The Daily Zeitgeist - Blue 2 Red, Ja Rule is Back! 12.17.19

Episode Date: December 17, 2019

In episode 537, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Blake Wexler to discuss Aunt Becky doubling down on her not guilty plea, a call on Democrats to mobilize, Fox and Friends being confused that people want Trump impeached, Democratic polls for the 2020 election, Ja Rule's new Fyre Festival song, Nick Cannon's diss track, the villain of Black Christmas, and more!FOOTNOTES: Lori Loughlin accuses prosecutors of concealing evidence in college admissions scandal Booker calls for Democrats to mobilize against Van Drew after party switch Fox Host’s Brain Explodes Over Fox Poll Showing 50% Of Voters Want Trump Removed "Fox & Friends" co-host Brian Kilmeade is "stunned" by Fox's poll showing that 50% of voters want Trump impeached and removed from office. Biden, Sanders lead Democratic field: poll Ja Rule addresses Fyre Festival fiasco on new track ‘FYRE’ NICK CANNON TIL EM RESPONDS, I'M GONNA RUN IT BACK ... Diss Track On Repeat!!! Weekend Box Office With ‘Black Christmas,’ Sophia Takal Makes a #MeToo Slasher ‘Black Christmas’ Was the First ‘Halloween’ The ‘Black Christmas’ Remake Subverts a Complex Horror Trope See DAILY ZEITGEIST AT SF Sketchfest - tickets here! WATCH: Andrew Ashong - flowers Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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films and beer Young and old should smoke some balls to prepare for a terrible next year Oh my gosh. I have so much anxiety going into 2020, I'm not

gonna lie. as I start realizing wait yep it's another election year and I'm like wait yep there's more aggressive ass misinformation campaigns and like seeing the shits at the rallies where Trump's like getting mad cause the fucking security weren't roughing

protesters up enough yes oh boy I'm like that's why I'm like I'm really trying to figure out how I'm gonna fucking doctor Roughing protesters up enough? Yes. Oh, boy. Yeah. That's why I'm like, I'm really trying to figure out how I'm going to fucking Dr. Manhattan preserve myself to get through 2020. Like, just make sure, put my consciousness into a blunt rap. Position in a room with the lights out. Yeah. But with my pants on.

Oh, really? Yeah, yeah. I tried doing the Dr. Manhattan look around my house, and it's not getting a lot of good compliments. Right. Just completely naked, painted blue. Yeah, like again. Again.

Oh, this again. And they're like, you can clean up this blue paint? Right. And I'm like, yep, yep. Also didn't realize there's such a such thing as body paint. You don't have to use, like, exterior paint for a home. I was going through the 26th. We're doing our decade in review.

I was looking at 2016 news, and they were like, and the real story is that we weren't prepared for a Russian hack. I was like, we're not prepared anymore. The only thing that could change, because, I mean, there's still old people who work for these campaigns who would like fall for a phishing scam. The only difference would be that the media wouldn't print the shit, which one, like the right wing media outlets would if somebody's shit got hacked or yeah, whether the president can officially use it or not.

It's like saying, like, you have a car that, like, had terrible side impact ratings and crash tests. Right. And you don't address that. You just now added, like, a beep or buzzer that goes off when an impact is about to happen so you can brace yourself. Right. And you're like, that doesn't make us any safer

because I'm bracing myself now. Yeah. Like, you didn't address the fucking problems. You just added a thing where i'm like hey it might happen yep 2020 vision guys boy anyway uh hindsight time to heal 20 20 foresight heal for real yeah uh well we're thrilled to be joined in our third seat uh by the hilarious comedian the bringer of chaos energy to the Zeitgeist Studio. He is Mr. Blake Wexler! A.K.A. the Pelosi with the mostie. A.K.A. the Don McGon Don.

A.K.A. if First Rudy don't succeed, marry Mary your cousin. A.K.A. young Kinderhook. A.K.A. the Buddha judge, the Buddha jury, and the Wex-ecutionerer thank you so much for having me oh shit wow buddha judge buddha jury and wex executioner is so good thank you was that all you oh uh it's my my writers that i have on uh contract. We have writers on Twitter. Oh, I have freelancers, W9.

Yeah. Shout out to Paul F. Tompkins, who's on my writing team. Of course. I think he's still an assistant in that room. He is. Yeah, he'll move up, though. Yeah, we'll have more space. Well, he was just a writer's PA last year.

Of course. Year by year. We do what we can. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But he gets us lunch, which is very kind. Paul F. Tompkins grabs you.

Fly Eagles fly. You're rocking your Eagles sweatshirt. Eggles. A lot to be optimistic about. Yeah, a lot. Good year? What's going on? Good year? 500. So yes. 500 wins, huh? 500 wins. 5 wins huh 500 wins 525 000 wins um yeah i don't know we'll win

we'll get in yeah and we'll win the super bowl you think you can get is it is postseason possible for it is it is i don't like your tone but it is well no because when you came in you and jack had a laugh over the state of the eagles season as someone who only just found out about Lamar Jackson. Oh, yeah. I'm like, whoa. Bro. The NFL, huh? Yeah. Right. And then obviously your boys are cheating again, Jack.

Who? What? I don't have any boys. They like to do naughty videos. They're naughty. Naughty videos. Naughty videos. They're streaming accounts.

Belichick's naughty videos. I like to picture him just J-N-O to practice footage. J-N-O. Yeah. J-N-O to practice footage. J-N-O. J-N-O. For anyone who, like me, does not know anything about the NFL or doesn't care, the Patriots were caught filming the sidelines of the Bengals game a week ago. They just beat them this weekend. But just for anything, even if you don't know anything about what it means to record it,

the interaction of just seeing some dude get caught and knowing he should not be doing what he's doing and trying to be slick about it is my favorite kind of energy to feed off of. You're schadenfreude of being like, you're fucked, dude. Like, no matter what. Hey, I could delete it right here. I could delete it right here, you know? Right. Nobody needs to know.

Nobody knows. And then it's gone. And it's gone. He's like, no, the damage is done, sir. Yeah. I love when And then it's gone. It's gone. He's like, no, the damage is done, sir. Yeah. I love when they go on the offensive. Like if you're just caught red handed rather than being defensive, just being like, well, you shouldn't have caught me.

Yeah. You know, like you're the you're the wrong one. Yeah. The GOP strategy. Yes. Yes. It does have a name. How'd you find out?

How'd you find out I broke the law? Why were you looking there? Oh, OK. So I'm cheating. Oh, yeah? Well, you got email. Right. Yeah.

You have an at in the middle of your address. All right, Blake. We're going to get to know you a little bit better in a moment. First, we're going to tell our listeners a few of the things we're talking about. Speaking of defenses, Aunt Becky is just doubling down. She's steering into the tailspin, and it might work. We'll look at that. She's got this.

Impeachment has everybody freaking out a little bit. Girl, I'm talking about impeaching this creep. There's a gentleman who has decided to switch parties from Democrat to Republican because that's such a weird hill to die on. I told you that in confidence. It's such a weird hill to die on. He's like, you try going back home for the holidays. Yeah, God damn it.

