The Daily Zeitgeist - Frank Trendben: Police Squad 4/8: 'Naked Gun', Fyre Fest, Jessica Simpson, Minecraft, 'I Am Legend', Club 33/Disney

Episode Date: April 8, 2025

In this edition of Frank Trendben: Police Squad, Miles and special guest co-host Blake Wexler discuss the new 'Naked Gun' teaser trailer, an update on Fyre Fest 2, Jessica Simpson's snake sperm cockta...il, kids going crazy in the Minecraft movie, the new 'I Am Legend' sequel, Disney opening up Club 33?, and much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:01:59 Listen to The Anxious Achiever on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, the internet and welcome to this afternoon edition of Frank Trendman, Police Squad. I'm Miles Gray and I'm joined by today's guest co-host, Plumper McDew. Hi, it's me Plumper McDew. Hello, internet. Good to see you.
Starting point is 00:02:22 It's Plumper McDew. You're rather Plumper McDew. That's the worst fake name I think I've ever fucking come up with, but I love it because Plumper McDew, hello internet, good to see you. It's Plumper McDew. You're rather Plumper McDew. That's the worst fake name I think I've ever fucking come up with, but I love it. Cause the bar's low y'all, the bar is fucking low. Yeah, Blake Wexler, good to see you bro bro. It's great to see you too.
Starting point is 00:02:36 My buddies and I used to play a game where we'd be like, police, what's your name? And you had to like say a name as quickly as possible. Oh hell yeah, police, what's your name? And it was always like my now wife, I remember the first- No you go. Police, what's hell yeah. Please, what's your name? And it was always like my, my, my now wife. I remember the first. Please, what's your name? Please, what's your name?
Starting point is 00:02:49 Cormac Von Struesel, terrible name. Terrible name. My wife, when I first did it with her, like she goes, Jenny, Jenny, like your name's Jennifer Jenny. Bro, that's like from Orange County that scene where Jack Black's character Lance is in the administrative building that's on fire and Ben Stiller is the Firefighter asking what his name is and he's like, he's like, what's your name, man? He's like Joe Joe John Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe and Joe Johnson the shooting guard. Oh god. That's who I am from the nets dude Mm-hmm he was from everywhere one-on-one
Starting point is 00:03:29 Won't they call him solo Joe or something his nickname in the league or something cuz he could bro if you bust your ass one-on-one Yeah, he was so he was underrated like he was like almost like a Sharif Abderrahim We're like everybody who played had a lot of respect, but maybe fans didn't know Yeah, unless you were a fan of the, but maybe fans didn't know. Yeah. Unless you were a fan of the team Joe Johnson played on, you were probably underrating him. Exactly. Myself included.
Starting point is 00:03:50 Anyway, we're here to tell you what's trending, not about washed basketball references. That's what Miles and Jack got mad boosties is for. You can catch that there. But the first thing that's trending, I might have guessed it based on the title, the naked gun teaser came out last week. I don't know how the fuck I missed this
Starting point is 00:04:07 because I love those movies. Like I just love, that was, I remember as a kid, the first genre I could articulate saying was my favorite and they were parody films, basically. I was like, I like parody movies. Hot Shots, Hot Shots Part D, okay? Those weren't that great to be honest compared to this shit, but the new Naked Gun teaser came out, the one that stars Liam Neeson, it's a, what is it, Akiva Schaefer from Lonely Island is directing it. First thoughts on that
Starting point is 00:04:37 teaser? Mine, positive. Mine, very positive. And I was very nervous because I Hold naked gun and high esteem, you know I'm sure if I went back and watch there's probably an incredible amount of Problematic things in it, but no no I watched it recently the race stuff the homophobia other stuff Is fine. It's fine. Yeah Okay, good to know comedy always ages. Surprisingly though. I watched it a few months ago And maybe I'm completely memory-holing if it was but I remember being like, oh, it's it's not as bad But hey, yeah, 90s y'all That's where the bar is is as bad as you would think it was a
Starting point is 00:05:19 but Neeson I was a little nervous about and but um Neeson I was a little nervous about and He can't it seems like he might be funny and then the jokes in the trailer are very You know naked gunny. Yeah, and I mean that in a very positive way. So I laughed it made me laugh twice You know, I thought it was good. What were your thoughts? Yeah, I love that. I love the OJ reference I just you know, I feel like it had that same, like, as if it were the Zuckers behind it. It's clear that the writers also respect the source material because it had that same tone.
