It's a Christmas...well...not "miracle." But it's happening near the day! In the final Fab 15 (and EC episode) of 2025, your Uncle Derek and Papa Dave are counting down our favorite albums of 2025. It was a really fun talk and we hope you'll enjoy it and maybe find a few new things to listen to! Enjoy!

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Time Index:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 14:39 - The List Begins!
  • 14:39 - #15
  • 20:23 - #14
  • 27:55 - #13
  • 33:43 - #12
  • 38:47 - #11
  • 45:46 - #10
  • 50:35 - #9
  • 57:45 - #8
  • 1:05:42 - #7
  • 1:11:37 - #6
  • 1:18:03 - #5
  • 1:29:06 - #4
  • 1:38:54 - #3
  • 1:49:11 - #2
  • 1:54:46 - #1
• 2:00:50 - Honorable Mentions
• 2:18:07 - This is Your Christmas
• 2:18:37 - The FINAL 15 and Outro

This is an unfortunately "special" episode, in which I try to process the murder of Rob and Michele Reiner, while also celebrating some of my favorite movies, directed by Rob, and honoring their memory and legacy. I'm not happy with the episode. It's too rambly and aimless. But it's something.

I don't even have a good episode photo because all of my DVDs/BluRays are in stacks for the annual re-sorting that I do at the end of every year. So I can't easily physically get to my Rob Reiner movies to take a picture...but maybe this cover photo is appropriate. "None more black" and all that.

Let's try to have a happier episode soon, okay everybody?