THIS TIME OF YEAR I LOVE WATCHING CHRISTMAS
MOVIES.
ANDY ARE AND I'VE NOTICED THAT SO MANY OF
THEM ARE AIMED AT KIDS, BUT THEY'RE ALL MADE BY ADULTS.
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS TIME TO FIND OUT WHAT KIDS WANT IN A
CHRISTMAS MOVIE.
NOW, IN THE PAST, I'VE WORKED WITH A GROUP OF VERY SMART KIDS
TO COME UP WITH THE HIT MOVIE REQUESTED YET TEENAGE WAR," AND
A TV SHOW CALLED "STRANGEST THINGS: THE GOLDEN
MYSTERIES."
SO, I SAT DOWN WITH SOME OF THAT SAME CREATIVE TEAM TO DEVELOP A
NEW KID-APPROVED CHRISTMAS MOVIE.
THIS IS: "KIDS PITCH!" HI, EVERYBODY!
>> HI!
>> Stephen: YOU GUYS READY TO MAKE THE GREATEST HOLIDAY MOVIE
OF ALL TIME?
>> YES!
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT.
OKAY.
DOES ANYONE HAVE A FAVORITE CHRISTMAS MOVIE?
>> I THINK THIS MOVIE IS A CHRISTMAS MOVIE.
IT'S A REALLY-- IT'S A PRETTY OLD MOVIE.
IT'S VERY, VERY FAMOUS.
"HOME ALONE."
>> Stephen: "HOME ALONE."
WHAT WOULD DO YOU IF YOU WERE LEFT BEHIND BY YOUR FAMILY THAT
HAD JUST FLOWN TO EUROPE, AND YOU HAD TO DEFEND YOURSELF IN
YOUR HOUSE ALONE AGAINST TWO ROBBERS, ONE OF WHOM IS JOE
PESCI?
>> I WOULD JUST GRAB MY DAD'S AXE AND YOU KNOW WHAT.
>> Stephen: YOU WOULD GRAB YOUR DAD'S AXE AND "I KNOW
WHAT?" >> HE WOULD DO THIS.
>> Stephen: TYLER?
>> I WANT TO-- I WANT TO-- I WOULD CALL THE COPS.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, IF THES COPS COULDN'T MAKE IT, AND THEY
SAID HAVE A NINE-ONE-WONDERFUL DAY, I WOULD DO EXACTLY WHAT THE
KID FROM "HOME ALONE DID."
>> Stephen: OKAY.
YES, MOLLIE.
>> FIRST I WOULD FIND SOME ROPE AND THEN I'D TIE IT TO THEIR
HEADS AND THEN DRAG THEM OUTSIDE.
>> Stephen: YOU WOULD TIE THE ROPE TO THEIR NECK AND DRAG THEM
OUTSIDE.
>> TO THE NECK.
>> YOU'D KILL THEM.
>> THEY'RE ROBBING MY HOUSE.
I MIGHT AS WELL.
>> Stephen: THERE ARE LEVELS OF RESPONSE.
THERE ARE LEVELS OF RESPONSE, I'M NOT SURE IF LETHAL--
>> THAT'S WONG!
>> Stephen: LISTEN, IT'S A STRESSFUL SITUATION.
LET'S NOT PICK ON MOLLIE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR CHRISTMAS MOVIE.
ARE YOU READY TO MAKE OUR CHRISTMAS MOVIE?
>> YEAH!
>> Stephen: IS SANTA IN OUR MOVIE?
>> YEAH!
>> YES.
>> Stephen: SANTA, DO CHRISTMAS MOVIES HAVE A VILLAIN?
>> >> YES.
>> YES.
>> JS.
>> Stephen: OKAY, WHO IS THE BAD GUY OR GIRL IN THIS MOVIE,
ANTONIO?
>> IT'S A WHOLE ARMY OF ELVES.
>> Stephen: WHY WOULD THEY BE THE BAD GUYS?
>> BECAUSE-- BECAUSE SANTA HAS BEEN-- HAS BEEN TREATING--
TREATING THE ELVES BAD, AND THEN THE ELVES BETRAYED HIM.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
YES, ANABEL.
>> I HAVE TWO QUICK IDEAS.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE TWO IDEAS.
