Ep. #272 - The Year of The Scorpion ft. Joe Gleason
Jan 10, 2024
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Joe Gleason, an interesting and informative guest, joins the hosts for an entertaining discussion. They talk about food poisoning, communication challenges, and predictions for 2024. They also explore the popularity of numbered glasses and engage in comedic and nonsensical conversations. Additionally, they discuss the effects of smelling salts and make playful predictions for the future. The episode ends with a discussion about the scorpion and frog concept and an invitation for listeners to subscribe to their Patreon for additional content.
Manufacturers refine holiday ads to describe products in new ways.
Curiosity about marketing decisions surrounding Family Guy show and its target audience.
Deep dives
2024 predictions from the internet
According to some blog posts and articles, here are a few predictions for 2024: A metal detector company introduces a new product to compete with other brands. A popular person named John Howling experiences personal struggles. Manufacturers refine their holiday ads while trying to find new ways to describe their products. Privy diggers wear funny olive green t-shirts. And detector sales increase as more people take up the hobby of metal detecting. These are just some of the predictions for 2024.
Other predictions
Other predictions suggest a cloud becoming self-aware and attacking cities, terrible thunderstorms and flooding occurring, and a time traveler from the future making bold predictions about the year. These predictions are fun to consider, but their likelihood is uncertain and purely speculative.
Large variety of character-based toys found at the carnival
While wandering around the carnival, the speaker noticed a plethora of character-based toys, including popular cartoon characters like SpongeBob, Superman, Nemo, Batman, and the characters from The Simpsons. However, it was Stewie Griffin from Family Guy who had the largest assortment of toys available. Other members of the Griffin family, such as Brian, Peter, Meg, Chris, and Lois, also had their own toys. Surprisingly, even toddlers were seen with Brian dolls. It was interesting to note that many of the games at the carnival featured the Griffin clan. The speaker found it somewhat surprising that some of the games had an age limit of 12 and under, given the popularity of Family Guy among older audiences. Additionally, the speaker mentioned coming across an action figure of Jasper, a lesser-known character from the show, with an age recommendation of eight and up.
Questioning Fox's marketing strategy for Family Guy
The speaker expressed curiosity about Fox's approach to marketing Family Guy merchandise at the carnival. As Family Guy typically receives high ratings among the nine to fourteen demographic, the speaker wondered why Fox would openly embrace this fact instead of trying to hide it. Considering the presence of character-based toys and the wide range of age recommendations, the speaker pondered the marketing decisions surrounding the show and its target audience.