Welcome to Hardly Holidays 🎁
For the next 10 days, we’re dropping 10 special holiday episodes to give you something comforting, chaotic, and familiar to hang onto during the season.

Day 1 officially kicks off “Kellie’s Crazy Christmas.”
Kellie quizzes SP on moments from Hardly Working throughout the year.
✔️ Get it right? He earns a treat.
❌ Get it wrong? He takes a holiday-inspired shot.

What SP doesn’t know yet…
👉 this game continues across all 10 episodes.
Things are about to get sloppy.

To start things off, SP and Kellie play a festive game called “Where Did It Come From?” — breaking down classic Christmas traditions and guessing what part of the world they originated from.

It’s cozy.
It’s nostalgic.
It’s already a terrible idea.

Welcome to Hardly Holidays 🎄🍷

🎄 SEGMENTS IN THIS EPISODE

🎅 Kellie’s Crazy Christmas — Day 1

SP is tested on Hardly Working moments from this year.
Treats vs. holiday shots are officially on the table.

🌍 Game: Where Did It Come From?

Christmas traditions from around the world —
Can SP and Kellie guess their origins, or will history humble them?

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New Hardly Holidays episodes drop daily for 10 days.
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This week on Hardly Working Podcast, we’re asking the big questions that quietly run your life.

What subscriptions are 100% not worth it anymore?
What random foods hit way harder than they have any right to?
And what “harmless” habits slowly ruin people’s lives while nobody notices?

Plus, December 19 is an absolute movie-history powerhouse — from Titanic becoming a cultural phenomenon to the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy basically claiming this date as its own.

We also talk:

• Why DVDs and CDs are somehow becoming cool again
• Netflix quietly losing over 100 Originals
• The Oscars ditching ABC and moving to YouTube
• A couple who won the lottery twice
• And yes… what’s being called “Viagra for women”

It’s reflective, unhinged, nostalgic, and exactly what your brain needs right now.

💬 QUESTIONS WE DISCUSS

What subscription is 100% not worth it anymore?

What random food hits harder than it should?

What’s a habit that looks harmless but slowly ruins people’s lives?

📆 THAT HAPPENED TODAY?! — DECEMBER 19

🎬 MOVIE HISTORY MOMENTS

Titanic (1997)

• Expanded wide release on Dec 19
• Became the highest-grossing film of all time
• Won 11 Oscars
• Permanently rewired pop culture

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

• Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
• The Two Towers (2002)
• The Return of the King (2003)
  All released on December 19 — with ROTK tying Titanic for 11 Academy Awards
  December 19 = officially LOTR Day

🕯️ CELEBRITY PASSINGS (Dec 19)

• Rob Reiner & Michele Reiner
  This Is Spinal Tap, Stand By Me, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally
• Jeff Garcia
  Voice roles including Jimmy Neutron and Barnyard
• Jim Ward
  Voices of Chet Ubetcha and Doug Dimmadome (Fairly OddParents)

🎂 CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS

• Jake Gyllenhaal (1980)
• Alyssa Milano (1972)

📰 STORIES

• The Oscars are moving from ABC to YouTube, streaming free worldwide
• Oscar shortlists are out
  https://www.goldderby.com/film/2025/2026-oscars-shortlists-announced-in-12-categories/
  
  
• DVDs & CDs are becoming cool again
  Gen Z is collecting physical media for nostalgia, ownership, and escaping algorithms
• Over 100 Netflix Originals are leaving Netflix in 2026, including:
  • Arrested Development
  • She-Ra
  • The End of the F**ing World*
  • Mob Psycho 100
• A Welsh couple won the lottery twice
  Odds: roughly 24 trillion to one
• A so-called “Viagra for women” hits shelves
  (Cream version… yes, really)

🔥 UNPOPULAR OPINIONS

• Soup should be normalized as a savory everyday drink
• Being alone is way better than people admit
• Road work should happen 24/7 until finished
• Elderly drivers should have their own plates
• Speeding punishments should be community service, not fines

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This week on Hardly Working, SP and Kellie recap one of BMBL’s busiest seasons ever — 10 gigs in 8 days — including major activations for NBC, HBO’s I Love LA, and L’Oréal.

It’s also Kellie’s birthday, and she shares the words of wisdom she wishes she’d known in her 20s — the stuff you only learn by living it.

🗓️ That Happened Today?! — December 12

🎬 New Film Releases (Dec 12, 2025)

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Benoit Blanc returns in a brand-new holiday-set whodunit starring Daniel Craig, releasing in theaters and on Netflix.

📺 Streaming & Pop Culture Premieres

Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The End of an Era
A six-part docuseries chronicling Taylor Swift’s historic tour debuts on Disney+, with the first two episodes dropping December 12.

Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The Final Show
A full concert film capturing the final Eras Tour performance also premieres on Disney+.

Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (25th Anniversary)
A special theatrical re-release celebrating the holiday classic.

🎂 Celebrity Birthdays — December 12

• Frank Sinatra (1915) — Legendary singer and actor
• Bob Barker (1923) — Iconic game show host
• Dionne Warwick (1940) — Grammy-winning singer
  “I Say a Little Prayer,” “What the World Needs Now”
• Jennifer Connelly (1970) — Actress
  Labyrinth, Requiem for a Dream, A Beautiful Mind, Top Gun

📰 Stories

🎬 It’s Official: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. ($82.7 Billion)

Major Movie Franchises & Studios

• Warner Bros. Pictures & New Line Cinema
• Harry Potter universe
• DC Universe (Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman)
• The Lord of the Rings / The Hobbit
• The Matrix, Mad Max, Conjuring Universe, MonsterVerse
• Classic Warner films (Casablanca, Citizen Kane, The Wizard of Oz)

TV Shows & Series Libraries

• HBO / HBO Max programming (Game of Thrones, Succession, The Last of Us)
• Friends, The Big Bang Theory, and more

Games & Interactive Entertainment

• Wizarding World / Hogwarts Legacy-style titles
• Mortal Kombat (NetherRealm Studios)
• Batman: Arkham series
• LEGO games, Scooby-Doo, TT Games catalog

Not Included (At Least Initially)

• CNN
• TNT, TBS, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim
• Discovery / HGTV / Discovery+

🍔 Fast Food News

In-N-Out has officially removed the numbers 67 and 69 from their order call-out system.
For once… not great In-N-Out news.

🥪 Japan Meets America

U.S. 7-Eleven locations are starting to roll out a Japanese-style egg salad sandwich.
Price: $5.19
Reaction: Looks… questionable.

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This week on Hardly Working Podcast, SP and Kellie are back with a cozy, chaotic, post-Thanksgiving breakdown — and we’re starting with a simple, universal truth:

Some foods look incredible… until you eat them.
Yep. We’re talking about the biggest food disappointments of all time — the ones that tricked us with their golden crusts, perfect grill marks, and Instagram lighting, only to betray us on the first bite.

Then we jump into a Harry Potter deep dive:
What were the most awkward or uncomfortable moments in the movies?
You guys submitted your top contenders, and honestly… you nailed it.

Including:

• Harry’s bath scene with Moaning Myrtle (WHY was this approved?)
• Ginny tying Harry’s shoelaces like a Victorian caretaker
• Voldemort’s limp-noodle hug for Draco
• Ron just… inserting himself between Harry and Ginny like a confused camp counselor

We also crack open this week’s That Happened Today?! — December 5 Edition, featuring:
🛳️ The Ghost Ship Mary Celeste — the original unsolved mystery
🍔 The Mariah Carey x McDonald’s Collab — the most diva holiday promo ever
☃️ Frosty the Snowman’s first appearance
🍻 The wild end of Prohibition
✈️ Flight 19 vanishes in the Bermuda Triangle
😷 The Great Smog of London
🪂 A man survives a 10,000-foot fall WITHOUT a parachute
🎉 Walt Disney, Little Richard & Frankie Muniz birthdays

Then in Stories, the week gets even more unhinged:

• Oxford’s Word of the Year: “Rage-bait” (the most accurate term of 2025)
• Zootopia 2 dominates Thanksgiving box office
• Wicked: For Good pulls in another $92M
• Stranger Things 5 sets Netflix records with 59.6 million views
• The series finale will be 2 hours and 5 minutes, playing in AMC theaters
• Martha Stewart replaces Sydney Sweeney in the controversial American Eagle denim campaign
• iPhone Foldable rumors heat up — supposedly creaseless… for $2,400

It’s a wild week, and yes — SP gives a strong speech about the foldable iPhone that nobody asked for.

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This week on Hardly Working Podcast, SP and Kellie kick off the holiday season with two very special guests — Kellie’s brothers, Shawn and Ryan!
It’s a full sibling takeover episode, which means absolute chaos, zero filter, and way too much laughing.
We start with the big story that split the room immediately:
🎥 AMC’s New “Popcorn Pass”
For $30 a year you get half-off popcorn and soda.
Is it worth it?
Kellie says no.
Ryan says maybe.
Shawn says he wants nachos.
SP is just happy to be invited to the movies.
Then we jump into some record-breaking collectible news:
💥 A New World Record for a Comic Book
A first-edition Superman comic from 1939 just sold for…
$9.1 MILLION.
That makes it the most expensive comic ever sold.
(For comparison, Action Comics #1 from 1938 — the first appearance of Superman — sold for $6 million.)
The siblings spend a shocking amount of time deciding which one of them would make the worst superhero.
From there, we go from superpowers to super nostalgia:
🕹️ Remember Burt Meyer?
Maybe not his name — but definitely his work.
This week the toy and game creator passed away, leaving behind an iconic childhood résumé:
• Lite-Brite
• Gooey Louie
• Mouse Trap
• Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots
• Catch Phrase (SP’s personal favorite — and the siblings immediately start arguing over who cheats the most.)
And in more wholesome news:
🎨 John Oliver Raises Over $1 Million for Public TV
After Bob Ross paintings sold for $600K a few weeks ago, John Oliver hosted “John Oliver’s Stuff” — selling a single Ross painting (“Cabin at Sunset”) for $1,044,000 to support public broadcasting.
Imagine spending a million dollars and not even getting a “happy little tree” in the deal.
Finally… it wouldn’t be a family episode without the most sibling-specific segment ever:
🔥 UNPOPULAR OPINIONS (SIBLING EDITION)
Specifically curated for SP, Kellie, Shawn & Ryan:
The oldest sibling is not the “natural leader,” they’re just tired.
Middle children actually have the best personalities — because they HAD to.
Youngest siblings aren’t “spoiled,” they’re strategic.
Siblings absolutely DO keep score… even when they swear they don’t.
You can love your siblings and still hide your best snacks from them.
Group texts with siblings are elite — unless one of them sends 40 voice notes.
Every family has one sibling who thinks they’re the funny one... and one who actually IS.
Borrowing clothes without asking is not theft — it’s tradition.
At least one sibling will retell childhood stories completely wrong on purpose.
There is ALWAYS a “parent favorite,” and everyone knows who it is.
It’s a warm, chaotic, holiday-season sibling episode — and we had way too much fun making it.

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This week on Hardly Working Podcast, SP and Kellie dive into the weirdest, wildest, and most wonderfully unhinged mix of news, questions, and unpopular opinions the internet has to offer.

We kick things off with your questions:

✨ Questions of the Week
• What’s something you didn’t realize was optional in life until someone just… didn’t do it?
• What’s the girl code you absolutely will NOT break?

From there, we jump into a That Happened Today?! — November 21 Edition, featuring:
• 1942 – Tweety Bird’s on-screen debut in A Tale of Two Kitties
• 1976 – Rocky premieres in New York
• 1983 – Michael Jackson’s Thriller (the 14-minute short film!) premieres
• 1997 – Anastasia arrives in theaters
• 1931 – Universal’s Frankenstein first hits the big screen

Then we get into the stories lighting up the week:

🎬 Wicked is taking over our lives.
Someone jumped the barricade at the Wicked premiere to get to Ariana Grande… and he’s officially spending 9 days in jail for it.

🧙 Harry Potter News
Daniel Radcliffe wrote a heartfelt letter to the new Harry Potter, Dominic McLaughlin, wishing him an even better experience than his own. A clip surfaced of Dominic reading part of the letter, and it’s ridiculously wholesome.

👻 AI App Lets You Talk to Dead Relatives
A new app called 2Wai lets you upload a 3-minute video to create a digital version of a deceased loved one.
Yes, it’s basically Black Mirror.
No, we’re not ready.

🖤 Wakanda Forever… Again
Black Panther 3 is officially moving into production!
Letitia Wright returns as Shuri.
Denzel Washington joins the cast.
Rumored title: Shadows of Wakanda.

🎥 Box Office Rollercoaster
• Now You See Me 3 pulls in $75M
• Glen Powell’s The Running Man makes just $17M domestically on a $110M budget (yikes)
We love Powell & Edgar Wright, but not even that combo is pulling everyone into a theater right now.

