The 2025 Christmas Q&A (feat. Mary Willems)
Patrick Willems Presents
0:00 Hello.
0:01 Merry Christmas.
0:02 Merry Christmas and welcome to yet another Christmas Q&A with me,
0:08 your host, Mary Wollums.
0:10 As always, I'm joined by my sister,
0:12 Mary Wollums, who some people don't know exists.
0:16 No, they have no idea.
0:17 And those people aren't real fans.
0:19 True fans, no.
0:20 True fans watch the Christmas Q&A.
0:23 Mhm.
0:23 So, we're back again.
0:25 We're shooting this on December 27th.
0:28 That's right.
0:29 Yeah, we have glasses of Christmas milk in our hands.
0:34 Clink.
0:37 We have an organized spreadsheet full of questions that people have submitted.
0:42 I color coded it.
0:43 Mary color coded it.
0:45 Yeah.
0:45 We just got back from seeing Morty Supreme.
0:48 So good.
0:48 So, we're really energized.
0:50 The whole family went.
0:52 Yeah, everybody loved it.
0:53 We're going to win.
0:54 Yeah, well, I will say the the the two women sitting to my right didn't.
1:00 I heard one of them halfway through whisper, "This is terrible." And they left.
1:05 They walked out.
1:07 But we did not feel the same way.
1:09 We loved it.
1:09 Yeah, I mean, I I'd seen it already.
1:11 And but I was very happy that the whole family loved it.
1:13 I saw a movie.
1:15 In theaters.
1:16 I'm sure this will come up again during this Q&A.
1:18 So, anyway, you all know the routine.
1:22 You know, some of you watching may have submitted questions.
1:26 If you didn't know about this or didn't see the links,
1:30 I posted them on YouTube, Instagram, and Blue Sky,
1:35 which are the platforms that I use.
1:38 I don't use Twitter anymore.
1:40 So, if you expected me to post it there, sorry.
1:43 But yeah, I tried to to make sure everyone knew about this and had
1:49 more than 24 hours or about 24 hours to submit a question.
1:53 And we've got hundreds of questions.
1:55 226 questions.
1:57 If you submit a question and we don't get to it, I'm so sorry.
2:00 It does not mean that your question was bad.
2:02 We just truly Or cannot answer them all.
2:04 Well, it might mean it's bad.
2:06 There were bad questions that we're not going to ask.
2:09 I'm nice.
2:10 You you're the bad cop.
2:12 I'm the good cop.
2:13 Right.
2:13 Also, bad is subjective.
2:16 Mary, should we get to the questions?
2:17 Yeah, we're going to start off with a really important
2:20 one that was submitted from Chris and Amber who asked,
2:23 "Which character from Gilmore Girls would you
2:25 most like to have a pint with?" Ooh.
2:27 Mhm.
2:27 Chris and Amber, hello.
2:30 Thank you for watching.
2:31 Thank you for sending in the question.
2:33 I'm going to say Sookie because I think she would bring really delicious snacks.
2:41 I think she is charming and bubbly and funny.
2:44 Yeah.
2:44 She'd have some funny stories to tell you about what's up in Stars Hollow.
2:48 She would?
2:48 I'm going to say Sookie.
2:50 Yeah.
2:51 And this feels like a really lame answer, but I'm going to say Lorelai.
2:55 Lorelai's cool.
2:56 She's cool.
2:57 She She talks very fast.
2:59 She does.
3:00 I tend to talk fast when I like get drinks with people and I'm like
3:04 I might get overwhelmed at a certain point or like run out out of energy,
3:07 but I'm just like, I think that would be a good hang.
3:11 So, yeah.
3:12 There you go.
3:13 Lorelai Gilmore, a good hang.
3:14 A good hang.
3:16 it here.
3:16 Walt Shitman, I wonder if that's your real name,
3:19 asked, "Per your comments on Aliens versus Avengers,
3:22 what were some of your favorite comics of 2025?" Ooh, good question.
3:26 Okay, comics this year.
3:27 I've read a lot of comics.
3:29 Um Okay, at DC, I really think the Absolute line is so good.
3:37 Like the Absolute books are at like the top of my stack all the time.
3:41 I got Mary the first volumes of Absolute
3:43 Batman and Absolute Wonder Woman for Christmas.
3:45 Please read them.
3:46 Okay.
3:48 Just you'll want to talk to you about them.
3:50 I know.
3:51 But yeah, Absolute books, loving those.
3:54 Ultimate books, in particular Ultimates and Ultimate Spider-Man.
3:58 Dennis Camp has in the past two years has just
4:00 like become like such a star and I like like sorry,
4:06 like like Ultimates and Absolute Martian Manhunter both so great.
4:10 Assorted crisis events from Image, terrific.
4:15 I'm loving that.
4:16 There Oh my god, there's so many comics.
4:18 Ryan North's Fantastic Four has continued to be excellent.
4:23 There's only four issues out,
4:25 but the new Batman series that Matt Fraction is writing
4:28 and where him and his is drawing has been terrific.
4:33 Okay, Andrew wants to know.
4:35 Well, first he says, "Hi Patrick, Emma, Novels, and the team.
4:39 Big fan.
4:40 You reference a ton of primary and secondary sources in your essays.
4:45 I'm a former aspiring theater critic and as such I've
4:49 read a a ton of theater criticism and theater theory,
4:52 but outside of basic film theory, I've read almost nothing about the movies.
4:56 The movies.
4:57 And I love the movies.
5:00 [laughter] What film books did you read this year that you'd recommend?
5:03 If none, do you have a must-read list that you could share?
5:06 Thanks again." I I definitely read film books this year.
5:10 I'm just pulling up the list of books I've read this year.
5:13 Okay, I've not read a lot of film theory books this year
5:15 other than I cited it in the second Legacy Sequels video,
5:19 but Retromania by Simon Reynolds,
5:22 which is about pop culture's addiction to its past and like nostalgia culture,
5:26 which is funny cuz it was written in like
5:28 2010 and everything it's about has just like you know,
5:33 gotten even more intense in the past 15 years.
5:35 It's also like mostly about music,
5:38 but but that that is more of like a like theory.
5:42 But I Mike Nichols: A Life by Mark Harris
5:46 is one of the best biographies I've ever read.
5:49 Like highest possible recommendation.
5:51 Even if you're like, "I don't care that much about like Mike Nichols.
5:55 Why would I read like a 600-page book about him?" You do.
5:58 It's incredible.
6:00 Read Mike Nichols: A Life and Q the Sun by Emily
6:04 Nussbaum about the history and like invention of reality television.
6:09 I do not give a[ __] about reality TV.
6:11 I watch no reality TV.
6:14 Yeah.
6:14 It's one of the best books about media I've I've read in years.
6:20 she was featured on an episode episode of Ologies, which is one of my favorite
6:24 And she also went to Oberlin, where we went.
6:27 Yeah.
6:28 Wait.
6:28 Yeah.
6:29 Did we overlap with him?
6:30 Oh my god, no.
6:30 She's she's like at least a decade older.
6:33 She's the the New Yorker's TV critic.
6:35 Okay, Richard Minero asks, well, first he says, "Salutations, y'all.
6:40 Hope you had a Merry Christmas this year
6:42 and I'm absolutely looking forward to what
6:44 2026 looks like for the channel." I'm excited
6:47 to find out cuz honestly, I don't know.
6:49 Mystery.
6:51 Patrick, what was the hardest thing to achieve
6:54 logistically for the Dinner Plan other than the vomit?
6:58 Absolutely excellent short, by the way.
7:00 It completely reinvigorated my energy to make more short films
7:03 outside of my college classes and so thank you for that.
7:06 Most difficult logistically?
7:09 Mhm.
7:09 Honestly, the vomit was not logistically that difficult.
7:14 This is a very easy answer because pretty much anyone who's
7:18 ever worked on any kind of film production will tell you
7:23 and I knew this going in and and and I I
7:26 still did it to myself and it turned out to be true.
7:28 Dinner table scenes with multiple people Mhm.
7:33 the hardest, most annoying thing to shoot.
7:36 Yeah.
7:37 And we wrote a nine-page scene with seven people around a table Mhm.
7:44 where two courses of a meal are served and we had
7:48 to show the plates because the continuity of the food mattered.
7:53 Scene seven as it it is in in the script.
7:58 I was having stress nightmares about scene
8:01 seven for about two weeks after we wrapped.
8:04 I kept dreaming that we were still shooting pickups
8:06 on that because it is it it it's like well, like I'm just like you know, look,
8:12 like any filmmaker, there's things in in the film where I'm like, "Oh god,
8:17 I like you know, I I you know, I can't stand looking at it.
8:21 All I see is the problems." I am still just like so relieved that scene
8:26 seven functions at all because that was just such an ordeal to put together.
8:31 And and and and just so you know,
8:34 like half of the shots that we had on the shot list,
8:37 we had to cut during production for time and didn't even shoot.
8:42 Jesus Christ.
8:43 Yeah, so I think about that when you
8:45 when you write multi-person uh dining table scenes.
8:51 I will.
8:52 Cuz you're always doing that.
8:54 doing that.
8:54 Harrison asks, "Same question I ask every year.
8:59 What was your favorite non-2025 movie that you watched
9:02 for the first time this year?" I have to check my Letterboxd.
9:07 Letterboxd.
9:08 Okay.
9:09 I am going to say The Remains of the Day.
9:15 Ooh.
9:14 The Merchant Ivory movie.
9:17 Merchant Ivory.
9:17 With Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson.
9:20 I will say I had like a little Merchant
9:21 Ivory phase where I I watched four of them.
9:25 And you watched A Room with a View?
9:26 Yeah.
9:27 my favorites.
9:27 As in as in this just narrowly edges out A Room with a View for my favorite.
9:33 A Room with a View is so phenomenal.
9:36 I loved it so much.
9:37 Mary has been a huge fan for decades.
9:40 Yeah.
9:40 And I But yeah, so I I watched A Room with a View,
9:45 Maurice, Howards End, The Remains of the Day.
9:49 All are good.
9:50 And but I'm going to put The Remains of the Day at the very top.
9:55 Um I say this having just gotten back from Marty Supreme, a stressful movie.
10:01 Remains of the day?
10:03 Maybe the most stressful movie I've ever watched.
10:07 Really?
10:06 It is I've never watched a movie
10:10 about like such intense repressed feelings ever.
10:15 Where no one will ever [snorts]
10:17 Mary, there's a scene in the movie cuz Anthony Hopkins is a butler.
10:20 Yes.
10:21 And he takes the job very seriously.
10:22 Yes.
10:23 There's a scene where he is up having to like, you know,
10:27 be a butler at like a party at like the manor he works at.
10:31 And he is informed that his father,
10:33 who was recently hired on as like an additional butler, has died upstairs.
10:38 And he shows no emotion and is like "Thank you for telling me.
10:44 I will I will see to him at the end of the event because I am so committed
10:49 to my job that I'm not going to even like
10:52 react to the news that my father died." That's horrible.
10:55 And that's just like a scene in like the middle of the movie.
10:59 The British.
11:00 It is It is just like I think my Letterboxd
11:02 review was like 2 hours of nonstop internal screaming.
11:05 And that's that movie.
11:06 Anyway, Remains of the Day.
11:08 Remains of the Day.
11:08 It's a great movie.
11:10 All right.
11:11 Sebastian Wait, Mary, what's your favorite non-2025 movie you watched this year?
11:15 For the first time?
11:16 Rudolph by Rankin and Bass.
11:19 I saw it for the first time.
11:20 I never seen it.
11:22 Santa Claus is so mean.
11:26 [laughter]
11:24 The head elf is so mean.
11:28 So much so that I was laughing because I was like,
11:31 "This is not a very happy version of Christmas."
11:36 Wow.
11:34 Rudolph's dad is a dick.
11:39 Huh?
11:39 When Santa Claus finds out that Rudolph has a red nose,
11:42 he says to Is Blitzen his dad?
11:45 Donner?
11:46 Donner.
11:47 He says to Donner, "You should be ashamed of yourself
11:51 for having a son with like a disability." Wow.
11:56 Yeah.
11:56 Wow.
11:57 not allowed to play any reindeer games after that.
11:59 That's not my Santa.
12:01 But um it's also very funny and charming.
12:05 Um and like I knew that a lot of Elf was based on it,
12:09 but I didn't realize the extent to the influence that it had.
12:13 So, yeah.
12:14 Okay.
12:14 There you go.
12:15 There you go.
12:16 Cool.
12:16 Okay.
12:18 Sebastian Castellanos says, "Merry Christmas to Patrick and Mary.
12:23 Thank you, Sebastian." Merry Christmas to you, Sebastian.
12:25 Question for you.
12:27 Is there any skill in filmmaking that you know you won't be
12:30 able to do that a part of you would have loved to do,
12:33 such as an animator or a stuntman?
12:35 If so, why?
12:37 Yeah, I'm I'm going to say composer.
12:43 Ooh, that's a good one.
12:44 Yeah, it's a thing where it's like some things it's like,
12:47 "Okay, I'm you know, I'm not like the the best cinematographer.
12:52 Like I'm never going to let anyone hire me to be a cinematographer,
12:55 but like I I I can I can do it like well enough on like my videos.
13:01 I you know, I can edit pretty well, things like that.
13:04 I can't compose at all.
13:06 I have none of those skills.
13:07 And I but I love film scoring so much and I love uh
13:11 all of my collaborations with the great Brian even on just like regular videos,
13:17 just like discussing, you know, like what what a scene should be,
13:20 where music should come in, all of those things.
13:24 I I love that so much and I just can't do any of it.
13:28 Uh and so in another life, you know, where I had the ability and pursued it,
13:34 I think that would be really exciting to be a film composer.
13:37 Once Patrick made me play a game with him where you played the first
13:43 three notes of a movie score and we had to guess what they were.
13:50 And it was not fair.
13:51 This is when I think maybe I was in high school and you were in college.
13:54 I'm sorry.
13:56 It's It's fine.
13:56 I I don't remember this, but I believe you.
13:58 You were like, "Mary, I can't believe you're not getting it." And I was like,
14:01 "It's only three notes." I'm so sorry.
14:04 It's okay.
14:05 I've gotten better since then.
14:06 You have.
14:07 Um no one asked me, but I would say I would build miniatures for films.
14:15 I love small things.
14:17 They're so satisfying.
14:18 be cool.
14:19 That would be so cool.
14:20 And I like making things, so I think that'd be fun.
14:22 Dave Dunlap says, "For both of you,
14:25 what is your favorite shared childhood Christmas memory?" Well,
14:29 that is a big question.
14:31 It is shared, so we have to share it.
14:34 must have been there together.
14:36 So
14:36 Are we thinking the same thing?
14:38 I think we are.
14:40 How do we explain this?
14:41 Okay.
14:42 So, Patrick's big surprise gift this Christmas to me and my parents was
14:47 that he had taken these old home movies and he'd have them digitized.
14:51 And so he gave my parents and then me also
14:53 a little flash drive with the home movies on them, which was so exciting.
14:58 Um and one of the home movies or a series of home movies
15:05 [laughter] It's truly like the beginning of Patrick H.
15:07 Willems, filmmaker.
15:08 If you We had this one videotape that we would
15:12 we would only like film on it at Christmas every year.
15:17 But so this one videotape goes from like 1998 to like 2002.
15:22 And you can basically watch me like kind of like
15:26 discovering and getting into filmmaking over the course of this because
15:31 like every 10 minutes it's like a year later
15:34 and I'm trying new things or it's getting more ambitious.
15:38 And And what was on this video is several
15:43 versions of of a movie we would make annually.
15:47 That was my dad's.
15:49 It was It was her I want to be very clear before we we explain
15:54 this that our dad is a wonderful person
15:56 who has been a terrific father our whole lives.
15:59 He's very caring father.
16:00 He is.
16:01 And he had this wacky idea back in the '90s.
16:06 I think that I I was about 10.
16:08 Yes.
16:08 Where this was like when we were like about to take our Christmas tree down.
16:13 So we were going to take all the ornaments off of it.
16:15 And he's like, "Hey, what if we make a a short film where Patrick
16:21 walks into the room where right here where the tree is?
16:24 The tree we've always put it here." And then
16:27 the tree topples over and falls on Patrick.
16:30 But it like falls through him.
16:34 So you just see him with like branches in his hair.
16:38 falls right So like my hair is messed up and I have like bits of like,
16:41 you know, twigs and stuff in my hair.
16:43 And then it reveals that my dad has been standing behind the tree.
16:48 So he knocked it over on me.
16:50 And he's holding a Nerf gun.
16:52 To be clear, a Nerf gun.
16:54 A Nerf gun.
16:56 And then he says the classic line.
17:00 Classic.
16:59 Eat Nerf.
17:00 Eat Nerf.
17:01 he shoots.
17:02 And then shoots me.
17:03 And then there's a shot of me with then like a Nerf dart stuck to my forehead.
17:08 Patrick falls out of Well, in the first one I didn't fall out of frame.
17:11 That's true.
17:12 It was the the first one was literally like three shots.
17:15 And so it was the only one that you were in.
17:18 No, no, no, I was in two.
17:19 You were in two.
17:19 You were in two.
17:20 And so what happened was we then made it again the next year.
17:25 And it got a little bit a little bit and and the the next
17:28 year I think I was exerting a little bit more control.
17:31 I was like, "Oh, we're going to" because we also we couldn't edit it.
17:34 It was just like a big VHS camcorder.
17:36 And so I had like Mary do some like
17:39 piano music at a dramatic point like in the background.
17:42 And we had like a a couple more angles.
17:45 And then after that, I clearly was like "No, I want to direct now.
17:50 I'm going to get behind the camera and Mary is the star." be the star, yes.
17:54 And then so we have several years of Mary starring
17:58 these as we keep making the same movie every year.
18:00 But like one year uh I was like, "Let's open with like a James Bond parody.
18:06 One year, let's do like" clear, to make it a James Bond parody
18:10 Again, we had no editing capabilities.
18:12 Were you singing the James Bond Yes, that's me.
18:14 So Patrick was just holding the camera humming the James Bond theme.
18:18 Well, the way it opens up is, you know,
18:21 the the gun barrel opening in the Bond movies
18:23 where Bond walks across and then turns and shoots.
18:26 And so we did it just in our living room
18:29 with no lighting or anything as my dad just walks
18:33 across the frame as I go da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da.
18:37 And he turns and shoots.
18:38 And then normally the blood drips down.
18:41 And instead, I took like a red piece of paper and just moved it
18:47 down over the camera going da da da da da da da da da da.
18:51 hand-drawn like title title card saying like Patrick Willems
18:54 presents The Willems Family Christmas Movie.
18:58 So yeah, so we we did that like basically every year for several years.
19:02 And watching them back many years later,
19:05 it's like this is a deeply weird thing for us to do.
19:08 We just kept remaking a movie about a father
19:11 abusing his children every year, but in a fun way.
19:15 funny way.
19:16 Yeah.
19:17 Yeah, we're we're a good family.
19:19 We're a good family.
19:20 Yeah.
19:20 Yeah, so there's your answer.
19:22 Yeah.
19:22 Matthew wants to know,
19:24 "Do you ever see yourself doing shorter analysis videos again?
19:28 I miss the 10-to-15-minute videos, not against not a knock against the current
19:33 format." Does anyone make 10-to-15-minute videos anymore?
