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  • ☘️ Lucky Charms Go Big, The Banana Splits Go Bad, ‘The Boys’ Go Bonkers & More

    ☘️ Lucky Charms Go Big, The Banana Splits Go Bad, ‘The Boys’ Go Bonkers & More
    Feb 27 2025
    From the vault: In a pre-pandemic time capsule from August 2019, the Ricks marvel over a freaky new Amazon Prime show called “The Boys,” an R-rated horror movie featuring “The Banana Splits,” the origin story of McDonald’s Shamrock Shake, and enormous Luck Charms marshmallows coming to a s’more near you. Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. 👐🏻Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 IN THIS EPISODE 👨‍🏫 The Ricks talk Back to School and pre-Internet gaming in the good old days 🗓 The Ricks have a big milestone coming up 🧜‍♀️ It's summertime, so of course Pumpkin Spice Lattes are already back 🥤 Remembering McDonald's Shamrock Shakes of yesteryear 🍌 The Banana Splits are back, in an very violent, R-rated horror flick 📺 Why you need to drop everything & watch "The Boys" on Amazon Prime 🥛 Did somebody say McWTF? McFizz is an unintentional eye-opener 😸 "Friends": Old TV comes with perks—LEGO's Central Perk Playset 🥣 Lucky Charms Jet-Puffed Marshmallows: Magically Delicious? 🚀 "Star Wars Barbie" rocks the geek look—for an out-of-this-world price 📸 Instagram and WhatsApp get new names 📱 Verizon sells Tumbler to Automattic … for how little? 🦸🏻‍♂️ Look who's coming to CW's "Crisis on Infinite Earths" Approx. 17:33. Review privacy and cookie policies for SoundCloud, iTunes, Spotify and all other streaming services. Some audio and visual elements created using generative AI-based tools.
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    18 min
  • 🏈 Super Bowl Pop Quiz: Test Your 2025 Ad Recall

    🏈 Super Bowl Pop Quiz: Test Your 2025 Ad Recall
    Feb 8 2025
    🏈 It’s time for an Ad Bowl 2025 edition of Rick and Rick Loaded Questions—our multiple-choice quiz games to test your recall of this year’s Super Bowl commercials, and a look at some of the big themes we saw in this year’s big game! Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. 👐🏻Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 Approximately 24 minutes. Review your streamer’s privacy policies. Episode may feature audio, visual and/or other forms of content developed using generative AI or other digital tools. © Maverix, LLC.
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    24 min
  • 🤓 2024 Predictions Scorecard: Impact of GenAI in Marketing, Social vs. Search, Shoppable Streaming

    🤓 2024 Predictions Scorecard: Impact of GenAI in Marketing, Social vs. Search, Shoppable Streaming
    Jan 27 2025
    It’s time for our annual predictions scorecard episode, as the Ricks review their prognostications about trends in marketing, media, tech, and pop culture—the bullseyes, botched calls, and more. Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. 👐🏻Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 IN THIS EPISODE: 😬 The GenAI nightmare that wasn’t (at 01:32) 😅 Sighs of relief over SEO fundamentals (at 03:02) 😎 Shifting from paid search to paid social: big changes, new rules (03:42) 🛍️ Social commerce: Win, lose, or draw? (05:10) 💩 The poop on Phillips Laxative…and Taco Bell (08:00) 🛒 Shoppable streaming’s new converts (09:04) 🕺🏻 Social media: declines here, resurgences there (10:39) 👨🏽‍💻 Domain-Specific Language Models: Ahead of the curve? (13:24) 📺 The year video streaming became profitable (14:43) 🤖 Machine customers in the age of agentic AI (18:10) 🌭 Whither Neuralink Sausages & Franks? (19:50) 🦾 ChatGPT: Building a better candidate? (21:19) 🎲 A rebrand for OpenAI? (22:02) 🐯 Was “Cheetle” really 2024’s Word of the Year? (22:50) 📣 Outdoor advertising for outdoor advertisers (24:24) 🎨 Pantone’s 2025 Color of the Year (25:55) Approximately 28 minutes. Review your streamer’s privacy policies. Episode may feature audio, visual and/or other forms of content developed using generative AI or other digital tools. © Maverix, LLC.
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    28 min
  • 🛍️ Hottest But Hardest-to-Get Tech Toys for Holiday 2024

    🛍️ Hottest But Hardest-to-Get Tech Toys for Holiday 2024
    Dec 23 2024
    Well deck the halls and get your tinsel in a tangle, because it’s time for the Ricks’ list of the hottest tech toys of holiday 2024. Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. 👐🏻Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 IN THIS EPISODE 🎁 Just like Spotify’s Wrapped, if Wrapped was any good (at 01:09) 🍑 Tongue-in-cheeks fun for the whole family (at 01:20) ✈️ Your ticket out of a state of despair (at 02:22) 🧪 The last science kit you’ll ever give (at 02:44) 🛞 Revealed: The Pink Panther, er, Jaguar EV (at 03:09) Approximately 4 minutes, 20 seconds. Review your streamer’s privacy policies. Episode may feature audio, visual and/or other forms of content developed using generative AI or other digital tools. © Maverix, LLC.
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    4 min
  • 🎁 Holiday 2024 E-Commerce Projections, Nolan-Era Batmobiles for Sale, and Ps & Qs for ChatGPT

