THE GRINCH VII + ROGER KUMBLE, JUST FRIENDS (2005)
A Very Merry Iconic Podcast with Danny & Jenna
Danny Pellegrino
5 • 818 Ratings
🗓️ 10 December 2025
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Danny and Jenna are back with their 7th annual Grinch chat, PLUS director Roger Kumble stops by to discuss his iconic holiday feature, JUST FRIENDS! Roger directed the 2005 comedy starring Ryan Reynolds and Anna Faris, which is celebrating its 20th(!!!) anniversary this year. Roger also directed Cruel Intentions!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, my favorite candle. |
| 0:09.1 | I'm obsessed with it. |
| 0:13.4 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to a very merry iconic podcast with me, Danny Pellegrino. |
| 0:17.9 | And me, Jenna Brister. |
| 0:18.8 | Hi, Jenna. |
| 0:19.1 | Hey, Danny. |
| 0:19.7 | How's your holiday season going? |
| 0:21.0 | Really good, actually. Do you have a nice Thanksgiving? I did. I had a great Thanksgiving. It was very cold and snowy. And I made stuffing. Oh, how would it just turn out? Perfect. It was so good. Yeah. How was yours? You know, I always think about stuffing because I love it so much and obviously only have it this time of year. |
| 0:35.4 | And I always think, why don't I actually just make it another time of year? |
| 0:38.3 | But then that would probably take away from the specialness of it, right? |
| 0:41.1 | Absolutely. obviously you only have it this time of year. And I always think, why don't I actually just make it another time of year? But then that would probably take away from the specialness of it, right? |
| 0:41.1 | Absolutely. Yeah. And it is pretty easy to make. The one I make is, it's pretty easy to make. And I love it so much. But then I also kind of got in my head. This sounds like I was stone thinking of this, and I promise I wasn't, but I think about Thanksgiving food and how I've only had it 30 |
| 0:56.4 | sometimes in my life, right? Like, isn't it? of this and I promise I wasn't but I think about Thanksgiving food and how I've only had it |
| 0:55.4 | 30 some times in my life right like isn't that kind of weird to think this meal that you love |
| 1:00.6 | that you look forward to every year you've only had 30 sometimes yes it's bizarre especially cranberry |
| 1:05.8 | sauce is so good I don't ever have that you don Oh, other people make it, but I love it. |
| 1:11.2 | Do they make it or do they take it out of the can? |
| 1:13.5 | Both. |
| 1:14.3 | When they make it, it's so good. But I agree with you. It's such a weird, sacred thing. But I was like, maybe for Christmas I might make stuffing again. Right. I don't know. Right. Yeah. Jenna, you, for listeners who have been wondering about where in the world, Jenna, |
| 1:26.4 | where's her is, you have moved. |
| 1:28.0 | You're back in town this weekend, so you're visiting. |
| 1:30.4 | This is where we're... you, for listeners who have been wondering about where in the world, Jenna, rest are you have moved. |
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