19:37 It's a thing that like, you know,
19:39 I've talked about with like other like like other like like video creators.
19:42 I've talked about it with like, you know, podcast friends.
19:45 It's a What's the term?
19:47 Scope creep.
19:49 Where it's like the more you do something,
19:50 especially if you're like like talking about
19:53 or analyzing stuff, the more you do it,
19:57 the the more you you want to be comprehensive,
19:59 the more you want to cover like larger,
20:03 like more difficult topics, and they just get longer.
20:07 And and then and also the way YouTube film culture has evolved,
20:14 we're no longer doing the like the videos where we
20:17 like rip off everything in a painting and we're like,
20:20 "Here's a very short concise video about
20:22 one single technique used here." It's like, "No,
20:25 we're doing videos about like an entire genre."
20:29 Our our our like like like covering bigger topics.
20:33 And so, yeah, I just I truly don't know how to do a 10-minute video anymore.
20:40 If I can do a video that's like only 30 minutes long, I'm like, "Woo!
20:45 A short simple one." Uh so, yeah, look,
20:48 I'm I miss the short videos, too, but no one's making them.
20:52 I I truly feel like the form has just kind of moved past that.
20:58 And also audiences are always like, "We want longer.
21:02 Give us more like like like long Yeah, like the longer the better.
21:07 And look, here's the thing.
21:08 I'm not one of these people making 4-hour videos that take a year to make.
21:12 Nothing I mean that those videos that they're good,
21:14 but I'm like Yeah, I mean, my videos are short compared to those.
21:18 Yeah.
21:19 So, you heard it here.
21:21 Some people make longer videos than Patrick.
21:24 Exactly.
21:25 Exactly.
21:26 Okay, very important question coming up.
21:28 Uh from Shannon Costello, aka Shannon Von P, aka my best friend.
21:33 Oh, okay.
21:34 So, this is an important question.
21:36 She says, "Favorite kids movie you saw this year?" And Jane Daisy, aka my
21:43 her daughter.
21:43 niece.
21:44 Uh Jane Daisy wants to know,
21:46 "Do you eat popcorn when you go to the movies?" Yes, we do.
21:50 Well, we we literally just ate popcorn at Marty Supreme.
21:53 So, yes.
21:55 Yes.
21:55 Favorite kids movie.
21:56 For this year, in terms of new ones, I'm going to say Arco.
22:01 Uh I don't I don't know what that is.
22:03 Arco is a what is a French animated movie that I I'm I'm so sorry.
22:08 This will just sound pretentious.
22:10 I saw it at the Cannes Film Festival this year.
22:14 [laughter] When it was in French,
22:15 but now it's been released in theaters with like an English dub.
22:18 It's animated.
22:19 Yeah, it's it's a really cool delightful kind of like uh like sci-fi movie.
22:26 It's like hand-drawn animation.
22:28 It's really cool.
22:32 Sci-fi?
22:30 Yeah.
22:31 It involves a like kid in way in the future from this like cool utopian
22:37 future kind of stealing his parents' time machine and ending up not in our time,
22:42 but in a time like like maybe like 50 years from now.
22:46 Uh and then like meeting like this girl around his age and like
22:50 trying to figure out how to get back to his own time.
22:53 But uh but he I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I
22:54 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I
22:55 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I had it
22:57 a free morning at Cannes [clears throat] and I was like,
23:00 "What's playing?" I was like, "Arco, I don't know what that is,
23:03 but it it's animated and I don't know,
23:05 Natalie Portman produced it." And and I was like,
23:07 "This is delightful." And now it's actually been released here and yeah,
23:12 and you know, it's delightful.
23:16 But yeah, that's my favorite kids movie.
23:18 I also I haven't seen I guess I haven't seen Zootopia 2 yet.
23:23 I want to see it.
23:24 Yeah, I'm a little embarrassed because I love kids movies
23:26 and I'm realizing I didn't see that many this year.
23:29 To be fair, you didn't see a lot of movies.
23:32 Well, but I watch movies at home.
23:33 I don't see a lot of movies in theaters.
23:34 Okay.
23:36 So, I did enjoy Paddington 3 that I watched in theaters with Shannon and Jane.
23:41 Hey, you saw four movies in theaters this year.
23:46 Uh Paddington, The Wedding Planner, Wicked, Wicked, Marty Supreme.
23:52 And The Dinner Planner.
23:55 But that doesn't count.
23:56 It does count.
23:57 Um I I enjoyed Paddington 3 a lot.
24:00 It made me cry.
24:01 Um I don't know, does K-Pop Demon Hunters count as a kids movie?
24:06 Yes.
24:05 That was very fun.
24:06 The music is amazing.
24:08 That that's good.
24:09 Danny Cox says, "It was great to see
24:11 Chloe in the season finale after a long break."
24:14 Our mom was just saying that.
24:15 Our mom was just watching the new episode and being like,
24:18 "Chloe's part was so good." I love Chloe's song.
24:21 She's so good at singing, which she is.
24:23 Okay.
24:24 Yes.
24:24 Any plans for more Chloe appearances in 2026?
24:29 People want to know.
24:30 Um any plans?
24:32 Are you planning?
24:34 You're not planning?
24:35 Here's the thing.
24:36 Here's the thing about next season.
24:39 I have no idea what it's going to be.
24:42 He doesn't know.
24:43 He has no idea.
24:46 know some of the topics we'll be discussing,
24:48 but in terms of like the format of the show,
24:52 now that this season is wrapped up, if you've watched the the the season finale,
24:59 uh and you and you saw the final sequence in there,
25:04 uh you know, there's a real sense of like,
25:06 "Huh, is Patrick doing this in a way where it's
25:09 like may may maybe we will never see anyone again.
25:13 I don't know." Um here's the thing.
25:15 I love I love working with Chloe.
25:17 Uh Chloe is one of my favorite people.
25:19 Um oh, by the way, uh I was talking to Chloe
25:22 today about like she might come by and do some sledding tomorrow.
25:26 Okay, great.
25:27 So.
25:27 Um also, Chloe was my friend first and then Patrick stole her.
25:30 Yes, that is true.
25:32 Not fair.
25:32 And Chloe and I drove up here for Christmas together on Tuesday.
25:37 Um but yeah, it's Here's the thing.
25:41 We tried to have Chloe in other videos in the past couple of years
25:45 and she's just got like a a crazy schedule and it's hard to pin down.
25:50 She's a professional musician.
25:51 Uh at Thanksgiving, um Chloe and her sister
25:54 Lily have a music duo named called Sybil.
25:57 You should go check them out.
25:58 Is it Sybil Music?
26:00 Probably.
26:01 on Instagram.
26:02 They're so good.
26:03 They have beautiful voices, like haunting harmonies together.
26:07 Go check them out.
26:08 And I did a music video with them at Thanksgiving.
26:12 It's so beautiful.
26:13 When's it going to be out?
26:14 January.
26:15 Here's the thing.
26:16 Chloe will probably be back at some point, but I have no plans for anything.
26:21 So, I just cannot say.
26:24 But we all love Chloe here.
26:25 We love her.
26:26 Julia, aka Friendly Filmmaker, says, "Hi Pat.
26:30 Hi Mary.
26:31 Here's a weird one.
26:33 I know you both love the amazing
26:35 invention that is Christmas milk and rightfully so.
26:38 Thank you, Julia.
26:40 But I don't think we ever heard definitively, do your parents like it?
26:45 So, I asked mom because we got this question.
26:48 I was like, "You know, Julia, I'm not quite sure." And I asked mom and mom said,
26:53 "Well, you know, since I've reconnected with my love
26:57 of milk recently, this is a quote.
27:02 She said, "I was thinking that I should add some schnapps to my nightly glass
27:08 of milk and enjoy Christmas milk during
27:11 the Christmas season." So, our mom likes it.
27:15 And and and just again, so everyone's clear,
27:19 she recently reconnected with her love of milk.
27:21 Yeah, I'd say last year she reconnected with her love of milk.
27:24 She now has a nightly glass of milk.
27:26 That is a direct quote, by the way.
27:27 Yep, that's how she announced it to us.
27:30 She said, "Well, I have some news." Yeah,
27:33 and I don't think our dad has ever tried Christmas milk.
27:38 interested.
27:38 He's like, "Nah." Laura Phenomenon has some
27:41 nice things to say and nice questions.
27:43 She has a question for each of us.
27:45 Happy Christmas, Patrick and Mary.
27:47 Happy Christmas, Laura Phenomenon.
27:48 Hooray for The Dinner Planner.
27:49 Hooray.
27:50 Everyone loves it.
27:51 That's got to make you feel pretty good.
27:55 Yeah.
27:57 Sorry, I This is terrible.
27:59 I I hear that and immediately go, "Does everyone?
28:02 That can't be true." Patrick, you got to let in the compliments.
28:07 I mean, I'll take it.
28:08 I'll take it.
28:08 Yeah.
28:09 Okay.
28:10 She says, "Um my question for Patrick is
28:13 about the writing credits on The Dinner Planner.
28:16 Patrick has a story by credit,
28:18 while Mike and Jake have screenplay credits on IMDb.
28:22 Could you please elaborate on what this means and explain how
28:26 you all collaborated through the writing
28:28 process?" That's a really good question.
28:31 So, the the way that I've realized that I like to write is not actually writing.
28:41 I, like many people, I don't enjoy writing.
28:44 I know that I write the videos.
28:46 I write thousand several thousand-word essays.
28:50 I and it it is agony, but you know, you got to do it.
28:54 And when it comes to screenwriting, I can do it okay,
28:59 but what I've learned over the years is that I I
29:03 don't enjoy it and other people can do it better than me.
29:07 And so, but what I do love is breaking the story.
29:13 Just like working out the Breaking the story.
29:15 Yeah, just like like Just get get again, that's why I have a story credit
29:19 because I primarily came up with the story of The Dinner Planner.
29:26 Yeah, and so we would so the way we we'd write
29:28 it would be we would have these writing retreats where Jake, Mike,
29:32 and I, you know, would have these like
29:34 just long full-day discussions about about just like,
29:39 you know, the whole story to the whole thing.
29:42 And then they would like write drafts of scenes
29:45 and I would I would give a bunch of notes,
29:47 and then they would go write new versions,
29:49 and the actual scripting they would do because they would write better,
29:53 funnier versions than I could on my own.
29:56 I would just keep like giving feedback until it got to where I was like,
30:00 "Good, I'm happy with it now.
30:01 I'm ready to direct it." I'll do like
30:03 a final little like dialogue pass on on everything just
30:07 so that like everything sounds right to me so
30:10 that like the rhythms of the dialogue are right,
30:12 but I'm like that to me does not warrant a screenplay credit.
30:17 And so, the actual script of the dinner plan is
30:20 really like those words are written by Jake and Mike.
30:23 Mhm.
30:23 And but, you know, that's them working off
30:26 of a story that was largely constructed by me.
30:29 And if I mean, the the feature that I've been developing for the past
30:33 year uh that is hopefully the next major thing that I direct, Yeah.
30:38 um it is working with two different writers who are not Jake and Mike.
30:42 And I didn't even come up with the story on this.
30:43 I will not have any writing credit on this uh when it gets made,
30:48 but we have we just have like a lot of meetings,
30:51 and I just give a lot of notes and toss out a lot of ideas,
30:54 but then I have better writers than me who would do the actual writing.
30:58 Um look, I'm I'm not here trying to get as many credits as I want.
31:01 Like this is like I I I want to direct a thing,
31:05 and uh and and working with really good writers uh and to to collaborate
31:11 to like get a thing to like where I want it to be to direct it,
31:16 that is a really fun process.
31:19 Getting to read a new draft when it comes in and be like, "Ah,
31:22 this is so much better than it would be if I wrote it myself." I love it.
31:27 Ah.
31:26 I realized Laura was not asking me a question.
31:29 She just had a nice message, which is very nice.
31:31 She said, "Congratulations to you on your engagement.
31:35 I hope all your family and friends shower you both with love on the big day.
31:39 Thank you so much." It's nice to be engaged.
31:42 I will shower you with love on the big day.
31:45 Yes.
31:45 But not until then.
31:47 Yeah.
31:47 Nothing until then.
31:48 Mhm.
31:49 Nothing until then.
31:50 Ephraim Oliver says, "Hi Patrick.
31:53 It was great to meet you at the Abolish Everything
31:55 taping for Nebula earlier this year." Also, wait one sec.
31:59 Yes.
31:59 I remember meeting Ephraim there.
32:01 Also, Ephraim, can I ask you a question through this video?
32:06 Are you an intern on Late Night with Seth Meyers right now because I could have
32:11 sworn shortly after I met you that you like popped up in a segment on the show.
32:18 Oh, that's cool.
32:19 I think I think that would be cool.
32:21 I'm not going to read the comment on this, but tell
32:23 me if that's if that's if that's correct because
32:25 the comments, and I'll tell Patrick.
32:27 Because I'm pretty sure that I recognized you
32:30 uh there cuz I it wasn't that long.
32:32 Anyway, thank you for coming to the Abolish taping.
32:34 Ephraim said, "Even though it's Even though I know it's not your normal setting,
32:38 I hope you do more of it because you crushed it.
32:41 I want to ask you broadly what you
32:44 and your writers' creative collaborative process is like." Oh,
32:47 kind of tying in with Laura's question.
32:49 Yeah.
32:50 a tutorial on how to make video essays a while back,
32:53 but obviously your process has evolved
32:55 since adding long-form storytelling to the mix.
32:58 How far in advance do you guys know what the end point of the season is?
33:02 Do you ever get to the end of a research-heavy script and think,
33:06 'This needs more jokes'?
33:07 Or do they flow naturally from your opinions?
33:10 Excited to hear your insight." That's a Good question.
33:13 That's a really good question.
33:14 Yeah.
33:14 Um I will say in regards to the uh Abolish Everything thing,
33:20 um uh it's very nice of you to say that uh you know,
33:24 you enjoyed the show and that I did okay.
33:26 I think it is very unlikely I will do anything
33:29 like that again as in in terms of like live
33:31 comedy shows uh because I I I did that to help
33:39 out my friends who were like producing the show.
33:42 Uh I did not want to do it.
33:46 Not like I I love Abolish Everything.
33:48 I think it's a great show.
33:49 I just knew that because I do not do live comedy,
33:52 and I have no aspirations uh to do live comedy,
33:55 I was going to have to put in a lot of time and effort to get to the point
34:01 to to get to the level of like the other people
34:04 who were on the show who do this all the time.
34:06 And so, yeah, uh it and I I I thought it went well,
34:10 but also uh I'm like, "Great.
34:13 I did it.
34:14 I didn't embarrass myself,
34:15 and now I never have to do it again." So, yeah, probably not more.
34:18 But in terms of the writing process,
34:21 I I will say I'm constantly trying to figure out how to make our writing
34:26 process smoother and tighter and more efficient
34:30 and overall better uh because it's messy.
34:34 And a lot of the messiness comes from me and just like you know,
34:40 I'm like, "Well, I I I got to like you know,
34:43 wait until the ideas all click together and like
34:47 like and like my arguments are fully formed." The basic
34:50 way we we work is I will send over to Jake and Mike a brief breakdown of like,
34:54 "Here's [snorts] like the premise of this video
34:56 and like the the thesis of it and what
34:59 it's about and maybe some structural things I'm
35:01 thinking," but a lot of the time just like,
35:03 "Here's like the one-sentence idea of what the video is." And then
35:07 they will send over pitches for what's like a narrative conceit,
35:12 what's like a like a you know, a fun way to present this.
35:16 And then after they've sent over their pitches,
35:18 we'll have a Zoom call where we'll just,
35:21 you know, talk through a bunch of concepts
35:24 until we finally nail one down like, "Okay,
35:26 this is what we're going to do for this one." And then as I'm writing the essay,
35:32 they will start working on the the narrative elements,
35:36 the just like the the the stuff that's not just like the essay,
35:40 and we'll I'll be writing in the same doc.
35:42 And then as And usually I write the essay
35:45 in bullet points before I then turn it into full sentences.
35:49 And then after I finish the bullet point version,
35:51 they will go through and do punch-up to like add jokes and stuff.
35:57 But truly like they usually do punch-up in like
36:00 like on the last day before I shoot.
36:03 You know, going into a new year, I'm like, "Could we could we have a tighter
36:10 schedule and and do this better?" Because yeah,
36:14 a lot of it, especially like the season finale,
36:17 that was so messy where research and writing
36:21 and shooting and all of it they were all overlapping.
36:26 I'm just glad that that thing hangs together at all.
36:30 But uh yeah.
36:31 Yeah, it it's like functional, but could be better.
36:34 I think you're very hard on yourself.
36:36 I am.
36:37 Yeah, and I think that um your videos are funny and good.
36:41 Well, this is the thing where it's like I want
36:42 the video I want to make stuff that is like like superb.
36:48 I want to make stuff that that is like really excellent.
36:51 Even though I realize that even if I if
36:54 I make the best YouTube videos in the world,
36:57 it's not really like no one it's not going to change my career at all.
37:01 It's like nothing's going to actually be be different other than
37:05 I'll like I'll feel better about them, but like, you know,
37:09 I'm not going to like make a million dollars or I'm not going
37:11 to get to like direct a movie because I make like better videos on YouTube.
37:17 You are just very, very ambitious.
37:19 Well, yeah.
37:19 You know, do the best that you absolutely can.
37:21 If you're making anything, why not try to make it great?
37:24 Marry button to button.
37:25 I buttoned my top button.
37:26 I needed to happen.
37:27 Marry, you look good.
37:28 Thank you.
37:29 Okay.
37:30 Kieran, a nice Irish name, asks,
37:34 "What types of movies would you rather see on streaming than in cinemas?
37:39 Surely the platform complements some of the medium's
37:41 strengths." I have a very simple answer for this.
37:44 Okay.
37:44 Short films.
37:45 Ah.
37:47 Short films don't make sense in movie theaters.
37:50 No one's buying tickets to see like a 15-20 minute movie.
37:54 Um short films are perfect for streaming.
37:57 I just anything under feature length.
38:00 That's what should go on streaming.
38:02 Uh Good answer.
38:04 Nothing else.
38:04 Let's keep the answers short and sweet.
38:07 We have so many questions.
38:09 Yeah.
38:09 Okay.
38:10 Krantastic
38:12 Krantastic.
38:12 What did you do for a living before becoming a full-time video essayist?
38:18 And if that didn't work out, what job do you think you'd be doing now?
38:23 I started this YouTube channel in 2011.
38:26 It did not make any money Mhm.
38:30 for 5 and 1/2 years.
38:32 Mhm.
38:33 All that It made some money, but it it did not make regular money to pay bills.
38:38 It very rarely made anything.
38:40 Yes.
38:42 Uh So, yeah, all that time I had a freelance video business where
38:46 most of my clients were in our hometown of Saratoga like Skidmore College.
38:50 Let me tell you, I I I'm kind of the expert
38:54 at doing a Skidmore College uh commencement ceremony highlights video.
39:00 I did a lot of those.
39:02 The bread and butter.
39:03 Oh, yeah.
39:04 I filmed Oprah giving a commencement speech.
39:07 they got Oprah.
39:08 Yeah, and I will say that year like really intense security,
39:11 and I was not allowed to go into the main places that I would shoot from.