    🎁 Holiday 2024 E-Commerce Projections, Nolan-Era Batmobiles for Sale, and Ps & Qs for ChatGPT
    Nov 26 2024
    ☃️ How to make it a December to remember for your favorite Batfan—with one of 10 tricked-out, Nolan-era Batmobile replicas costing just $2.9 million. What’s putting a drag on the growth of e-commerce sales this holiday season? Plus: The surprising reason your ChatGPT prompts aren’t working as well as they should be—and more—in a quick round of Rick and Rick Loaded Questions. Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. 👐🏻Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 IN THIS EPISODE: 🛞 It’s bound to lose a wheel this time of year, but it’ll still cost you $2.9 million (at 1 min, 7 sec) 🛍️ Three key reasons behind the drag on e-commerce growth this holiday season? (at 03:22) 💬 It turns out there’s a certain etiquette to writing prompts for ChatGPT (at 05:00) Approximately 8 minutes, 14 seconds. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, iHeart, and all other streaming services. Episode intros, outros, promotions, and artwork may include elements produced using generative AI tools.
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    8 min
  • 🎅🏻 (Un)Real Thing? The Fallout Over Coca-Cola’s AI Holiday Campaign

    🎅🏻 (Un)Real Thing? The Fallout Over Coca-Cola’s AI Holiday Campaign
    Nov 21 2024
    🎄 Are those chatbots roasting on an open fire? Through the magic of AI, Coca-Cola spreads holiday joy by kicking Santa to the curb. Amazon Prime’s effort to bore subscribers to death with spoiler-free, AI-generated episode recaps. Plus a “Wicked” packaging face plant, and more. Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear: Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 IN THIS EPISODE: 🥤 Ho-ho-ho, or oh-hell-no? The backlash over the Real Thing’s holiday ad campaign (00:30) 📺 Amazon Prime promos yawn-inducing episode recaps generated by AI (03:25) 🧸 Toys tied to Universal’s latest movie release come with a “Wicked” surprise (at 05:28) Approximately 7-minute, 54-second runtime. Review privacy and other usage policies for technologies and/or services through which you access this podcast. Episode contains audio, visuals, and/or other content developed using generative AI and/or other digital production tools.
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    8 min
  • 🎬 Why Social Video Rules B2B, AI Head Shots, Lays’ & Coke's Funtastic Flavors

    🎬 Why Social Video Rules B2B, AI Head Shots, Lays’ & Coke's Funtastic Flavors
    Nov 8 2024
    ❄️The big “oops” at Bath & Bodyworks. Lays brings back five funtastic flavors. The Ricks have fun with AI headshots and AI Snapchat filters. Why short-form social video is the most effective tool for B2B high-tech marketers. Election 2024’s staggering digital ad spend. Loaded questions and more. Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. 👐🏻Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 IN THIS EPISODE: 😎 Rick W’s big week with AI LinkedIn headshots (at 01:23) 🤖 Rick M cracks himself up with AI Snapchat filters (02:41) 😱 Rick W one-ups that with blue hair and tattoos (03:12) 🙏 F*cks Given: Nun? Is there a future for Netflix’s smash hit Warrior Nun? (03:50) 🥶 Snowflakes-cum-design fail: The “Clandles” at Bath & Bodyworks (06:00) 🎬 Bite-size brilliance: the power of short-form social videos in B2B high-tech marketing (07:48) 😋 Mountain Dew-flavored Lays & Oreo Coke Zero: a specialty flavor flare-up—or out? (10:30) 🤪 Heinz à Deux? Ketchup brand’s “Ha-Ha-Ha” leaves the Ricks asking, “W-T-F?” (15:23) 🧢 Hi-Chew has a bizarre new mascot…and the Ricks have questions (16:43) 📈 Doing the numbers on Election 2024’s staggering digital ad spend (18:14) Approx. 19 minutes, 55 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services. Episode intro, commercials, and artwork created with generative AI tools.
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    20 min
  • 🎃 Winning Halloween 2024 With Costumes That Tapped the Zeitgeist

    🎃 Winning Halloween 2024 With Costumes That Tapped the Zeitgeist
    Oct 29 2024
    👻 In this Rick and Quick Episode of Rick and Rick, the Ricks ask ChatGPT to assess online sentiment for patterns and then compile a list of 10 homemade costumes for tapping into the zeitgeist at a Halloween party near you—tell us which ones you saw (or wore) this year! Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. 👐🏻Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 Approx. 4 minutes, 55 seconds.
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    5 min