Podcasts about hallmark channel christmas

Rich discovered his wife watching Hallmark Channel Christmas movies and comes up with great marketing ideas for your business as a result... you never know, it might mean a ‘happily ever after' in your businesses future!

Today on the Woody and Wilcox Show: Class action lawsuit filed over the Mike Tyson/Jake Paul fight; Hallmark Channel Christmas cruise sells out in an hour; Jay Leno falls down a hill; Celebrities nominated to cabinet positions; Listener has listened to every podcast of the show; Woody Game Wednesday; Dog sitter caught filming content for Only Fans; John Stamos wears bald cap to support Dave Coulier; Tomato wine by Pizza Hut; Things people argue about at Thanksgiving and Woody's Thanksgiving story; And more!

In this episode we serve up "I Do, I Do, I Do," a delicious Autumn Reeser movie from 2015 and dedicate it to all the summer weddings still to come. For dessert, we sample the Hallmark Channel movies now in production being readied for Christmas, 2024.

On this episode of The Bandwich Tapes, I am honored to speak with my friend, Maria Howell.  Maria and I met years ago and played in the Livin' Large band.  She is one of my favorite singers and people on the planet.Maria was born in Gastonia, North Carolina, and graduated from Winston-Salem State University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She worked as a jazz singer and made her film debut in The Color Purple (1985). Later, she began appearing in film and television. She lived in Okinawa, Japan, from 1995–2001.In the 2000s, Howell returned to the United States and made guest appearances on television series such as Drop Dead Diva, Army Wives, The Game, Necessary Roughness, and The Vampire Diaries, and well co-starred in films including Daddy's Little Girls (2007), Mississippi Damned (2009), The Blind Side (2009), and What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012). In 2013, Howell played Seeder in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Also in 2012, she was cast in a recurring role in NBC's post-apocalyptic series Revolution as Grace Beaumont. In 2013, she played Ida Hayes in the Lifetime comedy-drama Devious Maids.From 2016 to 2018, Howell played Lt. Theresa Hawkins in the Bounce TV prime-time soap opera Saints & Sinners. In 2019, she co-starred opposite Kristin Chenoweth in the Hallmark Channel Christmas film A Christmas Love Story. In 2021, she had a recurring role in the BET+ thriller series Sacrifice.Thank you for listening! If you have any questions, feedback, or ideas for the show, please get in touch with me at brad@thebandwichtapes.com. Please tell your friends about the show.The theme song, Playcation, was written by Mark Mundy.

In a small town, where a divorcee meets a hunky podcaster, can they find love under the Christmas tree? It's time for the holidays, Solo Show style. Stan welcomes Katie Blomberg from the Popping the Popcorn podcast and YouTube channel. They discuss their favourite Hallmark Channel Christmas movies and why they are the perfect start to the holiday season. Cue the music and.... ACTION!  ----------------------- Hello and welcome to this edition of The Solo Show. THANK YOU for your support by joining us and our fun little podcast where YOU can be the co-host. Simple reach out to me at thesoloshow01@gmail.com with your idea for a show and we will see about being my co-host for a day. All you need is a love for Disney, a show idea, and a decent internet connection. ~Stan Solo ----------------------- If you enjoy the show then show some love by sharing out that your listening, and be sure to subscribe. Plus, take a few minutes to write a review on Apple Podcast…only one rule, make it good.  ----------------------- If you ever dreamed about living next to the most Magical place on Earth by moving to the Orlando area be sure to visit our sponsor Victor Nawrocki, he to help you make your dream a reality. Visit CelebratingFlorida.com today and find your future near the magic. Remember to tell him The Solo Show sent you. -------------------- Ken the Voiceover Guy is available for hire. Maybe you need him to read an ad for you, or record your podcast intro, etc. Send him an email at tvfella67@gmail.com for more information and prices. ----------------------- LET'S CONNECT!  Facebook.com/TheSoloShow01 Facebook.com/groups/TheSoloShow •Instagram.com/the_solo_show_podcast •Twitter.com/@thesoloshow1 •YouTube.com/TheSoloShow TheSoloShow.com- Visit our website for quick access to past shows. ----------------------- © 2023 - The Solo Show is in no way part of, endorsed or authorized by, or affiliated with the Walt Disney Company or its affiliates. As to Disney artwork/properties: © Disney. Disclosure | Privacy Policy  

While Hallmark Channel releases dozens of new Christmas movies every year, there are some patterns you'll definitely notice that deserve a sip from your cup of cocoa. Plus, tips on transporting cooked Thanksgiving foods to their final destination and the best way to eat as much as possible at the Thanksgiving feast. This is the 98.5 KTK Morning Show recap for Tuesday, November 21, 2023.

Welcome to the weekly bonus episode of Hot off the Wire, where we look back at some of the top headlines from the week in the world of sports and entertainment.  As always, be sure to check out our latest episode of Streamed & Screened, a podcast dedicated to movies and television.  This week Bruce Miller and I discuss new projects from Sting and Billie Jean King, the actors strike and Christmas movies. Listen to the latest episode of Streamed & Screened here.  This week's top headlines include: The last new Beatles song, 'Now And Then,' is on the way. Patty Loveless, Bob McDill and Tanya Tucker were inducted into Country Music Hall of Fame.  'Shaft' star Richard Roundtree, considered the first Black action movie hero, died at age 81. And Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker announced his retirement. Those stories and more from The Associated Press. But first, Bruce Miller and I talk about Christmas movies on Hallmark Channel on the latest episode of Streamed & Screened.  — Compiled and narrated by Terry Lipshetz from Associated Press reports About this program Host Terry Lipshetz is a senior producer for Lee Enterprises. Besides producing the daily Hot off the Wire news podcast, Terry conducts periodic interviews for this Behind the Headlines program, co-hosts the Streamed & Screened movies and television program and is the producer of Across the Sky, a podcast dedicated to weather and climate. Lee Enterprises produces many national, regional and sports podcasts. Learn more here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy almost fa la la la holidays! Can you believe we are less than a month away from Christmas movies returning?! Where has the year gone?? And how is everyone?? I know it's been a while - it's crazy how fast the year has flown by. But I'm back and we are READY. This podcast is devoted solely to a rundown of all the Hallmark Channel Christmas movies starting next month. Check back early next week for a rundown of Hallmark Movies and Mysteries, UpTV, and GAC Family movies. Also, Hallmark - if you're listening - hi. There's still time to reach out before Christmas begins

Happy purchases. Hallmark Channel Christmas cruise. The worst purchases you've made. Kevin Costner's divorce. Elizabeth Holmes' prison time is already reduced.

McDonald's breakfast news. Happy purchases. Hallmark Channel Christmas cruise. The worst purchases you've made. Kevin Costner's divorce. Elizabeth Holmes' prison time is already reduced. Things you should not buy at Costco. That's TOO much cheese please. 5 things to not do at a nude beach. Interesting facts.

Michael and Dianne discuss their final favorites from the 2022 Hallmark Channel Christmas season.

Hi, everybody. We hope you had a great Thanksgiving. This week we are joined by comic book YouTube host Terence AKA ComicKkrakK. Sure we talk comics, including underground comix, but we discuss a whole lot more including his musical background, his radio show, life in Winnipeg, and his work in the entertainment industry. All this plus on which movie set did he meet his wife and how the heck did George work Hallmark Channel Christmas movies into the conversation? Subscribe to his YouTube channel so you can be sure to catch his latest solo videos and make sure you don't miss the rotating Sunday afternoon comic book chat livestreams with Sleepy Reader 666 and LahRasa. https://www.youtube.com/user/comicKkrakK (and these YouTube channels) https://www.youtube.com/user/sleepyreader666 https://www.youtube.com/user/LahRasa You can listen to Terence's radio show, Dead Air, Tuesday nights from 11:00PM to midnight central time at https://umfm.com. Check their archives for past broadcasts. Thank you for listening. Connect with Meanwhile At The Podcast on social media. Don't forget to #livetweet! Share the show, subscribe so you don't miss an episode, and rate us on your podcast apps. Those much coveted five stars are always appreciated. Stay safe out there. https://twitter.com/@MeanwhileATP https://www.instagram.com/meanwhileatp http://www.meanwhileatthepodcast.libsyn.com  https://www.facebook.com/meanwhileatthepodcast Rodney (AKA Art Nerrd): https://www.instagram.com/theartnerrd https://twitter.com/@artnerrd https://www.facebook.com/artnerrd https://shop.spreadshirt.com/artnerrd Kristin: https://www.instagram.com/klu4973 https://twitter.com/@klu4973 Rich: https://twitter.com/@doctorstaypuft

In a World...Where some people have forgotten about the meaning of Christmas and just focus on their careers, material success, and money...one woman will travel to the town of Snowy Brook Falls to discover that the most important things in life are ones that can't be bought.Follow In a World Of...Improvised Movie Homages on Stitcher - https://bit.ly/3pGOL1YFollow on Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/3pGTcdwFollow everywhere else - https://bit.ly/3CgEXB8This show features the improv games Movie Trailer, Last Letter First Letter, Best of Times Worst of Times, Theatrical Genres, and Cutting Room. Plus, somehow, a giant pulsating egg...Follow on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/143183833647812Segment 1 - Discussion the Genre Tropes: 06:11Segment 2 - Creating the Movie Outline: 15:42Segment 3 - Picking the Improv Comedy Games: 24:19Start of show: 30:29Improv Game - Movie Trailer: 31:17Improv Game - Last Letter First Letter: 33:23Improv Game - Best of Times Worst of Times: 38:47Improv Game - Theatrical Genres: 49:57Improv Game - Cutting Room: 59:16End of show, info, announcements: 1:12:33~~~~~~~~~~~Indie Drop-InAll content legally licensed from the original creator. Thank you to In a World Of...Improvised Movie Homages for the great episode. You can find Indie Drop-In at https://indiedropin.comCheck out Indie Drop-In Networks other showsTrue Crime - http://www.dummies.fan/truecrimeScary Time - http://www.dummies.fan/scarytimeHelp Indie Drop-In support indie creators by buying us a coffee!https://buymeacoffee.com/indiedropinBrands can advertise on Indie Drop-In using Patreonhttps://patreon.com/indiedropinTwitter: https://twitter.com/indiedropinInstagram: https://instagram.com/indiedropinFacebook: https://facebook.com/indiedropinAny advertising found in this episode is inserted by Indie Drop-In and not endorsed by the Creator.If you would like to have your show featured go to http://indiedropin.com/creators~~~~~~~~~~~

This week's Extra Credit episode is a holiday hangover cure-all. Bethany and Mary discuss Hallmark Channel Christmas movies. Their formulaic plot lines, Sad Christian Mom hype, and the fabricated magic of Christmas.

In a World…where people often question and even regret the decisions they have made in their life…one women will find herself given a chance to see what her life would have been like if she had made…different choices.   This episode was performed live (virtually)! It features the improv games Movie Trailer in a Minute, One word at a time typewriter, Gibberish Switch ,Pardon, and Cutting Room. Show Notes:   About This Episode   In this episode, we pay homage to Hallmark Christmas movies, but specifically movies that feature a supernatural element, like a ghost, or wish fulfillment. We performed this episode live and people watched via Facebook Live and Zoom. It was a ton of fun, and we told a nice little tale that probably involved more opium than most Hallmark Channel movies…   Links   List of Hallmark Channel Movies on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hallmark_Channel_Original_Movies   Time Codes Segment 1 - Discussion the Genre Tropes: 06:25 Segment 2 - Creating the Movie Outline: 13:30 Segment 3 - Picking the Improv Comedy Games: 20:22 Start of show: 29:20 Improv Game - Movie Trailer in a Minute: 32:20 Improv Game -  One Word at a Time Typewriter: 34:30 Improv Game - Gibberish Switch: 43:28 Improv Game - Pardon: 52:06 Improv Game - Cutting Room: 1:04:05  End of show, into announcements: 1:19:15 More Information About the Show, Mike, and Avish   Subscribe to the podcast: http://AvishAndMike.com/Subscribe/ Our Website: www.AvishAndMike.com Our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/143183833647812 Avish's site: www.AvishParashar.com  Mike's site: www.MikeWorthMusic.com/   Transcription of the “Discussing the Genre Tropes” Segment (Unedited and Un-Cleaned up) Avish Parashar: segment one discussing the genre tropes. Avish Parashar: So now Mike and I are gonna spend five minutes and I have my iPhone with my timer and a little Christmas hat on it. Avish Parashar: Yes, i'm going to set a timer for five minutes we're going to talk about the tropes cliches and commonalities of this genre. Avish Parashar: And please feel free to chime in via the chat or commenting on the Facebook feed, if you have any cliches that we've missed what makes a hallmark movie a hallmark movie please add that we'd love to do it, but Mike, let me start with you, I know you just watched a couple here. Mike Worth: What yeah yeah. Avish Parashar: What when you think of a hallmark Christmas movie with the supernatural what comes to mind okay. Mike Worth: So, first of all, of course, we're just gonna lean heavily into the whole Christmas thing Okay, but here's the difference there's two things that happened. Mike Worth: And and and funny enough Sarah kind of alerted me to something yesterday, where she was like Oh, you could actually do it's a wonderful life mclouth done a horror movie but it's kind of in that the first drop is this, it is somebody who, through their decisions in life have. Avish Parashar: fallen away from. Avish Parashar: What makes Christmas magical. Mike Worth: i'm not saying that they don't believe in Christmas, but there are prioritizing habits and or viewpoints that are like i'm christmasy like oh work instead of family, you know. Mike Worth: Money instead of true relationships all that stuff and one of two things happens in the in this kind of trope. Mike Worth: And they both need the same thing they both get in an alternate shot at a different reality that's kind of like what are the I think one of the big tropes right either they get the wish fulfillment. Mike Worth: or they get an external thing like I think there's one that I haven't seen there's one more like an angel is basically designed to like steer the person kind of like three. Avish Parashar: yeah and you know the. Avish Parashar: supernatural the broad category and we can sub divide my matrix of hallmark movies. Avish Parashar: In general Mike was talking about and I figured out if you take the y axis of dramatic slash sappy romantic. Avish Parashar: And comedic and the X axis of supernatural versus non supernatural those are four basic hallmark movies so we've done the comedic the one that dropped today on our podcast called near miss kiss was just straight romantic comedic. Mike Worth: Fine podcast. Avish Parashar: yeah that was that was like hallmark movies, that we had a lot of fun with that. Avish Parashar: But with the supernatural there's the wish fulfillment or ironic wish fulfillment yeah but there's also they can also be like ghosts and time displaced people so there's. Avish Parashar: Before Christmas with a K, whereas. Avish Parashar: 14th century night. Avish Parashar: there's like. Avish Parashar: I think it's called the spirit of Christmas, where a woman like has to like sell this manner, but when she gets there it's like haunted by a spirit, who she, of course, falls in love with, I believe that we were thinking more of the wish you know almost like. Avish Parashar: it's a wonderful lifetime. Mike Worth: Right right like the and again that that that's what I was saying, like if there's an angel something involved they're basically doing a wish fulfillment That was what your life would have been like if you have done that it's constant Nicolas cage thing, where he did the. Avish Parashar: You know yeah man. Avish Parashar: yeah yeah so alright so we've got a wish now. Avish Parashar: The whoever the grantor of the wishes once in a while it's just done some reason but there's often like you said, like and it's always like a wise ass like an older person who's always like slyly. Avish Parashar: You know, showing up throughout the story and kind of nudging them or winking at them are right. Mike Worth: Now Now let me know, let me ask this and it's okay to be too in depth, for this one does that person have a vested interest in getting the conversion like they're an angel that needs to get its wings like it's a wonderful life or it's just I guess my job, like I do. Avish Parashar: ya know usually it's just something like asshole who's like Oh, by the way. Avish Parashar: If you're deciding is a family show we're pretty clean, but we do drop some language. Mike Worth: yeah. Mike Worth: We don't we don't get super naughty but like 13 and up was it but. Avish Parashar: If you're like on a different coasts and you're watching this at work. Avish Parashar: You know, we may drop some put. Avish Parashar: Not a lot, but just you know. Avish Parashar: But usually it's like yeah it's it's usually the person you never find out why they're doing it, I mean you, just like the spirit of Christmas right there like they're doing it to help this person who is almost always a female reconnect with her. Avish Parashar: her family her right. Avish Parashar: is almost always a reconnection right. Avish Parashar: Like. Avish Parashar: Well that's what it is it's never a person who like grew up and never like Christmas. Mike Worth: Right right they had their childhood innocence and their love of all that is good, with Christmas and it fell away that's a huge trope. Mike Worth: And in this what I don't think there's a dead relative in the first one there's always a dead relatives. Mike Worth: In this yes everyone's still alive, because. Mike Worth: You have to have. Mike Worth: The strange people come back and reconnect. Avish Parashar: Oh yeah yeah well it's when when it's an alternate life like if she's going to encounter everyone from a previous life and she's gonna want to connect with them, but they're like oh Where are you missing. Avish Parashar: it's always a female leader like 99% of time, you know there's almost always a sassy sassy best friend or sister. Mike Worth: yeah yeah exactly yeah like a who's the one from lower merion that I love Tina fey Tina fey be phenomenal that. Mike Worth: it's basically. Avish Parashar: Like the friend the fight again doesn't believe her. Mike Worth: Right so so the here's the thing what is in the trope, why is the wish happening to show her alternate stuff Is it because she's broken something, and she has a chance to fix it. Mike Worth: Because that's usually what I think it is usually it's like she's headed down a path where she's gonna make a decision it's. Avish Parashar: going to. Mike Worth: hurt a lot of people, or you know, create a structure that's you know anti Christmas. Avish Parashar: yeah and that's our five minute timer. Mike Worth: We don't care I don't care it's Tuesday we're going. Avish Parashar: I don't know she's I mean there's almost always something to overcome there's some reason she lost touch and why she became so like career driven and material and into the city. Avish Parashar: You know universe like cities bad small towns good i'm right but I don't know if it's like it could be that she broke something but and that can kind of come out of the improv I think. Mike Worth: So last thing is her foils there's a man that she didn't settle down with because of one divergence, and when she goes to the which film he realized that he was a true love, what about the other guy that she's currently with it's your jerk or the just a bad fit. Mike Worth: Because what. Avish Parashar: I find with wish fulfillment she. Avish Parashar: She ends up realizing she's in the right place to be oh Oh, she got her husband and her kids or whatever, and then. Avish Parashar: She sees what our life could have been like actually taking the other path, but realizes oh no like I you know, like the one I saw not that long ago. Avish Parashar: there's a lot of tension in the relationship in the marriage because, like he's busy with his career and this and that she's like I, but then she wakes up she longer with them. Avish Parashar: So over the course of the movie she realizes Oh, she needs to be with the original guy, so I think when it's wishful phone. Avish Parashar: yeah you know she's she's brought back to so she does maybe meet that one she didn't go wish that she always thought about but realized that he wasn't the best fit for. Mike Worth: Okay okay well that makes sense we'll go with that one and. Avish Parashar: or who knows it's improv so maybe everyone ends up dying by a giant bag of the. Mike Worth: aliens aliens. Avish Parashar: we've gone there before alright, so that we got some basic crops and again if anyone wants to add, please feel free to. Avish Parashar: throw some in the comments are happy to to see what you got there and so now that brings us to segment two. Transcription of the “Creating the Outline” Segment (Unedited and Un-Cleaned up)   Avish Parashar: Which is creating the outline, so we are now going to spend about five minutes, creating a high level outline for our story it's. Avish Parashar: we're going to use a four X structure it's similar to three x storytelling fruchter we just break Act two into two parts right have you explain more and we get to that. Avish Parashar: And this is just kind of a starting point it's improv comedy, which means we may veer from this, we may completely ignore it, but it's the basic it's kind of like our basic. Mike Worth: flow and keeping us from going off kilter you know it keeps it like organized a little bit you know. Avish Parashar: Exactly so. Mike Worth: For you, the listener. Avish Parashar: Five minutes starts now. Avish Parashar: alright. Mike Worth: So next one is pretty easy we're gonna. Mike Worth: it's gonna be a female. Avish Parashar: The main character is going to be female we established her her life satisfaction. Mike Worth: And the hook is in act one of this kind of thing it's materialistic Lee satisfying but spiritually lacking does that make sense. Avish Parashar: yeah she's successful she she has all the trappings I guess. Avish Parashar: You know what it is like her life isn't she doesn't appreciate this is a little different from the non supernatural because he has them she doesn't appreciate it and understand what she has right. Avish Parashar: Like in the in the non supernatural one she has it but it's missing something here what she's missing is really. Avish Parashar: Like Maybe she needs to make some decisions and changes, but for the most part, like the stuff he's got his good she's just so. Avish Parashar: Uncertain or resentful or sad she missed out on you know the other path. Avish Parashar: So we see all the. Mike Worth: yay and then they get nurtured like pummeling my head okay yeah so that that's that what does that mean okay so got us a rough that she's got everything she needs so she's actually supposed to be a pretty. Avish Parashar: content and maybe not necessary everything like Maybe she is like gave up her career to just be a family person. Avish Parashar: And then through the things she realizes that she didn't need to give it up, she read text her love of architecture, but yeah she don't have like everything but she's she's got a good life but there's some things there that are you know, causing her headaches problems. Mike Worth: Okay, so oh yeah. Avish Parashar: And I think it ends. Avish Parashar: yeah act one will end with the wish being granted her encountering the person right, so we do need to meet some of these other people, the sassy friend the. Avish Parashar: The angel. Mike Worth: she'll be married right with family. Avish Parashar: Probably doesn't have to be but. Mike Worth: yeah let's let's not not as soon as I put on the on the table there, and so, at the end of the day, which he basically says she's now she's yeah she's got a comfortable of, say, I watched Christmas air force drop yesterday, so I went back to what's up a little bit off on that. Avish Parashar: watching the wrong hallmark movies. Mike Worth: So Charlie boy was great um no but you know I know you're saying what you're saying is this she's got a comfortable life. Mike Worth: uh she's got the things that if you look at it through a external lens is like you've got a wonderful beautiful wonderful life she's like Oh, but I miss this chance because it's pivot point that I had. Avish Parashar: In right and then she gets to see. Avish Parashar: What life would have been like. Mike Worth: Okay So yes, that's gonna be. Avish Parashar: that's a pretty standard mentoring angel in Act two. Avish Parashar: She wakes up and is in this new world so there's obviously the you know wtf she's like. Avish Parashar: You know it's like the most these movies, a genie doesn't grand her the wishes Teller she just kind of wakes up and all of a sudden she's like oh yeah where Am I like this is row, this is my old high school flame is my husband now and. Avish Parashar: So there's a lot of like discovery of this new of the wish fulfilled. Mike Worth: yeah yeah and she's right into active is all about getting the crossing the threshold she's now in the Special World so we just want to basically described how different everything is and how maybe initially she kind of was like this is so cool. Avish Parashar: i've got yes. Avish Parashar: I think in this one she's just reacting and she's so happy to have all these things that she thought she needed in a previous life yeah oh. Avish Parashar: she's happy there might be a little bit of conflict, you know he started. Avish Parashar: You know, maybe she misses like her family her kid from a previous life but, overall I think she was like. Mike Worth: Well funny but then we can do we enact to we can actually play what in the other version of the homework thing was act, one which is like oh she's got a great life but she's like doesn't have time for family and she's not doing. Mike Worth: All these christmasy things that you used to do because she's so busy, and so it's like you kind of like take act one from you know near miss kiss and you make it act to have this, you can see i'm getting at where it's. Avish Parashar: Like. Mike Worth: she thinks she's happy it's like yeah we a lot of money, but you know. Avish Parashar: So yeah alright, so it ends, I think, with. Avish Parashar: Maybe the first challenge of this new life like you know things seem good, but then you realize oh like I don't have this oh now, I have to deal with this which i'd never had to do in my life yeah yeah. Mike Worth: I got it I got it already I already have a conflict that i'm like I know it's it's improv interesting, but if you get an idea you got to like kind of like this long form, you can be a little bit. Avish Parashar: Ly little way, maybe it'll come up maybe it won't but. Avish Parashar: yeah so then. Avish Parashar: I think in act three she kind of. Avish Parashar: I think she kind of goes on a parallel path one is trying to get back to real life, like maybe trying to Maybe she goes to where her family was original family was and tries to meet them and connect with them yeah Maybe she tries to. Avish Parashar: You know reconnect with angel to get out of this wish. Avish Parashar: Plus she's got to deal with solving whatever issues and problems exist in the in the new. Mike Worth: timeline yeah yeah and there's some crises there. Avish Parashar: tries to tries to go back and tries to solve. Mike Worth: This is a fairly complex, what did what did homework and so nuanced. Avish Parashar: We might be adding maybe i've analyzed too much. Avish Parashar: Maybe there's and then ideally this much nuance in them. Mike Worth: Chinese brainwash someone to trigger him. Mike Worth: candidate. Avish Parashar: Other duck timer well. Avish Parashar: Until we get. Mike Worth: To act for is actually pretty straightforward, which is she does the following things she basically decides realizes your old life was amazing makes gestures. Mike Worth: In her new life that are. Avish Parashar: indicative. Mike Worth: of her character from the old life. Mike Worth: There by solving that timeline. Mike Worth: And then the angel basically. Mike Worth: says yeah you've learned your lesson and kind of brings her back to the. Avish Parashar: yeah so she takes what she did in the new life and uses that to make changes in her old life and. Mike Worth: And also, we appreciate that what she had is what she had. Avish Parashar: Right that's kind of the dovetailing of the two lives is like Oh, I can do this, and this and here's how it lands and then she wakes up. Mike Worth: yeah I like what you said about the idea of like her, like being like oh yeah I can actually take what I what I thought I gave up you know, like, I gave up the skill set to, and I can actually bring it in incorporate into my current LIFE and have the best of both worlds. Mike Worth: yeah man look at my music. Avish Parashar: You and yours go bad music. Avish Parashar: Alright, so we got a pretty good outline like you said, we may or may not stick with that.

