Nothing But Netflix: The Merry Gentleman
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November 24, 2024
TLDR: Rob and Chappell discuss the new holiday movie 'The Merry Gentleman'.
In this week’s episode of Nothing But Netflix, hosts Rob and Chappell discuss the holiday film The Merry Gentleman, examining its plot, characters, and the intriguing dynamics of modern Christmas movies. Here’s a structured summary highlighting the key insights and entertaining banter from the episode.
Introduction to The Merry Gentleman
- The episode kicks off with Rob and Chappell greeting each other in merry spirits, exploring the essence of holiday happiness.
- The Merry Gentleman was the top film on Netflix for the weekend, and the hosts prepare to dive into its unique take on the holiday genre.
The Essence of "Merry" in Christmas Movies
- The discussion begins playfully analyzing the concept of being "merry," particularly during the holiday season, questioning if one can feel merry outside December.
- The hosts lean into the playful banter, likening the holiday spirit to consuming rich food and drink to fuel merriment.
Exploring the Theme of Holiday Movies with a Twist
- Rob and Chappell note that The Merry Gentleman, alongside last week's Hot Frosty, pushes the boundaries of traditional Christmas films by incorporating steamy elements, branding them as "sexy Christmas movies."
- They joke about how Netflix has ventured into crafting more attractive characters, suggesting a focus group might have prompted this shift toward male eye-candy in holiday films.
Character Analysis and Plot Overview
- The hosts introduce Chad Michael Murray as the lead, a handsome handyman who becomes part of the owner's plan to revamp a struggling bar, the Rhythm Room.
- Britt Robertson stars as Ashley, the former Rockette who returns home for the holidays and finds herself drawn to Murray’s character, Luke.
- The plot revolves around Ashley’s attempt to save her parents' struggling bar through a male review show, echoing themes from other holiday films yet adding a fresher, cheeky approach.
Key Character Dynamics
- Ashley is portrayed as ambitious but faces conflict between her big-city aspirations and her heartfelt connections back home.
- Luke has a bittersweet backstory involving a failed marriage, adding depth to his character and his reluctant pull toward Ashley.
Humor and Cultural Reference
- Throughout the discussion, the hosts use humor to dissect the film's tropes, such as the unlikely success of a male stripping venture set against holiday traditions.
- They allude to classic holiday songs and contextually reference societies, making broad comparisons to other cultural milestones.
Plot Development and Romance
- Rob and Chappell highlight the romantic tension building between Ashley and Luke, strengthened by supportive community ties and shared histories.
- The ensuing drama unfolds with Ashley needing to balance the bar’s success against the beckoning call of her professional life as a Rockette, culminating in a pivotal Christmas Eve performance.
Commentary on Smaller Town Charms
- The podcast discusses the motifs of small-town life, particularly the integration of local businesses into community narratives, stressing how collective efforts can revive a shared space.
- References to supporting local businesses, particularly in light of gentrification and modernization, give the film a relatability factor.
Conclusion and Takeaways
- The lively dialogue wraps up by reflecting on how The Merry Gentleman captures both the charm and complexities of holiday films.
- Rob and Chappell emphasize the ongoing transformation of Christmas movies—from just cheer to fully-integrated stories celebrating romance, ambition, and community spirit.
- They tease upcoming episodes focusing on more holiday movies, hinting at exciting themes that intertwine traditional storytelling with modern romantic dynamics.
Key Takeaways:
- The Merry Gentleman blends romance with humor, presenting a fresh take on holiday narratives through vibrant character dynamics and community ties.
- The hosts encourage viewers to embrace the quirky charm of such films, appreciating their creative departures from classical holiday tropes.
Final Notes
Stay tuned for further episodes as the duo plans to delve deeper into more holiday films and potentially explore other genre landscapes as they continue their Netflix journey.'
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So I went to my computer and realized that there was so much content before my eyes There's nothing Netflix
Yeah, that's right. Nothing but Netflix is back for more holiday film goodness in November on Netflix. And today we are talking about the number one film on Netflix this weekend. It is the Mary gentleman with the merriest gentleman. I know. Here he is. It's Chappelle Chappelle. How are you?
I'm feeling married. I think I think I don't think I've ever been described as Mary, but now that you mentioned it, you're pretty married. I am, but like, I don't know. I feel Mary feels like very holiday specific. Yeah. Like who Mary in October, but like Mary in December. Yeah, I guess there'd be Mary the other months of the year. Can you be Mary in July?
You know, technically, I think you could be married the moment of Halloween is over because Christmas starts, you know, on November 1st, apparently these days. But as far as I'm concerned, yeah, I'm a pretty jovial guy. There's a, you know, there's a mermaid to me. Drink and be merry. I've done that. Yeah. Yeah, I do. I think you have to do the combination though. Even I eat and drink it, you can't be merry like in like July. Just be merry without any food or drink.
Would July might be the outlier rod because you know, they do Christmas in July too. So I think in like June, you could eat, drink and be married. And then if you had to be married in July, you could, but you got to go back to regular, you know, joyousness and, you know, you know, Jovialness in August, up until the end of candy corn season, in which case, then you go back to be married to the new year. I think that was figured it out. Rarely Mary.
You're not a guy who does Mary. Mary's not your strong suit. You can get it. You get like happy and joyous. But like December is really worth turning down. You've been jolly. You've definitely been jolly. But Mary is just like.
Because Marion's really that December time, as we know, everybody has a least favorite time of year. And I think that's pretty solid. That's your month where you're like, hey, let me do my thing. This is my seasonal month off of jolliness. And then in January, I'm back, baby. I'm actually better than ever in January.
Mm hmm. Yeah. All right. Well, we're talking about the Mary gentleman last week that this is a great combination because the one two punch of last week we talked about hot frosty and hot frosty was the number one movie last weekend then the Mary gentleman just dropped and really the thing that these two films have in common. It's about Netflix algorithm has kicked out. There's some
I was gonna say ladies, but it could be more than ladies. Some people on Netflix, there was like a need. A focus group that said, hey, you know what we need in Christmas movies? We need some beef cake. That's what we need. Forget the fruit cake. We need a beef cake.
Yeah. We need to make Christmas, but hornier. You know, like, how do we make Christmas? Where are the abs at Christmas? You will. We need gyre raining in Christmas, like, you know, has guys at Christmas time.
a holly, gyrating Christmas in a happy new year. You know, you really want to figure out a way to like, let's spice it up. You know, Christmas gets cold, but it doesn't have to be that cold. We can make Christmas hot. And yeah, the best way they could do it is to get these men to take their shirts off. And so for the second week in a row, we're talking about sexy Christmas movies. I think
Rob, this is going to be the second time we talk about this. And if it goes well, this could be our brand. This could be one of the things we're known for is like, yeah, we only talk about the sexy Christmas movies, but again, I talked about this last week with hot frosty. Could you imagine that they make Christmas movie?
about a guy who's like, okay, well, there's only one way to revitalize this old abandoned watering hole this holiday season. We need some ladies exotic dancing. Yeah, we need to bring in the strippers. I want this to be nine ladies dancing.
Yeah, we, yeah, they got up to four men dancing in this. But I think, yeah, if in our movie, it would definitely be in our in our reverse movie, it would definitely be nine just for the sake of the song, you know, we got to follow the Christmas lore. I think that this would go totally different. It would be a different movie and probably on a different network. I couldn't see that being on Netflix.
No, you couldn't do it anyway. But anyway, so that's what we're going to talk about for the marriage. It's just interesting that the, you know, two big Netflix holiday movies are both about, you know, thirst traps.
Yeah, and this is literally a third strap, right? Like this is a mail review. So it's like strippers, but kind of strippers with their pants on. And it is to trap people into coming to this, like you said, this old, you know, later days dive bar that used to be a buzz in place where people would come. But now it's like, oh no, we want to make this a buzz in place where people will come, you know? Whoa.
Yeah, come to the bar, come to the bar. So we got to save the bar. So it's like, Paul Mark meets sexy. And so I was like, all right, let's do it. All right, so that's what we're going to talk about. The Mary gentleman and it's star has a big star.
in the movie. Chad Michael Murray stars in along with Britt Robertson, but I think that Chad Michael Murray is the big name here that he stars as one of the dancers here. This is basically, we've taken the magic of Christmas and said, well, how about magic Mike?
Yeah, magic, Mike. And I think the married gentleman is like a very interesting title, right? Because it doesn't, at first glance, you don't go in thinking this is about strippers, isn't it? You know, like you really don't. And then even there's points in the movie where they're like trying to convince you like,
No, it's not really strippers. It's strippers, but it's not really strippers. Like, for the first 10 minutes of the movie, I'm like, I thought this movie was about strippers. And then it's slowly, you start to realize, like, why all these guys uniquely equipped to do this one specific part of this job, right?
Chad Michael Murray's there with all his abs, the bartender is just like a trained dancer, but also walking around with like muscles. And then like, I was like, oh, there's just random men floating around who can just dance and also stare longingly into your eyes while the Christmas magic music plays in the background. I'm like, oh, okay. We're planting the seeds here for these to all be strippers that come together to basically save Christmas for this small town. Rob, I do have a question though about our reverse, you know, Bizarro Christmas movie.
Do you have a title? Because we had a hard time last week coming up with like a different title for Hot Frosty. Do you have a different title for like what hour movie would be called? The movie with nine ladies dancing? Nine ladies dancing. Nine ladies dancing would be actually a great title I think. If this was not bad. We'd have to have the nine ladies. Yeah.
I don't really know. I don't know. Snowgirls? Snowgirls is not bad. Yeah, that's the one I could come up with the top of my head maybe. I thought of a few like pretty decent jokes after we got done with hot frosty last week.
Did you write them down? I debated whether or not they could have been said, but we'll be- What about a better title for this one?
for this one? Yeah. For the same movie or for the women? No, this movie that we watched, the married gentleman, is there a better way we could have gone around this? I have one in mind. What is it? It's so lowbrow. It's almost like I don't want to say it because it's like, Chappelle, what do you like this? But I was like, deck the polls.
You know, you have the North Pole, like a stripper pole, but also like it's mean. So polls, you know, like I was like, all right, all right, like grow up, like spray bottle spray bottle spray bottle. Yeah. Even for me, I was like, boo, Chappelle, get the hell out of here. Go get out. You know, you need to leave.
So yeah, I don't know. I don't know. I think the marriage gentleman, it's very much like luring you into like, no, this is not going to be about strippers.
And then like, cause magic might sounds like it's about strippers, right? Like the moment you see that, okay, that's about strippers. But this, this felt like, all right, this is classy. This is tasteful. It wasn't, but it feels like it. All right. So let's talk about this movie. And we meet our lead. Her name is Ashley. She basically works for the Rockettes.
Yeah, yeah, she does the kick line and all the things that the rockets are famous for. But she's getting a little long in the tooth. It's not a spring chicken around here. It's actually winter. The gray hairs are starting to come in and giving Mrs. Claus as a rocket. They're like, lady, you're 32, you're an old. You got to get out of here.
Now, I feel like as a child, and I grew up in the shadows of New York City. I feel like the Rockettes were really presented as like, oh, these are very attractive women. Oh, the Rockettes, they're going to all be kicking at the same time.
But they're all like sort of like wearing like a swimming cap and they're in like a leotard. I have no idea if any of these women are ever young or attractive. It's just like, they literally are just nine ladies dancing. Like I could not tell you the aesthetics of any rock cat ever.
Yeah, the Rockettes are very interesting dance group. Yeah. Because like, I know aesthetically, there's probably something they're looking for with the Rockettes, right? They probably want them to look uniform in a lot of ways. You know, and that's probably evolved over the years. I want to be respectful to the Rockettes. I'm sure they've made changes to that. But to me, like, I think if you are a dancer, that might be something you aspire to do. But at the same time as a dancer, there's probably a lot more like,
You know, technically challenging dance or dance crews that you can be a part of than the Rockettes. You know, the Rockettes is pretty standard, you know? Like, you do your thing, you do the kick line. Not to say that any of that stuff is easy, but, you know, like, of all the things to do, it kind of feels like, okay, like, oh, you're a Rockette. Cool. You know, like, I think from the dance where I was like, oh, you're a Rockette. You know, like only only the few, the proud become the Rockettes. They're kind of like the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders.
Like, you know, I was like, they're cheerleaders, but because of their Dallas Cowboys, it's like, it's got a different lore to it. And Texas, we didn't have rockets, we had the Dallas Cowboys. Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders, yeah. Same concept. So, do people age out of the rockets? I guess so. It seems a little wild though that in this movie, it's like December 10th, and they're like, oh, I'm sorry, you're our top star in the rockets, but there's a new hotness here, you're fired.
They brought in a focus group. It's that you, you've been testing old with our like, you're pulling old amongst our, amongst our audience. We had brought in 35 to 60 year old males and they're like, who's that old lady? She's 32. And so yeah, they got rid of her and they got rid of her so close to Christmas. You know, like her mom and dad, it's close enough where her mom and dad are calling and be like, so.
thinking about coming to visit. She's, ooh, you can't do that. Can't come visit. And she's like, what if I come visit you? And so Rob, at first I thought, oh, she's not going to tell them that she's no longer a rock cat. She's got to go and like, now she's got to go and like lie to them. Like, oh, no, like I definitely am still a rock cat and they're going to find out. But they didn't go that route. She told her folks and she came on home for the holidays because apparently she hasn't done that since she hit the big city and became super famous. It is her busy season. She is a rock cat.
She, and they try to make it seem like, well, you never come home now that you're a rocket. It's like, well, it's December. This is the, like, this is where I expect for her to work. Do the rockets work in spring? Such a good question. So I just googled. What do the rockets do the rest of the year? What do these ladies do all year? Many of the rockets are professional dancers or actors. They stay busy throughout the year. They do charity work. They visit children's hospital support in the troops and putting on benefits show.
