Your Favorite Thing with Wells & Brandi - Your Favorite Christmas Episode

Episode Date: December 23, 2020

Merry almost Christmas, YFTers! This cozy Christmas episode starts off with a discussion on the great convergence, followed by your favorite Bachelorette recap. Wells is still unsure of Brendan’s profession, but very pleased with the amount of air time Neil Lane got this week. Your hosts then jump into their favorite movies and TV shows at the moment, with Wells coming in strong with the Christmas vibes and Brandi bringing some great TV content. We learn Brandi’s favorite Christmas movie, and Wells also has lots to say about crotch rockets meeting up at gas stations for hours on end. As always YFTers, it’s suh-random yet suh-entertaining. However you celebrate, we wish you all the happiest of holiday seasons!! Thanks to our awesome sponsors for making this episode possible! Check out these deals just for you, YFTers: BETTERHELP – Go to betterhelp.com/favoritething to get 10% off your first month THERAGUN – Go to theragun.com/yft and get your Gen 4 Theragun today.  NUTRAFOL – Go to nutrafol.com and use promo code YFT for 20% off. BOOZYBITES – Go to boozybites.com and use code Favorite to get 15% off.  SOLITAIRE GRAND HARVEST– Download Solitaire Grand Harvest for free today in the Apple App Store, Google Play, and Amazon. 

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Oh, man. Freaking Carl's been having seizures nonstop. No. I thought he was doing better. He was. He had a whole month out of seizure. And then like two days ago, he had like a little one. And then he had a big one. And then he had like a little one and then he had a big one and then

he had like a bunch of little ones and he's been at the hospital or the vet hospital for the past like 24 hours i mean like up his dosage and like he's still he's still having him i don't know i don't know i just had another little one i don't know what to do i can't keep taking him to the vet and they don't really do much. Yeah, they just kind of watch him, and then he's got to wait for his, he's got to take some more medication here in like an hour. So you went to go saw a comet. So you're ready to go to outer space?

What's happening? It's not a comet. What is it? Is it? It's the Great Convergence. Oh, not a comet. Is it Cupid? Is it Dasher?

Do you know what that sound was by the way your new bell my new freaking bell let me hear it again it's a beaut look at this thing yeah no i know i bought it my mom was like that's fancy where'd you get that i really like it and i was like well how's the how's the sound of it though because you're very particular about the sound it's really nice i feel like it's like an an upgrade from the left from like a just a normal desk bell okay so by the way that's not so nice i get brandy a christmas gift it's wrapped in a package it says merry christmas so you know it's a Christmas gift, and yet you opened it a couple days ago. Yeah.

Why? Well, you should have had it arrive on the 24th if you wanted me to wait until Christmas. That's not how shipping presents work in this country. Or you should have said, hey, I got you a gift. Don't open it until Christmas. I thought that was implied when it said Brandai. Merry Christmas. I thought that was implied when it said Brandi.

Merry Christmas. Also, if you're getting a gift at the end of December, you have to know it's a Christmas gift. Nah. Are all your friends sending you gifts and you're opening them? Like, fuck it. I don't do gifts. Remember, we had this conversation last week. You said, I didn't get you anything.

And I said, great, me neither. I'm so happy. I hate gifts. Am I the best friend you have? Yeah, I think so if you're if we're um if we're putting value on friendship in terms of gifts yeah yes that's what we're doing that's how you that's how you know who your real friends are if they get you is it yeah i can't wait i can't wait to see what you got me i'm really excited oh you're gonna be waiting a while it's a nice bell.

It has a nice tone. It does have. It's got some nice bravado to it. Like there's something about the other bells. Where's the other one? It's just so shrill. That's the old bell. Oh, yeah.

Nails on top with this one. So. Nice. Yeah, that one sounds like... Did you ever have to learn... What was it? Was it bells? Were you literally, for music class, bring bells? Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like real life jingle bells. Yeah, but there were big ones. And they had notes, and you'd play Christmas music a lot. Yeah, we did that. You had to wear white gloves. Did you have that? Yeah, we did.

Yeah. I don't even know what that's called. I did that, and I played the recorder like a nerd. Yeah, everyone did that. You had to wear white gloves. Did you have that? Yeah, we did. Yeah. I don't even know what that's called. I did that and I played the recorder like a nerd. Yeah, everyone played the recorder. Yeah. Which, I'm surprised you don't see like some big shot artist fucking whip out the recorder more often on stage. Are you really? Really?

I want to see Miley Cyrus rip out the recorder and throw down some hot cross buns fucking at the VMAs. Never going to happen. Why not? That's a story right there. She is way too rock and roll to be whipping out a recorder. Pop icon Cyrus Miley whips out recorder at VMAs and blows the crowd away. Does she? Maybe. All right, Brandi. I mean, let's just be honest. This year has been tough for a lot of people for a lot of different reasons. One of the things that I've found when you're going through tough times is to talk to somebody about the issues that you're

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Oh, yeah. Sorry. So, yeah. So Saturn's aligned with Jupiter. It's in. You do know. Oh, I was making it up. And Mercury's rising and all the moons are in my southern hemispheres.

I don't know about the moons, but I do know that Jupiter and Saturn have converged in the sky. They've been very close in the sky for the past week or something. But tonight was the night that they pretty much overlap each other. It's the closest they'll get and it's the closest they've been since the 1600s, which is sick as hell. Oh, cool. The last time there was a plague. Oh, yeah, actually. And we have a telescope down at Miley's, and so you can see – he has the sharpest eyes.

I just don't understand. Like, I could only see one of the planets, and he comes down there, and he's like, oh, yeah, no, the other one's right beside it. And I couldn't see it at all with the naked eye. But then once you whip out the telescope, then you can see them and you can also see like four of Jupiter's moons. It's pretty sickening. And then you got Mars shining behind you like super red, which is really cool. But I guess it's also this is like the winter solstice and it's like a lot of things tonight. Also, there's like a meteor shower.

It's like a pretty sick night to be looking at the sky wells. All right. Too bad you live in LA where you can't see shit. But you know what I'm going to do? I'm going to turn on TV and just watch The Bachelor. You are everything that's wrong with this country. I am one of the good things i'm sending gifts for christmas unlike some people on this podcast i do love it you want to start her up oh yeah we probably should start the show

go for it bros and hoes you're listening to a very merry christmas episode of your favorite thing podcast with Wells and Brandy Merry Christmas I want to wish you a Merry Christmas I want to wish you a merry Christmas. I want to wish you a merry Christmas. I want to wish you a merry Christmas from the bottom of my heart. You know what that song needs? Recorder?

Yep. Yep. I really don't think it does. Just so the YFTers know out there, we're recording this Monday night. We've only been able to see the Monday night episode. Also, just so I know, to see the Monday night episode. Mm-hmm. Also, just so I know, I didn't finish the episode. Did she let Ben back

in or what? What's going on there? They leave it on a good old cliffhanger. Should we just get into it? Let's get into the batch, dude. She was pretty devastated about Brendan bailing. I know. Okay, so I've done some deep digging into brendan okay okay we looked

it up and if you go back on his insta like he's an actor oh like there i believe it because brendan on tv that i'm seeing and brendan on instagram are two very different people there's a bunch of pictures of him like on set and it's like, hashtag movie life, hashtag actor. And you're like, what? Were you ever even a fucking roofer, bro? Were you? Probably not. Because as someone who was in the roofing federation

and the amalgamated order of roofers, I wasn't in that, but I was a roofer in high school. I am offended if this guy was just putting on an act. It was all airs. Well, he was probably like you he probably like 16 and probably needed to make a little extra cash and did it in high school and slapped it on his occupation profile for the bachelor to make it look good yeah but when i was on the bachelor i was what i was i was a radio dj i wasn't what i was in high school which

you know bad boy at a golf course which i was was. Yeah. You know how they are though. They like to put on there what sounds nice. I guess, but. But I definitely, like I, from what I was seeing on TV, it seems like Tayshia, I really think she thought she was going to pick him in the end. Yeah. She was all about it. And then, yeah.

And then he's all leaving and telling her he's not in it. You know, his heart's not whole. It's just not there. And she's devastated. Like, I think she was kind of tripping, thinking, shit, I was going to pick him. Now what the frick do I do? Totally. He was definitely, she was like, I love turtlenecks.

If anyone knows Tayshia, you know I have a love for turtlenecks and roofers. And it was done. I mean, it was a great pitch of like, I'm not whole yet, you know, yada, yada, yada. That's a good way to get out of there. Yeah. And she was right when she was talking to Rachel. She was like, I'm just glad he did it now. He can do it later.

I've been really pissed off. She's like, yeah, for sure. For sure. Speaking of Rachel, I've never seen her look better. She looks awesome. She looks so pretty on tv yeah um she's thriving okay a couple things loved how paulie was at the date so it starts off with tasha and ivan doing like the longest kiss thing super cute love ivan by the way it's kind of jacked like ivan looks like he goes to the gym for sure by the way jack of all trades. Aeronautical engineer.

