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The Best Chrismukkah Ever with Stephanie Savage

Beyond the OC (Welcome to the OC)

Melinda Clarke

Tv & Film, Society & Culture

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2023

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Rachel, Melinda, and their guest, Executive Producer and Writer on The OC, Stephanie Savage, discuss “The Best Chrismukkah Ever” (S1 Ep13). This is the script that Stephanie said changed her life. Learn about what it was like going from producer to writer, who came up with Chrismukkah, and the episode line so good that it gave Rachel and Melinda the chills! The Best Chrismukkah Synopsis: It’s Seth’s favorite time of the year: Chrismukkah - the part Christmas, part Hanukkah, super holiday! Ryan is in need of some convincing to get into the holiday spirit. Marissa continues to struggle with personal problems. Kirsten risks her job at the Newport Group when she finds incriminating evidence that she hands over to Sandy. Summer and Anna vie to win Seth’s heart. A lot goes down at the Newport Group holiday party, but Julie is determined to make it a party no one will forget!

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0:00.0

Hello, Melinda. Hi, Rachel Vilsen. Hey, everybody. Happy, happy day to you and welcome to the O.C.

0:24.4

Fitches. Today's a very, very special day because we are celebrating Christmas. Yes. I'm

0:35.3

almost speechless because this is one of the most exciting, most iconic episodes ever. And I

0:43.2

brought my ugly Christmas sweaters, but it's a little warm. It's summertime right now. So I'm not

0:50.3

going to put it on because I don't want to be shfitting. Make it a decoration. I have my

0:56.0

Christmas pajama attire that matches my daughter, but it's dinosaurs and Christmas.

1:02.2

Yes. I went into my daughter's closet to find this as well. An ugly Christmas sweater. That's

1:06.9

awesome. Yes. So the best Christmas ever episode 13 of the first season is what we're covering.

1:13.2

And I have just been counting the days till we get to this one. One of you, like you said,

1:19.0

one of the more iconic, I think, episodes and Christmas kind of took everyone by storm.

1:25.6

Oh my gosh, there's so many iconic moments. And I think we should get right to it because

1:31.4

our special guest is going to just give you all so many behind the scenes information that

1:39.9

this is what this podcast is all about. So let's get to it, right?

1:44.3

Hi, guys. Hi. Hi. How are you? How are you? Look at your shirt.

1:52.0

Oh my gosh. Okay, for our listeners, it's a t-shirt with Stephanie's face and Josh.

2:00.9

No, it's Sandy and Justin. Oh my gosh. You and Josh have become Sandy and Justin.

2:06.8

Oh my gosh. That's a miracle. That's what it looked like for me. So my eyesight's going, Stephanie.

2:12.6

Stephanie Savage is with us. Everyone, I know we're just saying we just like jumped into it,

2:16.7

but we're just super excited that you're here, Steph. And we're going to let everybody know.

2:23.2

Oh my gosh, people, we have such a very special day today. Not only are we discussing,

2:27.9

like we said before, one of the most iconic episodes of the OC episode 13, the best

2:32.4

Christmas cut ever. But we get to discuss this with a very special lady executive producer,

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