In this episode of The Chris and Andre Show, the guys wonder why people keep using Facebook and Instagram, go through ups and downs while discussing sports, review the Addams Family 2 and other pop culture pieces, and sink into the swamp to discuss Trump, DeSantis, and local school board protests.
(00:00:00) Intros
(00:01:18) Social Media - Facebook is in the news again for multiple reasons, including a massive outage last week (https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/4/22708989/instagram-facebook-outage-messenger-whatsapp-error) and a whistleblower that says they had research showing their product was harmful to some users and did nothing (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen-misinformation-public-60-minutes-2021-10-03/).
(00:35:18) Sports - Chris is excited to finally have an NC State Baseball player to root for (https://apnews.com/article/mlb-sports-los-angeles-san-francisco-baseball-83581d6871539a188e8a86249da7604d), Andre is frustrated that his Yankees lost (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/sports/baseball/yankees-red-sox-wild-card-playoff.html), the guys discuss Urban Meyer’s precarious predicament (https://buffalonews.com/sports/football/video-purportedly-showing-urban-meyer-out-at-bar-goes-viral/video848cd92b-de68-50ba-ace3-6ad1ed1cf5c0.html), and Chris explains why he dislikes Dan Orlovsky so much (https://www.reddit.com/r/ESPN/comments/n3x85j/danorlovskyisbadontelevision/).
(00:59:47) Pop Culture - Chris went to see the Addams Family 2 (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/theaddamsfamily2) with his daughter and says it’s really just a movie for kids this time. Andre tried to watch Q-Force (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/qforce) but just couldn’t get into it, in part due to the unexpected sex scene... this leads to a larger discussion of the quality of adult animation and the degradation of some shows over time.
The guys talk about how Saturday Night Live (SNL) is back, and with it, a story about Horatio Sanz (https://www.pastemagazine.com/comedy/saturday-night-live/horatio-sanz-sexual-assault-snl/) grooming and abusing teenage girls during his time on staff and the countless people who allegedly looked the other way.
(01:17:09) Politics - The guys discuss Trump’s position on running against DeSantis (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69f7Yw5c86g), Chris believes he may have figured out the Republicans’ reason for being both anti-vaccine and anti-mask, Andre wonders what will come of a court ruling on Omarosa’s NDA (https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-sprawling-use-of-ndas-now-threatens-to-humiliate-him-non-disclosure-agreement-omarosa), Chris takes issue with all the disasters facing California at the moment (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/10/04/oil-spill-california-dead-wildlife-washes-ashore/5986916001/), and they both get confused by the mask-mandate protestors in Chris’s backyard (https://www.wect.com/2021/10/05/parents-storm-education-building-object-mask-mandate/).
This episode was recorded October 6, 2021