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What's up, everyone?
This is "Disney+ Deets," where we break down everything
you need to know about your favorite
Disney+ movies and series.
I'm Kenneth.
And I'm Marcellus.
And not to toot our own horns, but we're pretty
much the biggest Disney+ fans out there.
No, let's do it.
Toot-toot!
Beep-beep!
That's right.
Let's get into it.
Ho-ho-ho, Marcellus.
MARCELLUS: Happy Holidays, Kenneth.
KENNETH: Today we're taking a sleigh ride back to the '90s
for one of my favorite holiday movie
treats, "The Santa Clause."
MARCELLUS: First, a little background.
The original idea explored what Christmas
would look like if Santa Claus was permanently gone.
KENNETH: No Santa?
That sounds like a horror movie.
Thank goodness for Tim Allen.
This was his first feature-film debut.
MARCELLUS: That's right.
He and director John Pasquin had previously worked together
on the hit ABC show "Home Improvement,"
and then went on to make Disney's
"Jungle2Jungle" after "The Santa Clause,"
now streaming where, Kenneth?
KENNETH: Disney+, Marcellus.
MARCELLUS: Beautiful job.
[CHUCKLES]
KENNETH: Ooh, this kid can act.
MARCELLUS: Yeah.
KENNETH: Casting Charlie was one of the hardest
roles for the filmmakers.
They wanted someone who could really
showcase that sensitivity and childhood innocence.
They went to 13 different cities and held open casting
calls to find Eric Lloyd.
MARCELLUS: It was worth it, though.
He's so cute, and he really holds his own with Tim Allen.
KENNETH: Listen, Eric, if you are listening,
you should have got an Oscar, sir.
MARCELLUS: Oh, yes.
KENNETH: I enjoyed you.
I watched this movie over and over,
and I am now old enough to appreciate the nuances
of your performance. MARCELLUS: It was--
KENNETH: It was amazing.
MARCELLUS: --brilliant.
KENNETH: Ah!
He went into different layers, this boy.
MARCELLUS: And did you know Eric accidentally knocked out
his front teeth before they started filming
and had to wear fake ones for the movie?
KENNETH: Oh, I know what all he wants for Christmas is.
MARCELLUS: Oh, here we go.
So the Santa that we see fall off the roof
is played by Tim Allen's stunt double, Steve Lucescu.
KENNETH: Marcellus, why don't you ever be my stunt double?
MARCELLUS: Because, Ken, I just gotta be honest with you--
I don't want to.
[LAUGHS]
I'm just going to come out right now and say it.
KENNETH: Be honest.
MARCELLUS: I don't want to.
KENNETH: I appreciate you speaking your truth.
MARCELLUS: Can I just say I love Santa's business card?
[LAUGHS]
It's got some really nice design.
It's very nice.
KENNETH: I love this part where he's
delivering all the presents.
He's pulling a kayak out of the bag.
That's the magic of this Christmas bag.
No matter how big the item is, you just pull it out.
Oh, I know what I want to show to people--
and boom!
That look familiar?
MARCELLUS: Look, a hidden Mickey!
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I just love how they designed the North Pole in this movie.
KENNETH: Yes.
The director wanted to highlight how Santa Claus is
a combination of legends passed down from different countries
over centuries.
So he wanted the production design of the North Pole
to represent all cultures and races.
They took inspiration from Egyptian, Turkish, Gothic,
and Celtic influences to create the world of Santa's workshop.
I imagine that the workshop smells like cinnamon and sugar
cookies.
MARCELLUS: It probably does.
Oh, no, it has to have like a little apple smell,
so it's like apples and cinnamon.
KENNETH: Yes, like apple pie-- fresh-baked apple pie.
MARCELLUS: Yeah. KENNETH: That's what I imagine.
MARCELLUS: And some pine. You need pine.
KENNETH: Yes.
These are the hallmarks of the holidays.
Your house has to smell like apple pie,
pine, sugar cookies, all of it.
Mmm.
MARCELLUS: You see here, where he's putting on the tool belt?
That's an intentional nod to Tim Allen's role
in "Home Improvement."
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MARCELLUS: Ken, the elves are my favorites.
Did you know that the filmmakers ended up casting
125 children to play elves?
The kids are ages 2 to 13 years old.
And the costume design team created
125 unique looks with customized trims, hats, and shoes.
No two looks are alike.
KENNETH: Now that's what I call getting
into the holiday spirit.
MARCELLUS: Right?
KENNETH: He's back at work.
MARCELLUS: Look-- she's like, oh, my gosh.
KENNETH: She gave me that look like my mom,
when she'd give me the look when I would dress myself.
MARCELLUS: Yeah, like, "ooh."
[LAUGHS]
Peter Boyle, who plays Allen's boss in the movie,
actually appears in the second and third "Santa
Clause" movies, as Father Time.
KENNETH: Yes.
Love Peter Boyle.
Look at Santa Claus and the elves all getting
ready for the big night.
MARCELLUS: Oh, I love that.
You know, the director recalled that this dance
Tim Allen and the elves do is totally improvised
and done in one take.
Definitely makes me want to learn it.
KENNETH: Ooh, ooh, ooh!
Here comes another little hidden gem.
You see Santa number 6?
That is actually the film's director John Pasquin.
I love when directors make a cameo in their own movie.
MARCELLUS: Me too. It makes me smile.
KENNETH: Marcellus, now we have talked
before about actors dedicating so
much time in the makeup chair.
But this takes the cake.
To transform himself into Santa, Tim Allen
went through approximately five hours of makeup
in prosthetics-- not including the two hours to take it off.
MARCELLUS: Not only that, but filming took
place in the middle of summer.
They had to set a six-hour time limit on how long
he could be in the suit, because it was so hot.
KENNETH: Wow.
Marcellus, you know, you can't stand being hot.
I can't imagine you wearing all that in the summer heat.
You'd never guess it with all that fake snow.
MARCELLUS: This movie is magic, Ken.
Thanks for watching, everyone.
Take care of yourselves and the planet,
and have a happy holidays.
Thank you, Ken.
I hope you get some presents.
KENNETH: I'll get presents.
I'm going to ask Santa for a grill,
then that way you can bring some of your coal over.
MARCELLUS: Really, Ken?
KENNETH: Well, you ain't getting no gifts.
You've been naughty.
MARCELLUS: Anyway, Ken and Marcellus, signing off.
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