Super Bowl Licks: Monday, February 10th, 2025

27:31Because like every time Travis does something, good or bad, they show Taylor. And like he wasn't doing anything, good or bad. Yeah. except for those like two big drops in the beginning. I was like, oh, yikes. But he's like always like, he's kind of messy, but he always pulls it through. That's the thing. I like wasn't worried. I'm like, they always pull it together. I'm sure Taylor wasn't worried either. But then it just became increasingly clear. I did find her cast and crew in the suite to be quite interesting. Obviously her parents were there. The Kelsey's were there. Taylor was there. But she brought Haim, who've kind of been like laying low.

27:58I feel like she hasn't called on them in a while. Yeah, but they're always there for her. Yeah, they're like, they're loyal and steadfast. She also brought Ice Spice, which was so random. And I thought, oh, I guess they are still friends. Although a lot of people had pointed out to me that she was at the last Super Bowl that Travis won. And Taylor might have been like superstitious trying to like recreate. Was it Blake there? And by the way, a lot of people were there with her. Cara. Kelly Teller. Were they together at all this weekend? No. So Kelly Teller was at the Super Bowl. Her and Miles are huge Eagles fans, which makes sense.

28:30Like maybe this time they wouldn't be in the same suite. But like they were not together at all. and actually I saw some discourse about this online Kelly and Miles were hanging out with Zach Bryan which like obviously is like not a big deal Zach Bryan's a huge Eagles fan too but Zach Bryan like famously like wrote that nasty tweet about Kanye being better than Taylor like if that's your friend so like I'm sorry these two are not friends you can't convince me like they're not so crazy I know that's so crazy I would love to know what happened yeah me too anyways because sometimes you just like fall out of love with people that's fine like you know you you get like you know steadfast in a friendship but i feel like something bad at their ages you know that happens when you have like your party friends yeah yeah and you're the first cousins second cousins cousins yeah yeah yeah that's so true but not at their age they've been friends for so long and they were like so so tight to go from they hadn't been had they been friends for so long yeah i feel like throughout the years like kelly like had a bunch of stuff i feel like she was like friendly with Taylor throughout the years.

29:32No, I feel like it happened really organically. Like she was a big fan and then they coordinated Miles being in the, I Bet You Think About Me music video. And that was sort of like the catalyst, if you will. And then it was like a year where they were just inseparable. Yeah. Like the ring she bought, remember? It was Taylor's Day to the Emmys. Yeah. It was like burning fast and bright. And that was it. Yeah, that's really weird. Yeah. And then with the Zach Bryan thing, it makes me think like that something happened because even if like you're not friendly with someone like I feel like no something was a move something happened yeah and her suite like it's a little lackluster the well so I was a little guess but also I thought this about a lot of the suites because I was seeing like a lot of footage of people something about the the specific arena arena I know it's an indoor arena which is nice because I heard it was so hot and humid and rainy but everyone's suites like were covered like there was like a ceiling in front of them do you know what I mean like usually like your windows are like flush I just looked like honestly like it not worth the money not to complain watching from my couch I was just like I would have been annoyed so we got like all the pictures of Taylor had like this like just like blurry quality to it because of like the ceiling got it oh and Taylor got booed which to me like it was just because like I saw it as the whole stadium is Eagles fans and she's such a chief not because like everybody hates Taylor Swift like I think it was in the spirit of the game I know and so obviously like getting booed is horrible and people who do it like seriously grow the fuck up like you have children you're booing someone however I do think Taylor understood that she was being booed because she's Travis's girlfriend not because like if they had showed any of Travis's family I think they would have gotten booed maybe not Jason but I think it had nothing to do with like music some people thought it was political no i don't think i don't think so i think it was like travis's girl and the whole stadium was eagles fans like yeah that's how i think if they put donna up there well donna's also jason's mom so no if they put britney up there oh yeah well they would britney is like kind of a polarizing figure like especially within her own community they've always like given her shit so i just i don't think it was personal i think it's inappropriate like to boo anyone like especially like it's rude like it's like a person but having said that given her reaction i think she understood it was not about her because she kind of gave like a funny side eye like facial expression it was not about her but sports fans boo that's like what they do yeah they're freaks yeah they're they're crazy um so that's the game and that's the ball game and it was a real stinker big one and next we're going to talk about all the entertainment from the evening including uh kendrick lamar halftime show lady gaga order yeah so lady gaga actually opened the show with a touching rendition of hold my hand in honor of the new orleans terrorist attack victims and the la fires it i was so unexpected did they announce that she was going to be performing no no on the pre-show they kept saying lady gaga coming up and i was like what is she doing i was so shocked maybe it was i mean it was so many things right like the concept is really beautiful.

32:36Like how can we not acknowledge that a mere two months ago, 14 people died in like one of the most horrible terror attacks. Like it was really beautiful. The song choice, we were just talking about that song. You guys know that's Shaggy Night's like favorite fucking song. And it's one of Lady Gaga's most underrated and it's so beautiful. So I love that it got its moment. I loved like the very low key nature of everyone like Tom Brady, Michael Strahan, just like standing around a piano. Yeah. It was in the French Quarter. It was so beautiful and I loved the way that she looked. The looks from this era have been like kind of crazy.

