J.T.'s Holiday Special

Movie Meltdown - Episode 295 We're back for our 7th annual holiday special, and as always we earn the title "special" as the Meltdown dysfunctional family gathers together to discuss holiday themes and reminisce about years passed. Plus one of the gang revisits a childhood favorite with our holiday Sofa Theater entry, the 1969 short film/made for TV movie J.T. And while we crank up our magical transistor radio that only plays really awesome shit, we also discuss… ruining the concept of holiday, crying inconsolably, some sort of sandwich-thing, there was no Grace involved, Don’t Look Under the Bed, opportunities for play, Peanuts, rarely agreeing with your brother, Alice in Wonderland, Norman Lear, Pride, a scene I remember in it… that isn’t in it, being a single parent, Tomorrow, going through or into a thing or something, throwing your beer can into the woods, the hot friend from across the hall, looking for your car keys while you are holding them in your hand, I saw it coming, Robert Duvall, Tweet what Christmas means to you, the angles… the set-ups, I just thought every sort of shot was just beautifully crafted in a way that you don’t think a television film would be, having a life of your own, transistorize your brain, they perpetually make me want to take a photo of everything, the cast’s wardrobe, her life is saved by rock and roll, news that had no effect on anyone and Rocky Top, ponderous and lumbering, Ralpie’s kids are playing with a bow and arrow, what exactly is a croft, little hands are so effective, glimpses reflected in the choices, sharing a sandwich, a talent for editing things so that they happen naturally, actual mountain guys, trying to push the bullet out of the guy’s head, who’s deader, Opie gets a job at the store, Santa is a jerk, Mad Men, I got me some red curtains on credit, Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, friggin’ swank mom, the elf choir, Jack Nicholson and a 5-year old experiencing ennui. Spoiler Alert: Spoilers for J.T., so go watch it now! “There are a lot of weird little things like that… that just made it feel more like life then most things you that you saw on TV.”