The Daily Zeitgeist - Santa University Part 8

Episode Date: December 24, 2024

It's that time again... Santa University is back for an EIGHTH installment!  Written and narrated by Jamie Loftus.  Performed by:  Caitlin Durante Jack O'Brien Miles Gray Danl Goodman Anna Hossnieh Joelle Monique Sophie Lichterman Robert Evans Margaret Killjoy Prop Grant Sarah Marshall Justin Smith Victor Wright  Catherine Law  Edited by Bryan The Editor ENJOY!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Welcome to Santa University 8. 8 whole years. Can you fucking believe it? It's longer than most relationships you've been in. You fucking flop. I know it's longer than any relationship I've been in. And listen, in every beloved series, there are entries that are...

You gotta listen to me right now this one's really bad this one is uh there's nothing here for you every year it's the same oh it's written last minute oh it's a mess well this year it's maybe even less finished than ever. It's really objectively 8 pages long and then everyone just starts to panic. Throughout this installment, you'll hear Jamie make various excuses for why this is. She's overworked. Her dad died. Like that doesn't happen to anybody else.

And a bunch of other bullshit. But you, the Santa University listener, should not let her get away with it. You wanna get this movie made? Then sit your ass down and write, Jamie. Happy holidays, everyone. And if this is your first Santa, you, apologies from the management.

This is iHeartRadio. We keep things classy over here. And this quality of content is not characteristic of our very large company. Because you couldn't be bothered to write it down this year. These are pages from the still unproduced 600 page screenplay, Santa University. The musical about a school full of 40,000 Santas, where every year, 39,999 Santas are killed, and the last Santa standing is the one true Santa. So, as you listen to this dissociative episode,

just remind yourself that it's too late for you to stop listening, or for Jamie to stop writing. Santa University is a death cult, and we will never, ever be free of it. Jamie here with a quick cast list before we start the formal file. We have Miles Gray reprising his starring role as Dan Santa, Jack O'Brien as Dean Santa,

Anna Hosnier in the iconic role of Gal Santa. Kaitlyn Durante reprises the role of Sully, who in this case is a pilot. Heard of that before? We have Joelle Monique as Michelle Numbers and David Zaslav, who I did not remember to write a line for. Katherine Law as Intellect Santa. Sophie Lichterman as Betrayal Santa. Sarah Marshall as Goth Santa. Robert Evans as Second Amendment Santa. Margaret Kiljoy as Hot Woman of the Woods Santa.

Prop as Cool Santa and, wait for it, Luigi Mangione. Dated? Maybe by the time you're listening to it. Brian Jeffries as Pregnant Santa, who also very, very generously edited this to make it sound listenable. Justin Smith as Pimple that's not quite ready to pop so it's frustrating Santa, Victor Wright as arms where his eyes should be Santa, and Jamie Loftus, Chris Crofton reprising his famous role of glory hole Santa, and Grant Crater as the dog that keeps getting shot. Let's get into it, shall we? Santa University 8, mostly improv due to budget constraints.

Interior, 80 degrees, December hell. Here we are, Santa University 8. Jamie here, the esteemed screenwriter of Santa University, the 647 page epic musical where 40,000 Santas are admitted every year to Santa University, but only one lives until graduation. Originally supposed to be released in 2017, pages from the script have leaked at every yule tide, just as the writer's mental capacity is at its breaking point, making others laugh as she sank deeper into whatever was actually going on. These pages, pages 16 to 30, were paradoxically found wedged between pages 15 and 16 of the original Santa University script, drenched in French dressing, but just barely legible.

It is unclear whether they were intended to be filmed or included in the final product, but after a year of contracting AI to write scripts that ended up being right-wing porn, the bad kind that doesn't make money, David Zaslov decided to shake off the pages and give it a shot. Jamie, thrilled to be working but dismayed to be paid in coupons and canned cocktails, handed the pages over drenched in milky orange sauce as intended. We meet the crew mid-Jingle class. Interior Jingle Class Day.

