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V-Day, Snacks & Our 2025 Super Bowl Recap
The Super Bowl - the marketing event of the year … left us a little less than inspired. Were we the only ones?
Somewhere between a new neon light and a flash dance reference, we kick off today’s episode. Between potato skins, garlic parmesan wings and BLT dip - and Martha Stewart … that’s where this conversation lands. Would you eat wings on a first date? Which one of us can barely eat on a first date? And which one of us is notorious for ordering half the menu (hint: the other hostess, is “here for it” and truly is at ease not controlling the ordering). A match made in hostess heaven.
In a world where no single commercial really stole the show - we dance around the fact that one of us has never seen Jurassic Park, and the fact that Martha Stewart is in her 80s … HER 80’s PEOPLE. Stop right now. How about “liquid death” and what started as a marketing stunt (he truly had no plans to sell water, it was a marketing stunt). A YouTube stunt turned punk rock water with a deep commitment to sustainability via recycling and recycled material. Here for it. We tackle the Kool-Aid man, Sketchers, big pharma, and the “Monday Lite” sloths … and the big movie trailers.
Did you know that the halftime performers at the Super Bowl don’t get paid? Fun fact.
Instead, the league covers all production expenses and pays performers a union-scale wage, which is a nominal amount. For instance, Usher received $671 for his performance and approximately $1,800 for rehearsals during the previous Super Bowl. Is your mind blown yet?
We briefly touch on this years performance - but ultimately end up at Little Jacks Tavern - still serving up the sexiest smash burger in downtown Charleston.
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Hosted by @raebecca.miller and @jennyfromthe843
oh, I love that song do you not get like the vibe from it, from the new led light?
Speaker 1:I just you look like you're a drive and I'm here for it.
Speaker 2:It's like giving me turn on the like red light situation.
Speaker 1:It's kind of giving me like flash dance, like I feel like you need to throw your hair back and toss some bucket of water at you.
Speaker 2:Oh, my God, wait, maybe we should move this to like the flash dance era. So something happened a week ago. I was sitting on the couch. You guys probably know this. Last year for Valentine's Day, I bought myself a gift, and it's a neon light that goes above, like our whiteboard, and it literally says it was all a dream, biggie Smalls. It doesn't say Biggie Smalls, but it was all a dream from Biggie Smalls. Biggie Smalls and I have the same birthday. I love a neon light. I don't know why I'm like this and I love a neon light. I don't know why I'm like this. I really do, though I'm sitting on the couch and it went out.
Speaker 1:Oh no.
Speaker 2:I was like, well, we can't have the dream go out. I'm really into symbolism. That can't be a thing.
Speaker 1:That cannot be a thing.
Speaker 2:So like three days later I went back on maybe four hours, went back out and I was like, okay, so I went right online because it's at a year and it definitely does say not to like it says to turn it off which we haven't turned it off in the. You never turn it off, never, not at night, never. We don't turn off the neon light. So I was like I bet I just like burnt it out. Well, we got a new light and this time, to fit the vibe, we got it in pink.
Speaker 1:I'm here for it.
Speaker 2:It's so pretty in person. I took a picture last night. Hold on, I got a beeper. I took a picture last night.
Speaker 1:She meant the dog, not me.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, no the dog is not electric, shocking me. It's literally trying to grab my hair from the side. It's trying to be part of our podcast and we're trying to learn about boundaries, her and I Um. Anyways, when I walked into my apartment after dinner and it was like just neon pink glow from the corner. It was also giving me a vibe Like remember cocktail, the movie oh yeah, tom cruise such a good movie, I think I might like spend some time tonight watching it because it's been a long time.
Speaker 2:But you know, like the cover, yeah, it's very miami, you look very miami back there I'm into it. It was making me so happy, though, last night I'm going to send you a picture of it right now. It was giving me extreme joy. I was like you know what I I guess for Valentine's day every year I'm buying myself a neon sign that says it was all a dream.
Speaker 1:I love that.
Speaker 2:Right.
Speaker 1:Um, a couple of followups to our last episode. Yes, the mozzarella cheese balls from Costco are going beautifully with tiny Tim, so thank you for the recommendation.
Speaker 2:Yay.
Speaker 1:He's doing much better. They get greedy about it right?
Speaker 2:They're like I want that second cheese ball. Yes.
Speaker 1:He's into the mozzarella. And then let's see what else I ordered the scar what Were we talking about this on air? Or was this just a Jenny and Rebecca conversation?
Speaker 2:No, no, no, I think we did. We were talking about the scar.
Speaker 1:I ordered some.
Speaker 2:I think it actually just got delivered, so let's see if that works for wrinkles. So just a reminder we saw this thing on Instagram where people were using their. It's almost like collagen strips that you're supposed to put over scars so that you can heal the scar and mask like some of the damage quickly, right? So like it deeply infuses collagen back into, like the scar tissue. We saw people using it for their wrinkles instead of botox. We're gonna give it a go. We're gonna give it a go. I just sent you the pictures of this.
Speaker 1:I know it looks really pretty, the isn't not so beautiful it's like a beautiful vibe I like, really am so into it and it looks really good with your wallpaper too, just like kind of sets off the femininity of it all.
Speaker 2:It it's like we got this whole like rose Victorian, look. But then there's like this little flash dance moment next to it. It really fits the vibe.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I'm here for it.
Speaker 2:I love that. It was making me very happy last night when I poured a glass of wine and sat down to sort of like decompress for the day. Okay, so we're doing the scar tissue strips, yep, yep and that's all. I have what other updates we had? You had a big weekend.
Speaker 1:Oh my God. Yes, I had a wonderful weekend. It was Hillary's birthday, so we went out and went to Little Jack's Tavern Burgers.
Speaker 2:Little Jack's is one of my favorites.
Speaker 1:That shrimp burger. I didn't have the shrimp burger.
Speaker 2:Well, I didn't have a shrimp burger, I had a smash burger.
Speaker 1:It is delish.
Speaker 2:That smash burger is one of the sexiest burgers I've ever had.
Speaker 1:It was banging wheat. So Hillary and I got the we we always split yeah, I'm a splitter, you know this about me because, like, if I go out to eat, eat, I can't commit to one thing. I'm like I want to order like three things because I want a nibble of everything. Yeah, because you can try more stuff, right.
Speaker 2:I love a lot of plates like. We know this from when we even went to get the puppy from before. You and I both eat this way. I am very happy with a table full of nonsense Like I am a total slut for a menu test.
Speaker 1:I just love a full menu. Nate's like even when we do Uber Eats. He's like why did you get seven things? I'm like well, I just want to like a little nibble of everything.
Speaker 2:I did it the other day with my taco belt. Did you see this? Yeah Stories, I have like seven tacos. My mom was like what are you doing?
Speaker 1:I just need a nibble of everything. I don't know why I'm like this. I have always been like this, though this is not new. So we went to Little Jack's. We did that, we did the surf and turf, so we had a burger and a shrimp burger Beautiful, very well done. It was good. And then we went to Leon's before that for oysters, and we had char grilled oysters, which were phenomenal.
Speaker 2:Oh my God, that sounds so good. I've actually never been to Leon's.
Speaker 1:Oh my gosh, it is good. It's a good vibe too. I feel like it's like a good Charleston vibe. And then Saturday was Clark's father daughter dance at school, and that was precious. It's amazing. It was so funny because, like all the dance, because, like I forget that more often than not, us ladies are the ones who make things not awkward. Yeah, and so I didn't really think about that when I planned this for the school, but for the first and, by the way, there's no alcohol, so you add awkward on top of sober and that's like a double whammy. But so the dad's like kind of lined the outside for the first little bit.
Speaker 1:It was the eighth grade night thing it looked like middle school dance like girls on the other um, but they eventually got more comfortable. We turned the lights off where it was like pitch black, dark, so it wouldn't be as like. Anyway, they got into it, they. They started having fun. It was precious, it was absolutely precious. And clark dressed up, cute and took a bunch of pictures. I was gone because I had to go set up for it, but my neighbor came down and took pictures and she insisted on having the gecko in every single picture.
Speaker 2:I was like yes me.
Speaker 1:This is what happens when I'm not here to direct the photo.
Speaker 2:I assumed that you were there and you allowed that.
Speaker 1:No.
Speaker 2:I was not here.
Speaker 1:I was not here, and so my mom's like I sent her some pictures. She's like did the gecko go to the dance? It wouldn't have surprised me.
Speaker 2:Yeah, only because we were afraid to lose him. Right.
Speaker 1:And then Sunday was Super Bowl. So yeah, good Lord, which is why we're here to talk super bowl yeah, I don't know I know I will say this um well, first of all, what kind of snacks did? You make.
Speaker 2:Let's start there you know what I went to? I actually did make a snack. You didn't, I did make a snack. I made up a snack, which I think you're not gonna be shocked. Okay, I have a craving that I have not yet indulged. So if you catch a wild hair and you want to go with me this week, let me know. But I need a blt from not just frank's so bad, it's not even funny without the middle layer right.
Speaker 2:Well, that's the club. Okay, we can get the club if you want, but I just think I need a BLT. I have been in the mood. I don't know if it's because it was like sunny last week.
Speaker 1:Oh, I'm Jones in for some good tomatoes. I'm going to be on like Jones and Jones Big fat QC.
Speaker 2:Give me a tomato. Please. And I heard a rumor by the way, I have not confirmed this. I heard a rumor from Sandra Born and raised Southern Sandra, who did say that at Costco right now there are tomatoes on the vine and they are delicious, so we actually need to look into this.
Speaker 1:I'm glad you're telling me this, because I am making caprese for Nate for Valentine's day and I was going to cut out my heart right now there are tomatoes on the vine that are stunners, and I was like Sandra.
Speaker 2:If I go and cause, you know I'm like I love a tomato. I have had enough sandy tomatoes. Now for winter to be over, I need a real juice boy Like I want it running down my face. I want it. I want my hand to smell like tomatoes after I'm done cutting, when I touch the vine, and I can smell the vine on my hand and I and you just know that that tomato is a boss.
Speaker 2:That's what I need, and so Sandra, though, shares this tomato sentiment. She told me that Costco on the vine, okay, okay, I'm here for it in the meantime, dying for a blt like I, is that what you made for superbowl? Kind of so I made that's so random. I well, I dreamt about them Like that's how far down the rabbit hole we are. Oh wow, so I made BLT dip oh okay, but I made it up.
Speaker 1:Did you like chip it? Cracker it? Did you heat it up?
Speaker 2:No, because it's BLT dip, which, by the way, so many people like text or DM, and they were like I am four seconds into this and I am crying over Jenny. I was crying, laughing, People were crying with us. They were like my friend Greer was like I am unglued, she goes. You called her dog. I was like dog.
Speaker 1:I was like dog is a cheese dip, it's a, so I was thinking pimento cheese. Okay, so you did peel.
Speaker 2:So I get this big foil pan, round foil pan. I'm like, okay, we got to think about this, so I got shredded cheese on the bottom, Cause I also. I'm going to tell you something right now.
Speaker 1:I don't like when the dip sticks to the bottom of the pan.
Speaker 2:I'm not trying to fight for my life. I'm trying to eat a dip.
Speaker 2:I put a little layer of shredded cheese Cause I like it to like lift right up yeah, I just don't want to play games like that. Yeah, then I mixed two blocks of cream cheese with one of the whipped cans in my like big so that it would be like it would have a little bit more movement, cause I also don't like to fight for my life with, like the hard cream cheese. You know, like these are things I just I don't want a salad that makes me look like a giraffe eating it. They're just basic food rules we got to just follow people.