33:05I don't know if you saw what she wore to the actual Super Bowl. Like she looked nuts. And she had like different hair. Yeah, she had black hair, black leather. Like she looked super crazy. At the Grammy, she looked nuts. I thought she looked so sweet. And it was an appropriate look. Like she wore all white. I really liked the bleached eyebrows. I could not come up with one negative thing to say. It was so unbelievably beautiful. I was really moved by the whole thing. Like really, it was spectacular. Yeah, agreed. and then we had the national anthem, John Batiste and America the Beautiful. Well, before that and the Lift Every Voice.

33:42La DC. I just want to say, you put a youth choir in my midst. I'm on board. The youth choir slayed the house down. And then what I really liked about Lift Every Voice was, and I love those initial songs that they do, right? Like the God Bless America because it's a moment of seriousness before all this fun, right? It's sports, it's celebrities. It's all supposed to be fun, but it's a real moment of solitude. It's a moment of togetherness. People cry. We have so many famous, you know, last year, Nick Santini crying. There are so many great moments and it's like a real, just somber moment. And I love that.

34:17So while I love Lauren Daigle and I actually thought Trombone Shorty was amazing, like I wasn't familiar with his work, they all through the night, they were trying to represent New Orleans. And I get that New Orleans has like this really vibrant culture. And I actually really liked that they chose a lot of homegrown talent and they really wanted to showcase like that Harry Connick Jr. thing with all the dancers. I forgot that. There was like a whole, there was a pre-show. Yeah, it was like colorful. It was very Mardi Gras. Yeah. So I love that they were like, yeah, they were really intent on putting their culture first.

34:47I loved that. I did feel like because New Orleans culture is so colorful and bright and fun and loud, they kept infusing it into like America the Beautiful and then John Batiste with the anthem. And I just felt like it was not the vibe. It's kind of the opposite of the vibe I personally look for in those songs. I look for moments of solitude, of seriousness, and with the fun elements of the jazz bands, I just felt like it didn't match the energy that I was personally looking for. Yeah. How was Lauren Daigle and Trombone Shorty? I missed it because it was bedtime. But it was good. It wasn't a bad rendition at all.

35:23Which is not Super Bowl caliber. Right, he played the trombone while she delivered vocals, and then he also did vocals, like really beautiful harmonies. but it was just kind of like this scat, scat. Like, you know, it wasn't a scat, but they added like this fusion of New Orleans vibe, which is beautiful, but I didn't think appropriate for like what I usually look for in these moments, like right before the game starts all the fun. I always, I just love how serious it always is. I love that we see grown men cry. I love that we see people like take their hats off and just, they cut to the military.

35:54Like it's very beautiful. And I think they, New Orleans, a little too close to the sun. they won in New Orleans everywhere. Yeah. Yeah. And it was like, and John Batiste did it less, but he still did it. And I happened to think it was a pretty rendition. Not too cool. And you know what? I was actually thinking this last year. I feel like every time we sit, we like criticize the music, but then like history really will tell how we reflect. And I feel like, I remember when Chris Stapleton did it, I really liked it, but I didn't know if it was going to become like historic. And now I find myself constantly thinking about it.

36:28and it's like always getting, it goes viral on TikTok. Like people love it so much. So time will tell. You really can't judge. Yeah. Even last year with Reba, I think you had said like, it was so great and so classic that she didn't do anything frilly, anything different, and it might go down as like one of the greats. And it doesn't. Like we don't even talk about it. I remember she did it last year. Right. So time will tell, but I don't think John Batiste entered that Hall of Fame last night, but I do think he did a really nice job and it was very respectful and well done. and he didn't flub the words or like miss a note.

36:59Like it was, no, no, no, no. That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying like, it wasn't bad by any stretch. I wasn't moved to tears. Yeah. I don't think a lot of the play, we didn't get a moment like that where they zoom in on people's faces. Like, yeah, it was just, it was a little too fun. Yeah. And he had this big colorful piano, which I know, I understand it's like a part of New Orleans culture and I love that. It's like the, it's really, it's rare to have a state that really has such individual culture like outside of, it's not like American, it's Louisiana. like it's cool and I love that they infused it I thought the big intro pre-show was beautiful but some moments like can be without and I thought that John Batiste like he did a good job he didn't like because he sounded pretty I can't explain it I wasn't moved yeah he did and I think he did like the the best job of him so it's like if it wasn't for you then maybe he wasn't the right choice no but he was chosen because he's a New Orleans yeah local um which is so nice and that would have been enough like i don't like they were just like pushing new orleans i think a little too much in certain corners yeah like when the the uh the graphics and everything the logo was all very new orleans inspired because it's very colorful love yeah love love love so i liked that that that was clearly a choice of the design team for the super bowl they did a little too much yeah i i feel that and then kendrick lamar halftime show so he did a 13 minute performance and there were guest appearance from SZA Serena Williams showed up dancing um he performed a bunch of his songs and that was the show so I actually think and I would love to hear what your husband thought of it because I don't listen to like I don't go to Spotify and listen to Kendrick Lamar so I was really shocked at how little of the music I knew as somebody who just like is an active participant in culture right like I don't actively seek out a lot of people's music But you know them and they're familiar.