It's a scene from Santa University 1. Don't remember? Well aren't you young you sick son of a bitch. I wish you were dead instead of anyone I knew personally. We see Dan Santa, looks like shit cannot read, and Goth Santa, Dan Santa's bright-eyed fan friend who will amount to very little, trying to jingle their bells without success as Gal Santa, nepotism beautiful and cool santa cool jingle theirs with success look man shit gets crazy scary spooky hilarious and if i was dan

santa shit i put myself through a santa shredder oh my g dan looks over to the santa shredder. Oh my G. Dan looks over to the Santa shredder. A Santa sized shredder professors keep in their lecture halls for intimidation purposes. Gal laughs but only halfheartedly. Sounds like you're a little threatened cool Santa. My boyfriend for now that is. I'm cool Santa. My boyfriend, for now, that is. I'm Goth Santa. That's awesome.

And I would not shred myself in your place. Professor Santa turns to Goth. Now listen, Goth Santa, there will be no interrupting jingle class. As punishment, what is one plus one? Michelle No, Michelle No. One? Right. Michelle numbers a new character while exciting. Shrieks from her table beside fan favoritefavorite arms where his eyes should be Santa. Professor Santa, whose husband has just discovered she's cheating, though that won't enter the plot, approaches Michelle.

What is it, Michelle numbers? One! One! The professor's eyes widen. She thinks this is a reference to her raw fucking one of the cafeteria elves. It begins to sing in her own defense. Song one, there's enough Santa to go around. A ballad about Polly Santas from the perspective of a sexually liberated Santa professional.

Only she is their teacher, so it is deeply uncomfortable for everyone. Go. comfortable for everyone go Santa doesn't make a sound. There you go. Beautiful. Caitlin. Look, I didn't take enough improv classes for this. Sound bound. It doesn't need to rhyme. That's a good verse right there. It continues for two verses, theoretically, and then Michelle numbers exclaims, One! The cursed number!

The scene begins to fade, and suddenly we're trapped into interior American Airlines flight Santa crash! Our favorite Santa University characters are all comfortable, settled in on a commercial airline flight, anxious but excited to go wherever. Australia? Cleveland, wherever you go, your mental illness follows. Supposing you're Jamie, the screenwriter of Santa University, and you had two weekly series to produce this year. Would you ask me to do this? Anyways, I have recently seen either 28 or 36 episodes of Lost in the Dead of Night, which depends on whether you consider being asleep, watching lost, which I do. And another thing, sleeping or playing Neopets counts as watching lost. As long as the media in question is not created by me. Oppenheimer, iPad mini content, my

podcast, IMAX. Does this make sense? Betrayal Santa, a flight attendant, wheels her cart of candy canes and moonshine down the aisle, smiling politely as we meet our favorite characters. Just a candy cane for me, please. Are you sure? It's complimentary. Dan Santa, who can't even read, tries to read the moonshine bottle.

What's the word? No, thank you. I'm allergic to pomegranate. I'll take his. Add a girl. Awesome, man. Right, we wouldn't want this scene to pass the Bechdel test.

Paul Inca. She hands Gal two moonshines and hands the others in her row. Hull Santa, Dean Santa, and Glory Hull Santa, their own moonshines. I'm Gal Santa, the Santa who is a girl. And I'm Dean Santa, the Santa University Dean and father to Gal Santa, who will eventually survive until the end of Santa University, unlike Dan Santa.

God, didn't he come? There it is. There it is. There it is. Roll his eyes. Lame ass. Look, he means to say, I'm glory hole Santa. Gals biological father who conceived her by swallowing cum in the glory hole, but no one likes to talk about it though. who conceived her by swallowing cum in the glory hole,

but no one likes to talk about it though. That's true. Come anyone? God, stop! Betrayal Santa keeps wheeling forward Second Amendment Santa. The Santa with so many guns, the dog, and Intellect Santa. Hey, Waitress Santa, you know how no one ever wants to kill a dog in a piece of beloved media? It's betrayal, Santa.

Because it upsets people who can't handle the world. Please don't respond. You're setting him up. I'm curious how the sentence progresses. Well, check this out. Let him cook, let him cook. He shoots the dog in the head and dog begins to sing. Song two, I'm glad he killed me, I deserved it, a ballad. Second amendment Santa joins in at some point. It's not in key, but it's powerful, go. Sometimes the people who get shot deserve it.

Not often, but it happens occasionally. You all know what I'm talking about, but for legal reasons, I can't sing about it in more detail. But come on, we all know who this song's about. And now my verse as the dog, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow. This is the end of my life. Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow. This is the end of my life. Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow. I didn't even get a dog wife. Somehow, the dog lives to be shot another time later in the script. The scene continues.

