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  • Let’s Weekend #396 – Loose Door Plugs
    On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about why we missed a week, the awful actions of a jail in Mississippi, and the most chaotic flight of 2024 so far.
    Intro
    What Are We Up To?
    C: Yu Yu Hakusho, Komi Can’t Communicate, Pokemon Concierge, American Truck Sim, Spirit Hunters, Army of Ruin
    B: Pulseman, Pokemon Scarlet, SM Wonder, Hazbin Hotel, music, so glad the holidays are over.
    Brandon’s Random Factoid
    Assholes of the Week: A jail in Jackson, Mississippi has buried 215 people in a field near the jail since 2016 without notifying their families
    Trump’s companies accepted more than $7.8 million in payments from at least 20 foreign governments
    Heroes of the Week: Dem. Don Scott is the first black speaker in the history of Virginia’s legislature
    2023 was the hottest year on record and it wasn’t close
    Congressional leaders agreed to funding deal
    A bunch of House GOP people torpedoed another bill in protest of the agreement
    There was a wild Alaska Airlines flight last Friday where the door plug fell off mid flight
    Alaska Airlines & United Airlines found loose parts on 737 Max 9s since grounding them
    The FAA is tightening oversight of Boeing and will audit the production of the 737 Max 9
    Private companies’ plan to send the remains of people to the Moon is protest by the Navajo Nation
    For more than a decade, ESPN secured Emmys for on-air talent by using fake names
    Steamboat Willie is in the public domain now
    Somebody created a new George Carlin comedy special via AI that his daughter condemns
    Oppenheimer will stream on Peacock February 16
    Disney confirmed that there will be an Ahsoka Season 2
    Disney announced The Mandalorian & Grogu movie
    What We Do in the Shadows will end with Season 6
    Max canceled Our Flag Means Death after two seasons
    We got an official trailer for Netflix’s 3 Body Problem
    We got an official trailer for Paramount+’s Halo Season 2
    We got an official trailer for Mickey’s Mouse Trap
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    1 hr 27 min
  • Let’s Weekend #395 – The Space Tomato Conspiracy
    On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about Rudy's big financial punishment, the great stuff going on with Twitter, and the big ISS conspiracy you may have missed.
    Intro
    What Are We Up To?
    C: Yu Yu Hakusho, Love Actually, ETS2, Fortnite, Halls of Torment
    T: Suika, Vampire Survivors: Adventure Mode, Civ VI, late show catch up, 8 Crazy Nights & Smiley Face, Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
    B: Super Mario RPG, Gadget, books, Christmas is almost here.
    Brandon’s Random Factoid
    Assholes of the Week: Rudy Giuliani has been ordered to pay $148 million to the two Georgia election officials that he defamed
    No charges have been filed after police shot an 11 year old that called them for help
    SCOTUS will hear a case on the abortion pill mifepristone and the special counsel is asking them to hear a dispute about whether Trump has broad immunity from their criminal charges
    Alex Jones is back on Twitter as Elon held a poll on whether to bring him back
    Heroes of the Week: Kate Cox, who sued Texas to be allowed to get an abortion, has left the state to get it done
    RIP Andre Braugher
    The Air National Guard is disciplining 15 members in wake of the Discord intel leak
    The ISS controversy of the missing tomato has ended after it was found
    Tesla has recalled over 2 million vehicles to fix its defective Autopilot monitoring system
    Scientists have found the mostly intact skull of a giant deadly sea reptile
    Here are the films selected for the 2023 National Film Registry
    A24 announced that they’re working on a Death Stranding movie with Hideo Kojima
    WB Discovery announced a deal to put a bunch of their DC movies and shows on Tubi
    Disney announced the series that would be coming to Netflix in 2024
    Netflix has renewed Blue Eye Samurai for Season 2
    We got a teaser trailer for Netflix’s Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
    We got a teaser trailer for Netflix’s Damsel
    We got a teaser trailer for If
    We got an official trailer for Prime’s Hazbin Hotel
    We got an official trailer for Civil War
    We got an official trailer for Origin
    We got an official trailer for The American Society of Magical Negroes
    Contact us at [email protected]
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    1 hr 9 min
  • Let’s Weekend #394 – Hey, Bobby!
    On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the evil Texas gov't trying to stop a woman from getting a life-saving abortion, the excellent trolling by John Fetterman, and the latest Hunter Biden indictment.
    Intro
    What Are We Up To?
    C: The Boy and the Heron, MHA, King of the Hill, Fortnite, Halls of Torment
    B: Super Mario RPG, Thirsty Suitors, books, Christmas shit.
    Brandon’s Random Factoid
    Assholes of the Week: Trump’s allies are going all out with plans to expand Trump’s dictatorship dreams if he wins the 2024 election
    Texas AG Ken Paxton is demanding the Texas SC to stop a woman from getting a life-saving abortion after a district judge issued a temp restraining order so she could get it, Update: They paused that ruling
    Retired cop was sentenced to 11 years in prison for his role in the January 6 insurrection
    Heroes of the Week: Sen. John Fetterman hired George Santos on Cameo to film a video to troll Sen. Bob Menendez
    Time magazine named Taylor Swift as its Person of the Year
    Kevin McCarthy is retiring at the end of the year
    Hunter Biden has been indicted on nine counts related to federal tax offenses
    House of Reps voted to censure Rep. Jamaal Bowman for pulling the fire alarm a few months ago
    Nevada grand jury indicted six individuals in Trump fake elector scheme
    Spotify is laying off 17% of staff in the latest of tech layoffs
    Disney+ has added Hulu content in a beta test for those with Hulu and Disney+
    Hideo Kojima’s documentary will be streaming on Disney+
    Max signs exclusive deal with A24 to bring their movies exclusive to HBO and Max
    Barbie will debut on Max December 15
    Twisted Metal was renewed for Season 2 at Peacock
    We got an official trailer for Prime Video’s Mr. and Mrs. Smith Season 1
    We got an official trailer for Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
    We got an official trailer for Netflix’s Yu Yu Hakusho
    Contact us at [email protected]
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    1 hr 17 min
  • Let’s Weekend #393 – Smell You Later, George
    On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the evil Henry Kissinger kicking the bucket, George Santos being expeled from Congress, and Elon Musk's latest attempt to ruin Twitter.
    Intro
    What Are We Up To?
    C: Godzilla Minus One, Yu Yu Hakusho, Rocket League
    P: More import game hunting, more respect for Japanese-Subcultures!
    B: Rollerdrome, Remnant II, books, Christmas shit.
    Brandon’s Random Factoid
    Assholes of the Week: The Israel/Hamas truce for exchanging hostages and prisoners ended on Friday as Israel resumed attacks
    Two Arizona GOP county officials are facing charges for delaying certification of the 2022 midterm elections
    Senator Tommy Tuberville has signaled that he’s backing down from his blockade of military nominations and will only block the woke nominees
    Heroes of the Week: The House of Representatives has voted to expel George Santos
    Henry Kissinger is finally dead, but never faced any consequences for his crimes
    RIP Sandra Day O’Connor
    RIP Marty Krofft
    Ted Cruz introduced a bill limiting enforcement of pronouns and chosen names despite his name
    The weird Newsom/DeSantis debate featured Ron getting embarrassed a bunch and a poop map
    Elon Musk told advertisers to “Go fuck yourself” over not wanting to advertise on Twitter
    Federal judge has blocked Montana’s TikTok ban before it could take effect
    Sports Illustrated has admitted to using AI to generate articles, but blames them on a third party
    Merriam-Webster’s 2023 Word of the Year is Authentic
    The largest iceberg in the world has moved into open ocean
    WB Discovery “mistakenly” put the Looney Tunes shorts on list of shows, movies leaving Max soon
    FX’s Shogun will premiere its first two episodes on February 27
    Rob Reiner’s filming a sequel to “This is Spinal Tap” early next year
    We got an official trailer for Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
    We got a teaser trailer for Prime Video’s Fallout
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    1 hr 17 min
  • Let’s Weekend #392 – The Thanksgiving Hangover
    On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the dire climate news, Elon Musk's latest dumb move on Twitter, and what's going on with OpenAI.
    Intro
    What Are We Up To?
    C: Loki S2, Squid Game: The Challenge, YYH, Dredge, Backpack Hero
    T: Shivering, Scooby Doo movies, Shaun of the Dead, Boomerang-Fu, new Mario Kart 8 dlc
    P: Did my first full-form game-hunting video for YouTube, I think I have a personal Japanese shopper now.
    B: Shovel Knight Treasure Trove, The Fall of the House of Usher, post-Thanksgiving recovery.
    Brandon’s Random Factoid
    Assholes of the Week: CZ, founder of crypto giant Binance, pleads guilty to money laundering violations
    About 150 countries met to negotiate a global plastics treaty that ended with little progress as oil and gas producing countries blocked everybody else
    The UN Environmental Programme reported that we’re on a devastating course of warming as the world has fallen behind on its promises
    Derek Chauvin got stabbed in prison in the least surprising news of the week
    Heroes of the Week: Israel and Hamas agreed to a temporary ceasefire that started on Friday to exchange hostages, but there’s scuttlebutt about people breaking the ceasefire
    RIP Rosalyn Carter
    Federal appeals court has struck down a key part of the VRA
    North Korea claims to have put a spy satellite into orbit in its 3rd attempt
    Elon Musk’s X is suing Media Matters over report on ads next to anti-semitic posts
    OpenAI ousted their CEO Sam Altman on Friday, who immediately joined Microsoft
    Then OpenAI brought Altman back after hundreds of employees threatened to quit
    Spyglass fired Scream series actor Melissa Barrera over Pro-Palestine comments
    Disney has canceled Muppets Mayhem after one season
    Dave Filoni has been promoted to Chief Creative Officer at Lucasfilm to plan Star Wars’ future
    Netflix has renewed Black Mirror for a Season 7
    There will be a new Karate Kid movie with Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan
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    1 hr 16 min
  • Let’s Weekend #391 – Hanging with Psyduck
    On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the bad antisemitism from Tiktokkers and Elon Musk, how anime the Terminator is, and how weird a senator got in picking a fight during a committee hearing.
    Intro
    What Are We Up To?
    C: Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Five Nights at Freddy’s, Loki S2, Teardown, PowerWash Simulator
    B: Alan Wake II, Shovel Knight TT, Beatles, Thanksgiving shit.
    Brandon’s Random Factoid
    Assholes of the Week: Israeli troops finally entered Al-Shifa Hospital that was supposed to be the center of a Hamas network and only found a small amount of weapons
    TikTokkers have been reading Osama bin Laden’s manifesto
    Elon Musk stepped in it again as he promoted the Great Replacement Theory on Twitter and advertisers along with the White House are not happy
    Heroes of the Week: The House and Senate approved a stopgap spending bill to fund the government into early 2024
    The Supreme Court has adopted their first-ever code of ethics
    Rep. George Santos will not be running for reelection and a damning ethics report shows why
    The House tried to impeach Homeland Secretary Mayorkas, but Dems forced it to committees
    Senator Mullin got into a weird fight with the president of the IBT during a hearing
    Tim Scott has suspended his campaign for president
    MLB team owners approve the Oakland Athletics’ planned move to Las Vegas
    A volcano in Iceland is on the verge of a major eruption
    WB Discovery is letting Coyote vs Acme be shopped to other studios after it’s done
    A Ted series will debut on Peacock on January 11
    Dead Boy Detectives series moves from Max to Netflix after Max’s new DC directive
    Netflix announced ‘Terminator: The Anime Series’
    We got an official trailer for Disney’s Percy Jackson and The Olympians
    We got an official trailer for Marvel’s What If…? Season 2
    We got an official trailer for Netflix’s Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
    We got an official trailer for Netflix’s Pokemon Concierge
    We got an official trailer for Netflix’s Rebel Moon Part One: A Child of Fire
    We got an official trailer for The Garfield Movie
    We got an official trailer for Madame Web
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    1 hr 19 min
  • Let’s Weekend #390 – Ohio Rules
    On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the great election results from this week, the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike, and the latest tax write-off stunt from WB Discovery.
    Intro
    What Are We Up To?
