Full Carts

Devin and Andy visit an Old Navy store around Halloween, but there's a lot of Xmas merchandise, so it feels like the winter holiday season. Do we miss when Old Navy had lunch counters, and sold sweaters packaged like ground beef? Are all the dad styles here for dads, or for kids biting dad style? Will Andy find a way to mention Razzles in every episode? Will Devin's theory about Simpson's tees undermine the very foundation of authentic licensed merchandise??

1995 NYT story about opening of Old Navy flagship

A couple Old Navy ads: Vacation, Morgan Fairchild

Music by⁠ Jed Becker⁠⁠, Art by⁠ ⁠Margaret Flatley, production assistance by Skye MacLeod. [email protected]

Devin and Andy pay an October visit to Barnes & Noble owned gift/stationery store Paper Source. They knock their heads against the question of whether gift wrap can itself be a gift. Are reviewers too hard on a tiny novelty turntable? What is the best item of clothing on which to announce an affection for bowel movements? Is Jenga more about competition, or cooperation?

Why do these two seem to think the royal memoir Spare came out years ago, when it was in fact early 2023? Is time not as consistent as calendars would have us believe? Are Dots appropriately priced? What will be the next usually inexpensive product to boldly break the 10 dollar barrier? 

Music by Jed Becker⁠, Art by ⁠Margaret Flatley⁠, production assistance by Skye MacLeod

Devin and Andy review Rite Aid after a Halloween season visit. Will it live up to an adolescent love of chain drug stores? How long can these two talk about their seasonal aisle season rankings? Would you ask a store associate to unlock the toothpaste for you? Did America lose its way when front bench seats in cars started disappearing?

We'll also hear about Devin's ice cream "heist," and thoughts on Tato Skins and Tato Skins t-shirts.

Music by Jed Becker, Art by Margaret Flatley, production assistance by Skye MacLeod

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