Bah Humbug: A Christmas Movie Podcast with Helen O'Hara

Kate Herron and Kat Brown join Helen for the last full episode of 2020 to talk about Elf and Godmothered! If you’ve enjoyed listening to “BAH HUMBUG” please take a moment to give us a lovely 5 STAR rating on Apple Podcasts. It really helps other people to find the show. If you haven’t done so already please subscribe to this podcast so you auto-magically get the next episodes for free and do tell all your friends and family about it too.  If you want to read or hear more from Helen you can pre-order her book "Women Vs Hollywood: The Fall and Rise of Women in Film" which comes out in February 2021.  Helen O'Hara is also on the Empire podcast every week and hosts the Podcast "His Darker Materials" to coincide with the BBC/HBO TV drama "His Dark Materials". You can find Helen on Twitter @HelenLOHara, and her guests @AliPlumb and @BethKWebb This pod was edited by Ben Williams and produced by Tom Whalley, Dave Corkery and Kobi Omenaka. If you want to know more about this podcast and others produced by Stripped Media please visit www.Stripped.media to find out more or email producers@Stripped.media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Helen invites Maria Lewis and Hanna Flint to the podcast to chat about Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special and White Christmas and ponder whether "All I Want for Christmas" was the last GREAT Christmas song? If you’ve enjoyed listening to “BAH HUMBUG” please take a moment to give us a lovely 5 STAR rating on Apple Podcasts. It really helps other people to find the show. If you haven’t done so already please subscribe to this podcast so you auto-magically get the next episodes for free and do tell all your friends and family about it too.  If you want to read or hear more from Helen you can pre-order her book "Women Vs Hollywood: The Fall and Rise of Women in Film" which comes out in February 2021.  Helen O'Hara is also on the Empire podcast every week and hosts the Podcast "His Darker Materials" to coincide with the BBC/HBO TV drama "His Dark Materials". You can find Helen on Twitter @HelenLOHara. This pod was edited by Ben Williams and produced by Tom Whalley, Dave Corkery and Kobi Omenaka. If you want to know more about this podcast and others produced by Stripped Media please visit www.Stripped.media to find out more or email producers@Stripped.media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Helen had the chance to speak with the director of "Jingle Jangle" - David E. Talbert! If you missed the earlier discussion of "Jingle Jangle" make sure you listen to episode 2 where Helen talked about the film in-depth with Ashanti Omkar and Amon Warmann 😃. If you’ve enjoyed listening to “BAH HUMBUG” please take a moment to give us a lovely 5 STAR rating on Apple Podcasts. It really helps other people to find the show. If you haven’t done so already please subscribe to this podcast so you auto-magically get the next episodes for free and do tell all your friends and family about it too.  If you want to read or hear more from Helen you can pre-order her book "Women Vs Hollywood: The Fall and Rise of Women in Film" which comes out in February 2021.  Helen O'Hara is also on the Empire podcast every week and hosts the Podcast "His Darker Materials" to coincide with the BBC/HBO TV drama "His Dark Materials". You can find Helen on Twitter @HelenLOHara This pod was edited by Ben Williams and produced by Tom Whalley, Dave Corkery and Kobi Omenaka. If you want to know more about this podcast and others produced by Stripped Media please visit www.Stripped.media to find out more or email producers@Stripped.media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ali Plumb and Beth Webb join Helen to chat about The Christmas Chronicles 2 and The Santa Clause! Does each generation get the Santa we deserve? And what does the difference between these two say about us? If you’ve enjoyed listening to “BAH HUMBUG” please take a moment to give us a lovely 5 STAR rating on Apple Podcasts. It really helps other people to find the show. If you haven’t done so already please subscribe to this podcast so you auto-magically get the next episodes for free and do tell all your friends and family about it too.  If you want to read or hear more from Helen you can pre-order her book "Women Vs Hollywood: The Fall and Rise of Women in Film" which comes out in February 2021.  Helen O'Hara is also on the Empire podcast every week and hosts the Podcast "His Darker Materials" to coincide with the BBC/HBO TV drama "His Dark Materials". You can find Helen on Twitter @HelenLOHara, and her guests @AliPlumb and @BethKWebb This pod was edited by Ben Williams and produced by Tom Whalley, Dave Corkery and Kobi Omenaka. If you want to know more about this podcast and others produced by Stripped Media please visit www.Stripped.media to find out more or email producers@Stripped.media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Helen invites Pamela and Phil to talk Operation Christmas Drop and Joyeux Noel Did Phil and Pamela draw the short straw with Christmas films? What's it like to spend Christmas away from home? Can you compare Christmas films to mulled wine? Is "It's a Wonderful Life" too happy? Listen now to find out! If you’ve enjoyed listening to “BAH HUMBUG” please take a moment to give us a lovely 5 STAR rating on Apple Podcasts. It really helps other people to find the show. If you haven’t done so already please subscribe to this podcast so you auto-magically get the next episodes for free and do tell all your friends and family about it too.  If you want to read or hear more from Helen you can pre-order her book "Women Vs Hollywood: The Fall and Rise of Women in Film" which comes out in February 2021.  