Starting point is 00:05:54 So, I don't know. We'll see. We'll see. Next thing trending, FireFest 2. Billy McFarland says it's happening. We talked about this maybe last month about how he was like, it's coming end of May, early June, buckle the fuck up. It's gonna be at Isla Mujeres in Mexico. Are you ready? Then the tourism board of Isla Mujeres said, quote, we have no knowledge of this event, nor contact with any person or company about it.
Starting point is 00:06:24 For us, this is an event that does not exist." Pretty clear. So we were like, hey, Billy, you fucking scammer, allegedly, what do you make of this? He's now switched it up and said the festival is actually going to be in Playa del Carmen. Guess what the officials of Playa del Carmen have just announced on their website. Quote, in light of rumors about an event called Fire 2, we inform you that no event with that name will be held in Playa del Carmen. After a responsible review, there is no registration or planning in the municipality. Billy Billy Billy. Well,
Starting point is 00:06:56 actually, yeah, this Tulum, it's gonna be in Tulum, this event. Tulum or do. Yeah, it's gonna be sponsored by Tulum or do. And we are purposely mispronouncing Tulum, which I hear is also being overran by like digital American nomads, because that's the new thing out there. But he did say, they're like, what about artists? He's like, oh, it is me artists.
Starting point is 00:07:21 You see the website timeline? We're about to be sending out artist invitation letters. Bro, the fucking thing is at the end of next month, you're now setting out artist invitation letters, which sounds like the most pathetic way of getting rejected is you're like, I sent the artist invitation letters. You mean you contact our reps? No one RSVP'd.
Starting point is 00:07:40 Yeah. No one RSVP'd to perform. You know, the only, there's only one public facing figure that has said publicly that they will be attending fire too. You know who that is? Antonio Brown. And that guy has his shit together. You can lean on that guy. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Starting point is 00:07:59 I was like, wow, that is the worst look of all. All you have is Antonio Brown being like like yeah, I'll be there. Oh Okay. Well, I guess that's fine to have former NFL player Antonio Brown is your one guest But hey Billy do your thing it might be a new form of tourism where there's like adventure Tourism and you know gastro tourism. I think this might be scam tourism where it's like, you know You're going to be scammed. Yeah, basically, you know, that's really the only way this can happen So yeah, if it does happen at all It would be the biggest bummer if there is nothing and people just sink their money into and get not even a bad sandwich
Starting point is 00:08:41 I think what you do is plan your vacation to coincide with FireFest. That way you don't have to have the risk of just giving your money away to a convicted fucking scammer. That one. You can basically be like, hey, while we're there, you know what we can do?
Starting point is 00:09:00 We could go walk by where the FireFest is supposed to be and take some pictures. And if it's popping popping which it won't be We can get some pretty good videos for our Instagram stories So yeah make dinner reservations that you can cancel on the 1% chance that this festival happens. Yeah while you're there I can't wait till there, you know, inevitably It's gonna hit something where he's either gonna go whole hog and be like, insist it's happening and we're gonna get to see some nightmare scenario play out.
Starting point is 00:09:29 Or I'd imagine, because it's not like last time where he like wowed people with that Instagram launch video, you're not gonna have a lot of takers and be like, due to low demand or unforeseen things, we're gonna have to cancel the- Yeah, because no, everyone's onto you. Because I don't even think people ironically wanna get scammed and I yeah
Starting point is 00:09:45 I would rather do the thing we're talking about. I'll go near it and be like Look at that shit. Okay. Bye Then be like Billy. I gave you five thousand dollars. What the fuck? Happened that's called playing yourself. Okay, like Aiden Ross did which you'll hear about in tomorrow's episode. You get to hear him read. It's great. Quick question. Do you know what the secret is to Jessica Simpson's voice? Tell me if you know. Well, this is an abated switch when your famous base switches. I mean, no, according to a TMZ thing that came out and she confirmed today, she likes to
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Starting point is 00:11:12 Acted up. Well, I was acting out last night. I don't even know Okay, go How many spiders you ate is so stupid How many spiders you ate is so stupid, dude. I'm fucking... Anyway, it just, it was fun to say snake sperm and be kids and be like, and they drink it for their voice. But if that shit, if that shit's banging, let me know. Yeah.
