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The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

Kids Pitch: Santa Fight | Colbert Classic

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

CBS

News, Comedy, Comedy Interviews, News Commentary, Tv & Film

4.41.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Not unlike Netflix's pitching process, Stephen let a room of children write their own holiday movie in 2018. The result? "Santa Fight: Saving the Holiday from Atnas," starring Bryan Cranston, Laura Linney, Nick Kroll, Rachel Dratch, and John Oliver. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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It's the Rachel Potchow with Stephen Colberg.

0:09.0

Folks, this time of year, I love watching Christmas movies.

0:13.0

And I noticed this one thing.

0:15.0

So many of them are aimed at kids, but they're all made by adults.

0:19.0

And I thought it was time to find out what kids want in a Christmas movie.

0:23.0

Now, in the past, I've worked with a group of very smart kids

0:26.0

to come up with the hit movie idea Teenage War.

0:29.0

Also, a TV show called Strangest Things, The Golden Mysteries.

0:33.0

So this week, I sat down with some of that same creative team

0:38.0

to develop a new kid-approved Christmas movie.

0:41.0

This is Kids' Pitch.

0:48.0

Hi, everybody.

0:49.0

Hi!

0:51.0

You guys ready to make the greatest holiday movie of all time?

0:55.0

Yeah!

0:57.0

All right. Okay. Does anyone have a favorite Christmas movie?

1:01.0

I think this movie is a Christmas movie.

1:04.0

It's a really, it's a pretty old movie.

1:07.0

It's a very, very famous home alone.

1:10.0

Home alone!

1:12.0

What would you do if you were left behind by your family

1:16.0

that had just flown to Europe?

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