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Nov. 23, 2023 - Sean Hannity Show
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John Schneider
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Hey, welcome to Hannity, everybody.
This is Jay Seculo.
That's right, Logan Seculo.
And we are in for our friend Sean Hannity.
We're monitoring, by the way, the situation in New York with the explosion at the Rainbow Bridge Crossing, which is, of course, at Niagara Falls.
At the border.
At the border, monitoring that very carefully.
And then we've been involved in the, we represent families in Israel that are hostages of Hamas.
And obviously, we've been involved in all of that.
We've given reports on that.
And we will continue to update you on our work there.
We've got our offices in France, our offices in Jerusalem, and our office in Washington, D.C. heavily engaged in all of that.
But we're here really also to give some light and some happiness as we get ready to celebrate Thanksgiving and into the Christmas season.
That's right.
We have been talking about our new film, Jingle Smells, which is available right now.
We decide to surprise drop on Hannity and say the movie is available right now.
We are joined by one of the stars and one of our good friends, John Schneider.
You know him, you love him.
He needs no introduction.
And John, thanks for coming on Hannity today.
I know it's a busy week for a lot of people, but to come on and talk about our movie as well as some of your other projects going on.
I think this is an important time.
People need a little bit of a laugh, but also they need this kind of, and look, you've been someone who's been on the forefront of producing this kind of content for the last few years at least.
People need to be able to stand up and say, no more of the agenda is being pushed.
This is, he represents me, and having movies like this is important.
Absolutely.
And how we do it, our weapons of choice are storytelling.
You know, so this is a wonderful, wonderful movie.
I've just, I laughed.
It's hysterical.
But it's so great that it comes against canceled culture.
It's so great that it's patriotic.
It's kind of reminiscent of a certain television show I used to do where the good guys got in trouble for doing the right thing.
Absolutely.
And look, it is interesting to see you as a cop, I have to say.
You know, as someone who grew up on your show, to know, to see you as a cop was one of the first things I was like, well, you know, but you look in the uniform.
It worked.
Oh, thanks.
Thanks.
Yeah, I was on the wrong side of the badge somehow.
That was kind of a nice juxtaposition, though.
Oh, yeah.
I think a lot of the comments are that.
If you look at the comments on our trailer posts, and again, over half a million views on our trailer and just on Rumble alone, and it's growing on all these other platforms, a lot of them are.
It's fun to see John as the law when he's been fighting the law for so long.
Very cool, though.
And John, this time.
Okay, go ahead.
No, no, no.
Go ahead.
No, no, I'm just saying that though this movie, you said it deals with a lot of important topics.
And I think that that is, when I've pitched this movie, I said it's a silly Christmas comedy, like as in the wrapping paper.
But the present itself is that it stands up for a lot of people who feel like they're getting an agenda pushed on them that isn't really what they want.
They don't want it for their families.
But also the movie's clean.
It's something to put around on Thanksgiving or Christmas to watch the whole season.
And to make that available to people also at an affordable cost, something that's important to us as well, is cool too.
It's not something that, you know, I'll be honest, and I've talked to you about this.
We had a theatrical distributor approach us, and we said, you know, at this time, when people are stretched thin economically, we see sort of the chaos in the world.
This is a movie, jingle smells, that you can get behind and watch really for the price of one ticket.
Because I took my kids to see, you know, the Paul Patrol movie or whatever it was.
And by the time I got done with that, with popcorn and candy, it was over $200 to take my family to this.
That's crazy.
And this, we're coming out in 1999.
It's available.
You can watch it as many times as you want.
And John, someone who also has done this as well, it's also independent filmmaking.
It's not big studio productions.
And there's something nice about knowing where your money's going.
Well, absolutely.
You'll get an accurate accounting because you'll be doing the accounting, which is fantastic, right?
So it's, folks, you know the feeling that you had when you sat around and watched Dukes of Hazard.
This is the same kind of a vibe.
It's the same kind of a thing.
You're going to want to watch it with your grandparents, and your grandparents are going to want to watch it with you.
And it's just good old-fashioned entertainment for the entire family, like we used to know how to do.
Somehow, several generations forgot how to do that.
So it's good that you, Logan and you, Jay, and your gang there, and those of us who really care about content, we are picking up the ball.
We're going to run with it.
We're going to provide fantastic, independent entertainment through movies, through music, through books, all of that as we continue to rebuild the greatest country in the history of the world.
You know, John, one of the things that, you know, I said this, we had Victoria Jackson on early, and I said this.
You watch some of the movies today and some of the TV shows and everything looks fine.
And then you get, I call it the left hook.
And it comes out of nowhere.
And it's the agenda-driven from the hard left.
And it doesn't even fit the movie or the script or the TV show, but it's like they cannot resist.
The one thing that among the many things I like about this movie is not only is it funny, which is great, and your acting is fantastic, it does deal with a real phenomenon right now, which is the cancel culture.
And also deals with the military.
So it touches on issues that are important to Americans that think like we do.
Yes, and it touches on them in a very entertaining way.
It doesn't beat you over the head with anything.
It just entertains you like crazy.
And we talk about those subjects that really shouldn't be touchy.
We need to come against cancel culture.
The Dukes of Hazard is arguably one of the first shows that fell victim to that.
So it's absurd.
It's ridiculous.
And I think the way that the movie came together, it is kind of in some areas there with Eric.
It is absurd and ridiculous and wonderful.
Just wonderful.
I mean, it's real.
It's oddly, you know, we try to make this as big, satire fun, but it's crazy how close to reality it has become.
Even since we've made this movie, we've seen this happen over and over.
And John, I did want to divert just for a second because you also have a new book and a new album out as well.
And I know we wanted to touch on that and talk about that.
A totally different subject matter, but it's something that has obviously been near and dear to your heart.
Well, absolutely.
When my beautiful wife passed away on February 21st of this year, I feel God let me go crazy for 48 hours or so.
But then he tapped me on the shoulder and he said, you've got to finish the book.
You've got to finish the book.
So Alicia was writing a book about being in the driver's seat of your own diagnosis, not just turning yourself over to the medical industry, but really taking an active part in lengthening your life.
And it's a fantastic book.
It's funny.
It's got pictures in it.
And both Alicia was probably 90% done with it.
And then I came in and I added some things to it.
And wonderful memories and wonderful stories about what an incredibly brave and strong woman Alicia Elaine Schneider, I'll say, is.
That's great.
And you've got a new album coming out too as well.
Where's that?
I have an album.
I have an album because I wanted to do a tribute album to her.
So I got together with some friends of mine in Nashville and we wrote eight songs and then I added two of her favorites onto it that I know she would love.
And that's called We're Still Us.
So the album's called We're Still Us.
The book is called In the Driver's Seat.
They're both available now at johnschneiderstudios.com.
Or you can get the book through Amazon.
But I'd rather you buy through us.
Yeah, look, that's the truth.
I think people need to understand that, too.
I've gotten a few texts and comments.
Go buy it through JohnSchneiderStudios.com.
Just like when we're selling our stream right now for the movie, we're asking you to go to jinglesmells.movie or even just directly on Rumble.
And I'll say this and be upfront about it.
Reason we don't say go buy it through the app is because guess who takes a good chunk of that revenue?
Whoever's that app store fighters, whether that's Amazon or whether that's Apple, when you're talking to us in Rumble or talking to us in John Schneider Studios, you know exactly where it's going.
Yes.
Yes, you do.
You certainly do.
It's very important, I think, for people to understand that.
Yes, there's convenience there to just use an Amazon or to just buy it right there on your app.
And I understand that.
And look, I probably fell victim to that myself, but I know that I want to support independent producers of content, whether that's films like our movie, Jingle Smells, or whether that is your album, We're Still Us, or In the Driver's Seat, the new book written by you and obviously by Alicia as well.
A beautiful story and a great CD as well and great album.
You can pick it up there.
You know, I've had the pleasure of having John playing with our band.
And he's a fantastic singer and great guitarist.
And we've had a lot of fun doing that.
John, I want to get back to the movie because I want to get back to the culture issues that we're dealing with right now.
There's so much going on right now across the globe.
It's a harrowing time.
But voices like yours and ours and others that speak out on these issues, we used to call that free speech and pure free speech.
But that now is at risk.
Logan said, it was interesting.
I wear this, and I think he does too, as a badge of a compliment, that when the trailer came out, which has been viewed a million times almost, some of the left-wing media, of course, just on a 46-second, 45-second trailer, went with their usual attacks.
This is right-wing propaganda and already bashing it, saying it's horrible before they even saw more than 45 seconds of the movie just because they knew great, though.
Oh, it's great.
Because they're so afraid.
They are afraid of the fact that they know over half the audience of these kind of movies is right there with them.
And that's what I was going to say, John.
The fact is, the issues you touch on in the movie, you actually, John's role is kind of the truth teller in this.
And I think that's an important message for people to understand, John.
Well, absolutely.
Absolutely.
You can't get afraid of the cancel culture, number one, but you can't be afraid to speak out.
I don't know where conservatives meet.
Obviously, the three of us never were afraid to speak out.
But why, all of a sudden, in the last five years or so, did it become uncool to have a conservative opinion in a public place?
And all of a sudden, conservatives started looking around their shoulder before they said, you know, I'm voting for Trump.
Right.
If you don't have the integrity to shout out what you believe, then I question whether or not you really believe it.
I love the fact that this movie takes that stance as well.
And it's terrific.
And yeah, I guess I'm the Yoda.
I'm kind of the Yoda.
But I'm a funny Yoda.
I'm a funny.
You are funny Yoda.
You're funny.
Whether you're the one giving the delivering the line or whether you're the butt of the joke.
The good thing about John is that you're always game and you're always ready to go and have a lot of fun.
And we had a lot of fun together making this movie.
And I hope we get to make a lot more.
And John, I'm just thrilled to call you a friend, someone who we can rely on and work with.
And look, I hope I think you're coming to town here next week.
Hopefully we'll see you then as well because it has been a great experience and I can't wait to hopefully continue on.
That's one of the big things about this.
We hope that this is the number one Christmas movie of the year.
We really believe it can be with your support.
And with that, we hope to make more.
That this will not be the end of what we do at the ACLJ, what we do with Sean Hannity and what we do with John and some of the other people you've heard here on this broadcast today because we believe in this is much more than just a silly, fun Christmas comedy.
We hope this is a movement we could continue, John.
Thank you so much.
And then John Schneider Studios, where you can pick up the book and the new album.
Thanks, John, for being with us.
We really appreciate it.
You're a good friend.
I'll see you back in Nashville.
Yes, sir.
We look forward to it.
All right.
So we've got more coming up on the Hannity broadcast.
Let me tell you what to do.
This movie, folks, is a game changer, and I really believe it could be the number one Christmas movie of the year, comedy movie.
I want you to go to jinglesmells.movie or Hannity.com or rumble.com, and it is a surprise release today.
The demand we saw last night, that was high, and we figured we're hosting a guest hosting on Sean's program.
What better time to do it?
So we encourage you to really get the movie today.
And you could do that again, rumble.com, jinglesmells.movie or Hannity.com, and you can get it exactly that way.
We encourage you to do it.
We've got a lot more ahead.
We've got a lot more to contact.
We've got some updates on some stories that are in the news too.
So we'll be back in literally just a few moments.
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What I told people I was making a podcast about Benghazi.
Nine times out of ten, they called me a masochist, rolled their eyes, or just asked, why?
Benghazi, the truth became a web of lies.
It's almost a dirty word, one that connotes conspiracy theory.
Will we ever get the truth about the Benghazi massacre?
Bad faith, political warfare, and, frankly, bullshit.
We kill the ambassador just to cover something up.
You put two and two together.
Was it an overblown distraction or a sinister conspiracy?
Benghazi is a Rosetta Stone for everything that's been going on for the last 20 years.
I'm Leon Napok from Prologue Projects and Pushkin Industries.
This is Fiasco, Benghazi.
What difference at this point does it make?
Yes, that's right.
Lock her up.
Listen to Fiasco, Benghazi, on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Hey there, I'm Mary Catherine Hamm.
And I'm Carol Markowitz.
We've been in political media for a long time.
Long enough to know that it's gotten, well, a little insane.
That's why we started Normally, a podcast for people who are over the hysteria and just want clarity.
We talk about the issues that actually matter to the country without panic, without yelling, and with a healthy dose of humor.
We don't take ourselves too seriously, but we do take the truth seriously.
So if you're into common sense, sanity, and some occasional sass, you're our kind of people.
Catch new episodes of Normally every Tuesday and Thursday on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen.
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And I'm Ted Cruz.
Three times a week, we do our podcast, Verdict with Ted Cruz.
Nationwide, we have millions of listeners.
Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, we break down the news and bring you behind the scenes inside the White House, inside the Senate, inside the United States Supreme Court.
And we cover the stories that you're not getting anywhere else.
We arm you with the facts to be able to know and advocate for the truth with your friends and family.