Helen O'Hara is also on the Empire podcast every week and hosts the Podcast "His Darker Materials" to coincide with the BBC/HBO TV drama "His Dark Materials". You can find Helen on Twitter @HelenLOHara, and her guests @PhilDeSemlyen and @PamHutch This pod was edited by Ben Williams, and produced by Tom Whalley, Dave Corkery and Kobi Omenaka. If you want to know more about this podcast and others produced by Stripped Media please visit www.Stripped.media to find out more or email producers@Stripped.media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sam and Chris join Helen to talk about Fred Claus and Noelle and try to answer the following questions What should be your "second" Christmas meat? How long does it take for a Christmas film take to cross the Atlantic Ocean? Can Santa's siblings save Christmas? Where is National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation? If you’ve enjoyed listening to “BAH HUMBUG” please take a moment to give us a lovely 5 STAR rating on Apple Podcasts. It really helps other people to find the show. If you haven’t done so already please subscribe to this podcast so you auto-magically get the next episodes for free and do tell all your friends and family about it too.  If you want to read or hear more from Helen you can pre-order her book "Women Vs Hollywood: The Fall and Rise of Women in Film" which comes out in February 2021.  Helen O'Hara is also on the Empire podcast every week and hosts the Podcast "His Darker Materials" to coincide with the BBC/HBO TV drama "His Dark Materials". You can find Helen on Twitter @HelenLOHara, and her guests @ChrisHewitt and @Sam_Clements This pod was edited by Ben Williams, and produced by Tom Whalley, Dave Corkery and Kobi Omenaka. If you want to know more about this podcast and others produced by Stripped Media please visit www.Stripped.media to find out more or email producers@Stripped.media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Caroline and Clarisse join Helen to discuss the Trading Places and The Princess Switch 2 and hopefully answer the following questions: What is Clarisse's favourite time of the year for movies? How well has "Trading Places" dated? Should they have made "The Princess Switch 2"? Does Dan Ackroyd dressed as a filthy Santa Claus count? Listen now to find out! If you’ve enjoyed listening to “BAH HUMBUG” please take a moment to give us a lovely 5 STAR rating on Apple Podcasts. It really helps other people to find the show. If you haven’t done so already please subscribe to this podcast so you auto-magically get the next episodes for free and do tell all your friends and family about it too.  If you want to read or hear more from Helen you can pre-order her book "Women Vs Hollywood: The Fall and Rise of Women in Film" which comes out in February 2021.  Helen O'Hara is also on the Empire podcast every week and hosts the Podcast "His Darker Materials" to coincide with the BBC/HBO TV drama "His Dark Materials". You can find Helen on Twitter @HelenLOHara, and her guests @Czaroline and @clarisselou This pod was edited by Ben Williams, and produced by Tom Whalley, Dave Corkery and Kobi Omenaka. If you want to know more about this podcast and others produced by Stripped Media please visit www.Stripped.media to find out more or email producers@Stripped.media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ian and Tom join Helen to discuss the delightful "Lego Star Wars Holiday Special" and the, well, less delightful "Star Wars Holiday Special" as well as other Star Wars and Yuletide fun. Does the original Star Wars Holiday Special make any sense? Does the Lego Star Wars Holiday special make up for the nonsense of the first one? Does time have any meaning? Listen now to find out! If you’ve enjoyed listening to “BAH HUMBUG” please take a moment to give us a lovely 5 STAR rating on Apple Podcasts. It really helps other people to find the show. If you haven’t done so already please subscribe to this podcast so you auto-magically get the next episodes for free and do tell all your friends and family about it too.  If you want to read or hear more from Helen you can pre-order her book "Women Vs Hollywood: The Fall and Rise of Women in Film" which comes out in February 2021.  Helen O'Hara is also on the Empire podcast every week and hosts the Podcast "His Darker Materials" to coincide with the BBC/HBO TV drama "His Dark Materials". You can find Helen on Twitter @HelenLOHara, and her guests @MrIanFreer and @TomJBeasley This pod was edited by Ben Williams, and produced by Tom Whalley, Dave Corkery and Kobi Omenaka. If you want to know more about this podcast and others produced by Stripped Media please visit www.Stripped.media to find out more or email producers@Stripped.media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ashanti, Amon and Helen discuss the miraculous "Miracle on 34th Street" and "Jingle Jangle" as well as other holiday and yuletide fun. Why release a Christmas movie in June? Was there ever an Oscar worthy Santa performance? Who has the best Christmas spread? Is "Miracle on 34th Street" realistic? Listen now to find out! If you’ve enjoyed listening to “BAH HUMBUG” please take a moment to give us a lovely 5 STAR rating on Apple Podcasts. It really helps other people to find the show. If you haven’t done so already please subscribe to this podcast so you auto-magically get the next episodes for free and do tell all your friends and family about it too.  If you want to read or hear more from Helen you can pre-order her book "Women Vs Hollywood: The Fall and Rise of Women in Film" which comes out in February 2021.  