The Most Wonderful Pod of the Year

Do you find yourself watching Christmas movies (any and all of them...year round)? Do you hum 'jingle bells' while you pee? Do you text back 'ho ho ho' instead of 'ha ha ha'? Well, you're in good company! So do comedians Jackie Gonzalez-Durruthy and Ross Kimball. Join these human-sized elves as they navigate the wintery wonderland of lesser-known Christmas movies. Jump on Santa's sleigh and join them as they talk with their special guests about the movies guaranteed to put you in the holiday spirit.

The Merry Gentlemen with Tommy Bechtold 12/13/2024

The Merry Gentlemen with Tommy Bechtold Jackie is directing Shrek on broadway. So Ross has Mr. Santa Paws himself, Tommy Bechtold on to talk about The Merry Gentlemen! Follow Tommy on social media! @tommybechtold Follow The Most Wonderful Pod on social media! @mostwonderfulpodoftheyear on Instagram @moswonderfulpod on Twitter Ross is @merosskinball Jackie is @jackiedurruthy This is an original, produced by Byron McKoy /episode/index/show/themostwonderfulpod/id/34432180

Our Little Secret 12/06/2024

Our Little Secret Jackie and Ross have a little secret. They are talking about, "Our Little Secret". Don’t tell anyone! Follow The Most Wonderful Pod on social media! @mostwonderfulpodoftheyear on Instagram @moswonderfulpod on Twitter Ross is @merosskinball Jackie is @jackiedurruthy This is an original, produced by Byron McKoy. /episode/index/show/themostwonderfulpod/id/34320485

Santa's Second Wife 07/23/2024

Santa's Second Wife Follow The Most Wonderful Pod on social media! @mostwonderfulpodoftheyear on Instagram @moswonderfulpod on Twitter Ross is @merosskinball Jackie is @jackiedurruthy This is an original, produced by Byron McKoy. /episode/index/show/themostwonderfulpod/id/32267027

The Great Holiday Bake War 07/16/2024

The Great Holiday Bake War As Christmas in July heats up, so does the competition as two former fierce rivals What happens when two former pastry school rivals find themselves face-to-face again, this time on a reality cooking show. Will they struggle separately, holding firm to grudges, or discover that coming together might be the secret ingredient to both culinary and romantic success. Ross & Jackie will talk all about it as they review “The Great Holiday Bake War”. Follow The Most Wonderful Pod on social media! @mostwonderfulpodoftheyear on Instagram @moswonderfulpod on Twitter Ross is @merosskinball Jackie is @jackiedurruthy This is an original, produced by Byron McKoy. /episode/index/show/themostwonderfulpod/id/32180002

A Match Made at Christmas 07/09/2024

A Match Made at Christmas What happens when a Great Aunt magically pairs a romantic small-town girl and a career-driven realist? Jackie and Ross enlighten us, lighting up July with their discussion of "A Match Made at Christmas". Follow The Most Wonderful Pod on social media! @mostwonderfulpodoftheyear on Instagram @moswonderfulpod on Twitter Ross is @merosskinball Jackie is @jackiedurruthy This is an original, produced by Byron McKoy. /episode/index/show/themostwonderfulpod/id/32059352

Christmas Matchmakers 07/02/2024

Christmas Matchmakers Sleigh what? It's Christmas in July, folks! Jackie and Ross return to spruce things up with their review of "Christmas Matchmakers." Follow The Most Wonderful Pod on social media! @mostwonderfulpodoftheyear on Instagram @moswonderfulpod on Twitter Ross is @merosskinball Jackie is @jackiedurruthy This is an original, produced by Byron McKoy. /episode/index/show/themostwonderfulpod/id/31974902

Candy Cane Land with Choni Francis 12/29/2023

Candy Cane Land with Choni Francis Follow The Most Wonderful Pod on social media! @mostwonderfulpodoftheyear on Instagram @moswonderfulpod on Twitter Ross is @merosskinball Jackie is @jackiedurruthy This is an original, produced by Byron McKoy. /episode/index/show/themostwonderfulpod/id/29282283

