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Episode #714: Fred Claus

“What I don’t understand, is how he does not have a guest room for people to come visit him!” - Chris on Santa’s accommodations

On our final episode of 2023, we’re racing toward New Year’s to get away from the exhausting ghost of Christmas Movies Past that is, Fred Claus! Why did they have Rachel Weisz’s character be a traffic cop? Is Vince’s character seriously trying to open a brand-new OTB in 2007? How did we let a fun Giamatti Santa performance get lost in this dreck? And how unsettling did these elf special effects need to be, my god?! PLUS: How many times does this movie rip off Elf? Try to keep track!

Fred Claus stars Vince Vaughn, Elizabeth Banks, John Michael Higgins, Miranda Richardson, Rachel Weisz, Kathy Bates, Trevor Peacock, Ludacris, Jeremy Swift, Kevin Spacey, and Paul Giamatti as Nick ‘Santa’ Claus; directed by David Dobkin.

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Original cover art by Felipe Sobreiro.

Episode #714: Fred Claus

Comments

This was a great episode but then I pissed myself off by coming up with like 3 better premises for a Fred Claus movie and having no one to pitch them to.

HockeenightsCT

$100 million? Surely this movie was some kind of tax/money laundering scheme?

Craig

I caught and appreciated Steve's quick Wrongfully Accused reference

Vicky I

I've heard good things about his performance in Brawl in Cell Block 99, which I've been meaning to check out for quite some time

Z

I could of gone with Vaughn and Giamatti needing to hitchhike like in Dutch with a couple of sex workers. Giamatti falls asleep and drools on one of their boobs.

Darryl Bowen

I'm so glad this movie got a episode.

Mark D Myers

Y'all were on fire this episode. The 9-11 naughty list kid bit gave me a near spit take.

Dominic Kovell

https://youtu.be/WqPePWyduxQ?si=SOU4iMWXrRwRN5pS

Ryan Horn

Is this Vince Vaughns first appearance?

Les Whinen

Sausage Clause was missed with all this Chicago talk

Matthew Kennedy

Tough watch, thank god I get a reward

Jamie

🤘!!!

Matt Doenges

Inspired work from Cabin here. Gripping.

Infinite Terror

Eric taking a shot at a suicide joke, framed around a show he's never seen, but thinks he got the gist of? That's good hustle!

MarkNM

Is it just me or did Vince Vaughn quickly wear out his welcome. I remember loving Swingers when it came out and then after I just didn't like him. Dodgeball was only funny because of Ben Stiller.

John Locke

Paul Giamatti's father was president of Yale (which sucks, but still) and Commissioner of Major League Baseball. I cannot imagine him in the vicinity of Vince Vaughn.

Adam Lewis

Frank Underwood on Tucker Carlson this year lol

Jacobi Smith

The bit where Fred teaches Willie to dance! 🥴🥴🥴

Leesha Olivier

Kevin Spacey DID do another Christmas video this year…..with Tucker Carlson. No joke

RJ Cunningham

If they were aiming for the saint angle then St Nicholas should've been Greek and I sure as as shit don't see any gyro filled Giamatti

Eren Keskin

Lady Ballers take-down around the 50 minute mark. :)

Geoff Gershon

Saving the best for last, it is a Festivus miracle!

CharlesGrodin'sToupee

Nice!! Excited for this one!

Billy Jay


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