38:50I don't go ever listen to Justin Timberlake, but when he did the Super Bowl, I knew most of his music. So I was like the first time ever that I can remember, like in my lifetime, where I knew almost none of the music. And that's probably my only critique. I actually think the performance itself, like he executed it flawlessly, right? Yeah. His choreography was on point. I happened to love the dancers, like the whole red, white, and blue aesthetic, the Uncle Sam. Like I thought it was really well done. I think he sounded great. I thought I loved his genes. My only real critique is that I don't think he was the right choice.

39:22Solely because I, an active participant in a lot of different corners of culture, like really did not know. I don't think he has enough mainstream hits. And then I think about the people who watch the Super Bowl. And that's why it's such a specific tier of people, why we're always spending so much time thinking about who could do it, who would be good enough. You need a real discography where at least half the songs on your set list are worldwide hits where everybody, no matter age, no matter where they live, where they know those songs. And I feel like he has one of those songs of Sit Down, Be Humble.

39:53So while I thought the performance was actually flawlessly executed, I thought, I loved how the cameras were following him around. He had a real vision. Yeah. And when they kept zooming out, I thought the stage was really gorgeous. I just don't think he was the right choice. Unless, and I feel like maybe Apple, when they took over, they're changing a little bit of, because for so long, it was like, you had to be a classic performer. Like you had to have like Katy Perry. You had to have like such mainstream success because it's one of the only times of the year where you're going to be reaching almost every single American.

40:23So you need to be a very specific type of popular. That's why I think they, they often choose people who are like, maybe not like the most like creative and different, but they have the biggest hits and that's what we're here to do. And everyone will enjoy it. So that was really my only critique. I was like watching and I'm like, this is good, but like, I would love to know a song. Yeah. Yeah. But for the Kendrick fans, I think it was like the most amazing. Like, did your husband love it? Well, so he thought that the visuals were like amazing, which I totally agree. Like the stage and the dancers and like the way, like the different scenarios.

40:54But musically, it wasn't like probably the best choice for everyone, especially because not a lot of people, not everyone knows all of his songs. Now I am familiar with two. Not like us. And I feel the same way where it's like, at first I didn't mind that he was like, not every artist that they pick is going to be like my favorite, but like it's a jolly good show and it's music and it's fun, but like, we're going to, we're going to know it regardless of who it is. Yeah. And if it's good music, like I don't mind hearing a song for the first time, but it's just like, it just didn't translate. Yeah.

41:28For, um, fan people who aren't like huge fans of his music. And I think when we think about like who would be eligible for the Superbowl in the past, how we've thought about it, we really think of it, at least I do as like, who would have a Vegas residency? who can go on a tour that's almost like a greatest hits who can you know not ever release new music and still have hours and hours of songs to sing and that's why I'm always comparing it to like people who do Vegas residencies um and that's why even I think I remember last year I was really surprised at how much of a ushers I knew because I haven't actively listened to usher maybe since I'm six yeah I feel like with usher it was the opposite issue where it's like the songs and the music were great the performance like wasn't yeah but I'm talking about in terms of like selection like I was like oh I wonder if I'll know and I knew the whole thing just like from being an active participant I'm just saying like I feel like that was like we had the opposite issue because it didn't it didn't like hit in the way that it was meant to I think to Kendrick's credit I think it's really hard as like a man like a straight man to like dazzle without like outfits and makeup and dancers and um pyrotechnics and I think the the the creative of the show was actually really well done like because I think you don't get to rely on a lot of the things that some of the girlies do to make it like fun and bright and like kind of a spectacle so you have to do different things and I thought that was a really good part of the show that he really aside from sizzle like did the whole thing by himself just one man and a microphone like that's really hard and that was really impressive I thought sizzle was a real highlight of the show yeah you know I thought maybe I would know I knew her song sounded like really familiar to me um from tiktok and stuff but it was just not it wasn't as pop and mainstream as my particular interests align with and I think a lot of people felt that way and I think a lot of people like I was seeing like a lot of the criticism is falling to Jay-Z because he programs the live entertainment for the Super Bowl rock nation is like partnered with NFL and Apple and like he's the one who made this choice and as you said like it's not entirely the right choice yeah but that's what I'm saying I think maybe Apple is like shifting how we see Super Bowl performers.

43:34Like maybe it's no longer this like time capsule type of thing where, because one of the things that keeps coming to mind, it keeps Super Bowl performances are like getting viral at this time of year. And this is actually one of the Thanksgiving performers, the Creed. Let's go there. It was after 9-11, like Thanksgiving, but today performance, like it was one of the greatest moments in American history. And it's crazy how like so many of the Super Bowl performances from 10, 20 years we still watch and are still relevant. That's always been the Super Bowl's vibe. They wanted it to be timeless. And maybe Apple, since they took over, they're looking to be a little bit more edgy, a little bit more topical.

44:08Yeah. Because this was Kendrick's year. He just won all the Grammys. If there was a performer to perform this year, it's Kendrick Lamar. So maybe they're shifting a little bit how they perceive and how they select. The halftime show. The halftime show performers. Because if it's not from this, we look at it so time capsule-y, right? Yeah. But maybe they're not. Maybe they're just like, it's 2025. who was like let's do a cool show we're on the that represents the year yeah yeah no and we're just like cool and we're doing a cool show yeah so maybe like it's no longer such a because when we think about who we were always saying like pink would be great because she has so many hits people who would just like encompass as many possible people as possible even though you're never going to get someone who everybody loves or everybody likes even but like someone who can capture as many people as possible it also is worth noting every single year the next day people say is the worst one i've ever seen like they say that every fucking oh my god every year they fucking say that shit so it's just one of those things where time will truly tell yeah and when you go back and see like some of the most viewed ones of all time because i was actually watching somebody did a tiktok the top 10 most viewed and it it wasn't what you think and i think um shakira and j-lo were like the number two and i remember after people were like well it was good bad bad yeah no i remember watching that and been like dazzled so good it was amazing it was seriously amazing um and yes time will tell but you also have to like give credit to how you felt just watching it in the moment yeah i do think it was the type of performance that really could have benefited from a couple of more guest spots there was a lot of rumors that beyonce was going to be there because her whole family was there without her so it's like oh yeah of course she's backstage getting ready like um i liked the serena williams uh no and then also the whole a lot of it It was like, you know, more of the diss to Drake because the song Not Like Us is a Drake diss track.

46:01And then there were a bunch of like things in there. Even the necklace A is apparently for a minor. Yeah, because it was a minor A. It was a small lowercase. But like there's just so, and on the one hand, I'm like, yes, take this grudge all the way to the Super Bowl. Like never let your haters like stop. Stop you from doing your thing. Like never stop hating your haters. but on the other hand it's like so crazy that this whole thing was like put together to like give an f you to drake i agree so at the grammys i was like loving the haterade i'm like yes keep going but at some point like you should be there like you know and promote your own self and your own accomplishments not like this person that you hate as somebody who believes there's no like you can't take hate too far i actually think like it was a little far like just he had to perform the song obviously in the whole stadium being like a minor is embarrassing for drake enough like the necklace i feel like you make it about you like this is so awesome you did it by yourself so serena williams was there and i just assumed it was because like she has history with drake and like so it's like a fellow yeah and i mean but then also people said that it was because of something with wimbledon oh yeah but i do think it had to do i'm sorry it has to obviously they were like briefly dated on and off um yeah oh yeah oh so she like famously did the crip walk when she won wimbledon it's like this iconic moment and that was the dance that she did yeah But why were they playing it during Not Like Us?

47:24No, I'm telling you it was about Drake. It was about Drake. It was about Drake. And it's like, Drake is just like kind of like a big loser. It's crazy how there was a moment in time where Drake was so famous. Like every song, Humming on that highline bling. Like everything he did was so major, so mega. He was, the plane, it was just, it was all too much. And obviously that level of fame was like not sustainable. But to go from that to like big time loser where everyone took Kendrick's side. How did that happen? I don't know, but honestly, Drake would have been a better halftime show. Just because when you think about hits.

48:01Hits. Yeah, but Drake's also not American. Does it have to be American? I was wondering that too, because I was like, Harry Styles, but it's not American. I was watching a video, a compilation of people who have said no to the Super Bowl. One of them was Dolly. She says she doesn't think she's famous enough and has enough hits for it, which I thought was so crazy. The other was Adele. And I thought it was like, oh, because she's British. But she was like, no, nobody wants to hear my songs at the Super Bowl. Like, it's supposed to be fun. Like, we're supposed to be, like, vibing, not crying. I would love it.

48:32But I thought it was more so because she's British. Even though some people, like, I don't know, Harry Styles, yes, is British. But, like, his music is so American. You know, it's like, it's a part of American culture. I do feel like if Adele got selected, I would be like, this is not the vibe. Because she's British. I would immensely enjoy it, but it would not be the vibe. Of course, but it would be too British, honestly. Because she's British? Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Like the music, I don't think it wouldn't be the vibe not because of the music because she's seriously too British. Okay, what about Celine Dion?

49:02I think she's too French. French-Canadian? Like honestly. Yeah, French-Canadian. Okay, wow. But I don't know why. With Harry Styles, like, I don't know. You don't feel that way. Yeah, but maybe it's because his music is Super Bowl appropriate. it's like fun yeah I don't even think he would be like that's a performance I would enjoy but I don't I wouldn't even like put him on my list of like this is a great idea no no like I don't know because I do feel like Apple has shifted a little bit the the criteria for for who is eligible to be a performer so I think the list of people we like come up with maybe no longer applies yeah yeah I I would, especially with like Jay-Z as the curator.