39:14 It was annoying, actually.
39:15 Yeah.
39:15 Uh I also made eye contact with Oprah from like a few feet away, Oh.
39:19 which fully had me like just freeze in my tracks.
39:23 Yeah.
39:23 Yeah.
39:23 But uh but yeah, I did freelance uh freelance video work,
39:25 which was um uh I did not especially enjoy it,
39:28 and it was not an especially stable business.
39:31 But I was always afraid that like, "Oh, if I get a full-time job,
39:34 like a 9-to-5, then I I'll be too like tired.
39:37 I won't have time to then make the the stuff on like
39:39 the other stuff that I want to turn into the career.
39:42 She's always been laser focused.
39:44 Exactly, but that said, if YouTube hadn't worked out,
39:48 I think what I would have done, and I was actually starting to apply for some
39:52 of these, like like right around when the channel finally took off,
39:56 I was just applying for like full-time like video production jobs,
40:00 like It's funny, I I wasn't even qualified for this.
40:04 I interviewed for a job at Polygon as their video executive producer.
40:13 As in, I would have been the boss of their like team of video people.
40:18 I'm like, "No, I should have just been one of the video
40:19 people." I didn't get that job cuz I I wasn't qualified for it,
40:23 but yeah, so like something like that, something that's like
40:26 at like a company like Polygon or Vox or whatever.
40:30 I I could have seen myself like, you know,
40:35 having a full-time video job there where I would still like make stuff,
40:38 but actually have like a stable income, which honestly would have been okay.
40:43 Brian says, "Do you like watching movies with subtitles turned on?" No.
40:50 This is a thing that I feel like our generation started,
40:54 and it drives me insane.
40:56 Okay.
40:57 I am hard against it.
40:59 Oh, here's the thing.
41:00 If it's a comedy, you can't watch it
41:02 with subtitles because they come on before the joke.
41:04 Also, I want to be very, very clear before people like yell at me cuz
41:07 I have people yell at me about this before.
41:09 If you have like any kind of like disability related to hearing,
41:13 and that is why you have subtitles on, that is a great reason for it,
41:17 and I I am not being ableist by being anti-subtitle.
41:22 Sometimes people just have like slow audio
41:26 processing and no official Is that you?
41:29 Maybe.
41:30 I think so.
41:31 I I like watching with subtitles.
41:33 I think a lot of why people do it is just that they like
41:36 have Is that TV speakers aren't great and they don't have good sound systems,
41:41 and they and they do it because they can't hear stuff very well.
41:45 I I think that's a lot of it,
41:46 but like whenever subtitles are on, as in subtitles
41:49 like for a movie in in my native language, I just I I I look at the subtitles.
41:57 I'm looking at the subtitles even though I can hear what they're saying,
42:01 and it's distracting, and I'm just like, "Why why am I doing this?" And yeah,
42:07 it it it's a thing that actually annoys me that it's become so common,
42:11 and I'm just like, "You can hear what they're saying.
42:13 Turn them off." I like it.
42:15 Okay, Alyssa wants to know, "Best sweater movies of 2025." Ooh.
42:21 That's I got to check Letterboxd for a second.
42:24 While you do that, I'll get a cookie.
42:26 Best sweater movie of 2025, Sentimental Value.
42:32 Yeah, Sentimental Sentimental Value.
42:34 I mean, obviously, it's like a Norwegian movie.
42:38 The Worst Person in the World was a great sweater movie,
42:41 so Y oachim Trier is just Is he becoming one of our great sweater filmmakers?
42:49 But yeah, Sentimental Value has some really good knitwear,
42:52 and I'm going to go with that.
42:55 Mary, I'm guessing you haven't seen Sentimental Value.
42:58 I don't know what that is.
42:59 Wait, I do know because at the premiere of The Dinner Plan,
43:02 there was a poster [snorts] for it.
43:04 There there there there was a big a big
43:06 interactive display where you can sit at the table.
43:10 Um I But do I know what the movie is about at all?
43:13 No.
43:13 Have you seen The Worst Person in the World?
43:16 No, but I know what that is, and it's been on my list to watch for many years.
43:20 It's so great.
43:21 I think you'd love it.
43:21 It's the new movie by that guy.
43:23 New movie by the same director with a Norwegian.
43:26 It's wonderful.
43:27 It's I saw Yeah.
43:30 Um I saw it twice in in 3 days.
43:34 I went to see it twice in theaters.
43:37 It's It's great.
43:38 But um really wonderful movie that I think you would love.
43:42 And and it's set in Oslo, and so great knitwear.
43:48 Guess what?
43:49 What?
43:50 The next question's for me.
43:51 One sec, you have some chocolate.
43:55 There's a lot of chocolate in the cookies.
43:57 Okay.
43:58 Question for Mary.
43:59 Julie says, "Mary, last year I recommended
44:03 the Monk and Robot books by Becky Chambers.
44:06 How was it?
44:07 You recommended the Emporium series, and I read the first,
44:10 which was good." With four exclamation marks.
44:14 Um my 2026 recommendation is The Ministry of Time by Kalian Bradley.
44:22 What's your recommendation back to me?
44:24 So cute.
44:25 I love trading book recommendations.
44:27 Um So I read the first Monk and Robot books.
44:31 I think it's called The Psalm for the Wild Built.
44:34 I read that like back in November, I think.
44:37 I really enjoyed it.
44:38 It's very cozy and very sweet.
44:42 I have I'm waiting for it.
44:45 So I get them through Libby, through [snorts] the public library system.
44:50 I get, you know, the free ebook or audiobook.
44:52 So I'm waiting for the second one.
44:54 So I haven't listened to the second one.
44:57 But I am intrigued.
44:58 I will say I think I still prefer the Wayfarer series by Becky Chambers,
45:02 but I really enjoyed it.
45:03 So glad that you read Sabriel in the Emporium series.
45:07 Absolutely love that series.
45:10 Um and The Ministry of Time,
45:11 I believe I've heard of that, but I haven't read it.
45:13 So I will definitely check it out.
45:16 Um my recommendation back to you.
45:19 I will talk about this more later cuz
45:21 I think there are more book questions for me,
45:22 but I would recommend the Murderbot series.
45:26 There you go.
45:27 Now a hit show on Apple TV.
45:30 The show is okay.
45:32 No, more than okay.
45:34 The show is good, but the show makes some different choices.
45:39 Um and you kind of have to make different choices because
45:44 the books are just like point of view from the main character,
45:48 the robot, the Murderbot.
45:50 Um and in the TV show, you can't just have narration constantly,
45:54 so there's some necessary changes, but I will say I I really prefer the books.
45:58 Oh, guess what?
45:59 The next question is also for me.
46:03 People want to know I'll just take a break.
46:05 Yeah.
46:06 Okay.
46:06 Juan Pablo Bordaries says, "How is Mary doing?
46:12 What was her year like?" Um I'm doing pretty good.
46:16 Thank you so much for asking.
46:19 As was alluded to earlier, I got engaged.
46:24 Actually, on Christmas Eve last year.
46:25 So like right That's it, you weren't engaged in the last Christmas Q&A.
46:29 That's not new.
46:31 I didn't say it last year.
46:32 Yeah, I know, but it's I'm just saying.
46:34 It was a secret.
46:34 It didn't happen in 2025.
46:36 No, but you're so rude.
46:38 You're interrupting me.
46:39 I answered how I'm doing.
46:42 No one else how I'm doing.
46:43 Well, maybe they will, Patrick.
46:45 There's like 226 questions about you.
46:48 Maybe they will.
46:50 Um anyway, so it was a very nice way to start 2025,
46:56 um especially with all of the bad things going on in the world.
47:01 Wait, what?
47:02 What's wrong?
47:03 What's wrong?
47:03 Oh, nothing.
47:04 So yeah, I would say personally for me, it's been a very good year.
47:08 And then um globally and nationally, it's felt very dark and scary.
47:15 Yeah, so um been good.
47:19 I'm on my second year as a school librarian, which I love.
47:24 And as anyone in education will tell you,
47:26 your first year of teaching is really intense.
47:29 So now I'm in my second year, which is less intense, which is very nice.
47:33 You know how to do it.
47:34 I know some things.
47:38 I'm learning a lot, but I do know some things.
47:40 Um You know a thing or two.
47:42 I know a thing or two, so that's good.
47:44 Um being engaged, very fun.
47:46 Planning weddings, not fun.
47:48 Famously not fun.
47:49 Very annoying.
47:51 So many decisions.
47:52 Hey.
47:55 But I'm I'm not sorry.
48:00 That's okay.
48:02 All right.
48:03 The next questions Questions?
48:06 Oh dear, the Christmas milk.
48:11 [laughter] You feeling it, Mary?
48:12 Yeah.
48:14 I am.
48:14 Okay.
48:15 Noah Lieberman says, "If you had to cast Novals in one film from 2025,
48:22 what would it be, and what role would
48:24 you put him in?" The title role, Marty Supreme.
48:28 Yeah.
48:29 More like Novals Supreme.
48:30 Yeah.
48:31 Look, Novals is like a a little like twig boy with like,
48:35 you know, scrawny, skinny arms.
48:38 Let's Let's Let's see him play Don't you want to see a Muppet playing ping pong?
48:44 Well, sorry, no, he's not a Muppet.
48:46 He's not made by the Jim Henson company.
48:47 He's a puppet.
48:49 In the film, they like to refer to it as ten table tennis.
48:52 Table tennis.
48:53 Exactly.
48:54 But yeah, that's my immediate answer.
49:00 I I will I will say,
49:02 not that I want to erase any actors from their roles, but I Novals' vibe,
49:10 I think, most fits with Benicio del Toro in One
49:14 Battle After Another as just like a good, helpful guy.
49:20 And I would I I I I could see I could see Novals,
49:25 uh you know, as Benicio in that one, helping Leo out.
49:30 I enjoyed the name Benicio.
49:33 He's the best.
49:34 It's just fun to say.
49:35 He's the best.
49:36 Benicio.
49:36 Yeah.
49:38 Anyway, there you go.
49:39 Oh, no.
49:39 Lieberman asked another question, but it's a good question.
49:42 I'll answer it.
49:43 Did you start writing this season knowing that legacy
49:46 sequels and franchises would be such a focus,
49:49 or did that just sort of pan out as you were writing each episode?
49:53 Uh truly, so the legacy sequels video the way
49:57 we got I mean it became two videos and then
50:00 the the left franchise then the left franchises end
50:03 episode is kind of like a coda to it.
50:05 That was originally pitched in the topic tournament of 2023.
50:10 That's where it first came up,
50:11 where I think it was in the finals and lost to Muppets.
50:15 So it came up like two and a half years ago.
50:19 And uh and so I thought about it for a while and Sidharth
50:22 and I talked about how we like he wanted to work on that one.
50:24 I wanted him to work on it as well.
50:26 And we almost made it last year and then it just just schedule stuff.
50:32 So yeah, it like we meant to make that our those videos like way way earlier.
50:40 Uh and so yeah, it's funny that the season kind of ended
50:43 up with like these kind of like being like right near the finish.
50:46 But uh but yeah, it was just you know,
50:49 a lot of these topics are things that I've I've wanted to like like
50:53 I've wanted to make these videos for a long time and just uh you know,
50:59 schedules are funny.
51:00 Schedules.
51:01 Patrick, a different one asks,
51:04 "What's one film you've seen this year that you really
51:07 want to make sure that Mary sees?" What should I see?
51:12 Well, what was the one that you were like, "Mary,
51:13 if you see one movie" it wasn't I mean, you've already talked about
51:16 It was One Battle After Another.
51:18 No, but there was another one.
51:19 Weapons.
51:22 Oh, I think it was Weapons first, but then you were like,
51:23 "No, One Battle After Another is the Well,
51:26 so Mary as we've established in these videos in the past,
51:30 Mary does not go to the movies a lot.
51:33 No.
51:32 And so I'm all I like a truly today,
51:35 I am so excited and proud and satisfied that I got Mary to go to the movies.
51:43 I was I really was like, "Let's whole family, let's go to the movies."
51:49 you were like, "Patrick,
51:50 what movies are out at Christmas that that we could see?" And I was like,
51:53 "Marty Supreme is coming out." But so, Mary doesn't go to the movies a lot.
51:57 Um I will say I've looked this up.
52:00 It's insane to me.
52:01 Mary lives in Burlington, Vermont, the the biggest city in the state.
52:07 Yeah, it's not much of a city.
52:08 I know.
52:09 I There There's like nothing in the way
52:12 of movie theaters in Burlington, which is insane.
52:16 Well, we had one and it closed.
52:18 Um The Roxy.
52:19 It closed uh less than a year ago.
52:21 I'm like Burlington should have minimum three movie theaters.
52:24 It's not that big.
52:25 have minimum three.
52:27 It's 40,000 people in Burlington.
52:29 Minimum three movie theaters.
52:30 Saratoga has two.
52:31 I mean, to be fair, Montpelier, Vermont,
52:34 which is a town of 5 to 6,000 people has two movie theaters.
52:38 I rest my case.
52:39 So.
52:40 Anyway, but so I'm always hoping I can get Mary
52:44 to go to movies more cuz when Mary lived in New York,
52:46 I would be like, "Mary, let's go to the movies." And we'd see movies together.
52:49 Uh cuz Mary likes movies.
52:51 She just doesn't usually like she needs someone
52:53 else to take the initiative to be like in the third person like I'm not here.
52:57 Also, you tell this story every year.
52:58 I do.
52:59 I'm making you.
52:59 But so, every so often there'll be something where I'll be like,
53:03 "Mary, I know you very rarely do this.
53:07 I really think it is worth your while and you will be glad you did
53:11 if you go to the effort of going to see this one movie." And in August,
53:17 it was Weapons, which you haven't seen.
53:20 And I didn't see it.
53:22 And I like texted Mary.
53:23 I was like, "Mary, I know you you you're also on summer vacation.
53:28 You have extra time right now.
53:31 You should really go see it.
53:32 I think you'll like it a lot." Mary hasn't seen it.
53:35 Um and then when you were visiting me in the fall,
53:39 I was trying to see if like can we is there time
53:43 in this visit that I can drag Mary to see One Battle After Another.
53:49 Uh there was not.
53:50 And then I was like, "Well,
53:51 please when you're back in Vermont, please go see it.
53:55 Our parents went to see it." Yeah,
53:56 they're much better about going to the movies than I am.
53:58 They are.
53:59 Anyway, those are the two.
54:00 Those are the two.
54:01 Uh I'm just like, you know, "Mary, I'm not giving you a lot of homework.
54:05 I'm being like here.
54:06 Here's two things you'll have a great time with." my annual public shaming.
54:10 Shall we move on?
54:11 Okay.
54:11 Okay.
54:12 They You asked the question.
54:14 Well, Patrick, a different one asked the question.
54:16 Well, you read it.
54:17 You chose to ask it.
54:20 The next question comes from Arterium Lippen.
54:24 I hope I said that correctly.
54:25 Fun name.
54:26 They say, "Hi Patrick, hi Mary.
54:28 In the behind the scenes of The Dinner Plan,
54:30 you mentioned your imposter syndrome kicking in.
54:33 Can you elaborate more on that part of the experience?
54:36 How did you fight it?
54:37 Did it ever go away?
54:38 In discussions with the team,
54:40 how did you how did you decide which advice
54:42 to listen to and where to stand your ground?
54:44 Now seeing the movie,
54:45 are there moments where you listen to somebody maybe more experienced,
54:48 but think that you shouldn't have?
54:50 Ooh, that would be some drama if you wanted to reveal that." It would be.
54:52 No, there's no drama.
54:53 So No drama.
54:54 I will say so [snorts] I have not watched the making of documentary about
54:59 The Dinner Plan because uh I get
55:02 very uncomfortable listening to people talk about me.
55:06 And um so I didn't watch it.
55:08 But I did film you know, obviously like I'm there talking in interviews.
55:14 I believe what I said.
55:17 This may have been edited and and changed,
55:19 but I believe what I said about about imposter syndrome is
55:22 that going into that production because that was the first time I
55:26 had directed something that had like a budget and like a full
55:30 crew where it wasn't just me and my friends doing everything.
55:34 Mhm.
55:35 I believe I said that I was worried that I
55:38 might get imposter syndrome and then when I had to direct
55:43 a crew of like 40 people and like all of these experienced
55:47 professional actors that I might freeze up and like you know,
55:52 get really indecisive or not know what to say
55:54 to them because I felt like unqualified to be there.
55:59 And then I believe what I said was I was relieved to not have that happen,
56:03 to feel very comfortable on the set giving
56:06 direction to the crew and to the actors.
56:09 And so I did not feel imposter syndrome.
56:12 And so to answer your question, I got past it by not feeling it.
56:17 Imposter syndrome sucks.
56:19 It's very hard.
56:21 It is.
56:21 I I to be clear, I still feel it in a lot of ways all the time,
56:24 especially when it's like, "Oh God, like I'm you know,
56:27 I'm a foolish YouTuber and I've never I've YouTuber.
56:33 I've never been higher [snorts] I've never won an award.
56:36 I've never been hired for a thing that I applied for because I just have
56:40 like on the one hand it's like
56:43 commendable that I've like built a thing independently,
56:45 but also I have not had like an outside source like validating me for anything.
56:52 Uh and so there's this always this sense of like, "Am I qualified to do stuff?
56:57 If I if I haven't had some like
56:59 respectable organization saying Patrick is good and qualified,
57:02 then am I qualified?" I still feel that all the time.
57:05 Um but I but yeah, but in terms of like directing on that movie,
57:10 I thankfully felt very comfortable and good doing it.
57:15 Yeah.
57:15 And it was a smooth production.
57:16 Yeah, I was so happy to hear that.
57:18 Yeah.
57:18 I had a lot of imposter syndrome in my first
57:20 year of teaching and it sucked because when you're a teacher,
57:26 you have to stand in front of a class and act like you know what you're doing.
57:32 Mhm.
57:31 And I did not know what I was doing.
57:33 But also, you know, you know, to those kids, you know, you're taller than them.
57:37 And so you're you know, they just listen to you.
57:40 Most of them I was taller than.
57:42 Um yeah, I think you kind of have to just speak it till
57:45 you make it and remind yourself that you'd you're not supposed to be perfect.
57:50 And if you can find like mentors and friends that you can you know,
57:56 go to for advice or like talk to them
57:58 about how you're feeling or lean on them or talk
58:02 to like people in totally different fields than you
58:06 that are also experiencing imposter syndrome and you're like,
58:09 "But you seem like a very skilled, put-together person." That's helpful.
58:14 Yeah.
58:16 Yeah.
58:16 You're great.
58:17 Thanks, Patrick.
58:19 You're great, but you hate taking compliments.
58:22 Yeah.
58:23 You hate it.
58:24 But feel free to still give them.
58:26 Okay, Dex.
58:26 What's up, Dex?
58:27 What's up, Dex?
58:28 Okay.
58:29 Uh Varon or Feron?
58:32 Varun?
58:33 I don't know.
58:33 Um apologies for mispronouncing.
58:36 Um asks, "Here's a question that might give you mixed feelings.
58:41 Oh.
58:41 If you could get S.
58:43 S.
