The Daily Zeitgeist - Means to a Trend 3/4: Batmobile, Alex Trebek, Tulsi Gabbard, LA Corona Virus

Episode Date: March 4, 2020

On this episode of Means to a Trend Jack and Miles discuss the new Batmobile being teased, Alex Trebek gives us a 1-year update on his Cancer treatment, Republican news outlets are supposedly scheming against...Tulsi Gabbard, and the first death from Corona Virus has been reported in Los Angeles.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1982, Atari players had one game on their minds, Sword Quest, because the company had promised $150,000 in prizes to four finalists. But the prizes disappeared, leading to one of the biggest controversies in 80s pop culture. I'm Jamie Loftus. Join me this spring for The Legend of Sword Quest. We'll follow the quest for lost treasure across four decades. Listen to The Legend of Sword Quest on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, fam, I'm Simone Boyce. I'm Danielle Robay.

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Dream Sequence is a new horror thriller from Blumhouse Television, iHeartRadio, and Realm. Listen to Dream Sequence on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, the internet, and welcome to Means to a Trend. Courtesy of Greg Bozaitis. I'm Jack O'Brien. That's Miles Gregg. We're here to tell you what's trending. Wow. What energy. I know. I'm feeling it. Who are you channeling there? Wow. What energy. I know.

I'm feeling it. Who are you channeling there? I don't know. I guess me. You had a little Aziz Ansari. What's trending, dude? Damn, fool. Damn.

Damn, this new Batmobile looks sick. Like a muscle car, dude. Yeah. I mean, those are both things that I wanted to to say but why don't you just say all my points in a z speak uh no uh it's true batmobile's trending looks dope as fuck it's got very muscle car vibes muscle car vibes also uh it also reminds me of i guess it's a vibe yeah uh it reminds me of the batmobile from the uh can't be tv show a little bit because it looks like an actual car. Yeah, but that one still had a little bit of dramatic finage to it.

It had red piping. Yeah. It was just very subtle compared to the Batmobile. The car shop that made that one is located in North Hollywood. So as a kid, I would always drive by their showroom and be like, that's the shitty Batman movie.

Wasn't it a convertible? Yeah. He was doing his thing. But yeah, this is for the new Robert Pattinson Batman film. Yeah, and they released a bunch of pictures. It looks dope.

It looks like Dom's Charger from fucking Fast and Furious. It definitely has... It's got that just mean face and a lot of junk in the trunk. This guy who's making it, whose name I'm drawing a blank on, but he made the sequel to Planet of the Apes, Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Matt Reeves, I think it is.

He does really well with genre shit like I guess he just he just made like his magnum opus that everybody was just like meh not so much that was like an alien movie oh really which one was that like it literally came and went nobody watched it

oh you hate to see it it's like a political alien allegory um but i i don't know i actually can't say shit about it because um i might be getting this all wrong but this the thing i like about this batmobile picture though is like normally we're so used to this like futuristic like i'm a gazillionaire bruce Wayne can make anything. It doesn't even have to exist. I can make it. This has like, it's somewhat rooted in reality a bit. So I can already begin to feel like the aesthetic of whatever this new Gotham reality is for this Batman.

Also, I was talking about a completely different director. He did not make some weird- Alien film? Alien film. Okay. So fuck me. Okay. Alright. I just met you. This is crazy. So here's my number. Call me Matt Reeves.

Oh, right. What else we got? I don't know. So, sorry, what were you saying? That this is... No, it's fine. I was just saying something really cool. It's nice to see a little bit of grit to this this universe yeah so i'm ready i'm ready for i'm ready for this new bobby pattinson batman bobby pat bobby digi bobby pat uh alex trebek is trending uh he is defying the odds he shared his sort of one year kind of i guess it was the one year anniversary

of when he first got his diagnosis it was like this really heartfelt like straightforward this coming from the heart type thing yeah but he delivered it and like it's just like he's he's such a seasoned tv vet that he like delivered it and like such a, and there were times when I wanted to die. Yeah. And it was completely give up on the fight. Right. It was just wild. Talks about like suffering from great depression during the,

this like, you know, battle with his own mortality. Yeah. I mean, it's amazing. He had stage four pancreatic cancer, pancreatic cancer,

