Preview: Christmas commercial, apocalypse game, and Mark
- Why aren't people appreciated or taken seriously in their own hometown or family -- and is there anything to do about it?
The hosts preview the night: a Dr. Freud couch session with Tim Cooper, another round of 'Non-Biblical Signs of the Apocalypse,' and the long-promised reveal of the 'best Christmas present ever' before the 11 o'clock hour. A host shares that reading Mark struck him this week -- Jesus healing few in his hometown because of unbelief, and the line about a prophet not being honored in his own country -- and wonders why people aren't appreciated or taken seriously within their own family or city. The segment dissolves into comedy riffing about Mark's mother, the apostle Bartholomew, and leftover fish and bread.
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