Show Notes
In today’s unplanned crossover episode with Andy's other talk show, Movies with Friends, Candy Cane Greene and Naked Man pilot guest Kyle Dickinson have a Christmas feast with the Cratchits, enjoying Christmas Pudding and a Smoking Bishop cocktail as they discuss BBC’s version of A Christmas Carol (1984). Welcome to A Naked Man Christmas Carol. [DISCLAIMER: The episode is intercut with clips from the film & other references. The audio isn't the best, my apologies.]
What Christmas carol do Kyle and Andy attempt to sing? Is A Christmas Carol a time travel movie? Why does Andy feel bad for Jacob Marley? How does capitalism fail even the Scrooges of the world? Is this a commentary on Margaret Thatcher era England? How does Christmas change as you go from childhood to adulthood to parenthood? Why are carols so important to Kyle? What creates that proprietary blend of magic and melancholy omnipresent during the holidays? Are Kyle and Andy the cutest?
All these answers and more come for those willing to journey to England and with the help of the Ghost of Christmas Past, return back to childhood and rediscover the magic of Christmas.
This is a cinematic sleigh ride undertaken to promote The Los Angeles Mission, a nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating homelessness by providing food, drink, shelter, health care and employment to those who need it.
To donate to the LA Mission: https://losangelesmission.org/ways-to-give/
If you'd like to watch the visual component to the episode or check out any other episodes of Movies with Friends, a YouTube talk show where friends come together to talk movies with a food and/or drink pairing from local businesses, go here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnU0cnUDJUqOQjjaeBSwyUw/
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I do not own the rights to A Christmas Carol. I am not being paid to promote any of these products or businesses. I did so of my own accord because I am so grateful to the small businesses the world over that have kept us afloat the past few years.
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