The Muppet Christmas Carol [feat. Cara Coughlin]

[00:00:15] Speaker A: Hey, everyone. I'm Brian, and this is snorkeling in popcorn. Brian talks about movies, and it is just about Christmas. So I am joined by. By a special guest, my sister, Kara. [00:00:28] Speaker B: Merry Christmas. Happy Chrysler. It is Festivus, though. [00:00:34] Speaker A: It is Festivus. The day that we are recording this, I've got a lot of problems with you people. [00:00:43] Speaker B: Grievances to air. [00:00:46] Speaker A: But not really, though. But we are going to talk about the best Christmas movie of all time. And I stand by that. [00:00:58] Speaker B: I mean, I do love it. I don't know if it's my favorite. [00:01:02] Speaker A: Well, we'll get into that later, but. 1992, the Muppet Christmas Carol. So good listening on the street corner choir. So I have a plot written down. If you don't know the plot of a Christmas carol by now, then I don't scold you. So, basically, it is about Ebenezer Scrooge, who's a miserly old guy. [00:01:39] Speaker B: The ba humbug guy. [00:01:41] Speaker A: Yeah, the ba humbug guy. But this one has Muppets in it. So it is narrated by Gonzo and Rizzo. And Gonzo is Charles Dickens. Mostly Gonzo. [00:01:54] Speaker B: Rizzo's just there for fun. [00:01:56] Speaker A: Yeah. Also, before we get too far, if you don't like Muppets, this isn't going to work for you. You should at least have a basic knowledge of who the Muppets are. So, yeah, Scrooge is visited by his old business partners, or the ghosts of them, Jacob and Robert Marley, who are played by the Muppets, Statler and Waldorf, aka Mo. Amazing. The old guys who heckle everyone. I miss Mo. As an aside, this was like 15 years ago. Our cousin won it for us in a claw game. [00:02:35] Speaker B: He was a stuffed. Which one is he? Waldorf Sadler. Waldorf? The bald one? [00:02:41] Speaker A: Yep. Well, I think they're both bald. [00:02:44] Speaker B: Well, the squatter one then, I should say. [00:02:47] Speaker A: But we named him Mo because there was a guy at our church who looked like him. [00:02:51] Speaker B: Literally looked just like. [00:02:53] Speaker A: He went everywhere with us. He went on vacation? [00:02:56] Speaker B: Yeah, he took pictures with us. [00:02:58] Speaker A: He survived a stab wound. [00:03:01] Speaker B: The stuffed one, I shouldn't say. Yes, not the person. [00:03:09] Speaker A: Now I'm just imagining vacation with the. [00:03:12] Speaker B: Real one getting stabbed. [00:03:18] Speaker A: No, the stuffed mo. This would have gotten even weirder. He had nipples drawn on him. [00:03:28] Speaker B: I had to sew up his stab wound with stitches. [00:03:31] Speaker A: Well, our brother is the one who drew the nipples. Someone hole punched his tie. I don't know. [00:03:37] Speaker B: I think that was also cub, probably. [00:03:40] Speaker A: Okay, but that's neither here nor there. [00:03:42] Speaker B: Just know that one of the Marley brothers. [00:03:45] Speaker A: Yes. So that's right there. It's different from the book. And like every adaptation of a Christmas carol, there's only one Marley brother, and it is Jacob Marley. But they did it so they could get the two old know because they. [00:04:00] Speaker B: Were perfect for it. [00:04:01] Speaker A: Because they were perfect for. And then he is visited by three. He is visited by three ghosts that show him his past, present and future. [00:04:11] Speaker B: Who are not any known muppets also. But they are. [00:04:16] Speaker A: They're not. It's a little surprising that they're not played. Well, first off, we should say that Scrooge is, like, one of the only humans, and he's played by Michael Caine. [00:04:24] Speaker B: Yes. Who does an amazing job. [00:04:27] Speaker A: He's so good. [00:04:29] Speaker B: There is that meme where he plays it like the Muppets are all actors with him. And Tim Curry plays Muppet Treasure island. Like, he is also a muppet. [00:04:40] Speaker A: That is so. Yeah, it is weird that the ghosts are not like, the three ghosts are not played by muppets. We know the ghost of Christmas past is just like a little weird. [00:04:54] Speaker B: Floaty guy. [00:04:55] Speaker A: Floaty muppet. The ghost of Christmas present is like a guy in a suit. Like a giant. [00:05:01] Speaker B: Yeah, he's a full size muppet. [00:05:03] Speaker A: And I think the ghost of Christmas yet to come is also, like a full size. [00:05:09] Speaker B: I don't even know if that was a muppet. I think it was just like a guy in a cloak. And then they just made his face like a pitch black. [00:05:19] Speaker A: I don't. [00:05:20] Speaker B: Not quite muppety, but I guess he's. I don't. [00:05:24] Speaker A: You know. Here's some plot points in the past. We see where he worked with Fozzie wig, as opposed to Feziwig, where he met and lost his love, Belle. [00:05:36] Speaker B: The present, who is a human, though, which is good to you. I don't know about that, man. [00:05:51] Speaker A: The present, where he sees what's going on with Bob Cratchit, Kermit, who is Kermit, and Tiny Tim, who is Robin, the little frog. [00:06:02] Speaker B: Weird little frog. [00:06:03] Speaker A: Yeah. And he sees what's going on with his nephew Fred and his friends. Fred is a human. His friends are. [00:06:11] Speaker B: In that one. [00:06:12] Speaker A: Yeah, she's a human. [00:06:14] Speaker B: She's a human. We have to list who's a human and who's a muppet. No inner species going on here. Well, inner species, muppets. [00:06:28] Speaker A: Well, yeah. Kermit and Miss Piggy are married, but their children are either frogs or pigs. [00:06:35] Speaker B: There's no mutation. [00:06:36] Speaker A: No. Which I think in another Muppet movie, they show, like, she sings a song about how their kids would be like little pink frogs. Anyway, the future where Tiny Tim died, and somehow Scrooge doesn't realize he is also dead, and no one cares. So I'm not going to spend a lot of time on the plot, because, again, it's a Christmas carol. You should probably know it. [00:07:04] Speaker B: He changes it by ghost. He becomes a good person. Except in the FX one, which is amazing. But that's not which one we're talking about. [00:07:12] Speaker A: We're not doing that. We're doing a better one. [00:07:17] Speaker B: Fighting words. [00:07:18] Speaker A: Hey, I said this is the best Christmas movie of all time, so that means it's the best Christmas carol. Well, the FX one is technically a miniseries. [00:07:28] Speaker B: Yeah. So what are you going to do about that? [00:07:30] Speaker A: I don't know. So we're going to move on to pros. Everything, pretty much everything about this movie is fantastic. It's so good. [00:07:42] Speaker B: I do love Michael Caine is amazing. He acts like he's very professional in it. Very Scrooge. Like. [00:07:57] Speaker A: Their best. Yeah. [00:07:58] Speaker B: I love gonzo. He's my favorite. And him and Rizzo are great together telling the story. [00:08:04] Speaker A: I've got some specifics, and, I mean, there are some cons, but we'll get into that a little bit. [00:08:09] Speaker B: There are cons. [00:08:09] Speaker A: Yeah. So. Pros. The songs. Most of the songs are absolute bangers. [00:08:16] Speaker B: Yeah. Like the one I was singing two minutes ago. [00:08:20] Speaker A: Yeah. There's Scrooge, which I didn't realize it was called Scrooge, but the one at the Scrooge. Yeah. One more sleep till Christmas. Marley and Marley. Feels like Christmas. [00:08:33] Speaker B: My favorite. [00:08:35] Speaker A: And then at the end, thankful heart. And then the finale where it's like when love. [00:08:39] Speaker B: I do like that one. [00:08:41] Speaker A: It's so good. The characters did. [00:08:47] Speaker B: I love it. [00:08:50] Speaker A: I'll get to that. [00:08:51] Speaker B: And you're gone. [00:08:52] Speaker A: I'll get to that. Pros. The characters as played by Muppets. Again, it's like the Muppets at their best. This was right after Jim Henson had this. His name was Steve Whitmeyer. [00:09:09] Speaker B: The new Kermit, or the guy who second Kermit. Okay. [00:09:14] Speaker A: And really, that's probably the Kermit I know most in my life, because I wasn't alive when Henson, he died before I was born. [00:09:22] Speaker B: And all those movies came out at similar times, like Mumpet, treasure Island, that one. All the same Kermit. [00:09:31] Speaker A: Even the sitcom they did, that was like the office. That was also him, which I enjoyed that. [00:09:36] Speaker B: Okay. That was pretty. Don't do I want to see adulty Muppets? Yes. [00:09:43] Speaker A: Absolutely. It was the office with Muppets. It was. Yeah, his voice. He was really good to me. That was the main Kermit, and he actually did a really good Jim Henson voice. If you go back and watch old stuff, the new one, the new one's an imposter. And Steve Whitmeyer got fired a couple of years ago. And there's. I don't remember, I think Matt Vogel or something. I don't know. [00:10:11] Speaker B: That is. [00:10:12] Speaker A: He sounds horrible. I'm sorry, but, like, I think he does other muppets, which you should stick to other muppets because you're just a Kermit sounding Kermit. Yeah. He sounds like Kermit has a cold, really bad. But no, Kermit as Bob Cratchit is perfect because of course, Kermit's going to play the Meek little Lackey. Gonzo as Dickens is really funny. Just the way he breaks the fourth wall, like, the entire time. [00:10:50] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. [00:10:51] Speaker A: Like knowing what's going to happen in the next moments. It's just great. The Marley brothers, played by Statler and Waldorf, are so good because it's perfect. They just heckle him. [00:11:04] Speaker B: And the Moe one dances a little. [00:11:08] Speaker A: He has like a little. [00:11:09] Speaker B: He's got a little groove going on. [00:11:12] Speaker A: Like a little swagger. [00:11:15] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:11:16] Speaker A: He's impressed. [00:11:17] Speaker B: Very into it. [00:11:20] Speaker A: The ghost of Christmas present is awesome. And usually the ghost of Christmas present is the coolest ghost in the Adaptation. [00:11:28] Speaker B: They're just happy and I'm just happy to be here. [00:11:32] Speaker A: They're jovial, except when they get really mad in some of them, and then. [00:11:37] Speaker B: They'Re like, I'm going to kill you. [00:11:40] Speaker A: But no, he's great. He sings. Oh, my gosh. What's the song? [00:11:47] Speaker B: It feels like Christmas. [00:11:48] Speaker A: It feels like Christmas. Which is like one of the best moments in the movie. Everyone dancing around. Yeah. [00:11:57] Speaker B: Choreographed dancing. [00:11:59] Speaker A: It's earlier than most, but Scrooge starts to get into it during that scene. [00:12:05] Speaker B: Yeah. I even feel like he starts to get into it a little bit in the first ghost of Christmas past, which they normally don't. [00:12:12] Speaker A: Yeah, but we work short. Yeah, it's fine. And then Miss Piggy is good, but I guess I'll just. In order to have dissent. I don't like Miss Piggy playing wife. She's. It's just piggy, like we didn't really need. But. [00:12:36] Speaker B: Well, but you gotta have a Mrs. [00:12:38] Speaker A: Cratchit, though, I guess. [00:12:42] Speaker B: And she is a little bit more along the lines of the FX Christmas carol. Miss Scratch it. [00:12:49] Speaker A: Oh, really? [00:12:50] Speaker B: A little tougher. Yeah, you need to watch that one. I've told you that a million times. Mom was watching it yesterday. [00:13:00] Speaker A: Yeah. She also told me that I should watch it. I have so many things on my list. I've just been binging Brooklyn nine nine. [00:13:08] Speaker B: But it's Christmas time. You can watch it. [00:13:11] Speaker A: There were some Christmas episodes. [00:13:14] Speaker B: Well, I watched Christmas Bob's burgers yesterday, but I've watched pretty much every other Christmas movie already. [00:13:22] Speaker A: So other pros do you got, um. Again, the whole thing pretty much is just awesome. [00:13:31] Speaker B: Yeah, I don't really have any other. I like how. I like which muppets they chose for which characters. Like Sam the bald eagle, being the headmaster. [00:13:43] Speaker A: It is the american way. Yeah. [00:13:49] Speaker B: And I'm not a big fan of fozie bear. I'll just say it. But he fits the fuzzy wig part. Mean. So they did a really good job. [00:14:01] Speaker A: Yeah. So some cons. Well, no, I have a couple more pros. The ending is just so happy. It makes me very happy. Yeah. When love is found, just all the characters, and it's like almost all the characters in the movie show up at the very end. [00:14:23] Speaker B: Like the horses, even the random. The spider guy. You didn't even meet him in the real life. [00:14:32] Speaker A: He was like. Buys all his deceased clothing, his garments after he's dead. [00:14:39] Speaker B: He was only seen in the Christmas yet to come, so he didn't even actually encounter him in real life. Beaker and Dr. Honeydew. Honeydew. [00:14:55] Speaker A: Yep. [00:14:55] Speaker B: They're pretty great. Beaker gives him his little scarf. [00:15:00] Speaker A: I do love. That. Is the gift he can give good cons. Okay, now, this is more a con just of a Christmas Carol on, like, every adaptation. But how does Scrooge not know in the future that he's the one who died? He is so dumb. [00:15:23] Speaker B: Well, there's one adaptation that he realizes it. [00:15:28] Speaker A: The fx one. [00:15:30] Speaker B: Yeah. He never realizes. Wait, what? [00:15:35] Speaker A: Does he realize it before that's spelled out for him? [00:15:39] Speaker B: Yeah, I mean, he's kind of like. Yeah, that's just. [00:15:45] Speaker A: It's so annoying because the past we visited was about you. I guess technically, the present wasn't about him, but it was people he knew. [00:15:54] Speaker B: And it's like he was always referenced, though, in the present. Like, they're talking. Know when Bob Cratchit's like, oh, thanks to Scrooge and nephew. They're talking about him. They're always talking about. [00:16:10] Speaker A: So, like, when they're showing all these parts of where everyone's talking about a dead guy and like, oh, I thought he'd never go. And they're selling his stuff, and it's like, how do you not know? [00:16:23] Speaker B: Oh, he was so like, yeah, it's you. [00:16:27] Speaker A: Yeah. The only two songs that I don't really care about are when love is gone and cut out, typically. So when love is gone is sang by Belle in the past and in lady love. Yeah. His paramour. And I've always wanted to use that word. I know there's not enough chances to. [00:16:54] Speaker B: Paramore. [00:16:58] Speaker A: But. No, in most versions of the movie, it's cut out. Like, it's not even in the movie, and it's a good song, but it's really obviously cut out. We go to where he's meeting with Belle, and then, like, a split second later, he's crying. Scrooge are all crying. And you're like, what happened? [00:17:22] Speaker B: They didn't even say. [00:17:24] Speaker A: Apparently, the reason was they didn't think that kids were going to want to sit through the song. I don't know if it was because it didn't have muppets in it or just because it was a sad song. I do tend to mean it is one of the most boring parts of the movie, but you couldn't have figured that out beforehand and figured out a way to edit it so it was normal. [00:17:45] Speaker B: Well, it's pretty necessary to see part of why he is. Why he is. [00:17:50] Speaker A: Yeah. And the Disney plus version did restore the. I mean, it's does. It is important and it's a good song, but apparently I would have been or still would be one of those kids who are bored because there's no muppets or it's a sad song. [00:18:10] Speaker B: I'm going to say another song that I think is a con, and I forget what it's called. I think you listed it as a pro. [00:18:21] Speaker A: Oh, no. [00:18:23] Speaker B: What do you think it is? [00:18:25] Speaker A: What? Would you. One more sleep till Christmas. [00:18:30] Speaker B: Just the season two patrol. [00:18:35] Speaker A: Okay. Not cat one, though. [00:18:39] Speaker B: Cat one is. Go on. That one. I don't like that. I don't like the scat version. [00:18:53] Speaker A: The scat version? Yeah. [00:18:54] Speaker B: We can get, like. I hate that one. [00:18:58] Speaker A: Robin walking home. [00:19:01] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:19:01] Speaker A: But also, bless us all. [00:19:04] Speaker B: I don't mind that one. [00:19:05] Speaker A: It's not bad, but it is very easily skipped. [00:19:09] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:19:10] Speaker A: It's just the Cratchit family singing and. I don't know. [00:19:15] Speaker B: I don't mind that one. [00:19:16] Speaker A: It's fine. Any other cons? [00:19:18] Speaker B: Yeah, when Kermit goes ice skating. [00:19:27] Speaker A: I did mention the mom that you don't like when they show Kermit's full body. [00:19:33] Speaker B: I don't want to see Kermit's full body. I don't want to see him moving around like a. Like, I think they cgi'd his ice skating and it's off putting. And the part where he's just standing there, like, looking at the moon and his whole body is there and I just don't like it. He should just not be fully on screen. [00:19:56] Speaker A: They show Fozzie Wiggs full body, too. [00:20:00] Speaker B: Yeah, but I don't know. Kermit bothers me more. It's just dating and the looking at the moon. [00:20:08] Speaker A: One more sleep till Christmas day. [00:20:13] Speaker B: That might be a con, too. How he adds day on there. Because I don't like that. [00:20:17] Speaker A: It is unnecessary. So any more cons? [00:20:24] Speaker B: Not really. I can't think of any because it's pretty great. [00:20:29] Speaker A: It is. It's fantastic. So I have awards, but I left the notes as award winners for a different movie. Let's work around that. We're going to go through this together because I don't know. The Ike Clanton award for worst character. I don't know that this fits this movie, but who would the worst character be? [00:20:59] Speaker B: My first. [00:21:03] Speaker A: Tim. [00:21:08] Speaker B: I don't like Robin. [00:21:11] Speaker A: Yeah, Robin's annoying. [00:21:13] Speaker B: Nothing against Tiny Tim, the character, but I don't like Robin. [00:21:18] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:21:20] Speaker B: That might be my only thought, because everyone. I don't know. Everyone else is great. [00:21:29] Speaker A: Yeah, that's pretty true. I'll go with Robin also. Well, Tiny Tim. Robin, Tiny Tim. The Samwise Gamgee award for the true hero. [00:21:45] Speaker B: I've got one. Is it the ghost of Christmas present? [00:21:49] Speaker A: Yeah, because he really shows Scrooge what Christmas is all about. [00:21:55] Speaker B: Yes. And he's got the best song. [00:21:58] Speaker A: Kermit, you could also say. But he's not more of a supporting character. Oh, I have a con. I didn't. [00:22:06] Speaker B: Gonzo, maybe as Charles Dickens. He's just telling this story. [00:22:13] Speaker A: Oh, man. What was the con? I had it and then I lost it. [00:22:17] Speaker B: I don't know. I'm definitely going to go with the ghost of Christmas present. [00:22:22] Speaker A: Agreed. I'll come back to my con. If I think about it, the Millicent bystander award for funniest, most random moment in the movie. This is tough because there's a lot of background things. [00:22:36] Speaker B: There are a lot of. [00:22:37] Speaker A: I love in the beginning when the turkey just pops out of the cart. [00:22:43] Speaker B: Or whatever, and just like, I do love that when the guy steals a cabbage and all their cabbages are like, oh, no, he's taking us. [00:22:56] Speaker A: It's excellent. [00:23:00] Speaker B: Anything with Rizzo. And, like, their banter is just great. Maybe when he jumps off the giant gate and then lands in the snow, but he dropped his jelly beans, so then he just walks through the gate instead. Because he's so small, he could have fit through the bars. [00:23:19] Speaker A: Well, also, when he jumps once, his line like, God, protect my little broken body. Yeah, let's go. We'll go with that. [00:23:29] Speaker B: God, save my little broken body. [00:23:33] Speaker A: All right, this one isn't really going to work. The Ddog award for. Wait, that's insert actor because there aren't many real actors. The only thing I can say is that when I was like, I didn't know who Michael Caine was. So once I knew who Michael Caine was, I was like, oh, hey, that's. [00:23:53] Speaker B: I mean, that's probably the only thing you could do. [00:23:59] Speaker A: I don't know when I realized who Michael Caine was. Batman, maybe? [00:24:04] Speaker B: Gold member. [00:24:05] Speaker A: Yeah, that was nine year old Brian. Those are good. [00:24:17] Speaker B: Yeah, that's probably because the people who play young Scrooge and Belle and, yeah. [00:24:23] Speaker A: You don't know who they are. [00:24:24] Speaker B: Those aren't anybody. And, I mean, there's no surprise muppets coming in there. Like, if Grover or Big Bird or something from Sesame street came, I heard. [00:24:36] Speaker A: That they had thought about, or. I don't know. No, this actually, I don't think was a real thing, but someone tweeted it, and I think it would have been a great idea. Probably a fanfic was that big bird should have been the ghost of Christmas yet to come. [00:24:50] Speaker B: That would have been great. [00:24:51] Speaker A: But completely the same, except with his beak sticking out. [00:24:54] Speaker B: Yeah, that would have been great. [00:24:56] Speaker A: That would have been really. Like, this doesn't really fit in either. [00:25:02] Speaker B: Yeah, but can't really give anyone that award, but probably just Michael Caine for young. [00:25:09] Speaker A: So this. I don't know if this fits, like, just random or like, I don't know, but there are a couple muppets that pop up that I just love. Ralph playing the piano. Fozzie wigs party. I like Ralph. They don't use him enough. [00:25:24] Speaker B: I don't see the appeal of Ralph. He's just a lazy dog. [00:25:30] Speaker A: Sarcastic. I like in the 2011 movie when he's like, hey, why didn't you share my story of getting back in the group? And they're just like, hey, Rolf, he's sleeping in a hammock. Like, hey, Ralph, do you want to get back together? He's like, all right. Also, Floyd from the electric mayhem is part of the band. I love Floyd with the mutton chops. [00:25:54] Speaker B: Yeah. An animal just know playing the drums during the Christmas party. [00:26:00] Speaker A: Yeah. But I did just have to shout out Ralph and Floyd because I love them. [00:26:09] Speaker B: Everybody has to love. Should you shut your mouth? [00:26:16] Speaker A: Did you know that he was like a Muppet before Kermit was? [00:26:19] Speaker B: No, I didn't. [00:26:21] Speaker A: You should. Everyone liked that award for the part that everyone likes. It's like the whole movie. [00:26:32] Speaker B: Yeah. I would say, though, when everybody just starts singing and dancing for the. It feels like Christmas part. [00:26:42] Speaker A: It's so good. [00:26:43] Speaker B: It's very feel good. You're just like. Yeah. And then he starts smiling and he's kind of like. You can see the look on his face. It's like, I like this. [00:26:51] Speaker A: Yes. And the ending as well, because it's just so happy. [00:26:55] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:26:55] Speaker A: So I would say we'll go with those two. We don't have to go with the same one, but I'm going to go. [00:27:01] Speaker B: With what I say. [00:27:03] Speaker A: No, I'll go with that, too, because it really