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#PMT-2019-0313-17790
Big CatBig Cat

Stephen A. Smith is horny all the time

Stephen A. Smith addressing his horniness... He's now clarified he's only horny some of the hours. He said a couple hours a day... He responded to someone saying, 'Sexy photo too. Evidently, you're trying to get yourself in trouble,' winky face. He's fucking horny. Dude is horny.

Fact ClaimPop CultureHotSarcastic
While Stephen A. Smith literally admitted to being horny 'a few hours a day,' the general 'all the time' claim is a comedic exaggeration.
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#PMT-2019-0311-13046
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Adnan Syed is definitely guilty

The one you're talking about [Serial] came out five years ago about Adnan Syed. Who I think is really, really guilty. But for some reason, they just... I don't know. He just seems like it was a show about a guy that was guilty that had very charming murderer.

Syed's conviction was eventually vacated in 2022 and charges were dropped, though legal debates continue.
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Take Slip·Feb 25, 2019
#PMT-2019-0225-2999
Big CatBig Cat

The Oscars are better without a host

No host is the future. Way better. No stupid gimmicks, you know, when they deliver pizzas or do the selfies or whatever the fuck happens when you run out of bits two hours into the Oscars.

The Academy went hostless again in 2020 and 2021, but eventually returned to the host format in 2022.
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#PMT-2019-0225-3018
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Identifying your own white privilege but not changing your behavior is 'Schrodinger's White Privilege'

It's like Schrodinger's white privilege. Just identifying it makes it something. But it also makes it exist and not exist at the same time? Like, if you identify that you're acting like a dick... Newsflash, you're still acting like a dick. If you stop acting like a dick, then you're no longer acting like a dick. I don't think that it can be Schrodinger's dick or not.

This is a satirical commentary on an interview style.
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#PMT-2019-0211-19612
Big CatBig Cat

'Abducted in Plain Sight' is the most jaw-dropping documentary I've ever watched

Whatever you're doing right now, drop everything and watch Abducted in Plain Sight because it is—let's just say it's the most jaw-dropping documentary I've ever watched. Not like a good—it wasn't one of those documentaries where you come across being like, man, I'm really thinking about it. It was awesome. I just said what the fuck probably about 15 times.

Subjective opinion on a documentary's impact.
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Take Slip·Feb 1, 2019
#PMT-2019-0201-3056
Dan MarinoDan Marino

I take full credit for Jim Carrey's career

So it really wasn't about me. It was about what I did for Jim Carrey, because if it wasn't for me, no one would know who Jim Carrey is. That's kind of how I take all full credit for Jim Carrey's career.

While Marino was a big draw, Carrey was already a rising star, making the claim jokingly hyperbolic.
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Take Slip·Jan 30, 2019
#PMT-2019-0130-6034
Scott ZolakScott Zolak

Musical artists like Bon Jovi should only play the hits and not new stuff

John [Bon Jovi]'s like, what do you think of the new stuff? And I'm like, what new stuff? ... I tell people this all the time. Play the hits. Give the people what they want. You get on a treadmill. I don't want to listen to new stuff.

This is a subjective opinion on musical performance strategy.
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#PMT-2019-0130-6038
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Colton Underwood from The Bachelor is not actually a virgin

I received corroborating evidence in the form of a screenshot from someone's camera roll showing that they had that Snapchat that Colton sent back in 2014... I think that dick's been soaked before.

Colton later came out as gay in 2021, and there has been much discussion about how the 'virgin' narrative was a producer-driven storyline or a mask for his internal struggles.
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#PMT-2019-0128-242
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Billy McFarland and 'The Situation' will launch fraudulent business ideas together while in prison

It turns out the prison that [Billy McFarland] is going to is the same prison that 'The Situation' is locked up in right now. So the schemes, those two are going to cook up together. They're going to come out of there with like 18 business ideas, 19 of which are fraud.

While both were in Otisville Federal Correctional Institution, there were no reported joint business ventures of a fraudulent nature following their release.
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Take Slip·Jan 23, 2019
#PMT-2019-0123-18998
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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#PMT-2019-0123-18999
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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#PMT-2019-0121-1861
HankHank

Soulja Boy had the biggest comeback in the rap industry in 2018

My who's back of the week is... Big Draco, Soulja Boy... he claimed he had the biggest comeback in 2018, which he probably did. He's got a video game console... First rapper with a console. Huge difference. He's back. He's going to have a huge 2019.

Soulja Boy did have a major viral resurgence in late 2018/early 2019, though his 'console' was a widely mocked dropshipping scheme that was eventually shut down.
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#PMT-2019-0116-13938
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Colton Underwood will lose his virginity by episode 14 of The Bachelor.

I think he'll lose it by episode 14. You guys are misreading Colton. He's like Tebow. He's so dug in on his virginity... but eventually just going to fuck.

Colton Underwood did not lose his virginity on the show; he later came out as gay and revealed he remained a virgin during his season.
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Take Slip·Jan 11, 2019
#PMT-2019-0111-13343
Kevin HartKevin Hart

Will Ferrell is the funniest person I've ever worked with

Will Ferrell is up there. Will Ferrell is by far the funniest person I've ever worked with. I would definitely say that... Will Ferrell's level of funny on and off the camera is extremely high. It's effortless.

Subjective personal opinion from the guest.
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Take Slip·Jan 11, 2019
#PMT-2019-0111-13344
Kevin HartKevin Hart

Eddie Murphy is the funniest person of all time to hang out with

Well, you know, I work with this person, too, and he's the GOAT. But now, hanging out, nobody's funnier than Eddie Murphy... He's that good.

Subjective personal opinion.
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#PMT-2019-0109-4361
Big CatBig Cat

Drake jinxes teams publicly and then bets against them to profit privately

Drake, is he the best gambler in the world? Because he basically wears the clothing of the team and then bets against them. And it always works in his way. So he wears Kentucky clothes, or he says he's an Alabama fan, and then he bets against them in the big game and cashes his tickets.

This is a humorous conspiracy theory that cannot be proven or disproven without Drake's betting slips.
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#PMT-2018-1219-6100
Big CatBig Cat

I actually like Carrie Underwood's 'Game On' Sunday Night Football song now

I have maybe been tweeting about that from weeks one through 14, and then week 15... I just started singing it, and I was like, you know what? I give up. I like this song now.

Big Cat's internal music preference is subjective.
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Take Slip·Dec 14, 2018
#PMT-2018-1214-18975
Tony HawkTony Hawk

The term 'rad' is making a comeback with younger kids

I think rad's making a comeback. ... New young kids using rad. Okay. Calling it that Levi's shirts.

Subjective cultural observation.
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#PMT-2018-1205-18832
HankHank

The song 'Mo Bamba' is officially dead now that Big Cat is singing it

My Hot Seat is... Mo Bamba. The song. Because Big Cat finally has become aware of it, has been singing it nonstop for the past couple days. So that's pretty much as clear as day sign that it's over.

Subjective cultural commentary on the life cycle of a viral song.
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#PMT-2018-1203-8543
HankHank

The Office will be rebooted within the next six months

I'm now just going to call my shot that within six months, [The Office] will be rebooted... Hank Guarantee. Yep. Six months.

A reboot of The Office was not announced within six months of December 2018. Even as of 2024, a proper reboot hasn't premiered, though a spin-off is in development.
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#PMT-2018-1119-10054
HankHank

The Office is definitely coming back

My Who's Back of the Week is The Office... Steve Carell hosted SNL. It was a great, hilarious SNL... they said it's not coming back. But it's definitely one of those things where they're just getting people used to talking about it. So when it comes back, they're excited.

As of 2024, a direct revival or reboot of The Office with the original cast has not occurred, though a new series set in the same universe was announced in 2024.
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Take Slip·Oct 31, 2018
#PMT-2018-1031-8704
Mark WahlbergMark Wahlberg

I have a 50/50 success rate for making good movies

You always go in with the best intentions, and it's never for lack of effort, but they don't always turn out the way you hope. If you think about what gets you into the Hall of Fame in baseball is batting .300. I think I'm probably 50/50 with the movies that turned out to be good and worked versus movies that didn't.

Subjective self-assessment, though Rotten Tomatoes scores for his career roughly bear out a mix of hits and misses.
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Take Slip·Oct 17, 2018
#PMT-2018-1017-8415
Bill BurrBill Burr

Ancestry.com is a data-collection scheme to map the population for future control

That stupid fucking Ancestry.com... These fucking people, you're sending your DNA into the internet? Are you out of your fucking mind? And now they find all they need is 3 million people to do it. They can map out everybody... There's no fucking way they're not talking about it and trying to come up with solutions [for population control].

Privacy concerns over DNA sites became mainstream news later, but the 'population control' element remains a conspiracy theory.
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Take Slip·Oct 17, 2018
#PMT-2018-1017-8414
Bill BurrBill Burr

Elon Musk is likely just a 'beard' or a public-facing prop for more competent tech billionaires like Jeff Bezos

Elon Musk is the idiot. He's a prop... everyone's like, oh, look at this guy. He's a fucking idiot. They can't figure out robots... Meanwhile, Jeff Bezos is creating robots that are going to deliver packages from Amazon and spy on all of us.

This is a humorous conspiracy theory that cannot be factually proven or disproven.
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#PMT-2018-1015-14304
Big CatBig Cat

LeBron James is the new Steve Jobs

LeBron is the new Steve Jobs. From films and TV shows to educational institutions, A&R-ing via his IG... James is using his magnitude to invade industries and redirect the conversation.

Inherently subjective comparison between a basketball star and a tech visionary.
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Take Slip·Oct 10, 2018
#PMT-2018-1010-12206
Big CatBig Cat

Peyton Manning is not actually funny

Why have we decided that Peyton Manning is funny? Because he's a decent actor for an athlete. Okay, because I'm done with thinking Peyton Manning's funny. It's the same thing every time... SNL where he was throwing the balls at the little kids 15 years ago, and from that point forward, we've been like, that Peyton Manning, he's very funny. But it's not funny.

Manning's career in comedy/broadcasting (ManningCast) has only grown, making this a classic contrarian take that most fans would disagree with.
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#PMT-2018-0912-18135
Big CatBig Cat

The new Sunday Night Football theme 'Game On' is terrible

The Sunday Night Football song... What does NBC think they're fucking doing? I was waiting all day for Sunday night. No, I was waiting all day for waiting all day for Sunday night. And now it's some crappy Carrie Underwood... Game on is the new theme. Terrible.

The song 'Game On' was so poorly received that NBC returned to 'Waiting All Day for Sunday Night' the very next season.
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#PMT-2018-0912-18142
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Dustin Johnson and Paulina Gretzky are officially on the rocks

Polina Gretzky... has scrubbed her entire Instagram of all Dustin Johnson pictures... Which leads many to believe that they are on the rocks. Yeah... I think people that grew up with Instagram, that's just standard operating procedure. Once it's official, once you break up, heaven forbid you get into another relationship and there's still pictures.

While they had a rough patch and the scrubbing happened, they remained together and eventually married in 2022.
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Take Slip·Sep 5, 2018
#PMT-2018-0905-12053
Rob LoweRob Lowe

Beards are the reason Civil War movies don't get made anymore

I also think the problem is beards. Beards are out. A lot of beards. You think, well, actually, beards are not. I'm in this room. I know there's one, two, three, four and a half. That's a lot of beards in the room. Now it's time to revisit the Civil War.

This is a humorous observation on casting and production trends.
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Take Slip·Aug 24, 2018
#PMT-2018-0824-13383
Paul RuddPaul Rudd

Sitting on stage with Artie Lange felt like being a member of Billy Bob Thornton's band

I remember thinking, oh, this is what it feels like to be in [Billy Bob] Thornton's band. Just because I remember about that same month, I think, there was this viral clip of Billy Bob Thornton on a radio show talking about his music... and his bandmates just kind of sitting there and not really saying much and kind of taking it all in.

Perfectly describes the vibe of the viral 2009 Q Radio interview with Billy Bob Thornton.
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#PMT-2018-0822-18979
HankHank

Nicki Minaj is rattled and taking a backseat to Cardi B

She's just very rattled. And it's clear that Cardi B's album did better than hers. Cardi B was better at the VMAs. It's just clear that Nicki Minaj is taking a backseat, and she's not happy.

Subjective opinion on pop culture relevance.
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#PMT-2018-0822-18980
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The tires on Post Malone's plane looked fine despite the emergency landing reporting

Are we staying woke on that, guys? ... a lot of people were saying, like, those tires look fine to me when the plane landed. ... those tires – They didn't look bad to me. That's all I'm going to say.

Difficult to verify tire integrity from televised footage vs mechanical reporting.
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#PMT-2018-0820-15699
Big CatBig Cat

Roadhouse is the most badass movie of all time and is the opposite of a nerd movie

It's literally like the most badass movie of all time. It is the opposite of a nerd movie. Hey, Hank, I fuck guys like you. I fuck guys like you in jail. That's a Roadhouse quote. Think about that. Put that in your head.

Subjective opinion on movie quality/coolness.
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#PMT-2018-0820-15706
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Millennials are killing breasts because they are desensitized by the internet

Millennials are killing boobs. So boobs are on the hot seat. ... Hooters is going through some down times. ... It's actually just because millennials aren't going to the restaurants anymore because they don't like boobs. ... By the time you're 18, you're like a seasoned veteran.

Economic data does show Hooters and similar 'breastaurant' models declining with younger demographics, though 'killing boobs' is a satirical framing.
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#PMT-2018-0817-13475
Big CatBig Cat

Dwight Schrute is a sidekick to Michael Scott

I'm going to go with George Costanza and Dwight Schrute. Those are my second and third picks [for Mount Rushmore of Sidekicks]. [Dwight] was to Michael.

Subjective ranking of fictional characters.
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#PMT-2018-0810-2186
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Sex bots will be perfected before robot umpires or doctors

I think we're going – if history has taught us anything, it's that sex is always on the bleeding edge of technology. So after we perfect sex bots – Then we'll get around to making things like doctors, surgeons. Robot umps and robot baseball players.

Robot umpires are being tested in the minor leagues as of 2024, while high-end AI and robotics in other sectors are progressing at different rates. The 'perfection' of any of these is subjective.
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#PMT-2018-0808-19377
Liam (Bubba)Liam (Bubba)

The Simpsons is the best cartoon show of all time

Number one, no-brainer, Simpsons. Best cartoon show of all time. Even though there were only like seven or eight awesome seasons of it, those seven or eight seasons were good enough to justify like 50 years of shit.

Artistic quality is subjective.
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Take Slip·Aug 8, 2018
#PMT-2018-0808-19379
Rob CorddryRob Corddry

The Rock is exactly as great as you imagine him to be

He's great, man. He's everything you imagine and want him to be. It's very satisfying. He often gets himself into pickles just like we do, but he's like such a magnetic dude that he'll get himself out of it easier than we can.

This is a first-hand character assessment.
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Take Slip·Aug 8, 2018
#PMT-2018-0808-19380
Rob CorddryRob Corddry

Chevy Chase ruined the reputation of comedy sets for everyone

I think comedy shows have that reputation [of being competitive or mean] because of Saturday Night Live. Chevy Chase ruined it for everyone. Chevy Chase was such a colossal dickhead. He ruined everything. Everything since then, everyone's like, oh, you have to be a dickhead to be in this show business.

While well-documented by others, this is Corddry's opinion and industry observation.
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#PMT-2018-0806-2116
Big CatBig Cat

Rookie of the Year is the best baseball movie

Best baseball movie... I'm actually going to go Rookie of the Year number one... Because it's the Cubs.

Subjective opinion on movie quality.
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Take Slip·Aug 6, 2018
#PMT-2018-0806-2117
Jerry O'ConnellJerry O'Connell

Below Deck is the modern-day Downton Abbey

Below Deck is great because it's young people. It's almost like Downton Abbey... It's the modern day Downton Abbey because it's the people who live downstairs serving the people who live upstairs.

The thematic parallel of class struggle between staff and owners/guests is accurate, making this a solid analytical take.
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#PMT-2018-0727-15178
Big CatBig Cat

Watching the Real Housewives and the OC is okay

I'm a little more grown up, I do happen to watch and enjoy from time to time the Real Housewives series. Only the New York. Atlanta? I like Atlanta. Crazy. Countess? Crazy.

This is a personal preference.
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#PMT-2018-0725-9943
Big CatBig Cat

Rachel McAdams is the number one wifey material

I think that's the meanest thing you can say to a girl because Rachel McAdams is like the number one wifey material. Like she is. Like you'd rather your boyfriend say like your friend looks like a porn star or like some crazy model or something like that. But Rachel McAdams like in Wedding Crashers. Oof, Marron.

This is entirely a matter of personal and comedic opinion.
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Take Slip·Jul 20, 2018·PR 101
#PMT-2018-0720-10796
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jimmy Garoppolo dating a porn star is like a pro-am for sex

Jimmy Garoppolo is so confident in his sex abilities, he's doing a pro-am right now. He's playing with a pro... Jordan reached the mountaintop in his chosen profession and then he chose to go try to compete against the best in another profession.

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#PMT-2018-0718-16655
Big CatBig Cat

Imagine Dragons' new song will be the perfect pump-up music for college football this fall.

Imagine Dragons dropped a new song, which is going to be the perfect pump up music for college football this fall. ... It's really good. ... It's very, very, it's like perfect. You can actually imagine, you know, like South Carolina playing Clemson on a Saturday night.

Imagine Dragons' 'Natural' was indeed the anthem for the 2018 ESPN college football season.
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#PMT-2018-0718-16657
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

If you name your kid Blake, he is guaranteed to win at least one reality TV competition in his life.

If you name your kid Blake, you do so knowing for a fact that he will win at least one reality TV competition in his life.

The Bachelorette contestant Blake Horstmann did not win Becca's season, but did appear on several spinoffs. This is a satirical generalization.
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#PMT-2018-0713-8926
Big CatBig Cat

The Challenge is the number one reality show of all time

My number one reality show of all time is The Challenge. I have seen pretty much every season... I watch it now. It never gets old.

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#PMT-2018-0713-8927
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Cops is a top-tier reality show because of its unique hook and short format

My first one is going to be Cops. Cops is a classic. I also like the format of it. It's short, and it hooks you in. One thing they do when they play a marathon of Cops, right when the end credit of Bad Boys by Inner Circle is done, the start of Bad Boys by Inner Circle just hits immediately.

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#PMT-2018-0711-5908
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Russell Wilson is currently 'killing the sexy dance game'

Russell Wilson is absolutely killing the sexy dance game and dancing with Ciara... So he did a video with Ciara doing this little weird dance and he stole the show. So you would think, oh, Ciara, she's a professional performer. She's got moves. False. Russell Wilson was in the background killing it.

This is a subjective opinion on dance quality, but the video was a major social media moment at the time.
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Take Slip·Jul 2, 2018
#PMT-2018-0702-1188
Mr. PortnoyMr. Portnoy

Goodfellas and The Godfather are essentially based on real events

When you go to see some of the quote unquote fictional movies, The Godfather or the other one, which I love, Goodfellas, so many of the stories that are in there are based on things that really happen.

Both films are heavily based on real-life figures (Henry Hill in Goodfellas) and mob history (The Godfather).
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