The Chaser Report - Extra - Mourning the Kardashians

Episode Date: September 16, 2020

After many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many seasons of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Charles and Dom are devastated to learn from Nina that it has been axed. Vale a show that nobody watched anyway. Plus Rebecca De Unamuno with all the latest news you can't trust.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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the greatest TV show ever, keeping up with the Kardashians. So Dom and Charles, I have devastating news this week. Keeping up with the Kardashians is ending. So everyone, dry your tears, stop the crying. Oh, I'm so sad. I'm kind of lost touch with them about 15 years ago or something, and I was going to catch up and binge the whole thing. Were you? So wait a minute. So it's been on air all this time. Yeah, they've been on for 11 seasons. I think they're doing a 12th one and then they're finishing up. But even though you guys haven't paid attention to the Kardashians, they actually objectively have changed the landscape of pop culture for better or worse, probably for worse, but they still have changed it. Like that fact is. Definitely, definitely for worse.

Yeah, but they still changed it. I mean, that's a difficult thing to do. Before the Kardashians, you had to have some semblance of talent. You had some skill that you could trade in order to have fame. And then they came along and they were famous because they were famous. I mean, did you though? When were you guys famous? That was before the Kardashians, right? I mean, COVID-19 changed the world enormously, but not for the, I mean, just because he changed the world, doesn't mean you're doing something good. But also, isn't it true that you find out about the Kardashians on every single medium all the time anyway? How all the TV show make any difference?

Oh, they have their moments. I think you get to see a glimpse into the inner lives of women. And that's what I really think reality show is about. So, but I would like to do a Kardashian quiz just to like totally gay. It is to humiliate us to make us realize that we don't know anything about the condition. Like the VMAs quiz. Is that what you're doing again? Okay.

That was fun. Yeah, that was fun for me. And that's the most important thing about this podcast is that it's fun for me, Nina. And not for you guys. enough. But I've made it pretty easy. So just everyone calm down. It's going to be fun for you, I too, I promise. So my first question is, the Kardashian clan is very big. It consists of Kim, Chloe and Courtney Kardashian, as well as Chris Kylie Kendall and Caitlin Jenner. But the Kardashians also have an elusive younger brother that I have not named. What is his name? Is it A, Kael,

B, Keenan or C, Rob? I mean, it should be Corey. shouldn't it really um no that's the name of chris jenna's boyfriend sorry oh there you i think i know this one isn't it rob yes that's correct it's c rob is the old one out well he's named after his father robert kardashian who is actually the whole reasons that the kardashians are famous because before they were famous they were just a wealthy family living in calabasas and their patriarch robert kardashian is best known for being a lawyer in an extremely high-profile court case. So my question is, what was the case?

Is it A, the Madeline McCann trial, B, the OJ Simpson trial, or C, the Michael Jackson trial? I think it's probably the OJ Simpson trial, because it's probably that era. It'd be 1990s, that would be my guess. What do you think, Dom? I'm pretty sure it's OJ. It is 100% the OJ Simpson trial.

Isn't that fascinating? Was he the lawyer who came up with the phrase, you know, if the glove doesn't fit, you've got to acquit. I think that was Johnny Cochran, but didn't Robert Kardashian come up with, if the glove doesn't fit, you've got to be on TV for the next 15 years, no matter what you do? Yeah, I think so, because that's what happened to his family. I do think, though, it is really interesting that the Kardashians, you know, their conception is from this incredibly dubious case about a guy that definitely murdered his wife. How did that happen?

How do you get from being a celebrity lawyer in a big trial to suddenly your extended family is on TV after you die too, I think, for the next 20, 30 years? That is a very strange progression. The answer is an entrepreneurial wife and three sexy daughters. Isn't it also because presumably everyone was scared that somebody was going to murder them

if they didn't do the way of the Kardashians? I mean, possibly. I'm not going to imply that, but maybe. Anyway, I've got a lot more questions. Okay, sorry. Shut the fuck up. The Kardashians are entrepreneurs and have expanded into many different areas. Which of these products do they not sell?

So this is which one do they not sell? A, alcohol, B, video games or C, books. It's got to be books. They would be against their philosophy to sell books. To sell books? You're going with books. All right, Dom, what are you going with? I think it's video games.

