Brian Beckner and Ed Daly are back for Episode 609, and it’s a full buffet of cultural nonsense, sports absurdity, internet weirdos, and deeply unnecessary celebrity behavior. From William Shatner eating cereal behind the wheel to Norwegian ski jumpers allegedly weaponizing their crotches for aerodynamics, nothing is safe.

The guys also pay their respects in RIP Corner, spiral into Instagram algorithm hell with “Tony the Greaser,” question why Netflix insists on showing Alex Honnold climbing things that shouldn’t be climbed, and once again wonder how Kyle Rittenhouse keeps popping up in places he absolutely does not need to be.

As always, it’s smart, dumb, funny, offensive (to the correct people), and exactly what you signed up for.

William Shatner filmed eating cereal in his car

TMZ headlines officially mean nothing anymore

Why eating in your car became viral content

At what age should driving privileges be revoked?

TJ Hooker, Zmed, and Grease II discourse

Michelle Pfeiffer supremacy

Olivia Newton-John’s mysteriously “dead” boyfriend who wasn’t dead

The Patrick McDermott disappearance… and Mexico reveal

Tony the Greaser: adult man, petroleum jelly, zero self-awareness

Endless Instagram comments demanding a “hog reveal”

How the internet collectively chooses chaos

Why this might be the funniest thing happening online right now

Alex Honnold climbs a 100+ story building

Why Netflix should be ashamed of itself

The inevitable future RIP segment no one wants

Francis Buchholz (Scorpions bassist)

CIA, Wind of Change, and Cold War pop music conspiracies

Kiana Underwood (former Nickelodeon star)

Brazilian “Popeye” and extreme body dysmorphia

When documentaries should’ve been 90 minutes shorter

Norwegian ski jumpers accused of enlarging crotch areas for lift

Aerodynamic dicks: the future of competition

Pre-season body scans and standardized underwear

“Dick injections” as an alleged competitive edge

Deion Sanders allegedly receiving “five death threats per day”

Former Michigan player claims blackmail for playing time

NIL era officially killing the “student-athlete” myth

Phil Rivers jokes missed by certain Twitter accounts

Abella Danger appears on national championship broadcast

Why she absolutely should not apologize

Carson Beck, money, and attractiveness economics

Why America still can’t act normal about porn

Kyle Rittenhouse shows up at a UFC gym

Sean Strickland loses his mind (again)

Why this feels staged and exhausting

New Year voicemail check-in

Twitter welfare checks

Where is that one guy who never misses a joke?

Coffee obsession without alcohol

Thrift-store espresso machine heartbreak

Ozempic / Mounjaro “penis growth” claims

Weight loss, fat loss, and the illusion of added inches

John Hinckley Jr., Jodie Foster, and audacity

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