Speaker 1:I really don't feel like I have any of these, although maybe I do if I really think about it.
Speaker 2:Oh God, I like love home team but like their salads are like well, they don't cut the lettuce. We got to stop doing that. That's not, that should not be allowed. That's why give me a chopped all day. That's what I'm saying. So you do have the rule Like, if I have to look like a giraffe.
Speaker 1:If I got to feel like I really got to chew the shit out of it. It's a no it ain't cute.
Speaker 2:It ain't cute on nobody. No, okay. So then I did the layer of cream cheese, then I did a layer of everything bagel seasoning, then I did one more layer of shredded cheese, then I really chopped the shit out of some iceberg lettuce. Then I made perfect little tiny like tomato chops and then I took two packages of bacon, cooked them, chopped it all up, reheated it right before I left. So I put everything in the fridge, in the air fryer, so the bacon was hot but the rest of it was cold. People loved it. Okay, that sounds delicious.
Speaker 2:As soon as I brought it, he's like what is this, rebecca? I was like this is BLT dip. He goes oh, I'm all about this. So it was good, yeah, and I served it with everything bagels that I had chopped up. There needed to be some kind of spice. I didn't want it to just be like a weird salad that I brought. So I was like we'll go for everything bagel. That seems fair, like a good little bite. Yeah, I would eat it on an everything bagel. So like let's take a little U-turn. But I completely made it up.
Speaker 1:We did potato skins three each and wings, and I have the best oven baked wing recipe. They are delicious Ooh, garlic parm, and they're so freaking good.
Speaker 2:I want that recipe.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's really good.
Speaker 2:I actually haven't had a chicken wing in like a while.
Speaker 1:Oh, my God, I live for chicken wings. Oh, and then, fun fact, where do you go to get them? Well, this particular pack we got from Costco, costco or Harris Teeter. I don't love the way Publix does their wings. They put them separately and I feel like you do better to get them at Costco.
Speaker 2:Do you have to get the big bag?
Speaker 1:Costco yeah.
Speaker 2:So much wings.
Speaker 1:It's a lot of wings, but we freeze ours.
Speaker 2:That's why I like pulled them out of the freezer. That's the problem here with this freezer is it's like miniature.
Speaker 1:Let me tell you what we did. So we had, nate had gotten some home team barbecue rub for Christmas from one of his clients, and so I tossed them in olive oil and then I dipped them in this rub and we grilled them. Dude, they tasted just like home team barbecue and those are like my favorite wings in town.
Speaker 2:I was going to say we should go get wings soon because, like now that you're talking about it, I'm like really craving a wing.
Speaker 1:Oh my God, wings are like my jam. I live for wings and a cold beer.
Speaker 2:I thought I was going to home team last week and I didn't. And now it's like on my radar also. Would you eat wings on a first date? No, well, no, I have actually a very hard time eating on a first date.
Speaker 1:Same. I used to be like that yeah.
Speaker 2:I literally can go to a girl's night and just eat all night. A first date I am. I had a first date the other day. I was like actually like shaking before the other person sat down. The other person did not scare me, I'm just saying like I was so nervous. I wonder why, though? I just like, don't you know? I just like to be like with my people.
Speaker 1:So like we are well outside of my comfort zone in general. Did you like today?
Speaker 2:before you were like, like when you were younger, but I didn't really date Like. I literally like I met my first husband when I was 23.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, I was a serial.
Speaker 2:Like high school I had a person and in college I had a person, and then like I was a serial dater in charleston I just am like you know, I like have a lot of monogamy in my heart yeah, I don't know, it's not the best.
Speaker 2:It's like a job interview it's very like I mean like how am I supposed to eat here? Like it's not. And also, this actually came up, of course. I'm like ask the waitress like what it, what is really good here? And she like says, and I like joked. I was like oh, I need a lot of leadership, like just tell me what to get. And the person's like fairly intuitive. This person was. And they were like I'm so surprised after she left, he's like you would say that Because I feel like you're very in control of everything. I was like yes, yeah, but except at a restaurant. Well, I was like I actually also hate that. Like I literally those are, as I am tired from being the control person. Actually, like I was like my really good friends know that unless, like I really care, you can pretty much order anything. Like I'm going to have a great time.
Speaker 2:She'll even eat octopus pretty matured or anything like I'm gonna have a great time. She'll leave any octopus. Yeah, I mean I was. I. I should say to you I was like Jenny, I'm a little.
Speaker 2:The tentacle was draped all the way across the board like it was like a 17 inch tentacle. I've never seen anything like it and I'm single. But I was like what is this? Like oh, but I tried it, but like I just I'm pretty much. I mean I literally like I love food and I don't like always being the boss. And they were like I'm so surprised to hear this. But I did also tell somebody because they were like hey, like maybe we should, you know, go out, or whatever. I was like sure, like well, what do you think? I was like hey, like maybe we should, you know, go out, or whatever. I was like sure, like well, what do you think I was like. I'm going to tell you this right now and I'm not trying to be funny Accidentally, one time I was the husband and I didn't mean for that to happen and that's never happening again.
Speaker 2:So if you want my phone number, you have to ask for it. If you want to go out, you got to plan it. I'm not even. I was like this is not a game, this is not a girl's game. I will not be the husband one more time.
Speaker 1:Well, I know, but then I feel like there are a lot of people and on a day you could be like I don't love that. He didn't ask me what I wanted to do. So I feel like most people, I think that is what I was thinking and I'm like great, but I am also a very easygoing person, like I want to see you and your element too.
Speaker 2:Like my elements vary, like I'm an air sign, I can kind of like adapt.
Speaker 1:I'm just used to being the bossy one so I don't really have like a choice. So that's just always been my energy that I put out.
