Bad Bunny, Will Shat, and Maybe the Super Bowl Itself | Plus Milano Cortina

Summary

Casuals with Katie Nolan: “Bad Bunny, Will Shat, and Maybe the Super Bowl Itself | Plus Milano Cortina”

Pod Release Date: February 10, 2026
Host: Katie Nolan with Isabella, Chris, and Brady
Theme: The crew tackles the Super Bowl spectacle—halftime, ads, the game itself—plus Winter Olympics highlights and athlete activism, all with trademark irreverence, inclusivity, and sharp wit.

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Main Theme & Episode Purpose

This episode captures the aftermath and cultural whirlwind of Super Bowl 60: dissecting Bad Bunny’s headlining halftime show, the most (and least) memorable commercials, and New England’s tough loss on the field. Simultaneously, the crew unpacks pivotal moments from the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics: political statements by U.S. athletes, media/political blowback, and athletic achievements. With her guests, Katie explores the intersection of sports, pop culture, identity, and community—always for casual and obsessive fans alike.

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Key Discussions and Insights

1. Super Bowl Hangover: Recap, Halftime, and Halftime Drama

• Super Bowl Food Critique:

  • Katie and Isabella marvel at the $180 “LX Hammer burger” sold at the game, a bone-in shank burger that provoked comic horror and confusion.
    • Notable moment:

      “How do you eat a burger with a bone in it? …I’m not bringing my dog to the game. You want me to suck on it?” (Katie, 01:46)

• Halftime Show (Bad Bunny)

  • Wide consensus that Bad Bunny’s halftime was a “party, an absolute blast” despite pre-show controversy over language and inclusion.
  • The show’s cultural specificity—like the sleeping kid on chairs, a Puerto Rican in-joke—was praised.
    • Memorable quote:

      “Did I understand any of it? No, and I don’t care.” (Katie, 21:42)

    • Isabella on cultural resonance:

      “At points… I was on the verge of tears. Like, it was beautiful.” (25:06)

  • Surprise Guests: Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, Cardi B (dancing), Pedro Pascal, Ronald Acuña, and Jessica Alba were all cameoed, fueling delight and “wait, are they about to perform a song?” moments.
  • Brady notes the home-viewer-centric production and those in the stadium feeling left out.
  • The show’s closing message—“love is the only thing strong enough to conquer hate”—struck a chord.

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2. Olympics Spotlight: Athlete Activism and Political Backlash

• US Athletes Speak Out:

  • Figure skater Amber Glenn, skier Chris Lillis, and Hunter Hess voiced discomfort with U.S. politics and their desire to represent only the best of American values.
    • Notable quote (Amber Glenn):

      “It’s been a hard time for the community overall under this administration… It’s not just affecting the queer community, but many other communities… It’s made us a lot stronger.” (paraphrased, 09:06)

    • Hunter Hess:

      “Just because I’m wearing the flag doesn’t mean I represent everything that’s going on in the U.S.…It’s more representing my family and friends back home…” (10:59)

  • Katie’s take: These athletes were measured, never denigrating the US—yet got severe backlash including social media threats and presidential condemnation.

• Media and Political Blowback:

  • Trump’s “real loser” Truth Social post and Jake Paul’s “Please shut the fuck up. If you don’t want to represent this country, go live somewhere else” response on Twitter.
  • Katie scathingly criticizes those hostile to athlete protest, underscoring freedom of speech as a core American value.
    • Memorable moment:

      “To say, shut the fuck up to a United States Olympian in the Olympics is un-American.” (Katie, 14:20)

• Hostility Toward Bad Bunny/Cultural Expression:

  • Widespread pre-game “not American enough” backlash to Bad Bunny’s halftime performance, though he is Puerto Rican—an American.
  • Katie’s reflection:

    “The most proud to be an American I’ve felt this week was after that halftime show.” (16:10)

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3. Super Bowl 60 Commercials: The Good, The Bad, The WTF

Superlatives Game Show-Style Breakdown

• Most Entertaining:
  • Novartis’ prostate cancer “tight end” ad with NFL stars (Katie: “good message, well executed”), and the Dunkin’ Donuts “Good Will Dunkin” celeb pile-on.
• Most Cringey:
  • State Farm’s awkward “Living on a Prayer” with Danny McBride; NBA’s All-Star promo “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” but with player names; overly AI/crypto ads.
• Best Use of a Celebrity:
  • Will Shatner for Raisin Bran (“Will Shat… duty calls!”); Ben Stiller for Instacart.
• Most Confusing:
  • Coinbase karaoke ad (altered lyrics to “am I so secure?”), AI.com, Squarespace, TurboTax, and the Ring “Search Party” dog-finding system (which basically proposes 24/7 private surveillance).
• Most Likely to Avoid the Product:
  • Ring “Search Party" for its privacy nightmare; AI robots slinging vodka (Katie: “They’re poisoning you so you can’t fight back…”); various other suspect tech.

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4. Super Bowl 60—The Actual Game

• Patriots lose to Seahawks, 29–13.
• Patriots’ Christian Gonzalez gets rare praise; most of the team underperforms, especially rookie QB Drake May (sacked repeatedly, committed turnovers).
  • Katie: “One of the only ones whose name I would like to mention in this rundown of the Super Bowl because he was one of the only ones whose performance was so crucial.” (61:17)
• Shout-out to kicker Myers for setting a Super Bowl field goal record (five FGs).
• Narratives: heavy focus on Patriots “being there at all,” Belichick’s Hall of Fame snub, pre-game drama about owner Bob Kraft, noticeable stoniness from celebrity partners (Cardi B’s “good luck” to Stefon Diggs).
• Post-loss, Katie and Chris reflect on the season’s bright spots, but lament the loss and Swift’s finger of blame at Stefan Diggs for self-celebration after few catches, as well as the online “unfollowing” drama with Cardi B.
  • Notable exit line for Pats fans:

    “That’s all I’m going to remember from this evening. …I liked the halftime show.” (66:53)

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5. Olympics Quick Notes

• Alpine Skiing: Breezy Johnson wins gold, hours after Lindsey Vonn crashes violently (on a torn ACL).
• Women’s Hockey: Team USA dominates (wins over Finland and Czechia), but a norovirus outbreak sweeps through teams.
• Figure Skating: Ilia “Quad God” Malinin stars, U.S. wins team gold with a big comeback.
• Fun Fact: Malinin skates to programs featuring his own inspirational quotes:

  “Sometimes you have to be your own inspiration.” (76:04)

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6. Honorable Embarrassments: “Who Should Be Most Embarrassed?” Game

(Rapid fire, 79:07–87:50)

• Celtics’ mop guy’s weird sideline pass versus Super Bowl “streaker” in pants—crypto promo (streaker wins)
• Olympic ski jumpers allegedly injecting hyaluronic acid into their penises for bigger suits vs. 3 person fall-off bobsled comedy—embarrassment to Norway wins
• Tom Brady dancing awkwardly with 25yo Alex Earl at the Fanatics party—dubs the most embarrassing of the week by virtue of “baby-in-a-bouncer” vibes
• Katie’s lament:

  “It’s tough… You’re just looking a little old and maybe a little like the club is getting to you.” (87:01)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (w/ timestamps):

• Bad Bunny Halftime Show:

  • Katie: “Did I understand any of it? No, and I don’t care. …It’s about shaking your ass most of the time.” (21:42)
  • Isabella: “At points, I was on the verge of tears. It was beautiful.” (25:06)

• Olympic Athlete Activism:

  • Amber Glenn (via Katie): “It’s been a hard time for the community overall under this administration…” (09:06)
  • Hess: “Just because I’m wearing the flag doesn’t mean I represent everything going on in the U.S.” (10:59)
  • Katie: “To say, shut the fuck up to a United States Olympian in the Olympics is un-American.” (14:20)
  • Brady: “Is anybody using Truth Social other than Donald Trump?” (13:27)

• Super Bowl Ads:

  • Brady: “William Shatner making 30 seconds of poop jokes for Raisin Bran.” (42:03)
  • Katie on Ring camera “Search Party”: “If a robot gives you vodka, they’re trying to weaken you!” (48:37)
  • Katie: “You’d have to be a full idiot to see that commercial and go, and that’s all they’ll use it for.” (49:01)

• Tom Brady at party:

  • Katie: “Tom Brady, you look like a baby in…a bouncer.” (85:13)

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Segment Timestamps

• LX Hammer burger atrocity: 01:00–02:24
• Halftime Show reactions: 20:39–30:27
• Olympic athlete activism/political blowback: 06:23–16:40
• Super Bowl Commercials Superlatives: 37:44–48:22
• Super Bowl Game Recap: 52:55–70:30
• Olympics updates: 70:32–77:04
• Most Embarrassing Moments Game: 79:07–87:50

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Overall Tone

Conversational, irreverent, playful, yet often sharply critical of hypocrisy, exclusion, and misplaced outrage—true to the “casual for everyone” spirit. The crew mixes self-deprecating sports analysis, earnest appreciation for cultural inclusivity, and pointed commentary on both politics and pop spectacle.

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Useful for Non-Listeners

This summary captures not just what happened (on and off the field, rink, and stage), but why it matters: the way sports both reflect and inflame broader cultural battles—over inclusion, whose voices count, and what truly represents “America.” If you missed the episode (or the events), you’ll feel the highs, lows, and the fun of tuning in with friends who love sports for what they unite, not just who wins.

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Don’t miss:

• Thursday’s episode with Noah Kahan (teased at 06:24)
• More Olympics coverage, figure skating drama, and whatever pop/sports overlap the week delivers!

Transcript

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[Katie Nolan]

Hey, Isabella, did you see the LX Hammer burger they were selling at the super bowl? No. It's $180. What? And they made 200 of them. It was a cheeseburger. That's in air quotes. With braised bone in beef shank.

[Isabella]

Okay.

[Katie Nolan]

Roasted mirepoix demi glace. Okay, that's. That's some words. And Point Reyes blue cheese fondue on a baked brioche. Bunch of.

[Isabella]

Did anyone ask for this?

[Katie Nolan]

I don't think so. Maybe Darren Revelle. What? How do you eat a burger with a bone? A bone in it? It's like a giant.

[Isabella]

I'm looking.

[Katie Nolan]

Oh, bone.

[Isabella]

Wait, the bone is like in the middle of the. Stabbed into the.

[Katie Nolan]

Sticking out that brioche bun. What's that for? I'm not bringing my dog to the game. You want me to suck on it? What am I supposed to do with that?

[Isabella]

You hold the. The bone and then you, like, eat.

[Katie Nolan]

But if it's cooked right, it would fall off, wouldn't it? So it's like it's not even there to make. Why would you put something less convenient? Who's paying 190?

[Isabella]

Paid how many? Wow. I don't know how much it is to go to the Super Bowl. And then you're gonna give me what, a hundred and eighty burger?

[Katie Nolan]

Who ordered this? I need. I want the stats on how many people got it.

[Isabella]

And they only made 200.

[Katie Nolan]

That seems like 200 more than they needed. Hello and welcome to Casuals, a sports podcast that doesn't care what you know. We're just happy that you're here. We love sports and really, it's not about the stats. And honestly, it's not even about the game. So if you don't even want to talk about the big game, that'd be fine by me, totally fine. If we didn't have to talk about the Super Bowl. Me, who is that? Katie Nolan, huge Pats fan, here to talk to you about everything that happened this past weekend. We're back home. We're back in New York, back from our super bowl trip. A big busy week last week. Big thanks to Brady out there helping us out, grabbing all those big guests. We should. I should tell you, that's who's joining me today. The. The casualties, all three back in full force. We have our sports newbie, Isabella.

[Isabella]

Hello.

[Katie Nolan]

We've got our master editor, Chris.

[Brady]

Hi.

[Katie Nolan]

And.

[Brady]

Big thanks to everyone who asks where I've been for the last two weeks. I. Somebody had to have asked it at some point.

[Katie Nolan]

I think I heard like half. I think I heard one person mention it. No. We missed you, Brady. We missed you on the mic. You're back. And big thanks for everything you did for us in Super Bowl. What a weekend. I mean, what a week. I slept all weekend. I got. We got home Saturday. Well, Friday night, really late Friday night, it snowed. I wasn't expecting that. Touchdown. Air Mad Dog. No gummies, by the way. No gummies. On the flight. What had happened was we ended up all drinking, I think too much too quick. We went a different path. And so at one point, Adam Schein and I made eye contact where we were like, we're either having a third drink or a gummy. What's the deal with the gummies? They hadn't been introduced. You don't want to be. You don't want to go up to Mad Dog and go, can I get a gummy, please? Please. Because that. It feel different. I was sort of hoping he would bring it out with the. And once he hadn't, we just kept with the drinking.

[Chris]

He's got to realize he set a precedent now. So every precedent for light.

[Katie Nolan]

There he goes again. There he goes again.

[Chris]

Australia, you invite your colleagues onto.

[Katie Nolan]

I know.

[Chris]

You have to offer them gummies.

[Katie Nolan]

I know.

[Chris]

But here's the thing.

[Katie Nolan]

The gummy would have been a real wild card. And I think we actually ended up having a really fun time. We all voted. Andrew Fitz was the MVP of the flight. He very much loosened up. He's a PR guy here at Sirius, fantastic at his job, but he was also. Had a hell of a week also yeah, for real. But he was also fantastic off the job. He had a nice. He relaxed twice as hard, I think, on that flight back. So it ended up being really fun. Cool to fly Air. Air Doggy, which I kept trying to get Air Buddy to take off, but they were calling it Air Doggy. And so that one stuck. But it was fun. We had a blast, landed to the snow, slept all day Saturday, slept until like 11 maybe. Stayed in bed till noon, took a nap in the middle of the day, like, exhausted. But we're back now. We're ready to go. We're gonna talk about the Super Bowl a little bit. We're gonna delay the inevitable here. I just got off an hour of fan service taking phone calls from people about the Patriots losing the super bowl. And we've gonna, we're gonna have thoughts on that halftime show, the ads, and the actual game itself coming up after our first break. We're gonna start today, though, I should tell you, if you want to reach out to us, our email Casuals with katie [e-mail]. our voicemail 646-801-0043 on IG and tick tock, we are at Casuals, the podcast. Oh, and then quick Housekeeping, we have Noah Khan on Thursday's episode. Very exciting stuff. We interviewed him. He's got a new single out, an album coming out. He just announced a stadium tour that's at all these awesome sports venues across the United States this summer. And we got to sit down with him for like, what was it, Brady? 25 minutes.

[Brady]

25 minutes.

[Katie Nolan]

Yeah.

[Brady]

We got a phenomenal dude.

[Katie Nolan]

Yeah, a great guy, very funny. And so that'll come out on Thursday. I think that's all of our housekeeping. Regular schedule is back now, actually, maybe getting ready to do some full video stuff. Lots of things coming for casuals. But we're going to start the show today talking a little bit about what's going on at the Olympics. Obviously, we are. The Olympics kicked off. It's confusing because I always forget you get a little bit of events before the opening ceremonies. Nothing metal deciding, obviously, but there was that. We talked about a USA Hockey game that happened. We talked about how the lights went out at Curling. But the opening ceremonies officially were on Friday. The big headline out of that is we can't play it for you because of rights. But allegedly there was a lot of booing when J.D. vance, Vice President, United States, was shown on the big screen to the crowd of 65,000. No stress, though. The president said that he told reporters on Air Force One. That's surprising because people like him. He doesn't get booed in this country. To which I would say, I don't know. Does he show up to anything? I don't. When is the opportunity to boo him? I don't see him. He's not out here. So I wouldn't say that so confidently. I have a funny feeling we could get. We could scrape a couple boos together if you want, domestically. But of course, as with any Olympics, this introduces the international competition and the way that athletes perform on this stage. It's something that we talk about every Olympics. Obviously, with everything go all the goings on. As my friend Ian Carmel would say, with all the goings on and such and such in America, there's a lot of political unrest. A lot of people are unhappy with the direction of things and as is their right as Americans. Some of the athletes who are headed over to Milan Cortina to represent the United States have used their platform to voice displeasure with things happening in the United States. I think the first big one that we saw, and we're gonna take a listen to it here, was US Figure skater Amber Gl. She is a member of the LGBTQ community. She's a queer skater and she has always been vocal for her community. Here is what she had to say in a pre Olympic news conference with fellow U.S. skaters on Wednesday morning. It's been a hard time for the community overall under this administration. It isn't the first time that we've had to come together as a community and try and fight for our human rights. And now especially, it's not just affecting the queer community, but many other communities. And I think that we are able to support each other in a way that we didn't have to before. And because of that, it's made us a lot stronger. Obviously, I cannot stress enough how difficult that must be to be heading over to the Olympics for your big moment and to also feel like you've got to make some sort of a statement on what you don't agree with because you are representing the United States. You have the United States on your shirt. If you feel that it. The way the United States is acting does not reflect your values, It's. I could understand the pressure to want to say something. And Amber Glenn did that and then had to step away from social media because of threats that she received. Shoot. Luckily not alone, a couple other athletes have come out and said something. USA freestyler freestyle skier Chris Lillis at a news conference on Friday said, I love the USA I would never want to represent a different country in the Olympics. I think as a country, we need to focus on respecting everybody's rights and making sure that we're treating our citizens as well as anybody, with love and respect. I hope that when people look at athletes competing in the Olympics, they realize that that's the America we're trying to represent. And if you look at these statements, nothing really offensive being said. Basically it's Amber Glenn standing up for the gay community and the rights of those citizens. Same thing kind of being echoed by Chris Lillis as he basically says, love and respect. We need to treat our citizens really well. We are trying to represent the America that the athletes make up here. And then US Skier Hunter Hess also had something to say. He said this at a news conference on Friday. It brings up mixed emotions to represent the US Right now.

[Chris]

I think it's a little hard.

[Katie Nolan]

There's obviously a lot going on that I'm not the biggest fan of, and I think a lot of people aren't. Just because I'm wearing the flag doesn't mean I represent everything that's going on in the U.S. he said. I think for me, it's more representing my families and friends back home, the people that represented it before me. All the things I believe are good about the United States, if it aligns with my moral values, I feel like I'm representing it again. Another statement where nothing offensive is said. You can see and you can understand the pressure to bring something like this up and have this conversation, especially. Listen, these are athletes. These are people who made it to this stage with their bodies and their hard work, their work ethic, their. Their determination. And to ask them to stand up and speak on something that is so incredibly nuanced and difficult to talk about and obviously gets a big reaction out of people is really difficult. And yet looking at the things they're saying, they are to take a stand for their values, they're able to distance themselves from the things the United States are doing that they don't feel themselves a representative of. And they're able to do all of this without saying anything negative. There's nothing in there where they're like, I hate this country. I can't believe that the USA is acting this way at the moment when I have to represent it. It's disgusting to wear this flag. I wish I could have competed for any other country. Nothing like that. I just. I know that might be obvious to some, but I just really want to make sure I'm clear. Because the way that they are reacted to does not reflect the actual things they're saying. President Trump posted on what's it called, Truth social. He truthed U.S. olympic skier Hunter Hess, a real loser, says he doesn't represent his country in the current Winter Olympics. If that's the case, he shouldn't have tried out for the team. And it's too bad he's on it. Very hard to root for someone like this. That's the President of the United States calling a current US Athlete in the Olympics a real loser, that he shouldn't have been on the team. It's too bad he's on it, and it's really hard to root for him. Jake Paul, I know you're all wondering. I know you were like, well, we know what Trump has to say. Let's find out what, what Jake Paul has to say. In reaction to Hunter Hess and what he said, Jake Paul, quote, tweeted a video of it and this was on Twitter. Is anyone, Can I just ask real quick, Brady, Is anybody using Truth Social other than Donald Trump?

[Brady]

I have never heard of it for any other purpose.

[Katie Nolan]

Like, I've never been, like Jake Paul said on Truth Social, it's like, I've.

[Brady]

Never heard, like, I saw these Knicks highlights on Truth Social.

[Katie Nolan]

They came across my Truth feed. I was feeding on some truth when suddenly I got these highlights. Anyway, Jake Paul did it on regular Twitter. He, quote, tweeted the video and he said, wow, Please shut the fuck up. From all true Americans. If you don't want to represent this country, go live somewhere else. I, I'm so sick of people trying to define what they think an American is and then holding other people to that completely pulled out of their own ass standard. You don't get to declare yourself a true American. You're literally telling a US this is what happened with the Megan Rapinoe stuff, too, when she voiced her political disagreements with Trump the first time during the Women's World cup. And people were like, I'm not rooting for the U.S. women's National Team because I'm a good American. Do they not hear themselves? Do they not hear themselves? No matter what? If you are a United States, if you're an American, if you feel you are a part of this nation, you're rooting for America at the Olympics. I don't care if that one stole your dog. I don't care if somebody on one of our best ski jumpers was mean to your mom. I don't care. You root for them on an international stage. They represent us. We want America to win every everything. It's just how it goes. So to say, shut the fuck up to a United States Olympian in the Olympics is un American. To say, if you don't want to represent this country, go live somewhere else. It's like, can he read, do you think? Jake Paul. Do you think he's ever read a book? I just don't feel like his brain ever shows an understanding of something that goes deeper than the basic surface of what he was told to understand. The thing about America that we all love and are supposed to defend is the rights of its citizens to speak their minds. Freedom of speech. This is the whole thing that people are always talking about or saying they're talking about when they say they want to use slurs and stuff. Oh, it's all about freedom of speech. It's a freedom of speech issue. And then a bunch of Americans go over to the Olympics and while on their stage that they've earned, they say, yeah, I don't really agree with everything going on in America right now, but it's important to me with this flag on my shirt, to go out there and compete and represent what I believe in, what I think America is. And then a bunch of losers back home, including our president, say, like, hard to root for that guy exercising his freedom of speech. You know, Jon Favreau pointed out that a normal reaction to an Olympian voicing a political opinion that differs from yours is to shrug and then continue supporting the athlete that represents your country. To which Megyn Kelly responded as if it were just a little political view he espoused, as opposed to clear shame in representing the country. The gaslighting Hess should be stripped of his ability to rep the USA and sent home. Oh, my God, this makes me want.