I will die for you, Mr. Trump. Yeah, I don't know. It's a fucking... I don't know. I will die for his right to what? I don't know. It just reeks of opportunism and just like the exact kinds of people who are the like the reason why we have such a terrible like uh terrible dysfunction within the system

his uh official congressional photograph he's wearing a plaid blazer with a plaid shirt multiple plaids clashing plaids and his like pocket square looks like the crown the little kid wore and where the Wild Things Are. Yeah. Holy shit. So many. I don't know why that's my personal visual reference, but I'm like,

is that the crown that the kid wore in Where the Wild Things Are? Oh, it is. Yeah. Yeah. It just shows how him and his party are going to steal the innocence of children and put it in their pockets.

Wow. Thank you. Fantastic. Brian Kilmeade is pissed because the Fox News narrative about impeachment does not seem to be making that much of an impact, especially with their own viewers. This on their own poll. Well, Fox News polls are like, but you watch here and you're still coming to these weird conclusions. Fox News polling is actually pretty objective. No, but I mean mean like in the sense of like how no they are they're no no not that the polling is bad but i'm saying that it's conducted by the network that

spreads the propaganda right the logic the like flawed logic i think in brian kilmeade's mind is like come on man wait hold on man you're watching this channel and you're still arriving at these ideas about impeachment well i mean that's where their first uh sort of the the divorce started the rumblings uh trouble in paradise was uh when the fox news poll came out that said 50 percent of americans supported impeaching and removing the president yeah and he was like what the fuck yeah it's every day it's all the time i think this isn't also the first time even on fox and friends they were like, what? What's wrong with our poll?

Yeah, exactly. It is funny the one area where they want to retain morality is their polling. You know, like everything else. That should be the first thing to go. Right. Because numbers are easier to read. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

We're going to look at overall Democratic numbers, polling numbers. Yeah. Yeah. We're going to look at overall Democratic numbers, polling numbers. We're going to talk about the general state of the Democratic Party after the UK election, because some people are like, we've got to run to the center. Got to got to stay away from the left. Run to the safety of the left of the center. Right. Where you're surrounded're surrounded. Yeah, exactly. The tepid bathwater. And then we just got a both sides masterclass out of Des Moines, Iowa. So we're going to look at that.

We're going to look at Ja Rule. We're going to look at Nick Cannon. We're going to look at Black Christmas and Richard Jewell, two movies that completely fucking tanked this weekend. So we'll look at those and ask the question, why? But first, Blake, we'd like to ask our guest, what is something from your search history that's revealing about who you are? Analyz, Men in Black. And then I looked up what an analyz was,

where I was trying to figure out what Brandon Ingram looks like forward. And I'm like, he looks like a like a kind of like a bug. And then I was remembering those like bugs from Men in Black, like the ones that would smoke. Yeah. Yeah. Those guys. And he does look exactly like them.

But then someone called them analids. And that turns out that's some sort of worm. Oh, interesting. Which is an actual it's not like a term from the movie. It is just a term for a real life worm. Actual nomenclature. Yes, yes. How do you spell it?

A-N-N-E-L-I-D-S. Also, I may have been pronouncing it wrong. I don't know. I'm not going to check you. No need. In my juvenile mind, is it spelled like anal ID? Yeah, that's where I went to. So close.

What's wrong with us? All right. All right, Jack, our home planet needs us. Let's get down to it. Anal identification. Yeah, it kind of looks, I see what you're talking about. Like the build is very thin and long. Right.

Okay. Yeah. Yeah, Brandon Ingram is a strange looking dude. looking dude yeah very broad shoulders but like thin as fuck right and like uh he's good though man he's really good yeah he's good i'm glad like he had a scary health concern too that he got over which is great so how's all his health he was having um i believe it was blood clots and i'm not sure if it was in his lung. Because what's his face? Chris Bosh, I think, had a similar issue.

Had a career ending. Yeah, and it ended his career. So it's a really scary thing. He began his career in coding. What's that? He began his career in coding. Is he a good coder? Yeah.

Yeah. He has a lot of interests. Yeah, he was like, I remember right after, he was like, yeah, I'm really into coding. I'm like, okay, do you, my man. He probably has the best NBA website. Like, of NBA players, he has an immaculate website. Oh, really? Yeah, it's really good.

That makes sense then. He's no casual coder. Absolutely not. Also, I liked his weird guy energy as the third of the heatles. He would always just be awkward in the background and seems like a nice guy. Yeah, he was my favorite one.

His website looks like a wedding photographer. Yeah, or like something where like a married woman in LA started a crafts business. Yes. And is like, check out my bespoke necklaces. Like, it's really, I like the serif fonts. It's minimal. Okay, Chris Bosh.

It's beautiful. Yeah. What is something you think is. Okay, Chris Bosh. It's beautiful. Yeah. What is something you think is underrated besides Chris Bosh's website? Friday weddings. Weddings that occur on Fridays. Are underrated? Yeah, I like them. Were they, do people have a thing about that?

I think people talk shit because it is like a work day, technically, for a lot of people. Oh, right, like you would have to take work off if it was a destination wedding or something. You have to travel, got it. But the travel day back, like it's nice to travel back on a Saturday and then be back home, you know what I mean? And then still have a weekend. Or go to that brunch the next morning.

Oh, fuck that. Who goes to those? I do to eat something and try and make sure everything I thought happened actually happened. Right. It's more of an investigative. Right. Like, was I in a poppin' and lockin' battle with your bubby last night?

That was my grandfather, actually. Bubby is a good... Yeah. That was my poppy. It's a we cool brunch. Yeah, yeah. And we cool? We cool.

Everything cool? All right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, I loved what happened last night. I just want to make sure you did. We're cool, right? We're all cool. Yeah, I guess that's the thing.

Like the travel days on a Sunday, Greg will be, yeah. You go right back to work. Did you go to a Friday wedding recently? No. Just thinking about it. No, no, I did. I did. Yeah, yeah.

I actually went to one on Black Friday. Oh. Yeah. And I think it was on Black Friday because they got a deal on the wedding. Hey, Billy. Fucking idiots. Because the food was half rotten. It was all discounted.

Yeah. It was 40% off. I do think that Friday weddings are probably less expensive, right? For sure. In terms of the venues and stuff. Yeah, I believe Saturdays are more. And then you add a holiday on top of it. Right. Which is good. Weddings are expensive. A Tuesday,

that's why you get a wild discount for a Tuesday wedding, I bet, right? Except Fat Tuesday. That's exponentially more expensive. Or I, in the religious community, we call that Maundy Tuesday. Oh, excuse me. Yes. Going up on a Tuesday. Going up on Maundy Tuesday. That's what your wedding invitation says. Maconan will be defic Monday Tuesday invitations what is something you think is overrated

overrated working from home okay I feel you it's in theory it's good it's nice to work from home every once in a while you know like if you have an office but being there 24 7 there's no line

in between your work life and your uh personal enjoy your time life yeah um because there your work is just right there like there's no separation so it can hurt your work because you'll start like playing around and fucking off or it can hurt your like actual mental health time yes because it's always like right there you uh do you go out somewhere now now to break up that time and space? Yeah. When I work, I got to go to one of three coffee shops. Yeah, there is three.

There is the new Starbucks on Hillhurst. Oh, love it. It's immaculate. It's palatial. And then, God damn it, I'll switch it up and I will go to spoke bicycle cafe uh in frog town oh yeah yeah yeah do you bike there though yeah you bike there like with your i have a bicycle yeah yeah yeah that's sick and then wait hold on guess how many wheels are on i was about to say one one wheel or nine four whoa thank you it's made by ford has a steering wheel called an escape

it's a model t that i drive yeah that place is dope actually it's really cool great food um great it's like outside great food and it doesn't have to have great food is the thing like the ambience is such where yeah you don't need it but um my girlfriend works from home as well and that's not great holy shit so the both of you are like just around each other yeah freelancing just. Just wow. Yeah. Wow. Does she go out or she's able to sort of be like, no, work time. She goes out more than I do.