Super sensitive guy. Super into family. Also hits the gym and has a great bod. Yeah. And has great style. Ivan's slang. Yeah. Brother, definitely suspect, which makes him even more cool.

I liked him. I used to have to do ice baths when I played rugby in college. I think the longest I ever was in one was three and a half minutes. And I was like, fuck this noise. I'm out of here. I can't even imagine trying to kiss somebody. I would have jumped in and been like, okay, got it. Later.

Don't care. This is stupid. But good for them. Chris was doing the announcer thing and they brought in Pauly. Everyone's going to be like, who is this person so i didn't know who he was yeah it's only cool for people who have ever been on the show polly is like the director for rose ceremonies okay his name is big polly he's like in charge of the whole thing everyone loves him anytime you see big polly your day just gets a little bit better and i saw saw it. I was like, yeah, Pauly made it.

So anyways, that made me really excited. They go to the fantasy suite and they said they stayed up all night and fucking watched the sunrise. Did it seem like a little friendzoney to you? I mean, I've always kind of thought that relationship seems a little friendzoney. Yeah. You know? I know. Yeah.

Yeah. By the way, that was cool the like the idea of bringing the airstream in there i like uh-huh i like loved that very cool so then you got zach she obviously likes zach i mean and then they put all the paint on them and then they turned into violet you're turning violet that's a cute date i mean it's just a lot of like them squeezing fucking paint all over themselves which is great i do think that they went to pound town someone goes oh boy don't you think for sure like i don't she she told zach she was falling in love with him no she's breaking all the rules that's a big deal breaking all the. I don't think that they did the sex, that Ivan and Tayshia did the sex, but I do think that-

You don't? I don't. I think they stayed outside and- No sex? I don't think so. I think they stayed outside and watched the sunrise. You don't think Ivan was like, what the fuck? I'm trying to get some sex.

Probably. And then he probably was like, ooh, this is not good. Hmm. You know? Ooh. Hmm. Uh-oh. Then you got Brandon who up and bails. I mean, ooh, this is not good. You know? Ooh. Uh-oh. Then you got Brendan, who up in bales.

I mean, they brought Neil Lane. I was glad to see that Neil Lane got some screen time. It's just always just a couple clips, but Neil Lane was just running that day, and I loved it. It was just like, let's get as many shots of Brendan freaking the fuck out as we can possibly get right now. All right, zoom in on him.

You see how I beat a sweat? Zoom in on that beat right now. All right. Zoom in on him. You see how I beat a sweat? Zoom in on that beat of sweat. All right. Awkward sentence. All right. Zoom in a little bit more and see him freak out. It was the best. And then he bailed and then it was like whatever.

Now Ben's back. So, you know. Now Ben's back. You knew Ben was coming back. I just don't get the. Yeah, but I don't really get the Ben thing. Yeah, sure. There's big neck holes in him.

You know, who doesn't love that? He just seems like very unsure of himself in all shapes and forms and fashions. Yeah, there's a little bit of me that's like, I think you need to work on yourself, Ben, before you're ready for this. And I mean that in like the most caring way. You've been through a lot. I know what this experience is like it's taxing it's tough you feel a lot of things because you're basically just doing therapy for 24 hours a day you're just

sitting in that chair talking about your feelings i think that like ben just needs to take a beat figure some things out then come back i don't know but i do think she likes him a lot i think that you know she gets a little tingle for him. Yeah, I mean, obviously she thinks he's super hot. I mean, he is jacked. I'll give him that. Well, all this is moot points because by the time this episode comes out, the finale's over. And we know and everyone's moved on.

Do you have any theories, conspiracies? She might let Ben come back in and be in the final two. But I really just don't see her picking him. I just don't think he's enough of a sure thing. He is too squirrely. So I could see Brendan went home. So I could see, I could see her bringing Ben back and having Ben and Zach be bottom two.

But I think Ben's too squirrely and I think she goes with Zach. Well, we shall see. We shall see. Time will tell. Overall thoughts on this season. Love, hate, indifferent, thankful that it was here during the COVID times. What are your thoughts? I guess indifferent. I mean, I am like a little thankful I had something to watch during COVID times, you know?

But it was weird. It was like it started out, you know, really mediocre with Claire and then you bring Tayshia in weird it was like it started out you know really mediocre with Claire and then you bring Tayshia in and it's like one episode of excitement but then it kind of went back down to being a little mediocre for me and now at the end like with Brendan bailing and Ben coming back and it's just all too something I feel like she's not that into anyone and like now seeing that she was the most into Brendan, like I didn't even think like that relationship was that great. And so

I just don't really picture, I don't know, anything being like super like fairytale-ish love that like Bachelor Nation loves, you know? Hey listen, it was tough. She had an accelerated shoot schedule. I know. I feel bad for her. It all happened really fast. Yeah, I feel bad for her. It was good TV. I gotta tell you, man, I'm man, I'm still so very angry at Claire because she was living up to the hype of just bonkers lady.

