1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: Now just a quick note for parents who are listening. 2 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:06,240 Speaker 1: We will be discussing the secrets behind the magical world 3 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:10,360 Speaker 1: of Santa, so it's not suitable for little years. Episode one, 4 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: The Santa Claus. It's almost been thirty years since Scott 5 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 1: Calvin unwittingly inherited the title of Santa Claus. Somebody's on 6 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 1: the roof? What from that? Now true? Scott became the 7 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 1: unlikely hero who saved Christmas after Santa fell off his roof, 8 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 1: left with a sleigh full of toys to deliver, Scott 9 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:32,200 Speaker 1: and his son Charlie got to work. It was meant 10 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:34,920 Speaker 1: to be a one off, but Scott missed the fine print. 11 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 1: You put on a suit, you're the big guy. What 12 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:41,920 Speaker 1: I'll buy you a Santa Claus? Then then there would 13 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 1: be millions of disappointed children around the world. In this 14 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: special Christmas edition, we unpacked the cult Christmas classic and 15 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: share the unknown stories behind the Santa Claus. We are 16 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 1: journalists Amy Kay and Sophie Torba, and this is outspoken. 17 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: The Santa Claus would be in my top three Christmas 18 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 1: movies full time, and it was released in November nineteen 19 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 1: ninety four, so we were five when it first came out. 20 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:07,679 Speaker 1: We didn't go to the movies to watch it. I 21 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 1: specifically remember sitting down as a family and watching this 22 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 1: on a Friday night, and that was when they used 23 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 1: to play all of the blockbusters. Yeah, I think I 24 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 1: have more specific memories of this film when I was 25 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:19,760 Speaker 1: around ten or twelve, and it just seemed to be 26 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 1: a tradition that you would always watch this. It would 27 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: always be on the week leading into Christmas, and you 28 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: couldn not watch it. It had to be a part 29 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 1: of the rotation. Now, since The Santa Claus was released 30 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:33,400 Speaker 1: in nineteen ninety four, there have been two sequels, So 31 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:36,399 Speaker 1: The Santa Claus two was released eight years after the 32 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 1: first installment in two thousand and two. Well, the third movie, 33 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: The Santa Claus three, The Escape Clause, was released in 34 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:45,960 Speaker 1: two thousand and six and since then a follow up 35 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 1: TV series called The Santa Clauses aired last year in 36 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 1: November twenty twenty two, and a new series is currently 37 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 1: airing now. So in this deep dive, we'll be covering 38 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: the first movie of the franchise. I'm usually not a 39 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 1: fan of sequels, but in this instance, the sequels were 40 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 1: actually good. Well, I did touch on it before, but 41 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 1: there was such a huge gap between the first and 42 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 1: the second movie because they wanted to make sure it 43 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 1: was right now. Tim Allen was not the first pick 44 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: for the role of Scott Calvin. The role was originally 45 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 1: written for Bill Murray, but after starring in Scrooge, Bill 46 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 1: had no interest in being in another Christmas movie. For 47 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:23,640 Speaker 1: a lot of actors, you wouldn't really want to be 48 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: pigeonholed into Christmas movies because generally they're thought of his 49 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:29,799 Speaker 1: movies that don't do that well at the box office. 50 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 1: You don't really get that much respect in the industry 51 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:34,919 Speaker 1: for appearing in Christmas shows. Yeah, it's not something you 52 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:38,080 Speaker 1: want to be type cast in now. Producers then tried 53 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 1: to get Chevy Chase. So five years earlier, Chevy had 54 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 1: starred as Clark Griswold in Christmas Vacation, so he already 55 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 1: had a successful festive film under his belt. However, he 56 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,399 Speaker 1: was unable to do the movie due to scheduling conflicts, 57 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:54,120 Speaker 1: so he had to drop out. That really disappoints me 58 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: because Christmas Vacation is my all time favorite Christmas movie 59 00:02:57,320 --> 00:02:59,960 Speaker 1: and that is down to Chevy Chase. He is incredible 60 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 1: in that movie. But you can't have Chevy Chase in 61 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 1: two iconic Christmas movies. It probably would have spoilt it. 62 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 1: I don't know. I think he would have been great 63 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:11,359 Speaker 1: in this movie. Now, other candidates were Tom Hanks, Tom Selleck, 64 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 1: and Mel Gibson, who all have ironically played Santa Claus 65 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 1: at one point in their careers. Now, while Home Improvement, 66 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 1: which Tim starred in, was incredibly popular at the time, 67 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: the producers weren't sold on him as talent. They didn't 68 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 1: think a TV star could open a movie, and they 69 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: were also concerned about his criminal pass. So in the 70 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 1: late seventies, Tim was arrested for possession of cocaine and 71 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 1: he was found with over six hundred and fifty grams 72 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:39,480 Speaker 1: of the illegal drug on him. Now, Disney has a 73 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 1: really strict policy regarding actors with criminal records, but they 74 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 1: ended up making an exception for him. It's quite ironic 75 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 1: because since appearing in the Santa Claus franchise, Tim has 76 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 1: also starred in another one of my favorite Christmas movies, 77 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 1: which is Christmas with the Cranks. So I suppose he 78 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 1: has been typecast himself. Yeah, I was going to say, 79 00:03:57,280 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 1: I don't think I've seen him appear in any non 80 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 1: Chris this movie, so he seemed quite happy to make 81 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 1: that his niche maybe that is because he came from 82 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 1: a TV background. Yeah. Now, Tim's character Scott shares an 83 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 1: eight year old son, Charlie, with his ex wife Laura, 84 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: and in the movie, Laura is remarried to a man 85 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 1: called doctor Neil Miller, who was a psychiatrist. And the 86 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 1: casting of Charlie wasn't a straightforward process either, So producers 87 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 1: were looking for a child age between six and nine 88 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 1: who had a sense of innocence and sensitivity and who 89 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:30,920 Speaker 1: could access their emotions. So auditions were held in thirteen 90 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 1: different states before they cast eight year old Eric Lloyd 91 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 1: in the role of Charlie. And it wasn't smooth sailing 92 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 1: with Eric during filming because his two bottom teeth got 93 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 1: knocked out during a baseball game with his family, so 94 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: he had to wear denches during the film to ensure continuity. 