In this episode, Nicole and Michael talk about Bob Barker, advertising, ad blockings, Trump’s arrest, republican debates, country music and controversy, the heat dome, and McGruff The Crime Dog.
Show Notes for Season 2 Episode 23 – Sunday, August 27, 2023
- Bob Barker – Died at 99
- Advertising
- CNN – morning show ads
- Swiffer (collagen and Bernie’s and a brush)
- Mattresses – Stearns & Foster vs. Tempur-Pedic
- Inspire CPAP (person L uses this and it does not work)
- TikTok commercials
- CNN – morning show ads
- Ad Blocking
- Trump’s Arrest
- Trump’s Mug Shot
- Will this become a famous piece of history?
- Republican Debates
- People think Vivek Ramaswamy won?!
- Climate change, talked about two genders and God
- Country Music & Controversy
- Oliver Anthony’s – Rich Men North of Richmond (2023)
- Never trust a man with two first names
- Manufactured celebrity
- astroturfing? ” a coordinated marketing or PR campaign pretending to be a grass-roots movement.
- To republican Americans – they think the enemy is underserved Americans who need benefits instead of the ultra wealthy corporations and politicians who don’t pay taxes
- They continue to vote for politicians who refuse to acknowledge that there are problems (or they don’t vote at all)
- They deny important issues – climate change, transgender rights and women’s rights and supporting aid to other countries
- Guy Drake – Welfare Cadilac (1970)
- Merle Haggard – Okie From Muskogee (1969)
- Merle Haggard – The Fightin’ Side of Me (1970)
- Hank Williams Jr – I’ve Got Rights (1979)
- Hank Williams Jr – If The South Woulda Won (1988)
- Hank Williams Jr – Don’t Give Us A Reason (1990)
- Toby Keith – Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (2002)
- Darryl Worley – Have you Forgotten (2003)
- Aaron Lewis – Am I The Only One (2021)
- Jason Aldean – Try That In A Small Town (2023)
- Johnny Cash – What Is Truth (1971)
- Oliver Anthony’s – Rich Men North of Richmond (2023)
- The Heat Dome
- What is a heat dome?
- Heat Dome Descends on Central U.S.
- Ring of fire – the high pressure system finally collapsed letting the jet stream dip further down and bring cooler air. The high pressure system was smack over Michigan which is why we had severe weather (which went north and east of us)
- TikTok
- McGruff The Crime Dog on TikTok (not just for kids anymore)