So it sounds like that they give her like a three-year contract again at the end of the movie spoiler alert, or they offer her a three-year contract. I don't know what she does the other 10 months out of the year. I want to assume, and I have no insight into this, but I'm assuming the rockets are underpaid. Pay the rockets more. This is me vouching for the rockets with no knowledge of what their pay scale is. I feel like they're not paid enough because they have to be, you know, doing these charitable stuff all year. They're on call, right? Like, okay.
Somebody, there's a make-a-wish kid somewhere who wants to meet the rockets, break the glass, bring in the rockets. The next thing, you know, they're in a hospital line, like doing a kick line, you know what I'm saying? Like, they got to stay in shape, and then they got to make sure that they're Holly and Jolly by the next Christmas. They can't get injured, you know, pay them more. It's just like that we could utilize them more. Could they also be like the Nick City dancers on the side?
I think so. But again, you don't want, you don't want to waste your, your biggest and baddest on like smaller things and then Christmas rolled around and then, oh yeah, we had a off season injury. You know, remember that time she twisted her ankle at the say Patties day parade. Now look,
we don't have our principal dancer. You really don't want to mess with the flow too much. You need them resting and charging. They're like Mariah Carey. She's on ice until Halloween's over. Then you break them out. The Rockettes just burst out and all you hear is all I want for Christmas is you. I kind of think I'm a Rockette stand as of today. I think right now I just became one. All right. Well,
Ashley, she goes home and meets up with her parents. Her parents, we meet them, mom and dad, they own a bar, like a kind of a dive bar that had like a lot of musical acts. It's called the rhythm room. Her dad is the actor Michael Gross, who was famous for being the dad on family ties. Have you ever seen an episode of family ties?
I've seen an episode of Family Ties, but of all the older sitcoms that I used to watch when I was younger, this is the one I know probably the least about, because I don't remember Family Ties being on all the time when I was growing up, and if it was, it wasn't anything I was going directly to the watch, right? So it was kind of like, I knew Alex B. Keaton, and that was it. I couldn't tell you anything about Family Ties at all. Were you a Family Ties guy?
Yeah, I was. I didn't watch it too much, but it was a very big hit show. Do you know the premise of Family Ties, what the show is basically?
No, but I know our boy Michael J. Fox is in it. Michael J. Fox is like the breakout star and it would be interesting to have some kind of reboot of families in that the mom and the dad on family ties are kind of like hippies and they, you know, it's like it's the early 80s, but I think that the family they were like, I don't know if they were like at Woodstock, but they would have been at Woodstock and then they have my Alex P. Keaton.
who is like ambitious, right? Well, he's ambitious, but he's also, he's like a Ronald Reagan stand. He is a fiscal conservative and his parents are like liberal hippies. And that's where a lot of the conflict comes from in the show. I don't know if you could reboot that now with the Gen Z conservative son and the liberal parents.
No, if you're listening to this and that's the breakout star of the show. Yeah, if you listen to this and this and this, subscribe to your family and I'm talking to you liberal parents, liberal former hippie parents. If this was you and your kid is a young Republican excommunicate them. Yeah, I said it. I definitely said it. I don't care. You know, there's many cute situations, but.
Put him out the house. Be like, as long as you're in our roof, you're gonna live under our rules, damn it. You okay? With that. That was a big part of the show that Alex P. Keaton is his hero, was Ronald Reagan. I think he had like a photo of him in his room.
incredible devil worshiper, right? Get into like all this screen time. No wonder why I never really watched family time. So anyway, but here's Michael Gross. He's still around. I didn't recognize the mom, but she's a Beth Broderick is her name. And anyway, not super important. They are running the bar and the bar is not doing so hot.
There's a landlord who's coming in and they owe money. People don't want to come to this place anymore.
Um, it's funny because Beth Roger is the only person who was whose work I'm familiar with. What do you know? I'm a fire thing. Uh, that's, uh, one of the ants from Sabrina, the teenage witch, like the one with, uh, the one with Melissa John Hart. Um, like she's at Zelda. Uh, you know, it was like Hilda and Zelda, right? Uh, like, uh, that was, she had the two ants and then they had Salem, the cat, you know, that was the thing. And so the whole time I was looking at her, I was like,
know her. She's gotten a little bit older. You know, obviously the time has passed in Sabrina's heyday. But I was like, wow, this is crazy because I haven't seen her in so long. So yeah, very excited. I think she might have had like a guest spot in the Sabrina reboot as well. But for the most part,
I haven't seen her in a long time. So yeah, she's the one who I'm most confident to talk about. And we didn't really talk about our lead character, Ashley. I liked her a lot, Rob. I do want to say this, because I know we talked about it off air a little bit. I don't really know her from anything else. I see her IMDB list right here. And I'm like, I've never seen these things. Tomorrowland, the longest ride, the space between, I don't know these people. But I thought she did really well. The 22 episodes of the rookie Colin Feds.
Yeah, no, I don't know her. And it's like, I think they're like, in any other situation, they go and they get some like super big names to go alongside our teen hotthrob here, like Chad Michael Murray, who's now like evolved into our elder heartthrob. But I think she held her on. Like she was kind of, she was the star of the film for me. So yeah, very much. I liked her a lot. She was good. Yeah.
And I was not to shock to see an evil landlord in here as well. Yeah, I think the landlord was not particularly evil. She wasn't at all. She's pretty nice. She let these people get away with like six months without paying their rent. Like they have no, they haven't done repairs. They kind of allude to her being evil. Cause every time she shows up, she like, Hey, I need to talk to y'all. And then the parents go off and they're like all sullen when they come back. Like it's fine. It's Christmas. We'll make it. And then by the end of the movie, she like,
Nah, y'all owe me $30,000. What do you want me to do? I was like, what do you want her to do? She can't just like give you $30,000, bro. Like you have to do something. So yeah, I like, I like the cast here.
Okay, so Chad Michael Murray is also the local handyman who is working on this place. The rhythm room has got a lot of problems. It's called a hole in the wall with many holes in the wall. He has taken kindly to her parents and then is working on fixing things up and, you know, he's pretty ripped.
More on the way. Yeah, the man got some abs. He got some abs. We don't know that right out the gate. You know, when they meet, it's kind of like, oh, I've actually bumped into this man. Who are you, sir, working on my family's business? You know, this is when the Hallmark vibe start, because this woman goes back to her small town. She's from the big city. We know how this story goes. And then there's a carpenter, because there always is one. And they bump into each other. He's putting up a wreath. And she gets tangled in it. And she's like, OK, that's weird. I made really strong eye contact with that sexy guy outside.
who's he? And they're like, oh, he's just like the volunteer because he just loves the rhythm room that much. And so, yeah, that's how Chad Macklemer enters our universe.
You know, can I say something? And I don't know if this is a hot take or not. I feel like that movies and TV shows, they make it seem like it's pretty easy to be like in incredible shape. Like these guys are ripped. They take the shirt that they look great. Nobody's ever working out. Nobody's ever like doing a ton of cardio.
People in movies, they just go about their lives and they're just like in great shape. Like nobody's like, oh, I gotta get the planet fitness. I gotta go, you know, do some high intensity interval training or no carbs for me.