95 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 1: What a nightmare for producers because things like that can 96 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 1: become so distracting in movies. It's pretty funny because in 97 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 1: twenty fourteen, Eric revealed on Reddit that his head was 98 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 1: superimposed on the movie poster as a cost cutting exercise. 99 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:02,599 Speaker 1: He wrote, it's some other kids standing behind a cutout 100 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:04,599 Speaker 1: of Tim Allen and they just put my face on 101 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 1: it so they didn't have to pay me for another day. Wow, 102 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:09,600 Speaker 1: he seems pretty dirty on it. Still, well, let's get 103 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 1: into the movie. So the film opens on Christmas Eve 104 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:15,279 Speaker 1: when Laura and Neil drop Charlie off to spend the 105 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 1: occasion with Scott, and the contentious conversation on when to 106 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 1: tell Charlie the truth about Santa comes up. Now Scott 107 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,480 Speaker 1: wants Charlie to continue to believe. Well, Laura and Neil 108 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 1: think it's time to be honest with Charlie. When did 109 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 1: you guys stop believing in Santa? My official word is 110 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 1: that I have never stopped believing in the magic of 111 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 1: Father Christmas because I think if you one, if you 112 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: don't believe, you don't receive Our Mum always used to 113 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: say that to that's big in our house. And two, 114 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:45,599 Speaker 1: Father Christmas still delivers presents to us, so at our parents' 115 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:48,039 Speaker 1: house there is always a present from Father Christmas. We 116 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 1: do have our Santa sax Field. But we did make 117 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 1: the very devastating discovery when we were twelve, which I 118 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 1: think is quite old. So how Mum always used to say, 119 00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: as you said, if you do not believe, you do 120 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: not receive. And I think we had an inkling that 121 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 1: something wasn't quite right because we would always ask our friends, look, 122 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 1: can you leave a piece of paper, ask Santa to 123 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 1: sign it when he drops your presence off, and then 124 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: we're going to compare the signatures to see if they 125 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:16,480 Speaker 1: match up. Unfortunately, though the friends that we had asked, 126 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:19,720 Speaker 1: they already knew that Santa wasn't real, so they just 127 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 1: kind of fobbed us off. There is something magical though 128 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 1: on Christmas Eve where you kind of second guess yourself. 129 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:29,599 Speaker 1: You're like, well, there's so much magic going on on 130 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 1: that day, and you do get a bit funny, like 131 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:34,360 Speaker 1: I still put out carrots and milk and stuff as 132 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:36,719 Speaker 1: a bit of a joke on Christmas Eve? Does Dale 133 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:39,839 Speaker 1: eat them for you? Will they get eaten somehow? I 134 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 1: don't know. Well, in terms of this situation in the movie, 135 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:45,679 Speaker 1: I think it was very wrong that the decision about 136 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:49,239 Speaker 1: telling Charlie about Santa is being pushed by the step dad. 137 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 1: I would be so pissed off if I were Scott. 138 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:54,360 Speaker 1: It seems like this is coming from a deeper place 139 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:56,359 Speaker 1: for Neil because as you touched on Kate, he is 140 00:06:56,400 --> 00:07:00,800 Speaker 1: a psychiatrist and he thinks that there's all these unresolved 141 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 1: issues if you feel like your parents are lying to you. 142 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 1: And it turns out that didn't he find out when 143 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:07,920 Speaker 1: he was two or something he was three because he 144 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 1: didn't get a whistle that he wanted. Now, unfortunately, Christmas 145 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 1: Eve didn't go to plans, so Scott ends up burning 146 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 1: Christmas dinner and takes Charlie to Denny's. And is it 147 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 1: just me or does Charlie seem really spoilt? Because throughout 148 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 1: the start of the movie he's always rolling his eyes 149 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 1: at his dad and getting fedter up, and it's pretty 150 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 1: clear that Scott is trying his very best. As a kid, 151 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 1: you always loved going out to restaurants. That would be 152 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 1: way better than having a home cooked meal. But isn't 153 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 1: it because Scott is a bit of a distant dad, 154 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 1: like they've gone through the divorce and the kid's not 155 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 1: happy going from house to house. That's the thing. This 156 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 1: movie was very of its time because in the early 157 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:49,240 Speaker 1: nineties that's when movies and TV shows really started exploring divorce, 158 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 1: and as a kid who perhaps was from a divorced home. 159 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 1: It would have been actually really refreshing to see their 160 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 1: experience reflected on the big screen. I did notice that 161 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 1: there's a lot of nine stereotyping going on at the 162 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:05,040 Speaker 1: start of the movie. So Denny's the restaurant is full 163 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:07,280 Speaker 1: of men who can't cook and have have been involved 164 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:10,200 Speaker 1: in accidents in the kitchen. And there's also this old 165 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 1: cliche at Scott's office of the boss having an affair 166 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 1: with the secretary. I've also noticed in all of the 167 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 1: Christmas movies the families have these epic houses that people 168 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 1: just wouldn't be able to afford. Now think if the 169 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 1: home alone house is about five bedrooms, particularly if you've 170 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 1: just gotten divorced as well. That's a common theme in 171 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 1: American movies, though, because the houses are so much bigger 172 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 1: than Australian houses. It is interesting to note that the 173 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 1: movie was originally called Such a Clatter, which is in 174 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 1: reference to a line in the iconic Christmas book. It 175 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:43,839 Speaker 1: was a stroke of genius to rename this movie because 176 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 1: the Santa clause. Instantly you know it's a Christmas movie. 