?” — Erica drops this and everyone reacts instantly.
- The mailroom dance — Will Ferrell kicking like he’s made of springs.
- Buddy calling himself a “cotton-headed ninny-muggins.”
Bad Santa (Slinka)
- Billy Bob Thornton’s full meltdown — “Are you f***ing with me?”
- The “France!” moment where someone answers way too fast on the phone scene.
- John defends this pick like it’s the hill he’s dying on.
Christmas Vacation (Ryan)
- Clark trying to hold the family together while everything around him falls apart
- The house lighting scene where he blows out half the power grid
- Cousin Eddie showing up uninvited and immediately derailing the holiday
Speaker 1 (00:00.298)
What is up everybody? This is Ryan from TMC, the Movie Club Podcast. You are listening to the 12 Days of Christmas. We sat down and recorded 12 episodes just for you, all about Christmas. We talk about our favorite Christmas movies, our favorite Santas, our worst Santas, the soundtracks that we love. You kind of get a little insight about us and what we love at the holidays. Anyhow, we hope that you enjoy it and we hope that you will share it.
This is episode four.
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Speaker 3 (00:36.299)
It's the gift that keeps on giving the whole year.
Speaker 4 (00:53.87)
So for the fourth day of Christmas, we're doing the funniest Christmas movie. And last year, I think it was unanimous that Christmas vacation was the best. it's so funny. But this movie that I'm thinking of, it's kind of like a modern version of that. And I really like the movie Four Christmases with Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn. Yeah, another Vince Vaughn. the premise of this is that...
Another
Speaker 2 (01:23.246)
Yes.
The premise of this I don't
body.
Speaker 1 (01:30.599)
He doesn't have broad shoulders. He has hair.
the hair ruins it for her.
But so they're dating and every Christmas they escape seeing their family by going on a vacation. But this Christmas there's like fog and all the flights are canceled. So they have to see their families and both of their parents are divorced. So they have two Christmases on each side. So they have four Christmases total that they have to go to. And it's just like complete chaos at like every single family event. Four Christmases.
What's this called? We never saw that. No.
I've never seen it for sure. I know it has been coming.
Speaker 1 (02:09.356)
a lot
Okay, gentlemen. I'm not a kid. You can't talk to me like that anymore. We're adults. understand? I'm a grown man with hair on my chest. Right? There's gonna be certain boundaries that are gonna exist between us now. They might be invisible, so I know that you gentlemen won't be able to see them, but you're certainly gonna be able to respect the fact that they're there. These boundaries are not to be crossed. And if they are crossed...
So he's at his dad's house with his brother.
Speaker 3 (02:42.84)
there's going to be real consequences to that.
Speaker 3 (02:48.92)
Thank you.
I noticed that John Fetters in this.
Speaker 4 (03:00.686)
He tries so hard to set boundaries and then they just beat the shit out of him. These are like 40 year old men.
man, by the way, what's his names in this? I saw John Favreau. He's like the jacked up.
Favreau is also in the It's like okay insane cast Tim McGraw is the other brother interesting Kristin Chenoweth is also in this movie. amazing. plays yeah Robert Duvall
The guy from The Godfather?
Did you know she was the original singer on Broadway?
Speaker 4 (03:32.054)
Of Glinda? No way. It's like, I told you that or something. But I think it's really funny, like with how like dysfunctional they are. There's like every house they go to, there's like craziness. And it kind of reminds me of like, OK, not to this level, but like when Aaron and I were first dating, like we have a lot of sides to our family. So that was like our life during the holiday season. We had to like travel to all the different...
Nobody was like beating the crap out of us.
You do have another one
You next. Okay, great. You actually eat while you play that? Just flip the tube. Excuse me? Flip the tube. On your mark, get set, go!
Welcome.
Speaker 4 (04:13.112)
They're playing taboo.
Hmm.
Speaker 1 (04:25.528)
capital of China. Think next to your bed on the nightstand.
Hong Kong. Yes.
sock yes and you came home from the bar alibi all right thing i cross miniskirt yes me and you
helped you come up with this when you were drunk last Thursday? Yes. The thing I'm not allowed to wear to super-
You draw a humpin' on the beat.
Speaker 2 (04:48.11)
Yes.
You
The only thing I cheat on you with.
Mexican dude.
I gotta tell you that sounds like a movie I would actually be into. Me too.
Speaker 4 (05:03.992)
funny.
Speaker 4 (05:11.982)
I'm sure you guys will put it
We're gonna watch it together high five Ryan No, we're not high-fiving I did one under the table
I don't
I wanna see it. Why are afraid?
boy. What was your funniest Christmas movie? I love Will Ferrell.
Speaker 2 (05:29.742)
You didn't
Speaker 4 (05:39.278)
That's a good one. was one that I was definitely...
So predictable.
No, I think that's choice. one of favorite scenes is when he goes into the bathroom and she's singing.
my god, Erica, what's your favorite scene for the one you're talking about?
Shut your trap over there.
Speaker 2 (06:00.226)
Bull! Well she doesn't have a clip side.
Erica, what's your favorite scene?
I was just talking about the movie as a whole.
It's really fucking that's like really cliche though that move
It has become that but it is a good movie. It's a funny movie and I laugh every time I see it. She just said shut up
Speaker 4 (06:18.318)
every time.