And I loved it. I loved everything about it. You wish she had had a full season is what you're saying. I joke with Chris a lot about this when we ask, like, you know, who would be a good bachelor, who would be a good bachelorette? He will never say me. And I'll always be like, Chris, what the fuck? I'm in the room, dude.

Like, why wouldn't I be a good dad? And he will be like, dude, you're too normal. It would be such a boring season. You're too normal. You're too level-headed. You'd make the right decisions. You'd probably push back on us when we wanted you to do weird shit. You too normal this is what i think happened claire was

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Rye really loved it. I think he needs to go back and watch the Unabomber series or season if he liked this one. For some reason, it's weird because Unabomber was first because these were all real events, people. And for some reason, I really vividly remember the Unabomber stuff as a kid. Like I remember that happening and being a thing. But for some reason, all of this stuff is like kind of a blip. Like, I remember there being a bombing at the Olympics, but I didn't really like,

I wasn't aware of anything further than that, really. You know what I mean? The Olympics got bombed, but then I never really heard about them framing this guy and then this other guy bombing other places and then the chase in the forest. Like I just had no idea. So it was very eye opening and just very fascinating. That guy is freaking crazy. He's nuts. I don't want to remember anything for you.

The guy is insane. I mean basically he thinks he's God. Like it is nuts. And just really fascinating I think to see like a lot of it like in the second half of the series is set in like uh in like the wilderness of north carolina and just like how remote that is and like a tiny little town and everything and just i think seeing the way people lived back then and probably even still now and in places like that is fascinating but yeah it's just so crazy i feel like ted kaczynski is such a household name. And this guy's name, like Eric Rudolph, like does that, is his name as iconic to you as

Ted Kaczynski? No. Me neither. It's just so crazy. But like he did some crazy shit. I don't know. You got to watch. If Rye really liked that, you should make him watch Richard Jewell because that's what

it's all about. Is this another show you said? Dude, it like won a bunch of Oscars. It's a movie. Oh, the movie. Okay. Yeah. It's about the Richard Jewell is the guy who discovered the bomb like no one was believing.

That's the guy they frame. Oh, I know. Yeah. So does that just dive more into like his side of things? Just you should watch it too. It's so well done. It's really, really good. Okay.

Interesting. I mean, I feel so bad for that freaking guy. I mean, again, I don't want to ruin it for you. But like, man, like it's just so crazy. Like, he was a hero. Like, he did a very heroic thing. And, man, he just, like, for a few years, like, his life was just ruined because the FBI decided to peg it on him. Like, it's just crazy.

Yeah. I'm continuing with my Christmas movies. We went back in the stacks. Pulled one from the racks. How far back? We talking? 2008. Not that far.

Not that far. Four Christmases. Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn. Uh-huh. You seen it? I think I've seen that once, but I don't remember loving it. Was it great? It's pretty good.

Oh, maybe I should give it another shot. It's a good Christmas movie. Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn, they're in a very happy, loving relationship. They're not married yet. They can't stay in their families. So for Christmas every year, they go to like the Bahamas or whatever.

They go travel. That sounds great. And they tell their family like, oh yeah, we're going to go help build orphanages in Nicaragua, or we're going to go make some running water for, you know, in the Sudan or something. So they tell their families

that they're doing all these good things, but really they're just like going to go sit in the Maldives and freaking drink pina coladas. So they're going to do that exact thing. All the flights out of San Francisco are socked in and canceled. So they're at the ticket counter. They're like, please, can we get there?

And all of a sudden, you know, like a news camera team comes up and they're like, Miss, Mister, where were you going? What were you trying to do? And so all of a sudden they're on the news. And so their family knows that like they're not in Nicaragua saving the children. So they have to go spend time with their families. And then you meet their families and they're just nightmare people. And Robert Duvall is Vince Vaughn's father.

Love him. John Voight is Reese Witherspoon's father. John Favreau is Vince Vaughn's brother. Mary Steenberg is Reese Witherspoon's mother. Tim McGraw is Vince Vaughn's brother. Christian Chenoweth's in it. The cast is stacked, bro. Anyways, feel good Christmas movie.

With like heavy hitters now, but in 2008 they were on the come up. Right. Got it. You know, my favorite Christmas rom-com is The Family Stone. Yeah, we talked about that last year, and it is one of my favorites too, until they start pitching it to people and making them watch it, and they're like, this is a fucked up movie.

The brother fucks the brother's soon-to-be fiance? It's freaking hilarious. And then the mom dies of cancer? It's like, ugh! I mean, the mom dying is is sad but the rest of it's pretty iconic i mean i bet this happens more often than you'd think i mean yeah because we live in a fucked up world but yeah yeah i mean i hear you sure i do like the family stone well i love rachel mcadams loves her jessica parker like just so good and claire dane comes in there and just

saves the day dane'sane. Stacked cast. Stacked. You got Luke. Who plays the mom? What's her name? Diane Keaton. Diane Keaton. Thank you.

Yes. And what's the hot guy's name? My mom and I always get two guys confused. Luke Wilson? No, the other one. McDerm- something McDerm- I can't remember. All right. Here it is, by the way.

So if people don't know what we're talking about, let me just do this. An uptight conservative businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that she's a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life. So the uptight businesswoman is played by none other than Sarah Jessica Parker. So who plays her fiancé?ot milleroni dermot milleroni yes diane keaton plays the mom rachel mcadams plays the like hipster angry sister craig t nelson from coach is the dad yep Yep. Luke Wilson's the stoner pothead professor. Paul Schneider is in it. He was in like Parks and Rec. It reminds me of not a Christmas movie, I don't think. Describe it to me and I'll tell you.

It's like there's like a death in the family and all the adult family members come home. Yeah, they sit Shiva. This is where I leave you. Yes. Great movie. Yeah. That is a good movie. And I agree. It's very similar to that. I got a bone to pick. Okay. To the guys that ride crotch rockets

souped up motorcycles. Stop fucking meeting up at gas stations and like hanging out there for like hours on end. The fuck are you guys talking about? You know what I'm talking about? Yeah, this happens a lot in Franklin, Tennessee. For sure.

It happens a lot in Studio City, Los Angeles. Like all these fucking dudes, they don't even do anything. They don't talk about like their bikes. They just sit around like, oh, here we are. Number one, you're dorks. Number two, you have a motorcycle go ride it that's the fun thing about a motorcycle is you get to ride it on the roads not hanging out at a gas station that's the last place i want to be and i think they think they just look cool as fuck

yeah do you think that like any woman's ever been like oh shit look at all those fucking crotch rockets all those dudes hanging out at a gas station. Pull over so I can get their number and fuck one of them. Never in the history of women. No woman's ever been like, that's what I want to do. I want to hang out with that guy in a Kawasaki. Never happened. A Kawasaki.

And then, like, what do you tell, like, let's say you are one of those guys and you're married. And you're like, your wife's like, what are you doing today? He's like, oh man, I'm going to drive down to the fucking Chevron. We'll see everybody and hang out and buy some beef jerky and a big gulp. Sit there and put out the vibe. It's just the weirdest thing. I just find it. Humans are so weird.

And you know what? Here's the thing. I bet you if I was in that world, I'd do that shit too. So like really no offense. Please don't be offended. But like when you see it on the road, you're like, get out the thing. I bet you if I was in that world, I'd do that shit too. So like really no offense. Please don't be offended. But like when you see it on the road, you're like, get out of here. Go do something. And ride the motorcycle.

Have you watched Flight Attendant? No, I haven't yet. Wells, you're killing me. Listen, here's my problem, guys. Listen, here's my problem, guys. If anyone works for Roku, can you tell the folks at Roku to sign a deal with HBO Max so I can watch things from HBO Max on Roku? Why do you have a Roku and not an Apple TV? Because the Apple TVs that we had were too old and they wouldn't get us Disney Plus.

So then we got Rokus and now they don't got hbo fucking max huh can't win i really feel like you need hbo max i know i mean i've got on my ipad okay well flight attendant is so good yeah um i have not watched the finale i know that just came out i think last week but um i think it's the last episode i have left it's so freaking good I don't know what's gonna happen I feel like we're very close I'm very close to the end of the season and like nothing's very resolved so I feel like they're probably gonna leave it very open-ended because they have to do a season two I feel like the show has been a big hit I've been seeing a lot of people talk about it. So you got Kaley Cuoco, who's absolutely nuts. And we're figuring out that she gets more nuts every episode. Like she keeps having these flashbacks of when she was a small child