177 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:50,079 Speaker 1: It's about Father Christmas. And again it's a fun play 178 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:53,440 Speaker 1: on words because it's about this special clause that means 179 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:57,400 Speaker 1: that whoever wears the red cloak and the hat is Santa. 180 00:08:57,679 --> 00:09:02,080 Speaker 1: And while investigating, the noise outside startles Santa while he's 181 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 1: on the roof, who then slips and falls to his death, 182 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 1: and Santa's body vanishes, and all that's left behind is 183 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 1: the famous red suit and a business card that says, 184 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,400 Speaker 1: if anything were to happen to the man, to put 185 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 1: on the suit and the reindeer will know what to do. Now. Originally, 186 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 1: it was written in the script that Scott shot Santa 187 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:24,680 Speaker 1: because he thought he was intruderhow and it's just funny 188 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:28,360 Speaker 1: to think how American that is. However, the CEO of 189 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 1: dream Work thought better of it and decided a kid's 190 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:34,440 Speaker 1: Christmas movie couldn't start with the shooting of Santa. But 191 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 1: it don't start with the death of Santa, which actually 192 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:39,439 Speaker 1: is very sad when you think about it, but it's 193 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:41,960 Speaker 1: all kind of glossed over. Yeah. I think it's because 194 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:45,319 Speaker 1: his body disappears. It's almost like this puff of magic, 195 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:47,960 Speaker 1: and I think if you saw his body dead it 196 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 1: would be a little bit different. Yes, probably also because 197 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 1: we haven't actually been introduced to the character as such. 198 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 1: We've only seen the character of Santa on the roof 199 00:09:56,440 --> 00:10:00,120 Speaker 1: delivering presents. We don't know his personality at this stage. Well, 200 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 1: Scott and Charlie get a shock when they climb on 201 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:05,440 Speaker 1: the roof and discover Santa's slay and reindeers. And looking 202 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 1: at the movie nearly twenty years on, what do you 203 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 1: guys think about the reindeers. Oh, they were very mechanical, 204 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:14,040 Speaker 1: weren't they. Yeah, they definitely don't look real. They literally 205 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:16,880 Speaker 1: look like big puppets or robots. They remind me of 206 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 1: the reindeers at the Adelaide Christmas pageant. Yes, on Santa's float. 207 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:23,840 Speaker 1: There are these reindeers for those who don't live in Adelaide, 208 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 1: And I always thought they looked pretty cool when I 209 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:28,559 Speaker 1: was five, But now you see them and you're like wow. 210 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 1: I saw a video recently and I think it was 211 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 1: from a pageant in America, and it was basically Santa's 212 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 1: slay on this Bobcat and the reindeers were people and 213 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:40,959 Speaker 1: they were China Prance. It looked so messed up. That 214 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:44,960 Speaker 1: looks that sounds terrifying. Yeah, it was the mechanical reindeer 215 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:48,680 Speaker 1: vibe enhances my personal Christmas experience though, because it reminds 216 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:51,480 Speaker 1: me of the eighties and nineties, of a simpler time. 217 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:55,200 Speaker 1: And I'm seeing on TikTok that all millennials are loving 218 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:58,680 Speaker 1: the vintage Christmas decorations. Well they're calling it taki Christmas. 219 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 1: They're saying taki Christmas. To come back down to this 220 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 1: bege Christmas. I do love the personalities of the Reindeers, though, 221 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:08,320 Speaker 1: Comma is such a bad ass. He literally farts and 222 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 1: also brows at Scott to get him to do what 223 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 1: he's supposed to do. The slave flying scene, though, looks 224 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 1: particularly bad. I know it was thirty years ago, but 225 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:19,960 Speaker 1: when you consider that Jurassic Park was out a year earlier, 226 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:22,560 Speaker 1: the CGI in the Santa Claus isn't up to scraps. 227 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 1: Perhaps they didn't have the money to spend on it. 228 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 1: During that scene where the sleigh begins flying, they move 229 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:31,000 Speaker 1: past a truck and funnily enough, the truck driver is 230 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:34,640 Speaker 1: Home Improvement's Benny. This reminds me of the Brady Bunch 231 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 1: movie when they had Alice playing a truck driver. They 232 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 1: seem to have more of these cameos back in the nineties. Yeah, 233 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 1: it was a nice little touch. Now, Scott ends up 234 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:47,000 Speaker 1: reluctantly donning the Santa suit and spends the night delivering 235 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 1: presence with Charlie, and the movie answers the age odd 236 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 1: question of how Santa delivers presence to children whose houses 237 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:56,840 Speaker 1: don't have a fireplace. I can answer that already. It's 238 00:11:56,880 --> 00:11:59,680 Speaker 1: the magic ice key in Australia that it keeps in 239 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 1: his well. No, it's different in the movie. So in 240 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:06,199 Speaker 1: the movie, at each house, the sack of Presence magically 241 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:08,840 Speaker 1: refills with the toys for the children at the house, 242 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 1: and Scott is confused when one of the houses doesn't 243 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 1: have a chimney but just a very small vent pipe. 244 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 1: So when he picks up the Santa sack, it lifts 245 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:20,080 Speaker 1: him and flies him over to the pipe and he 246 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:25,040 Speaker 1: magically squeezes down to spit inside again. It's some absolutely 247 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:28,600 Speaker 1: bang on graphics by the team, and then inside a 248 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:32,320 Speaker 1: fireplace magically forms. Wouldn't have this been so fun to 249 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 1: come up with? Yeah, it would have been. I appreciate 250 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:38,320 Speaker 1: that they didn't just fob everyone off and only pick 251 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 1: houses that had proper chimneys. I would have liked to 252 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:43,839 Speaker 1: have seen though, the eski in Australia. I don't know 253 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:46,240 Speaker 1: if any other people grew up thinking that happened. Is 254 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:48,200 Speaker 1: that just an Australian thing because it's so hot. I 255 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:51,439 Speaker 1: hope it's not just an our household fee. Probably, I 256 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 1: wouldn't be surprised if that came out to be. In fact, 257 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:57,320 Speaker 1: they need some set rules for parents because there would 258 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:01,600 Speaker 1: be so many different variations at school to be some continuity. Now, 259 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:04,400 Speaker 1: Scott and Charlie spend the rest of the night delivering 260 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:07,160 Speaker 1: presents before the Reindeers fly them home to the North 261 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:10,680 Speaker 1: Pole and they make a grand entrance into the toy factory. 