So… I broke both of my arms! Not badly, but I learned last week that the process of typing and uploading was excruciatingly painful. So we’re taking a SHORT break. Here’s a quick episode with the full explanation of my arms issue, as well as a slightly rambly review of every movie I’ve watched since smashing up my elbows. That’s right, ALL the Three Ninjas movies!

Tinseltown - The Holiday Movie Podcast

BONUS - The Broken Arm Dispatch

AAl and Amanda from The Death of Podcasts have returned, and this time, we're talking the first ever Downton Abbey Christmas special, which is a Christmas special for about 20 minutes before it gets bored, and then is mostly about which suitor Mary's magic butt will kill next.

191 - Missing Molesley (Christmas At Downton)

Our good great friend Mal is here to talk about the most knittastic Christmas movie Netflix has to offer! It's "A Castle for Christmas", and Scottish people should prrrrrrrrobably ignore its existence!

190 - Bless Me Bagpipes (A Castle For Christmas)

Chant joins us on this very ad hoc guest month to review "He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special", the most toyetic holiday special to produce no toys.

189 - Fabulous Secret Powers

In  a "crossover" with New and a Bit Alarming, the Mayor and Flonk discuss Little Orphan Annie's Very Animated Christmas. And, having run out of things to discuss with a 20 minute cartoon, go on to just play the recording of us watching it. It's a semi-commentary!

188 - Are There No Orphanariums? (Little Orphan Annie's Very Animated Christmas)

Maggie and Aal from Kids Love Superman stop by to review two Christmas episodes of "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman", a show which is AWESOME.

187 - Kids Love Atomic Space Rat

For a variety of reasons, the Mayor is flying solo this week, so sit back and relax as he takes a leisurely stroll through an unchanged canon. UNCHANGED?! Yes, thanks to two executive decisions and frankly a rough year from the randomizer, there's no need to add or remove anything, so we can just chill! Woo!

State of the Canon - 2021

Tim and the Mayor wrap up bonkers Hallmark logline month with "Unlocking Christmas", a movie about mysterious keys and cryptices that somehow manages to be sooooooo boring.

186 - Labyrinth 2: Christmas Boogaloo

Anton and Brian check out Hallmark’s attempt at a Hanukkah movie, “Love Lights Hanukkah”. Such relatable Hanukkah characters! A dreidel collector! A latke artist! A woman who feels genetically obligated to do a Hanukkah!

185 - Oy to the Girl

Bonkers Hallmark Logline month falls short of its promises as Brian and David encounter a Passionflix/Lifetime movie. And one that doesn't even kind of commit to its wild logline, which was: "A man celebrates Christmas every day, and yet is still a viable love interest for a TV romance movie." But honestly, we mostly just talk about hot people on Star Trek.

184 - The Hottest Ship in Starfleet (Mr. 365)

Bonkers Hallmark Loglines month continues as Brian and Robbie dig a shallow grave for the art of song parody as we review "A Christmas Carousel". Logline: "A big city carousel repairwoman needs to repair The Royal Carousel in time for Christmas... with the help of the handsome prince!"

183 - Christmas in Coventry (A Christmas Carousel)

Bonkers Hallmark Loglines month begins as Brian, Emily, Spencer, and Candace Cameron superfan Atma the Cat all squeeze together to review "If I Only Had Christmas". Logline: "It's a Hallmark Christmas movie, but also it's The Wizard of Oz!"

182 - Austin, the Bland and Mediocre (If I Only Had Christmas)

As we prep Theme Month, Emily and Spencer have joined me to let people know what's coming up: This year's theme: Hallmark's Weirdest Loglines! What one-sentence descriptions of a made for TV Christmas romance has us saying "Wait... how is that a thing?"

Theme Month 2021 Announcement! - Hallmark Returns

In our second emergency episode, as we prep theme month, Robbie and Brian do a scholarly reading of a VHS Ninja Turtle Christmas carol show. Do we compare it to Joseph Campbell's hero's journey? YOU KNOW WE DO.

181 - EMERGENCY II: THE QUICKENING (We Wish You a Turtle Christmas)

Brian and Lara review "The Lion in Winter", a movie that seems to have been algorithmically generated to be perfect for us. We... Didn't love it. We feel real bad about it, though.

180 - King Geoffrey I (The Lion in Winter)

The only podcast where the Mayor of Christmas will watch and review every Christmas, Thanksgiving, New Year, and otherwise midwinter holiday film to firmly establish the new holiday canon.

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Tinseltown - The Holiday Movie Podcast

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