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Dec 2022
42m 33s

Bad Santa

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Alex and Jordan wrap up their holiday extravaganza — and 2022 in general! — with a salute to most hilariously foul of all Christmas movies. They’ll talk about the record-breaking number of obscenities, the surprising involvement of the Coen Brothers, the behind-the-scenes legal battles it took to get the film to the big screen, and Billy Bob Thornton’s heroic drinking during the shoot — plus some harrowing tales of real life bad Santas. (Like, really bad.) 

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