I was originally cast as one of the elves in the first Santa Paws movie, but I turned it down. It's weird seeing these pop up, but judging by your reactions, I'm confident I made the right decision.
Wow, isn't it awfully rich for this movie to preach about "Christmas not being about commercialism" when it's essentially the fourth installment of a heavily milked franchise? As well as the fourth Air Bud movie exploiting Christmas?
Here’s some details about Pup Star to help clear things up: 1. The dogs can talk because of an intelligence-boosting dog treat called Evolution Dog Treats. The implications of this is not explored at all and is just used to explain why the dogs talk and nothing else. 2. Tiny, the mother dog, is voiced by long-time Air Bud Entertainment child actress Kaitlyn Maher. 3. Scrappy, the puppies' aunt, is Tiny’s long-lost identical sister who had a cliched switcheroo plot in the second movie. She’s pretty much a non-entity in this movie. 4. P.U.P was Scrappy's friend in the second movie and opened up his own recording studio in the third movie. 5. Roland was an evil dog-catcher stereotype while Cano was in charge of a stray dog gang. Bark was a famous star at Pup Star but secretly stole his songs from his friend. The three have been working together in each movie to ruin Tiny’s career at Pup Star. That’s how they know each other. 6. Julio was an actor for telenovelas that was rigged to win the world tour thing but was disqualified when the Pup Stars found out.
My sister almost got hired as a writer for the production company that made the Air Bud films. Apparently, and you're never going to believe this, but these are very assembly line-like productions. A writing team pitches concepts, producers pick which one they think would work best (whether it's because of scheduling, budget or some other reason), someone on the team writes it, preproduction starts, etc. Very efficient and workman-like. She said they were nice people and almost everyone there actually seemed to care about what they were making, believe it or not. My sister didn't get the job because her background of writing historical dramas was kind of a bad match.
Matt's editing is really on point with these. I'm really enjoying his work! Also, as a bland guy who just wears boring clothes all the time, I really dig both of your fashion choices in these videos. :) I have to say, even though I would probably never be able to stand watching a movie like this myself, I do admire the way it just goes all out with the nuttiness, and it looks like the actors are all having a good time as well.
I imagine everything gets handed to all the dogs easily because there was no way the behind the scenes folks could get the dogs to do anything else other than sit, stand or walk. Like, "Oops, can't make the dogs lock up Santa, so let's cut to a different scene and then show him in a cage. Problem solved!” or “Uh-oh, no dog-elf showdown. Just make the elves agree to let the dogs take charge! We’ll only uses our CGI animation for dancing, we know what the kiddies want!”
That seems like a likely reason, since I don't think they splurged for trained dogs. The puppies, at least in the Air Buddies movies, were just randomly shipped in from breeders (which caused issues when they got a batch that were too young to be vaccinated which resulted in puppy deaths), so they probably just took any dog that looked the part regardless of how well they were trained.
@@Pipkiablo Actually, in the big scheme of things, neither the puppies nor the real Pup Stars, Tiny and P.U.P., take any action or do anything in the plot.
A friend of mine who knits was just asking me for ideas a few days ago, I should get a hold of them and see if they'll make a "Fuck Elon" sweater I can send to Allison and Phelous next year.
i am living for the brand of strange and surreal content you two put out. I love videos like this but every once in a while I hope we can have one as strange as the nail polish from cheetos again.
Okay, this one requires a little setup but I have determined in my brain it's still worth it. One of the few things that grows easily in a permafrost environment is magic mushrooms. Unlike traditional plants, all they need is a little warmth and moisture and they'll spring up surprisingly quick. So you can easily find some in reindeer poop. And, it so happens, reindeer _loooove_ getting fucked up, to the point that we've observed they have designated pooping spots in their grazing paths so they always know where to go to get their buzz going, which will only increase the percentage of their next poop that's magic mushroom, compounding. This is so commonplace that any reindeer poop you might find from a tundra reindeer is all but guaranteed to have hallucinogenic properties. So knowing that, this movie could have instantly become my favorite movie in the world if that guy who tasted the rainbow reindeer poop spent the rest of his movie smashed out of his mind, stripping off clothes and running from invisible spiders.
I've now learned more about reindeer poop than I ever wanted to in my life, and you deeserve to be thanked and punished for that lesson, somehow at the same time.
This is from the Air Bud movie? The one about a clown, a boy, and the basketball game? Honestly, they should have stopped it when Josh went off to college.
This plot sounds incredibly similar to the last 20 minutes of The Santa Clause 3, when it decided to start having a plot. Only no Martin Short, so what's the point?
Somehow this is just as hard to follow as the Marvel Cinematic Universe and even more surreal Oh god that CGI dog is horrifying. How far back do they start to talk?! There's no rule a dog can't enter the Mortal Kombat tournament. Dan Woodburn is always typecast but damn it he doesn't sleep through any performance. "I'm Elon" "No wonder this operation is running itself into the ground here" X mas LOL "It's a Rielhly special Christmas" Santa gets abducted so easily in this shows. You'd think he'd have decent security or at least take some self-defense classes or just buy a gun. "OH NO HE WAS THEODORE REX" Dog: "Aurora Borealis!" Me: "PLAY THE SIMPSONS CLIP" (Simpsons Clip) Me: "WOOHOO!" Were Tesla and TMZ just sponsors of this movie? This is basically like if Heidi 4Paws replaced all the boring with total insanity I always look forward to these crazy Christmas reviews.
Dmz... 😅 Side note if you ever review Andomeda tv series I'd watch. I'm like 20 years late to seeing that show, and in the first handful of episilodes there's genocide they shrug off. It made me think of your start trek reviews which were funny.
The original 'Air Bud' was The Rise of the Planet of the Apes of the Air Bud franchise; he was their Ceaser. Now they evolved and coexist with humans, at least for now
Thank you for another one of these inexplicable little treats that probably shouldn't exist, but we're all weirdly glad they do. The fact there's a villanous eyepatch-wearing dog named Kano is something I'll be laughing about for a good bit. Also, I hear a Ziggy call-out at the end :D How's Ziggy doing? 🐈⬛
@@AllisonPregler Ah yes, sure sign of a good young cat. We have a couple older cats on loan now, they don't do love bites anymore. They're noticeably nonviolent. ^_^
Here is an idea for a Xmas Story, NetherRealm Presents JHONNY CAGE SAVES CHRISTMAS! Starring Jhonny Cage as Jhonny Cage, David Harbour as Santa Claus & Kano as KAN O [or viser versa] with special guess Sub Zero. JHONNY CAGE SAVES KHRISTMAS! Merry Christmas Allison & Phelan!
CG dogs turn adorable to horrifying. I'm just imagining having to watch this whole franchise with that. "Come on everybody! Let's do the idiot!" If the dog had introduced himself with "'ello, baby; did you miss me?" and it turns out he cut one of the other dog's best friends' throats, it might be the best talking dog movie ever. The idea of one of the dogs being frozen for half the movie is also pretty terrifying It's the same problem with Santa Claus conquers the Martians- everybody knows that Santa is a Public figure. On one hand, it's a big target on his back. On the other hand, when (never if, always when) he gets kidnapped, EVERYONE knows about it Worse things to do on your birthday, Matt!
Oh wow, George Newbern/Theodore Rex is the current voice of animated Superman? Looks like he's been Superman since the early 2000s. He does alot of these family Hallmarkish movies as well. Interesting career.
Air Bud had pups, leading to the Air Buddies films. Then a mad scientist invented Dog Food that allows dogs to talk, allowing a dog to get into music, leading to the Pup Stars movies.
The thing abt Kano being so "terrifying" is it doesn't work cuz that dog is way too well behaved and friendly looking. Also he's just not that big. Max from Man's Best friend he is not.
I did not expecc to see a reference to your EGREGIOUS Kingdom Hearts negligence from Richie Rich video, but I will draw nourishment from it like moss on a rock nonetheless. Anyway that's mostly what I have to say about this because while I had a blast diving into this story of puppy-musicians and Santa Claus, I feel like all the fun here comes from the fact I'm diving headfirst into some extraordinarily convoluted canon that's apparently had a whole alternate world history building up whereas I thought they just had a dog who played basketball and football... but somehow it STILL feels like the most bland and formulaic thing I've seen in my life. If I had followed the lore release by release as a true Buddy (what the fanbase surely calls itself) then I think I wouldn't have been surprised by anything here, and then the platitude-filled plot would have just bored me. But here I am, swaying from baffled that the rap-dog has a nemesis to barly even caring that four dogs took over the North Pole because I'm not even sure how all that connects to the musician-dogs family woes and the movie makes very little effort to make that connection clear. And in that strange mental headspace, there is some merit to be gained from Puppy Star Christmas. Outside it? No. Just no.
Wow. They're still making air bud "movies". I'm always impressed that each movie they make is the worst movie ever. They dig a deeper trench to keep lowering that bar.
You can thank me for Mickey's shorts later.
Thank you!
I’ll thank you later
As it is later now, I'll thank you now!
@FilmBrain Steamboat Willy/Mickey is now public domain LOL!🐭🐁🙆🤷
Thank you ❤
I was originally cast as one of the elves in the first Santa Paws movie, but I turned it down. It's weird seeing these pop up, but judging by your reactions, I'm confident I made the right decision.
Wow, isn't it awfully rich for this movie to preach about "Christmas not being about commercialism" when it's essentially the fourth installment of a heavily milked franchise? As well as the fourth Air Bud movie exploiting Christmas?
I think you're expecting too much from Air Bud.
I feel like reality might be informing the events of the film, in that there are some kidnapping plots to force people to appear in these movies.
Well said, they’re um pretty hypocritical 😂
The Air Buds in: The heat death of the universe.
"Wow, it's cold."
"You can say that again."
"I can't breathe."
Here’s some details about Pup Star to help clear things up:
1. The dogs can talk because of an intelligence-boosting dog treat called Evolution Dog Treats. The implications of this is not explored at all and is just used to explain why the dogs talk and nothing else.
2. Tiny, the mother dog, is voiced by long-time Air Bud Entertainment child actress Kaitlyn Maher.
3. Scrappy, the puppies' aunt, is Tiny’s long-lost identical sister who had a cliched switcheroo plot in the second movie. She’s pretty much a non-entity in this movie.
4. P.U.P was Scrappy's friend in the second movie and opened up his own recording studio in the third movie.
5. Roland was an evil dog-catcher stereotype while Cano was in charge of a stray dog gang. Bark was a famous star at Pup Star but secretly stole his songs from his friend. The three have been working together in each movie to ruin Tiny’s career at Pup Star. That’s how they know each other.
6. Julio was an actor for telenovelas that was rigged to win the world tour thing but was disqualified when the Pup Stars found out.
Now I want them to watch these “Pup Star” spinoff movies with the goal of “understanding the lore” of this fourth movie!😂
Kaitlyn Maher was originally an America’s Got Talent contestant. I think she’s the youngest to ever compete (she was 4 years old at the time).
It's like a really weird, off-putting soap opera.
You are doing us casual Allison-viewers an indispensible service by keeping up with the lore and I want to thank you for it.
Appreciate the lore info Grace ❤
My sister almost got hired as a writer for the production company that made the Air Bud films. Apparently, and you're never going to believe this, but these are very assembly line-like productions. A writing team pitches concepts, producers pick which one they think would work best (whether it's because of scheduling, budget or some other reason), someone on the team writes it, preproduction starts, etc. Very efficient and workman-like. She said they were nice people and almost everyone there actually seemed to care about what they were making, believe it or not.
My sister didn't get the job because her background of writing historical dramas was kind of a bad match.
Matt is absolutely slaying his sassy editor era
Hell yeah he is!
@@AllisonPreglerI love your and your husbands Christmas outfits
Props to Allison's Christmas jumper/sweater, that is a work of art 😎👍
I do believe it's a sweater. I think the rule is, once there's a dinosaur on it, it's automatically a sweater.
I really like her hairstyle
You're laughing, that dog's whole family got trucker'd, and you're laughing
The Air Bud franchise is so bizarre, like sometimes I forget that it all started with one movie about a dog that played basketball.
I probably should watch that movie 🤔
I recognized one of the elves as the guy who played Kramer's friend Mickey on Seinfeld.
17:14 that cowbell in the background I swear is playing the same beat as the cowbell in "Pretty Fly for a White Guy" by The Offspring
Matt's editing is really on point with these. I'm really enjoying his work! Also, as a bland guy who just wears boring clothes all the time, I really dig both of your fashion choices in these videos. :)
I have to say, even though I would probably never be able to stand watching a movie like this myself, I do admire the way it just goes all out with the nuttiness, and it looks like the actors are all having a good time as well.
I imagine everything gets handed to all the dogs easily because there was no way the behind the scenes folks could get the dogs to do anything else other than sit, stand or walk. Like, "Oops, can't make the dogs lock up Santa, so let's cut to a different scene and then show him in a cage. Problem solved!” or “Uh-oh, no dog-elf showdown. Just make the elves agree to let the dogs take charge! We’ll only uses our CGI animation for dancing, we know what the kiddies want!”
That seems like a likely reason, since I don't think they splurged for trained dogs. The puppies, at least in the Air Buddies movies, were just randomly shipped in from breeders (which caused issues when they got a batch that were too young to be vaccinated which resulted in puppy deaths), so they probably just took any dog that looked the part regardless of how well they were trained.
@@Pipkiablo Actually, in the big scheme of things, neither the puppies nor the real Pup Stars, Tiny and P.U.P., take any action or do anything in the plot.
Just loved you guys shitting on elon, and the worst x-mas ever with that terrible x logo is the bow on that wonderful present 😂
A friend of mine who knits was just asking me for ideas a few days ago, I should get a hold of them and see if they'll make a "Fuck Elon" sweater I can send to Allison and Phelous next year.
I could see Allison and Phelous rank these on a tier list. Although that list would be rather bottom heavy.
Tidings of great joy to you on this joyous holiday!
Thank you! Merry Christmas!
LOL Diedrich Bader's in this too as a villain? Talk about the REAL Batman v Superman! OHOHOHO
I pity the editor who had to sit through the other Pup Star movies to figure out the Pup Star lore and who was a recurring character
I'll have you know I just watched the trailers and some plot synopses. 😉
Then they go into a surprising amount of detail
The air bud universe is strange@@FilmBrain
@@FilmBrainthis still seems like an excessive amount of effort here
10:47 He didnt fart them out? This movie should get an Oscar for subverting expectations.
At least Budderball was help his bros and sister with his gas
i am living for the brand of strange and surreal content you two put out. I love videos like this but every once in a while I hope we can have one as strange as the nail polish from cheetos again.
Oh no. I saw that in my local Walmart a month or two ago. I died inside, spat myself out and died inside again.
Elon the Elf rebrands Christmas as *XX-Mas*
28:21 I want A-pup-alypse Now to be a thing that actually exists
Bark really wanted those Christmas cookies, cookies, cookies, cookies, cookies!!!
this movie must of been RUFF to get through. XD
Love the dinosaur Christmas sweater. I guess that's another connection to Theodore Rex.
I didn’t know this movie even existed. I didn’t realise that they kept on making Air Bud movies after Disney stopped releasing them
Air buddies was the best in the franchise to me
Puppy Star? Can’t be Sirius!
Merry Xmas Allison and Phelan. Thanks for all the laughs this year.
Are they back by pup-ular demand? Lol
Hope you had a wonderful Christmas🎄🎀🎁
George Newbern was super, man in this.
Hey, I’ve got that exact same T-Rex sweater! Glad to see you have such good taste in ugly Christmas sweaters. ❤🦖
Okay, this one requires a little setup but I have determined in my brain it's still worth it.
One of the few things that grows easily in a permafrost environment is magic mushrooms. Unlike traditional plants, all they need is a little warmth and moisture and they'll spring up surprisingly quick. So you can easily find some in reindeer poop. And, it so happens, reindeer _loooove_ getting fucked up, to the point that we've observed they have designated pooping spots in their grazing paths so they always know where to go to get their buzz going, which will only increase the percentage of their next poop that's magic mushroom, compounding. This is so commonplace that any reindeer poop you might find from a tundra reindeer is all but guaranteed to have hallucinogenic properties.
So knowing that, this movie could have instantly become my favorite movie in the world if that guy who tasted the rainbow reindeer poop spent the rest of his movie smashed out of his mind, stripping off clothes and running from invisible spiders.
I hope Alison &/or Phelon find and read this comment, they’d love it!
I've now learned more about reindeer poop than I ever wanted to in my life, and you deeserve to be thanked and punished for that lesson, somehow at the same time.
the puppy kidnapping feels like a Baywatch Nights episode
It’s not a Christmas Film without a DMZ.
They didn’t Google this, did they?
Now I want to see Mortal Kombat Christmas.
I admire the restraint it must have taken to not reference/use the "dogs barking Jingle Bells" in this review.
I watched that Melissa Joan Hart magic nutcracker film last week and Richard Riehle was in that as well. Does he ever turn down work??
I thought the franchise ended with the "Buddies" movies.
No i wish it did but that's hollywood for you
This is from the Air Bud movie? The one about a clown, a boy, and the basketball game? Honestly, they should have stopped it when Josh went off to college.
"There is no rules that a dog can't play basketball and start a very confusing and overexploited extended universe."
All i can think is you're losing your mind about a movie while these dog's children are living well.
Merry Christmas Allison & Phelan!
25:24- Nice reference to Wrongfully Accused, Phelan.
Does feel like this operates entirely by the thought process, "Eh it's for kids, let's not think too hard into this."
Well, at least this film proves two things: Humour is dead, and Santa is real.
Before you know it an Airbud Multiverse will come
Ziggy just wanted you to watch a Christmas movie with talking cats.
Was one of the villains the alien captain from Galaxy Quest?
So why didn't Richard reel de santafy 😅 when he took off the outfit
I have no idea what you're talking about. The nanny looked identical to Mrs. Claus! 😂
Thanks for the Christmas present, you too. It was fun.
Same cinematographer as Scream (1996), Mark Irwin.
This plot sounds incredibly similar to the last 20 minutes of The Santa Clause 3, when it decided to start having a plot. Only no Martin Short, so what's the point?
28:21 to 28:28 made me feel joy.
Somehow this is just as hard to follow as the Marvel Cinematic Universe and even more surreal
Oh god that CGI dog is horrifying. How far back do they start to talk?!
There's no rule a dog can't enter the Mortal Kombat tournament.
Dan Woodburn is always typecast but damn it he doesn't sleep through any performance.
"I'm Elon" "No wonder this operation is running itself into the ground here" X mas LOL
"It's a Rielhly special Christmas"
Santa gets abducted so easily in this shows. You'd think he'd have decent security or at least take some self-defense classes or just buy a gun.
"OH NO HE WAS THEODORE REX"
Dog: "Aurora Borealis!"
Me: "PLAY THE SIMPSONS CLIP"
(Simpsons Clip)
Me: "WOOHOO!"
Were Tesla and TMZ just sponsors of this movie?
This is basically like if Heidi 4Paws replaced all the boring with total insanity
I always look forward to these crazy Christmas reviews.
Santa allows himself to be abducted so he can get a vacation
Dmz... 😅
Side note if you ever review Andomeda tv series I'd watch. I'm like 20 years late to seeing that show, and in the first handful of episilodes there's genocide they shrug off. It made me think of your start trek reviews which were funny.
Airbud became an assassin and killed Julio's entire family
The original 'Air Bud' was The Rise of the Planet of the Apes of the Air Bud franchise; he was their Ceaser. Now they evolved and coexist with humans, at least for now
Thank you for another one of these inexplicable little treats that probably shouldn't exist, but we're all weirdly glad they do. The fact there's a villanous eyepatch-wearing dog named Kano is something I'll be laughing about for a good bit.
Also, I hear a Ziggy call-out at the end :D How's Ziggy doing? 🐈⬛
Ziggy is good! She loves treats and biting!
@@AllisonPregler Ah yes, sure sign of a good young cat. We have a couple older cats on loan now, they don't do love bites anymore. They're noticeably nonviolent. ^_^
And Kano Was His Name, How Lame-O! 🐶🤣🎼🎵🎶
The editor becoming rather salty made me think you guys had actually forgotten Matt's Birthday.
Here is an idea for a Xmas Story, NetherRealm Presents JHONNY CAGE SAVES CHRISTMAS! Starring Jhonny Cage as Jhonny Cage, David Harbour as Santa Claus & Kano as KAN O [or viser versa] with special guess Sub Zero. JHONNY CAGE SAVES KHRISTMAS! Merry Christmas Allison & Phelan!
CG dogs turn adorable to horrifying. I'm just imagining having to watch this whole franchise with that.
"Come on everybody! Let's do the idiot!"
If the dog had introduced himself with "'ello, baby; did you miss me?" and it turns out he cut one of the other dog's best friends' throats, it might be the best talking dog movie ever.
The idea of one of the dogs being frozen for half the movie is also pretty terrifying
It's the same problem with Santa Claus conquers the Martians- everybody knows that Santa is a Public figure. On one hand, it's a big target on his back. On the other hand, when (never if, always when) he gets kidnapped, EVERYONE knows about it
Worse things to do on your birthday, Matt!
Aw i wasn’t notified of this video somehow 😅 at least it’s great to know you guys know about the crazy buddy-multiverse😂
6.1.24
Saw this movie on dvd from my library fun movie 😊
I thought you had to get permission from the Federation and Cardassia to air anything on DMZ.
Oh wow, George Newbern/Theodore Rex is the current voice of animated Superman? Looks like he's been Superman since the early 2000s. He does alot of these family Hallmarkish movies as well. Interesting career.
I think Danica McKeller (Miss Martian from Young Justice) does a lot of Hallmark movies too.
You should cover the other Pup Star movies
I love Allison singing the Sub-Zero song about Kano. (as a diehard fan of the MK album, Kano's song is definitely not that memorable)
Mmm 🤔 no idea what this ‘TMZ’ is but I definitely know about Kingdom hearts 😂❤
The editor has a suspiciously large amount of knowledge of the Air Bud / Pup Star cinematic universe.
Matt does thorough research!
I thought that was DSP in the thumbnail
The Air Bud movies had an extended universe decades before Marvel
Wikipedia doesn't even mention Pup Star being part of it.
Well, in latin america we pronounce Kano "KAH-NOH" so for us the dog is a kannon crossover.
What in the world has happened in the interim between Air Bud and this?????
All the great Air buddies movies i stand by that
Air Bud had pups, leading to the Air Buddies films.
Then a mad scientist invented Dog Food that allows dogs to talk, allowing a dog to get into music, leading to the Pup Stars movies.
The thing abt Kano being so "terrifying" is it doesn't work cuz that dog is way too well behaved and friendly looking. Also he's just not that big. Max from Man's Best friend he is not.
Santa: "Love is the perfect gift to share with family!"
What about the dog whose whole family was bloody dead, Santa?!
We need a sequel!
*woooo hooooooo!!! yeah!!!! do the retirement!!!!* XD
Wait wut? You have a playthrough of Kingdom Hearts? On the tube?
Ooo I’d for sure watch that 🥹
I hope one Day Phelous make a Video with Bobsheaux because both reviewed multiple Times Movies from the other and they have a similar Style.
#releasetheairbudcut #restorethebudverse
ELLOOOO Baby, we needed some Australian cyborg dogs in this franchise, c'mon.
Hey Lupa, any chance of that Addams Family Reunion thing coming here?
Man, George Newbern being in this makes me almost as sad as when Kevin Conroy was in Yoga Hosers
I did not expecc to see a reference to your EGREGIOUS Kingdom Hearts negligence from Richie Rich video, but I will draw nourishment from it like moss on a rock nonetheless.
Anyway that's mostly what I have to say about this because while I had a blast diving into this story of puppy-musicians and Santa Claus, I feel like all the fun here comes from the fact I'm diving headfirst into some extraordinarily convoluted canon that's apparently had a whole alternate world history building up whereas I thought they just had a dog who played basketball and football... but somehow it STILL feels like the most bland and formulaic thing I've seen in my life. If I had followed the lore release by release as a true Buddy (what the fanbase surely calls itself) then I think I wouldn't have been surprised by anything here, and then the platitude-filled plot would have just bored me. But here I am, swaying from baffled that the rap-dog has a nemesis to barly even caring that four dogs took over the North Pole because I'm not even sure how all that connects to the musician-dogs family woes and the movie makes very little effort to make that connection clear. And in that strange mental headspace, there is some merit to be gained from Puppy Star Christmas. Outside it? No. Just no.
Puppies amirite
Hi ☺️👋
Julio's backstory is so grimdark!
XD
Clearly the sequel needs a dog that's like Kano but more boring. Call him Jarek (pronounced Jar-ECK)
The characters look so out of place in most scenes, holy hell.
Ms. Claus sister half-sister is more like it
Wow. They're still making air bud "movies". I'm always impressed that each movie they make is the worst movie ever. They dig a deeper trench to keep lowering that bar.
Y'all should do pup Academy it's a million times better then this crap 😄
nobody watches this bargain bin shit do they?