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Christmastime is here. Time to watch some Christmas movies. This week we go over Rotten Tomatoes incredibly suspect list of the top 50 Christmas movies of all time. We talk Home Alone, we talk Muppets, we talk Batman, it’s all in here along with opinions of people who say Die Hard is their favorite Christmas movie. Gather round the family and put this on television as it too is soon to join the pantheon of Christmas classics.

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It's the holiday season, so that means giving and receiving gifts, which sounds pretty easy but can sometimes be complex because nobody actually likes giving gifts to other people and most gifts you get kinda stink. How do you deal with these awkward or annoying situations? Let us fill you in, with some help from the ghost of Emily Post.

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Dogs! Everyone’s favorite four-legged friends. But what do we really know about them? It turns out that we know a lot and we discuss that this week. From the depressing origin of the phrase “raining like cats and dogs” to Tom’s story of meeting his dog in human form inside of a dream, we cover it all.

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We took a field trip to Broadway this week, to visit the biggest ape in the world: King Kong. There was singing, dancing and a big puppet, so needless to say we were intrigued. Also, they were selling very expensive booze at the theater, so we tried that too.

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This week, a tribute to Stan “The Man” Lee. Co-creator of Spider-Man, the X-Men, Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, the Fantastic Four, Black Panther, Daredevil, Doctor Strange, Ant-Man, Silver Surfer, Doctor Doom and more! We drown our sorrows in wine while discussing Stan’s contributions to comic books and pop culture as well as his numbers film cameos.

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As the swingers in the famous movie The Swingers said, "Las Vegas, baby!" That's what we're talking about this week because Tom went to Vegas and has bravely decided to break the law and disclose what happened there. And what happened in Vegas? Well, Tom had a terrible time. On an unrelated note, Tim went to a taping of his favorite TV show (not in Las Vegas) and had the best time.

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Red Dead Redemption 2. The third Red Dead game, and the prequel to Red Dead Redemption 1. Confusing? Yes. That’s why you need to listen to this episode. Basically it’s an incredibly popular game where you get to pretend you’re a cowboy and become good friends with a horse which you can name yourself. There’s also baths.

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As we conclude Halloween Month, we take a look at the original scary dude, Dracula. And even though you think doing research on Dracula would be fun and spooky, we learned the hard way that the original source material that introduces this guy who is undead, sucks blood and can turn into a bat and a wolf-thing, is actually kinda boring. Tom read Bram Stoker's original book and Tim watched the 1931 Bela Lugosi-starring movie (a totally fair division of work), so we have a lot to share.

Halloween Month continues to bring thrills and chills, and this week we’re leaning heavily on the thrills part. Tim and Tom go to Six Flags: Great Adventure to experience the best of both at Fright Fest. Roller coasters, zombies, werewolves, haunted houses, chainsaws, it’s all here this week along with exclusive footage of Tom getting repeatedly scared in haunted houses.

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Halloween Month continues this week with a look at one of history's greatest monsters, Frankenstein. "But Frankenstein is the doctor, not the monster," you say, trying to be clever. Well guess what, pal? We were talking about the doctor. You see, the doctor IS the monster because he created a monster. The monster he created? Frankenstein.

Anyway, Tom read the classic book and Tim watched the classic movie, so this week we're comparing notes. Give it a listen... if you dare!