The Hudsucker Proxy & Old Jacks Boat

The Dads continue to reel from the loss of Reegs, with this week’s horrible take on STAND BY ME as well as Dan declining to tell his masturbation story being two particularly low points. Will they redeem themselves this week? I have literally no idea since I'm writing the notes before listening to the pod but I will assume not. Due to the whole being Jewish thing we didn't have a Christmas tree in our house though confusingly we did celebrate Christmas at my grandma's house on the day itself in what was an orgy of crass commercialism, a pattern that persists in my family to this day and which we are depressingly bound to perpetuate despite not wanting to and indeed expressly trying to avoid it. The Christmas Tree is of course the altar beneath which we lay evidence of our material success, by which I mean we put presents under the tree. We start this week show with the Top 5 Christmas Trees, a subject which completely failed to engage our listeners and I can tell you is not actually all that easy having given it a few minutes’ worth of what might loosely be deemed 'thought'. There will no doubt be ELF, THE CHRISTMAS CHRONICLES and NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION as well as that insufferable dreck Dan forced us to watch last year, A CHRISTMAS STORY. If someone doesn't mention HOME ALONE, I'll be seething but I reckon I will be alright. THE HUDSUCKER PROXY is still a movie I haven't properly seen which makes this part of the notes that little bit harder. The Coen brother's 1994 comedy is one of Sidey's favourite movies, but it opened to lukewarm reviews with one critic deeming it "asinine and insufferable", a quote which I've lazily copied from Wikipedia. With a cast including Bill Cobbs, Bruce Campbell and Anna Nicole Smith acting alongside such cinematic lightweights as Paul Newman, Tim Robbins and Jennifer Jason Leigh, I'm looking forward to hearing the dad's take and a debate about whether this is a Christmas movie at all I'm assuming. OLD JACK'S BOAT is both the place where Howie lost his virginity and the name of a BBC children’s tv series about a retired fisherman who lives in a village on the North Yorkshire coast. Bernard Cribbins tells stories to his dog. One of the dads said it made him cry in our WhatsApp group, but I still don't know if he meant tears of boredom and frustration or tears of joy at capturing moments of quiet, gentle beauty etched on the face of a national treasure. Isn't it exciting to find out? No.We love to hear from our listeners! By which I mean we tolerate it. Try us on twitter @dads_film, on Facebook Bad Dads Film Review or on our website baddadsfilm.com. Until next time, we remain... Bad DadsYou can now text us anonymously to leave feedback, suggest future content or simply hurl abuse at us. We'll read out any texts we receive on the show. Click here to try it out!We love to hear from our listeners! By which I mean we tolerate it. If it hasn't been completely destroyed yet you can usually find us on twitter @dads_film, on Facebook Bad Dads Film Review, on email at [email protected] or on our website baddadsfilm.com. Until next time, we remain... Bad Dads