262 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 1: And it's weird because no one seems upset at the 263 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:16,280 Speaker 1: news that Sander has died. That's what rocked me to 264 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:19,600 Speaker 1: my core. Yeah, they look happy as Scott and Charlie arrive. 265 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 1: No one seems shocked that the original Santa is dead, 266 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:25,680 Speaker 1: and the focus is just on the elves getting back 267 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:27,840 Speaker 1: to work. It kind of seems like a sweatshop. There's 268 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:31,199 Speaker 1: no morning of the original Santa. It makes me wonder 269 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:34,800 Speaker 1: is the job of Santa really dangerous and he's replaced 270 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:37,079 Speaker 1: a lot. Yeah, they could be the case. Also, you've 271 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 1: got to remember that the elves in the movie, they're 272 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 1: thousands of years old, so you can imagine how old 273 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:45,679 Speaker 1: Father Christmas must be here. And maybe Santa's just a prick. 274 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:47,760 Speaker 1: I mean you said it seems a bit like a sweatshop. 275 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 1: Maybe they're glad that he's got He is not a prick. 276 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 1: I think you can see in the movie. In order 277 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:55,040 Speaker 1: to be Father Christmas, you need to be merry, and 278 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:59,000 Speaker 1: you start you start exhibiting the spirit of Christmas. Yeah. Well, 279 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 1: another interesting element is there's no grieving missus clause, and 280 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 1: in the sequel of the first movie, we learned that 281 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:08,320 Speaker 1: Santa has to have a wife in order to continue 282 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:12,080 Speaker 1: his job. So where was the original Santa's missus clause? Like, 283 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 1: was she just kicked it to the curb? She's gone? 284 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:17,600 Speaker 1: I don't want to think that deeply into it. It 285 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 1: is a children's movie. They obviously thought, look, how are 286 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:22,560 Speaker 1: we going to have a sequel to this? And I 287 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:24,480 Speaker 1: think it was a pretty good idea. It is pretty 288 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 1: funny because when they are at the North Pole, they 289 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 1: again play homage to Tim being the tool man, so 290 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:32,760 Speaker 1: at one point he picks up a tool belt and 291 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:36,880 Speaker 1: makes his famous noise let's throw to it. H I 292 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 1: actually really enjoy when movies do this It reminds me 293 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:43,000 Speaker 1: of the Barbie movie when they made a joke about Oh, 294 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:44,760 Speaker 1: this would have been more of a pivotal point in 295 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 1: the movie if Margo Robbie wasn't so attractive. It's kind 296 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 1: of like, you know that the audience is smart enough 297 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 1: to be in on the joke. Yeah. Now, as for 298 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 1: the Elves, the producers cast real children in the role, 299 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 1: and this ended up being a bit of a problem 300 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:02,080 Speaker 1: on set when Tim Allen wanted to improvise, so a 301 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:05,560 Speaker 1: producer on the movie said, you didn't want the kids around. 302 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 1: When Tim got going, he would go on these hilarious 303 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 1: rants streaked with obscenity, and when he did go off 304 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:14,440 Speaker 1: on a rant, the production team used to interject when 305 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:17,400 Speaker 1: he seemed close to swearing and put him in time out. Now, 306 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 1: Tim would also get incredibly frustrated with his younger co 307 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:23,480 Speaker 1: stars and was known to yell at them on set, 308 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 1: so the directors often had to remind him that many 309 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:29,520 Speaker 1: of the kids on set actually thought he was Santa 310 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 1: Claus and that he needed to be nicer to them. Now, 311 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:35,200 Speaker 1: Tim himself has proclaimed that he isn't the biggest fan 312 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 1: of kids, in saying that he does have three daughters 313 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 1: of his own. Wow, that really doesn't paint him in 314 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 1: a good light at all. No, I was a little 315 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 1: bit surprised when I found that out. Now, it is 316 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:47,280 Speaker 1: at this point of the movie that we meet head 317 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:50,960 Speaker 1: elf Bernard, and he stands out because he looks around sixteen. 318 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:54,160 Speaker 1: All the other elves look under twelve. And he seemed 319 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 1: like a bit of a ball breaker because he explains 320 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:58,760 Speaker 1: in quite a cutting way that by putting on the 321 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 1: dead Santa suit, Scott is legally subject to a technicality 322 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:05,880 Speaker 1: known as the Santa claus and in putting on the suit, 323 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:10,320 Speaker 1: Scott has accepted all of the late Santa's duties and responsibilities. 324 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:13,240 Speaker 1: Bernard then tells Scott that he has eleven months to 325 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:15,800 Speaker 1: get his affairs in order before reporting back to duty 326 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 1: at the North Pole on Thanksgiving. That somewhat surprised me, 327 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:23,240 Speaker 1: because these elves, as you say, are busting their gut 328 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 1: to get these presents out. But it seems like all 329 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:28,040 Speaker 1: Santa has to do is, you know, come a few 330 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:30,720 Speaker 1: months early, drop off the presence his role doesn't seem 331 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:33,760 Speaker 1: as intense. Well, it's a pretty big job, flying around 332 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 1: the world in twenty four hours and delivering all those presents. Actually, 333 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 1: I'm just thinking about that now. That is incorrect because 334 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:42,800 Speaker 1: we do find out in the movie that part of 335 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 1: Santa's role is to keep an eye on all of 336 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:47,640 Speaker 1: the kids to make sure who's naughty and nice. So 337 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 1: he does seem to have extra duties there, and I 338 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:52,400 Speaker 1: think they were giving him a bit of leeway because 339 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:54,280 Speaker 1: it's just been sprung on him in the last twenty 340 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:56,720 Speaker 1: four hours that he is Santa. I do love that 341 00:16:56,800 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 1: the North Pole provided Scott with personalized Santa pajama and 342 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 1: he ended up falling asleep at the North Pole, confused 343 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:07,119 Speaker 1: and overwhelmed. What's quite cool about this scene is that 344 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 1: the pajamas are this really silky rad I've always wanted 345 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 1: a pair of Christmas pajamas like this, and it has 346 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:16,160 Speaker 1: the initials s C on them, which is Scott Calvin 347 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:20,080 Speaker 1: but also Santa Claus. Yeah. Well, on Christmas morning, Scott 348 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:22,960 Speaker 1: wakes up in his own bed