and her dad just gave her liquor, which is why she's now an alcoholic. And you're like seeing these scenes where like she remembers things from her childhood one way but like they actually happened a totally different way Mikael Hausman dies in episode one oh my god it's Ryan Phillippe all over again exactly all the only difference is that Mikael Hausman is actually in every episode he like he's like dead but he like talks to her all the time so he's actually in the show which is great and he's brilliant i love his character and the way they've written him into this but so you know the whole thing is episode one she wakes you know they have sex and like she wakes up the next morning

and he's dead in the bed next to her and she can't remember anything because she was so drunk yeah so you're thinking there you're thinking all right she's not remembering anything correctly from childhood maybe she doesn't remember that correctly. And maybe she did freaking kill him. Except for the fact that you've got this other crazy Miranda woman who's a complete psychopath and is killing people left and right. Like, it just ain't no thing. And she's been, you know, suspect one this whole time. So it's like, who freaking did it?

Psycho Miranda or psycho Kaley Cuoco? I don't know damn also there's this side story going on with Kaylee Cuoco's like quote-unquote best friend that's her flight attendant friend that works with her and her husband I'm still not really sure what he does I think I missed that somewhere but she is in cahoots with some like I don't know if it was a Korean somebody from when they were in Korea I don't know it was something crazy she's in cahoots with somebody she's like passing information from her husband's job to these like foreign people. And I don't know how that plays into it, but I think it does somehow.

It's really good. You got to watch. All right. I'm into it. I watched a great Christmas movie last night. Do tell. Jingle Jangle, A Christmas Journey. Never heard.

Well, that's because I don't know what you're doing with your life, but it's the new Netflix movie slash musical starring none other than Academy Award winner, Forrest Whitaker. Oh. Co-starring none other than the guy that was on Key & Peele, Keegan-Michael Key. Oh.

Here's the tag. An imaginary world comes to life in a holiday tale of an eccentric toy maker, his adventurous granddaughter, and a magical invention that has the power to change their lives forever. Forrest Whitaker is a young toy maker, all right? He's badass. He's making some great shit. And Keegan-Michael Key is his apprentice. And he's also a good toy maker, but he's like not quite as good as Forrest Whitaker. And then what happens is that Keegan-Michael Key steals his book of inventions and like one of his greatest inventions and like becomes rich and famous and beloved and the best

toy maker in the past 28 years. And Forrest Whitaker's character, Jeronicus kind of like falls from grace, becomes weird and eccentric and like a shut-in and stuff. And it's all about like their, his journey back to the top and his granddaughter comes to visit him and is also like a great inventor. And it's so cute. It's so good. And here's the other thing, great music, great choreography. It's like a really good Broadway production filmed. It's really wonderful. And I got to say, you should go watch it. That does sound really good.

Yeah, it's cute. Check it out. Jingle Jangle, A Christmas Journey. Jingle Jangle. Jingle Jangle. Well, I have been watching. I'll tell you what I've been doing. It's like a blessing and a curse that I finally have found some shows that Rye and I like to watch together.

Right? Like he loves Sleight of the Attendant and he loved Manhunt. But now it's like, if he doesn't want to watch TV, I can't watch without him. It's very frustrating. So I had to find something that I could watch without him to like fill the time while he's outside doing whatever he does

before he can come in and watch the other shows. So I started a show, a Netflix series. It's called Tiny Pretty Things. Have you seen that at all? It's the dancing one. Yeah, a Netflix series. It's called Tiny Pretty Things. Have you seen that at all? It's the dancing one. Yeah, about the ballet. I haven't seen it. Obviously, Sarah is very interested in it.

And it's one of those where I was like, hey, this is going to be for you to watch when I'm not around because I don't care. Yeah, I think it's definitely more of a girls show. It's not the greatest thing I've ever seen, but like it's good. It's really good for like multitasking when you're like doing stuff on your phone or computer and you need something to watch in the background. The premise is, I'll read you the little tagline. It says, after an attack brings down the star student at a ballet school, her replacement enters a world of lies, betrayal, and cutthroat competition.

Tiny pretty things. I don't think there's any like big names in the cast at all. I think it's a bunch of newcomers, but the lead girl, her name is Kylie Jefferson. She's awesome. So basically it's, I think it's high school age students that go to this ballet school in Chicago, but it's like a boarding school. Like they live there and everything. And it reminds me so much of Pretty Little Liars where it's like episode one starts off with a bang where like someone dies and it's like a who, what happened, you know, like one of the young girls or whatever. Very first scene is her like falling off the roof or something crazy.

And so she was part of the ballet company, I guess you call it. And so they have to replace her. So they replace her with this girl, Kylie's character. It's good. I like really enjoy watching the dancing part of it and the dancing part of it's really good. And then the rest of it is like your classic, like pretty little liar style, like teen drama.

