Last Looks: My Secret Santa

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2:34Jason Mantzoukas:We're talking movies, but I hear Paul has a new book. Hello all you hot cocoa lovers out there who are horny for Santa. I'm your host, Hugh Mann, I mean, Paul Scheer, and welcome to How Did This Get Made? Last Looks, where you, the listener, get to voice your issues on My Secret Santa, a movie that discord user dove thinks should have had the tagline. It's not you. It's me. Oh, I love that. That's really good. Why isn't that in the movie? That's like easy pickings. That's great. I mean, by the way, that should have been the tagline of the movie. Well, I guess it would be a confusing tagline because you didn't know.

3:13Jason Mantzoukas:But here's the thing. It's great. Dove, you killed it. You killed it with that tagline. Now, also, I'm having a hard time right here because Dove is a character in a book that I just read, Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, which is a great book. Check it out. It's beautiful. It's a story about platonic friendship. It's also a story about just partnership and video games. And it was one of my favorite reads in a long time. And I cried multiple times. I haven't cried reading a book in a very long time. It's great. Check it out. And again, you don't need like a PSA from me to check out a book, because I believe this book was a hugely successful book of last year.

3:59Jason Mantzoukas:Like when I opened up the paperback, there's just pages of great accolades that this book has achieved. So anyway, I love that book. You should check it out. Also, I don't know if you've heard of it, but Catcher in the right? A pretty cool book. Yeah. You should, you, you like it. You, you know, I read it. I'm like kind of on the inside. Yeah. I don't need to give you any more book recommendations, but, uh, I'm reading martyr now, which is also a plus I'm reading good books. You know, I hear here's my theory. You always say, I want to read more books in the new year, or maybe you don't, I do. And, uh, if I can get like the amount of books that I want to read done early, then I won't let myself down at the end of the year when I found that I didn't read as many books as I wanted, but I I gave myself a goal this year, five books.

4:45Jason Mantzoukas:I normally do more than that, but five books. I can, I can achieve that. Anyway, uh, enough about me and my reading. Oh God, she loves talking about his reading. Anyway, uh, a big shout out to latex drool for that opening theme song. Unfortunately, the screaming kittens were too busy to make a song for us. Yeah. Apparently the lead singer's in love. And you know what? Honestly, I just don't think that she ever really cared about the band anyway. I mean, she had that kid and just quit the band. I mean, they would never achieve mainstream success with that kind of lackadaisical attitude. So anyway, Latex Drool, you are way better than Screaming Kittens ever were.

5:24Jason Mantzoukas:We appreciate you stepping in. Remember, if you have an alt movie tagline or you have a song for this show, it's so easy to get us the information we need. Alt movie taglines, corrections and omissions. That all happens on the Discord, discord.gg slash HDTGM. And if you're submitting a song, just go to our website, HDTGM.com. And there's a little button. It says, uh, submit a song. You click on that. You upload the song. Keep it short. Keep it nice. 15 to 20 seconds is best. And by the way, manageable. Um, coming up on today's show, we got some really fun stuff to do. Uh, yes, we're going to get to your corrections and omissions on My Secret Santa.

6:03Jason Mantzoukas:I actually saw that the lead actress of My Secret Santa was commenting on one of our posts, which always gives me a little bit of a nervous energy. But she seems that she's really into it. And she wanted to explain some of the choices made in Secret Santa. But I would recommend this. She seems like a super cool person. And if you go to her page, she's got some of the makeup and costume tests for the film. and there's a image of her and her Santa costume dancing around, which just is disturbing and great. And I love it. So check her out. I'm not going to tell you her name because I don't remember it off the top of my head, but you can figure it out.

6:42Jason Mantzoukas:You can do the math. Also, guess who's coming on the show today? Ted Danson. Yeah, you know, Ted Danson from cheers, from the good place, from the man on the inside. Well, anyway, Jason went on Ted's podcast and we took a little portion of that and we're going to put it on this podcast. So if you've never listened to Ted's show, you can get a little taste of it. Maybe you want to follow it up later, but more importantly, if you love Jason, uh, you're going to hear the two of them talk about the good place, the man on the inside and so much more. Plus we'll also reveal the movie for next week's episode.

