Dashing Through the Snow

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It's the holiday season.

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So hippity hop and hoppity hip.

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And don't forget to wear your best drip.

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Yo, yo, yo! Merry Christmas!

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We have a special holiday

treat for the HHMC listeners and viewers.

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Bring it!

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C’mon! Welcome to hip hop movie club.

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This is a show for Gen-X

hip hop fans want to relive the glory days

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and reconsider classic and modern hip

hop films from a current day perspective.

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Together, we'll explore some of the larger

societal issues raised in these films,

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whether you have seen or not seen Dashing

Through The Snow before,

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we’ll help you decide if you should take

the time to watch it now.

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Either way, you'll be a smarter

hip hop fan by the end of this episode.

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In the next 30 minutes or so,

you'll get all this and more.

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We are three

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old heads who to put their old heads

together to vibe on these films for you.

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I'm DynoWright, podcaster, filmmaker,

longtime hip hop fan, and the most recent

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hip hop show I went to was the Pharcyde

a few weeks ago in Philly.

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I'm JB,

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eighties and nineties nostalgia

junkie, longtime hip hop fan,

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and I'm somewhat internationally known

but not really known

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to rock a microphone.

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I'm Boogie, a

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deejay, longtime

hip hop fan, and I ain't no joke.

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I used to let the mike smoke and I slam it

when I'm done and make sure it's broke.

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Yea yeeeeh

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In this episode, we'll answer

the question.

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Is dashing through the snow

ludicrously good or just aight?

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One, one, one, one...

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Dashing Through

The Snow is a: 2023

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starring Christopher “Ludacris” Bridges

and Lil Rel Howery.

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Ludacris plays

the role of Eddie, a jaded social worker

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apathetic about Christmas

as he was traumatized as a child

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by a Christmas Eve mishap.

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A magical North Pole visitor

and a precocious, delightful daughter

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spread joy.

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But can they convert him into a

true believer in Santa Claus?

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Alright, this is a fun new

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take on a holiday movie with Luda.

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How did you guys rate

Ludacris’s performance?

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And you know, he's no rookie

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in the movie industry,

but how do you do in this film?

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What do you think, Boogie?

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Well, I think it was good.

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I mean, he definitely does come across

as a good dude.

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He does come across

as a guy that you're rooting for.

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And in the context of the film, he's

somewhat jaded in his outlook

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on the holidays and you kind of

want him to get a go along with it

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because Lil Rel as a Nicks...Nicholas

Sinter Klaus and his daughter Charlotte,

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you know, they’re kind of happy and bubbly

and he's kind of like playing Mr.

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Grump.

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She actually referred to as Grumpus

said at one point on a phone call.

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So yeah, he's a, he's very grumpy.

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So you kind of

want him to get with the program.

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And I think that his portrayal

of how he was supposedly

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feeling at that time

and trying to get him,

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he was resisting and trying to resist,

I think that was really good for him.

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I definitely enjoyed the interactions

between him and Lil Rel,

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and I think that there were some points

in the film

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that tugged at my emotional heartstrings

a little bit, too.

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So, I mean, hats off to Ludacris, I think

he knocked this one out of the ballpark.

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Yeah, I agree.

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He was really good.

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He's so likable.

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And then he, like you said,

tugging on the heartstrings.

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He had to be emotional at the beginning

when he was called into that crisis

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and he helped that troubled man,

Luther, down from the tower.

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He was just a seasoned pro at that.

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He was a natural

and he's a good father to his daughter.

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And he's very relatable

to the common person.

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DynoWright, what are your thoughts on

Luda's performance here?

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I enjoyed it.

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It was a little

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it wasn't completely consistent

the whole way through for me, but

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especially in the beginning when he talks

down the guy from literally from

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heights.

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It was really good then,

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and it was a little uneven for me,

but I really enjoyed it.

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I'll watch Ludacris in anything.

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We'll get into that a little more later.

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But I did enjoy him.

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Yeah, I think just

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to back track to that crisis situation.

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That scene was very

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it was emotional for me

because of the interaction, because

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especially now,

we see all these different instances of,

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you know, people that have mental issues

or breakdowns

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or whatever,

and police are called in to the scene.

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And instead of the situation

being deescalated, it escalates

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and somebody ends up getting harmed

or sometimes killed in those situations.

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So I think that it was good

that they showed

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in this scene

how the situation should be handled.

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The police were called.

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They were on the scene,

but they called in,

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especially somebody who was trained

to deal with those type

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of situations, too,

in to ease the situation.

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And I definitely,

definitely like that interaction.

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It kind of

got a little misty eyed a little bit.

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I mean, you

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want the best person for the job, right,

in that in that situation,

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someone like him was definitely it.

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Yeah, definitely.

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He he injected some humor in the situation

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and he lightened the mood

and he really hit home with Luther.

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So that was really great.

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Got him to that shelter.

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What songs

caught your attention in the film?