58:43 Rajamouli to make his Hollywood debut
58:46 with a legacy sequel of an existing franchise, which one would you choose?
58:52 We know your thoughts on a big chunk of legacy sequels,
58:55 hence the mixed feelings warning.
58:58 Also, are you excited for Varanasi,
59:00 his next film?" I am so excited for Varanasi.
59:05 Obviously, I would like him to to stay in India doing what he's doing
59:10 and not be like I don't want him to be like like muzzled or you know,
59:16 or compromised by the Hollywood system.
59:20 That said, if he was given free reign to do a legacy sequel to a franchise, Mhm.
59:29 This is tough.
59:31 Any superhero franchise or Star Wars have too many compromises.
59:36 I don't know if this would be a legacy sequel.
59:38 There was a movie in the '80s that's not especially good,
59:42 so it could be a legacy sequel to that, although
59:45 it'd probably be more of like a reboot of the franchise.
59:48 And I think they're making one right now, but whatever.
59:52 This is not a franchise that I have ever
59:53 cared about because it was a bit before my time.
59:58 I think with Roger Malley's style, if he did Masters of the Universe,
1:00:05 like with like He-Man and Skeletor and everything,
1:00:09 I think that would so completely fit with the like
1:00:13 larger-than-life like mythic approach to filmmaking and action that he has.
1:00:18 Also, you know, RRR makes such great use of a tiger,
1:00:23 and doesn't He-Man ride on like a green tiger?
1:00:27 Uh I'm not an expert on that stuff, but yeah,
1:00:29 again, I'm not sure how this would be a legacy sequel,
1:00:32 but I I think that would be if he had to do like an American IP movie,
1:00:38 I think that would be an ideal choice.
1:00:41 Okay, next question comes from friend of the channel, William Price.
1:00:46 William Price.
1:00:47 AKA my best friend Francine's younger brother.
1:00:51 William says, "It was established on the Discord earlier this year
1:00:55 that Francine is canon because of the OC video on the channel." Yes,
1:01:01 I believe in the video Patrick explains the OC and why it's great.
1:01:04 I I mentioned how I got into the OC because I said like my sister's best
1:01:08 friend told me I should watch it because
1:01:11 there was a character who was just like me,
1:01:13 and that and my sister's best friend meant Francine.
1:01:16 Francine.
1:01:17 Yeah, and also I we we've said that you have two best friends,
1:01:20 but you do have two best friends, Francine and Shannon.
1:01:22 Well, well, as Mindy Kaling famously said on The Mindy Project,
1:01:26 best friend is a tier of friendship that one reaches.
1:01:29 So, I have many best friends.
1:01:30 Famously, famously.
1:01:30 Uh William goes on to say,
1:01:32 "Mary and I were discussing this at Fran and Ryan's baby shower,
1:01:35 and I promised Mary I would ask
1:01:36 the more important question for the Christmas video,
1:01:39 is Mary canon?" Putting you on the spot.
1:01:43 Uh yeah, I mean, outside of the Christmas Q&As,
1:01:46 you have not appeared in a regular video in years.
1:01:51 time.
1:01:51 But there are multiple regular videos from like
1:01:58 20 17 through 19 in which Mary appears.
1:02:04 So, uh yes, Mary's canon.
1:02:07 Francine is canon from the mention in the OC video,
1:02:09 then I think your sister that is mentioned,
1:02:11 referring to me, would mean I was also canon.
1:02:13 Isn't it funny if you go through the stuff
1:02:15 where it's like all the stuff with like
1:02:17 other Patrick and the parents and in the Charles
1:02:19 saga that that that no one ever mentions like,
1:02:23 "Oh, what's our daughter up to?" Living in Vermont.
1:02:28 Being happy.
1:02:31 Sometimes.
1:02:32 LC Ulrick says, "What do you think about
1:02:36 so many successful YouTubers seeking to escape YouTube?
1:02:42 Recently, most notably in the form of directing films." I mean, look,
1:02:46 you know, there's a lot of good things about having a career on YouTube,
1:02:50 but um you know, I don't know if it's trying to escape YouTube,
1:02:54 it's that most people don't want to just do the same job forever.
1:03:00 And YouTube is very much a treadmill where it you you know,
1:03:05 there is just a constant pressure to make more and more
1:03:08 of the same thing all the time and keep the the content stream flowing.
1:03:13 Also, if you got into YouTube for, you know,
1:03:17 who knows what your channel was focused on, but then you've
1:03:19 built all these film skills because you've had to record yourself,
1:03:23 it makes sense then to move the jump from YouTube to something like working
1:03:29 in the more established film industry because you have a lot of those skills.
1:03:33 Yeah.
1:03:34 And then like you're saying, you might have it might be less of a grind.
1:03:39 You're working on like longer form uh projects
1:03:43 rather than just like monthly churning out videos.
1:03:46 Right, like like a lot of people who got into it like especially years ago,
1:03:50 uh back in the days when it didn't seem
1:03:52 like you could have a like long-term career on YouTube,
1:03:56 they didn't go into YouTube being like, "All right,
1:03:58 I'm coming into this with a clear plan and like a like a business plan
1:04:02 and a strategy to to like have this be the rest of my life." It's like,
1:04:05 no, you kind of fell into it and just like you
1:04:07 did stuff for fun and then it turned into a career.
1:04:11 And then it's like, yeah, no,
1:04:12 I had other goals when I started this and before this became my life,
1:04:18 and and yeah, like when I started YouTube, you know,
1:04:22 YouTube was not this was not like a long-term career.
1:04:26 I this was something that I fell into on the way to the actual goal.
1:04:31 And so, yeah.
1:04:34 I I think it's totally natural to you know, to to leave a job eventually.
1:04:40 Drake.
1:04:41 Drake.
1:04:42 The rapper Drake.
1:04:44 Woah.
1:04:46 Hey, hey Drake, man, rough year for you.
1:04:48 Hope you're doing okay.
1:04:52 Okay.
1:04:52 Drake the rapper says, "Hey Patrick, we met at a Halloween party a few years ago
1:05:00 [snorts]
1:04:59 and talked for like 2 hours about The Last
1:05:01 Jedi and the Josh Trank Fantastic Four movies.
1:05:06 [laughter] Yep, Drake the rapper."
1:05:07 Drake the rapper famously has a lot of takes on Josh Trank's Fantastic Four.
1:05:11 Yep.
1:05:12 Hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas.
1:05:14 Thanks, [clears throat] Drake.
1:05:14 Thanks, thanks.
1:05:17 [laughter]
1:05:17 My question, will the unreleased episodes of Staff Picks ever
1:05:21 get released {slash} do you own the rights to them?
1:05:24 The first episode had a preview of unreleased episodes
1:05:27 with a lot of cool people like Connor Ratliff.
1:05:29 Oh, yeah, Connor Ratliff.
1:05:30 Um and it was a fun show.
1:05:32 I'd love to see more." For those who
1:05:34 don't know what Drake the rapper is referring
1:05:36 to, [laughter] uh Staff Picks was a show
1:05:38 that I co-hosted on Cracked uh a couple years ago.
1:05:47 Uh basically internal stuff at it
1:05:49 involved like discussing physical media and movies.
1:05:53 We would shoot it at like video rental stores.
1:05:56 It was fun.
1:05:58 Um stuff internally at Cracked changed and they decided to stop making the show.
1:06:04 I don't own the rights to it.
1:06:05 I didn't even know all the episodes had not been released because I again,
1:06:10 good show, made it with wonderful people.
1:06:13 I don't like watching myself unless I have to for like editing my own videos,
1:06:18 so I never watched the episodes that were released,
1:06:21 and so I didn't know they had not all been released.
1:06:24 Um so, basically, I have no idea.
1:06:27 I don't know what's happening there.
1:06:30 And um I hope the rest come out.
1:06:33 It was really fun talking about movies like with Connor was a great guest.
1:06:38 We we discovered at one point like during uh like
1:06:42 just like like during the shooting that we were like,
1:06:44 "Oh, wait, we we both have moms from Ireland." Uh that was fun.
1:06:49 Dead Eyes, such a good podcast.
1:06:51 Dead Eyes is one of the best podcasts Dead Eyes.
1:06:53 Dead Eyes.
1:06:54 Yeah.
1:06:55 Amy says, Hi, Amy.
1:06:57 "Hey, Patrick.
1:06:58 Hey, Amy.
1:06:58 Love your work.
1:06:59 Thank you, Amy.
1:07:00 Have been a fan for about 7 to 8 years now.
1:07:03 Wow.
1:07:03 And a woman.
1:07:04 I know.
1:07:05 We love when women are fans of the channel.
1:07:08 Any Any Any time people.
1:07:10 Yay.
1:07:10 Truly, if you are a non-male identifying person,
1:07:14 then you were in that special 10% of our audience.
1:07:18 Well, you don't watch the videos.
1:07:19 Well, I don't have a lot of time.
1:07:23 [laughter] But you know who does?
1:07:24 Mom.
1:07:24 Yeah, and she's a woman.
1:07:26 Yeah?
1:07:26 Yeah.
1:07:27 Yeah.
1:07:27 Yeah.
1:07:28 Okay.
1:07:30 [laughter] So, I'm I'm not trying to make you feel guilty.
1:07:34 Okay.
1:07:34 Amy says, "I hope you had a great holiday.
1:07:37 In terms of my question,
1:07:38 something that interests me with a lot of audiences today is that while
1:07:43 they are super enthusiastic and excited about
1:07:45 exploring films of the last 50 years,
1:07:48 there seems to be a general lack of interest
1:07:50 in pre-1970s films with some exceptions like Wizard of Oz,
1:07:55 12 Angry Men, 2001, etc.
1:07:57 Every generation of filmmakers takes a lot from the previous ones,
1:08:00 but there seems to be a lot of ideas paid homage to in current
1:08:03 films that people who are interested in the medium now don't really know.
1:08:08 This isn't something that makes me angry or disappointed or anything like
1:08:11 that, but it does cross my mind when I watch older films a lot.
1:08:16 What are your thoughts on this one?" So, Amy, I think I think you are correct.
1:08:21 I do think a lot of this uh lately, like in the past 15 years or so,
1:08:28 comes from streaming and the way that like Netflix has basically nothing.
1:08:34 I mean, like Netflix bare barely has anything from like before the '90s,
1:08:38 and especially nothing from before the '70s.
1:08:42 And so, people would will generally watch what is most easily accessible.
1:08:47 And for a long time, that would be like movies that were just on TV.
1:08:51 And so, when people like had cable,
1:08:53 when cable was how people would watch TV and movies the most, you know, TCM was
1:09:00 Turner Classic Movies,
1:09:00 that's how I saw a lot of movies that I wouldn't have otherwise.
1:09:05 Exactly.
1:09:04 in high school when I had insomnia and I'd wake up
1:09:07 in the middle of the night and I'd turn on Turner Classic Movies.
1:09:11 Hey.
1:09:10 Hey.
1:09:10 But yeah, TCM really helpful for that.
1:09:13 But so, when people don't have TCM, when people have Netflix,
1:09:17 and Netflix does not have anything And you have insomnia,
1:09:21 and you get up in the middle of the night to watch a movie.
1:09:24 Exactly.
1:09:24 going to see what's on Netflix.
1:09:26 Right, so people are just not like if people want to watch older stuff,
1:09:29 they have to like seek it out and often like spend money to rent it.
1:09:34 Money?
1:09:35 I know.
1:09:36 Gross.
1:09:36 And so, and all the it's also thing like
1:09:38 like video rental stores made this more accessible because those anymore.
1:09:42 have them anymore.
1:09:43 So, uh yeah, because um there are a lot
1:09:47 of great movies made from made before the '70s.
1:09:50 And and so the ones that you mentioned, things like Wizard of Oz,
1:09:53 12 Angry Men, 2001, those have also because of like Letterboxd culture,
1:09:58 like those come up so much as like oh right, these are like, you know,
1:10:01 canonical, you know,
1:10:03 beloved movies that that are I I've almost become like meme-ified.
1:10:07 But yeah, we got to find a way to get people to watch,
1:10:09 I don't know, some like Frank Capra
1:10:15 and some Preston Sturges and some Billy Wilder.
1:10:19 Because of like the the ways that people like consume movies now,
1:10:24 I don't really know how to get people to watch more movies from before the '70s.
1:10:30 It's not your job.
1:10:32 It's not my job.
1:10:33 on.
1:10:33 David wants to know, what's your preferred format to watch a movie?
1:10:37 IMAX, Dolby Cinema, film, home theater.
1:10:41 Whoa, don't lose your glasses my glasses on my face.
1:10:44 Um I'm good.
1:10:45 Okay.
1:10:46 What's it going to be?
1:10:46 So, IMAX, Dolby, film, home theater.
1:10:50 Uh not at home.
1:10:51 The AMC Lincoln Square IMAX is like maybe my favorite screen.
1:10:58 Okay, you have a favorite screen?
1:11:01 Well, it's the biggest screen in North America.
1:11:03 It's I have a favorite screen.
1:11:06 I do.
1:11:06 I love the movies so much that I have a favorite movie screen.
1:11:10 You've been there.
1:11:11 Yeah.
1:11:12 It's great.
1:11:13 It's large.
1:11:14 It's so big.
1:11:15 But so but I don't necessarily want to watch everything there.
1:11:17 So, it's like for for movies that that that kind of like,
1:11:22 you know, present a a certain level of spectacle.
1:11:25 Although that said, I saw Weapons there.
1:11:28 And and Weapons on like opening night with a a sold-out
1:11:31 crowd on the Lincoln Square IMAX, it was great.
1:11:34 I do love Dolby.
1:11:38 Just like the picture and sound is so good.
1:11:41 I I think it depends on the movie.
1:11:42 My real preferred thing is just in a theater
1:11:45 with really good sound and projection and a good audience.
1:11:51 That's it.
1:11:51 And then and then beyond that, it varies movie by movie.
1:11:55 Logan Smith says, "Seriously, how far do you run when you run?" Oh.
1:12:01 That actually changed this year.
1:12:03 It did.
1:12:03 Kind of because of me.
1:12:06 Yeah.
1:12:06 Yeah.
1:12:08 I started running for the first time since like high school.
1:12:12 I'm still not much of a runner.
1:12:13 My fiance's a runner.
1:12:15 Anyway, so I ran in like a little memorial
1:12:19 race thing that was a that was 5 miles,
1:12:21 which is probably the farthest distance I've ever run.
1:12:24 And I was like, "Patrick, I ran 5 miles.
1:12:27 I did it." And then Patrick was like, "You know, I've never really run 5 miles.
1:12:31 I usually I always run 4 miles.
1:12:33 Yes.
1:12:34 And then, kind of inspired by that, you were like, "Well,
1:12:36 maybe I'll try to run 5 miles." Yeah, I was like,
1:12:38 "What if I did a different route?" And then
1:12:40 I started then probably starting around like September,
1:12:44 my main running route, I now do like a 5 and 1/2 mile route.
1:12:50 Ooh.
1:12:50 Although I always take a break from running
1:12:53 when it gets really cold in the winter,
1:12:55 mostly because I'm out cuz A, it's really cold and B,
1:12:57 I'm afraid of slipping on ice.
1:12:59 Me, too.
1:12:59 Yeah.
1:13:00 Seth Johnson says, "What's the best thing you've ever used as a bookmark?
1:13:04 I've thought about this and a plate." Here's why.
1:13:08 I will tell you this.
1:13:09 Because our family growing up, it was a regular occurrence that we would all
1:13:16 gather for a meal at the dining room table,
1:13:20 whether it's like dinner or breakfast,
1:13:22 and we would all bring our own books or reading material,
1:13:24 and then we would all eat our meal and collectively read together but not talk.
1:13:31 I did not know that this was strange until a Patrick's
1:13:34 friend in high school pointed out and he was like,
1:13:37 "Really, you're just going to sit here and not
1:13:38 talk to each other?" And we were like, "Yeah, obviously we're just reading." So,
1:13:42 it was a typical thing that I'd have my plate and it would be
1:13:45 propped so that the edge of my plate would be holding my book open.
1:13:49 Cuz you know, especially when it's like the beginning
1:13:51 of the book and it won't just stay open by itself.
1:13:53 This is totally normal.
1:13:54 Yeah.
1:13:54 So, I my answer is plate and I've thought about it.
1:13:57 Grant asks, "What was the hardest part of filmmaking to give up doing yourself
1:14:03 since you had a wonderful and talented crew helping you make the dinner plan?
1:14:07 Is there any aspect that you were like, 'Ooh,
1:14:10 I really like doing this part and I know this person can do it
1:14:12 better but I kind of miss doing it.'" I thought it might be editing.
1:14:16 Everything in terms of the like the actual onset production,
1:14:19 I was like, "Great, please, more qualified people than me do this stuff."
1:14:24 And editing was always the thing where I was like,
1:14:28 "You have the most control there.
1:14:29 I always edit everything that that I make." I mean,
1:14:33 I I My friend Ryan Ryan Alva is my co-editor on all the regular videos,
1:14:39 but Ryan just works on the essay sections and I do all the narrative stuff solo.
1:14:44 And so I'd always been, you know, like, you know,
1:14:48 "What if I I have an editor on something who's then like not a great fit?"
1:14:51 And then and cuz like editing is kind
1:14:54 of the most important part of filmmaking and Jack McCaul,
1:14:57 our editor on the dinner plan, uh is so good at his job.
1:15:03 He's he's the regular editor on Jetlag on Nebula.
1:15:06 And so we took There's one Jetlag season where we
1:15:09 we took him away to work on the dinner plan.
1:15:11 Um we had Jack onset cutting together the film
1:15:15 as we were shooting it, which for the so cool.
1:15:17 the aforementioned scene seven, which was so hard to put together,
1:15:21 he was mostly working on that at throughout the whole production.
1:15:26 Um and then editing it, Jack did the initial assembly cut,
1:15:29 and then we'd just walk over to my apartment every day,
1:15:32 like cast the the project from his laptop to my TV
1:15:36 and we would just like work on it together.
1:15:38 It was such a good collaboration.
1:15:40 He's so good.
1:15:42 I just like he had ideas that I never would have thought of.
1:15:45 Like we we meshed so well together.
1:15:48 So yeah, so I was I was I was worried that that might
1:15:51 be tough to to hand off and instead it was great.
1:15:56 Uh it made it better.
1:15:57 It kind of seems like the theme with the dinner plan
1:15:59 is like you've been doing everything by yourself for so long
1:16:03 that it was actually such a pleasure to have collaborators and people
1:16:09 who are really specialized in their skills that you could trust Let me tell you.
1:16:13 to take on roles.
1:16:13 Having like production designers and and all
1:16:16 that stuff who will like be like, "Oh,
1:16:18 I have ideas about like the curtains and like
1:16:21 the props and stuff." And I'll and or I figured out how to do like how to like
1:16:26 clog an overflow a toilet so you don't have to.
1:16:28 I was like, "Oh my god." Thank you.
1:16:30 Thank you.
1:16:32 [laughter]
1:16:33 This You've made my life so much easier and you're so good at your job.
1:16:37 Yeah.
1:16:36 Spoon wants to know,
1:16:39 "Will Patrick play cricket again?" Outlook does not look good.
1:16:43 Rishabh Singh asks, "What aspect of directing gives you the greatest joy
1:16:49 and has it changed from when you first started out?" It's a great question.