the survival he's, I mean, he's amazing. He had stage four pancreatic cancer, pancreatic cancer, the survival. I mean, he still is able to still somewhat function. As he said, a lot of good days, but a lot of bad days. But he's a fighter, man. Old Alex. Shout out to Alex. Shout out to anybody dealing with this sort of situation. That's just one of those things that like you hear about people who are suffering from chronic pain or living with a mortal illness

and they're just out here and you really realize like don't, you should give everyone the benefit of the doubt because you don't know what they're dealing with. Yeah, and also acknowledge your own health privilege too. That's another thing we don't realize too it's like shit i'm not you know like especially with the coronavirus stuff you realize i'm like damn i'm i like i'm like i'm almost like i want to make sure i'm not spreading germs for people who are uh immunocompromised right and are

not able to you know that's right and an illness so that's get your flu shots assholes uh that's what one thing that uh my wife was saying is that this is actually all about caring get your flu shots assholes that's one thing that my wife was saying is that this is actually getting people to get their flu shots finally right maybe this is all conspiracy from big flu big flu shot every time like cause I was talking to somebody and they were like yeah well

I guess everybody's making more money off of all this hand sanitizer and it's just like, come on. Like, this is not. Oh, these forest fires. I bet the guys who make the firefighter helmets are really cleaning up. Are really cleaning up. It's not.

Like, it's just there are real conspiracies. And people who believe in dumb conspiracies are fucking it up for people who are actually seeking the truth. Damn. I like that. Speaking of which, Tulsi Gabbard is trending because all these right-wing people who are paying attention to the Democratic primary are like basically all the things that we've said about how Bernie is being treated by the mainstream media,

they are using that to be like, well, Tulsi's not allowed on the stage. What's going on? Just because she didn't win enough votes. It's just, I don't know. It's frustrating to me. It's dispiriting for the valid complaints about people who are actually candidates

to get thrown in from i don't you know what i'm saying right like it's just it's not real coming from them and it's like cynical well and also yeah and she's also she likes to go on a lot of conservative media outlets so in a way they kind of like her in that sense yeah but it's all coming from like daily caller. And it's like the blaze and Fox news. Tulsi Gabbard turned somehow became the democratic candidate. They would just tear her to shreds. Like that's, these are people who are cynically trying to do this to tear down the

democratic party. Not. And look, they can do that without your fucking help by the way. And we will tear ourselves down. Thank you very much. Hold my beer. Hold my latte.

So, but yeah, I guess she also called Warren some horrifying string of things based on the DNA test. Like a fake woman of color or something like that? Like controversy from a year and a half ago. But yeah, shout out to The Daily Caller and The Blaze for, you know. So fucked up that The Blaze is a conservative website because that sounded like a website I would have fucking. Just Blaze. Like, yo, The Blaze, bro, welcome.

Yeah. Fucking twist up. Isn't The Blaze Glenn Beck? Yeah, I believe so. Fucking A. Or he started there. I don't know if he's still there. I know Tommy Lauren was getting her rocks off over there too.

Mm-hmm. Yep. And finally, LA coronavirus is trending, I think nationally, because there's now a bunch of confirmed cases all over the place. First death was in California. First death in California. There was a case reported at the hospital where my son was born. So that's reassuring and exciting. Yeah. Six new cases

in the city. So they had to declare basically emergency. But yeah, I mean, it's everywhere. It's been everywhere. It's just people aren't getting tested. Now the testing kits, as you were talking about, Miles, are arriving. Yeah, now we'll find out actually what is happening. Yeah. But I mean, I think like everyone, we like to use that sort of bit of false safety to be like, well, I didn't hear there's any here. So that's got to be a good thing. It's like, man, I just don't know about it yet.

Yeah, no, you probably have have it let's face facts no they they're saying though 40 to 60 percent of americans will have been exposed by uh next month uh so so wash actually by the end of this month yeah uh so yeah wash your hands wash your hands wash your hands wash your hands don't touch your face wash your hands don't touch your face. Wash your hands, don't touch your face, because your life cannot be replaced. Yeah. Ow. That reminded me of the era of hip-hop when they were just giving celebrities rap songs. Yeah, hey everybody, gather around, want to tell you about a virus going down.

This Mr. T sound. Yeah, Mr. T sound. Oh, right, because he had rap too. You remember his raps? Yeah. Rodney Danger Sound. Yeah, Mr. T Sound. Oh, right, because he had a rap too. Remember his raps? Yeah. Rodney Dangerfield. He had one. I mean, if you remember,

Macho Man Randy Savage also has a song called Perfect Friend. I think Hulk Hogan might have had one. You are my perfect friend. He was gregarious, but never shy.

Wait, really? Oh, yeah. Perfect Friend Randy Savage. That sounds like really, really good. It's, um... He was gregarious, but never...

Is he talking about his long loss? I think he's talking about Kurt Hennig, the wrestler. Yeah. Oh, wow. My buddy Kurt Hennig, a.k.a. Mr. Perfect, just want to let you know that you're missed, but you'll never be forgotten. That's how he starts it off.

He's like, you were my perfect friend. He goes, hey, Kurt, we miss you, but we know you're in a better place. It's kind of hard as time goes on and I don't see your face. So I'm clinching and I'm holding onto memories. Remember the times one round strong clinching and holding. Yeah. Like, you know,

like clinch, like wrestling shit. Oh, got it. Yeah. Yeah. It sounded like a, like a poop thing.

No man. So you don't fuck with Muay Thai dude. The clinch man. Yeah. Yeah. Anyway. So yeah, please again,

do the bare minimum and just keep your hands clean. Try and be aware of the surfaces you're touching. Try not to touch your face. Especially don't be picking your teeth or picking your nose. Did you see that video?

Yes. It was a woman just finger flossing. Yeah, finger flossing on the way into work on the train. That's the new jackass for 2020. Have I told you about the woman who, the racist old woman on the trolley? Oh, when you were at the Grove? When I was at the Grove?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And she self-air flossed. As she was saying something racist about my children to me, a piece of white something flew out from between her teeth and landed on my arm so it was almost like she flossed she flossed with racism different kind of flossing yeah anyways that's the

shit that comes out when you floss should not be shared with it you should go do it in your backyard bury it in the ground I thought you were going to tell people to not be racist to strangers but yeah don't be flossing But yeah, don't be flossing in public. Yeah, don't be flossing in public. Also, don't be racist to strangers,

especially when they are two and four years old. Yeah, and pretend it's like 2012. Be racist in the privacy of your own home. Right. Yeah, exactly. Imagine that. Ah, those were the days. Am I right? Those were the days. Alright, guys. That's going to do it for

this afternoon. Stay safe out there. We're going to be back with a whole other podcast tomorrow morning, and we'll talk to you guys then, alright? Alright. Bye now. Bye. In 1982, Atari players had one game on their minds.

Sword Quest. because the company had promised 150 grand in prizes to four finalists. But the prizes disappeared, leading to one of the biggest controversies in 80s pop culture. I'm Jamie Loftus. Join me this spring for The Legend of Sword Quest. We'll follow the quest for lost treasure across four decades. Listen to The Legend of Sword Quest on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, fam, I'm Simone Boyce. I'm Danielle Robay. And we're the hosts of The Bright Side,

the podcast from Hello Sunshine that's guaranteed to light up your day. Check out our recent episode with dancer, actress, and host of Dancing with the Stars, Julianne Hough, revealing the healing journey behind her new novel, Everything We Never Knew. I am showing up for my younger self, and it is becoming a ripple effect energetically in my life, and that's why I feel so safe now.

Listen to The Bright Side from Hello Sunshine on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello Sunshine on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Daphne Caruana Galizia was a Maltese investigative journalist who on October 16th, 2017, was assassinated. Crooks Everywhere unearths the plot to murder a one-woman WikiLeaks. She exposed the culture of crime and corruption

that were turning her beloved country into a mafia state. Listen to Crooks Everywhere starting September 25th on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Kay hasn't heard from her sister in seven years. I have a proposal for you. Come up here and document my project. All you need to do is record everything like you always do. What was that?

That was live audio of a woman's nightmare. Can Kay trust her sister? Or is history repeating itself? There's nothing dangerous about what you're doing. They're just dreams. Dream Sequence is a new horror thriller from Blumhouse Television, iHeartRadio, and Realm. Listen to Dream Sequence on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.