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What I told people I was making a podcast about Benghazi, nine times out of ten, they called me a masochist, rolled their eyes, or just asked, why?
Benghazi, the truth became a web of lies.
It's almost a dirty word, one that connotes conspiracy theory.
Will we ever get the truth about the Benghazi massacre?
Bad faith, political warfare, and frankly, bullshit.
We kill the ambassador just to cover something up.
You put two and two together.
Was it an overblown distraction or a sinister conspiracy?
Benghazi is a Rosetta Stone for everything that's been going on for the last 20 years.
I'm Leon Napok from Prologue Projects and Pushkin Industries.
This is Fiasco, Benghazi.
What difference at this point does it make?
Yes, that's right.
Lock her up.
Listen to Fiasco, Benghazi, on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Welcome back to Hannity, by the way.
That little tune you just heard is performed by the JSECULO Band.
You can get information about that.
I guess going to JSECULOBAN on Facebook.
Yeah, you can find it out there.
All the videos are in our YouTube channel, ACLJ's YouTube channel.
We've got a concert at the end of the month.
Last day of the month will be a live concert on Rumble and Facebook and YouTube and X. That's right.
You do that.
You're also in the finale of the movie.
Which is really exciting.
I thought so.
I think it's great.
You guys play your own version of Jingle Bells.
So it's a pretty cool moment.
Kind of the tight version of it, to tell you that.
I know.
You've seen our trailers or heard it.
It's what we use as our sort of main theme.
So that, and I will say, because this is, you know, this is Hannity and Coming to Your City is the theme song of Handy.
John Rich also gave us a song to use.
Santa's Got a Dirty Job, which is available on all your streaming service and all.
That's kind of one of the, there's two songs that are really in this movie.
There's a great music score.
Chris, who did that, did a great job.
But then there's two songs that are in it.
Jingle Bells, Jingle Smells, your version that's in the movie.
And then Santa's Got a Dirty Job, which is a great John Rich song that's on his new record as well.
It's him and Mike Rowe and the Oak Ridge boys.
And it's in the film as well.
Yeah, so we're excited about that.
By the way, New York governor has just concluded a press conference where she said at this point, there is no indication that what happened at that bridge was in between Canada and the United States was an act of terrorism.
We hope that's the case, that it wasn't.
Obviously, Terrorism Task Force is looking at it, so we'll keep you posted if anything develops in the rest of the broadcast here.
On the front in Israel, the beginning of the basically the ceasefire, if you want to call it, or temporary reprieve is starting this morning at 3 a.m., I think their time in Israel.
So we'll keep you posted on that as well.
We're representing a number of the hostage families and trying to get them out.
That's a big job that the ACLJ, our affiliates in Jerusalem and, of course, in Strasbourg, France, are working on.
We've got more on the Hannity program coming up.
You want to stay tuned in?
Go to jinglesmells.movie.
Movie is out today.
Sean Hannity's in it.
You don't want to miss it.
Also, executive produced it with Logan.
Again, jinglesmells.movie.
Back with more Hannity in a minute.
Hey, everybody, welcome back to the Sean Hannity show.
Jay Seculo, Logan Seculo.
We're in for Sean.
And let me give you an update on the situation in Israel.
We have an office in Jerusalem at the American Center for Law and Justice.
We also have clients that are hostage families that are in this situation with Hamas.
It's horrific, as you can imagine.
The Prime Minister spoke not that long ago.
Here's what he said.
He said, quote, I want to be clear, the war is continuing.
The war is continuing.
We will continue it until we achieve all our goals.
No hostages will be released prior to Friday morning Eastern Standard Time.
So that's when they'll be released.
International Red Cross will go into Gaza to treat Israeli prisoners with medication.
The Prime Minister also instructed the Mossad to eliminate the leaders of Hamas wherever they are hiding globally.
And he thanked President Biden for their phone call earlier today about ongoing hostage negotiations.
So there's still ongoing hostage negotiations there.
And our teams at the European Center for Law and Justice and our office in Jerusalem and our office in Washington is here heavily involved in representing these families.
So that's the update there.
But we're also bringing some light here and some happiness and some joy as we get ready for Thanksgiving with the announcement of a great movie called Jingle Smells.
The executive producer, Sean Hannity, Logan Seculo, and you've got one of your other stars here.
That's right.
Last star of the day.
We've had an amazing group join us already this morning.
We've had this evening.
It's been a long day as we've been promoting this movie.
We had John Schneider on.
We had Ben Davies on.
