Squid Game: The ChallTrendge 1/25: Squid Game, The Bachelor, Justin Roiland, Newport News, Adam Scott, Lebron

the reality show version of squid Game. Man. People really seem to like this show about the dystopian world in which people compete for their lives and put their lives in danger to win. For I forget what the money is? Is a lot of money in the show? Um? Oh yeah? Because it wasn't everybody every American googling how much like four billion wand was like Korea wanted to be like how much money is that? I'm like, okay, I get that. So Netflix was like, let's do the show within the show,

because hey, we live in a dystopian world. Let's let's give that ship a shot. So they have been filming the reality competition to end all reality competitions, and apparently they're also trying to kill their contestants because a handful of contestants for Netflix's in development reality show squig Game. The challenge needed medical attention on Monday. This is according to The Verge, after enduring freezing temperatures on set, which doesn't seem like it was even part of the challenge.

It just seems like they funked up and forgot to like have heat for the set. The series is currently being filmed across two studios in the UK, where temperatures reportedly reached a low of thirty degrees fahrenheit negative one celsius on Monday while filming a game of red Light green Light that like that wasn't the point of red light green Like red Light green Light was if you moved, you got shot, You got shot. Nobody moved, nobody get hurt.

And so this version apparently involves freezing everybody to death because it resulted in at least one contestant being stretchered off. It's a wow, I mean, it's a it's a good prize though. So in squid Game, it was forty five billion one forty five point six billion one, which is and then everyone's like, oh, that's about thirty eight point two million. You know, at the time, people are searching. So I guess now it makes sense. The prize is

four point five six million dollars. Yeah, you know, we'll see if this is a hit first. But it's a lot of money. Man, that is a lot of money. Like, yeah, how cheap Netflix is with their budgets for like unscripted shows to have a four and a half million dollar prize and I'm like, there, that's a big swing. And they do have the same Remember how like every contestant is worth a certain amount of money or like what once a contestant dies, they put their money, their share

into the big piggy bank. Um. So this starts with a total of four hundred and fifty six global contestants. Wow, and then it ends up with one person getting all four and fifty six million or sorry, four point five six million dollars. Cool figured out. I would just ask them to not recreate the killing, the endangering the lives of part I mean, how far off are we from

the running man? Not very far, you know what I mean, Like we're I've already seen so many Slap League highlights like on the internet, and this last month I couldn't believe what the fun the states of the State of these participants are by the end of it, we were like that dude Dana White slapping his wife on camera. Away from that being like the new NFL in in the United States, like yes, Piano was just straight up

gearing up. They were like Slap League coming from UFC when you see like a thing where it's like we're trying to do squid Game, when you're like, no, no, no, we didn't need to do the fucking real life version of this, like you know, a commentary on our society. But okay, maybe, well we'll see. I reserve my judgment. Just don't people, I say, either you go all in or you don't at all, go bigger, don't think killing people. Yes, what the funk man, I'm ready. No, I mean, uh,

we're already. We're already you know, destroying ourselves through just absolutely neglect. Anyway, So The Bachelor, we got to we got a double reality up top here. So what's going on with The Bachelor? They already got a fucking blackface scandal going this show. There's always some weird racism adjacent shipped going on the past couple of times I've gone on, will you accept this? Rose? The Bachelor Podcast that super producer and it produces. There's always been some like weird

racist fun were we going on? Remember they to get rid of the host because he was like not built to have conversations around race at all. And the most recent one is one of these contestants named Greer Blitzer. That name I could not believe is real, but shout out to you, greer Um. Apparently it was caught like people were going through her social media posts of of yr and found that she was like, you know, caping for some friend of hers that was in black face,

or like other students at her school. Like. Some of the quotes from her defense was quote, the students involved didn't even know what black face was. So my point exactly, it wasn't an intentional racist act. They didn't know what black face was. If they don't know what black face is, how could it be racist. They just wanted to look like Tupac. Oh my god. Then goes on to say, quote, she did not paint herself black because she felt superior to black people, and then also said quote, putting white

powder on your face isn't okay either. That didn't make the news, did it? Wow? Why why not a white Entertainment Network, the classic my favorite just out yourself please with that question. If there's Black Entertainment official, why isn't there that? So yeah, she's gone on to say, yeah, that's that was a terrible time, and that's what about reparations for me for the slow service I received at starbuck previously. I have places to go to and this

held me back in a way. But yeah, she apologized. I don't know. I mean, like, it's this seems like part and parcel of so many reality shows not vetting people that end up on TV or they just don't give it, or they don't give it or they don't give a fun don't give that. You know that they're exposing people to this and it makes for good TV and it makes for a scandal, which increases ratings. So you know, but what a weird way to chum the waters, Like,

hey man, she's racist. You guys want to come see? Like, nah, thanks experiencing that in some fucked up way every day. Justin Royland is trending adult swim cut to eyes with him earlier this week. Uh, they will be recasting the lead role on Rick and Morty because I guess he did the voice or voices. Keep going with that. But man, like, once the accusations started coming out, I was like, oh, this man is a full on sexual predator. Yeah, and

not so funny. There's funny. Someone on the internet was posting there was like a a video that he did for like Wired or like a vanity Fair where he was rating other people's impressions of his voice. And then someone was like, man, just watch this video. He basically does his own recasting in this one. And he's like, Oh, that guy's got it, and they're like, yeah, take no, okay, so we should get that person who sounds identical. But yeah, it's a sad day. I saw a guy with today.

