Jingle Smells(GAM436)

### Starring:

John Schneider, Ben Davies, Brad Stine, James Storm, Dylan Postl, Eric Roberts, Jim Breuer, Victoria Jackson, Jaclyn Stapp, Tyson Jones, Amanda Sekulow

### Production Company:

ACLJ Films, Laugh-O-Gram Studios, Logan Sekulow Originals, Keystone Films

## Hosts

Noah Lugeons

Eli Bosnick

### Special Guest

Michael Marshall

***Jingle Smells*** is the apparently heartwarming comedy about what this movie thinks is a gross smelly garbage collector, who then proves that he's got worth to the community by distributing stolen goods, but festively.

### **Opening Phrase**

Where each week we sample another selection from Christian cinema, because you can't replace yourself with a puppet in an audio medium.

### **How Bad Was It?**

Well, if you love the passive-aggressive limit testing of a right wing Uber driver, but you wish *he* thought your ride was his tight ten at the Chuckle Hut, you will *love* this movie.

### **Best Worst**

* Marsh: …anti cancel culture. [They threaten to cancel the villain.]
* Noah: …bullies. [See the joke section.]
* Eli: …PTSD war flashback. [In the silliest scene.]

### **Notes**

* The film was apparently the first non-documentary feature film to premiere (23 November 2023) on *Rumble*, a very prestigious claim to fame. The DVD is available directly from John Schneider's website (with a bizarrely bad photo of the cover), where he says "This is the most fun I’ve had making a Christmas movie since *Christmas Cars*! We blast everything from cancel culture to unfair business practices. It’s patriotic, thought-provoking, and lots of fun! A total blast for your whole family from 2 to 102!"
* ACLJ Films is apparently an arm of the "American Center for Law and Justice", which, along with the associated *Christian Advocates Serving Evangelism*, has paid Trump attorney Jay Sekulow, his family, and their businesses tens of millions of dollars since 1998.

### **Jokes**

[Noah: And this is, of course, where they bestow the name "Jingle Smells" on him, cause he's a garbage man wearing a Santa hat.] [Marsh: With a perfectly written out song, as well. They just instantly—the two of them together—just go, im—just improvise a song, in unison. It's beautiful bullying, it really is.] [Noah: Right, because… you have to imagine they had a song for every occasion! Right?] [Marsh: Yeah, like, what if he didn't smell, but he looked a bit weird? Did they have a variant of "Jingle Bells" that would cover whatever was going on with his looks?] [Eli: Yeah, "Jingle Bell's Palsy." They used it on Eric Roberts every time.]

### **Interstitials**

* What if People Didn't Respond? (5:30)
* Citation Needed/Get Ahead (7:06) [GAM Live Orlando]
* Eric Roberts "Acting" (48:59)
* The Cancelled Kickers (1:30:07)
* Outtakes (1:57:31) [Post Credits]

### **Tropes**

* Boss in a Bit Part
* Christians Don't Know How the World Works
* Disappointing Christian Celebrity
* Looks Like…
* Secret ~~Jesus~~ Santa

### **Breakfast Club Close**

* Marsh: …Nick Gutman went on to Tweet the n-word and was duly elected governor of New Mexico.
* Noah: The child elf-slaves rose up against Santa and ultimately seized the means of production.
* Eli: Pop Frog got a *strong* talking to from Peter Dinklage.

### **Links**

* Episode on Audioboom
* Episode on YouTube
* Episode on Patreon
* Trailer on YouTube
* IMDb