Big Money

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10/08/20 • 34 min

Opportunity: Improve the quality and reliability of online ratings systems with the assistance of little Philipe and a VHS tape of the pain you've caused.

There’s a 21⁄2 star Popeye’s in Tracy, and a 5-star Taco Bell in Pacifica with thousands of ratings, but who’s rating the raters? Perhaps reviewers will think twice if they know that they might have to repeat those comments to the proprietor’s sad child (rental or leasing options available).

Go ahead and unzip your wallet. Is it full of receipts? Open a WindowTM and let those money ghosts fly away—you never know what ID card or student photo is waiting just around the corner.

Your keyring: do you still have the keys to the car you drove as a toddler? Go ahead and slide those off. Sure you might break a fingernail—hold onto that, it’s a happy memory of your newfound freedom you might want to bequeath to a friend one day.

Grab your satchel full of California quarters and your wallet full of tiny bills. Let's mint a new you.

(Be sure to check out the YouTube video via this episode's show notes. It's way better that way.)

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Big Money - YouTube
You Look Nice Today - YouTube — Please consider subscribing to our YouTube channel.
Cockroach infestation shuts down San Francisco Popeyes — They determined that they had a cockroach infestation and the permit has been temporarily suspended.
Next On “Black Mirror” - The Toast — what if phones, but too much
Artisanal Plastic: Japan's Fake Food Is A Real Art : The Salt : NPR — They're meant to whet your appetite, but don't bite them: These are plastic display foods, and they're ubiquitous in Japan — designed to advertise the foods available for purchase inside.
The world's best Taco Bell is located on a beach in California - Business Insider — In 2013, Thrillist dubbed it "the greatest Taco Bell in the world."
Limited Perspectives Collection on Letterman, 1982-84 - YouTube — October 6, 1983: "Flashdance" reviewed by John David George, arc welder
Star Wars. Reviewed and rated. — "Best movie ever. One star."

Opportunity: Improve the quality and reliability of online ratings systems with the assistance of little Philipe and a VHS tape of the pain you've caused.

Go ahead and unzip your wallet. Is it full of receipts? Open a WindowTM and let those money ghosts fly away—you never know what ID card or student photo is waiting just around the corner.

Grab your satchel full of California quarters and your wallet full of tiny bills. Let's mint a new you.

(Be sure to check out the YouTube video via this episode's show notes. It's way better that way.)

Big Money - YouTube

Links:

Big Money - YouTube
You Look Nice Today - YouTube — Please consider subscribing to our YouTube channel.
Cockroach infestation shuts down San Francisco Popeyes — They determined that they had a cockroach infestation and the permit has been temporarily suspended.
Next On “Black Mirror” - The Toast — what if phones, but too much
Artisanal Plastic: Japan's Fake Food Is A Real Art : The Salt : NPR — They're meant to whet your appetite, but don't bite them: These are plastic display foods, and they're ubiquitous in Japan — designed to advertise the foods available for purchase inside.
The world's best Taco Bell is located on a beach in California - Business Insider — In 2013, Thrillist dubbed it "the greatest Taco Bell in the world."
Limited Perspectives Collection on Letterman, 1982-84 - YouTube — October 6, 1983: "Flashdance" reviewed by John David George, arc welder
Star Wars. Reviewed and rated. — "Best movie ever. One star."

Previous Episode

History Mall

Opportunity: an immersive journey inside of another immersive journey.

When Hobbes first stipulated that Man's primal instinct naturally reverts to a state of mall against mall, he probably had no idea how prescient he barely was.

But, what if History could also be a lively if self-referential retail and fast-casual dining experience? What if, indeed, that food court were presided over by a period-appropriate "judge" who deliberately attracted fleas and never broke kayfabe to admit that Wu-Tang Clan even exists?

Well, steel your guts and pack your butts, because your reality is about to get deeply augmented by some really upsetting contextual tableaux.

Like it or not, you've got the music in you. At least for now.

(Be sure to check out the YouTube video via this episode's show notes. It's way better that way.)

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You Look Nice Today - YouTube — Please consider subscribing to our YouTube channel.
History Mall - YouTube
Boobs-and-Butt Pose — While this pose is possible to achieve in multiple variations in Real Life, in fiction it can get exaggerated to the point that the character's torso is almost pointing backward.
The 61 Best Butts on Instagram - Great Belfies 2020 — This whole Instagram butt-fixation thing really got going back in 2015, and now, it’s the year 2020, and we still can’t get enough.
Butts - Descript — Butts?

Next Episode

Lobster Roll Bounce

Opportunity: sometimes, the best couple skate is the one you skate alone.

Listen: it's your room now. Mr. Sandwich is only here to act as a guide.

And, while vaping is not encouraged, Ms. Menounos will be happy to repair your phone screen at Booth M5605 (Mezzanine).

Simply agree to corkage, and our monster will be happy to top off your corn.

Thanks, and enjoy the show.

(Be sure to check out the YouTube video via this episode's show notes. It's way better that way.)

Lobster Roll Bounce - YouTube

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Lobster Roll Bounce - YouTube
You Look Nice Today - YouTube — Please consider subscribing to our YouTube channel.
You can now rent a private AMC theater for just $99 — AMC's FAQ page lists renting a microphone to greet guests as an extra $100 charge, while more time to enter an auditorium, beyond the standard 15 minutes, will cost another $250.
Florence Mall (Kentucky) — Also in the mid-1980s, the food court was renovated.
Napoleon (1927) - IMDb — Runtime: 330 min.