The Big Flop - New Season: ‘Tis The Grinch Holiday Podcast

Episode Date: November 10, 2025

Grinch is back and jollier than NEVER! Whoville’s sassiest late-night talk show host returns for season 3 with more sharp-tongued monologues about everything nipping at his nose this holiday season, his signature brand of merry mischief, and a fete of festive banter, determined to charm a sleigh-full of A-list guests into admitting that Christmas might just be ho-ho-horribly overrated.This season, Grinch unveils his boldest scam yet: "Grinch-a-palooza," an over-the-top extravaganza timed to outshine Whoville’s beloved tree lighting ceremony. But when his trusted producer Cindy-Lou Who sides with the town’s holiday tradition instead of helping him plan the perfect palooza, the ultimate festive face-off begins. Grinch vs. Cindy—whose Christmas Eve bash will reign supreme? The battle for holiday supremacy is officially ON. Listen to ‘Tis the Grinch Holiday Podcast: Wondery.fm/GrinchSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It's that time of year again. The Grinch, played by me, James Austin Johnson, is back and jollier than never. Whoville's sassiest late-night talk show host returns for season three of Tis the Grinch holiday podcast with a sleigh full of A-list guests like the Jonas Brothers, Mark Hamill, and Gronk, just to name a few. Not to brag, but this year's lineup is sweeter than a cup full of nog. Are you about to spend five hours in the car with your beloved kids this holiday season, drive an old granny's house?

I am picturing screaming, Fighting, fighting. Back-to-back hours at the K-pop Demon Hunter's soundtrack on repeat. Well, when you're ears

start to bleed, I have the perfect thing to keep you from rolling out of that moving vehicle, and it's something for the whole family. Listen to Tis the Grinch

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Please welcome Nick, Joe and Kevin, the Jonas Brothers. What's up, guys? How you doing? Hello, hello. Yeah. So happy to be here. We're big fans. Love what you've done with the place.

Oh, thank you. Yeah, the mold is a nice touch. Thank you. Yeah. There was crown molding here, and I said, no, you don't understand. I want black mold. Yeah. It shows. Okay. Mr. Grinch, can I ask you a quick quick? What does that smell? You're going to have to be more specific. I think it's coming from that hallway.

Oh, down there. It burns a little bit. Yeah, yeah. Well, I'm burning some incense to try to cover up the smell of, laundry that I have kind of not dealt with for a couple years. Okay. Well, do you have any plugs we could use for our nose or anything? No.

From one heartthrob to a trio of heartthrobs, which one of you is the most heartthrobbiest? This is my first question, okay? I really want to know this. And feel free to, like, vehemently argue about it in front of me. I love to sow discord among family members. Well, I think we all have our moments,

but I think Kevin's really a shine at the moment. He's doing a great job. Thanks, Nick. I appreciate that. I disagree. Classic Joe. I think on weekends I can be a max heartthrobbing. That's true. You need some runway to get heartthrobby. You need that free Saturday.

Yeah, he's got to work up to it. The scruff's got to get to that perfect level, you know? You shave on Monday by Saturday. It's like right where it needs to be. I actually have to be shaved. I can't shave myself. I hire some people to shave me. That sounds expensive.

How long does it usually take? Well, I do it on February 29th So I can only do it once every four years So I think that explains my general kind of furry nastiness That does explain a lot, actually Anyway Come on, all right, so it sounds like it's Joe on the weekend What about a Tuesday?

Who's got Tuesdays? Oh, Tuesday's Nick, Nick's a Tuesday guy all day Yeah, I've always thrived on Tuesdays Yeah, okay, so there's just some Jenna Chequin About Tuesday for you, you just look in the mirror, you go Thank God it's Tuesday. Nick's done a lot of Broadway, so Mondays were like his Sunday, you know? So Tuesday is like first day back at work, you know?

Oh, okay, cool. Yes. Broadway! That's a fun schedule, right? Easy, chill. Easy schedule. Grinch, I think you came to Broadway a couple of years ago. I mean, I've done some Broadway.

Yeah. I had a one-man show where I basically sat on a stage, and it was just a list of grievances, people I'm aggrieved against. You actually started crowd work. You started the trend. The sort of the crowdwork clip thing. Yeah, I had some clips go viral and I had... Yeah, you were very clippy.

Yeah, my clips went viral and the virus I had went viral. Everyone got sick who came. Oh, that's right. I think I was there. Yeah, that was your fault. That's right. Yeah, I was patient zero for something that doctors were really mystified by for a while, but it all worked out.

Okay, I guess I know who's heart throbby on whatever days, but who's the bad boy? Every group's got a bad boy. Joe really just can't be tamed. No, no, no, hold on. Kevin likes to leave items out at me and Nick's home. Yes. He'll leave like a cup, like half drink cups, and I think he's a bad boy because he just won't do it at his home.

I don't know. It's as if it's annoying. It's a sign of dominance. Yeah. I would not call it dominance. You think it's dominant. It's like a dog peeing on a flagpole. Which is, if I'm not mistaken, a sign of dominance.

Or at the very least, it's some kind of communication that says, hey, Y'all know who peed here. I'm the eldest. Reminder. I'm marking my territory. No, it's something I have to work on. I'm sorry that I do that to you, gentlemen. I'd rather him pee on it than leave a sparkling water. I'm good without that.

Without the urine, yeah. Yeah, maybe we don't actually want urine everywhere. I would reconsider that if I were you. But, you know, the quick test for bad boy is who's pulling off a biker jacket. I'm caught Nick in a couple of bikers jackets in my day. Yeah. I have been known to wear a biker jacket. You like a jacket?

Can't ride a motorcycle, but can wear the jacket, for sure. I've got my motorcycle license. Oh, oh. Another thing that makes Kevin the bad boy. All right, well, okay. He's actually got his moped license. It's not even a motorcycle. No, I have my full motorcycle.

I just have a Vespa. Okay, well, that's not a motorcycle. Your latest album is called Greetings from Your Hometown. My hometown, really? Why would you name your album after a dump like Hoveill? Unfortunately, never been to Whoville. seen a lot of pictures and videos. Looks like a lovely place.

What's the best time of year to go to Whoville? I would say the best time, I'd just say, is winter. I mean, I've had some really nice nights where I've gone out around, say, Christmas time and just sort of had a lot of fun sort of rooting through people's cabinets and I'm not referencing anything specific, but there's one holiday in particular a few years back where I just kind of had my run of the place. It was really fun. Everybody was just like at some party or something, and I just kind of stole and vandalized and destroyed a lot of cool stuff and gotten a lot of trouble with it.

And actually, this podcast is a part of my court-ordered recompense for that deed. So, yeah, good times. I think we heard about that one. Listen to Tis the Grinch Holiday podcast, add free on Wondery Plus. Start your free trial of Wondery Plus in the Wondery app, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.