Right, right, right, right, right. But no, we're trying to find a balance and it's working out. Because yeah, you don't want to, you want like quality time. Check out one of those WeWorks. Yeah, I hear, how's their IPO by the way? I hear they're just tearing it up right now. I put a lot of money into that. Fucking SoftBank fucked me again. Yeah, SoftBank also did too.

They're like, What did we just do? Boing, oing, oing, oing, oing, oing, oing. But the oh no version of boing, oing, oing, oing, oing. Oh no. There it is. There it is. What's a myth?

That's something people think is true, you know to be false. A myth is getting your haircut at your home is for rich people, because I do it. Okay. Wow. I get my haircut at my place. Yeah. Flo B or? By myself in the mirror.

Yeah, it's a one-time cost, really, and then you vacuum it up. One mixing bowl. Did Flobby suck up your hair, too, once it cut it? Of course. I think that's what it did. It was a vacuum that pulled the hair straight and then would just cut it at a certain length.

Yeah, depending on how thick the guard was on it. Right. It was a vacuum with blades attached. Yeah. Where you want it with blades attached. Yeah. Where you want it, next to your head. Where the brain that you don't have is supposed to be. You know that was invented by some dad, right? Oh, yeah, the Flobie.

The origins of the Flobie. Because it's an efficiency-based product. It's not stylistic. Hey, filed for patent 1986 by Rick Hunts from San Diego. Rick Hunts. Hell yes. It's also the Hunts ketchup guy. He just wanted to branch off.

He changed his name to Fucks after. Oh, good. Rick Fucks. Yeah, because he was really... Wait, what else did he do? That's a natural progression. People really like the flow. I mean, then also I'm in Wayne's world.

I remember they lampooned at the suck cut. It certainly does suck. Because it sucks and it cuts. Yeah, you're right. It does suck. Yeah, that was great. Thank you. Yeah, my hairdresser just keeps not being able to work at places anymore.

So she will just go to people's places. Hold on, hold on. Rewind. What? She's not... Do you mean she can't get like a she's the bad boy of the hairdressing yeah yeah the dennis rodman of salons yeah trashing every salon what she like it's hard for her to keep like uh whatever they call seats or whatever i know like usually you you rent your station within a salon she's just been like no i don't fuck with them. Yeah, I think so. It's what I like about it.

She's been cutting my hair for eight years, and she's hilarious. She always has a fucking issue with someone, so you don't have to say anything while they're cutting your hair. She's like, these fucking people. It's great. I love it. Who are these fucking people? No comment. And that's why I bring her into my home.

That's between me and my bathroom in my one bedroom apartment. I was the same thing though. I used to live on the west side. Got my hair cut there. Now I live right by Koreatown. My barber from Koreatown. And so she just comes to the house. That's perfect.

Look at you. Does she hook the whole family up? Like the children's too? No. Oh, because you're like, you can't be wasting money on these kids. Yeah, exactly. They're like, no, I don't know. Get the Flobie out. Also, kids are, that's a special skill. Cutting a kid's hair, man.

Some kind of alchemy. It's like trying to paint on a canvas that is moving. They're just moving the whole time. It's wild. Koreatown is underrated. Koreatown is great. Yeah.

Yeah. Oh, yeah. Shout out to the bars that follow the laws of Korea. Right. Yeah, you can smoke in here. Yeah. And it's underground. Oh, yeah.

And there's no ventilation. Oh, yeah. Oh, we don't close. Yeah. What do you mean? What do you mean? It's 3.30. Why wouldn't we serve alcohol yeah yeah it's the biggest uh korea town i think in the country and uh my mother-in-law who's was born in korea uh has more friends in los angeles like

around our house than i do oh wow she lives in pittsburgh and comes out for a vacation it was just like hits up all her friends that's great better social life she's so cool that's awesome yeah no i'll watch the kids again don't worry about it you go and have fun you're thinking like yeah you're probably in town cool we can maybe go on a date it's like nah man we're staying in every night yeah fucking schedule i'm busy yeah hey and while we're speaking about uh my mother-in-law traveling out to L.A. and just travel in general, Blake, I'm going to ask you to take a powder, buddy, because I want to talk to my friend Miles Gray over here.

Hey, Miles. Yes. It's me. Yep. How's it going, man? We were just talking. Wait, hold on. Jack from work.

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Oh, I'm travel with, woo, let me tell you. Yeah, you look pretty good, too. Yeah, well, thank you, my man, because first of all, I like the new colors. I have the new colors. I have the one in Coast, and it's got that sort of light bluish gray feel. It goes well with sort of the color story that I'm tapped into right now with my clothing for this season, so it feels very good. Your color story, by the way, roller coaster ride. Yeah. I mean, it's got some twists and turns.

Twists and turns, man. Twists and turns. Got to keep people on their toes. But yeah, I think this one is slightly larger than the standard carry-on that they have, but still the same deal. You still get those four 360-degree spinners, wheels, not like the spinner rims from that track. I'm riding spinners. I'm riding spinners.

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Now let's get back to the stories that are going on. What's happening in the zeitgeist? Let's unpause Blake really quick. We're going to go back to his control panel on his skull. Okay. There he is. And Aunt Becky really just going with the, I don't know, maybe this is like the new thing for like very rich white people to do

whenever they get caught doing something. The new thing? Well, but right. This ain't no problem. People are covering it now. This ain't no problem. This ain't no problem. This ain't no problem.

What is that from? Shannon Sharp. Shannon Sharp. This ain't no problem. This ain't no problem. This ain't what I did. This ain't no problem. Yeah.

It's like, yeah, it really is. Our first two major news stories are basically that happening right now. So first, in less important news, Lori and Massimo are claiming the money they paid to get their daughter influencer. I was told she's back at a live show that I went to for. Will you accept this rose that influencers now prefer to be called genies? What? Because they make magic happen.

That sucks. No, they don't. No, they don't. And I'll rip a fucking genie's head off. That's what Lance Bass told me. Wait, if they're genies i just rub a lamp three times and just say uh this this this just a fucking send them away and that's that's my goddamn platform yeah thank you wexler influence that executioner 2020 uh wait do you

think that's like a thing you would say in a marketing meeting yeah yeah like you wouldn't yourself be like i'm a genie because like you would know that's a meeting. Yeah, yeah, exactly. You wouldn't yourself be like, I'm a genie, because you would know that's so corny to say out loud. But social media influencers are basically individual marketing firms. Right. And so you're going to have bad ideas come out of there. That's true.

Okay, I love what this guy's doing where he calls himself a genie and let's make that a thing, guys. But they're speaking in the mirror because they don't have anyone who wants to be around them. Well, this has been a great board meeting. Oh, no.

They shut their organizer. Anyways, she is claiming that that was just a legitimate donation. So what's the problem? That really. Okay. So no problem. No problem.

They really believe, you know, it was sanctioned by the school. So what like NBC News, a few people like we're looking at some of the documents that have been filed and they're saying they're going to try and establish their innocence by saying that they understood as they understood. Right. establish their innocence by saying that they understood as they understood right that both sets were legit donations and weren't part of some like near greasy dude scheme to like make money off the rich and you know whatever um but that way they can say they were legitimate donations and they didn't they didn't know what the intent was because whether or not that was going to be used as a bribe they figured figured out it's a donation. Right.

And it seems like some other people in this cohort of defendants might also be using this excuse. And some people think there's a chance it could work. When I broke into Emerson College's basketball gym this year and hung up a jersey that I had made for myself because I didn't play on that fucking team. I was warranted to commit that crime because I donated $25 after I graduated. Well, exactly. Shit, what was your tuition, man?

That was a legit donation to get your name up in there. Yeah, it was at least.00001 to the infinity of my fucking tuition. I got a full ride. It's what I should have said yeah yeah then we'll see what happens i mean that i mean don't they just have to prove that they were trying to cover it up like i'm sure well obviously the prosecution's like yeah okay go ahead right um but i'm sure i don't know what communications they have because as far as they

know the guy could have been telling them he's like this is how we'll get him in. Right. Like, we got to make sure they're a rowing person. Maybe that's where, like, the, I don't know, man. Yeah, that's where the lie is. Were they? It's just a whole other legal system for these people. Yeah, exactly. But were they the people who had the children who claimed to be, like, water polo? I know hers was just I think the biggest

one was just a half million in bribes basically I don't know how much because I think she was too visible as no she was right wasn't she a water polo or a rowing because they like wasn't there like something where they did like an application while they were on vacation but then she never one of them was a team that didn't exist i believe like it wasn't an actual position right or maybe her daughter just couldn't even be bothered to apply i think that was it i don't even know she's on a family she was like sorry we've just been on vacation on the east coast so long so like she keeps missing the deadline for application like she couldn't be bothered to fill out the application to go to the school.

They're long. Yeah, those are long and very hard work. And as she said in her genie video. Oh, yeah, it was for crew. It was crew, right? Yeah, that's what I thought. She's like crew, whatever that is. Someone like that has the work ethic to wake up at 3 o'clock in the morning

to go on the river and row. I wonder if she knew that crew was rowing. Probably not. She probably thought it was like a sweatshirt with a tight neck. She's like, I love that weekend song. Right. Yeah, but as she told her fans on social media, as most of you know, I'm not like a college school type,

but I really want to get the experience of being a college student, like the parties, the tailgating. That was her description of her college experience. She's like, I love that song. Yeah, 20s, keep the bar rolling, fake IDs in the trash we throw in. They're like, because we'll be old enough. Okay, I love this. Crew love.

Shout out to The Weeknd, great appearance in Uncut Gems. He's in that movie? Yeah. Abel Tesfay? Oh, yeah. Damn. Playing himself. Oh, okay.

And he does a wonderful job. Nice. Did he sing Crew Love? Mm-hmm. Okay. No, he sings a song off of- The full version. The new one.

It's a 2012 period piece That's awesome People who haven't seen that should check it out It's a very good movie So it's a 2012 period piece that involves Kevin Garnett and The Weeknd

Holy shit I heard Garnett was good in it Garnett is really good in it I read all those things about being like I heard Garnett was good in it. Garnett is really good in it. Oh yeah, I read all those things about being like, Kevin Garnett is fucking good. Rashid Wallace stars. If only he could just remember that impossible is nothing. He just couldn't remember that

vital line that all that money was riding on from Adidas. He said anything is possible. I know. Kevin, anything to it? He said anything is possible. I know, no, no, I know. Oh, when he's out there like, yeah, Kevin, anything to say? Come on, Kevin. Mission impossible!

It's like, no, that's not Adidas. Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun. Okay, hold on. Stop, stop, stop. What's the story, just for people who aren't up on that? So when Kevin Garnett, when the Celtics won their first championship,

he was signed with Adidas basketball. And famously, for a long time their campaign adidas their brand campaign was impossible is nothing right that was their slogan that's like nike was just do it adidas impossible is nothing and when they got to him i had obviously anyone who's like in marketing like he's gonna win the fucking confetti things down and he's gonna go look ups and fucking holler, impossible is nothing. And then you have your commercial right there. Instead, he comes out, anything is possible.

And you're like, what? Anything is possible. Oh, boy. Yeah. That's great. Did he lose the endorsement? No, no. I think it's just one of those moments.

Wait, hold on. Let me just play this. That's a super bummer when people do branded shit after they win a title. Yeah. Like the I'm going to Disneyland started it, but then Papa John kissing Peyton Manning on the mouth. Yeah. The only weird thing that guy's done.

If only he was always. No, listen. Anything's possible. guy's done. If only he was always... No, listen. Anything's possible. Anything's possible! Anything's possible. Anything's possible! Cut. We're going to have to go again.

Kevin. Kevin, fuck. You even had a shot to know someone should have poked him. Like, motherfucker, impossible's nothing. Yeah. Anyway. He still got the bag. Go again. Fuck. You even had a shot to know someone should have poked him. Like, motherfucker, impossible is nothing. Yeah. Anyway. He still got the bag. He did.

I used to wear, me and my homie Chris, we would wear rubber bands on our wrists because Kevin Garnett used to do that when he got in the league because he was like, when I was a kid, I never had jewelry on. So my jewelry would be wearing like rubber bands and bracelets. Yeah. I was like, oh, hell yeah, bro. Keep the dream alive. Anything is possible.

Love that guy. All right. Let's talk about impeachment. Where'd he go? Farragut Academy? Yeah. Yeah. Racelets. Yeah. I was like, oh, hell yeah, bro. Keep the dream alive. Anything is possible. Love that guy. All right. Let's talk about impeachment. Where'd he go? Farragut Academy? Yeah. Yeah. I think that's right.

And he's from Chicago? I don't know. Where Farragut is? I just know everything off basketball cards, off the back, Farragut Academy. Boom. Let's talk about impeachment. Girl, I'm talking about impeaching this creep. Impeach this creep.

So people are getting a little worried. A lot going on. On the Democratic side. Yeah. Alyssa Slotkin. Yes. She is new to Congress. A former intelligence officer, I believe in the CIA.

And she won in the midterms in a swing district. And she's the precise kind of freshman Democrat in Congress that they're like, see, these are the people who Pelosi really wants to make sure she can protect because she knows what the risk is. She's at, she's from a place where Trump won.

Yeah, exactly. And you know, it was a hard fought battle to like flip a lot of those seats. So she, you know, she's been having town hall slotkins since like September, basically trying to keep people like, yo, if you want to come talk to me, I'll explain why first back in

September is like, I think we need to look at articles of impeachment. And now she's like, I'm going to vote for impeachment, had a town hall. It was a mix. It was like almost, you could hear people howling and whistling, screaming, booing, cheering. It was like everything. Yeah. And she was really just like i'm and i

just need you to know this is purely built out of my belief in upholding the constitution right um and i don't think i think somebody who's you know been a public servant that's probably it seems like a legit answer yeah right but many people like no it's fake you just hate him but there's a the when you look at the uh images from it there were a lot of printed signs that were against impeachment. I'm not saying it was fully astroturfed out. But somebody had to make those posters. Somebody had to hand them out. And I get it.

Maybe somebody has a probably non-union print shop. But printed all those things out and gave them out. But it's a thing now where you're starting to see, you know, Adam Schiff was disrupted at a fucking, he was doing a, like, sort of a town hall with members of the Armenian-American community, like, in Glendale because, you know, the United States finally recognized the Armenian genocide where over a million people were killed by Turks.

And all these people from the Armenian community wanted to thank Adam Schiff for like trying and finally getting this done and acknowledging the atrocity and immediately broken up. There were plants all in the audience who were anti-impeachment people. Right. And it got like, so you were starting to see more of this, like it's getting hot, baby, obviously, because now we're looking at full blown impeachment trial. But then, I mean, Slotkin, great great i'm glad that she's doing what

she believes is right and she said i don't care what the cost is to me politically right now on to somebody who does care what the cost is to her yeah is jefferson van drew from new jersey jefferson van drew yeah from new jersey he uh you know he, he's like a conservative Democrat. He was always being like, I don't know about impeachment. We shouldn't do this. And now that it's happening, he straight up switched motherfucking parties. Yep. After talking to Trump.

I don't know what the fuck went down in that meeting. But then he's like, yeah, I'm a Republican now. Cool. Just like that. And his staffers, many have like resigned. They're like, what the fuck, bro? I didn't sign up to be on Team Racism. Right.

And luckily, because he left all these people out in the lurch, the DCCC is telling a lot of the staffers, hey, hit us up. We'll try and get you some staffed up somewhere because this dude would fucking hoodwinked you. Jefferson Van Drew. When the name Jeffersonis isn't racist enough van drew uh but he last name for a first name first name for a last name and then he threw a

little van in the van's tough yeah that's tough to overcome yeah well you know i mean he really does look like a roger stone fuck boy so it's not optically this doesn't look like a surprise to me if you said is this person a democrat or republican i'd be like he's a republican who thinks he has the drip going on oh yeah but there's this drip free swag free and very dry yeah yeah he definitely looks like a republican yeah and again this is the kind of thing that trump has been that he wants to use recently he, he said, you know, a lot of people think that impeachment is bad, but I actually I'm starting to maybe see some benefits to this politically. I don't know where he thinks that's happening.

I think maybe because they've been fundraising a lot off of this. Right. But then this is also the kind of shit that he wants to point to to be like, oh, look, impeachment is so bad that I got a spineless worm to flip parties. Right. Yeah. I think that's, there's that. Yeah.

And then I think there's probably a lot of wealthy people like the same deal that, you know, when Obama won reelection or when Obama won election in the first place, the Koch brothers, like as he was being sworn in, the Koch brothers were literally having a meeting with a bunch of billionaires being like, we need to counter everything this dude does and we can use racism to do it. Let's create a movement called the Tea Party Movement. Let's create a group called Cyclops. Yeah, literally. And now like now that's why, you know, when Miles mentioned things like the printed out signs, like they're billionaires will AstroTurf. Billionaires have means to pay people to go out and protest and pretend like they're supporting or opposing any position.

Yeah, I guess it's hard. I look at it both ways because clearly there are plenty of people who love dear leader enough that they would go and disrupt a fucking thing where armenian people are trying to thank representatives of the government it's like so fucking inappropriate right like just because he's there like i'm surprised some of those people didn't get duffed out but hey you know i'm glad it's all it's all been settled it's important to to like like in these situations distinguish between what's real and what's a real like movement versus what like you know astroturfing and who's being paid to do

this shit where like think about in um an incredibly you know liberal area like los angeles with adam schiff where he's not it's not even a political rally. He's actually being thanked by acknowledging a goddamn, one of the most famous genocides of all time. Do you think that people are actually like, no, this is, like you said, this is the time. This is the time to bring it up. Where not one of his many other public appearances

that are coming up. It needs to be this one. Yeah. It's just, I think one yeah yeah it's just i think and also he's just been so vilified by oh yeah like by the right i'm sure everyone's like doesn't matter where he is yeah he could be at my grandmother's funeral and i'll figure out a way to make a mess out of it that's true uh well fox has uh it seems a little bit surprised that their message isn't taking hold more than it is. There was a clip of Brian Kilmeade. Do we have a clip?

Yeah, I think we got a clip here. And just keep in mind, too, the Fox poll came out and I was stunned by this. It says 50 percent of the country want the president impeached. I was stunned to see that that's the number because I thought things were trending away, although the president's approval rating did take up in the same poll. So it's almost like a split personality. I'm sorry, what was that? No, that's what that means. Yeah.

Yeah. It's weird. It's almost like he said that for Trump, who was watching. He'd be like, don't worry. That's just because it's like, okay, what? It's like a split personality, like America. Yeah. Right, which is real and bad.

Right. You know, a split personality is to be discounted. Right. The thing is, when you actually break down the numbers of that poll, 50 percent were in favor of impeachment and removal. Forty six percent opposed. But of that, 46 percent. What is it? Nine percent actually said they were like the ones who said no percent or you mean no percent or the number nine? I'm sorry. I'm not speaking German. Okay, that's my mistake. Zero, nine. Thank you. Shit, it's not happening again.

Fuck. Nine percent basically said that he should just be impeached without being removed. So that really brings it more to like 59 percent. In terms of just straight up impeachment. And then you find a little bit of, obviously, there's like that 9% within there that's not like, well, I don't

know if we have to remove him. And I know, I think some people too, you hear a lot of people talk about how afraid they are of what will happen to the country if he's removed, even though they want him to be removed. Right. Like I said, man, 2020, heal yourself. It's about to fucking

be terrible. Slowly deteriorate is it better that we know it's happening this time rather than being caught surprised yeah yeah probably about all man we got up we got blindsided with all those celebrity deaths in 2016 like it was a lot happened yeah so now i'm prepared for everybody to die we're focused. Yeah. And so much misinformation, vote fuckery, ready, but not willing. Well, speaking of 2020, we got a new poll from The Hill, a national poll that looks closer than some of the more recent polling, but still has Biden out in front at 24%. Bernie, 22. Warren, 17. Buttigieg, 13.

And Yang Gang, 5%. I was driving on the highway this weekend, and somebody... Driving on the highway? Driving on the highway. All right. And byways? I love this song.

Life is a highway, if you think about it. Thank you. And there was a whole big talk about some grassroots demonstrating. There was a big Yang Gang contingent at like an overpass, like dancing and like juggling and like putting up signs for 18 car pile up. Watching that shit wasn't panic at the disco resulted in six deaths. It's wild to look at though. Like,

yeah, cause now Yang is rounding out the top five in this national poll. Right. It used to be Harris. Yeah. She has departed. But with Warren is clearly starting to lose a lot of ground. And Bernie now really looks truly like the biggest threat to Biden.

Surging a little bit. Yeah. Or as CNN would cover this poll, Biden on top, Warren falling, Buttigieg strong at 13%. And nothing. You would say Biden opens up seven point lead over Warren. Yeah, that's how it would be. That's exactly right. So let's talk about the UK election. I think we were all a little depressed on one of our trending zeitgeist episodes as these results came in and people are looking at these results. But, you know, British Trump, funny hair guy who's a conservative and a open racist, won reelection like by a healthy margin, healthy margin. Yeah. And Corbyn, who had had a strong showing in the last snap election, like got trounced and labor got beat pretty badly and people are now asking the question that will the queen stop him exactly the queen still is there so we have that the real question

where is james bond right and all of this no but the question that always i mean it's going to come up one way or another uh in you know, the mainstream media is, well, should the Democrats tax center? Right, right. Exactly. Should the Democrats. So there are some tweets about like. It's so different, though. Like, I understand you want to make the comparison on like just sort of if we're doing a checklist of certain traits. of certain traits. But I think Corbyn's a very different candidate in terms of like his outward energy than someone like Bernie is or Elizabeth Warren is or these other candidates we have here. And also, I mean, I think the real interesting takeaway there's in this Daily Beast article was sort of getting away from like, you know, the labor manifesto had a long list of all these

things that need to happen and which was fine people agreed with many of them but at a certain point like you will begin as a human being just out of psychology you'll begin to lose track of many of them as you just go down this list because a lot of candidates right now even in america are doing i'll do this i'll do this i'll do this i'll do this i'll do this here are nine billion plans i'll do this i'll do this while great for people who are very detail-oriented like when it comes down to the general and you need to hit the fucking heart of people who might not be as politically savvy. They're saying really like, why aren't we refocusing to be talking about like wages? Right.

