The Daily Zeitgeist - The Best and Zeitest 8/31: Harry Belafonte, Bill Maher, Marriage, Lion, VERZUZ

Episode Date: August 31, 2020

On this edition of the Best and Zeitest Jack and Laci Mosley discuss a deep fake video of Harry Belafonte with Joe Biden's face on him to make him look sleepy, Bill Maher has bad takes, Katy Perry talked about her marriage to Russell Brand and Brad Pitt is dating a woman in an open marriage, there's a video of a huge Lion walking through a traffic jam, and the next VERZUZ matchup is Brandie vs Monica. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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That is the best co-host in the game, Lacey Mosley. Hey! What's up? I'm happy to be here. There's so much good trending right now. I know. Yeah, let's tell the people what's trending harry belafonte is trending got me worried he is trending because there's like footage of him uh falling asleep

that was adjusted to make it look like it was biden so basically they used footage of an interview on a newscast where the newscaster's like, and I believe he's asleep, basically, because Harry Belafonte fell asleep during a press run because the man is busy. And they cut him out, put Joe Biden in, deep faked it, and now it's just right-wing propaganda being used to make it seem like Joe Biden is even older and sleepier than he is. Right.

And that's what Trump likes to call him, Sleepy Joe. So that makes total sense. It's hard to tell if he's sleeping or not because his eyes are like little coin slots. But I think this is unfair. Right. Also, I just hate to see any older person trending. If I see a person who's over 70 trending, my heart is getting tight.

And Betty White. Please stop making Betty White trend. Yes. Well, speaking of people over the age of 70, Bill Maher is trending. No, I'm just joking. Bill Maher is trending for his hot take that Trump might win that's not

the most interesting angle to take i think michael moore was talking about that we've been talking about it for about a year now no matter what the polls say it seems like he probably uh has an advantage over the polling averages uh over what the polling averages would tell you. And he has a lot of enthusiasm. The enthusiasm gap is real. But the more interesting angle on this Bill Maher story is something, Lacey, that you revealed when you saw that he was trending.

Okay, I'll tell you guys this. Don't attack me on Twitter. When I was a little misguided uh young woman i had a crush on bill maher uh i used to watch his show on hbo like every night and i thought he was smart and cute that blew my mind jack will not stop judging me. He is staring at me. I'm not judging you at all because it's not uncommon, right?

Like he is famous or at least in his own mind, he is a infamous ladies' man. So I guess I had always assumed he was kind of full of shit, but you're telling me not so. You tapped into something that's out there. There was something about him.

Yeah. I can't even say that. It's the way he walks out to that. Dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum. I hear that music coming and your heart starts beating a little bit faster. I hate you. Also, yeah, you're not judging me, but you are looking at me in this very inquisitive manner that's just like why because i feel like i finally have like this is the rosetta stone this

is somebody who uh can answer a mystery that has long plagued me is like so what what is it about him is it just kind of his general like having his shit together, like thinking he knows everything ish? No, I don't know. I was like he was smug and really smart and super liberal. And and I just was like, oh, yeah, like that's hot. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Totally. I get that, actually.

Now I'm like, oh, it's creep energy. And he's obviously super duper problematic. But yeah, that was I don't know why I felt like I need to get that, actually. Now I'm like, ugh, it's creep energy. And he's obviously super duper problematic. But yeah, that was... I don't know why I felt like I needed to get that off my chest. But I really confessed it to you. I am so glad you did. All right, let's talk about... While we're on the subject of you and Bill Maher,

let's talk about marriage. Marriage is trending. I could potentially hear wedding bells in the future for you and Mr. Maher. Wow, I said i changed i'm just being an asshole uh but marriage is trending this is one of those things where two stories overlap and they're about the same thing so there's uh two celebrity stories katie perry uh came out and talked about her marriage to Russell Brand and how that was very difficult.

And then Brad Pitt is trending because he is dating a woman who is married, who is in an open marriage to an elderly man. So, I mean, Bill, Bill, Brad. Oh, God. Oh, no. Brad Pitt is really the uh actor of bill mars or oh but brad pitt look he's got a type and it's um women who are in a contract with another man that's true like that's his type like just walk by with her wedding papers like ooh girl um not the first time so actually I guess that wasn't his he was in a marriage

when Angelina Jolie and him were hooking up so right yeah she was just in a long term blood bond with uh Billy Bob Thornton isn't that a marriage when you like cut each other and drink each other's blood have somebody else's blood flowing through your veins.

Yeah. Seems like a marriage. I mean, as long as they're all consenting adults who are down for what they're doing, like. Absolutely. Why not? Yeah. The guy seems like he's like, yeah, whatever.

He's like going on dates with them. Right. Seriously. whatever uh he's like going on dates with them right seriously red pit probably uh the best guy conceivably to get cheated on with because it's just like yeah i mean i get that yeah that's totally understandable um can't can't have your feelings hurt by that although you'll probably never see your significant other again but um you're absolutely right like if your significant other comes home no matter the sex and they're like look brad pitt is giving me peen now i just be like all right well your suitcases are in the

like see ya it was nice while it lasted i might get mad at brad. Right. Kids, say goodbye to mommy. I like drop mommy off at Brad Pitt's house. I just want to see the place. Oh, my God. I think you just looked at me. Oh, no, no. It was you. It was you.

Okay. All right. Well, I'll get the rest of the bags out of the car and then I'll get out of here. Lion is trending because there's just this video of a lion walking through a traffic jam in i don't know where but the lion is bigger than i realized lions were lions are enormous uh and he also has like a dope haircut uh which like his mane goes all the way down to his chest, which I respect. I feel like we don't ever get lions with scale like that, like in traffic. Yeah.

We just see them with other lions. Right. Other lions. And then like a crumpled animal that they just took down. But yeah, we rarely see people chilling with lions and it's just, does not seem bothered at all by any anything that's happening around them uh lions very cool uh and then versus is trending uh because we've got

i mean this this almost feels like the final uh boss of or not the final boss but like what versus has been building to because people are like oh it's too friendly everybody just it's a love fest everybody loves each other everybody's like and this song is uh an example of how you influence me and this is the one where it's like they might fight each other right the only other one that i saw that wasn't as positive was scott storch versus i can't remember who but the guy kept being like yeah that's what remember when you blew all your money on cocaine I was everybody was like whoa whoa wow y'all are rude but I Brandy and Monica have both come out and made statements that this will not be a negative event that they're going to be nice to one another but if you know their history they have a song together called the boy is mine um where they fight over a boy and um they also had a performance once where monica punched brandy

in the face right before the show and then they had to go out and do the song like with brandy's freshly punched face so at one point they were fighting each other. That is, I did not know that story. That is wild. I now have to Google that and watch the performance to see the realness of just that. Interesting. I don't know if I can go on. I know the show must go on, but if you punch me in my face, we got to fight first. The show will be delayed at least.

Stop it. But they're doing it at Tyler Perry Studios which I'm very interested to see. They're going to be in the same room. Wow.

Oh. Maybe those old feelings come up. Yeah. See if they decide to really get into character again for this performance.

That's going to do it for this afternoon. Until tomorrow we have a whole ass episode. Be kind to each other. Be kind to yourselves. Wash your hands. Wear a mask. Don't do nothing about white supremacy and we will talk to y'all tomorrow. Bye.

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, and culture in the new iHeart podcast, Sniffy's Cruising Confessions. Sniffy's Cruising Confessions will broaden minds and help you pursue your true goals. You can listen to Sniffy's Cruising Confessions,

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