{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"119 - Play Dates with the Pun Patrol","description":"We started DATING THE DELANEYS (2022), but:&amp;nbsp; Do you know how loud jai alai is? ... THEME: &quot;Fuck&amp;nbsp;You&amp;nbsp;If&amp;nbsp;You&amp;nbsp;Don't&amp;nbsp;Like&amp;nbsp;Christmas,&quot; from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather ... PART ONE&amp;nbsp; Wink! ... Wine Clown (taupe) ... Rom-rom, with jokes ... Jennifer Barrow Appreciation Station ...&amp;nbsp; Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART TWO &amp;nbsp; Cast Rundown ... McNamara nostalgia ... Restorative justice for Brendan Zub ... Manderson Mode ... The Expositional Challenge ... A horn of a sort ... Plot Mop-Up: Michael, guiding PR practice; ex-husband rehab; horny grandma; arcade-bar; gone fishin' ... They seem like people! ... Paul Campbell Appreciation Station ... Charmingly corny flirty antagonism ... Punishing punsmithery ... Early forced laughter to natural fondness ... Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART THREE&amp;nbsp; Spot the Angel: Maybe Michael, maybe the horny mom, probably a goose egg ... Angelic parenting assistance ... Eat Your Heart Out: Salted caramel and cookies; Cafe New Orleans, eating crawfish, po-boy chunks; blind date basket of rolls; reasonable pizza with pepperoncini; pecan-pie cake; skyscraping bacon chocolate cake; Find My Salad Soulmate; namin' fish; America's most favorite cake; abandoned Heineken; Shake, Battle and Bowl; sauceless mozzarella sticks; rime-free milkshake ...&amp;nbsp; Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART FOUR&amp;nbsp; The Hallmark Expanded Universe: Make It, Bake It, Cake It; QVC knockoff; Teryl Rothery; Episodes 9, 11, 12, 31, 50, 52, 55, 56, 59, 64, 74, 83, 84, 85, 86, and more; wine-clown concert road trip! ... Overdetermined: No true qualifier; too much friend hectoring; winking ... Crossover: Steve &quot;Bones&quot;; Quantum Bakery Apprentice ... The Hallmark Bechdel Test: Yes ... The Hallmark Voight-Kampff Test: All non-Michael, non-New Kid men; Steve! Steve! Steve!; David, the ex ...&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART FIVE&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Great Moments in Moppetry: 1 ... Who's the Real Villain: Self-performance dating-app industry ... Title\/Sequel: Good title and &quot;Delaney Due Date&quot; vs. Thematic underuse and &quot;Dating Dana Delaney&quot; ... Rating: 4 ... The Leftovers: Met at pickleball ... Printing out articles ... IMDB Dive: Jennifer Barrow, King of the Hill veteran ... Zack, the turd, with a sign ... Old new kid ... Treat Williams ... &quot;Your dad comin' today?&quot; ... Second Life kitchen ... &quot;World Baby&quot; ... Dental plan ... Merry Christmas!&amp;nbsp; All other music by Chris Collingwood of Look&amp;nbsp;Park and Fountains&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;Wayne, except: &quot;Orchestral Sports Theme&quot; by Chris Collingwood and Rick Murnane and &quot;100,000 People,&quot;&amp;nbsp;by Philip Glass. Read Jeb's hot dog sandwich piece: Here. Buy Caitlin Fitz Gerald's excellent book: Here. ","author_name":"It's Christmastown","author_url":"http:\/\/itschristmastown.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/24595176\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/137785518"}