Christmas Memories

random drive bys. If you will just dedicated and devoted listeners to the RB podcast. If you have purposely downloaded this and it is your first time listening, then welcome. Welcome to the wonderfully inclusive family of the Ron Burgundy Podcast. We have a wonderful show for you today. We're going to talk about a topic which is truly evergreen. That topic Christmas. It doesn't matter what time of year it is.

I'm always down to discuss Christmas. Every year, the Christmas shopping season begins earlier and earlier, and it's still not early enough for me. I think holiday shopping should begin right after the fourth of July. Watch some fireworks, eat some corn on the cob, and then hit cage Jeweler's done. Carolina. Did I ever tell you about the time I ran into pop superstar Jewel at a cave jewelers? Oh no, that's amazing. Yes, it was so fun. You know what.

I actually saw Katie Perry as Fred Perry. Oh. Interesting, And she was just in line. She waited in line with us, and then she checked out right, and she said, you know, maybe she don't. I mean, I'm thinking she talked a little bit with the cash here and sure, she just you know, you get it, you get a vibe from people. She just seemed like a really good person. And did she buy anything? Does she make a purchase? Um? Yeah,

she made a I mean it almost doesn't matter. I can't remember the details of the story, but I remember being like, oh, I'm I want to be friends with that. Yeah, have you ever seen that was the thing when when I saw Jewel and I was like, that's jewel. Yeah, that's I can't believe it's jewel. And I pulled people aside and I'm like, do you know who that is? And they were like, yeah, that's jewel. And anyway, I wish pictures did you get of her? I must have

gotten fiftys and video just clicking away and video. And but then I was still too shy to say hello. That's better, that's probably. That's a nice way of like respecting her privacy. She bought a bracelet, a bracelet with a charmed bracelet. That's a story. That's the dogs and stars. And that's crazy because we both like dogs too, Oh Jewel, Yeah, like you like dogs. Jewel like dogs. I like dogs. It's so fun when those things line up that way. Yeah,

that's a coincidence for sure. I remember you told me you saw another famous person, Ron Ron Howard claimed direct for those of you listening that he's an acclaimed director, a real artist, and a child actor and an adult actor Richie Cunningham and Opie Cunningham. Yeah, he was just leaving a hotel with his family and he just seemed like a family guy, you know, and he put on a hat. Oh was it was he out of Howard

Johnson's or was it just a regular hotel? It was Rearward, So it wasn't Ron Howard at a Howard Johnson No, unfortunately, it was just a regular hotel in Los Angeles. But that is unfortunately, so it's not a rule. You know, No, it's not a rule. Celebrities go everywhere, go to the bathroom just like us do. They do. And there's a study that just I was just handed this study out of Johns Hopkins that celebrities go to the bathroom more

often than civilians. You're kidding. And I don't know who volunteered for that study, but they somehow we're able to track it. And that's what's interesting about celebrities. Yeah, whether there's so much more interesting than normal people, because by far, they'd blow normal people out of the water. When I saw Ron Howard, I actually forgot that. I had a mom that you know what, that's a that's that's a common response when I saw it. When I saw Jewel,

I forgot I had legs. I just fell into the ground. I collapsed. I was like, I can't, I've lost my ability to walk. And I was like, no, which, I can walk, it takes a second, but I couldn't. Yeah, I was in a I was wheelchair bound for about a month after my Jewels siding. By the way, Caroline, let me ask you this why we're on the holidays, What is your favorite holiday commercial? I want you to think on that if you will um for me, it's

the Budweiser Clydesdale's. I mean, every time I see that commercial, I know it's the holidays. Here. They come down a snowy lane with bells around their necks, just doing their thing that they love to do, and that's pull a sleigh full of beer. They don't even know that they're in a commercial, and yet they are giving cheer to

a world desperate for peace and hope. And I swear to you, and I'm not being facetious here, but if we could get every world leader in a room to sit side by side, lock arms and watch the Budweiser Clydesdale holiday commercial game over world peace one, war, strive, poverty conflict zero. Yeah, that's how strongly I feel about that commercial. It's artfully, tastefully done, and it just it makes you feel, it makes you feel warm inside. And and yet it does not make me want to buy

bud Wiser. No, but in this political climate, what a powerful message, you know it. We need things like this, you know, no, no kidding? Yeah, So, do you have a favorite holiday commercial that runs during the Christmas season? You know, I like the holiday car commercials um where the cars have bows on them. Oh yes, when the family says, come out, I have something. There's a surprise, and then it's a it's the gift. The surprise is a gift, and the gift is a car with a

bow on it. Yeah no, if those are beautiful. Um, I don't really like cars or being in cars. Um my parents never got me a car. But I just think it's cute, like like a puppy with a like a puppy coming out of a present box, you know, yes, yeah, like a fat puppy coming out coming out of a box. It's a present, right, and it's on Christmas morning, and the kids are excited. I mean, that's on an ad.

That's just something that's fun to think. I knew we had some We had some neighbors, the Jacobson family, and they the parents did that and they put the puppy in the box for the children and they ran down on and it was the one thing they really wanted was a puppy. Um. And they ran down and they opened all the presents, like there's one more, and they opened it and it was the puppy and he was just blissfully asleep and they were so excited and then they wanted to wake him up, of course, and he

wouldn't wake up because he was dead. They put the puppy in the box too long for a month, and they just wrapped it up and kept it under the tree. Well, that's a good message for our listeners. You know, if you're gonna do you're gonna do it. You know, you gotta remember it is a live animal. You've got to feed it and keep it alive until Christmas morning, or at least. If you're going to leave the puppy in the box that long, you should poke holes exactly, poke holes,

give it a treat occasionally. Um, you know, basic things like that. While we're on the subject of commercials, have you seen the Medieval Times commercials? I love the Medieval Times commercials. I don't care if it's the holidays or not. No, those are just good ads. They're great ads. They're not even they're just they're like miniature movies. I feel like a lot of Game Game of Thrones episodes were based on the Medieval Times commercials. Yes, with the swashbuckling and

the fighting. No, they're so beautifully shot. The turkey legs huzza. W D forty has a really good holiday commercial because right around the holidays, w D forty always puts out its holiday version of a can of w D forty, and it's it's not the blue and gold that we've come to know and love. It's more of a collector's edition.

I love the one to where the where the little kid has left cookies for Santa by the fireplace and falls asleep hoping to catch a glimpse of St. Nick and then he and he wakes up just in time, and Santa gives him a sly wink before he disappears up the chimney. I love that commercial. I love it. I don't know what the products for, but every kid fantasizes about seeing Santa, every team, everyone. In fact, one of my favorite Christmas memories was when I was gosh,

I must have been seven years old. It was Christmas Eve and my mother and I were putting some last second decorations on the tree. And we had this this beauty, full fake Christmas tree that we would assemble every season. It Uh it looked like a fresh Douglas fur from about twenty ft away, but up close you could you could tell it was a metal tree. Uh. In fact, you had to put on oven myths to decorate it,

or the tree would cut you two shreds. We really had to earn it every Christmas in the Burgundy household. But it was worth it. It was worth it to decorate that, that beautiful thing. And when when we plugged in the last string of lights and Mom turned on the switch, it would take your breath away. And I'm not just saying that, it would just light up and and once again though, another reason for the oven myths.

You couldn't hold onto the tree and plug the lights in and at the same time, or you would get electrocuted. And I don't mean a light shock electrocuted. I mean raccoon crawled into the transformer box to keep warm, electrocuted, that kind of electrocuted, char marks, electrocuted, Yeah, turn your

hair white, electrocuted. I'm talking electrocuted, yeah, zapped. So as I was saying we were done decorating the tree, when I heard a commotion in the back patio and I looked up to see Santa himself with a bag full of goodies. It turns out it was our neighbor, doctor James tarn Cross, a dermatologist who dressed up every year to deliver a fruitcake. Long story short. He was neither a doctor, nor a dermatologist or a neighbor, but that's for another show. Anyway. I I screamed, Santa is early,

and I sprinted to give him a hug. And I got a full head of steam, running as fast as my little legs could take me. Santa was here at my house. I just couldn't believe it. So I'm in a full sprint right there. Only one problem. We had forgotten to put our holiday safety stickers on the sliding glass patio door, and I went flying into that door. Bamnham breakneck to me, do you ever done that? Even run to the patio door like that? I smacked into that patio door and I opened up a five inch

cut on my forehead. It's so there. I was on Christmas Eve, sitting in my blood caked footy pajamas, receiving stitches from dermatologists and neighbor Dr James tarn Cross once again, not a doctor or a dermatologist or a neighbor, just a creep with a lot of cologne, trying to get into my mom's pants through her kid by dressing as Santa. The end, ah do you have a favorite Christmas memory? You know, I had a lot of normal Christmas. Yeah,

but that that was before my parents got divorced. But my most memorable one is probably when my mom took me and my sister to Tijuana. Oh I love t j Yeah, that was after my parents got divorced. Um, but south of the border. Yeah. We actually took a photo on a donkey that was spray painted to look like a zebra. And did you think it was a zebra? Yeah? No, it was a really it was a really magic That's

a great childhood memory. Yeah. I didn't really understand divorce, so I didn't understand they weren't going to be together ever again. Um, and it's just something that I've been really still processed or I don't really talk about it. Yeah, it's a divorce. Yeah, a lot of kids go through it. It happens a lot. Yeah. No, I think that doesn't minimize the pain of it. But that must have been a good Christmas, right Yeah. Yeah, No, definitely, I mean

it still was Christmas. You still got presents. Just because your folks got divorced doesn't mean all of a sudden the presence go away. No, No, definitely just just trying to say it's totally hard, and sometimes the presents double right, that's true Christmas and Dad's Christmas and jack pot that Hey Mom, hey dad, can you get a divorce? I want to double up my goods. I definitely didn't ask for that, but so that's a fun memory. Sure, let's

just stick with that. By the way, if you're just tuning into the Ron Burgundy podcast, Um, you can tune into a podcast in the middle of it, can't, you know? Not really, you have to fast forward. Okay, Well, if you hit the fast forward button and you happen to speed to this part, you are listening to the Ron Burgundy podcast. We are talking about Christmas. That's our subject for today. What what's your favorite Christmas movie? Oh? What a good question. Um, probably it's a Wonderful Life with

Jim Jimmy James Cagney. Oh no, it's a Jimmy Stewart Stewart. Is it Stewart or Stewart? I just one s age Jimmy Stewart classic. Yeah, no, it was really nice. My parents showed it to me right before they told me that they were going to get a divorce. Um, and that my mom was taking us to Tiajuana for Christmas. Um, and it was just like a good reminder that you know, they're still good out there. Um and um. Yeah. I guess it's something that my favorite Christmas movie is die Hard.

Oh that's not a Christmas movie, I know, but it takes place on Christmas. Okay. That's why on Christmas Day, whenever I opened a present that I really like, it is, yeah, yippy kai a mother wore each present. Well, if it's the present I really like, it's like, oh oh thank you, so oh oh my goodness, a Rolex watch yippy ka mother. Wow. Even when I walked through a busy mall or shopping areat Christmas, I just scream yippy kai a mother far Merry Christmas. And I think it gets people in the

Christmas mood. I don't know it would scare me. I walked into a j crue and just yelled yippy kai a mother farer. Yeah, I wouldn't. I don't know. If I'm going to do that. You should try it. I'm telling you. It reminds people. People go, you know kind of your similar response like oh that's from die Hard, Yeah Christmas movie. You No, not really wish, but I go, but it took place on Christmas. They usually give it to me because of who I am. Wait, didn't you

record a Christmas album? Yes, I did, Thank you for asking. I actually recorded four Christmas albums, all in the same year, my most famous single being of course, Christmas Time. It's a wonderful time. It's Christmas time. It's the you time, Christmas time. It's time for some cheer, spending some time for far a new Christmas time. It's my favorite time. It's the only time because it's Christmas time. Quick check the clock on the wall, soon say it will go.

It's Christmas time. Time to time, tod e time time, tody time, time to time, aty time, special time, time to time, any time to time. You get the We didn't realize until it was playing on the radio that we had made a hundred and ninety references to time in a two and a half minute song. Yeah, I know, but I still think it's one of those songs that is such a holiday classic that you don't really think

about how many time references there are. You're sweet to say that, but trust me, that's that's that's not what the old internet thinks. Didn't you have to stop reading the comments? Yeah, I know. I always that's my New Year's resolution every year. Don't the comments because you start around nine pm and then it's over and I'm obsessed. Try to find the good ones. Yeah, and sometimes you got a dig, you know, And I'm like, the good ones will come with the rising sun, and they never do.

Didn't you have another Christmas classic called Crying Shame? Oh? You mean it's a crying shame there are no presents tonight. It's a crying shame that Christmas won't happen this year. No one cares, No one hears, no one sees your tears as they drop to the ground on Christmas More Infant Jesus. That song I wrote because most, if not all Christmas songs are upbeat, and I I just thought there'd be a chance for a sad Christmas song in the marketplace, and that was proven wrong. But you take

your lumps and you move on. Sure, I mean, I think people appreciate someone who tries something different, and I think that song is just ahead of its time. Maybe maybe I appreciate that. Probably not. Yeah, I don't think anyone is clamoring for a rerelease of crying shame. Um, not to be confused with the with the movie Crying Game, which is another excellent Christmas movie. Have you seen that movie? Yeah, crying You know what happens in that movie? Right? Um?

You know what? Actually the lady has a ween. Yeah. I remember I was in the theater and that moment was revealed and the audience was oh, and I just was laughing so hard. I burst out laughing. Yeah, that usually gets you. The Irish lady who we thought was a lady the whole time at a Wiener, I know, talk about a Christmas surprise shoes, but that's another good Christmas movie, Crying Game. I wouldn't No one can talk

about the ladies Wiener on the Crying Game. I don't recognize that from a Christmas It was a personal friend of mine. Then he said I could sing that song, so Nick relaxed. We don't have to worry about shelling out some dough for that one. We're good. Yeah. Favorite Christmas gift. Oh what a good question. But hold on, let's take a break and we're back. We are discussing Christmas and just one of my favorite topics always brings a smile to my face. And uh, let's just let's

just free associate right now. And let's just go back and forth and name some of our favorite Christmas gifts. Okay, dollhouse, oh Ice, hockey stick, Malbo, Barbie, easy bake oven, World War two German lugar, pistol from my uncle Jetty, pantyhose gift certificate to black Angus micronots, assigned Hustler magazine from former actor Jimmy Con. Oh you that was a Christmas present? Recived? You gave that to me? That's right, that was a good one. The look on your face when you unwrapped that.

Did you really get Jimmy CON's signature on that? It was signed by Jimmy Con, wasn't it? Sure? Okay, yeah, no, I forged it, Carolina, You're too good. I'm pretty good at forging celebrity autographs in. But I couldn't quite get Jimmy CON's down. Yeah. You know how many hustlers I ruined? I just didn't. I mean, later I realized ron just practice on a piece of scratch paper. You don't have to buy a stack of hustlers to work on Jimmy CON's signature. It just seems like a weird actor, and

I never heard you talk about him. That's why, you know, That's why my garage I'm always like, don't go near that corner. Those are all fake signed copies of hustler Jimmy con fake signed Wow. But anyway, I'm still glad you enjoyed the gift. Did you ever look through the pages? Um? No, I did not. I don't look at stuff like that. One of my favorite gifts was a metal detector. Have you ever seen oftentimes you'll see people on the beach with the with the metal sectors looking for trinkets and

stuff like that. Well, when when I was a kid, I received a metal detector and I absolutely loved it. I would get home from school and I'd rush to the beach down in San Diego and hunt for buried treasure. I never worked a summer job because I would. I would collect anywhere from nine to twelve thousand dollars and change. I know, really that's a lot of change. And they hated me at the bank because I refused to rule the change and I would just bring it in big,

