Jingle Friends: Holiday Movies & Specials
77 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 7 years ago - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsNon-believers gettin' in the holiday spirit! We're just three jingle friends goofin' and gaffin' about Christmas movies and specials all year round. Hosted by Carrie Griffin, Sara Katherine and Zach Kaplan. Follow us on Twitter: @c_griffin, @zachkaplan and @saravents! We love you.
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Elf
March 15, 2017 06:11 - 1 hour - 75.2 MBThis week we talk about the Will Ferrell classic, Elf! Topics include The Shelfless Elf, quote-a-longs, the connection between Citizen Kane and the White Stripes, Elf 2, eating cotton balls, a fear of jacks-in-the-box, Maurice LaMarche’s burps, a Jovie we all know, grumpy children’s authors, and Baby It’s Cold Outside. Editor notes: the independent movie mentioned is Winter Passing (co-starring Zooey Deschanel!) and the blood fraud company we discuss is Theranos.
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (The Waltons Christmas Special)
March 08, 2017 11:38 - 1 hour - 75.1 MBThe Jingle Friends get rustic this week with the Waltons Christmas movie, The Homecoming. See how Barbara Bush wanted us to live! Topics include Fat Cat three-packs, fossilized shit, lecturing a cow, hair stretching, rustic masturbation, bosoms, soda with peanuts, bad hair dye jobs, Try On Dress I Got, incest, and smart, safe autoerotic asphyxiation.
Batman: The Animated Series "Christmas with the Joker"
March 01, 2017 05:11 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBHoly holidays, Jinggalos, it’s the classic Batman cartoon! What’s the Joker up to?! Topics this week include animals named after leaders, Sara’s love of Batman, our love of Mark Hamill, The Joker’s love of Batman, The Joker’s love of ballet lessons, Jeffrey, and long cartoon dog tongues.
Frosty the Snowman (1969)
February 22, 2017 06:55 - 58 minutes - 53.5 MBThis week we goof and gaff about a Rankin Bass classic about everyone’s favorite non-Michael Keaton snowman, Frosty. If you thought you knew everything you could learn about Frosty, first of all, how dare you, and second, you’re dead wrong. Topics include snow penises, twins, trash theft, Men with Hats, immaculate conception horrors, an ice cream monster man, and the sensual act of moving some stuff around. We love you!
Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)
February 15, 2017 07:55 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBThis week we take on a Christmas classic, the original cartoon short Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Topics include: Zach’s love of Dr. Seuss, Sexual Seuss, sex for morale (specifically, with Stephen Yeun), your Jew score, alternate endings, Men in Black II, good dogs, Grinching, Francis Ford Coattails, and private librarians.
A Charlie Brown Christmas
February 08, 2017 07:32 - 56 minutes - 77.4 MBThe Jingle Friends put their irreverent spin on a Christmas classic about a sad, jaded, bald little boy. Topics this week include terrible hateful kids, Charlie Brown’s mysterious age, jokes about kerning, the joys and dangers of eating snow, our favorite pieces of fabric, love with inanimate objects, and the good news about being sad. We love you!
Bob's Burgers "Bob Rest Ye Merry Gentle-Mannequins"
February 01, 2017 09:14 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBWe're talkin' about Bob's Burgers on Jingle Friends! What will they do when a man turns out to be CRAZY?! Will WE go crazy?!?!?!! Topics this week include: Bart Simpson the little Dennis the Menace-like boy, butt-pinching kids, snappin’ bra straps, How Naked Can I Get in Public, the fun of dry erase boards, kids with jobs, Squigglevision, bad Netflix summaries, quirky vibrators, and sex with robots. We. Love. YOU.
The Holiday (2006)
January 25, 2017 10:57 - 1 hour - 82.1 MBIt's Britain vs. America in this Christmas-themed terrible excuse for a romantic comedy. Who will win?? Topics this week include poop misadventures, first edition books, Hugo Boss's dark past, dogs eating hair, and terrible rom com tropes. We love you! Follow us on Twitter @jinglefriends, @seeegriffin, @saravents & @zachkaplan. Follow King Crab on Facebook, and see Sara perform live with them on January 27th at 9:30 at The Tank Theater in NYC!
