HOLLY ANDERSON and RYAN NANNI return in crisp Fanatics jerseys for HOLIDAY TOUCHDOWN: A BILLS LOVE STORY (2025) but is Dave...

Italianx? … Let's start now! … Who's blameless? … Relatable mortification … Damar...

FIRST HALF

Car Talk, but Ball … Ryan and Holly are two different people … Do our parents know about our podcasts? … Holly, a miracle baby … The Gainesville of Cinema … Kendall Jenner, "Go Bills," copwear … Holiday Touchdown Prime … The Abraham Benrubi Santaverse … Raffi, Jim Kelly and Jesse Ventura … Not enough plummeted-Wisconsinite accents … Wrong light … Name that movie! … CAST RUNDOWN … Dr. Quinn/Dan Quinn … Steve Schirripa Appreciation Station … Leave the stew on … The Expositional Challenge … Bills Hall of Fame diegetic Greek chorus … Dan McQuade Appreciation Station … City of Buffalo's Stadium Psyop … Zero-impediment romance … Expendable cancer kids … This could be a same-sex couple … A Bills Polycule Holiday … "Seinfeld friends" … Schirripa's self-catering … Eat Your Heart Out: Chemical chewing gum (… Fossilized Bazooka Joe … Joey Pants having fun); Peanut Stick, Beef on Weck; Weckipedia; Arby's meats; never let Schirripa eat; "abbondanza"; devil's penis; sweet potato or toast; late-season Publix-ass potluck; cake-batter drink … "Table jumping" … Stunty Hallmark casting … We can't get Josh Allen … How kidding/self-aware are we? … Monopoly Jr., but in romcom … FUBU Stadium nostalgia, political prophylactic … Buffalo pit offerings … Buffalo Wicker Man … FDA quaaludes … The universal Hallmark moving-on theme … Highmark … The DMV's "watching a movie" test … A shame for fun Bills fans … Where's the pain? … Sean McDermott, actor … Weird skin on Jim Pembry … Heathrow 9/11 … Airport deli counter...

HALFTIME SHOW: Chris Collingwood

SECOND HALF

Classic Lines: Fiesta of Zubaz; plaid chemistry LP; cold acting; brand-new Fanatics logo wear; the Aunts & Uncles Collection; where are the old jerseys … The famously private David Roth … Old clothes, old stadium, in the pit … Bane's Closet … The Limited All-Wheel Drive Prius … Worst out-window matte painting … Luke Russert, Paul Bearer, hostage booth, no mic control … The Hallmark Voight-Kampff Test: All but Joey Pants and maybe also Joey Pants … NYPD Counterterrorism chief … Rating: 3 … Good timing for lovable Bills universalism … Bring back wings … The Leftovers: Damar Hamlin, Scott Norwood, hospitals, Santa… Haunting amount of Bills guys … 90 minutes of Bills arts and crafts time … Bills omertà … Goodfellas tracking shot … "Go there less" … Inept plot, excellent beats … IMDB Dive (Sort of): Vanessa Marano and Danielle Morrow Appreciation/Encouragement Station … Christening … Where are the colors? … Where are the injuries? … Long Snapper Reid Ferguson Appreciation Station … The influencers were wrong! … What if we put ourselves out there? … Pre-Owned Airboats Dot Com … Dot Horse, Dracula+ Dot Biz … Merry Christmas!

All other music by Chris Collingwood of Look Park and Fountains of Wayne, except: "Shout (Buffalo Bills Fight Song) 8-Bit Remix."

Links: Holly - Ryan - Pre-Owned Airboats

MAURA QUINT, CHARLES STAR and AARON KLEINMAN return for OY TO THE WORLD! (2025) but wait...

Now? … Sufganiyot? … Episode 142 … We'll do it live!

THEME: "Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather

PART ONE

The happiest Vibecheck of all! … More Jews on this podcast than in Hallmark … Bar/Bat Mitzvah names … Let's get on a list! … J-Pass … Callback to Episode 78 … Pod-leak theory … Careless, mediocre; equality, finally! … Everyone's an alien … "Wet guys" … Maura hated it … "No Jews were consulted to make this movie" … Legible people, diarrhea girl … Self-flagellating home cooking … Joy Luck referential proof-of-life … Half a cast of reverse-Seinfeld … Old Jewish TV grandmas … Markie Post Light … Charles's brain damage…

