Swish Edition

This week we’ve got cheese aged by rap music; a Juneteenth ice cream flavor debacle; how fast food and junk food keeps you coming back; price controls at the airport; the poor people who want to save a volcano; National Doughnut Day is upon us; Taco Bell wasn’t ready for the Mexican Pizza fervor; TSA Pre is NOT for everyone; Pepsi says goodbye to the Super Bowl Half-Time Show; and the ridiculous notion that you can trademark a color. All of that, and more pop culture silliness from Dale & Scott.

Dale & Scott talk about the last phone booth in Manhattan; edible tape for your burrito; Coke’s new attached bottle caps; Ellen’s very last show; fast foods’ deceptive marketing fools nobody; we dug “Downton Abbey: A New Era;” “Obi Wan Kenobi” premieres this week; the Wonder Twins get deactivated; Vogue magazine has a nerve; Ricky Martin’s brand new role; the damned Ringling Bros. circus is coming back; Breeze Airways offers more nonstops to Sin City; and, lot more pop culture news and views.

Some rants, some raves, & Old Bay Goldfish! We’re also talking about thanking people for birthday wishes; Royal Caribbean’s behemoth; Warhol’s pricey Marilyn; lifting off with cocktails in Las Vegas; Cosmopolitan Las Vegas’ very generous surprise bonuses; Reba and “True Lies” coming to broadcast television; renting out your swimming pool to strangers; an animated “Married…With Children” might be coming; we were pronouncing ‘Ye’ wrong; McDonald’s finally leaves Russia; and, more silliness.

We had a few drinks and then we talked about Justin Bieber getting blackballed by Ferrari; Jane Fonda had to sleep in her dress; Kim Kardashian gets shit for Marilyn’s dress; the insane Johnny Depp/Amber Heard trial; Jimmy Buffett launches his own cruise ship; Taco Bell brings back a fan favorite with Doja and Dolly’s help; vacations in space could be a thing soon; NPH is coming back to television comedy; all the newest streaming video news; and, lots of other silly pop culture rants and raves.

We’ve combined the classic Swish Edition with our other podcast, Binge Bum. We’ll still talk about things like Lady Gaga’s song for the new “Top Gun” movie; Mountain Dew’s spicy soda; Elon Musk putting the cocaine back into Coke; James Cordon leaving late night; flight attendants want a 2-drink maximum; and, drag shows at Taco Bell…but we’ll also discuss the best of streaming subscription services like Netflix’s “That 90’s Show” and HBO Max’s “Hacks.” Grab a drink and listen to us rant and rave.

Dale & Scott talk about celebrities of yesteryear whoring themselves out for a buck (should they do it too?!); CNN+’s quick death; Elon Musk’s newest dream comes true; Toby Keith is the oldest dog alive; the U.S. Army creates panic on Capitol Hill; Halloween is six months away; Virgin adds a fourth cruise ship; how much are you willing to pay for dinner?; Disney and DeSantis battle it out; and, Pop Tarts bring back a fan favorite. Trust us…this is everything you need to know this week. 

Almost 10 years after her Swish debut, we’re dedicating today’s episode to Washington, DC legend Wendy Rieger, who passed away this past Saturday. Scott treasured his 30+ year friendship with the NBC4 anchor and was thrilled to have her a guest on the show. We remember the ultimate News Babe while also discussing deadly Lucky Charms; all the Martha Stewart news; Tom Brady’s football; Coachella hell; Universal going electric; Saint José Andrés; and, much more pop culture silliness. 

Dale & Scott kick off Season 12 from a new home base back in Las Vegas! It’s a new season, an old town, a new studio, and the same old show…but somehow better. They’re talking about 100,000 ladybugs; taco truck flavored jellybeans; an 11-course KFC-inspired dinner; Formula 1 racing coming to Sin City; cancel culture is incredibly uneven; AirBnB is getting a very bad rap of late; Benniifer 2.0 seems like a bad idea; Elon Musk largest shareholder of Twitter; and, much more pop culture craziness.

Our last hurrah of the season brings thoughts on the Super Bowl; Nick Cannon’s condom vending machine; Peloton’s rotten severance package; Dolly keeps topping herself; is Starlink doomed?; why little dicked guys love mini Coke cans; not everybody loved Betty White; The New York Times doesn’t want you to guess bad words on Wordle; French Fry perfume is a thing; the “Naked Gun” movies are being rebooted; and, much more pop culture silliness. (PS—Season 12 starts April 5, 2022.) 

Dale & Scott mix it up with Dolly Parton’s favorite Taco Bell order; the Bengals aren’t allowed to watch the Super Bowl; The New York Times buys our favorite game; the Groundhog is a bitch; Jeff Zucker got shafted but CNN still sucks; Whoopi did nothing wrong; Rudy Giuliani? Seriously?; Build-a-Bear goes dark-ish; more “Scream;” we are loving “Pam & Tommy;” did we mention CNN sucks?; and much more pop culture silliness.

Gearing up for the Groundhog’s prediction; celebrating the Year of the Tiger; using the name ‘Super Bowl’ on purpose; on the fence about the Olympics; mental health IS important, we know that; what’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” without dwarfs; a woman tries to buy a baby at Walmart; McDonald’s hacks their menu (for a limited time); Madonna wants to tour with Britney; “Halloween Ends” release date; Joe Rogan’s apology; it turns out Adele is having relationship problems; and, much more.

Sometimes we can’t help but rant…about ultra-woke people trying to tell the rest of the world what’s appropriate and what isn’t; anti-vaxx singer/actor Meat Loaf dies of Covid (and he was okay with it); the Super Bowl halftime show is setting itself up to fail; M&Ms feels the need to empower cartoon women; Crystal Cruises sinks; Amazon channels Kohl’s; run monkey, run!; diva Adele makes a hell of a lot of people mad; the Grammys are moving to Vegas because of Covid in Cali; and more silliness.

Dale & Scott apologize for being too loud this week, but “Absolutely Fabulous” is coming back; Disney keeps sanitizing the classics; an all-star cast (and a cannibal) return for “Death on the Nile;” the buoy arsonists are caught; Oreos and Campbell’s will try anything; Goldfish grow; Ye Old Kayne is a bit jealous of big dicked Pete; Betty White lives on; Steve Harvey has had enough; Milton takes his stapler to space; some crazies’ll wait all day for a popcorn bucket; and, much more silliness.

Lots of BIG news this week about Dale & Scott, as well as discussions about taco subscriptions; the Washington Football Team’s new name announcement; the naked Nirvana baby loses his suit; AirBnB tries to be less racist; Jason Derulo is not Usher; The CW is for sale; alcoholic versions of Fresca and Mountain Dew are coming; Winnie the Pooh is now in the public domain; apparently “Scream” is as good as “Scream;” and, the Pope think we’re selfish. Plus, more pop culture silliness.

Dale and Scott apologize to the mailman, who they love; Door Dash wants their corporate people to understand what the guys in the field do; Domino’s Pizza campaigns against 3rd party delivery apps; the world lost the amazing Betty White; Patton Oswalt defends his friend Dave Chappelle; are cruise ships safer than American public schools?; some asshats set fire to Key West’s southernmost landmark; is Anderson Cooper a legit newsman if he gets drunk on air?; and, more pop culture news and views.

Wrapping up 2021 with talk of how long you should leave up your Christmas decorations; losing your TSA PreCheck if you’re bad; FOX cancels New Year’s Eve; Buzz from “Home Alone” gets arrested; “Being the Ricardos” is one of the best movies of the year; Tom Brady gets his own Pantone color; people are faking Covid to get out of stuff; you can check into a $26,000 “White Lotus” suite; and, much more end-of-the-year pop culture silliness.

Dale & Scott’s Christmas-themed episode includes a dive bar gingerbread house you can make at home; the iffy history of the Christmas tree pickle ornament; huge sports news for Las Vegas; a Let’s Go Brandon dude wore ladies panties as a mask on a plane; why movie dialogue is so darned hard to understand nowadays; someone’s coming after Ellen DeGeneres by way of a loosely-based-on novel; Spider-Man is kicking ass again at real theaters; and, much more pop culture silliness.

Talking about the countdown to Christmas; our vacation to the wonderful Key West; the woman who breastfed a cat on a Delta flight; movie and concert tickets are selling for thousands by scalpers (and how to fix it); our favorite Christmas movies; a “Good Morning America” anchor goes to space with a furry; we’ve lost two greats from the world of entertainment along with a tragic, senseless Kentucky Derby winner death; the top dog names of 2021; and, much, much more pop culture silliness.

Talking about Jack Dorsey stepping down as Twitter’s CEO; MasterCard doesn’t have love for porn; our crypto and Lucid Motors investments; we saw “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” in a real theater; Channing Tatum and “Magic Mike” is coming back for one last dance; there are over 140 new Christmas movies this year; we’re loving Catherine O’Hara and Kevin Hart’s Christmas commercial; flash mob thievery is alarmingly scary; “Squid Game” is getting people killed; and, more pop culture news and views.

What’s the best time to eat Thanksgiving dinner?; Target will never be open again on Thanksgiving, they say; Crypto is taking over sports; you need to be vaxxed to go to Times Square on New Year’s Eve; we find out what Kevin McCallister from “Home Alone” is doing 30 years later; “Facts of Life” & “Diff’rent Strokes” is going LIVE on ABC; would you scoop cash off the highway?; is Bieber a pawn for Saudi Arabia?; Reese’s giant peanut butter cup was a thing for a minute; and, much, much more.