7:16Jason Mantzoukas:Now I got a big announcement, a personal announcement. Um, back in 2023, I was obsessed with these dads who were hanging out in the parking lot at Taylor Swift concerts. They were in their cargo shorts. They were checking their phone. They were just kind of pacing. And they were all waiting for their daughters to get out of the show. So I had this idea, I want to go talk to these dads. I thought it was gonna be like this funny thing, like these dads just miserable, you know, at this concert, not really loving, you know, Taylor Swift or anything about it, but just having to be there. And I went down to SoFi and within the first 15 minutes, I realized, oh, I have this all wrong.

7:59Jason Mantzoukas:And I captured something that I think is really interesting. I went there for about two or three nights, talked to a bunch of different people. We're going to make this into a feature film, not this short, but this is a kind of this magical thing magical it was this thing that just i happened on because i wanted to do a little funny bit but then i found something a little bit deeper we were actually going to blow it up into a bigger movie that had a much bigger scope and that all fell apart um but i realized i never released the original mini doc the mini doc that actually got us financing for this uh feature so i wanted to put it up and I did.

8:42Jason Mantzoukas:And your response to it has been amazing. Uh, thank you so much for watching it. Thank you for commenting on it. If you've not watched it, you can watch it, uh, on my website, paulsheer.com or on my YouTube or on the dark web YouTube. It's very easy. Uh, just type in Paul Sheer talks to Taylor Swift ads. And, um, and if you liked it, share it. Um, you know, I, it was really fun and just fun to just go out with a camera and shoot stuff and just find something. Um, so yeah. So thank you. Hope you check it out. You don't have to be a Swifty fan. That's the other thing. You don't have to be a Swifty fan.

9:15Jason Mantzoukas:People are like, I don't like Taylor Swift. First of all, let's take that out of the equation. This is about parents and children. And this is about concert going. It covers a lot of different stuff. So if you have been a child, if you are a parent, if you've ever been to a concert, I think it will resonate with you. So, So and also I will say that the thing that Taylor Swift did with this concert, it just blew my mind. I've never experienced anything else like this at a concert. So anyway, check out that little mini doc. It's only like 15 minutes. You watch on your phone. It's fine. I'm not mad at it.

9:54Jason Mantzoukas:I'm not over here like Christopher Nolan or something. So yeah, watch it any which way you want. And finally, you can check out Dinosaur Improv back at Largo on January 24th. Okay. January 24th, we're back at Largo and Jason and I will be together on the Scam Goddess podcast on January 13th. A lot of plugs there. A lot of plugs, but all good, interesting plugs. We're giving you a lot of free content is what we're saying. Anyway, that's all the plugs. Let's get into it. Last week, we talked at length about My Secret Santa. We had questions and we might've even missed a few things. Here is your chance to set us straight, fact check us if you will.

10:32Jason Mantzoukas:It is now time for Corrections and Omissions.

10:59Jason Mantzoukas:thank you to the Brash Menagerie for that pop punk theme. By the way, Brash Menagerie? Love that. Let's go to the Discord. Nick writes, a lot of logic issues in this movie could have been solved if instead of starting the movie showing Taylor getting fired from a place that has no relevance to the rest of the movie, she was getting fired from working in the kitchen at the resort. You don't need to reshoot the scene. You just don't establish an irrelevant place. It makes it so much cleaner if the employee discount plot was part of the reason why she was working in the kitchen. Gives herself a reason to disguise herself there to continue the discount.

11:37Jason Mantzoukas:And really, the only changes it makes is that Tia Mowry threatening her at the end would make sense. I mean, it would be great if Tia was the one who fired her. Oh, my gosh, next you nailed it. Lizard writes, why was Tia Mowry so insistent on unmasking Santa in front of all the children. I mean, I know she wanted to make Matthew look bad so she could get his job, but I imagine she surely would get fired from the bad publicity from her going crazy and yelling that Santa is a fake. She seems so determined to ruin the hotel after she doesn't get the promotion. And by the way, who is she fighting against?

12:13Jason Mantzoukas:The owner's son. It wasn't even a fair, of course he's going to get it. I'm sorry, but nepotism is here to stay. Johnny Unusual writes, the name Hugh Mann as a wacky fake name was used in a classic episode of Futurama where an alien uses a flimsy disguise to outwit the buffoonish Zap Brannigan. Now, I don't mean to imply this is stolen, but rather my concern is that as a wacky name, Hugh Mann doesn't really work in the context of the movie. The Futurama, the gag is that a alien is taking a ridiculously literal pseudonym, but Taylor isn't pretending to be a human. She's pretending to be a man. Human would work for, you know, maybe a Christmas elf who is trying to be a human or a reindeer pretending to be a person.

12:59Jason Mantzoukas:But for a woman, wouldn't something like manly or masculine or hairy chest make more sense? By the way, hire Johnny Unusual people. Manly Harry Chest I mean Masculane Is pushing it But the other two Perfect Let's go to Johnny from Pittsburgh Hey guys I just listened To the newest episode On My Secret Santa And apparently You were right About the Eggled IMDB Review It looks like His dad Is Jay Eggled James Eggled So His dad Wrote that really sweet review about how heartwarming film it is. Anyway, love you guys. Bye. Thank you, Johnny. And yeah, we figured it out. That's right. It's his dad. And you know what?

13:54Jason Mantzoukas:God bless his dad for doing that. That is some perfect dad energy. Again, we're kind of tying together the Swifty Dads thing and this. I love it all. Dads, get out there and support your kids by getting on Amazon and getting the word out. Okay, next up is Meredith. Hi, my name is Meredith, and I just listened to the My Secret Santa episode, and you mentioned Common Sense Media, the website for parents to review media that their children might be watching, and you called it like a conservative website. I work part-time for them as a media reviewer, and they're absolutely not a conservative website.

14:35They're actually super liberal. What I do for them is actually audit the media reviews that exist for DEI content. So I add DEI content. I add a new section called diverse representations where I get to talk about if there's a very positive queer relationship, I get to talk about that in a very positive way. If there's great black representation or disability representation, I get to talk about that. if there's something problematic in the media, like a woman's being called a slut, I get to add that as something negative. And I've been doing this for Common Sense Media for, I'd say about four years.

15:12They have a huge program to not only audit every single media review they have, but to include all of these standards and guidelines in new media. So they are actually really liberal and progressive. It is for parents to review media that their kids might watch, but in an informed, educated way and not in a conservative policing way. You might go look at some of the media reviews. Like I did Avatar, I did JAWS, I did 51st States, and you can kind of see that diverse representations and how we're able to call out things that are negative in terms of DEI and then also support progressive DEI representation.

15:54So it's actually a really fantastic, very positive, very liberal company. Thanks for listening. Have a good day.

16:00Jason Mantzoukas:All right. Okay. Meredith, I am sorry about that. I thought that they were conservative. And I'm happy to hear that they highlight great DEI and call it negative DEI. That's great. And Mark Kiserman comes to slam me as well. He says that Common Sense Media, when you get a 10 plus on Common Sense Media, that isn't a quality rating. That just means it's suitable for ages 10 and older. Oh, I really misread the whole thing. And Mark also says, I love every episode. I'm excited to see Jason on Broadway next month. Well, Mark, by the way, there's another plug for you. Jason will be on Broadway in All Out, I believe it's called.

16:37Jason Mantzoukas:It's great. Check out Jason on Broadway. Great cast running through there. Kind of like just a who's who of great funny people. All right. So sorry about Common Sense Media. My mistake. We are now working in a different place. So thank you, Meredith, for correcting me. Back to the Discord. Why is Matthew in the locker room when Hugh Mann is taken there by Santa's self? I mean, Hugh just got the job in the lobby with Matthew only moments earlier. So why was Matthew naked and putting his work clothes back on after he just met Hugh in the lobby? I mean, did he run into the locker room and take off his clothes just to drop a towel in front of Santa.

17:16Jason Mantzoukas:I mean, that's kind of sexual harassment. Steve, you're a hundred percent right. I mean, Matthew is fucking freaky. He is a real freaky motherfucker. I didn't realize it was just right. I thought there was like some time had passed, but I guess you're right. I guess it was just immediate. And you know what? When you got to take off your clothes and show off your schlong, you got to do it. And that's, that is the God given right of any nepo baby. Do not question it. And before we close up corrections and omissions, let's go back to the phone line to hear from a couple of folks calling in about the Howdy Awards.

17:51Jason Mantzoukas:Oh, yes, the Howdy Awards is back. We want to do a new thing now where we're going to start doing the Howdy Awards again, but we want to keep track of it. So when you hear something that could be a Howdy moment, let us know. Maybe we even start a little forum on the Discord. Howdy moment. Just submit a nomination for a Howdy moment. You don't need to explain it more. Just say in this episode, this moment. And then that way, at the end of the year, if you have a time code, it'd be great. But by the end of the year, it'd be way easier for us to do. We wouldn't just put it off for nine years. Anyway, Anonymous, take it away.

18:20Jason Mantzoukas:I noticed during the latest Howdy's that in terms of international guests, you mentioned many people, but did not refer to Seth Rogen as an international guest. My question is, are you, or I should say, how did this get made standing with President Trump in trying to make Canada the 51st state? Is that your way of signaling that? Just a thought I had. Appreciate you. Wow. Wow. Okay. First of all, look, I, I, you know, I'm wrong. I'm taking a lot of hits today. I know Seth is Canadian. I respect Seth's Canadian heritage. I believe that Canada should stay where it is, should not be part of our country.

19:15Jason Mantzoukas:Now, Greenland, I got a whole different opinion on Greenland. Let's fucking let's take it. Let's take it. Let's take it all. Let's take it all. No, but Canada gets to stay. I love Canada, love our Canadians, and I apologize. And you know what? It's my ineptitude of geography, and I take full credit for this. So I apologize to Seth Rogen. But I believe that Seth Rogen was nominated, though, too, for that category. He was. I know he was. Anyway, Liz from Detroit, What do you got? Hi. I'm a doctor, so I'm answering your call for an answer of where does the butt start. My impression was what you were asking was sort of like, where does the butt start from the front?

20:03Like, where does crotch end and butt begin? Which is a very good question. And the simple answer to that is that we have this lovely little strip of tissue in our pelvic regions called the perineum. So you have your genitalia, genitalia stopped. Then you have perineum, or more commonly known, the taint. And then you will have your anus. So I would say technically where the butt starts is where the anus starts. Now, as to the other end, I think this is where people were getting confused as they were asking where it started on, like, from the back end. And I guess the answers that you got were, I guess, technically correct if we're thinking of gluteal region and butt as kind of synonymous.

20:51Your gluteal muscles do originate from the ilium, specifically the iliac crest, which is the top part of your pelvic bone. And so I won't go into any more detail than that because anatomists are annoying and anatomy is annoying. But, yeah, so I would say overall, I don't know, I kind of have a holistic view of, like, the butt region. I would say includes butt cheeks, butt crack or gluteal flusks, and butt hole or anus. So that is where the butt starts. All right. Thank you.

21:28Jason Mantzoukas:Have a wonderful day, folks. All right, Liz. Throwing, well, where were you? Where were you for the howdies? We should have started with you. That's a better and less perturbed explanation. I appreciate that, Liz. I salute you from the top of the head, which is where the salute starts. I don't know. Thank you, Liz. Thank you to our anonymous Canadian. These are important corrections to get out there. So many great corrections and omissions this week. A lot of them coming after me, which, you know, look, I, you know, I get. But I think to me, you know, I want to go and celebrate the corrections and omissions that really stand out, the ones that do a little bit more of the work.

22:14Jason Mantzoukas:And I'm going to say that this week, Nix and Johnny Unusual get to split the awards because they effectively rewrote the movie in about eight lines or less. And you know what? I wish I could give you your own whatever Netflix movie, but I can't. I can only give you this song from the amazing Bears in Love. Hit it! You thought you hit the jackpot cause you were the list, but really you were happy. Absolutely you were happy. If you want to chime in with your own thoughts or the latest episode, hit up our Discord or call us at 619-P-A-U-L-A-S-K. That's 619-PAUL-ASK. Coming up after a quick break, Jason will chat with Ted Danson and I will announce our next movie.

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