big grocery bags doubled. I'd have a double up the grocery banks because they're so heavy, and I would make the teller counted out in front of me, and I had already pre counted it, so I knew exactly how much there was. Well, have you already pre counted it? Why wouldn't you just go ahead and put the change in money? Wouldn't that have been easy? I know you would think that I would do that, but I just didn't want the bank teller to get off easy. For

some reason, I can't explain it. I just really wanted her to do her job well. Anyway, one day, I'm scouring the beach and my metal detector is going berserk. It just won't stop beeping right. So I'm wondering what what is going on here? And I I walk almost I walk the length I would say it's three feet the whole time. The beeping just keeps going and going and going and going and going. But it's consistent as

if it's one chunk of metal. Well, I start to dig, and I dig, and I dig and I dig next thing, and I look up and there are fifty beach goers helping me dig. We dig well into the night, and finally, at seven am the following morning, we reach pay dirt. Teenager Ron Burgundy and his prize metal detector had discovered it World War two Japanese submarine missing an action for over seventy years. Yes, it was truly incredible and it

was people just erupted and cheers. A Japanese sub It had been missing for over seventy years in action, and all of a sudden we start hearing this ping ping, ping, ping, ping ping pink and we opened up the hatch and everyone was still alive. No, No, they were just skeletons in there. Jesus. Yeah, but it was. It was very incredible. Um. The Japanese government at that time invited me to the Tokyo Cherry Blossom Festival for honoring their war dead. Very moving. Ah,

so I got to go to Tokyo. Uh, at least I think I was in Tokyo. I hope that was Tokyo, but regardless it was. It was a very moving and a wonderful Christmas. Wow. Yeah, that story is incredible, missing for over seventy years, and it was it was under their feet the whole time. Yeah. I can't believe it just buried under the sand. Under the sand. Yeah, So I guess the moral to that story is, um get yourself a metal detector and you might could be your

key to adventure. M hmm, yeah, right, should we take another break? Yeah, sure, let's take a break. Are you okay? Yeah? No, I'm just interested. Are you mad at me? No? No? Alright, it's good. Come up next. We have a wonderful guest who's going to be joining us here in the podcast studio right after this. Alright, you're back on the Ron Burgundy podcast, Caroline, if you will tell us about our our guests that we have joining us here in studio, a gentleman by the name of Andrew. He has a

very interesting story. So for our Christmas episode, Ron asked me to find someone who celebrated Christmas. That was the only directive. So it was the last minute decision. I was in line in Starbucks. I asked, has anyone here, out of curiosity, celebrated the holiday Christmas? Um? Andrew was a gentleman in front of me. Um. He agreed to a discussed the holiday and his experience with it in exchange for a fee. Um, and we're paying him. We can discuss that later as long as it doesn't come

out of my bi paycheck. I know, I know. We've bab has got to make his bones. I always say that what does Papa have to make? I wish you wouldn't make me finish that. Bob has got to make his what his bones? I would like to move on. Welcome to the studio, Andrew. Understand from Carolina's introduction you are an expert on Christmas? What do you? I mean, what don't you know about Christmas? Well, to clarify, I don't know if I'm an expert on Christmas, but I

do celebrate it. Okay, great, we also have you? Have you always celebrated Christmas? I mean yeah, I think that was a little boy. I mean I grew up in a household at celebrated and why because you just you loved it so much? Well, I mean it's the holiday that I think you know a lot of Christy. Maybe a lot of people celebrate I don't know. I just I think it's how did you become expert on Christmas? Again, I probably know as much about Christmas as you're average American.

I would assume, huh, I think you're being coy. You can tell us more. I think you're holding an ace and three jacks, but they're dressed in Christmas colors and one has a little Santa Beard. Okay, so how do you celebrate someone who's a Christmas expert like yourself. I'm just curious, how would you celebrate differently than say, a layman like myself, the average Christmas uh participant. I mean, honestly, I think most of us celebrate Christmas in a similar way,

at least my friends and I would. You know, like when I was a boy, you wouldn't wake up in the morning and you would go downstairs and there would be presents under the tree on Christmas Day. Yeah, it would be on Christmas Day, and some people open on Christmas Eve. What do you think of that? Now? I know that that's a little controversial. I think that's a different kind of cheating. Mm hmm. I don't you know. I mean, I just I just know from my experience.

