February 21, 2025 • 63 mins
Ever wondered how a simple conversation about a TV show can lead to a deep dive into personal revelations and pop culture reflections? Join us as we kick off with a nostalgic look back at SNL's iconic 50-year special, sparking memories of legendary performances and personal encounters. We recount our unexpected meeting with Tracy Morgan just before his accident and our longing for a surprise appearance from Stefan during the Weekend Update. The emotional tributes to John Belushi and Adam Sandler’s heartfelt song serve as poignant reminders of the show’s rich history.
From the iconic stage of SNL, our dialogue takes a fascinating turn into the world of Swatch watches, where we explore their quirky designs and cultural impact. These vibrant timepieces have been more than just accessories; they've become fashion staples and cultural icons. Whether reminiscing about childhood visits to Swatch stores or contemplating the brand’s evolution with smart technology, we share personal stories that highlight Swatch’s enduring legacy. The conversation even ventures into recent controversies, showcasing the brand's bold stance on global issues and its continued relevance in today's world.
Wrapping up, we shift focus to our own creative ventures, sharing the thrill of expanding our social media presence across platforms like TikTok and YouTube. We invite listeners to join our blossoming community, where we experiment with animated content and foster engagement through our new Facebook group. Whether you're interested in nostalgic TV moments, vibrant watch designs, or connecting with fellow fans, this episode promises a rich tapestry of memories, insights, and community spirit. #genx #90s #snl #swatch #80s #watch
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Two best friends.
We're talking the past, frommistakes to arcades.
We're having a blast.
Teenage dreams, neon screens,it was all rad and no one knew
me Like you know.
It's like whatever.
Together forever.
We've never done this, everLaughing and sharing our stories
.
Clever, we'll take you back.
(00:25):
It's like whatever.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Welcome to Like Whatever a podcast for.
By and about Gen X.
I'm Nicole and this is my BFF,heather.
Hello, so I'm going to startwith a Saturday Night Live
50-year special.
Speaker 3 (00:44):
Yeah, I watched it too.
Did you watch it too?
I did, because I knew you werewatching it.
Did you watch the whole thing?
I did All three and a halfhours of it.
Yes, what was up with that?
But wasn't it awesome though?
It was very good yes.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Yeah, I loved, I think, my favorite.
I loved all of the music, but Ithink Miley and Brittany Howard
paying homage to SineadO'Connor, that was amazing, that
was, and they did a beautifuljob.
Yes, they did.
And, of course, paul McCartney.
That's always kind of cool, butit was so neat to see so many
(01:17):
people in one room.
I know it was overwhelming andI know we see that at the Oscars
and such, but it just wasdifferent.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
I think crammed into that studio.
I think is what it was.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Like you don't expect to see nothing but celebrities
in there.
You expect to see like theactual audience.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
You know what I mean.
Like the audience.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
So yeah, it was pretty cool.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Yeah, it was neat.
I think my favorite skit wasBlack Jeopardy, when Eddie
Murphy was playing.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Tracy Morgan.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
I mean, I've always been a huge Tracy Morgan fan.
Actually, a few years back whenhe had the tour bus accident up
on the Jersey Turnpike, he wascoming from Dover Downs.
I was going to say he's comingfrom Dover, Yep, and my husband
and I were at Dover Downs.
That I was going to say he'scoming from Dover, Yep, and my
husband and I were at DoverDowns that night just to hang
out.
We went into I don't knowGamble a little bit and we had
(02:13):
both previously worked there sosometimes we knew the right
people for things.
So we got connected with acouple of tickets to the show
and we walked through the hotellobby and he was in there with
his entourage so I like havepictures of him like 10 feet
away from me oh wow, yeah very,very cool.
So, yeah, we saw him and thenafter that night he had that
accident which stunk, but still,I was very, very starstruck.
(02:37):
I have always loved him.
Yeah, I like tracy morgan he'shilarious the scared straight
one too.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
Come on, I was that none of them can keep it
together.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Yes, yes, that one.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
But I was.
You know what I wasdisappointed about?
No, Stefan.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
We said the same thing.
Jay fell asleep last night andthe first thing he asked me
about it this morning was didStefan ever make an appearance?
And I said he was part of likea clip for a half second, but it
wasn't about him no, and Ithought, when Seth Meyers came
on, I was like oh, on theweekend update.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
I was like, oh, they're gonna bring Stefan in.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
I don't maybe they because it was problematic.
I don't know.
I can't imagine anybody wouldbe upset about I don't know,
stefan, but oh, he was one of myfavorites.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
But speaking of problematic, I also loved how
they handled.
You know like we haven't alwaysbeen perfect yes, it has been
50 years and and we did makesome poor choices.
And yes, they showed picturesof R Kelly and P Diddy.
Yes, they're like oops, our bad.
I enjoyed that part too, yeahyeah, I thought that was neat
that they addressed that anddidn't just pretend like, yeah,
(03:45):
none of that ever happened.
And then, when they wereblurring, out like the black
face you know they were justmortified, but they were like,
let's just put it out there.
Yeah, it was it was good.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
Yeah, um, it made me a little teary with the the john
belushi in the graveyard partyes, wasn't that that was so
ironic, really was yeah, itreally was, and it was very sad
and adam samler's song about thepast you know dan akroyd wasn't
there either.
He wasn't, huh, I saw chubbychase on the um the red carpet
(04:17):
yeah, but he wasn't in the show.
No I wonder if just dan akroydwasn't there and they just I?
Speaker 2 (04:22):
I don't know, I haven't heard much from him
lately.
Maybe he's not well.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
I know that he has been very busy.
How can I put this nicely?
He's big into aliens, Likeextremely Like one of the number
one alien people, Likeconspiracy theory guy.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Like he is like he was on.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
They interviewed him on last podcast on the left.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
And he is like so is he like a little mental?
Speaker 3 (04:59):
with it.
I mean, I guess that depends onyour feelings about the whole
alien thing.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Well, speaking of aliens, they did do one of my
all-time favorite skits as well,with Kate McKinnon, and they're
all getting abducted.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
Oh, yeah, and Meryl Streep.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
Yes, yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
She couldn't keep it together either.
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
That's always been one of my favorite skits.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Yeah, that was good it was good.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Yeah, I thoroughly enjoyed.
I stayed awake the whole time,tired today, but I was wide
awake the whole time watching.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
I watched it, I didn't realize it was gonna be
that long, Mm hmm.
So I was like God, this thing'sgonna be ending any time.
And then I was like, well, Iguess it's going to end at 10.
And then I was like no it waslike 10.30?
No.
11?
No.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Well, I watched the red carpet show too, so they
were talking about how it wassupposed to be 3 to 11, but they
were like we're going to behere until 3 in the morning,
Like we have so much.
They were saying it was goingto go way over.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
I didn't see that part of the.
I guess I didn't, I wasn'treally paying attention to the
red carpet.
I was on TikTok.
I was TikTok-ing it up, butwhat I have to talk about this
week is that goddamn anglerfish.
Look, here's the thing.
You know, but maybe some of youout there don't know I struggle
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with depression have for mywhole life.
It's a battle that some days Iwin, some days I don't, and that
I want to call it theDisneyfication of everything.
You know, I'm like a hugeDisney fan anyway and, like you
know, like all of that wherethey personify inanimate objects
(06:48):
and all that Right.
So I have an issue with thatanyway.
I like to personify my inanimateobjects.
But this damn anglerfish, it'sjust, I mean I get it, she was
sick, that's why it's just, Imean I get it she did.
Was that she was sick, that'swhy?
But she made it from like 8,000feet under the ocean all the
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way to the surface withoutgetting eaten.
She just I mean, I know it waslike some kind of issue with her
Cause down at the depths it'scrushing.
So you know, the buoyancy is anissue Once they start getting a
hot.
Get all that, I get all I getshe's dying, I get she's a fish
she didn't understand, and allthat.
(07:32):
But the memes and theinspirational sayings going on
all over the internet with thisgoddamn fish.
So anyway, now I want ananglerfish tattoo no yeah do you
know?
Speaker 2 (07:47):
what I didn't know is how tiny she is, I know,
because that picture makes itseem like she's huge well, I
thought she was at least likethe size of a balloon, yeah,
like somewhere in there, but Ithink three centimeters or
something like teeny tiny itfits in the palm of your hand.
Speaker 3 (08:03):
I know, you know what it is for me In that picture.
It's her eyes, like the wayshe's like looking up.
I don't know, it's just it'sthe damn fish got me and she is
super cute, I mean yeah.
So I think I want that's goingto be my next tattoo when I
don't know I like it, becauseI'm running out of room on my
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arms.
I'm going to have to startmoving to my legs and I hate
getting my legs tattooed.
So I guess that's where it'sgoing to have to go, but because
I like to see my tattoos, yes.
And so I put them all on my armswhere I can see them, and now
I'm running out of arm space.
I have to start putting them onmy legs, I guess.
But yeah, that was my thingthis week Also.
(08:50):
I was playing around this weekwith some.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
I found this way to animate your own audio.
Exciting, I have seen a littlebit of your magic.
Speaker 3 (09:09):
I made two of them.
Um, if you're interested, youcan check out the.
If you check out the youtube,that is where I put my thing on
the youtube.
Yes, um, I made one with nicoleand I made one with myself.
So the program that I found todo it, you can only use one
audio, one person's audio, soyou can't do like a back and
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forth.
I could probably figure out howto do a back and forth, but
that is above my pay gradecurrently.
So, I will continue to work onthat, but the YouTube has the
two shorts, the animated shorts,and I frankly think they were
pretty cute they are very cute.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
so, uh, let's see what else.
I uh, this week was watching metv on sunday morning.
I had the house to myself, Ihave my coffee and I'm scrolling
, and so I just wanted somethingoff for background noise.
But I put on on me TV and Icaught Happy Days just as it was
starting.
That was so much fun.
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The Fonz, of course, was curledup in a recliner.
Hey, kissing all over a girl,that's funny.
And so the next half hour wasLaverne and Shirley, followed by
the Andy Griffith show, andthen I Love Lucy, so I had two
hours of like some of myfavorite shows of all time.
(10:33):
It was really fun, that's nice.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
I was home all day yesterday by myself too.
I didn't even turn the TV on.
I turned no noise on at all.
I do that a lot.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
It was dead ass quiet If I'm home alone a lot of
times because my husband, ifhe's here he has to have the TV
on.
Yes, and I do like my silence.
I do too.
I just love.
Speaker 3 (10:53):
I'm sorry I interrupted.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
No, you're okay.
I have one last Gen X thing toshare before we get into.
So I went in for a checkuptoday and Gen X issues First.
I'm waiting in the lobby and itwas hilarious because there
were like these 80 year old guysin there talking about the
weather and I haven't heard oldmen talk about the weather in a
long time and it was.
It was really entertaining.
(11:16):
Like apparently it thundered atthree o'clock in the morning.
The other night.
And the one old man was up to gopee and the other guy was like
I didn't hear that, like wheredo you live?
Yeah.
We got a nasty storm camethrough, it was this whole big
thing for them.
Um, yeah, so anyway, my jointshurt.
Um, I had to get a shot.
(11:36):
Yuck.
So now my left arm feels likesomebody punched me.
I avoid shots at all costs.
I do too, but I've had shinglesbefore and it's not fun.
Speaker 3 (11:46):
I know, I remember that.
Oh gosh, I felt so bad for you.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
Yeah, it was a race weekend.
I used to work at a casino andthey had a racetrack and they
had NASCAR twice a year, so itwas the very start of race
weekend.
I mean, you just work 16, 18hours a day, three days straight
, and there's nothing you can doabout it.
So the very first day I show upand I'm like, oh, I'm so tired,
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I don't feel good and my backwas itching.
And by like the end of Friday Ishowed one of my friends
because they had a friend whohad just had shingles, and they
said sounds like you haveshingles.
And they looked at my back andthey were like, oh, yeah, that's
shingles, because I had therash.
And I was like, well, I guessI'll have to wait till Monday.
And I proceeded to work thewhole weekend, very sick and a
(12:32):
lot of pain.
Speaker 3 (12:32):
Yeah, that was terrible, but there's no option.
Speaker 2 (12:35):
I mean plus the money you couldn't miss.
No, yeah, so I had to be there,but yeah, so I got my second.
It's two shots even, which isthe really fun part yeah,
because it's one of those thatburns when it goes in and then
your whole arm hurts.
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
They keep trying to make me get a pneumonia shot.
I'm like, I'm good.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
Yeah, I think I needed to get a flu shot, but I
always have symptoms.
So I mean, it would have been agreat excuse to call it a work
tomorrow, but I'm trying to bemature.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
Every time she's like well, you really should get the
pneumonia shot, and I'm likeI'll just die in my own juices.
Speaker 2 (13:15):
I'm cool.
Speaker 3 (13:16):
Yeah, I don't want to .
Speaker 2 (13:18):
And then the colonoscopy, which I've still
never done.
And she's like well, what aboutthe ColoGuard?
I said you sent me theColoGuard, I'm just not going to
do that.
She's like, why?
And I said, it's not even thewhole.
If you don't know whatColoGuard is, it's that little
commercial.
And they send you the box andit's like easy peasy, just put a
little piece of poop in thereand mail it back Like no big
(13:39):
deal.
But then you open it directions, and and oh my gosh, it's
overwhelming, and I don't dowell with overwhelming.
So uh, she was like well, doyou want to do the colo guard?
I said to be honest, if youkeep giving me that thing, I'm
never going to do it.
So just tell me to go to adoctor I did.
Speaker 3 (13:56):
I had to do the.
I did.
They wanted me to do a.
I got serious stomach troubleum, because, again, I didn't
think I would be alive this long.
So all the ibuprofen that Itook in my 20s is now catching
up to me and I have pretty muchremoved the lining of my stomach
.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
All the Vibrin we took in college probably didn't
help me either.
Speaker 3 (14:16):
No, None of the things I do in life has helped
that situation.
So I wanted to do a scope tosee what was going on and she
was like, well, well, I meanyou're doing the scope, they got
you out, you might as well.
And I was like, all right, butwhen I had to do the, the prep
for it I really honestly, Ithought I was going to die
because, see, I'm terrified ofthat.
(14:37):
Well, it's probably not so badif you're somebody other than me
, because it really it's notwhat it used to be.
So you don't have to drinkwhatever juice they used to make
now.
You just mix up like mucinex orwhatever not the snot stuff,
but right, you just mix it upinto whatever beverage of choice
you want.
That's clear or not?
red, um, so that's fine because,then at least it tastes like
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whatever it is you want.
But then they give you, um,they give you pills, so on.
I had my prep was for likethree days.
Two days oh yeah, it was twodays before my right thing.
So on my first day I had todrink the juice, all starting at
like 2 pm and and then straightthrough, and then the the next
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day.
So the day before I had to dothese little pills and you had
to take like five of them atonce and they were just one of
the I don't remember what theywere called but it's over the
counter.
Yeah, and so I had to take likefive of them, and then, like a
couple hours later, you takelike three more.
So I had to take like five ofthem and then, like a couple
(15:45):
hours later, you take like threemore.
So I went and I took the firstfive and I don't know what in
the world happened, but mysystem was like no we're not and
I started puking.
When I mean everywhere, I meanI couldn't even get up off the
sofa.
I was just I would be like Ithink I have to and then just
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throw up.
So I kind of ended up callingthe doctor and I was like I and
after I took those I literallycould not drink anything, water,
nothing.
Yeah, it was bad.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
I've heard it's bad, but not that bad.
Speaker 3 (16:20):
That's the last time I ever do that.
Yeah, I'll die of colon cancer.
Speaker 2 (16:25):
I'm cool with that all right, I think I'm all
caught up on all my stuff forthe week okay.
Speaker 3 (16:34):
Well then, how about if we fuck around and find out
about my favorite swatch?
I have always loved swatch.
I have had a million of them.
Probably not a million, but Ihave had a good number of them.
Um, so my sources are swatchcom, swatchgroupcom, the swatch
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book which who knew there was abook by arlette kolinsky, and uh
, swatch, the story of theReinvention of the Swiss Watch
Industry, by Nicholas Hayek.
Speaker 2 (17:06):
Alrighty.
Speaker 3 (17:09):
Swatch, the brand that revolutionized the world of
watches, has a rich andfascinating history.
I can't wait.
Launched in the early 80s,which I have it in here
somewhere oh yeah, it was March1st 1983.
Okay, it quickly became asymbol of innovation, creativity
and affordability, although Idon't really remember it being
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ever being that affordable yeah,because I got one.
Speaker 2 (17:34):
Yeah, they were not, it was a christmas present, and
that was that when I was a kid.
Speaker 3 (17:39):
Anyway, march 1st 1983 by nicholas hayek, a
visionary entrepreneur with apassion for revitalizing the
Swiss watch industry.
At the time, the industry wasfacing immense challenges due to
the quartz crisis, which hadled to a significant decline in
demand for traditionalmechanical watches.
Now, I've always been a watch.
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I don't have one on today, butI feel naked without a watch.
I always have, I've always hada watch.
I always like watches.
I don't like digital watches,although now I have a smart
watch, so I really hate that.
But but I need the smart watchI don't need it, but right,
right it lets me know whenthings are happening on my phone
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that I should be aware of andwhen I don't have to look at my
phone.
Speaker 2 (18:24):
I'm'm a big fan of wearing a watch.
I had a lot through like.
I remember watches beingsomething I liked, like I really
like getting a nice watch forChristmas, or I have some of my
mom's old watches from when shewas a teen.
So I have always been and I'mthe same.
I'm not down with digital toomuch.
Speaker 3 (18:44):
I my mom, is it my?
No, it's my dad.
My dad has.
Oh, oh man, it's a very specialwatch and now I don't remember
what it is because it's in alittle it comes.
It was one of the cartoons fromwhen they were kids, like not
howdy doody, but some cowboy.
I don't remember what it is,but it's on like a he has.
It's in like like when thesepeople die, the shit that they
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have kept.
Like my mom has an originalbarbie.
Oh yes, wow, yes, I think it'sstill in the box.
I mean, it's been played with,but I'm pretty sure she still
has the box.
And then he has this.
It's not.
She has a sally starr doll too.
Um, sundance kid butch cassidyoh okay, yeah, watch and it's on
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like a little saddle.
Oh so he has all that.
So you know, yeah, that's goingon ebay immediately.
They won't even be cold yet andI'll be like we're getting that
watch up.
Um.
So I've always liked, I'vealways worn watches, and I do
not like digital because I don'tlike numbers.
You know how I am about numbersI like to be able to see the
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time and not have to do math.
So, back to Swatch.
Okay, Hayek's vision was tocreate a watch that combined the
precision of Swiss.
This is going to be real hardfor me to say Swiss watchmaking
and innovativeative Design andAffordability.
He collaborated with the twomajor Swiss watchmakers facing
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financial difficulties to bringhis vision to life.
The early years of Swatch weremarked by challenges and
skepticism.
The idea of using plastic forwatches was revolutionary but
met with resistance.
However, hayek's determinationand belief in his vision drove
the company forward.
Thank goodness, yes.
The Quartz Crisis, the Quartz.
Speaker 2 (20:37):
Crisis.
I don't even remember theQuartz Crisis.
Well, it began in the late 70s.
Speaker 3 (20:41):
Okay, that's why you probably didn't know.
You probably weren't watchingthe news, or nor did we probably
care I probably didn't knowwhat quartz was, it was a period
of significant upheaval in thewatch industry.
The introduction of quartztechnology by Japanese companies
led to a dramatic shift inconsumer preferences.
Traditional mechanical watcheswere perceived as outdated and
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expensive, leading to a declinein demand.
Swatch emerged as a response tothis crisis.
By embracing quartz technologyand offering stylish, affordable
watches, swatch was able tocapture the attention of
consumers and revive the Swisswatch I swear to.
Speaker 2 (21:21):
God.
Speaker 3 (21:23):
We're just going to pretend like I didn't fuck that
up.
So one of the mostrevolutionary aspects of swatch
was its use of plastic.
This material allowed forvibrant and diverse designs that
appealed to a wide audience.
Oh yes, swatch watches were notjust timekeepers they were
fashion accessories thatreflected individual
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personalities.
Were not just timekeepers theywere fashion accessories that
reflected individualpersonalities.
The concept of affordableluxury resonated with consumers
and set Swatch apart fromtraditional watchmakers.
Swatch's designs weredistinctive and bold,
characterized by bright colors,playful patterns and innovative
shapes.
The brand collaborated withartists and designers to create
limited edition collections thatbecame highly sought after by
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collectors.
As Swatch evolved, so did itsdesigns.
The brand continued to push theboundaries of creativity,
experimenting with new materialsand styles, from the classic
plastic to the introduction ofbioceramic watches, swatch has
consistently been at theforefront of design innovation,
although I did hear that theywere supposed to be coming out
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with a smartwatch and they havenot yet, that was like rumors,
like when the iWatch first cameout.
Speaker 2 (22:34):
Oh.
Speaker 3 (22:35):
Yeah, and I've been waiting for it because you bet
your girl will be number one onthe smart Swatch, although
because I have a Samsung, sothere it is called the s watch.
It's already a swatch.
Oh yeah, okay they're.
They're super sneaky that waynice and maybe that's what
swatch was talking about.
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So swatch quickly became acultural phenomenon.
It Its bold designs andcollaborations.
They were wearable art.
They really were.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
Yeah, definitely.
Speaker 3 (23:09):
Limited edition releases created a sense of
exclusivity and collectability.
The cultural impact of Swatchextended beyond the world of
fashion.
Swatch watches appeared inmovies, TV shows and music
videos, becoming a staple of popculture.
Celebrities and influencersembraced the brand, further
cementing its status as afashion icon.
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Swatch's collaboration withartists have resulted in some of
the most memorable and uniquewatch designs, From Keith Haring
to Jeremy Scott.
These collaborations haveallowed Swatch to tap into
different artistic styles andcreate watches that resonate
with a diverse audience.
Swatch protectors swatching outthe band.
(23:52):
Oh, that's my note.
So do you remember?
They invented the little jellything that went over so you
could protect your Swatch?
Yes, and they broke literallyevery time you try and put them
on.
Yes, but they came in like thelittle packs.
So you had like four of them.
And then the reason I likedswatch.
(24:13):
I mean A I really just likedthe swatch, but because I worked
in restaurants, the plastic iswhat sold me on swatch.
Because it didn't get stinky,because it didn't get that
restaurant stench that everyother watch I had ever had.
Plus, it was completelywaterproof, so I could keep it
on all the time and the onlyproblem with it was on the back,
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where the battery was.
It would get gunk, oh, like crudin there, so you'd have to like
take a pair of tweezers or pullthe egg crap out of it.
But I mean, it didn't smell,that's what I like.
And then the bands would peel,like the plastic part would peel
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up on the side.
But you could just replace thebands, you could just they had a
million different kinds ofbands that you could just
replace the the bands, right,you could just.
They had a million differentkinds of bands that you could.
Yeah, um, so I looked up thebest what, what they say are the
best swatches.
Okay, and I put that in airquotes because I don't know who
decided these were the yeah,they.
They did um the google did um sothe number one one was this hot
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stuff from 1995.
It has devil horns and onestrap ends in a devil tail.
There's no numbers on it, justlike little flames, and I found
it on Poshmark and I bought it.
I don't know how in the hell Imissed, because it was.
It was a Halloween one.
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Oh, from 1995.
Okay, so how I missed that?
I don't know, because that wasthe point.
The Early 90s, I guess.
Once I started making my ownmoney, my mom would get me one
for Christmas every year, andthen after that I was like, well
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, I'm just going to start buyingmy own.
Speaker 1 (26:07):
And then the internet .
Speaker 3 (26:09):
you could find them on the internet after a while,
so I could just order them onthere.
Speaker 1 (26:12):
Anyway.
Speaker 3 (26:13):
I would get one every year, so how I miss the devil I
don't know.
Speaker 2 (26:18):
There must have been another one that year that
really caught your eye.
Speaker 3 (26:21):
I guess I don't know I'd have to look because I don't
know how I missed that.
I mean, it is so fucking cool,it does the one?
Oh, it's so cool, so I foundone.
The site's a little.
I'm not sure they haven't sentme a thing that says I can have
it, but we'll see.
Hopefully it gets here and Iwill fucking wear it.
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I'll take the damn ass.
Watch off for that.
Yeah, the second one was it wascalled Pudi 1992.
And it was the work of artistJean-Honor Fragonard.
I took French.
Speaker 2 (26:59):
I was going to say Frenchie.
Speaker 3 (27:01):
Yeah, that was 30 some odd years ago.
True that I took French, it'snot like I use it.
It paid tribute to the wingedbabes of the Renaissance art.
It was a fabric strap and itwas the Renaissance babies.
Speaker 2 (27:17):
Yeah, the little cherubs.
Speaker 3 (27:18):
Yeah, it was that all over the dial and it was the,
the renaissance babies you know.
Yeah, the little cherubs, yeah,it was that all over the dial
and on it was very muted colors.
It was pretty.
It sounds pretty, yeah, um, thehundred millionth swatch was a
92 celebrating the hundredmillion swatch.
The face is a bunch of peoplelike it is probably no offense
swatch, but that fucker was uglyit was just hideous.
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It was like a whole bunch ofpeople on the front of it and
then the bands were likeprobably a centimeter of
different patterns all the wayup like clouds and houses and
checkers.
It was a lot Like I get whatthey were trying to do.
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Put 100 million watches intoone watch.
Speaker 2 (28:03):
But it was a lot.
Speaker 3 (28:05):
It was a lot Carmelissima and it looked like
candy.
It was like the candy necklaces.
Yeah, it looked like a candybracelet.
It was really pretty.
90 Years of mickey mouse watch.
You'll never guess what's onthat.
It's mickey mouse, yes, and itwas the 90th anniversary of
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mickey's magnificence.
It was limited to 19,999 pieces.
It had a red one, band with red, one was yellow and then mickey
was on the face, like it waskind of an abstract not abstract
Mickey, but it was all circles,right.
So it wasn't like your typicalMickey, right, but it was pretty
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cool.
But it was definitely like ifyou saw it from, you'd be like,
oh, that's Mickey Mouse the redcolors.
Sweet Baby was a 1996 and it hada bunch of babies decorating
both on the dial and on thestrap.
They were babies crying.
It was the second ugliest watchI've ever seen.
Yeah, that sounds reallystrange.
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It was just as bad as the onewith all the people on it Like
stop putting people on there.
Tone in Blue was a musicalswatch which I did not know.
They had these either.
The musical series consisted ofsome of the oddest watches
swatch ever released.
They would play a tiny littletune by a famous musician.
This one played a song byjean-michael jarret.
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What, yeah, I didn't.
I never knew they had.
I didn't look to see if youcould find those, because the
one they had in the picturelooked like it had been beat up
pretty good so I'm assuming thatthey were probably heavily
played.
Uh, swatch paparazzi spot wasthe first.
Oh, it was.
Oh, this one was ugly too.
It was the first.
The swatch was the firstcompany to work with microsoft
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on their spot technology, and itdied on the vine.
It didn't get anywhere.
It was really ugly.
It looked like you rememberthose robots Like with the weird
heads.
That was like Like a.
It had bolts on the side andlike a thing on the top of it
yeah Like blue and gray.
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And it looked like that, it wasreal and it was digital and I
don't like.
And gray, and it looked likethat it was real and it was
digital and I don't like.
No, yeah, I don't like it, itwas ugly the serpent.
Gz 102 was done by keithherring in 85, but that was the
first one that art and commercemix into lifeaways.
His whimsical watch now costabout a thousand dollars online.
I don't remember what that onelooked like.
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I looked at it, but I don'tremember what it looked like a
swatch urine double dot.
It's not a watch, but amovement.
In 99, hayek and nicholasnegrofonte created internet time
, a universal time standard,popular for a few years and that
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fad died out recently, but itis still hanging on in some
corners of the nerd community,nice.
So I guess it's.
I guess it was universal time,right, which is what gretchen
greenwich meantime.
So it is still hanging on inthe nerd community.
I guess it.
It's Greenwich Mean Time, yes,which I always called it
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Gretchen Bean Time.
That's why I was getting caughtup there because it's Gretchen
Bean Time to me, but it'sGreenwich Mean Time.
And then the last one thatGoogle had is the jelly, and
this one we all have seen.
It is the one that is clear andyou can see straight through it
, and it is one of the oldeststyles in the Swatch playbook,
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completely transparent, and itdefined the playful lines and
odd styling of the Swatch world.
Swatch was also at theforefront of technology
advancements in the watchindustry.
The use of quartz technologyensured precise timekeeping,
while continuous experimentationwith materials led to
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innovations like the bioceramicswatch.
The introduction of bioceramicwatches marked a significant
milestone for Swatch.
The innovative materialcombined the durability of
ceramics with the lightweightproperties of plastic, resulting
in watches that were bothstylish and functional.
I did not.
I did not.
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I don't know that.
I've ever seen them.
That's weird.
I don't know.
I'm trying to think All minewere always just plastic.
Well, I did have.
I lied.
I had one that was.
I had my fancy swatch that waschain.
Yeah, it looked like a bracelet.
That was for my going out.
Speaker 2 (32:45):
Swatch.
That was your going to church,swatch, yeah.
Speaker 3 (32:49):
Swatch has also embraced digital innovations,
incorporating smart technologyinto its watches.
The brand's commitment tostaying ahead of the curve has
allowed it to remain relevant inan ever-changing market.
They do have some, um, becauseI was on the website they do
have some.
It's not a smart watch really,but, um, they're getting closer.
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I don't know if they just gaveup on that, or I mean, there's
like I don't know, maybe it justwasn't worth it.
There's probably just too manyof them and it's probably just
too hard to compete in thatmarket with Apple and Samsung
Right Running that show and theydon't need it Like they have
their thing.
They don't because, like youknow, I don't know Right.
Swatch's success in the Swissmarket paved the way for its
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expansion into internationalmarkets.
It paved the way for itsexpansion into international
markets.
The brand's global reach wasfurther solidified with the
formation of the Swatch Group,which brought people together
several prestigious watch brandsunder one umbrella.
The diversification allowedSwatch to influence and shape
the global watchmaking industry.
True, I know Definitely.
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True, I know Definitely.
It established a strongpresence in key regions,
including North America.
Speaker 1 (34:04):
Europe and.
Speaker 3 (34:05):
Asia.
Speaker 2 (34:11):
Each market presented unique challenges and
opportunities, and Swatch'sability to adapt ensured its
success.
It was probably so fun to workat Swatch, like as a designer.
Speaker 3 (34:16):
Oh my gosh, they probably just gave you carte
blanche and was just like goahead, here you go.
Speaker 2 (34:21):
You want to?
Speaker 3 (34:21):
make a crazy watch.
Have at it.
Speaker 2 (34:23):
Right.
Speaker 3 (34:26):
The Swatch Group's acquisition of other watch
brands allowed the company todiversify its offerings and
cater to different segments ofthe markets.
The strategic move furthersolidified Swatch's position as
a leader in the watch industry.
Because I know now they haveand I think they always did too
I never leaned that way becausethose watches were too Like.
I like a big watch.
Speaker 1 (34:45):
But those watch.
Speaker 3 (34:46):
The scuba watches were just too.
They were huge.
Speaker 1 (34:48):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (34:49):
But they still have those.
Yeah, they are huge, they'relike your whole arm.
I know I just bought huge,they're like your whole arm.
I know I just bought one.
Are they like flavorful?
Yeah, they're not much smaller.
No, I just got one for Joe forChristmas.
It's you can see through it.
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You can see through it and itis probably like I don't know,
but it takes up.
It's probably almost the sizeof my palm.
Speaker 1 (35:17):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (35:18):
It is.
It's probably like you can'tsee, but it's like that big,
it's huge.
It's all black and then thewell, it's depth, it's got depth
.
So it's black on the top, blackunderneath, and then it's got
like an orange rim in there andthen the bands are orange and
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black.
It's really pretty.
Sounds like it, but it's justhuge.
He loves a big watch and it wasfreaking huge.
So effective marketing andbranding were crucial to
Swatch's success.
The company's advertisingcampaigns were creative and
memorable, establishing a strongbrand identity.
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Swatch's ability to stayrelevant and adapt to changing
consumer preferences ensured itscontinued popularity.
It focused on creating anemotional connection with
consumers.
The brand's campaigns oftenfeatured themes of individuality
, creativity and self-expression.
So it was when I posted this onthe Facebook page, didn't I
actually got a lot of opposition?
Apparently, I'm like the onlyone that likes this watch.
Speaker 2 (36:25):
I love swatch.
Speaker 3 (36:26):
I got a lot because I asked if anybody had right, you
know, and a lot of people werelike, oh no, I would never have
bought that and it was like Iknow, I don't know if it was
controversial.
I don't remember, I don't know.
No, I guess maybe because oftime, I don't know.
I just got controversial.
I don't remember, I don't know.
No, I guess maybe because oftime, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (36:39):
I just got a new one for Christmas last year.
Speaker 3 (36:42):
I got like this.
This one person like went at meabout the swatch and then it
said, oh, and then you know whathe said here we go.
Here's where this pissed me off.
Speaker 1 (36:52):
So I had to go back.
Speaker 3 (36:53):
But it was like.
He was like obviously you don'tcare about other people, and I
was like, because I had fuckingswatches, I don't even.
I didn't really understand.
And then I can tell you livewithin two hours of an ocean
what I mean.
And I said I live a block fromthe ocean, that helps, and I
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don't know.
Speaker 2 (37:14):
It's just fucking weird Like I didn't.
That is very weird.
And speaking of weird, when Iwas in the waiting room today
listening to the old people, youwant to know why the one guy
thinks the weather is beingcrazy.
Speaker 3 (37:25):
Oh, let me guess Weather machine.
Speaker 2 (37:30):
All the stuff we put out in space.
Speaker 3 (37:33):
Yeah, well, I mean he should talk to Elon about that,
Because half of it's his.
Speaker 2 (37:40):
No, he thinks it's a big waste of money to be
spending to go up in space.
Yeah, I know I thought of youOkay.
Yeah but I was putting too manyrockets in space is why the
weather is the way it is now Notglobal warming Correct?
Speaker 3 (37:58):
No, yes, not that.
Yeah, that, yeah, yes, thatmakes sense.
Speaker 2 (38:04):
Yeah, sure, we're seeding weather poking holes in
the atmosphere with all theserockets that's exactly what
happens every time a rocket goesup.
Speaker 3 (38:16):
There's a big hole there now that's's what the
ozone?
That's how they take them out.
They have to wait for the holein the ozone to come around
before they shoot it off so thatthey can get out Right.
Stop punching holes in the Sir.
Speaker 2 (38:32):
Yeah, okay, yeah, okay.
Speaker 3 (38:33):
Yeah.
So the role of Swatch storesand pop-up shops in promoting
the brand cannot be overlooked.
No, these retail spaces provideconsumers with an immersive
experience, allowing them toexplore swatches, diverse
collections and learn about thebrand's history.
Speaker 2 (38:52):
So I don't remember a lot about a swatch store, but I
remember I was madly in lovewith watches as a kid and I
posted the exact one that I had.
Not the exact one, but thestyle that I had.
Lot about a swatch store, but Iremember I was madly in love
with watches as a kid and Iposted the exact one that I had.
Not the exact one, but thestyle that I had.
Yeah, on our socials and it wasthe uh, the band almost looked
like it was supposed to be whitebut it looked dirty, but that's
how it came right.
Um, and then, uh, the face had,uh was white, with the green
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polka dots oh yeah, and then thered coca-cola, just small on
top at the top, and then the reduh hands.
Yes, um, so, and I love thatthing, like it was my pride and
joy and I used to go into cities.
I'm gonna have to guess I musthave been in a city if I went to
a swatch store.
We didn't have one around here,right, but I don't remember a
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lot of specifics.
But I do remember walking inand just being like jaw to the
floor the first time I went wasin the early 2000s.
Speaker 3 (39:51):
Um, actually I know exactly when it was.
It was in 2000,.
And it was in Las Vegas,because it was my first time in
Vegas, okay, and I was taking abreak from gambling and I went
down to their mall, the fashionshow mall.
Speaker 2 (40:10):
Right.
Speaker 3 (40:10):
And they had a swatch , or it was Caesars, one of them
.
They had a swatch store inthere and I was like, oh my God,
it's the swatch store and Iremember it so well.
It was such a beautiful store,it was so modern and like bright
lights glass shelves cases justcases and the walls were
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covered with swatches.
Speaker 2 (40:33):
That's how I remember it too.
Speaker 3 (40:35):
Oh my god it was the most beautiful place on earth.
So then when I got married,then I had to stay out of the
swap Every time I went to Vegaswhich I have been to Vegas far
too many times for one personshould be going to Vegas who
lives this far away from Vegas.
I had to stop going becausethen I had to start making
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decisions on whether I was goingto gamble or buy a swatch, and
it was a very hard decision.
So I thought you know what?
We're just going to eliminateone of these and don't go to the
swatch store.
So I didn't.
I don't think I ever bought one.
But then when I got married,there is one.
It's still there, but I thinkthey moved it.
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It's in the New York.
Speaker 1 (41:17):
New York now, or it was almost six years ago, when I
got married.
Speaker 3 (41:22):
We went in there and they have this book in the
middle where you can lookthrough it and see every swatch
ever made, and it was, I'mpretty sure.
I spent like an hour and a halfin there just looking through
that book like oh, I rememberthat one wanted that one, I had
that one.
Speaker 1 (41:43):
It was just it was amazing.
Speaker 3 (41:47):
Yeah, it's still glass shelves and very modern
and very bright and very.
I love it.
Swatchtastic in the modern era.
Swatch has embraced digitalinnovations and the rise of the
smartwatches.
Despite technological advances,swatch has managed to maintain
its cultural relevance, thebrand's commitment to creativity
, quality and affordability.
No.
Speaker 1 (42:08):
Sorry.
Speaker 2 (42:09):
That's just not.
Speaker 3 (42:10):
I just recently bought one and it was way more
than I would have normally spenton a.
It was $200.
Wow yeah, mm was $200.
Wow yeah, mm-hmm.
Shoot.
Yeah, it was ridiculous, mm-hmm.
Swatch's legacy is built on itsability to innovate and adapt.
The brand has consistentlypushed the boundaries of design
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and technology, setting trendsand influencing the watch
industry.
So right now they have.
Because I came real close tospending more than 200, because
I wanted they have the simpsonsline on there now oh yes, and I
wanted one because one is just adonut, wow, yeah.
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So I was like, no, you don'tneed one, you don't need a
swatch.
And then I did end up buyingone, but but it is from 95, so
that doesn't count yeah, thatwas an investment sure it better
be I might have just wastedmoney?
Speaker 2 (43:11):
I don't know it wouldn't be the first time.
Speaker 3 (43:14):
No, it certainly won't be the last swatch faces
new challenges and opportunitiesthe rise of smartwatch Like I
said, they were supposed to comeout, but their commitment to
sustainability and eco-friendlypractices will also play a
crucial role in the future ofsuccess.
Also, I'm sorry Swatch AgainI'm going to call you out for
this, because the package thathis watch came in was like 400
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levels to get into, like it waslike trying to get into fort
knox getting into this damnthing.
Not very sustainable it was not,it was like a box in a box.
In a box in a box, it was a lotof boxes.
Um, the future of swatch willbe defined by its ability to
continue innovating whilestaying true to its core value.
So I talked about the simpsonsand joe trump, so let's.
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I found a list of the mosthighly valued the swatches.
The swatch kiki picasso twentythousand dollars.
What for a plastic watch, what?
The watch was launched on March20th 1985 during an art
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exhibition in Paris.
It was part of the SwatchSprings Summer Collection and
was a limited edition piece withonly 120 watches made Damn.
All 120 watches were given awayto the VIPs of the exhibition,
so you could never even purchaseone from a store.
The dial of the design of thiswatch was designed by French
artist Christian Chaperon, goingby the alias Kiki Picasso,
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hence the name of the watch.
What makes this watch specialis that each of the 120 dials is
unique, featuring differentcolorways of the art.
It looks like a Picassoso, butit's done in different colors.
All 120 of them are.
I did not look where you couldget that, because I don't have
20 g's to throw away on aplastic watch I know from 1985.
Speaker 2 (45:10):
Man with 20 g's.
You could buy so many, I canbuy the whole damn store.
Speaker 3 (45:14):
Yeah, the swatch diaphony one turning gold watch
is worth 8 000 plus.
In 2006, swatch surprisedeveryone by launching a slightly
upgraded version of theirdiaphony one watch.
This one was called diaphonyturning gold and featured an 18
carat pink gold bezel and crownwhich indicated that it's not
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your ordinary, ordinary swatch.
It was what was called askeleton watch, because you can
see the movements through thetransparent case and I love that
.
Yeah, that's, I love the gearsof any clock when I think of
even though I have actuallynever had the one that you can
see the gears through, up untilthis christmas, when I bought
one um that is when what I thinkof, when I think of Swatch, I
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think of the ability to seethrough to the gears.
Oh, it also had 25 hand woundrubies, so you think it would be
more than worth $8,000.
Speaker 2 (46:12):
For real.
Speaker 3 (46:13):
So then there's the Andrew Logan Jellyfish, and it
is $10,000.
It's the most unique watch bySwatch ever.
It was designed by Andrew Loganto accompany his Alternative
Miss World contest that wassponsored by Swatch.
The watch is called Jellyfishbecause its strap was
fish-shaped to accompany thetheme of that year's contest.
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The theme was under the sea,and what else could suit better
than a watch that looks like afish?
Only 50 watches were made andthis Google site could not find
any at auction.
Oh yeah, somebody did repurposeone and it went for $10,000.
The Swatch O'Lago Oreo Watch is$8,500.
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It was part of the 89 SwatchSpring Summer Collection that
featured a minimalistic art ofMephistopheles, a trickster
figure originating in Germanfolklore.
It was no ordinary piece.
It was limited edition, whichcame from the Design your Own
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Swatch contest, which I remember.
The Design your Own Swatch.
Speaker 2 (47:24):
That sounds familiar.
I remember when they did that.
Speaker 3 (47:27):
It was won by Italian artist, mimo Palladino, and
only 140 were ever made, andthey were only gifted to famous
people, including Tom Cruise,princess Caroline of Monaco,
prince Charles who now KingCharles and Mikhail Gorbachev,
so it's very exclusive.
Yeah, in an 89 auction it soldfor $16,500.
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There is one on eBay for $8,500.
There is one on eBay for $8,500.
Okay, but it doesn't work.
Now, I wanted that's aboutswatch.
Blah, blah, blah.
We're going to talk about meand my swatches because that's
what I really care about.
Mm-hmm.
Me and my swatches.
So I had I have current.
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Before Joe and I met, I had oneswatch I still had.
I know I don't know why I stillhad this one and I never wore
it.
I don't think I particularlyliked it.
I think somebody got it for meand I didn't.
I think my mom got it for meand didn't like it.
Speaker 2 (48:28):
So what happened to all your swatches?
Speaker 3 (48:31):
I don't know.
They're just lost to history.
Well, a lot of them might endedup throwing away, um,
unfortunately, because theirbands were all fucked up and
because they had, and then, overtime, the battery would stop
working from working inrestaurant.
I mean restaurant right eventhough they did hold up, not
over time yeah you did wear themhard.
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I did wear them.
I mean, yeah, I won't.
Yeah, I wore them every day.
I worked seven days a weekthrough the.
I wore the fuck out of them,yeah.
So I don't have all I don'thave.
I have one still and it'smulti-colored band and mine is
the female, so it's small.
So when we were moving intogether, he was packing up his
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shit and he was like, oh look, Istill have a swatch and we have
the exact same swatch.
What his is the male versionand mine's the female.
It was meant to be his is bigger, but on his I don't even know
why I have the female version,because I don't like a small
watch.
Yeah, so we do have the samewatch.
So now they sit in the corner.
And there's another one therethat I don't like a small watch.
Yeah, so we do have the samewatch.
So now they sit in the corner.
And there's another one therethat I don't remember.
I meant to look at it today andI don't remember what it was.
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But my favorite was I did havea Halloween one, now that I was
thinking about.
It would glow in the dark andit had bats on the hand, okay.
And then I had a Las Vegas onethat had strippers on the side
and it had slot machines andthen the inside was a roulette
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wheel and then the hands werethe roulette ball.
Yeah, and then I had myfavorite.
One was a space one and itglowed in the dark also and it
was just.
It was the constellations onthe band and it had a couple
constellations on the face.
It was all blue and then it.
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But it came and I hate myselfat this point for not keeping
that fucker in its thing and Iknew then I should have left it
in there, but I like to wearthings right and and couldn't
help myself.
But it came, the package waslike flat on the bottom and then
it had a globe over top of it.
Speaker 2 (50:38):
And it was the moon.
Speaker 3 (50:40):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (50:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (50:42):
And when I did look in that book at the swatch thing
it was worth more money than Icared to admit that I threw in
the trash.
Or in a restaurant for a yearand a half.
Speaker 2 (50:57):
Yeah Well, if we only knew back, then we'd all be
millionaires.
Speaker 3 (51:02):
I'm trying to think of what other ones.
Those are the ones that reallystood out to me.
The Vegas one I loved, and theHalloween one had the face, was
a pumpkin and then had a bat foron the hands.
I don't remember what the bandwas.
I think it had like a black caton it and I'd have to look it
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up and I don't know what year itwas.
So I'm sure they have aHalloween one every year.
Speaker 2 (51:26):
Right.
Speaker 3 (51:26):
Which how I missed again the 95 devil, I don't know
.
Speaker 2 (51:38):
So that was my brief history of swatch.
Yes, and I did go and lookwhile you were talking.
I looked up um swatchcontroversy oh and the first
thing that popped up is actuallyin swatch's favor.
Um, in malaysia they umofficials came in and raided the
store because they were sellinglgbtq watches.
Um, and uh, swatch sued themalaysian government.
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One nice, yeah, so that wasgood, um, but the only obscure
thing I could find um on like auh, what is it a?
A board chat board.
Speaker 3 (52:14):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (52:15):
Okay, that's what the kids.
A technician who goes by thename the watch regulator on Tik
TOK claimed he was fired fromswatch group for disclosing that
swatch watches, like Omega, useparts from China.
Among other allegations, healso claimed that the company
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has a toxic work culture andthat the annual yearly turnover
at Swatch Group is six times thenational average for the Swiss
companies.
The allegations were made onsocial media, so it's the usual
caveat to apply.
The question of Chinese partsand Omega or other Swiss watches
is not a new discussion.
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The law in Switzerlandmaintains that 60% of the total
value of the watch parts andlabor must be made in country,
which obviously leaves room formanufacturers to outsource the
balance.
So I don't know if you're alittle hater, know somebody that
worked for swatch and didn'tlike it there I mean.
Speaker 3 (53:16):
So I always figured that they were more inclusive
just because of what they hadright.
Speaker 2 (53:21):
I always but it could be um, everybody's got a hater,
yeah, and I don't care nothey're not made in a sweatshop
in china.
Speaker 3 (53:29):
So I mean, maybe they're dial.
But come on.
First of all, of course, shitwas made in China.
Speaker 1 (53:37):
Everything is made in fucking China, everything.
Speaker 3 (53:39):
Yeah, there's nothing .
You don't own a goddamn thingthat doesn't have a piece of it.
That came from China, you justdon't.
Speaker 2 (53:44):
My, my friend was telling me the other day her mom
was know the worry stones youcan hold and rub.
So she had ordered a couple oflittle crosses, um, and she
wanted to send one to her friendwho's sick and they said they
were handcrafted and she wasvery upset when it got to her
and said made in china.
It was handcrafted by very tinylittle child, baby hand.
Speaker 3 (54:06):
Yes, that's the thing .
Like everything you own, has apiece of it from everything that
these america, american-madecars come on all the parts are
made overseas and they just putit together here.
Speaker 2 (54:19):
I mean it's just ridiculous exactly okay, so
whatever, I'm sorry.
Speaker 3 (54:23):
I'm sorry if you're at my love, of swatch offends
people, I don't fucking care,because, guess what, I'm still
gonna wear my swatches.
Yeah, I don't give a shit.
Exactly, I don't care, because,guess what, I'm still going to
wear my swatches.
Yeah, I don't give a shit.
Exactly, I don't care.
If they commit genocide, Idon't care about other people.
Well, other people, yeah, Iknow, and they're dying.
Just get rid of the wholeplanet.
(54:45):
It would be good with me, Iknow.
Speaker 2 (54:50):
There's the cranky pants I love, it's just it's a
fucking watch.
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (54:59):
And guess what?
I work in a toxic workenvironment also.
Yes, there's not a singleworkplace If you work for a
company that you don't have atoxic work environment, where
you don't have that one bitchwho tattletales on every fucking
thing you do, or that one bully, or it's like being in high
school or a micromanager, yeahthis one doesn't like me and
(55:21):
this one talks about me and thisone hasn't had a tip.
Okay, well, just you know what Ido.
I keep to myself, I hide in mylittle corner and I put my
little earbuds in.
Yeah, yes, everywhere.
Speaker 2 (55:34):
I mind my own business as well.
Speaker 3 (55:36):
I mean if they're whipping people.
I feel like we would have heardabout that by now I mean okay,
all right whatever, this guycame at me and I didn't like it,
so he can fuck her all the wayoff.
Speaker 2 (55:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (55:49):
I agree, you just didn't you know whatever.
Oh, do you know what else Iforgot to put in there?
Do you remember who had one?
I had a friend who had one.
It was a wall clock.
It was a swatch wall clock, yes.
Speaker 2 (56:03):
And the band like the whole watch, the whole watch.
Yes, it was like the length ofthe wall.
Speaker 3 (56:07):
Yes, or the height of the wall.
Speaker 2 (56:10):
It was like four and a half feet tall.
Speaker 3 (56:12):
Yes, yep, I do remember that, I do know
somebody who had that and I wantto say, like one of the TV,
like maybe Clarissa Explains itAll, or one of them had it in
there, like there was one in aTV show.
Speaker 2 (56:24):
I'm going to look it up.
I was always really fascinatedwith all the Coca-Cola ones.
Speaker 3 (56:28):
I don't know why I like the.
Speaker 2 (56:29):
Coca-Cola one, but they all really always caught my
eye, which is why that's theone I picked.
When I got one, the one I justrecently got for Christmas was
it's a plastic band, but it'slike silvery, glittery, so it
looks like a shiny wristband.
Speaker 3 (56:49):
I had, mine had like it was black and silver, the
fancy one and it had like everyother bead was like silver and
then black and then silver andthen black.
And it had like a regularlittle clasp.
Speaker 2 (57:03):
Yeah, there's a really elegant like silver
banded one that I think is ametal band.
Actually that I've looked atthey do have a lot of metal ones
.
Speaker 3 (57:11):
Now I can't find it.
I know there was one that hadone on TV and I don looked at.
They do have a lot of metalones.
Now I can't find it.
I know there was one that hadone on TV and I don't remember.
Oh man, sometimes you shouldGoogle swatch wall clocks
because they're pretty awesome.
Look at that one.
Whoa, oh shit.
My mom actually likes swatchestoo.
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She's had a ton Pretty much.
Every time she'd buy me oneshe'd buy herself one.
So we have a lot of swatch.
Speaker 2 (57:40):
I've given a lot of money.
Maybe she saved all herpackaging.
You don't have expensive ones,I don't know.
Speaker 3 (57:45):
She did or not.
She probably didn't save thepackaging.
She probably still has them all.
Speaker 2 (57:49):
I don't know though, because they moved, they got rid
of we made her get rid of soyou don't have to do it later
that's what I fucking said toher.
Speaker 3 (57:58):
I was like lady, because she was like, oh no, she
had shit from my from when Iwas like in elementary school,
like a report card from likefourth grade and all this, and I
was like I'm throwing this away.
And she was like, no, don'tthrow it.
Speaker 1 (58:14):
And I was like it's my report card if I want to
throw it in the trash, I'm gonnathrow it in the trash.
Speaker 3 (58:19):
She was all kinds and I was like mom, nobody and I
mean nobody wants this anymore.
Who, who was gonna take it?
You think my niece and nephewcare what grades I got in the
fourth grade?
They don't.
They don't.
Trust me, no one does.
So we did end up getting rid ofa lot of her.
(58:40):
She's a hoarder yeah, patty,hoarder head.
So that's Swatch.
I love that.
So if you wanted to look upSwatches and you wanted to tell
us about, about your swatch thatyou had, or how much you hate
me for loving swatches, you cango right on ahead.
Speaker 2 (59:00):
I don't care, come at me, come at me, bro, you're so
aggressive today I'm aggressivebecause I don't know why you
even had off work today for theholidays I had off yesterday and
today, and I'm just very youknow what it is.
Speaker 3 (59:12):
I do not want to go back to work tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (59:14):
Tomorrow is going to suck.
Speaker 3 (59:16):
And it's going to start snowing tomorrow at some
point and we're supposed to getanywhere from like two inches to
27,000 inches.
Speaker 2 (59:23):
They can't decide what's happening.
Speaker 3 (59:25):
It is literally like you're either going to get no
snow or three feet of snow.
Yes, yes and I'm not kidding,it's two feet.
Speaker 2 (59:33):
And it's been weird the whole time, Like when it was
going to be real big, nobodywas even talking about it.
And then they're like, oh, itlooks like it might pass us.
Oh well, let's just wait andsee yeah.
Speaker 3 (59:48):
Now we're going to today.
They came out with it and theywere like't it supposed to start
tomorrow.
At some point, I don't knowwhen.
Speaker 2 (59:54):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (59:55):
So I'm already stressed out about this week.
Okay, so I'm aggressive.
Speaker 2 (01:00:01):
Well, we recorded the podcast today early.
Yeah, it's only.
Speaker 3 (01:00:04):
Monday, and that's part of the issue too.
So, yeah, anyway, anyway, we'retrying to keep them shorter now
, guys, we're trying to we getlong winded.
We don't mean to, we got longwinded in the beginning of this,
so if you just wanted to skipthrough, don't skip through.
That's mean anyway you can likeshare rate, review the little
(01:00:28):
five stars.
You can follow us on all of oursocials and we have a new, uh,
facebook group.
Speaker 2 (01:00:38):
Oh, that's right.
Like whatever pod, it is agroup, not just a page.
We have both, but I don't knowwhat that means.
Speaker 3 (01:00:43):
I don't really either , but somebody wanted it, so
there it is.
Yeah, um, definitely go toyoutube like whatever pod on
there.
I know some have had troublefinding it, I don't know why.
Anyway, it's on there.
Just look, look at her cutecartoons.
Please check out my cutecartoons, because I did work
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kind of hard on them.
I mean, mostly it was AI, but Idid have to.
Whatever we're have to,whatever we're trying to do
video, yeah, so it's a lotharder to edit video and sound
than it is to just do the audio,because I got really good at
(01:01:32):
that audio thing, but now thevideo there's a whole nother
component anyway.
Um, so we are still trying todo that.
Plus, we don't have a camera,so we have to use one of our
phones and that's not been goingwell, yeah, because then I
don't know where the my phone isyeah, um, yeah, so stay tuned.
Yeah, that's on.
Um, oh, and tiktok.
(01:01:54):
I have been posting a lot ontiktok.
If you're on tiktok, um,there's this new thing called,
uh, mass following, where, likeeverybody, gen x is is mass
following each other forwhatever reason oh, that's just
something that randomly started.
Yeah, oh, okay, yeah it's justlike you just go on to other
people's and you comment andthen, like, everybody follows
(01:02:16):
everybody in all of the comments.
Some of these people who gainlike six, seven thousand
followers, because if you have acertain amount of followers
then you can get money right youcan monetize right.
So if you, if someone watchesyour video for longer than like
five seconds or something, Idon't I don't know, really know,
how it works.
But um, so if you're on thetickety talk, we are.
(01:02:37):
I have been posting a lot onthere recently, nice, so any of
those places, uh, anywhere youcan find podcasts, we are and
the email is like whateverpod atgmailcom.
So you can send us an email ordon't like whatever.
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We're talking the past, frommistakes to arcades.
We're having a blast.
Teenage dreams, neon screens,it was all rad and no one knew
me Like you know.
It's like whatever.
Together forever.
We've never done this, everLaughing and sharing our stories
.
Clever, we'll take you back.
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It's like whatever.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Welcome to Like Whatever a podcast for.
By and about Gen X.
I'm Nicole and this is my BFF,heather.
Hello, so I'm going to startwith a Saturday Night Live
50-year special.
Speaker 3 (00:44):
Yeah, I watched it too.
Did you watch it too?
I did, because I knew you werewatching it.
Did you watch the whole thing?
I did All three and a halfhours of it.
Yes, what was up with that?
But wasn't it awesome though?
It was very good yes.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Yeah, I loved, I think, my favorite.
I loved all of the music, but Ithink Miley and Brittany Howard
paying homage to SineadO'Connor, that was amazing, that
was, and they did a beautifuljob.
Yes, they did.
And, of course, paul McCartney.
That's always kind of cool, butit was so neat to see so many
(01:17):
people in one room.
I know it was overwhelming andI know we see that at the Oscars
and such, but it just wasdifferent.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
I think crammed into that studio.
I think is what it was.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Like you don't expect to see nothing but celebrities
in there.
You expect to see like theactual audience.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
You know what I mean.
Like the audience.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
So yeah, it was pretty cool.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Yeah, it was neat.
I think my favorite skit wasBlack Jeopardy, when Eddie
Murphy was playing.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Tracy Morgan.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
I mean, I've always been a huge Tracy Morgan fan.
Actually, a few years back whenhe had the tour bus accident up
on the Jersey Turnpike, he wascoming from Dover Downs.
I was going to say he's comingfrom Dover, Yep, and my husband
and I were at Dover Downs.
That I was going to say he'scoming from Dover, Yep, and my
husband and I were at DoverDowns that night just to hang
out.
We went into I don't knowGamble a little bit and we had
(02:13):
both previously worked there sosometimes we knew the right
people for things.
So we got connected with acouple of tickets to the show
and we walked through the hotellobby and he was in there with
his entourage so I like havepictures of him like 10 feet
away from me oh wow, yeah very,very cool.
So, yeah, we saw him and thenafter that night he had that
accident which stunk, but still,I was very, very starstruck.
(02:37):
I have always loved him.
Yeah, I like tracy morgan he'shilarious the scared straight
one too.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
Come on, I was that none of them can keep it
together.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Yes, yes, that one.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
But I was.
You know what I wasdisappointed about?
No, Stefan.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
We said the same thing.
Jay fell asleep last night andthe first thing he asked me
about it this morning was didStefan ever make an appearance?
And I said he was part of likea clip for a half second, but it
wasn't about him no, and Ithought, when Seth Meyers came
on, I was like oh, on theweekend update.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
I was like, oh, they're gonna bring Stefan in.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
I don't maybe they because it was problematic.
I don't know.
I can't imagine anybody wouldbe upset about I don't know,
stefan, but oh, he was one of myfavorites.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
But speaking of problematic, I also loved how
they handled.
You know like we haven't alwaysbeen perfect yes, it has been
50 years and and we did makesome poor choices.
And yes, they showed picturesof R Kelly and P Diddy.
Yes, they're like oops, our bad.
I enjoyed that part too, yeahyeah, I thought that was neat
that they addressed that anddidn't just pretend like, yeah,
(03:45):
none of that ever happened.
And then, when they wereblurring, out like the black
face you know they were justmortified, but they were like,
let's just put it out there.
Yeah, it was it was good.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
Yeah, um, it made me a little teary with the the john
belushi in the graveyard partyes, wasn't that that was so
ironic, really was yeah, itreally was, and it was very sad
and adam samler's song about thepast you know dan akroyd wasn't
there either.
He wasn't, huh, I saw chubbychase on the um the red carpet
(04:17):
yeah, but he wasn't in the show.
No I wonder if just dan akroydwasn't there and they just I?
Speaker 2 (04:22):
I don't know, I haven't heard much from him
lately.
Maybe he's not well.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
I know that he has been very busy.
How can I put this nicely?
He's big into aliens, Likeextremely Like one of the number
one alien people, Likeconspiracy theory guy.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Like he is like he was on.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
They interviewed him on last podcast on the left.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
And he is like so is he like a little mental?
Speaker 3 (04:59):
with it.
I mean, I guess that depends onyour feelings about the whole
alien thing.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Well, speaking of aliens, they did do one of my
all-time favorite skits as well,with Kate McKinnon, and they're
all getting abducted.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
Oh, yeah, and Meryl Streep.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
Yes, yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
She couldn't keep it together either.
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
That's always been one of my favorite skits.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Yeah, that was good it was good.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Yeah, I thoroughly enjoyed.
I stayed awake the whole time,tired today, but I was wide
awake the whole time watching.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
I watched it, I didn't realize it was gonna be
that long, Mm hmm.
So I was like God, this thing'sgonna be ending any time.
And then I was like, well, Iguess it's going to end at 10.
And then I was like no it waslike 10.30?
No.
11?
No.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Well, I watched the red carpet show too, so they
were talking about how it wassupposed to be 3 to 11, but they
were like we're going to behere until 3 in the morning,
Like we have so much.
They were saying it was goingto go way over.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
I didn't see that part of the.
I guess I didn't, I wasn'treally paying attention to the
red carpet.
I was on TikTok.
I was TikTok-ing it up, butwhat I have to talk about this
week is that goddamn anglerfish.
Look, here's the thing.
You know, but maybe some of youout there don't know I struggle
(06:27):
with depression have for mywhole life.
It's a battle that some days Iwin, some days I don't, and that
I want to call it theDisneyfication of everything.
You know, I'm like a hugeDisney fan anyway and, like you
know, like all of that wherethey personify inanimate objects
(06:48):
and all that Right.
So I have an issue with thatanyway.
I like to personify my inanimateobjects.
But this damn anglerfish, it'sjust, I mean I get it, she was
sick, that's why it's just, Imean I get it she did.
Was that she was sick, that'swhy?
But she made it from like 8,000feet under the ocean all the
(07:12):
way to the surface withoutgetting eaten.
She just I mean, I know it waslike some kind of issue with her
Cause down at the depths it'scrushing.
So you know, the buoyancy is anissue Once they start getting a
hot.
Get all that, I get all I getshe's dying, I get she's a fish
she didn't understand, and allthat.
(07:32):
But the memes and theinspirational sayings going on
all over the internet with thisgoddamn fish.
So anyway, now I want ananglerfish tattoo no yeah do you
know?
Speaker 2 (07:47):
what I didn't know is how tiny she is, I know,
because that picture makes itseem like she's huge well, I
thought she was at least likethe size of a balloon, yeah,
like somewhere in there, but Ithink three centimeters or
something like teeny tiny itfits in the palm of your hand.
Speaker 3 (08:03):
I know, you know what it is for me In that picture.
It's her eyes, like the wayshe's like looking up.
I don't know, it's just it'sthe damn fish got me and she is
super cute, I mean yeah.
So I think I want that's goingto be my next tattoo when I
don't know I like it, becauseI'm running out of room on my
(08:26):
arms.
I'm going to have to startmoving to my legs and I hate
getting my legs tattooed.
So I guess that's where it'sgoing to have to go, but because
I like to see my tattoos, yes.
And so I put them all on my armswhere I can see them, and now
I'm running out of arm space.
I have to start putting them onmy legs, I guess.
But yeah, that was my thingthis week Also.
(08:50):
I was playing around this weekwith some.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
I found this way to animate your own audio.
Exciting, I have seen a littlebit of your magic.
Speaker 3 (09:09):
I made two of them.
Um, if you're interested, youcan check out the.
If you check out the youtube,that is where I put my thing on
the youtube.
Yes, um, I made one with nicoleand I made one with myself.
So the program that I found todo it, you can only use one
audio, one person's audio, soyou can't do like a back and
(09:32):
forth.
I could probably figure out howto do a back and forth, but
that is above my pay gradecurrently.
So, I will continue to work onthat, but the YouTube has the
two shorts, the animated shorts,and I frankly think they were
pretty cute they are very cute.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
so, uh, let's see what else.
I uh, this week was watching metv on sunday morning.
I had the house to myself, Ihave my coffee and I'm scrolling
, and so I just wanted somethingoff for background noise.
But I put on on me TV and Icaught Happy Days just as it was
starting.
That was so much fun.
(10:11):
The Fonz, of course, was curledup in a recliner.
Hey, kissing all over a girl,that's funny.
And so the next half hour wasLaverne and Shirley, followed by
the Andy Griffith show, andthen I Love Lucy, so I had two
hours of like some of myfavorite shows of all time.
(10:33):
It was really fun, that's nice.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
I was home all day yesterday by myself too.
I didn't even turn the TV on.
I turned no noise on at all.
I do that a lot.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
It was dead ass quiet If I'm home alone a lot of
times because my husband, ifhe's here he has to have the TV
on.
Yes, and I do like my silence.
I do too.
I just love.
Speaker 3 (10:53):
I'm sorry I interrupted.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
No, you're okay.
I have one last Gen X thing toshare before we get into.
So I went in for a checkuptoday and Gen X issues First.
I'm waiting in the lobby and itwas hilarious because there
were like these 80 year old guysin there talking about the
weather and I haven't heard oldmen talk about the weather in a
long time and it was.
It was really entertaining.
(11:16):
Like apparently it thundered atthree o'clock in the morning.
The other night.
And the one old man was up to gopee and the other guy was like
I didn't hear that, like wheredo you live?
Yeah.
We got a nasty storm camethrough, it was this whole big
thing for them.
Um, yeah, so anyway, my jointshurt.
Um, I had to get a shot.
(11:36):
Yuck.
So now my left arm feels likesomebody punched me.
I avoid shots at all costs.
I do too, but I've had shinglesbefore and it's not fun.
Speaker 3 (11:46):
I know, I remember that.
Oh gosh, I felt so bad for you.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
Yeah, it was a race weekend.
I used to work at a casino andthey had a racetrack and they
had NASCAR twice a year, so itwas the very start of race
weekend.
I mean, you just work 16, 18hours a day, three days straight
, and there's nothing you can doabout it.
So the very first day I show upand I'm like, oh, I'm so tired,
(12:10):
I don't feel good and my backwas itching.
And by like the end of Friday Ishowed one of my friends
because they had a friend whohad just had shingles, and they
said sounds like you haveshingles.
And they looked at my back andthey were like, oh, yeah, that's
shingles, because I had therash.
And I was like, well, I guessI'll have to wait till Monday.
And I proceeded to work thewhole weekend, very sick and a
(12:32):
lot of pain.
Speaker 3 (12:32):
Yeah, that was terrible, but there's no option.
Speaker 2 (12:35):
I mean plus the money you couldn't miss.
No, yeah, so I had to be there,but yeah, so I got my second.
It's two shots even, which isthe really fun part yeah,
because it's one of those thatburns when it goes in and then
your whole arm hurts.
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
They keep trying to make me get a pneumonia shot.
I'm like, I'm good.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
Yeah, I think I needed to get a flu shot, but I
always have symptoms.
So I mean, it would have been agreat excuse to call it a work
tomorrow, but I'm trying to bemature.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
Every time she's like well, you really should get the
pneumonia shot, and I'm likeI'll just die in my own juices.
Speaker 2 (13:15):
I'm cool.
Speaker 3 (13:16):
Yeah, I don't want to .
Speaker 2 (13:18):
And then the colonoscopy, which I've still
never done.
And she's like well, what aboutthe ColoGuard?
I said you sent me theColoGuard, I'm just not going to
do that.
She's like, why?
And I said, it's not even thewhole.
If you don't know whatColoGuard is, it's that little
commercial.
And they send you the box andit's like easy peasy, just put a
little piece of poop in thereand mail it back Like no big
(13:39):
deal.
But then you open it directions, and and oh my gosh, it's
overwhelming, and I don't dowell with overwhelming.
So uh, she was like well, doyou want to do the colo guard?
I said to be honest, if youkeep giving me that thing, I'm
never going to do it.
So just tell me to go to adoctor I did.
Speaker 3 (13:56):
I had to do the.
I did.
They wanted me to do a.
I got serious stomach troubleum, because, again, I didn't
think I would be alive this long.
So all the ibuprofen that Itook in my 20s is now catching
up to me and I have pretty muchremoved the lining of my stomach
.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
All the Vibrin we took in college probably didn't
help me either.
Speaker 3 (14:16):
No, None of the things I do in life has helped
that situation.
So I wanted to do a scope tosee what was going on and she
was like, well, well, I meanyou're doing the scope, they got
you out, you might as well.
And I was like, all right, butwhen I had to do the, the prep
for it I really honestly, Ithought I was going to die
because, see, I'm terrified ofthat.
(14:37):
Well, it's probably not so badif you're somebody other than me
, because it really it's notwhat it used to be.
So you don't have to drinkwhatever juice they used to make
now.
You just mix up like mucinex orwhatever not the snot stuff,
but right, you just mix it upinto whatever beverage of choice
you want.
That's clear or not?
red, um, so that's fine because,then at least it tastes like
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whatever it is you want.
But then they give you, um,they give you pills, so on.
I had my prep was for likethree days.
Two days oh yeah, it was twodays before my right thing.
So on my first day I had todrink the juice, all starting at
like 2 pm and and then straightthrough, and then the the next
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day.
So the day before I had to dothese little pills and you had
to take like five of them atonce and they were just one of
the I don't remember what theywere called but it's over the
counter.
Yeah, and so I had to take likefive of them, and then, like a
couple hours later, you takelike three more.
So I had to take like five ofthem and then, like a couple
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hours later, you take like threemore.
So I went and I took the firstfive and I don't know what in
the world happened, but mysystem was like no we're not and
I started puking.
When I mean everywhere, I meanI couldn't even get up off the
sofa.
I was just I would be like Ithink I have to and then just
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throw up.
So I kind of ended up callingthe doctor and I was like I and
after I took those I literallycould not drink anything, water,
nothing.
Yeah, it was bad.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
I've heard it's bad, but not that bad.
Speaker 3 (16:20):
That's the last time I ever do that.
Yeah, I'll die of colon cancer.
Speaker 2 (16:25):
I'm cool with that all right, I think I'm all
caught up on all my stuff forthe week okay.
Speaker 3 (16:34):
Well then, how about if we fuck around and find out
about my favorite swatch?
I have always loved swatch.
I have had a million of them.
Probably not a million, but Ihave had a good number of them.
Um, so my sources are swatchcom, swatchgroupcom, the swatch
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book which who knew there was abook by arlette kolinsky, and uh
, swatch, the story of theReinvention of the Swiss Watch
Industry, by Nicholas Hayek.
Speaker 2 (17:06):
Alrighty.
Speaker 3 (17:09):
Swatch, the brand that revolutionized the world of
watches, has a rich andfascinating history.
I can't wait.
Launched in the early 80s,which I have it in here
somewhere oh yeah, it was March1st 1983.
Okay, it quickly became asymbol of innovation, creativity
and affordability, although Idon't really remember it being
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ever being that affordable yeah,because I got one.
Speaker 2 (17:34):
Yeah, they were not, it was a christmas present, and
that was that when I was a kid.
Speaker 3 (17:39):
Anyway, march 1st 1983 by nicholas hayek, a
visionary entrepreneur with apassion for revitalizing the
Swiss watch industry.
At the time, the industry wasfacing immense challenges due to
the quartz crisis, which hadled to a significant decline in
demand for traditionalmechanical watches.
Now, I've always been a watch.
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I don't have one on today, butI feel naked without a watch.
I always have, I've always hada watch.
I always like watches.
I don't like digital watches,although now I have a smart
watch, so I really hate that.
But but I need the smart watchI don't need it, but right,
right it lets me know whenthings are happening on my phone
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that I should be aware of andwhen I don't have to look at my
phone.
Speaker 2 (18:24):
I'm'm a big fan of wearing a watch.
I had a lot through like.
I remember watches beingsomething I liked, like I really
like getting a nice watch forChristmas, or I have some of my
mom's old watches from when shewas a teen.
So I have always been and I'mthe same.
I'm not down with digital toomuch.
Speaker 3 (18:44):
I my mom, is it my?
No, it's my dad.
My dad has.
Oh, oh man, it's a very specialwatch and now I don't remember
what it is because it's in alittle it comes.
It was one of the cartoons fromwhen they were kids, like not
howdy doody, but some cowboy.
I don't remember what it is,but it's on like a he has.
It's in like like when thesepeople die, the shit that they
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have kept.
Like my mom has an originalbarbie.
Oh yes, wow, yes, I think it'sstill in the box.
I mean, it's been played with,but I'm pretty sure she still
has the box.
And then he has this.
It's not.
She has a sally starr doll too.
Um, sundance kid butch cassidyoh okay, yeah, watch and it's on
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like a little saddle.
Oh so he has all that.
So you know, yeah, that's goingon ebay immediately.
They won't even be cold yet andI'll be like we're getting that
watch up.
Um.
So I've always liked, I'vealways worn watches, and I do
not like digital because I don'tlike numbers.
You know how I am about numbersI like to be able to see the
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time and not have to do math.
So, back to Swatch.
Okay, Hayek's vision was tocreate a watch that combined the
precision of Swiss.
This is going to be real hardfor me to say Swiss watchmaking
and innovativeative Design andAffordability.
He collaborated with the twomajor Swiss watchmakers facing
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financial difficulties to bringhis vision to life.
The early years of Swatch weremarked by challenges and
skepticism.
The idea of using plastic forwatches was revolutionary but
met with resistance.
However, hayek's determinationand belief in his vision drove
the company forward.
Thank goodness, yes.
The Quartz Crisis, the Quartz.
Speaker 2 (20:37):
Crisis.
I don't even remember theQuartz Crisis.
Well, it began in the late 70s.
Speaker 3 (20:41):
Okay, that's why you probably didn't know.
You probably weren't watchingthe news, or nor did we probably
care I probably didn't knowwhat quartz was, it was a period
of significant upheaval in thewatch industry.
The introduction of quartztechnology by Japanese companies
led to a dramatic shift inconsumer preferences.
Traditional mechanical watcheswere perceived as outdated and
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expensive, leading to a declinein demand.
Swatch emerged as a response tothis crisis.
By embracing quartz technologyand offering stylish, affordable
watches, swatch was able tocapture the attention of
consumers and revive the Swisswatch I swear to.
Speaker 2 (21:21):
God.
Speaker 3 (21:23):
We're just going to pretend like I didn't fuck that
up.
So one of the mostrevolutionary aspects of swatch
was its use of plastic.
This material allowed forvibrant and diverse designs that
appealed to a wide audience.
Oh yes, swatch watches were notjust timekeepers they were
fashion accessories thatreflected individual
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personalities.
Were not just timekeepers theywere fashion accessories that
reflected individualpersonalities.
The concept of affordableluxury resonated with consumers
and set Swatch apart fromtraditional watchmakers.
Swatch's designs weredistinctive and bold,
characterized by bright colors,playful patterns and innovative
shapes.
The brand collaborated withartists and designers to create
limited edition collections thatbecame highly sought after by
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collectors.
As Swatch evolved, so did itsdesigns.
The brand continued to push theboundaries of creativity,
experimenting with new materialsand styles, from the classic
plastic to the introduction ofbioceramic watches, swatch has
consistently been at theforefront of design innovation,
although I did hear that theywere supposed to be coming out
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with a smartwatch and they havenot yet, that was like rumors,
like when the iWatch first cameout.
Speaker 2 (22:34):
Oh.
Speaker 3 (22:35):
Yeah, and I've been waiting for it because you bet
your girl will be number one onthe smart Swatch, although
because I have a Samsung, sothere it is called the s watch.
It's already a swatch.
Oh yeah, okay they're.
They're super sneaky that waynice and maybe that's what
swatch was talking about.
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So swatch quickly became acultural phenomenon.
It Its bold designs andcollaborations.
They were wearable art.
They really were.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
Yeah, definitely.
Speaker 3 (23:09):
Limited edition releases created a sense of
exclusivity and collectability.
The cultural impact of Swatchextended beyond the world of
fashion.
Swatch watches appeared inmovies, TV shows and music
videos, becoming a staple of popculture.
Celebrities and influencersembraced the brand, further
cementing its status as afashion icon.
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Swatch's collaboration withartists have resulted in some of
the most memorable and uniquewatch designs, From Keith Haring
to Jeremy Scott.
These collaborations haveallowed Swatch to tap into
different artistic styles andcreate watches that resonate
with a diverse audience.
Swatch protectors swatching outthe band.
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Oh, that's my note.
So do you remember?
They invented the little jellything that went over so you
could protect your Swatch?
Yes, and they broke literallyevery time you try and put them
on.
Yes, but they came in like thelittle packs.
So you had like four of them.
And then the reason I likedswatch.
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I mean A I really just likedthe swatch, but because I worked
in restaurants, the plastic iswhat sold me on swatch.
Because it didn't get stinky,because it didn't get that
restaurant stench that everyother watch I had ever had.
Plus, it was completelywaterproof, so I could keep it
on all the time and the onlyproblem with it was on the back,
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where the battery was.
It would get gunk, oh, like crudin there, so you'd have to like
take a pair of tweezers or pullthe egg crap out of it.
But I mean, it didn't smell,that's what I like.
And then the bands would peel,like the plastic part would peel
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up on the side.
But you could just replace thebands, you could just they had a
million different kinds ofbands that you could just
replace the the bands, right,you could just.
They had a million differentkinds of bands that you could.
Yeah, um, so I looked up thebest what, what they say are the
best swatches.
Okay, and I put that in airquotes because I don't know who
decided these were the yeah,they.
They did um the google did um sothe number one one was this hot
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stuff from 1995.
It has devil horns and onestrap ends in a devil tail.
There's no numbers on it, justlike little flames, and I found
it on Poshmark and I bought it.
I don't know how in the hell Imissed, because it was.
It was a Halloween one.
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Oh, from 1995.
Okay, so how I missed that?
I don't know, because that wasthe point.
The Early 90s, I guess.
Once I started making my ownmoney, my mom would get me one
for Christmas every year, andthen after that I was like, well
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, I'm just going to start buyingmy own.
Speaker 1 (26:07):
And then the internet .
Speaker 3 (26:09):
you could find them on the internet after a while,
so I could just order them onthere.
Speaker 1 (26:12):
Anyway.
Speaker 3 (26:13):
I would get one every year, so how I miss the devil I
don't know.
Speaker 2 (26:18):
There must have been another one that year that
really caught your eye.
Speaker 3 (26:21):
I guess I don't know I'd have to look because I don't
know how I missed that.
I mean, it is so fucking cool,it does the one?
Oh, it's so cool, so I foundone.
The site's a little.
I'm not sure they haven't sentme a thing that says I can have
it, but we'll see.
Hopefully it gets here and Iwill fucking wear it.
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I'll take the damn ass.
Watch off for that.
Yeah, the second one was it wascalled Pudi 1992.
And it was the work of artistJean-Honor Fragonard.
I took French.
Speaker 2 (26:59):
I was going to say Frenchie.
Speaker 3 (27:01):
Yeah, that was 30 some odd years ago.
True that I took French, it'snot like I use it.
It paid tribute to the wingedbabes of the Renaissance art.
It was a fabric strap and itwas the Renaissance babies.
Speaker 2 (27:17):
Yeah, the little cherubs.
Speaker 3 (27:18):
Yeah, it was that all over the dial and it was the,
the renaissance babies you know.
Yeah, the little cherubs, yeah,it was that all over the dial
and on it was very muted colors.
It was pretty.
It sounds pretty, yeah, um, thehundred millionth swatch was a
92 celebrating the hundredmillion swatch.
The face is a bunch of peoplelike it is probably no offense
swatch, but that fucker was uglyit was just hideous.
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It was like a whole bunch ofpeople on the front of it and
then the bands were likeprobably a centimeter of
different patterns all the wayup like clouds and houses and
checkers.
It was a lot Like I get whatthey were trying to do.
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Put 100 million watches intoone watch.
Speaker 2 (28:03):
But it was a lot.
Speaker 3 (28:05):
It was a lot Carmelissima and it looked like
candy.
It was like the candy necklaces.
Yeah, it looked like a candybracelet.
It was really pretty.
90 Years of mickey mouse watch.
You'll never guess what's onthat.
It's mickey mouse, yes, and itwas the 90th anniversary of
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mickey's magnificence.
It was limited to 19,999 pieces.
It had a red one, band with red, one was yellow and then mickey
was on the face, like it waskind of an abstract not abstract
Mickey, but it was all circles,right.
So it wasn't like your typicalMickey, right, but it was pretty
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cool.
But it was definitely like ifyou saw it from, you'd be like,
oh, that's Mickey Mouse the redcolors.
Sweet Baby was a 1996 and it hada bunch of babies decorating
both on the dial and on thestrap.
They were babies crying.
It was the second ugliest watchI've ever seen.
Yeah, that sounds reallystrange.
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It was just as bad as the onewith all the people on it Like
stop putting people on there.
Tone in Blue was a musicalswatch which I did not know.
They had these either.
The musical series consisted ofsome of the oddest watches
swatch ever released.
They would play a tiny littletune by a famous musician.
This one played a song byjean-michael jarret.
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What, yeah, I didn't.
I never knew they had.
I didn't look to see if youcould find those, because the
one they had in the picturelooked like it had been beat up
pretty good so I'm assuming thatthey were probably heavily
played.
Uh, swatch paparazzi spot wasthe first.
Oh, it was.
Oh, this one was ugly too.
It was the first.
The swatch was the firstcompany to work with microsoft
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on their spot technology, and itdied on the vine.
It didn't get anywhere.
It was really ugly.
It looked like you rememberthose robots Like with the weird
heads.
That was like Like a.
It had bolts on the side andlike a thing on the top of it
yeah Like blue and gray.
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And it looked like that, it wasreal and it was digital and I
don't like.
And gray, and it looked likethat it was real and it was
digital and I don't like.
No, yeah, I don't like it, itwas ugly the serpent.
Gz 102 was done by keithherring in 85, but that was the
first one that art and commercemix into lifeaways.
His whimsical watch now costabout a thousand dollars online.
I don't remember what that onelooked like.
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I looked at it, but I don'tremember what it looked like a
swatch urine double dot.
It's not a watch, but amovement.
In 99, hayek and nicholasnegrofonte created internet time
, a universal time standard,popular for a few years and that
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fad died out recently, but itis still hanging on in some
corners of the nerd community,nice.
So I guess it's.
I guess it was universal time,right, which is what gretchen
greenwich meantime.
So it is still hanging on inthe nerd community.
I guess it.
It's Greenwich Mean Time, yes,which I always called it
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Gretchen Bean Time.
That's why I was getting caughtup there because it's Gretchen
Bean Time to me, but it'sGreenwich Mean Time.
And then the last one thatGoogle had is the jelly, and
this one we all have seen.
It is the one that is clear andyou can see straight through it
, and it is one of the oldeststyles in the Swatch playbook,
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completely transparent, and itdefined the playful lines and
odd styling of the Swatch world.
Swatch was also at theforefront of technology
advancements in the watchindustry.
The use of quartz technologyensured precise timekeeping,
while continuous experimentationwith materials led to
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innovations like the bioceramicswatch.
The introduction of bioceramicwatches marked a significant
milestone for Swatch.
The innovative materialcombined the durability of
ceramics with the lightweightproperties of plastic, resulting
in watches that were bothstylish and functional.
I did not.
I did not.
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I don't know that.
I've ever seen them.
That's weird.
I don't know.
I'm trying to think All minewere always just plastic.
Well, I did have.
I lied.
I had one that was.
I had my fancy swatch that waschain.
Yeah, it looked like a bracelet.
That was for my going out.
Speaker 2 (32:45):
Swatch.
That was your going to church,swatch, yeah.
Speaker 3 (32:49):
Swatch has also embraced digital innovations,
incorporating smart technologyinto its watches.
The brand's commitment tostaying ahead of the curve has
allowed it to remain relevant inan ever-changing market.
They do have some, um, becauseI was on the website they do
have some.
It's not a smart watch really,but, um, they're getting closer.
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I don't know if they just gaveup on that, or I mean, there's
like I don't know, maybe it justwasn't worth it.
There's probably just too manyof them and it's probably just
too hard to compete in thatmarket with Apple and Samsung
Right Running that show and theydon't need it Like they have
their thing.
They don't because, like youknow, I don't know Right.
Swatch's success in the Swissmarket paved the way for its
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expansion into internationalmarkets.
It paved the way for itsexpansion into international
markets.
The brand's global reach wasfurther solidified with the
formation of the Swatch Group,which brought people together
several prestigious watch brandsunder one umbrella.
The diversification allowedSwatch to influence and shape
the global watchmaking industry.
True, I know Definitely.
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True, I know Definitely.
It established a strongpresence in key regions,
including North America.
Speaker 1 (34:04):
Europe and.
Speaker 3 (34:05):
Asia.
Speaker 2 (34:11):
Each market presented unique challenges and
opportunities, and Swatch'sability to adapt ensured its
success.
It was probably so fun to workat Swatch, like as a designer.
Speaker 3 (34:16):
Oh my gosh, they probably just gave you carte
blanche and was just like goahead, here you go.
Speaker 2 (34:21):
You want to?
Speaker 3 (34:21):
make a crazy watch.
Have at it.
Speaker 2 (34:23):
Right.
Speaker 3 (34:26):
The Swatch Group's acquisition of other watch
brands allowed the company todiversify its offerings and
cater to different segments ofthe markets.
The strategic move furthersolidified Swatch's position as
a leader in the watch industry.
Because I know now they haveand I think they always did too
I never leaned that way becausethose watches were too Like.
I like a big watch.
Speaker 1 (34:45):
But those watch.
Speaker 3 (34:46):
The scuba watches were just too.
They were huge.
Speaker 1 (34:48):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (34:49):
But they still have those.
Yeah, they are huge, they'relike your whole arm.
I know I just bought huge,they're like your whole arm.
I know I just bought one.
Are they like flavorful?
Yeah, they're not much smaller.
No, I just got one for Joe forChristmas.
It's you can see through it.
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You can see through it and itis probably like I don't know,
but it takes up.
It's probably almost the sizeof my palm.
Speaker 1 (35:17):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (35:18):
It is.
It's probably like you can'tsee, but it's like that big,
it's huge.
It's all black and then thewell, it's depth, it's got depth
.
So it's black on the top, blackunderneath, and then it's got
like an orange rim in there andthen the bands are orange and
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black.
It's really pretty.
Sounds like it, but it's justhuge.
He loves a big watch and it wasfreaking huge.
So effective marketing andbranding were crucial to
Swatch's success.
The company's advertisingcampaigns were creative and
memorable, establishing a strongbrand identity.
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Swatch's ability to stayrelevant and adapt to changing
consumer preferences ensured itscontinued popularity.
It focused on creating anemotional connection with
consumers.
The brand's campaigns oftenfeatured themes of individuality
, creativity and self-expression.
So it was when I posted this onthe Facebook page, didn't I
actually got a lot of opposition?
Apparently, I'm like the onlyone that likes this watch.
Speaker 2 (36:25):
I love swatch.
Speaker 3 (36:26):
I got a lot because I asked if anybody had right, you
know, and a lot of people werelike, oh no, I would never have
bought that and it was like Iknow, I don't know if it was
controversial.
I don't remember, I don't know.
No, I guess maybe because oftime, I don't know.
I just got controversial.
I don't remember, I don't know.
No, I guess maybe because oftime, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (36:39):
I just got a new one for Christmas last year.
Speaker 3 (36:42):
I got like this.
This one person like went at meabout the swatch and then it
said, oh, and then you know whathe said here we go.
Here's where this pissed me off.
Speaker 1 (36:52):
So I had to go back.
Speaker 3 (36:53):
But it was like.
He was like obviously you don'tcare about other people, and I
was like, because I had fuckingswatches, I don't even.
I didn't really understand.
And then I can tell you livewithin two hours of an ocean
what I mean.
And I said I live a block fromthe ocean, that helps, and I
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don't know.
Speaker 2 (37:14):
It's just fucking weird Like I didn't.
That is very weird.
And speaking of weird, when Iwas in the waiting room today
listening to the old people, youwant to know why the one guy
thinks the weather is beingcrazy.
Speaker 3 (37:25):
Oh, let me guess Weather machine.
Speaker 2 (37:30):
All the stuff we put out in space.
Speaker 3 (37:33):
Yeah, well, I mean he should talk to Elon about that,
Because half of it's his.
Speaker 2 (37:40):
No, he thinks it's a big waste of money to be
spending to go up in space.
Yeah, I know I thought of youOkay.
Yeah but I was putting too manyrockets in space is why the
weather is the way it is now Notglobal warming Correct?
Speaker 3 (37:58):
No, yes, not that.
Yeah, that, yeah, yes, thatmakes sense.
Speaker 2 (38:04):
Yeah, sure, we're seeding weather poking holes in
the atmosphere with all theserockets that's exactly what
happens every time a rocket goesup.
Speaker 3 (38:16):
There's a big hole there now that's's what the
ozone?
That's how they take them out.
They have to wait for the holein the ozone to come around
before they shoot it off so thatthey can get out Right.
Stop punching holes in the Sir.
Speaker 2 (38:32):
Yeah, okay, yeah, okay.
Speaker 3 (38:33):
Yeah.
So the role of Swatch storesand pop-up shops in promoting
the brand cannot be overlooked.
No, these retail spaces provideconsumers with an immersive
experience, allowing them toexplore swatches, diverse
collections and learn about thebrand's history.
Speaker 2 (38:52):
So I don't remember a lot about a swatch store, but I
remember I was madly in lovewith watches as a kid and I
posted the exact one that I had.
Not the exact one, but thestyle that I had.
Lot about a swatch store, but Iremember I was madly in love
with watches as a kid and Iposted the exact one that I had.
Not the exact one, but thestyle that I had.
Yeah, on our socials and it wasthe uh, the band almost looked
like it was supposed to be whitebut it looked dirty, but that's
how it came right.
Um, and then, uh, the face had,uh was white, with the green
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polka dots oh yeah, and then thered coca-cola, just small on
top at the top, and then the reduh hands.
Yes, um, so, and I love thatthing, like it was my pride and
joy and I used to go into cities.
I'm gonna have to guess I musthave been in a city if I went to
a swatch store.
We didn't have one around here,right, but I don't remember a
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lot of specifics.
But I do remember walking inand just being like jaw to the
floor the first time I went wasin the early 2000s.
Speaker 3 (39:51):
Um, actually I know exactly when it was.
It was in 2000,.
And it was in Las Vegas,because it was my first time in
Vegas, okay, and I was taking abreak from gambling and I went
down to their mall, the fashionshow mall.
Speaker 2 (40:10):
Right.
Speaker 3 (40:10):
And they had a swatch , or it was Caesars, one of them
.
They had a swatch store inthere and I was like, oh my God,
it's the swatch store and Iremember it so well.
It was such a beautiful store,it was so modern and like bright
lights glass shelves cases justcases and the walls were
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covered with swatches.
Speaker 2 (40:33):
That's how I remember it too.
Speaker 3 (40:35):
Oh my god it was the most beautiful place on earth.
So then when I got married,then I had to stay out of the
swap Every time I went to Vegaswhich I have been to Vegas far
too many times for one personshould be going to Vegas who
lives this far away from Vegas.
I had to stop going becausethen I had to start making
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decisions on whether I was goingto gamble or buy a swatch, and
it was a very hard decision.
So I thought you know what?
We're just going to eliminateone of these and don't go to the
swatch store.
So I didn't.
I don't think I ever bought one.
But then when I got married,there is one.
It's still there, but I thinkthey moved it.
(41:17):
It's in the New York.
Speaker 1 (41:17):
New York now, or it was almost six years ago, when I
got married.
Speaker 3 (41:22):
We went in there and they have this book in the
middle where you can lookthrough it and see every swatch
ever made, and it was, I'mpretty sure.
I spent like an hour and a halfin there just looking through
that book like oh, I rememberthat one wanted that one, I had
that one.
Speaker 1 (41:43):
It was just it was amazing.
Speaker 3 (41:47):
Yeah, it's still glass shelves and very modern
and very bright and very.
I love it.
Swatchtastic in the modern era.
Swatch has embraced digitalinnovations and the rise of the
smartwatches.
Despite technological advances,swatch has managed to maintain
its cultural relevance, thebrand's commitment to creativity
, quality and affordability.
No.
Speaker 1 (42:08):
Sorry.
Speaker 2 (42:09):
That's just not.
Speaker 3 (42:10):
I just recently bought one and it was way more
than I would have normally spenton a.
It was $200.
Wow yeah, mm was $200.
Wow yeah, mm-hmm.
Shoot.
Yeah, it was ridiculous, mm-hmm.
Swatch's legacy is built on itsability to innovate and adapt.
The brand has consistentlypushed the boundaries of design
(42:32):
and technology, setting trendsand influencing the watch
industry.
So right now they have.
Because I came real close tospending more than 200, because
I wanted they have the simpsonsline on there now oh yes, and I
wanted one because one is just adonut, wow, yeah.
(42:57):
So I was like, no, you don'tneed one, you don't need a
swatch.
And then I did end up buyingone, but but it is from 95, so
that doesn't count yeah, thatwas an investment sure it better
be I might have just wastedmoney?
Speaker 2 (43:11):
I don't know it wouldn't be the first time.
Speaker 3 (43:14):
No, it certainly won't be the last swatch faces
new challenges and opportunitiesthe rise of smartwatch Like I
said, they were supposed to comeout, but their commitment to
sustainability and eco-friendlypractices will also play a
crucial role in the future ofsuccess.
Also, I'm sorry Swatch AgainI'm going to call you out for
this, because the package thathis watch came in was like 400
(43:37):
levels to get into, like it waslike trying to get into fort
knox getting into this damnthing.
Not very sustainable it was not,it was like a box in a box.
In a box in a box, it was a lotof boxes.
Um, the future of swatch willbe defined by its ability to
continue innovating whilestaying true to its core value.
So I talked about the simpsonsand joe trump, so let's.
(43:59):
I found a list of the mosthighly valued the swatches.
The swatch kiki picasso twentythousand dollars.
What for a plastic watch, what?
The watch was launched on March20th 1985 during an art
(44:21):
exhibition in Paris.
It was part of the SwatchSprings Summer Collection and
was a limited edition piece withonly 120 watches made Damn.
All 120 watches were given awayto the VIPs of the exhibition,
so you could never even purchaseone from a store.
The dial of the design of thiswatch was designed by French
artist Christian Chaperon, goingby the alias Kiki Picasso,
(44:48):
hence the name of the watch.
What makes this watch specialis that each of the 120 dials is
unique, featuring differentcolorways of the art.
It looks like a Picassoso, butit's done in different colors.
All 120 of them are.
I did not look where you couldget that, because I don't have
20 g's to throw away on aplastic watch I know from 1985.
Speaker 2 (45:10):
Man with 20 g's.
You could buy so many, I canbuy the whole damn store.
Speaker 3 (45:14):
Yeah, the swatch diaphony one turning gold watch
is worth 8 000 plus.
In 2006, swatch surprisedeveryone by launching a slightly
upgraded version of theirdiaphony one watch.
This one was called diaphonyturning gold and featured an 18
carat pink gold bezel and crownwhich indicated that it's not
(45:36):
your ordinary, ordinary swatch.
It was what was called askeleton watch, because you can
see the movements through thetransparent case and I love that
.
Yeah, that's, I love the gearsof any clock when I think of
even though I have actuallynever had the one that you can
see the gears through, up untilthis christmas, when I bought
one um that is when what I thinkof, when I think of Swatch, I
(46:00):
think of the ability to seethrough to the gears.
Oh, it also had 25 hand woundrubies, so you think it would be
more than worth $8,000.
Speaker 2 (46:12):
For real.
Speaker 3 (46:13):
So then there's the Andrew Logan Jellyfish, and it
is $10,000.
It's the most unique watch bySwatch ever.
It was designed by Andrew Loganto accompany his Alternative
Miss World contest that wassponsored by Swatch.
The watch is called Jellyfishbecause its strap was
fish-shaped to accompany thetheme of that year's contest.
(46:35):
The theme was under the sea,and what else could suit better
than a watch that looks like afish?
Only 50 watches were made andthis Google site could not find
any at auction.
Oh yeah, somebody did repurposeone and it went for $10,000.
The Swatch O'Lago Oreo Watch is$8,500.
(46:57):
It was part of the 89 SwatchSpring Summer Collection that
featured a minimalistic art ofMephistopheles, a trickster
figure originating in Germanfolklore.
It was no ordinary piece.
It was limited edition, whichcame from the Design your Own
(47:20):
Swatch contest, which I remember.
The Design your Own Swatch.
Speaker 2 (47:24):
That sounds familiar.
I remember when they did that.
Speaker 3 (47:27):
It was won by Italian artist, mimo Palladino, and
only 140 were ever made, andthey were only gifted to famous
people, including Tom Cruise,princess Caroline of Monaco,
prince Charles who now KingCharles and Mikhail Gorbachev,
so it's very exclusive.
Yeah, in an 89 auction it soldfor $16,500.
(47:51):
There is one on eBay for $8,500.
There is one on eBay for $8,500.
Okay, but it doesn't work.
Now, I wanted that's aboutswatch.
Blah, blah, blah.
We're going to talk about meand my swatches because that's
what I really care about.
Mm-hmm.
Me and my swatches.
So I had I have current.
(48:13):
Before Joe and I met, I had oneswatch I still had.
I know I don't know why I stillhad this one and I never wore
it.
I don't think I particularlyliked it.
I think somebody got it for meand I didn't.
I think my mom got it for meand didn't like it.
Speaker 2 (48:28):
So what happened to all your swatches?
Speaker 3 (48:31):
I don't know.
They're just lost to history.
Well, a lot of them might endedup throwing away, um,
unfortunately, because theirbands were all fucked up and
because they had, and then, overtime, the battery would stop
working from working inrestaurant.
I mean restaurant right eventhough they did hold up, not
over time yeah you did wear themhard.
(48:52):
I did wear them.
I mean, yeah, I won't.
Yeah, I wore them every day.
I worked seven days a weekthrough the.
I wore the fuck out of them,yeah.
So I don't have all I don'thave.
I have one still and it'smulti-colored band and mine is
the female, so it's small.
So when we were moving intogether, he was packing up his
(49:16):
shit and he was like, oh look, Istill have a swatch and we have
the exact same swatch.
What his is the male versionand mine's the female.
It was meant to be his is bigger, but on his I don't even know
why I have the female version,because I don't like a small
watch.
Yeah, so we do have the samewatch.
So now they sit in the corner.
And there's another one therethat I don't like a small watch.
Yeah, so we do have the samewatch.
So now they sit in the corner.
And there's another one therethat I don't remember.
I meant to look at it today andI don't remember what it was.
(49:38):
But my favorite was I did havea Halloween one, now that I was
thinking about.
It would glow in the dark andit had bats on the hand, okay.
And then I had a Las Vegas onethat had strippers on the side
and it had slot machines andthen the inside was a roulette
(49:58):
wheel and then the hands werethe roulette ball.
Yeah, and then I had myfavorite.
One was a space one and itglowed in the dark also and it
was just.
It was the constellations onthe band and it had a couple
constellations on the face.
It was all blue and then it.
(50:19):
But it came and I hate myselfat this point for not keeping
that fucker in its thing and Iknew then I should have left it
in there, but I like to wearthings right and and couldn't
help myself.
But it came, the package waslike flat on the bottom and then
it had a globe over top of it.
Speaker 2 (50:38):
And it was the moon.
Speaker 3 (50:40):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (50:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (50:42):
And when I did look in that book at the swatch thing
it was worth more money than Icared to admit that I threw in
the trash.
Or in a restaurant for a yearand a half.
Speaker 2 (50:57):
Yeah Well, if we only knew back, then we'd all be
millionaires.
Speaker 3 (51:02):
I'm trying to think of what other ones.
Those are the ones that reallystood out to me.
The Vegas one I loved, and theHalloween one had the face, was
a pumpkin and then had a bat foron the hands.
I don't remember what the bandwas.
I think it had like a black caton it and I'd have to look it
(51:22):
up and I don't know what year itwas.
So I'm sure they have aHalloween one every year.
Speaker 2 (51:26):
Right.
Speaker 3 (51:26):
Which how I missed again the 95 devil, I don't know
.
Speaker 2 (51:38):
So that was my brief history of swatch.
Yes, and I did go and lookwhile you were talking.
I looked up um swatchcontroversy oh and the first
thing that popped up is actuallyin swatch's favor.
Um, in malaysia they umofficials came in and raided the
store because they were sellinglgbtq watches.
Um, and uh, swatch sued themalaysian government.
(52:00):
One nice, yeah, so that wasgood, um, but the only obscure
thing I could find um on like auh, what is it a?
A board chat board.
Speaker 3 (52:14):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (52:15):
Okay, that's what the kids.
A technician who goes by thename the watch regulator on Tik
TOK claimed he was fired fromswatch group for disclosing that
swatch watches, like Omega, useparts from China.
Among other allegations, healso claimed that the company
(52:36):
has a toxic work culture andthat the annual yearly turnover
at Swatch Group is six times thenational average for the Swiss
companies.
The allegations were made onsocial media, so it's the usual
caveat to apply.
The question of Chinese partsand Omega or other Swiss watches
is not a new discussion.
(52:56):
The law in Switzerlandmaintains that 60% of the total
value of the watch parts andlabor must be made in country,
which obviously leaves room formanufacturers to outsource the
balance.
So I don't know if you're alittle hater, know somebody that
worked for swatch and didn'tlike it there I mean.
Speaker 3 (53:16):
So I always figured that they were more inclusive
just because of what they hadright.
Speaker 2 (53:21):
I always but it could be um, everybody's got a hater,
yeah, and I don't care nothey're not made in a sweatshop
in china.
Speaker 3 (53:29):
So I mean, maybe they're dial.
But come on.
First of all, of course, shitwas made in China.
Speaker 1 (53:37):
Everything is made in fucking China, everything.
Speaker 3 (53:39):
Yeah, there's nothing .
You don't own a goddamn thingthat doesn't have a piece of it.
That came from China, you justdon't.
Speaker 2 (53:44):
My, my friend was telling me the other day her mom
was know the worry stones youcan hold and rub.
So she had ordered a couple oflittle crosses, um, and she
wanted to send one to her friendwho's sick and they said they
were handcrafted and she wasvery upset when it got to her
and said made in china.
It was handcrafted by very tinylittle child, baby hand.
Speaker 3 (54:06):
Yes, that's the thing .
Like everything you own, has apiece of it from everything that
these america, american-madecars come on all the parts are
made overseas and they just putit together here.
Speaker 2 (54:19):
I mean it's just ridiculous exactly okay, so
whatever, I'm sorry.
Speaker 3 (54:23):
I'm sorry if you're at my love, of swatch offends
people, I don't fucking care,because, guess what, I'm still
gonna wear my swatches.
Yeah, I don't give a shit.
Exactly, I don't care, because,guess what, I'm still going to
wear my swatches.
Yeah, I don't give a shit.
Exactly, I don't care.
If they commit genocide, Idon't care about other people.
Well, other people, yeah, Iknow, and they're dying.
Just get rid of the wholeplanet.
(54:45):
It would be good with me, Iknow.
Speaker 2 (54:50):
There's the cranky pants I love, it's just it's a
fucking watch.
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (54:59):
And guess what?
I work in a toxic workenvironment also.
Yes, there's not a singleworkplace If you work for a
company that you don't have atoxic work environment, where
you don't have that one bitchwho tattletales on every fucking
thing you do, or that one bully, or it's like being in high
school or a micromanager, yeahthis one doesn't like me and
(55:21):
this one talks about me and thisone hasn't had a tip.
Okay, well, just you know what Ido.
I keep to myself, I hide in mylittle corner and I put my
little earbuds in.
Yeah, yes, everywhere.
Speaker 2 (55:34):
I mind my own business as well.
Speaker 3 (55:36):
I mean if they're whipping people.
I feel like we would have heardabout that by now I mean okay,
all right whatever, this guycame at me and I didn't like it,
so he can fuck her all the wayoff.
Speaker 2 (55:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (55:49):
I agree, you just didn't you know whatever.
Oh, do you know what else Iforgot to put in there?
Do you remember who had one?
I had a friend who had one.
It was a wall clock.
It was a swatch wall clock, yes.
Speaker 2 (56:03):
And the band like the whole watch, the whole watch.
Yes, it was like the length ofthe wall.
Speaker 3 (56:07):
Yes, or the height of the wall.
Speaker 2 (56:10):
It was like four and a half feet tall.
Speaker 3 (56:12):
Yes, yep, I do remember that, I do know
somebody who had that and I wantto say, like one of the TV,
like maybe Clarissa Explains itAll, or one of them had it in
there, like there was one in aTV show.
Speaker 2 (56:24):
I'm going to look it up.
I was always really fascinatedwith all the Coca-Cola ones.
Speaker 3 (56:28):
I don't know why I like the.
Speaker 2 (56:29):
Coca-Cola one, but they all really always caught my
eye, which is why that's theone I picked.
When I got one, the one I justrecently got for Christmas was
it's a plastic band, but it'slike silvery, glittery, so it
looks like a shiny wristband.
Speaker 3 (56:49):
I had, mine had like it was black and silver, the
fancy one and it had like everyother bead was like silver and
then black and then silver andthen black.
And it had like a regularlittle clasp.
Speaker 2 (57:03):
Yeah, there's a really elegant like silver
banded one that I think is ametal band.
Actually that I've looked atthey do have a lot of metal ones
.
Speaker 3 (57:11):
Now I can't find it.
I know there was one that hadone on TV and I don looked at.
They do have a lot of metalones.
Now I can't find it.
I know there was one that hadone on TV and I don't remember.
Oh man, sometimes you shouldGoogle swatch wall clocks
because they're pretty awesome.
Look at that one.
Whoa, oh shit.
My mom actually likes swatchestoo.
(57:33):
She's had a ton Pretty much.
Every time she'd buy me oneshe'd buy herself one.
So we have a lot of swatch.
Speaker 2 (57:40):
I've given a lot of money.
Maybe she saved all herpackaging.
You don't have expensive ones,I don't know.
Speaker 3 (57:45):
She did or not.
She probably didn't save thepackaging.
She probably still has them all.
Speaker 2 (57:49):
I don't know though, because they moved, they got rid
of we made her get rid of soyou don't have to do it later
that's what I fucking said toher.
Speaker 3 (57:58):
I was like lady, because she was like, oh no, she
had shit from my from when Iwas like in elementary school,
like a report card from likefourth grade and all this, and I
was like I'm throwing this away.
And she was like, no, don'tthrow it.
Speaker 1 (58:14):
And I was like it's my report card if I want to
throw it in the trash, I'm gonnathrow it in the trash.
Speaker 3 (58:19):
She was all kinds and I was like mom, nobody and I
mean nobody wants this anymore.
Who, who was gonna take it?
You think my niece and nephewcare what grades I got in the
fourth grade?
They don't.
They don't.
Trust me, no one does.
So we did end up getting rid ofa lot of her.
(58:40):
She's a hoarder yeah, patty,hoarder head.
So that's Swatch.
I love that.
So if you wanted to look upSwatches and you wanted to tell
us about, about your swatch thatyou had, or how much you hate
me for loving swatches, you cango right on ahead.
Speaker 2 (59:00):
I don't care, come at me, come at me, bro, you're so
aggressive today I'm aggressivebecause I don't know why you
even had off work today for theholidays I had off yesterday and
today, and I'm just very youknow what it is.
Speaker 3 (59:12):
I do not want to go back to work tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (59:14):
Tomorrow is going to suck.
Speaker 3 (59:16):
And it's going to start snowing tomorrow at some
point and we're supposed to getanywhere from like two inches to
27,000 inches.
Speaker 2 (59:23):
They can't decide what's happening.
Speaker 3 (59:25):
It is literally like you're either going to get no
snow or three feet of snow.
Yes, yes and I'm not kidding,it's two feet.
Speaker 2 (59:33):
And it's been weird the whole time, Like when it was
going to be real big, nobodywas even talking about it.
And then they're like, oh, itlooks like it might pass us.
Oh well, let's just wait andsee yeah.
Speaker 3 (59:48):
Now we're going to today.
They came out with it and theywere like't it supposed to start
tomorrow.
At some point, I don't knowwhen.
Speaker 2 (59:54):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (59:55):
So I'm already stressed out about this week.
Okay, so I'm aggressive.
Speaker 2 (01:00:01):
Well, we recorded the podcast today early.
Yeah, it's only.
Speaker 3 (01:00:04):
Monday, and that's part of the issue too.
So, yeah, anyway, anyway, we'retrying to keep them shorter now
, guys, we're trying to we getlong winded.
We don't mean to, we got longwinded in the beginning of this,
so if you just wanted to skipthrough, don't skip through.
That's mean anyway you can likeshare rate, review the little
(01:00:28):
five stars.
You can follow us on all of oursocials and we have a new, uh,
facebook group.
Speaker 2 (01:00:38):
Oh, that's right.
Like whatever pod, it is agroup, not just a page.
We have both, but I don't knowwhat that means.
Speaker 3 (01:00:43):
I don't really either , but somebody wanted it, so
there it is.
Yeah, um, definitely go toyoutube like whatever pod on
there.
I know some have had troublefinding it, I don't know why.
Anyway, it's on there.
Just look, look at her cutecartoons.
Please check out my cutecartoons, because I did work
(01:01:10):
kind of hard on them.
I mean, mostly it was AI, but Idid have to.
Whatever we're have to,whatever we're trying to do
video, yeah, so it's a lotharder to edit video and sound
than it is to just do the audio,because I got really good at
(01:01:32):
that audio thing, but now thevideo there's a whole nother
component anyway.
Um, so we are still trying todo that.
Plus, we don't have a camera,so we have to use one of our
phones and that's not been goingwell, yeah, because then I
don't know where the my phone isyeah, um, yeah, so stay tuned.
Yeah, that's on.
Um, oh, and tiktok.
(01:01:54):
I have been posting a lot ontiktok.
If you're on tiktok, um,there's this new thing called,
uh, mass following, where, likeeverybody, gen x is is mass
following each other forwhatever reason oh, that's just
something that randomly started.
Yeah, oh, okay, yeah it's justlike you just go on to other
people's and you comment andthen, like, everybody follows
(01:02:16):
everybody in all of the comments.
Some of these people who gainlike six, seven thousand
followers, because if you have acertain amount of followers
then you can get money right youcan monetize right.
So if you, if someone watchesyour video for longer than like
five seconds or something, Idon't I don't know, really know,
how it works.
But um, so if you're on thetickety talk, we are.
(01:02:37):
I have been posting a lot onthere recently, nice, so any of
those places, uh, anywhere youcan find podcasts, we are and
the email is like whateverpod atgmailcom.
So you can send us an email ordon't like whatever.
(01:02:57):
Bye, bye.
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