Exmas with Whitney Rice 12/22/2023

Exmas with Whitney Rice (Jury Duty, Suits, The Last Tycoon) joins Ross and Jackie to talk boundaries, Christmas, and love- all that is Exmas. Will they learn to love each other again or leave each other with out warning or explanation? Only father Christmas knows. Follow The Most Wonderful Pod on social media! @mostwonderfulpodoftheyear on Instagram @moswonderfulpod on Twitter Ross is @merosskinball Jackie is @jackiedurruthy This is an original, produced by Byron McKoy. /episode/index/show/themostwonderfulpod/id/29194713

Christmas Coupon 12/15/2023

Christmas Coupon Surprise, this movie is actually about ice skating! Will the ice help two old flames slide back into each other's arms or leave them with frost bite? Find out with Jackie and Ross as they discuss Christmas Coupon. Follow The Most Wonderful Pod on social media! @mostwonderfulpodoftheyear on Instagram @moswonderfulpod on Twitter Ross is @merosskinball Jackie is @jackiedurruthy This is an original, produced by Byron McKoy. /episode/index/show/themostwonderfulpod/id/29090343

Best. Christmas. Ever! with Ashleigh Crystal Hairston 12/07/2023

Best. Christmas. Ever! with Ashleigh Crystal Hairston (Tiny Toons Looniversity, Craig Of The Creek) joins Jackie and Ross to talk about Netflix's Best.Christmas.Ever! They all learn sometimes the easiest gift to hide is a full size/ fully funcitonal hot air balloon. Sometimes the easiest gift to give is mischief. Sometimes the easiest gift to get is a movie title that is so far from what a movie is about. Apologies for the fickle audio quality. Don't tell Santa on us! Follow The Most Wonderful Pod on social media! @mostwonderfulpodoftheyear on Instagram @moswonderfulpod on Twitter Ross is @merosskinball Jackie is @jackiedurruthy This is an original, produced by Byron McKoy. /episode/index/show/themostwonderfulpod/id/28981533

The Enchanted Christmas Cake 11/30/2023

The Enchanted Christmas Cake A magical cake that maybe talks but certainly grants wishes? Nope it's just a cake, that the lead sort of wants to make (even though she doesn't really love baking). Ross and Jackie are talking Enchanted Christmas Cake, and how they wish there actually was one in this movie. Follow The Most Wonderful Pod on social media! @mostwonderfulpodoftheyear on Instagram @moswonderfulpod on Twitter Ross is @merosskinball Jackie is @jackiedurruthy This is an original, produced by Byron McKoy. /episode/index/show/themostwonderfulpod/id/28874898

Christmas in Miami 11/23/2023

Christmas in Miami Christmas in Miami or Christmas on a reality TV show? Though Jackie is from Miami this Christmas is unlike any she saw growing up. Ross and Jackie get heated talking Christmas in Miami. Follow The Most Wonderful Pod on social media! @mostwonderfulpodoftheyear on Instagram @moswonderfulpod on Twitter Ross is @merosskinball Jackie is @jackiedurruthy This is an original, produced by Byron McKoy. /episode/index/show/themostwonderfulpod/id/28776078

A Snow White Christmas 11/16/2023

A Snow White Christmas A classic tale with a holiday spin? Yes please. A Snow White Christmas is giving this season's Christmas movies a run for their money for who is the fairest of them all. Follow The Most Wonderful Pod on social media! @mostwonderfulpodoftheyear on Instagram @moswonderfulpod on Twitter Ross is @merosskinball Jackie is @jackiedurruthy This is an original, produced by Byron McKoy. /episode/index/show/themostwonderfulpod/id/28665748

Scheduling Update 07/21/2023

Scheduling Update We stand with SAG-AFTRA/WGA and will not be releasing new episodes during the strike. Explore or revisit old seasons if you’re needing your holiday fix. May the rest of your Christmas in July be merry, bright, and hydrated! -Jackie & Ross /episode/index/show/themostwonderfulpod/id/27526473

Deck the Heart 07/13/2023

Deck the Heart Deck your heart with boughs of poinsettias and pray the EKG comes back normal. It wouldn’t be Christmas without inheritance, lies, and sticking your nose into somebody else’s family business. Follow The Most Wonderful Pod on social media! @mostwonderfulpodoftheyear on Instagram @moswonderfulpod on Twitter Ross is @merosskinball Jackie is @jackiedurruthy This is an original, produced by Byron McKoy. /episode/index/show/themostwonderfulpod/id/27452526

