{"podcast":{"title":"Mom Can't Cook! A DCOM Podcast","slug":"mom-can-t-cook-a-dcom-podcast-5584765","podcast_index_feed_id":5584765,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/mom-cant-cook","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/mom-cant-cook","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/e4/ca/b6/4f/e4cab64f-78eb-431e-8f1e-0c2c8f6957dd/c3fac786ea2d92dde669c2e1995998695c29a0cb0464f61ec027c556b7f826aaae0bfb64b6db249d634733f2761628f2baecbcf78a1542a4466ae663a73dfc7d.jpeg","author":"Luke Westaway & Andy Farrant","episode_count":108,"summary":"Join Luke Westaway and Andy Farrant as they talk about cinema's greatest achievement: Disney Channel Original Movies. From X-TREME rollerblading, to Mermen, to homicidal smart homes, there's something for everyone in these brilliant, baffling films. Also, usually the mom character in the film is unable to cook, and this is considered richly comic. Hence the name.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T14:20:00.086609+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mom-can-t-cook-a-dcom-podcast-5584765"},"episode":{"title":"Haul Out the Halloween","slug":"haul-out-the-halloween","published_at":"2025-10-27T07:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mom-can-t-cook-a-dcom-podcast-5584765/haul-out-the-halloween","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mom-can-t-cook-a-dcom-podcast-5584765","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/35/clrtpod.com/m/rss.art19.com/episodes/98a957f2-a76a-4f1e-8c30-4f9886f1b30d.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/35/clrtpod.com/m/rss.art19.com/episodes/98a957f2-a76a-4f1e-8c30-4f9886f1b30d.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"If you were making a film and one of your characters was a petulant manbaby who was obsessed with rules, spent half of the film in a costume store pretending to be Gandalf and could only become aroused by enforcing the rules of the local homeowners' association, you'd imagine that character would be the villain, right? Well, welcome to the Hallmark Channel's Haul Out the Halloween, where not only is this character, Jared, not the villain, he is also the romantic lead and deuteragonist, alongside his wife Emily. Emily and Jared live on Evergreen Lane, known as the most festive street in America, on account of how they go all in on Christmas decorations every year. But while they love Christmas, Halloween is banned because Emily got scared by a scarecrow once 25 years ago, and then her grandma died of unrelated causes several weeks later. But with the arrival of new spooky neighbours, played by Marnie and Kalabar Jr. from Halloweentown, the residents of Evergreen Lane decide that it might be ok to put up some plastic pumpkins this year, and still manage to turn it into a stressful ordeal because these people can't do anything right. Anyway, listen on for one of the most baffling films we've ever watched on this podcast, and enjoy! If you crave bonus episodes of Mom Can't Cook!, monthly livestream watchalongs, or a shoutout at the end of the show, remember to check out our Patreon at  Patreon.com/extrahelpings . If you've watched Haul Out the Halloween and have your own thoughts, email them to us at  momcantcookpod@gmail.com  for a chance to have them read out on the show. Next time on Mom Can't Cook! we'll be watching 2005's Buffalo Dreams. See you then! This episode is bought to you by Uncommon Goods, who make holiday shopping stress-free and joyful, with…","meta_description":"If you were making a film and one of your characters was a petulant manbaby who was obsessed with rules, spent half of the film in a costume store pretend…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":8342,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mom-can-t-cook-a-dcom-podcast-5584765/episodes/haul-out-the-halloween/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mom-can-t-cook-a-dcom-podcast-5584765/haul-out-the-halloween.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}