We had Victoria Jackson.
And now we're joined by the guy who a lot of people who have seen this movie say he steals the movie.
Comedian has been around forever.
You know him.
You love him.
Bradstein.
Brad, you're Nashville local, but you couldn't make it in today.
Obviously, it's Thanksgiving, but I appreciate you calling in.
Listen, I don't normally brag about this, but I have been fasting and praying for this movie since we wrapped.
The good news, it drops today on Rumble.
The bad news, I'm down to 47 pounds.
So thanks.
No, Brad.
It was a surprise release, so your surprise fast could be over.
Yeah, it could be over.
It's like it's a miracle really before Thanksgiving.
So thankfully you do it.
Brad, I was so honored to have you join the cast of this movie.
And with Daniel Lusko, who's our director, he suggested you, I thought, man, Brad could be hysterical in this role.
And really, you came in, brought a lot of light and brought a lot of humor to this character.
And what I like about working with you, as well as the rest of the cast you've heard from today, you're there with us.
for the message as well.
And it's not just the message of the movie, but really, if you want to say the overall purpose of this movie, which is to have an option and have a Hollywood agenda-free option for your family.
Well, listen, if you know my career, The New Yorker called me God's comic in 2004.
I destroyed my secular mainstream career when I came out and said I'm a conservative.
I'm a Christian, and I'm unapologetic.
I will not speak truth at all times.
I will stand for liberty.
I will stand for freedom.
It will be done in my comedy routines, and I will do it and see if there happens to be anybody else out there that believes in what I'm doing.
And, you know, that's what it's all about, guys.
I mean, I wanted to do sophisticated comedy for Christians, for conservatives, for patriots.
And that's what I do.
But then I said, what about movies?
That's the thing that most affects, you know, a lot of times young people, a lot of times people who maybe aren't watching the news.
But they do go to social media.
They do go to the dissemination of information, sometimes to the arts and the entertainment.
And why shouldn't we have the best stuff there is, folks?
It's funny.
It's a funny movie.
It's poignant.
And it's, you know what else?
It's just kind of, it's just kind of fun.
We're not trying to beat you over the head with a political point of view.
We're not trying to, you know, force you to believe one way or the other.
It's just, you know what it is?
It's for Americans.
It's for people who just used to sit around on Thanksgiving, Christmas, watch a show together, and everybody had something just for them.
And so I'm proud to be part of that.
The miracle worker, I must say, is Daniel Lusko, the director of what that guy did in Six Days and editing it.
He's a magician.
So he should be like, you know, doing three movies a year.
The guy's amazing.
Daniel Lusko, for those of you looking for a director.
But I appreciate you guys letting me in and just really taking my comedy career and what I've stood for as God's comic all these years and letting me have a chance to be part of something like this.
I believe that this could be a juggernaut and a launch of much, much more films like this, which, by the way, I think will prove that if the bottom line even matters anymore to studios, that this is the type of thing that is not only something that is necessary in America to give us some kind of unity, but you know what?
It's going to make money because people want this, not the propaganda, crazy wokies.
So this is a perfect storm for people to go do something with their family on Thanksgiving and be proud of America.
And that is the goal.
You know, the goal of this film, like I said, we want to be the number one Christmas movie of the year, the number one new Christmas movie of the year.
And we think we can do it because people are listening to what Brad had to say, and that is true, which is this is the kind of movie the audience wants.
We really, truly do believe it.
We've partnered with Rumble because they are the number one free speech platform.
And we cannot be more proud to work with them, work with Sean Hannity and everyone on this team to get this movie into your hands.
And hopefully, in front of your eyeballs and from all of your friends and family, hopefully they'll see it as well and see that you're right.
You don't just have to take what you're given.
We're able to give you a new option.
And by the way, as Brad said, if this one is a success, which we believe wholeheartedly it will be, that there will be much, much more coming down the pikes.
We're excited about what else could be produced out of the ACLJ with Sean Hannity and with everyone.
We're working on a lot of project potential, and I'm excited to hopefully continue that going.
Do you want to play if we could?
If it's ready, we'd like to play a bit of an audio trailer for Jingle Smells available right now.
All right, Merry Christmas, America.
As Hollywood has canceled action star Mason Stone.
From ACLJ Films and executive producer Sean Hannity and Logan Seculo comes the hilarious new Christmas movie, Jingle Smells.
Like a holiday, Robin Hood, the mysterious gift giver, has struck again.
Starring John Schneider, Ben Davies, Eric Roberts, James Storm, and featuring comedy legends Victoria Jackson and Jim Brewer.
I should have known your hard luck son was involved.
You didn't know him before Afghanistan.
Jingle Smells has heart, humor, and no Hollywood agenda.
If you get busted with those toys, you're done.
You made me an accessory.
Well, you know what they say?
Some accessories are required.
Am I smiling?
No.
Jingle Smells.
Now streaming on Rumble.
For more information and to order the movie, go to jinglesmells.movie.
It's available now, jinglesmells.movie.
Brad, I wanted to give you a moment here, too.
I think people will be excited after they see this movie because I think this is different for a lot of the cast.
You obviously can meet John Schneider at a lot of events and things.
Brad Stein comes to your town.
Brad Stein is touring.
So if you like Michael, Uncle Mike, crazy Uncle Mike in this movie, Brad Stein's the unapologetic American comedy tour is happening right now.
And you two are nonstop.
Well, I do.
And actually, my new album, which I haven't quite finished yet, is close.
But my next tour is going to be called Laugh While It's Legal.
So that's listen.
I have been a follower and a fan and a donor, to be perfectly honest, of ACLJ for many, many years.
And your dad's we've known each other for many years.
We all are in the same boat.
We're fighting the same fight.
We just use different genres, different flavors, different means of communication.
I do it as a comic, as an actor, but I'd stand for something I believe in somebody, folks.
We are at a time in our history that I don't know if there's any precedent for this as far as what we're dealing with, but we need to find unity once again.
We don't have to agree on everything, but we do have to agree on this, that America is not perfect, and I don't worship it.
I worship God.
But I'm grateful for the greatest nation the world has ever known.
And if we can't find some unity and something to bring us back together, we simply can't survive.
Well, this is a movie.
I know.
It's not a miracle worker, but it's just a small step in saying little by little we're going to recapture the culture and re-remind Americans what it meant to be one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
It's that important you guys to go get movies like this.
Support them, not with a placard going out protesting by saying, I don't like it.
Get your little five bucks out and protest by saying I'm going to invest in something that matters to me.
And in the end, I still think we will see what it looks like for America to have a beautiful holiday movie that will become a classic.
And that's really what we're hoping for.
Either way, you're going to have a great time.
And I really thank you guys for letting me be part of it because I love what you're doing.
And I'm grateful that I can be attached in any small way.
Brad, thank you.
You play a huge role in this movie and you are hysterical in it.
Again, you steal the show.
It's exciting to, I know people will love you.
Brad, I'm thrilled you were in it.
I got to see the movie, of course, and you did a great job, a great part, and a part that also had some, it packed a punch in the right way.
And we appreciate you and appreciate the stands you're taking.
Thanks for being with us today, buddy.
Ditto, brothers.
Bye-bye.
Talk to you soon.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Happy Thanksgiving.
We'll talk to you very soon, Brad.
Again, it's important time.
We know things are changing.
Look, we see the ever-changing news cycle.
When we started this show, this just shows you how crazy things are.
We know that there's hostages potentially about to be released in Israel.
We know when we started this broadcast, there was talks of there being a terrorist attack in Niagara Falls, Niagara Falls.
And now that seems to be, you've even seen the news, the news television networks all start shifting off of it because now it seems like maybe that wasn't the case.
It's a constantly evolving situation in this world.
But one thing's for sure, whether it's what's happening in the Middle East with everything in America, it's chaotic.
It feels out of whack.
It feels not normal.
Well, we want to give you a little sense of that normalcy with this movie.
And again, I want to thank Sean Hannity as well for letting us take over the show today and spend some time talking about it because it really is a special time for us.
We worked really hard on it where there's an incredible cast.
You've just heard from Brad.
You've heard from Victoria, from John, and from Ben, and just incredible other members of the cast as well.
Jim Brewer and James Storm and Dylan Postel.
And just, I mean, I could go through the whole Jacqueline Stapp, my wife, Amanda, Jordan's wife, Anna.
Jordan makes a brief cameo in it as well.
You're in it on brief.
He makes a good size cameo.
You're in it.
I have to say, I'm in this movie.
The least.
And the least, no one recognizes me.
I think because I will just tell you this, if you're watching this movie, I'm in the very first scene of the movie, but people don't catch it because they're focused on, I'm more like an extra.
But you hear my voice a few times throughout.
So listen in the hospital scene, maybe you'll hear from me.
Listen to at the end, there's some old movies that play that we had Jordan's daughters in it and as well as Andy Oconimo from our team is in it.
Yes.
Gameplay a judge.
And you'll hear a voiceover coming from me.
You'll also hear a lot of little cameos if you just pay attention to what's going on the sound, including Governor Mike Hockaby.
And of course, Sean.
And of course, Sean's in it.
He opens it up.
He opens it and really kind of closes it.
He's in the movie quite a bit.
So he did a great job.
And it's a wonderful movie.
So if the people want to buy the movie, and lots of you are, and we really appreciate that, what do they need to do?
And that's going to help the ACLJ out, folks, too, because it's an ACLJ film.
It is ACLJ.
So portion of the proceeds are going to the ACLJ.
Jinglesmells.movie is the domain to buy it.
If you already are familiar with Rumble, you already have a Rumble account, just go to rumble.com slash Jinglesmells, click that big buy access button, and you're good to go.
It's also available on Hannity.com.
You can see the big article about the surprise drop we did today.
And the word is getting out there.
I'm seeing a lot of news media starting to cover the film, and I'm excited to see that because, look, I don't care what you say.
I've seen this movie so many times.
I'm a pretty good judge of it.
Even if I co-wrote it, I will tell you, it's a terrific movie.
It is a great movie.
I also want to thank Linda McLaughlin.
Absolutely.
Linda has been an incredible member essentially of this team to help put together the rollout because we could not do it without Linda or Sean and Brian Mays, who works with us.
This is an incredible group that came together because they believe in changing the way we talk and changing the way Hollywood movies can be perceived.
And we can do it and we can really take on that world.
We've got a little bit more ahead.
I'm going to give you an update on some ACLJ cases when we come back from the break.
Again, the movie's jinglesmells.movie.
You can buy it today, and it's out today.
The movie is live.
So we encourage you to get the movie today as we did.
Surprise release, Hannity.com, jinglesmells.movie, or, of course, rumble.com.
Back with more in a moment.
Hey, welcome back, everybody.
I need to say this again.
A huge thank you to our friend Sean Hannity for letting us take the show over today.
We appreciate it.
Appreciate all the affiliates.
We've stayed current with the news as it's developed, but also very excited about this movie that is now live a day earlier than planned.
Yes, absolutely.
We dropped it just for this audience.
We decided to surprise the Hannity audience with the movie.
It's available right now, jinglesmells.movie, Hannity.com.
You'll find it front and center on Rumble right now.
And we appreciate them for being our premier platform.
And hey, we just heard you guys doing The Wait, the JSAC Killow band.
You make an appearance in the movie.
We do it.
It's fun.
We do it.
We do a song towards the end of the movie.
Hey, and the last waltz from the band, that was on Thanksgiving Day.
So it's a Thanksgiving tradition.
I feel like it ties everything together harmoniously as we promote the movie.
And I just watched The Last Waltz again just the other day, which is a great, great video.
As this movie is, it's coming up.
And you know it from Song that great.
It's just like The Last Waltz.
It's very similar.
It's a lot more upbeat.
Yeah, it's a Scorsese film about the band.
It's very sweet, fun movie.
You can watch what you're saying.
To get it, what do they need to do last time here before Thanksgiving?
Jinglesmells.movie.
Hit that big giant button that says order here.
Put in your credit card information.
You know what to do from there.
Download the Rumble app, log in like you would on a Netflix or whatever it be.
The movie's right there to play.
Enjoy it.
Watch it tonight or tomorrow with your family.
It's mini digital.
Tomorrow, correct?
I believe so.
Yes.
I've seen it.
I've seen it.
100 times.
Over 100 times.
It's great.
It was really a labor of love and also a really big message that we're trying to send to Hollywood.
Make this the number one Christmas movie of the year.
And I believe we can do it.
Jinglesmells.movie.
Thanks to the incredible cast, the incredible crew, and to Sean Hannity for really jumping in and Linda and the whole team for jumping in and making this something very special.
And I got a text from our friend Charlie Daniels Jr.
I have to say, shout out to Charlie Daniels Jr.
as well because he let us put in a really great Charlie Daniels reference for your Charlie Daniels family.
Should a lot of Hannity viewers and listeners are.
So everybody have a great Thanksgiving with your family.
We'll talk to you, I'm sure, very soon.
Again, happy Thanksgiving from the Seculos.
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