Welcome to Festive Flops, a podcast in which we unwrap the best Christmas romcoms gone wrong. Because here, we know it’s never too early for Christmas. We're Jillian and Anthony, a married couple that enjoys the best of the worst Christmas-themed romcoms.
Merry Christmas dear listeners! Anthony and Jillian wish you the merriest and brightest of holidays as they gift you a retelling of the mack daddy of all bad holiday romcoms, 2007's festive flop, "Holiday in Handcuffs."
One of the greatest works of classic film, ABC Family's masterpiece, starring Melissa Joan Hart and Mario Lopez, is nothing short of a farcical, homophobic romp that will make you believe in the magic of Stockholm Syndrome.
Music:
Christmas love challenge 110 bpm.mp3 by Synthet, FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND
Christmas Celebration by TimTaj FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND
24 Dec 2024
Episode #12 - Love Actually
Merry Christmas Eve 2024! You know you want to spend it with Anthony and Jillian as they tear apart beloved holiday ensemble favorite, 2003's festive not-so-much-of-a-flop, "Love Actually."
While, yes, it's a product of its time, our hosts can't help but roast the transphobic, fatphobic, and sexist "festering turd" of a script produced by people who should have known better in 2003.
Music:
Christmas love challenge 110 bpm.mp3 by Synthet, FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND
Christmas Celebration by TimTaj FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND
23 Dec 2024
Episode #11 - Holiday Switch
It's almost Christmas 2024, so join Anthony and Jillian as they embark on one woman's inter-dimensional journey to get rich and abandon the husband she hates in 2007's festive flop, "Holiday Switch." Listen in as our hosts get bored with excessive time-killing montages and speculate on the secret sci-fi aspects of this film's all-powerful yellow ornament and clothes dryer.
Music:
Christmas love challenge 110 bpm.mp3 by Synthet, FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND
Christmas Celebration by TimTaj FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND
16 Dec 2024
Episode #10 - A Christmas Letter
Comedian Anthony and writer/actor Jillian dissect David Lipper's disastrous holiday movie "A Christmas Letter" for its cringe-worthy romance and questionable product placements.
25 Nov 2024
Episode #9 - Eve's Christmas
Anthony and Jillian dissect the behind-the-scenes chaos of 2004's "Eve's Christmas" in a hilarious retelling of this festive flop's reused sets, last-minute wedding planning, and Zac Efron look-alikes.
18 Nov 2024
Episode #8 - Girlfriends of Christmas Past
This week, Anthony and Jillian tackle the revenge scheming of three scorned women to recount and review 2016's festive flop, "Girlfriends of Christmas Past." Full of closeted lesbians, attempts at slapstick comedy, and omniscient exes, join our hosts for this laughably poor attempt at the "band of unlikely exes get revenge" trope.
Music:
Christmas love challenge 110 bpm.mp3 by Synthet, FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND
Christmas Celebration by TimTaj FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND
27 May 2024
Episode #7 - Desperately Seeking Santa
In this week's episode, Anthony and Jillian venture to the South Boston Mall to recount and review 2011's festive flop, "Desperately Seeking Santa." Stuffed with boy band choreography, fatphobia, and shirtless Santas, join our hosts for a classic "workaholic woman falls for hometown hero" romp.
Music:
Christmas love challenge 110 bpm.mp3 by Synthet, FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND
Christmas Celebration by TimTaj FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND
20 May 2024
Episode #6 - Naughty and Nice (2014)
This week, Anthony and Jillian venture into the world of a shock jock vs. a Frasier rip-off in 2014's festive flop "Naughty and Nice." Can they stomach a runtime of 88 minutes packed with an office filled with Styrofoam peanuts, "homemade" Christmas cookies, and Marcia Brady?
Music:
Christmas love challenge 110 bpm.mp3 by Synthet, FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND
Christmas Celebration by TimTaj FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND
6 May 2024
Episode #5 - Holly's Holiday
In this week's episode, Jillian and Anthony review the mishaps of mannequins come-to-life and whiny photography simps in 2011's festive flop, "Holly's Holiday." Can they survive the onslaught of misogyny, obvious foreshadowing, and sloppy workplace romances?
Music:
Christmas love challenge 110 bpm.mp3 by Synthet, FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND
Christmas Celebration by TimTaj FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND
29 Apr 2024
Episode #4 - A Firehouse Christmas
This week, Anthony and Jillian salute hometown heroes, Dance Moms, and shirtless toy store owners as they recount 2016's festive flop, "A Firehouse Christmas." Bad green-screens, buckets of ADR, and absentee dad subplots, oh my!
Music:
Christmas love challenge 110 bpm.mp3 by Synthet, FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND
Christmas Celebration by TimTaj FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND
23 Apr 2024
Episode #3 - Back to Christmas
Join Anthony and Jillian as they get caught in a time loop of bad acting, bad singing, and the low-budget production value of 2014's festive flop, "Back to Christmas." Listen in as they explore "gorilla grams," hometown hotties, and how you can date someone for five years without ever discussing wanting children.
Music:
Christmas love challenge 110 bpm.mp3 by Synthet, FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND
Christmas Celebration by TimTaj FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND
16 Apr 2024
Episode #2 - Christmas Crush
Anthony and Jillian are back to tackle the magic of "Christmas wishes," which supposedly everyone knows about in the 2019 festive flop, "Christmas Crush." Follow along as they discuss the best ways to drive off a stalker, the Donner Party (the good one), and the most generic Christmas song ever written.
Music:
Christmas love challenge 110 bpm.mp3 by Synthet, FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND
Christmas Celebration by TimTaj FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND
7 Apr 2024
Episode #1 - My Santa
In the inaugural episode of Festive Flops, married couple Jillian and Anthony take a look at the 2013 Christmas rom-com and ultimate festive flop, "My Santa." They discuss the protagonist's frustration with the commercialization of Christmas, the curious "magical powers" of Santa's son, and aggressively bad child acting.
Music:
Christmas love challenge 110 bpm.mp3 by Synthet, FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND
Christmas Celebration by TimTaj FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND
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