Tis' the Season…for #Christmas movies (are there #Hannukah movies?)! Jake and Hinds roll through some of their favorite and memorable Christmas #movies in this #episode of The What We Meant to Say #podcast. The long time question “Is #DieHard a Christmas movie?” is finally answered once and for all. Jake and Hinds hit on the usual Christmas movies, but also include some #scary and #creepy Christmas movies (Hinds has #Grinch nightmares ever #December) and #romantic #comedies #RomCom (Jake loves a good RomCom). Hinds takes a cheap shot at #Hallmark Channel Christmas movies for their lack of different plots and cast in each movie…FYI, same plot just different setting in every movie!The podcast starts with Hinds once again throwing Jake a #curveball and not following the script that they talk about ahead of the recording.  Hinds reads a text from a turkey from Turkey (aka Dr Mom) that comments on the show.  Also, it has come to Jake and Hinds' attention that people are tracking their #swearing (parental advisory: Hinds says H-E-L-L once in this podcast and Jake thinks all those other bad words). Jake tried #buttering-up Hinds, but it doesn't work.What Christmas movies did we miss?  Let us know on #Facebook or #Twitter!

This episode pays homage to Hallmark Christmas movies like...er...every Hallmark Christmas movie. Avish is a fan, and Mike appreciates them for what they are. In this movie we get in most of the cliches common to the genre (and boy, there are a lot!) - and we have a ton of fun discussing those tropes. Come kick off the holidays with us with our production of “Near Miss Kiss”! Links The Hallmark Channel's Christmas Movie Page: https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/christmas Info on Hallmarks' “Countdown to Christmas” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallmark_Channel#Countdown_to_Christmas Time Codes Segment 1 - Discussion the Genre Tropes: 06:11 Segment 2 - Creating the Movie Outline: 15:42 Segment 3 - Picking the Improv Comedy Games: 24:19 Start of show: 30:29 Improv Game - Movie Trailer: 31:17 Improv Game - Last Letter First Letter: 33:23 Improv Game - Best of Times Worst of Times: 38:47 Improv Game - Theatrical Genres: 49:57 Improv Game - Cutting Room: 59:16 End of show, info, announcements: 1:12:33 More Information About the Show, Mike, and Avish Subscribe to the podcast: http://AvishAndMike.com/Subscribe/ Our Website: www.AvishAndMike.com Our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/143183833647812 Avish's site: www.AvishParashar.com  Mike's site: www.MikeWorthMusic.com/   Transcription of the “Discussing the Genre Tropes” Segment (Unedited and Un-Cleaned up: Avish Parashar: Discussing the genre tropes, so we are now going to spend five minutes talking about the tropes cliches and commonalities of the hallmark Christmas movie and oh boy, are they a lot of them. Avish Parashar: And they're in all. Avish Parashar: I got a five minute timer now. Michael Worth: Yes, sir. Avish Parashar: All right, well Mike you I did not feel the need to rewatch one I haven't gotten into hallmark spirit, you know. Avish Parashar: Obviously, this is a Christmas movies, but we're still before thanksgiving one recording it's I haven't quite but i've seen so many of these over the years that I didn't feel like I needed to like watch one. Avish Parashar: You just. Avish Parashar: watched one why don't you tell us what are some of the things that. Avish Parashar: jumped out at you. Michael Worth: i'm surprised i'm not watch too many movies i've watched it three or four of them look everybody's watched one, but you know i'm not i'm not the aficionados you are so. Michael Worth: The one I watched yesterday was you know come Christmas reunion, or whatever it's all the same thing Okay, this is not hard to figure out. Michael Worth: The whole thing is the main character is on this kind of redemptive Arc to like learn about the spirit of Christmas and usually the person is a high powered. Michael Worth: You know socialite banker businessman right they're not super high powered and they get put in a situation where they have to do the fish out of water, and they have to. Avish Parashar: They always start out in the big city. Avish Parashar: Fast paced lifestyle yep correct climber yep ambitious. Michael Worth: Wanting for nothing material that's the big thing of wanting for nothing materially. Avish Parashar: yeah they've got all the material things and they're on the cusp. Avish Parashar: Often they're on the cusp of like the big deal that's going to make their career. Michael Worth: The most of the promotion yeah right, and they have an everything looks great but, whoever they have for their wife or husband or fiance because it's never a wife or husband well give me. Michael Worth: it's always eye candy and right, you know, and then the inciting incident happens that forces them to have to end up in a small town America. Avish Parashar: All those little town. Avish Parashar: yeah I will say that they're often they're, not always with someone they are sometimes they're single i'm sure if they're with someone then there with the wrong person. Michael Worth: Definitely yeah because because there's that the contract was a giant love story. Michael Worth: Yes, and you place yeah so you have to where they end up in fish out of water in this small town can be anywhere but it's just not the big city and some of the other troops, the. Avish Parashar: To the usually are the small town. Because. Avish Parashar: they're often sent to the small town end of the small town to conduct business. Avish Parashar: in a negative way like they want to buy they want to demolish like. Avish Parashar: They want to tear down the town's Christmas tree that's been there for 100 years to make room for a shopping mall or you know they want to kind of they're there to kind of tear up the fabric of the town, but then they get sucked into the town, and then they realize, oh no. Michael Worth: yeah and so there's trip number two the town is populated by eccentric but affably lovable characters that are just completely like charmingly eccentric and you know. Michael Worth: The that kind of thing you've always got some worldly matronly figure who plays kind of like a female mentor kind of thing um. Avish Parashar: Sometimes will say, I will say it's a it's a mentor figure sometimes it's a. Avish Parashar: Kindly old man sometimes the time the old woman, I would say, as a kindly is either kindly old man or a kindly kind of sassy old woman. Michael Worth: yeah, for example, yesterday, the one that I got was a andie macdowell played the SAS but she played the owner of the restaurant, the town restaurant. Michael Worth: Part of wisdom to the girl who was the heroin for the so he looks great, by the way, just like what's her face and spider man homecoming as it may she's aging beautifully. Avish Parashar: Oh yeah. Michael Worth: Oh yeah i'm okay. Avish Parashar: Well, so we should just call it, as it is the protagonist in these 98% of the times the female. Michael Worth: yeah I don't really think like a barring something like a Nick cage one where he did ultra timeline, which is the fantasy one it's almost always a female protagonist. Avish Parashar: yeah I mean there might be some that have male protagonists and sometimes it's set up and like two protagonists. Avish Parashar: Because you know, sometimes it's both need to learn the lesson, but. Avish Parashar: yeah a female is almost always like. Michael Worth: So another trope when she meets the future love interest they don't hit it off. Avish Parashar: And yes, they never hit it off. Michael Worth: Right right, but they have to work together, because of whatever this person the female titus needs to do this guy's the obstacle, or he has to aid her or whatever, and of course he doesn't want it to do it, etc, etc. Avish Parashar: And they often and they're gonna butt heads over the whole like small town life versus big city fast pace. Michael Worth: it's like you saw yesterday is moving. Michael Worth: You cannot put too many images to Christmas in this everything is you know anytime there's a cut you're hearing silent night and Jingle Bells you're getting frosty the snowman eggnog everywhere it's always snowing. Avish Parashar: Oh there's oh there's often an event a Christmas event the Christmas pageant the Christmas parade the condo gingerbread contest or, though. Michael Worth: Are you saying as a newcomer partakes in an old family or town Christmas tradition, yes that's good. Michael Worth: Because that's how the drinking card I got. Avish Parashar: yours. Michael Worth: There has to be carolyn there's absolutely Kelly, which he literally got off the bus in the movie yesterday at small town, the town was called snowy falls. Avish Parashar: Over the names, the names are always like. Avish Parashar: they're always names. Avish Parashar: Of like Christmas themes or yeah holly. Michael Worth: Man crisper with caleb Chris. Avish Parashar: Chris Chris yeah. Michael Worth: yeah yeah. Avish Parashar: that's our duck timer, but I find. Avish Parashar: Any other other. Avish Parashar: So the thing we were talking about this is getting the when we get the outline um. Avish Parashar: You know there's that turning point where they need to decide, you know which way to go. Avish Parashar: And she's so worn by the town that she kind of but oftentimes, although not always sometimes the writing is so lazy and I love it they don't even do like a great. Avish Parashar: twist like how she gets out of like her corporate versus her you know, sometimes it's just like oh no we're just going to watch the deal and that's going to be worth it like oh okay. Avish Parashar: All right, there's no way you manage to make it all work he does like okay well the screw over millions of dollars, with his business and the people are going to make the money. Michael Worth: The spirit of Christmas is okay oh and that's your thing is is the woman. Michael Worth: The protagonist is either is a bah humbug Scrooge or she's just too busy to care about Christmas but she's filled with the spirit of Christmas and the critical part of that in act three so. Avish Parashar: Yes, yes, very good and the final the final thing i'll say about this. Avish Parashar: Is the the antagonists are never fully bad they're often mismatched or misguided but they're never evil so at the end right, even the bad guys. Avish Parashar: are positive, they even even if it's even if it's like a married woman who's dumping her family, the husband's like I understand. Michael Worth: yeah yeah. Michael Worth: spineless calories. Avish Parashar: yeah but like even the corporate overlords want to buy out the small town yep. Avish Parashar: You know, often they're like you're neutral sometimes they're positive or neutral but it's never like it's never like an evil person who's just trying to crush the town and the. Avish Parashar: Western like. Michael Worth: Yes, never blazing saddles where it's like you know the bad guy, by the way, two more things and we're gonna move on, I promise there's always reference to a dead relative always. Michael Worth: protects always dead relative. Michael Worth: And it always snows at the very end because it's always Christmas Eve or. Avish Parashar: Even if it's like in Hawaii or California there's got to be so. Avish Parashar: The romance angle there's also a. Avish Parashar: Along the villain thing there's sometimes a competing love interest like another woman, but also she ends up not being bad like. Michael Worth: You know. Avish Parashar: the lot of the conflict is dropped misunderstandings like they think these two are flirting when in fact they're not but that even like when there's a rival female. Avish Parashar: That that women might even be later like look like you know you guys are so right for each other, I don't want to get in the way it's all just so like Sacconi sweet positive even the conflict is like no. Avish Parashar: Oh yeah. Michael Worth: Oh yeah I I I deliberately didn't do this because it's going to be too much work for me to do this, but when we do this in post production i'm dropping in Jingle Bells and i'm dropping in Jingle Bells on the piano all over the place in our in our podcast because it's. Avish Parashar: Everywhere right oh yeah oh yeah the theme. Avish Parashar: Music theme that all right. Avish Parashar: So yeah just real quick. Because. Avish Parashar: it's rare that we get a genre that is so obvious. Avish Parashar: But this is not even joking so when we talk about the two types of movies at those four. Avish Parashar: created a little matrix there's. Avish Parashar: Some the vertical axes, if you have. Avish Parashar: versus dramatic and then on the horizontal axis, you have supernatural or not supernatural. Michael Worth: or every day right. Avish Parashar: yeah so these like the four there's like the comedic ones where there's no supernatural element, you know, like a mix up or a small town or you know. Avish Parashar: manner yeah and then there's comedic with supernatural drama like oh this person might be Santa Claus or this person access granted a wish and then you have the same two things, with dramatic where it's like. Avish Parashar: it's got some comedy but really it's much more serious and romantic it's like more introspective but, again, sometimes you have. Michael Worth: yeah might be a guy who like gave up on Christmas, because his family died and Christmas. Michael Worth: us all back. Michael Worth: Oh yeah yeah. Avish Parashar: So supernatural versus not community, so we are going today is, we are going with comedic non supernatural right. Avish Parashar: and Avish Parashar: And you'll hear this episode a couple weeks, and if you are listening to this episode. Avish Parashar: Well, on December 7, that is, when this was going live, so if you're listening this on the day it comes out I believe tonight on December 7 we are doing a live episode go to a visa MC comm check out our episodes list there or a blog post to get the Info. Avish Parashar: But uh yeah so in any case alright that brings us now to. Transcription of the “Creating the Outline” Segment (Unedited and Un-Cleaned up) Avish Parashar: Creating the outline all right now we're going to spend about five minutes, creating a high level outline for our hallmark Christmas movie. Avish Parashar: we're going to use a four X structure where we kind of have the setup the kind of. Avish Parashar: reactive phase, the proactive phase, and then the resolution for our for act structure, and this is our starting point, we may veer from it, because it's improv comedy, but this is where we're going to use kind of as our guide so are five minutes starts now. Avish Parashar: Alright, so we often start with either a prologue or movie trailer I in for a hallmark movie I can't even imagine how to do a prologue. Avish Parashar: it's Tony. Michael Worth: Who are doing the trailer absolutely yeah yeah like I said I was watching predator last week and i'm like, how can you do a prologue duck duck duck duck duck duck. Avish Parashar: yeah exactly yeah so you watch to Christmas movies, in the last week, well done. Michael Worth: yeah exactly all right so real. Avish Parashar: Very predator Christmas. Christmas. Avish Parashar: Right so X one. Avish Parashar: X one, we have to meet the the hero or heroine. Michael Worth: If you know tiger female female female and establish your ordinary world. Michael Worth: Where. Avish Parashar: The city, the fast pace yeah. Avish Parashar: establish the stakes like why. Avish Parashar: there's almost always a promotion involves like oh. Avish Parashar: yeah do this don't get the promotion or the big deal or, though. Michael Worth: yeah yeah or the big deal or looking at the merger or whatever it's a big financial thing um and. Avish Parashar: And I say she has to go to the she goes to a small town. Michael Worth: yeah she she has to go to the small town um. Michael Worth: yeah we'll figure out why look what she should do it proactively she's building. Avish Parashar: Whether the stakes that her task is usually based around that like you had to go to a small town and convince the lodge owners to sell or you know you gotta you gotta go get rid of that dog shelter because it's in the way of our highway we're trying to build like whatever whatever. Michael Worth: were to drop that hard man, you know yeah. Avish Parashar: Exactly if she if she has because she will often have like a boyfriend that's not right right yeah, and so we got to meet that person yep. Michael Worth: But, but he does not accompany her to the small town, because the whole point is, you have to have the APP to conflict way. Avish Parashar: Exactly he'll come back for X three or four. Avish Parashar: back for like the end of act three. Michael Worth: um and she ends act one with pretty much getting to that town and that's the crossing the threshold she comes in, she goes off. Avish Parashar: Maybe eating the love interest kind of meeting you have some to get to the town alright cool. Michael Worth: Man it's like it's like you're reciting the. Michael Worth: Book saw yesterday. The. Avish Parashar: Outside is so simplistic the movies, are so simple I didn't check them out baby that's how you can check out like. Avish Parashar: This is great like like 20 years amazing. Michael Worth: Alright, so she gets an act to here's what happens she stymied to finish her job, for whatever reason. Avish Parashar: If you think there's going to be easy, but then from like the moment one like. Michael Worth: For yesterday's one the guy who she had to talk to the sign the documents was out of town for the week cuz he had done a walk about. Michael Worth: As a way to to walk about on December 22 Okay, whatever so so she's forced to acclimate to the town that's what she meets the the trials all the cast and wacky characters that are. Avish Parashar: Trying to run she has to stay she meets the cast. Avish Parashar: Particularly the love interest the mentor. Michael Worth: Now there is. Michael Worth: This is where she gets pulled unwillingly into Christmas traditions of a lighter nature, because later she uses her real world expertise to help the small town with a potentially failed Christmas tradition that's. Avish Parashar: that's what do we have Oh yes, they always uses her like Oh, I was a ballerina or my architecture skills. Avish Parashar: To help us design the gingerbread house. Michael Worth: Exactly, but in the beginning, she doesn't want anything to do with it so it's like come on we're gonna go ice skating we all escape, and then we all help build a snowman and she's gonna want to do it, you know kind of thing right. Avish Parashar: And we need to see the initial friction, but also heat between the two main characters. Michael Worth: But yes, because there's near miss kisses. Avish Parashar: Oh yes, near miss kisses. Michael Worth: She falls. Avish Parashar: should be the title for a hallmark movie. near miss. Michael Worth: You know what. Avish Parashar: Maybe we use. Avish Parashar: That may have to be. Michael Worth: near miss kiss let's do. Michael Worth: Our show near miss kitty. Avish Parashar: yeah it's still improvise we just came up with it, but near miss kiss. Avish Parashar: Oh, oh oh i'm sorry i'm sorry, they should come out of the improv. Avish Parashar: main characters last name has to be kiss. Avish Parashar: Oh, my God, yes, yes, near miss kiss it's a miss kiss but her next movies always have that double entendre. Michael Worth: Our main character is is miss. Avish Parashar: We gonna we give her whatever first name, we want, but her last name has to kiss yeah. Michael Worth: near miss kisses the title. Avish Parashar: I haven't had this much fun to my for outlines like. Avish Parashar: we've done some of our favorite movies, I love to watch this is just. Avish Parashar: This is just entertaining the hell, it is so she meets the characters she. Avish Parashar: engaged in the tradition that she's not super good at or into has some friction almost kisses that we're romantic tension and it's something has to happen at the end of that attitude shifts are. Avish Parashar: Usually there's like a moment light like the main character, the loving because of her are like on a walk and they have some interaction or some conversation which kind of starts to melt her a little bit. Avish Parashar: yeah yeah then when she wakes up the next day she kind of jumps morning to the town's kind of feel. Avish Parashar: So we get a moment is going to shift her perception of Christmas. Michael Worth: Do we am I going into detail with this is there sometimes. Michael Worth: A quiet duck with a warm too much fun. Avish Parashar: Why do that was enough time or we're going to keep going. Michael Worth: yeah yeah like the character that that might be in trouble, and she has to kind of step up to help for example yesterday there was a homeless guy and then, when the snowfall hit they had to go out and find him so he didn't freeze to death. Avish Parashar: yeah there is often someone help does bonding oftentimes it's with a kid like a lot of times the main male character has children, and then the. Avish Parashar: Female sort of bonds with them as like a motherly figure and that kind of that's kind of how the mail starts to see the woman there different way, you know she seemed all business but oh look she's really sweet um. Avish Parashar: yeah you know or May, and then the girl can other the kid can kind of serve as like a catalyst, or a matchmaker a little bit so yeah there could be like a helping thing. Avish Parashar: Now so yeah i'll just move on to act three. Avish Parashar: we're only halfway through our outline where it's five minutes. Michael Worth: So, but after is pretty easy. Michael Worth: at three is where two things are happening, which is the town is getting ready for its big Christmas celebration and there's some MP impediments. Michael Worth: And the girl is running out of time to close out what she needs to do for a company, and this is where the switch happens where the girl leverages her old knowledge by the old job new job as. Avish Parashar: Possible yeah maybe 2.0 say. Michael Worth: She she leverages her old knowledge to help with the new tradition, you know, for example, there was when I tell you it was a. Michael Worth: raffle salad raffle so she leverages her ability to fundraise to get everyone to donate stuff um conversely, this is when the boyfriend or the fiance shows up to leverage pressure to close the deal. Avish Parashar: Yes, the the original fiance or boyfriend comes back, and I would say in active The other thing happens is she helps the town and the town starts a warmer they start to trust her and they're almost ready to do what she's asking them to because they they. Avish Parashar: built that connection, and then like the boyfriend comes in and makes it worse, reveals how bad and she probably doesn't even know like oh I didn't know you're going to destroy the animal shelter, I thought you were just going to you know build around it. Avish Parashar: Right, and I would say that when there is a big Christmas tradition that in act three she's using her skills to help it, but I think the thing doesn't actually happen to like for. Michael Worth: agree because he's supposed to supposed to have left. Michael Worth: yeah he has a change of heart and that for. Avish Parashar: At the end. Avish Parashar: She does often leave at the end of act three or something something at the end of happens where everything falls apart or romance falls apart the town doesn't like her. Avish Parashar: she's often going back to stay with the fiance yep yep. Avish Parashar: Like she's like all right i'll go back with you yep. Avish Parashar: she's an act, for she has a revelation she comes running back she does the big thing She Figures out the way of saving the town and her career, or just saving the town and saying screw the career, I want to be just a small town person. Michael Worth: Exactly and she's rewarded, and she falls in love with the guy and it snows and there's an ugly sweaters and there's there's. Avish Parashar: The Dolly fade out shot that you pull. Michael Worth: Up oh God, yes, with the gorgeous lady good oh yeah. Avish Parashar: Oh, the lighting I wish we could do the light in. Michael Worth: Like we're so.oh. Avish Parashar: Alright, well, we have a nice outline

Well, there are a lot of topics and turns in this one, and Amy's 4-year-old niece makes several cameos. Amy recounts spending 2 days (on purpose) at the Mall of America on a hunt for tall pants and returning up a storm, realizing Black Friday ain't what it used to be. She also sort of Maya confesses to being a midnight blanket yanker. The ladies recap Thanksgiving, and Wren gives a great animal report about a penguin feather she found and sings a song about a bunny eating a snowman's nose. Maya reviews her amazing meal at Owamni by The Sioux Chef! The ladies revisit the movie King Richard, coming to the conclusion that perhaps Arantxa Sánchez Vicario isn't a villain, maybe she just had diarrhea. Finally, Maya reads hilarious Hallmark Channel Christmas movie synopses to Amy. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-spirit-of-77/message

Megan and Wendy review "Christmas at Castle Hart" which premiered on Saturday, November 27, 2021 as part of Hallmark Channel's Countdown to Christmas line up. This movie stars Lacey Chabert and Stuart Townsend and was filmed entirely on location in Ireland. How do you feel about Hallmark movies set in European countries? Email us at meganandwendy@gmail.com. Megan and Wendy review Christmas at Castle Hart starring Lacey Chabert and Stuart Townsend as part of Hallmark's Countdown to Christmas. News and Notes About Christmas at Castle Hart This Hallmark movie was filmed in Clare, Limerick and Ennis counties in Ireland. Filmed in September 2021, Lacey Chabert gave an interview to Southern Living that it was warm and not raining while in Ireland. This was Lacey Chabert's first trip to Ireland. In sad news, Lacey lost her sister just days before the premiere of this new Hallmark Christmas movie which was about two sisters who travel to Ireland in search of their father's Irish roots. She memorialized and dedicated the movie to her sister in the Instagram post below. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lacey Chabert (@thereallacey) Stuart Townsend is from Howth, County of Dublin and plays the part of Aiden Hart. Three actual castles were used during the filming. Dromoland Castle Hotel & Country Club is described as a 5 star castle hotel located in Clare county with rooms priced at upwards for $1000/night. Lough Cutra Castle in Galway is a private family home known for its privacy and has hosted guests such as Prince Charles and Duchess of Cornwall Camilla, Bob Geldof and poet WB Yeats. Its website also mentions that many film and television productions have been filmed at Lough Cutra Castle. A third castle was used in Kinvara in Galway Bay. Mentioned in this Episode Listen to our podcast episode "Do You Believe in Ghosts" where Megan shares her ghost experience while staying at Adare Manor in Limerick county, Ireland. Our review of As Luck Would Have It Riverdance Balsalm Hill - artificial trees Want More Hallmark Podcast Episodes? For as little as $3/month, join our SHORTIES GONE HALLMARK level and get immediate access to Hallmark Channel Christmas movies reviews not available anywhere else but Patreon. Join Patreon here. Visit our library of Hallmark Channel movie recaps (coming soon).