1:16:53 I mean, truly like when you've got a tricky shot
1:16:58 uh that you ideally can't or or don't want to do
1:17:04 multiple takes of or like like too many takes of, and everyone
1:17:07 on the set has to so like lock in together,
1:17:10 be so focused to try to like nail this thing in like as few takes as possible,
1:17:15 and just feeling every everyone like working together like so in sync,
1:17:22 and then kind of being like in charge of this.
1:17:26 It like it really feels like commanding an army there.
1:17:29 And not something I have any actual aspiration to do,
1:17:31 but this is this is the closest I ever want to get to it.
1:17:34 But then being able to be like,
1:17:35 "And action." And then feeling everyone working together and you've like
1:17:39 choreographed it and all of that, and then you say cut,
1:17:42 and then and when you say we got it,
1:17:44 and just like but it's just like that that's
1:17:48 the feeling of like we all together are making
1:17:50 a movie and we love making movies and we
1:17:53 just made a thing and it's it's so satisfying.
1:17:57 That there's just like there's no greater high than that.
1:18:03 Yeah?
1:18:03 And did that change from when you first started?
1:18:05 Like did you have a different answer?
1:18:07 No, genuinely, when I was in a high when I was in like junior high
1:18:11 making stop-motion animated Lego movies and I would
1:18:14 like finish a complicated shot and be like, "Oh my god, we got it.
1:18:19 We got it.
1:18:20 Look look at that." It's just like you know,
1:18:23 post-production you know, is satisfying in its own ways,
1:18:26 but like the thrill of onset just getting a shot
1:18:32 that's a singular piece that on its own was so challenging,
1:18:38 I think that's still the best.
1:18:39 Okay, next question comes from Octon, also known as Big A.
1:18:44 Octon Big A.
1:18:45 What we got?
1:18:46 "Hey Pat, warm greetings from my little country of Kyrgyzstan.
1:18:50 People from all around the world watch your channel,
1:18:53 but I guess you already knew that if
1:18:54 you have ever been on the YouTube analytics page,
1:18:57 which you probably have." Okay, they ask,
1:19:00 "What movie did you rewatch the most in 2025?" Genuinely?
1:19:04 Yeah.
1:19:05 I think the movie I watched the most times in 2025 was Better Man.
1:19:13 Is that the Robbie Williams monkey movie?
1:19:17 Monkey movie.
1:19:18 still have not watched.
1:19:19 I want to see it, sincerely.
1:19:21 Mary, nothing is stopping you.
1:19:24 Any day you could just watch it.
1:19:26 I'm busy.
1:19:30 I'm so busy.
1:19:32 ever have an evening where you watch TV?
1:19:35 Yeah.
1:19:36 You just watch Better Man.
1:19:39 I could.
1:19:39 Uh yeah, I I I think I watched Better Man maybe like five times Really?
1:19:44 Five times?
1:19:45 Yeah.
1:19:47 Goodness.
1:19:47 It's uh it's terrific movie.
1:19:50 I think it's like a like basically a masterpiece now.
1:19:53 And the first time I saw it I was just like, wait, that was like not bad.
1:19:58 And then the more I thought about it and the more I watched it I was like,
1:20:00 actually it's great.
1:20:02 Actually it is a masterpiece.
1:20:05 Yeah.
1:20:05 Um yeah.
1:20:07 Uh saw it again in a theater uh like a few weeks ago.
1:20:13 Yeah.
1:20:14 So it's it's the best.
1:20:15 Blake says, "Dear Patrick and Mary,
1:20:18 what was your favorite song performed at Live 25
1:20:21 and what would you add to the set list?" Patrick, what's what's Live 25?
1:20:26 That's Oasis.
1:20:28 Okay, okay, okay.
1:20:29 I sadly um did not get to see Oasis in concert.
1:20:33 Yeah.
1:20:34 But I heard all about it from Patrick and it sounded amazing.
1:20:38 Did they sing She's Electric?
1:20:40 No.
1:20:40 Okay, well that that's my clear choice.
1:20:42 That's my favorite Oasis song.
1:20:43 was that What would you add to the set list?
1:20:44 Yeah, that would be what I would add to the set list.
1:20:46 Well, okay, what what was the the best song?
1:20:49 What's your favorite song they sang?
1:20:52 [sighs] So, that's tough to answer because everything is a highlight.
1:20:56 The set list is just spectacularly great.
1:21:00 A year ago we were we were here answering questions about like,
1:21:03 what would you like to hear in the set list?
1:21:05 And I remember being like, I would love to hear anything from Be Here Now.
1:21:09 And we got two songs from Be Here Now.
1:21:12 Truly like like here having them actually play, do you know what I mean,
1:21:15 was like I was I as someone who like
1:21:19 really rides hard for that song, I was really happy.
1:21:22 But I think as much as it's the again like you know,
1:21:26 Don't Look Back in Anger with like 80,000 people
1:21:29 in the stadium like all singing their hearts out, it like religious experience.
1:21:35 You know, Champagne Supernova at the very end, religious experience.
1:21:39 Uh like the pausing in at Cigarettes& Alcohol,
1:21:43 one of like like I I I like literally like made
1:21:45 a new friend during that cuz we just ended up like,
1:21:49 you know, arm in arm around each other.
1:21:51 Um like just the best, but the second song in the set, when they play Acquiesce,
1:21:58 and we all know it's coming, and we're all truly losing our minds,
1:22:03 but like ha just that song of like the song that they
1:22:07 couldn't play solo cuz Liam sings the verses and Noel sings the chorus.
1:22:12 And then when Noel sings Because We Need Each Other, We Believe in One Another,
1:22:17 uh and and like the the the joy radiating out from like the entire stadium was
1:22:25 something that I've never experienced before and I
1:22:27 think it's I think it's got to be Acquiesce.
1:22:30 Which I don't want to make it sound
1:22:31 like it was all downhill from there because no,
1:22:33 it just like maintained that level from there.
1:22:37 But um but yeah, but like Acquiesce is is the moment where it's like,
1:22:40 this is really happening and this is even better than I dreamed.
1:22:44 I'm so happy for you so good.
1:22:46 you got to be there.
1:22:47 so good.
1:22:48 The next question is for me.
1:22:50 It comes from Matthew.
1:22:52 Matthew, what do you got?
1:22:53 Matthew says, "What does Mary think of the state of the DC
1:22:56 European European [laughter] Union being one
1:23:00 year into James Gunn's reign?" Well, you know, I think DC Europe going strong.
1:23:06 This is a reference to a couple of years ago.
1:23:09 don't explain.
1:23:10 Real fans know.
1:23:13 [laughter] You know, I think it was hard.
1:23:14 Brexit was hard on DC Europe.
1:23:16 You they lost all those um British superheroes.
1:23:21 But I think the rest of DC Europe's going strong.
1:23:25 Um the euro's still doing pretty good.
1:23:28 Uh-huh.
1:23:28 Um and yeah, James Gunn uh I like him.
1:23:34 totally saw the stuff.
1:23:36 Yeah, Mary Mary absolutely watched Superman.
1:23:41 Oh, movies.
1:23:44 Yes.
1:23:45 thinking about the comics.
1:23:48 No.
1:23:48 Well, it's about the new DC Universe of movies with Superman.
1:23:52 still thinking about DC Europe.
1:23:55 You didn't see Superman.
1:23:56 No.
1:23:56 Um I will say that the man who plays Superman seems like a perfect fit.
1:24:04 [laughter] I clearly know so much.
1:24:06 You were on spring vacation.
1:24:07 You could have gone to see it.
1:24:08 Yeah, but I think you'd like it a lot.
1:24:10 I didn't, but once again, would love to see it.
1:24:13 But have I?
1:24:14 No.
1:24:16 [laughter] I haven't.
1:24:19 [sighs]
1:24:18 So there So yes, Mary, the question is about movies.
1:24:21 Oh, I like James Gunn.
1:24:26 Do I wish that he was Tim Gunn?
1:24:28 Always.
1:24:30 Every single time that I read or hear the name Jim James Gunn,
1:24:34 I wish that he was Tim Gunn from Project Runway.
1:24:37 And I wish he said make it work.
1:24:40 Make it work.
1:24:42 Okay.
1:24:42 That's That's what I think.
1:24:44 That's what Mary thinks.
1:24:45 Now you know.
1:24:47 Thank you for asking.
1:24:48 Wow, the DC European Union.
1:24:50 Okay, I've been very excited to ask you the next question.
1:24:53 I Okay, I wonder what it is.
1:24:54 fun, folks.
1:24:55 Is it?
1:24:56 Nadia Alonzo says, "Hi Patrick, what are your favorite tomato dishes?
1:25:02 Happy Holidays." Thumbs down, none of them.
1:25:06 You'd never guess that Patrick hates tomatoes.
1:25:10 If you've seen The Dinner Plan, you might have guessed.
1:25:13 It's a deeply personal film.
1:25:16 [laughter]
1:25:15 haven't seen The Dinner Plan, go watch it.
1:25:18 Tomatoes?
1:25:19 No, thanks.
1:25:20 No tomatoes for Patrick.
1:25:21 All for me.
1:25:23 Okay, Daniel Carricus.
1:25:26 Daniel Carricus.
1:25:28 Great name.
1:25:29 I don't know you, but I like that name.
1:25:32 Daniel says, "Hello Patrick.
1:25:34 Merry Christmas to you and your family and friends." Wow, I feel included.
1:25:39 I live in Latvia.
1:25:40 Latvia.
1:25:41 It is a small European country.
1:25:43 Yes, Daniel, I've heard of it.
1:25:44 Uh loved your channel for years.
1:25:47 Thank you.
1:25:47 I want to ask you, what is your favorite guilty pleasure movie?
1:25:52 Mine is Jingle All the Way.
1:25:54 Ooh, I like this question.
1:25:55 My answer is Eloise at Christmas.
1:25:59 It is a children's movie.
1:26:01 It is an adaptation from the Eloise books, which if you don't know, you should.
1:26:06 She lives at the Plaza.
1:26:07 at the Plaza.
1:26:08 They were written in the 1950s.
1:26:10 Um it is a made-for-TV movie.
1:26:13 Julie Andrews plays her nanny.
1:26:16 And it's filmed at the Plaza and it just feels so Christmasy.
1:26:21 New York's finest hotel experience.
1:26:23 Finest hotel experience and honestly, I stand by it.
1:26:28 It's freaking great.
1:26:29 I have no guilty pleasures.
1:26:31 I've tried to make him watch it for years and he hasn't.
1:26:33 I think you tried in high school.
1:26:36 I don't think you tried since then.
1:26:37 in college.
1:26:38 Actually only dis- discovered it I think maybe.
1:26:41 But I think I watched it.
1:26:44 Well, maybe you did.
1:26:45 Yeah.
1:26:47 Sorry.
1:26:47 I remember I watched Eloise at the Plaza.
1:26:51 It's great.
1:26:52 I recall it being a nice time.
1:26:54 It's very nice.
1:26:55 Yeah.
1:26:56 So there you go.
1:26:56 There's Mary's answer and I don't believe in guilty pleasures.
1:26:59 Jesper.
1:27:00 Jesper.
1:27:01 Cool name.
1:27:02 Says, "Hi Patrick.
1:27:04 Hi Jesper.
1:27:04 First want to say that the videos this year have been so great.
1:27:08 Thank you.
1:27:09 Getting compliments again.
1:27:10 My question is, in honor of the reunion year for Oasis,
1:27:16 what is your opinion on the albums that came out after Be Here Now?
1:27:21 Shoulder of Giants, um Heathen Chemistry,
1:27:24 Don't Believe the Truth, Dig Out Your Soul.
1:27:26 Don't Believe the Truth is my personal
1:27:28 favorite after the first two Oasis albums.
1:27:31 I think that that of the 2000s albums,
1:27:35 Don't Believe the Truth is the overall most consistent,
1:27:39 probably overall the strongest album.
1:27:42 I my my maybe hot take is Standing on the Shoulder of Giants,
1:27:47 which I will say it is for two reasons.
1:27:50 Uh one, it is the only album where they ever experimented with their sound.
1:27:56 Uh they have a very different producer on that one.
1:27:58 Better Man.
1:27:58 It has obviously it has like drum machines and samples and electronic
1:28:03 elements and it doesn't sound anything like any of the other albums.
1:28:07 And then it felt to me like uh the mixed reception to that album,
1:28:11 it made them go like, ooh, okay, never mind.
1:28:13 Uh we're going to go back to basics and we'll never experiment again.
1:28:17 Um so I like the sound of that album
1:28:19 and I wish they had like continued down that path.
1:28:22 The thing is I think half of that album rules.
1:28:26 The other half of the album is not great.
1:28:30 But the but like the half that rule cuz this again,
1:28:33 it opens with Fuckin' in the Bushes, which opens every one of their live shows.
1:28:38 But then Go Let It Out, which I think is their best 2000s song, period.
1:28:45 Then you've got Who Feels Love,
1:28:47 which also sounds so different than anything else they did.
1:28:49 And then but it's also got Gas Panic.
1:28:51 And Gas Panic might be their second best song of the 2000s era.
1:28:58 farting?
1:28:57 No.
1:28:58 Is it about World War I?
1:29:00 No.
1:29:01 It's not?
1:29:02 I mean, maybe you could interpret it that way.
1:29:04 As someone farting?
1:29:05 You I'm I'm sure you can interpret the lyrics as either of those.
1:29:08 farting in a trench in World War I?
1:29:11 [laughter]
1:29:12 And it's Gas Panic.
1:29:13 what I deal with?
1:29:15 Anyway, I think I think but that album
1:29:17 has some [laughter] like phenomenal songs.
1:29:20 It then also has stuff like I can see a liar
1:29:26 and put your money where your mouth is and the infamous little James,
1:29:30 the first song Liam ever wrote.
1:29:32 And so it's like half of it I think is terrific, half of it is not good.
1:29:38 But I but because because of the uh of the of the sound
1:29:43 and the stuff that's there I go with that one.
1:29:47 Although I I I will absolutely agree that don't
1:29:50 believe the truth is like an overall more cohesive album.
1:29:54 And that gas panic is about people panicking that someone farted.
1:30:00 I hate you.
1:30:01 I'm going to stand by that.
1:30:03 Yeah.
1:30:03 Thank you for the Oasis questions.
1:30:05 They're my favorite my favorite question.
1:30:07 I just because I have I talk about movies all the time in videos.
1:30:10 I'm like, "Yay!" when I get to talk about anything but movies.
1:30:12 I do love talking about movies, so don't don't get me wrong.
1:30:15 Remy Or says, "Hello Marion and Patrick.
1:30:19 Hello Remy Or.
1:30:19 Happy holidays from France.
1:30:21 Thank you so much.
1:30:22 so many European questions.
1:30:24 We love it.
1:30:25 DC Europe.
1:30:26 Les questions de France.
1:30:28 No.
1:30:29 No, yes.
1:30:30 Okay, my question is about the Blue Flame special series.
1:30:35 Uh-huh.
1:30:34 The last episode about the infinite possibilities
1:30:37 of train action scenes was released in October 2024.
1:30:42 Yep.
1:30:41 Can we expect to see a new episode in 2026?
1:30:44 No.
1:30:45 Love you guys.
1:30:46 So uh Remy, this is Remy?
1:30:49 Yes, this is Remy.
1:30:49 So uh wow, Remy from France.
1:30:52 Remy, good French name.
1:30:54 I'm not going to ask if you're a rat because I bet you get asked that a lot.
1:30:58 That's not very nice.
1:31:00 More like Ratatouille.
1:31:01 I know.
1:31:01 It's like he's the most charming of all the rats.
1:31:03 He is.
1:31:04 So Remy, here's the thing.
1:31:07 The aforementioned Blue Flame special train episode,
1:31:12 you may recall many references in the past year to that because
1:31:18 it is the biggest failure we have had from a video in years.
1:31:24 It did not do well famously.
1:31:27 Yet we now sell train movies merchandise.
1:31:31 And it had been a few years since we'd done another Blue
1:31:34 Flame special and the last time we did one it also underperformed.
1:31:39 So what I've learned here is that a small group of people loves
1:31:43 those episodes and everyone else does not give a[ __] and doesn't watch them.
1:31:49 Which is not very encouraging for me making more of them.
1:31:54 So maybe, but also if I make one I'm going to expect no one's going to watch it.
1:32:02 Sorry.
1:32:03 The next question is important.
1:32:06 Okay.
1:32:05 Evan M says, "Do you have Evan M's?
1:32:09 What?
1:32:10 Evan M.
1:32:11 Are you making an Evanescence joke?
1:32:13 Evan M's.
1:32:17 I like that.
1:32:18 Thank you.
1:32:19 milk is hitting.
1:32:20 What do you mean?
1:32:20 I'm not feeling any effects at all.
1:32:22 Okay.
1:32:22 Do you have any recommendations for socks that pair well with cozy sweaters?
1:32:27 Yes, I do.
1:32:28 Mary does.
1:32:29 Here's what I'll say.
1:32:30 What?
1:32:31 Wear wool socks.
1:32:32 Well, I mean yeah.
1:32:33 If you live in a place that has cold weather,
1:32:36 don't be a fool and wear cotton socks.
1:32:38 Cotton is one of the worst fibers to wear in the wintertime because as soon
1:32:43 as it gets damp it holds onto that dampness and then you are cold.
1:32:48 Whereas wool naturally wicks away moisture and keeps your feet nice and dry.
1:32:55 So don't wear cotton socks.
1:32:56 Don't be a fool.
1:32:58 Especially thin little cotton socks, no no.
1:33:01 Get wool socks and I'm going to plug Darn Tough socks.
1:33:06 They're made in Vermont.
1:33:08 I used to wear I mean I still wear some Smartwool socks,
1:33:10 but Darn Tough are cushier.
1:33:12 Ooh.
1:33:13 And they have a lifetime guarantee.
1:33:15 Ooh.
1:33:15 So if your socks wear out in like the heel
1:33:16 or something you can send them back and get another pair.
1:33:19 Well, I wish you'd got me some for Christmas.
1:33:21 I'm sorry, we got dad some.
1:33:23 Not none for Patrick.
1:33:25 None for Patrick.
1:33:25 I [snorts] I mean here's the thing,
1:33:28 wool socks I I just thought that was like a given
1:33:31 that if you're wearing a sweater it's that cold you're wearing wool socks.
1:33:36 Mhm.
1:33:36 I will say this is like such a boring answer,
1:33:38 but almost all of the socks I own are Bombas socks and they are so consistently
1:33:45 like like warm and comfortable and they're terrific.
1:33:51 I I usually just do their regular like kind of like ankle socks,
1:33:57 but then I do have their like thinner like
1:34:02 kind of like like was it like calf high socks?
1:34:06 Oh.
1:34:06 And and yeah, those are great.
1:34:09 But yeah.
1:34:10 I can't wear calf high socks because my calves
1:34:12 are too large and then they cut off my circulation.
1:34:16 Wow, humble brag.
1:34:17 I'm too muscular.
1:34:18 Wow.
1:34:18 Yeah.
1:34:19 Connor asks,
1:34:21 Connor.
1:34:21 "So what are we having in a traditional Williams Christmas dinner?
1:34:24 What sides are we having?
1:34:25 How many styles of potatoes, veg, dessert?