>> MAYBE MRS. CLAUSE COULD BE THE VILLAIN.
>> Stephen: OKAY, MRS. CLAUSE, SIDE WITH THE ELVES?
>> WELL, MAYBE, SHE COULD JUST BE, KIND OF LIKE, TURNED INTO A
VILLAIN GRADUALLY, BECAUSE EVERY CHRISTMAS EVE, SANTA CLAUS HAS
TO LEAVE.
SO THEN SHE TURNS SAD AND THEN GETS MAD.
SO THEN SHE -- >> Stephen: THAT'S VERY
INTERESTING.
THAT'S VERY INTERESTING.
SO MRS. CLAUSE-- THE IDEA IS MRS. CLAUSE GETS UPSET BECAUSE
ON THIS MOST IMPORTANT NIGHT OF THE YEAR, CHRISTMAS EVE, HER
HUSBAND IS NEVER AROUND, AND SHE TURNS ON HIM.
SO WHAT DOES MRS. CLAUSE SAY WHEN SHE'S SO MAD AT HER
HUSBAND?
>> SHE SAYS, "YOU'RE NOT TREATING ME WELL.
YOU'RE NOT GIVING ME ALL THE STUFF-- ALL THE-- YOU'RE NOT-."
>> Stephen: YEAH, NOT TREATING ME WELL.
>> "YOU'RE NOT TREATING ME WELL.
I AM LEAVING YOU."
>> MAYBE IT COULD BE SANTA CLAUS IS BORN WHAT A TWIN.
>> Stephen: THAT'S VERY INTERESTING.
>> AND THE EVIL SANTA IS TELLING PEOPLE I'LL GIVE YOU PRESENTS IF
YOU DO BAD THINGS.
INSTEAD OF BEING ON THE GOOD LIST, YOU HAVE TO BE ON THE BAD
LIST TO GET PRESENTS S.
>> Stephen: ANYBODY HERE ADMIT TO BEING NAUGHT THEYEAR?
YES, TYLER.
>> I HIT MY MOM WITH CASH.
>> Stephen: YOU HIT YOUR MOM WITH CASH?
YOU THREW MONEY AT YOUR MOTHER?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WHY-- WHY DID YOU HIT YOUR MOM WITH CASH?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I HAD $7 AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE HER THE $7 SMACK-DOWN.
>> Stephen: WHAT IS THE $7 SMACK-DOWN TYLER?
>> IT'S WHEN YOU SMAIK SMACKSOMEONE IN THE FACE WITH
$7.
>> Stephen: WHY $7?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
IT WAS JUST ALL I HAD.
>> Stephen: HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
NOBLE?
>> I SPENT OVER $1,000 ON MY MOM FOR-- PHONE FOR ONE GAME I PAID
FULL PRICE.
>> WHAT GAME?
>> "FORTNIGHT."
>> OH, MY GOD!
>> Stephen: I SPENT OVER $1,000 ON "FORTNIGHT."
DID YOUR MOM GET MAD?
>> ALL SHE DID WAS YELL AT ME FOR FIVE HOURS.
>> Stephen: FIVE HOURS OF YELLING?
WORTH IT?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WHAT IF BAD SANTA AND HIS BAD ELFS ARE MARCHING
AGAINST GOOD SANTA AND HIS GOOD ELVES, AND MRS. CLAUSE SIDES
WITH BAD SANTA BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T KNOW IT'S BAD SANTA
BECAUSE IT'S A TWIN BROTHER WHO SAYS, "I'LL STAY HOME WITH YOU
AT CHRISTMASTIME."
ARE WE LIKING THIS, ANABEL?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WE LIKE IT.
LET'S MOVE ON.
LET'S AT ADSOME MORE ELEMENTS TO IT.
RAISE YOUR ARM IF YOU THINK THAT THERE IS A TALKING SNOWMAN.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX... IT'S 6-3, TALKING
SNOWMAN.
YES, ANABEL.
>> I WAS THINKING THE BAT EVIL TWIN SANTA TRIES TO GO UP
AGAINST, LIKE, THE GOOD SANTA WHO IS TRYING TO GIVE PRESENTS
TO GOOD PEOPLE.
>> Stephen: OH, MY GOSH!
HOLD ON.
LET ME WRITE THIS DOWN.