Megan and Wendy review "Christmas at Castle Hart" which premiered on Saturday, November 27, 2021 as part of Hallmark Channel's Countdown to Christmas line up. This movie stars Lacey Chabert and Stuart Townsend and was filmed entirely on location in Ireland. How do you feel about Hallmark movies set in European countries? Email us at meganandwendy@gmail.com. Megan and Wendy review Christmas at Castle Hart starring Lacey Chabert and Stuart Townsend as part of Hallmark's Countdown to Christmas. News and Notes About Christmas at Castle Hart This Hallmark movie was filmed in Clare, Limerick and Ennis counties in Ireland.Filmed in September 2021, Lacey Chabert gave an interview to Southern Living that it was warm and not raining while in Ireland.This was Lacey Chabert's first trip to Ireland.In sad news, Lacey lost her sister just days before the premiere of this new Hallmark Christmas movie which was about two sisters who travel to Ireland in search of their father's Irish roots. She memorialized and dedicated the movie to her sister in the Instagram post below. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lacey Chabert (@thereallacey) Stuart Townsend is from Howth, County of Dublin and plays the part of Aiden Hart.Three actual castles were used during the filming.Dromoland Castle Hotel & Country Club is described as a 5 star castle hotel located in Clare county with rooms priced at upwards for $1000/night.Lough Cutra Castle in Galway is a private family home known for its privacy and has hosted guests such as Prince Charles and Duchess of Cornwall Camilla, Bob Geldof and poet WB Yeats. Its website also mentions that many film and television productions have been filmed at Lough Cutra Castle. A third castle was used in Kinvara in Galway Bay. Mentioned in this Episode Listen to our podcast episode "Do You Believe in Ghosts" where Megan shares her ghost experience while staying at Adare Manor in Limerick county, Ireland.Our review of As Luck Would Have ItRiverdanceBalsalm Hill - artificial trees Want More Hallmark Podcast Episodes? For as little as $3/month, join our SHORTIES GONE HALLMARK level and get immediate access to Hallmark Channel Christmas movies reviews not available anywhere else but Patreon. Join Patreon here. Visit our library of Hallmark Channel movie recaps (coming soon).

One of the biggest reasons why the public's faith in political institutions is fading fast is that politicians are becoming well-practiced in avoiding accountability. Robert E. Wright explains why democracy demands transparency and limited government. Sure, you may think that if you've seen one Hallmark Channel Christmas movie, you've seen them all. But there's a quality in these movies that speaks to something good that is fading from our culture. Martin Cothran makes a pretty convincing argument that the Hallmark Channel saved Christmas. Do you get the sense that a lot of people are seething just beneath the surface? We've had to deal with a lot of pressure and stress lately but why are we so angry? Peter W. Wood says we have one angry nation with two wildly divergent explanations for why this is so. Show some love to my sponsors: Monticello College Lifesaving Food (use the coupon code "HYDE" at checkout for a 25% discount) The Heather Turner Team at Patriot Home Mortgage HSL Ammo Sewing & Quilting Center Govern Your Income

This week, we get to interview actress Catherine Haena Kim, star of Hallmark Channel Christmas movie "Boyfriends of Christmas Past", part of Hallmark's Countdown to Christmas. We talk K-dramas, working in winter coats during a heat wave, representation in the movie, and working with the whole cast. This was a fun interview with lots of laughs and joy. We even got to throw in some Korean language. lol

Welcome to Episode 4 of Tea Time! In this episode, Mel and Jay decided to review a documentary, so a little different of a vibe compared to a reality show (Ep. 1 + 2) and a Hallmark Channel Christmas movie (Ep. 3). The girls review The Dawn Wall, a rock climbing documentary about climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson and their journey up the Dawn Wall of El Cap at Yosemite National Park. A fun fact about Mel and Jay, they absolutely are obsessed with climbing (learning, watching, talking about it, not climbing themselves), and fell in love with the sport after watching Free Solo, which chronicles climber Alex Honnold's journey as he solo free climbed (no ropes) El Cap. The girls run through the doc, give their champagne flute rating (spoiler alert - this was the highest rated production that they have reviewed so far) and give their takes on what they think 2 prominent athletes would have to say about this documentary. Mel channels her inner Alex Honnold and dives into what she think he would say to this. Jay channels her inner Jalen Ramsey, cornerback for the LA Rams. Listen to Ep. 4 to see the reason WHY Jay chose Ramsey to make a special appearance! This episode was the girl's favorite yet! Don't miss it!

Holiday Engagement – Dare Daniel Podcast Episode 79 “Everyone’s losing their shit about Gav.” The Park Post Herald star reporters Daniel Barnes and Corky McDonnell get the scoop on Hallmark Channel Christmas with help from Gav of Films on Trial. Holiday Engagement pairs witless “journalist” Hillary with unemployed sign-spinner David in […] The post “Holiday Engagement” Podcast Movie Review appeared first on Dare Daniel - Podcast and Movie Reviews.

On making sure every page of a script includes Christmas; on the art of peppy, smart dialogue; on why Hallmark Christmas movies work.

It's a battle of 90's teenage television stars in this week's Girls Gone Christmas episode of the podcast! Megan and Wendy recap two Hallmark Channel Christmas movies: Love, Lights, Hanukah and Christmas Comes Twice. Want more Hallmark movie reviews in 2021? Email us at meganandwendy@gmail.com and tell us if we should continue these bonus podcast episodes! Love, Lights, Hanukah stars Ben Savage (Boy Meets World) in his debut Hallmark movie! This movie also features Mia Kirshner as Christina who recently learns she is half Jewish after taking a DNA test. As luck has it, Christina quickly connects with a DNA relative but is shocked to find her biological mother in the process. How will being half-Jewish affect her long standing Christmas traditions? And will her new love interest (Ben Savage) eat his words after tasting Christina's famous lasagne? Christmas Comes Twice stars Tamera Mowry-Housley (Sister, Sister) who time travels five years in the past after riding a magical carousel at the annual Christmas carnival. Guys? To be honest, Wendy fell asleep during this one and relies heavily on Megan's recap of what happens when Cheryl (Tamera Mowry-Housley) reconnects with an old Science rival. Mentioned in this episode: Boy Meets World is streaming on Disney+ The L Word is streaming on Hulu Hallmark Channel's 2019 Hanukah movie Holiday Date 23andMe Genetic DNA Test The Bold Type steaming on Hulu We've loved recording the Girls Gone Christmas bonus episodes! If you want to hear more Hallmark movie reviews, please email us. Also, we'd love for you to rate and review our podcast! It really helps others find us! Click the link below to listen to our previous Hallmark Channel Christmas movie reviews. Jingle Bell Bride On the 12th Date of Christmas  Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater A Timeless Christmas Nashville Christmas Carol  If I Only Had Christmas Christmas in Evergreen  Love, Lights, Hanukah and Christmas Comes Twice - this episode! Join our private Facebook group! Search Long Story Shorties or click here. Get the FRNDLY app here to stream Hallmark movies all season long! This post may contain affiliate links.

It's a battle of 90's teenage television stars in this week's Girls Gone Christmas episode of the podcast! Megan and Wendy recap two Hallmark Channel Christmas movies: Love, Lights, Hanukah and Christmas Comes Twice. Want more Hallmark movie reviews in 2021? Email us at meganandwendy@gmail.com and tell us if we should continue these bonus podcast episodes! Love, Lights, Hanukah stars Ben Savage (Boy Meets World) in his debut Hallmark movie! This movie also features Mia Kirshner as Christina who recently learns she is half Jewish after taking a DNA test. As luck has it, Christina quickly connects with a DNA relative but is shocked to find her biological mother in the process. How will being half-Jewish affect her long standing Christmas traditions? And will her new love interest (Ben Savage) eat his words after tasting Christina's famous lasagne? Christmas Comes Twice stars Tamera Mowry-Housley (Sister, Sister) who time travels five years in the past after riding a magical carousel at the annual Christmas carnival. Guys? To be honest, Wendy fell asleep during this one and relies heavily on Megan's recap of what happens when Cheryl (Tamera Mowry-Housley) reconnects with an old Science rival. Mentioned in this episode: Boy Meets World is streaming on Disney+The L Word is streaming on HuluHallmark Channel's 2019 Hanukah movie Holiday Date23andMe Genetic DNA TestThe Bold Type steaming on Hulu We've loved recording the Girls Gone Christmas bonus episodes! If you want to hear more Hallmark movie reviews, please email us. Also, we'd love for you to rate and review our podcast! It really helps others find us! Click the link below to listen to our previous Hallmark Channel Christmas movie reviews. Jingle Bell BrideOn the 12th Date of Christmas Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas SweaterA Timeless ChristmasNashville Christmas Carol If I Only Had ChristmasChristmas in Evergreen Love, Lights, Hanukah and Christmas Comes Twice - this episode! Join our private Facebook group! Search Long Story Shorties or click here. Get the FRNDLY app here to stream Hallmark movies all season long! This post may contain affiliate links.

We can't quite express--but we think you'll hear-- how much fun it was to watch and talk about Hallmark Christmas movies. We started out as Hallmark movie cynics and ended up in a real love/hate relationship with the channel, its films...and its wine. Yes, you read that right. There is such a thing as Hallmark wine. We hope you'll leave this episode with a smile on your face and a more critical eye on the media you consume and the message it is sending. And don't miss our bonus content on YouTube where we're sharing our uncensored tasting notes of Hallmark Channel Christmas wines and our Hallmark fantasy draft picks for future Christmas movies.If you enjoyed this episode, you will also love: Jingle and Joy a.k.a- The Hallmark Christmas WinesThe Best Hallmark Movies of 2020--So Far via E NewsFrndly.tv- A weird, awesome & relatively cheap place to watch Hallmark Christmas movies on demandFollow The Morning Rage on Instagram!  

It was so lovely to welcome accomplished musical theater actress, Laura Osnes to the podcast. Laura and I chat her incredible career from the beginning on the Grease reality show You're the One That I Want to all her various roles on Broadway including the one role that meant so much to her. She shares how she deals with disappointments, how she stays so positive and uplifted, how she keeps her 13 year marriage strong and her advice to her younger self. Plus, since it's almost Christmas and my last FTG conversation of 2020, Laura and I chat all about her Christmas plans and her new Hallmark Channel Christmas movie One Royal Holiday. Leave this conversation feeling inspired, hopeful and feeling all the light and all the good. .....#feelthegoodpodcastFollow Shawl on Instagram/Twitter: @shawlinivmhWebsite: https://www.shawlinivmh.com/Transcripts Available: https://www.shawlinivmh.com/ftg-transcriptsFollow Laura Osnes Instagram/Twitter: @lauraosnesBroadway Princess Party: https://broadwayprincessparty.com/*Spread the Good- Laura's Charitable Organizations Mentioned in this Episode:*Courageous Love: http://www.icourageous.org/* Actor's Fund: https://actorsfund.org/*Costume Industry Coalition: https://www.costumeindustrycoalition.com/

Megan and Wendy welcome podcast guest LaShawn Wiltz to recap and review Hallmark Channel's fourth installment in the Christmas in Evergreen series. Will wedding bells ring in Christmas in Evergreen: Bells Are Ringing or are the bells they are talking about actually hand bells? How will Megan and Wendy rate this 2020 Hallmark Channel Christmas movie starring Holly Robinson Peete, Rukiya Bernard, and Antonio Cayonne with a cameo from Ashley Williams. Christmas in Evergreen: Bells are Ringing News and Notes As Michelle's (Holly Robinson Peete) wedding day approaches, she finds herself overwhelmed with her Mayoral duties and finishing the launch of Evergreen's Christmas museum. Luckily, Hannah (Rukiya Bernard) finds time between leading the choir and helping at the Tinker Shop to take charge of the museum's Christmas Eve grand opening. But, will Hannah's interest in the museum pull her away from love interest Elliott and his dream of expanding the Tinker Shop in Boston? Will the weather turn Michelle's wedding into a Zoom wedding? And out of nowhere, will Jeb Cooper's return ruin the Christmas Eve festivities? There is a whole lot to unpack in Evergreen. Find more from podcast guest LaShawn Wiltz! Instagram Twitter Facebook Everyday Eyecandy You can expect a brand new, bonus podcast episode each Thursday! We'll be watching movies only airing on the Hallmark Channel. See our schedule below so you can watch along and then listen as we gab about it. Click the link below to listen to our previous Hallmark Channel Christmas movie reviews. Jingle Bell Bride On the 12th Date of Christmas  Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater A Timeless Christmas Nashville Christmas Carol  If I Only Had Christmas 12/5 Christmas in Evergreen - this episode! 12/12 Cross Country Christmas 12/19 A Christmas Carousel Join our private Facebook group! Search Long Story Shorties or click here. Get the FRNDLY app here to stream Hallmark movies all season long!