Like that's really the most universal thing that can be addressed that affects most people. There's been a lot of talk, obviously, about minimum wage increases. There's been a lot of talk, obviously, about minimum wage increases. But overtime is another part of wage reform that affects middle-class workers because most middle-class workers are salaried employees. But a lot of the time, you're exempt from overtime. Right. And that's how they get more out of you for less money. So, for example, in the last 40 years, I think around in the 70s, 62% of salaried full-time workers qualified for some form of overtime pay. Today, it's around 7%.

Jesus Christ. And that's a way they've, through reforms, been like, well, are these things really overtime positions? Are they not? Blah, blah, blah. Washington after much inspiration from people like activists getting him to do this put into effect one of the most comprehensive regulations around overtime pay for middle class workers. And I think it's just an interesting piece to sort of think about in terms of how we're talking about messaging and what candidates are actually talking about these kinds of things. Because truly that's like one of those that resonates with people like anyone who's worked a job and you've the moment you've had a salary job and you found out there's

no overtime you're always like wait what right they're like but i was here 12 hours right for three straight days yeah and like yeah but you're salaried yeah i'm like but i'm still here i only agreed to 40 hours hold on i didn't even Well, I don't think Jack decides that for you in his defense. And in my defense, I'm here for 12 hours, mostly high playing video games. Yeah, that's fair. And I'm like, whoa, don't I got rights? I've been in the workforce since 2003, and I've never, I didn't even know it was a possibility until this news story.

To get overtime. For salaried employees to get overtime. Like that wasn't even a thing that I had even conceived of. Yeah, there's certain positions that aren't. But yeah, it's tough. But anyway, it's just like a little thing of being like, okay, rather than talking about, don't go too far. Yeah.

Like really fucking focus on the shit. Like these are still progressive values, but you can do it in a way and i think it's just something that many candidates have addressed these things on their like campaign websites but like verbalizing it a bit more can help you know uh shift things a bit that's that's a really good point too or like i like to think that we're fairly like educated people you know or at least that's what i'm selling. And, um, but it is a thing where if you aren't educated enough to know that that used to be like, that's what was it? 60% were eligible for overtime.

Like, how would we even know to ask for that? Right. You know, like, like in my mind, I was the same way as you, where the fact like, you know, full-time salary job, it's like, Oh, why don't i just ask for a million dollars you know like over time yeah no i'm here for 15 hours a day because that's just how it is right you know but with this context and you know like to see that there was precedent for it it's like jesus fucking christ well yeah uh society's done a great job of making workers feel like they everything they get they should be so goddamn thankful for yeah right rather than hold on though the equation is you're extracting all of this

capital out of my labor but you only want to give me a little winky wink about it right i think that's where these kinds of things like really like you know we're talking about is getting people in touch with that sense of like really connecting them to the inequity that's that's sort of all over the system at the moment so you know that'll wake some people up yeah somebody uh was pointing out the other day that like when we hear somebody complain about having to tip like everybody we're like oh you're just selfish just selfish. But it's actually a good, like, it's a good indicator of how our values,

how, how our values have shifted because like the fact that so many people rely on tips is like capital. Like it's, it's the owner's like problem that like we should, we should be focused on how little they're making in the first place that people need to rely on tips. But instead, we're just like, oh, you're so selfish. You're complaining about having to tip or whatever.

Well, it's like all those things. What the fuck was that? I was talking about a commercial. Oh, like that Amazon commercial. Right. Right. Where the people who work in the warehouse, like they sound like people who have been like most Americans have such little social safety nets. Yeah. When they say things like, oh, my God, with Amazon, like I get benefits like vision and dental.

I used to never have none of that stuff. Right. And other people like they'll actually pay me to like go get an education so I can leave here. Right. And it's like, yeah, these would all be fucking humane things to fucking do right but like we're but it's always framed and like thank you thank you fucking zon gods right mazon gods for fucking bringing down the man little little drips and drabs of nutrients from the sky that will help me feel like i'm i'm so blessed rather than i'm being fucking exploited yeah it's like they've done a masterful job. Yeah.

But that's why I think it's important too to try and awake people a little bit also to sort of get in touch with like, if there are, cause there are people, like you say, Jack, who would look at that and be like, I don't know. I just don't know why I have to tip or whatever. Blah, blah, blah. Like, oh, you're so fucked up. These people live like, this is all they have. Like, have you ever worked off tips?

Which is true. And I'm this, I've worked off tips which is true and i'm this i've worked off my first job and i tip yeah but then yeah but recontextualizing that is like why aren't they paying this motherfucker right yeah exactly i mean not that this person's a motherfucker but you know like we need you don't know them we need to see change at the you know legislative uh level before we just stop tipping people well Well, yeah. No, we need to take action now. That's not the way to take action, but it is worth asking the question. Well, yeah, recontextualizing those discussions about that rather than being like, have you

ever done it? Rather than like, our system is fucked. Right. All right. We're going to take another quick break. We'll be right back. another quick break. We'll be right back. When you think of Mexican culture,

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they basically the court said, you know what? Jeffrey Atkins, Ja Rule, sir. I believe that's his real name. Was saying like, you know what? You did not commit fraud. So I think he was just like, hell yeah, dude. Rules out here. And he basically put out this new track that the album art is, it's like hand scrawl on a napkin.

It's just a written confession. That's like meant to mimic the viral photo of the styrofoam lunches people got at Fyre Festival. Oh, yeah. And it's like really, it's- Oh, that's a Matisse. Yeah, it's, yeah, something. It's a Matisse of shit.

Oh, very good. So, and he's like out here. That joke was a groan-ay. Oh, shit. So, Van Gogh, fuck yourself. Van Gogh, fuck yourself. Yeah. No, go on.

What else you got? What else you got? You're the man-ay. That joke was Picasso good. Oh, boy. All good. Oh, boy. All right. Okay, so enough looking at our massive creative brains. Yes.

This track he put out is called For Your Real Entertainment. Wait a second. That spells F-Y-R-E. Fire? What? What in it? He's taking shots at fucking everybody? But at one point, I just want to play this one part where he talks about Andy King,

the famous man who was going to do whatever he had to do to get those water bottles to the Fyre Festival. Oh, yeah. If you remember this, the guy said, I was about to suck dick to get these like, What would I do without my water? What would I do without hydration? So this is, just listen to this. I don't know what happened, why he has such anger at him, but he's taking shots at Andy King.

Six minute, six minute, six minute. Andy King, what the fuck is going on? You about to get his man fellatio for Avion. Come on, that's way beyond the job description. That's an addiction to sucking dick. Isn't it admitted? Ha, how did he get a gritty? Why ain't he in jail with Billy? He's all I hear on Twitter.

Fuck y'all niggas. How about he wouldn't do that? How about he couldn't have did it? That ain't the character of real niggas. And the irony of it all. Isn't it ironic? Okay, anyway. You have an addiction to sucking dick like because yeah and like so so relatable that he's talking

about how it's not his fault because he didn't put sucking dick in the job description he just created like a work environment where the person felt like they had to do that right as if there was a written contract by the way to work that fucking it's just like and it's like homophobic this is fucking weird and also avion is tequila, my man. I don't know why he said that. The way he pronounces fellatio, by the way, just made me sick. I'm actually very dizzy right now. Wow.

It's spinning? Yes. And also, the whole thing is on a tepid cover, obviously just using the instrumental of the Slick Rick Dougie Fresh track, The Show, but with your lame lyrics. I don't know. Everything about this just shows like just desert thirst yeah why attack that guy right too you know like what like he might as well attack that like amazing woman who you know like was trying to make everything i

think because they were saying i think the argument is because andy king may have had more of a hand in sort of how the process right right promotion of the festival was going on. It's like, why am I on the hook here? Why am I literally on trial here? Why am I on trial here? But, you know, hey, good luck to you. Yeah. And then he, like, ends with, like, how about he couldn't have done it.

Like, it's like he's got, like, an alibi. I think he's talking about himself being, like, he gets mad at people on Twitter for saying he should be in jail. And then he's like, I couldn't have done it because I'm too real. Does that work? Is that convincing? Cool, baby. Okay, bye.

Well, let's talk about real rappers out here. A real desert thirst. Nick Cannon is really proud of his diss track. He's very proud. We listened to a little bit of it last week. I don't know why he chose to come after Eminem. I mean, I do know, but I thought the beef ended literally 10 years ago. I mean, the real question is why did Eminem think he had to go after Nick Cannon?

Yeah, really. Talk about punching down. Right. Um, but I mean, the real question is why did Eminem think he had to go after Nick Cannon? Yeah. Really? Yeah. Talk about punching down. Right. Um, or they're both pretty low in certain ways. Uh, so Nick Cannon has been playing his diss track like out loud for people nonstop. Apparently there's like a lot of these reports, like he's, he's shooting new episodes of while

and out in Atlanta. So like, he's been playing it over the loudspeakers of the studio for the audience. He did a backstage thing where he was DJing and had the song on full-blown repeat. Just running it back and running it back. He keeps telling Eminem, hey, when are you going to come out? He's like, I won't stop playing it until he responds. And Eminem's like, bro, we're not even on the same planet i do that with my jokes in my home actually where i'm like i'll stop playing it i'll stop playing it when you

start laughing the words don't even make sense anymore they didn't in the first place he like eminem tweeted a couple things like on december 9th and this is all he did he said i demand an apology nicholas you've made my gardener so jealous right then he said you mad bro lying on my dick i never even had a show for you bougie fuck uh that's about it i think that's about the most he's gonna get out of mr marshall mathers but oh verified verified yeah and it was verified oh nice good for him good for him yeah it's not verifying but yeah so i think i think it went in reverse order so he's saying i never had a chauffeur and then you made my gardener jealous oh yeah yeah i have a chauffeur uh so it it was a sick series of tweets yeah from m&m uh just to just to back him yeah yeah for a second marshall uh yeah i don. I mean, don't you want to grow up to be just like me?

Yeah. Tie a rope around my penis and jump from a tree. Yeah, he... The whole thing is, it's just really sad because you know he thinks that an Eminem response is going to somehow elevate... I don't know what his goal is exactly. Right. It's not good for you either way. If he does, it's going to be lyrically head and shoulders above anything you could do.

And it just, I guess, puts your name. I don't know. He's getting the streaming money from playing it himself over and over and over again. Or they're in cahoots because Eminem's going to go on Wild N' Out. And it's going to be a big event. And this will just help marketing. But I don't think so. Marshall Mathers does not strike me as someone who's like yeah nick cannon let's do some sick viral marketing for my appearance let's help each other out yeah yeah

he's like i was a big fan when mikey day was on the show so uncomfortable shit i was like what is this dude doing up here oh wait he was on like recently no he used to be part of the cast oh okay yeah and he was just an awkward fit he was like, what is this dude doing up here? Oh, wait. He was on like recently? No, he used to be part of the cast. Oh, okay. Yeah. And he was just an awkward fit. He was like, it's like any, there's always those guys on Wild N' Out who's like, and there's this dude, the white improviser who's quick-witted enough to do jokes on the spot. Right.

Right. Yeah. But he just didn't fit. I don't know. I just, every time I saw him. It's a no win. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's a no for me, dog.

No for me, dog. No for me, dog. No for me. Oh, thank you. The villain of Black Christmas. Let's talk about it. What is Black Christmas? So Black Christmas is a remake of basically the first slasher movie. The first Black Christmas came out in 1974.

came out in 1974. It was a horror movie about a slasher who goes around killing sorority sisters on their Christmas break. Oh, come on. Well, they shouldn't be at school. Yeah. Oh, they were on campus? That was my review.

Yeah. There you go. Wait, this was like one of the first slasher films? Yeah, it predated Halloween and all those movies by a couple years but it had the had sort of um innovated the idea that like the slasher is this faceless kind of entity behind the scenes instead of the uh you know like norman bates or whatever oh right more character-driven ones where it's like, here's this evil force that's stabby.

Here's an evil force with a mask or without a face who just kills a bunch of people. And in the original, a foul-mouthed, quote, weirdo, according to a review. Is that from the 70s? Yeah. A foul-mouthed weirdo. Some foul-mouthed, quote, weirdo, according to a review. Is that from the 70s? Yeah. A foul-mouthed weirdo. Some foul-mouthed weirdo.

No, I think it's from the New York Times review of the remake. Calling someone a weirdo, by the way, is the funniest thing in the entire world. Right. It's just so dismissive, you're not even thinking of an actual, like, a nuanced insult. Yeah, they're weird. Or like a smear attack on Ralph Nader from the 70s. He's a foul-mouthed weirdo. He's a foul-mouthed weirdo. He's a foul-mouthed weirdo.

You want seatbelts in all cars? Yeah. Come on, man. Prude. So this movie apparently, so two movies came out this weekend that hit the top 50 for biggest flops of all time. And they were Clint Eastwood's Richard Jewell about the Atlanta Olympics bomber who was wrongly accused

and this movie, The Black Christmas and they both seem like they're political movies and not like very subtly political movies. Like Richard Jewell is about how the media is evil and how the FBI is evil and how the FBI and the media are in cahoots. Oh, Clint. Yeah, just giving us those fire takes that he's known for,

like the time that he spoke to the empty chair during the Republican National Convention. So Black Christmas is also an unsubtle sort of symbolic movie about the current political atmosphere. The slasher is like the bad guys, I guess, are fraternity dudes like frat bros. And the New York Times suggested that the villain was patterned after justice Kavanaugh and the, cause he likes beer. Cause he likes beer. And his name is justice.

So the woman tears are coming out of the mask at all times. The woman who co-wrote the, uh, the movie and directed it was saying that she was writing it around the time of the Kavanaugh hearing. And they were like, so is the guy who plays the villain sort of patterned after Justice Kavanaugh?

And she was like, yep. Yeah, that was basically it. I was watching that hearing and sort of how aggrieved the guy felt and how much anger there was there to protect his position of privilege really just like jumped out at me. So, but apparently it's, you know,

a thoughtful, interesting movie that nobody wanted to see. It's one of the worst openings too. Yeah, one of the worst openings. What a floppy fucking era right now couple weeks yeah playmobil i still have the second biggest flop of all time was like 2500 screens something like 600 that like based around 300 bucks a screen they made over opening weekend yeah oh boy and that's like the lego movie that's like one ticket playmobil yeah well it's based off the german toys right Right. That like only like- They're like big Legos.

Yeah. Like if you have like friends whose parents were like trippy, like they would have Playmobil at their house. Right. I had Playmobil growing up. You did? In addition to Legos. Yeah.

And I would dominate the Legos with the bigger Playmobil characters. Oh, shit. Hell yeah. Like Dr. Manhattan to like the regular people. Get the fuck out my way. I have spiky hair in the back. Exactly. I hate the spiky.

That's the thing I didn't like about Playmobil. I remember my friend had a western thing and I was like, yo, the hair's too angular and jagged. I just like the Playmobil ones where I can pop the hair off, put anything else on. Sometimes I take a Playmobil cowboy pistol and put it in the hands of a Lego. Wow.

And my God, did they feel powerful when I did that. And so did I. That was your dirty, hairy Legogo guy it was filthy hairy uh bringing it all full circle uh and yeah it looks like black christmas is getting like uh troll bombed in the like review section of imdb it's currently at a 3.1 and all the negative reviews are like if i wanted to listen to women complain about how evil men are, especially white men. I'd go home for Christmas.

I'd convince my kids to start talking to me again. Instead, I gave this film a chance. Yeah. Oh, man. Troll bombs. Troll bombing. Barack Trollbomber. chance yeah uh oh man troll bombs troll bombing barack trollbama uh hopefully they're getting their energy out on uh making black christmas look bad and right and then also further underline

the point that the film's kind of showing it's like right yeah okay is this a fucking mirror right it's a black mirror holy shit oh Oh my God. They should have called it that. They should have. Wow. Missed opportunity. Yeah, you know, see, we're just seeing a lot of money left on the table these days.

It's sad to see. You hate to see it. Blake, it's been a pleasure having you. Thank you. Where can people find you and follow you? At Blake Wexler on everything,

BlakeWexler.com. I'm in Charleston on December 30th headlining the Tin Roof there. So if you're there, for the love of God, come. Tin Roof. For the love of God, please. I'm upside down on these tickets. Let's put our differences aside.

Rusted. Please come. What's that place like? You've been up there at the Tin Roof? I did it once, yeah. I'm trying to do it. My parents moved to Charleston, South Carolina. I've been trying to do it each year, like do stand up.

So it's cool. It's like a rock venue, but they seed it. And it's a cool it was like a smart, fun, liberal audience last time I did it. So hopefully it's not like that. This is the same thing. Try your new material. Yeah, yeah, exactly. My new my new brand.

Mega Man. Yeah. My Van Jefferson or whatever the fuck that guy's name was jefferson van drew that's right and drew he's opening just been van chad right jefferson van chad uh yeah wait zeitgang pull up man yeah this man some love let's do it and is there a tweet you've been enjoying uh yes, there was one from Alan Strickland Williams, who I believe has been a guest on this fine show. Yeah, first time for the first time. Yeah, and this was one of these,

every once in a while you see a tweet that's just very highbrow, and it just makes you think, and this was one of those. It said, those penis fish have dicks that look like little humans. It just really made me laugh. That's true that is

just out of nowhere just the thought process too of like it's a real like the word economy on that joke is perfect as are almost all of Alan's jokes but just Alan just being like this is something I need to get out there immediately Miles where can people find you?

And is there a tweet you've been enjoying? Yeah. Find me on Twitter and Instagram at miles of gray. Gosh, you know, what's a tweet I like? You know, it's probably this one from Reductress. It shows a woman holding her cell phone, like looking up at the camera and it says, ha ha, nice. Abysmal credit score now at 420

oh man um i've been enjoying the tweet from tt pretty in pink uh that is focus on a different child every time you watch and it's just just those kids running track and coming up to the hurdles and like none of them can do it. If you haven't seen it, I highly suggest it. Is that a new one, new hurdling video? Wait, it's not track season yet, so we don't have a fresh batch of track season. Yeah, no, I think this is maybe an old one. I think about high school sports.

Hold on. Nope. Got to be soccer or basketball right now. It's winter, baby. Yeah. I think about high school sports. I know, I know. You're right. Well, hold on. Nope. Got to be soccer or basketball right now. It's winter, baby. Yeah. I just found this, though. What about that one where the one, like, poor girl, like, in junior high, every single one just destroying her fucking shins on every, well.

Yeah. Go around. But that's a triumph of the human spirit. Yes. Yeah. And then another tweet. Gabe Gundaker tweeted, damn, they got the richard jewel toys at wendy's and then eddie pepitone tweeted here's a fun thing take your first name and then go fuck yourself oh eddie you can find me on twitter at jack underscore o'brien you can

find us on twitter at Daily Zeitgeist. We're at The Daily Zeitgeist on Instagram. We have a Facebook fan page and a website, DailyZeitgeist.com, where we post our episodes and our footnotes. Whoa. Where we link off to the information that we talked about in today's episode as well as the song we ride out on. Miles, what's that going to be today? Well, first, I want to let people know we got live shows coming in 2020.

That's the other thing we have to prepare our minds, bodies, and souls for. Get ready. Purify yourself. Drum roll, please. The first show will be January 25th at the Gateway Theater in San Francisco. Oh, come on. 8 p.m. You've already been there.

I hear that theater leads to going to other theaters. It does. It does. It's only downhill from there. That is the gateway drug to the rest of our live show. Yeah, it truly is. Immediately after. And I mean, look, there have been cities.

I know you guys have been asking, are we going to hit these cities? We are hitting, we're going to be hitting some cités this year. Some cités. So don't worry. You're in Canada. We got you. Oh, really?

Yeah. Bring your passports. Because we know you're out there, and we love Canada, especially me. I know Jack hates Canada, and I'm trying to get him to come around. Too polite. He doesn't trust hockey as a sport. That's true. I don't.

They have teams down here as well. They're scattered about. He thinks they're plants for their Canuck agenda. Trying to get rid of that. You're working on it. So check us out. Go to the SF Sketch Fest website to get tickets. But yeah, we would

love to see you guys there. You know, if you guys went to the last show during Sketch Fest, it's going to be a different show. It's new. We got new material. Always new. And there could be guests. Who knows? Okay.

But yes, please check that out. January 25th. We love your support. And love to see your faces because you know what? We're in here talking on microphones all day. I have no idea who's out there. Shout out to JC who I met in San Diego who I thought was trying to pull up on me. But he was just a fan.

I was a little aggressive at my first response because I'm not used to people calling me out in public. Right. But yes, shout out to y'all. We'd love to see you support us. Yes, yes. Please come. Did you give me a song? Oh, a song.

Yeah, wow. Andrew Ashong. A-S-H-O-N-G. This is a long track, but I like it because it's just got like a it's called flowers and really great syncopated drum stuff a little bit of electric piano a little bubble you know if you know the reggae term for on the on the hand you know on the keyboard a little bubble going on there just good

lyrics and again it's it's like a simple song where it's not just it feels like there's many parts but he's really just like deconstructing and reconstructing sort of the same main thing. But it feels great. It gets your toe tapping. And, you know, like I said, let's prepare ourselves. And for the holidays. The Daily Psych, guys, is a production of iHeartRadio. For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,

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