You're both incorrect. The answer is alcohol. If you've watched the show, you'd know the Kardashians are not heavy drinkers. However, Kendall and Kylie did publish a teen book called The Cities of Indra. And there was a Kim Kardashian video game that came out in 2015. And I used to play it, and it was a lot of fun. It was about climbing the social ranking order of Hollywood. And you had to pick out dresses and figure out who to talk to to become more famous.

I think that that information will be genuinely useful to me. Thank you, Nina. I'm just glad to help out, to be honest. Just here to help. Okay, there's a very famous meme on the internet which mocks Kim, which mocks the time Kim dropped something in the ocean. What famous thing did Kim drop in the ocean? Was it A, her drink, B, her 24-carat gold ring, or C, her diamond earring?

It's got to be the diamond earring because that's the most precious thing, isn't it? What do you think, Dom? I feel like it was her drink. Dom, you are. Incorrect, Charles, you are right. It was C, her diamond earring. This scene is most famous because of the way Courtney responded when Kim cried to her after dropping her earring in the ocean.

How did Courtney respond? Was it A, she hugged Kim, her sister. B, she said, Kim, people are dying. Or C, she ripped off Kim's other earring and threw it into the ocean and screamed, now your two favorite earrings are together. Are you happy now, bitch? It's definitely see. Of course it's bad.

Definitely see. Incorrect, it was B. She said people are dying, Kim. I, no, surely the entire premise of the series is zero self-awareness. How did that happen? So the breakout star of the Kardashian family has been the baby of the family, Kylie Jenner. To the extent that when she announced she'd stopped using Snapchat, her influence is to the extent that when she announced she stopped using Snapchat, the company's stock dropped significantly. How much did it drop?

A, $45 million? B, $748 million or C, $1.3 billion. Well, I know this because I follow Kylie on Instagram. Okay, Charles, we don't need to know that. I don't want to know which teenage girls you're following on Instagram. No, I wanted to find out how to, because she gets paid. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. A million dollars per Instagram post.

And so I tried to do the same thing. And we actually managed to get someone to sponsor us with pork crackling. That's right. Yeah. And I became an influencer for a while. So it would definitely be $1.3 billion because that is like... That is the same amount you made from the pork crackling? Well, no, but if you do the moldables, like if you can earn a million dollars a post, then $1.3 billion, yeah, that's about the value.

That's correct. It is $1.3 billion. Good work. Charles, you seem to know quite a lot about the Kardashians for someone who pretends. They don't know anything. Yeah. By the way, if anyone listening wants to get Charles to endorse their product, it's about $5 a post, is it going right?

Yeah. Look, if you don't have $5, I'll still do it. It's right. I don't want to price anyone out of the market. The charity of this man. All right. In 2019, Kylie Jenner's baby picture of Stormy, her child held the record for the most like post on Instagram.

Who or what beat her record? Was it A, Ariana Grande, posting a picture as Regina George from the mean girls, from mean girls on Thank You Next, B, the Grumpy Cat Death Post, or C, a random picture of an egg. Oh, I think it was the egg. I think it'll be Grumpy Cat Death Post. There's nothing more viral than that. Tom, you are correct.

It was an egg. And the egg has millions and millions of followers now because it usurped Kylie Jenner. I think that seems fair. Yeah, me too, actually. And in response, Kylie Jenner made a video where she smashed a raw egg against the wall. Yeah. And this is my last question. Does Kim Kardashian call herself a feminist?

A, yes, B, no. Or C, she says she's not a feminist, but she believes in powerful women. I mean, I'm just troubled by how much of these I actually have heard of. I think I do remember she didn't call herself a feminist. So I'm thinking it's C. What do you think, Charles? I reckon she just, nah, she's not a feminist. No. Both incorrect. A few years ago, Kim Kardashian renecked her statement and now she actively

calls herself a feminist. Yay. So we were right about 10 years ago when we were last paying attention. I'm going to claim that one, Charles. I think we should. I can have half points then. Anyway, that's the Kardashian quiz. Thank you for playing. Can I just ask one question, why? To celebrate our lords and saviors, the Kardashians, the gods of pop culture. Is Kanye going to be a I don't think so. Anyway, that's all we have time for today. Please follow us on social media. We're on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok, and head to chaser.com.com.com slash podcast to listen to more.