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Honey, My Boyfriend's A Reindeer: First Look (w/Blaire Erskine)

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Dec 9, 2021ยท52m
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Stage Premise:

We sit down with the creators of the controversial Hallmark Christmas movie "Honey, My Boyfriend's a Reindeer" as well as the woman whose true story the movie was based on.

Cast & Characters (5)

Bits & Timeline (12)

1:10 (4m 5s)
CHARACTER_INTRO

Honey, My Boyfriend's A Reindeer Cast Roll-Call

The panel introduces the cast and crew of a new Hallmark film, including a screenwriter from a legacy of Hallmark writers and the woman whose life rights were purchased for the story.

"My mommy was a Hallmark movie writer, and her mommy before that, and her mommy before that."

"I built that motherfucker reindeer."

"I played Tiffany in the movie, the actual movie, the movie that it's based on Tiffany's."

#Screenwriting#Hallmark#Life Rights#Special Effects
7:15 (1m 35s)
VISUAL_GAG

The 30-Minute Blooper Reel and Sundance Dreams

The cast reviews a blooper reel featuring a small-pinkied extra named Vin who rants about Vietnam and a grip named Glenn who keeps ruining takes with 'bapple boxes'.

"Our blooper reel got into Sundance!"

"Where do you want me to put these bapple boxes?"

"I can't believe I just said Clistmas. What a blooper!"

#Film Festivals#Bloopers#Production#Sundance
21:31 (1m 22s)
ESCALATION

Disney Workshop Fatalities and Redhead Rule of Three

Joanna reveals the grueling nature of building live-action Disney sets, claiming many carpenters and redheads drowned during the Little Mermaid workshop.

"I know a lot of people who were involved in that Little Mermaid live workshop died."

"Redheads and bald people, 'cause bald people are usually evil."

#Disney#Special Effects#Carpentry
26:37 (1m 23s)
CALLBACK

Hallmark's First Sex Scene and Biblical Justification

Jessica Christmas discusses breaking Hallmark tradition with a sex scene, while Tiffany's Payne cites the fictional book of 'Chrysanthemums' to justify it being 'hot'.

"It's not only okay, it's hot."

"The Lord thy God command you on the sixth day to wring the dove's neck."

#Hallmark#Religion#Screenwriting
39:55 (1m 18s)
ESCALATION

The First Lawsuit Based on Defamatory Line Reads

Tiffany's Payne reveals she is suing the production because Glowy Glow's performance used a stereotypical Oklahoma accent that constitutes defamation via line reading.

"I heard it's the first lawsuit ever in the American judicial system to be based exclusively off line reads as defamation."

#Legal#Acting Choices#Defamation
41:13 (48s)
BACKSTORY_REVEAL

The Deadly Disney Live-Action Workshops

Joanna recounts her grueling start in the industry building the first teacup for Beauty and the Beast, leading to a reveal about the high mortality rate of carpenters in Little Mermaid workshops.

"People can't hold their breath underwater that long, especially not carpenters."

#Practical Effects#Disney#Workplace Safety
43:01 (48s)
TABLE_BREAK

The Reindeer Sex Machine and the Suffocating Actor

Joanna defends her mechanical reindeer suit while Ash Dash complains that the design caused him to suffocate during the film's intimate scenes.

"I spent a year and a half building a machine that'll have sex with the actor."

#SFX#On-set Accidents#Bestiality