1:34:28 I.e.
1:34:29 what is the Christmas dinner plan?
1:34:31 No disgusting tomatoes obviously, correct?
1:34:34 No tomatoes anywhere.
1:34:37 No.
1:34:36 Never.
1:34:37 Here's Here's the reveal on the Christmas dinner.
1:34:41 It's great.
1:34:42 It's exactly the same as the Thanksgiving dinner.
1:34:45 Pretty [clears throat] much.
1:34:46 Why you know why mess with perfection?
1:34:49 Well, here's the thing.
1:34:50 So when in Ireland they don't celebrate Thanksgiving for obvious reasons.
1:34:53 Why?
1:34:54 Because it's not part of the United States and they didn't colonize.
1:35:02 Oh.
1:35:01 Okay.
1:35:02 Yeah, they're in DC Europe.
1:35:05 Right.
1:35:05 Yeah.
1:35:06 Um and so traditionally for Christmas dinner in Ireland you have a turkey.
1:35:13 Yeah.
1:35:14 You have stuffing.
1:35:16 Yep.
1:35:15 You have mashed potatoes.
1:35:18 Uh-huh.
1:35:19 And so for years my mom felt pressure to make something different
1:35:24 for Christmas dinner cuz we already had all of that for Thanksgiving.
1:35:28 And then finally she was like,
1:35:29 "I just really want to have my Christmas dinner that I grew up with.
1:35:33 I want to eat the same things again." And we were all like,
1:35:35 "That would be awesome."
1:35:36 Yeah, Thanksgiving dinner is like our favorite meal of the year.
1:35:38 Let's do it again.
1:35:40 Let's do it again.
1:35:40 So we have a turkey and I will say you
1:35:43 know I know lots of people complain about like dry turkeys.
1:35:46 Our mom is so good at the turkey.
1:35:48 It is a juicy perfect turkey.
1:35:51 is cheesecloth.
1:35:52 You soak the cheesecloth in a butter and white wine mixture and then you drape
1:35:57 it over the top and you keep basting it with the butter and white wine mixture
1:36:01 So it keeps the moisture in.
1:36:03 Yeah, so so there's that.
1:36:05 I make the stuffing and mashed potatoes.
1:36:08 is so good.
1:36:09 Thank you.
1:36:10 And he has recently perfected the mashed potatoes.
1:36:12 Yeah.
1:36:12 I make the sweet potatoes.
1:36:14 My mom makes absolutely perfect cranberry sauce.
1:36:17 There is no canned cranberry sauce in sight.
1:36:19 We will not have it.
1:36:20 It for never.
1:36:21 And I And I make pie.
1:36:23 And Mary makes the pies for dessert.
1:36:25 And every every time we do this our dad out back in the smoker
1:36:31 He smokes something.
1:36:32 Sometimes it's a second turkey,
1:36:33 so we'll have like a roast turkey and a smoked turkey.
1:36:36 Sometimes it'll be a goose or a duck.
1:36:39 This year it was a ham.
1:36:41 So there there'll be a a secondary meat.
1:36:44 he smoked some venison.
1:36:46 Oh, that was so good.
1:36:47 Yeah, so backstrap, the filet mignon of the deer.
1:36:51 Yeah, famously.
1:36:52 Um so yeah, we've got two forms of potatoes.
1:36:56 We have uh nothing green.
1:36:59 I used to make asparagus,
1:37:01 but then it was collectively decided that we didn't really need anything green.
1:37:05 And then this year I proposed again to my mom.
1:37:07 I was like, "You know I'd be happy to make like
1:37:11 a salad or something if we wanted something green." And she was like,
1:37:15 "We don't need that." "We don't need that." Um I
1:37:18 will say that for the second Oh, there's gravy also.
1:37:21 On gravy.
1:37:21 For the second year this Christmas
1:37:23 for the pie I specifically made a tarte tatin,
1:37:27 which Remy from France you might be familiar with.
1:37:29 Tarte tatin?
1:37:30 Tarte tatin.
1:37:30 Tarte tatin?
1:37:31 Um which is an upside down like caramelized apple pie.
1:37:36 So you caramelize the apples in a skillet Mhm.
1:37:42 in like butter and sugar.
1:37:43 Then you put the pie dough on top of it and you put the whole thing in the oven
1:37:49 for about 20 minutes and then you flip it
1:37:52 once it comes out of the oven and it's delicious.
1:37:56 And Patrick is texting cuz he doesn't care.
1:37:58 No, I was reading a text.
1:37:59 care about my tarte tatin.
1:38:01 Well, I've eaten it.
1:38:02 It was delicious.
1:38:03 great.
1:38:03 Oh and we and for Christmas specifically not at Thanksgiving,
1:38:08 this is only Christmas time, we do a plum pudding aka the figgy pudding,
1:38:12 which is a very dense fruitcake that my mom
1:38:16 makes months to sometimes a full year
1:38:18 in advance and it soaks in rum or brandy and then we light it on fire.
1:38:23 Yeah, we we we we pour like flaming liquid rum over it.
1:38:28 my dad is the one who pours the flaming alcohol.
1:38:31 Yeah, it's great.
1:38:32 Anyway, Christmas.
1:38:33 have it.
1:38:34 Guillermo GLV says, "As part of your research of cinematic video games,
1:38:41 did you consider The Ghost of Tsushima?
1:38:44 It has three cinematic modes named after different filmmakers.
1:38:48 Wow, that's cool.
1:38:49 Kurosawa mode for black and white, um Miike Miike.
1:38:54 Miike mode for more Miike audition.
1:38:57 Oh, ooh scary.
1:38:59 Miike mode for more blood,
1:39:00 mud and a closer camera and Watanabe mode with low-fi atmospheric music.
1:39:04 You can combine any two of them or even all three.
1:39:07 That's very cool.
1:39:08 What do you think of this as a a in cinematic video games?
1:39:12 Is it the right path to go forward?
1:39:14 So, to answer your question, I obviously did not play that game for the video.
1:39:20 I have heard about this.
1:39:21 Brian Altano, our beloved composer,
1:39:24 told me about this when he was in town for the dinner
1:39:27 plan premiere and we got dinner and I was like,
1:39:29 that sounds really cool.
1:39:31 But also, I'm just sticking with the games that Jacob gave
1:39:36 me on the list because like Jacob, we trust in Jacob.
1:39:42 And cuz yeah, like eight games was a good amount and like
1:39:44 obviously we have gotten a lot of people reaching out being like,
1:39:47 why didn't you include this game or whatever.
1:39:51 And look, the thing is it had to be a manageable amount of games for me to play.
1:39:56 Yeah.
1:39:56 And and yeah.
1:39:58 And I thought Jacob made really good choices and so yes,
1:40:02 there are many things I could have played.
1:40:04 This game sounds really cool.
1:40:06 Filmmaker mode sounds really cool.
1:40:10 There's only so much time.
1:40:11 You know, you got to you got to make choices.
1:40:13 You can't do everything and this is what we did.
1:40:17 Patrick Mary A different one.
1:40:19 Another another another Patrick?
1:40:23 asked Who is or are your favorite AEW wrestlers?
1:40:29 I don't think I'll probably know who any of these people are.
1:40:32 Probably not.
1:40:33 So The Rock, John Cena.
1:40:37 Well, they're WWE wrestlers.
1:40:40 Oh, Jesus.
1:40:41 Okay.
1:40:44 Yeah.
1:40:43 So, I do not follow wrestling regularly,
1:40:47 but as some people who follow me on Instagram knows,
1:40:50 about maybe probably about like twice a year,
1:40:53 my friend Sidonth will bring me to a live wrestling event.
1:40:57 I do not watch wrestling in between.
1:40:59 I will just see like two events like six months apart and so Sidonth
1:41:03 will have to like fill me in on all the story lines in between.
1:41:06 I only watch it live.
1:41:09 And I only go see AEW.
1:41:10 My favorite, unsurprisingly, is Timeless Toni Storm.
1:41:16 The one That's a good name.
1:41:17 She's the best.
1:41:18 Oh, she's a woman?
1:41:19 Yeah, Toni with an I.
1:41:21 Her whole thing is she is like a like 1940s movie star.
1:41:25 She speaks in a Mid-Atlantic accent.
1:41:27 Sometimes Ben Mankiewicz from TCM does her intros for her.
1:41:31 That's fun.
1:41:31 She her like her interviewed and her videos are basically as a character,
1:41:38 she's just better than everybody else because
1:41:41 she's just like a hilarious comedic character
1:41:45 who she has like fake movies that she's starred in that she like talks about.
1:41:50 I love made-up lore.
1:41:51 She's an incredible actor and she's so much fun.
1:41:55 Ugh.
1:41:55 So, Timeless Toni Storm.
1:41:57 I love Orange Cassidy.
1:42:01 Those are great names.
1:42:03 His His thing is he's His whole character is basically inspired by Paul
1:42:09 Rudd in Wet Hot American Summer and then he's just wearing sunglasses
1:42:12 and a denim jacket and jeans and basically doesn't give a[ __] about
1:42:16 anything and his whole thing is he gives a thumbs up like that.
1:42:19 It's the most low effort thumbs up.
1:42:23 [laughter]
1:42:22 And and and the moment, I wasn't there for it, but I just watched the video,
1:42:27 the moment when Orange Cassidy came out and then he
1:42:29 brought out The Rizzler who was just dressed like him.
1:42:33 Actually, no.
1:42:34 We we we went to AEW in in Newark in November
1:42:40 and The Rizzler was there and seeing The Rizzler live,
1:42:44 I know he's not an actual wrestler.
1:42:45 I know he was there to to support you know, Big Boom AJ.
1:42:51 Um But I mean like the Big Boom AJ?
1:42:54 Yeah.
1:42:55 And and his son Big Justice.
1:42:57 And but seeing The Rizzler live was just like
1:43:00 one of the most incredible moments of the year.
1:43:02 He's not technically a wrestler, but he's like he's basically a wrestler.
1:43:06 And who else do I like?
1:43:09 I mean, Samoa Joe is cool.
1:43:12 I like I know we're supposed to not like Ricochet,
1:43:17 but like I think Ricochet is really fun and I
1:43:20 I love guys who flip around and jump a lot.
1:43:22 Oh oh sorry.
1:43:24 Wait.
1:43:25 I around and jump a lot?
1:43:26 Yeah, Will Ospreay.
1:43:28 Will Ospreay I think is like the most fun guy to watch.
1:43:31 He's so good.
1:43:33 And and also I got to shout out to John Silver aka Johnny Hungie.
1:43:41 Why is he
1:43:41 Mostly he's a little guy and I think Johnny
1:43:43 Hungie is the funniest name and I yeah, so yeah.
1:43:48 Those are my guys.
1:43:48 That answer was all over the place.
1:43:50 Well, I said a lot of normal words like Rizzler and Johnny Hungie.
1:43:54 I have a spider bite on my foot and it itches.
1:43:56 [laughter] It itches a lot.
1:43:58 I'm leaving that in the video.
1:44:00 I'm sorry.
1:44:02 It's on the top of my foot.
1:44:04 Everybody knows it's the worst spot to have a bug bite.
1:44:07 It's true.
1:44:08 Alex Hall says, What do you think about Timothée
1:44:11 Chalamet's new social media focused marketing for Marty Supreme?
1:44:15 Is this a new way for actors to truly become movie stars once again?
1:44:20 I will say for the in terms of the first part of the question,
1:44:24 I think the Marty Supreme marketing is the most
1:44:27 incredible movie marketing I have seen in years.
1:44:31 The Zoom call and the blimp and just
1:44:35 the constant use of Chicago Bulls intro music, the thing on the sphere.
1:44:40 Oh yeah, that was great.
1:44:41 He's not even on social media anymore,
1:44:43 but Patrick showed me it and it's hilarious.
1:44:44 It's so weird and entertaining and all but also just
1:44:49 like the way he just keeps saying Marty Supreme Christmas Day,
1:44:53 Marty Supreme Christmas Day.
1:44:54 It's like it's working and it's also like
1:44:57 all these stunts like the sphere and the blimp,
1:45:00 they they basically have like nothing to do
1:45:02 with the movie which also just makes them funny.
1:45:05 In terms of the second part,
1:45:07 I don't think this marketing is making him a movie star.
1:45:11 I think this is working off of him already being a movie
1:45:15 star and then utilizing that pull and that reach and also just
1:45:20 the charisma and ability to sell a movie and then and like weaponizing
1:45:27 it and and also just like giving him clearly a lot of control.
1:45:32 Just like like Chalamet has been very interesting
1:45:34 for for a long time and just really entertaining.
1:45:37 I just call him Timmy.
1:45:38 We we love Timmy.
1:45:39 Chalamet.
1:45:40 But yeah, but boy.
1:45:42 I just think he's great and I don't know what I want to see an oral
1:45:45 history of the Marty Supreme marketing because
1:45:47 I think it's so great and so effective.
1:45:50 I think maybe my chair is slightly broken.
1:45:52 I think maybe they both are.
1:45:53 Okay.
1:45:54 But I but yeah, I I just I'm happy to see a star like him being like so willing.
1:46:00 Would you say that a star is born?
1:46:03 I don't think he was already born.
1:46:04 A star is born.
1:46:05 Mary, next question.
1:46:06 Okay.
1:46:07 Next question.
1:46:08 Andrew B says, Hello Patrick and Mary.
1:46:11 Hope you had a merry Christmas.
1:46:13 We did.
1:46:13 Thank you, Andrew B.
1:46:14 Quick Q.
1:46:16 I know the PHW channel puts in the good work around knitwear.
1:46:20 Oh, you know they do.
1:46:22 But what are the thoughts on outerwear?
1:46:24 Best movie jacket?
1:46:26 Best jacket you've ever had?
1:46:29 Have a happy new year.
1:46:30 Well, he has an amazing winter coat right now.
1:46:33 woolen Should I get it?
1:46:35 Get it.
1:46:36 Here he comes now.
1:46:38 Okay.
1:46:39 So, here I am.
1:46:40 This is my coat.
1:46:41 Yeah.
1:46:42 I love this coat.
1:46:44 Uh It's so good.
1:46:45 It's it's a good coat.
1:46:46 I also I Here's here's a thing that I believe.
1:46:49 What do you believe?
1:46:50 I think that if you live in New York, Mhm.
1:46:54 this is only for New York.
1:46:55 Okay.
1:46:56 I think if you are a resident of New York
1:47:00 Okay.
1:47:00 city, city.
1:47:02 your wardrobe needs to have what I call a big[ __] off winter coat.
1:47:07 Yeah.
1:47:08 And as in a wool coat that goes to your knees.
1:47:16 I think that's just like a a necessary staple of the wardrobe.
1:47:20 Mhm.
1:47:20 Um I feel strongly about outerwear.
1:47:24 I Knitwear I think I'm I know more about, Mhm.
1:47:29 but I will say I After we did the sweaters episode, I'm getting so warm.
1:47:35 After we did the sweaters episode, people did ask about like,
1:47:39 oh would you do any other like clothing related videos?
1:47:41 And I was always like, the one that would make sense that I think there's
1:47:45 material for is an outerwear video about coats and jackets,
1:47:49 specifically the things like um the big fur
1:47:52 coat that Warren Beatty wears in McCabe and Mrs.
1:47:54 Miller.
1:47:55 Like stuff like you got like that coat.
1:47:58 You've got you know, like all of the coats in The Matrix movies.
1:48:03 Oh yeah, so good.
1:48:04 Trinity's coat.
1:48:05 But yeah, there is a lot you can talk
1:48:07 about with outerwear that I think is like, you know,
1:48:11 oh my god, like the Blade Runner coats,
1:48:14 the Harrison Ford's coat in the original Blade Runner, Gosling's coat in 2049.
1:48:20 So much stuff.
1:48:21 Do you need more Christmas milk?
1:48:23 I Yes, Mary.
1:48:26 So, so I think that's a really good question and to be clear,
1:48:31 no immediate plans for it, but I can make an outerwear video.
1:48:36 And for now, I'm going to take this off cuz I'm overheating.
1:48:41 I will say also since I'll probably get a question about
1:48:44 that, this this coat is from Wythe, w y t h e.
1:48:50 Actually, this shirt is from there as well.
1:48:52 Yeah, excellent company.
1:48:55 They're not a sponsor.
1:48:56 They've never given me free stuff.
1:48:57 I would love free stuff if anyone from there is watching.
1:49:00 Um but yeah.
1:49:02 There you go.
1:49:03 Mary, come back.
1:49:05 Question.
1:49:06 I'm back.
1:49:07 She is back.
1:49:09 Okay.
1:49:10 Jay wants to know, "Did your dad make that toboggan from your Instagram story?
1:49:16 That feels on brand." Yes, he did.
1:49:19 The one on the Instagram story that was posted today, yesterday?
1:49:22 Today.
1:49:22 Um it's his first toboggan.
1:49:25 He made a second one.
1:49:26 Which is even bigger and more improved.
1:49:28 Mark two.
1:49:29 Mark two.
1:49:30 Um he's a very talented woodworker.
1:49:33 Which I don't know if you've ever posted anything about that.
1:49:36 But yeah, he um And and the wood it's made from is from the land around here.
1:49:41 And those two toboggans were used uh when we competed this year
1:49:45 and last year in the National Toboggan Championship in Camden, Maine.
1:49:50 Brian and Madeline Matolius, friends of the channel.
1:49:53 Brian is the composer for all of Patrick's videos.
1:49:57 And Madeline Madeline is the animator who did our title
1:50:00 sequence the people are constantly asking about.
1:50:03 Yes.
1:50:03 We love them.
1:50:04 Um they say, "Hi Mary.
1:50:05 Hi Pat.
1:50:06 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to the whole family.
1:50:09 Thank you." And to you as well.
1:50:10 And back to you.
1:50:11 Um what Christmas movies have y'all watched this year?
1:50:14 Thoughts?
1:50:15 Well, since we've been home, as a family we've watched Love Actually,
1:50:20 Die Hard, and National Lampoon's Christmas.
1:50:23 Christmas Vacation?
1:50:25 Yeah.
1:50:25 No, just Christmas is the first one.
1:50:26 Christmas Vacation.
1:50:27 It is Christmas Vacation.
1:50:28 They're Well, it's the Vacation series.
1:50:30 Uh so um and I in theaters a week earlier at the IFC Center uh went
1:50:37 with some friends to see It's a Wonderful
1:50:38 Life because they play it there every year.
1:50:41 And uh Donna Reed's daughter does like an intro.
1:50:44 I'd never seen it in a theater before.
1:50:46 Uh and it's really fun to uh just be sobbing along with like I don't know,
1:50:55 like a a packed sold-out crowd.
1:50:59 And at home in the comfort of my own home, I have watched Home Alone, Hey.
1:51:06 uh the '90s version of Little Women, Hey.
1:51:10 and as I mentioned earlier, the Rudolph movie.
1:51:13 Oh, and we watched Last Holiday with Queen Latifah.
1:51:15 Love it.
1:51:17 Haven't seen it.
1:51:18 It's It's fun.
1:51:19 She thinks she's going to die.
1:51:21 And so she uh gives herself Oh, she thinks it's her last holiday?
1:51:25 Yeah, she She thinks she's going to die.
1:51:27 I didn't know that's what it was about.
1:51:29 And um LL Cool J is the love interest.
1:51:32 And um Gérard Depardieu appears.
1:51:37 What?
1:51:37 It's very fun.
1:51:38 She like goes She like takes herself on a like
1:51:41 one last like extravagant vacation to the Alps.
1:51:45 And it's very fun.
1:51:46 Wow.
1:51:47 It's very fun.
1:51:49 Does she die?
1:51:49 No.
1:51:50 Turns out that the MRI was malfunctioning and she
1:51:54 actually doesn't have tumors in her brain and she Spoilers for The Last Holiday.
1:51:58 She's fine.
1:51:59 Well, that's good.
1:52:00 It is good.
1:52:01 It's happy.
1:52:02 Okay, so a lot of people have been asking some specific questions.
1:52:05 And I would like you to wait to answer until
1:52:09 uh I I read off with There are three questions.
1:52:12 Okay.
1:52:13 So we have the first question from Gordon Demowski says,
1:52:19 "Why haven't you made Adam Lance Garcia canon?
1:52:22 This jawline [snorts] is legendary." I'm so mad.
1:52:26 Brandon F says, "Is this the Christmas that Adam
1:52:30 finally becomes canon?" And Adam Lance Garcia himself says,
1:52:35 "What will it take to finally give the people
1:52:38 what they want and to #makeadamcanon?" Patrick, More than this.
1:52:45 But his jawline is legendary.
1:52:47 According to who?
1:52:49 According to Gordon Demowski.
1:52:51 I don't know who that is and I think that's debatable.
1:52:55 Demowski, more like debatable.
1:52:58 Yeah.
1:52:59 Yeah.
1:53:00 I think you You people have got to stop listening to Adam
1:53:04 when he begs you to harass me in these questions.
1:53:08 I agree with Gordon, Brandon, and Adam.
1:53:11 No, you don't.
1:53:12 I do.
1:53:12 Adam is one of the nicest people I've ever met.
1:53:15 Doesn't mean he should be canon.
1:53:16 I think it does.
1:53:17 No, it doesn't.
1:53:17 He's very nice.
1:53:18 He's He He has a legendary jawline.
1:53:21 No, he doesn't.
1:53:21 He's very nice.
1:53:22 You can't just say like like to be legendary, you have to earn it.
1:53:27 You can't just be like, man, Hasn't he earned it?
1:53:30 That that microwave is legendary.
1:53:32 [laughter] You're comparing Adam to a microwave?
1:53:35 No, man.
1:53:36 I'm I'm I'm comparing his jawline to to a a random insignificant item.
1:53:42 That's mean.
1:53:43 Yeah, being mean to Adam is one of my hobbies.
1:53:45 [laughter] It brings me more joy than almost anything else in the world.
1:53:50 I'm on Adam's side.
1:53:51 Don't be.
1:53:52 And I'm a fan favorite.
1:53:56 As I have personally declared myself.
1:53:58 You're all ganging up on me and I don't appreciate it.
1:54:02 Well, Adam, I think I personally think that you should be canon.
1:54:05 Why?
1:54:06 Because he's nice.
1:54:06 Cuz you're a canon?
1:54:07 Yeah.
1:54:08 And is it Is it so great?
1:54:10 Yeah.
1:54:11 It is.
1:54:13 I have clout.
1:54:15 Yeah, well I don't want to give Adam clout.
1:54:17 Well, I do.
1:54:19 Okay, well, good thing this is a dictatorship.
1:54:23 I'm Patrick.
1:54:24 I'm a dictator.
1:54:24 This This isn't a cheerocracy.
1:54:29 [laughter]
1:54:28 Okay, well, along those lines, Farid M says, "Question about the #adam thing.
1:54:34 What is it even?
1:54:36 People keep asking for years.
1:54:39 I don't know what it refers to and I don't
1:54:42 want to use an AI to ask such stupid questions.
1:54:45 You're better off.
1:54:46 Could you tell me what it means and how it became a joke?
1:54:50 Merry Chrysler." [laughter] Merry Chrysler?
1:54:55 That's what it says.
1:54:55 I'm not sure if it's an auto-correct, but Farid, I loved that.
1:54:58 This is tough now because I also don't want you to use an AI because uh
1:55:02 He hates AI for good reason.
1:55:04 no one no one [snorts] be using AIs.
1:55:07 Uh kill the AIs.
1:55:08 No one be using AIs.
1:55:10 We We got to We got to stop the entity before it destroys the world.
1:55:14 Um So I I don't want to talk about Adam,
1:55:18 but I also don't want to you to use AI to look this up.
1:55:23 I will say Adam Lance Garcia is an an acquaintance of mine in New York.
1:55:28 And by acquaintance, he means friend.
1:55:30 Uh and in good friends.
1:55:32 in late 2020, when Matt left the show,
1:55:37 and in an episode uh I called Jake and I say,
1:55:40 "Jake, we have to get a new cast member." Mhm.
1:55:43 Adam decided to launch a campaign to become the new cast member.
1:55:48 As you probably know, Chloe became that new cast member.
1:55:52 Uh uh Chloe, much better than Adam.
1:55:57 Uh So mean.
1:55:59 We have enough men on the show.
1:56:01 Well, you do.
1:56:02 Chloe is beautiful and talented.
1:56:04 That's true.
1:56:04 What can Adam do?
1:56:09 [snorts] Not sing.
1:56:08 He can be charming.
1:56:12 He can be He introduced you to Josh Hartnett.
1:56:15 Oh, shut up.
1:56:16 Don't Don't Don't Don't make me laugh.
1:56:17 He did that.
1:56:18 Yeah.
1:56:19 [sighs] Yeah, I know.
1:56:20 Anyway, Adam launched a campaign that has not
1:56:22 ended about wanting to be canon on the show.
1:56:25 And the more he begs,
1:56:27 the more I have to refuse uh because I can't give him the satisfaction.
1:56:32 Um Anyway, that's it.
1:56:35 That's Adam.
1:56:37 Next question.
1:56:38 Harmonia says, "When having an open sandwich with cold cuts and cheese,
1:56:42 which one is on top?" Harmonia, the answer is neither.
1:56:46 Because I'm against open-faced sandwiches.
1:56:51 Yeah.
1:56:50 They're messy.
1:56:51 Stuff always falls off.
1:56:53 appeal?
1:56:53 Bread Simply have a regular sandwich, two pieces of bread.
1:56:56 Bread is great.
1:56:57 Why are you removing half the bread from the sandwich?
1:57:01 And also, if I'm going to have cheese on a sandwich,
1:57:03 the ideal situation is cheese, fillings, more cheese.
1:57:07 Double cheese.
1:57:09 Yeah, also I I I like to have cheese on I like cheese
1:57:12 on top and then have it toasted so the cheese melts like down over the
1:57:15 have what I talked about last year,
1:57:17 which is a toasted cheese, which is the ultimate in snacks.
1:57:21 Uh-huh.
1:57:21 Where you toast two pieces of sourdough bread,
1:57:25 and then you grate about half a block [laughter] of very sharp cheddar cheese,
1:57:30 and you put the grated cheese on the bread, between the bread.
1:57:36 Okay.
1:57:35 And then it ever so slightly melts, but it's not really fully melted.
1:57:39 Are you going to explain this every year?
1:57:40 It's so good.
1:57:41 You should all go eat it.
1:57:43 Is this a good video?
1:57:44 Yeah.
1:57:45 I think we're on fire right now.
1:57:46 I think we're just getting warmed up.
1:57:49 Yes.
1:57:49 The air is on fire.
1:57:53 [laughter] Okay, I'm going to attempt to speak a little bit of Spanish.
1:57:56 Whoa!
1:57:57 You're a brave woman, Mary.
1:57:58 advance, I I am so sorry because I actually don't speak any Spanish at all.
1:58:02 Nor do I.
1:58:04 At all.
1:58:04 Okay.
1:58:06 Lou me?
1:58:08 Lua me?
1:58:09 asks, Well, first they say, "Saludos desde Galicia,
1:58:14 España." "Could you say where all the knickknacks
1:58:18 you have on your desk are from?
1:58:20 I love all caps your videos and I agree that sagas should have an ending.
1:58:25 The finale from The Good Place made me cry and it was so satisfying.
1:58:29 That's a show that knew when to end and not drag out the story forever.
1:58:33 Great love to the ending, too.
1:58:34 The Good Place." Okay.
1:58:37 Knickknacks.
1:58:37 All the knickknacks on the desk.
1:58:40 It's funny you ask because hey, uh they probably will not appear again.
1:58:43 Really?
1:58:45 Yeah, it's the season's over.
1:58:47 It's good It's a new era coming up next.
1:58:48 I believe the the crocheted or is it needlepoint?
1:58:52 I should know this.
1:58:53 Uh Pet Frame Pedington 2 poster, my friend Victoria McNally made that.
1:58:58 that's needlepoint.
1:58:59 It's not crochet.
1:59:00 Okay.
1:59:01 Thank you.
1:59:01 Uh she made that.
1:59:03 She has a store online.
1:59:07 I'll put the link in the description
1:59:09 that basically with patterns for needlepoint movie posters.
1:59:15 So she made me that.
1:59:16 The I is it pewter the I think the pewter
1:59:21 Batman statue was given to me by the aforementioned Adam.
1:59:26 He mailed it to me your friend?
1:59:29 during lockdown in 2020.
1:59:32 The other The other Batman the little plastic one
1:59:37 it's one of the Batman black and white figures.
1:59:39 It's based on the Darwin Cook Batman design.
1:59:41 My friend Kevin Church gave that to me.
1:59:44 The Poochie action figure is just from these these super seven
1:59:48 line of Simpsons action figures and I just I love Poochie.
1:59:54 Whenever Poochie's on on screen I'm asking where's Poochie?
1:59:58 I want more Poochie.
1:59:59 And oh the little chibi succession characters Emma gave me that.
2:00:06 Oh.
2:00:07 And and the trains I just bought online and added
2:00:12 them because people talked about the train videos so much.
2:00:15 People didn't watch them people talked about them a lot.
2:00:17 So I added the trains myself and I think that's all the figures on the desk.
2:00:22 There you go.
2:00:23 I love how we just have a whole spreadsheet for these questions.
2:00:25 We use back in the day like I don't know
2:00:28 a few years ago we did this by just scrolling
2:00:33 like on Twitter hey submit questions and Mary
2:00:35 just be scrolling through replies to a tweet.
2:00:38 And now I can call your code because
2:00:41 you might not know but I love a spreadsheet.
2:00:43 I'm very good at spreadsheets.
2:00:44 She loves a spreadsheet.
2:00:46 Jordan Bosch says Merry Christmas Patrick and Mary.
2:00:49 Thank you.
2:00:50 Merry Merry Christmas Jordan.
2:00:52 In the conversation around the importance of physical media preservation
2:00:56 not enough credit is given to the role of public libraries.
2:00:59 I agree.
2:01:01 Which in many ways have filled the niche left by video rental stores.
2:01:05 I agree.
2:01:06 As a librarian who maintains our branch's movie collection I Jordan Bosch
2:01:11 feel it is an important thing to emphasize for folks who don't know.
2:01:15 Do you ever rent movies from the library?
2:01:17 So no I personally don't rent movies from the library.
2:01:19 I am a school librarian.
2:01:22 So I'm not a public librarian but freaking
2:01:25 love libraries and I feel like it's one
2:01:27 of the very few things about American culture that we
2:01:29 can be extremely proud of is our library system.
2:01:31 We have a more extensive library system
2:01:34 than almost any other country in the world.
2:01:36 And they provide so many public services
2:01:40 and seriously for anybody out there who wants
2:01:44 to save a little bit of money get a library card and freaking use it.
2:01:51 Like you don't even have to go there physically
2:01:53 in person if that is not feeling very accessible to you.
2:01:57 I've already mentioned the Libby app.
2:01:59 There's also overdrive and there's a lot
2:02:00 of other apps depending on like what branch you
2:02:02 have but you can get free audiobooks free
2:02:06 ebooks like Things like canopy you can get movies.
2:02:09 But you can also get streaming videos and then you can also go
2:02:14 and like Jordan is saying you can check out physical Blu-rays or DVDs.
2:02:21 So I personally do not um tend to check out physical Blu-rays and DVDs.
2:02:28 And I actually haven't really availed myself
2:02:31 of the streaming videos either but I've
2:02:33 been thinking lately like oh I should kind of make use of that.
2:02:36 But yeah libraries are the best.
2:02:40 I have nothing to add.
2:02:43 Yeah.
2:02:44 Great question great answer.
2:02:45 Woo.
2:02:46 Prince Albert in the can wants to know
2:02:50 what is Mary's favorite scene in the dinner plan.
2:02:53 So I've actually only I've only seen it once because
2:03:00 I wanted to wait to see it on the big screen.
2:03:03 And Pedro kept being The way no one else got to see it.
2:03:06 Yeah I feel very privileged to have seen it on the big
2:03:09 screen and Pedro kept saying like I can just send you a link
2:03:11 and I was like no no I I want to see it
2:03:13 on the big screen with an audience which was amazing because if
2:03:16 you've seen it you know like it's such a stressful movie like
2:03:23 it was so great to see with an audience where there were just
2:03:27 the audience was reacting to like so much in the movie and people
2:03:31 were like groaning and yeah there were so many like anticipatory things.
2:03:36 So it was so great to see it with a full audience.
2:03:40 But I've only seen it once so it's hard to pick a favorite scene.
2:03:43 Um Is it when dad shows up?
2:03:46 Well I was going to say I think
2:03:47 the toilet clogging and then unclogging is so great.
2:03:52 Um Francine who was mentioned early in the earlier
2:03:56 in the video was sitting next to me and the scene [laughter]
2:04:00 where the toilet becomes clogged and then he sticks
2:04:03 his hand in the toilet to try to unclog it.
2:04:09 [laughter]
2:04:07 Francine just was going oh no oh no and then at one point she said gross.
2:04:13 And it was such a good reaction I really loved that.
2:04:15 I really enjoyed that and then I loved when
2:04:17 my dad showed up for his very brief cameo.
2:04:20 He's a star.
2:04:21 Scene stealer.
2:04:22 I also I really love the opening scene.
2:04:25 I feel like it reveals so much about the character.
2:04:28 Like I I think it's a very well crafted scene and very well written scene.
2:04:32 very nice.
2:04:33 I like you and you're actually very good at what you do.
2:04:35 Thank you Mary.
2:04:36 And then um yeah the end scene with all the vomiting is Yeah.
2:04:43 Okay okay that's that's enough.
2:04:44 Let's move on.
2:04:45 spoilers.
2:04:45 Okay the next question is very important.
2:04:49 Okay.
2:04:50 Noah Sandifer wants to know do you like the movies?
2:04:59 [laughter] Wait do do I like what?
2:05:03 THE MOVIES.
2:05:08 [laughter] HAS YOUR Vin Diesel impression now got got
2:05:10 to the point where you're saying duh instead of the?
2:05:13 that's how he wrote it.
2:05:15 He wrote d a space m o v i e s.
2:05:19 So is that a reference to to you and your Vin Diesel
2:05:22 impression or is that just do you do you like the movies?
2:05:25 I'm interpreting it as a reference to me.
2:05:28 Because if I were to write Mary's Vin Diesel impression out I would write do
2:05:33 you like brackets Vin Diesel voice then all caps the movies with like five o's.
2:05:43 If you're new here Mary does the best Vin Diesel impression.
2:05:47 Apparently someone recorded it and then plays it every
2:05:50 time before they watch a movie which is shocking.
2:05:53 But Patrick do you like the movies?
2:05:56 I I must confess I do like the movies.
2:05:58 I do too even though I don't watch I thought you were going to say I do two v's.
2:06:04 Like the [screaming] movies.
2:06:05 I said that.
2:06:08 Matt I don't know if it's Matt Torpy.
2:06:12 I know a lot of Matts.
2:06:13 a lot of Matts.
2:06:14 Matt says have you read any novels this year?
2:06:18 What are your favorite novels of all time?
2:06:20 I have read novels this year.
2:06:23 So have I.
2:06:23 All time is too big a question.
2:06:25 I read um as much as I absolutely love books but sometimes um
2:06:34 I can get kind of in a rut when it comes to reading I'm so sorry.
2:06:38 You're interrupting me.
2:06:39 No in regards to the question earlier about AEW wrestlers Cesaro
2:06:43 just sent me a link to a video of Timeless Toni Storm
2:06:46 and Orange Cassidy dancing together and I'm like usually like the women
2:06:52 and the men don't aren't in the ring at the same time.
2:06:55 So So in terms of reading obviously I'm
2:06:57 a librarian and I absolutely love to read but sometimes
2:06:59 I can get in a kind of rut where I'm just not reading a ton of books regularly.
2:07:05 Like I tend to go through spurts where like I
2:07:08 read a lot and then I have a dry spell.
2:07:10 So I set a goal for myself.
2:07:12 I think at first it was read 20 books
2:07:13 this year and I think I've gone quite over that.
2:07:17 Um yeah so I've read a lot of novels this year.
2:07:21 Um let's see one of my favorites was Slow
2:07:24 Dance by Rainbow Rowell um who is the author
2:07:30 of Eleanor Oliphant Park if you've heard of it
2:07:32 which is was a huge young adult novel.
2:07:36 Would really recommend that too.
2:07:37 She's also written a bunch of comics but Slow Dance is more
2:07:40 of a adult um I mean it's a romance story but it's not like romance.
2:07:48 But that was really beautiful I'd really recommend that.
2:07:50 And then favorite novels of all time one of my most
2:07:53 favorite books of all time is Black Swan Green by David great book.
2:07:59 I tried to get Patrick to read it for about 15 years.
2:08:03 And I did.
2:08:03 And then he finally did and then he was like OH IT'S SO GOOD.
2:08:06 AND I was like I know I've been telling you.
2:08:08 I like how I'm being shamed for taking your advice
2:08:10 and reading a book and agreeing with you that it was great.
2:08:13 Even though I don't actually tend to watch or read the things you suggest.
2:08:18 I know I know I'm I'm I'm just going to say a novel I recently read.
2:08:25 So I've been reading some Donald Westlake books.
2:08:28 Who is that?
2:08:29 One of the great American crime novelists and I especially enjoy
2:08:34 his uh his his long series about a thief named Dortmunder.
2:08:42 The first one was made into the film The Hot Rock
2:08:44 one of the great heist movies ever made starring Robert Redford.
2:08:47 I remember we saw that.
2:08:48 You showed that to me.
2:08:48 But but the third book in that series called Jimmy the Kid
2:08:53 which I don't think was ever made into a a Is the good?
2:08:56 so good and has one of the wildest premises
2:08:59 of a heist novel I've ever read literally involving
2:09:03 as a major plot point uh it involves
2:09:07 a novel written by the actual author but his pseudonym.
2:09:13 Oh.
2:09:13 Uh it it it sounds it it's convoluted if I
2:09:18 tried to explain it but it's great in the book.
2:09:20 It's so clever and funny and it's like 190 pages
2:09:25 this Westlake is like one of the best to ever do it.
2:09:28 Highly recommend everything by him.
2:09:30 He also like wrote the Parker books under the pseudonym Richard Stark.
2:09:34 Nice.
2:09:34 There we go.
2:09:35 What's up next?
