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After almost five years, I've decided to end this Podcast, but more on that in the ep. This month we go looking for a new Santa and revisit 'Ernest Saves Christmas'. Mark complains that Santa is too svelte, shows he does not understand screen tests, and finally gets a crush on the show; Karl confidently gets a Michael Jordan fact wrong, makes a snake mistake, and gives both St. Nick and a young girl a hard time; and Sara explains how murders work, misses a reference to the film she's reviewing, and hints that she might think reindeer are birds. Enjoy! And thank you for joining us for the past five years, it's been a blast.

Join us for a boys night of crossdressing illegal hijinks as we revisit Mrs. Doubtfire. Mark makes a deep Ernest cut, only uses real words, and comments on Karl's love life, while Karl overuses a divorce analogy, questions whether cake would exist, and confuses church and state. Sara is out sick with laryngitis, or maybe she's here and not talking, you decide! Enjoy!

Get ready for murders, resurrections, possessions, and more murder as we revisit Practical Magic. Mark shows he barely watched this film, brings back a catchphrase from a previous ep, and proves he doesn't know hair genetics; Karl doesn't recognize children, insists that murders should be well planned, and misspeaks so hard he loses his head; and Sara reveals her hair color, recommends cemeteries to tourists, and proves she should not train children. Enjoy!

Return to a 1940s Toon Town with us as we revisit 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit'. Karl gives unverified film trivia, shows a complete understanding of women's anatomy, and ends up defending perverts; Mark gives theme park history from memory, gets outed as the 'messed up one' this time, and leaves little clues for his games; and Sara compares cartoon bodies, is continually unwilling to talk about shoes, and gives us all a lesson on whether or not we can gender hippos. Enjoy!

Fall down a weird hole with us in both the literal and figurative sense as we revisit 'A Kid in King Arthur's Court'. Mark is surprised at children type-casting, learns how Queens work, and figures out Medieval Times' sales pitch. Karl finds out this could have really happened, gives screenwriting notes, and calls out a child actor; and Sara reveals how much she knows about baseball, makes a bad joke for children, and gives us some tomato trivia. See if you can spot where we had to take massive breaks! Enjoy!

Join us on a cross-country road trip to Powerline as we revisit A Goofy Movie. Mark is unsure on Pauly Shore, misses underpants, and wonders about the disappearance of Bigfoot; Karl learns so much about dogs, gets unexpectedly touched by a Goof, and has a camping confessional; and Sara shares a fan theory about Pete, explains the Disney alt universe, and swallows some sad soup. Enjoy!

Getting this one in just under the wire, the gang is hopping dimensions and saving the girl as we revisit Super Mario Bros. (1993). Karl confuses the 1990s, gets blindsided by a fish, and encourages progressive toy variants; Mark has both a Tarzan and a Tinman misconception, can only recognize a man when he's in brown face, and gets interrupted by his cat; and Sara can't stop comparing this to other dystopian nightmares, reveals her close relationship with the star of the film, and insists she wasn't killed, she just died. Enjoy!

It's a blind watch boys night as Sara is out sick and we watch a film from the 80s none of us have seen, 'Explorers' from 1985. Mark blames everything on space magic, takes a shot at the public school system, and explains where bubbles come from; and Karl asks for his Oscar, forgets several things only to remember them seconds later, and cannot recall his greatest fear. All that and we give free advice to Hollywood on how to punch up this film. Enjoy!

Come jig with James Cromwell as we revisit Babe. Karl coins a new term for children, forgets how old his sibling is, and admits to hating positive people; Mark knows of a face, goes with something out of his mouth, downplays a dog tragedy; and Sara gives the shortest synopsis yet, remembers a song no one else does, and forgets a racism word. Enjoy!

Grab your coins and regain your luck as we revisit the Disney Channel Original Movie, The Luck of the Irish. Mark doesn't know his family's name, was never in a trio, and adds a tragic Potato to our scale; Karl believes in a Lake that doesn't exist, has sirens blare when he talks about being racist, and apologizes to all of Germany just to insult England later on; and Sara explains the difference between boys and girls, has a real misconception vis-a-vis juice, and says no in multiple accents. All that and we share our family nicknames and our favorite palindromes. Enjoy!

Go down the weirdest rabbit hole with us as we revisit the 1985 CBS TV special 'Alice In Wonderland'. Mark keeps pushing Kojak, sees a drunk when no one else does, and wants to be the King; Karl prefers Dreams over Drugs, asks an existential Scott Baio question, and says 'the original work' maybe 1000 times; and Sara hasn't seen the film but joins us anyways, explains what makes for cute abominations, reveals her secret identity, and gives our strangest review to date. Enjoy!

Hop on your brooms and fly away for a year with us as we revisit Kiki's Delivery Service. Mark makes a really weird Tombo connection, wonders 'where all the witches at?', and just can't stop pointing out children's underpants; Karl suspects a negligent mother, provides filler for Sara's googling, and tears apart this film's understanding of plane physics; and Sara refuses to weigh in on the heated Sub vs Dub debate, plays a long game of 'did you recognize this voice', and really flubs our plugs. Enjoy!