The Daily Zeitgeist - Arthur Knight AKA Nicholas AleverdeTrend 4/26: Nicholas Rossi, Ed Sheeran, CinemaCon, King Charles, Little League

Episode Date: April 26, 2023

In this edition of Arthur Knight AKA Nicholas AleverdeTrend, Jack and super producer Becca discuss Nicholas Rossi's self-written fake obituary, Ed Sheeran vs. Marvin Gaye, a CinemaCon update, a chocolate bust of King Charles, and unruly NJ parents being forced to umpire little league games!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Hey, I'm Gianna Pradenti. And I'm Jemay Jackson-Gadsden. We're the hosts of Let's Talk Offline from LinkedIn News and iHeart Podcasts. There's a lot to figure out when you're just starting your career. That's where we come in. Think of us as your work besties you can turn to for advice. And if we don't know the answer, we bring in people who do, like negotiation expert Maury Tahiripour.

If you start thinking about negotiations as just a conversation, then I think it sort of eases us a little bit. Listen to Let's Talk Offline on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, the internet, and welcome to this episode of Arthur Knight, a.k.a. Nicholas Oliverdi Trend. That's the name of that guy from the video we talked about yesterday. Hi, I'm Jack. That's Becca. Hi, Becca. Hello.

I don't know. I guess I'm just finding out all the details or being reminded of all the details of the story. This is the guy who, if you didn't listen to yesterday's episode, there's a wonderful video of him in disguise as a British man with like round glasses,

a gas mask on, claiming that he can't stand up in the least convincing way possible. Um, with his wife who is, seems embarrassed for him. As super producer Brian pointed out, he does look like Keith for Sutherland in dark city. Yes,

he does. And apparently his performance is influenced by that also i i couldn't think of his so i guess nicholas rossi is one of his other akas nicholas albertian is his original real name um his british name is arthur knight you know when you're looking up and you're like that that's British. That's British. That is a British ass name. So the backstory, in addition to like him being on the run from the law because he committed sexual assault in Utah, is that he then became a men's rights figurehead for radicalized people who claim they are unable to get romantic or sexual partners despite desiring them often

referred to as incels that is according to wikipedia so an update that uh super producer victor provided us is that when he faked his own death one of the things that he did was write his own obituary and it is long it's so long remarkable so I just wanted to, I read through it. I highlighted some. I couldn't finish it. I was like, what is he saying? Nicholas Oliverdian's battle for life ended on February 29th, 2020.

His children, his families were there. His last words were fear not and run toward the bliss of the sun. At the time of his passing, the room was filled with the sounds of the end credits for the 1997 film contact by composer Alan Silvestri, a statesman and states women in the house of representatives and Senate joined with mayors across Rhode Island in homage to a man whom they acknowledged as quote,

one of the most vocal outspoken and constructive advocates for reforming Rhode Island's DCYF and the childcare system. And a fighter in spirit, but a peacemaker in practice for two decades, uh, goes on his name. When uttered in memoriam in the House and State Senate chambers and city halls throughout the Ocean State, was a fitting tribute as those were the spaces where Oliverdian labored

as a warrior for those without a voice for two decades, commenting on not just issues surrounding the Department of Children, Youth, and Families, but also businesses, health, public safety, and education. It's a hell of a run-on sentence. I was literally counting the lines. It's like a five-line sentence. His name, when uttered in memoriam in the House and Senate chambers and city halls throughout the Ocean State, was a fitting tribute, as those were the space. It's a mess what a mess um but he's just so profoundly and deeply full of shit in so many ways i want to know what it's like to be that

delusional like i i envy people who can live in that type of delirium. Yes. And he like makes up quotes about how he was like a Dickensian character. But it's just like this. They don't write obituaries this long for presidents. No. He is just going on and on and making up like columnists who claimed that he was the greatest person who ever did anything but like everything is very vague i think he had a you know he was institutionalized as a child because he according to his step-parents was like you know a violent sociopath and would like bite and kick and spit and they had to ultimately institutionalize him so it does seem like his life's work as he viewed it was to like reform the department of children youth and families

because he had been you know dealing with them from a young age because he was a violent kind of messed up child uh which is sad but also reviews not. Yeah. That's not surprising. I'm sure there's plenty of problems there. But man, what a, just the, the persistence of delusion, the persistence of bullshit,

and just the lack of regard for anyone else's intelligence to just be like, Arthur Knight, let's go with that. And because that's British and people will believe I'm British. Just can't stop reading about this guy, unfortunately. So unfortunately, you guys have to keep hearing about him. Another thing that's trending, there's like an Ed Sheeran lawsuit where the estate of Marvin Gaye is claiming that one of his songs ripped off Let's Get It On.