Speaker 2:I am very much realizing how much of an air sign I am these days. Whitney and I went to Trader Joe's. Do you know I haven't been to the new Trader Joe's.
Speaker 1:Oh my God, I'm there every week. I'm obsessed.
Speaker 2:Just so you know. The Jingle Jangle is in three different spots. They have an overflow right now.
Speaker 1:Yes, I know.
Speaker 2:But I'm Jingle, jangled out after christmas. I figured I just was like I needed to tell jenny that there's extra jangle at the joe's. I'm done jangling, jangling, I'm on 25 so I went there. She had won this book at one of her. Like girls things in our old neighborhood, that's like five ingredient recipes at trader joe's, so you just grab the five pieces and you make the recipe yeah, there's a person I follow on Insta who does that, so she goes with the book.
Speaker 2:She's like you should come with me, and I haven't been in probably six years, that's insane to me. Let's talk about cause you are. You would go with the recipes and like have a plan. We shared a cart.
Speaker 1:Oh, I'm sure it was an absolute shit show.
Speaker 2:What shared a cart. Oh, I'm sure it was an absolute shit. Show what. There was a moment where I turned around and I had my arms full of stuff and she just started laughing. She's like rebecca. I was like I am having the best kid. This is why you.
Speaker 1:Instacart though, so you don't make impulse purchases.
Speaker 2:I turned around I was like, oh my God, turkey burgers. Like when was the last time you had a turkey burger? I I at one point I was at the face care and they have like a lemon tea tree, yes, yes, yeah yes, yeah, the a guy that works there is definitely doing like inventory checks or whatever oh my god, they're the nicest people too, so nice.
Speaker 2:there's a little old woman who's looking at this and I'm like, oh my god, body oil, I love body oil. And whitney was like what are you gonna do with it? Like she wasn't, I was, let me tell you, and the woman started laughing so hard. This like older grandma ish woman. I mean. She was like knee slapping and he was like I feel like this is, I should walk away and I should just let this conversation the people there so great. I made like six friends, I know their names.
Speaker 1:They're so good.
Speaker 2:I went in there. It was like a Tasmanian devil situation I have no doubt.
Speaker 1:And did you buy flowers? Because they always have the best flowers.
Speaker 2:Guess what they have. This is why we're talking about this. They have the eucalyptus that I now have for like $3.
Speaker 1:Yep, that's the thing. Trader Joe's is so inexpensive.
Speaker 2:Well, I have new shower eucalyptus in both showers.
Speaker 1:I could use some of that right now, I think.
Speaker 2:I think you probably could. It smells amazing. I'm so happy. I got turkey burgers, I got shrimp burgers, I got all kinds of stuff.
Speaker 1:That's fun.
Speaker 2:You know what's fun about it too the packs aren't Costco size.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:So, like in the turkey burgers, there's four. Yeah, and for me like I'm a single girl. No one else is eating the turkey burgers. I can't commit to having 26 or something, unless I know that A it's the only thing I want to eat because I have this miniature freezer Like I just.
Speaker 1:I have a small freezer too. You see, it's just that bottom drawer. I don't have like a big mama-jama freezer.
Speaker 2:I just like I'm excited they were. They were in miniature size, appropriate for my life perfect.
Speaker 1:Yes, so happy, all right. So super bowl. Back to that that's what we're here to talk about I was not blown away.
Speaker 2:For what is it? Eight million million for 30 seconds.
Speaker 1:This was one of my least favorite years we go in excited.
Speaker 2:This is like the Christmas of marketing.
Speaker 1:I had my jammies on. I had my glass of wine poured.
Speaker 2:I had my notes app open.
Speaker 1:Of course, you had your notes app. I had my remarkable. I was ready to take some notes. I was in it to win it, I felt very let down by the amount of creativity. I was just really bombed yeah.
Speaker 2:I mean, I really like I probably got the most excited watching like Stitch from Lilo and Stitch.
Speaker 1:I will say the movie ads I thought were were really good that was the only thing that brought it. Stitch running across the football field was precious. Clark loved that one. That was the only thing that brought it. Stitch running across the football field was precious. Clark loved that one it was so cute. It was. It was so cute, I was digging Jurassic World.
Speaker 2:I was pumped about that one. You know what? My friend Sandra was very pumped about Jurassic World. I haven't watched any of the Jurassic's.
Speaker 1:What.
Speaker 2:Ever, none of them, never, ever. You know, I get like when the music gets like very dark, I'm kind of out.
Speaker 1:Oh my god, we live for them. You know we love dark around here um summer.
Speaker 2:My friend summer is obsessed with dinosaurs in Jurassic Park.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so Clark is too. We are obsessed, so we're very excited about that.
Speaker 2:Well, they have the how to Train your Dragon movie too, right.
Speaker 1:That was.
Speaker 2:Clark, I thought about Clark.
Speaker 1:She is counting down the days until that movie comes out.
Speaker 2:That was the exact person that I thought about.
Speaker 1:I was like I know she's very excited about that one, and honestly it was like she's very excited about that one and honestly it was it was funny, cause she saw me with my notes and she would give me her feedback on the ads because she knew what we were doing it and that we were talking about it on the podcast. She'd be like, ooh, I didn't like that one.
Speaker 2:I was just like I literally had my notes app open for the entire every commercial break and I was like this is I'll tell you who surprised me. Okay, a person. Okay, there was a woman who's still having a moment. Martha Appeared in multiple commercials. Is it Martha Stewart? Yes, ma'am, I am.
Speaker 1:Can we talk? Did she sell her soul to the devil? Why does she look so good? This woman is not aging.
Speaker 2:Well, she did do the Sports Illustrated thing and I think there might have been some Ozempic or whatever there. I saw some rumors.
Speaker 1:Uh-uh. No, ma'am Ozempic, because let me tell you something If it was doing for me what it's doing for her, I would have that shit coming out of a vending machine in my house. But why does she her face, her hair?
Speaker 2:well, I don't know, but I'm, I was like, did sketch first of all, did schedules really buy the second dying for her.
Speaker 1:In that the whole thing I'm like you know, I know that that's like cgi of dancing, but if it wasn't I wouldn't be surprised.
Speaker 2:You saw an awful lot of AI and I was like she's just freaking hot. No, I the fact that she was in multiple commercials. I was like girl, you had your Olympics moment.
Speaker 1:Obsessed.
Speaker 2:Now you're having your. You had your sports illustrated. Then you had your Olympics moment with Snoop. Now you're having your Super Bowl moment, like all right girl.
Speaker 1:Have you watched her documentary on Netflix? Cause I have not and I'm dying to. Yes you have.
Speaker 2:Okay, don't tell me anything, I want to unpack that at some another day. Okay, I will rewatch it, but it was good, Um she. What I will say is this she definitely had her success later in life, which I think is incredible.
Speaker 1:Her whole brand is like really I know I really want you and I to unpack that, like the whole kit and caboodle, because, like we should next time that she's. She's something to discuss um big like.
Speaker 2:I don't know you'll see, but like the love situation for her is very interesting okay, I'm excited I'm actually do that this weekend.
Speaker 1:Um, so, yeah, I was not. I was not too. I don't feel like I had any good like belly laugh moments, which really bums me out. No, um, and I only had one commercial that I teared up on oh, what was it?
Speaker 2:I don't know if I teared up at all.
Speaker 1:It was the Google Pixel with the dad doing his like, talking about his interview and practice, like tell me about a job that you had, and it talks about basically his journey of being dad.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And I just thought it was so beautiful, because I feel like so often we hear about like stay-at-home parents, not about like stay-at-home parents not a job yeah, you know it's not work but just to listen to like that take of it, I thought it was really, really beautiful, because that that one made me tear up um, I loved the square space, the throwing the computers instead of papers.
Speaker 2:In Ireland it was like all I don't know if I saw that one it was in the beginning and it was like all. It was very clearly like an Irish or Ireland style setting, so like they were in a pub and instead of throwing the paper it was like throwing laptops and of course they were like breaking or like breaking things. It was interesting. I will say another thing that really shook me. Ritz had a commercial and I was like we don't really talk about Ritz much.
Speaker 1:We don't and I. That was actually one of the notes that I made. It's like these brands that come out to drop this money for Superbowl, like what makes. Like, do they advertise any other time during the year?
Speaker 2:I don't know that. I've seen a Ritz Super Bowl commercial so I was like I wonder if Ritz is like about to make. I don't even think about Ritz like when I buy him, I just like naturally, like I mean you think about.
Speaker 1:I mean, I think I've seen like Ritz holiday ads, but those were.
Speaker 2:I looked back like old school, yes, like recently.
Speaker 1:So I'm like what an interesting so yes, I had that note too. I was like just so interesting. And then, so can we talk about the seal commercial? Yes, so like I had a note here, yes, does that commercial make you want Mountain Dew?
Speaker 2:but but I will tell you, there's never been. I do actually think that this is the brilliancy of Mountain Dew there's never been a commercial by Mountain Dew that made me want Mountain Dew. Right. It is that they are the most. That is just like what is the? It's like it's liquid Chernobyl, right? So I think they're just really embracing that liquid Chernobyl.
Speaker 1:Oh, the liquid death.
Speaker 2:I mean the water, Just. Yeah, I just it's like a chemical.
Speaker 1:So deep down this rabbit hole have you? Have you looked into that whole thing, the story about it? Chernobyl or Mountain Dew?
Speaker 2:No liquid death like the water oh yeah, I have looked a little bit into the marketing specifically it started as a marketing stunt.
Speaker 1:He advertised, he did an ad for the liquid death water without having a product. Is that not insane? Like he did not have it, he did it as a host.
Speaker 1:That part, yeah, I knew that it was like he was like trying to basically get men to buy water well, it was just like this thing about making it seem edgy, yeah, and so he did this fake ad on youtube for liquid death. It wasn't even the thing. It went viral and he had to hurry to make product. Yeah, yeah, it's just insane to me. And now he has an ad on Super Bowl.
Speaker 2:Trying to get men to buy water. The whole scheme behind it was like water marketing is basically aimed at women. What would it take for men to buy water?
Speaker 1:And then his Super Bowl ad I thought was brilliant, freaking brilliant. What was the language on it? Hang on one second. I have my note here. I mean I was blown away on that one. Yeah, don't be scared, it's just water. Like it had the bus driver doing it, the cops doing it, it had all these like people who shouldn't be, like pilots drinking, like slamming it like it was a beer. It was a beer commercial. But for what? I thought that one was so good.
Speaker 2:Um, I got really excited for the knock you out cancer commercial, like I just like loved the whole beginning premise of it. It was like the kid in the whole and then it ended up being Pfizer. And I was like it was like the kid in the whole box and then it ended up being Pfizer and I was like Same.
Speaker 1:I loved the commercial until I saw who it was by.
Speaker 2:I know it took the wind. It took the wind real out of my sails, so I'm not making any sort of political stance here. I just was like I was expecting it to be like a children's hospital or like a place to donate or like a QR code. Yep, it was like the little boy was amazing and he had his little like wrestler or boxer shoes on. I just, and then I was like Pfizer.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I wouldn't. They had me for a minute.
Speaker 2:How much does that tell you, though, about like culture these days? We were like so deeply embedded in like the kid, and then we're like, ooh, these guys, not you.
Speaker 1:You almost had us. I loved the Coors Light Monday Sloth commercial.
Speaker 2:So cute Monday Light, I was like Monday's light.
Speaker 1:I mean, give me a sloth in anything. I'm here for it.
Speaker 2:I also liked the Instacart, like for me, and I don't know if it was just like. I also liked the Instacart, like for me, and I don't know if it was just like, because it's like all the brands and we love brands, but like the minute I started realizing that when the Kool-Aid man I just love first of all, I grew up Jolly Green Giant, like all of them.
Speaker 2:The Kool-Aid man blowing through the wall. You know damn well that Cindy Smalley was never letting us have Kool-Aid. Not a chance. Not a chance in hell was Kool-Aid in my house. So I had to go to my friend Michelle Newman's house if I wanted to have Kool-Aid. So like there's like when I see that guy come through a wall first of all, I have that feeling sometimes too, even in our lives, like let's Shania Twain or Kool-Aid man through this. I love that little Pillsbury boy, like yeah, that was a good one.
Speaker 1:Um, I'm not a cruise fan at all.
Speaker 2:I'm a Tom Cruise fan from back in the day.
Speaker 1:I mean like cruising, like on a boat. Did you see the Drew Barrymore ad for MSC World Cruises?
Speaker 2:No, I don't think I did.
Speaker 1:Oh my God, it looks bougie AF and I'm like I don't even cruise and this looks fabulous. But I was a little confused as to why he did not do that with Katy Perry, the dynamic between them.
Speaker 2:I was confused as to why it wasn't his wife yeah, but drew barrymore is having like she has like a show and she's having like a funny moment too. I know it's just a weird. Drew barrymore is the goof for me. I actually like him a big, weirdly funny, like I like I'm a drew barrymore fan.
Speaker 2:Oh I love her I know she's very eccentric she is, but she's I, and I do not mean this in like a weird way. There are parts of her that remind me of me. No, I don't think that's weird. Okay, but like just how like goofy she is, like sometimes I feel like some people have a hard time following like where her mind is going and I'm like I see exactly.
Speaker 1:I love watching her show. I feel like she. Her vibe is very much what I like that we have here. It's just like curl up on the couch and let's have a convo yeah, she's like literally like out in the world, like dating doing like I know she's so cute she. I've always been a big fan mad love.
Speaker 2:Oh, I feel like she also barely survived her childhood and now she's like actually doing a really good job, like big kudos to her not that she needs it from us, but I don't see her going off the rails and I feel like very few people who experienced what she experienced are feeling mentally well and I get the impression from her that she is like happy and healthy and thriving yeah, I agree and so like I feel like she's very lucky to even be able to do any of that stuff and not like I mean most of those people from that time period who did whatever at her age like not thriving not thriving
Speaker 1:well, not out there doing, okay, there's hope for you, britney, we're, we'll pearl in for you.
Speaker 2:Bless her britney in a while I loved the four old ladies is this the weather tech?
Speaker 1:flashing omg. I was obsessed with that one. I thought that one was a hoot. I like that that one. I didn't know what product it was going to be for, though, so that one really surprised me.
Speaker 2:No me either, and I don't know how I feel about not understanding Like. So I was sitting with a friend the other day getting coffee she also does marketing and she was making a logo and she was like, what do you think about this? And I was like, is it a law firm? And she was like yes, and I was like then you did great, but I don't know how I feel about like the plot twist of like not knowing that that was going to be the company.
Speaker 1:Like, is it a?
Speaker 2:good surprise or a bad surprise? Yeah, the dog just fell off the couch. It literally just went to sit down and curl up all the way up on the second tier and slid down to the item and then all the way to the floor. I feel that Look to me like I had something to do with it.
Speaker 1:And I loved the rocket mortgage one. That was a good one. I thought that was a sweet one, that everyone deserves their shot at the American dream. I love that one Yep and I loved the Nike women's commercial yep, and I loved the nike women's commercial.
Speaker 2:I I just got chills.
Speaker 1:I don't know what it is about that brand, that brand will.
Speaker 2:Oh my god, it's like the mecca of advertising I know, but they're like there's people who are like mecca just because like, let's say, coca-cola yeah, like a coca-cola commercial has very rarely ever like deeply touched me. There is an old Nike commercial that's very similar to that, that talks about women being dramatic and it like literally moves me on such a deep level. And then that one's the same like Jordan Childs. Like I mean honestly like why do those guys just get it?
Speaker 1:They just get it. No, I thought that one was beautiful. Oh well, it's not even that. It's just like the whole story. It's just such a good story and vibe. They're very powerful statements and powerful women. They just do such a phenomenal job.
Speaker 2:I mean they take this brand. That's literally on basketball courts and on the field, and we know those are mainly, especially up until recently, like male-dominated spaces and they put an awful lot of money into like really reaching like that emotional depth with women. I just like love it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, no, it was brilliant, and I loved the breast cancer one as well. Yes, about I see you looking at the boobies and I was like, oh, where are we going with this? Yeah, and I love the angle of it. I thought that was genius too. What did you?
Speaker 2:think about the Nike one. Yeah, 30-second spot between seven. Do what I said. What did you think about the Nike one being in black and white? I loved it.
Speaker 1:Me too. That's what I'm saying that's where every thought of what they're doing is so methodical and that's why I love the black and white, cause I feel like it was such a powerful yeah, just statement. Yeah, cause I feel like some of the most powerful art is black and white. So I'm I was here for it. I do too.
Speaker 2:I thought it absolutely stood out from, like everybody else, because they went for black and white, and then I'm sure there's some symbolism there.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Um, like I just think I don't know if that was such a good ad Um.
Speaker 1:I loved the uh hellman's when harry met sally, oh yeah, I thought that was it. I love that. There was a lot of nostalgia this year, like even nate, and I made the comment that they use like a lot of like old school songs like hustle, take it to the house. Like you know, they use some older things. That's what they're targeting us, right, you say that. But then the halftime show with the exception of those jeans, like I don't like. I was very surprised that he and I mean I must've been living under a rock. I didn't know he was the halftime performer. I just always assume it's going to be somebody who's more targeted towards like early to mid 40s.
Speaker 2:I loved the halftime show so and I know that it's a very house divided, but I um you know they don't get paid no, I, I didn't know that. No, Fun fact, Fun fact. So. And they've actually, I think they've invited Taylor Swift like so many times. Oh my God.
Speaker 1:Well, I was convinced she was coming out this year.
Speaker 2:Convinced. Never, she said years ago. She's never coming. There's too many like it's too much. But no, that is like art only only, which I think people don't entirely understand. So like, if you get, you know whether it's like Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake, like sometimes it's just people to almost like, restart their career or something right that's not a money-making move, it is literally art.
Speaker 2:only, I don't know how well they thought that through and they picked who they picked, but the minute I saw it happen, I was like there is going to be so much deep symbolism in this. And that's exactly what got delivered.
Speaker 1:Listen.
Speaker 2:I'm just there for the music. To be quite honest, he just won a Grammy. I saw him win it and I was like this is going to be fun.
Speaker 1:And I just really like those jeans. I mean, i'm'm like where can I get that wash? And honestly I had thought that even before, like everybody started commenting about what kind of jeans he had. I'm like I love the players.
Speaker 2:The jury is still out on those sneakers. Um, he's actually. He's a big nike boy too, so nike is like one. But he showed up to the pre halftime, like when they were all like press conference kind of stuff, freaking Asics that you and I can buy for a hundred bucks, which was actually like a weird shockwave for everyone, cause, of course, like in the music community, sneakers are like a big deal. Oh yeah. So I was like what is this? What do we got here, cause for a second it looked like they were Pumas. I'm like, are these pumas or not pumas? Are these nikes or not nikes? I believe they may have been like what is it dt maxis? They might have been nikes, but the jury's still out.
Speaker 1:I'm like, sir, I need to know what your sinkers are what are your shoes like, I'm like, and where did you get the jeans, because I love to wash on them I mean, some people were kind of mad about the length.
Speaker 2:I was like no, those jeans are the vibe, oh my gosh, I'm obsessed, like truly.
Speaker 1:I was like where did he get these? Those are such a cute. It'd be cute with like a little Converse, cute little tee, the warrior jacket yes.
Speaker 2:I'll tell you what he had a good time out there.
Speaker 1:Like I cannot get over his little like smug pug smile. Oh my, this man is having a great time. He looks so little. Was it the jeans, probably?
Speaker 2:He doesn't look like that on the Grammy stage but like I mean I have no idea, but he was definitely like having a good time.
Speaker 1:Oh, he had a time. He had a time for sure.
Speaker 2:It was a risk.
Speaker 1:That performance was a risk it of time for sure. So, yeah, that performance was a risk. It was, it was. But I mean, you know, I guess I need to up my kendrick lamar listening, because I did not. I don't like it when I can't like get up and dance or sing the songs during super bowl halftime I was surprised they picked somebody that trendy that's what I mean very on trend.
Speaker 2:it was a risk for them, but I was kind of like all right, like here for it. I saw lots of videos on Instagram of like grandparents like dancing, like what is this? I love that. They're just like, I'm kind of here for this guy, but I mean that was like even a legal risk. Like you know, he has big B foot.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:I was like what a bull, yeah, bull, yeah.
Speaker 1:it was ballsy, it was really ballsy I gotta live for that.
Speaker 2:I was like this guy's just gonna take it right out on national television. He's like you actually don't tell me what to do.
Speaker 2:I feel like that's some shit you would do that's some gemini energy everyone's like because he's a gemini. So I keep seeing because I follow gemini whatever memes and reels and they're like this man is making me think that I Gemini pretty hard but I don't Gemini hard enough, yeah, and I actually feel that in my soul. I mean, I have no idea what the repercussions are going to be for that. Like he's not even supposed to sing that song.
Speaker 1:I know, so I had a question for that. Like he's not even supposed to sing that song. I know, so I had a question for you. Do you feel like your expectations for advertising and marketing are like harder, or more like difficult, during Super Bowl?
Speaker 2:Or like they higher? No, because last year we had an amazing Super Bowl. And like, yes, my expectations are higher, but I don't think they're higher than the average person. I don't think that they delivered this year, I agree.
Speaker 1:I mean mine are higher, for sure Shit, if you're paying $8 million for ad space for 30 seconds you damn well know, I also looked up.
Speaker 2:so the average cost just to make one is $4 to $10. God, so just to make a Super Bowl commercial you're looking at $4 to $10. Then you're paying eight on average for 30 seconds. To see Skechers roll out with the second ad for the. I was like what are we doing? I will tell you something, though, also that surprised me. This has nothing to do with commercials, kind of does, maybe not, I don't know. Um Bradley Cooper when it zoomed in on him in the pre-game. He's looking delicious.
Speaker 2:The sober life very much suits him he is always look delicious no, I know, but for a little bit there, when things got sideways for him, I think he looked a little bit like more tired and whatever he's, he's getting younger every day he is looking good.
Speaker 1:he has always looked good Lord.
Speaker 2:But he's. I feel like it looks really good right now and it's him in a star is born.
Speaker 1:Oh, with that accent.
Speaker 2:Then this was Tom Cruise for his like mission. Whatever it is, I am not no. Tom.
Speaker 2:No he can still do these things, but he's definitely not doing the Benjamin button. So then I was also with sandra's crowd, which is in their mid-50s and we know I'm a big fan of like different decades of friendship. So then they're like talking about tom cruise and like his age and everyone else's age and like the ages of my dating life, and I was like I'm gonna tell you right now if I was gonna go for a zaddy like Kevin Costner. First of all, sandra's like what is a zaddy? Why are you saying that?
Speaker 1:Sandra.
Speaker 2:I was like. I just I'm like we're trying to open it up to like the zaddy life. Guys, we swung young, we're going to swing a little. I have no idea what we're doing. We're keeping an open mind. Silver Fox, A zaddy.
Speaker 1:I mean I say Silver Fox.
Speaker 2:I just like the name zaddy.
Speaker 1:That word would never come out of my mouth.
Speaker 2:So then, because I'm like with them and there's like six of us on this, like big couch on her porch, so I was like what are you saying? I was like I'm saying that my kids aren't looking for a daddy, I am. And she was like Rebecca, I just love you know that, when I can just like land a plane like that, for she's like, god bless, dennis, I'm going to need another beer and two of her friends, which they're friends of mine also, are like dying Cause. They know. Now I'm just like having fun with Sandra.
Speaker 1:Right.
Speaker 2:So I'm like but Kevin Costner, and then we see him in a commercial a little bit later for, like, what is it for Parks, or whatever.
Speaker 1:Mm-hmm.
Speaker 2:Like God damn man.
Speaker 1:I don't know I'm going. Harrison Ford he looked damn good in that Jeep commercial.
Speaker 2:He did look good. He's not it for me. I'm definitely more Kevin.
Speaker 1:Costner. He's always been handsome to me, I think he's just very. It must be the Indiana Jones thing. I don't know. I've never seen Indiana Jones. What the hell, rebecca? I really haven't None ever. No, oh my God, he's got like a whip.
Speaker 2:No, I'm like a field of dreams girl Farmer drinking coffee, trying to pay the bills and the big thing I love Field of Dreams.
Speaker 1:That's like a classic movie. So is Indiana freaking Jones?
Speaker 2:So if you take yourself from Field of Dreams to Bodyguard, what Kevin Costner?
Speaker 1:he's beautiful.
Speaker 2:He really is, and he's still so pretty have you started watching Landman, no, okay. So, speaking of pretty, I think I need to put this on your radar. I'm sure it's on your radar, but can you start watching it? Yes, I am not a big Billy Bob Thornton, I just I actually think he's probably one of the most unattractive people ever.
Speaker 1:Yeah, he's's yeah.
Speaker 2:I think it might be because of his characters that he's played.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that or this like thing would they do with the Angelina Jolie had like blood around a vial and all his neck.
Speaker 2:That gross, I've been over it ever since Cause his character has a good amount of depth and he does a really good job. That's not the point of why I'm talking about this, all talking about this Allie Larder. What in the Allie Larder Speaking of smoke shows? I've been obsessed with her since Varsity Blues, obsessed when you see her. I'm telling you right now. First of all, this is her most perfect character. I actually think this might be who Allie Larder is in real life, because she is a little wild. She's a little wild. She's a little wild, she's a little cray-cray. I have heard through the grapevine of the people who know I have a friend who's Allie Larder's stunt double. Oh, fun fact. That's all we're going to say, or was for five years.
Speaker 1:Okay.
Speaker 2:But she can be a wild card. This, I think, actually might be her true personality. She is like like glowing in this. She just is thriving in this role and she is a hot little tater tot like she always fucking hot, I know, but how is she like still just wait?
Speaker 1:listen, sister. This is her and martha doing something, and I don't know what it is, but her character has some really good depth has all these different inner conflicts.
Speaker 2:I can't get over it. I don't know if she would freak out with Billy Bob Thornton. But I guess if there's enough money he just looks like he might smell like cigarettes.
Speaker 1:For sure.
Speaker 2:Okay, like you'd choose him, ew. I'm just saying oh God, so that's our 2025 super bowl recap. I know sorry I took us on like a little trip there, but I really need you to watch it I know I do need to watch it.
Speaker 1:I'm I'm finishing up beast games right now on prime.
Speaker 2:I'm addicted to it I've never even heard of it oh my god, it's like squid games, but don't die.
Speaker 1:And it's like a family-friendly show, which I love. There's not like cussing, it's just like you can watch it with your kids, which I love. And my daughter is obsessed with Mr Beast anyway. He does a lot of philanthropy. He's got a YouTube channel. We should do a story on him, because his story is also equally as crazy. The net worth of this guy will blow your mind and there's a very cute Silver Fox on Beast Games.
Speaker 2:Like he's very how do we find one of those for me?
Speaker 1:I think you just like keep doing what you're doing, or you can go to Home Depot, like that thing. I said that I sent you.
Speaker 2:I've been to Home Depot. I had the guy make me all the keys.
Speaker 1:Well, you walk around and you wait and you look for somebody cute, and then you walk up to him and then you say can you help me hang a picture, or can you help me find stuff to hang a picture?
Speaker 2:Have you ever seen the reel where the guy is like goes on the loudspeaker at Lowe's and he was like listen, we got a guy here who needs. He basically said he was at his buddy's house helping him make something and he was like I will pay you $150 if you come home with me, because now my wife's like bring your friend. And he wasn't where he said he was going to be because he was like just enjoying his day, but he said he was helping a friend like build a deck or something, and so he's like I will pay him. So the guy the Home Depot guys are like we got a guy here in the front who needs somebody to come home. Your name is Jason or whatever. You need to come and have dinner. He's like he will buy you beer Shut up. That really say that you've been hanging out all day together and you just been like hanging out by himself, like having like a great day, and now his wife's like bring him for dinner. He's like, oh God.
Speaker 1:Oh, my goodness, joe, this is what we've been doing.
Speaker 2:He's like I'll pay you in beer and food. This is what we've been doing because, like I'll pay you in beer and food that is hilarious, isn't that funny alright, guys, we are wrapping up.
Speaker 1:We will keep you posted about scar tape to see if it will help us look like Martha maybe it will alright, guys. Thanks so much for tuning in and we will see you next week.