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A couple of hip hop

tracks in there, in addition

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to some of the holiday tracks

kind of throughout.

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What were the ones that caught

your eye, Boogie?

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Yeah I had a Your ear?

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Yeah,

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I was jotting down some songs and stuff.

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So I start off with the hip hop ones.

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There was a “Party Up”, up in here.

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Classic DMX track.

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(Yeah) it actually played.

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Eddie was playing it

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in the car right after his intervention

with Luther on his way home.

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He had been on you know,

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he was tired of the holiday tracks that

were playing previously to go in there.

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There was

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“What you want for Christmas?”

by the Quad City DJs.

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Yes. Yes. So good.

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Yes. Yes.

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While Nick was delivering

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to the crooked congressman's house,

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there's the classic you know, “Christmas

in Hollis” the Run DMC Christmas.

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classic.

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As the team of

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Nick, no, not Nick, Eddie, Charlotte

and their family.

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I wish I forgot the name of that family

that was tracking the chuckles.

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Yes, they were called the Santa seekers.

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You know, Santa seekers that they were

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as they were going to rescue Nick,

that playing

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“Mama said knock you out”.

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That was really good.

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When the reindeer came in. Yeah.

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So to protect to protect the vehicle.

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So they were trained to protect it.

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They definitely delivered

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it prior to that as the action

as the reindeer arrived.

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It's not necessarily

a hip hop track, but it's a well

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theme as the Rocky theme was playing,

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you know, oh shoot, it's on now.

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That's right.

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Yeah.

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That was a fun little tidbit. Yeah. Yeah.

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There's a couple of other

Christmas tracks.

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There was “Run, Run, Rudolph”.

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I really liked “12 Days of Christmas”

and “Santa, You're All Right”.

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played at the end credits.

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It's a - but overall,

it was a good soundtrack.

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It was definitely energetic.

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Yeah, it's - Quad City

DJs known most famously for “Come on Ride

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the Train, and Ride It”.

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That Miami bass sound right there.

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That brings us back to our early days

of college, I guess, right?

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That must've been early nineties.

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Any time you can work in the Quad City

DJs is a good time Absolutely.

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What you want for Christmas

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All those

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all the hip hop tracks were on point

like I love it.

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Yeah it was great.

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It's funny because

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we'll listen in the car

this time of Christmas songs all the time.

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All the time.

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And I do need a break every once about

like I need like 30 minute

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hip hop, you know, just to like,

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break it up and then go back and forth.

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So I can relate to a

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Eddie Ludacris in there.

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There is one song that comes on in the car

in the beginning

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called “Santa Got Caught in the Chimney”.

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Yes, This is a very deep cut

by the Paulette Sisters.

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It's now you would consider it

a little bit fat shaming.

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But just from the music

standpoint, it's a really rockin song.

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I enjoy it a lot and it's kind of funny.

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Like he got stuck in the chimney,

which it happens in the movie.

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Yeah.

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So it a funny,

funny kind of connection there.

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But Google that one.

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That's a it's a fun little romp

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music wise,

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good bassline, all that kind of stuff.

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It can't be as cancel-able

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as like “Grandma

Got Run Over by a Reindeer”.

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Yeah.

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You look back at that one,

it's like, ah, the lady died, dying,

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they're celebrating.

We could at least have her gifts together.

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Play that back.

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Yeah, it's a little rough now.

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Rough is drinking.

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Drinking around her

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demise.

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That's funny.

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But let's talk

a little more about the movie.

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I think it was a lot of fun.

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It moved quickly. It was entertaining.

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And I think Lil Rel and Ludacris

had a really fun dynamic together.

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And Oscar from

The Office was a good villain.

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I like. He's goofy.

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Yes. Yes.

I just call him Oscar from the Office.

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Oscar Nunez played the role of Oscar

in the sitcom The Office.

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What are

your other thoughts about the movie guys

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in general?

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I think I think it was

I think it was a cute film.

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I definitely enjoyed it.

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The storyline was was funny because,

I mean,

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like I said,

you wanted to root for for for Eddie

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Eddie's character throughout the movie

because you don't want to

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I don't want to give it away.

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But, you know,

he had a really rough experience.

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They kind of turn him off from Christmas

and he held on to that for a long time.

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And even though everyone around him

was, you know, kind of go

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get them with the program and enjoying it.

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And it seemed like his distaste for

Christmas actually ruined his marriage.

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I think toward the end of the movie,

he realized that,

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you know, that's kind of what it was as

he had started to believe

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that Nick actually was Santa Claus

and he actually wanted to help.

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He actually found

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what he was missing in himself

and was able to rekindle his relationship.

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So, I mean, it's it's a good movie.

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I think that it made me feel

good. Is good.

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Feel good movie.

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Yeah, I agree.

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How about you, DynoWright?

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Yeah. It was fun and cute.

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Was it a

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Citizen Kane?