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Starting point is 00:12:14 Oh yeah. He always looks confused. And he always does something like, I don't know, man, am I old? Yeah, I don't know. It's not that you're old, bro. You're just not interesting. And you clearly, I think you are in 1998's not that you're old, bro. It's just not interesting. And you clearly I think you are in 1998 degrees bro, and and that's fine, but you were always defined by the women that you were next to
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Starting point is 00:16:51 And we're back. We talked about the Minecraft movie on yesterday's episode because people, the kids were turning up so crazy during the Minecraft film, like they were throwing their drinks and popcorns and shit. Now movie theaters are posting warnings against Minecraft behavior. They're saying screaming and taking part in TikTok trends will not be tolerated. Guess what motherfuckers, you think that's going to stop these fucking kids? Think the fuck again.
Starting point is 00:17:20 They are going to go. I look, I was a shithead teenager before. If I saw a sign like that. I would be like This is a challenge and to get me thrown out of here. So look, uh I this is this is their Barbie movie or some shit You know what I mean? And the kids are gonna kid although don't throw the shit around and make it harder for the people cleaning up the fucking theater
Starting point is 00:17:43 That's already a fucking thankless job. So that's the worst part. That's like the one, cause I'm, how are you, what's your movie theater etiquette with your post movie theater watching cleanup? Are you one of these fucking pieces of shit that just leaves the shit in there? You started smiling.
Starting point is 00:17:58 And I don't do that at stadiums either. Cause stadiums, I think people are more apt to do it cause it's outside and it's like, ah, it'll blow away or something, you know, but no, I pick up, I take away what I bring or I take away what I leave something intelligent. But no, I, um, I clean up. I also feel bad. I mean, I'll drop a few popcorn pieces and I'll miss them, you know? So like, maybe I'll leave some popcorn traces, but yeah.
Starting point is 00:18:24 Yeah, I think yeah That is true people do that. Well now that you think about it the stadium sometimes I do leave shit out Yeah, yeah weird how different that is I think because half the time I'm leaving before a fucking game ends, too You're in a rush man. Trust me fucking traffic out of this. No, we're gone. We're gone And if you're not driving you might have had a few drinks So like you could miss a few things, you know Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah, man an airplane. I leave everything I Am every animal. Yeah, just I don't pop pie. I leave underneath the seat I leave wearing the inflatable put a pot pie on the seat and I sit on it and just mush it in there
Starting point is 00:19:03 And then I get a pot pie all over my ass and on the seat. I don't care. I'm a pot pie on the seat and I sit on it and just mush it in there and then I get a pot pie all over my ass and on the seat. I don't care. I'm a fucking wreck. All right, let's take a... Did we take a break? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, we're back actually from that break. Sorry. Yeah. There's also rumors, not rumors, like there's a new I Am Legend 2 coming out with Michael B. Jordan and Will Smith. I'm like, wait, what? Did you know? So the whole thing is it's based on the alternate ending that was only on the DVD where he doesn't blow himself up in that lab. I had no idea.
Starting point is 00:19:40 They're gonna bring the dog back. I know. That's all I care about. I boycotted listening to Bob Marley after that because he was saying, don't you worry about a thing. That scene is kind of- It's hard on you. It's kind of like it's canon on this show because I always talk about my friend who,
Starting point is 00:19:59 I had like the screener when it came out because my mom was getting screeners at the time. And we're like, yo bro, we got I Am Legend, come through whatever, we'll get high, watch it. When that scene happened, he screeners at the time and we're like yo bro we got I am legend come through whatever we get hi watch it when that scene happened he left he got up and left he was like bro I can't watch this bro I don't see no dog get choked out he's even if it did turn into a zombie he's like I'm not for that and he like left went home and drove home and we're like what oh shit I didn't sorry didn't know didn't know you can't can't joke
Starting point is 00:20:23 about or show violence to dogs You just can't get away with it. It's it's weird. It's look We've got weird stuff going on in this country where we're like, yeah. Yeah. Yeah humans, whatever dog Are you fucking trying to give me like nightmares for life? But yeah, this film ends where he doesn't die and now there's like another colony I guess in Vermont or some shit and they get that it's on YouTube. I didn't bother watching it I also didn't have like I said, I had the screener version So I saw whatever was in the theater and didn't think about it again for them to be like
Starting point is 00:20:56 Oh, yeah This sequels about a version of the movie that doesn't exist in theaters that you didn't see I think it's fucking weird And also like I don't, were we necessarily clamoring for another I Am Legend too? I don't think so. Yeah, I don't think so either. I think that old men have related to I Am Legend in a way where they just wanted to picture a world
Starting point is 00:21:19 where no one else was around, and it was just them and their dog, and they can just play golf, you know, in like downtown Manhattan or wherever the thing was set place. I, I do think that it is like, I don't know. I would watch it. I think I would watch, I think it was the right age when it came out that like I was just in full movie mode and it didn't matter if the movie was good or bad. It was just like,
Starting point is 00:21:42 I'm going to go to the movies and not even have picked out what movie I wanted to go to, you know, when I got there. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, you just. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, it's just weird. I just haven't thought about it. And then when I read the thing and it's like,
Starting point is 00:21:53 it's actually based on the alternate ending, I was like, what? This is too much. But whatever, I guess I'll see. What I really wanted is a prequel made with that mannequin, his friend Fred, who's like, Fred, what are you doing out here? What are you doing out here, man? I wanna know what the fuck Fred is up to.