2:09:36 Continuing on this theme what are some of your and your sister's favorite books
2:09:41 that you've read this year or just past or just in general in the past?
2:09:46 The Murderbot books were my big discovery this year.
2:09:51 I heard about the Murderbot TV series.
2:09:55 And I was I think I listened to like Pop Culture
2:09:57 Happy Hour a little podcast episode about it and I was like,
2:10:00 "Oh, that sounds really interesting." But then I was like,
2:10:03 "Maybe I'll check out the books because one
2:10:06 of the critics that they had on that episode was like,
2:10:09 "Oh, the books are so good." And they were like,
2:10:12 "They're also most of the books are novella length
2:10:14 and the audiobook is fantastic." And I was like, "I love an audiobook.
2:10:19 I love like a short and sweet kind of you know, adventure book.
2:10:25 They're so good.
2:10:26 I ha- I listened to I think the first five or six of them.
2:10:32 They're so good.
2:10:34 The main character is so compelling.
2:10:36 I tend to love a sci-fi book that is really interrogating like,
2:10:40 "What does it mean to be human?" right?
2:10:42 And looking at like clones or AI or robots
2:10:49 or aliens and just kind of investigating like,
2:10:51 "What does it mean to be human or like of human consciousness.
2:10:58 Anyway, they're funny.
2:10:59 They're like really good mysteries and the narrator
2:11:06 something Freed Josh Freed, Jacob Freed.
2:11:10 The um narrator is fantastic.
2:11:12 So Oh, the reader in the audiobooks.
2:11:14 Yeah.
2:11:14 I would really recommend the Murderbot Diaries um in audiobook form especially.
2:11:20 Another one that's not about film that I want to mention that I read this year
2:11:23 that was phenomenal was their uh I just wanted
2:11:27 to make sure I got the author's name right.
2:11:29 There's always this year on basketball and ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib.
2:11:34 A sports book?
2:11:35 Uh a sports book.
2:11:37 What?
2:11:37 It is been recommended to me uh by I think multiple friends.
2:11:41 I think my friend Trace Deahn was the first one to to recommend it.
2:11:44 It's It's a like sort of memoir about like
2:11:49 growing up in the Cleveland area and but also like
2:11:53 basketball fandom growing up there and especially like coinciding
2:11:59 with like kind of coming of age around the ascension
2:12:03 of LeBron James and like following his career um
2:12:08 just kind of a a very hard book to describe in like one line but really like one
2:12:13 of the more profound beautiful things I've read all year.
2:12:17 Uh highly recommended even if you don't care about sports like I don't really.
2:12:22 Oh, I forgot about another one.
2:12:24 Okay, a book that I just read that I absolutely loved that I gave
2:12:26 to our dad for Christmas is called Gather
2:12:28 and it's by Ken Kadoh and it's technically
2:12:31 a young adult and it's set in rural Vermont which is where I teach
2:12:37 and the book reminds me a lot of my students and um it's very much about like
2:12:45 what it is like to be living in like rural poverty in America and this kind
2:12:52 of ethos of thinking where school is
2:12:57 not very relevant to your existence but like
2:13:00 having like knowledge of like the land
2:13:04 and the woods and like the ability to like fix things and fend for yourself is
2:13:12 like this passed down knowledge that's very appreciated.
2:13:19 What I don't know.
2:13:20 What are words?
2:13:21 What What are words?
2:13:22 What are words?
2:13:22 Anyway love it.
2:13:24 I absolutely loved it.
2:13:25 Um would really recommend Ken Kadoh's Gather.
2:13:29 It was um a finalist for the National Book Award last year.
2:13:33 Really great.
2:13:33 Jacob McDonough says,
2:13:35 "Thoughts on Greta Gerwig's upcoming Narnia ad- adaptation?
2:13:39 Was Narnia ever big for you as a child?
2:13:41 I especially associate with Christmas." Yes,
2:13:43 we read all of the Narnia books as children and I don't think I knew until
2:13:47 your question Jacob that she was adapting the Narnia
2:13:50 books but I'm excited because I love Narnia.
2:13:53 I didn't really love the old movies and I love Greta Gerwig so I'm excited.
2:13:58 I remember like reading and loving all the Narnia books as a kid but also Chief.
2:14:03 Yes but also I haven't read them since like I don't know
2:14:07 maybe second or third grade and so I barely remember most of them.
2:14:13 I They Is it like they were books that I read
2:14:16 but they were not like the biggest books for me as a kid.
2:14:19 It is honestly a thing where I'm like, "I love Greta Gerwig.
2:14:22 I don't know why she's making this." And
2:14:26 They're offering her a lot of money and she
2:14:27 can probably do some interesting things with it.
2:14:29 There are but but here's the thing.
2:14:31 After Barbie she can do literally anything.
2:14:33 Yep.
2:14:34 Uh and so I would have thought that after
2:14:36 Barbie she would go and do some like more
2:14:39 personal stuff or like I don't know more stuff
2:14:42 along the lines of like Lady Bird and Little Women.
2:14:45 And um and so I'm really hoping that she has
2:14:48 like a big like a really great take on Narnia.
2:14:52 I would love a great Narnia movie but I'm also like I would I
2:14:56 would rather have another Lady Bird or Little Women instead of a Narnia movie.
2:15:01 So I'm just like, "Look, I will be there.
2:15:03 I will absolutely see it like opening day.
2:15:07 I hope it's terrific.
2:15:09 I'm I still don't don't know what her take
2:15:13 on this will be but we'll find out." Sean Gillam he says, "Greetings Will Sims.
2:15:21 You get extra points for using Will Sims." It's true.
2:15:24 Which is our official title as siblings.
2:15:26 Official.
2:15:26 Official.
2:15:27 I officially made it our official title.
2:15:31 I'm back with a yearly Josh Hartnett question.
2:15:36 Ooh.
2:15:36 As you may have noticed since the Hartnetting began
2:15:40 Yeah, he wrote it wrong but that's okay.
2:15:42 Okay, sorry.
2:15:43 Since the Hartnetting began he hasn't had the opportunity
2:15:46 to work with many major directors besides Christopher Nolan and M.
2:15:49 Night Shyamalan.
2:15:50 Pretty big directors.
2:15:51 Those are pretty big directors.
2:15:52 Who are three popular directors you'd like
2:15:55 to see Josh paired with in the near future?
2:15:58 I'd personally love to see him work with Sam Raimi especially since
2:16:01 Sam seems to have gotten his mojo back after seeing him in Trap.
2:16:05 I think Josh could easily match that wild Raimi horror energy.
2:16:10 Interesting.
2:16:11 I'd also love another collab with Michael Bay
2:16:13 or a first time collab with Ryan Johnson.
2:16:16 Hope the Willams family has a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
2:16:18 Thank you so much.
2:16:19 Thanks very much.
2:16:20 Wow, who do I want Josh to work with?
2:16:24 Hmm.
2:16:25 That is a big question.
2:16:27 Um a lot of I mean I could say everybody.
2:16:32 I think Josh would do very well in a Michael Mann movie.
2:16:36 Ooh.
2:16:36 I was going to say that.
2:16:37 I would also like to see Josh in a Celine Song movie.
2:16:41 I think that could be very fun.
2:16:43 Now when you say Celine Song what I think
2:16:46 you were talking about is a Celine Dion song.
2:16:49 Yes, I would like to see Josh Hartnett
2:16:51 in the music video for a Celine Dion song.
2:16:53 Yeah, I would like that too.
2:16:54 Yeah, I think that'd be great.
2:16:56 Yeah.
2:16:57 Yeah, I mean again uh Sam Raimi would would would love to see that happen.
2:17:03 Um oh oh I think if there's a fourth Knives Out movie I think I Ooh, yeah.
2:17:09 I love that idea.
2:17:11 great in an ensemble for one of those.
2:17:13 I think that would be a really Actually,
2:17:15 maybe that's maybe like the most obvious use of him.
2:17:17 Like yeah, I that could be really excellent.
2:17:21 So yeah, uh Rian Johnson if you're watching this give Josh Hartnett a call.
2:17:28 Give him a chance.
2:17:30 Yeah.
2:17:30 Yeah.
2:17:31 A lot of people have asked um along the lines of how do you choose topics?
2:17:39 Dylan M asked how you choose topics for videos.
2:17:43 Chad Von Siak asked that.
2:17:47 And Liam Daley.
2:17:50 And maybe even some other people.
2:17:52 How do you pick your topics for your video essays?
2:17:55 Yeah, there is not any smooth process.
2:17:57 It's just uh you know, it's like asking anyone,
2:17:59 "Where do your ideas come from?" It's usually yeah,
2:18:03 just kind of like organically through conversation and then
2:18:05 I just I have the the seed of the idea.
2:18:08 about them for a long time.
2:18:09 Yeah, well then I think about it.
2:18:10 It I always say that they marinate for like you know,
2:18:14 sometimes years before I finally I'm like In your noggin.
2:18:18 They're ready.
2:18:19 They're ready to go.
2:18:22 How you feeling Mary?
2:18:23 A little bit drunk.
2:18:25 A little bit drunk.
2:18:26 bit drunk.
2:18:28 Okay, Ryan says Ryan.
2:18:31 Our 7-year-old loves your videos and sleeps with his stuffed novels every night.
2:18:37 That's so cute.
2:18:40 Are there going to be any further
2:18:42 additions to the Patrick Willams plushy universe?
2:18:46 He asked, "I also hate timidy." Oh my god.
2:18:49 I I hate tomatoes.
2:18:52 I almost said tomatos.
2:18:53 I don't know.
2:18:54 I also hate tomatoes and that was the funniest film I have ever seen.
2:18:57 Look, people like your movie.
2:18:59 LET'S[ __] GO.
2:19:01 UM PLUSHIE UNIVERSE.
2:19:04 WELL, first we probably need to sell out all of the plush novels as we made.
2:19:08 Buy them.
2:19:10 So, buy a plush novels.
2:19:11 Just give it to some random person you know.
2:19:14 Um truly I really cannot overstate how much
2:19:19 I don't know what we're doing next year.
2:19:22 Uh will there be new characters?
2:19:23 I don't know.
2:19:24 Will will previous characters return?
2:19:27 I don't know.
2:19:29 Uh we'll see.
2:19:31 I will say the development process for plushies,
2:19:34 especially the one for the novels, can take so long.
2:19:39 I really wanted to have those out like a year earlier,
2:19:43 but it they took so long to get the design right.
2:19:47 And uh so yeah, so yeah, would love more plush toys, but we'll see.
2:19:53 I don't know.
2:19:53 Should we just do a plush Patrick?
2:19:56 That would be weird.
2:19:57 I don't think we will.
2:19:59 I bought a plush version of my brother and I just sat it in my apartment?
2:20:05 And every day I came home and said, "Hi Patrick." That would be pretty weird.
2:20:10 you could.
2:20:11 Kenny S says, "Admittedly admittedly not a question,
2:20:15 but my sister bought me a novels plushie this year
2:20:18 for Christmas and he is my favorite gift bar none.
2:20:21 Love you Patrick and Co." Thank you.
2:20:24 Was that Kenny?
2:20:25 Kenny S.
2:20:26 Thank you, Kenny.
2:20:27 Austin says, "Can we expect to see another
2:20:29 inevitable Star Wars video?" No, I don't think so.
2:20:32 Highly unlikely.
2:20:34 Matt says, "What do you want to do when
2:20:36 you decide you don't want to do this anymore?" Direct real movies.
2:20:40 I feel like I've made that pretty clear.
2:20:42 Nick Piers says, "Has your recent exploration into video game narratives
2:20:46 made you feel like playing more games?" Uh yeah, a little bit.
2:20:49 Will I have time?
2:20:51 I don't know.
2:20:52 Related second question, were there any games recommended by Jacob Geller
2:20:54 or others that didn't make it into the video?
2:20:56 Uh by Jacob, no.
2:20:57 He gave me those eight.
2:20:58 By many other people have suggested video games
2:21:00 to play and I've been like, uh sorry.
2:21:03 Nope, we have capped it at these eight.
2:21:05 Uh Rowan says, "I have 12 Angry Men, The Irishman, and Annora on Criterion.
2:21:10 Which film should I get next?" Litter there is like That's a wide range.
2:21:14 there's like 1,300 movies in the Criterion Collection.
2:21:17 Uh get anything that you like.
2:21:20 Just don't don't don't don't hesitate.
2:21:23 Just just buy them.
2:21:24 Get get addicted to buying Criterions.
2:21:26 It's a a fun way to to like spend your money.
2:21:29 And you know a big sale once a year.
2:21:32 Uh multiple times a year.
2:21:33 They do a lot of sales.
2:21:34 Maybe catch a sale.
2:21:35 Ca- yeah yeah wait for a a flash sale.
2:21:38 Catch such a Criterion sale and put it in your pocket.
2:21:43 Damien says, "As someone living in a rural area,
2:21:46 your life being in New York City New York City Hi.
2:21:51 making videos and being connected to cinema like
2:21:54 like you are seems like an absolute dream.
2:21:56 Any advice to those who want to pursue a life
2:21:59 like that when it seems far out of reach?
2:22:01 Love your work and uh love the work you and your crew do,
2:22:05 man." Thank you, Damien.
2:22:07 Well, look, I'm from a rural area.
2:22:09 We are currently here in a house in the woods.
2:22:12 We I also used to live in New York City.
2:22:14 Um here's my advice if you want to move
2:22:16 to a place like New York City just get there.
2:22:20 Like see if you have anyone you know there
2:22:21 that you can sleep on their couch for a little while.
2:22:24 Like couch surf.
2:22:25 Um it's often hard to apply for jobs when you're not there.
2:22:29 Yeah.
2:22:30 New York City like employers, they're like if you're not here,
2:22:34 we don't necessarily trust that you're going to be able to get here.
2:22:37 So, it's easier to job hunt when you're there.
2:22:40 Yep.
2:22:40 And just like get a job that helps you get an apartment.
2:22:44 Once you have income,
2:22:46 then you can figure out how to get closer to the industry you want to get to.
2:22:49 I will also say as much as this seems like potentially bad advice,
2:22:53 I think it's good advice.
2:22:54 Um I have seen so many people be like, "Oh, I'm going to move to New York.
2:22:58 I just need to like wait until I have this much
2:23:00 saved up or until I reach this point." And truly,
2:23:04 I think both of us moved to New York when we had very little savings.
2:23:08 Basically nothing and and and we're just like, "Look,
2:23:11 if it doesn't work out, we can just like move back home or whatever.
2:23:14 We just have to go or else maybe we'll never go." And we
2:23:17 we had the privilege of like like you were already there when I moved,
2:23:20 so I like slept on your couch for 3 weeks.
2:23:23 Yeah.
2:23:23 And we both had a like quite a like friend community
2:23:27 that was already there and we're not that far from home.
2:23:29 It's like 4 hours.
2:23:30 So, I do understand that it's more daunting if you're moving from farther away.
2:23:35 But um definitely just it's easier to just go there and then
2:23:40 try and get established once you're there than doing it from afar.
2:23:44 Yes, it is very possible and if you put
2:23:47 it off until like you feel like you know,
2:23:51 you're like ready to do it or you like have enough saved up,
2:23:54 you might just never get there.
2:23:55 Yeah, you might just always put it off.
2:23:57 Um another question.
2:23:58 Jonah Holt says, "Patrick really miss
2:23:59 the podcast about Keanu Reeves and Infinity Cast.
2:24:02 Any chance we could see you return to podcasting regularly
2:24:04 anytime soon?" Uh only if I get paid for it, which is a thing that I never did.
2:24:09 Yeah.
2:24:09 Um so hey, if you're at a podcast network,
2:24:12 we if you if if we can get paid, we'll bring back Can't Get Enough of Keanu.
2:24:18 Uh but I can't justify losing money on that podcast anymore.
2:24:22 enough of Keanu.
2:24:24 Jasper W says "Who is the best musician turned actor?" Ice-T.
2:24:37 Successful.
2:24:38 You know, he's successful.
2:24:41 He's on so many episodes of Law& Order: SVU.
2:24:43 Yeah, he really made it.
2:24:45 He must be the best one.
2:24:48 There you have it.
2:24:50 I need to go to bed.
2:24:53 [laughter] I'm tired.
2:24:55 So a lot of Christmas milk.
2:24:57 So uh Mary is dying now I'm tired.
2:25:02 becau- for your entertainment.
2:25:04 So, I hope you're all happy.
2:25:05 I'm probably going to be hung over.
2:25:09 [laughter] I'm in my 30s.
2:25:09 I can't drink like I used to.
2:25:12 Oh Mary, thank you for doing this.
2:25:14 These are fun.
2:25:15 I'm old now.
2:25:17 You know what the toughest part of these Q&As is?
2:25:19 No.
2:25:20 We never know exactly when to stop.
2:25:23 No, we don't.
2:25:24 We never know like have we done enough?
2:25:26 Should we do more?
2:25:27 If we pick one more question,
2:25:29 will that be like a perfect beautiful transcendent ending?
2:25:34 was no What was it?
2:25:35 Red Tide?
2:25:37 No Red Tide this year.
2:25:38 What was the one where it was like it's What?
2:25:40 What's Red Tide?
2:25:41 know.
2:25:42 I was making jokes where it was should be about women having Oh, Crimson Tide.
2:25:47 Crimson Tide.
2:25:48 The Tony Scott movie about submarine.
2:25:50 But I thought it should be about a woman having her period
2:25:53 on a submarine and all the men are just freaking out like,
2:25:55 "OH, THE CRIMSON TIDE IS HERE."
2:25:57 MARY, now you're bringing up good jokes you made in previous years.
2:26:01 And I was worried we haven't had the same level of jokes.
2:26:04 Does that mean that like we've now like we're we're This is shark.
2:26:09 We we've declined and all we can do
2:26:11 is like reference great moments from the past?
2:26:14 even talk about Christmas shark.
2:26:16 Okay.
2:26:16 So, everybody uh thank you for watching.
2:26:18 We hope you've had a a a Merry Christmas if you celebrate Christmas,
2:26:22 but it's just in general a a lovely holiday season.
2:26:28 And um let the merry bells keep ringing.
2:26:33 Happy holidays to you.
2:26:39 [singing] Uh thank you for watching this video if you've made it this far.
2:26:44 It's long.
2:26:44 Uh it's long.
2:26:45 I have to edit this.
2:26:46 Um uh thank you for watching the channel in general assuming you do.
2:26:50 Thanks for helping my brother make a living.
2:26:53 Unless you don't.
2:26:55 I mean, if if you haven't like joined the Patreon or whatever,
2:26:57 I don't know if you're helping me make a living.
2:27:00 say do not like if you do a down vote on his videos, then I don't like you.
2:27:06 You heard it here first, folks.
2:27:07 I don't like you.
2:27:08 Um but uh but thank you.
2:27:11 What a year it's been.
2:27:13 Merry good year.
2:27:14 I have drank a lot of dairy mixed with peppermint schnapps.
2:27:18 What more could you ask for?
2:27:20 I don't know that my tummy likes it.
2:27:24 [laughter] Well, this is the last thing that I have to make this year.
2:27:27 So, time to go edit this and then I can sleep for a month.
2:27:30 Yay, bye.
2:27:32 Bye everybody.
2:27:33 Merry Christmas.