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Movie Meltdown - Episode 255

As we finish up our 6th annual holiday "special" we discuss, among other things, Richard Donner\'s Christmas classic "Scrooged" starring Bill Murray.

In this episode so powerful - it could tear a family apart, some of the things we mention are\\u2026 A New York Doll, impressions take on a life of their own, Bernie Taupin, E.T. porn, glitter, right now\\u2026 Kelly\\u2019s doing it with Patrick Swayze!!, Tina Fey, cartoon moments, a spare best friend,\\xa0Karen Allen, looking ahead to zombies, Lincoln lip, Mean Girls, Santa\\u2019s sensitivity training, I feel like I should be a mean husband, eating salt dough ornaments, GQ Magazine, if you had that hair\\u2026 you were the bad guy, Chevy Chase, Magnolia, somebody stealing your spot, what makes a man sexy, being a celebrity impersonator, Normal, well-adjusted people don\\u2019t just make awesome things usually, Michael J. Pollard, Iron Man 3, having cache, Alfre Woodard, theme songs, Misery, This was some F-ing Looney Tunes, Stockholm Syndrome sh*t\\u2026 get out of my house!!, a K-Mart David Bowie, manhandling children, Dustin Hoffman gets suspended, an unspoken theme of forgiveness, like early Matisse, The Sound of Music, strippers and kids, yeah\\u2026 I try to let the Looney Tunes subtly seep out of me, I know life is great, John Malkovich, The Last Picture Show, I\\u2019m afraid of bats, and\\u2026 crushed it!

Spoiler Alert: You will be visited by jerks bearing spoilers. So go watch \\u201cScrooged\\u201d before listening to this episode. You have been warned.\\xa0

Corrections: 1.) Of course it\\u2019s Mickey Rooney in "Breakfast at Tiffany\'s" 2.) And because the Murray\\u2019s are like the Baldwin\\u2019s\\u2026 at some point we mix up John Murray and Joel Murray. Apologies to both Murray brothers.

\\u201cGod Bless us all\\u2026 Goddammit.\\u201d\\xa0\\xa0