Christmas Twister 07/06/2023

Christmas Twister Whirl your way into Christmas in July with "Christmas Twister". The only thing we want to see in the air on Christmas are a sleigh and flying reindeer. Sometimes the weather has other plans. Follow The Most Wonderful Pod on social media! @mostwonderfulpodoftheyear on Instagram @moswonderfulpod on Twitter Ross is @merosskinball Jackie is @jackiedurruthy This is an original, produced by Byron McKoy. /episode/index/show/themostwonderfulpod/id/27393876

Santa Games 12/29/2022

Santa Games Ever wonder how mall santa's are appointed? You might think they are hired, or perhaps sent by the big man in the North Pole himself. But in Inglewood, CA they are chosen after being put through a series of Santa Games. Follow The Most Wonderful Pod on social media! @mostwonderfulpodoftheyear on Instagram @moswonderfulpod on Twitter Ross is @merosskinball Jackie is @jackiedurruthy This is an original, produced by Byron McKoy. /episode/index/show/themostwonderfulpod/id/25457571

Menorah in the Middle 12/27/2022

Menorah in the Middle Light the candles, spin the dreidel, eat all the rugula, and celebrate Hannukah with us! We are talking Menorah In The Middle and winning all the gelt. Follow The Most Wonderful Pod on social media! @mostwonderfulpodoftheyear on Instagram @moswonderfulpod on Twitter Ross is @merosskinball Jackie is @jackiedurruthy This is an original, produced by Byron McKoy. /episode/index/show/themostwonderfulpod/id/25436046

A Very Corgi Christmas with Andrew Ambrose Lee 12/22/2022

A Very Corgi Christmas with Andrew Ambrose Lee Andrew Ambrose Lee barks on over to talk about a real treat, A Very Corgi Christmas. Adopt and foster a puppy or dog if you can, and if it's a puppy don't immediately give it to a stranger to watch for 3 days. Not cool. But do rescue a pooch! Follow The Most Wonderful Pod on social media! @mostwonderfulpodoftheyear on Instagram @moswonderfulpod on Twitter Ross is @merosskinball Jackie is @jackiedurruthy Andrew is @aundrewalee Listen to his show , This is an original, produced by Byron McKoy. /episode/index/show/themostwonderfulpod/id/25408890

Catering Christmas 12/20/2022

Catering Christmas What do you do when you're catering a 5 course Christmas? Deep dive on war time ingridients to nail an ancient fudge recipe of course. Ross and Jackie are getting hungry talking about Catering For Christmas. Follow The Most Wonderful Pod on social media! @mostwonderfulpodoftheyear on Instagram @moswonderfulpod on Twitter Ross is @merosskinball Jackie is @jackiedurruthy This is an original, produced by Byron McKoy. /episode/index/show/themostwonderfulpod/id/25385790

Merry Kiss Cam with Nnamdi Ngwe 12/15/2022

Merry Kiss Cam with Nnamdi Ngwe Duluth, Minnesota is known for hockey, family owned bars, and high end art. The great Nnamdi Ngwe helps us discuss all three in this week's show. Follow The Most Wonderful Pod on social media! @mostwonderfulpodoftheyear on Instagram @moswonderfulpod on Twitter Ross is @merosskinball Jackie is @jackiedurruthy Nnamdi is @NnamdiNgwe This is an original, produced by Byron McKoy. /episode/index/show/themostwonderfulpod/id/25334445

The Noel Diary with Edgar Blackmon 12/14/2022

The Noel Diary with Edgar Blackmon There's a woman named Noel. There's snow. There's naughtiness. Is there Christmas? Edgar Blackmon (History Of The World: Part II) is helping us figure that out. Follow The Most Wonderful Pod on social media! @mostwonderfulpodoftheyear on Instagram @moswonderfulpod on Twitter Ross is @merosskinball Jackie is @jackiedurruthy Edgar is @edgarblackmon This is an original, produced by Byron McKoy. /episode/index/show/themostwonderfulpod/id/25322493

Christmas With You with Sofia Gonzalez 12/08/2022

Christmas With You with Sofia Gonzalez ¡Feliz Navidad! We are celebrating Christmas, love, and fifteenth birthdays with our special guest Sofia Gonzalez (The Santa Clauses). Christmas With You is an absolute treat wrapped in masa cooked in a banana leaf. Follow The Most Wonderful Pod on social media! @mostwonderfulpodoftheyear on Instagram @moswonderfulpod on Twitter Ross is @merosskinball Jackie is @jackiedurruthy Sofia is @sofialand This is an original, produced by Byron McKoy. /episode/index/show/themostwonderfulpod/id/25264245

Rock and Roll Christmas 12/06/2022

Rock and Roll Christmas What brings a fighting family together better than Christmas? Making an extremely short Christmas album! Mothers and daughters reunite and find love? You go girls! Follow The Most Wonderful Pod on social media! @mostwonderfulpodoftheyear on Instagram @moswonderfulpod on Twitter Ross is @merosskinball Jackie is @jackiedurruthy Marlena is @MarlenaRodrigz This is an original, produced by Byron McKoy. /episode/index/show/themostwonderfulpod/id/25240122

Dancing Through The Snow with Bex Marsh 12/01/2022

Dancing Through The Snow with Bex Marsh There's snow, there's a bit of dancing, and there's a very dead wife. Bex Marsh (Man With A Plan) joins us to discuss perhaps the most bummer Christmas of all time. Don't let the jaunty title fool you, they are less Dancing Through The Snow and more dragging their feet through grief. But that's what the holidays are all about, right? /episode/index/show/themostwonderfulpod/id/25195068

Falling for Christmas with Marlena Rodriguez 11/24/2022

Falling for Christmas with Marlena Rodriguez Lindsay Lohan is BACK, and if that's not enough of a Christmas gift than I don't know what is. Marlena Rodriguez (Silicon Valley) is joinging us to revel in all the Christmas decorations in this movie. Even the washing machine is decked out. Hope no one falls to their death, bumps their head, and expereinces something like amnesia. Follow The Most Wonderful Pod on social media! @mostwonderfulpodoftheyear on Instagram @moswonderfulpod on Twitter Ross is @merosskinball Jackie is @jackiedurruthy Marlena is @MarlenaRodrigz This is an original, produced by Byron McKoy. /episode/index/show/themostwonderfulpod/id/25126158

Twice Upon a Christmas with Mark Gagliardi 11/17/2022

Twice Upon a Christmas with Mark Gagliardi Mark Gagliardi (Blood & Treasure) is joining us again for the sequel to Once Upon Upon A Christmas. Santa’s daughters Rudolpha and Kristen are back and even more evil and bird-brained than before. Will the longest infomercial you’ve ever seen ruin the North Pole or save Kristen’s brain? Only this movie can tell. Follow The Most Wonderful Pod on social media! @mostwonderfulpodoftheyear on Instagram @moswonderfulpod on Twitter Ross is @merosskinball Jackie is @jackiedurruthy Mark is @MarkGags This is an original, produced by Byron McKoy. /episode/index/show/themostwonderfulpod/id/25046082

Cupid For Christmas 11/10/2022

Cupid For Christmas Are we celebrating Valentine’s Day early or Christmas Day weird? Either way you can’t go wrong with a demi-god trying to set up a hopeless hottie for “cuffing season.” Fall in love with as many holidays as you can at one time with Cupid For Christmas. Follow The Most Wonderful Pod on social media! @mostwonderfulpodoftheyear on Instagram @moswonderfulpod on Twitter Ross is @merosskinball Jackie is @jackiedurruthy This is an original, produced by Byron McKoy. /episode/index/show/themostwonderfulpod/id/24964461

Mistletoe in Montana 11/03/2022

Mistletoe in Montana If you’ve got horse-girl energy and a love for Christmas this is the movie for you. Can you imagine spending the holiday season at a ranch, and then never leaving? This movie has horses, Santa, and mistletoe…or does it? Follow The Most Wonderful Pod on social media! @mostwonderfulpodoftheyear on Instagram @moswonderfulpod on Twitter Ross is @merosskinball Jackie is @jackiedurruthy This is an original, produced by Byron McKoy. /episode/index/show/themostwonderfulpod/id/24890691

Christmas in Palm Springs 07/29/2022

Christmas in Palm Springs Jackie and Ross conclude Christmas in July with the hottest place to celebrate the holiday. A family that needs a miracle in the desert?! You know we had to watch! See you in November!!!!! Follow The Most Wonderful Pod on social media! @mostwonderfulpodoftheyear on Instagram @moswonderfulpod on Twitter Ross is @merosskinball Jackie is @jackiedurruthy This is an original, produced by Byron McKoy. /episode/index/show/themostwonderfulpod/id/23895924

The Most Wonderful Pod of the Year

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