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Ryen Russillo, Super Bowl Story Lines, And Fyre Fest Review

Wednesday, January 23, 201910 takes

The Super Bowl is still a week and a half away but we have all your story lines that you'll undoubtedly get sick of ( - ). Hot Seat/Cool Throne including Big Cat's night hanging with Lil Uzi and Meek Mill at the Sixers/Rockets Game ( - ). Ryen Russillo joins the show to break down the Fyre Fest documentaries on Hulu/Netflix. Craziest moments, most interesting characters, and would you have gone to Fyre Fest if you were the right age? ( - ) Segments include bachelor talk for guys that dont watch the bachelor, mike greenberg's dumb rules fixing overtime and Guys on Chicks.

Recap

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Take Slip·Jan 23, 2019
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Big CatBig Cat

Saints fans should sue the NFL for 'loss of enjoyment of life' after the NFC Championship no-call

The Saints ticket holder lawsuit against Roger Goodell in the NFL. Mental anguish and emotional trauma. Loss of faith in the NFL. That's fantastic. Loss of enjoyment of life. I actually like that... When your team loses like that in the playoffs, just cross off the next three months of your life.

Several lawsuits were filed by Saints fans; none were successful in forcing a replay or gaining damages for 'loss of enjoyment of life.'
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Take Slip·Jan 23, 2019
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The NFL should host the Super Bowl in Miami, New Orleans, or Vegas every single year

You'll also get one or two people saying the Super Bowl should be in Miami or New Orleans every year. Which I agree. Every year. I actually agree with that. 100% agree.

The NFL continues to rotate cities, though Vegas, New Orleans, and Miami remain heavy in the rotation.
Win
Take Slip·Jan 23, 2019
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Big CatBig Cat

The Brandin Cooks revenge game is a 2.5 out of 10 in terms of interesting storylines

How about this for maybe, I'd say, a two and a half out of ten in terms of revenge games? The Brandin Cooks revenge game. Can't really get myself up for that one... Anyone who says Brandin Cooks revenge game, it's like, eh, really?

While Cooks had 120 yards in the Super Bowl, the game was a defensive slog (13-3) and the 'revenge' angle never really became a major talking point post-game.

Hot Seat Cool Throne

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Take Slip·Jan 23, 2019·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Drew Lock is an alpha male because he gave a reporter double finger guns and a wink

Drew Lock also had the most masculine moment of all time during his press conference today... Reporters were asking him questions. They started asking him how important it is to get his lower body into his throws. And in the middle of the question, he gave him the double finger guns and the wink... This dude is an alpha.

Lock's 'alpha' status is a matter of comedic opinion, though he did go on to be a 2nd round pick.
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Take Slip·Jan 23, 2019·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Big CatBig Cat

I successfully recruited Carmelo Anthony to the Chicago Bulls

It took five years, but I have gotten Carmelo Anthony to the Chicago Bulls. Congratulations. Thank you. We're going to wave him, and he's never going to play for the Bulls. But I did recruit him in the summer of 2014... last laugh, me.

Carmelo Anthony was officially traded to the Bulls on Jan 22, 2019, and waived on Feb 1, 2019. He never played a game for them.

Interview

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Take Slip·Jan 23, 2019
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Ryen RussilloRyen Russillo

The Netflix Fyre Fest documentary is more entertaining than the Hulu version

The Hulu one has the advantage because the whole mastermind of the Fyre Festival, Billy McFarland, is in it... I find the Netflix one, though, more entertaining. I think it's because it may have been the footage or the editing which really tells you something because they don't even have the guy in it.

Doc reviews are inherently subjective, but the Netflix doc (Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened) generally had higher cultural impact.
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Take Slip·Jan 23, 2019
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If you rebranded Fyre Fest and put it back out there in two years, people would buy tickets again

I think you could just basically take all the marketing material from Fyre Fest and in two or three years rebrand it and put it back out there and people would buy again. I would, I want to go right now.

Billy McFarland actually announced Fyre Festival II in 2023, and despite the first being a disaster, the first 100 tickets reportedly sold out immediately.

Bachelor Talk

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Take Slip·Jan 23, 2019·Bachelor Talk
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HankHank

Caitlin and Hannah B from The Bachelor are manipulative liars

The beef between two former pageant girls. Caitlin and Hannah B. heated up as they accused each other of being manipulative liars. So this was, you know, they had the one-on-one dates and they were spending the time on their one-on-one dates talking shit about the other girl.

The show is edited to create drama, making the 'manipulative' label a standard part of the reality show narrative.
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Take Slip·Jan 23, 2019·Bachelor Talk
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

You should run away from anyone who describes themselves as 'normal'

After, she [Caitlin] said she's pretty normal, lives a pretty normal life, and likes to hang out with her friends. That's what you say when you're not normal, by the way... Anyone, if you ask them, like, what are you like? If they reply normal, run the opposite direction.

This is a social opinion that cannot be factually proven.

Mike Greenbergs Dumb Rules

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Take Slip·Jan 23, 2019·Greenberg's Dumb Rules
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Big CatBig Cat

Fix NFL overtime by making both teams play their backup quarterbacks

College overtime, 25-yard line, everything's the same as college overtime... Only wrinkle, each team has to play their backup quarterback. Now we're getting, now we're creating jobs and the backup quarterback becomes a very important position. The minute you go to overtime, your starter can no longer play quarterback.

The NFL has never adopted this rule and likely never will.