Hallmark Channel Superfans Create Loving Parody of Made-For-TV Holiday Movies
WDCB’s Gary Zidek catches up with Cassie Belek & Phylicia McLeod, the co-creators of the new comedy, A SNOW GLOBE KISSMAS: A HALLMARK CHRISTMAS MOVIE PARODY.
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“Dead moms, every time there’s a dead mom. Big city girl going to a little town, gets stranded. Any sort of winter-themed competition or festivity, any time it snows … any time it snows on cue.” - Cassie & Phylicia talking about their favorite made-for-tv holiday movie tropes.
Phylicia McLeod & Cassie Belek, the co-creators of the new comedy, A SNOW GLOBE KISSMAS: A HALLMARK CHRISTMAS MOVIE PARODY.
An estimated 85 million people will watch the Hallmark Channel and it’s annual COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS between Halloween and New Year’s. But Hallmark is not the only game in town, Lifetime, ION and Netflix are all creating original made-for-tv movies this season.
These folks look happy
Inspired by their mutual love of made-for-tv holiday movies, friends Phylicia McLeod & Cassie Belek decided to create a parody stage production. And A SNOWGLOBE KISSMAS: A HALLMARK MOVIE PARODY was born.
Cassie Belek & Phylicia McLeod in A SNOWGLOBE KISSMAS. Photo credit Jeremy Hill.
In addition to writing the script, Belek and McLeod star in the parody as … identical sisters. What follows is a classic story of two sisters looking for romance in the form of “cowboy types” and elves.
Image from A SNOWGLOBE KISSMAS: A HALLMARK MOVIE PARODY. Photo credit Jeremy Hill.
If you’ve never watched a made-for-tv Christmas movie, here are some recommendations that emerged from Gary’s conversation with Cassie and Phylicia: SNOWGLOBE, anything with Danica McKellar and HATS OFF TO CHRISTMAS!
Danica McKellar doing Christmas things in a Hallmark movie