I'm your cotton nanny niggi me boopoo whatever that says
cotton-headed niggie monkeys.
I love
when they're in the mailroom.
Speaker 1 (06:33.666)
Yup, yup.
Hey!
Have you ever tried to do that dance? Number one.
I can't even imagine doing it.
Even though, Erica never gave me a clip, I'm gonna play one.
Speaker 4 (06:43.632)
Buddy the elf, what's your favorite color?
Alright, hey, here's a clip. Yeah! Come on, this is good. Buddy the elf is getting into it.
No way could ever do this dance.
I don't know if Will Ferrell can still do this dance. He probably could. He's kicking his legs up. there it is. There it was. All right, Elf is very good. Yeah. All right. thanks. I know. That's why I picked it. I know. Because it's funny. It's so funny. And the category was like the funniest.
Probably.
Speaker 1 (07:19.118)
It's such a good
Speaker 1 (07:25.486)
I'm sorry, it's a movie.
And for funniest, pick the funny one. Mm-hmm, I sure did. But I gotta tell you, here comes Ryan. I yours is funnier.
My head is definitely funny. Play my clip first and then I'll tell you what my favorite movie is if you can't guess it.
That's all, try and guess.
Cranks?
Speaker 3 (07:55.327)
You
Sorry, but just get this finished.
How many pictures did you get?
Do know that this guy that he's talking to is from A Christmas Story? That plays Ralphie.
Are we going to talk or listen to gotta... clip! Well, once she started talking, I didn't know if we were finishing the clip. Alright, let me finish the clip and then Katie, if you have anything to say after the clip would be the perfect time to say it.
Speaker 1 (08:08.759)
Finish my c-
Speaker 3 (08:19.694)
That puts you... 950... What are you just saying? I'm the worst toy maker in the world. I'm a cotton-headed nanny muggins.
love the pace.
Speaker 1 (08:31.31)
You
You're not a cotton-headed muggins.
cliche movie, but I like it too. thought it was a funny.
cannot believe you sat here and ragged
I don't like that you just trashed her pick only to make the same pick
Speaker 1 (08:52.226)
Yeah, technically I made the pick first because I hand the mine in first.
And it wasn't.
You're a cotton-headed ninny-muggins is what you are,
Speaker 4 (09:05.848)
There's not a ton of funny Christmas movies, though.
This is one this is definitely home alone is funny, but I don't think it's like elf funny elf. He just hits different
When he's like eating the gum.
Yes. Drinking the soda. mean, our house is full of belches.
my god.
Speaker 4 (09:25.624)
Congratulations, you have the world's best cup of-
Yeah, with the scene where he's running across the street and he sees Santa and he goes and that was actually like a random Santa walking across the street.
Random.
It was.
Speaker 2 (09:47.374)
So they included that guy in the movie. How much did he get paid for to be?
That's probably nothing. Maybe a couple hundred bucks.
Nah, I don't like that.
But you picked a hell of a movie. I know.
It's great. little bit cliched, but a hell of a movie. I'm just quoting your husband. For people that don't know. my God. A huge reveal just happened. What? Yeah.
Speaker 4 (10:10.114)
that we're married? I'm pretty sure people know that Eric
Common law or is it actually certified? We identify as married.
Do you present yourselves as married?
How do you file your taxes?
Do you think we've never said that on the pod though before that you guys are married?
Speaker 2 (10:29.833)
I would think people just know.
I mean, the chemistry is just fucking amazing. I could be married to Katie, they would not know.
I mean, I guess they don't know.
Speaker 1 (10:43.586)
You're in my house, Katie's house, like go home.
We're progressive enough. You can be married to me for all we know. I know exactly. And the way stuff lines up, like... We haven't lined anything up yet, but we still be married. I mean, I'm just saying.
You normally pick the same movies. She's a hallmark, Seth, like I am. John, what was your...
right. Thank you for asking. The funniest scene from my movie is from a wonderful life. Mary? Mary? No.
Stable.
Speaker 3 (11:17.806)
How do they sleep? noise?
this shot.
Speaker 2 (11:22.744)
Dude is good
What?
During Right Now Right Now Then how do they sleep off shit each terrorist? Somebody drop you on your
as always.
What is anyone fucking?
Speaker 1 (11:37.518)
Is it with you? Is it? What are they gonna drop on somebody else?
Billy Bob Thornton?
Why couldn't
Damn it, are you fucking with me?
You
Speaker 4 (11:58.616)
John, do you think this movie's funny? Yes!
He's going to p-out over here. I know.
Pass.
We should have recorded like video recording. crap that's funny. on. Bad Santa. It's just so funny. It's just so ridiculous. It's funny.
Tell us all about it.
Speaker 3 (12:21.442)
France. What? can't say France, it's on the phone. You don't have to buzz me like that. It's the same loud for everybody.
you just do
the next car.
Okay.
God damn it! Are you fucking with me?
Speaker 2 (12:40.322)
The neighbors might say...
Yeah.
you
you
train
Speaker 4 (12:49.729)
I wish I knew how
to rain.
Speaker 2 (12:59.214)
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (13:03.022)
At least I'm gonna say that
What's the sense of hurting my brain?
You can't stay
Let's go!
Sound, sound,