49:48Like. Right. What is Jay-Z like? I don't know if Jay-Z listens to Pink. No, I don't think Jay-Z is going to put Pink up for the job. Well, he's so wrong for that and he should be fired. Okay. I agree. I think they need an expert curator. And I don't think that Jay-Z is the expert curator. Well, so he is, Apple is, this is only the third Super Bowl Apple has done. And the one before was Usher. And I actually think that was a really good choice. I thought it was a good choice too. And before that was Rihanna, which was also like a bomb ass choice. A good choice and a good performance. And a good execution.

50:19Two things. He actually has done a good job. Except for the whole 13-year-old thing, which I actually can't get over. Yeah. They were on the TV. They showed him. They were like, hove in the house. And I was like, call the police. There's hove in the house. You're like, A minor. You want to talk about it? Oh, my God. Yeah. It's such a stick-twisted industry. too much like you can't hold any of them none of them are like it's a spider-man meme it's a spider-man meme where they're all just pointing at each other right that's why if you need an expert curator kenny ortega should do the superbowl i was actually just watching a clip of michael jackson's so true i was watching a clip of michael jackson's superbowl appearance and it was like probably a part of some documentary because people were speaking on it like the people that he worked with and kenny ortega was talking about i think he directed Michael Jackson's Super Bowl appearance.

51:14He should be the official director of the Super Bowl. The choreographer. And he should have say on, like, who does it. Because he knows talent. It should be fan voted. No, because then Taylor Swift would win every year. Like, some people just have fans who are, like, not chronically online and just, like, go to work. And it would be, like, Selena Gomez. Yeah. Right, right, right, right. Okay, well. Like, they would be bot farming. Those are the Super Bowl stories. Oh, well, the commercials, just really quickly. I thought the commercials were so bad. I can't remember one of them. I can remember one because it was the only one that actually made me laugh and that I hadn't seen before.

51:50I was shocked at how, and I didn't even actively seek out commercials. Like, I guess they've been playing them on TV and then, like, also releasing them on social. Yeah, classic. So I had seen all the commercials except for Mountain Dew where they had Seal up on a rock as a seal singing A Kiss from a Rose. That was fucking funny, okay? And, like, Slay. And I hadn't seen it yet. Like, I was so annoyed. I was like, I've seen all these commercials. And I just wanted to give a major shout out to Uber Eats. Because I feel like every year Uber Eats spends the most money on celebrities. The most amount of commercials.

52:21Like they have so many placements. And they never dazzle me. And Last Name was no exception. They had Matthew McConaughey and every fucking celebrity with this like football was inspired by food commercial. Yeah. It was so unfunny and so expensive. And they're like constantly slaying the department of wasting money. Like they are always remember the year before they reunited Ross and Rachel and friends like they're always doing so much and it's so not like good creative. Yeah. And you wanted to give them a shout out. Is that what you said? Yeah. For being the worst. They stood out to me. I'm like this is another year where I'm like constantly rolling my eyes at Uber Eats.

52:55Like they do so much and it's giving like really try hard energy. That's so funny. The only commercials I remember like Intuit TurboTax which actually looks like. What did they do? good no they just had like literally they were in every single block of commercials just like right how you can like go for a run and someone's doing your taxes and um it looks like a good service poppy the prebiotic soda we're gonna get into that and then the only they had a super bowl commercial too yes so and alex earl was in it yes the other commercial do you know these dunkings commercials like why does it feel like an inside joke that i'm on the outside of um because you are no but like what are they doing like they're like being like fools and i'm just like it's a lot about like northeastern boston culture which is crazy for like a nationally televised game right like ben affleck and the dunk kings and then bill belichick and his girlfriend like what are you guys doing i just i feel like such an outsider yeah yeah yeah no i get it too i don't like fully understand like the beef and like the whole concept but i think it's like they've just run away with this storyline yeah it's like people in boston like like duncan a lot obviously but more so because it's like it's no frills it's not like starbucks fancy macchiato it's just like coffee in a in a cup and like you know for the real working man they like a coffee on the go and i think that's the inspiration i think no but then there's like rap battles like i just feel like i've missed it i've missed you have but you're not the only one a lot of us got left behind like i'm not even 100 sure okay great um and then yes poppy had a commercial with influencers but they are also getting dragged canceled due to a decision to send$25 ,000 vending machines to influencers ahead of their Super Bowl commercial yes so it's like a big PR a lot of influencers get PR they get like products sometimes they get like handbags some people take it really far and Poppy was like hold my beer and they sent these kind of really pardy they look like the Kylie Cosmetics like vending machines they're like these new wave it's not you know your middle school vending machine it's like this really pardy kind of robot it's huge they had them delivered to like a select few influencers and fully stocked with probably like a hundred cans and you could just like it's free so you could just a lot of influencers like left it in their garage I didn't see any New York City based influencers getting it because I don't know where the hell you would put it and how you would get it in the elevator but um it immediately started like this wave of drama on social media you could put it in your lobby for the whole building you could that's a nice idea yeah um it started this whole conversation online kind of similar to the conversations that were being had about tart island and the tart trip just basically being like this is super wasteful influencers get everything for free like give this to a real customer why don't you give back to your customers and that was kind of the thing with tart too it's like well you should take your customers on a trip well no one would want to watch that that's the problem no for real like it's such a nice concept and actually tart does do that no i and by the way i've never seen a picture from it like it's not viral it doesn't make the brand money these brands aren't they're not charities like they're here to create buzz buzz equals marketing Marketing equals money.

55:59Like customers get influenced by these types of things. And so like the response to everything on social media with these brands, especially like these more online brands like Poppy being like, well, what if you should just do it for your real customers instead? Yeah. Why don't you go bother Walmart? Like leave. Like it just it's just a dumb concept. Like what is this free for all? Like this is people's jobs. It's true. It's just like weird when like there's something that's like so commonplace. Like everyone does. it's just like part of the business and then like people just like seek out one company who's doing it and like get mad about it some people made the point like why would you like it apparently it's about eight hundred thousand dollars they spent sending 32 people these gifts when you could have put the vending machines somewhere with more traffic like which one influencer so ready it's of poppies ready so the people have to give the vending machines back in a couple of weeks a lot of them have actually already returned it and i'm sure then poppy will go put them in parks and shit like for actual it's called like using a billboard like in multiple different ways so um i really i don't understand the the backlash i don't think it's a big deal um especially when you see like a nobody's giving uber a problem for spending uh eight million dollars on one commercial last time this is what companies at that level do they spend money and actually um maureen from tart was making a bunch of tiktoks being like tart will never buy a super bowl commercial like we'd rather spend eight million dollars on a trip right so it's literally the same thing think about how much we talked about tart island everybody was talking about it that's marketing for tart and honestly i think it's better money better spent than being one in 55 commercials last night you spent eight million dollars like that's more embarrassing to me than giving a couple of influencers vending machines yeah and ultimately for a grand total of 800 000 in which you're getting the vending machines back and now look we're all talking about poppy it was successful like congratulations you played yourself yeah I saw Rachel Kirkconnell got a vending machine so I saw her video and I just thought I didn't even know about this controversy I just thought that was like so cute and then she said she had to give it back I was like oh damn but I guess yeah who needs a thousand cans of poppy yeah but it was just like a fun cute concept like it's called marketing not only that like go poppy like they're a brand that really invests mostly in like digital and influencer marketing and they got a Super Bowl ad last night like that's sick and the fact that they wanted it to be full of like Alex Earl, Jake Shane was in it.

58:20Like a lot of influencers, like the people who got them there. I love that. Like this is, and I think it's a female founded brand. Like what? Fuck off. Like it's good. Yeah. Like why shouldn't they be up there spending as much money as Matthew McConaughey and Uber Eats? Oh man, I'm like on an Uber Eats like mission today. Like hate them. But even though I'm like their number one customer. Like where's the energy for those, for Doritos? Yeah. Doritos has a lot of bad commercials. The worst. Actually, did they even do commercials? I saw some like some space orb was like stealing the Doritos from a guy on his couch like womp womp womp cool they were serious the commercials were so bad they were Pete Davidson was like doing a lot last night after being relatively quiet for a while he was actually at the Super Bowl and I think it was in one or two commercials oh yeah and it's also funny like who gets tapped like yes I would love to be a fly on the wall the most random ideas which are sometimes so good here's a random idea that was actually good it was the the circle water bottle and adam divine uh yeah that was actually a really cute commercial you know it was a good one when the person in the room was like what if we got adam divine to call his wife what wait you know what's actually a good one that's really appropriate for this conversation um taco bell they were like we are not gonna use big celebrities for our we're gonna give it to our consumers and so then they should be so happy right but then they also so they put up like a million pictures really quickly they're like if you're in this screenshot it and all their customers like from social media they took pictures of like everybody who takes pictures at taco bell it was cute then they also had like lebron james and tons of celebrities being like wait we're not in the commercial and like the lights were being turned off on them so like it wasn't enough to have your customers in your commercial because nobody would have been talking about that but now we're talking about it because lebron james was in it being funny being like am i still getting paid for this So they did have to spend all that money on the commercial and the celebrities, but then put a couple of pictures of their customers in it being like, look, send this to your mom.

1:00:15You're in a taco book. Go talk about commercial. Oh, my God. So funny. Yeah. No, I think actually like a more worthy thing for people to get annoyed about is like commercial actors are out of a job for all the celebrities and how much brands spend on one, the Super Bowl commercial and then all the celebrities. Like some of these brands have so many huge celebrities and it's like give that job to working actors who need it. 1 ,000%. That to me, it's like, I hate the celebrities in the commercials. Like, it's just, it's so not creative. And it looks like a waste of money when they could be doing so many other things using their real customers.

1:00:51And I think that people online, instead of getting mad at Poppy, like a startup business that's like working with influencers, should get mad at the big celebrities, how much they get paid for these commercials. Yeah, no, it's so true. And also, you just reminded me of something. Hold on, I was about to make a fire point. It just like escaped my brain. Bring it back. Celebrities. LeBron James. I was thinking about like Flo from Progressive. I was thinking about her for a second. Oh, that's the best, by the way. When someone can do a commercial about a celebrity and they like make a regular person a star.

1:01:20I remember. There was also no commercials that made me cry. I feel like every year there's one or two like really beautiful ones about like family or nostalgia or like a pet dying. I remember Amazon Prime, Farmer's Dog Slade a couple of years ago. Yeah, Farmer's Dog Slade. Where was the tearjerker? Yeah. No. There wasn't one last time. No. I wasn't feeling very moved. Yeah. Sad. Sad. So that's Super Bowl commercials. Are you ready for our next story a little? By the way, what story are we up to right now? This is technically number four. Oh, shoot. No, I'm not ready. Oh, yeah. No, we're not ready.

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1:05:05I thought his name was Wes. So I think his name is West, and then his friends call him Wes. Got it, okay, yeah. They were both at the Super Bowl. Or his friends are too lazy to pronounce the T. Which I feel. I'm kind of into Wes, like T. I don't have time. Wes T. so these rumors got like really were popping off over the weekend on social media and I think maybe it would have died down except that they kind of confirmed it West did what did West say because she was asked by page 6 about West and how they're spending time together and she's like said who what and spun around nervously she said I haven't really thought about it I've just been thinking about the Super Bowl thinking about who's going to win the game placing my bets I haven't had time to think about West no no but she did post a picture like a selfie of the two of them like partying I think it's just like maybe they were having fun this weekend like do you think that they knew each other before this weekend maybe they knew of each other but no I don't think they personally knew each other I think there was like a small group of like internet people who were at the Super Bowl yeah compared to like celebrities and so they probably just stuck together and I could see them like just hooking up I don't think this is a great love and I don't think this is either of their next relationships I think they probably hooked up had a really good time I can see them getting along personality wise yeah a lot of people are like oh my god does this mean Brianna on Summer House I don't think so although that wouldn't be the worst for both things like I actually think Summer House could really use somebody like young and fresh and relevant like Brianna and Wes could use something to distract us from what he did from Sierra like I think it would be good for everyone um but I don't think that's where this is leading I think they just like hooked up and probably had a really fun weekend like you forget like they're 25 like that's what you do when you're 25 yeah it's just crazy that we know about it like I feel like this is the sort of thing that in a few months like one of them shares on their podcast and we're like oh my god yeah like that we know that they were probably together this weekend it's just like it's so it's so much to know I do not ship just because no a lot from him not my favorite Brianna deserves better and I just like want the absolute best for her yeah but i'm glad she's having fun and she is having fun and like fun is very important to her right now and like i think it's good by the way craig was at the super bowl as was paige they were both rooting for the eagles i saw both of their videos it appears that they were actually on complete opposite sides of the stadium thank god um but just unfortunate why does craig root for the eagles he didn't he was like with a bunch of people he was like thanks eagles for letting me join your fandom for the weekend like i don't think he was just going like to go and page roots for them because of um i think that the guy that she's like friends with slash she says she's not dating but well like she obviously when she said that guy's not my boyfriend like yeah because they've probably been dating for a few weeks like that person's not your boyfriend yet i also saw a theory that she's good friends with his sister like it could just be that i know but those pictures from that game like that was a date there was just one blurry picture she could have just been sitting next to him maybe the sister was on the other side like that's literally I don't know which friend takes you to a game in a box you're okay so the theory that I had heard was that like she's friends with Paige's sister and uh Paige is friends with her sister and the sister's like a huge giggly squad fan so like she'd be like brother can you take me and my cool friend to the super role got it and then maybe like Paige and him are like vibing and like maybe that's how this girl gets like her brother to marry Paige to Sorbo but I'm just it's an alternate theory okay i i hadn't considered that there was someone else in the mix and that it wasn't a date well because everybody was like freaking out that i i guess the guy was backstage at one of their shows with the sister with the sister exactly the sister is like a huge giggler no i i didn't even think about him backstage at the show i just remember the picture of them like in the box and i was like okay jackie but it's just not even a picture it's two people sitting next to each other in a box and the most blurry zoom in photo of all time but like i never considered like there might be other people that like he didn't invite her there she could be a plus one yeah totally but she also like could be on a date which is totally fine and normal totally fine and normal now they've been broken up like eight weeks it's more yeah what they were it's february thank god whoa whoa are you ready for our fifth and final story little anniversary news snl 50 anniversary special will feature bad bunny sabrina carpenter John Mulaney Tom Hanks and more so that I'm sorry I literally like completely zoned out can you start the story from the beginning SNL 50th anniversary special I started listening when you said Sabrina Carpenter my way what's she doing with John Mulaney I know she's performing or uh contributing to the special Steve Martin Sabrina Carpenter Bad Bunny John Mulaney Dave Chappelle and numerous other stars who've been associated with the show over the years Scar Jo will make an appearance of course It will air on February 16th.

1:09:55It's a three hour long live telecast honoring SNL's 50th anniversary. It's SNL at a glance. So literally, is this like on Saturday night at 1130 or is it like a different time slot? Well, February 16th is a Sunday. Oh, so it's a Sunday evening broadcast. Oh, they are just loving to abuse our Sunday evenings. They are. I actually think this will be good. I know everything SNL does is like so lame these days. But when they get there, when you really think about the breadth of talent who's come from SNL and they all still love and respect Lauren and show up whenever he asks. Like when you get them all in a room, it's like the greatest of our time.

1:10:36Yeah. And like SNL history, there's a lot to pull from. There's so many great moments, performances, like people who have come out of it. So like when they go into the archives, it's always good. Oh, and I'm sure there'll be like tributes to like Norm Macdonald and Chris Farley. people yeah like the current stuff is what's bad but this is great because it's not current right the whole the whole point of it is to celebrate the good old days yeah so i this has the makings to be something good love to see sabrina out here just like getting gigs booking things you know yeah miley will be who is she gonna oh wait the barry keoghan squarespace commercial was actually good oh yeah but it's like whose idea was that to have like barry keoghan riding like i just would love to be on the fly on the wall for some of these meetings yeah it's Like they pick the most random people or even the Ritz Salty.

1:11:23And it was like Auburn Plaza. And the other stank face guy. Who was that? I forget. His name is like Napoleon from Nine Perfect Strangers. Wait, who was it? I can't even remember like his face. I probably I'll tell you his name. You're not going to.

1:11:41Michael Shannon. You have to Google him. Google him. OK, because I don't know who that is. You do. And I'm like blanking on the whole commercial He's like in so many things Oh yeah classic face Honestly that whole commercial Was Phibis and Apunem And it's like why Those two that's not even who I would think of as salty Oh you know who else Crushed the commercials Who? The cast of Schitt's Creek They were in every fucking commercial Because you know Dan Levy is Holmes.com And then Eugene Levy was Little Caesar with the eyebrows flying away. Very funny. And Moira. Catherine O 'Hara was in the Michelob Ultra commercial.

1:12:25But did you see, I had thought it at the same time. Adam Brody was in the Pringles commercial and he's like, we need more Pringles. They're like, blow on the can. And then the Pringles mustache like flies off. And then everybody, all these famous people with mustaches, like their mustaches flew away. It was like the same exact creative from Little Caesars. Like Little Caesars had the eyebrows flying. Sparky Palastri. From Eugene Levy. It was sparky plastery syndrome. They used the same agency that only had one idea. Do you think? Like, do you think? Because it looked visually so similar because it was like a mustache with two parts.

1:12:55It looked like a set of eyebrows. I was like, wait, this is the same commercial I just saw. I think they got sparky plasteried. I think they got. Yeah, I would love to know, like, the drama at the agencies right now. Like, if it was really just parallel thinking. But it's such a random. Sometimes you can see how two people could come to the same conclusion, right? I don't see how two totally separate teams could have come up with the Pringles mustache flying off and Eugene Levy eyebrow flying off. I don't know. Drama. Drama. Well, those are the past five stories and it feels as though you needed to know them.

1:13:30Did we hit everything? It was literally, I got in bed at four o 'clock and it was over at like 11. So there was so much. I hope I didn't miss anything. No, I feel like that was everything. Jalen won MVP. Of course. Like who else? I mean, it's never not the quarterback. Even though like sometimes it's like, but what about Saquon? Like it's just always the quarterback. Unless the quarterback's injured or something. Yeah, even though I often think about like my team, the Niners, if they ever won. Like they came really close these last couple of years. Like would it be Brock or would it be Christian McCaffrey?

1:14:06Because Christian McCaffrey was injured this season and like they didn't even make it to the playoffs. So it's really it's kind of Christian's thing. Yeah. No, they have a lot of other really strong players and, you know, notoriously don't have the strongest quarterback. Right. Like the franchise guy. Yeah. That is interesting to think about. But they're going to Disney World. And I just honestly, if you're a resident of Philadelphia, stay safe because your team won. And that just means like destruction is upon you. So don't go outside. Hide your kids. Hide your wife. And just it'll all blow over soon.

1:14:39because the parade's coming to town. I'm sure last night the city was engulfed in flames. Yeah, yeah. It's already started. But congrats to the Philly fans. I'm happy for you. Me too. It's a nice group. Zealous, but nice. And they had a great team. They played some beautiful ball, and they deserved it. And they had a good season, too. I really did not think they were going to win. And I do think it's easy to say, well, of course they won. The other team was bad. I think two things can be true. I think they played some of the best football they've ever played while the Chiefs were also bad. Like they didn't only win because the Chiefs were bad.

1:15:10They were just like unstoppable. Yeah, but it's a shame. We'll never really know. The Chiefs were just like falling over themselves. Right, because what I had said, why I thought they weren't going to win is like they absolutely crushed the Washington, whatever their name is these days. And I was like, well, yeah, the Ross Washingtons were awful. Like that doesn't mean you're good just because the other team is bad. And now I'm rethinking, I'm like, maybe they actually were a decent team, Washington. Yeah. Yeah. Perhaps Trudy was wrong. It's rare. No, I don't think that you are. Me neither. I never am.

1:15:45Well, that's our show. Super Bowl recap. Splix. Splix. We'll see you next year. I was saying it all night long. We'll see you next year. Splix. For Splix. Oh, we'll see you next year for Splix.

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