Megan and Wendy welcome podcast guest LaShawn Wiltz to recap and review Hallmark Channel's fourth installment in the Christmas in Evergreen series. Will wedding bells ring in Christmas in Evergreen: Bells Are Ringing or are the bells they are talking about actually hand bells? How will Megan and Wendy rate this 2020 Hallmark Channel Christmas movie starring Holly Robinson Peete, Rukiya Bernard, and Antonio Cayonne with a cameo from Ashley Williams. As Michelle's (Holly Robinson Peete) wedding day approaches, she finds herself overwhelmed with her Mayoral duties and finishing the launch of Evergreen's Christmas museum. Luckily, Hannah (Rukiya Bernard) finds time between leading the choir and helping at the Tinker Shop to take charge of the museum's Christmas Eve grand opening. But, will Hannah's interest in the museum pull her away from love interest Elliott and his dream of expanding the Tinker Shop in Boston? Will the weather turn Michelle's wedding into a Zoom wedding? And out of nowhere, will Jeb Cooper's return ruin the Christmas Eve festivities? There is a whole lot to unpack in Evergreen. Find more from podcast guest LaShawn Wiltz! InstagramTwitterFacebookEveryday Eyecandy You can expect a brand new, bonus podcast episode each Thursday! We'll be watching movies only airing on the Hallmark Channel. See our schedule below so you can watch along and then listen as we gab about it. Click the link below to listen to our previous Hallmark Channel Christmas movie reviews. Jingle Bell BrideOn the 12th Date of Christmas Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater A Timeless ChristmasNashville Christmas Carol If I Only Had Christmas12/5 Christmas in Evergreen - this episode!12/12 Cross Country Christmas12/19 A Christmas Carousel Join our private Facebook group! Search Long Story Shorties or click here. Get the FRNDLY app here to stream Hallmark movies all season long!

IN THIS HOUR: Fred & Wallach are broadcasting from the Town Fair Tires Studios in Dorchester. Rich is broadcasting remotely. The first segment is a buffet of different topics, including syndicated TV shows, Tim Allen Fred’s distaste of people who practice karate. (00:00) Fred thinks The Osbournes is amongst the best reality TV shows ever. Jersey Shore is obviously #1, of course. It’s the holiday season which means the Hallmark Channel is pumping out Christmas movies. We play Hallmark Channel Christmas Movie Bingo. (15:18) Listeners come to Nick’s defense after Fred yelled at him earlier in the show. (29:08) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tea Time with Mel and Jay Episode 3 is here! The girls decided that the third episode would be a perfect opportunity to review a Hallmark Channel Christmas movie! Obviously there absolutely had to be some sports ties, so we found Christmas at the Palace! This movie has a figure skating storyline, with the main character being a 3x World Champion. Listen as Mel and Jay dive deep into what is wrong with the Hallmark Christmas movie lineup in general and where Christmas at the Palace fell short in our opinions (definitely reflected in our champagne flute rating). At the end we give our thoughts as to what Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon and Real Housewife of NYC Jill Zarin would say about this movie. You don't want to miss this!

Rich discovered his wife watching Hallmark Channel Christmas movies and comes up with great marketing ideas for your business as a result... you never know, it might mean a ‘happily ever after' in your businesses future!

Christian and DiGio are joined by pal Jeff Somogyi as they attempt to turn the film The Running Man into a Hallmark Channel Christmas Movie.  

In this week's Girls Gone Christmas episode of the podcast, Megan and Wendy recap and review If I Only Had Christmas starring Candace Cameron Bure and Warren Christie. A cheery Kansas City PR executive lands an opportunity to help a charity during Christmastime. She meets some interesting characters along the way and finds someone special behind it all. How will they rate this 2020 Hallmark Channel Christmas movie premiere? Is "If I Only Had Christmas" Hallmark Channel's best 2020 Christmas movie? If I Only Had Christmas News and Notes Did you watch If I Only Had Christmas and how long did it take for you to realize the overarching Wizard of Oz theme? Candace Cameron Bure talks more about the movie and why it's her favorite Hallmark movie she's ever made. Wondering where the movie was filmed? Spoiler alert: not Kansas City and not New England! You can expect a brand new, bonus podcast episode each Thursday! We'll be watching movies only airing on the Hallmark Channel. See our schedule below so you can watch along and then listen as we gab about it. Countdown to Christmas with Girls Gone Hallmark Click the link below to listen to our previous Hallmark Channel Christmas movie reviews. Jingle Bell Bride On the 12th Date of Christmas starring Tyler Hynes and Mallory Jansen Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater A Timeless Christmas Nashville Christmas Carol  If I Only Had Christmas - this episode! 12/5 Christmas in Evergreen 12/19 Christmas Comes Twice Get the FRNDLY app here to stream Hallmark movies all season long! Get the Hallmark Countdown to Christmas Checklist App here to keep track of the movies you've watched this season.  Did you like If I Only Had Christmas? Send us an email with your thoughts! meganandwendy@gmail.com

In this week's Girls Gone Christmas episode of the podcast, Megan and Wendy recap and review If I Only Had Christmas starring Candace Cameron Bure and Warren Christie. A cheery Kansas City PR executive lands an opportunity to help a charity during Christmastime. She meets some interesting characters along the way and finds someone special behind it all. How will they rate this 2020 Hallmark Channel Christmas movie premiere? Is "If I Only Had Christmas" Hallmark Channel's best 2020 Christmas movie? Did you watch If I Only Had Christmas and how long did it take for you to realize the overarching Wizard of Oz theme? Candace Cameron Bure talks more about the movie and why it's her favorite Hallmark movie she's ever made. Wondering where the movie was filmed? Spoiler alert: not Kansas City and not New England! You can expect a brand new, bonus podcast episode each Thursday! We'll be watching movies only airing on the Hallmark Channel. See our schedule below so you can watch along and then listen as we gab about it. Click the link below to listen to our previous Hallmark Channel Christmas movie reviews. Jingle Bell BrideOn the 12th Date of Christmas starring Tyler Hynes and Mallory JansenNever Kiss a Man in a Christmas SweaterA Timeless ChristmasNashville Christmas Carol If I Only Had Christmas - this episode!12/5 Christmas in Evergreen12/12 Cross Country Christmas12/19 A Christmas Carousel Join our private Facebook group! Search Long Story Shorties or click here. Get the FRNDLY app here to stream Hallmark movies all season long! Get the Hallmark Countdown to Christmas Checklist App here to keep track of the movies you've watched this season.  Did you like If I Only Had Christmas? Send us an email with your thoughts! meganandwendy@gmail.com

If you joined us over the summer for our recap of season 1 of Night Shift then the name Jolene Crowell is familiar to you! She was Spinellis first love (better than orange soda and BBQ chips) and saved his life, but we haven't seen her in Port Charles since! We caught up with Amanda on what she's been up to including her time on All My Children, becoming a mom, filming other shows, and even a new Hallmark Channel Christmas movie!   Check out our Fan Merchandise at pier54podcast.com Listen to Stitcher Ad-Free for $4.99 a month or $34.99 a year. The first month free on us! Use promo code Pier54 at stitcher.com/premium

Matthew talks with TV star Candace Cameron Bure about her latest Hallmark Channel Christmas movie If I Only Had Christmas, the difficulty of separation from family while she’s filming, and the importance of faith as she treats every opportunity like a mission field. Also, Matthew tells the story of working with the great Vince Gill in Songs From the Story House. And MW’s dad is back, recovered from Covid-19 to deliver a powerful in person Dadvice! Get links, music, and videos talked about in this episode at matthewwest.com/podcast/21. THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS! KiwiCo: get 50% off your first month with promo code West at KiwiCo.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this week's Girls Gone Christmas episode of the podcast, Megan and Wendy discuss A Nashville Christmas Carol which stars Jessy Schram and Wes Brown. This was a modern day retelling of A Christmas Carol with a country twist. The ghosts of Christmas Past (Kix Brooks) and Present (Kimberly Williams Paisley) visit Vivian, played by Jessy Schram, to help her rediscover a lost love-interest Gavin (Wes Brown,) with a little help from Marilyn Jinway (Wynona Judd) the modern-day Jacob Marley. How will Megan and Wendy rate A Nashville Christmas Carol? Welcome special guest Marianne Canada We were joined on the podcast by special guest Marianne Canada. This will be her third season rating and reviewing Christmas movies on Instagram stories. You can find all of the movies she has reviewed this year, as well as her Instagram story template for creating your own reviews, in her Instagram highlights. News and Notes about A Nashville Christmas Carol Filming Locations: Nashville, TN and Charlotte, NCRobert's Western World You can expect a brand new, bonus podcast episode each Thursday! We'll be watching movies only airing on the Hallmark Channel. See our schedule below so you can watch along and then listen as we gab about it. Click the link below to listen to our previous Hallmark Channel Christmas movie reviews. Jingle Bell Bride On the 12th Date of Christmas starring Tyler Hynes and Mallory Jansen Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater A Timeless Christmas 11/26 Nashville Christmas Carol - this episode! 11/29 If I Only Had Christmas 12/5 Christmas in Evergreen 12/12 Cross Country Christmas 12/19 A Christmas Carousel Get the FRNDLY app here to stream Hallmark movies all season long! Get the Hallmark Countdown to Christmas Checklist App here to keep track of the movies you've watched this season.  Did you like A Nashville Christmas Carol? Send us an email with your thoughts! meganandwendy@gmail.com

In this week's Girls Gone Christmas episode of the podcast, Megan and Wendy discuss A Nashville Christmas Carol which stars Jessy Schram and Wes Brown. This was a modern day retelling of A Christmas Carol with a country twist. The ghosts of Christmas Past (Kix Brooks) and Present (Kimberly Williams Paisley) visit Vivian, played by Jessy Schram, to help her rediscover a lost love-interest Gavin (Wes Brown,) with a little help from Marilyn Jinway (Wynona Judd) the modern-day Jacob Marley. How will Megan and Wendy rate A Nashville Christmas Carol? We were joined on the podcast by special guest Marianne Canada. This will be her third season rating and reviewing Christmas movies on Instagram stories. You can find all of the movies she has reviewed this year, as well as her Instagram story template for creating your own reviews, in her Instagram highlights. Mentioned on the podcast: Filming Locations: Nashville, TN and Charlotte, NCRobert's Western World You can expect a brand new, bonus podcast episode each Thursday! We'll be watching movies only airing on the Hallmark Channel. See our schedule below so you can watch along and then listen as we gab about it. Click the link below to listen to our previous Hallmark Channel Christmas movie reviews. Jingle Bell BrideOn the 12th Date of Christmas starring Tyler Hynes and Mallory JansenNever Kiss a Man in a Christmas SweaterA Timeless Christmas11/26 Nashville Christmas Carol - this episode!11/29 If I Only Had Christmas12/5 Christmas in Evergreen12/12 Cross Country Christmas12/19 A Christmas Carousel Join our private Facebook group! Search Long Story Shorties or click here. Get the FRNDLY app here to stream Hallmark movies all season long! Get the Hallmark Countdown to Christmas Checklist App here to keep track of the movies you've watched this season.  Did you like A Nashville Christmas Carol? Send us an email with your thoughts! meganandwendy@gmail.com

