Steve Martin, Rita Wilson and a buffet of past and future comedy stars, all directed by Nora Ephron in a Christmas tale set around a crisis hotline. What's not to love there??? And yet, MIXED NUTS got the cruelest Rotten Tomatoes treatment and stands at a miserable 7%. Were the suicide jokes too much for Early-90s America? Or was it the foxtrot dance number between Martin and a transvestite Liev Schreiber? And what about young Adam Sandler and his ukulele? Alex and Julio are joined by Christmas enthusiast (and singer of the punk band HANS GRUBER AND THE DIE HARDS) TJ Robinson, as they explore this hidden holidays classic.

Our fifth gray area episode casts Alex on the defense and Julio on the prosecuting side of the CLOUD ATLAS trial. Don't worry, it's shorter than the movie.

Our fifth gray area episode casts Alex on the defense and Julio on the prosecuting side of the CLOUD ATLAS trial. Don't worry, it's shorter than the movie.

We are guessing Penny Marshall didn't really know any 13 year old boys. Appropriately enough, we get a children's teacher, Lillian Mattis, as a guest host!

We are guessing Penny Marshall didn't really know any 13 year old boys. Appropriately enough, we get a children's teacher, Lillian Mattis, as a guest host!

Jodie Foster takes all those jokes about family gatherings being terrible and turns them into a bipolar mess of a movie. A waste of Steve Guttenberg!

Jodie Foster takes all those jokes about family gatherings being terrible and turns them into a bipolar mess of a movie. A waste of Steve Guttenberg!

The year 2000 was a great time for music and Amy Heckerling's LOSER makes it a point to remind you every five minutes. It also tries to trampoline Jason Biggs to leading man status with less successful results.

The year 2000 was a great time for music and Amy Heckerling's LOSER makes it a point to remind you every five minutes. It also tries to trampoline Jason Biggs to leading man status with less successful results.

Three years! Awards galore! We honor the movies we've discussed since last November and have a good time patting ourselves on the back.