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No, But you know, these kinds of movies

I have different expectations for.

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And it certainly entertained me.

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I think Lil Rel Howery is great.

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You guys saw “Free Guy”

with Ryan Reynolds?

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He plays his best friend.

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(Yes.) The other security guard.

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He's great in that movie too.

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So it was great, I was glad to get

like a whole movie with him

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because he's just that

kind of like chaotic good, really fun.

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And he's got all the good lines, too.

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He's he's

along the stylings of a Kevin Hart.

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He's got the gift of gab.

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And like,

he has your head spinning and you

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and he has you laughing the whole time.

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So, yeah, he was great.

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He had

a bunch of nicknames for himself and.

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Yeah, I.

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Like not to give it away, but he

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he not to give it away to the listeners

because I want you guys to check this out.

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But he he rattles off a few few

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unknown facts about Santa Claus.

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And they're. Pretty. Hilarious.

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Yeah just think cinnamon and...

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Yeah.

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I thought that was a funny touch.

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That was funny.

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Yeah.

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So, you know, it's funny too,

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you know, it's hard sometimes

to separate Ludacris from from the actor.

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Like, I almost at one point

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thought that Lil Rel’s character,

Santa Claus, was going to, like,

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say, hey, you have some naughty lyrics

in some of your songs.

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like.

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Yeah.

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Like “Move, B-

You know, fourth wall-breaking.

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I know that's funny.

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They did

You know what they did have Ludacris,

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but they call it the line where he said

“That's ludicrous.” Yeah.

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At one point I was like, there you

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go. Yeah.

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But if only Santa Claus

knew the lyrics to like,

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“What's your Fantasy?” And many,

many others.

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“Hoes in Different Area Codes”.

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I was almost shocked he wasn't driving

an Escalade in this movie.

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I guess.

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I guess a social worker

doesn't make that much.

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He had a nice little,

not even a full size SUV.

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It was a tiny thing.

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Yeah.

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20 inch rims. Is.

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What you got in that. Bag.

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He shoulda said that to Santa.

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We gotta roll

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out. Well,

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yeah.

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Oh man.

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I couple of...

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But that was funny.

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But I've seen Ludacris post things

I think like with his actual

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with his actual daughter driving around

and had some funny interactions

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like in real life

if you follow him on on Instagram

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was funny so yes we enjoyed it.

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But do you think it will hold up

as an annual holiday film?

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Do you think this is one that,

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you know, people will start

watching on annual basis?

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What do you guys think?

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Hmm. I think it has the potential

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just because it's it's

got that cute factor in that Lil Rel

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and, you know, touch where he's

rattling off those little funny tidbits

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about Santa it and I think

has the potential to be an annual film.

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I don't know if it will or not,

but the potential is definitely there.

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Right? Right.

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I agree.

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I think it depends really on more

Lil Rel’s career,

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how it progresses

as people go back to watch it.

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If they if they get into him,

they'll get into this movie

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and I think that's potential also.

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Yeah, same thing here.

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It's like I don't know,

sure it'll be annual,

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but I would recommend it

to a lot of folks.

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I've been already

telling some people about it,

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but I mean, I thought the storyline

very similar to “The Santa Clause”

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with Tim Allen

and that ended up having a few sequels

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because it was similar in that Tim

Allen's character,

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you know, was a real life Santa Claus.

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And there was this

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the family dynamic where he was divorced

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and, you know, a nonbeliever,

he actually became Santa Claus.

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So I was like, they kind of use

a little bit of that formula,

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but I'd rather watch this one

because it’s fresher.

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I've seen that one dozens of times.

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And it it kind of holds up.

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But like, I'm at this point

kind of getting a little bit tired of that

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and that series.

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So I'm good with watching this

a few more times

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and see kind of how it holds up. Hmm!

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But I think you're right.

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I think the star power

is something that would carry

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because Tim Allen was already known

from like “Home Improvement”.

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And I'm not sure of the timeline,

how it sits with

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like Woody from Toy Story,

but he's a big household name.

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And so he kind of carries

that film and said, watch this.

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You know, Tim's in here, he's

Santa Claus. And.

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Right.

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And they brought in Martin Short

for one of the sequels and stuff.

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So it's like Lil Rel, Ludacris can help,

you know,

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maybe carry this

because it has a great, great storyline.

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Yeah, there's a lot here in this universe

to make a sequel out of

340

: 00:16:07

or multiple sequels out of. So yeah.

341

: 00:16:12

You know, this could be one of many.

342

: 00:16:15

Yeah, maybe you see the progression

343

: 00:16:16

of their relationship reconciling and

344

: 00:16:19

maybe they have another child or something

and you see more

345

: 00:16:22

hijinks ensue.

346

: 00:16:25

So a little bit

more about Ludacris career.

347

: 00:16:28

You know, his biggest contribution

348

: 00:16:31

to the movie

349

: 00:16:34

industry or scene is the Fast and Furious

franchise.

