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Keegan Michael Key, Stocks With Brian Koppelman, And Fyre Fest Of The Week

Friday, January 29, 202118 takes

We're all now rich off Doge Coin and GameStop ( -). Deshaun Watson officially officially asks for a trade after Texans new Head Coach hire ( - ). Billy gets ready for fight week ( - ). Keegan-Michael Key joins the show to talk about his new Audible podcast, The History of Sketch Comedy ( - ). Brian Koppelman joins the show to talk about the Billions episode he wrote that essentially was today's financial markets, what will happen with Robinhood and shorting stocks ( - ) . We finish with Fyre Fest of the Week

Intro

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Take Slip·Jan 29, 2021
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I'm shorting Robinhood as soon as they go live

I'm shorting Robinhood, though, when they eventually go live.

Robinhood went public in July 2021 at $38, peaked briefly, and then crashed significantly, losing over 70% of its value within a year. Shorting it would have been highly profitable.
Loss
Take Slip·Jan 29, 2021
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Blockbuster stock is going to make me a millionaire

Blockbuster, bro. It was one cent when I talked about it last time. It is now seven cents. What? Let's go. I called it. Billy is a Blockbuster millionaire.

Blockbuster (BLIAQ) is a delisted 'zombie' stock that spiked purely on meme momentum. It has zero fundamental value and is not a legitimate long-term investment.
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Take Slip·Jan 29, 2021
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Big CatBig Cat

The 'Reddit millionaires' will be the funniest class of millionaires ever

I need the quote-unquote trolls of the internet... to be the power players and shift the entire dynamic... the Reddit millionaires are going to be fucking hilarious.

This is a subjective opinion about the comedic value of a social phenomenon.
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Take Slip·Jan 29, 2021
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The United States only unites if aliens start a war with us

The only way that the USA could come back together and all pull on the same side is if aliens came down to earth and start a war with us, then we'd all be like, yeah, fuck you. We'll fight against it.

Subjective social commentary.

Nfl Recap

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Take Slip·Jan 29, 2021·NFL Recap
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

David Cully is just a stopgap hire to get to Josh McCown

My favorite conspiracy is that I'm seeing this report as being a stopgap to get them to Josh McCown as their head coach... They're saying that David Cully is going to be the interim head coach.

Cully was indeed a one-year stopgap. While McCown was interviewed again in 2022, the Texans ultimately hired Lovie Smith, then DeMeco Ryans. McCown never became the HC.
Win
Take Slip·Jan 29, 2021·NFL Recap
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Big CatBig Cat

David Cully's coaching history is a major red flag

He was a wide receivers coach in the NFL from 1994 to 2010. That feels like a long time to be a wide receivers coach and not get a promotion. So he's an expert.

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David Cully was widely considered a surprising hire and was fired after just one season (4-13 record), essentially confirming the skepticism that he wasn't a long-term solution.
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Take Slip·Jan 29, 2021·NFL Recap
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Big CatBig Cat

Deshaun Watson is ruining the team he wants to be traded to

You're essentially saying, I want to be traded to a team that then will give up a bunch of draft capital and then hurt my ability to play for a winning team. In a way, yeah. He's almost kind of shitting in his own house and then buying the house.

Watson was eventually traded to the Browns for three 1st-round picks. The Browns have struggled to build around him due to lack of assets and his own performance/suspension.
Win
Take Slip·Jan 29, 2021·NFL Recap
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Big CatBig Cat

No team should trade four first-round picks for Deshaun Watson

I think that you would be screwing yourself so royally over for the future if you give up four first-round picks... I wouldn't do it for four.

Watson went for three 1st-rounders. The team that paid that (Browns) has faced significant criticism and roster building challenges, supporting Big Cat's 'don't overpay' stance.
Win
Take Slip·Jan 29, 2021·NFL Recap
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Big CatBig Cat

I would never trade Patrick Mahomes for anything

I wouldn't trade Patrick Mahomes for anything. I mean, you're pretty much guaranteeing that you're going to the AFC Championship game for the next, like, 15 years.

Mahomes has continued to make deep playoff runs every year since this take, including multiple Super Bowl wins.

Interview

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Take Slip·Jan 29, 2021
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Keegan-Michael KeyKeegan-Michael Key

Analysis cannot ruin comedy

I am of the belief that you can't ruin it by analyzing it... W.C. Fields, he's the one that said, he goes, I can't tell you what's funny. I can't tell you why. And my thing is part of my fascination with comedy has always been trying to figure out the why.

Subjective aesthetic and intellectual philosophy.
Win
Take Slip·Jan 29, 2021
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Keegan-Michael KeyKeegan-Michael Key

Adult laughter is a release of social tension and uncomfortability

When we're babies, we don't laugh for that reason. When we're babies, we laugh out of joy. When we get older, we laugh out of uncomfortability. So you're diaphragm contracting... is a release of social tension and uncomfortability.

This aligns with the 'Relief Theory' of humor in psychology, which posits that laughter releases pent-up nervous energy or tension.
Win
Take Slip·Jan 29, 2021
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Keegan-Michael KeyKeegan-Michael Key

The first recorded joke in history was a fart joke

The first recorded joke... was from the 19th century BC, 1900 BC. And it's a Sumerian joke... about a young bride who farts as she sits on her husband's lap.

The oldest recorded joke is indeed a Sumerian proverb from 1900 BC regarding a woman farting in her husband's lap.
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Take Slip·Jan 29, 2021
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Keegan-Michael KeyKeegan-Michael Key

Jackass is the most universal and primal form of comedy

I honestly think that you could show Jackass to anybody that's ever lived in any society, in any civilization, and they would laugh at it... From the Sumerians to today... it's just primal.

Subjective opinion on universal appeal.
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Take Slip·Jan 29, 2021
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Big CatBig Cat

The stock market 'pause button' was hit only to save the fat cats

The game's rigged. They literally rigged it in plain sight... The fat cats in Wall Street are basically going to figure it out, going to blame the small guy, going to make new rules. Like, we've already seen it.

Subjective political/economic opinion, though Robinhood did face numerous lawsuits and hearings regarding these specific actions.
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Take Slip·Jan 29, 2021
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Brian KoppelmanBrian Koppelman

Civil damages against Robinhood for breaking user agreements could be enormous

If Robinhood shut down and stopped you from being able to trade, in violation of the user agreement you signed, I think the damages against them in a civil case are fucking extraordinary, enormous damages.

Robinhood faced over 50 class-action lawsuits. While many were dismissed or settled for smaller amounts than 'enormous', they did pay a $70 million fine to FINRA (the largest ever at the time).
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Take Slip·Jan 29, 2021
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

A billionaire without a sports team is doing life wrong

I also think that it's a big red flag to me that if somebody's a billionaire and they don't own a sports team, it's like, what are you doing? What has all this been for? What's the point? If you're not going to spend money on something cool.

Subjective life philosophy.

Fyre Fest

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Take Slip·Jan 29, 2021·Fyre Fest
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Big CatBig Cat

Dippin' Dots is a depreciating asset

I learned a lesson, which is Dippin' Dots is a depreciating asset. Yeah, absolutely. No regrets.

Dippin' Dots literally melt and lose value if not stored at -40 degrees.
Push
Take Slip·Jan 29, 2021·Fyre Fest
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Six people can fit in a whale's vagina

Wales, you can fit six people in a Wales [whale's] vagina. Sick.

While a blue whale's vagina is large (6-8 feet in length), fitting six grown humans inside simultaneously is a dubious volumetric claim often found on 'weird fact' websites.