In this week's Girls Gone Christmas episode, Megan and Wendy recap Hallmark Channel's "A Timeless Christmas" starring Ryan Paevey and Erin Cahill. Listen in as the girls recap and review the tale of Charles Whitley (Ryan Paevey), who mysteriously disappears in 1903 and awakes in a non-pandemic 2020. Will Megan Turner (Erin Cahill) fall for this time traveler and will they experience the true joy of the Christmas holiday? Does A Timeless Christmas stand the test of...time? Fun facts about A Timeless Christmas A Timeless Christmas was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This article from Heavy.com talks about the set location at historic Hycroft Manor. Though filmed during the late summer of 2020, this movie which takes place in 2020 does not depict any of what we know 2020 to be. This Hallmark Channel Christmas movie was first a book written by Alex Stanton. We think this explains why there is one through-line with the plot, instead of 10 as seen in Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater. You can expect a brand new, bonus podcast episode each Thursday! We'll be watching movies only airing on the Hallmark Channel. See our schedule below so you can watch along and then listen as we gab about it. Click the link below to listen to our previous Hallmark Channel Christmas movie reviews. Jingle Bell Bride On the 12th Date of Christmas starring Tyler Hynes and Mallory Jansen Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater 11/19 A Timeless Christmas 11/26 Nashville Christmas Carol 11/29 If I Only Had Christmas 12/5 Christmas in Evergreen 12/12 Cross Country Christmas 12/19 A Christmas Carousel Join our private Facebook group! Search Long Story Shorties or click here. Get the FRNDLY app here to stream Hallmark movies all season long! Get the Hallmark Countdown to Christmas Checklist App here to keep track of the movies you've watched this season.  Did you like A Timeless Christmas? Send us an email with your thoughts! meganandwendy@gmail.com

In this week's Girls Gone Christmas episode, Megan and Wendy recap Hallmark Channel's "A Timeless Christmas" starring Ryan Paevey and Erin Cahill. Listen in as the girls recap and review the tale of Charles Whitley (Ryan Paevey), who mysteriously disappears in 1903 and awakes in a non-pandemic 2020. Will Megan Turner (Erin Cahill) fall for this time traveler and will they experience the true joy of the Christmas holiday? Does A Timeless Christmas stand the test of...time? Fun facts about A Timeless Christmas A Timeless Christmas was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This article from Heavy.com talks about the set location at historic Hycroft Manor. Though filmed during the late summer of 2020, this movie which takes place in 2020 does not depict any of what we know 2020 to be. This Hallmark Channel Christmas movie was first a book written by Alex Stanton. We think this explains why there is one through-line with the plot, instead of 10 as seen in Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater. You can expect a brand new, bonus podcast episode each Thursday! We'll be watching movies only airing on the Hallmark Channel. See our schedule below so you can watch along and then listen as we gab about it. Click the link below to listen to our previous Hallmark Channel Christmas movie reviews. Jingle Bell BrideOn the 12th Date of Christmas starring Tyler Hynes and Mallory JansenNever Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater11/19 A Timeless Christmas11/26 Nashville Christmas Carol11/29 If I Only Had Christmas12/5 Christmas in Evergreen12/12 Cross Country Christmas12/19 A Christmas Carousel Join our private Facebook group! Search Long Story Shorties or click here. Get the FRNDLY app here to stream Hallmark movies all season long! Get the Hallmark Countdown to Christmas Checklist App here to keep track of the movies you've watched this season.  Did you like A Timeless Christmas? Send us an email with your thoughts! meganandwendy@gmail.com

Christmas with the Darlings star, Katrina Law joins us to chat her new Countdown to Christmas movie. She shares what it was like working with costar Carlo Marks, her popular role in the Hallmark Channel Christmas movie, Snow Bride and how she's enjoying motherhood. Plus, how she is sharing more merry this season. Follow Katrina LawInstagram/Twitter: @katrinalaw Follow Hallmark Channels' Bubbly Sesh Instagam/Twitter: @thebubblyseshHallmarkChannel.com/TheBubblySesh

If you took a typical Hallmark Channel Christmas romantic comedy and added in plenty foul language and crude sexual banter, you might come up with something like the off-putting Netflix offering, “Holidate.” Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey star in the story of two singles who decide to use one another as a non-intimate date on […] The post Freeze Frame: “Holidate” (R), “His House” (R), “The Craft: Legacy” (PG-13), “Mr. Soul!” (Not rated) appeared first on KKFI.

Happy Countdown to Christmas Eve, Seshers & Hallmarkies! Fan favorite Luke MacFarlane joins us on the podcast to chat his upcoming and all new Hallmark Channel Christmas movie, Chateau Christmas! Luke shares what it was like working on the film, his love of classical music and working with co-star Merritt Patterson. Plus, his Share More Merry Moment is one not to be missed. Follow Luke MacFarlane: Instagram: @ten_minutes_younger Follow Hallmark Channels' Bubbly Sesh Instagram/Twitter: @thebubblyseshHallmarkChannel.com/TheBubblySesh

Fill in host Jonathan Krause talks with Mike Hert about Disabled American Veterans Day in Winnebago County and (correctly) guesses the plots to all of the Hallmark Channel Christmas movies.

It was actually pure joy to chat with Broadway star, Krystal Joy Brown! Krystal joins us on the pod to chat her newest Hallmark Channel Christmas movie, One Royal Holiday. We discuss working with fellow Broadway actors, Laura Osnes and Aaron Tveit, how she plays strong women, her role as Eliza in Hamilton, her passions and what it feels like to be a new member of the Hallmark Channel family. Follow Krystal Joy Brown: Instagram/Twitter: @krystaljoybrown https://www.thekjb.com/Follow Hallmark Channels' Bubbly Sesh:Instagram/Twitter: @thebubblysesh HallmarkChannel.com/TheBubblySesh Thank you to our sponsor Sambucol! Get 15% OFF on your entire order on the website www.sambucolUSA.com using PROMO code: Bubbly15 Offer ends September 30th, 2020

Trevor Donovan has been on hiatus since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. But the actor is getting back in front of the cameras, coming to Wilmington in September to star in another Christmas movie for the Hallmark Channel. Donovan talks about working under new pandemic-related safety rules, the importance of his breakthrough role on the CW's 90210, and the decision he calls the ‘best of his career’.

You know your gals love a royal romance, especially when it involves Christmas! Join us as we chat with the lovely Danica McKellar about this Christmas Classic, riding horses, and the magic of shooting a Hallmark Channel Christmas movie. Follow Danica McKellar: Instagram: @danicamckellarTwitter: @danicamckellar Website: www.mckellarmath.com Follow The Bubbly SeshInstagram: @thebubblysesh Twitter: @thebubblyseshHallmarkChannel.com/TheBubblySesh

Christmas can be a time for joy, but also for reflection—and for many, a reminder of lost moments and loved ones. This week’s guests, musicians Dailey & Vincent and Ernie Haase, remind us this season is filled with hope, because God loved us so much that He sent Jesus into the world. These artists tell us how they fell in love with music (from bluegrass to gospel) and why they center their songs and shows around positive messages. Dailey & Vincent recently released The Sounds of Christmas project, and share their warmest (and most hilarious) Christmas memories and family traditions. Ernie Haase gives a behind-the-scenes look at the way his new album with Signature Sound, A Jazzy Little Christmas, was born out of a fun-filled holiday trip to New York, and how we can still celebrate the holiday while honoring those who are no longer with us at Christmas. Links, Products and Resources Mentioned: Sarah Young Jesus Calling Podcast Jesus Calling books Jesus Calling for Christmas Dolly Parton Belives with God, All Things Are Possible episode Celebrating the Power of Jesus’ Love:  Mark Lowry and CBD President Ray Hendrickson episodeChoosing Christ Through Doubt & Fear: Bear Grylls & Rhonda Vincent episode Lifting Up Others Through Service: Country Singer Jimmy Fortune and US Army Veteran Jess Key episode Shining God’s Light Through Music: Oak Ridge Boys & Aaron Watson episode Dailey & Vincent The Sounds of Christmas album The Dailey & Vincent show on RFD Television “Jingle Bells” video International Bluegrass Music Association Ricky Skaggs BibleGateway (1 Timothy 6:12) Hallmark Channel Christmas   Ernie Haase “A Jazzy Little Christmas” album Cathedral Quartet The Message Bible, Eugene Peterson New York Cares (Winter Wishes program)   Interview Quotes: “The most important part about all the music, just boiling it down to the bare bones, is the way you speak to other people. The songs that we pick and the way the songs speak to their hearts and give them such peace and joy.” - Darrin Vincent “It's a universal language—music speaks to everybody.” - Darrin Vincent “We don't know what all these people are going through. But many people in that audience are going through something. It is our job to go out there and take them on a 90-minute ride that will make them forget whatever they're dealing with, and hopefully leave there feeling a lot better.” - Jamie Dailey “My testimony is that a perceived no might be just a not now from God.“ - Ernie Haase “What Sarah has done with the Jesus Calling book, for me, she’s made Jesus very personal, very relatable.” - Ernie Haase “Hopefully, by people listening to our music and enjoying our music, it'll make the season a little bit brighter for some people.” - Ernie Haase  ________________________ Enjoy these videos on Jesus Calling YouTube channel: Audio podcast: https://bit.ly/2uCnNM0  Original Series video podcast: https://bit.ly/2WzFY0O  ________________________    Connect with Jesus Calling Instagram Facebook Twitter Pinterest YouTube Jesus Calling Website

Every year, Chris puts up with his girlfriend's love of Hallmark Channel Christmas movies. But what happens when he wakes up trapped inside one? Will he stay a Scrooge or put the Chris back in Christmas? Find out in Christmas Chris! Starring Spencer D Blair Sierra Bryn Zak Kinnaird Cassilyn Ostranderand Tucker Millett as Chris

Alphabet’s co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, take a step back from their duties and hand the reins to Sunder Pichai.  Meanwhile, Expedia’s CEO resigns after clashing with chairman Barry Diller. Bill Barker analyzes those stories, as well as Postmates’ missed opportunity to go public and Constellation Brands’ sale of Ballast Point Brewing. (Tangents include the awesomely-named “Kings & Convicts Brewing Company”, casting a Hallmark Channel Christmas movie, and podcasts about candle scents.)   Holiday music: “Christmas All Over Again” by Puss N Boots   Thanks Netsuite.  Get the FREE guide, “7 Key Strategies to Grow your Profits” at www.NetSuite.com/Fool.

The gals were excited to take the Evergreen Express to our favorite Hallmark Channel Christmas town. Join us as we break down all the magic, the romance and the mystery with some of our favorite cast of characters from Evergreen, Vermont. Thanks to our wonderful sponsor: Hallmark*See what a card can do—visit Hallmark.com/Bubbly to shop holiday cards for everyone on your list.Use promo code bubbly to get 20% off your card purchase. Follow The Bubbly Sesh Instagram: @thebubblyseshTwitter: @thebubblysesh HallmarkChannel.com/TheBubblySesh Turtle Hill Farm Sanctuary: http://www.turtlehillfarm.net/Adoption Ever After: www.hallmarkchannel.com/adoptioneverafter

This week Steve meets a hero as Paul watches silly Hitler, Disney+ provides content warnings for their more questionable fare, Fantasy Island becomes a horror film, Turkeys are dicks, we talk about the first episode of The Mandalorian and if it can carve out its own western themed corner of the Star Wars universe, and Steve has to determine if it is a real Hallmark Channel Christmas film or not. 

