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It's Christmastown


Jul 8, 2018

SARA KATE WILKINSON joins us for 2016's Summer in the City and: Her beautiful mind ... Hey, buddy ... A strangely mature romcom written by a teen (City Girl, Part 2) ... Plot in 60 Seconds... Can't ride bike, can drive commercial truck ... 9/11 Didn't Happen in the Hallmark Universe ... Is it conspiracy, oversight or taste? ... When Manhattan's Manhattan ... The one-chord difference between Hallmark and Lifetime ... Classic Lines: "Smurf Strangulation: An Ann Taylor Loft Mystery" ... The niece theory of wearing everything ... Goth gaucho pants ... It ends with cocaine ... Stately Natasha Henstridge ... Spot the Angel: Old Testament Maniac ... Eat Your Heart Out: "Women Laughing At Salad"; Cincinnati chili, the boldest dietary date move; DiGiorno-ass pizza; Food Doctor Desert Storm; Phil's Target-Rich Eats ... Hallmark Expanded Universe: Pam's back-home omni-movie; Did Hallmark's rudest ingenue have sex mid-film?; Christie Burke and Marla Sokoloff Appreciation Station ... The Bullock/Cusack Test: Accidental menace cut with "fear of New York" ... The quitter moment ... Overdetermined: "How DARE you encourage me, The Insane Quitter" vs. "Drug Addicted White Slaver" vs. The Expanse vs. Lifetime Creep ... Crossover... Bechdel Test: Yes! ... Partner Chat: Peppa Pig, don't roast The Gap, implied fringe, Mother Goose Club ... Leftovers!: Fake Google spotted ... Online presence, no store ... VIRTUAL REALITY ... What were you doing with your dream, Taylor? ... Cleaning the rummage room in a non-9/11 reality ... Cookie bait again ... Unironic Kimmy Schmidt ... Chili/Cuban reprise ... Amblin' divas ... Unrelated implied women's cult ... Rental snob ... Two listings and out ... LYLAS! ... MUSIC: "Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather • "If Wan tIt," from Cyber-Vision, by Drew Fairweather • "Cities in Dust" by Siouxie and the Banshees • "Blood Bitch," by Cocteau Twins • "Happy House," by Siouxie and the Banshees • "The Movement of Fear," by Tones on Tail • ESPN NFL Primetime Theme #8 • Opening and closing interstitial music by Chris Collingwood of Look Park and Fountains of Wayne.