    C: The Marvels, Secret Invasion, Columbo, MHA, Rocket League, ASS games
    T: Picross, Hole.io, lots of late night talk shows
    B: Alan Wake II, Thirsty Suitors, books, cold and rainy
    Brandon’s Random Factoid
    Assholes of the Week: The death toll in Gaza has surpassed 10k
    The House voted to censure Rashida Tlaib for comments on the Israel-Hamas War
    Heroes of the Week: Election Victories
    Ohio’s Issue 1 to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution passed
    Ohio’s Issue 2 for legalizing marijuana also passed
    Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear won reelection
    Virginia Dems won full control of the state legislature, Danica Roem’s their 1st trans senator
    Philadelphia elected its first woman mayor 
    Rhode Island elected its first black member to Congress
    Exonerated Central Park Five member Yusef Salaam won NYC Council seat
    St. Louis Park, Minnesota is first in the country to elect Somali American mayor
    The Federal Government shuts down in a week and there’s no deal in sight with the new Speaker
    Jill Stein is running for president again with the Green Party
    Joe Manchin is not running for reelection in 2024
    Senators proposed a temporary rule to get around Tommy Tuberville’s blockade
    SAG-AFTRA approves deal with AMPTP to end its strike
    There will be a merged app for Disney+ and Hulu for bundle subscribers starting in December
    WB Discovery has canned a new movie that finished filming in 2022 called “Coyote vs Acme”
    Nintendo is developing a live-action film based on The Legend of Zelda
    The Super Mario Bros. Movie will debut on Netflix December 3
    Netflix’s 3 Body Problem will debut on March 21, 2024
    Netflix’s Arcane Season 2 will premiere November 2024
    We got a teaser trailer for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
    We got a teaser trailer for Inside Out 2
    We got a teaser trailer for Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender
    We got a teaser trailer for Netflix’s Ultraman: Rising
    We got a teaser trailer for Netflix’s The WItcher: Sirens of the Deep
    We got a teaser trailer for Netflix’s Yu Yu Hakusho
    We got an official trailer for Mean Girls
    We got an official trailer for Netflix’s My Life With the Walter Boys
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    1 hr 44 min
  • Let’s Weekend #389 – Cocaine Hippos
    On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about SBF's trial results, the bad stuff happening in the House of Reps, and the big threat Colombia is dealing with before it's too late.
    Intro
    What Are We Up To?
    C: MHA, Spider-Man 2, Rocket League, Suika Game, ETS2
    T: Snow on Halloween, Suika Game, Kingdom 2 Crowns, FNAF @ the theater, Lower Decks season finale
    B: Shovel Knight TT, Jusant, books, weather needs to make it up its mind.
    Brandon’s Random Factoid
    Assholes of the Week: Israel attacked Gaza’s largest refugee camp
    Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty on all seven charges in his FTX case
    The Illinois man that stabbed a boy to death and his mom was charged with a hate crime
    Heroes of the Week: The UAW reached a tentative deal with GM to mark the potential end of their strike against the Big 3
    House Rep George Santos barely survived a vote to expel him thanks to 31 Dems voting against it
    The House voted for Israel aid bill that would be paid with massive IRS cuts and no Ukraine aid
    Three new military officers confirmed by the Senate as Tommy Tuberville’s blockade continues
    Cedar Fair and Six Flags are merging in a major amusement park deal
    Pablo Escobar’s cocaine hippos are going to be culled by the Colombian government
    Hockey player Adam Johnson died after a skate cut his neck during a game in an England league
    Kimberly Garcia thought she set the world record in 20km walk race, but the course was too short
    HBO exec used fake Twitter accounts to troll and harass TV critics
    Max’s standard ad-free plan is losing 4K as it becomes the $19.99 ultimate plan’s main feature
    Production workers at Walt Disney Animation Studios have voted to unionize with IATSE
    Hulu renews Futurama for two more seasons
    Hulu’s working on a new Prison Break series
    We got an official trailer for Disney+’s Echo
    We got an official trailer for The Fall Guy
    We got an official trailer for FX’s Shogun
    We got a teaser trailer for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
    Contact us at [email protected]
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    1 hr 14 min
  • Let’s Weekend #388 – Taylor Swift is Evil
    On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the awful shooting in Maine, the new Speaker of the House, and how evil Taylor Swift has become.