PART TWO

Cast Rundown … The Expositional Challenge ... Plot Mop-Up: Lifelong high-school talent show phobia … Tension-free, except "but she's Christian!" … Interfaith-positive … An interfaith Christian concert … Good faith interfaith fumbled … Bewitched by Brook D'Orsay … The Catskills? Connecticut? … In a band, that's something … Swarthy Lutheran overflow seating … One church/synagogue handyman … No problems are a problem … Signing with BMG/Columbia…

PART THREE

Diarrhea at Princeton … A committed lazy river … Ugh, I'm talking to boys; most unbearable female lead … Remembering some abrasive guys … Walt Weiss, Edgar Winter, Nelson … Legible leads, leave them alone … Eh, set it free … You need medication … Immunity-free universe … Should have made the meeting a Zoom … The Hallmark Voight-Kampff Test: All but the leads, or everyone, or just a place that sucks? … Hotness immunity … Mutually impressed … Same age as dad … Eat Your Heart Out: Sufganiyot cameo; referenced, not shown; kreplach (antisemitic); cooking Hanukkah dinner "all week"; salad with crescent rolls; 25 pounds of interfaith hash browns … House of Goys, stars and 2010s McMansion chic, earnest signage … Nobody Wants This-ass home decor … "Rock Festival" …

PART FOUR

Oops! All Leftovers: "Joy to the World" + "In God We Trust" … Vibecheck … "Money" … The Lumineers' suffering … Casio presets … MC Skat Kat … Crown Media … "Summer School" … Dream On, Master Blaster … Bowling alleys, fact vs. fiction … Fair use piano bar … The ACME Christmas store … Dog toy from grandma … Bad people, bad flaky white fish … Hanukkah present … Episode 104 callback … Rating: 1 … Problematic age gap … Platonically perfect Hallmark … No lists! … Plugs! … Merry Christmas!

All other music by Chris Collingwood of Look Park and Fountains of Wayne, except: "Schlep the Halls with Loaves of Challah," by The Three Weissmen.

Bluesky Links: Aaron - Charles - Dave - Jeb - Maura

We're astrally projecting into an aldis lamp to tell CHRISTMAS BEDTIME STORIES (2022), but we are absolutely not dead, we're just…

TEASER:

In Florida, ok? … Top 10 JACKED-UP Movies … Call the General

THEME: "Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather

PART ONE

DEAD DAD … Please do not perceive us … Too disturbing for civvies … Cast Rundown … Escaping the NXIVM Cult … Heat, again … The Expositional Challenge … Listen to "Jeb & Maura's Awful Party" … Plot Mop-Up: Stepdad solution; Baxter (mutual) breakup … Rules-free ass-sliding nougat … Not a modeling-behavior movie … Detail-free resurrection … Never quit mourning … Destructive, waste of time, video game … Christmas astral projection … A prank … Nancy Grace's #PotTot … "Pet Sematary"…

PART TWO

No-shoes Wine Clown … Ominous Hallmark: Stalker vibes; Dead Dad varsity jacket; "sure"; speaking to the captors … The Odyssey and Pazuzu … Spot the Angel: "The Troop"/no angel … The Humor Side … Eat Your Heart Out: Good cake, normal drinks, not Newcastle, elevated s'mores, gas-station lunch swap … The Hallmark Expanded Universe: RIP (the universal troop)…

PART THREE

Overdetermined: All; (Wig crime); magical trooping; "don't give up" plus "bring my daddy's voice back to life" … Crossover: "The Fort Bragg Cartel" vs. Pierce's Special Investigators … The Hallmark Voight-Kampff Test: Everyone on Danielle's journey; Pierce, the silk-shirt pleader; "it's the holidays, stuff's crazy!"; LLM-prompt daughter Audrey … Great Moments in Moppetry: 4.5 … Whoa! Wife Chat: "I wanted to try again" … The Maxell ad…

PART FOUR

Who's the Real Villain: The American way of (class) war … Rating: 1 … Jordon Hudson … The Leftovers: Snowstorm oat of nowhere … Special Ops infiltration in Yemen … A relic of solemnity about American troop death … Everything that sucks makes this suck more … Brigadier, 18 soldiers … Fake snowball doink … Off-brand American filler music … Steve Lund: Jarhead III … "Kill All the White Man" … "Detachable Penis" and John S. Hall … Halfway ≠ Close … Merry Christmas! • All other music by Chris Collingwood of Look Park and Fountains of Wayne, except: "Orchestral Sports Theme" by Chris Collingwood and Rick Murnane.

Jeb & Maura's Awful Party (LINK)

Fever Dream (LINK)