He had like a Rick and Morty air freshener, and he saw that I cocked it like and he was like he's like ah, yeah, he's like sucks. What's going on? And You're like that could mean many things? Yeah, I didn't even going on what they're doing. Yeah, I was like, what do you mean, like the victims, like the fact that we can't seem to get a handle on predators and the entertainment and like what what what? What does

it mean? But I decided to just keep it moving. Yeah, alright, let's take a quick break and we'll be right back, and we're back in Newport News, home of Alan Iverson. Yeah yeah, and I wish this could be slightly happier. But basically, well, I think we talked a few weeks ago about, you know, a six year old brought a gun to school and then then shot their teacher, and

everyone's like, what the funk is going on? Well, now the teacher is suing the school district because it turns out that the school and administration had many opportunities to do something about this kid throughout the day because people were complaining that he was threatening people or that they

suspected he had a gun. And then the administration was like, ah, the school days almost over, so like will like maybe he won't come with it tomorrow or something, or another thing was like I searched his bag, but I think maybe he took it out and put it in his pocket before a recess. And then people like, well, your small pockets. Probably no, I probably doesn't even have the gun.

And then a child, a child came up to another teacher and said, this boy showed me his gun and said he would shoot me if I told anybody that he had it m hm like numerous times and it resulted in her being shot. Jesus uh. And it's just like, you know, regardless of like what the situation of the student, like, you can't as administrators like what the fuck? Like how could you? How could you not do anything at all?

And I'm sure they're going to have their own version of this, which again will have to be you know, adjudicated in the courts or whatever. But to hear that and to have like multiple people be like, yeah, I also heard about him before the shooting and then someone just said relax Jesus Christ, like come on. So yeah, very very strange, I mean, sad fucking development there, because like if it if when the teacher could have another student,

like what do you what's the policy? We're going through a weird thing as a zeitgeist with like I've been noticing a lot of videos with people being like this adult beats the ship out of this kid, like this kid fights this adult and then the adult like choke slams them. Did he go too far or not far enough? And then I was like whoa, what a fucking broken country? And then like I scrolled down and there was like

another one of those. It's just like people, I don't know, it's like teacher body student after a student calls teacher N word. Yeah, like what the that she was on Reddit earlier? Yeah yeah, I was like this is and I think with cameras, like we see everything now all the time, but there's definitely like this, there's like a a psychic stress level. Yea is breaking people like because

you also see the man. There's like even more fighting and sporting events than normal too, Like there's just like there's like that slow boil of tension that is, it's almost like having a cataclysmic apocalypse and regular mass shootings and a system that refuses to do anything about it actively. Um, is not good for the psychic health of a civilization. No, but yeah, even more important to look out for yourself because I'm not sure who will. Yeah yeah, all right,

Adam Scott, this trending so I didn't realize this. Adam Scott kind of got his first Adam Scott, if you don't know, is from um Parks and Wreck where played Ben Wyatt. Um, what you big Parks rect? What you pulled that name? Quick? I'm looking at I'm looking at a thing that was like Jack okay, all right, Mr Pawnee his his performance and Stepbrothers, which is the first thing I ever saw, and it was one of my

favorite comedic performances uh this period. And he plays like the asshole brother of one of the stepbrothers and he sings this that acapella so good. Um. And then you know Severance, which I thought it was very good. And she actually got his start on Boy Meets World when he was young and one years old when he joined the series as a recurring cast member. Oh my god, that's right at the picture phone, Like that's think he

was playing like a sixteen year old. But he was every dude think of like every shows people like People Were like forty two playing like seventeen year old in the nineties and Home Alone was um. So he was kind of brought in towards the end of the first season, I believe, to replace one of the characters as a

school bully. So they have a like most shows that were popular uh in the nineties that they have a rewatch podcast, and they brought him in as a guest and he came and he was like, all right, I got some ship to say, like had some real trauma from when he did this. Kicked off the discussion, saying that once he knew he was going to be speaking with them on the podcast, he told his family that he was looking forward to finally asking Rider about something

that's been bothering him for twenty nine years. Right, Strong of course, but s the fuck writer, Yes, So he said basically that, I mean, it's all like very minor stuff. But at the end of a at the end of like one day, like when everybody had wrapped out and everyone was doing the like celebration we finished. Maybe maybe it was like then to the first season. The scene ends, everyone just erupts and starts cheering. Blake and Ethan high

five and hug. They come up to me and high five and are just cheering, and Blake and Ethan go up to you Writer and give you a high five and hug you. And after that they do that, I'm like, hey, congratulations buddy, and give you a high five and go in and hug. And as I do that, you push me off and you give me this look like wait a second, who the fuck are you? And then you ran away. Wow, And Righter Strong said, are you serious? Why would I do that? And like everyone's just like

visibly uncomfortable the whole time. Uh. And then he also says that to Panga Hold everyone that nobody liked Adam Scott, it's so funny just to like come to one of these rewatch things and just have these like petty things that happened on set, Yeah, and just take them very seriously. Was it like, was it meant to be like was he exercising his own demons or was it? Oh, could you imagine They're like he's like surprised, motherfucker. Guess what

Rider and Daniel, you think I forgot that shop? He said, Nobody on set light me. Yeah, look, Adam, you're doing so much better than they are, so and and that's not really you don't you shouldn't use comparison to feel better about yourself. But if you're gonna get caught up in their words, you know, use your place too, you know, soothe your wounds. Yeah, I do like that. I think I think more rewatch shows need to need to bring

their beef. Yeah, the beef later. We wanted a Samantha podcast, a Sex in the City Samantha podcast with her just Aaron laundry out. I think every person on Earth wanted something like that, because when you know there's tension, like just bring it all out. I want to know. Yeah. So anyways, and then Lebron it just seems I don't know, man, it was. It was a loss for the Lakers. These are not uncommon this season. I am I am now invested in pulling for the Laker. I mean, I'm always

pulling for Lebron. Lebron. Yeah, he's playing so well. How could you? I mean, like playing so great? Again, I look up to this I look up to this young man because I am two months is three months as held,

but I still look up to this man. Um. But I think a lot of people just the way we lost and how well he was playing and like carrying the team, and then like juxtaposing that with some of the other performances from wrestle well Brook, it's just been I think because at that point right now, especially to where we've traded for really and we look like, hey, with a couple other moves, this could at least look better than just adding, like really hutching more into the team.

And I think now when you look at that, I think a straw broke for a lot of fans who felt like my I myself. I was even telling you in Jabari, like before recording Mad Boost He's I was like, you know, Russing, really they played good together. And after that game, I'm like, he's got to go. We're building something, we have to do something. Now it's just not going to work. But yeah, yeah, but it seems like this lost. So they lost to the Clippers, which is the team

that you are. You know, it shows your Your treatment of Clipper fans and the Clippers franchise general shows me a side of you, the pure hate you didn't know. It's the same thing I'm I'm a very loyal person, so when there's a rivalry, like I'm right or fucking die. That's why with like Arsenal, like fucking I screamed out of my car somebody had a Tottenham jacket when I was coming back from the store. Yeah, not to say fuck you, because I remember the time you said the

guy came up to you. He pulled up on you because you had a sixer's hat and just like scream curse words and I was like, now, you can't be doing that. I just wouldn't scream directly at me. He had a phone conversation about me. Oh shit, I drove by and I said, boom totten on him and her Matthews and the see she goes, Yo, shut the funk up. Why are you screaming over me? And I was like, okay, my bad, my bad, I'm rapping it. Yeah, because you

gotta put your back for a second. Hey, fu face, No, I don't you know when it's strangers, I don't curse, you know what I mean, because I'm not trying to escalate, but I gotta let him know where I'm at. But and again I'm not saying this is a healthy way to go about life. It really actually one of the most unhealthy ways because you'll live with a bunch of spite in your heart. But yeah, watching the Clippers, I mean they were shooting like sixty five from three at

one point, and I was like, we can't it. It was just it was a terrible loss. And I gotta give it to him. They they absolutely blew our freaking socks off. Yeah, but if you look at it, and it's it's hard to look at somebody like Lebron was playing so hard at this age and be like it can't be for nothing. It shouldn't be. And it makes me ask because this is the worst team that he's ever been on, and I, I mean, how the fund

could he get this team to the finals? Like this team as it is, this would be the great Like I feel like this would put him in the driver's seat of the goat conversation. If he was somehow able to like just drag this team's one Washington Wizards to the finals on his back, Yeah, that would be something. So this does feel like I don't know, there's a there's been a sea change in the Laker nation. They're no longer dealing with it. Well, uh, somebody heckled Lebron

about his hairline. Lebron looked like he wanted to kind of square up, square up with the guy. Was it Phil Handy who kind of held him back? It looked like, don't somebody one of the coaches held Lebron like not really held him back, but the guys like, yo, what's up with that hairline? Get your chick together, Lebron? And he definitely heard him and like faced him but didn't

move forward. But any whatever, it's it's a toxic environment at the Crypto dot Com Arena at the home keep your head up, Lebron, Lebron James, keep your head up, buddy. You you got some fans out here. Um. Alright, those are some of the things that are trending. We are back tomorrow with the last episode of the show. Until then, be kind to each other, be kind to yourselves, get the vaccine, don't do nothing about white supremacy, and we will talk to y'all tomorrow. By bye.