Load Bearing Beams

Matt had Laci watch the “beloved” “family” Christmas-present-hunt movie Jingle All the Way (1996). So… did she have a good time? Listener, she did not. But you’ll have a good time hearing them commiserate about the experience for two hours. Why would a movie cast Arnold Schwarzeneggar to play a normal man? When is it inappropriate to buy a Christmas tree? And wouldn't this movie have been better if the quest for a coveted Turbo Man figure sent Howard (Schwarzeneggar) deep into the seedy Santa-sexual Christmas underbelly of Minneapolis? It's there in this movie if you look for it. Watch this episode in full on YouTube: https://youtu.be/QvybI1j61us  Next week: We’re covering Laci’s all-time favorite Christmas movie: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989) We’re doing a mailbag! Please submit questions to us. We’ll answer them! Here’s where you do it: https://youtu.be/yzFA8dTPYsI Time stamps: 00:02:36 — When did Christmas start to suck? 00:10:11 — Our personal histories with Jingle All the Way 00:14:33 — Pr