Which song is it again? Which Ed Sheeran song? Yeah, which Ed Sheeran song? You're asking me which of Ed Sheeran songs, which I know the title of it is. It's the one that's like, darling, I. Oh, that one? The really famous one? Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, that one. I would argue no. It doesn't sound like it. That, that one. I would argue no. It doesn't sound like it. That's the thing. I came into this being like, well, he ripped off Scrubs. I'm here for Marvin Gaye.

Yeah, I'm here for Marvin Gaye. I'm team Marvin Gaye over Ed Sheeran. And he definitely ripped off TLC for Scrubs. I guess that was admitted. But that one was weird too because he wrote the song and then was like, oh, I guess I was ripping off Scrubs and so he like paid for it um but this one just doesn't sound like it it just doesn't

sound like it at all to me like it sounds like i remember hearing that song and being like is this a remake or like is he pulling like chords from like a different song yeah never like even listening to them side by side i like don't hear it i i get like uh producer brian definitely has like a more musical mind than me and he's like oh it's the same chord progression but that's true of like you know 20 percent of songs yeah so i don't know unfortunately i'm having a hard time being on Marvin Gaye's team. Although I will say, always been a Marvin Gaye fan. Not always been a big fan of his family members. If you know how he died, that might make sense.

All right, CinemaCon. CinemaCon is a trade show. It's less like a film festival and more, I't know it's it's it's like it's weird work networking right yeah it feels like it's like insider stuff they like preview scenes for movies it's just like people yeah you get titles of these articles that you think you're about to see a trailer like there's so annoying wanka timothy chalamet meets hugh grant as an oompa loompa in new trailer and then but like there's no trailer the other things that people have seen at cinema con we were recently talking about this i think on yeah yeah on tdz because one of our guests

was saying that their child's latest obsession is napoleon and i was like it's so weird that we haven't had a big napoleon movie because like that was one of kubrick's big obsessions for many years but he never finished it we've also talked about how like the various stages of like things kids become obsessed with just seem to always work out as great fodder for like big blockbuster movies and napoleon and the greek gods are two weird kid obsessions that don't have their like massive modern blockbuster yet well there's a napoleon movie coming that i i didn't know at the time we were talking about that it's from uh ridley sc, stars Joaquin Phoenix. Of course.

And they showed a battle scene from it, and people were like, it's expensive looking. It looks like they spent all the money. So that's exciting. Equalizer 3, Bad Boys 4, and then a rom-com starring Glenn Powell, the cocky guy from the latest Top Gun, and Sidney Sweeney. There's a Spider-Man sp Glenn Powell, the cocky guy from the latest Top Gun, and Sidney Sweeney.

There's a Spider-Man spinoff, Kraven the Hunter, which I think they are hoping this can be their Joker. Yeah, it's going to be R-rated. R-rated. Apparently features gory fight scenes, which include decapitations and bear traps. The two things that any good fight scene you want to look for. Anyways, CinemaCon, a very unsatisfying convention to cover. Yeah. So I guess gives us a heads up of what's coming.

Let's take a quick break, shall we? And then we'll come back and talk about a chocolate King Charles head for some reason. We'll be right back. Hey, I'm Gianna Pradente. And I'm Jemay Jackson-Gadsden. We're the hosts of Let's Talk Offline, a new podcast from LinkedIn News and iHeart Podcasts. When you're just starting out in your career, you have a lot of questions like, how do I speak up when I'm feeling overwhelmed? Or can I negotiate a higher salary if this is my first real job?

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is sponsored by Diet Coke. And we're back, and King Charles' coronation is happening. Bleh. Okay. Are you alright?

I'm okay. I also had some digestional issues as I was saying that. So maybe that's just the natural reaction. Although natural reaction to monarchy at this time to get a little sick to your stomach, but

natural reaction to that they're doing their best to make it more appetizing more palatable to people and one way they're doing that is that the mars company as a you know homage to king charles i guess it's not an homage it's just a straight up like your honor sir here we go they made a life-size bust of charles made of melted chocolate, 3.7 gallons of it. It took four weeks to make, and it is absolutely horrifying. Yeah. Looks like shit.