Helen O'Hara is also on the Empire podcast every week and hosts the Podcast "His Darker Materials" to coincide with the BBC/HBO TV drama "His Dark Materials". You can find Helen on Twitter @HelenLOHara, and her guests @ashantiOmkar and @awarmann This pod was edited by Ben Williams, and produced by Tom Whalley, Dave Corkery and Kobi Omenaka. If you want to know more about this podcast and others produced by Stripped Media please visit www.Stripped.media to find out more or email producers@Stripped.media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cathy Cullen and Kat Brown join Helen O'Hara to compare and discuss how "Christmassy" the films "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Christmas on the Square" really are! Do they even like Christmas Movies? Is this where Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street got their names? Who had only watched the second half of "It's a Wonderful Life" and thought it was the whole film? Listen to find out! If you’ve enjoyed listening to “BAH HUMBUG” please take a moment to give us a lovely 5 STAR rating on Apple Podcasts. It really helps other people to find the show. If you haven’t done so already please subscribe to this podcast so you auto-magically get the next episodes for free, and do tell all your friends and family about it too.  If you want to read or hear more from Helen you can pre-order her book "Women Vs Hollywood: The Fall and Rise of Women in Film" which comes out in February 2021.  Helen O'Hara is also on the Empire podcast every week and hosts the Podcast "His Darker Materials" to coincide with the BBC/HBO TV drama "His Dark Materials". You can find Helen on Twitter @HelenLOHara, and guests at @KatBrown and @thecinemile. This pod was edited by Ben Williams, and produced by Tom Whalley, Dave Corkery and Kobi Omenaka. If you want to know more about this podcast and others produced by Stripped Media please visit www.Stripped.media to find out more or email producers@Stripped.media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to "Bah Humbug: A Christmas Movie Podcast" with Helen O'Hara! If you love Christmas films and want to hear Helen and guests talk about both Golden Oldies and Modern Classics, subscribe now to get the first episodes in your podcast feed. If you'd like to know more about this podcast, and others produced by Stripped Media, please visit www.Stripped.media or email Producers@Stripped.Media to find out! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you want to read or hear more from Helen, you can order her book "Women Vs Hollywood: The Fall and Rise of Women in Film" which is out now. You can find Helen on Twitter @HelenLOHara This pod was edited by Ben Williams and produced by Helen O'Hara and Stripped Media. If you want to know more about this podcast and others produced by Stripped Media, please visit www.Stripped.media to find out more or email producers@Stripped.media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With people flying home for the holidays, now would be a really terrible time for ne'er-do-wells to smuggle a mysterious and dangerous package onto a plane by threatening a hapless TSA agent. Taron Egerton stars in this Jaume Collet-Sera film with Jason Bateman playing the unnamed man threatening him. But it all takes place on Christmas Eve, so it's technically a Christmas movie and inside the purview here on Bah Humbug, so your host Helen O'Hara (@HelenLOHara) has invited film experts Chris Hewitt (@ChrisHewitt) and Amon Warmann (@AmonWarmann) along to assess airport security and how best to handle Christmas terrorism... If you want to read or hear more from Helen, you can order her book "Women Vs Hollywood: The Fall and Rise of Women in Film" which is out now! You can find Helen on Twitter @HelenLOHara This pod was edited by Ben Williams and produced by Helen O'Hara and Stripped Media. If you want to know more about this podcast and others produced by Stripped Media, please visit www.Stripped.media to find out more or email producers@Stripped.media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a movie based on the old joke, about a dyslexic who sold his soul to Santa. This time, however, it's a kid (Robert Timothy Smith) who writes his letter to Santa with a crucial piece of misspelling, so that the devilish Jack Black turns up that night offering him three wishes in return for his soul. But is it worth eternal damnation to watch this one? Well, to find out, your host Helen O'Hara (@HelenLOHara) sits down with author and comedian Marc Burrows (@20thCenturyMarc) to talk demons, wishes and what exactly this film could have done better.  If you want to read or hear more from Helen, you can order her book "Women Vs Hollywood: The Fall and Rise of Women in Film" which is out now in The UK . You can find Helen on Twitter @HelenLOHara This pod was edited by Ben Williams and produced by Helen O'Hara and Stripped Media. If you want to know more about this podcast and others produced by Stripped Media, please visit www.Stripped.media to find out more or email producers@Stripped.media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An unconventional and fresh-feeling Christmas movie, Tyler Taormina's Christmas Eve In Miller's Point recreates a family get-together in a small town in the early '00s with painstaking attention to detail and more than a little comedy. To get the lowdown on this atmospheric tale, your host Helen O'Hara (@HelenLOHara) talked to writer-director Tyler Taormina and guest Laura Venning (@LauraVenning) about what it takes to make a real family Christmas. Christmas Eve In Miller's Point is on digital platforms now, and will play in Picturehouse Cinemas this Christmas Eve... If you want to read or hear more from Helen, you can order her book "Women Vs Hollywood: The Fall and Rise of Women in Film" which is out now in The UK . You can find Helen on Twitter @HelenLOHara This pod was edited by Ben Williams and produced by Helen O'Hara and Stripped Media. If you want to know more about this podcast and others produced by Stripped Media, please visit www.Stripped.media to find out more or email producers@Stripped.media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices