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This week, Alice and Skyler are joined once again by the great Paul F. Tompkins (BoJack Horseman, Varietopia) to cover the DS9 season four finale, "Broken Link" (which we really don't get to at all this episode, apologies!!!). Topics include everyone's holidays, cat-safe fake flowers, Paul's very locked-in plans to serve as Alice's wedding officiant, Skyler seeing (and not bothering) Paul while they were both out on the town, in-law stolen valor, what does and doesn't qualify as news over at Variety, the early comedic stylings of Liam Neeson, and much, much more! Listen!!

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Links to some other fun things mentioned in the episode:

The Trailer For The ASL Version Of One Battle After Another: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi2644822809/

The Liam Neeson Episodes Bit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvVFvqd3lqA

The Variety Article On Goo: https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/the-masked-singer-season-12-episode-10-recap-kobie-turner-goo-1236234530/

Paul And Krampus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy5sMJniR3M

Background On Befana: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Befana

Episode Memory Alpha: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Broken_Link_(episode)

Produced by Skyler Hanrath

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This week, Alice and Skyler are wrapping up their month of holiday-centric Side Trekked specials (sorry to the fans of them/you're welcome to the haters of them)!! To ring in 2026, they could think of no better way than to discuss Garry Marshall's extremely on-theme 2011 film New Year's Eve. Topics include the sheer tonnage of famous people in it, ruining "Auld Lang Syne," wrapping their minds around the audacity of making Michelle Pfeiffer play a dowdy sad sack, where "Jensen" ranks in the pantheon of pop star mononyms, confusing Josh Duhamel for Timothy Olyphant, and much, much more! Listen!!

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Links to some other fun things mentioned in the episode:

The Original AMC Nicole Kidman Ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiEeIxZJ9x0

The "Christmas Tree Guy" Onion Piece: https://theonion.com/christmas-tree-lot-guy-so-ready-for-annual-46-week-vaca-1849919748/

Chris "Ludacris" Bridges' Too-Big NYPD Costume: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODg3OTM0MzMwNV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjk1MzAxNw@@._V1_.jpg

The (Very Strange) Music Video To P!nk's "Raise Your Glass," The Film's Bloopers Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjVNlG5cZyQ

Gerald's Game, The Carla Gugino Movie Featuring (Spoilers) Degloving: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald%27s_Game_(film)

The "Jumanji" Sketch From SNL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cdBcfLhJVY

Movie Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year%27s_Eve_(2011_film)

Produced by Skyler Hanrath

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