    Intro
    What Are We Up To?
    C: MHA, Columbo, No Hard Feelings, ETS2, Spider-Man 2, Rocket League
    P: Getting ready to do a video about import shopping for an Akiba-like experience online.
    B: Shovel Knight TT, Omori, books, I hate Halloween.
    Brandon’s Random Factoid
    Assholes of the Week: Certified firearms instructor and US Army reservist killed 18 people and wounded 13 in a mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine and is still on the loose, He’s been found dead
    The House GOP finally found a House Speaker in LA far right election denier Mike Johnson
    Israel has invaded Gaza
    Heroes of the Week: Japan’s Supreme Court ruled that compulsory sterilization surgery for those seeking to legally change their gender is unconstitutional
    RIP Bobi, the world’s oldest dog that died at 31
    RIP Matthew Perry
    Mike Pence aborted his presidential campaign early before primary season
    Federal judge orders Georgia to draw new congressional and state legislative maps
    The Robert E. Lee statue at the center of the Charlottesville riot was finally melted down in secret
    UAW & Ford have reached a tentative agreement as the 1st major breakthrough in the auto strike
    They also seem to have a tentative deal with Stellantis
    Scholastic has apologized and backtracked on their controversial book separation program
    The NHL has lifted their ban on Pride Tape after a player defied it
    Michigan State apologized for featuring Hitler in a quiz during its football last Saturday
    Taylor Swift is now a billionaire
    Apple TV+ is raising its monthly free to $9.99 per month along with an annual price increase
    The Looney Tunes are returning to movie theaters in The Day the Earth Blew Up
    We got an official trailer for Netflix’s Squid Game: The Challenge
    Contact us at [email protected]
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    1 hr 30 min
  • Let’s Weekend #387 – The Mess in the House
    On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about Trump and Alex Jones' continued legal trouble, the House of Representatives continued messy Speaker search, and the Pepper X saga.
    Intro
    What Are We Up To?
    C: Columbo, Honkai: Star Rail, Rocket League, Euro Truck Sim 2
    P: Little Akiba Games (and indulging all my childhood import gaming dreams as a result)
    B: Omori, books, music, The Amazing Digital Circus
    Brandon’s Random Factoid
    Assholes of the Week: Illinois landlord stabbed a Palestinian American boy and his mother dozens of times, killing the boy and leaving his mother in serious condition
    Al Ahili Arab Hospital in north Gaza was rocked by an explosion, killing hundreds as people try to figure out who or what caused the explosion, Biden backs Israel
    Heroes of the Week: Judge in NY Trump fraud trial fines him $5k for violating gag order and warned him twice about possible imprisonment
    Judge rules Alex Jones can’t use bankruptcy to avoid paying his $1.1 billion bills to Sandy Hook families
    House Speaker Mess Part II
    Jim Jordan keeps losing votes to become the Speaker
    Jim’s no longer the nominee after three failed votes as the House is off for the weekend
    House GOP considered a resolution to keep interim Speaker McHenry for a while longer
    Former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell pleads guilty in the Georgia election interference case
    Kenneth Chesebro also pleads guilty
    SCOTUS tells the 5th Circuit to stop defying its orders on allowing the ATF’s ghost gun regulations
    The Army private that fled to North Korea was charged with desertion and possession of child porn
    Five sports have been added for the 2028 LA Olympics
    There’s a new world’s hottest pepper called Pepper X that is 3 times spicier than its predecessor
    Scientists discovered what happened to the billions of crabs that went missing around Alaska
    Elon Musk is testing a new program to charge new Twitter users $1 to create account and post
    Netflix is raising prices for its basic and premium tiers
    Spider-Man: Across the Universe will debut on Netflix October 31
    The Boy and the Heron has a stacked English voice cast
    Jon Stewart’s Apple TV+ show is not returning for a new season
    We got an official trailer for Netflix’s Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
    We got an official trailer for American Fiction
    Contact us at [email protected]
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    1 hr 30 min

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The opposite side of the Day 0 Update coin, Let's Weekend! is an informal hangout for various SmashPad staff, typically recorded on Friday night and posted Saturday. In contrast to SmashPad's flagship…