December 18, 2025 • 31 mins
Warner Bros. Discovery rejects a massive hostile takeover bid, choosing a safer-backed Netflix deal and setting up a high-stakes shareholder showdown. In a historic shift, the Oscars announce they’re leaving broadcast TV for YouTube, signaling a major turning point for Hollywood and live events. The hour also explores why Gen Z says bad holiday gifts can be relationship deal-breakers — and wraps with a cosmic mystery as astronomers track a wobbling interstellar object behaving in ways never seen before.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Remember we were just talking about AI and the investments
and how Oracle just lost a bunch of money. And
that's uh, that's Larry Ellison, right, richest guy in California,
Larry Elison.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
Oracle Investments.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
So remember, Paramount is being run by David Ellison, and
Paramount put a bid in on Warner Brothers. Netflix put
a bid in on Warner Brothers. Warner Brothers said, yeah,
we're gonna go with Netflix. I believe it was Comcast,
Paramount and Warner excuse me. Comcast, Paramount and Netflix have
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put the bid in on Warner and and eventually Warner said,
we choose Netflix. Paramount didn't like that, and so they
got all together. They put in a cash offer backed
in part by the Ellison family Trust. See how all
of these topics flow together. Yeah, I try to make
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that happen because I'm a a.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
What Yeah, yeah, what is it? I am? It's a
CP A complete pro that's why.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
So anyway, the bid from Paramount gets criticism from the
Warner board. The bid from Paramount was a hostile takeover.
They were saying, okay, Warner Board, you just chose Netflix.
We're gonna offer more money and we're gonna go straight
to the shareholders. It's like watching a season of Succession
just seeing how all of this plays out among all
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of the different In this case, you've got family members
with Paramount, and interestingly enough, you had a family member
who had a who was backing the Paramount play who's
also a family member of the president, Jared Kushner. One
of his organizations was offering to put up some of
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the cash for the Paramount bid. So Warner didn't like
Paramount's bid. So the Warner Brothers board has now come back.
First of all, they said, we choose Netflix. Then Paramount said, okay,
you choose Netflix. We're gonna go to the shareholders. And
then it was kind of a waiting game. What is
the board going to say? This was CNBC discussing just that.
Speaker 4 (02:32):
We've been waiting for the response, so to speak, from
Warner Brothers Discovery to that tender offer we got more
than a week ago from Paramount to acquire Warner Brothers
for thirty dollars a share in cash, and we've gotten
it this morning. It's a fourteen D nine filing.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Oh yes, the fourteen D nine, seeing my money was
on a thirteen L.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
Seven.
Speaker 4 (02:56):
It is, as you might imagine, voluminous. That said, yeah,
and the key points are ones we've been making. And
of course the lead is what no, thank you, Paramount?
Whoa rejecting Paramount's latest bid if you will let thirty
bucks to share all cash for a variety of reasons,
many of which we've been discussing over the last a
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few days and.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
Over the last week or so. As well run through it.
Speaker 4 (03:23):
Let me get to specifics, because there are a number
of them here, and they do focus, certainly, at least
starting with what they believe is being consistently misled by
That is Paramount consistently misleading Warner Brothers shareholders that has
proposed transaction has what they call a full backstop.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Okay, all right, so this is Warner saying, this is
why we choose the Netflix bid.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
And I want you to think about this like as
anything else in your life.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
If you're trying to sell your house, all right, and
you got your house listed for I always have trouble
picking a number because I'll pick a number and there's
somebody listening. It's like, who has a house it's worth
that much? And then I'll pick another number and like
who can have?
Speaker 3 (04:00):
You know?
Speaker 2 (04:01):
So, anyway, what's the what's the average home value right now?
It's like around nine hundred thousand ports, say nine hundred thousand.
There we go, okay, so they trying to say, your
house for nine hudred thousand dollars, and he got somebody
that comes through and they make an offer for for
eight seventy, right, and they got somebody else that comes
by and they go, oh, I'll make you an offer.
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I'll give you eight eighty five all cash. Now, normally
when it comes to home buying, you take that old
cash offer. But what if you're concerned that the person
making the cash offer doesn't actually have the cash right,
are they a qualified bidder? Basically, and that's what Warner
is saying. They're not so sure that this cash offer
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from Paramount actually.
Speaker 4 (04:46):
Exists from the Ellison family. The Warner Brothers Board of
directors says it does not, and never has. There is
no Ellison family commitment of any kind. Instead, they propose
that you rely on an unknown and open revocable trust
for the certainty of this crucial deal funding. And they say,
despite having been told repeatedly why by Warner Brothers how
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important a full and unconditional financing commitment from the Ellison
family was, and despite their own ample resources, of course,
pointing to Larry Ellison's one point one billion shares of
Oracle that are in that family trust, as well as
multiple assurances during our strategies.
Speaker 3 (05:24):
Blah blah blah blah blah, get it, get to it.
Speaker 4 (05:26):
That's such a commitment was forthcoming. The Ellison family has
chosen not to backstop the Paramount offer.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
Okay, why is this key?
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Basically, what they're saying is, you're offering this cash offer,
but you're not even willing to guarantee the cash offer.
The other part of this, and there were people that
were questioning, is this something that's going to benefit the
Trump family Jared Kushner. Of course, his investment firm is
Affinity Partners. They have backed out, so there's another concern
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from warnerstand Point one is the money even there two
the whole Jared Kushner being involved in it may have
been a bit tempting because any deal is done, it's
gonna have to have government approval, and that means you're
gonna have to have the President probably sign off on it.
If the President signs off on it, probably get him
easier to get him to sign off on something his
sun and law is involved in than it is to
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get him to sign off on something that he doesn't like,
especially if it has to do with another another studio
where maybe he doesn't like something that Netflix has put out,
maybe he doesn't like a documentary they put out, whatever
else it is. So the thinking is having Jared Kushner
involved may have offered some assurances, but now even that
investment for him is bailed.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
For perspective, Netflix.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Was offering roughly twenty seven seventy five a share twenty
seven dollars seventy five cents per share. The paramount offer
was thirty bucks a share. So back to our house analogy,
the person offering you cash is offering fifteen grand more,
or then the person who's not off who's offering a
you know, a part cash part loan deal. Right, So,
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if you're trying to sell your house for nine hundred thousand,
youve got one offer that comes in at eight seventy
and another one comes in at eight eighty five, you're
in the ballpark. You're probably these are probably both offers
that you're willing to consider. Which one do you want
to deal with? Do you want to go with the
one that you're pretty sure is solid, or do you
want to go with the one that's a little bit
more as a premium on it. But part of that
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premium means you're gonna have to deal with a whole
lot of a whole lot of hoktua along the way.
If you're gonna stick with the house analogy, go ahead.
The cash offer also includes covering the house in MAGA stickers.
Because didn't we know from reporting that Larry Ellison promised
Trump that he would control some of the content to
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savor the Trump's So that is a really interesting point
that you make, because President Trump did say, in fact,
I had. I don't know if I still have the
clip on me. I did have it, I may have
moved past. It was part of an old story where
the President said, any deal that's done needs to include
basically revamping CNN, right, And he was saying, look, the
CNN thing's got to go. CNN has to be looked at,
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it has to be done. And so, yeah, you had
you had Ellison's going, hey, mister Trump, look we're going
to need your approval. They're they're basically telling him what
he wants to hear it. Because President Trump has put
himself in the middle. This is very rare that you
would have a president inject themselves in the middle of
a big merger and acquisition like this, but the President
has decided to do so. And so that's got a
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lot of people saying, what do I need to say
to the president to get the deal done?
Speaker 3 (08:37):
Right?
Speaker 2 (08:38):
That's what they're saying. So honestly, I don't care what
the politics are. If the person that buys my house,
if you're gonna give me the money, that's fine, you
do whatever you want. But what is the identity of
the neighborhood and that that might be something that I'm
concerned with, you know, for better or for worse, maybe
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I want it, Maybe I maybe I totally agree, and
I go, yeah, look, i'd be excited to do some revamping.
I'd be excited to change out CNN. Maybe that's exactly
what I want. But I don't know. I'm a little
bit concerned with that linear product. I've made mention of
this before, with the with the Discovery, with CNN, with
the uh.
Speaker 5 (09:19):
What is it?
Speaker 2 (09:19):
TNT that's part of the Warner family, still this sort
of stuff, and I'm a little bit concerned with where
that stuff goes because I'm just afraid that they can't
survive and the and the streaming alone. And I don't know,
I don't know what the future is going to be
of so many different linear TV products. I just don't
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know how they survive moving forward with more and more
people cutting the cord, so to speak. Don't know what
that what that's gonna look like. That's just in general,
but not just a Warner thing. But that's just all
of it. And if Netflix is not interested in those
linear television products, and they're only interested in the studio products,
then there's no incentive to even give that a second look.
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All Right, the grandfather of big award shows speaking of
linear products is ditching it to.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
Go to the internets.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
Decades of ritual viewing over and it's headed somewhere. Honestly,
you probably already waste time on every day why it
matters for the future of TV. In Hollywood's Biggest Night
is next.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
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Speaker 2 (10:29):
Chris Merrill AM six forty, more stimulating talk. We'll say
the jingle Bell rock, while it does.
Speaker 3 (10:36):
Not rock.
Speaker 2 (10:38):
Is by It is not my least favorite Christmas song.
I put it in the It's okay category. The least
favorite is that Charlie Brown Christmas. I don't know what
your problem is with that? Oh no, but do you
like that the jazz ones like when they're just walking.
I like that because it's just relaxing. Yeah, that's cool
(11:00):
with that. But I hear what you're saying with the kids.
Those are children that needed to be beaten. You are
maladjusted and borderline insane. That's a classic. I don't care
if it's classic as garbage who called it a classic?
There were three networks at the time, and that's what
(11:21):
somebody put out and CBS ran with it, and then
we were like, oh, it's a classic, we have to
watch it now. The pacing is off. What pacing is terrible?
Speaker 3 (11:30):
Now? Please? Oh it's horrible. Music is barfee, It's terrible.
Speaker 5 (11:35):
I want you to get the mental help you need.
I'm concerned about you.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
I remember looking forward to seeing the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Special,
the Charlie Brown Christmas every year when I was a kid.
I just I couldn't wait came out, and then it
came on and I went, God, that wasn't good.
Speaker 3 (11:50):
I wait all year for that.
Speaker 5 (11:52):
And they give the trees some love and it blooms,
and what's wrong with you?
Speaker 3 (11:56):
It's just I always wanted to see Snoopy do stuff up.
Never had enough.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
It's a dog. What do you want from the dogs?
Wanted more Snoopy air time? Okay, I didn't care about
those kids' bold weirdos.
Speaker 3 (12:09):
You want that Lucy nasty?
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Charlie Brown was exposed to radiation shows. Why did Charlie
Brown like? Why did Charlie Brown like Lucy? She was
not attractive?
Speaker 3 (12:22):
Well, she was mean to him and some guys get
off on that. True.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
Oh ugly girls mean to me. Oh yeah, this is perfect.
That seems that seems like a great thing. We want
to teach our kids. Go find the.
Speaker 3 (12:32):
The bully, grow up to become a sub. There you go.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
I have a very meaningful relationship in the future. Won't
that be great? You guys can go get drunk at
community softball games together. That'll be a lot of fun.
I can see it now. Oscars are moving. They've been
on ABC for forever. They are out skis. According to
The Hollywood Reporter.
Speaker 6 (13:00):
The Oscars, which have aired for decades on ABC, will
be moving to YouTube starting in twenty twenty nine.
Speaker 3 (13:05):
Wow, that's a coup.
Speaker 6 (13:08):
And continuing through at least twenty thirty three. The Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced them.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
Thank goodness, we got the swooshes and swoops in the
middle of that.
Speaker 6 (13:21):
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announce the
news on Wednesday that is sure to send shock waves
across the entertainment industry. ABC will continue to air the
world's most watch awards show through the one hundred Oscar
ceremony in twenty twenty eight. News of this deal comes
after The Hollywood Reporter reported in the cover story earlier
this year that YouTube is intent on becoming quote the
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most powerful platform on earth.
Speaker 3 (13:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
I think more people are watching YouTube than they are
the networks. Now I watch more YouTube than TV.
Speaker 3 (13:49):
Is that right?
Speaker 2 (13:50):
So are you excited about that? It doesn't really matter
to you would have watched it either way. Well, I
think it's a seismic move. It's easy to blow this off.
It's just no big deal, just industry news.
Speaker 3 (13:57):
But it is not.
Speaker 5 (13:58):
It's a big I mean, you remember when we only
had three network channels.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
I do, and you got stuck with crap like the
Charlie Brown. Okay, all right, come on, but this is
this is a big deal. And I wonder if they're
still gonna have Kimmel hosted.
Speaker 3 (14:14):
Oh good question. That is a really good.
Speaker 6 (14:17):
Question, the Academy said in a press release. In part,
the oscars, including red carpet coverage, behind the scenes content,
Governor's Ball access, and more, will be available live and
for free to over two billion viewers around the world
on YouTube.
Speaker 3 (14:31):
Oh it is going to be free. That's great, say.
Speaker 2 (14:35):
I was concerned that they were going to say, well,
it's it's for our subscribers, but it's free. So what
is this is this kind of a this is a
way to try to pick up subscribers, right, and they're
gonna sell ads on it, just like ABC ever did.
But then they're going to hope that they're exposing a
new audience to their product.
Speaker 6 (14:52):
Okay, well that makes sense to me and to YouTube
TV subscribers in the United States. YouTube CEO Neil Mohan said,
the Oscars a one of our essential cultural institutions, honoring
excellence in storytelling and artistry. Partnering with the Academy to
bring the celebration of art and entertainment to viewers all
over the world will inspire a new generation of creativity
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and film lovers, all.
Speaker 5 (15:15):
Right, or it could make it even less relevant than
it has been.
Speaker 3 (15:19):
That's I mean, that's my concern, right.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
I mean, you've got a you've got a wide access
even in the remote areas.
Speaker 3 (15:26):
And I always think of my hometown. I grew up
in a very rural area and.
Speaker 2 (15:30):
I think still, I believe twenty five percent of the
people in my home county don't have access to high
speed internet because they're just it's backwoods indoor toilets, not
a joke. There are some that don't nice. Yeah, very few,
there are very few. Most of them have plumbing, but
(15:50):
there are some that do not. So anyway, yeah, I
think I think this could be one of those one
of those places where you know, you maybe the ratings
aren't as high just because you're actually living yourself. Where's
broadcast television still was able to get into those. I mean,
you had places where people are going to like, well,
I'm gonna I'm gonna make sure I got a TV
before I make sure I got indoor plumbing. You know,
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the kind of people who you know, fall in love
with ugly, abusive women and spend their money on tattoos
instead of mortgages, and then they live in a trailer
their whole lives, like Charlie Brown. That's what you end
up with. And they're not gonna be a wash Oskers now.
So you look at that. It's the American way. It's
says Harvey Davidson got it right there. I couldn't get
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the other one because they had like copyrights or something
on it. But it's Harvey Davidson. They use it when
I ride my motorcycle. He's a Suzuki. Your rapid gifts
this season? What gifts could actually get you dumped over
the holidays. Okay, what you might want to avoid, or
if you're trying to get dumped, what you might want
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to pick up while there's still time.
Speaker 3 (16:59):
That's next.
Speaker 1 (17:01):
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Speaker 2 (17:06):
I was just thinking, so I've got a story, and
I my twisted mind works a little bit differently. So
I was reading the story from your tango, and it's
this survey finds gen zers would dump their partner over
these five Christmas gifts.
Speaker 3 (17:22):
All right, great clickbait title, right, And so.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
I think that the idea is we read the story
and then we go, oh, I need to make sure
that I don't make these mistakes. But that's not always
how it works. You know, I have never broken up
with somebody never. Isn't that something? I never broke up
with a girlfriend. I got dumped a feut I got
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In fact, I got dumped every time. But sometimes I
got dumped and didn't want to be dumped. But then
other times I got dumped and did want to be dumped.
And that is because I'm what's known is a butt weasel.
You see, if I knew that the relationship was coming
to an end I would begin to I don't know
what would gen Z call it? Quiet quit my relationship?
(18:11):
I'm sure there's a term for it. It's basically the
most cowardly thing that you can do, and that is
that you just sort of stop trying, and as you
stop trying, you sort of put some distance between you
and them until they start to catch on and then
they go, this isn't working out for me, and then
they dump you, and you go, oh no, I'm so hurt.
I'm really sorry. It is absolute cowardice. But I really
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try to avoid conflict. So that's what I did.
Speaker 3 (18:41):
If you are a.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
Butt weasel like me, and you're trying to make sure
that the other person doesn't want to be with you anymore,
consider these gifts that would make some people dump their partner.
Uh huh, see how I think about this stuff. I'm
supposed to be telling you what not to buy, but
I'm im actual gonna tell you how to get dumped
because you're a coward. So number one, buy something that
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doesn't fit. Genius, absolute genius. And can I also just
take this up a notch. Buy something that doesn't fit
that's two size is too big. Oh my gosh, Wow,
that is a butt weasel move right, geeze.
Speaker 3 (19:28):
Like, hey, I got you this.
Speaker 2 (19:29):
I thought it looked really nice, and then like you're
an extra large, right, honey, I have a medium?
Speaker 3 (19:35):
Yeah, Oh it's the worst. Also, give somebody a scale.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
All great, idea, brilliant, brilliant according to you, your tango.
Socks are also a deal breaker, although I don't think
we are. I think socks are actually kind of fun.
They say, Uh, basic items like socks or underwear can
feel like a letdown from their partners. It feels lazy
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and personal or boring, like they didn't want to put
effort into picking out a nice gift for you.
Speaker 4 (20:06):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:06):
I think those are fun stocking stuffers. So maybe if
you're trying to get dumped like, socks are not going
to do the trick now. Underwear, on the other hand,
absolutely will do the trick again, get it too big.
And if you are if you're a dude dating a
woman or I don't know woman dating a woman and
you're trying to trying to get them to dump you again,
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you're a total butt weasel.
Speaker 3 (20:32):
Get them unattractive underwear.
Speaker 2 (20:35):
See, if you get them attractive underwear, they might make
the mistake of feeling like you find them sexy, but
if you get them granny panties, you're golden. Also, don't
get sports bras unless you get them a sports bra
with a gym membership, which is akin to buying them.
Speaker 3 (20:55):
A scale message received Bingo.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
Tangle also says getting someone something that's not on their
wish list is a bad idea. Evidently gen Z feels
like if they have a wish list, then they're entitled
to it, and then they should get it big surprise,
I know, right, a subscription. They say subscriptions are a
bad idea. Again, if somebody got me a subscription, I
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would not be upset by that.
Speaker 3 (21:21):
I go, oh, that's really cool, thank you. Well, what
sort of subscription?
Speaker 2 (21:26):
Okay, so they say they don't really get into specifics,
but they do make mention of like the monthly type things.
They said, monthly deliveries can become clutter in the home
when products often go unused. So I don't know if
that's like a you know, I wouldn't think a whine
of the month club would be offensive.
Speaker 5 (21:41):
Well, if somebody gave me a subscription to Reader's Digest,
I'm not quite sure what I would do with that.
But I gave somebody once a subscription to those masterclass
videos and I thought that was really cool.
Speaker 3 (21:53):
That's useful though, and there's no clutter, right, yeah, yeah,
that's good. I like that.
Speaker 2 (21:58):
So my father thought he was really funny. And when
my wife turned fifty, he bought her a subscription to AARP.
Speaker 3 (22:07):
My god, okay.
Speaker 2 (22:09):
And and my wife, I mean, there's a reason I
love her. She's she's incredible. She goes, you am effort,
She says, this is my father, you m effort. You
think you're funny. I'll show you. I'm gonna use the
s out of this. And she does. And not only that,
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but because she's my wife, I got a membership to AARP.
Speaker 3 (22:36):
It's the day winner.
Speaker 2 (22:40):
And according to your tango, agen Zer absolutely does.
Speaker 3 (22:43):
Not want a book. Boy, times have changed, haven't they. Figures?
I love books, they do.
Speaker 2 (22:50):
I would think, I mean a decent book, right, the
kids these days, you don't even want.
Speaker 3 (22:56):
To book, they say.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
Giving books his presence as presence similar to giving clothes.
It can be hard to know exactly what they like
or what they already own. See I disagree. I think
a book is a great idea.
Speaker 5 (23:06):
You give somebody what you would like them to read,
doesn't it you're sharing experience experience with them.
Speaker 3 (23:12):
It sounds like a gen z. I agree.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
And then you kind of personalize it inscribe it in
the middle, like you know, to to my my love.
Speaker 3 (23:19):
You know, I think you'll really enjoy.
Speaker 5 (23:20):
This to a complete pro Chris Merrill. Wow, I love
this book good and I wanted you to have it.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
Holy cow, that's really good. That gets me thinking, hang on, Foosh,
I might need to talk to you after the show.
Speaker 3 (23:37):
No, no, no, no, no, what have I started? I
need to talk to you, pal, I need to talk
to you anyway. Uh.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
Those are those are ideas for how to get dumped
this this holiday season?
Speaker 3 (23:52):
There there you are you guys? Ever get any bad presents? Oh? Oh,
I had a story? Do I have time? You want
me to break? Hereosh, let me break Yeah. I got
to tell you. I got a story. Okay, So my
wife is in the other room.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
She's not listening, but my wife totally boned my Christmas
present this year, and I know what it is.
Speaker 3 (24:11):
I gotta tell you about this. That is next.
Speaker 1 (24:13):
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Speaker 2 (24:18):
Chris Merrill I AM six forty more stimulating talk Coast
to coast at George Nori is up here at ten o'clock. George,
what can we expect on another brilliant program tonight? Of
course we're going to talk about the Deep State and
what they're up to, and then later on in the
show crop circles, what's going on with them and what
do they mean?
Speaker 3 (24:38):
I have it, what's going on with the crop circles?
Speaker 2 (24:41):
Thank you, George, appreciate it, looking forward to it, but friend,
thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (24:45):
All right, my.
Speaker 2 (24:45):
Friend, So we were discussing here in our last segment,
and if you missed it, you can always grab the
podcast on the feature podcast segment KFI AM.
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Speaker 2 (24:55):
And that is, what are some gifts that you can
give to someone that you want to break up with? You? Now,
why would you do that? It's because you're a butt
weeezl and a coward and you can't actually dump them,
So you figure out a way to make them dump
you and it works. It's great. Oh my gosh, you
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just avoid confrontation. They feel horrible, you feel great. It's wonderful.
I did this one time to a girl and she
spent all day breaking up with me. Have you ever
had an all day long breakup? It was the worst.
Speaker 3 (25:32):
How does it go all day? Oh my gosh.
Speaker 2 (25:36):
Oh well, it was a long distance relationship, right, and
we were she had driven to Colorado to spend a
week with me, and like it was just not like
it was this spark was not there.
Speaker 3 (25:50):
It was just not there.
Speaker 2 (25:51):
And so we did a lot of stuff and it
was it was like we were friends, but there was
just no spark. It was just wasn't It was gone.
And so I started to kind of distance myself a
little bit. And I kind of wake up and she's
packing and I can kind of hear her packing, but
she's trying to be quiet, but I'm like, so I
just played like I was asleep and I thought, oh,
she's leaving early.
Speaker 3 (26:13):
Oh this is great. And she drove.
Speaker 2 (26:16):
I mean it was I feel guilty about it, but
it was true. And then she kind of she kind
of wakes me up. She goes, we need to talk,
and I was like okay, and she goes, I just
it's just not working out, and I care about you
so much, blah blah blah blah, And I'm like, I
totally get it. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. And meanwhile,
my roommate knew, you know, what my plan was, and
(26:38):
he knew I was a jerk.
Speaker 3 (26:40):
And so then she says, okay, and I mean she just.
Speaker 2 (26:44):
Over explained it for like an hour, and then she goes,
should we get some breakfast together?
Speaker 3 (26:50):
Yeah, we can do that. Okay, So we get breakfast
and then she's like, I just don't want to leave.
I don't want to go yet.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
I'm like, okay, well listen, you know, I don't want
to rush you. That's you know, I care about you.
I'm still doing this. But I'm like, but on the
other hand, and should get going, you know. Next thing,
I know, it's lunchtime, and she's like, maybe we could
just take a walk together before I'm like, oh my god,
are you gonna dump me?
Speaker 3 (27:12):
Or what?
Speaker 2 (27:13):
Good lord. Finally, it's like five o'clock in the in
the afternoon, she's like.
Speaker 1 (27:19):
I have to go.
Speaker 3 (27:19):
If I don't leave now, I'm never gonna leave.
Speaker 2 (27:22):
And I'm like, you definitely should go then yep, TikTok,
oh my god, and then she called me.
Speaker 3 (27:30):
She finally stop me.
Speaker 2 (27:31):
She drove for a few hours and like called and
she was, you know, on the other side of whatever
this mountain pass was, or right, you know, she's three
four hours away, and she says, I just wanted to
know I'm stopping for the night. And I almost turned
around so many times, and I'm like, oh my god,
I wish you had, but I'm glad you didn't be strong.
(27:53):
So right, yeah, oh my god, just don't You've got
to be strong. Oh this is the worst.
Speaker 3 (27:59):
Anyway, So my wife boned my Christmas present this year.
All right, let's bust her. Okay.
Speaker 2 (28:04):
So she's in the other room. She's not listening, so
I know I'm safe now. So here's the deal. My
wife does this whole what do you want for Christmas?
And I go, I really don't want anything, you know.
She says, you know you always say that.
Speaker 3 (28:16):
I said. The difference between me and.
Speaker 2 (28:17):
You is that when when you say you don't want something,
you want something. And because she's learned that the hard
way that if she says I don't need anything, I
go okay, and then I don't get her anything.
Speaker 3 (28:29):
She goes, you didn't get me anything. Nope. We say
what we mean, We mean what we say.
Speaker 2 (28:34):
And so when I say I don't need anything. I
mean it, I don't need anything. I'm happy watching other
people open their presence.
Speaker 3 (28:41):
That's great. But she always feels like she wants to
give me some That's okay, great. So what does she do?
She goes to my Amazon wish list.
Speaker 2 (28:48):
The problem is, I don't use the Amazon wish list
as a place to put things that I want. I
use that as a place to save things for things
either I need or I'm thinking about getting for somebody else.
So my father's birthday is like two weeks after Christmas.
So I saw something on there is It was a
tool a tool bag, right, and my dad was a tradesman,
(29:10):
so this is a nice tool bag. I know he'll
like it. And I picked this out and I was like, oh,
that's really nice. I'm gonna set that aside and then
I'll get that for dad for his birthday.
Speaker 3 (29:19):
After Christmas.
Speaker 2 (29:20):
My wife goes into the wish list and she sees it,
and then all of a sudden, I get a notification
that says, you know, your tool bag is on the way.
And so she says, hey, I've got some Amazon presents
showing up. Don't open them, but you'll probably see him
if you go to the cart anyway, it's really hard
to hide things from you. I'm like, I'm like, babe,
I'll do everything I can not too. But of course
I already got I got the notification before she ever
(29:42):
called me and said, hey, you know your orders is
on its way. And so I'm in this dilemma. And
I said to my son, I go, I got this problem.
Your mom got me this bag, this this tool bag.
I don't need it. I actually set it aside for
my from for grandpa. And he goes, well, just tell her.
I go, oh, no, you don't know your mother. And
he says, what do you mean? I said, if I
tell her that she got me the wrong present, she's
(30:06):
gonna yell at me for setting her up for failure,
and then she's gonna yell at me for making her
feel bad about herself. I said, I think I just
have to take this present and say thank you. I
think I just have to be like, oh, this is perfect,
thank you so much. He goes, well, you do whatever
you want. No, there's one thing I know. It's women.
(30:27):
I think I've shown that tonight. Oh yeah, clearly. Yeah,
well okay, listen, you could try this now. Yeah, I
know that my long suffering one doesn't listen either, so
I can say this smart, Okay, go ahead, I'm not
gonna get caught. I sent away for her for Christmas,
a large men's T shirt featuring Pezuzu, the demon from
the Exorcist movie. And I think I'll be moving in
(30:51):
with you, Susan. Yeah, yeah, I mean like dump me already, right,
I get it.
Speaker 5 (30:57):
My god, what girl doesn't want a T shirt with
the demon from the Exorciste. You are a sex magnet, dude,
I don't know, and a men's large I don't know
how anybody keeps their their hands off you.
Speaker 3 (31:07):
Oh yeah, next, all right, fou.
Speaker 2 (31:14):
She's helping me plot against Ronner for Christmas. I'm very
excited about that. I have forbidden this. I have forbidden
it explicitly, and Roner I haven't decided whether or don't
want to put the effort into my grand plan, but
if I.
Speaker 3 (31:26):
Do, you will absolutely hate it. And I love you
and I wouldn't do it if I didn't, so uh,
thank you.
Speaker 2 (31:34):
Yeah, I'll talk to you guys tomorrow night. George Norrie
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Remember we were just talking about AI and the investments
and how Oracle just lost a bunch of money. And
that's uh, that's Larry Ellison, right, richest guy in California,
Larry Elison.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
Oracle Investments.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
So remember, Paramount is being run by David Ellison, and
Paramount put a bid in on Warner Brothers. Netflix put
a bid in on Warner Brothers. Warner Brothers said, yeah,
we're gonna go with Netflix. I believe it was Comcast,
Paramount and Warner excuse me. Comcast, Paramount and Netflix have
(00:57):
put the bid in on Warner and and eventually Warner said,
we choose Netflix. Paramount didn't like that, and so they
got all together. They put in a cash offer backed
in part by the Ellison family Trust. See how all
of these topics flow together. Yeah, I try to make
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that happen because I'm a a.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
What Yeah, yeah, what is it? I am? It's a
CP A complete pro that's why.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
So anyway, the bid from Paramount gets criticism from the
Warner board. The bid from Paramount was a hostile takeover.
They were saying, okay, Warner Board, you just chose Netflix.
We're gonna offer more money and we're gonna go straight
to the shareholders. It's like watching a season of Succession
just seeing how all of this plays out among all
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of the different In this case, you've got family members
with Paramount, and interestingly enough, you had a family member
who had a who was backing the Paramount play who's
also a family member of the president, Jared Kushner. One
of his organizations was offering to put up some of
(02:10):
the cash for the Paramount bid. So Warner didn't like
Paramount's bid. So the Warner Brothers board has now come back.
First of all, they said, we choose Netflix. Then Paramount said, okay,
you choose Netflix. We're gonna go to the shareholders. And
then it was kind of a waiting game. What is
the board going to say? This was CNBC discussing just that.
Speaker 4 (02:32):
We've been waiting for the response, so to speak, from
Warner Brothers Discovery to that tender offer we got more
than a week ago from Paramount to acquire Warner Brothers
for thirty dollars a share in cash, and we've gotten
it this morning. It's a fourteen D nine filing.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Oh yes, the fourteen D nine, seeing my money was
on a thirteen L.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
Seven.
Speaker 4 (02:56):
It is, as you might imagine, voluminous. That said, yeah,
and the key points are ones we've been making. And
of course the lead is what no, thank you, Paramount?
Whoa rejecting Paramount's latest bid if you will let thirty
bucks to share all cash for a variety of reasons,
many of which we've been discussing over the last a
(03:19):
few days and.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
Over the last week or so. As well run through it.
Speaker 4 (03:23):
Let me get to specifics, because there are a number
of them here, and they do focus, certainly, at least
starting with what they believe is being consistently misled by
That is Paramount consistently misleading Warner Brothers shareholders that has
proposed transaction has what they call a full backstop.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Okay, all right, so this is Warner saying, this is
why we choose the Netflix bid.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
And I want you to think about this like as
anything else in your life.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
If you're trying to sell your house, all right, and
you got your house listed for I always have trouble
picking a number because I'll pick a number and there's
somebody listening. It's like, who has a house it's worth
that much? And then I'll pick another number and like
who can have?
Speaker 3 (04:00):
You know?
Speaker 2 (04:01):
So, anyway, what's the what's the average home value right now?
It's like around nine hundred thousand ports, say nine hundred thousand.
There we go, okay, so they trying to say, your
house for nine hudred thousand dollars, and he got somebody
that comes through and they make an offer for for
eight seventy, right, and they got somebody else that comes
by and they go, oh, I'll make you an offer.
(04:23):
I'll give you eight eighty five all cash. Now, normally
when it comes to home buying, you take that old
cash offer. But what if you're concerned that the person
making the cash offer doesn't actually have the cash right,
are they a qualified bidder? Basically, and that's what Warner
is saying. They're not so sure that this cash offer
(04:43):
from Paramount actually.
Speaker 4 (04:46):
Exists from the Ellison family. The Warner Brothers Board of
directors says it does not, and never has. There is
no Ellison family commitment of any kind. Instead, they propose
that you rely on an unknown and open revocable trust
for the certainty of this crucial deal funding. And they say,
despite having been told repeatedly why by Warner Brothers how
(05:09):
important a full and unconditional financing commitment from the Ellison
family was, and despite their own ample resources, of course,
pointing to Larry Ellison's one point one billion shares of
Oracle that are in that family trust, as well as
multiple assurances during our strategies.
Speaker 3 (05:24):
Blah blah blah blah blah, get it, get to it.
Speaker 4 (05:26):
That's such a commitment was forthcoming. The Ellison family has
chosen not to backstop the Paramount offer.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
Okay, why is this key?
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Basically, what they're saying is, you're offering this cash offer,
but you're not even willing to guarantee the cash offer.
The other part of this, and there were people that
were questioning, is this something that's going to benefit the
Trump family Jared Kushner. Of course, his investment firm is
Affinity Partners. They have backed out, so there's another concern
(05:59):
from warnerstand Point one is the money even there two
the whole Jared Kushner being involved in it may have
been a bit tempting because any deal is done, it's
gonna have to have government approval, and that means you're
gonna have to have the President probably sign off on it.
If the President signs off on it, probably get him
easier to get him to sign off on something his
sun and law is involved in than it is to
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get him to sign off on something that he doesn't like,
especially if it has to do with another another studio
where maybe he doesn't like something that Netflix has put out,
maybe he doesn't like a documentary they put out, whatever
else it is. So the thinking is having Jared Kushner
involved may have offered some assurances, but now even that
investment for him is bailed.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
For perspective, Netflix.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Was offering roughly twenty seven seventy five a share twenty
seven dollars seventy five cents per share. The paramount offer
was thirty bucks a share. So back to our house analogy,
the person offering you cash is offering fifteen grand more,
or then the person who's not off who's offering a
you know, a part cash part loan deal. Right, So,
(07:05):
if you're trying to sell your house for nine hundred thousand,
youve got one offer that comes in at eight seventy
and another one comes in at eight eighty five, you're
in the ballpark. You're probably these are probably both offers
that you're willing to consider. Which one do you want
to deal with? Do you want to go with the
one that you're pretty sure is solid, or do you
want to go with the one that's a little bit
more as a premium on it. But part of that
(07:27):
premium means you're gonna have to deal with a whole
lot of a whole lot of hoktua along the way.
If you're gonna stick with the house analogy, go ahead.
The cash offer also includes covering the house in MAGA stickers.
Because didn't we know from reporting that Larry Ellison promised
Trump that he would control some of the content to
(07:50):
savor the Trump's So that is a really interesting point
that you make, because President Trump did say, in fact,
I had. I don't know if I still have the
clip on me. I did have it, I may have
moved past. It was part of an old story where
the President said, any deal that's done needs to include
basically revamping CNN, right, And he was saying, look, the
CNN thing's got to go. CNN has to be looked at,
(08:10):
it has to be done. And so, yeah, you had
you had Ellison's going, hey, mister Trump, look we're going
to need your approval. They're they're basically telling him what
he wants to hear it. Because President Trump has put
himself in the middle. This is very rare that you
would have a president inject themselves in the middle of
a big merger and acquisition like this, but the President
has decided to do so. And so that's got a
(08:33):
lot of people saying, what do I need to say
to the president to get the deal done?
Speaker 3 (08:37):
Right?
Speaker 2 (08:38):
That's what they're saying. So honestly, I don't care what
the politics are. If the person that buys my house,
if you're gonna give me the money, that's fine, you
do whatever you want. But what is the identity of
the neighborhood and that that might be something that I'm
concerned with, you know, for better or for worse, maybe
(08:58):
I want it, Maybe I maybe I totally agree, and
I go, yeah, look, i'd be excited to do some revamping.
I'd be excited to change out CNN. Maybe that's exactly
what I want. But I don't know. I'm a little
bit concerned with that linear product. I've made mention of
this before, with the with the Discovery, with CNN, with
the uh.
Speaker 5 (09:19):
What is it?
Speaker 2 (09:19):
TNT that's part of the Warner family, still this sort
of stuff, and I'm a little bit concerned with where
that stuff goes because I'm just afraid that they can't
survive and the and the streaming alone. And I don't know,
I don't know what the future is going to be
of so many different linear TV products. I just don't
(09:40):
know how they survive moving forward with more and more
people cutting the cord, so to speak. Don't know what
that what that's gonna look like. That's just in general,
but not just a Warner thing. But that's just all
of it. And if Netflix is not interested in those
linear television products, and they're only interested in the studio products,
then there's no incentive to even give that a second look.
(10:00):
All Right, the grandfather of big award shows speaking of
linear products is ditching it to.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
Go to the internets.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
Decades of ritual viewing over and it's headed somewhere. Honestly,
you probably already waste time on every day why it
matters for the future of TV. In Hollywood's Biggest Night
is next.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Chris Merrill AM six forty, more stimulating talk. We'll say
the jingle Bell rock, while it does.
Speaker 3 (10:36):
Not rock.
Speaker 2 (10:38):
Is by It is not my least favorite Christmas song.
I put it in the It's okay category. The least
favorite is that Charlie Brown Christmas. I don't know what
your problem is with that? Oh no, but do you
like that the jazz ones like when they're just walking.
I like that because it's just relaxing. Yeah, that's cool
(11:00):
with that. But I hear what you're saying with the kids.
Those are children that needed to be beaten. You are
maladjusted and borderline insane. That's a classic. I don't care
if it's classic as garbage who called it a classic?
There were three networks at the time, and that's what
(11:21):
somebody put out and CBS ran with it, and then
we were like, oh, it's a classic, we have to
watch it now. The pacing is off. What pacing is terrible?
Speaker 3 (11:30):
Now? Please? Oh it's horrible. Music is barfee, It's terrible.
Speaker 5 (11:35):
I want you to get the mental help you need.
I'm concerned about you.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
I remember looking forward to seeing the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Special,
the Charlie Brown Christmas every year when I was a kid.
I just I couldn't wait came out, and then it
came on and I went, God, that wasn't good.
Speaker 3 (11:50):
I wait all year for that.
Speaker 5 (11:52):
And they give the trees some love and it blooms,
and what's wrong with you?
Speaker 3 (11:56):
It's just I always wanted to see Snoopy do stuff up.
Never had enough.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
It's a dog. What do you want from the dogs?
Wanted more Snoopy air time? Okay, I didn't care about
those kids' bold weirdos.
Speaker 3 (12:09):
You want that Lucy nasty?
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Charlie Brown was exposed to radiation shows. Why did Charlie
Brown like? Why did Charlie Brown like Lucy? She was
not attractive?
Speaker 3 (12:22):
Well, she was mean to him and some guys get
off on that. True.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
Oh ugly girls mean to me. Oh yeah, this is perfect.
That seems that seems like a great thing. We want
to teach our kids. Go find the.
Speaker 3 (12:32):
The bully, grow up to become a sub. There you go.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
I have a very meaningful relationship in the future. Won't
that be great? You guys can go get drunk at
community softball games together. That'll be a lot of fun.
I can see it now. Oscars are moving. They've been
on ABC for forever. They are out skis. According to
The Hollywood Reporter.
Speaker 6 (13:00):
The Oscars, which have aired for decades on ABC, will
be moving to YouTube starting in twenty twenty nine.
Speaker 3 (13:05):
Wow, that's a coup.
Speaker 6 (13:08):
And continuing through at least twenty thirty three. The Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced them.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
Thank goodness, we got the swooshes and swoops in the
middle of that.
Speaker 6 (13:21):
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announce the
news on Wednesday that is sure to send shock waves
across the entertainment industry. ABC will continue to air the
world's most watch awards show through the one hundred Oscar
ceremony in twenty twenty eight. News of this deal comes
after The Hollywood Reporter reported in the cover story earlier
this year that YouTube is intent on becoming quote the
(13:41):
most powerful platform on earth.
Speaker 3 (13:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
I think more people are watching YouTube than they are
the networks. Now I watch more YouTube than TV.
Speaker 3 (13:49):
Is that right?
Speaker 2 (13:50):
So are you excited about that? It doesn't really matter
to you would have watched it either way. Well, I
think it's a seismic move. It's easy to blow this off.
It's just no big deal, just industry news.
Speaker 3 (13:57):
But it is not.
Speaker 5 (13:58):
It's a big I mean, you remember when we only
had three network channels.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
I do, and you got stuck with crap like the
Charlie Brown. Okay, all right, come on, but this is
this is a big deal. And I wonder if they're
still gonna have Kimmel hosted.
Speaker 3 (14:14):
Oh good question. That is a really good.
Speaker 6 (14:17):
Question, the Academy said in a press release. In part,
the oscars, including red carpet coverage, behind the scenes content,
Governor's Ball access, and more, will be available live and
for free to over two billion viewers around the world
on YouTube.
Speaker 3 (14:31):
Oh it is going to be free. That's great, say.
Speaker 2 (14:35):
I was concerned that they were going to say, well,
it's it's for our subscribers, but it's free. So what
is this is this kind of a this is a
way to try to pick up subscribers, right, and they're
gonna sell ads on it, just like ABC ever did.
But then they're going to hope that they're exposing a
new audience to their product.
Speaker 6 (14:52):
Okay, well that makes sense to me and to YouTube
TV subscribers in the United States. YouTube CEO Neil Mohan said,
the Oscars a one of our essential cultural institutions, honoring
excellence in storytelling and artistry. Partnering with the Academy to
bring the celebration of art and entertainment to viewers all
over the world will inspire a new generation of creativity
(15:12):
and film lovers, all.
Speaker 5 (15:15):
Right, or it could make it even less relevant than
it has been.
Speaker 3 (15:19):
That's I mean, that's my concern, right.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
I mean, you've got a you've got a wide access
even in the remote areas.
Speaker 3 (15:26):
And I always think of my hometown. I grew up
in a very rural area and.
Speaker 2 (15:30):
I think still, I believe twenty five percent of the
people in my home county don't have access to high
speed internet because they're just it's backwoods indoor toilets, not
a joke. There are some that don't nice. Yeah, very few,
there are very few. Most of them have plumbing, but
(15:50):
there are some that do not. So anyway, yeah, I
think I think this could be one of those one
of those places where you know, you maybe the ratings
aren't as high just because you're actually living yourself. Where's
broadcast television still was able to get into those. I mean,
you had places where people are going to like, well,
I'm gonna I'm gonna make sure I got a TV
before I make sure I got indoor plumbing. You know,
(16:13):
the kind of people who you know, fall in love
with ugly, abusive women and spend their money on tattoos
instead of mortgages, and then they live in a trailer
their whole lives, like Charlie Brown. That's what you end
up with. And they're not gonna be a wash Oskers now.
So you look at that. It's the American way. It's
says Harvey Davidson got it right there. I couldn't get
(16:35):
the other one because they had like copyrights or something
on it. But it's Harvey Davidson. They use it when
I ride my motorcycle. He's a Suzuki. Your rapid gifts
this season? What gifts could actually get you dumped over
the holidays. Okay, what you might want to avoid, or
if you're trying to get dumped, what you might want
(16:58):
to pick up while there's still time.
Speaker 3 (16:59):
That's next.
Speaker 1 (17:01):
You're listening to KFI A six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (17:06):
I was just thinking, so I've got a story, and
I my twisted mind works a little bit differently. So
I was reading the story from your tango, and it's
this survey finds gen zers would dump their partner over
these five Christmas gifts.
Speaker 3 (17:22):
All right, great clickbait title, right, And so.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
I think that the idea is we read the story
and then we go, oh, I need to make sure
that I don't make these mistakes. But that's not always
how it works. You know, I have never broken up
with somebody never. Isn't that something? I never broke up
with a girlfriend. I got dumped a feut I got
(17:50):
In fact, I got dumped every time. But sometimes I
got dumped and didn't want to be dumped. But then
other times I got dumped and did want to be dumped.
And that is because I'm what's known is a butt weasel.
You see, if I knew that the relationship was coming
to an end I would begin to I don't know
what would gen Z call it? Quiet quit my relationship?
(18:11):
I'm sure there's a term for it. It's basically the
most cowardly thing that you can do, and that is
that you just sort of stop trying, and as you
stop trying, you sort of put some distance between you
and them until they start to catch on and then
they go, this isn't working out for me, and then
they dump you, and you go, oh no, I'm so hurt.
I'm really sorry. It is absolute cowardice. But I really
(18:36):
try to avoid conflict. So that's what I did.
Speaker 3 (18:41):
If you are a.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
Butt weasel like me, and you're trying to make sure
that the other person doesn't want to be with you anymore,
consider these gifts that would make some people dump their partner.
Uh huh, see how I think about this stuff. I'm
supposed to be telling you what not to buy, but
I'm im actual gonna tell you how to get dumped
because you're a coward. So number one, buy something that
(19:07):
doesn't fit. Genius, absolute genius. And can I also just
take this up a notch. Buy something that doesn't fit
that's two size is too big. Oh my gosh, Wow,
that is a butt weasel move right, geeze.
Speaker 3 (19:28):
Like, hey, I got you this.
Speaker 2 (19:29):
I thought it looked really nice, and then like you're
an extra large, right, honey, I have a medium?
Speaker 3 (19:35):
Yeah, Oh it's the worst. Also, give somebody a scale.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
All great, idea, brilliant, brilliant according to you, your tango.
Socks are also a deal breaker, although I don't think
we are. I think socks are actually kind of fun.
They say, Uh, basic items like socks or underwear can
feel like a letdown from their partners. It feels lazy
(20:00):
and personal or boring, like they didn't want to put
effort into picking out a nice gift for you.
Speaker 4 (20:06):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:06):
I think those are fun stocking stuffers. So maybe if
you're trying to get dumped like, socks are not going
to do the trick now. Underwear, on the other hand,
absolutely will do the trick again, get it too big.
And if you are if you're a dude dating a
woman or I don't know woman dating a woman and
you're trying to trying to get them to dump you again,
(20:29):
you're a total butt weasel.
Speaker 3 (20:32):
Get them unattractive underwear.
Speaker 2 (20:35):
See, if you get them attractive underwear, they might make
the mistake of feeling like you find them sexy, but
if you get them granny panties, you're golden. Also, don't
get sports bras unless you get them a sports bra
with a gym membership, which is akin to buying them.
Speaker 3 (20:55):
A scale message received Bingo.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
Tangle also says getting someone something that's not on their
wish list is a bad idea. Evidently gen Z feels
like if they have a wish list, then they're entitled
to it, and then they should get it big surprise,
I know, right, a subscription. They say subscriptions are a
bad idea. Again, if somebody got me a subscription, I
(21:20):
would not be upset by that.
Speaker 3 (21:21):
I go, oh, that's really cool, thank you. Well, what
sort of subscription?
Speaker 2 (21:26):
Okay, so they say they don't really get into specifics,
but they do make mention of like the monthly type things.
They said, monthly deliveries can become clutter in the home
when products often go unused. So I don't know if
that's like a you know, I wouldn't think a whine
of the month club would be offensive.
Speaker 5 (21:41):
Well, if somebody gave me a subscription to Reader's Digest,
I'm not quite sure what I would do with that.
But I gave somebody once a subscription to those masterclass
videos and I thought that was really cool.
Speaker 3 (21:53):
That's useful though, and there's no clutter, right, yeah, yeah,
that's good. I like that.
Speaker 2 (21:58):
So my father thought he was really funny. And when
my wife turned fifty, he bought her a subscription to AARP.
Speaker 3 (22:07):
My god, okay.
Speaker 2 (22:09):
And and my wife, I mean, there's a reason I
love her. She's she's incredible. She goes, you am effort,
She says, this is my father, you m effort. You
think you're funny. I'll show you. I'm gonna use the
s out of this. And she does. And not only that,
(22:30):
but because she's my wife, I got a membership to AARP.
Speaker 3 (22:36):
It's the day winner.
Speaker 2 (22:40):
And according to your tango, agen Zer absolutely does.
Speaker 3 (22:43):
Not want a book. Boy, times have changed, haven't they. Figures?
I love books, they do.
Speaker 2 (22:50):
I would think, I mean a decent book, right, the
kids these days, you don't even want.
Speaker 3 (22:56):
To book, they say.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
Giving books his presence as presence similar to giving clothes.
It can be hard to know exactly what they like
or what they already own. See I disagree. I think
a book is a great idea.
Speaker 5 (23:06):
You give somebody what you would like them to read,
doesn't it you're sharing experience experience with them.
Speaker 3 (23:12):
It sounds like a gen z. I agree.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
And then you kind of personalize it inscribe it in
the middle, like you know, to to my my love.
Speaker 3 (23:19):
You know, I think you'll really enjoy.
Speaker 5 (23:20):
This to a complete pro Chris Merrill. Wow, I love
this book good and I wanted you to have it.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
Holy cow, that's really good. That gets me thinking, hang on, Foosh,
I might need to talk to you after the show.
Speaker 3 (23:37):
No, no, no, no, no, what have I started? I
need to talk to you, pal, I need to talk
to you anyway. Uh.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
Those are those are ideas for how to get dumped
this this holiday season?
Speaker 3 (23:52):
There there you are you guys? Ever get any bad presents? Oh? Oh,
I had a story? Do I have time? You want
me to break? Hereosh, let me break Yeah. I got
to tell you. I got a story. Okay, So my
wife is in the other room.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
She's not listening, but my wife totally boned my Christmas
present this year, and I know what it is.
Speaker 3 (24:11):
I gotta tell you about this. That is next.
Speaker 1 (24:13):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (24:18):
Chris Merrill I AM six forty more stimulating talk Coast
to coast at George Nori is up here at ten o'clock. George,
what can we expect on another brilliant program tonight? Of
course we're going to talk about the Deep State and
what they're up to, and then later on in the
show crop circles, what's going on with them and what
do they mean?
Speaker 3 (24:38):
I have it, what's going on with the crop circles?
Speaker 2 (24:41):
Thank you, George, appreciate it, looking forward to it, but friend,
thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (24:45):
All right, my.
Speaker 2 (24:45):
Friend, So we were discussing here in our last segment,
and if you missed it, you can always grab the
podcast on the feature podcast segment KFI AM.
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Six forty dot com.
Speaker 2 (24:55):
And that is, what are some gifts that you can
give to someone that you want to break up with? You? Now,
why would you do that? It's because you're a butt
weeezl and a coward and you can't actually dump them,
So you figure out a way to make them dump
you and it works. It's great. Oh my gosh, you
(25:15):
just avoid confrontation. They feel horrible, you feel great. It's wonderful.
I did this one time to a girl and she
spent all day breaking up with me. Have you ever
had an all day long breakup? It was the worst.
Speaker 3 (25:32):
How does it go all day? Oh my gosh.
Speaker 2 (25:36):
Oh well, it was a long distance relationship, right, and
we were she had driven to Colorado to spend a
week with me, and like it was just not like
it was this spark was not there.
Speaker 3 (25:50):
It was just not there.
Speaker 2 (25:51):
And so we did a lot of stuff and it
was it was like we were friends, but there was
just no spark. It was just wasn't It was gone.
And so I started to kind of distance myself a
little bit. And I kind of wake up and she's
packing and I can kind of hear her packing, but
she's trying to be quiet, but I'm like, so I
just played like I was asleep and I thought, oh,
she's leaving early.
Speaker 3 (26:13):
Oh this is great. And she drove.
Speaker 2 (26:16):
I mean it was I feel guilty about it, but
it was true. And then she kind of she kind
of wakes me up. She goes, we need to talk,
and I was like okay, and she goes, I just
it's just not working out, and I care about you
so much, blah blah blah blah, And I'm like, I
totally get it. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. And meanwhile,
my roommate knew, you know, what my plan was, and
(26:38):
he knew I was a jerk.
Speaker 3 (26:40):
And so then she says, okay, and I mean she just.
Speaker 2 (26:44):
Over explained it for like an hour, and then she goes,
should we get some breakfast together?
Speaker 3 (26:50):
Yeah, we can do that. Okay, So we get breakfast
and then she's like, I just don't want to leave.
I don't want to go yet.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
I'm like, okay, well listen, you know, I don't want
to rush you. That's you know, I care about you.
I'm still doing this. But I'm like, but on the
other hand, and should get going, you know. Next thing,
I know, it's lunchtime, and she's like, maybe we could
just take a walk together before I'm like, oh my god,
are you gonna dump me?
Speaker 3 (27:12):
Or what?
Speaker 2 (27:13):
Good lord. Finally, it's like five o'clock in the in
the afternoon, she's like.
Speaker 1 (27:19):
I have to go.
Speaker 3 (27:19):
If I don't leave now, I'm never gonna leave.
Speaker 2 (27:22):
And I'm like, you definitely should go then yep, TikTok,
oh my god, and then she called me.
Speaker 3 (27:30):
She finally stop me.
Speaker 2 (27:31):
She drove for a few hours and like called and
she was, you know, on the other side of whatever
this mountain pass was, or right, you know, she's three
four hours away, and she says, I just wanted to
know I'm stopping for the night. And I almost turned
around so many times, and I'm like, oh my god,
I wish you had, but I'm glad you didn't be strong.
(27:53):
So right, yeah, oh my god, just don't You've got
to be strong. Oh this is the worst.
Speaker 3 (27:59):
Anyway, So my wife boned my Christmas present this year.
All right, let's bust her. Okay.
Speaker 2 (28:04):
So she's in the other room. She's not listening, so
I know I'm safe now. So here's the deal. My
wife does this whole what do you want for Christmas?
And I go, I really don't want anything, you know.
She says, you know you always say that.
Speaker 3 (28:16):
I said. The difference between me and.
Speaker 2 (28:17):
You is that when when you say you don't want something,
you want something. And because she's learned that the hard
way that if she says I don't need anything, I
go okay, and then I don't get her anything.
Speaker 3 (28:29):
She goes, you didn't get me anything. Nope. We say
what we mean, We mean what we say.
Speaker 2 (28:34):
And so when I say I don't need anything. I
mean it, I don't need anything. I'm happy watching other
people open their presence.
Speaker 3 (28:41):
That's great. But she always feels like she wants to
give me some That's okay, great. So what does she do?
She goes to my Amazon wish list.
Speaker 2 (28:48):
The problem is, I don't use the Amazon wish list
as a place to put things that I want. I
use that as a place to save things for things
either I need or I'm thinking about getting for somebody else.
So my father's birthday is like two weeks after Christmas.
So I saw something on there is It was a
tool a tool bag, right, and my dad was a tradesman,
(29:10):
so this is a nice tool bag. I know he'll
like it. And I picked this out and I was like, oh,
that's really nice. I'm gonna set that aside and then
I'll get that for dad for his birthday.
Speaker 3 (29:19):
After Christmas.
Speaker 2 (29:20):
My wife goes into the wish list and she sees it,
and then all of a sudden, I get a notification
that says, you know, your tool bag is on the way.
And so she says, hey, I've got some Amazon presents
showing up. Don't open them, but you'll probably see him
if you go to the cart anyway, it's really hard
to hide things from you. I'm like, I'm like, babe,
I'll do everything I can not too. But of course
I already got I got the notification before she ever
(29:42):
called me and said, hey, you know your orders is
on its way. And so I'm in this dilemma. And
I said to my son, I go, I got this problem.
Your mom got me this bag, this this tool bag.
I don't need it. I actually set it aside for
my from for grandpa. And he goes, well, just tell her.
I go, oh, no, you don't know your mother. And
he says, what do you mean? I said, if I
tell her that she got me the wrong present, she's
(30:06):
gonna yell at me for setting her up for failure,
and then she's gonna yell at me for making her
feel bad about herself. I said, I think I just
have to take this present and say thank you. I
think I just have to be like, oh, this is perfect,
thank you so much. He goes, well, you do whatever
you want. No, there's one thing I know. It's women.
(30:27):
I think I've shown that tonight. Oh yeah, clearly. Yeah,
well okay, listen, you could try this now. Yeah, I
know that my long suffering one doesn't listen either, so
I can say this smart, Okay, go ahead, I'm not
gonna get caught. I sent away for her for Christmas,
a large men's T shirt featuring Pezuzu, the demon from
the Exorcist movie. And I think I'll be moving in
(30:51):
with you, Susan. Yeah, yeah, I mean like dump me already, right,
I get it.
Speaker 5 (30:57):
My god, what girl doesn't want a T shirt with
the demon from the Exorciste. You are a sex magnet, dude,
I don't know, and a men's large I don't know
how anybody keeps their their hands off you.
Speaker 3 (31:07):
Oh yeah, next, all right, fou.
Speaker 2 (31:14):
She's helping me plot against Ronner for Christmas. I'm very
excited about that. I have forbidden this. I have forbidden
it explicitly, and Roner I haven't decided whether or don't
want to put the effort into my grand plan, but
if I.
Speaker 3 (31:26):
Do, you will absolutely hate it. And I love you
and I wouldn't do it if I didn't, so uh,
thank you.
Speaker 2 (31:34):
Yeah, I'll talk to you guys tomorrow night. George Norrie
Coast to Coast up Next, Chris Merril kfi Am six forty.
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