Cold Open Question of the Week: Would you rather be the fan of a team that’s never reached the Super Bowl, or a team that’s lost the last three Super Bowls they’ve played in?
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Tonight’s guest is a sports writer for the Los Angeles Times, podcaster and host of HOW Charts Retro Countdown, a deep into his own personal list of each week’s Top 20 songs from 1982 to 1991, and my former colleague at the Fauquier Times-Democrat in Warrenton, Va. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome, Chuck Schilken.
Chuck re-enacts Dana White on Howie Mandel’s podcast:
Super Bowl LVIII:
* Chuck’s review of Usher’s halftime show performance:
* Best halftime shows ever:
* Halftime shows you’d like to see: I put you in charge of producing the next halftime show.
* The Taylor Swift of it all: Chuck’s reaction to the pop princess’s infusion with the country’s favorite pastime.
* The Shove: Your reaction to Travis Kelce bumping his 65-year-old head coach Andy Reid? You wrote a story about it? Had a friend whose daughter plays sports and excused it?
Chuck’s Grammys Reaction:
* Jay Z takes shots at the Grammys.
* Tracy Chapman shines again!
* TEASER: Brian and Chuck are working on a joint-collaboration for early April that has to do with a momentous 1990s music and cultural event!
Has Chuck ever been to Vegas?
* Rooms at the Luxor for $37 a night? Plus a $45 resort fee? Cheap airline flights?
* Leaving Las Vegas? Chuck explains the debacle of driving to and from Sin City.
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Journalism:
* Situation at the LA Times: Layoffs, a walkout, the future of local journalism.
* State of Journalism in 2024: What are journalists who’ve been laid off doing?
The War Room:
* Brian recently watched The War Room, the documentary about the ‘92 Clinton campaign, starring George Stephanopoulos and James Carville.
* Newspapers!
* Saving a story for the next day - Pre-24-hour news-cycle
Celebrities:
* We ask Chuck to name-drop some celebrities he’s interviewed:
* Bob Costas
* Shaq
* Gronk
* Does Chuck still get nervous for a big interview?
AI Romance:
* We discuss being in a relationship with a bot? Note: None of us are!
Chip Kelly:
* Why did he leave UCLA?
Gary’s News of the Weird: Corralling a kangaroo; a python in his pants!
RIP:
* William “Bill” Post — inventor of the Pop Tart
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