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What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and reading

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Nora Ephron films, Wheatus' "Christmas Dirtbag," an oral history of The O.C., and Dick Van Dyke.
Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in a scene from the 1998 romantic comedy <em>You've Got Mail.</em>

This week, The Bachelor made his final choice amid controversy, the Oscars got earlier and we saw Furiosa.

Here's what the NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour crew was paying attention to — and what you should check out this weekend.

"Christmas Dirtbag" by Wheatus

Is Wheatus' one of the best songs of the aughts? Yes. Is it perfect? Yes. But can it be improved? Perhaps! Wheatus has just released a holiday version of "Teenage Dirtbag." I'm always on the lookout for a new Rather than pining after a girl, it's about whether Santa likes them. It's just fun.

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