You know what I mean? So that's why it's kind of like, it's not the best thing ever, but it's, it's good. And if you liked pretty little liars, I feel like you would love this. I want you to keep watching it and let me know if a boy would like it.

Okay. So far I feel like no, but I'm only on episode three, so I'll keep you posted. You know, but if it starts getting like real crazy and like kind of sexy – wait, they're in high school? They are, but it's Netflix, so it's like edgier than you would think, I think. Like they do show quite a few like sex scenes and stuff.

All right. So, you know, I didn't hate Gossip Girl. I'm not going to lie about that. You know? You know? Like no judgment here. So if it's like that, you know, I'm going to be into it. Okay.

And also, ballerinas are hot. Great. They have great bodies. Yeah. Misty Copeland. Keep you posted. Misty Copeland. Okay.

Oh, Black Swan had two of my tops. Oh, that was sick. Two of my tops. Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis. Oh, yeah, Mila Kunis. You're right. Oh. That was a great movie. Dude

so if it's like that tell your boy. It's not quite that cool and dark but it's like the teen version. Brand I listen I know you didn't get me a Christmas gift even though I got you that beautiful bell for Christmas so I have a Christmas gift request. Okay what is it? Send me some boozy bites

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of the great outdoors, have a fun farm style getaway right at your fingertips. Download Solitaire Grand Harvest for free today at the Apple App Store, Google Play and Amazon. Do it. What else are you doing? Nothing. Nothing. I finally saw Tenet. And? I wasn't even stoned or drunk and I got to watch it again. I don't know what the fuck I saw. It is, it's confusing as balls. I mean, it's cool because Christopher Nolan makes cool shit and you're just like, ooh, all right. People that don't know, Christopher Nolan's the guy who did like Inception, all the Batman stuff.

And he's just like good director, much like Inception. You're just like, it's like a dream in a dream stream stream. Is it a dream stream in a dream stream? dreamer dreamer okay so it's like that but instead of dreaming it's time travel but in inverted time it's so confusing and i wasn't even stoned but i did like it so i'm gonna watch it again and just really try to dissect it or like google like what the fuck is happening here's the tag armed with only one word tenant and fighting for the survival of the entire world a protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond

real time tenant fun fact about this the lead is he doesn't even have a name. When you look at the cast, his name is Protagonist. What? That's crazy. Anyways, it's played by John David Washington. Do you know who that is? I just feel like I've seen him. It's Denzel Washington's son.

Oh, has he been anything? He just looks so familiar. Yeah, he was in something else. Oh, he was in Black Klansman. And he was also in Book of Eli, but his dad was in that. So the other person who's really, really good and it makes me very excited for Batman

is... Robert Pattinson. Yes, Robert Pattinson. He's really, really good. You're never sure about him, so you're always like, are you good? Are you bad? I don't understand. Where do you watch this? Did you have to buy it on Apple? This one, it was in theaters and we had to buy it for like 20 bucks. But you know what? Worth it.

Yeah. Worth it. Okay. That's all I've got in terms of things that I've watched. But there are some things that I want to watch that I want to preview for the folks out there. Okay. Uncle Frank is a movie that everyone's been telling me about that I really want to see. Paul Bettany's the lead in it.

Here's the tag. In 1973, when Frank Bledsoe and his 18-year-old niece, Beth, take a road trip from Manhattan to Creekville, South Carolina, for the family patriarch's funeral, they're unexpectedly joined by Frank's lover, Walid. Or Walid. I don't know how to say his name because I haven't seen the movie yet. But anyways, it looks really good. 1970s gay couple, obviously not accepted. Then having to go to a funeral, probably having to deal with a bunch of people

in South Carolina that aren't going to be accepting of their love, yada, yada, yada. I'm sure it's a coming of age story and amazing. Anyways, everyone said that Paul Bettany's great in it. Gotta see it. Netflix? Prime. And then everyone's been saying story and amazing anyways everyone said that paul bettany's great in it gotta see it netflix prime and then everyone's been saying that chadwick boseman's most recent film it's gonna come out

after he's passed ma rainey's black bottom is apparently is so amazing and he's going to win the oscar for it damn so i don't know if you know who Ma Rainey is. She was this like amazing singer tagged as like the mother of the blues. Ma Rainey is played by Viola Davis. So that's going to be amazing. And then Chadwick Boseman is going to be amazing. And everyone's saying he's going to win the Oscars. So that's also next on the list. That sounds good.

