WE’RE BACK LIKE THE MCRIB

0:28Well, what else is going on? company bleep this out. Oh, very nice. Yeah, yeah. No, so there you go. We're back. Hell yeah. We're back. Yeah, did Donald Trump suck Bill Clinton off? Is that official, Kevin? Are you confirming this? Allegedly, I don't know. I can't confirm or deny I wasn't there. I don't know who Bubba is, and I don't know if those emails are real or not. Yeah, people are taking a bit of a leap, but that is what they're saying. Well, we're running with this. Yeah, well, it's like that classic alien poster, I want to believe. Exactly. Could you even imagine if that was true? Like, if it was 100 % true, like, in the 2 % chance that it is true, right?

1:12I think the country would explode. Yeah, I don't think it'll ever be confirmed. I don't know. I don't think anybody will ever, like, have. And even if it were to be, I don't think the supporters or constituents would be like. No. They'd be like, yeah, that didn't happen. No, people would deny it. That's fake news. forever but it's like as a people i don't know that we even even if we got uh substantial evidence to prove that it was 1000 true i i don't think we would just yeah we the people would just have to i mean yeah shut it down i mean allegedly bill's a freak so wow yeah he's implicated in a lot or mentioned in a lot of uh a lot of things of this matter so i bet this is not what people thought they were gonna get we were gonna get into this week on the podcast but hey look you Biggest story in the world.

1:55I know. We talk about culture. It's a culture. Yeah. Shout out Bubba. Yeah. Shout out to Bubba. And yeah, listen, I know you're coming through those emails. Just trying to see a lot of emails. A lot of emails. I actually wasn't coming through the emails. I was, I'm kind of like, I'm like water. I'm just, I'm trying to maintain my sanity. And I don't want to, you know, you never know these days what's real, what's fake. Wow. I don't really know. You're really growing up. Really. Yeah. Just right before my eyes. you're really more focused on Kim Kardashian's whether she passed the bar or not. Oh yeah, she got another person to blame this week.

2:27Who did she blame? She blamed her psychics. Oh, oh, oh. Yeah, she was originally blaming ChatGPT and then she's blaming her psychics now for not being able to pass the bar. What did the psychics have anything to do with her legal sort of achievements? Allegedly, they told her that she was going to pass and she didn't pass. She said multiple psychics. That's not how tests work, unfortunately. No, I know. But she's got to find somebody else to blame. It's not her fault. Listen, I will say this about Kim Kardashian. She's incredibly smart. Whether she's smart in the illegal test-making ability, sure.

3:03There's so many people that pass the bar and that are lawyers, that are terrible people, that are dumb people. But what she is incredibly good at is the internet. Absolutely. And I think I saw – I didn't watch it. But I think I saw her release a video of her reacting to her failing, which I think was just a video of her like very emotionally crying, which again is like is such big brain thinking because she knows what the people want, which is to see her fail. So then she's like, oh, I failed. I could be embarrassed, but or no, I'll give you the content that you want, which is to see me failing.

3:39And then somehow then we all feel bad for her because she's a human being that like obviously wants this. she's just so sad you know yeah i don't really feel that bad for her uh to be honest but i will say that i would never be able to pass the bar so yeah the fact that she went to law school and is like trying you know trying to do that yeah shout out salute to her i mean she could just be sitting she could just be sitting around all day you know she doesn't need to she doesn't need to do the pass the bar yeah she has no she has no reason to do this whatsoever only to help people yeah side quests yeah side and a dope side quest i watched the eddie murphy documentary on netflix I need to watch that really solid.

4:16Like, and talking about sitting around, that guy is just sitting around watching ridiculousness in his giant mansion, which fucking rocks. Well, uh, unfortunately I know it's canceled. I know after like a hundred years of, of, of Chanel West coast and Rob Dyrdek laughing at internet videos, it's over. I'm going to need, I'm going to need to see what Rob Dyrdek's new schedule is going to look like. Yes. Famously, we met with Rob Dyrdek and he broke down his schedule into percentages and And it was quite a scene. Well, it's well known that he does this. Oh, it's now? It's public knowledge? It's public knowledge, yeah.

4:47So we can talk about it, yeah. He breaks it down like a very organized person. He's the most organized person I've ever met, at least as far as my recollection. I hope he gets to relax now. Yeah. Or maybe do another venture or something. Well, he's got a ton of ventures. The Deer Deck Machine is vast and productive. Deer Deck Enterprises. Yeah, he was only spending, if I remember, like 3 % of his time filming Ridiculousness. That's crazy. And they were promoting, the show was on 24-7 on MTV. Oh, his checks must be nice. Can you imagine just having that sort of passive income coming? Oh my God.

5:22What a dream. What a legend. Well, I think the thing about them canceling Ridiculousness, that doesn't mean that they're going to stop airing Ridiculousness. Oh, no. That just means that they have enough in the back catalog to play forever and ever. That's probably the discussion they had is like, we've got like a million episodes. We don't need more. Yeah. And that content doesn't get stale. It's evergreen. It's just evergreen internet forever. I mean, a scorpion, somebody scorpioning will always be funny. Yeah. They don't need Rob to do it. They could probably replace Rob with AI at some point.

5:55They've done so many episodes. Don't say that. They can never replace that guy with AI. But yeah. Bite your tongue. I do think that, yeah, Eddie Murphy is a super fascinating character and a legend of the game and a solid documentary. And yeah, the man has made so many movies. He's made so much stuff that he's richer than rich. He's got 10 kids. He's got this insane house. And it's like, what does he need to do? Nothing. So he sits around and watches Ridiculousness. Good for him. I would love to watch this documentary, but unfortunately, I can't even log into Netflix anymore. I've been kicked off my girlfriend's parents' plan.

6:32Wow. Apparently, these big corporations are now checking your IP address to make sure it's consistent. Wow. Wow. I'm having to pay for, I'm paying for HBO Max right now. Yeah, me too. What the fuck? That's the first, like, I haven't paid for HBO maybe ever. Yeah, but they got two shows right now that are good, The Chair Company and I Love LA. So you kind of, they got you there. I know. And I will say the worst part of all these streaming networks is the slow increase in prices that they've been doing. Oh my goodness, it's criminal. Yeah, every couple months. Oh, by the way, it's going up a buck.

7:04Oh, it's going up five bucks. Oh, and it's like - It's bullshit. It's crazy. They got you on the teat and then they just keep raising the prices and we're all fucked. I'd like to organize a mass cancellation. Like I think if we all came together and we're like, hey, let's cancel all these subscriptions for like a month or two. Yeah. They'd really mess them up. Yeah. No, it's hard. It's hard. They'd hate that. Yeah. And then if we all, if we just got a band together and just, you know, go on Instagram, just swipe reels. Don't be watching Netflix or HBO. You got to resist. Yeah. No. At the very least, go to your subscriptions sort of channel or thing on your phone and see which one you're paying for.

7:42I was paying for Paramount+. I just went in there. I was like, that can't be. Paramount+. Paramount+. Has been getting me for a while. I was like, I know I'm watching nothing on that streaming platform. Absolutely not. It always gets me because I'm like, oh, I could watch some football games. And there's not even any of the football games I want to watch. Yeah. Like, it's never, ever the ones I want to watch. It's crazy. Yeah. And I got YouTube TV. and then they stopped showing ESPN. I think they got it sorted out, though. Yeah, they did get it sorted out. I'm like, I can't watch the Nick game.

8:12I'm paying for hundreds of channels and hundreds of streaming networks, and I still can't watch the Knicks. And it's like, what are we fucking doing here, Kevin? But listen, it's just this is the life we live. This is it. These dang corporations, man. But Chair Company is good. Chair Company is far. And I Love LA is really good. I think that is the best show on TV right now. And it's the only show that I'm like, appointments sunday night television it's on a 10 30 though that's maybe i'm old guy here but well you just don't live in la you're right 7 30 pacific no it's not meant for you dude it's not i love new york it's i love that way yeah you're right but um yeah 10 30 is a little too late for me these days i'm i'm in bed much earlier especially on sunday night you know it's sunday night that's a good sleeping night i got a new mattress big news speaking of sleep I got rid of my Casper that I've had for like 15 years.

9:02What'd you get? I got a purple. Oh, I've heard those are fire. Yeah, I got a purple cooling and it's got some cool technology where it's bouncy, but it sinks. Yeah, I always wanted a purple. They had Eric Wareham as the spokesperson. Really? Yeah. Some great ads with him. Wow. Check them out. Wow. I don't know if Tim Heidecker is implicated. I can't remember. It's been a while, but I definitely know Eric Wareham's in those. Excellent. Well, I will be honest. I picked it just on its own merit. I went to a store and I lied down. You went to a store? I went to a fucking store, a mattress store. Okay, boomer.

9:35In 2025. I know. It's an insane thing to do. That's old as hell. And I tried all the mattresses and that was the winner. And so I'm very happy. I slept in it last night and so far so good. Wow. I know. That's so good. This is amazing. That's riveting stuff right there. Thank you. I know. The people want to know what bed am I sleeping in? And it's a purple. Promo code front and center for 25 % off for Black Friday. Wow. Yeah, put it in there and see what happens. REI Soho is closing, Kevin. I think we, did we already talk about this? No, we don't. This is old news. This is old news. But you told me it's going to be an AI office?

10:08Yeah, it's OpenAI is taking it over. Oh, OpenAI. Yeah. Yeah, no, the AI company. Yeah, yeah. I was like, why does AI need an office? It's just a robot. Yeah, they're going to put a bunch of servers in there. Wow. Yeah. Sick. The city's going to shit. Yeah, good use. That pisses me off. I love that store. It's like my beacon. and it's my safe haven in the city. Really? Really? You go in there and you just look at the sleeping bags? I buy stuff there. I like buying water bottles and little outdoor trinkets, stuff to prepare myself for the excursions I'm going on. Yeah. You hate to see it. You're going to have to order that stuff online, Kevin.

10:44You really hate to see it. It was a big store. I'll just say it. I'm not saying it should close. The best store in New York, in my opinion. A great store and institution and a landmark. Excellent location. I mean, they're closing. I wonder how much rent is there. And I wonder how much more that OpenAI is paying. Well, OpenAI is taking over the world. I did see a good OpenAI ad on TV. I was watching some channel of some sort. And yeah, I was like, ooh, good ad. And I was like, is this for OpenAI? And it was. So good for whoever's doing that. OpenAI. I'd rather close AI. Whoa, boom. put in some I'm hitting the X on it yeah no open it you know touching grass out asking a computer about grass you hate to see it but good news on the good news side Beastland is open Beastland Saudi Arabia I know my nephews are just begging to go to Saudi Arabia right now yeah I think if this happened in America I think there'd be no problems with it.

11:52I disagree. I think there'd be more problems. It'd be pandemonium. I think the barrier to entry of taking an international flight, I think that's causing a little buffer zone. If this was in America, if this was readily available to people, it would be a nightmare. It'd be mayhem. But Saudi money. Mr. B is taking Saudi money. It's like a pop-up. I thought I knew that guy. I thought he had morals and values, but apparently he's just in this for the money. That's what I mean. I mean, if somebody came to me and offered me to make a theme park based on me, based on the content I make, yeah, that'd be fire.

12:34I mean, what are you going to do, Satan now? Kevin Land. Yeah. I'd go there. I mean, I am intrigued by it because I did see a video of that sort of drone shot of the scene. It did look quite massive. Yeah. And from what they say, it's a first of its kind Mr. Beast destination where adventure, competition, and entertainment collide across two zones, Beastland and Beast Arena. Oh. I'm finding this a bit vague. I'm just saying. What is this? It's an amusement park? Yeah, but they got challenges and stuff. Because that's what people want, right? Yeah. They want to compete in Mr. Beast-like game activities.

13:11That's exactly what it is. Yeah. Oh, really? They're not spoiling the – I don't think they want to spoil the activities. I don't know if they have a plant yet, to be honest. Yeah. Can I live in a grocery store for 30 days? Like, what's going on there? Like, how can I? I mean, shorter term, probably. Yeah. Can I get my vision fixed? Yeah. I mean, listen, these are the things that I want for Mr. Beast's activities. Honestly, as a 30-year-old man, I'm kind of fired up about this. Oh, you are. If I were to be gifted a trip to Saudi Arabia to go to Beastland, I would 100 % go. Yeah. I hope it's not just like Mr.

13:42Beast-themed roller coasters, but - It's challenges. It's challenges. I mean, listen, here's the thing. There might be some roller coasters. I'm going to say something incredibly bossy. Is Mr. Beast the Walt Disney of this generation? Perhaps. I mean, listen, Mickey Mouse, never heard of him. But, you know, Mr. Beast, that's my fucking religion. If I'm nine years old and all I do is watch YouTube all day. Yeah, I can't wait for the Beast world to open up in North Carolina. Yeah, no, Mickey Mouse is shaking in his boots right now. Yeah, he really is. Because Mr. Beast is coming for his job. Yeah.

14:15and honestly kids kids you know the kids love Mr. Beast I know I mean I'm kind of fired up about it but imagine if I was like 20 years younger if I was 10 I'd be so fired up about it if you were 5 years younger I'd be like god damn mom take me to Saudi Arabia already well all your nephews all the Batori family I feel like these these are prime oh yeah they're beast heads they're totally beast heads I see I've seen 3 Instagram stories of you with them and I'm like those kids watch Mr. Beast oh yeah they're old Mr. Beast yeah of course so they would love to go to this Mr. Beast and Roblox. Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

14:48That's all they like. Listen, and this place makes sense for them. Kids love amusement parks. Yeah, they love challenges. Put it together. Done. Done and done. Hard pivot here. Did you see that Sweetgreen post about protein? I did. I really liked it. Yeah, it's pretty solid. I feel like they have their finger on the pulse. And I will say this another thing. I've always thought this, but Sweetgreen is one of the great brands of our generation. It just is. They get it. they are more than a salad chain they have great salads of course but they they get branding they get marketing and this is very smart i had one of their uh seasonal autumnal bowls wow when i was in atlanta okay very good yeah no their product is it was so fire yeah their product listen it's expensive but all the slop bowls are fucking expensive and at least the product and the quality is good it's got to be my favorite slop bowl around it's by far it is the it's the They invented the slop bowl.

15:43Exactly. And I think this post is great. I mean, protein is everywhere. This feels very snack shot coded. I will say that. Yeah. And I'm just happy to see that they're no longer using Nicolandria from Love Island anymore. They finally grabbed that. They're doing something real. I mean, I like the visual of the cold foam in the sweet green container. Yeah. And it was like 34 grams of cold foam and they showed us out. No, it's smart. I mean, listen, you know where to get your protein? Yeah. Chicken. Not just protein, but nutrition. Yeah. Steak. Yeah. Apparently, there's more to nutrition than protein.

16:17Really? So we're learning. Wow. Wow. That's huge. That's big. That's big news here going on. I've personally been on a mission to eat more fiber. Well, listen, that's you and I both. It's in. That's it. Protein out. Fiber in. No. Protein in. Fiber in. Wow. All the nutrients are in. Well, we've been on the record saying that the people that are anti-protein need to chill out because like we get it like it's too much of a marketing thing where yeah it's maxed out starbucks is promoting foams and i i agree it's very funny but it's like yeah we should we need to get protein yeah but yeah not in the foams i don't know i got a i got a nuanced take on it yeah yeah no you're you're yeah i've i've feel like i've i think i feel like i've blasted my nuanced take all over this podcast that's you know what here's my take i'm gonna eat food and And I'm going to keep sweating.

17:06Holy shit. Because that's what works for me. Wow. Kevin, RIP to the penny. Dude. Gone too soon. Gone too soon. Gone down in its prime. I heard it was costing them four cents to make a penny. Really? Yeah. Wow, wow. Look at that. Is that why we're in debt? Probably, yeah. That's bad math. Yeah, bad business. Bad business, yeah. No, I mean, coins in general. How long do you think coins got? I mean the utility of a quarter probably I would guess that that's not going to go away but I don't know I mean everything is digital now anyway I was going to say like they got rid of the subway fucking pass and BlackRock wants us to go all digital anyways yeah we're going all digital they want to track us they want to control us I don't have a wallet on me it's like I'm fine I left my fucking debit card in Hudson at a restaurant I don't need that shit I'm just fucking Apple Pay everywhere I go Did they dispose of it?

18:00I haven't got in touch with them yet. Oh, you probably should. It's your debit card. That's not a good one you want to lose. No, it's not that I want to lose it. It's just they open up at five, and it's hard. It's hard out here. Kevin, I'm a busy man. But I left it at the restaurant. It's a fucking real classic move there. Yeah, that is a classic move. Yeah, but yeah, who needs it? Doesn't Apple pay. They don't even need cards, let alone cash. Yeah. I don't need cash for anything. I don't know. Cash is good. Coins? Coins? We're talking about coins? Yeah. Yeah. Who needs them? Who needs them? Who needs them?

18:29So, yeah, I think maybe you're right. A quarter will stick around. But like, what's next? Dime? Dime? Nickel probably. It'll probably work up. Yeah, yeah. Probably the nickel. You bring up a good point. Dimes are out. You know, but listen, hold them on. Yeah. If you got one, hold on to it. It'll be a collector's item in 100 million years. Yeah, we live in a society. Yeah. No, you hate to see it. Kevin, it is almost Christmas. And you know what time it is? Chalamet season. Oh, Timmy? Timmy. Timmy's back. Timmy is on a generational run and Christmas is his time. Last year, or what was the film last year?

19:06Dylan, then it was Wonka, then it was Dune. I feel like this man, he's the new Will Smith. Every holiday season, that's when we all go to the movies and we need a Timmy movie. He's Will Smith without Scientology or defending his wife. That's true. Or his weird kids. That's right. No. Or making AI videos with pasta. Yeah, no. No. Timmy, to my knowledge, I mean, I think some of the things in the video we're about to discuss, I think those may have been AI. But he hasn't really delved into AI much in my small understanding of what he does. Timmy's really Leo. That's how I see it. Timmy's the guy.

19:45He's the one. But to promote his new – so the new movie is Marty Supreme. It is a safety bro film in that it's not safety bros. It's one safety bro. Okay. And it's a movie about a ping pong player. And that's all I know. And I know that Timmy's getting great fits off. That's a, that's an important part of all of Timmy's promotional sort of work is he gets great fits off. Definitely. Shaved head, cool glasses, leather pants. Yeah. He looked great. I, he always, yeah, he's, he's, yeah, He's the one. Yeah. I mean, you just know a guy's really popping when he does a buzz cut and it's just like, you know, just straight flames.

20:30Yeah. He can do the long hair thing. He could do the short hair thing. Oh, and he won White Boy of the Year. Did you see that? Anthony Edwards has an award show. Everyone's got an award show these days. Wow. Yeah. And Anthony Ant-Man has an award show. I don't know what other awards he gave out, but over Zoom, he gave out, yeah, Timothy Chalamet won White Boy of the Year. That's awesome. So well-deserving. Wow. And he gave a speech. Yeah. I mean, he's one of the goats. He's on the Rushmore. I mean, he is. I just want to know what other awards is Anthony Edwards giving out. And what is the Anthony Edwards award show?

21:06Oh, I hope he has a podcast. If he does, I might tune in. He's one of the funniest dudes. The first annual Believe That Awards was a month ago. I guess I can look up who won. But I did see that Timothee Chalamet did win White Boy of the Year. Yeah, but Marty Supreme and the promo. Oh, so yeah. So basically the movie's coming out Christmas. It looks great. I was, you know, A24, Safdie, Timothy, Sports. Like, I don't need any promo. I'm in there. Yeah, I'm in. But they released a video, 18 minute long, and it's a Zoom call where they're pitching ideas for promo. And I thought it was very funny. I thought it was, yeah, too long.

