489 - Geek Challenge: White Christmas vs. Eyes Wide Shut

<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Hang your stockings by the chimney, roast some chestnuts on that open fire, and prepare yourself for a very special</span> <strong>Twisted Christmas</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">installment. Our annual yuletide derangement has morphed into a</span> <strong>Geek Challenge</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">, featuring two obviously similar films: Paul has challenged Arlo to Michael Curtiz’s holly jolly classic</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">White Christmas</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">(1954), and in turn Arlo has thrust upon Paul Stanley Kubrick’s festive psychosexual nightmare</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Eyes Wide Shut</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">(1999). Paul has some harsh words for Kubrick’s orgy, Arlo cringes at old-timey patriotism, and both of our boys come away filled with a little less Christmas cheer. Oh, and who is Danny Kaye again?</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">NEXT: for our season finale, we become real boys for Guillermo del Toro’s</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Pinocchio</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span style= "font-size: 10pt;"><strong>BREAKDOWN</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt;">00:00:52  -  Intro / Paul and Arlo’s Holiday Spirit</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">00:11:15  - </span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Eyes Wide Shut</span></em></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">01:12:40  - </span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">White Christmas</span></em></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt;">02:02:00  -  Outro / Next</span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>LINKS</strong></span></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li aria-level="1"><span style="font-size: