Hosting The New Avengers Premiere & Surviving a Giant Spider | HWP 801

This week on Hardly Working Podcast, SP and Kellie are back from their retreat and have a lot to catch you up on—including SP hosting the Marvel Studios Thunderbolts* premiere (!!!), a terrifying real-life encounter with a giant California Funnel-Web Spider, and a Disney story so wild it sounds fake.

🗓 That Happened Today?! – May 7 Highlights

• 1718: New Orleans is founded
• 1945: Germany surrenders in WWII, ending the war in Europe
• 1993: The World Wide Web goes public—and now you’re here with us
• 2004: Van Helsing & Super Size Me hit theaters
• 2010: Iron Man 2 keeps the MCU train rolling
• 1999: The Mummy with Brendan Fraser premieres (legendary)

🕯 Notable Deaths:

• ⚰️ H.H. Holmes – America’s “first serial killer” (executed in 1896)
• 🎶 Mickey Gilley – Country icon behind "Stand by Me" (yes, really)
• 🎥 Ray Harryhausen – Stop-motion legend (Clash of the Titans, Jason & the Argonauts)

🎂 Celebrity Birthdays:

• 🎼 Tchaikovsky
• 💃 J Balvin
• 🎁 MrBeast (probably giving away a yacht somewhere)

💸 Big Box Office Bombs:

• Borderlands leads the charge with nearly $90 million in losses
• Kraven the Hunter, Megalopolis, and The Fall Guy aren’t far behind
• Even Joker: Folie à Deux might lose money despite huge box office numbers

🎢 Disney Drama:
A former employee hacked the internal menu system, changing allergy info, adding profanities, and locking out managers. He’s now serving 3 years in prison. His edits included:

• Dangerous allergen misinformation
• QR codes linked to protest sites
• Wine regions named after mass shooting locations
• Font changes to Wingdings 😵

👩‍🚀 Also This Week:

• Sydney Sweeney is cast in Split Fiction: The Movie
• Roast Leg of Lamb Day & National Cosmopolitan Day = weirdest combo ever
• George Watsky’s 33-hour freestyle rap record still stands (2020)

💬 Unpopular Opinions:

• Being a realtor is not a real job
• Sage green is the new millennial grey
• Couples should have separate blankets
• Weekly episode drops > binge releases

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