350

: 00:16:37

How are you guys into the Fast and Furious

franchise?

351

: 00:16:39

There's over now at least ten

because I saw the X, right?

352

: 00:16:43

Yeah. and Ludacris is a big part of that.

353

: 00:16:47

It's a guilty pleasure of mine.

354

: 00:16:48

I watched all of them

355

: 00:16:51

and I have no idea why, because I know

that is totally unbelievable.

356

: 00:16:55

But...I'm an action junkie.

357

: 00:16:57

So it's like watching the live action

video game.

358

: 00:17:03

Believe it or not,

have not seen any of them.

359

: 00:17:05

So I have to start

360

: 00:17:08

from the beginning and go through.

361

: 00:17:12

Yeah, I mean, I've seen bits and pieces

here and there, but I'm not super into it,

362

: 00:17:16

not that I have anything against it, but

363

: 00:17:19

I never went to the theater to see any.

364

: 00:17:21

I think my son saw one or two of them,

365

: 00:17:25

but they're a good time.

366

: 00:17:28

Vin Diesel and

367

: 00:17:30

Ludacris, I'm sure I'd enjoy it.

368

: 00:17:32

If I want to go like buckle down

and go through them.

369

: 00:17:35

Yeah. Who’s not a fan of Vin Diesel?

I mean.

370

: 00:17:38

That's fascinating.

371

: 00:17:40

You need to put Vin Diesel in the sequel

because it's all about family.

372

: 00:17:45

Yes. Family.

373

: 00:17:52

Santa driving around in a.

374

: 00:17:56

You know, in Fast and Furious,

you know, we're hip hop

375

: 00:17:58

podcast is always going to be intertwined

376

: 00:18:00

with hip hop because of the tragedy

that happened with Paul Walker.

377

: 00:18:04

And then there was that top of the charts

song “See You Again” by Wiz Khalifa.

378

: 00:18:09

Right.

379

: 00:18:10

Featuring Charlie Puth.

That's a great song.

380

: 00:18:11

And like, it's really emotional

when you hear it because,

381

: 00:18:14

you know, you know that

382

: 00:18:16

it's a tribute to Paul Walker, who,

383

: 00:18:18

you know, tragically died, ironically,

in an auto accident.

384

: 00:18:24

So, yeah, that's that that series to me

is kind of like

385

: 00:18:27

has some deep connection with hip hop.

386

: 00:18:31

So let's have a little more fun here.

387

: 00:18:33

What's some of your other,

388

: 00:18:34

some of your favorite holiday movies

that you put on and watch?

389

: 00:18:38

And actually just before the show,

we had one we had one on was

390

: 00:18:41

keep an eye on it with with my daughter.

391

: 00:18:44

Now, what do you guys

have is your list of like top

392

: 00:18:48

five to ten holiday movies each year?

393

: 00:18:52

Boogie, you want to kick us off?

394

: 00:18:52

I’m a fan of some of the classics.

395

: 00:18:56

I'm a

fan of “March of the Wooden Soldiers”.

396

: 00:18:59

I watched it on Thanksgiving.

397

: 00:19:00

I watch it every Thanksgiving

and I watch it a few times

398

: 00:19:04

in between Christmas and I watch it

a couple of times on Christmas.

399

: 00:19:08

I love that movie

400

: 00:19:10

classic Laurel and Hardy.

401

: 00:19:13

My other one

402

: 00:19:15

other favorites

is a “Miracle on 34th Street”.

403

: 00:19:19

I don't know why I got hooked on it.

404

: 00:19:20

I just watch it.

405

: 00:19:22

I mean, it's a classic.

Yeah, “It's a Wonderful Life”.

406

: 00:19:24

It's probably one of my all time

classic movies.

407

: 00:19:27

Favorite movies.

408

: 00:19:29

And there is a couple of the newer ones,

409

: 00:19:32

“Jingle

All the Way” with Arnold Schwarzenegger.

410

: 00:19:35

I love that movie,

trying to get Turbo Man.

411

: 00:19:38

I was just going to say.

412

: 00:19:39

Turbo Man!

413

: 00:19:41

My other one of

the favorites, “Home Alone” -

414

: 00:19:47

can't go wrong with that.

415

: 00:19:49

This one is always up for debate,

416

: 00:19:51

but it's definitely a holiday movie

because it takes place at a holiday party.

417

: 00:19:54

“Die Hard”

I knew you were going to say that.

418

: 00:19:56

Oh yeah. No, no doubt.

419

: 00:19:59

No argument.

420

: 00:19:59

Of course.

421

: 00:20:00

Then one of the new

422

: 00:20:01

the new ones that just came out

a couple of years ago, “Jingle Jangle”.

423

: 00:20:05

Yes. I definitely moved up to one of my

my instant classics and I watched that

424

: 00:20:10

you know, that that

so there's a few others that I watch for

425

: 00:20:13

those those are the main ones that I watch

repeatedly during the season.