Welcome to the 2019 Season of Mollie and Pete Save Christmas! In this podcast, Mollie Green and Pete Zimmerman break down an episode of a Hallmark Christmas movie. In this episode, Mollie and Pete break down the Hallmark Channel Christmas movie, “Picture a Perfect Christmas.” Mollie and Pete also talk about their dog Zuzu’s latest […]

We're in the Ber Months now, so get ready for some bonus episodes as we ease our way into the 2019 Christmas season! In this episode, author Kyle Bullock shares an extended preview of the audio version of his new Christmas story, Mister Christmas.  Take a listen to the first two chapters of Mister Christmas. And then, if you want to hear the rest, Kyle has extended a special offer to Christmas Past listeners. You can have the whole story for $3.00! Just use the promo code GIFT at checkout at www.misterchristmasbook.com. I'll be at Christmas Con on Nov 8, 9, and 10 in Edison NJ. Come meet the stars of your favorite Hallmark Channel Christmas movies, and come to my panel discussion! Join the conversation on social media. Search for Christmas Past on Twitter and Instagram, and join the Christmas Past Facebook Group. 

Jeff & Will talk about the past week, including their wedding anniversary and Jeff beginning a writing masterclass. The guys also talk about the upcoming slate of Hallmark Channel Christmas movies featuring out actors. The movies The Hustle and A Simple Favor are discussed. Jeff reviews How to Be Remy Cameron by Julian Winters. Will reviews The Unexpected Heiress by Frank W. Butterfield and Anticipating Temptation by Silvia Violet. Jeff talks to Hailey Turner about the latest in her Soulbound series, A Crown of Iron and Silver, along with the origins of the series and her love of mythology. In addition, they discuss the Metahuman Files series, her origins as a writer and what's still to come. Complete shownotes for episode 205 along with a transcript of the interview are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com.

The former apartment of alleged scammer Elizabeth Holmes is currently for rent—and it's shockingly modest. Listing photos featuring a pregnant lady in a bikini surfaced on social media. Will they help sell the home? The Vermont inn featured in the Hallmark Channel Christmas movie "Moonlight and Mistletoe" is on sale For $470,000. Erik and Rachel go head to head in a game unofficially called Candace, Lacey, or Lori? Guess the Leading Lady in the Hallmark Christmas Movie. Plus, celebrity winners and losers.Subscribe to get future episodes delivered right to your phone, and throw us a five-star rating if you like what you hear. Say hello: podcast@realtor.com. @housepartypod on Twitter.

For our holiday special, we chose two of the wildly popular Hallmark Channel Christmas romance movies and watched them WITH OUR SPOUSES and with a keen eye for messages about the holidays and love. Join us for the hot cocoa filled interview!

Jen chats with Becca Tobin about Britney’s music video for Circus, Hallmark Channel Christmas movies and what it’s like to work with Ryan Murphy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On today’s exciting and out of order round, Jay and Shayne take a deep dive into the holidays, so deep in fact that they log their longest round yet!Holiday MadnessWhy do People go crazy over the Black Friday sales?They discuss the various Christmas greetings available to us all during the holidays and how to handle giving or receiving the wrong greeting.Our fearless former acoustic duo called the Durango Brothers [whose fantastic CD can be purchased from iTunes via the link below] also answer that most important of holiday questions: What does Christmas mean to you?And finally close the show with a discussion of Hallmark Channel Christmas movies.Whiskey of the Week!They bravely take a break from the discussion to sample some Dyc Whisky, imported from Spain.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/beerthursday)

We’ve chosen two of the wildly popular Hallmark Channel Christmas romance movies and watched them with a keen eye for messages about the holidays and love. Spoiler alert: ladies, quit your jobs—and start dating a ghost. Leah and Brian divulge shocking details about meeting and courting their spouses. We then invite two extremely special surprise guests (!!) into the studio to talk about dual career marriages, Christmas, and romantic comedies. In the Kitsch Corner, we take a look back at the now-relevant-again-because-it-was-renounced-by-its-author book I Kissed Dating Goodbye.

The horrors of shoe addiction are on full display in this Hallmark Channel Christmas movie called "A Shoe Addict's Christmas." Starring Candace Cameron Bure, the shoe addiction barely plays a role in the movie.  Here's the description from IMDB: "Noelle, a holiday hater who toils in a department store in which she is accidentally locked on Christmas Eve. There, she meets a woman who identifies herself as Noelle's guardian angel and introduces her to several "ghosts" of Christmases past, present, and future."

Film critic and author of Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas, Alonso Duralde (@ADuralde), returns for a deep dive into what makes Hallmark Channel Christmas movies tick. We list our favorite Hallmark Channel Christmas movie tropes, drink Countdown to Christmas Tea, and wonder what it is exactly Lacey Chabert's character does for a living in Pride, Prejudice, and Mistletoe.

Jeff opens the show discussing the progress he's made on a Codename: Winger Christmas story. They guys talk about the Heart2Heart Anthology, which releases on Tuesday, November 13, as well as the Love Your Book Store Challenge, which runs through November 16. Will also previews The Queer Lit Read-a-Thon that takes place December 2-8. Hallmark Channel Christmas movies, including upcoming ones with gay or gay adjacent actors, are discussed. They also focus on Road To Christmas, which features the first gay couple in a supporting role. Will reviews Cinnamon Spiced Omega by Susi Hawke and Seeking Solace by Ari McKay. Jeff & Will interview Ari McKay about the two books they're releasing in November: Seeking Solace and Quenched in Blood. They also discuss Designer Holiday, their new Christmas story that they're revealing the cover for on the podcast. We also find out what's next for Herc's Mercs and more looking into 2019. Complete shownotes for episode 162 are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com.

Get the inside scoop on the upcoming movie IT'S CHRISTMAS, EVE on Hollywood and Beyond. Special guest Tyler Hynes shares his experience working with the lovely LeAnn Rimes on the Hallmark Channel Christmas movie. (Hollywood and Beyond is available for FREE on: Apple Podcasts, iTunes, iHeartRadio, Spotify, PodBean And Google Play Music) In the upcoming Hallmark Channel Christmas movie IT’S CHRISTMAS, EVE my special guest Tyler Hynes co-stars with the amazing LeAnn Rimes. What was it like working with one of country music’s most talented singers? What is the movie about and what can Tyler tell us about the movie? Find out in this fun and informative interview experience! Listen to the EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW then watch the movie over on the Hallmark Channel on SATURDAY NOVEMBER 10th 8pm/7c Experience "Meaningful Interviews" on Hollywood and Beyond with Steven Brittingham Show Greeting by actress, producer and chef: Carrie Mitchum  Hollywood and Beyond Theme by: Dario Saraceno Be sure to visit Hollywood and Beyond on Facebook/Instagram/ Twitter today for upcoming guest and show news. Be sure to LIKE and FOLLOW the pages so we can keep in touch with each other! Thank you. Created, Produced, Hosted by actor and writer: Steven BrittinghamContact Steven: hollywoodandbeyondshow@gmail.com

Happy Holidays! Sharla Beaver and Drew Current (of Universehead, The Not Safe For Work Podcast) are BACK! They help Patrick Serrano wrap up the holiday season. Discussing Patrick's top 3 and bottom 3 Hallmark movies, Christmas movie ratings recap, and a special reading of Hallmark Movie Screenplay: Christmas for Christmas by WILLIE VERSTEEG --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lifetime-uncorked/message

Episode 56 - What A Week! - Thanksgiving - Black Friday - Shop Local Saturday -Cyber Monday...AND MORE! Helloo...this is Stephanie...Talk, Tales and Trivia... Merry, Merry Christmas! So it's begun. All the Christmas shopping. Driving to out of the way stores to buy that one glorious gift for that special someone. Well, this week I free wheel it with no script or bullet points but just speak from the heart about this all American week that begins with Thanksgiving. It used to be Black Friday was the big day after Thanksgiving but no more. Yep. The powers that be can't stop adding days to make the shopping go on, and on, and on! So I mention a few neat-o websites that I like for that perfect day for me, Cyber Monday. Follow my lead with the websites mentioned (also linked down below). Yes. It is fun to sit in front of my computer on Cyber Monday; drinking my forever hot beverage of choice with the Hallmark Channel Christmas movies playing in the background. Could it get much better than that? I think not. But why stop with Cyber Monday? There's even a special day for Tuesday now. And to add to the holiday fun I've even made up a couple of days of my own that I hope will stick for years to come with the general public. We'll just have to wait and see! Oh, we will! Scamper to the kitchen like a little elf and get your favorite hot beverage, sit your weary body down and relax, listen, and enjoy this twice as long episode! Ahhh...now, doesn't that feel good? You know it does. Some Very Important Announcements: *Talk, Tales and Trivia will be coming out with episodes every other week (except for some special Christmas episodes) to give the team more time to do proper research. And this will usually mean a longer episode...so that's good! *Southpaw - A Tale About A Girl's Imagination is no longer on amazon because Stephanie is hard at work revising it after finding a few small things that needed changing and she is busy making the 2nd edition. It will be re-released in mid to late January. Websites mentioned in this episode: http://www.pulsetv.com/ https://kit-cat.com/ https://www.duluthtrading.com http://vermontcountrystore.com http://amazon.com ALSO...help a girl and her production gang out and push that PURPLE BUTTON on your iPhone (come on don't be a grinch...you know the one) to SUBSCRIBE or REVIEW! Go to our website to listen to past episodes and read Stephanie's fun blog posts: http://talktalesandtrivia.com iTunes/Apple Podcasts Talk, Tales and Trivia iHeart Radio: http://www.iheart.com Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com Google Play Music: TalkTalesAndTrivia Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkTalesEtc Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/talktalesandtrivia *Contact:talktalesandtrivia@gmail.com  

Jeff and Will discuss what they're looking forward to during their weekend in Disneyland as well as Will's first trip to The Ripped Bodice. Lex Chase stops by to discuss The Unlikely Prospect, her very first contemporary book which is part of Dreamspinner's State of Love series. Lex's mention of Hallmark Channel Christmas films leads the guys into talking about movies they've enjoyed during this year's Countdown to Christmas. Next up they review holiday stories from Matt Burlingame and A.J. Truman. Jeff also reviews Rank by Richard Compson Sater. Brandilyn from Prism Book Alliance also offers up some book recommendations. Complete shownotes for episode 61, and the chance to enter the Holiday Paranormal Paperback Giveaway, are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com.

With the Christmas holiday season approaching, we are discussing ideas on how we can become more intentional about maintaining our good habits while on vacation, or just away from home and our regular routines.  All year we work on building healthy habits with exercise, regular devotion time, and many others. Then the holidays come, trips, staying in other people's homes and those habits go out the window. Listen as we brainstorm ways to keep our routines even when in vacation mode. Show notes: Hallmark Channel Christmas movies mentioned: Always, Santa  |  Married Before Christmas  |  Crown for Christmas SOAPs study :       Scripture      Observations      Application      Prayer      Share

In this episode Jason & John hold an emergency meeting to discuss Mariah Carey's recent TV appearances promoting her Hallmark Channel Christmas movie, children's book, perfume, jewelry, albums, concerts, lip gloss etc. Here's some links to the Mariah moments we discuss in this show: ‘A Christmas Melody' starring and directed by Mariah Carey premieres on the Hallmark Channel December 19th 8/7c. Mariah forced to watch Ariana Grande sing HER song on GMA: https://www.facebook.com/EATMYSHORTSpng/videos/1656701021268286/ 'A Christmas Melody' trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J8lcS2TFbw Hallmark Channel page: http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/a-christmas-melody/about-a-christmas-melody Mariah on Live! with Kelly & Michael (11/25/15): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdUj-0MvVEk Mariah on Steve Harvey (11/25/15): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ExoR8Ht41o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtJM44ExZJA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxycoIfLxqA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HolEoGILGGY Mariah on HSN (2010): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsRHdLgpmEA Mariah's MTV Cribs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98KH9GzgmIM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St1BUHTcUQQ Subscribe to our new show Reality Disorder on iTunes: itun.es/us/WNiI-.c Follow Reality Disorder on Soundcloud: @realitydisorder Follow Reality Disorder on Twitter: twitter.com/disorderreality —— Drag Dungeon Podcast with Jason & John Subscribe on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/ua/podcast/drag-…eon/id1023641576 Listen & Follow on Soundcloud: @dragdungeon Follow @DragDungeon on Twitter, Instagram & Periscope facebook.com/dragdungeon twitter.com/dragdungeon dragdungeon.com The views and opinions expressed in this recording are for entertainment purposes only. © 2015 Drag Dungeon