Vigorous Marvin

It's Christmastown

Comedy EN ↓ 126 episodes

Journalists Jeb Lund and David J. Roth step away from real world anxieties and step into the gentle, cornball, consequence-free world of the Hallmark Channel. Each time, we discuss a different Hallmark original movie—from Christmas cheer, to wedding jitters, to junk-store detectives—and break it down into recognizable components of angels, moms, moppets, sugary foods and themed sweaters, and try to make sense of when the stories veer away from comfort films and land in the uncanny valley. Welcome to a sweet, stilted vision of the world—not an escape from modern life, but a relaxing trip to an...

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Vigorous Marvin

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Comedy

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Latest episode

May 30, 2026

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Episodes

144 - Reverse Seinfeld for Phlegmless People 30.05.2026

MAURA QUINT, CHARLES STAR and AARON KLEINMAN return for OY TO THE WORLD! ( 2025 ) but wait... Now? … Sufganiyot? … Episode 142 … We'll do it live! THEME: " Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas ," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE   The happiest Vibecheck of all! … More Jews on this podcast than in Hallmark … Bar/Bat Mitzvah names … Let's get on a list! … J-Pass … Callback to Episode 78 …...

143 - A God-Prank Christmas: The Miracle of Obstinacy! 22.04.2026

We're astrally projecting into an aldis lamp to tell CHRISTMAS BEDTIME STORIES ( 2022 ), but we are absolutely not dead, we're just… TEASER: In Florida, ok? … Top 10 JACKED-UP Movies … Call the General   THEME: " Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas ," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE   DEAD DAD … Please do not perceive us … Too disturbing for civvies … Cast Rundown … Escaping the NXIVM...

142 - Heptarchy of Hospitaliano! 23.12.2025

It's a Boogie-Woogie Royal boy and girl named Dee Dee having A ROYAL QUEEN'S CHRISTMAS ( 2021 ), and how did we find it?… TEASER: I use-a da Google!   THEME: " Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas ," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE   Getting the lead out for the NYC marathon … "Darren Wahlberg" … Vintage Hallmark mind prison … Long or Staten Island … Reopening the Beast … The dangers o...

141 - The Great Yiddish Bake Off 07.11.2025

ANDY LEVY, MAURA QUINT & CHARLES STAR return for a latke contest and a little HANUKKAH ON RYE ( 2022 ) but first... Everyone is being disrespectful to the story of Hanukkah. THEME: " Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas ," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE   Minyan introductions … Jewish menu check … Podcast Goy … Hallmark Hanukkah History … Jewishness at 11.5, for future museums … Insta...

140 - Blind, Incoherent and Metal as Hell 20.10.2025

HOLLY ANDERSON brings us a piping hot basket of dogs to help us in GUIDING EMILY ( 2023 ), but… TEASER: We're at a loss … DMT and Togo … Live barking …   THEME: " Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas ," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE   Holly's forever home … Garth? … Hallmark knowledge (+200 Dodgeball) … Healthy for work: a millennial attack … Talking Dog theory … Eric McCormack, yell...

139 - Snow Crashing the Joe Morgan Moneyball Universe 09.10.2025

Why did we try to find LOVE IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK ( 2025 )? Because it is there. As is… TEASER: The horniest avalanche-safety film we've ever seen, trapped in the Beavis terrarium of the ancestral mind, with Steve. THEME: " Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas ," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE   Is the Angel Jason Giambi? … Avalanche safety tips … A feast of table-read first takes...

138 - Josie and the Gilrbosses 15.09.2025

We're having a launch party for the stuffed Italian bread triptychs honoring SISTERHOOD, INC. ( 2025 ), but first... TEASER: Don't fiddle with the knobs, or it's Queens for ya. THEME: " Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas ," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE   Happy Employment Movie! … Greeting cards, Tech Nazis, Roko's Basilisk … Jim Rome Take: A Hannibal Lecter Group Text Experience …...