426

: 00:20:18

Nakatomi Plaza That's.

427

: 00:20:21

Oh yeah, “Jingle Jangle”.

428

: 00:20:22

Yeah, that. was a good movie.

429

: 00:20:23

I saw that a couple years ago. Yeah.

430

: 00:20:26

Really good. But

431

: 00:20:28

“Everything is Possible” is a great song.

432

: 00:20:30

Wow, really good.

433

: 00:20:34

Wasn't that Forest Whitaker

was, like, a star of that, right?

434

: 00:20:37

I think. Yes.

435

: 00:20:38

You saw it

when it came out a couple years ago.

436

: 00:20:40

Plays a toymaker. Yeah.

437

: 00:20:42

Yeah, DynoWright, what are some of

your favorite holiday movies For me ...

438

: 00:20:48

Yeah.

439

: 00:20:50

“Die Hard”, for sure.

440

: 00:20:53

This one has a sentimental value.

441

: 00:20:55

It's my wife's favorite movie.

442

: 00:20:57

It's called “Desk Set”.

443

: 00:20:58

It's a Spencer Tracy

Katharine Hepburn movie.

444

: 00:21:02

Also takes place during the holidays.

445

: 00:21:04

It's the movie

that I used to propose to her.

446

: 00:21:07

So there's a whole story there.

447

: 00:21:10

I've probably seen “While

You Were Sleeping” with Sandra

448

: 00:21:12

Bullock, like, I don't know, a zillion

times, just for, like, no reason, Like,

449

: 00:21:16

it's, it's, it's always on or something

during the holidays.

450

: 00:21:19

And so that's one I happen to like a lot.

451

: 00:21:22

Of course, “It's A Wonderful

Life” is a good one

452

: 00:21:25

and just watched it on Thanksgiving

and that was it was fun to watch that

453

: 00:21:29

having seen all these movies

that we watch, too.

454

: 00:21:34

And of course, “A Christmas Story”.

455

: 00:21:36

Yes. yes.

456

: 00:21:38

A Christmas Eve

457

: 00:21:39

tradition of mine is to wrap

my wife's gifts and watch that like it's.

458

: 00:21:42

It's on a loop. Yep. On cable. Yeah. Yeah.

459

: 00:21:46

I missed that layup. Yeah,

460

: 00:21:49

that was a layup right there.

461

: 00:21:51

I watched- That major award.

462

: 00:21:52

We actually went to Cleveland in 2016

on a whim because we were into running 5Ks

463

: 00:21:59

and they were hosting a 5K

and it was the Christmas Story 5K.

464

: 00:22:03

I have a medal, I can go grab it

for one second because it's really cool.

465

: 00:22:08

Hold on one sec.

466

: 00:22:10

Yeah, I remember when they did that.

467

: 00:22:13

I forgot about that.

468

: 00:22:14

That's really fun.

469

: 00:22:21

Do you have it handy? Yes.

470

: 00:22:22

So have more.

471

: 00:22:24

I had them all hanging up on.

472

: 00:22:26

okay.

473

: 00:22:27

So this is by far my most prized medal.

474

: 00:22:30

There's a bit of a glare, but.

look at that. There you. Go. Yeah.

475

: 00:22:33

And it says, I can't put my arms down.

476

: 00:22:34

And so when it's.

477

: 00:22:37

Well, yeah, and then there's lamps.

478

: 00:22:39

And the cool thing about about this

race is people are all dressed up,

479

: 00:22:44

People

480

: 00:22:45

are dressed up like the leg lamp

and running this 5K race.

481

: 00:22:48

You had people in the pink

bunny pajamas running.

482

: 00:22:52

now you.

483

: 00:22:52

Have people dressed up

as a can of Ovaltine.

484

: 00:22:58

They actually say

485

: 00:23:01

So this was in early December.

486

: 00:23:03

That is brilliant.

487

: 00:23:03

Cleveland, and they were serving Ovaltine

488

: 00:23:05

like either cold or hot,

like kind of like a hot chocolate.

489

: 00:23:08

So it was perfect.

490

: 00:23:09

So, yeah, we had a good time with that.

491

: 00:23:11

Man, I haven't had Ovaltine

in a long time.

492

: 00:23:13

Yeah. Ovaltine, please

sponsor our podcast!

493

: 00:23:16

But it’s cool

is that you got to go in the house

494

: 00:23:18

where they film their actual living room

and the kitchen where the Bumpus dogs go.

495

: 00:23:23

I need to do that.

496

: 00:23:24

I need to get back to Cleveland.

Yeah, that's cool.

497

: 00:23:27

But sorry to interrupt.

498

: 00:23:29

Yeah, it's a great.

499

: 00:23:30

That's cool.

500

: 00:23:31

Yeah. Yeah,

we enjoyed it. Let's hear yours. Let's.

501

: 00:23:34

All right.

