 Every day until Christmas, I'm doing self-tape practice in attempts to not get crusty over the holiday break because historically I just don't act a lot in December and my bookings have been pretty good lately and I just want to keep that rhythm going about dishing and hopefully booking more things. So I filled up this advent calendar with different movies and TV shows, either scenes or monologues from movies or TV shows that are Christmas themed. So today's number 12. Let's see what's behind door number 12. And you might be thinking like, how are you doing this every day? Well, I'm trying to set myself up for success in that I put a 15 minute timer and then that's how much time I have to prepare it. What's behind door number 12, 13, 12. Oh, the horse. Christmas with the cranks! This is a scene where the husband is telling the wife like, Hey, how about if we go on a little cruise? Maybe we should do a cruise instead of spending a bunch of money. I actually do really, really want a reader for this one because I think it would be really fun. I love this movie. So I think I'm going to do this a little bit later. I'm going to try and get a reader. I might have somebody that's able to help me. So I'm going to put a 15 minute timer to prepare Christmas with the cranks. I don't even know if I need 15 minutes. Yeah, I should, I should prepare it and, and see how I can play with it. And just at the very least when I'm playing around with it, I usually am able to memorize it. If not 100%, like 90%. I have an idea. I wouldn't call it a catch, but we ate 10 days and somebody's helping me and I don't want to waste their time. So my goal is to do maximum, max, max, max, five takes. My goal is to do three takes. My max is to do five and I'm just going to play it one way. An eager person who is just so tired of spending all of this money and all of this energy and time on a Christmas that really everybody else has so much fun in. Like I'm creating magic for other people and for once I just want it for me. Fine. I'm going without you. Ah! Okay. Do you have any notes for me? No, that was great. My friend, one of my best friends, Stephen, that I'm staring at his face right now is helping me be the reader. He's a great actor. He was just in a play at the Spindrift Players in... Pacifica. Pacifica. And it was called The Boys in the Band. I think it's just Boys in the Band. Honestly, I'm not sure. It was a really good play. I'm trying to think if there's any other way that I could play it. I mean, this is very like campy though. You know, it's like very Christmas movie. What about like car salesman? You know, you're like trying to pitch this idea. You're trying to get your customer to buy and so, you know, I don't know. Maybe, maybe something, there's something there. If you want to try that. Yeah, like making it so flashy. Right. That was so much more fun than trying to get like an audio online or whatever. I mean, I know this is one of my best friends, but still. Okay. Here are the two best takes. Maybe I'll just do one take because mostly I just did one version of it. So here's the best take from today and I'll see you tomorrow for day 13. I have an idea. Yeah. It's a brilliant idea. Make sure you shut the curtains. All right. Okay. Come over here. Turn around. What are you doing? Sit down, button up your shirt and sit down. Okay. Look at this. This is a little ledger of what we spent last year for Christmas. Look at some of this stuff. What is this? $63 on ornament repairs. You got to be kidding me. What? Oh, look at the total. We spent $6,100 on Christmas last year. $6,100 on... I heard you the first time. Okay. With precious little to show for it. Where is this going? The Caribbean. A 10 day luxury cruise on the Jubilee. The most luxurious ship in their fleet came in islands snorkeling. We go to Jamaica. We Windsor for whatever the heck that is. Look at this picture. The Bahamas. We sit in the sun. I might have to lose a little weight. Heck, I'll lose it for you. What's the catch? Well, I wouldn't call it a catch. We just skip Christmas. We skip Christmas? Yeah. We skip Christmas. We save the money and we spend it on us for a change. I don't know. Oh, come on, please. You and I go bask in the Caribbean sun. How much is this going to cost? $3,000. We save money? Absolutely. We can still give our charitable donations to the children's hospital and of course the church. No. This is a total boycott, honey. Total. It's $600. It's a total boycott, I'm afraid, and that's all I'm going to say about that. Well, then no. What a stupid idea.