What even is a Christmas movie anyway?

Scott Meslow, author of the soon-to-be-released (Feb 1st!) book “From Hollywood With Love: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Romantic Comedy,” joins us to explain the surprising interconnectedness of Netflix’s holiday romcom offerings.

We talk about the inexplicably star-studded comedy, The Bigfoot Who Saved Christmas. Excuse us, “Pottersville.” Meanwhile, Stuart brags about his back strength, Dan uncovers the world of Raising Cain conventions, and Elliott goes on his longest (most infuriating?) bit ever.

Hey, remember when we all used to celebrate Christmas? Last Ounce of Courage takes us back to that magical time. Meanwhile, Stu is upset at the way Wolverine treated his Christmas gift, Dan fails to have perspective about his knee, and Elliott reveals the Jesus/Ducktales crossover.

Hey everyone! Since Dan is off celebrating the birth of sweet baby Jesus, Stuart is sacrificing a virgin to appease the old ones, and Elliott is probably eating take-out Chinese food somewhere (if the movies have taught us anything about what Jewish people do at Christmas), there will be no new episode this week. In […]

The Flop House is taking a break for a week or two to work off our eggnog hangover. In the meanwhile, keep the spirit of shitty movies alive by going out and seeing Four Christmases or something. And keep the true holiday spirit alive by watching these awesome outtakes from Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas (thanks, […]

Christmas specials under the microscope. Press the play button above to listen to this episode. Download it here, or paste https://feeds.simplecast.com/EOAFriME into iTunes (or your favorite podcatching software) to have new episodes delivered to you directly as they’re released. The music you hear in this episode is Hark the Herald Angels sing, as performed by […]