>> GOOD SANT IS TOO OLD TO FIGHT HIS BROTHER.
>> Stephen: HE'S OUTNUMBERED.
>> YEAH, HE'S TOO OLD, AND HIS OTHER BROTHER IS LITTLE --
>> Stephen: BUT THEY'RE TWINS.
>> AND HIS TWIN BROTHER IS A LITTLE YOUNGER THAN HIM.
>> Stephen: LIKE BY FIVE MINUTES?
>> YEAH, FIVE MINUTES.
AND HIS OTHER BROTHER HAS BEEN TRAINING, FIGHTING.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S HIS DISCIPLINE?
IS IT KUNG FU.
>> KARATE!
>> Stephen: WHAT IS HIS MARTIAL ART THAT HE KNOWS?
>> KUNG FU.
>> Stephen: SO THERE'S SANTA, HIS NAME IS, SAY, KRIS KRINGLE.
WHAT IS BAD SANT'S REAL NAME?
>> MAYBE IT'S SANTA'S NAME BACKWARDS.
>> ATNAS.
>> HE HAS TO HAVE AN EVIL LAUGH.
>> >> Stephen: IS THAT AN EVIL
LAUGH?
( ALL LAUGHING ) >> Stephen: HOW DOES THE
MOVIE-- HOW DOES THE MOVIE-- TYLER, I GOTTA ASK TYLER
SOMETHING.
TYLER, ARE THE EVIL LAUGHS FREAKING YOU OUT?
>> WELL, I MEAN, IT'S FINE.
I'M OKAY WITH THEM.
THEY'RE PRETTY LOUD.
I DON'T LIKE LOUDNESS.
>> Stephen: DO YOU LIKE THIS MOVIE SO FAR, TYLER?
>> YEAH, IT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD MOVIE.
I'LL WATCH IT.
>> Stephen: YOU WOULD WATCH THIS MOVIE?
>> UH-HUH.
>> Stephen: THAT'S GREAT.
BAD SANTA KNOWS KUNG FU.
ATNAS KNOWS KUNG FU.
AND SANTA GOES AND LEARNS KUNG FU FROM--
>> BRUCE LEE.
>> Stephen: I WISH WE COULD HIRE BRUCE LEE.
BUT HE'S NO LONGER WITH US.
BRUCE LEE DIED UNFORTUNATELY.
>> WHAT!
>> >> Stephen: AM I THE FIRST ONE
TO TELL YOU THIS?
LET'S PAUSE HERE FOR A SECOND BECAUSE WE'VE COME TO A CRITICAL
MOMENT IN OUR STORY.
>> THE SNOWMAN!
>> Stephen: THE SNOWMAN TEACHES SANTA HOW TO FIGHT.
>> LIKE THE SNOWMAN TRAINER HAS A SECRET.
>> Stephen: THE SNOWMAN TRAINER HAS A SECRET.
>> THAT HE'S ON THE BAD SANTA'S SIDE.
AND THEN-- AND THEN-- AND THEN THE SNOWMAN TURNS AROUND ON THE
BAD SANTA, AND ACTUALLY REALLY HELPS --
>> Stephen: OKAY, SO THE SNOWMAN AT SOME POINT IN THE
PAST HAS BEEN ON ATNAS' SIDE, BUT HE FLOIPS HELP GOOD SANTA?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: DO WE LIKE IT?
>> YAY!
>> Stephen: ME, TOO.
WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE MOVIE?
YES, ANABEL.
>> "SAVING THE HOLIDAY."
>> Stephen: MOLLIE?
>> "SANTA FIGHT."
>> Stephen: "SAVING THE HOLIDAY FROM ATNAS.
WHAT MOVIE ARE WE GOING TO MAKE?
>> SANTA FIGHT: SAVING THE HOLIDAYS FROM ATNAS."
>> Stephen: WE'VE GOT A HIT.
WE'VE GOT A FIT.
FOLKS, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE ALL THINKING.
YOU'RE THINKING, STEPHEN, THAT MOVIE SOUNDS GREAT.
WHEN DOES IT COME OUT?
I DON'T KNOW.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS, THE EXCLUSIVE TEASER TRAILER FOR IT
DROPS RIGHT NOW.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HERE'S A FIRST LOOK AT "SANTA FIGHT."
>> FROM THE MINDS THAT BROUGHT YOU "TEENAGE WARS" AND
"STRANGEST THINGS" COMES AN EPIC NEW CHRISTMAS TALE.
>> AND MY LIST IS... CLOSE ENOUGH.
ALL RIGHT, TIME TO SPREAD SOME CHRISTMAS CHEER.
>> EXCUSE ME.
WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING?
>> WELL, IT'S CHRISTMAS EVE.
I HAVE TO DELIVER ALL THE PRESENTS.
>> ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR WORK TRIPS!
ON CHRISTMAS!
>> YOU KNEW ALL ABOUT MY JOB WHEN WE GOT MARRIED, KARIN.
>> YOU'RE NOT TREAT MEEG WELL!
YOU'RE NOT GIVING ME ALL THE STUFF!
( LAUGHTER )
>> THIS YEAR, MERRY CHRISTMAS.
>> NOT SO FAST, SANTA!
>> BECOMES "SCARY CHRISTMAS."
>> ATNAS.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, BROTHER, IT IS ME.
NOW, HAND OVER THE PRESENTS AND THE NAUGHTY LIST.
THIS YEAR THE BAD KIDS ARE GETTING ALL THE GOOD STUFF.
( COUGHING ) >> AND THE NORTH POLE IS
POLARIZED.
>> WHY DOES HE HAVE TO DELIVER PRESENTS ON CHRISTMAS?
>> YOU THINK HE TREATS YOU BAD.
HE HAS US MAKING TOYS ALL YEAR, AND HE TAKES ALL THE CREDIT!
>> IT MAKES ME SO MAD!
IF HE COMES IN HERE, I'M GOING TO GO GET MY DAD'S AXE, AND YOU
KNOW WHAT.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> SEASON'S DECEIVINGS.
>> HONEY, I'M HOME!
AND I'M DEFINITELY SANTA!
>> SANTA!
YOU CAME BACK EARLY TO BE WITH ME ON CHRISTMAS!
>> YES.
AND LIKE I ALWAYS SAY, "HO-HO-HO."
>> A SNOWMAN WITH A PLAN.
>> SANTA CLAUS, I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS DAY.
>> OH, TRAIN ME.
>> I'M ASHAMED TO ADMIT IT, BUT I ONCE TRAINED YOUR GREATEST
LIVING RIVAL.
>> BRUCE LEE?
>> NO, BRUCE LEE IS DEAD.
>> WHAT!
>> SANTA IS LOOKING FOR A FIGHT.
>> STOP RIGHT THERE, BROTHER!
YOU MESSED WITH THE WRONG SANTA.
>> HA!
YOU'LL NEVER BEAT ME, OLD MAN.
>> OLD MAN?
WE'RE TWINS.
I'M, LIKE, FIVE MINUTES OLDER THAN YOU.
>> YES, BUT I KNOW KUNG FU.
>> WELL, I JUST TRAINED WITH THE BEST.
>> BRUCE LEE?
>> OH, NO, ACTUALLY, BRUCE LEE IS DEAD.
WHAAAT!
>> ELFS WITH AXES.
>> IT'S AN AXE PARTY.
AND YOU'RE INVITED TO IT.
RIGHT?
>> I'M DONE MAKING TOYS.
>> YES, CHOP, CHOP, CHOP, CHOP, CHOP!
I CHOP YOU!
>> IT'S SANTA VERSUS ATNAS.
>> PREPARE FOR THE GREATEST MARTIAL ARTS MOVE OF ALL TIME!
THE $7 SMACK-DOWN.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
STRANGE THAT OUR PARENTS JUST GAVE YOU MY NAME BACKWARDS?
>> I THOUGHT THEY GAVE YOU MY NAME BACKWARDS.
>> I SHOULD HAVE MARRIED THE EASTER BUNNY.
>> IF YOUR (BLEEP) FACE.
>> IT'S GO TIME.
>> WHAT TIME IS IT?
CHECK YOUR WATCH.
IT'S AXE O'CLOCK.
>> SAVE YOUR HOLIDAY FROM ATNAS.
>> HAVE A NINE-ONE-WONDERFUL DAY.
>> COMING THIS CHRISTMAS.
>> Stephen: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK