Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice - The Week of April 5 | The World's Celebrity Billionaires 2024

Episode Date: April 5, 2024

Changing media habits of the 18 to 34 demographic Rise of podcasting and its impact on traditional media Creation of the Flamin' Hot brand by PepsiCo NCAA Final Four basketball games and high ratings... of women's basketball games Impact of Elon Musk's reputation on Tesla sales The podcast begins (00:00:00) Introduction and overview of the show, with a mention of the date and the host's co-host.Media Habits of 18 to 34-Year-Olds (00:02:21) Discussion of the changing media habits of the 18 to 34 demographic and the rise of podcasting as an equal platform to television.PepsiCo's Flamin' Hot Brand (00:09:34) Exploration of PepsiCo's creation of the Flamin' Hot brand and its impact on consumer behavior and health considerations.NCAA Final Four Basketball Games (00:12:58) Review of the NCAA Final Four basketball games, including the teams involved, ratings, and personal reflections on the outcomes.Ratings of Women's Basketball Games (00:14:03) Analysis of the record-breaking ratings of the women's basketball game, highlighting the influence of star athletes and social media on viewership.Impact of Elon Musk's Reputation on Tesla Sales (00:21:19) Discussion of the potential impact of Elon Musk's polarizing persona on Tesla sales, with a focus on the historical Tesla buyer persona and its alignment with Musk's public image.Elon Musk's Reputation (00:23:41) Discussion about Elon Musk's behavior and its impact on Tesla owners and potential buyers.Wealth Disparity and Stock Market (00:25:32) Talk about the wealth of the top 1% and its correlation with the stock market, along with a mention of Bitcoin and meme coins.Celebrity Billionaires (00:29:04) Forbes list of celebrity billionaires, focusing on Taylor Swift's wealth and fanbase.April Fool's Pranks (00:32:24) Mention of various April Fool's pranks by companies, including fake products and announcements. If you enjoyed this episode and want to learn more, join Ryan’s newsletter https://ryanalford.com/newsletter/ to get Ferrari level advice daily for FREE.  Learn how to build a 7 figure business from your personal brand by signing up for a FREE introduction to personal branding https://ryanalford.com/personalbranding.  Learn more by visiting our website at www.ryanisright.comSubscribe to our YouTube channel  www.youtube.com/@RightAboutNowwithRyanAlford. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Starting point is 00:01:00 I'm Ryan Alford, your host. It is our weekly marketing and business news of the week here on April 5th, 2024. As always joined by my good friend, Chris Hansen down in the vacay lounge in Miami. What's up, Chris? What's up, Brian? How are you today, my man? Hey, man. It is spring is here around the corner.
Starting point is 00:01:25 The weather's good. You know, cleaning up the old. old houseboat got all the stuff going on that makes me feel like you know the weather is turning life is good how are you i'm great man and you talk like that i'm just thinking of making a trip up to greenville yeah i'd like to experience some yeah seasons yeah the no complaints the seasons are changing we've have the garden going at uh chateau alford got some tomato plants got some okra planned a little garden behind our garage. So we're going to see how that goes.
Starting point is 00:02:02 See if myself and the boys can keep the plants alive. Luckily, we have sprinkler system, so hopefully that assists in some of it. But we'll see how it goes. Got that all in. Got I hope that we don't get any of that cold weather that can hit in South Carolina. We don't need freezing nights like freezing my plants out. But we will see how it goes. It will forever be the vacay lounge down there in Miami.
Starting point is 00:02:32 We got no season done here, baby. Exactly. Is it heating up or what in Miami? It's heating up a little bit, but it's honestly, it's perfect. It's breezy and sunny the last four or five days. Yes. Soaking it up before it gets hot. We are updating our studio here at our facility.
Starting point is 00:02:56 the room behind me in what's larger studio space being transitioned. Sawyer's hard at work, just bringing it to life, getting pumped about that. It's going to feel like we're truly a show, Chris. It's getting real. I'm ready for it. And speaking of shows and podcasts, you know, this is interesting. We're marketing and business show. And this is as much business as anything.
Starting point is 00:03:24 It's the latest podcast, David. as it relates to ad buying and other things like that. And basically what we're seeing is podcast reach with the 18 to 34 segment is now equal to television. So we're right almost in equal proportion to the number of people listening, number of 18 to 34s that listen to podcast and that watch television. and let's just say one of those numbers is going up, one of them is going down. This comes to us from Westwood One. It wasn't that long ago that marketers dismissed podcast for lacking scale no longer.
Starting point is 00:04:07 Among 1834 year olds, podcast Weekly Reach from Edison's 2024 Edison Dial is nearly as large as TV. It's 48% to 50%. Let's go ahead and call that equal. The big player in 18 to 34 weekly reach is AM. FM radio at 77% the FM radio data that is a data is sourced from Nielsen comparable metrics from Q3 of 2023 so basically podcasts now are taking over the media mind of pretty large dibo there 18 to 34s I don't think that surprises us does it Chris No, I was going to say I just turned 35 from my world.
Starting point is 00:05:01 Definitely way more people are using podcasts than turn on TV. Yeah. I think they're watching content, social media, but then listening to podcasts while they work out, while they drive, walk on the beach, whatever they do is like that passive experience when they're doing other things. Walking around the house, cleaning up doing things where you might use to throw up the throw on the TV and you're watching it
Starting point is 00:05:29 listening to it whatever that might be and or sitting down and so think this demo sits down and watches television like it's media habits have changed and I see it I'm not in the demo a little outside of it but I don't I have my habits have changed as well like I catch like an hour of TV like before bed. Unless it's live sports. And we're going to talk about that. Another big data point. But I think you're going to continue to see media habits change and certainly podcasting is on the rise and getting higher.
Starting point is 00:06:15 The interesting thing, I think the data point is going to be as we see this evolution. And we're doing this with our shows like the audio and video. video thing. The YouTube versus audio, like audio podcasts on Apple, on Spotify versus watching it. Rogan's got huge numbers on YouTube. And some of the larger podcasts have large numbers of being watched. But I think this intersection that we're at is going to be fascinating to watch for how people consume content in the ways and mediums of which they do it. Because again, a lot of people have their face in the phone. So they might be watching YouTube or listening to YouTube music or something like that. There's this really crazy intersection happening. You consider
Starting point is 00:07:05 yourself a huge YouTuber. Yeah. Now, yeah. You watch long form or is it more like you're looking for something and you search and then you watch something? I'm more searching for certain topics. Yeah. And I'm, I don't, I don't, I. I don't. I. really don't like the long form. I prefer like a say 30 minute max. But there is some shows, some guys that I do, I follow what they do. And I'll, I'll watch some of their interviews. If it's someone I'm really interested in. And I learn a lot. It's amazing. I think they're great. It's just the trade off with time. Yeah. Dude, I use it. If it's not music, it's YouTube. Between Spotify and YouTube all day, really. Yeah. Do you feel like
Starting point is 00:07:53 do you still listen to radio? Like AMFM radio like when you're in the car? No. That's why that was interesting to be that the 18 to 34, the largest reach. You got TV and podcasting almost equal right on 50% on. This radio is 77.
Starting point is 00:08:11 That was interesting to me. I don't know if I'm like, I don't, I literally have people that hate the radio. They go get in my car and be like, turn this off. I don't want to hear the ads. I don't want to leave it. Or they don't like the music.
Starting point is 00:08:23 There's so many. access to music now. You're not at the will of the radio station to play. Yeah. Whatever they want. I can't tell you the last time. Yeah. When is the last time you got in a car and someone doesn't immediately plug in their phone?
Starting point is 00:08:37 If anything to charge it, so your default already going to listen to something through the phone, whether you do Apple. Mine is either a podcast or satellite radio. Like I've got satellite radio and it's either like a sports talk or one of the commercial free stations. like the new country station, like the highway with some serious FX, listen to that a lot. So that was, that's interesting. I probably it shows like it's free. So it's still, so maybe that's part of it, the demo.
Starting point is 00:09:07 Like you get in the car, it's free access. So that makes a little bit of sense, but I think you're going to see that number come down. And I think as a business is you hear this date and here's what a lot of the, it went deeper in this article, some of the other stats. which is you need, as you're thinking about your media mix, you need to have podcasts in there because this demo is listening to podcasts. And I'll just go ahead and tell you that it's a richer ad experience on podcasts that it is on TV or radio. Because you don't, especially the podcast, do it right.
Starting point is 00:09:43 Like we do live reads on our show that are just a little more organic. And I'm telling you that impression is way different than just the interruption that is ad. typically on TV and radio. And so that branded content within the medium is going to be the future of media. I think that's the takeaway here. And you have changing media habits overall. This article coming from from marketing dive, PepsiCo, what's called Pepsi? Pepsi Company creates flaming hot brand to highlight fast-growing chip flavor.
Starting point is 00:10:23 Finally, we're just a brand now. I thought they've already done this, but the Doritos and Cheetos maker said the platform will make it easier for consumers to find the 25 products within its portfolio that have the seasoning. PepsiCo has established Flaming Hot as its own brand within the beverage and snacking giant's portfolio. The company said on Thursday. The Dorito and Cheetos maker said the Flaming Hot brand will make it easier for consumers to identify the offerings, The portfolio will initially include 25 unique products. I'm surprised I didn't more of that. I feel like I see it everywhere now.
Starting point is 00:11:01 Yeah. Like, I wonder what the, Chris and I host, yeah, shameless plug, a good time to plug it in. Chris and I host another show called Vibe Science. Go check that out, vibscience. com or VibeSciencepodcast.com. We talk about overall health and wellness. And I'd love to know the gut impact.
Starting point is 00:11:23 of the flaming hot brand. That's all I've been thinking about this whole time. And I know it's been a big issue with kids. Like it's been talked about. Yeah. With these young kids eating this super spicy Cheetos and they're getting gut issues. It's got to be, right? It just, and I like it.
Starting point is 00:11:40 I like hot stuff. I can't eat it every day. And sometimes when I eat it, I'm like I regret it. But it's, what you're getting into at this time. Yeah, you know, I know what I'm buying it. It's a calculated risk where you're know what's coming.
Starting point is 00:11:54 It's interesting how the taste and the, I don't know, it's something to be said about this brand and just the overall dynamic of, of flavor and changing times. But nonetheless, you see the Flaming Hot everywhere. It's officially, it's its own brand now. And I just hope they don't come back out with the Flaming Hot Mountain Dew. This seems like a flame thrower right there. Mountain Dew with cayenne pepper in it, essentially.
Starting point is 00:12:22 Yeah. Now, I could see a flaming hot vodka, like for your Bloody Mary. Fireball vodka version. Like your Bloody Mary having a flaming hot. Okay. There's a free idea for you, Pepsi. Yeah. Tabasco. Yeah. But these sub-brands start to take on a life of themselves. And now you have whole teams. That's what this tells me. You got whole teams just working on Flaming Hot.
Starting point is 00:12:48 I'm on the Flaming Hot brand team for PepsiCo. Wow. It shows you what taste preferences are evolving. Yeah, exactly. But the gut impact, I would love to know. We'd have to get a doctor on and tell us on five science what the gut impact. Like, what happens in the gut when you heat a bag of ice. You already know it's processed, not healthy food.
Starting point is 00:13:12 Cheetos regular. Yes. And you add in, who knows, some synthetic hot seasoning. Yeah. Oh, God. I wonder how much flaming hot will be consumed over the weekend of the final four. Yes, it is the final four. Didn't mention that at the top of the hour, but the final four.
Starting point is 00:13:31 Clemson did lose in the lead eight. I was disappointed, but good season made it to lead eight. I never thought they'd make it there. I was sweating bullets a little bit just because I told my kids, if Clemson made the final four, we'd go to Arizona. And it was less the monetary and more the practicality of just getting there. Time investment. The logistics challenge.
Starting point is 00:13:54 Yeah, logistic challenge. But I would have made it come through if we had made it. And so you have Yukon, NC State, and you have Purdue, and you have Alabama. So Alabama and Yukon play Purdue and NC State. Yeah, one Cinderella in there, even though they probably really aren't Cinderella, LNC State. The others were pretty much top three rankings. And I think we might ultimately see Yukon and Purdue,
Starting point is 00:14:26 but we'll see what happens. That's this weekend. And ratings have been high. Live sports have been high. I think it's a good time to bring up the point that just the other night, it was this week, Iowa and LSU played. Caitlin Clark could not come up with her name last week. I feel bad.
Starting point is 00:14:46 She's obviously a superstar. just could not, did want to look up in the middle of it. But Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes, Angel Reese, who plays for LSU, both big influencers, big stars. It set the women's basketball games ratings record. It beat out what I saw was like several NBA games, the NBA finals last year. Like this game had higher ratings.
Starting point is 00:15:10 Money Night's Elite Eight Showdown between Caitlin Clark's, Iowa Hawkeyes, and Angel Reese's LSU Tigers set the all-time ratings record for wins basketball game, according to ESPN. More than 12 million people tuned in to watch the much-height rematch of last year's championship game which saw Iowa avenged the loss in advance to its second straight final four. The audience peaked at 16.1 million viewers, according to ESPN.
Starting point is 00:15:40 So this was rated higher than several of the NBA finals game last year. rated, it had higher ratings than several bowl games, like the big bowl games from this past year. I think it will be interesting. I do think that the product in women's basketball has got a lot more athletic, a lot more interesting. Caitlin Kark's shooting it like Steph Curley all over the court. It's a lightning rod. It'd be interesting if it holds onto this. I don't know who like next year.
Starting point is 00:16:09 Like Caitlin Kark and Angel Reese, you knew about, were popular last year. they carried over into this season. I'm not sure who those stars are that are arising for next year. So it'll be interesting if this holds, if this is just like a lightning rod moment for these certain players or if it's going to hold overall.
Starting point is 00:16:28 But what I do think it is a sign of is content on, like, TV content's gotten shitty in a lot of ways. But live sports still brings the heat. And the turn. Tournament basketball atmosphere, the one and done, the sudden death, nature of it, combined with these stars, make for compelling theater. And the advertisers have taken advantage of it, that people see it. And I think our viewing habits have changed a lot, but live sports still holds and is growing in magnitude.
Starting point is 00:17:09 I think it's related to just a lot of other content isn't great. and there's just still compelling interest in athleticism and sports and games and things like that. But crazy that the basketball game had ratings higher than many of the more popular sports generally in the U.S. Yeah, that's wild. Those big numbers. And I would say you can maybe attribute some of the social media in these people's brands where people are more intimately connected, they feel following these athletes.
Starting point is 00:17:46 100%. So they're a little bit more invested. And when I popped in my head, women sports has been talked about a lot the last two years in a lot of negative ways, right? Yeah. I think there's more pride in women sports now because of all that. Yep.
Starting point is 00:18:02 Not to get political. Exactly. It's another outline. That's right. And I do think you nailed it with the social media stuff. Social media. halo from these players who are influencers in and out of the sport. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:18:17 Helps elevate it, bring different audiences to it. And in a similar way, similar, but a little different just because of how big she is. Like Taylor Swift, the NFL thing. Her popularity, like elevating the overall product because of how popular she is in general. And so it will be interesting. interesting how it carries over, but I think, like, take away, if this name image and likeness thing with college athletes and sports, I'll just say, I don't love the me nature of some of this. But if you watch the game, both of these players, like Caitlin Clark is probably one of the best pastors I've ever seen in women's basketball. Yes, she scored like 40 points, but she had like 14 assists.
Starting point is 00:19:06 and Angel Reese's overall game, like, elevated the team. But the big thing here is if you have a star athlete, if you have someone growing up, there's this balance of star credibility and raising the brand, like how you encourage, if you have a star athlete or a child growing up, encourage them to utilize social media to grow their leverage while keeping them grounded. and that's a delicate balance in the world we're in. But I'll just say with great following comes great leverage. And so you got to play the game.
Starting point is 00:19:51 And it helps create leverage with sponsors and monetary outlets and different things. Because, you know, Caleb Clark's going to go to the WNBA next year, but she's already signed some major deals on the sponsor front. And she's not playing small ball here. We're talking Gatorade, Nike, the big players. And so it's going to be interesting to see where it all goes, but good for them and good for these players, getting the recognition they deserve for all the work they're putting in.
Starting point is 00:20:21 But they're making it, look, they're making it a more exciting product. They're making it more interesting. That game was fascinating. It was back and forth. I watched a lot of it. And it was just back forth. It was like 90-something, 80-something. I mean, like tons of scoring.
Starting point is 00:20:33 And I would watch women's basketball 10 years. go and even being a basketball guy, like wanting to be into it. It was just kind of like store fest because it just wasn't that interesting. But the athletes are better, the action's better, scoring's better. It's a lot better product. And so be interested to see if they could keep the star power rolling and thus keep the ratings up. And if you want to learn from me directly, join my newsletter. Ryanofford.com backslash newsletter.
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Starting point is 00:21:45 as early as Tuesday. I had this thought. Staying out of politics, during that, I did have this epiphany a little bit, especially it relates to Tesla. Elon's gone a little, I would say, or a lot right in a lot of ways. And when you think about the historic Tesla buyer, that persona,
Starting point is 00:22:11 I don't know about you, but it was always a little bit of that. And I'm just, I'm going to be, I don't intentionally mean to be sexist here, but it's going to call it a guy. I know there's women too. I'm just going to call them guys right now. I'm a guy. I'm a dude. So that Tesla guy to me was always a little on the other.
Starting point is 00:22:32 side of where Elon seems to be leaning these days. I'll just say that. Very well put. I was hanging on the edge waiting for a little. But like a little brew. I'll just say. And he's gotten, I don't know, I think some of the shit he does is stupid.
Starting point is 00:22:50 And some of the stuff I'm like, I firmly clap and believe in. So I don't, it's not an all or nothing with me with him. I respect him for voicing his opinion. I think he's a little nuts sometimes. But he's obviously smart as hell on a lot of things. But I'll just say the historic Tesla guy I know, that Tesla guy that I've seen and known for a while, I'm not Tesla guy.
Starting point is 00:23:09 I want a Tesla guy before. I'm not one now. He always reminded me if a hard left Democrat. I don't know why. Way before this got political. It's just where probably my mind would go. Like, how would you describe a Tesla buyer? What's that?
Starting point is 00:23:27 Just like a Prius buyer, but with more taste and maybe some more. A little more money and a little more taste. It's just a little bit like, I got my Tesla. I think I'm cool. And it just seemed like some of my Democrat friends. Yet, so everything Musk has done has been a little bit more to the right. And I hate to make it this political comparison because I'm not a political creature. But it's just so some of this doesn't surprise me that Tesla sales might be off with Elon seemingly showcasing.
Starting point is 00:24:02 more right leaning tendencies. Yeah. If he was selling pickup trucks right now, he'd probably be doing very well. Yes. Not electric ones. Yeah. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:24:12 So I don't know. I would love to know. No one's talking about it, I think, in those terms. But what I read this, that's where my mind when I'm like, okay, what's causing that? Elon's kind of being idiot.
Starting point is 00:24:24 People getting a little, okay. But then you think about the core audience. And that guy, that guy I want to punt. sometimes when he walks by him in the grocery store. Sorry. Just being honest. He gets into a Tesla every time.
Starting point is 00:24:40 I don't know why. It's like he comes out and I feel like he thinks he's better than everyone. I've had a lot of negative experience. It's just no one, I don't, and I don't know that many people that own Tesla's, but no one do I know that well is a Tesla owner is like my bud. I don't know. and that has nothing to do with politics and more to do with the air about them. And I think that person would be put off by the Elon Musk we've been seeing lately.
Starting point is 00:25:13 Just a hunch. So this doesn't completely surprise me. And then I don't think maybe the crowd with which he's been attracting lately is a natural, I want to go buy an electric Tesla guy or girl. Just, no. Just observations. I like a lot of what Elon says, but no part of me wants to go get to Tesla. Me either.
Starting point is 00:25:34 Now, the Tesla, the cyber truck, I don't know if I could pull it off or want to pull it off. It's a little out there, but it's fun. I agree. Like, that's like the closest thing, and I don't think I can pull that off or what, you know, but it's like fascinating to me. Like, be cool for six months. Yeah, exactly. I think that's exactly right. I enjoy it for six months.
Starting point is 00:25:54 It'd be like novel, but the rest of it. Like a toy, literally. You'd be like, oh, this is a. fun toy for six months. Now let's get back to reality. Yes. The wealthy keep getting wealthier. According to CNBC, the wealth of the 1% just hit a record 44 trillion. The wealth of the top 1% hit a record 44.6 trillion at the end of the fourth quarter. As an end of year stock rally lifted their portfolios.
Starting point is 00:26:23 So according to data from the Federal Reserve, the total net worth of the top 1% defined by the Fed as those with wealth over $11 million increased by $2 trillion the fourth quarter. All the gains came from their stock holdings. The value of corporate equities and mutual fund shares held by the top of percent search to $19.7 trillion. While their real estate values went up slightly, the value of their privately held businesses declined, essentially canceling out all other gains outside of stocks. Stock market, prop it up, the wealthy.
Starting point is 00:26:55 Not shocking. It's stock market. So goes the wealthy. and I don't know where the stock market's headed. I'm not a, but it just seems, it seems inflated. Seems that way. How's the old Bitcoin doing? Up.
Starting point is 00:27:14 It's still up, but not, it's been a little quiet the last two weeks in the crypto market. Still bearing, say, 5% here and there like a day. How about those meme coins? Same thing. Yeah, there's a little bit more volatile. utility on those. I'm watching a few of those. And my guys are all telling me just wait.
Starting point is 00:27:36 We're not even close to the pump yet. All right. I feel like it's like the meme coin stuff. It's like the same, like, whether it's a million people or five million people or a thousand people. I feel like it's the same group of them that half of them start, start selling and half of them are buying. And until there's this huge influx of,
Starting point is 00:28:00 I don't know what we saw with the movie theater stock or whatever like something pumps and brings in the natural market the game stop. Like something like some news or something just creates other money that comes in
Starting point is 00:28:15 you just have this tug of war between existing holders. That's exactly how it feels right now. It's just in that tug of war no one's making big moves but I think you're going to have I think more institutional news come out with the ETFs and J.P. Morgan and Bitcoin specifically
Starting point is 00:28:36 that it's going to bring more of your general retail investor interest in and not just techie people. Yeah. Speaking of money, the world's celebrity billionaires. Forbes puts out their list of the rich and famous. This is just all about the money. This is the money episode. money in sports, money in stocks, and money with the celebrity billionaires. So this is Forbes' latest list. Taylor Swift accomplished defeat in a weather mission had before. She became a millionaire, primarily off of the earnings from her music and performances. What else would it be off of?
Starting point is 00:29:21 Okay. Three months later, Forbes named television television, tycoon Dick Wolf, a billionaire too. Thanks to his 1.9 billion career earnings from producing shows like Law and Order and FBI. The two entertainers bring in even more star power to the Forbes World's Billionaires' List, which has seen an explosion in celebrity billionaires for recent years. Ten of the 14A listers on the rankings have become billionaires in the past four years, spurred by entertainers capitalizing on their brand and fame.
Starting point is 00:29:55 Yes. and the power of social media like we talked about. Now, James Cameron was big on the list, and so was as the creator of Star Wars, creator Star Wars was number one on the list, like his value had increased number one, which is not surprising with the popularity of that and all the offshoot that you're seeing.
Starting point is 00:30:21 But back to Taylor Swift, she's a billionaire, baby. Can't shake that off. So it's a lot of damn money, man. And when you're doing concerts like on that type of scale. Yeah, her concerts last year, it was like I saw $200 million, right at $191 million. That's what she made. That's a lot of money, man.
Starting point is 00:30:46 But you know what? Those Swifties, man, those people, it is intense. They're good customers. They are good customers, man. I got to get me some Swifties. Gang. It's a gang, man. They are a gang. They carry chains and ropes and guns, and they're ready to get you.
Starting point is 00:31:05 If you talk bad about her, if you don't do something, like, do not mess with Taylor Swift. If Travis Kelsey ever wrong turn, bro? Yeah, no. He's screwed. He's better. He's not safe anywhere. Yeah, he's not safe anywhere. He's kidding me. He's going to get, like, 47 Swifty moms, like, jump on them.
Starting point is 00:31:24 That's what I mean, she's got Swifty dads, she's got Swifty moms. She's got Swifty moms. She's got swiftly kids. Like, it's all, it's full gamut. Making her a billionaire. She's got a darn me. Yeah. And look, she's smart as hell.
Starting point is 00:31:38 She does it. She works it. She goes to these schools. She shows up at places. She knows how to, and I don't think it's all an act. I think someone's like, she's from the South. She's got some genuine, like, humanity to her combined with this star power. And it's like the brightest light shining.
Starting point is 00:31:56 hire and she's a billionaire. And Skiff or Travis. I'm proud of him. He's no dummy. He's no dummy. Look, she's attractive and talented. So, and a billionaire. What does she have not?
Starting point is 00:32:15 She got a lot of shit going for her. Let's be honest. No matter how much I do or don't listen to her music. I respect the hell out of the game, though. Damn. I just want some games. gang people like those Swifties. It is a gang.
Starting point is 00:32:29 We close out today with a fun little segment team put together. The best of April Fool's Pranks. It was April 1st this week. Got some fun ones here. April 1st was on a Monday this year and it was right after Easter. Sometimes it sneaks up on me
Starting point is 00:32:45 so I don't know it. But this one didn't sneak up on me. So I knew that I was just aware that it was April 1, like the morning I woke up. So sometimes I don't. know until you see things and you might fall for it. So I would really fall in. But these are pretty funny.
Starting point is 00:33:02 Ahead of April Fool 7-11 hinted at a possible prank product in addition to new lemon, lime, green apple, and sweet orange-flavored seven select sparkly waters. Out now with partner Miracle Seltzer. There's a fourth flavor coming April 1st. Big bite hot dog. Sparkling water.
Starting point is 00:33:23 You'll see the, we'll have some of the visuals up for this on the video. content, but it's quite funny. Big bite hot dog, sparkling water does not sound tasty. Keeping it with soda, despite the proliferation of crazy flavored products, including peat's flavored Pepsi,
Starting point is 00:33:40 Franks, red hot sauce flavored pickles and Doritos, nacho cheese flavored liquor, healthy soda brand, allopop. I had one of those last night, actually, they're pretty tasty. And Pringles are not really teaming up to bring sour cream and onion soda.
Starting point is 00:33:57 So they had a release that said they were. Part of it would have been a match made in heaven to bring drinks a tangy flavor, prangle sour cream and onion flavor to life in a liquid form with prebiotic benefits. So that's not happening, but it was quite nice looking can. Ollipop. You did an olipop guy?
Starting point is 00:34:21 Yeah, I like it. I had a ginger ale last night. It was pretty tasty. Yeah, pretty healthy. Yeah. Stoner Lingo Translation app. Another dream team product, prank product, Rosetta Stoned.
Starting point is 00:34:37 I'll see what they did there. A mobile app from Rosetta Stone and medical marijuana company fluent that bridges the conversational gap between novice users and seasoned stoners in any social setting. Rosetta Stoned. So a little app that's not really coming out, but hey, maybe they should come out with it. Hey, man, it's 420 somewhere. You can come up with a lot of different ones.
Starting point is 00:35:11 The Dada decoder, infant equipment site, baby quip, has its own language bridging lark. The baby translator app to decode your baby's secret language. say goodbye to Russell Snight since you decode your baby's coos and cries instantly, providing with you the understanding you need is a parent all in one convenient app. It promised. So you put it up while your baby's making weird noises and it was going to decode, tell you what it means. Apparently, it would be all over that shit. You should have sold.
Starting point is 00:35:42 We should sell that for a day and out sense. And even say that it's a spoof. And you know what? I think people would buy it because it'd be like the baby go, My main road and be like, oh, I love you so much, Mommy. Oh, God, she would eat that up. Even if they knew it wasn't true, they would extend reality. Omaha Steaks, meaty sprays.
Starting point is 00:36:07 Omaha Steaks had its own personal care, prank product, meaty sprit sprays with flavors such as Omaha Fog, Hog Haze, and Cacadoodle, Do. The world's first. Protein-infused flavor pack, portable pump spray to enjoy all the mouth-watering flavors of Omaha Steaks. Meaty spritz. That's creative. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:36:36 And finally today from Tinder with our April Fool's Pranks. Who are you going to call when ghosted this new title at Tinder? Dating app Tinder announced a new April Fool's Day hiring. quest for a vice president of ghost hunting to help combat one of dating's culture's most prevalent vices, ghosting. Practice inflicted on 78% of singles already in 2024. An untrue fact from Tinder. So they have a VP of ghosting as a new title that they're hiring. April Fool's VP of Ghosting.
Starting point is 00:37:21 I wouldn't mind being that I think it'll be funny but there you have some of the pranks from April fools saw a few others and again I don't know what it was
Starting point is 00:37:35 didn't did you did you get fooled by anything yeah on Instagram like first thing in the morning didn't remember is April Fool's I don't remember what it was
Starting point is 00:37:48 it was something I just had to read through it and I was like oh okay I saw two or three people. It was both guys and girls that sort of hit my feed or maybe it's my story or something that I followed. Like people that were saying I finally moved over to Onlyfans
Starting point is 00:38:04 when they didn't. That seemed to be like a... It was like people you probably wouldn't expect. That seemed to be like an ongoing thing. Finally made my move over to Onlyfans. And so just seemed to be a girls and a guy's ploy. But I saw that. Again, I had woken up and I don't know what it was.
Starting point is 00:38:27 I knew it was April 1. I was like, all right. I was ready for it. Okay, ready. I can't be fooled today. I can't be fooled today. I can laugh, though. I was, it was humorous, nothing else.
Starting point is 00:38:38 Yeah, there was a lot of good stuff. Exactly. Any final words, my friend? Hope everyone has an excellent weekend. Yes. Wherever you are, whenever you are, however you are, appreciate you for making us number one. You can find us at Ryanisright.com for all the videos and highlight clips,
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