Skip to content
PMTPMT DB
Void
Big CatBig Cat

The Volkswagen commercial with the grandmother and the ashes is fake and manipulative

Volkswagen... they're like, well, we'll just put a really sappy story where a bunch of kids cry and an old grandmother, and we'll put some Simon and Garfunkel behind it, and everyone will say, oh my God, Volkswagen, they're so nice. Don't fall for it.

Advertising is inherently manipulative, though 'fake' is subjective.

More from this episode

View episode
Win
May 8, 2017
#25720
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Eastern Conference is hilariously weak

The Eastern Conference is so hilarious. I don't want to say that it's a weak conference overall. [But] it kind of is. It always seems the teams that LeBron gets to play in the first two rounds are always those red teams... and they're the easiest teams in the world to sweep through.

The Eastern Conference was widely considered inferior to the Western Conference during this entire era, with LeBron's teams often facing little resistance until the Finals.
Win
May 8, 2017
#2615
Big CatBig Cat

The Raptors are a joke of a franchise

I got a little heat back from my take the other day that the Raptors are just a joke of a franchise. I don't mean it in a mean way. It's just facts are facts. When you think of the Raptors, you think of Vince Carter winning a dunk title and then getting swept.

The 2017 Raptors were swept by the Cavaliers. Until 2019, they were consistently 'LeBronto'd'.
Void
May 8, 2017
#2616
HankHank

The Celtics could beat the Cavaliers if LeBron James gets hurt

That's kind of what Hank said last week about the Celtics, that they could beat the Cavs if LeBron James got hurt. [Hank]: True.

LeBron remained healthy and the Cavs beat the Celtics 4-1 in the Eastern Conference Finals.

More from Big Cat

View profile
Open
Big CatBig Cat

LeBron James will finish his career by returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers

LeBron's decision is looming. I think it's going to be Cleveland. Do you guys agree? I mean I think he's gotta go to Cleveland. I think that makes the most sense.

The final destination of LeBron in 2026 free agency is pending in this episode's timeline.
Win
Big CatBig Cat

I was wrong — Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are actually dating

I'm going to say I was wrong. I do think they actually are dating now. Don't need the P and V, they got married so I'm going to count it. I'm going to put it on the board.

The wedding was a confirmed public event in the transcript context.
Open
Big CatBig Cat

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are going to be married forever.

I think they're gonna make it. I think they're gonna be married for a very long time. I think they're married forever. They're gonna be married forever.

The couple just got married in this fictional timeline, so the outcome of their marriage lasting 'forever' remains pending.