21:48But the bits of it. That was supposed to be too long. Yeah, that's the whole point. That's a bit in and of itself. I will say, Kevin, for the first three minutes, I will say you weren't sure whether it was real or not. So that kind of worked a little bit. Well, I mean, once the people started telling their roles, I was like, I don't know. I don't know about that. Sorry, going back to the Believe That Awards. The White Boy of the Year was Sandler, Chalamet, Cruise, Mr. Beast, and Pat McAfee. Wow. Those were the nominees. So pretty impressive. Another thing that he has like only like eight categories.

22:23I like how he had sneaker of the year and all five nominees were himself. Classic. Artists of the year. Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Future, Bossman, D-Lo and Be Different. Never heard of those people. But yeah, go check out the Anthony Edwards sort of award show. What were we talking about? Oh, the video. So, yeah, no, the video is hilarious and it's very tongue in cheek. And I don't know, something about a Zoom call where a bunch of creative people are on there doing their intros at the beginning really got me. I do think they made the blimp, though. Yeah, they did make the blimp. So that was the...

22:58Orange blimp. So the point of the video was that Timmy was coming on in sort of a very egotistical way, pitching ideas to do the Statue of Liberty, Orange, and other various dumb ideas, but kind of great ideas. Yeah. And then they did the blimp one. Yeah, there were a lot of replies in the tweet that were like, OMG, but this is actually like what it is, though. This is actually like a promo meeting, though. It is. That's the fun part of it. It's dumb, but it feels real enough. It hits a little too close to home. Yeah, definitely. They were able to suspend belief a little bit. Yeah. I thought it was funny.

23:35Some kayfabe. And that's where we're at now with promo for movies. You can't do crazy stunts. you have to do stunts about stunts. Very meta. Wow. My favorite part was when he was showing off the Statue of Liberty in orange. And he said like, he's like, this to me is one of my favorite images I've ever seen in my life. And yeah, he really sold it. I thought that was funny. Yeah. What can't he do? I mean, again, he's on a run here. He's the one. Just tear it up. Kevin, before we get out of here, just a couple of food stories. Oh, yeah. I'm hungry. I haven't eaten lunch yet. So this is going to be fun for me.

24:13McRib is back. It's back again. Death taxes. The McRib is back. I'm so sick of this shit. We're so back though. Dude, but the McRib, like I hate that it's just always back. Like I get that like products are seasonal and I get that McDonald's. I just, here's why I don't like that. It just, for those people that listen to the show for many years, we talk about the McRib coming back every year. I feel like every year they try to pretend like it hasn't been back. last year. I feel like they did that once. I think one time they were like, it's gone forever. Remember they did the farewell tour? They did the farewell tour.

24:50And they did the merch. You ate Kobe. They did a farewell tour for the McRib saying it was going away and then it came right back. Yeah. I think they're... Here's my problem with it is that they are taking advantage of the people with short-term memory, like myself, that forget that the McRib went away and came back. You gotta lay off the reels. But here's the thing. It's never going away. It's just a seasonal product that doesn't have a season. I mean, it's usually around this time of the year. Is it? Yeah, towards the fall end of the year. Really? I guess I – see, I don't remember. I have a short-term memory problem.

25:26I don't remember when it went away and when it came back. I mean, that would be kind of funny if it was just a continuous menu item and they just kept being like, it's back. That's what they're doing. What do you mean that would be – that's what they – Well, no, it's not on the menu all the time. well no it's on the menu every year during a certain time and then they only say oh it's a select restaurants and see where this is like fake exclusivity oh yeah it's going away soon and you know it's like what are we doing here at least like pumpkin spice latte it's like it's coming back every year yeah there's a time and place when it comes everyone knows when it is then you get it when it's there you know it's going to be gone and then it's like it comes back and it's exciting yeah but like the mcred the mcrib has never been so back but it's but it but it's been back 2020 i need a chart i know it's been back but it's never it's never been this back alex because it's back right now is it back now it's back right now at select stores in select cities great i mean it just feels like every year we're talking about this the the farewell tour and it's just it's just always back i know but the strategy around the product launches it's so back.