Right. They go to dinner and just normal people. Yeah. Like this is how I exist in the world. I mean, congratulations on being God's favorite. Personally, every time I work out, I have to tell at least 25 people. You know, just guy from the gym, you know, whoo, I changed up my diet.
I'm actually eating salad today. Like I have to announce it where these people just walk around like la la la la, just eating and drinking and being married at these bars. Literally, if I worked at a bar, there would be no way I'd be in shape. I'm sorry. But the bartender here is not only jacked, but he's also like a trained dancer that nobody knew about because I was very impressed with the way this man was dancing throughout things. I was like, what did you find these people? You know what I'm saying? They're just hanging around like,
Man, one day I might be a stripper and I just got to be on point. You know, yeah.
We meet Ashley's sister who has taken over the local diner. I feel like that one thing that seems pretty consistent in these holiday movies that we watch, we need like some like greasy spoon diner. Like that has to be part of small town. We need some kind of like local diner making breakfast. I don't know why that's a key ingredient for every holiday movie, but we need a diner.
I've I've frequented small towns, especially like like let's okay, Texas, you got to get very saloonie, you know, with your with your small towns like you drive to a town and just like one red light in a gas station and then like there's like a couple small businesses, but normally you're going to find like a little pub type place you go in, you can get
what like uh like 18 items off of menu that you're like why can you make salmon here you know like bro where y'all getting this stuff but you you can consistently find okay these are the people that are here all the time you got your regulars uh now i've never seen one that was bustling at any point you know it's kind of like we're only here to to uh be the talk of this small town right this town has like 150 people in it so at max we get 25 people in here this is a good day
But yeah, it feels like there was once a time where even though this is a small town, it used to just be the epicenter of all the social activity. And now it's the dive bar of yesteryear. Now, City Girl comes back to the small town, one of the biggest tropes in these holiday movies. But yeah, we'll talk a little bit about City Girls and what they're all about in this movie because that's part of the story.
The sister, Ashley sister. And I don't remember her name that she's married. She's married to, yeah, Marie. She's married to Roger, who was like the star of like the high school football team. Now he's the cook at the, or one of the cooks at the diner. We don't really know who takes over for him once he starts dancing in the review. Maybe he's just like, that's his night job.
He was still cooking and dancing, that's the thing. Whenever they were showed like, oh, these people, when they're not dancing, they were behind the counter, behind the bar, but they're just like jigging now. I got the music in me, you know? Well, he, Roger, who is played by Mark Anthony Samuel, he's famous for being on General Hospital for 12 years.
I should know this man. Yeah, I feel like I should know him because like I was in a big general hospital guy, but I definitely remember like it was on TV forever. And so I was like, well, you know, did I ever come across this man before? And I don't know. But seeing him in this, I was like, Oh, it's crazy. Like you said, former football player, but he never got out of shape. You know, he's like, no, I kept it tight just in case some of the tight end isn't as tight as it used to be.
Yeah, but just tied enough to get on the stage and shake that thing. Nobody was complaining. Nobody complained. All right, Sister Marie ends up taking Ashley home and is talking about how hard it is with dating. Ashley says, you know who I really liked the doctor that you used to date? Emory like.
Let me let you in on a little secret. All right. Yes, sister. I never, I never dated the doctor. She's like, no, he had a step to scope. He used to wear that white coat. No, no, no. He was a, he only played a doctor. She's like, Oh, general hospital. No, no, no, no, no. That's my real husband. Yeah. That's my real husband. He used.
He's an exotic doctor of sorts. Yeah, like the white coat was on, but it didn't stay on. Oh my God. You know, Marie used to date a stripper. Now, this is a cool twist. Never seen this before on any movie. I don't know. Maybe I'm just not watching another stripper movies, but I like this. What a scandal. I mean, so if you are a, you know, adult answer. Yeah.
And you go around and you're telling people you're a doctor. You're going home with a date for Thanksgiving. Like, oh, what do you do? You tell them you're a doctor. Yeah. That's a big lie.
I mean, you can be a doctor without being a doctor. I got this mole here. Can you look at this? No, for me, no, no, no, no, please. Everybody, we're going to keep our clothes on today. Yeah, I'm a doctor that makes you feel good. They call me Dr. Feel Good.
Yeah, I could see that kind of, that could be confusing. You're on an airplane, somebody's hurt. Is there a doctor in the house? Like, who's the doctor? He's wearing his deathless coat. Why would you, you should never lie and say you're a doctor. Maybe you like to get like a dinner reservation that like, yes, the reservation is for a doctor, Chappelle, for two.
Do you think that works? Like are medical doctors moved up the list for reservations for things? I think in movies they are. You know what I do? I used to be a trope. When I go to a restaurant and they say like, okay, I got a table for four or like, okay, sir. Well, you're here at peak Olive Garden. It's going to be an hour. Who should I put the name down? Like I say, my name is Robert.
Robert. Yeah. Like, oh, like Robert is very formal. Right. Like I didn't know. You know, you know, I have somewhat of a last name that is noticeable too. So I definitely was like, put the reservation on Chappelle, but keep it, keep it. Oh, oh, it's like, he's, he's not, he's outside. He's just, yes.
Please don't bother David Dave Dave. I'm sorry. You just please move it up move the reservation up and we need a private room private room. Please don't come in there. Look at that of like the reservation is under the name Schwarzenegger.
Yeah, yeah, they're like, oh, they're like, oh, the governor is here. Yeah, not that sure. Sure. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah. I didn't say which one, you know, you know, they don't ask you what your birth name is. They say, who is the reservation under? Like, what's the name? Are we putting on the reservation? Get fancy a post.
Oh, Jeff Probst. Yeah. Like, then when they ask you, like, well, you're not Jeff Probst, like, yeah, that's an alias I use. I'm really, I'm actually really, I'm more famous than that. So like, let's just keep it on the low, keep it on the hush. So I don't know, being lying about being a doctor is one thing, but you know, people have PhDs that's like, they're a doctor, but they're, they're not like a medical doctor. I think it's kind of like in the same vein, like PhD, stripper, you know, same thing.
Okay. So we see Ashley, she's back at the bar. The landlord comes in and says like, Hey, there's a juice bar that's coming in. They're willing to take over the lease here. This would be a horrible location for a juice bar.
Right. They're trying to gentrify a town that doesn't have to be gentrified. You think there's a market for a juice bar, like 7,000 square foot tables? Yeah. Bring in the pinkberry.
It is such a trope though, Chappelle, anything healthy in any of these movies that we talk about of like, oh, they're opening up a gluten free muffin stand, the juice bar, anything that's like not just like a greasy spoon. Uh huh.
It's just, Gracie Spoon is just the only way to go in the holidays. You know, if you're out here like keeping it tight, it's like, what are you doing? This is the time to let loose. I think that one day, the ID channel is gonna do an expose on Netflix and they're gonna come to us. They're gonna be like, hey, you guys covered all of the anti-health related Netflix, all the ones with the anti-vegetarian propaganda, all that kind of stuff, y'all are the experts here. And we would be, because we've talked about so many where there was like, ew, you're eating healthy,
Gross, villain, boo, get out of town. So yeah, not only is this landlord letting this lady and then her family basically live here free for six months and now I have to pay for any type of taxes or repairs on this greasy spoon or this whole of the wall with all the holes in the wall. Now she's bringing health to the neighborhood as well. Like boo, get out of here. So what does the landlord says? Like, hey, this place needs a doctor.
Yeah. Did you say doctor? And then we get like, you know, we're seeing like hearing Ashley's intervals like, yes, a doctor. That's, that's right. The stripper.
Yeah, I need to get my sister's ex on the case. And she like, but how would I get her? I wonder if we got any strippers at home. And she looks around like mom and dad. No, they don't count. What about our bartender? I think if you squeeze. Yeah. Hold on. Okay. He's pretty. What about that? Yeah. What about Chad Michael Murray? He kind of looks like he could be a stripper. I saw him with his shirt off once.
Hey, I think, I think, you know, all these muscly guys around, I might just be able to make something work, you know? And so, yeah, the idea just comes to her out of nowhere. Yeah. And so she gets the idea of, hey, yes, that's right, we're having a male review.
Yeah, she word vomits this. She has not put any thought into what it looks like or how it happens. And when she said it to me, I thought she was trying to have a mail review that brought in $30,000 for one night. She's like, it's my Christmas spectacular. She calls it that. So I'm thinking all the marbles are on this one event. And I was like, girl, are you crazy? You're not gonna bring in $30,000 to this small town for a stripper night.
But no, she like, that's where we're going to start. We'll start with one. Yeah. And then we expand and make this whole, a whole stripper enterprise. Okay. So the mail review is on and we're going to be doing some, a whole training montage of with the strippers and we're working on the dancing. So I've never been to a mail review, Chappelle. Same. Okay. I'm trying to think of, I saw Magic Mike. I never did it for Reneep.
I don't think I've seen any male stripper related movies. Now that I think about it, I think this might have been my first foray into like the stripper movie. I mean, don't give it wrong. I've seen other Channing TV movies, which is basically stripper movies, but I don't think I've ever seen magic mic, no. Yeah, it's very tasteful, all of the male review. We never like, I think that the most we really ever see, we never get a G string.
No. Because some colorful underwear, you know. We did get like some sort of like, mooning that happens. Yeah. But is mooning sexy? Remember when mooning was like the thing that the little bad person, like the bad kid did on the bus? Like boom, like put your ass back in your pants, you know? I don't know. I don't know. It's like, hey, you could like, I mean, it must work for somebody.
All right, listen, this is probably a shock to no one, but I was one of those kids that mooned people. I thought mooning was funny. I never thought mooning was sexy. I was a former mooner, reformed the mooner. I was blessed, okay? Sometimes if you got it, you got to flaunt it. But I don't know, I don't know if it's sexy. I don't know if this is like a, whoo, or if it's like, you know, maybe just like in its natural state, the buttocks is like, oh yeah, that's what we're looking for, but just to be like mooning somebody, it definitely feels very like, it feels like someone's taunting you.
Like, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. Okay, all right, whatever. Get your ass out of my face. Yeah. Well, you should be able to, people go there, I guess, to watch the choreography, because it's like, in these male reviews, like, it doesn't seem like, you know, from what I've seen on television, like, people go to like, some kind of like, you know, review type place, and they're like, putting the money on the person.
It's like giving, to make it rain a lot of times I see. But it seems like that in this, and maybe look, I could come in and like help like, cause I think they could have got to that $30,000 faster. Gotta get the tips. There was no, it seemed like there was no tipping.
You gotta get the two. There was no guy to get the two. Almost no tipping. Gotta put the tip in. Yeah, because I feel like that even from what I see on television, these guys walk around and then ladies are pulling their drawers and put some money in here.
Yeah. Yeah. No, this is not that. This is very much lines off the merchandise. Hands off the merchandise, not my type of establishment. You know, like if I'm going to be in a strip club, you know, hypothetically, I need, I need the kind is interactive, you know, like I'm we're spinning. I'm tipping, tipping, tipping generously. And then I'm working within the realm of the rules of the in regulations of the bar. You know, that's how I would see it. And I think the rules and regulations of this bar was like, Hey, this is a show put on for you for them from a distance.
Now, if she really wanted to make that $30K, I definitely have some room for improvement. You know, they're wearing too much clothes, you know, taking off the shirt is cool. But man, you're trying to make $30,000 in a month. You gotta, you gotta, you gotta work that pole like a runaway, you know, you gotta get up there and do that thing, you know, and also you might need to go touch somebody. You might need to go get out in the crowd, you know, let's touch you. They don't do any lap dancing. Is there anything we can call it like Santa's lap dances?
Yeah, come sit in Santa's lap. You can give Santa a lot of things. What do they put the Santa hat on you? And then they sort of sit on your lap and give you.
Yeah, I'm just saying, we can, we, look, we punched this up. She makes this money in half the time. Um, but no, she wants to do this in a classier way. Also, there's a family establishment. So I think it's really hard for her to like the, the same business she's trying to save. She can't turn it into a smart house. You know, she has to like, okay, y'all, this is a family establishment. It's been in our home the whole time. It's very music related, but also like, you know, we're in a tight spot. So, uh, we got to bring in the strippers, but let's keep it, let's keep it cute. You know, let's have some decorum.
Yeah, so we got the show and it's a hit. It doesn't seem like it's very crowded. No, it's like 10, 15 people there, which is more than they probably had. They have not made ranking six months. I got really confused as to what the hell they've been doing for the last six months because I started to think, okay, if you got this mail review,
And it works. Is this something you do forever now? Like is this just like a new strip club? Is this just basically like turn into like the cat house of Sycamore Creek of just like every night, seven nights out of the week, come in male strip show?
Right. And what is the split? Then strippers. They do some splits. They need a pimp. A real one. Like because Ashley's out here exploiting them. You know, like we don't see them get any funds from this. They're all doing this for volunteer work. You know, we know Chad McNamara character. He's playing a long game.
He's got other plans in mind and the whole town is in on it. Everybody's like, so have you talked to him lately? You and Luke? Y'all look cute together. Everybody's in on it. But to me, he's doing that as a volunteer. Roger is the cook, and he's also doing it because his sister works there. And then the poor bartender is working for tips behind the bar. But I mean, how are you getting tips behind the bar if you're dancing on the stage? I really feel like you weren't getting paid.
Yeah, I think that, so Jack Michael Murray, he's playing a long game. You mentioned the guy who's married to the sister. He like has to do it. He's asleep on the couch if he doesn't like, you have to get naked at my parents' bar or you're in trouble. And then he's like, your mom doesn't like me. The other guy is like, I think that they, that well, the bartender, he works there. He'll like be out of a job if the place goes under. Yeah, it's all he got. And the other guy has no place else to go. I think he's just like, you know, doing it to meet women.
Oh, the drunk guy who's just like sitting at the bar playing crosswords all the time. Yeah. He's definitely, he's the creep of the show, right? Because why do you know this routine? You weren't even in the, in the choreography. Like I understand you had a sexy Uber driver that could come in and learn the routine as a dancer. Okay. Fine. But when, um, when uncle, uncle Bob shows up, right? Uncle Danny or whatever his name is. And he's like tag me in, you know, break glass. Okay. So it was like, wait a minute.
Yeah, there's a point where Roger, the sister's husband, he like breaks his ankle or he's on his questionable sprains his ankle. So they need a replacement because then we can't do the dance with it. The show is going horrible. These ladies, these thirsty ladies came here to see our choreography. We can't do it with just three guys. We need to take a time out.
Yeah. And it's like, no, the show must go on. We got to try it. They go out there and they try it. And they're like, wait, the blocking's all wrong. It's just, it's just not going to work. We got to pull the plug, but we'll be back. Okay. What are we going to do? Where can we find another random guy who's just been around for the last, you know, 30 minutes of this movie? Oh, Danny, you, what do you mean, you know, the routine? He's like, you think I just sit here and drink all day? They're like, yes, absolutely.
Mm-hmm because you've given us no other attributes. You drink and you cross our puzzles. It's like lucky for you. I am very sexy and I can dance a little bit too. I've been dancing longer than you've been walking. He's giving the Golden Bachelor. This is Maxwell Caulfield and he's best known for being in Greece and Greece too.
I'm sorry, he's in Greece too, I don't know if he's in Greece one. Okay, I was gonna say this man was not in Greece. No, was he in Greece too? Probably. I don't. Michael, in 1982's, Greece too.
Is that the one with a class score tonight or whatever the song is? Oh, maybe. I don't know. Listen, please, please don't get me lying. I'm looking at his IMDb. I don't know this man, but now I do. I know him as a stripper. Yeah. He's, you know, been in a lot of stuff over the years.
He's a man of stage and film. I see that he's done a lot of stage credits here. Off-Broadway, UK National Tourist, My Fair Lady, blah, blah, blah. He's done a lot. Yeah. And so he's there for the older crowd to give them something to here in the Mary Gentlemen. So the Golden Bachelorette and the Golden women who are married who just want to step out for the night cast and look at.
Now I still think you're going to be looking at Chad Michael Murray. She felt they get a lot of like low good local media coverage. The newspaper is writing up the Mary gentleman. They get television coverage. I mean, the Mary gentleman.
This is good for the entire town because if you think that the newspaper is buzzing in this town where they can't even keep the bar open, you're wrong. So I was like, oh, finally a story, you know, so they have something to write about. And we see that in the back in the day, the rhythm room was like a place that they had multiple articles about them on the wall. So it's like, yeah, let's reinvigorate the town a little bit, you know?
Let's get everybody in on this. Well, the problem is that the local musical acts are not performing at the rhythm room, that it seems like that the sad reality is you can get more publicity with a 30-second TikTok than you could from playing at the rhythm room. And the rhythm room's not giving you no money either. They're not even paying rent. So it's like, how can you get somebody? Like, it's like, can you come perform here? Oh, yeah. What do I get? Well, we don't really have a crowd and we don't have any money, but you could come.
You could bring your own crowd. It's like, yeah, I already have that. I have that on TikTok. I've got a crowd at home. I don't need this. So yeah, the model for the rhythm room is not something that's sustainable at this point. You got to bring in the strippers. Bring in the strippers. Okay. And so everything's going really well. They're making their money and Ashley is really, you know, falling for Luke, the star of the show. And she's thinking that maybe this could be something we find out that Luke had a bad relationship and his wife
his ex-wife left him. And she said, city girl's up. I'm going back to the city. Yeah, period. Okay. And she got flued out and then she, she flew in and flew back out. She said, I don't want this. I don't want to live this life. Okay. So she left. And this is tough because Luke's been hurt, right? The one thing he can't stand is a city girl. You know, he's been calling Ashley, like you city girl, you don't know anything about me. You don't know anything about this town. And she like,
No, I'm from here. It's like, yeah, but you moved away to the city and I don't like that. You know, they're bonding very quickly in this movie. There's a lot of longing glances at each other. But again, I think everybody's in on it. The entire town is kind of like, so have you, have you taken Luke as lunch today? She's like, no, I don't work here. They're like, please take Luke as lunch. So he can tell you about his past, you know, and so they have those moments throughout. And Luke,
You know, to his credit, he likes Ashley, but she's also kind of like, she's comforting to him. He's not exactly like being a stripper is not the dream he had when he was growing up. Like he's not really a performer. He'll do it, but only if he can see the kind eyes of Ashley in the crowd. You know, that's very important to the story is that when he looks out in the crowd, he needs to see somebody familiar so that he doesn't get his jitters and looking out and seeing Ashley just gives him the strength to gyrate and throw that thing in a circle.
Yeah. And the message of the movie is really it's not about, it's not performing that's important, it's who you're performing for.
Right. So you can't strip for just everybody, you know? At that point, you're not doing it for the love of the game anymore. You're in it to make money. And, you know, it becomes a job, the basic role of, you know, the nine to five will start to kick in. You don't like your employer, you don't like your coworkers, you don't like the clients. But like, if you're performing for somebody who you got, you know, who you have warm feelings for, it's like every day you go out there and you shake that ass for somebody who cares about you.
and it kinda keeps you like, yeah, it feels good, you know? You're not just out there shaking that ass for everybody. Everybody might benefit from it, but you gotta do it for the right person, right? You gotta have your heart in it. Yeah, okay. So we see that Ashley eventually is gonna get a phone call and they have a 911 situation. We need you back immediately. We blew it. Some people cannot handle being in the rockets or the jingle bells.
Yeah, you bet. And the understudy has a blue rona. Yeah, florona is crazy. Rob, were you expecting this twist? Because for me, I was like about, you know, we're about three quarters of the way through the movie. And I started thinking there has there hasn't been any conflict. Where's it going to go wrong? I didn't think that this was going to be it. I thought that maybe there was going to be like some other dancer that comes along. There has to be a point where
Okay. Everything's going well. And then we got to set up our third act. And so we got to hit a bump in the road. I wasn't expecting them because I didn't think that she would even consider going back to the jingle bells. Right. Like she should be surprised how far she considers it.
Well, that was her dad kind of looked like he was kind of like, what, you're going back. She's like, they call me. He said, I hope you told them where to shove that off. And she's like, dad, they gave me a raise. It's like, yeah. And you told them where they can put it. He's like, and they gave me a three year contract. He's like, also, you're serious. You want to go do this. He's like,
All throughout this movie, I've just been talking about how I wanted to be a performer since I was a child and now I'm getting the chance to be a performer again. Yeah, I'm going back. It makes total sense for me to go back. For me, I didn't know what the conflict was going to be. The moment the phone rang, I knew what it was. But prior to that, I was like, what's going to happen? And I started to think, what if Chad Michael Murray's ex comes back?
And she's like, you're a stripper now. And he's like, oh, no, the actual love of my life is here. And she shows up. And she's like, I knew that you were a city boy, something like that. I thought it was going to be him. But no, instead, the big bright lights of New York and Broadway were calling this woman back to the stage. And who is she to deny the call here? It's a 911 call. It's Christmas. It's a missed Christmas.
And like, it is like December 19th. Yeah. Yeah. I think that that would have been better than what ultimately happens here because I just, you know, she's going back. There is no threat. Yeah.
She had to stay. I should say. No, I was like, go back. Go back. This is all you've been talking about is how this is your dream. And you're like, you know what? I'm going to give it up because I'd rather be here to make sure that my family has a well run strip club.
We get and we go, you know, and I started to think about the business model of this family too. If this family does, if this bar does not operate unless your daughter is there running a male review, you might want to reestablish what this is. You know, dive bar, this is not, this just might have to be the new cabaret of the town and that, and that's okay. But like, if she can't even leave to go dance, I mean, she's, she only a rocket.
during the Christmas time. We just talked about this. She has, she could come back and do like the spring mail review, you know? Yeah, they can do the Easter round. Yeah. Right. So like she's just not going to be here for the Christmas Eve performance. And that's the big one of the year. Mm hmm. Okay. So.
Really, Luke is beside himself. He's like, he's not like, he's not hurt. Like if he was, if his feelings were hurt, I'd be like, dang, Luke, I understand. But he's mad. He's big mad. Girl, how dare you? Like I started catching feelings for you. You're not the nerve to go back to Broadway. You got me up here stripping. Are you crazy? You were playing in my face the whole time? Real. She's like, you were playing in my face by design. But, um,
Dude, I thought we had something. Yeah, we did, but damn, I gotta go to work. Would you think I'd go retire from this? You think I wanted to be a stripper of my whole life? I mean, you kind of have a knack for it, Chad Michael Murray. I don't know. What else were you doing? You were volunteering your time as a carpenter here. You weren't making a lot of money. I'm sorry. I'll set you up for greatness. Let me leave. I'll be back. Yeah, I was just starting to fall for you. I had you all wrong. This was your best performance yet.
He really goes like full Angela on them. Like, yeah, this was a great review for a low budget strip show. She goes, you got me all wrong, baby. Like, that was my favorite response to the whole movie. Like, you got me all wrong. He's like, yeah, no, I think I know exactly who you are. It's like, yes, Luke. He was fed up. Yeah. Yeah, you. I thought we had some.
Yeah, it's like, you work for her. You work for her. This is the power dynamic. It's all involved. Yeah. I don't like this. How about this? You're fired. Right. Sir. Sir, he's like, I got a show to put on. I know you can't relate. He's like, Oh, yeah. I said,
And he won't take her phone calls. She's calling him. And look, this is a tight turnaround here. It's December 23rd. She's got to get on a plane Christmas Eve because there's a big show in the big city on December 25th on Christmas day. Huge show that also
simultaneously that the merry gentlemen have their biggest show of the season on December 24th. You know, Chappelle, that's the biggest night in the year for for exotic male dancing. Christmas Eve, all the thirtiest ladies come out.
Leave your family behind, women. Ladies, leave your man at home. We're not doing this no more, okay? We're doing it for ourselves this year. The club is full of ballers in their pocket full growth. You better get out to the strip club, baby. You're like, I don't care. And so, yeah.
This is the night where they put the cap on this $30,000 that they owe. And so why would she choose a full-time job over standing in the crowd and watching her men do the routine that they've practiced with her for so long? And honestly, without her?
The men got to start to fall apart. They need their coach because there's beef within the ranks. Seemingly, they do the same show every night, but without the guidance of Ashley, the whole show has fallen apart. And they're like, why do we have to listen to you?
Yeah, Lou died in me. Ashley, Luke. Get out of here, Roger. You know, Roger's like, Roger sped up, which is crazy because I think Roger feels like we're actually gone. Like he's the next person in line for like leadership. He's got the bloodline. Yeah, he does. He really does. Like he's bought into the business too. So it's kind of like, Luke, I know you think you're in charge because you were trying to bang the boss, but like,
That's inappropriate. I'm actually banging the boss. Like we're married. So I'm kind of the boss. So let's be very clear. I get to determine who gets to be in the front of the, of, you know, the, the, on the top of the pyramid, if you will, here at the strip club. So yeah, it goes to hell. Even the older guy, Danny's like, you, you kids, I've been shaking my ass long already since y'all been in diapers. It was like, okay, Danny, calm down. You just got here.
So she's off to go to the airport. She's in the car that she can't even get the taxi driver that's in the show to drive her. And then eventually she realizes, dang, I'm going to turn around.
That's it. Well, for one, she wasn't going to make it to the, she wasn't going to make it to her plan anyway. Like, let's be very clear. This lady had no type of plan. She cut it too close. So she had no choice but to go back. And thankfully she does because the married gentlemen, they're doing their normal performance that they always do. But
There's no kind eyes in the crowd this time. Chad Michael Murray looks onto the crowd and he just sees cold women who are spending their Christmas Eve throwing money at him like he's a product like look like he's a Christmas ham.
Right. My eyes are up here, ladies. And they're like, yeah, shut up. Take off those pants. So he's like, ah. So he's looking. It doesn't feel like home anymore. And so he even stops the music. And that's what I was like, I'm a Roger fire this guy. Because what do you mean, stop it? Stop the music. Cut. Cut. I can't do this. They're like, what's wrong? And he looks out. He's like, I don't.
I don't see home. I just don't see home." And it actually walks in. He's like, wait, babe, is that you? Hit the music. And it goes, it goes, it goes, it goes, it goes, it goes, it goes, it goes, it goes, it goes, it goes, it goes, it goes, it goes, it goes, it goes, it goes, it goes, it goes, it goes, it goes, it goes, it goes.
They don't have the right. But the song that we're seeing it was definitely called all I want for Christmas is you. It was just not. It wasn't the version we know. It wasn't the Mariah Carey version. But, um, but yeah, he, uh, they hit the music and now he's back in that thing. Drop it to the split. All that kind of stuff.
Yeah. Roland, but he's doing it. Roland, but it all works out. They get the 30 K and we've got Christmas Day at the rhythm room, the tradition, Christmas dinner in the bar. Yeah. Now, as it actually never experienced this tradition because she hasn't been home in like never, but here she is. All the workers are here. It's a big day. And even the landlord is here.
Well, she has the payer. You're like, all right. Hey, here's your 30K. And the landlord's like, you know what? I apologize. I was being so evil when I asked you to pay your bill. Yeah. She's like, yeah, she's like, but I underestimated you. You really brought this town out of the slums. And now we have a real life strip club here. And so, yeah, look at the level. Would it have been too unethical for the landlord to have started dating one of the strippers or is that sort of like a little bit of a murky line of like, are you paying the rent with
What's dripper money or with like an actual like right date right right like that's yeah that's that's a little much the landlord's not allowed to do that you know like she's the what now should Ashley be dating the stripper no no she shouldn't like you should not be dating your employees don't put your pen in the company ink
Right, that part. And don't let it, the pin put, it's inking you. You know, like that's, this is things that we got to do. We can't, we got to draw a line here. But no, it seems like the landlord is now welcomed in like, Hey, let's do her a solid. She did give us six months off of like, and gave us time to make this money back. She's like, Oh, I never thought I'd be invited to Christmas. I mean,
I've been in this town so long and no one's ever invited me to the traditional prison. It's like, I guess I should come. And so she sits down and has the dinner and Ashley and Luke finally get to connect and connect they do. You know, that's kind of like, you know, I told you I had feelings for you. I have feelings for you too. I know, I know. And now what? You going back to the city like my wife did? No, it's like, no, I'm here for you. I'm here forever. I'm just going to die here as a stripper manager.
