We’re all over the place this week with Scott’s visit to the Global Gaming Expo and all the new slot machines on their way to casino floors; Dolly Parton donates big time to hurricane relief; Imagine Dragons announce a New Year’s Eve show in Las Vegas; Mötley Crüe signs up for a residency at Sin City’s Park MGM; Ghostface will stab again in “Scream 7,” this time with the return of Neve Campbell, but not until February 2026; kickass shows “Reacher” and “The Night Agent” get new season orders; Collin Ferrell pulls double duty on streaming with “The Penguin” and “Sugar;” Best Buy finally 86’s all physical media, ditching DVDs and Blue-Ray disks; McDonald’s launches the Chicken Big Mac in America today; Royal Caribbean has a new crew member on their largest ships…and he’s a dog; a huge “Game of Thrones” auction starts today with over 2,000 props, costumes, and dragon eggs; plus, we’ll tell you about some of the 200 new words and phrases according to Merriam-Webster, including ‘nepo baby’ and our favorite, ‘badassery.’ This week, on your favorite pop culture podcast.

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What the what?! We’re talking about MGM’s new $2 billion development in Dubai complete with a teeny tiny Sphere; every basketball court in the U.S. has been photographed from space; Maria Carey is apparently recording a new Christmas song this year; 7-Up has a new Shirley Temple flavor for the holidays; Alaskan Fat Bears are making the news in more ways than one; Southwest Airlines announces their new seating plan; ‘Mean Girls’ Day is upon us once again; and, all the rest of the pop culture news and views of the week.

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This week, our 15 year old pop culture news & views podcast is looking at the unhealthiest fast food cheeseburgers (it’s ain’t McDonald’s by a long shot!)…Crumbl’s $1 Billion cookies…KFC’s pricey ice bucket…New Kids on the Block are coming back (they aren’t so new, y’all)…Weird Al will get weirder next summer (did you know he’s still around?)…the National Toy Hall of Fame announces their twelve nominees for 2024…a new White House experience in our nation’s capital lets regular old people visit the Oval Office…007 takes over London…the Kelce brother’s mix up their favorite breakfast cereals (we have a taste test)…we sat next to Babyface at Sunday’s Panthers / Raiders football game (he didn’t know it tho)…and, much more silliness of the week, from Las Vegas to the world. Every Wednesday.

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SHOW TOPICS & TIME CODES:

Intro 00:00

Tyler Robinson 00:48

Raiders Football 03:58

Cheeseburgers 06:00

Crumbl cookies 08:42

Kelce Bros cereal 10:48

Taco Tuesday 12:16

KFC ice bucket 14:06

NKOTB residency 15:16

Pitbull residency 16:36

Weird Al tour 17:18

SNL 50th Season 17:50

007 Experience 19:04

White House replica 20:34

West Wing reboot 22:50

Toy Hall of Fame 24:14

Goodbye 26:18

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