We would wake up in the morning and we would go and I know I would beg my. My parents would be like, can please can we open one president on Christmas Eve? And they'd be like, what about your stocking? Maybe go check your stocking? Well that and sure enough I checked my stocking. Guess what was in there? An orange and some playing cards. Give me a fucking break Okay, geez, anyway, I digress. So, being a Christmas expert, you choose to open them on Christmas Day. Yeah, that's that was a

typical of our family. Would and what would you do after that? Well, you know, I mean when we were young, we would play with the toys for a while and then there would you know, maybe be like some breakfast or something that we would eat and and but you know, you prepare for later, maybe a meal or something in family gets together and maybe you have a relatives there or something to eat. And would you would you leave would you leave a treat for Santa the night before? Maybe?

Oh yeah, yeah, when you when you're young, you you know, you leave cookies and milk and a little note for for Santa and hopes that he gets it. And you know, of course, I mean I'm a father now and oh so you have children, I do, so we celebrate that Christmas basically the same way that I celebrated it. We would leave Santa a chuck roast interesting, yeah, with potatoes

and all the trimmings. And whether they're in the morning, they would always he would always take a you know, I think he's got he's got so much ground, he's got a cover. He doesn't want to get way down. Um, so he would just take a delicate little bite and so we eat the rest of that chuck roast for that week, and we make it last until All Queens Day, which I believe this January. M Yeah, we'll have to look into that. You just did cookies and milk. What's

you're feeling on holiday fruitcakes? Um? They weren't big in our household, but we would have their little dents. Don't you think it's a heavier kids, Yes, yeah, a heavier cake. Yeah. Do you do you watch die Hard on Christmas? Die Hard is not really a Christmas movie? Well? Yeah, I was discussed sort of. That's more of an action thriller. You can watch anything. I think it takes place on Christmas, And I right you. You know what, the more I talked to you just sound like an ordinary guy who

celebrates Christmas and you're not a Christmas at all. I think that's what I told you. Your friend here, Carolina, is that what he told you? He was just asked why did you bring him in then? Because you just asked me to kid someone to celebrate Christmas? So I had like thirty minutes before the podcast, plenty of time, and I got someone who celebrated Christmas. But I thought that he would know more, you'd have more insight. It's like a regular guy. I don't even know. This guy's

a dud. I can hear that. Andrew. It is a pleasure to have you here in the studio. UM. A lot of people do interesting things. I've noticed. For instance, some families it's a tradition to go see a movie on Christmas, right, Or some people are especially here in the California area, are really into fitness. And do you go to the gym on Christmas Day? Because I think about it, it's one of the few places that still open on Christmas, the gym. Probably for a good reason.

Uh No, I I think that would be weird. Because we used to We used to hit the heavy bag after we'd open our presence. We go down to the basement, hit the heavy bag, and I'd get on one of those nineteen fifties jiggle machine, you know the belt that goes around your waist and goest go got go, got got got got got got gog, or you could set it to a higher speed. One time, one time I fainted and I had it at the high speed and gerger and then it got around my neck and almost

afisiated me. Those machines aren't very effective, if I understand correctly, in helping you the nineteen fifties jiggle machine. Uh, Carolina, why don't you ask the US Olympic Committee if they are effective? Because they are currently in use as part of their training for the track and field team. So tell that to USA Olympics. Andrew one another question. Do do you like egg nog or do you find it too thick? I like, yeah, I do too. I think it's Yeah, it's very delicious. I don't wish they would

fill at the other times of the year. I've always said that. I've always said, anyone who starts selling eggnog year round, that's a million dollar business. Ron actually usually asks for eggnog, and someone says, can I get you coffee? I'll take an eggnog. I would love an eggnog. Hot summer day. Big picture of eggnog. I mean it's a little fattening. Yeah, I mean it's a treat. HM put a little something extra in it, Do you know what I mean? I mean, I don't That's not how I like,