502

: 00:23:35

So as you know,

I'm not just a big comedy goofball guy,

503

: 00:23:37

so I was going to say “Christmas Story”

because of the comedic value.

504

: 00:23:41

“National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation”.

505

: 00:23:44

I love Clark Griswold and his high jinks.

506

: 00:23:47

I mean, we quote that all the time,

507

: 00:23:50

Todd and Margo and all that stuff.

508

: 00:23:52

Classic and “Elf”.

509

: 00:23:54

Elf has become one we watch every year.

510

: 00:23:57

Another great Will Ferrell, Buddy,

the Elf.

511

: 00:24:00

Watched it on Thanksgiving.

512

: 00:24:01

I have the Elf ugly sweater. Santa,

I know him!

513

: 00:24:04

I have Elf socks.

514

: 00:24:06

So I mean I love the original

515

: 00:24:08

Grinch cartoon too

that came out years ago, Dr.

516

: 00:24:11

Seuss.

517

: 00:24:11

But then I do like the Jim

Carrey version as well.

518

: 00:24:16

I never saw that.

519

: 00:24:17

I recommend it.

520

: 00:24:18

Yeah, my son loves it. Ron Howard

521

: 00:24:21

directed it.

522

: 00:24:23

And he's I mean, Jim

Carrey's really good at it.

523

: 00:24:25

I mean, and Jeffrey Tambor is in it

524

: 00:24:28

and it's really, really well done.

525

: 00:24:32

I think I like that version.

526

: 00:24:34

How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

527

: 00:24:35

Now, they did another animated one

a few years ago

528

: 00:24:37

that wasn't too fond of that one.

529

: 00:24:39

And yeah, having the kids too.

530

: 00:24:42

But I don't know if your son

is into “Polar Express” also. Yes.

531

: 00:24:46

So Polar Express,

I mean, there's some great songs in there

532

: 00:24:49

and the animation is nice.

533

: 00:24:51

And Tom Hanks plays

like every single character.

534

: 00:24:54

And that became like an instant

535

: 00:24:56

classic on his star power

and the way that they did that.

536

: 00:25:00

Just like Boogie “Home Alone”.

That was one.

537

: 00:25:01

I was just watching that prior to this.

538

: 00:25:03

They At Home Alone won, and then

the sequel came on Lost in New York.

539

: 00:25:07

This one, like slightly

540

: 00:25:08

under the radar one's

“Christmas with the Kranks” we like too.

541

: 00:25:12

I read the book by John

Grisham called “Skipping Christmas”.

542

: 00:25:15

It was a fun little novel that he did.

543

: 00:25:17

And then they convert to a movie

where it's Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis

544

: 00:25:23

and it's about, you know,

545

: 00:25:25

they were going to skip Christmas

because they were all fed up with it.

546

: 00:25:27

But then their daughter

was coming home from college

547

: 00:25:31

and they kind of

they want to do it big up.

548

: 00:25:33

So it was it's

pretty entertaining as well.

549

: 00:25:36

So that's kind of

my list is mostly comedies.

550

: 00:25:39

I do have an appreciation for the classics

too, like Miracle on 34th Street

551

: 00:25:43

and It's A Wonderful Life,

in addition to Die Hard,

552

: 00:25:47

which I like as well.

553

: 00:25:49

If you remember, “Gremlins”

was also set around Christmas time,

554

: 00:25:54

rewatching that not too long ago.

555

: 00:25:55

And all that is kind of Christmas.

556

: 00:25:58

Yeah. as well. Yes. Yes.

557

: 00:26:01

We can't get out of here without

mentioning “A Charlie Brown Christmas”.

558

: 00:26:03

Of course.

559

: 00:26:04

Is another one of my favorites. Yeah,

there you go.

560

: 00:26:07

I like all the Charlie Brown

specials, the Thanksgiving one.

561

: 00:26:10

Yeah, they're all great. They're great.

562

: 00:26:13

The Great Pumpkin.

563

: 00:26:15

Exactly. Yes.

564

: 00:26:18

Yeah.

565

: 00:26:19

Have you seen “Four Christmases”?

566

: 00:26:22

Did I see that?

567

: 00:26:23

Vince Vaughn.

568

: 00:26:28

You know.

569

: 00:26:28

What's her name?

570

: 00:26:29

I can't recall it. Reese Witherspoon.

Yeah.

571

: 00:26:32

This one. And we saw this one.

572

: 00:26:35

It was pretty funny. Really?

573

: 00:26:36

Check that one out.

574

: 00:26:38

I just thought I just popped into my head

like, we mean, I like that one.

575

: 00:26:43

It was to see if I watched it, cause

it sounds familiar.

576

: 00:26:45

I feel like I have seen it

like, by accident.

577

: 00:26:49

That's the same with me.

578

: 00:26:50

Like I feel like I know elements of it,

but I can't like,

579

: 00:26:54

quote it and I don't really know

580

: 00:26:55

the whole storyline off top of my head.