Starting point is 00:22:10 What is Fred doing? That's the story. How did Fred get there? Look, a lot of fan theories about that. It's Michael B. Jordan and Fred? Dude, don't fucking make me. Spoilers. Spoilers. Anyway, also Disneyland. Disneyland.
Starting point is 00:22:27 This is a good story from producer Victor. In SFK, there was like sort of like, Disneyland drops America's latest recession indicator. Have you heard of Club 33 at Disneyland? It's like the very, yeah, it's like very, like you better know somebody to get in here and it's not easy and if you do, there is like a 700 year waiting list
Starting point is 00:22:45 to get on. Apparently some keen eyed Disney fans noticed on their app that there was like a new, a section added about Club 33 and how you can maybe find out how to get in. Before this was not some shit that you could do. And people were like, ooh, if you're, if you're hitting the red button and opening up club 33 to like the general public, maybe things aren't going so well. Because I mean, there's been a lot of reports about how like the parks are not as profitable as they were,
Starting point is 00:23:16 maybe because the prices are so prohibitive, you can't even, it's like catering to an America that doesn't even exist. There was a version it's like crazy because people went to Disneyland because it was somewhat affordable and people grew up with their families being able to go enough times that They you know created that culture within a family to be like we go to Disney World or Disneyland now This shit is like I went fucking What was it November of 2023? fucking, what was it? November of 2023? Man, the amount of fucking money I spent.
Starting point is 00:23:47 I've spent money to get on a fucking ride because my baby was so tired. I was like, bro, this is fucking bullshit. None of this makes sense. Everything's so expensive. Everything's done through an app. It doesn't work. So part of me is like, yeah, okay, this makes sense
Starting point is 00:24:00 because you guys are fucking around. They're opening it up. You know what the cost, the registration cost, they rumored to be between 30,000 and 100,000. And then you have like annual dues. So like a country club. Yeah, exactly. A country club for, I guess, racists because Walt Disney was such a racist, but then that's a regular country club. But then yeah, mystical shit. But then you're in the little New Orleans pass.
Starting point is 00:24:29 So yeah, producer Victor in the chat, Fastpass used to be free. Yep, I saw the defunct land video. Now it's an add on. And if you want to do the new Star Wars ride, yeah, you've been extra 30. Exactly, I paid fucking $40 or some shit, 30 bucks to get on that Star Wars Rise
Starting point is 00:24:44 of the Resistance ride. And I'm not mad cause the ride was good, but I am mad because why the fuck did I pay for a ticket if I'm paying for a la carte rides? It's fucking predatory. Fuck that. Fuck club 33. If we get in there, we should be fucking crashing out in there and making it so nobody can go in there. I agree. You said you had such a great point of what America is this for, you know, where it's priced out most people with how expensive it is. And then if you can afford it, you're the type of person who
Starting point is 00:25:14 probably wants the privileges of, you don't want to be waiting in lines, you know, like you're not a funnel cake guy. I would imagine if it's nuts. It's like going- I go for the sourdough bread bowls. Yeah. Yes, the sourdough bread bowls. And I make it last throughout the day. Yeah, it's really, and then I sit in it on my-
Starting point is 00:25:34 Jesus, come the way back. But yeah, no, it's rough. I remember I used to work at ABC like a while ago and I would get free. I could go for free to Disney and even getting down there was such enough of a pain in the ass. I only did it once, you know, and I watched the Flyers in a bar. It was pretty complete waste of a day. You went to Disneyland to watch a Flyers game.
Starting point is 00:25:57 My girlfriend at the time and her friend went on the rides and I met up with them later. You're trying to, you're like, I don't like this Disney crap. And then you're shedding a tear at the bar, watching the Flyers fucking lose. Right, right. I'm a bigger loser. John LeClair's final game, babe. They're replaying it.
Starting point is 00:26:14 Yeah, I remember this. You know the names. Hell yeah, bro. Didn't Ovechkin score his record-breaking goal against the Flyers? Island, different orange team. I think it was, maybe it was, oh, it was the Island? Oh, yes, it was, was it was it was I think
Starting point is 00:26:26 Putin's buddy Putin's buddy. That's your veg. Can yeah. Yeah, it's so funny I remember that guy first got into the NHL like all the stories about like how he brought his mom on all the road trips And shit like it was his mom in a PlayStation is what he traveled with Crazy now he has FSB Handlers that they like didn't let him drive for a while because he just couldn't stop like crashing cars at like 300 miles per hour. And then I, he was also, I believe he, so this is now the all time goal score in the NHL.
Starting point is 00:26:57 This guy, Alexander Bechkin broke, Wayne Gretzky, a Canadian doesn't really matter. And not a joke to say he's actually a huge Putin supporter. Like he is huge. 100%. Yeah. He's there. 2017, he like led a campaign on like Facebook to get Putin quote unquote reelected. You know, like it was, it's such a bad one. He needs every vote, folks. He needs every vote, folks. Yep. Yep. Yep. Close race.
Starting point is 00:27:21 Yeah. Real close race. That is whatever. We're about to have one of those too, probably. And Steven Seagal is going to be like, Trump needs every vote. You little fucking bastards. But anyway, records were meant to be broken, I guess. Yes. Yeah, they were. And yeah, again, and I'm sure records for profits were meant to be broken, right? If you're Disney charging everybody fucking everything for nothing. I think this is why you also see a lot of families like I see a lot of videos of people crashing out at Disneyland like fights and shit because it was the same thing I remember there was this article I was reading about how there was a ton of fights like 10 years ago at Chuck E. Cheese's between adults and they were
Starting point is 00:27:57 saying it's like high stress of trying to provide a memorable time for a child plus the amount that it costs plus alcohol or whatever things plus being around other parents who are on a Fucking tight rope can lead to fucking all kinds of conflict and you see all kinds of videos or people just losing it at each other On at Disneyland or Disney World like with their kids in tow and you're like, oh fuck like this So this is so bad. Yeah, and I've seen it This is an odd comparison, but I've seen it with skiing as well, where skiing is like, I mean, the base has always been expensive,
Starting point is 00:28:30 but like now, like particularly in Colorado, it's just so much money to get like a Lyft ticket. And then obviously you gotta rent all the equipment. And so when there's long lines, people are just at war with one another because if some, you know, a kid like can't get on the chair or whatever, they have to like stop the chair.
Starting point is 00:28:48 And time literally is money there because, you know, it's like, oh, with each minute that passes of me standing in this line is one less financial, you know, investment I made in one of these like skiing runs. So people, when it's crowded, it's not just, oh, I don't like waiting in lines. People see the money that they spent on the day ticking away in the line and they're irritable
Starting point is 00:29:11 when they fight each other. Yeah, Brian, the editor brings a good point. He's like, yeah, but you see that everywhere. That is true because people are getting squeezed and more and more as things become stressful, while also it's the kid dimension that I really understand now like being a parent where like Bro, you want that shit to be so special and then sometimes you might do a little bit something more than you had to
Starting point is 00:29:32 all Bad, um, and also they got rid of their seating basically at disneyland. So to keep people like buying shit They're like we don't want people sitting down. It's just less places to sit and even fucking eat Uh producer victor was just there and was just talking about this too. I noticed that when I was there too It's all bad y'all, but we're very good and that's gonna do it for us today We will be back tomorrow with a brand new episode It's gonna be a fucking by chair by Jay as they say or banger in America or Bangor if you're in Maine Exactly exactly until then take care of yourselves. Take care of each other. Be kind to yourself in America or Bangor if you're in Maine. Exactly, exactly.
Starting point is 00:30:05 Until then take care of yourselves, take care of each other, be kind to yourself. Don't do nothing about white supremacy. Take care of your body and take care of each other for real. Okay. That's how we're going to make it. All right. We'll talk to you then. Bye.
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