but I get it a little more bourbon. Hold the eggnog, right, not not for me, but some people, but for some people. And not for me either, but for some people. In quotes air quotes, Well, huh, this is I'm just gonna say this is probably more me than you. But this has been a terrible interview. Okay, do you mind if we send you home? We're not sending you home, We're just gonna let you go out. We're just gonna do we still have to pay you. Who do I talk

to about seventy five? I didn't know what to say. He wouldn't go for twenty Carolina. We can get it from the talent booker. We can also get it from your pocketbook, okay, because I don't. I don't want to go to the talent booker again and ask for more money. I already she already gave me five for the for the weekend. I need some walking around cash. That's not okay. We are on a tight budget. I know where it will,

trust me. These podcasts are supposed to get me through the end of the year, and I haven't seen a check yet. Okay, I just I wish you wouldn't put her in that position, Andrew were happy to pay you. Carolina will pay you out of her her own money. Well, thank you. Can you take do you need all seventy five dollars up front? Yeah? I mean that's what you're promised. That's it, you know what, It's the least we can do. Um, thank you so much. Andrew supposed expert on Christmas, turns

out he was just a guy who celebrates Christmas. Um. Big let down for the podcast audience and for myself. Um. But you know what, Ultimately, as I've said from the beginning, we're going to make mistakes. It falls on me. I can take it. We'll learn from this and we'll improve upon it. Thank you and you for your time. Thank you for coming in. Thank you. We'll be right back with some of my final thoughts. Oh okay, yes we're back, Carolina. Let's do our fact checks. Tell me how we did. Oh,

we did pretty good. Die Hard is not a Christmas movie. It's not in that genre. Um, well, it's classified as an action thriller. Debatable. Okay, I can take a hit on that one. Fine, Okay. Uh. January is not Queen's Day, all Queen's Day. Sorry, January is not all Queen's Day now, Okay, so what did I miss it by one? Um? This is a longer conversation about the holiday. Um, Jimmy Stewart, Yes,

the actor, Jimmy Stewart. It's Jimmy. Um, it's not sc h, it's s T S T. So no, sure, Yeah, it's just gonna take a second because I've got Jimmy Stewart locked in. Yeah, so it's just Jimmy Stewart. Yeah. Maybe say it to yourself three times a day. Um, and then let me write that down. Say Jimmy Stewart three times a day. Say Jimmy Stewart three times a day. Okay, Um. And then the submarine story. So we're talking about my favorite memories. I'm gonna say the mid nineties, seventies, in

early sixties. Um, so in that submarine was seventy years old. It's just a numbers thing, you know what. The numbers aren't adding up, are you? Are you claiming that I've made up the story? You know what? No, we want it. Everyone in this community wants that story to be true. And so it's just a numbers problem. We've just got to sit and crunch because I'm trying at a few different angles. Crunch all you want, and you'll find a hundred times that story is true. Okay, you can crunch

till the numbers are so crunched up their dust. But that story. I stand by that story. Okay, it's just it's a a factual thing. Thank you, Carolina. Once again, I think it, whether I like it or not, I think it's important to fact check the show. Yeah. No, it's like illegal thing at this point. Here's my final thoughts. I think what we learned today is that Christmas doesn't just take place on December. As far as I'm concerned,

Christmas is every day of the year. Let's make a commitment as the human race to treat each other with kindness and dignity befitting of the holiday season. Let the Christmas spirit start at the bottom of your feet, reach the top of your head, but land in your fart. I mean, heart, God, I did it again. Why do I always do that when I'm trying to sound meaningful? Ah, you get the gist. This is Ron Burgundy. See you

next Thursday on the Ron Burgundy Podcast. The Ron Burgundy Podcast is a production of I Heart Radio podcast Network and Funnier Die I'm Ron Burgundy. I'm the host, writer and executive producer. Carolina Barlow is my co host, writer and producer. The show was also produced by Whitney Hodeck, Jack O'Brien, Miles Gray, and Nick Stump. Our executive producer is Mike farre Our consulting producer is Andrew Steel. Our associate producer is Anna Hosnier. Our writer is Jake Vogeless.

Our production supervisor is Colin McDougall. This episode was engineered, mixed, and edited by Nick Stump. Until next time, this was Ron Burgundy.