581

: 00:26:59

But also

582

: 00:27:01

there's one that's pretty polarizing

583

: 00:27:03

that some people love

and some people don't is “Love Actually”.

584

: 00:27:07

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

585

: 00:27:09

It it became problematic once you think

about what's happened in the movie.

586

: 00:27:14

I don't really know

that I don't know what that well I just.

587

: 00:27:18

Yeah it you know, parts of it are good.

588

: 00:27:21

There are some problematic parts.

589

: 00:27:22

If you reconsider,

you know how we've progressed since then.

590

: 00:27:27

But yeah.

591

: 00:27:30

Right

592

: 00:27:31

there I mentioned this in our “In Too

Deep” episode, but

593

: 00:27:36

“Last Holiday” with Queen Latifah

and LL Cool J.

594

: 00:27:39

Very cute. Yes.

595

: 00:27:40

They're one of my wife's favorites. Yeah.

596

: 00:27:42

I love that. Movie, you know.

597

: 00:27:44

Yeah,

598

: 00:27:47

I watched that movie a few times over

probably the last couple of months.

599

: 00:27:50

Yeah,

600

: 00:27:52

it just kept coming on in my house,

so I'll watch it again.

601

: 00:27:56

Yeah, we have it on DVD, so. Right.

602

: 00:28:00

And I guess.

603

: 00:28:01

That gets a heavy rotation.

604

: 00:28:05

Remember last year

605

: 00:28:06

around this time

we did the “Hip Hop Nutcracker”.

606

: 00:28:10

Yes, I.

607

: 00:28:10

If that still out there. It was

it was a Disney Plus thing.

608

: 00:28:13

I don't remember.

609

: 00:28:14

It was Disney+.

610

: 00:28:15

Yeah. But that's something

that's worth rewatching too.

611

: 00:28:17

That was good.

612

: 00:28:19

It was good. Yeah.

613

: 00:28:21

Great dance scenes.

614

: 00:28:22

They're going to be doing the

615

: 00:28:24

the live one down at the Orange Park

616

: 00:28:28

because I know when I went to see

Kurtis Blow,

617

: 00:28:31

one of his dancers was the main character

he played the main character in.

618

: 00:28:36

And he was

and they were kind of talking about it

619

: 00:28:38

and they said,

Yeah, we'll be back this year,

620

: 00:28:40

so maybe I'll see if I can snag

a ticket or to check it out.

621

: 00:28:47

Two more:

622

: 00:28:49

“Scrooged” with Bill Murray.

623

: 00:28:50

Yes, he's so funny.

624

: 00:28:53

It's so. Funny.

625

: 00:28:56

I was just talking about that

as the Bobcat

626

: 00:28:57

Goldthwait goes postal. Yes.

627

: 00:29:01

Yes. And Lee Majors.

628

: 00:29:03

Yeah. Yeah.

629

: 00:29:05

And the other one is Albert

Finney's version of “A Christmas Carol”.

630

: 00:29:10

It's also very good.

631

: 00:29:11

Yes. Yes.

632

: 00:29:14

Also Christmas Carol.

633

: 00:29:15

That's a great one. Yeah.

634

: 00:29:16

With Ebenezer Scrooge, that is a classic.

635

: 00:29:20

But also there is an animated version

that Disney put out

636

: 00:29:23

and also Jim Carrey plays Scrooge.

637

: 00:29:27

And that's very well done, too.

638

: 00:29:29

Yeah, the animated version

animation is pretty neat and it's it's

639

: 00:29:33

at least ten years old,

I would think, around that time frame.

640

: 00:29:36

But I like that version also.

641

: 00:29:38

My kids. My kids really enjoyed that one.

642

: 00:29:41

Yeah. Tiny Tim always steals the show.

643

: 00:29:46

Little Tiny Tim

644

: 00:29:48

Yeah, yeah.

645

: 00:29:50

There's so many.

646

: 00:29:51

Then there's those shows, the specials,

like they come out,

647

: 00:29:53

you know, the “Rudolph

the Red-Nosed Reindeer”.

648

: 00:29:54

“Frosty The Snowman” too.

649

: 00:29:56

Right. “The Year Without a Santa Claus”.

650

: 00:29:58

It was the Snow Miser, Heatmiser

and all those.

651

: 00:30:00

Yeah, Yeah. Claymation.

652

: 00:30:02

All those guys.

653

: 00:30:03

Misfit Toys. Yeah.

654

: 00:30:06

You guys Emmett Otter Jug Band fans?

655

: 00:30:10

As a kid. Yes.

656

: 00:30:13

The jug band Christmas. Yes.

657

: 00:30:17

Look at the birds in the trees.

658

: 00:30:21

We’re no birds, we’re a jug

659

: 00:30:28

band. Yes.