Santa with Muscles with John Reynolds
January 18, 2017 07:01 - 1 hour - 82.4 MBThis week, we discuss the Hulk Hogan classic Santa with Muscles with the help of John Reynolds from Search Party and Stranger Things! Topics include Scooby-Doo’s real name, Officer Nasty, dog parades, bad background actors, the tomb of Nicolas Cage, rubber door knobs, chowder, Chekhov’s chasm, Carrie’s love of pies, and our new segment, “Remember DeNiro?” Check out John live in Holy Fuck Comedy Hour on Thursdays at The Annoyance in NYC or in Sadie Hawkins Day at SF Sketchfest. Follow John on ...
Friends "The One with the Holiday Armadillo" with Jon Foox
January 11, 2017 06:23 - 1 hour - 75 MBThe Christmas season is behind us, but how can we stop podcasting about it when we’ve made so many… friends… along the way? Case in point, this week, we are joined by Jon Foox of sketch group Terrorbird to talk about the Friends episode “The One with the Holiday Armadillo”. Topics include jellyfish emergencies, tall dads, Ross’s limited knowledge of Hanukkah, the war on Christmas, Ross’s stupid son, jazzman Sara, Phoebe’s insanity, real tears, nipple pinching, Sara’s hatred of The Music Man, ...
Sex and the City "The Perfect Present" with Marisa Crawford & Cathy de la Cruz
January 04, 2017 13:16 - 1 hour - 71.7 MBWe couldn’t help but wonder, what would it be like if we talked about a Sex and the City episode? We found out with their out-of-season Christmas treat, “The Perfect Present”! Joining us are Marisa Crawford and Cathy de la Cruz from Weird Sister, an online magazine that explores the intersections of feminism, literature and pop culture. Topics this week include: recommending sex toys to friends, much ado about a closeup of a man’s penis, the joys of Ron Livingston and Jennifer Coolidge, amiib...
Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever with Chrissie Mayr
December 28, 2016 09:38 - 1 hour - 74 MBThis week, we watch the Lifetime original movie Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever starring Aubrey Plaza as the voice of Grumpy Cat. We’re joined by comedian Chrissie Mayr from The Wendy Williams Show, Fox’s Laughs, and Comedy at Stonewall, her monthly show at the Stonewall Inn. Check her out at chrissiemayr.com and follow her on social media @chrissiemayr! Topics this week include Carrie’s love of internet cats, comedy classes with Aubrey Plaza, Aubrey Plaza’s stroke, branding vs. comic voice...
The Nutcracker in 3D with Tom Scharpling
December 21, 2016 08:29 - 1 hour - 68.9 MBThis week, just in time for Christmas, the Jingle Friends tackle one of the most incomprehensibly awful films they’ve screened yet, The Nutcracker in 3D, aka The Nutcracker: The Untold Story. We're joined by the one and only Tom Scharpling (The Best Show, Steven Universe, Divorce, Monk)! Topics include The Red Shoes, weird credits, the origin of Einstein: the goofy guy who loves Christmas, how to make out with a nutcracker toy, how Nazi Germany got its ideas, why Tom is so mad at us, erudite ...
The Nutcracker in 3D with Tom Scharpling (Censored / Clean Edit)
December 21, 2016 08:24 - 1 hour - 68.9 MB(Note: This is the censored edit of this episode, created for those of you who came here from The Best Show or Steven Universe and don’t want to bother with the vulgarity! Before this in in our stream is the explicit cut!) This week, just in time for Christmas, the Jingle Friends tackle one of the most incomprehensibly awful films they’ve screened yet, The Nutcracker in 3D, aka The Nutcracker: The Untold Story. With us is the one and only Tom Scharpling (The Best Show, Steven Universe, Divorc...
The Brady Bunch "The Voice of Christmas" with Jared Jeffries
December 14, 2016 06:23 - 1 hour - 74.1 MBThere was a story of a lovely podcast! It’s this podcast! And this week, we’re talking about the Brady Bunch season one Christmas episode, “The Voice of Christmas”. We’re joined by comedian Jared Jeffries — please support the Kickstarter for his hilarious comedy concept record A Gift You Didn’t Ask For from Friends You Never Had, by himself and Peyton Brown, at comedyconceptalbum.com, and stick around to the end of the podcast to hear a clip! Topics this week include the Brady Boinch, Garry M...
The Office (US) "Christmas Party" with Anna Grace Carter
December 07, 2016 07:57 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBThis week, we look back to a gentler time, when all we cared about is if and when Jim and Pam would hook up. It’s The Office - Christmas Party! We’re joined by comedian Anna Grace Carter of the sketch teams Adam’s Summer Class and Red Wedding and writer of Fanny Campbell, the Female Pirate Captain: A Tale of the Revolution. Topics include name preferences, whether the American Office is a pussy, assholes vs. good-natured goofs, whether Ricky Gervais is still good, Jim the stalker, if Christma...
Scrooged with Russ Feder
November 30, 2016 11:14 - 1 hour - 79.4 MBThis week we’re joined by Russ Feder of The Commotion to discuss the classic 80’s Bill Murray Dickens adaptation, Scrooged! Please go to teespring.com/jingle-friends from now through December 6th to purchase merch, 100% of the profits of which will go to RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network)! Topics this week include wuoting and cloating, clumsy censorship, New York comedy week, the kindness of Eric Andre, respect for The Muppets, Tony Hoffman, the Coked-up 80’s, Mary Lou Retton feve...
Addams Family Values
November 23, 2016 08:50 - 1 hour - 70.7 MBHappy Thanksgiving! On our one-year anniversary special, the Jingle Friends get together and have a wonderful time talking about friendship and one of their favorite movies, Addams Family Values! Topics include A/C mistakes, the original Daria, sounding, dickhole-less Nicholas, speech impediments, Sideways narration, Joan Cusack and her boobs, Krumholtz 2 Krumholtz, Wednesday’s love of allergies, the ethics of baking a stripper alive, depressing strip club expeditions, Christopher Lloyd havin...
Black Mirror "White Christmas" with Jay Winston Gill
November 16, 2016 11:00 - 1 hour - 81.7 MBAre you ready for another episode of Jingle Friends? Frankly my dear, we just don’t give a Hamm… Jon Hamm, that is! Because this week we’re discussing the Black Mirror Christmas special “White Christmas” starring that man of Hamm, Jon Hamm himself. We’re joined by special guest Jay Winston Gill - check out his show Let There Be Stuff! at Studio 301 in New York 11/17 at 8 PM, 11/18 at 8 PM and 11/19 at 4 PM and 8 PM, and follow him on Twitter @jayawesome. This weeks topics include dogs humping...
The Santa Clause with Mary Beth Barone
November 09, 2016 09:16 - 1 hour - 74.5 MBThe Jingle Friends are here on November 9th to hopefully bring you some joy in a post-election world. This week, we discuss The Santa Clause with comedian Mary Beth Barone — check out her webseries at goodsets.tv with new episodes premiering November 22nd, and come to their premiere party and show at 9:30 PM on November 19th at Bunga’s Den in New York City. Topics this week include weird insults, how this movie is responsible for kids calling a sex hotline, killing Santa, the immortal curse o...
A Rugrats Chanukah with Jesse Roth & Kathleen Kennedy
November 02, 2016 12:59 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBThis week we take a nostalgic look back at a classic Nicktoon with Jesse Roth and Kathleen Kennedy of Bitch Party! Follow Bitch Party on Facebook and check out their show at Bunga’s Den on November 10th in NYC and, if you're in the UK, take a peek at Don & Shel, written by Kathleen, November 9th through the 11th at The Betsey Trotwood in London. Follow us on Twitter - @seeegriffin, @saravents, @zachkaplan, @jesseroth7 & @leenerschnitz! Topics this week include optical illusion Jesus, fear of ...
Gremlins with Kendra Augustin
October 26, 2016 08:54 - 1 hour - 72.6 MBHappy Halloween! Don’t get too scared this week as we discuss Gremlins with playwright, actor and sketch comedy writer Kendra Augustin! Topics this week include Furbies, computerized Joey Tribbiani, rimjobs in rickshaws, folk music, racism, Steven Spielberg’s shitty jokes, reverse Rodney Dangerfield, the dangers of going down chimneys and Spider-Man condoms. We love you! Follow Kendra on Twitter @QuietGirlRiot!
Krampus (2015) with Mark Levy
October 19, 2016 07:29 - 1 hour - 60 MBHe’s the cloven-hooved counterpart of Santa Claus, who, in old German folklore, kidnapped naughty kids in his sack and took them back to eat them. This week, we talk about the 2015 horror-comedy based on that legend, Krampus, starring Adam Scott, Toni Collette and David Koechner… yeah, we had high hopes, too. We’re joined by Mark Levy of Lenny Bruce is Not Afraid — follow him on social media @marklevy85 and check out his podcast, Something Good with Mark Levy. Topics this week include: the pe...
The Addams Family "Christmas with the Addams Family"
October 12, 2016 08:28 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MBOn another spooky episode of Jingle Friends After Dark, we talk about the classic 60's sitcom The Addams Family's Christmas special. Topics include The Addams Family vs The Munsters, not apologizing, alternate theme song lyrics, farting through keyholes, the pros and cons of eating out of feedbags, the logic of Thing, weird Santa hats, and what it would be like if men had periods.
The Nightmare Before Christmas
October 05, 2016 05:36 - 1 hour - 61 MBThis week, we’re kicking off the scariest month of the year with the Tim Burton / Henry Selick classic The Nightmare Before Christmas. Don’t listen with the lights off! Topics include asshole chimps, whale dick bones, Boston elephants, the tragic life of Glenn Shadix, Oingo Boingo, Jack’s wide mouth, what to do with a hole where a face should be, elf orgies and Benedict Cucumberpatch.
Community "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas"
September 28, 2016 06:51 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBHappy fiftieth episode, everyone! This week we take a look at Community’s stop-motion Christmas special, Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas, with a special guest appearance by the karaoke singers across the street. Topics include farting (romantic and otherwise), whiny birthday Jesus, Black Lives Matter, dupa hygiene, dirty dates, background karaoke, the true meaning of Christmas, and old-fashioned fuckin’.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
September 21, 2016 09:39 - 1 hour - 69.7 MBThis week, we talk about Ron Howard and Jimothy Carrey’s re-imagining of the Dr. Seuss classic, How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Topics include a pot for every lid, the Dog Actor Guild, talking out of one’s butt, occult key parties, child endangerment, anti-consumerism and why the mayor is the secret hero of the film.
Home Alone with Gary Richardson
September 14, 2016 10:16 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBToday we sit down with Gary Richardson to talk about a Christmas classic, Home Alone, which teaches us to not be jerks to our families and to prank bad guys. Topics include our favorite late-era Culkin work, mean families, a revelation about Uncle Frank, gun safety, creepy basements, sleepwalking, Big Pete, looking through other people’s stuff, why Fuller will grow up to be a serial killer, and Carrie's Star Wars secret. Check out Gary in the film Don't Think Twice, currently in theaters, or ...
Little Women (1994)
September 07, 2016 10:04 - 1 hour - 75 MBJoin the Jingle Friends this week as we watch the 1994 drama Little Women. Venture with us, if you will, to a magical land of Christmas carols, transcendentalist feminism and scarlet fever. Not to mention the women - you won’t believe how little they can get! Topics include young, shitty Christian Bale, Mathnet, the link between home remedies and historical sexism, sulking pigeons, Find the Oranges, creepy dolls, our ideal gender-swapped selves, and Smarmy Marmy. We love you!
Curb Your Enthusiasm "Mary, Joseph and Larry"
August 31, 2016 10:06 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBAfter last week's pretty, pretty bad movie, the Jingle Friends watch something they enjoy for once - the Curb Your Enthusiasm Christmas special. We grimace with Larry David through Christmas carols, Christmas tree decorating, Christmas tipping awkwardness and Christmas lies. Topics include the oddly relatable problems of the ultra-wealthy, pets eating food in dumb ways, a cat meowing, another cat’s belly, our dream U2 set list, embarrassment, and Bono, the original scamp. We love you!
An American Carol with Matt Nisenoff
August 24, 2016 10:01 - 1 hour - 75.8 MBThis week, we are joined by Matt Nisenoff from Politipod as we watch An American Carol, a disaster of a "patriotic" riff on A Christmas Carol starring Chris Farley's brother, Kevin, and Kelsey Grammer as Patton. It's a real doozy from the newly conservative third of the team that brought you Airplane! and The Naked Gun - oh, how the mighty have fallen, or at least, began creating patronizing conservative comedy. Topics include golf with Kevin Sorbo, what character looks the most like Albert N...
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas with Mike Reiss and Denise Reiss
August 17, 2016 07:41 - 1 hour - 69.2 MBVeteran Simpsons writer/producer, co-creator of The Critic and author of numerous children's books Mike Reiss returns to the show along with his lovely wife Denise to talk about Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas, which he co-wrote. Topics include how Mike is driven by revenge, Cambodian bootleg videos, ballet fraud, kid detectives, bobble-head Joey Greco, how dinosaurs are like frozen cabbage, similarities between Santa and God, why Mike wouldn't eat dog meat, and the Ukranian nihilism of Scrat. C...
Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
August 10, 2016 05:30 - 1 hour - 57 MBWe celebrate the life of the recently departed and dearly missed David Huddleston by talking about a pretty bad Christmas movie that he starred in alongside Dudley Moore and John Lithgow. Topics include whether or not Santa and Mrs. Claus are dead, mush food, lazy elf toy design, John Lithgow's status as a national treasure, mammy dolls, the trope of the streetsmart kid who learns to believe in Santa, and what it means to love and fear Grotbags. Come along and join us for this cavalcade of ho...
Bridget Jones's Diary
August 03, 2016 09:20 - 1 hour - 69.7 MBThe Jingle Friends take a look at the inventive romantic comedy Bridget Jones's Diary, which spans a year from Christmas to Christmas. We talk unfair weight standards, charming Hugh Grant ad libs, illegal sex, handsome women and the name "Perpetua". Thanks for listening, we love you!
The Great Christmas Light Fight with Doyle Lee
July 27, 2016 12:21 - 1 hour - 68.2 MBThis week, we take a look at the ABC reality TV competition The Great Christmas Light Fight with special guest Doyle Lee. Doyle's worked behind the scenes in television and film production for over a decade, including credits as field producer for The Real World and technical coordinator for America's Next Top Model. Topics include behind the scenes tidbits, dog camps, tractor talk, dental bones, why there's no Real World Christmas special, weird failed reality show pilots, and shirtlessness ...
The Simpsons "Marge Be Not Proud"
July 20, 2016 08:11 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBHo, ho, oh no! (Hey, we said 'ho, ho, d'oh' for Mr. Plow.) Bart's in trouble! Today he's stealing video games, tomorrow it's stadiums and quarries. We take on the second Simpsons Christmas special (Mr. Plow was a bonus) about the holidays and what it means to grow up. Topics include fake snow, tree hair, shoplifting, how to shoplift, shoplifting stories, Allan Sherman, chin putty and comedy whispering. Please subscribe, rate five stars and tell your friends!
Donkey Kong Country with Hank Chien
July 13, 2016 10:03 - 1 hour - 71.5 MBThis week, we are joined by former Donkey Kong world champion Hank Chien. He toppled the Steve Wiebe/ Billy Mitchell rivalry and currently holds the third best Donkey Kong score in the world (1,138,600!). After endless arcade screens, Hank faces his biggest test of endurance yet: sitting through two episodes of the Donkey Kong Country TV show, "The Kongo Bongo Festival of Lights" and "It's a Wonderful Life". Topics include gender politics in video games, why Donkey Kong contains multitudes, t...
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
July 06, 2016 06:58 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBIt's new podcast day! This week, the Jingle Friends take on the overstuffed, confusing, worst Rankin Bass claymation film ever, a full-length feature in which Rudolph and Frosty, who are friends, get summer jobs at a circus so that they can help an ice cream man who they know convince a tightrope walker to marry him, or something. All of your favorite Christmas characters are there, from Ethel Merman to Big Ben, the Clockwork Whale! Topics include Frosty's cold dick, why this is the Game of T...
Independence Day
June 29, 2016 10:04 - 1 hour - 67.8 MBThis week, we take a break from Christmas to celebrate another holiday, Independence Day! Whether that’s independence from Britain or independence from… aliens? Anyway, Robert Loggia, Jeff Goldblum, Randy Quaid and Harvey Fierstein are there, so what’s the worst that could happen? In this episode, we ponder whether or not Will Smith can read, discuss his homoerotic friendship, put a racist meme on blast, weigh the pros and cons of dying a virgin and ask what, exactly, the Transformers have to...
King of the Hill "Twas the Nut Before Christmas"
June 22, 2016 06:37 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBThis week, Carrie, Sara and Zach pay a visit to Arlen, Texas where, much like themselves, Bill Dauterive is celebrating Christmas far beyond the date at which it's normally accepted to do so! What a faux pas! How scandalous! How will he get out of this one? Find out this week! We also discuss Tough Mudder dating profile pics, Schrödinger's Wally and combing your hair with a serrated knife, plus Sara tells a touching story about gift donations for the needy! Summer too hot? Cool off with your ...
A Christmas Kiss with Miss Eaves
June 15, 2016 08:20 - 1 hour - 66.7 MBThis week we watch formulaic, corny romantic comedy A Christmas Kiss with special guest Shanthony Exum a.k.a. Miss Eaves. We talk about the racial politics of the sassy black best friend, why you should never listen to your teachers or, for that matter, the haters, and bicycle safety. We also present Miss Eaves's hot new single, "Hump Day". Check her out at misseaves.com, soundcloud.com/misseaves/, facebook.com/Misseavesraps, twitter.com/yoeaves, instagram.com/yoeaves/, follow her body positi...