I really wish you had a backup plan. Will there be other shows? Do you think it's sort of like a Radio City music hall of like, okay, we're not just gonna have bands. Yeah, we'll have strippers, but then I'll also have like touring productions come through here. I think so. I think that like once you get the strippers were to get the them out of the hole, right? They were in debt. So they got the strippers out of the hole. I think what you say is like strippers.
Tuesdays and Thursdays, we got strippers. But for the people who were available other days of the week, we brought in the local cello player on Tuesday nights. We're going to have a jazz night. It's going to be like a wine bar. We'll serve different signature cocktails, whatever, and then kill sitting in the corner and play the violin or something like that. You can really start to change it up at that point, but you got to use the strippers as bait.
you know, it's a real bait and switch kind of situation. Oh, yeah, they got strippers here. But then on tomorrow, like, oh, tomorrow they're doing like a poetry night. I might go to that. Are they going to strip? Who knows? We'll see. Yeah. Maybe they strip and do poetry. Who knows? You don't have to limit yourself. All right. And they live happily ever after. It's not about performing. It's about who you're performing for. Yeah. All these movies, Chappelle, they have a blooper reel at the end also.
Yeah, and I yada yada the blooper reel. I was like, there's no, okay. Yeah, hot frosty blooper reel was way better. Yeah. I mean, hot frosty, if I had to pick one, right? Yeah. No, it's not even close. Hot frosty is way better than Mary Gentleman with all due respect to the Mary Gentleman. Right. The Mary Gentleman were, they were Mary, you know, they did the thing. They were gentlemen for the most part, but hot frosty was definitely hot, you know, like it. Hot frosty was sexier than this movie. Yeah.
Yeah, like Ted from Shit's Creek was doing what needed to be done. I'm sorry, like, I don't know if there's ever come up in a bracket for like sexiest man alive, but if you're gonna do heads up, heads up, Chad Michael Murray versus Ted from Shit's Creek. I'm sorry, we just put the Christmas movies next to each other and Ted packed them up. What about John Krasinski? John Krasinski is number one. You know, it's like King of the Hill. You gotta get to John Krasinski. You got, Chad Michael Murray is not even the same league if you have any more. Ted packed them up. Yep. You gotta get past Ted.
All right. Well, the Christmas movies are going to keep on rolling over at Netflix. There's no shortage. And it seems like nothing but Netflix is your home for sexy Christmas movies right now because, you know, I don't think anybody's shocked to know them. Rob and I definitely weren't like, hey, it's Christmas. It's November. Let's start talking about Christmas. It was hot on Netflix.
It was hot and frosty and so we had no choice but to cover the two number one films on Netflix and they both were Christmas movies and I suspect there will be more number one Christmas movies on the horizon to talk about soon enough. This is Lindsay Lohan Christmas movie but it's not a sexy movie.
It's not about hot guys. Well, why are we watching it then? What are we doing? Well, we have, we have a brand. I think that this might be the biggest, you know, cast of any of the Netflix. That's because they're a gentleman. Lindsay Lohan, Kristen Chenoweth, Tim Meadows.
Chris, the channel with us in there? Yeah. And tomatoes. Yeah. Okay. Yep. Well, hold on. Yeah, you got my attention. Yes. After discovering their significant others are siblings. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
Oh, yeah, yeah, I might have to delve into this one, Rob. If you want to take the week off, I might have to go in there and see this. Because I like, first of all, I like Tim Meadows, because whenever you put him in Lilo in the same movie, I'm like, oh, yeah, the Negro's connection. Sure. Yeah. Look, is that is that true? But then, like, you know, we got some twin sets going on.
Two people are X's and then there's significant others that they're dating now are siblings. So that's the plot of the Lindsay Lohan, our little secret. We haven't watched it, but if I had to ask you, do you think the X's get back together and now we have the siblings dating the siblings? Before I'm even watching this,
I already kind of can see where this is. Yeah, I think so. It's the holidays. You get back together. You know, they're trapped under one roof. They probably get snowed in, you know, the car can't start until the morning. We've seen this before. Was it the Irish wish or whatever? I really need down or whatever the movie was called.
luck of low hand, whatever it was called. We watched it already. So yeah, I think I can see where this is going. Let me see if I can find some guests and I can talk about it. Okay. All right. There you go. So fun stuff here on Netflix, all holidays, but then we're freed up in December to talk about whatever we want once we get through all the holiday movies.
Once our shopping is done, then we can enjoy the holidays. We do our Christmas shopping early, you know? It's like, yeah, we already had Christmas in November. You got to open your presents early. So by the time Christmas rolls around, don't be looking for Christmas content here on Nothing But Netflix. We already gave you that. You had four, three, four weeks of that in a row. Join us for other things, because Netflix has some stuff. They got some bangers coming on the horizon. Okay. All right. Chappelle, what's coming up for you?
You know, a lot of these shows are taking the week off for Thanksgiving. I was going to say like, hey, tune in to House of Villains next week because it's going to be a banger, but it's actually going to be a week before that happens. But this week on House of Villains, it was great. Jenny and I had a great time talking about it. It's our longest episode of House of Villains recap ever because it's Jenny and I and, you know, whatever. So it didn't take much to get us there, but we did. And then so check that out. Check me out on recapkickback as well, youtube.com slash every cap kickback and follow recap kickback on a blue sky to keep up with all the stuff I'm doing.
Okay. And then we, of course, say subscribe to nothing. But Netflix go to Rob is a website.com slash Netflix. Yes. Rob, did you see? We have to talk about this on Netflix because when else we were going to talk about it, we got a premiere day for suits. L.A. We got there. We get what is the premiere? I saw news about it. What's the premiere?
Let me see. Let me see. So suits LA premiere date, I think was just announced of February 25th. Okay. Oh, right after the documentary series. Yeah, the Americas. And so Rob, I, you know, this is where we burst the suit yourself, the daily suit rewatch podcast.
All right. What are we doing? We got a, we got a fire up the old suits podcast.com again to start to allude to that, kind of get people hype. Yeah. Get people hype. Uh, what's it going to be on NBC, peacock? What is it? Um, let me see. It looks like NBC. Let's like NBC. So I'm hoping that it'll stream on peacock because I don't want to watch it on NBC. Yeah. We'll check out where it goes. Uh, yeah. That's going to be a big week that last week of February. Uh, also is a survivor from your week.
supposedly reprising his role, I think, you know, while the feed is a different role. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He comes back and is like, who was Harvey Specter? My name is Jonathan Pearson. All right. Cool. Well, be on the lookout for that coming in 2025. All right. Thanks so much for joining us for the Mary Gentlemen. Take care of a good one. Bye.
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