137 - Chocopurse Presents: Collateral (All-22 Footage) 20.05.2025

We're spending all day in the car on our way to a stationary restaurant, and them's the breaks with AN UNEXPECTED VALENTINE ( 2025 ), but first... TEASER: Our respect for the Boboli Corporation. THEME: " Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas ," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE   Foster Grant, CF Frost, Wells Fargo … Jim Caviezel and Scully … Bonus preview … Nick Bond Appreciation Station...

136 - Gergich in the Machine 07.02.2025

It's a new era of stripping color from the world, and all anyone can ask is WHERE ARE YOU, CHRISTMAS? ( 2023 ), but first... Yeah, the audio thing was Dave's fault. I said it. THEME: " Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas ," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE   How I met your mother ... Doc Hollywood and Danny Wuerffel (again) ... Pleasantville, but Hallmark ... Back in the saddle ... Cas...

135 - An Open-Faced Hallmark Movie 25.12.2024

We brought a murderer home who had an advent calendar kill schedule, and 'TWAS THE DATE BEFORE CHRISTMAS ( 2024 ), but first... A Christmastown message from TV's Andy Levy ... THEME: " Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas ," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE   Watching with a widow ... Implausible landlordism ... It's fine, it's a Chilis II ... Elevated basement, structurally self-aware...

134 - Giving Millennial Pandering a Hand 29.11.2024

DC PIERSON hitches a ride on a taco truck to THE SANTA SUMMIT ( 2023 ), but... Is that the blowjob guy? THEME: " Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas ," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE Meet DC! ... Santacon: A cold version of St. Patrick's Day ... DC's Hallmark Wicker Man experience ... Southwestern pro-Christmas ... A 100-disc changer...   PART TWO Cast Rundown ... The Expositional Ch...

133 - Women Laughing Alone with Christmas (Hockey Edition) 24.10.2024

JAMIE KIRSTEN HOWARD lost her credit card and the clerk is CHECKIN IT TWICE ( 2023 ), but... We've already got the furry erotica! THEME: " Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas ," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE   Glitterburrito ... Georgia championship hockey ... How Hallmark casting works PART TWO   Jamie's Christmas credentials ... Mariah-Grinch Continuum ... Is the Grinch horny? Fur...

132 - Leftover Choirs Are How We Get Aunts 28.06.2024

Our secret families said it's TIME FOR HER TO COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS ( 2023 ), but first... Let's sing ... THEME: " Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas ," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE   Welcome to the cumbersome title, b*tch ... Cocoa in camo ... Throwback movie ... Cast Rundown ... Episode titles greatest hits ... The Expositional Challenge ... Plot Mop-Up: Secret aunt, choir exe...

131 - Live, Donut, Repeat 03.04.2024

MAURA QUINT & CHARLES STAR get trapped going ROUND AND ROUND ( 2023 ) with us, but... Shut up, kids, it's the second episode of Hanukkah! THEME: " Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas ," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE   Chag Sameach ... We regret the errors ... It's good! ... Jew Belong meets war ... Good movie crammed into Hallmark, better than Christmas fare ... Crying at The Rock,...

130 - Curated Pilot, Dead Lobstermen 22.03.2024

MEREDITH CLARK and Jeb travel to CHRISTMAS ISLAND ( 2023 ), but... The lighthouse made me so angry ... THEME: " Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas ," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE   Attracted to the Menendez Brothers ... Six years of sloth ... Brain-braising movie cred ... "Christmas Neutral" ... Fuck 30 Rock (Geographical) ... "A Christmas Kettling" ... OK glurge, insufficient bon...

129 - The Almost Famous of Brain Cancer 23.02.2024

We're checking out cemeteries for when MS. CHRISTMAS COMES TO TOWN ( 2023 ), but... You're gonna wanna braise that elf ... THEME: " Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas ," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE   Blood tests ... Letters to Santa: 'Are You Dead?' Edition ... New big TV ... Gatorade trauma basketball ... WWI of motion smoothing ... Jobless with SSRI's ...   PART TWO   Cast Rund...

128 - Bring the Troops Back to Home Goods 22.12.2023

JESSICA RITCHEY supports a HOLIDAY FOR HEROES ( 2019 ) because:   It's not a movie you watch, it's a pill you take ... THEME: " Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas ," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather ... PART ONE   Save a Troop Child ... "Dad History" - Michael Jackson ... Jessica: Tubi Magus ... Treat Williams ... Marc Blucas ... Muscle Twink Death ... NCAA athlete ... BDUs, dad bod ... Hallma...

127 - A Gazebo Movie with Christmas Attached 12.07.2023

Grab a 2x4 for the gazebo, it's A VERY MERRY BRIDESMAID ( 2021 ), but... Let's get back to the ugly Christmas sweater bachelor party ... THEME: " Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas ," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE   Meet me at the gazebo ... Sleepytime ... Bright Lights, Big Sweater ... O'Henry ≠ Bierce ... Long trip, short distance ... Self-improvement procrastination ... Christma...

126 - Journal to the Center of the Turf 15.06.2023

RYAN NANNI discovers all roads lead to Arli$$, and we're A WINNING TEAM ( 2023 ) because :   All we see is the goal ... THEME: " Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas ," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather ... PART ONE   Ryan's podcast samsara ... Rebawatchables ... Lady Frankenstein ... Mary Shelley, Bobby Bonilla ... Ryan's Hallmark expertise ... Brain damage ... Throwback, safety-presentation mov...

125 - If You Can Book Her, Joyner 16.05.2023

Surprise! It's AN UNEXPECTED CHRISTMAS ( 2021 ) and we're still dating! Also, ... This is a bad idea ... THEME: " Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas ," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE   Turn on Dave's She-Shed ... Lair, fort, Rodney Dangerfield ... Unprepared! ... "The Single Guy" ... Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Paul Campbell ... Three Wise Men and a Baby ... Christmas Season vs. Baseba...

124 - Dream Cookies, Wine MILFs, Moon Boat 30.03.2023

We celebrate A KISMET CHRISTMAS ( 2022 ) with one dose of cookies and realize ... When the ingenues need help, they make one call: La Chabert ... THEME: " Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas ," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE   Jeb's at the Strawberry Festival ... Simultaneous Strep and Covid ... Jazzys in the Entenmann's Event Tent ... We liked it! ... Meta threat ... Parenthood, dud...

123 - Faeries, Dr. Weir, Things of That Nature 03.03.2023

We take A FABLED HOLIDAY ( 2022 ) out of time, and we apologize: No one's claiming the rights ... THEME: " Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas ," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather ... PART ONE   Play that glissando! ... Holiday recap: Hatchet accident, child custody, punting to Queens ... "Hanukkah on Rye" update ... A year of Countdown to Christmas Countdown ... Decompensating via Christmas nos...

122 - A Pumpkin for Klendathu 16.12.2022

It's PUMPKIN EVERYTHING ( 2022 ), and we'll never pass up a good thing. Radio by seniors, for seniors ...  THEME: " Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas ," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather ... PART ONE   Bug planet! ... Michael Ironside Appreciation Station ... Extremely weird, way too real ... Dead malls, pizza chains ... Repetitive love arc. vs. elder mortality and AA ... A rom-som template on...

121 - Assault on the Waist Rising 23.11.2022

CASEY JOHNSTON'S making us stretch before WARMING UP TO YOU ( 2021 ), but we're willing to reconsider if:   We want to buy that "Congrats on finding a floater" card ... THEME: " Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas ," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather ... PART ONE   Toilet drop ... Meet Casey! ... Love your work, and I'm not heeding it ... Renamed movie ... Grew up in Hallmark stores ... Teen mon...

120 - A Floating Meatball of Barbarism 20.10.2022

JONATHAN KATZ and SAM ADLER-BELL sail into history aboard the USS Christmas ( 2020 ), but first:   Let's go get hot chocolate! THEME: " Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas ," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE   Meet Jon, Sam, Sam's grandma and Jon's mom! ... Happy story, death machine ... Cast Rundown ... Niven ... The Dual Expositional Challenge  ... Was this fun? ... Can't think past...

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