[Isabella]

To scream into a closet.

[Katie Nolan]

I mean, stripped of the ability to represent this country because of his what expression that we're supposed to have the freedom of. These people drive me nuts. They drive me nuts. They tell you you're not American. They tell Bad Bunny. All this lead up to the Super Bowl. Bad Bunny. It's a divisive halftime show. It's divisive. I don't speak that language. Why would you have a halftime show that's gonna feature a language that isn't English? We won't be able to understand? Why can't you have an American? They did. Bad Bunny from Puerto Rico, famously part of America. These people will tell you what an American is and try to force you into a box. You know in your heart of hearts what an American is. And I just want everybody in America to remember that nobody can tell you what an American is. And funny enough, to all these people defending, quote, unquote, this country of ours from these awful people who, I don't know, want it to reflect our values and our humanity, funny enough, the most proud to be an American I've felt this week was after that halftime show. And we will talk about that halftime show, the ads in the super bowl and I suppose also the game itself right after our first break. This is Casuals. We'll be right back. Hey, I don't know what it is about the world now, but finding clothes that look good and actually also feel good is such a challenge. And that is where Vuori comes in. They make incredibly versatile, insanely comfortable clothes that move with you from lounging at home to layering up for a chilly commute. It's effortless, elevated style that you will actually want to live in. The Performance Jogger and Halo Essential wide leg pant are made with Vuori's signature Dream Knit fabric. It is their softest premium stretch material. Lightweight, it's moisture wicking and it's effortless to wear anywhere. Add the Restore oversized hoodie for an easy pulled together look. I wore my Restore oversized hoodie to work the other day and everybody was like, I love that hoodie. It's an investment in your happiness. For our listeners, they're offering 20% off of your first purchase. So get yourself some of the most comfortable and versatile clothing on the [e-mail] Casuals v u o r-I.com Casuals exclusions apply. Visit the website for full terms and conditions. Olivia loves a challenge.

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[Isabella]

I loved it.

[Brady]

Loved it.

[Katie Nolan]

It was amazing. Amazing. I'm going to say this. Going into it, I looked at Dan and I said, God, I hope I love this, because truly, this became some huge argument from the super bowl was like, you know, all these opinions before we even saw what it was going to be. And sure, it was possible I wasn't going to like it. I have disliked halftime shows before, and I was really hoping that I wasn't going to dislike this one because of the tightrope you would have to walk to express that opinion while making it perfectly clear you don't dislike it for the reasons all these monsters and hateful racists don't like it. And so I just want to say personally to Bad Bunny, thank you so much for putting on one hell of a performance. So that didn't even become a thing we had to think about. It was a party, an absolute blast. Did I understand any of it? No, and I don't care. Honestly, the amount of people making it seem like listening to music is reading a book where, like, you need to know every word in order to actually participate in it was weird to me. Just another thing I flagged of, like, yeah, well, you don't always understand every word of everybody singing any song. That's how songs go.

[Brady]

It's not about understand every word that Lady Gaga said, right?

[Katie Nolan]

It's about shaking your ass most of the time. And, boy, did we. I also saw somebody point out they were really appreciative of because it wasn't in their native language. They appreciated the way that Bad Bunny used visual storytelling to, like, make it clear what he was talking about and the sorts of messages that he was sending. I saw a lot of Puerto Rican people online citing their favorite part as when there was a kid sleeping across three chairs at a party. At a party. And they were like, that is a uniquely Puerto Rican experience. We have all been that child who's just trying to get sleep at the function while his parents are shaking their ass and will not leave. And I don't know, it just was really sweet to see Such like a. On a massive stage, a massive spotlight to make such a niche cultural reference that really resonated with its intended audience. That also was amidst something that could appeal to anybody who was watching. I didn't feel left out at all. I think that was what a lot of people were raging about before it started was basically like, why can't you make this more for the football fans? And like, I'm a football fan, and I had a blast. I felt like I understood Bad Bunny more. I know more about him now. While also at no point feeling in any way lectured to, left out, excluded. I felt very much included at the. When they had all the flags come running out and that American flag is right at the front, and Bad Bunny says, God bless America. And behind him on the. On the big Jumbotron, it says that love is the only thing strong enough to conquer hate. It was the dominant messaging of the super bowl halftime show. None of it was Used to be petty or to sort of counter argue, whatever. Everybody tried to set the tone of the story of the show as before it started, and I thought it was beautifully done. And again, an incredible performance.

[Brady]

I felt really bad for the people in the stadium who maybe they posted a clip on it and they're like, guys, I don't like this. But then they didn't phrase it well because they were just saying, I can't see anything. It's happening either in a cornfield or it's happening indoors or it's down at the hill. It did feel like a bad experience if you were there.

[Katie Nolan]

I think they left. I think I saw that they left the Jumbotron on that message the entire time, which I actually. I get what you're saying. Honestly, I do prefer it that way, but I think this is my only note exactly. Was that, Brady, was that if you're at home, I mean, listen, you've got such a gigantic audience. We don't know the numbers yet of who tuned into the super bowl, do we?

[Brady]

Keeps going up. It was over 130 million last I saw.

[Katie Nolan]

And also, where are they getting those? I don't understand Nielsen at all, but we'll just take them. It's such a huge audience. It's one of the biggest, if not the biggest television event of the year. I understand why you would produce it for the TV viewer at home. Um, this happened, I think, with Kendrick last year, too, is. It was very small in terms of scale, in terms of if you were in the. In the actual stadium, but it looked so big, and it came across on the TV broadcast. So part of me is like, yeah, that does suck. That if you're there, it's. It's not looking as impressive, But I get why they do that, and I think they did a really good job, at least with the TV broadcast of it all. How about Lady Gaga as a surprise guest?

[Isabella]

I know. That was crazy.

[Katie Nolan]

Huge.

[Isabella]

I will say that was my. I love this entire performance. I was on the verge of tears at points. Like, it was beautiful. But the one critique is that when Lady Gaga came out, because it was the song, I think that she has with Bruno Mars, it teased me into thinking Bruno Mars was gonna come out okay. And Bruno Mars is also Puerto Rican. Like, half Puerto Rican, I'm pretty sure. And so I was like, oh, is he coming? And then he wasn't.

[Katie Nolan]

But it was great.

[Isabella]

It was beautiful.

[Katie Nolan]

I will.

[Brady]

Yes.

[Katie Nolan]

Martin. We also got Ricky Martin. That happened to me with Cardi B. When I saw Cardi B dancing, I was like, oh, we're gonna hear from Cardi B. In a little bit.

[Isabella]

Yeah.

[Katie Nolan]

And then Dan was like, well, I think next to her is Pedro Pascal. Like, does he have a song with. And I was like, he's gonna perform a monologue.

[Brady]

And next to him was Ronald Acuna, which was awesome.

[Katie Nolan]

And then next.

[Chris]

Wasn't Jessica Elba there, too?

[Katie Nolan]

Jessica. Yeah. I love Chris. So innocent. Every millennial. Alba. Alba. Alba's here. Jessica.

[Brady]

During the DiCaprio idle hands.

[Chris]

Yes. Her and Ricky Martin look, like, better than they ever have. Both of them.

[Katie Nolan]

It's incredible. How dare they?

[Chris]

I know.

[Katie Nolan]

That's my. Again. My only note is like, why are you guys looking so hot and sexy? Yeah. Lady Gaga was awesome. She did the song that she. Bruno Mars is like a halftime show regular. He has been in. Oh, yeah, that's. He had his own. And then he was in the one where it was like, him and Beyonce, I think, and somebody else. Like, he has popped up quite a few times in the halftime show. So I was right there with you, Isabella.

[Brady]

I got the tease for Daddy Yankee. Like, my old ass was like, daddy Yankee. They played, like, two seconds of Gasolina.

[Katie Nolan]

I think that I saw somebody say, that was for the whites to have.

[Brady]

I know.

[Katie Nolan]

I know this one. I know this one.

[Chris]

That's exactly my reaction. I'm like, oh, I know this. And my wife's like, that's. That's not him. That's not bad.

[Brady]

That's why they did three seconds of despacito.

[Katie Nolan]

They used to do covers during the super bowl halftime show, so it's like, not. It's. They don't really do it anymore, but you are kind of allowed to do whatever you want to. I just like that they played that for us so we could shake our asses to one we knew right away. I also. I don't know if you saw this, Isabella, but when they were one of the shots they, like, came across and they were all in a car and everybody was grinding and two dudes grinding on each other. And I went, let's go.

[Isabella]

Oh, I didn't notice that.

[Katie Nolan]

I said, let's go. I got hyped. I got very hyped. I don't think I've ever seen that in a Super bowl halftime show. Yeah, the end was awesome. The. The only. But again, a bummer. Daytime fireworks. It's like you can't control what the sun is going to be at halftime, but it was not all the way down. And so when they showed the. The shot of the outside of the stadium with all the fireworks going off, it's like I can really just see the smoke.

[Brady]

Little more offense in the first half. Like, if the Pats could have got the passing game going, like, maybe that pushes.

[Katie Nolan]

All right, Brady. I don't know why we got to bring that up. I saw someone online say they weren't sure why there was the power lines, and I saw it explained by a fan of Bad Bunny. And I'm probably pronouncing this wrong, but the song he was singing during that power lines part is called El Apagon Apajon. And it's about. Basically about. Apparently there's a lot of power outages in Puerto Rico because of, like, corporate greed and all this red tape and stuff. And so the song is. Is critical of that, and it's about that, which is why it was a. It just overall was such a beautiful celebration of not my culture, but a culture that I'm appreciative of. And one that's very. Should be very near and dear to an American's heart because they, like. I. It's. I'm. I remain incredibly embarrassed by the way people reacted about that. One reaction was, of course, that they scheduled this counter programming halftime show for Toilet Paper usa And. And originally they said it was going to be huge. I think they said it was going to be in a nice big venue that didn't end up happening. We found out about a week ago who was going to be there. The name you recognize, Kid Rock. And then there were others. I don't remember. Did we get final numbers on viewership for That I.

[Brady]

They claimed 5.1 million.

[Katie Nolan]

Okay.

[Brady]

Which might be right.

[Katie Nolan]

Could be right.

[Isabella]

I heard that seems like a reasonable one.

[Katie Nolan]

It could be right. We also wouldn't know they didn't have the licensing rights to it, so they actually were unable to show it on X. You know, X, the everything site. They couldn't stream it there because they didn't have the rights to the licensing or something. I don't know. Just feels like the groundwork that should have been done in the moments leading up to the event. I believe that's the work that goes into putting on an event like this. But what do I know? I guess what I do know saw a lot of people tweeting and reacting negatively on from that side to Bad Bunny, which means they watched it, they didn't tune away, and they didn't put on their other halftime show. I had also heard in the days leading up that people were gonna stage a walkout in the stadium during that part. And I got a little nervous when I heard that headline because, well, now I bet a lot of people get up to go to the bathroom at halftime anyway. And now that's. They're gonna take the visual of the empty seats and make it seem like people walked out. I checked the seats during the halftime show. They weren't empty. So, like, people didn't even go to the bathroom. People were up, they were dancing and having a great time. It brought people together as it is supposed to do. And so I thought it was fantastic. I saw people say they put it in their immediate top three. I gotta go back and remind myself of all the halftime shows. You forget that Prince one.

[Isabella]

Yes. Yeah.

[Katie Nolan]

Long ago.

[Isabella]

But to me, I'm like, this is definitely in my top three.

[Katie Nolan]

It was of. In recent memory, an absolute blast. I didn't enjoy, let's say, the game around it, but I certainly enjoyed the halftime show. So for all the drama leading up to it, two thumbs up from us, I think. All of us. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Otherwise, now, next year. Next year, the Super Bowl's on Valentine's Day. I know it's weird, but the good. The silver lining there is that we have that Monday off. The Monday is. Well, we won't because we work in sports, but the. It's President's Day, the Monday after. So I don't know. We've been saying for years that the Monday after the super bowl should be a holiday, and I think finally we might actually get to kind of enjoy that. But, Brady, you had asked who we think should be next year's Halftime show act.

[Brady]

Yeah. I think if you were the Apple TV or Apple music exec and we were to elevator pitch you on a halftime show, like how do you build off of this, off of something that is, I don't know, not universally loved, but by those people who chose to have the option to love it, loved it like this, I think you could call success no matter what. How do you build off of that? I have one in mind. We're going to be in Inglewood, California next year in la, LA nay Hollywood. If we are continuing the thought of inclusion, if we want to bring more people in, make this game more about everyone, but also like keep an open mind to let everyone have a chance to enjoy this. I think you go with a theme of music being something where people can come and be whoever they truly feel they believe they can be. Down in West Hollywood, I think Chapel Roan headlining at super bowl next year. It has been three years since we had a woman headlining, since Rihanna 2023. It would have been four years by next year. I think you also would back it up with a co starring or a featuring. And I think Chris Stapleton would be your perfect bridge to the rest of the world. You know, give them a chance to enjoy this, not like forcibly exclude people. I think if you do a Chapel Rowan, Chris Stapleton back to back. Because also Pink Pony Club kind of sounds awesome by country artists every time they do it. I think there's an incredible set there to be done that can tell a story and include and advance messaging but also have something for everyone.

[Katie Nolan]

Chris, do you have any thoughts on a halftime show for next year?

[Chris]

I was thinking Harry Styles. I think the fact that he is known globally, especially in Europe. He's huge in Europe. You want to bring in this subsection of society who might not otherwise be drawn to the game. That is the whole point of the halftime performance. I think Harry Styles owns such a big corner of that world that he can bring in these, these new, you know, groups of people who are unfamiliar with football, wouldn't watch football otherwise. He's fun, he's a showman. I just think that overall performance would be a lot of fun. And he's like, he's a character man. Like, he's a lot of fun, he's cool. His music's pretty good. I think it makes sense. I haven't heard a lot of it, but I like, you know, I like, I don't turn it off when it comes on.

[Katie Nolan]

Isabella, you got a pitch?

[Isabella]

Yeah. I think considering where it's located, in la. I think we should go with Tyler, the creator, I think.

[Chris]

Oh, that'd be sick.

[Isabella]

A really great. He's an LA based artist. I feel like especially I've seen so many of his shows and even the ones he does in award shows, and he does such a great job at like, like the sets of his performances and I feel like he would really take the super bowl stage to like the Max. And I feel like he'd be a great artist because his music is also like, kind of fluid in terms of genre. I feel like he'd be good to pair to bring guests on too. Like if you wanted to kind of create a difference in like the kind of music too. So, like, I could see a chapel roan feature.

[Katie Nolan]

Yeah, bring out Dochi. Bring out Glorilla.

[Isabella]

Yeah, bring out. That would be.

[Katie Nolan]

Yeah, that would be sick. I like that. What if. Hear me out. It's Valentine's Day. Okay. Time for love. We don't know who's going to be in the super bowl, obviously, but I would say you want to involve the significant others, right? What if. I feel like everybody took this really seriously and I took it more of like a bit. What if they did a celebration of Love and they got the significant others of NFL players to put together a show? You've got Taylor Swift. Maybe you could have Hailee Steinfeld. I don't know what she would do, but she could do something. She sings, Right.

[Brady]

Literally is a musician.

[Isabella]

Right.

[Katie Nolan]

You could have Cardi B. Okay, Cardi B. But question mark. I don't know. We'll get into that in a little bit, but there's some speculation that maybe that might not be a thing anymore. But I don't know. I just feel like gather all these at a time, especially when we're celebrating. Wags, if any of these guys were in the super bowl and you've like, oh, you'd hate for them to not see on Valentine's Day their loved ones. I think you could put together one hell of a show. And if not, we still got a year to make a couple. Like, we could just get people paired up with other people. You know, that way we can sort of bring in the whatever halftime show we want. You know, if you like an artist, be like, well, hook them up with Cooper cup or something. I don't know. I just thought that would be a good idea. Anyway, NFL, those are free, so you can take those and. And let us know what you think before we get to the game. Because really, who even wants to talk about that? Let's Talk about the commercials. Commercials used to be the centerpiece of the Super Bowl. They there was always, you know, a funny one, a heartwarming one, one with a cute mascot. There was at least a something to kind of discuss in recent years. Boy, has that sort of changed. I just think these commercials are so disappointing. They all sort of follow that same formula of like company, celebrity, half an idea, in that order. Truly. And they toss that at you this year, I guess in general, really overwhelmed by the amount of commercials that were either made by AI or for something that is AI. I was, I wrote down, I was surprised by the amount of DraftKings Super bowl related advertising early in the game. I thought at least the NFL would be like, let's not sell. I don't know why I thought this, but I thought maybe we'll keep the gambling out of the opening quarter, opening few breaks of this gigantic football game. They did not. There were plenty of DraftKings ads as well as all the others that you can gamble on. Just in general, a lot of like cryptocurrency AI just stuff that makes you go. But in an effort to discuss these ads, we came up with an idea which was a couple superlatives, sort of like awards to give out to these super bowl commercials. Who decided? Who wants to run point on this segment here?

[Chris]

I'm happy to rump one on this.

[Katie Nolan]

Nice, Chris.

[Chris]

All right, so the first one, the first superlative that we came up with was the most entertaining super bowl ads.

[Brady]

I mean, let's be honest. I was entertained by the celebrity gang bang, goodwill hunting, Dunkin Donuts ad. You were 12 different sitcoms.

[Katie Nolan]

I'm glad we're bringing this up. I didn't hate the idea. The execution was tough because I don't know what that anti aging is that they use, but it makes me nauseous and I need to sit down and like, you know when you're hungover and you kick one of your feet out of the bed and touch the the ground to stop it all from kind of spinning. That's how that made me. It was just like why are these people young again? This doesn't. It would have played just as fine if everyone was just their regular faces. It made it too uncanny valley for me.

[Brady]

I did just watch like 80 year old Ted Danson on Netflix. So when they deaged him, it was very jarring.

[Katie Nolan]

I know.

[Brady]

Other than that like Jaleel White looks the same now. Rivera looks the same.

[Chris]

They also did.

[Katie Nolan]

Go ahead. Sorry. No, no.

[Chris]

They also did the de aging bit. On the Jurassic park infinity commercial. And I liked the concept of that commercial. I thought that was funny. But yeah, you're bringing in the de aging technology again and it sort of takes away from some of the fun of the. Of the commercial.

[Katie Nolan]

Yeah, I really didn't like it. I think my most entertaining for the night is the. Was the Novartis prostate cancer ad. It was. Honestly, if you had told me a tight end joke would have made me laugh the most out of all the super bowl ads before the ad started. Wouldn't have believed you. But they got all of the tight ends that you recognize. They got, you know, George Kittle, they even got Gronk. They got tight ends across the league. And basically they also got Bruce Arians who survived prostate cancer. And basically it was about getting tested. And it was about like, loosen up your tight end and, and, and relax. Relax your tight ends and get your prostate checked. It was a good message. It was well executed. They got all the names you expect to see. And I thought it was funny while also being important. You know me, I love to give it to big pharma and so I'm giving most entertaining to a pharmaceutical company. But get your prostate checked. So that's important. Right? All right, Chris, what's the next category?

[Chris]

The next superlative is the most cringy Super Bowl.

[Katie Nolan]

Yeah. What do we got? Anybody? There's so many to choose from.

[Chris]

Well, the Good Will Duncan was. Was one of them. But my nomination is the State Farm. The Living on a Prayer, whatever that whole thing was with Danny McBride and co. It was just. That was brutal.

[Katie Nolan]

Yeah, I have something to say about this. The. They had Cat's Eye, you know that band, the girl band. They had them in that commercial doing a dance. I saw on Fallon that the night before or something recently. They were the guest and Fallon had them perform their dance from their State Farm halftime commercial. They didn't sing, they didn't do. They stood there and did their little TikTok dance. It wasn't hard choreography. They did their TikTok dance while the Roots played an instrumental of the song from the commercial. And they. It was. It made me want to throw up to have a late night performance be that was like, yo, this is so obviously an ad for an ad. And that makes it pretty cringey for me. I will also say cringy and I'm really sorry, but the NBA All Star Game commercial, did you guys see that? It was a commercial for USA versus the world and they used the song Everybody Wants to Rule the World. And they just sang NBA players names. So it was like, Yokich, Doncic, Wembin, Yama, everybody. It made me want to jump out the window of my building. It was like, so I don't know. I didn't like it. It made me uncomfortable. So I think that might be my most cringy. What's the next topic?

[Chris]

The next one. Best use of a celebrity.

[Katie Nolan]

Okay, clearly plenty to choose from.

[Brady]

Isabella William Shatner making 30 seconds of poop jokes for Raisin Bran.

[Katie Nolan]

Yeah, what was it? Will Shat.

[Brady]

Will Shat, who was pitching high fiber Raisin Bran said that duty calls. Ask you if a dog was a Shih Tzu. And I'm like, this is dumb. After 10 seconds. And after 30, I was hooked.

[Katie Nolan]

I thought Pokemon. Pokemon did a good job of using Shao Leclerc. How do we say his name again? Ever since I called him Leclerc, I feel like I have to. Yeah, they had him and they had Lady Gaga. They had Trevor Noah. Basically talking about their favorite Pokemon.

[Brady]

I know it was a huge names, like, international sport.

[Katie Nolan]

I know. And I'm not a. I'm not a Pokemon gal, but I thought it was cute the way that they, like, sounded like they were being genuine or it was well written about, like the Pokemon that they like the most. That wasn't too bad.

[Chris]

What do we think of the Kendall Jenner commercial?

[Katie Nolan]

Illegal? I think it should be illegal. I think it should be illegal in the halftime of the super bowl to say I've known for cursing teams. I'm known to be a curse. Well, that stops tonight. I've got money on the New England Patriots.

[Brady]

She's directly saying, I am known for gambling on things to which I can affect the outcome. Yes, is what she's saying.

[Katie Nolan]

I could not believe they let her do that. I also could not believe in general that she. I mean, the premise of the commercial being like, yeah, I gamble all the time. How do you think I made all this money? And it's like, no, it's not how you made all that money. But it is crazy that you have all that money and you're still accepting money from a gambling company to make a Super bowl commercial that ostensibly James Angst my team. Spoiler alert. The Patriots don't win. And so she flashes that. She's like, I'm rooting for the. I'm the Patriots. How can you do that? How can you make a bet on a game that's currently. That shouldn't be allowed. I thought.

[Brady]

Can I tell you what made me extremely happy Right after that ad aired, she was still awake. My 9 year old daughter looked at me and she said, who's Kendall Jenner?

[Katie Nolan]

Nice. Hell, yeah. It's really good. It's really good stuff. I think my best use of a celebrity goes to Ben Stiller for Instacart. It is the only commercial that got a laugh out of Dan and I. And it wasn't a hearty laugh. We weren't like.

[Isabella]

He was dancing. It looked like Starsky and Hutch.

[Katie Nolan]

It was him and it was him and Benson Boone. And like, he was. I don't know, he fell a bunch. I think he was just Ben Stiller. He was Ben Stiller. He was funny. It landed, I guess, in our home as much as any of these things did. So I will say Ben Stiller was their best use of. Did anybody like the Guy Fieri one?

[Isabella]

I never see it.

[Brady]

I think it was one bit and I was like, oh, that's Guy Fieri.

[Katie Nolan]

He's like, regular Guy. And then he becomes Guy Fieri.

[Isabella]

Oh, is that what that was a week ago? I saw that.

[Katie Nolan]

And everyone's like, guy Fieri switches up his look. This is an ad for an ad.

[Brady]

I recognize when you drop that into public knowledge, like two weeks ahead of time.

[Katie Nolan]

Right.

[Brady]

The commercial has no effect.

[Katie Nolan]

It was like a reverse reveal. It ended up being. The point of the commercial was that he goes back to being Guy Fieri. And you're like, well, that's stupid. So, okay, that one didn't work. Next.

[Chris]

What about the most confusing Super Bowl?

[Katie Nolan]

So many.

[Isabella]

Every single one.

[Katie Nolan]

Every single one.

[Isabella]

Every single one. As someone who did not watch a whole ad, I kept, like, walking in and out of the room, seeing it in passing. And the only one I saw, maybe the majority of was the Dunkin Donuts one. And I was like, what is this?

[Katie Nolan]

Like, I wish I didn't.

[Isabella]

What am I looking at? Is that Jennifer Aniston is Rachel?

[Katie Nolan]

I'm so confused.

[Brady]

There was an ad of Charlie XCX teaching a class.

[Katie Nolan]

Yeah.

[Brady]

I don't remember what it was for.

[Katie Nolan]

I don't remember.

[Brady]

Which means you're not kidding me.

[Katie Nolan]

It's so funny. I kept it. I have a tracker of me. I wrote down all the ads. It's like Company, Celebrity and Notes. And I remember I saw that one. I had run out of room and I went, that's. I'm not gonna write that down. It didn't matter enough. I couldn't teach class.

[Brady]

She's like, this is my class on vibes. And I can't remember what the hell the ad was for?

[Chris]

Oh, is that poppy?

[Brady]

And that's kind of the whole point.

[Katie Nolan]

Yeah, I think.

[Isabella]

There you go.

[Katie Nolan]

I think it was poppy. It was poppy. Lot of confusing ads. There was one really early. I don't want to get into this. And I didn't look it up for something called Trump Accounts. And I think it used AI kids. And I go, I don't know what this is. But I. I walked away. I felt very. It made me feel very scared. I have no idea what that is. So that was very confusing. I think it was confusing. Squarespace and TurboTax both seemed to just go, we got a famous dramatic actor. Let's make the point of our commercial that we don't bring drama. Emma Stone was for Squarespace. She couldn't get her URL, so she was, like, devastated and acting. And then Adrien Brody was talking about how he wanted to. He liked taxes because they were dramatic, and TurboTax was like, Art, we make taxes, not dramatic. And he was like, if there's no drama, there is no Adrien Brody. So. Okay. Those were kind of the same idea. I think my most confusing was Coinbase.

[Brady]

Yeah, they just played.

[Katie Nolan]

They just played back. Not only, though. So it was the one that was like a. They made it look like karaoke.

[Chris]

Yeah.

[Katie Nolan]

But it was. They. They picked a song that had a lyric that clearly they didn't want to use, where he says, am I sexual? Instead of just clearing a song that doesn't have. That they didn't address at all. They just made it say, am I so secure? Which is not the lyric.

[Chris]

I thought I was going crazy. I'm like, is that what they've been saying this whole time?

[Katie Nolan]

And I've been saying, not what they've been saying all this time? No. And then at the very end, all you're waiting going, what is this a commercial for? And then it's like. Like, Coinbase. Okay.

[Isabella]

Everything I'm seeing when I look it up is just a QR code. Is that what was showing at the end?

[Katie Nolan]

I guess. I think it was respect to them.

[Brady]

That ad took 45 minutes and $0 to produce.

[Katie Nolan]

Crazy.

[Chris]

It was insane disrespect to them.

[Katie Nolan]

An ad for money. I don't. I've never seen an ad for money. So then maybe you should explain what you're doing here.

[Chris]

What about the AI.com commercial, which was about claiming your username AI is coming.

[Katie Nolan]

AI.come Elon. And then it lingers on that one. All right.

[Chris]

I have no idea what products we.

[Katie Nolan]

Don'T know what that is, and we do not care. Also, the Maha Mike Tyson ad. I mean, where he's like, I was so fat, I wanted to kill myself. He's like, what are we doing? What is this? Yeah, what is this? And there was also that one wegovy with the. If there was a pill that made you do other stuff, you would take it. It was like, my God, I don't know. All very confusing. Last category. Chris, what do you got?

[Chris]

Most likely to have you avoiding the product for life again.

[Katie Nolan]

All of them, I think. I truly. I don't think there was anything advertised that I was like, I gotta check that out.

[Brady]

AI robots dancing and drinking Svetka vodka.

[Katie Nolan]

Dude, if you're. If you're an AI. If a robot gives you vodka, they're trying to weaken you. We've reached the point where it's like, do not accept alcohol from a being that alcohol does not affect. They're poisoning you to try to get you weaker so that they can take over. Why are we making it seem like these AIs would be partying with vodka? Like we'd want to party with them?

[Brady]

They have no use for this.

[Katie Nolan]

It means nothing to them. They're just doing it. So we'll get up so we can't fight them. Not me. I'll be doing fake sips and then training. I'm currently in training to take down all these Boston Dynamics robots. My most likely to have you avoid the product for life. Ring cameras. Dude.

[Brady]

Scared me.

[Katie Nolan]

How dare you?

[Isabella]

I didn't see the ad.

[Katie Nolan]

Isabella. They tried to at. No, they tried to sell it. Like, when my dog ran away, we couldn't find her. Anywhere the commercial goes, dogs have been going missing for however many years, and we've been looking for them. The way we look for them hasn't changed over decades. But that changes now. Ring has started a new. What did they call it? Search party. A new thing called Search Party. And there was a graphic that showed all these fake houses right on a block. And it showed the. Basically that their Ring camera would cover all the whole neighborhood. And then they would use AI to locate a missing dog. You'd have to be a full idiot to see that commercial and go. And that's all they'll ever use.

[Brady]

That's not problematic in any way. Like, the guy's just shouting at you, we'll find your dog. Losing your dog. We'll find your dog. Find that missing dog. We're gonna find every dog and immigrant that walks in front of your doorbell.

[Katie Nolan]

You can't possibly at this day and age go. And they're. That's all they'll use that for is just they want to help me find my dog. I don't even think you have to opt into it. What scared me the most about that commercial is the way they said how many dogs they've already helped find.

[Brady]

They said one per day. Which across your nationwide network, like, great.

[Katie Nolan]

A lot. And not a lot of dogs run away, right? I don't know. Either way, I was glad to see I stayed offline for most of this, but I logged on to see how people reacted to that. And I was glad to see that people were like, we're not doing the covering of the neighborhood in cameras thanks to the My doorbell. God damn. Well, my parents were like, we're installing our ring door. I'm like, why? What's happening outside your door that you absolutely need to see video of all the time?

[Brady]

My doorbell did catch the one time Amazon ran into my car. Okay, well, if I'm gonna defend it.

[Katie Nolan]

Case in point, actually, they're also.

[Isabella]

I have seen people where like neighbors will go up to the ring camera and be like, hey, I saw that a. There's a car that comes here every day at 3pm and I'm so sorry to break the news to you, but I think your husband's cheating on you.

[Katie Nolan]

Damn. So damn.

[Isabella]

There are people that help out in that way.

[Katie Nolan]

Damn. Well, it could have, I guess, value, but let's not try to say that having it film your whole neighborhood, if that doesn't set off alarm bells for.

[Brady]

You, Isabella, you're going to love being in an HOA someday so much if that excited you. Oh, man.

[Katie Nolan]

Do you guys think at any point Mr. Beast considered talking like a human? I just feel like everything about him is so off putting. I can't believe that he goes, hi, I'll be giving away $1 million and I'll be giving it to you. All you have to do. The way he talks is like, buddy, just don't talk like that. And I think people would be more likely to trust you. And I just wonder if it's a conversation he had with himself. Those are, those are super bowl ads. We got a couple movie previews I want to talk about. We don't have time today, so we'll maybe talk about those later. Chris, I just know you've got movie thoughts. And I saw a couple trailers that I was like, okay, that could be really interesting.

[Chris]

And a couple of trails that you're like, wait, this is a trailer for A movie they didn't even.

[Katie Nolan]

Was that the Brad Pit? Who was it that was in him?

[Chris]

That one? Yeah.

[Katie Nolan]

They just tell you the name of the movie.

[Chris]

The Adventures of Cliff Booth.

[Katie Nolan]

Yeah, but they didn't say that.

[Chris]

Which is a movie directed by David Fincher, written by Quentin Tarantino, and they didn't think to put either of those factors into the ad.

[Katie Nolan]

I know. Strange. I found that very strange. I get it. Everybody's trying to do something different, but thought that was very strange. All right, the time has come. It's time to talk about the.

[Chris]

And we're out of time.

[Katie Nolan]

Actually, that's it.

[Chris]

We've reached the end of the show.

[Isabella]

Sorry, we only have two minutes left.

[Katie Nolan]

I know. Darn, that's too bad. I'll have to fly through my thoughts. Listen, Super Bowl 6, 60 narratives coming into it. I don't know if we got to talk about this at all on. On this show last week, but Drake May, obviously, in voting for the mvp, Drake May finished one vote shy of the amount of votes that the winner got, Matt Stafford. So that was a big piece of conversation heading into this game. Drake May, was he robbed of mvp. Somebody voted for Justin Herbert. So people were like, that vote. It's like when you watch a reality show where there's a vote. This happened a lot on the challenge, and they were like, you burned your vote. That was a burn vote. Or it's like you voted for somebody who obviously wasn't going to win. You kind of just burned it on this guy. I feel differently about that than most people. I think when it came to the hall of Fame, it didn't make sense to me that Bill Belichick didn't get in because that's a binary vote. Is Bill Belichick a Hall of Famer? If the answer is yes, you put him in. Whereas I feel like mvp, you have finalists for a reason. You are well within your rights to vote for any of those finalists. And the guy who voted for Justin Herbert, I think, made his argument. That being said, Mina Kimes voted Drake May mvp, which I was kind of excited to see. I just realized I owe her a video. I have to say something nice about the Seahawks and text it to her today. I forgot about that.

[Brady]

Congratulations on winning the Super Bowl. Mike McDonald's.

[Katie Nolan]

It's pretty good. Thank you, Brady. Maybe I'll just have Brady do it. So leading into the game, that was the conversation. I also. It was nice to see Rodney Harrison, former Patriot, tell Tony Dungy, former coach of the Colts, somebody who voted, I believe he had a vote on that panel about Belichick getting into the hall of Fame. Right? We don't know. I don't think which way he voted. He has not confirmed or denied, but Rodney Harrison told him to his face that he got it wrong. That was good pre game stuff for me. I really enjoyed that pre game shout out Rodney Harrison. That was kind of a sick move to do it to his face. Also, before the game, we found out that Jordan Hudson, Bill Belichick's girlfriend, cheer star, showed up to Brady. What was that, a UNC basketball game?

[Brady]

Yeah, UNC Duke on Saturday.

[Katie Nolan]

So a big basketball game. Showed up with Bill wearing a T shirt that said Orchids of Asia massage parlor, which is the. Isabella. I see your look of confusion. That is a Florida massage parlor where Bob Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, is alleged. I don't know what words I'm supposed to say because I haven't checked back in with this story in a while. To have received extra services from the employees. And I believe the employees were identified to be part of a ring, perhaps that they were being brought over and. And maybe trafficked. I don't know if that was ever confirmed. So I'm kind of tiptoeing here. She's alluding to a scandal that occurred with the owner of the patriots a couple. 20, 20, 19.

[Brady]

20, 19, 20, 19.

[Katie Nolan]

Yeah. Just an interesting time to. To where, as with most things, Jordan does remember trail of salty tears. It's like she doesn't have the context to go like this is bigger than whatever the beef is that I'm thinking it is. You know what I mean? She wanted to take a shot at Robert Kraft on behalf of. Of her man's. And I understand the instinct, but it's like you're. You're sort of invoking. You're sort of making sex workers the punchline of a. Of the. You're. They're catching a stray that maybe you could have considered before you made your statement. But. So that's what we had going into the game.

[Brady]

Also, I saw misdemeanor charges against Robert Kraft dropped, by the way.

[Katie Nolan]

Okay. And anything about the. Whatever. We also got before the game, I saw a clip of Cardi b on a red carpet and someone said, you want to send a message to Stefon Diggs before the big game? She looked right into the camera and said, good luck, and walked away. And that should have been. That should have been like, not lovingly. No. Do we have the clip? Play the clip. Inspiring message for Stefan before the game. What inspired message? Good luck.

[Isabella]

Oh, that was short and good luck. Kind of sweet.

[Katie Nolan]

It's possible that maybe she's like, look, I'm not giving you this. You're just a reporter. I don't want to. It's. It did read a little cold. Yeah. So more on that in just a second. One thing I really didn't like while we're doing Stefan Diggs, he made eye contact during the pre game. I think it was when they do God Bless America.

[Brady]

He did.

[Katie Nolan]

Yes. Stare direct directly to the camera.

[Isabella]

I said, hi.

[Katie Nolan]

I did the same thing. I did the same thing.

[Chris]

Can he see me?

[Katie Nolan]

Exactly. I sat back, I looked at Dan, and I was like, tell him to look away. I don't need you to look into my. It's like when you're looking at a.

[Isabella]

Painting, and no matter where you go.

[Katie Nolan]

In the room, it's like.

[Chris]

It's like the final scene in Kentucky Fried Movie.

[Katie Nolan]

Yeah, totally, Chris. It was uncomfortable. And I will also say, since when do we do opening act? God bless America. Also the anthem. There was a lot of pre festivities that I maybe. Jon Bon Jovi announcing the Patriots question mark. He's. He's. I'm pretty sure associated with the Giants, if not the Bills, the Eagles. He's had multiple teams. I don't. I know he's like friends with Kraft, but it just felt like a get. Ben and Matt, they've got a movie to promote. Let tell them to bring their director friend.

[Brady]

Coco Jones did lift every voice and sing, by the way.

[Katie Nolan]

Oh, I didn't see. I missed. How did I miss that? Where did that fall in the.

[Brady]

I want to say that goes like second.

[Katie Nolan]

Honestly, I missed it. I thought it was. I was like, wow, they got rid of that so good, I guess. Good to know that they did it and I just somehow missed it. Maybe I was doing the chicken. Maybe I was heating up my chicken because I had to eat something before I got my absolute shit pushed in. Can I just say this? First things first. It's gonna. America 250 is gonna be exhausting. They're already hitting us with the branding on that. It's like a. And it's a lot. But I guess the most patriotic thing I'll say that Charlie puth the shot of the end of the anthem up to the flyover. Perfect flyover. The only criticism of flyovers other than the exorbitant spending is usually the timing. It's like you can't time them perfectly. So it's like the anthem will end and then they'll be a little late, or maybe they come across a little early. It was perfect. It was like beautiful. It was like the magic hour was happening. It was the most gorgeous TV shot I've maybe ever seen. Charlie Puth, by the way, hit the under the anthem. He did. What did Isabella say? I did?

[Isabella]

I said the under.

[Katie Nolan]

Okay, so off to a good start.

[Isabella]

When I was watching it, I was like, oh, I didn't. I was like, oh, that's him. And it was like 10 seconds. And I was like, I don't have time to start my timer. So someone count same.

[Katie Nolan]

I did the exact. I was like, get the timer out. And then by then it was over. So I couldn't tell.

[Isabella]

I know. I lost the game.

[Katie Nolan]

Well, we'll get to that. Spoiler alert. Sorry. Cool that they had Malcolm Butler ring the bell. Obviously, he was responsible for the interception the last time these two teams played in the super bowl and the Patriots ended up winning. So they had him on the field. And ringing the bell was exciting.

[Chris]

Really rung that.

[Katie Nolan]

This is when I had really good feelings still. I was like, loving this. This is awesome. Then they got a field. Seattle got a field goal early. And then there was just punts, punts, punts, punts, punts. A very boring game. I want to say a couple things. Number one, shout out to Christian Gonzalez, an incredible player, the 100% and the amount of times he made a brilliant defensive play. Perfectly timed a dive to get his hand in between the ball and the intended recipient of the ball without in any way interfering. It was like three key moments where he was responsible for the breaking up of a play that then led to them, instead of going for a touchdown, getting a field goal.

[Isabella]

Is this a Patriots?

[Katie Nolan]

Yes. One of the only ones whose name I would like to mention in this rundown of the super bowl because he was one of the only ones whose performance was so crucial.

[Isabella]

You know, I thought you were gonna say he was the only one that did anything.

[Katie Nolan]

I mean, kind of, not really, but kind of. It was a lot of field goals. Actually. It was a super new super bowl record. Myers hit five field goals before that. The four was the record. He hit five. Still, unfortunately, not enough to get mvp. There have been conversations in the past about kickers being named super bowl mvp. It's never happened. But Adam Vinateri made a pretty strong argument a couple years for the super bowl for the Patriots and Myers tonight, that night, last night, two nights ago, when you're listening to this, I really thought he was going to get it. But he didn't. It ended up going to their runner, running back Walker, who also had a good game. He, you know, most of the Seattle Seahawks had a pretty good game. And look, I'm happy for Sam Darnold. We've talked about his redemption story, about how he, you know, was drafted third overall by the jets, had a horrendous time there. They were calling him a bust. He went to various organizations, one of which that he mentioned after the game and specifically shouted out the San Francisco 49ers. He talked about Kyle Shanahan and playing behind Brock Purdy and how that was huge for him. Then he went to Minnesota. He had a great regular season. The last game of the regular season, not so much. And then also their first playoff game was atrocious. Everybody was saying that that meant he wasn't valuable anymore. It was all just a fluke. Seattle makes him their quarterback. People are like, oh, what's he gonna do? He ends up doing amazing again in the regular season, and then now he wins the Super Bowl. So amazing for him. Maybe not his greatest performance. The numbers don't jump out. You're not like, wow, look at the completion percentage. Wow, what an incredible pass. He did what he had to do. He didn't lose the game. Drake may not a good. Not a good performance. We don't know what's up with his injury. I'm assuming we'll find out more over the next few days. If he was still struggling. I know he had a shoulder thing that they kept saying, don't worry about it. He's fine. A lackluster.

[Brady]

He did say he took an injection before the game.

[Katie Nolan]

Right. And that made. Who wouldn't, you know, inject all of it. Make me feel nothing.

[Brady]

Ray Lewis style.

[Katie Nolan]

I would. Last game to feel nothing. Wasn't that like deer piss? Wasn't there like a.

[Brady]

It was like deer antler spray, which is. Is banned in, like, half of the sports. He came back from a torn bicep in, like two months.

[Katie Nolan]

Yeah, crazy. So, yeah, Drake May struggled. He had a fumble. I believe one was a fumble. I thought it was a fumble. Turns out they made. It was an interception. He threw a pick directly to a defender. That one was a nightmare mess. And just in general, not great. Second year quarterback. Lot of talk about, like I said, missed MVP by one vote. Not his. Not his best. I assume he's dealing with something. The offensive line. I thought it was great that two rookies side by side on an O line. This is the first time that happened and they made it to a Super bowl thumbs up. Unfortunately, they let up. They let them get to Drake so much, I believe six total sacks of Drake May, if not seven, really bad. One of them, he fumbled. That's when Dan and I almost. That's when it was like I was at my wit's end. I turned away from the sack, saw the fumble, but I think Dan maybe thought I didn't see the fumble. And so he said he fumbled it. And I was like, I know Dan. I saw. Maybe if you'd move that electrical substation, my sweet boy quarterback could have a good game. There was a point in the game where I looked at Drake May's sweet baby face and I got ahead of myself. I thought, wow, what's his face going to look like by the time his 15 year run with our team is done? What sort of procedures and buckle fat removal will this one get to make him look entirely different by the time he has led us to six Super Bowls? And then he. And then he just didn't have a good game, so it didn't end up mattering. And I don't know, saw a lot of people saying, if you lose your first one, you don't get back there again. And I hope that that's not true. Now, Stefan Diggs, if I may. What made you think, when you had three receptions in the entire game, what made you think that when you caught that first down in the fourth quarter, maybe our fifth first down of the entire game, that you should spin the ball and celebrate like you did something? Yeah, sure, it led to a touchdown. That, yeah, sure, it almost didn't because Drake, like, threw the ball kind. And Ramondre Stevenson, I think, had to, like, grab it and bring it into the end zone. Sure, it led to a touchdown, but to get up from a first down, your third catch maybe, and spin the. Are you kidding me? After the game, Cardi B. And Stephon Diggs unfollowed each other on Instagram. Oh, and I. And I.

[Isabella]

Wait, we know that it was after the game. We know that they were following each other before the game.

[Katie Nolan]

I don't know, okay? But I do know that when I checked after the game. They're not following each other during the game.

[Brady]

Is not off the table with those two.

[Katie Nolan]

Geez Louise.

[Isabella]

He's like on the bench.

[Katie Nolan]

And look, it could be for valid reasons. I'm not saying. I know that famously I said, I hope they stay together before we knew most of the stuff that we knew. But don't try not. You shouldn't. There should be one Big event per night of your life. You should not. Don't make any big decisions after losing the super bowl is I think what I'm saying. Don't get into any big emotional, like, life planning decisions after a devastating loss, because there's no good will come of that. Go to sleep, sleep it off, and then figure it out the next day. Let's not be breaking up after losing the Super Bowl.

[Chris]

It just continues to amuse me that people use following and unfollowing their significant others as a way to show the world that they have broken up. Much like if you have a free agent basketball player all of a sudden following and you team and everyone's like, whoa, whoa. Kevin Durant just followed the Rockets.

[Katie Nolan]

It's like, it's partially cool. Where it's like, wow, look at the power they have just by following. Unfollow. And then it's partially like, who's checking on this? Who noticed that this hat. Remember when Instagram used to do that? When you would open Instagram and it would be like, this person liked this video. Oh, yeah, that's weird. Don't tell me.

[Isabella]

I was saying that you should be messing with. Seen unfollow Dan.

[Katie Nolan]

Oh. And just see what people say. Here's the thing. Nobody's gonna notice. And then I'm gonna just feel sad, and then Dan's gonna go, hey, what the hell? Why don't you follow me anymore? And it's just gonna end up being dramatic and sad for me.

[Brady]

It'd be like that time rita Ora said 500,000 retweets and I'll release my new album early. And it got like 1200 retweets.

[Katie Nolan]

And she's been out here trying it for quite some time, and she just keeps bringing that same energy, and I love that for her. But it could not be me. I'd go, so you guys are good, right?

[Isabella]

Right.

[Katie Nolan]

So you guys are not into this, right? You got it. Keep going, Rita Ora. Stefan Diggs kind of got punched, though. I will say that. Didn't get called in any way. Saw Rabel get pretty pissed about that. I don't want to be the Patriots fan who says anything about calls, because I don't think it would have changed the game. There were a couple times they got a friendly spot on the first down for the. For the. For the Seahawks. And there was also a couple times a. A penalty didn't get called that would have given the Patriots a first down. It's not worth it. It's not worth going through all that they got their butts kicked. Did I say the final score yet for this stupid fucking game nobody fucking cares about at all? 29:13, the Seahawks beat the Pates. So, listen, we said before the game, nobody thought we'd be here, and so I should just be happy that we're here. I liked the halftime show, and I feel like that's all I'm going to remember from this evening. Chris, fellow Patriots fan, did you have anything you want to say to put a button on this game?

[Chris]

No, I think you said it. Well, I. I probably have less on the line than you did because, like, my Patriots fandom is probably half of what yours is, if that. I just enjoyed being able to see as many Patriots games throughout the season as possible. The fact that they made the super bowl means there's a lot of opportunities to watch your team play, and that just makes it more interesting to watch these games. Games, in the end, proud of what they did, proud of what Drake May was able to do up until the playoffs. Yeah, it is what it is. It sucks, but we move on. And now it's baseball season.

[Katie Nolan]

That's right. I'm wearing a Boston Bruins sweatshirt today because it's hockey season. I don't know about football. I don't even.

[Isabella]

You don't know her.

[Katie Nolan]

Actually don't watch a lot of football. So please don't come up to me and ask me about it because I actually, honestly, really violent sport and, like, not good for brain health. And I just feel like. I don't know. It's not really. But if it's your thing, that's awesome. I'm sure that's really cool for you.

[Isabella]

Is that a Patriots helmet decor behind you?

[Katie Nolan]

Oh, I don't know. I couldn't know. But this is somebody else's studio. We're just using it. So I'm sure that it is. I don't. And is it pronounced pates when you shorten it? I don't. I wouldn't. I don't even know.

[Isabella]

It is.

[Katie Nolan]

I don't. Right. That's what I thought.

[Isabella]

Yeah.

[Katie Nolan]

So, okay, that wraps up the Super Bowl. Now here's the thing. I wanted to do some Olympics here, but I do fear we're running a little long. Should I mention these stories and then maybe we get into them in an Olympics? We'll spend the first half of the episode on Thursday talking Olympics, and maybe we can dive into these a little more. But I did want to just mention that we had seen them. So Breezy Johnson on Sunday became the Second American woman ever to win the Olympic gold medal in downhill skiing. And that was just hours after the person to accomplish the feat, Lindsey Vaughn, crashed violently on the course. Obviously, we talked about she had torn her ACL in the days leading up to the Olympics, but she was going to ski anyway. Many considered her the favorite. Lindsey Vaughn to win the event. Something I saw online, a lot of people being like, that's why you don't ski with a torn ACL. Because I think it was. Was it 13 seconds Brady into the event, she crashed. I tried to wake up at 5:30am to watch this, this. And I guess I just slept through my alarm. Dan and I woke up at like, 10am Looked at each other and said, did we get up to do that? And so we didn't look it up. We just, like, went and I had DV it just in case. And we went and watched it and, wow, it was really bad. I saw a lot of people say, that's why you don't ski on a torn acl. Apparently, that has been done before. There are male skiers who have done this before. And all the experts who talked about the actual crash said that her torn ACL was not the reason for it. It was that she took too aggressive of a line, which is such a Lindsey Von thing to do. That's how she's always been. It's a defining characteristic of the way she skis, is that she's aggressive. She tries to get an advantage anywhere she can. She took a line that was a little too sharp, got caught on a gate and flipped. It was tragic. It was unfortunate. But everybody using this as an excuse to dunk on a woman who, at the age of 41, got out there on a torn ACL and tried to ski and could have won is just, I think, misinformed. I saw people saying she should have let somebody else have her spot. That's actually not how skiing qualifying works. So it wouldn't. The spot wouldn't have gone to somebody else. Lindsey Vonn wanted to get this done. It was important to her, and I don't think that's our place to judge. It's obviously tragic and sad what happened and important that we congratulate Breezy Johnson for getting it done. Nobody was talking about that or thinking about that leading into this. Everything was about Lindsey Vaughn and Breezy Johnson stepped up and won the gold. So congratulations to her. An update on USA Women's hockey. They we told you that they beat Finland 5 nothing. And then they went on and beat Czechia 5 one, they are playing their third game against Switzerland right now as we're recording this. So you know the outcome, dear listener, but we do not. Kind of crazy, the Nora virus ripping through the hockey teams, the women's hockey teams. The Canadian Finland game was post postponed because of the Finnish squad getting a bunch of norovirus. And then the Swiss team had to quarantine after a positive test happened following their comeback win over Czechia on Friday afternoon. Just a lot of Shatner really will shat a really terrible. I don't know if you guys have ever had norovirus. It's incredibly contagious and it. And it's both ends at the same time. It's just like get out of me constantly for hours and hours and hours on end. So something I can imagine you would not want tearing through your Olympic hockey competition. So best of luck to all those women. Yikes.

[Brady]

I think the most romantic night I've ever had with my wife was in the hospital with her suffering from neurovirus, holding her hand and knowing it was coming. Yeah, Just ticking down the hours until the gates opened on my own.

[Katie Nolan]

Boom. That's really brutal. And then the figure skating has been pretty intense. A couple years ago, they inter. Or a couple Olympics ago, I should say, they introduced this team event for figure skating which tried to create kind of like they do in gymnastics, something that made all these disciplines compete towards one event. So you've got ice dancing, you've got pairs, you've got men's and women's, and they do, over the course of three nights, all of these events that add up in a very complex way that I won't be explaining here, into a cumulative score. And then a team is awarded a win. The United States ended up winning the team event. They won gold. But it was very dramatic. It featured Ilia Malinin, who we're calling the Quad God. He ended up having to come in. He wasn't supposed to skate, but they needed him. The USA had a, A, I believe a five point lead heading into the final night. And then they, they blew it a little bit and they needed to basically lean on Ilya to come in and save the team. And he did. There's a lot of drama in figure skating and I can't wait to tell Isabella about it. I think next podcast we can get into more of that, but I will just say Quad God. He gave himself that nickname. Oh, he gave it to himself and he skates to music. I don't know if you watched any. Isabella, did you watch any of the figure skating? No, the music that he skates to features him reading inspirational quotes. Oh, yeah. It's so.

[Isabella]

And it's over music.

[Katie Nolan]

Mm.

[Isabella]

Okay.

[Katie Nolan]

It's something.

[Isabella]

Sometimes you have to be your own inspiration. So true.

[Katie Nolan]

So true. Ice dancing is happening tonight. You will have seen it already by the time you're listening to this. But I'm excited for it because they've got a 90s music theme that apparently people were really annoyed by because it was hard to find music. But for me, I'm hyped for 90s rhythm and so we're gonna be able to check that out. That's just. Just showing you. Our finger is on the pulse of the Olympics and no one's happier to stop talking about the super bowl than me. So we'll focus more on the Olympics moving forward for the rest of this week and next week. Lot of good events. I'm sure Chris will tell some of us. Tell us about some of them coming up here in a little bit. Let's take a quick break. And when we come back, not just that Chris is going to tell us what to watch if we want to watch sports this week, but also Brady's going to do a little segment we've come up with with who should be the most embarrassed. A lot of embarrassing things happening this past, I guess, week in the world of sports. And we'll take a look at those right after a break.

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[Brady]

We're going to start with this. I'm going to tell you the first moment and you tell me if the second is more embarrassing. Number one. In the second quarter of Sunday's Knicks Celtics game in Boston, the Celtics sent an errant pass out of bounds that was collected by their mop guy and he passed it back in bounds with the grace and expertise of throwing a five gallon bag of arms and legs everywhere.

[Katie Nolan]

It's. You guys gotta look that up. It's like he's never touched a basketball in his life.

[Chris]

I am gonna defend him, please. So what he did looked very uncoordinated, I will give you that. Yeah, I think he was just trying to spin the ball as much as he possibly could. He was trying to throw it back to, you know, the other side of the court because he was on the far end and he was sort of trying to of heave it half a quartz length away from him and trying to spin it simultaneously. And when you're trying to do both of those motions at once, it sort of looks a little bit weird. You're sort of flicking your arm out to the side, your legs sort of flail about. I think that's what he was trying to do.

[Isabella]

I don't think it doesn't look as bad as I thought.

[Chris]

Standard pass.

[Katie Nolan]

Okay, fine. I thought it looked like the way.

[Isabella]

He did his arm. Like it's kind of. It looks awkward, but like it's not.

[Katie Nolan]

Okay.

[Brady]

I love you guys.

[Katie Nolan]

What's the other embarrassing. What's the other embarrassing moment? Clearly he's gonna lo.

[Brady]

During the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl, a quote unquote streaker invaded the field and was chased down by eight security officers and Patriots wide receiver Kyle Williams while wearing the slogan of a crypto company on his chest. We say quotes because the streaker had on a full pair of pants.

[Katie Nolan]

Yeah, that's embarrassing. They don't show it I don't know if you're new to the sport. Most sports, any sport, they're not going to show a streaker. Not just because of the nudity, but if you run on the field, they don't want to reward that. I remember I got in trouble for that when I was doing baseball games for Apple. Apple TV plus. Cuz I called it like he was a. An athlete. And they were like, we're not supposed to address it. And I'm like, yeah, but people want to know.

[Isabella]

Remember when I did that? Like you. You struck you str once.

[Katie Nolan]

Oh, yeah. No, no. I was in the booth and I was addressing that. It happened. And you're not supposed to, so we didn't get to see. But then when you find video online, because of course it's an event with tons of people at it, you see that he's fully got pants on. I didn't notice the crypto thing. But that makes it even more embarrassing, I will say, because I've always said that the mop guy pass actually wasn't that embarra. So I'll say that it was the streaker.

[Brady]

All right, Streaker. Or this. A German newspaper has accused a number of Olympic ski jumpers of injecting their penises with hyaluronic acid to increase their size. Didn't know you could do that. During the suit fitting phase. Reportedly an extra 2 square centimeters of baggy suit material could create a sail effect.

[Katie Nolan]

Oh my God.

[Brady]

Five to six meters of flying distance.

[Katie Nolan]

Yeah, I. My thing says, according to a study last fall by the journal Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, an inseam difference of less than 1 inch could increase the length of a jump by more than nine feet. So apparently in Norway, they were injecting their penises with hyaluronic acid, which is a common question mark. It's like an injectable that you can use.

[Brady]

Who does that ask for?

[Katie Nolan]

To make your penis appear bigger. And so they were doing that before getting sized for their suit so that when their actual penis showed up to the event, there'd be a lot of extra room that could then be used to help them go further.

[Brady]

And no one was calling them out like, wait, that's not the real penis.

[Katie Nolan]

What's in. But yeah, someone said, I thought this was bigger. I could have sworn this was a lot bigger. Embarrassing because Norway is supposed to be just good at this on their own. They're not supposed to need to fake a big penis. So I would say this one's probably more embarrassing. All right.

[Brady]

More Embarrassing. That or this. The four man US Bobsled team had an unfortunate accident in a pre Olympics run with only one member making it onto the sled and the other three falling down and just letting him go solo.

[Katie Nolan]

Isabella, did you see that clip?

[Isabella]

No, I didn't.

[Katie Nolan]

You gotta find the US it is. I've never seen any. All of the. It's perfect physical comedy. For that reason, I'm gonna say it's not as embarrass. I mean it is very embarrassing. But it's just such a beautiful clip where, you know, a bobsled is a running SL start. One guy hops in or gal hops in and then the others in order sort of hop in. The first person is tucked in so tight they can steer, but they can't really see they're requiring the people behind them to do their part. And that's the only guy that gets in and one folds over the side of the wall. One of them goes sliding behind it. And then you get the shot of the bobsled pulling away with the guys on their back butts sliding down the track behind it. And it's just such funny. It's like such comedy in a clip. I'm going to say injecting your penis with acid to make you jump further is more embarrassing than that.

[Brady]

Not a sentence.

[Katie Nolan]

Allegedly, I guess a week ago.

[Brady]

All right, last option. Saturday night at the fanatics pre super bowl party in San Francisco, 48 year old Tom Brady and 25 year old Alex Earl were once again spotted together. Together dancing. Just as a 48 year old 6 foot 5 man would do. The New York Post reports the two are now quote, hooking up. To which I say, quote, no, I hate it.

[Katie Nolan]

Tom Brady, who before the super bowl famously felt it was important to let everybody know he didn't have a dog in the fight, that he wasn't rooting for either team. It really sucks. I know no one's ever going to feel bad for New England fans, but it really sucks that Brady's beef with Belichick and Belichick's beef with Kraft has led to this thing where these two monumental parts of our history, part of our greatness aren't rooting for the team that I still root for because I still live here. Like that's still where I'm from. And they just are both like trying to dunk on this team that I'm like, aren't you two associated with this team? Shouldn't you be happy?

[Isabella]

I had no idea that Tom Brady and Bobella Belchick have beef?

[Katie Nolan]

Yeah, they're. They don't. Well, they, you know, professional respect for each other, of course. But, you know, part of the turmoil within the organization was that Brady wanted more weapons and Brady wanted. He had taken very team friendly contracts and always done stuff to help the team out. And Belichick wasn't giving him, he felt the personnel or any special treatment that he felt he had earned at that point. So then he left and everybody said who was responsible for the Super Bowls, Brady or Belichick? Then Brady left and won a Super bowl with Tampa Bay on his own. And Belichick had a couple like a shitty or two seasons and then left and now is in the situation that he's in. So it's like a non feud feud type of a gotcha situation. That being said, Tom Brady, you look like a baby in one of those. What's that thing you put a toddler in where it's like a circle and you. And it's got legs cut out and you put them in the middle and they bounce. When they bounce like that on a. And they usually have wheels on them and they can wheel themselves around and just bounce. That's what Tom Brady looks like dancing in this clip. It is so embarrass, so embarrassing to watch him in a hat and sunglasses trying to talk to Alex Earl, who in fairness, I guess we do not see the front of her face. Like, we do not see her reaction to him, but it feels like it's less into him than he is into her. He's like smiling, like really cheesing. He's really into it. And he just keeps like bopping again, like a human trying to learn how to use their knees for the first time. It's. It's tough.

[Chris]

Can I just say the exact reason why I don't like dancing is the exact is. Is because of what you're experiencing.

[Katie Nolan]

I think you'd be better than this, Chris. I know that about you. I still think you'd be better than this.

[Chris]

People might be saying I look like a baby in a. Whatever that thing is called.

[Katie Nolan]

I would never. What is that thing called anyway? A bouncer Bip.

[Chris]

That sounds good.

[Katie Nolan]

Couldn't feel bad. Yeah. And so it's penis injections or this. I think it's this. Ooh, I don't know. I don't know. And maybe I'm just mad. Maybe I'm just mad about the whole I don't care about your team thing. But yeah, I think it's this. It's not a good look somebody 20 years younger than you and you're trying to, like, hang, and you're just looking, you know, a little old and maybe a little like the club club is. Is getting to you. Why do you have sunglasses on? What are we doing? And maybe he's doing Dr. U G S. I don't know. I would never even allege because the guy's never eaten, like, a tomato. Like, why would I even say.

[Brady]

I don't think spelling it out makes it better.

[Katie Nolan]

I think it does. I think they can't take me to court if I say he allegedly could be doing that. I saw a lot of people online saying the only thing that would make you dance like that is D R U G S. I don't think anyone. Those who can't spell don't know even what I'm saying. They're. They're still trying to. To figure it out.

[Brady]

Because he's in a baby's bouncer doesn't mean you have to. All right.

[Katie Nolan]

No. What? I want you to finish the sentence. What?

[Brady]

Doesn't mean you have to talk like you are walking around a baby.

[Katie Nolan]

Got it.

[Brady]

Should we get ice? C a M. Wow.

[Katie Nolan]

Well, see, like, what is that? I don't know what that even is, so I couldn't possibly even address what you said. Hey, let's go to Chris, who's going to tell us what we can watch if we want to watch some sports this week. Chris, what do you got? A lot of options.

[Chris]

Three really quick things. Number one, the T20 World cup continues. USA are playing against the Netherlands 8:30am Eastern on Friday, February 13th. Free on YouTube, on the ICC's YouTube, so make sure you check that out. On Friday, the USA lost its first match against India, but it was quite close. They'll be facing off against Pakistan early Tuesday morning, but by the time that most people listen to this, that game will have been done. So check out the. The game against the Netherlands on Friday. The second thing, the men's hockey in the Winter Olympics. USA against Denmark. That'd be at 3:10pm on Saturday, February 14th on NBC. Big, big matchup. Let's see if the US can get it done. Number three, on Sunday, the Daytona 500 featuring our friends Ryan Blaney and Bubba Wallace. That'll be at 2:30 Eastern on Sunday, February 15th on Fox. You can also listen to that race on Sirius XM as well.

[Katie Nolan]

Amazing. Really well done and nice and quick so that we can get you guys out of here in a reasonable amount of time. Hey, thanks, everyone, for listening to Casuals happy to be back in our home studio where there aren't 7,000 guests and a bunch of people yelling a great time. We had a great time at the super bowl and thank you everybody for watching and listening to all of our content from that. But we're back here now and that game is over and we're never gonna talk about it again. Don't forget if you want to reach out to us Casuals. Katienolanmail.com Our voicemail is 646-801-0043 on IG and TikTok. We are at CasualsThePodcast. Don't forget Noah Khan on Thursday. We will see you then. Love you, mean it. Bye. Know what your vehicle needs before it needs it? Visit your Cadillac Certified Service center and ask for a multi point vehicle inspection. Plus, with the winter ready service event, get up to $210 in stackable rebates on batteries, brake pads and rotors, cabin and engine, air filters and wiper blades at participating USGM dealers only. Max rebate derives from collectible rebates on all eligible parts. Visit cadillac.com ServiceOffers or see Dealer Prop. Full details Offer ends 22826 Multi Point Vehicle inspections vary by participating dealer. This message is brought to you by Cottonelle. Cottonelle leaves you feeling so clean, you'll want to come clean about everything else. Like the fact that your home gym is actually just where you keep your laundry. Your booty deserves the best, and the Cottonelle toilet Paper and Flushable Wipes duo use cleaning ripples to clean better and leave you feeling comfortably dry. It's the clean that makes you finally admit you still own a pair of cargo shorts you claim are vint. Come clean with cotton lips.