And of course…

🔥 Unpopular Opinions of the Week
• Men’s suits should be as varied as women’s dresses
• Cold water is overrated — room temp water supremacy
• Prince’s music hasn’t aged well (FIGHTING WORDS)
• Shaking hands should die as a tradition
• Carry-ons belong on the opposite side overhead
• Red onions should be called purple onions
• Wedding speeches? Cringe factories
• Green bean casserole & sweet potatoes-with-marshmallows? No thank you

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It’s the season of gratitude (and chaos), and SP and Kellie are giving thanks… in true Hardly Working fashion. 🦃 From kitchen slang gone wild to nude bowling in Pittsburgh, this episode has everything you didn’t know you needed.

SP tests Kellie on a round of “Kitchen Terms” — a game that proves ordering breakfast in diner slang should be an Olympic event:
☕ “Blonde with sand” = coffee with cream and sugar
🍳 “Wreck ’em” = scrambled eggs
🌭 “Paint a bow-wow red” = hot dog with ketchup
🥤 And “M.D.” = Dr. Pepper (because “Do you want a Sprite?” No, gimme an M.D.”)

In this week’s stories:
⭐ Chadwick Boseman is finally getting his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
💸 Funko might be done-zo by next year — the toy empire is on the brink.
🎨 Bob Ross saves PBS from funding cuts, as three of his paintings sell for $600,000 to support public broadcasting.
🪙 Farewell, penny. The U.S. just pressed its last one, saving taxpayers $56 million a year — but say goodbye to those souvenir coin machines.
🎳 And of course… “Balls Out Bowling” is back in Pittsburgh. Yep, an all-nude, body-positive bowling night for adults where you’re encouraged to bring a towel, not pants.

Questions this week explore gratitude and modern nonsense:
💭 What’s a luxury that’s only impressive to people who don’t have it?
🧗 What are you glad you tried once but will never do again?
📱 What’s the biggest “we all just accepted this nonsense” thing in modern life?

🔥 Unpopular Opinions
🦃 If turkey’s so great, why do we only eat it once or twice a year?
🚗 Special parking spots have gotten out of hand.
🧠 Emotional intelligence > IQ — and it’s still underrated.
🪙 The worst part of losing pennies is losing the souvenir machines.
🧁 Cupcakes are an ineffectual, dissatisfying dessert.
🥨 The rye chips in Chex Mix? Overrated.

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This week on Hardly Working Podcast, SP and Kellie are back from another wild week — full of movie news, fast food confessions, and one very important announcement: the Dodgers baby has arrived! ⚾️💙

Elizabeth Olsen says becoming a Dodgers superfan helped her finally understand Marvel fans (“I wasn’t judging it… but now I get it”).
Meanwhile, People Magazine just revealed their Sexiest Man Alive — and yes, Kellie’s pick, Jonathan Bailey, officially took the crown. SP runs through the list of winners from the last 25 years (from Chris Evans to The Rock to Ryan Reynolds) and they debate who really deserved it.

🎬 Movie Headlines:
– A new Mummy movie has been confirmed — starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz.
– Kpop Demon Hunters 2 officially announced for 2029.
– Sydney Sweeney (28) is dating Scooter Braun (44)… after meeting at Jeff Bezos’ wedding. Yikes.
– France bans Shein, citing the sale of “Class A weapons” and illegal adult items found on the app.
– Tom Brady’s dog is a clone — seriously. His new dog Junie is cloned from his late dog Lua.

⚡ Plus, SP and Kellie ask the big questions:
– What’s your favorite fast food sandwich of all time?
(SP votes Firehouse’s Italian. Fight him.)
– Would you ever clone your pet if you could?

🗓️ That Happened Today?! (November 7)
📜 1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt wins a historic fourth presidential term.
📜 1989 – L. Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected Black governor in U.S. history.
🎬 Elf (2003) premieres — officially kicking off Christmas movie season.
🎂 Birthdays: Joni Mitchell (82), David Petraeus (73), Christopher Knight (68), Lorde (29), Johnny Rivers (83)
🕯️ Deaths: Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962)

🔥 Unpopular Opinions
💍 Both partners should propose.
☕ “Paying it Forward” is passive-aggressive — stop forcing strangers to spend money.
🎃 Halloween isn’t dying — your neighborhood is.
🚲 Bikes belong on the sidewalk, not the road.
🍔 McDonald’s would be elite if it were served on airplanes.

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