March 22, 2024 • 18 mins
How much would you pay for a snack treat of unusual size? On the morning of February 26, 2003 The Big Dumb Show was well on our way to being on the hook for north of six grand for a giant Cheeto Ⓡ blob we spotted on eBay.
It should be noted that this entire fiasco was Beau's idea*.
(*Beau maintains that he was, in fact, very much opposed.)
Regardless, as far as we are aware, no other broadcast in American history has ever achieved quite this level of stupid.
Yes, it became national news: https://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/03/05/offbeat.big.cheeto/index.html
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