and believes the previous 349 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:25,879 Speaker 1: night's events were just a dream. However, he is still 350 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:29,239 Speaker 1: dressed in the personalized pajamas from the North Pole, and 351 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:32,600 Speaker 1: he quickly realizes last night was in fact reality. When 352 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 1: Charlie recalls what happened and is convinced that his dad 353 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:38,639 Speaker 1: is the new Santa Claus. Charlie tells his mum and 354 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:42,680 Speaker 1: stepdad Neil all about it and they become very concerned. Now, 355 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:45,199 Speaker 1: Scott did ask Charlie to keep the trip to the 356 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:48,400 Speaker 1: North Pole a secret, but he literally tells anyone who 357 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:51,040 Speaker 1: will listen, even though it affects his dad really bad. 358 00:17:51,119 --> 00:17:53,320 Speaker 1: So this kid is me as a child, I tell 359 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:56,760 Speaker 1: everyone's secrets, even me now sometimes Yeah, I mean he 360 00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:59,440 Speaker 1: was only eight or something, so it'd be pretty exciting 361 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:03,440 Speaker 1: how everyone assumes that he's lying and it just makes sense. 362 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:07,399 Speaker 1: They also start thinking that Scott has completely lost it, 363 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:11,359 Speaker 1: particularly when he starts transforming physically into Santa Claus, because 364 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 1: over the next year he puts on a lot of 365 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:17,840 Speaker 1: weight at a very rapid pace, which isn't helped by 366 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:20,960 Speaker 1: his new love of milk and cookies. He also grows 367 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 1: a very thick white beard that instantly regrows after he 368 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:27,320 Speaker 1: shaves it again. This one would have been difficult for 369 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:29,720 Speaker 1: the CGI back in nineteen ninety four. I think they 370 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:31,639 Speaker 1: do it better though than the slave. Yeah, it was 371 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:35,320 Speaker 1: quite good. Actually. Scott's hair also does turn white, even 372 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:37,680 Speaker 1: though he does try to diet a few times during 373 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:40,440 Speaker 1: the movie, but it instantly goes back to white. Yeah, 374 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:43,480 Speaker 1: there's no way he can stop this center transformation. I 375 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 1: did notice that in the office they were very happy 376 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 1: to fat shame Scott. This definitely wouldn't be allowed in 377 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:51,679 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three. This would be an harm matter. I 378 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 1: don't know. I think it is still very gendered when 379 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:56,520 Speaker 1: it comes to fat shaming. I think that men almost 380 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:58,840 Speaker 1: seem to be allowed to poke fun at one another 381 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:00,760 Speaker 1: and it's all in Jess. I don't think it would 382 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 1: be brought up. Hang on a second, mate, you're looking 383 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:07,160 Speaker 1: really old and fat because his hair was changing color. Yeah. Well, 384 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 1: while the transformation was shown as instantaneous on the screen, 385 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:14,160 Speaker 1: it actually took four to five hours to turn Tim 386 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:17,320 Speaker 1: into Santa Claus, and then, on top of that, a 387 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 1: further hour and a half to take it all off. 388 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:22,959 Speaker 1: The worst bit was this movie was shot during summer, 389 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:27,119 Speaker 1: so Tim ended up experiencing heat rashes, scars, scratches, and 390 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:31,159 Speaker 1: infections due to the latex in the prosthetics used. He 391 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:34,600 Speaker 1: also had to wear multiple fat suits while filming, which 392 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:38,040 Speaker 1: were extremely uncomfortable during summer, and there was a rule 393 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:40,280 Speaker 1: that Tim could only be in the suit while filming 394 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 1: for a maximum of six hours because of poor ventilation, 395 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:46,159 Speaker 1: and as the films progressed, Tim did say that they 396 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:49,160 Speaker 1: got better at air conditioning him. That's the crazy thing 397 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:52,800 Speaker 1: about these Christmas movies is you don't realize, oh wait, 398 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:55,920 Speaker 1: this is actually filmed in the most non Christmas Eve time. 399 00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 1: They need summer, they need a film one in Australia. 400 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:00,679 Speaker 1: They can perfectly film it in winter. I saw a 401 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 1: video on TikTok recently, and it was a Christmas episode 402 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:06,920 Speaker 1: of Dawson's Creek and they showed that obviously it hadn't snowed. 403 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 1: They didn't have proper snow machines. They just had this 404 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:12,119 Speaker 1: white cloth down that was meant to be snow. I 405 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 1: saw that. They said that they didn't expect that HD 406 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:16,560 Speaker 1: would be a thing in the future because it was 407 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:19,440 Speaker 1: so obvious when you now watch it now. Tim said 408 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 1: that he hated the process and called it terrible. He said, 409 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:26,679 Speaker 1: you can't describe how maddening the process is. The Santa 410 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 1: suit itself also caused a lot of problems. Is that 411 00:20:29,359 --> 00:20:31,200 Speaker 1: why he was lashing out at kids because he was 412 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:34,919 Speaker 1: just so uncomfortable? Probably now the Santa suit itself also 413 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:37,200 Speaker 1: caused a lot of problems, so Tim had to go 414 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:40,360 Speaker 1: back and re record a bunch of his lines because 415 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:43,400 Speaker 1: when they watched it back, they realized that the bells 416 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:46,160 Speaker 1: of the Santa Suit were too loud when he walked, 417 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:49,920 Speaker 1: so they ended up using automatic dialogue replacement for most 418 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:52,040 Speaker 1: of the parts he was in in the Santa Suit. 419 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:53,960 Speaker 1: I'm going to have to go back and watch that 420 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:56,719 Speaker 1: really closely to see if his lips match up with 421 00:20:56,760 --> 00:21:00,080 Speaker 1: the words. Now, Scott wasn't just changing into set and 422 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:04,399 Speaker 1: to physically, but also mentally, so he got the ability 423 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:07,440 Speaker 1: to no children's names he'd never met and whether they 424 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 1: were on the naughty or nice lipt. This got quite 425 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:14,280 Speaker 1: awkward because kids would instinctively know he was Santa. So 426 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:17,240 Speaker 1: there's this scene where Scott is at Charlie's soccer game 427 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:20,080 Speaker 1: and Laura and Neil witness a line of children queuing 428 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:22,720 Speaker 1: up to sit on Scott's lap. Now they don't spell 429 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:24,159 Speaker 1: it out in the movie, but there is a bit 430 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:27,200 Speaker 1: of an undertone that perhaps Scott is a bit of 431 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:30,479 Speaker 1: a creep. Yeah, there's also the theme that Scott is 432 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:32,760 Speaker 1: just doing all of this so that Charlie wants to 433 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:35,640 Speaker 1: spend time with him. And Charlie loves him, so they 434 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:38,880 Speaker 1: think that he's gone to these extreme lengths to get 435 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:42,400 Speaker 1: Charlie's attention. Yeah, yeah, Well, Charlie's mum, Laura, actually ends 436 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:44,639 Speaker 1: up taking him to a counselor with the aim to 437 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 1: revoke Scott's visitation rights, and it ends up being more 438 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:51,280 Speaker 1: of a counseling session for Laura and Neil because the 439 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 1: pair talk about their own Christmas disappointments, which center around 440 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:57,879 Speaker 1: not getting what they wanted from Santa as kids. So 441 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:00,520 Speaker 1: Laura asked for a Mystery Date boy game, which I 442 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:04,120 Speaker 1: feel it was very of that seventies vintage, while at 443 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:07,399 Speaker 1: three Neil wanted an Oscar Meyer Weenie whistle, which I 444 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:11,480 Speaker 1: mentioned earlier, but Santa didn't deliver either, and after that, 445 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 1: neither of them believed in Santraguin. Now I blame the 446 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:19,639 Speaker 1: parents in that situation because neither of those presents sound expensive. 447 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:22,199 Speaker 1: I think it is a parent's duty to uphold the 448 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:26,040 Speaker 1: magic of Christmas. It sounds like lazy parenting to me. Now, 449 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 1: Scott's visitation rights are canceled, but he goes to Laura 450 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 1: and Neil's home anyway, and they allow Scott to talk 451 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:36,200 Speaker 1: privately with Charlie, and it's at this point where Charlie 452 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:39,679 Speaker 1: manages to convince Scott that he really is Santa Claus, 453 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 1: so he shows him the magical snow globe that Bernard 454 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:44,879 Speaker 1: gave him and tells his dad how important it is 455 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:48,160 Speaker 1: to the children of the world. Then Bernard suddenly appears 456 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 1: and transports Scott and Charlie back to the North Pole. 457 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:53,959 Speaker 1: Laura and Neil think Scott has kidnapped Charlie, so they 458 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:56,399 Speaker 1: call the police and this is when the man hunt begins. 459 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 1: And I think this is where it becomes really ridiculous, 460 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 1: because police start arresting Santas all around the city and 461 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:05,720 Speaker 1: there's this scene where the police car circles a Santa 462 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 1: and then aggressively it grabs him and arrests him. And 463 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:11,320 Speaker 1: the producers clearly had a lot of fun with these scenes. 464 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:14,440 Speaker 1: Is they have this police briefing where they circulate a 465 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:17,440 Speaker 1: drawing of Santa and all the police officers are sniggering. 466 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:19,480 Speaker 1: And the thing that shocked me the most did they 467 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:22,120 Speaker 1: reveal that Scott is meant to be thirty eight years 468 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 1: old in the film, and Tim Allen was actually forty 469 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:27,760 Speaker 1: one when he shot the movie, So it wasn't far off, 470 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:29,840 Speaker 1: but as I get closer to that age, it really 471 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:33,040 Speaker 1: freaks me out. He does look quite young in the movie. 472 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:35,480 Speaker 1: I think it's because you're reflecting on watching it as 473 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:38,239 Speaker 1: a child and thinking that he's this adult, and that 474 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:40,000 Speaker 1: you put yourself in the shoes and think, God, could 475 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,480 Speaker 1: I be Santa Claus. Yeah, but Santa Claus, you don't 476 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:44,639 Speaker 1: normally think of him as being thirty eight. I know 477 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:48,439 Speaker 1: he gets significantly older or appears significant yeah, but at 478 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:50,920 Speaker 1: the start of the movie he seemed like a young, 479 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:53,440 Speaker 1: cool sort of dad. I don't know. I think when 480 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:56,199 Speaker 1: you're little, you think forty is really old, and now, 481 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:58,000 Speaker 1: as we're approaching the age, you're like, no, it's still 482 00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:00,199 Speaker 1: cool and young and hip. Now. There's also they are 483 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:02,800 Speaker 1: a really funny scene where they call Laura into a 484 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:06,760 Speaker 1: police lineup to identify Scott and there's the FAKEUS looking 485 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 1: bunch of Santas with cheap Santa suits on, and there 486 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 1: are a few that don't even match Scott's title ethnicity. 487 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:15,200 Speaker 1: It's like, wouldn't you make the Santas take their suits off? 488 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:17,800 Speaker 1: Isn't that The joke of it? Though? That the only 489 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:19,960 Speaker 1: id they really have is that at Center. Well, they 490 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 1: just make the police look fucking stupid. Maybe it's their 491 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:24,280 Speaker 1: way of having a bit of diversity back then in 492 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:27,479 Speaker 1: the nineties. Meanwhile, at the North Pole, Scott is working 493 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:30,280 Speaker 1: with the Elves on ensuring he's safe during the Christmas 494 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:32,760 Speaker 1: Eve deliveries. So the Elves have come up with this 495 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:36,680 Speaker 1: new technology, including a fire retardant Santa suit. Scott and 496 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 1: Charlie begin delivering presents and when they return to Neil 497 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:43,040 Speaker 1: and Laura's home, Scott is arrested whilst Charlie is on 498 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:45,240 Speaker 1: the sleigh on the roof. I always love this part 499 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:48,160 Speaker 1: of the movie because the North Pole ended up deploying 500 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:50,439 Speaker 1: this special team of Elves and they were called the 501 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 1: Effective Liberation Fight Squad or Elves for short. So they 502 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:57,000 Speaker 1: arrive at the police station where Scott is being held 503 00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 1: and they tell the police officer, we're your worst nightmare 504 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:02,600 Speaker 1: Elves with attitude. The joke of it is they just 505 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:06,080 Speaker 1: seem like little dweeps. It's about at this point where 506 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:08,520 Speaker 1: I normally fall asleep in this movie. If I'm being 507 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 1: completely honest, the start of the movie is really it 508 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:15,280 Speaker 1: for me. I'm not really interested in the rest of 509 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:17,400 Speaker 1: it where he goes to the North Pole and stuff. 510 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 1: I'm just interested in the starting plot. I get what 511 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:22,359 Speaker 1: you mean, because I love the Christmas Eve vibe. At 512 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:25,120 Speaker 1: the start. It feels very exciting, and it does turn 513 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:27,920 Speaker 1: a little bit dark when Scott is accused of basically 514 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,280 Speaker 1: grooming Charlie and pretending to be Santa Claus. Now, the 515 00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:34,159 Speaker 1: movie does have a happy ending, so Scott ends up 516 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,560 Speaker 1: returning Charlie to Laura and Neil's home and insists that 517 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 1: he spend Christmas Eve with them, and he ends up 518 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:44,040 Speaker 1: delivering this very heartfelt speech which convinces Laura and Neil 519 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:46,760 Speaker 1: that he is in fact Santa And in the end, 520 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:50,000 Speaker 1: Laura ends up burning the custody paper, so Charlie is 521 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:51,879 Speaker 1: allowed to visit Scott whenever he likes. I mean, I 522 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:53,919 Speaker 1: suppose it's little bit difficult because he will be in 523 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:56,560 Speaker 1: the North Pole, But I supposed out pretty perfectly for 524 00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:59,840 Speaker 1: her though. She gets this ex husband who pisses off 525 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,840 Speaker 1: because he's now Santa Claus, so she gets custody, full 526 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:05,440 Speaker 1: custody of the child. Yeah, it did work out well 527 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:08,520 Speaker 1: for Laura and Neil. One of the most magical parts 528 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:11,399 Speaker 1: of this movie is the snow globe that Bernard the 529 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:14,000 Speaker 1: elf gives to Charlie. He says that if he ever 530 00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:16,080 Speaker 1: wants to see his dad, he can shake it and 531 00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:18,720 Speaker 1: he can see wherever he is in the world. It 532 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:21,359 Speaker 1: reminds me very much of a movie of the same vintage, 533 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:24,000 Speaker 1: the Richie rich movie, where he's got this high tech 534 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:27,720 Speaker 1: computer and he can find Dad wherever he is. Yeah. Well, 535 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:30,120 Speaker 1: in terms of those snow globes, there are only two 536 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 1: of the original snow globes from the movie that still exist, 537 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 1: and Tim and Eric are the only ones who own them. 538 00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:38,800 Speaker 1: So the actor that played Charlie said during a redder 539 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:41,879 Speaker 1: Ama that the prop team didn't fill the globes with 540 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:45,040 Speaker 1: the proper treating chemicals, so within a few years they 541 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:47,320 Speaker 1: turned brown. So it's not even like they've got a 542 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:49,520 Speaker 1: really cool prop from the movie. As a keeps say, 543 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:51,320 Speaker 1: I thought you gonna say that they smashed the rest 544 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:53,959 Speaker 1: of them accidentally, because that's what always happens with Christmas 545 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,200 Speaker 1: snow globes. I did love at the end of the movie, 546 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:59,120 Speaker 1: how Scott ends up giving Neil and Laura the Christmas 547 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:01,960 Speaker 1: gifts they always wanted, So he drops a mystery date 548 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:05,160 Speaker 1: game for Laura and a weenie whistle for Neil. Now, 549 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:08,240 Speaker 1: the original cut of the Santa Claus was a lot 550 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:10,920 Speaker 1: longer than the version that actually hit the big screens, 551 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:14,080 Speaker 1: So thirty minutes from the movie ended up being cut 552 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:17,480 Speaker 1: out because it was considered too long for a kid's movie. God, Amy, 553 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 1: you would have been snoring bloody very early into it 554 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:22,760 Speaker 1: if they kept us original When wondering what they actually 555 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:26,000 Speaker 1: cut out, because it still seemed pretty long for me, Well, 556 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,200 Speaker 1: what they ended up cutting out were all of the 557 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:31,080 Speaker 1: individual scenes with Charlie, so he had a little bit 558 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:33,760 Speaker 1: more of a character development amongst the film. But they 559 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:36,399 Speaker 1: decided that if he wasn't in a scene with Tim Allen, 560 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:38,399 Speaker 1: they didn't really want him. You know, I think that 561 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:40,880 Speaker 1: was a wise decision because I don't think we needed 562 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:42,720 Speaker 1: to see any more of this kid. There's also a 563 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:44,480 Speaker 1: scene in the movie that has been cut out of 564 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:48,000 Speaker 1: the DVD release since nineteen ninety nine. So when Laura 565 00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:51,119 Speaker 1: dropped Charlie off at Scott's house on Christmas Eve, she 566 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:54,479 Speaker 1: handed him a contact list if there's an emergency, and 567 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:56,800 Speaker 1: he pointed at his ex mother in law's number and 568 00:27:56,840 --> 00:28:00,440 Speaker 1: said one eight hundred. Spank me. I know that number. Now, 569 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:03,840 Speaker 1: that number actually ended up being a real phone number 570 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:07,159 Speaker 1: of a sex line, so Disney started receiving complaints that 571 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:10,159 Speaker 1: children were calling the number, and apparently one kid in 572 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:13,200 Speaker 1: nineteen ninety six ran up a four hundred dollars phone 573 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:16,320 Speaker 1: bill on the sex line. Does that mean that one 574 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:19,119 Speaker 1: of the sex workers actually spoke to the kid? What 575 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:22,199 Speaker 1: sounds like it if they were able to break up 576 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:25,679 Speaker 1: a bill. Yeah. Well, after all the complaints, Disney removed 577 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:27,919 Speaker 1: the scene from all of the home releases, starting with 578 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:30,360 Speaker 1: a nineteen nine DVD release. I think I have seen 579 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:33,560 Speaker 1: this original maybe it's floating around on YouTube now. In 580 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:37,520 Speaker 1: its opening weekend in November nineteen ninety four, the Santa 581 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:41,000 Speaker 1: Claus ended up date billing at number two, making nineteen 582 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:45,120 Speaker 1: million dollars. So this figure was nearly the exact amount 583 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:48,760 Speaker 1: as the film's budget, and in an unprecedented turn of events, 584 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:52,240 Speaker 1: the movie kept performing and after almost one month after 585 00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:55,120 Speaker 1: its premiere, came number one at the box office. This 586 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:57,760 Speaker 1: isn't surprising, because obviously it would have gone into a 587 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:01,080 Speaker 1: December and everyone wanted to see it was. This is 588 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:04,280 Speaker 1: quite surprising, though, for a Christmas movie to make it 589 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:09,080 Speaker 1: to number one, that's pretty unprecedented because usually Christmas movies 590 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:11,360 Speaker 1: don't fare that well in these poles. Well, it ended 591 00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:14,719 Speaker 1: up making one hundred million dollars in the US alone, 592 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:17,960 Speaker 1: and success was also felt personally by Tim Allen. So 593 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:20,280 Speaker 1: he had the number one movie at the box office, 594 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:23,520 Speaker 1: the number one TV show with Home Improvement, and was 595 00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:26,040 Speaker 1: at the top of the New York Times bestseller's list 596 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:28,640 Speaker 1: with the book Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man, 597 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:32,400 Speaker 1: which he wrote while filming The Santa Claus. Look controversial opinion. 