Walk-on Womance!

With Christmas on the way, I could not be more excited about this!

Yes, friends, you too might have a chance to win a walk-on role in a Hallmark Channel original movie! I mean, it doesn't have to be one of their 782 Christmas movies, and it'd probably be something not in production yet that will air in 2024, but who cares? Be part of the movie magic!

You also win a "one-year supply of Orville Redenbacher's microwave popcorn" -- I'm not sure how much that would be. I usually don't eat it, and my wife goes through maybe two bags a month, so two of these six-packs would be a one-year supply. But don't tell them! If we win we'll just sell the excess out of the trunk.

"Movies and popcorn have been a beloved combo for generations," said Carrie Swanson, brand director, Orville Redenbacher's. "We're delighted to partner with Hallmark Channel to offer a truly unique movie experience, taking you from in front of your TV to in front of Hallmark Channel cameras for a walk-on role in one of their original productions."

Yay!

It's pretty easy to enter at the official site, but I wondered what the actual prize is. I mean, if I win, will I just be an extra -- Bald Guy #2 in Lobby -- or will it be a speaking part? Really, the prize is a "walk-on role," which would be like Trump in Home Alone 2, right? Just a quick scene, but a memorable one.

Such command, such determination to help, such firm grasp of the facts -- presidential timber, am I right?

I told my wife that if she won she might play Aunt Alice, the relative who mistakenly thinks the hero and heroine are a couple already; they firmly deny it, of course, being at the antagonistic stage of the Meet Cute, but Aunt Alice knows.

"And if I win," I said, "I'd be Uncle Alice! Same thing!"

"Oh, you kids make such a cute couple!"
"Um, we're not a couple, Uncle Alice!"
"No, no, nope, not at all, nope!"
"Well, if you say so! Heh heh heh."

Sadly, the Official Rules say nothing about being a romantic catalyst. You could even wind up on the cutting-room floor:

Exact details surrounding walk-on role opportunity, including, but not limited to, length and scene of walk-on role opportunity and exact Hallmark Channel movie to be determined by Hallmark Channel, in its sole and absolute discretion. Hallmark Channel does not guarantee that walk-on role opportunity will make the final cut of the applicable Hallmark Channel movie.

Boo!

You would still win a trip to wherever they're filming the thing, but they don't know where it will be. We can pretty much bet it will be Vancouver, but it could be some other exotic locale, like Toronto.

It sure as hell won't be New York City. There are many unconvincing things in life, but few of them are as unconvincing as portrayals of New York City on the Hallmark Channel. Their film budget isn't as big as the one for Home Alone 2.