It's just the worst that chocolate has ever looked, I think. I agree. It's pretty rough. Super producer Brian said some blackface because I couldn't even use white chocolate. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it's really well.

It's at least not like, you know, like imagine like a wax Madame Tussauds, like bad wax sculpture. You know, it looks really accurate, but it's still- Oh, they nailed it. Yeah's oh they nailed it yeah like they nailed it it does look like him in a way that is accurate to how ugly he is but yeah it's not like off-putting areas i don't know it's just like it's also the first yeah it's him in chocolate

and it's the first i've first time i've like fully come to terms with the fact that we're gonna have to like live through a media cycle where people are like acting like this guy's cool. Yeah. Like he doesn't suck. Yeah. Just fucking the guy's the worst. He's the worst.

Wow. So producer Brian is really on one today I have to say. He said our chocolate king to chocolate. Oh no. Instead of to say. He said, our chocolate king to chocolate. Oh no. Wow. I think you should take over the show. I think that's it. I think I'm done here.

There's like a weird human interest story that's happening where a New Jersey town is disciplining parents who are mean to Little League umps by forcing them to act as umpires in little league games. I've seen footage of this. I've seen like parents flipping out at little league umpires and or like little league umpires getting like beat up in the parking lot after little league games. And it seems like the worst job in the world it's usually a volunteer job and so they're like

all right if you yell at a single little league umpire you have to be an umpire for at least three little league games and uh i think that's fair i think that's probably a good way to just deal with these assholes yeah the game also necessitates having a second certified umpire on the field to make sure that the penalized parents are getting the calls right. That just sounds like more work for everyone. Yeah, it's a lot of work. But also, it does feel like once you do that once, you'd be like, oh, this is terrible. I should never be mean to a little league umpire again.

Yeah. Yeah. I used to referee Special special olympics games and that was a hard a hard job i feel like any volunteer ref umpire role at kids games is just a lot i didn't play much sports but i was on the sidelines often for my brother who did play sports and i was like this sucks all around yeah and people expect a level of expertise like when you watch nba basketball like the refs aren't even that good it's a it's just an impossible job being an umpire it feels like all right things are happening pretty slow here yeah especially in baseball especially kids baseball basketball is fucking impossible yeah and to be mad about the refs or like to be

like well that's that clearly proves that like there's a conspiracy as like bill simmons and like the most famous like sports commentator and is like a 90 of the time a complete dipshit but he's like he really thinks that like there's all these conspiracies in the world. It's just like, no, it's just everything. They're all bad.

All the referees are bad because it's like an impossible job and you're an idiot. Anyways, those are some of the things that are trending. Becca, wonderful having you as always. Where can people find you and follow you?

You can find me and follow me at xbeccsramos on find you and follow you you can find me and follow me at xbccs ramos on all platforms yeah you can uh that is gonna do it for us this afternoon we are back tomorrow with a whole ass episode of the show a lot of ufo talk folks get ready until then be kind to each other be kind to yourselves get the vaccine don't do nothing about white supremacy we'll talk to y'all tomorrow. Bye. Bye. I'm Carrie Champion, and this is Season 4 of Naked Sports. Up first,

I explore the making of a rivalry. Kaitlyn Clark versus Angel Reese. Every great player needs a foil. I know I'll go down in history. People are talking about women's basketball just because of one single game. Clark and Reese have changed the way we consume women's sports. Listen to the making of a rivalry. Kaitlyn Clark versus Angel Reese.

On the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Presented by Capital One, founding partner of iHeart Women's Sports. I'm Jess Casavetto, executive producer of the hit Netflix documentary series, Dancing for the Devil, the 7M TikTok cult. And I'm Clea Gray, former member of 7M Films and Shekinah Church. And we're the host of the new podcast, Forgive Me for I Have Followed. Together, we'll be diving even deeper into the unbelievable stories behind 7M Films and Shekinah Church.

Listen to Forgive Me For I Have Followed on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or's a lot to figure out when you're just starting your career. That's where we come in. Think of us as your work besties you can turn to for advice. And if we don't know the answer, we bring in people who do, like negotiation expert Maury Tahiripour. If you start thinking about negotiations as just a conversation, then I think it sort of eases us a little bit. Listen to Let's Talk Offline on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.