Wow, that was incredible. Banks, want to see it again? No Let him cook Song three, please. Don't shoot the dog again. This is a betrayal Santa song song Actually with Second Amendment Santa this time as the dog shakes in fear What is the ladies to lunch? Oh, the the ladies who lunch, aren't they a guess? Yes, no, probably.

It's very Broadway, yes. I don't know what that is. Not a clue. No, I should have thought to tell you who the ladies who lunch are. It's Elaine Stritch, Robert. It's very brassy. It acts like you're singing like you have 40 minutes left to live. I'm going to not do that, but Robert,

who let the dogs out? No. Do it. That would be great. Do it, do it, do it. I wanna ask, is your doggy time? Or, well, there it is, you know what I'm saying? Yeah.

I've worked on this for months. Robert, it's your time. I'm not gonna shoot the dog, again, I'm not going to shoot the dog again. I'm not going to shoot the dog a second time. But you know, somebody else got shot this year. And for once it was not a bad news story. Usually when that happens, everyone gets bummed out. We all had a very nice week.

It's like Santa is an intelligent woman. And she knows that no one wants to see the dog get shot in the head, I guess in the head a second time, but she's entering the chorus when bang. It's okay. It's a work of fiction in Santa University. I can't die. Me, the dog.

And to further the point, I won't die. Betrayal Santa keeps wheeling the cart towards pimple that's not quite ready to pop, so it's frustrating Santa, Michelle numbers, and pregnant Santa. Candy canes anyone? Oh, I can't. I'm pregnant. A long beat. Can pregnant women not eat candy canes? Sorry, the writer of Santa University didn't know what to do with a pregnant character

other than to make them sit in place and say they can't do anything because they're pregnant. Paul Anka. Paul Anka, indeed. Oh, what the hell? Give me some moonshine. Arms through his eyes should be Santa, grabs the moonshine from pregnant Santa's hand as betrayal Santa. And I didn't finish that scene.

We fade into the dream world. Continuous. Jamie stands in the middle of the ether. So Victor, you will desperately trying to understand how this bit has been going on for eight years. Did she think her parents would outlive this bit? He definitely did. Look at God.

Look at me. Shaking her head in disbelief, she's approached by Dan Santa. You came. making her head in disbelief. She's approached by Dan Santa. You came? Yes? Listen up. My name is Dan Santa and I've come here to curse you. Oh no.

For the next 10 years minimum, you will spend two to three desperate hours between your other jobs writing a play about me a piece of shit gal appears who can't even read and me a Girl, I don't think we're progressed beyond that glory hole Santa appears and me that. Glory Hole Santa appears. And me! The Glory Hole Santa from the Glory Hole! Who, if you'd had sufficient time, would have ended up realizing on Santa University Island that sucking the puss from the pimple that's not quite ready to pop Santa would satiate his cum thirst.

Disgusting and true. And maybe you would have met me, the hot woman who's lived in the woods for all these years Who Michelle numbers will enter the number one? she's obsessed with into the tan University Island computer and Michelle numbers appears the computer would blow up and the island would blow up I'm not very smart and I can't fucking read and you're stuck with all of us and I'm a girl. Luigi Mangione enters?

Hey, what's good with it? I'm Luigi Mangione! Oh man, if I weren't already pregnant? No. No! Got any cum? He was number one. This is a song for JB aka Victor I would let Luigi Mangione finger me on opening night at no sir

Ah, dude, this is a battle it actually between Victor and and and prop I guess okay And Dan, jump in there too. OK. I'm just. I would let Luigi Mangione. Finger me on opening night. At. Nose. For. Two. Of the Cavalier.

I'm a finger Victor. Right at Nosferatu. I'm actually Jamie, not Victor. My bad, that's Jamie. I'ma change your life, just maybe. Just finger me at Nosferatu. Finger, finger, finger. I'ma use the fingers, the index.

And then actually kind of everyone joins in after a second because they're so empowered by this. Finger, finger, finger, finger, finger, finger, finger, finger, finger, finger, finger, finger. Nosferatu. Pull the trigger, pull the trigger. Hold the second, we're all getting finger-tied with Nosferatu.

In the go. She said, in the trigger. We're all getting a finger. Oh, she said, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,

oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh pilot, Sully, chimes in. Unknown to everyone else on the flight, a person named Sully has never successfully landed a plane and Sully is nervous. Hello, it's your captain Sully. Okay, I've been here the whole time. Little did you know, okay, I got fired from my job at Lids, but American Airlines hired me. Now, here's the thing. They did make a movie about me starring Tom Hanks. It's a biopic about me.

And he did a fucking shitty job portraying me. He did. But here's the thing. People start booing Sully because... Boo! did. But here's the thing. People start booing Sully. Defending himself against this allegation that he's made. Hey, now don't be like that. Okay, I'm gonna land this plane. You think that Sully's have never landed a plane? Well, I'm going to land this motherfucking plane.

Intellect Santa starts bullying and antagonizing Sully as he's about to land the plane. Oh my god, you think you're going to land this plane? It's huge! Well, you know what else is huge? You know what else is huge? Lids? Lids, the chain. Dean Santa joins in. First of all, the movie about you is great, so you should shut the fuck up about that. That movie rules and is a way better pilot than you.

You can't land this plane for shit. You suck lid sucks shell number Michelle numbers shaking still finds the energy to bully sully the pilot so you worthless piece of shit You better land this plane So do it get her ass. Hey, hey, hey, hey luigi luigi Hey, hey, Sully, shut the fuck up before I treat you like a CEO. Whoa. Land the damn plane. I'm doing it.

Why do you guys think I can't? Finally, the click of a cocked gun is heard from the back of the plane from Second Amendment Santa. The dog begins to shake, but this shot isn't intended for him. Here you go. You deserve something to do. Well Sully, what the fuck are you going to do? Don't shoot man.

I can land this plane. Sully starts to land the plane competently to everyone's shocked. That everyone that everything was building towards glory hole Santa in his panic begins to suck the pus from pimple Santa's face. I'm extremely satisfied. Tastes just like gum. I'm extremely satisfied. Tastes just like gum. John Santa touches Betrayal Santa's arm meaningfully. I've been feeling a vibe between us.

Oh no, honey. I don't think you have. I'm Betrayal Santa, and if the writer of Santa University had had the bandwidth she would have set up an bait and switch romance that would end in our betrayal. And then I'd be your true love only instead of it just being comfortable and easy I would try to explain to you why Polly Emory would be able to fix you and all of the problems you've been having with betraying people. Oh no.

Although I'm not on the plane. Jamie didn't get that far. Nonetheless, Song Five is a three-part ballad between Hot Woman Santa, Goth Santa, and Betrayal Santa called She Didn't finish the script which is a jazzy number that ends in the hot woman shooting the dog again. Oh boy. She didn't finish the script. No, she didn't. Stop.

She didn't finish the script. Stop. The world's been turning since the world's been turning. She didn't finish the script. Stop! The world's been turning since the world's been turning. She didn't finish the script. Stop! Monopoly, money, assassination, other stuff in the news. I forget what some kind of an election. I'll explain it to you later.

Luigi Mantieni, jump in. You're in the news, man. I, I, I, I am the new, new main, main character. Fuck Mario, fuck Mario, I'm a teacher how to finish the job. Hey, hey, hey, teacher. Got any gum? How to finish the job after The right thing to do. Being a Jamie. I think Jamie, let's keep that going.

Let's keep it on a loop. The right thing to change. God, and it come. Oh, we know I did not shoot the dog just for the record. It could never be me. Finally, the three women agree on a high note, and then, okay.

That was good, that was good. Okay, let's all agree on a note. I'm starving, Maria. And then, Wow. A woman who lives in the woods, and just shoots the dog in the head again. I don't know what came over me. Jesus Christ.

Damn, y'all. I can't catch a break. He really shot the dog. How many times over this? He was last time it was me and I don't know how I feel about it. OK, what is what is going on? I just why does everything have to be so scary? Oh, my freaking God. Because when you live alone in the woods, everything is scary.

What I tell y'all, put this man in a shredder. I tried to tell y'all, he should have went into the shredder. Don't nobody listen to fools. Hi, it's me the dog. I think we should maybe all take a moment of silence to consider the violent vicissitudes of the American character. Hi, it's me Stollie. Is anyone gonna congratulate me for landing the plane?

Boo. Shut up Stollie. It's not about you asshole. Bare minimum. I'm pregnant. I was like, would you like me to land in the plane? Boo. Shut up, Sully. It's not about you, asshole. Bare minimum. I wasn't even on the plane. You landed on this island and then I showed up and sang a song and then shot a dog. Oh wow, clap at this guy for doing his job.

God, when did he come? It's horrible. Well, welcome to my island. I have a strong dog quarantine procedure. I really wish you had followed. It would have saved everyone a lot of trouble. I feel terrible about it, but there's a lot of wildlife here that just, there's dog-borne illnesses that would have absolutely destroyed all of the birds. And I feel terrible about it, okay? But it had to be done. And I just really wish, Sully,

I think you're the pilot and I think that you should have been more responsible about your flight plan before you landed the plane, which you did a very good job. And I know that a lot of people thought you couldn't do it. Thank you. Thank you so much. Yeah, here's the thing. I don't really, I'm not paying attention how many dogs are on my flight. So that's not on me. There's more than, there's another dog? I think it's just another year at... Oh. Santa Santa Santa University. Santa Santa Santa Santa Santa University. Son Santa come. Wow, the plan miraculously lands.

If there had been more time, more would have happened. But this is basically just a pointless flashback covered in French dressing to a time that most of the characters from Santa University took a flight to Cleveland and everything went Completely normal and that's why it was ultimately cut from the script Nonetheless, I hope you enjoyed these cut pages from Santa University And I hope you understand why they were cut although there were some incredible ballads and God Santa never appears again, unfortunately. Because in this world there is very little showing of God.

And with that, that's a scene on Santa University 8, baby. Yeah! Grace Freud, Christmas angel here again. I know, that one was rough. But you can't be mad about it because her dad died. Jesus Christ, she got

30 years with the guy. Better luck next year though, Stinky! Happy Holidays! Oh, and if you want to watch something that's complete, you can watch my Megalopolis Christmas special right now on YouTube. Thanks, everybody. Hey, everyone. It's John, also known as Dr. John-Paul. And I'm Jordan, or known as Dr. John Paul. And I'm Jordan, or Joe Ho.

And we are the BlackFatFilm Podcast. A podcast where all the intersections of identity are celebrated. Ooh, chat, this year we have had some of our favorite people on including Kid Fury, T.S. Madison, Amber Ruffin from the Amber and Lacey Show, Angelica Ross, and more. Make sure you listen to the Black Fat Fam podcast on the iHeartRadio app, have a podcast or whatever you get your podcast girl. Ooh, I know that's right.

Hey everyone, I'm Madison Packer, a pro hockey veteran going on my 10th season in New York. And I'm Anya Packer, a former pro hockey player and now a full Madison Packer stan. Anya and I met through hockey and now we're married and mom to two awesome toddlers, ages two and four. And we're excited about our new podcast, Moms Who Puck, which talks about everything from pro hockey

to professional women's athletes, to raising children, and all the messiness in between. So listen to Moms Who Puck on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Jenny Garth, Jana Kramer, Amy Robach, and TJ Holmes bring you I Do Part 2, a one of a kind experiment in podcasting to help you find love again. Hey, I'm Jana Kramer. I'm Jenny Garth.

Hi everyone, I'm Amy Robach. And I'm TJ Holmes and we are, well, I'm Jana Kramer. I'm Jenny Garth. Hi everyone, I'm Amy Robach. And I'm TJ Holmes, and we are, well, not necessarily relationship experts. If you're ready to dive back into the dating pool and find lasting love, we wanna help. Listen to I Do Part Two on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Curious about queer sexuality,

cruising and expanding your horizons? Hit play on the sex-positive and deeply entertaining podcast, Sniffy's Cruising Confessions. Join hosts Gabe Gonzalez and Chris Patterson-Rosso as they explore queer sex, cruising, relationships, and culture in the new iHeart podcast, Sniffy's Cruising Confessions. Sniffy's Cruising Confessions will broaden minds and help you pursue your true goals. You can listen to Sniffy's Cruising Confessions, sponsored by Gilead, now on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every Thursday. Hi, I'm Dani Shapiro, host of the hit podcast Family Secrets. How would you feel if when you met your biological father for the first time, he didn't even say hello? And what

if your past itself was a secret and the time had suddenly come to share that past with your child? These are just a few of the powerful and profound questions We'll be asking on our 11th season of family secrets Listen to season 11 of family secrets on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts