Jingle Friends: Holiday Movies & Specials

There was a story of a lovely podcast! It’s this podcast! And this week, we’re talking about the Brady Bunch season one Christmas episode, “The Voice of Christmas”. We’re joined by comedian Jared Jeffries — please support the Kickstarter for his hilarious comedy concept record A Gift You Didn’t Ask For from Friends You Never Had, by himself and Peyton Brown, at comedyconceptalbum.com, and stick around to the end of the podcast to hear a clip! Topics this week include the Brady Boinch, Garry Marshall, testing kids with toys, weird child actors, the difference between children and phones, anal glands, butt stuff, hard work, shying away from comic premises, Mike Brady’s relationship with Santa, unnatural phone calls, snooty little dorks, the last temptation of Santa, Greg’s behind-the-scenes sex rumors, eating presents, weird gift-hiding rituals, Alice’s relationship with the stove, Tina Fey’s frequent flying, No More Bells for Santa Claus, and mullets vs. mullettes. Check out more from Jared at jaredjeffries.com and follow him on Twitter @jmjeffries2. Follow us @jinglefriends, @seeegriffin, @saravents & @zachkaplan. We love you!

This week, we look back to a gentler time, when all we cared about is if and when Jim and Pam would hook up. It’s The Office - Christmas Party! We’re joined by comedian Anna Grace Carter of the sketch teams Adam’s Summer Class and Red Wedding and writer of Fanny Campbell, the Female Pirate Captain: A Tale of the Revolution. Topics include name preferences, whether the American Office is a pussy, assholes vs. good-natured goofs, whether Ricky Gervais is still good, Jim the stalker, if Christmas really is when you tell people how you feel, Maggie the dog playing with a toy, Secret Santa injustice, BJ Novak putting his foot in his mouth, showering at the gym, the rules of gift distribution, chocolate chapstick, the fun way to play White Elephant, alcohol making everything better, and treating actresses with dignity. Check out Adam’s Summer Class on December 28th at the PIT Underground in New York City as they defend their title at Battle Sketch, and check them out again on January 10th. You can also see a reading of Fanny Campbell at the Drama League on Monday, December 12th. Visit her online at annagracecarter.com or on social media @annagracecarter. Follow us @jinglefriends, @saravents, @seeegriffin & @zachkaplan. We love you!

This week we’re joined by Russ Feder of The Commotion to discuss the classic 80’s Bill Murray Dickens adaptation, Scrooged! Please go to teespring.com/jingle-friends from now through December 6th to purchase merch, 100% of the profits of which will go to RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network)! Topics this week include wuoting and cloating, clumsy censorship, New York comedy week, the kindness of Eric Andre, respect for The Muppets, Tony Hoffman, the Coked-up 80’s, Mary Lou Retton fever, the trope of the overly sexual female co-worker at office Christmas parties, our love of Carol Kane, and free apartheid. Follow Russ on Twitter @russfeder and follow us @seeegriffin, @saravents & @zachkaplan. We love you!

Happy Thanksgiving! On our one-year anniversary special, the Jingle Friends get together and have a wonderful time talking about friendship and one of their favorite movies, Addams Family Values! Topics include A/C mistakes, the original Daria, sounding, dickhole-less Nicholas, speech impediments, Sideways narration, Joan Cusack and her boobs, Krumholtz 2 Krumholtz, Wednesday’s love of allergies, the ethics of baking a stripper alive, depressing strip club expeditions, Christopher Lloyd having an orgasm, everybody’s feelings on Frasier and #putarollinit! Stick around to the end for a bonus segment on dog licks, tit pics, dick pics & beautiful balls. Editor’s note: Raul Julia, according to Wikipedia, did indeed die of a stroke, after a bout with what was rumored at the time to be stomach cancer. He had fallen very ill but still worked as hard as ever til the end. We love you!

Are you ready for another episode of Jingle Friends? Frankly my dear, we just don’t give a Hamm… Jon Hamm, that is! Because this week we’re discussing the Black Mirror Christmas special “White Christmas” starring that man of Hamm, Jon Hamm himself. We’re joined by special guest Jay Winston Gill - check out his show Let There Be Stuff! at Studio 301 in New York 11/17 at 8 PM, 11/18 at 8 PM and 11/19 at 4 PM and 8 PM, and follow him on Twitter @jayawesome. This weeks topics include dogs humping people, shitty people in sexual relationships, Eastey eggs, sugar-shacking, office christmas parties, being a player vs. going home and masturbating, Jay’s Sex Tips, delicious Wendy’s cheeseburgers, sexy dudes eating on camera, Squatty Potties, crazy dads with snowglobes, and Sara is Batman.

The Jingle Friends are here on November 9th to hopefully bring you some joy in a post-election world. This week, we discuss The Santa Clause with comedian Mary Beth Barone — check out her webseries at goodsets.tv with new episodes premiering November 22nd, and come to their premiere party and show at 9:30 PM on November 19th at Bunga’s Den in New York City. Topics this week include weird insults, how this movie is responsible for kids calling a sex hotline, killing Santa, the immortal curse of Santa, ridiculous scooters, buck/butt naked, how sex works, abstinence-only education, fat shaming and water globes. Check out Mary Beth at marybethbarone.com and follow her on social media @marybethbarone. Follow us on Twitter @jinglefriends, @seeegriffin, @zachkaplan & @saravents. We love you!

This week we take a nostalgic look back at a classic Nicktoon with Jesse Roth and Kathleen Kennedy of Bitch Party! Follow Bitch Party on Facebook and check out their show at Bunga’s Den on November 10th in NYC and, if you're in the UK, take a peek at Don & Shel, written by Kathleen, November 9th through the 11th at The Betsey Trotwood in London. Follow us on Twitter - @seeegriffin, @saravents, @zachkaplan, @jesseroth7 & @leenerschnitz! Topics this week include optical illusion Jesus, fear of E.T., terrifying talking toys, Chanukah goblins, traditional slaps, #slapthoseboners, an elaborate, depressing fan theory on the origin of the Rugrats, the sex life of Phil and Lil’s parents, baby stacking, community theater and why the Rugrats will grow up to be serial killers. We love you!

Happy Halloween! Don’t get too scared this week as we discuss Gremlins with playwright, actor and sketch comedy writer Kendra Augustin! Topics this week include Furbies, computerized Joey Tribbiani, rimjobs in rickshaws, folk music, racism, Steven Spielberg’s shitty jokes, reverse Rodney Dangerfield, the dangers of going down chimneys and Spider-Man condoms. We love you! Follow Kendra on Twitter @QuietGirlRiot!

He’s the cloven-hooved counterpart of Santa Claus, who, in old German folklore, kidnapped naughty kids in his sack and took them back to eat them. This week, we talk about the 2015 horror-comedy based on that legend, Krampus, starring Adam Scott, Toni Collette and David Koechner… yeah, we had high hopes, too. We’re joined by Mark Levy of Lenny Bruce is Not Afraid — follow him on social media @marklevy85 and check out his podcast, Something Good with Mark Levy. Topics this week include: the peril of intentionally bad movies, The Yule Goat, sacrilegious yoga, thieving ghosts, Adam Scott’s boyish looks, classism, snow Graboids, Dreamcatcher, being trapped in a snowglobe, and lox.

On another spooky episode of Jingle Friends After Dark, we talk about the classic 60's sitcom The Addams Family's Christmas special. Topics include The Addams Family vs The Munsters, not apologizing, alternate theme song lyrics, farting through keyholes, the pros and cons of eating out of feedbags, the logic of Thing, weird Santa hats, and what it would be like if men had periods.

This week, we’re kicking off the scariest month of the year with the Tim Burton / Henry Selick classic The Nightmare Before Christmas. Don’t listen with the lights off! Topics include asshole chimps, whale dick bones, Boston elephants, the tragic life of Glenn Shadix, Oingo Boingo, Jack’s wide mouth, what to do with a hole where a face should be, elf orgies and Benedict Cucumberpatch.

Happy fiftieth episode, everyone! This week we take a look at Community’s stop-motion Christmas special, Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas, with a special guest appearance by the karaoke singers across the street. Topics include farting (romantic and otherwise), whiny birthday Jesus, Black Lives Matter, dupa hygiene, dirty dates, background karaoke, the true meaning of Christmas, and old-fashioned fuckin’.

This week, we talk about Ron Howard and Jimothy Carrey’s re-imagining of the Dr. Seuss classic, How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Topics include a pot for every lid, the Dog Actor Guild, talking out of one’s butt, occult key parties, child endangerment, anti-consumerism and why the mayor is the secret hero of the film.

Today we sit down with Gary Richardson to talk about a Christmas classic, Home Alone, which teaches us to not be jerks to our families and to prank bad guys. Topics include our favorite late-era Culkin work, mean families, a revelation about Uncle Frank, gun safety, creepy basements, sleepwalking, Big Pete, looking through other people’s stuff, why Fuller will grow up to be a serial killer, and Carrie's Star Wars secret. Check out Gary in the film Don't Think Twice, currently in theaters, or on Twitter @garyyesgary. We love you!

Join the Jingle Friends this week as we watch the 1994 drama Little Women. Venture with us, if you will, to a magical land of Christmas carols, transcendentalist feminism and scarlet fever. Not to mention the women - you won’t believe how little they can get! Topics include young, shitty Christian Bale, Mathnet, the link between home remedies and historical sexism, sulking pigeons, Find the Oranges, creepy dolls, our ideal gender-swapped selves, and Smarmy Marmy. We love you!