Chanuka at Bubbe's
June 08, 2016 06:50 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBThis week, we take a break from Christmas to pay tribute to its older, candle-lighting cousin, Chanuka. We join the bizarre puppet creations of The Simpsons's own David Silverman as they stand up to a mean chef. Also, we have fun with our new microphones. Thanks for listening!
Jack Frost (1998) with Mac/Glidden
June 01, 2016 09:43 - 1 hour - 67.6 MBThis week, on a very special musical episode of Jingle Friends, we discuss the Michael Keaton snowman reincarnation classic Jack Frost with the help of special guests Andy McCarthy and Grant Glidden, who together form the band Mac/Glidden. The guys treat us to a live performance of their songs “Mountains” and “The Morning Light” and we discuss the most disturbing hypothetical rendition of “Baby It’s Cold Outside”, wasted Zappa and Henry Rollins cameos and Keaton’s frosty tips. And we finally ...
Tangerine
May 25, 2016 04:12 - 1 hour - 60.6 MBThis week, the Jingle Friends take a look at Tangerine, a milestone of filmmaking, both for the LGBT community and for people who were told they weren't "serious filmmakers" just because their camera was an iPhone. Seriously, this movie was all recorded on iPhones! Alexander Graham Bell's smiling down from Heaven at this film, for sure. This is definitely worth seeing, so watch it on Netflix! Spoilers galore here! Also in this episode: The Danish Girl and cis-washing! The trouble with fish --...
Moonlight & Mistletoe
May 18, 2016 07:44 - 1 hour - 70.3 MBThe Jingle Friends take on their first Hallmark Channel movie, 2008's Moonlight & Mistletoe starring Tom Arnold and D.J. Tanner herself, Candace Cameron-Bure. Will our heroes be able to get kids to stop looking at their screens and appreciate the lame outdated joys of Santa Land? Anyway, if this movie's any indication, we're in for a heck of a ride because there are a lot of Hallmark Christmas movies. Topics include Full House, the Roseanne finale, business vs. sleigh rides, ASMR, a sleeping ...
Christmas on Division Street with Aaron Hertzog
May 11, 2016 07:16 - 1 hour - 73.5 MBToday we take a look at the 1991 TV movie Christmas on Division Street. We're joined by comedian Aaron Hertzog - check him out at aaronhertzog.com and follow him on Twitter @aaronhertzog! In today’s film, a homeless man teaches Fred Savage about Benjamin Franklin. But the real lesson, well, is that he learns a whole lot more!!! He learns about friendship and he learns about the plight of the homeless! And he learns that Mongolia can go screw! From the writer of Rain Man. Topics include Nazi...
The Liberace Show "Mother's Day Special" & "Christmas Special"
May 04, 2016 07:43 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBHappy Mother's Day! We celebrate with Liberace, a man who made no secret of his fondness for Mom. We look at his Mother's Day and Christmas specials and discuss whether or not a demon was controlling his soul. Topics include ghostly hand jobs, spooky skateboard tricks, silent mice, The Ancients and questionable plastic surgery. From Brooklyn, this is Jingle Friends saying thanks for listening and rate us on iTunes!
Carol
April 27, 2016 06:28 - 1 hour - 72.7 MBZach is absent this week as Carrie and Sara discuss the erotically charged 2015 drama Carol starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara. They talk about the travails of 1950s lesbianism, the possible connection between two video games where you can shout a name, body hair, sexy phone breathing, Larry David, how cool smoking looks, terrible men, bisexuality and the gayness of trains. Plus a special appearance by the ice cream truck that you won't want to miss!
Animaniacs Christmas Episodes
April 20, 2016 10:58 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBAnimaniacs is on Netflix now! We celebrate by reviewing a trio of Christmas episodes: "Twas the Day Before Christmas/ Jingle Boo/ The Holiday Concert/ Yakko's Universe", "A Christmas Plotz/ Little Drummer Warners" and "The Christmas Tree/ Punchline: Part 1/ Prom Night/ Punchline: Part 2". We talk fake burping, chickens dressed as humans and the pointlessness of existence. Ho ho ho! Featuring the song "Solstice" by Ross Bugden.