598 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:35,720 Speaker 1: I don't think the Santa Claus franchise is Tim Allen's 599 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:38,840 Speaker 1: best Christmas movie. I would have to say Christmas with 600 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:41,320 Speaker 1: the Cranks is better. Look, I am a fan of 601 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:43,600 Speaker 1: Christmas with the Cranks, but I definitely think that the 602 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:46,560 Speaker 1: Santa Claus has more of a cult following because he 603 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:51,080 Speaker 1: has embodied such a joyful character of Santa Claus in 604 00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:53,480 Speaker 1: Christmas with the Cranks. He's like the greench in that movie. 605 00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:55,959 Speaker 1: He's one wanting to cancel Christmas. Yeah, but he's like 606 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:59,120 Speaker 1: his original character, like he's cranky when the movie first 607 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:01,760 Speaker 1: times to eight sound. It's like that character was also 608 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:04,040 Speaker 1: closer to him. After hearing that he was quite rude 609 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:05,800 Speaker 1: to all of the children on this. So there's something 610 00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:08,880 Speaker 1: about that movie though, because Joe Bot'scot Dewey, who was 611 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:12,160 Speaker 1: in Malcolm in the Middle. Yeah, and there's something about 612 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:15,480 Speaker 1: the whole community coming together to try and convince this 613 00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:17,760 Speaker 1: family that they need to sell a bet Christmas. Even 614 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:21,320 Speaker 1: how the daughter Blair was the popular girl in a 615 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:24,280 Speaker 1: Cinderella story, which was popular girl in literally every other 616 00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:27,240 Speaker 1: movie time. She was probably like thirty five playing the 617 00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:30,040 Speaker 1: roles of teen data. Yeah. Well, the success of the 618 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:33,280 Speaker 1: Santa Claus film did come as a surprise, so Disney 619 00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:35,560 Speaker 1: was very keen to keep the ball rolling and film 620 00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:38,440 Speaker 1: a sequel, but Tim Allen wasn't as convinced, and he 621 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:41,920 Speaker 1: wanted to ensure the second movie was actually a quality movie. 622 00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:46,080 Speaker 1: So at one point sixteen different contributors were involved in 623 00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:49,680 Speaker 1: the Santa Claus two and Tim Allen almost walked away 624 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:52,280 Speaker 1: at one point. But eight years after the original, the 625 00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:55,280 Speaker 1: sequel hit theaters in two thousand and two. It blows 626 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:58,600 Speaker 1: my mind that they waited that long. I do understand 627 00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:01,600 Speaker 1: wanting to get it right. Obviously filming takes time, but 628 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:04,760 Speaker 1: you think that you would want to generate momentum off 629 00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:07,160 Speaker 1: the back of the first one, Yeah, well. In an interview, 630 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:09,160 Speaker 1: Tim said, we gave up. We got to the point 631 00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:12,000 Speaker 1: where we all got frustrated. They green lit the script 632 00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:13,560 Speaker 1: and I said, I don't want to do this, but 633 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:17,160 Speaker 1: we pushed through. It's quite interesting because the original director, 634 00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:20,479 Speaker 1: John Pasquin didn't return to direct the two sequels, and 635 00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:24,320 Speaker 1: Tim credited the new director, Michael Lemback, for helping make 636 00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:27,480 Speaker 1: the sequels possible. He said, the studio and I were 637 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:30,200 Speaker 1: really disagreeing on which direction to take it, if we 638 00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:32,520 Speaker 1: were going to take it at all. We really didn't 639 00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:34,160 Speaker 1: think they were going to do this. We were so 640 00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:37,040 Speaker 1: far apart, and then Michael came in and made the thing. 641 00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:39,600 Speaker 1: He came to the set every day with an attitude 642 00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:42,239 Speaker 1: that was great. Now. Just last year, in twenty twenty two, 643 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:45,640 Speaker 1: Tim reprised the role of Santa again in a streaming 644 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:48,880 Speaker 1: series for Disney Plus. He said that this series was 645 00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:52,720 Speaker 1: important because it answered longtime questions regarding what happened to 646 00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:56,120 Speaker 1: the previous Santas and whether there were other Missus clauses. 647 00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:58,640 Speaker 1: I was quite surprised by this because I didn't hear 648 00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:01,840 Speaker 1: anything about it back in twenty two. To be honest, 649 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:04,960 Speaker 1: I probably am not that interested in watching the series, 650 00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:07,240 Speaker 1: are you guys? I reckon I will give it a 651 00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:09,920 Speaker 1: go this Christmas because I think about it this way. 652 00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:12,520 Speaker 1: If they spend eight years trying to perfect the sequel 653 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:15,320 Speaker 1: for Tim Allen to then do another sequel and then 654 00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:18,080 Speaker 1: this TV show, he must see a lot of merit 655 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:21,200 Speaker 1: in it. It seems like he hasn't wanted to bastardize 656 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:24,160 Speaker 1: this franchise, so I think it must actually be quite good. 657 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:26,320 Speaker 1: I don't know. I might be cynical, but maybe he's 658 00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:28,840 Speaker 1: just chasing after the dollars now to end on a 659 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,720 Speaker 1: pop culture though. It's pretty funny because we all know 660 00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:35,840 Speaker 1: how much the Kardashians love Christmas and apparently their favorite 661 00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:38,400 Speaker 1: movie is The Santa Claus. Yeah, they watch it every 662 00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:41,440 Speaker 1: Christmas Eve. Apparently. Yes, so when Kim and Chloe were 663 00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:43,840 Speaker 1: on the Red Carpet a few years ago, they actually 664 00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:47,280 Speaker 1: ran into David Crumbholt, who plays Bernard the Elf, and 665 00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:50,560 Speaker 1: they absolutely fan geld over him. I'm confused. Don't they 666 00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:53,800 Speaker 1: have these huge Christmas Eve parties at the Kardashian households? 667 00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:56,440 Speaker 1: Are they watching this movie in the morning? I want 668 00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:58,760 Speaker 1: to know. Is this being screened at the party, not 669 00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:01,760 Speaker 1: only at the party? Big movie screen. Well maybe when 670 00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:04,600 Speaker 1: they're getting glam for the party. Yeah. Well, that is 671 00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:06,640 Speaker 1: where we are going to leave you today. We hope 672 00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:10,040 Speaker 1: that you all have a very merry Christmas. We will 673 00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:13,280 Speaker 1: be continuing through the holidays, don't worry. So we will 674 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:20,480 Speaker 1: be running episodes as normal on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Friday.