Yeah. Is that is out or no? That one is out. Yeah. And that is on Netflix. Did you ever get into Your Honor or not yet? Yes. I watched the first episode, so I'm a little bit behind.

But did you? No, I haven't started it yet. That's what we're going to start now that we're done with Manhunt. Get into it. My mom and Miley are obsessed. Yeah. Oh, the last one that I'm excited about. Have you heard of Somebody Feed Phil?

It's on Netflix. Phil Rosenthal, he's the guy who came up with, he was the creator of Everybody Loves Raymond. He basically has an Anthony Bourdain show where he travels around like really obscure places in the world and eats really weird stuff. But instead of Anthony Bourdain, like he's not like a chef.

He's just like a really, really funny Hollywood writer. Somebody Feed Phil is really, really funny. And if you do like that show, I must say that next week on the Wells cast, I have Phil Rosenthal on the show and he's just the most delightful person ever. You do? And I love him so much.

And I want to- Is the Wells cast like popping? Wells cast is popping. Who do we have this week? It's really good. This week I had Aloe Black on. Oh, that's sick. Yeah, he's cool.

Who did I have recently? Oh, I had some of the moms from Dance Moms on, which I've definitely talked about. They're so good. Oh my God. I love them so much. Oh, I had Stephanie Holman on, who's on Real Housewives of Dallas,

who's like the nicest lady. Oh, also I had The Situation and his his wife on and then they sent me a yes and then they sent me all this fucking protein powder and i it's nicest guy in the world like we really connected but i'm like bro look at me i do i look like a guy that has fucking protein i'm sure he's gonna be like no you look like a guy who needs protein powder which would be like fair enough like making jokes up for him but anyway so, so yeah, I got some good stuff. Chuck Wicks has been on recently. He's great.

I like, yeah. Megan Hilty, you know, good stuff. Sickening. I feel like I've actually watched a decent amount of stuff considering my family just got in town. So, you know, they take up a lot of my time and attention. Astra got spayed on Tuesday. That's just been a whole thing. Oh, man.

Whole thing. She is supposed to wear this cone for two weeks, and we're just at one week as of tomorrow, and it's I just, I don't think two weeks and the cone's happening. Yeah. She hates it. I'm sorry.

Babysitting her, played some Yahtzee with Tish last night, taught her how to play. She got a freaking Yahtzee on her very first role of ever playing the game what the hell kind of luck is that I saw that I also saw that that Rye gets stoned with her is that is that a thing oh it's a thing because like Rye does smoke but like I don't and I think I I mean I don't know because I don't smoke weed but I think for a lot of people it's one of those things you like to do with someone else.

Yeah. I tell Ryan, like, you can smoke weed if you want. And he's like, well, no, I don't want you to smoke it with. And I'm like, okay, fair. So I think he's super pumped that Tish is here downstairs in the basement because now he has a smoking buddy. Yeah. Let me ask you this, though. Here's my question on it.

Like, I don't think weed's legal in South Africa. It's not so like does his family see that and they're like brandy's taking her hollywood ways and turning her boy into a druggy his mom is like super cool like she is besides my mom she's honestly the coolest mom i've ever met like she's just so chill yeah she's awesome. All right. Well, Merry Christmas. I cannot wait to get your gift in the mail and put it underneath the tree. You are just going to be so, so thrilled. Yeah, I'm excited about it.

Yeah. All right. Well, wish the family Merry Christmas for me. Will do. You know. You know, speaking of getting stoned, we really need to have you on an episode of sorry we're stoned i'd love it are you gonna get stoned with tish i don't know i get real weird oh good it might be really funny but i don't know i it's also a thing that like i need to

maybe actually i should do it from here because i'll feel more comfortable like i don't know if i can come over to the Toluca Lake house and be like can't leave. Well Tish is here for a while so we'll do it virtual. Alright I'll eat some edibles and fucking get weird with you guys. Perfect. I'm gonna book ya. Alright.

Well Feliz Navidad Brandi. Merry Christmas. Love ya. Love you YFTers Brandi. Merry Christmas. Love you. Love you YFTers out there. Merry Christmas, everyone. See you guys. See you guys. Feliz Navidad.

Feliz Navidad. Feliz Navidad. Feliz Navidad. I want to wish you a Merry Christmas. I want to wish you a Merry Christmas. I want to wish you a Merry Christmas from the bottom of my heart. Sing it. Yeah.

It's a good song. It is. You gotta give it to. It's catchy good song. It is. You gotta give it to. It's catchy. Jose Feliciano. This podcast has been brought to you by Podcast Nation.