is. But the ending, too, is just really fun. And I didn't need that award for the part that everyone hates. I don't think there is one. [00:27:16] Speaker B: No. [00:27:17] Speaker A: I mean, again, there are some songs you could skip, but they're not bad. [00:27:23] Speaker B: You don't hate them when they're. [00:27:24] Speaker A: No. [00:27:25] Speaker B: Except this catting. [00:27:31] Speaker A: So, score. This gets five out of five narwhals. [00:27:38] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:27:39] Speaker A: I mean, there's no question. [00:27:41] Speaker B: I'm going to have to agree with that. [00:27:44] Speaker A: Yeah. Oh, my gosh. What was the other con I had? It's going to bug me, and I'm going to remember it. Like, as soon as we're done, you're. [00:27:50] Speaker B: Going to record, like, a five second thing. [00:27:53] Speaker A: Oh, by the way, it was this. I'm glad they finally decided to make fungos of this. So I have the Marley brothers. What? [00:28:05] Speaker B: They have the Christmas carol ones. Do they have the ghost of Christmas present? [00:28:10] Speaker A: No, they have Marley and Marley, which I have, because I was like, I can't. I need to get these. They have Gonzo and Rizzo. Like, it's a little Rizzo. [00:28:22] Speaker B: Oh, I do remember you showing me that. [00:28:23] Speaker A: Yeah. There's Kermit and Robin. I don't remember if Robin's on his shoulder or if he's just, like, a small one. Then there's Miss Piggy and there's. [00:28:31] Speaker B: No, he's just a small one. I'm looking at them, right? [00:28:36] Speaker A: I'm so glad. Yeah. Fozzie wig. Because I don't know people like Fozzie for some reason. [00:28:43] Speaker B: I don't. [00:28:46] Speaker A: So this was kind of a short episode. Not much to criticize with the Muppet Christmas Carol? [00:28:55] Speaker B: No, it's great. [00:28:56] Speaker A: It's just a great movie. It's so good. If you haven't watched it, go watch it, like, right now. [00:29:02] Speaker B: If you don't like the Muppets, I mean, I guess you're not going to like it. [00:29:05] Speaker A: If you don't like the Muppets, well, screw you, Scrooge. You, Scrooge, you. And also, if you don't like a. Who's. Who's your favorite? Scrooge? [00:29:26] Speaker B: That's a tough one. [00:29:28] Speaker A: I got to go. Patrick Stewart. [00:29:30] Speaker B: Patrick Stewart is amazing. Oh, Thor's trying to break into the room. He's trying real hard. Well, Thor the cat. But Patrick Stewart. Guy Pierce is incredible, too. I mean, I think you should just go watch it after we record this. [00:30:00] Speaker A: You can't tell me what to do. [00:30:03] Speaker B: You can't skateboard here. Yeah, it's a toss up, because Patrick Stewart is amazing, and he's Patrick Stewart, and he's a classic. But Guy Pierce really killed this interpretation of Scrooge in a way that Patrick Stewart couldn't. [00:30:22] Speaker A: Yeah. What if Patrick Stewart had been in this? [00:30:27] Speaker B: That would have been just as good. He would have done it just as well as Michael Caine would have. [00:30:36] Speaker A: Yeah. All right, so that's going to do it for us. I'm Brian. [00:30:42] Speaker B: I'm care. [00:30:44] Speaker A: And this is snorkeling in popcorn. Merry Christmas and happy holidays, everyone. [00:30:49] Speaker B: FP festival. [00:31:06] Speaker A: By the way, it was this. It really bugs me when. And this is another thing where it's all versions of a Christmas carol, but the ghost of Christmas present takes him to Christmas. That's going on at Fred's house and at Cratchit's house. But in the end, these meals, I don't know if they end up happening because Scrooge goes to Cratchit's house on Christmas. So I don't know, how is it the present when technically, it's something that hasn't happened yet, and as of the end, it doesn't happen. So that's what bugs me. It's the ghost of Christmas present, but it's still, like a potential future. That's it. I figured it out.