Episode 15: Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Joseph

This week, guest Drew Meyer drops by to force-feed us a big steaming bowl of Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever, a Lifetime Original Movie tailor-made for shilling Grumpy Cat merch to all you hapless holiday shoppers. Mreow.

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KRANKOMETER UPDATE:

This week, it suddenly occurred to us to score films on the Krankometer using X and Y axis coordinates. So if you’re playing along at home, Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever would have a Krankometer score of (0, -3), where the X-axis represents Entertainment Value and the Y-axis represents the Spirit of Christmas.

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Updates All Around!

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Joseph

Hi everybody! So a couple things have changed around here in the last week or two. The biggest is also probably the most obvious: We finally have a .com to call our own. ChristmasCreeps.com is open for business!

Second: Just yesterday, Johnny-5 informed me that the Twitter handle @ChristmasCreeps was newly available, so of course we snatched that right up. “Xmas_Creeps” was so inelegant.

Thirdly: As you can see, I’ve spruced the site up ever so slightly. The social media buttons are holiday colors now, which is neat. Maybe I’m the only one who cares/notices, but I like it.

…That…That’s pretty much it, actually. We’ve got a couple of fun episodes scheduled in the near future, and I’m really excited to knock those out and share them with you. Other than that, it’s back to school time now, so the season for actual Christmas Creep is closer than you think. When we spot some out in the wild, you’ll be the first to know!

So hang tight, enjoy some holiday movies, and thanks for reading/listening!

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Episode 14: Christmas at Peewee’s Playhouse

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Joseph

This week, the Creeps attempt to wrestle some sense out of Peewee Herman’s 1988 Christmas special, resulting in one of our least coherent episodes yet. True story: Our original idea for this week fell through because the internet is garbage, so we had to come up with and then resort to Plan B. So if you think this week’s episode is dumb bad nonsense, email us and tell Johnny 5 all about it. Anyway, on with the show!

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Episode 13: Home Alone 5

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Joseph

This week we’re embarking on a ridiculous mission to watch the entire Home Alone series backwards, starting with 2013’s made-for-TV Home Alone 5: The Holiday Heist. A kid who’s not Kevin McCallister defends a home that’s not in Chicago, IL from burglars (and Malcolm McDowell) who aren’t trying to steal everything in the house. It goes about as well as you’d expect.

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Naughty, naughty, naughty! You filthy old soomka!

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  • This movie can be rented through Amazon and iTunes (if you must).
  • Joe pitches his idea for Macaulay Culkin’s return to the series in Home Alone 6.
  • Fun Fact: This episode was recorded before the WWE fired Hulk Hogan.
  • Fan theory #1: The McCallisters are intimately familiar with the Griswalds.
  • Fan theory #2: Home Alone is a part of the Winslowverse.

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Hands on Fire

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Joseph

So the other night, the crew was watching a non-holiday movie for a change, when a startling parallel jumped out at us. Pictured on the left is Steven Spielberg’s Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). On the right, Chris Columbus’ Home Alone (1990). Take a look:

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Am I crazy, or does this seem intentional? It can’t possibly have been an accident. Chris Columbus was Spielberg’s one-time protege — even writing the screenplay for Gremlins, which Spielberg produced — so Columbus paying homage to his mentor isn’t so strange. But still, this is an odd reference to make in a children’s movie. A children’s movie about Christmas. Then again, Kevin McCallister is kind of a sick weirdo, so maybe it’s appropriate.

What do you think?

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Episode 12: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Joseph

On this week’s episode, the Creeps take a rocketship to the dopiest sci-fi Christmas movie ever made: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. Not gonna lie, this episode kinda runs out of steam once we realize there really isn’t a whole lot worth discussing about this movie. It’s that transparent and terrible. But the conversation careens into some weird topics, so gird your loins and stick it out! No, not like that, you weirdos!

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Episode 11: Ernest Saves Christmas

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Joseph

This week, the Creeps discuss the Christmas movie that set the template for all other movies in which a complete idiot rescues a holiday from the clutches of despair. That’s right, Ernest saved Christmas before it was cool. Deal with it.

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Episode 10: Die Hard

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Joseph

It’s Birthday Boy’s Choice this week as we celebrate Johnny-5’s birthday by watching and discussing the granddaddy of all holiday heist movies starring Bruce Willis. That’s right, we watched Hudson Hawk, but for some reason the conversation immediately reverted back to Die Hard. Go figure.

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Episode 9: A Merry Friggin’ Christmas

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Joseph

This week’s episode just happens to coincide with Memorial Day, so instead of doing the appropriate thing and not being terrible people, we decided to honor the late Robin Williams by watching and discussing one of his final feature films: 2014’s A Merry Friggin’ Christmas. Also, we welcome an old friend back into the fold. It’s a Memorial Day miracle!

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(In all seriousness, we have nothing but pride and respect for those that gave their lives so that we might enjoy the freedom to create and share this dumb podcast with you all. To those who made the ultimate sacrifice, we thank you. To everyone else, Happy Memorial Day.)

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Episode 8: The Star Wars Holiday Special

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Joseph

It had to happen sooner or later. This week, the Creeps tangle with the most notoriously horrible Christmas special ever made: The Star Wars Holiday Special. I don’t really have much to add here. Either you’ve seen it and know the anguish this thing has caused, or you’re blissfully ignorant and have no desire to ever see it. One way or the other, though, we’ll make it through this Life Day together…

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