Pop Quiz: 2020 Super Bowl Commercials

๐Ÿ“บ It's a super-sized game of Rick and Rick Loaded Questions about some of this year's biggest Super Bowl commercials. Who scores? Who fumbles? And which spots do you remember best? It's an AdBowl 2020 pop-quiz with a Rick and Rick twist.

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IN THIS EPISODE

๐Ÿ“ธ Will the real Kyle Shanahan please wave for the camera (at 50-seconds)

๐ŸŽ In a first, Steve Wozniak is mentioned in a conversation about the Super Bowl (at 2-min, 2-sec)

๐Ÿ––๐Ÿป โ€ฆ Then again, so is George Takei (at 2:38)

โ˜๏ธ Parachute Pants: 30 years later, and you still can't touch thisโ€”thanks to Cheetos Popcorn (at 3:47)

๐Ÿซ #SnickersFixTheWorld: Who knew the solution to all our problems was to feed the Snicker's Hole? (...anyone besides us, that is) (at 4:56)

๐Ÿ’‘ Google monetizes an old man's memories in a moving spot (at 5:58)

๐ŸŽจ Missy Elliott and H.E.R. Paint it Blackโ€”but what exactly is "it"? (at 7:01)

๐Ÿš Met Life sends you four different kinds of loveโ€”'cuz you're going to need it (at 8:20)

๐Ÿง—๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ Microsoft Surface scores a touchdown (at 10:05)

๐Ÿš™ "Tough Never Quits," but neither do Kia's product shots (at 11:46)

โšก๏ธ Martin Scorsese and Jonah Hill par-tay with Coca-Cola Energy (at 12:47)

๐Ÿบ Budweiser celebrates the typical, awesome Americanโ€”and automates "Wassup" with home smart devices (at 13:25)

๐Ÿฅ‘ Quibi, Pop-Tarts, Audi's "Let It Go" and more: The Super Bowl 2020 WTF Department (at 14:47)

๐ŸŽ The Porsche museum is ready to roll, and we're here for it (at 15:57)

๐Ÿ“บ Our final takeaways on AdBowl 2020 (at 17:16)

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๐ŸŽ Cybertruck Blows Up The Internet, The Lightsaber That ... Meows? And More

๐ŸŽ…๐Ÿผ Tesla's Cybertruck takes the Internets by storm, and not all goes well. The holiday yule log gets spit-roastedโ€”ASMR style. Our Top 3 Tech Toys Gone Wrong. The 'Christmas Pizza' that's covered in turkey and gravyโ€”and served in a singing box, plus a whole lot more. 

๐Ÿš€ Rise of Skywalker: How will this chiasmus conclude the chiasmi? (at :42 seconds)
 
๐Ÿ“บ What the hell is The Mandalorian? And why isn't that Boba Fett and Yoda? (at 2:28)
 
๐Ÿ“ Tesla Cybertruck: Big splash, or botched launch? (at 3:45)
 
๐Ÿ”ซ Our Top 3 Tech Toys for Holiday 2019โ€”including a Lightsaber that โ€ฆ meows? (at 6:30)
 
๐Ÿ’ฃ Our Top 3 Tech Toys Gone Wrongโ€”including one inspired by Tesla (at 8:30)
 
๐Ÿ• The Christmas Pizza comes lathered with turkey, gravy, and a psychotic theme song (9:54)
 
๐Ÿฅฉ The Beef Drool Log comes with ASMR-like sound effects and โ€ฆ an AI-based personal assistant?  (at 11:15)
 
๐ŸŽ„ Cardi B or Anna Kendrick? Will the holiday TV spot imposter please stand up? (at 12:25)
 
๐Ÿ› From Santa's WTF workshop: animal dissection kits, fluffy pets with removable fur and other gifts for children (at 13:18)
 
โ˜ƒ๏ธ Some holiday chestnuts about goosing the kids, making memories and more (at 14:00)
 
๐Ÿฅ The Ricks reveal the title of their future Claymation holiday television special (at 14:58)
 
Approx. 15 min, 40 sec. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.

๐Ÿฆƒ A Pringles Thanksgiving, Singles Day Stats, Twinkies Cereal, Why VR Stinks & More

Singles Day scores $1 billion in its first :60-seconds. "Arson Frog" and "Okay Boomer" have meme warfare raging among generations. Plus: Twinkies cereal ignites a social media storm, what fMRI tells us about holiday shopping behaviors, why the future of VR may stink, Loaded Questions, and more.  

IN THIS EPISODE

๐Ÿ“บ 'Prime' Evil: 'Man in the High Castle' Season 4 (at 1 minute, 43 sec)

๐Ÿคฏ Meme Warfare: 'Arson Frog' Catches Fire as 'Okay Boomer' Explodes (at 3:26)

๐Ÿ’ฉ Smell-o-Vision: Why the Future of VR Might Stink (at 5:50)

๐Ÿ’ฐ $1 Billion Sold in :60-Seconds: Our Singles Day Scorecard (at 7:16)

๐Ÿคข  Turducken Pringles: Any way you stack 'em, someone's sure to cry fowl (at 8:53)

๐Ÿฅฃ Twinkies for Breakfast: Social Media Cause Cรฉlรจbreโ€”or Cereal Offender?  (at 10:08)

๐Ÿ‘บ Why Deep Fakes Mean Real Trouble for Business in 2020 (at 11:44)

๐Ÿ› Google Data: Top 3 Best (and Worst) Holiday Purchase Influencers (at 13:06)

๐Ÿง  What fMRI Brain Scans Tell Us About True Shopping Influencers (at 13:50)

๐ŸŽ…๐Ÿผ Six Fewer Days for St. Nick: Online Retail's Race Against the 2019 Calendar (at 14:58)

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Approx. 16 min, 5 sec. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.


๐Ÿ˜Ž Why Podcasts are the New Website, DIY Deepfakes, and More

DIY audio deepfakes. Tinder's new choose-your-own-adventure streaming series. The new app that tells you if the people texting you are being flirtatious, or if you're strictly friendzone. Plus more. 

IN THIS EPISODE: 

๐Ÿ’ฅ JJ Abrams enters the Spider-verse, with a little help from his son (at 48 seconds)

๐Ÿ˜ Flirt-worthy, or strictly friendzone? A new app scans your text conversations to find out (at 2 min, 52 sec)

๐Ÿ™…๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ A new app allows you to create audio deepfakes of yourselfโ€”so what could go wrong? (at 4:51)

โ˜•๏ธ Is it Pumpkin Spiceโ€”or poison? And did a 23-year-old woman just find out the hard way? (at 5:58)

๐Ÿ’ Swipe left or right? Tinder's new choose-your-own-adventure-style streaming series (at 8:02)

๐Ÿฅค Shake a Coke and a Smile: New Coke cans trigger cool new augmented reality experiences (at 9:18)

๐ŸŽง Thanks to Google algorithm updates, podcasts are the new webpage (at 13:03)

๐Ÿ“ฐ What those Google algorithm changes mean to news aggregators may be bad news

๐Ÿ›’ Which generation has the most ethical shoppers? Spoiler alert: It's not the Boomers

๐ŸŽ…๐Ÿผ It's still summer, so of course these two brands are already running Christmas ads

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Approx 17 min, 34 sec.

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๐Ÿ— Popeye's Goes BYO Bun, KFC Readies Dating Simulator Game, and More

๐ŸŽฏ The Joker steals the show at the Venice Film Festival. KFC's new dating simulator game seems seriously creepy. The very different Coke Challenge could land you in jail. And is it time to say, "Oh, Thank Heaven for iPhone 11?" Plus a whole lot more.

In This Episode:

๐Ÿ– One Rick gets to enjoy "Rio" โ€ฆ (at :45 sec)

๐Ÿ’ฃ โ€ฆ While the other Rick gets a "View to a Kill" (at 1 min :30 sec)

๐Ÿค– Weekly poll: "Terminator: Dark Fate" vs. "Zombieland: Double Tap" (at 2:16)

๐Ÿƒ No fooling: "The Joker" takes Veniceโ€”is he gunning for an Oscar next? (at 3:45)

๐ŸŽ Eleven sent: The iPhone's goes bionic (at 5:30)

๐Ÿ‘ƒ๐Ÿป A very different kind of Coke Challenge is nothing to sneeze at (at 7:26)

๐Ÿ•น From the WTAF Dept: The new dating simulator game from KFC (8:48)

๐Ÿคก BK's new AR game helps you "Escape the Clown" (at 9:30)

๐Ÿบ Now you can own your Bud Light Victory Fridge (at 10:45)

๐Ÿ— Popeye's goes BYOB: Bring Your Own Bun (12:00)

๐Ÿ˜ถ Quick: Name the latest brand to 86 its logo (at 13:35)

๐ŸŽพ Mercedes serves up voice and AR tech to score big (at 14:58)

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Approx. 17 minutes

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๐ŸŒฎ Inside the Taco Bell Hotel, Why You're a Cyber-stalker, Summer Movie Scorecard & More

What really went down at the Taco Bell Hotel. Our Summer '19 Box Office Scorecard. Why YouTube seems to think robots deserve animal rights. Spidey's future with the MCU, and more. From Sept 2.

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IN THIS EPISODE:

๐Ÿ•ท Did Spidey Really Get Spiked From the MCU? (at 2 min, :30 sec)

๐Ÿ‘€ Why We're All Cyber-stalkers Now (5:55)

๐Ÿค– Why YouTube Thinks Robots Deserve Animal Rights (7:28)

๐ŸŒฎ What Really Went Down at the Taco Bell Hotel (9:17)

๐ŸŒ Enter: The Holo-sphere (11:34)

๐ŸŽฌ The Battle to Rank Among the Top 10 Movies of 2019 (14:33)

โš”๏ธ What movie ranked dead last in the top 100 movies this summer? (15:30)

๐Ÿ… Which of these movies got the highest rating on Rotten Tomatoes this summer (16:03)

๐Ÿฆˆ Which summer 2019 movie tried to be this year's "Meg"? (16:48)

Approx. 18 min, 25 sec.

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๐Ÿ“บ Lucky Charms Marshmallows Go Super-sized, The Banana Splits Return, 'The Boys' Goes Big Time & More

The Ricks discuss Amazon Prime's superhero satire, "The Boys." Super-sized Lucky Charms marshmallows are coming to a s'more near you. The Banana Splits are backโ€”in a gory new, R-rated movie. McDonald's McFizz cups are getting double takes for all the wrong reasons. "Friends" gets its own LEGO set, and a whole lot more. From August 27.

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IN THIS EPISODE

๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿซ The Ricks talk Back to School and pre-Internet gaming in the good old days (at :25 sec)

๐Ÿ—“  The Ricks have a big milestone coming up (at 1 min, 40 sec)

๐Ÿงœโ€โ™€๏ธ It's summertime, so of course Pumpkin Spice Lattes are already back (at 2:00)

๐ŸฅคRemembering McDonald's Shamrock Shakes of yesteryear (at 2:32)

๐ŸŒThe Banana Splits are back, in an very violent, R-rated horror flick (at 3:35)

๐Ÿ“บ  Why you need to drop everything & watch "The Boys" on Amazon Prime (at 5:08)

๐Ÿฅ› Did somebody say McWTF? McFizz is an unintentional eye-opener (at 9:00)

๐Ÿ˜ธ"Friends": Old TV comes with perksโ€”LEGO's Central Perk Playset (at 10:13)

๐Ÿฅฃ Lucky Charms Jet-Puffed Marshmallows: Magically Delicious? (at 11:20)

๐Ÿš€ "Star Wars Barbie" rocks the geek lookโ€”for an out-of-this-world price (at 12:34)

๐Ÿ“ธ Instagram and WhatsApp get new names (at 14:13)

๐Ÿ“ฑ Verizon sells Tumbler to Automattic โ€ฆ for how little? (at 15:05)

๐Ÿฆธ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ  Look who's coming to CW's "Crisis on Infinite Earths" (at 15:52)

Approx. 17:05. For US audiences. Review privacy and cookie policies for SoundCloud, iTunes, Spotify and all other streaming services.


๐Ÿ’ฅ 2019 Cannes Lions Grand Prix Winners, Mary Meeker's Internet Trends Report & More

Internet Trends ReportInside Mary Meeker's 2019 Internet Trends Report. Grand Prix Winners from this year's Cannes Lions Advertising Festival. Miller Light turns a beer into a game controller. Plus, all the coolest Funko toys headed to San Diego Comic-Con, and a whole lot more.

IN THIS EPISODE

๐Ÿ•ท    'Spider-Man: Far from Home' arrives just in time (at :48 sec)

๐Ÿฆ‡    Poll about best Caped Crusader leaves out Adam West, fans go batshit (at 1:26)

๐Ÿป    Miller Lite turns a beer can into a game controller, and we'll drink to that (at 3:39)

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป      Who's a better Internet role model: Keanu Reeves or Mark Hamill?  (at 6:20)

๐Ÿคก      Chuckles, Krusty, or Pennywise? Funko's funky Comic-Con line up (at 8:32)

๐Ÿ“ฑ      Key insights from Mary Meeker's 2019 Internet Trends Report (at 10:20)

๐Ÿ†      Grand Prix winners at the 2019 Cannes Lions Advertising Festival (at 19:08)

โญ๏ธ     Holy Hollywood icons: Look who's getting a star on the Walk of Fame (at 22:03)

๐Ÿฆ     2019 Cannes Lions' Buzzword Bingo (at 22:40)

๐Ÿฆธ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ    More special edition toys coming to San Diego Comic-Con (at 24:04)

Approx. 27 min.

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๐Ÿš€ 'Space' Jam, Gillette's 'First Shave,' Booze as the New Wellness Drink & More

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Pearl Jam's out to party like it's 2062. Booze wants to be the new wellness drink. Gillette's "First She." Man-size Kleenex and more.

In this Episode:

๐Ÿš€ "Space" Jam: Pearl Jam's New Space Needle Time Capsule
(at 1 min, 30 sec)

๐Ÿ’ฅ ComicCon: Marvel & WB Pull Out of Hall H
(at 4:27)

๐Ÿธ Booze is the New Wellness Drink?
(at 5:57)

๐Ÿง”๐Ÿฝ Gillette's "First Shave"
(at 8:38)

โ›‘ Shocking Los Angeles: "Mass Shooting Insurance"
(at 10:30)

๐Ÿž One Outdoor Brand's Search-Jacking Jumble
(at 12:33)

๐Ÿคง Inclusion: "Man-size Kleenex"
(at 14:18)

(Approx. 15 min, 40 seconds)

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๐Ÿง”๐Ÿฝ Dollar Shave Club's 'Dad Bods,' IKEA;s Sitcom Living Rooms & More

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Dollar Shave Club celebrates 'Dad Bods.' Ikea turns your living room into the set of your favorite sitcom. How to become a bolder brand. Top on-page SEO factors. And enter: The Bancake List, targeting iHob haters, plus more.

In this Episode:

๐ŸŽธ๐Ÿ“บ ๐ŸŽง iTunes, RIP (at :52 seconds)

๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿฝโ€๐Ÿ’ป Apple's $999 monitor stand (at 2:30)

โ–ถ๏ธ Disney v. Netscape (at 3:52)

๐Ÿฆ‡ Batman Does Buehring (at 5:30)

๐Ÿ™ˆ Dollar Shave Club Puts 'Dad Bods' on Display (at 6:40)

๐Ÿฅž iHob's 'Bancake List' (at 8:25)

๐Ÿ›‹ IKEA's Sitcom Living Rooms (at 9:55)

๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿผ How to Be a Bolder Brand (at: 11:14)

๐Ÿ•ต๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ Top On-Page SEO Factors (at 14:07)

๐ŸงŸโ€โ™‚๏ธ Crazy Upcoming Animated TV Shows (at 15:03)

๐Ÿป Getting Fined for Bailing on Your Brew Crew (at 16:30)

Approx 18 min. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for SoundCloud, iTunes, Spotify, all other sites and players.