660

: 00:30:30

Do you remember one

that's maybe embarrassing

661

: 00:30:33

to Keanu Reeves,

But he's got no shame, probably.

662

: 00:30:37

And Drew Barrymore.

663

: 00:30:38

Remember “Babes in Toyland”?

664

: 00:30:40

Oh yeah. They were.

665

: 00:30:42

I remember the beginning.

They're singing in this one.

666

: 00:30:44

There's a

667

: 00:30:44

snow, there's a blizzard to sing a song

about since the town of Cincinnati. And

668

: 00:30:49

it's not.

669

: 00:30:50

Okay. Yeah, it's it's it's really weird.

670

: 00:30:53

It goes off a different tangents.

671

: 00:30:54

Pat Morita is in it and okay.

672

: 00:30:58

It's a wild, weird thing,

673

: 00:31:01

but it just it just jogged my memory.

674

: 00:31:05

Not one that's easily watchable,

you know, what's going on here,

675

: 00:31:08

but to see those stars

as young youngsters, it's kind of like,

676

: 00:31:12

my God, I can't believe. Yeah,

677

: 00:31:14

yeah.

678

: 00:31:15

That's

where where they kind of got their start.

679

: 00:31:20

And we can't forget “The Muppet

Christmas Carol”.

680

: 00:31:22

absolutely.

681

: 00:31:23

Yeah. Sure.

682

: 00:31:26

Yeah.

683

: 00:31:27

Nice Stop to think about how many movies

Christmas movies there are.

684

: 00:31:31

There are a zillion!

685

: 00:31:32

Yeah.

686

: 00:31:35

It just keeps going and going.

687

: 00:31:37

It's definitely a rabbit hole.

688

: 00:31:39

Yeah, Yeah.

689

: 00:31:44

And if you like Hallmark movies, there's.

690

: 00:31:46

There's another zillion of those.

691

: 00:31:49

That's right. man.

692

: 00:31:50

They make so many of them.

693

: 00:31:51

They put them out quick too,

and they put them out all year round.

694

: 00:31:56

So they had a formula.

695

: 00:31:57

They have the same formula

everybody jokes about.

696

: 00:32:00

Yeah, yeah.

Formula is definitely the same.

697

: 00:32:03

It's like someone has a loss.

698

: 00:32:05

And so it's kind of like the Disney

formula is like.

699

: 00:32:08

Somebody traveling to the big city

ends up in a small town.

700

: 00:32:12

Yeah. During the holidays. Yeah, yeah.

701

: 00:32:16

Why does everything happen in Vermont?

702

: 00:32:18

Everything’s in Vermont.

703

: 00:32:19

But I have a Christmas card from last year

704

: 00:32:23

and it's a Hallmark movie title generator.

705

: 00:32:26

Yeah, that's funny.

706

: 00:32:28

my goodness.

707

: 00:32:31

that's great.

708

: 00:32:33

Nice,

709

: 00:32:35

right?

710

: 00:32:36

I think that's a wrap on Dashing

Through the Snow.

711

: 00:32:38

Let's rate this movie.

712

: 00:32:40

And our famous

and now very famous rating system.

713

: 00:32:45

haha Boogie for Dashing Through the Snow.

714

: 00:32:48

Will you bring that funky flick

back, (Bring that funky flick back)

715

: 00:32:53

or leave it in the vault?

716

: 00:32:55

Bring that funky flick back.

717

: 00:32:57

Right on.

718

: 00:32:59

DynoWright?

719

: 00:33:00

I'll bring this funky flick back.

720

: 00:33:04

And I will do the same.

721

: 00:33:05

Bring this funky flick back.

722

: 00:33:07

Let's keep it going.

723

: 00:33:08

All right. Yes.

724

: 00:33:21

Bring it!

725

: 00:33:21

C’mon!

726

: 00:33:23

Hip Hop Movie Club is produced

by your HHMCs: JB Boogie and DynoWright.

727

: 00:33:28

Theme music by Boogie.

728

: 00:33:31

Bring it! C’mon!

729

: 00:33:33

Check us out on Facebook and Instagram

at Hip

730

: 00:33:36

Hop Movie Club.

731

: 00:33:42

(Bring it!

732

: 00:33:43

C’mon!) On the next episode of the Hip Hop

Movie Club podcast,

733

: 00:33:46

your HHMCs will review Menace II Society.

734

: 00:33:51

Subscribe now on your favorite podcast app

and you won't miss it.

735

: 00:33:54

Shout out to you listeners.

736

: 00:33:55

Thanks for tuning in.

737

: 00:33:58

You remember Don't hate, regulate.

738

: 00:34:01

I was holding that one!

739

: 00:34:02

Oh man, I can't believe

I didn't do that one yet!

740

: 00:34:08

It was a clear black night.

741

: 00:34:09

A clear white moon.

742

: 00:34:10

She was on the C streets

trying to consume the

743

: 00:34:18

Bring it!

744

: 00:34:19

C’mon!

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