On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the many awful people going to prison for the rest of their lives, the stupid idea of a national divorce, and UK companies loving the 4-day work week.

Intro

What Are We Up To?

C: Physical 100, Naruto, Theatrhythm FBL, Rocket League

T: Vampire Survivors, White Lotus, cat show

B: Atomic Heart, Horizon Forbidden West, Hi-Fi Rush, learning about Cricket.

Brandon’s Random Factoid

Assholes of the Week: TV reporter and a 9-year-old kid were killed by a gunman that had escaped from their prior shooting and returned for more chaos

Harvey Weinstein will likely spend the rest of his life in prison after sentencing in his LA trial was handed down

R. Kelly received an additional year in prison after his Illinois trial’s sentencing was announced

The killer of rapper Nipsey Hussle has been sentenced to 60 years in prison

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has decided to release the security footage from the January 6 attack to Fox News host Tucker Carlson

Scott Adams went on a racist rant and got his Dilbert comic dropped by a bunch of newspapers

Heroes of the Week: Seattle is the first city in the US to ban caste discrimination

Another earthquake hit southeastern Turkey

Putin announced that they’re suspending Russia’s participation in the last arms control treaty w/US

Biden made a surprise trip to the Ukraine to further pledge support for their country

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says the US needs a National Divorce between Red & Blue states

New Mexico prosecutors have downgraded the charges against Alec Baldwin in the Rust shooting

Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe was forced out of the company

Many UK companies are keeping the 4-day work week after a six-month trial has ended

The FDA says oat, soy, and other kinds of milk can continue to be called milk

Embracer Group and Warner Brothers are working on new Lord of the Rings movies

Netflix is dropping subscription prices in many countries around the world

HBO Max is getting an It prequel series called Welcome to Derry

Succession is ending with Season 4 at HBO

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On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the shocking news about Fox News, The Onion's amazing takedown of the New York Times' rampant anti-trans coverage, and a certain US Senator finally confirming that they're retiring.

Intro

What Are We Up To?

C: Physical 100, Cunk on Earth, Theatrhythm FBL, American Truck Sim, Rocket League

P: Getting back into gameplay videos, onboarding two gaming PCs (found a place for Steam Deck in my rig)

B: Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart, Far Cry New Dawn, books, weather makes no goddamn sense

Brandon’s Random Factoid

Assholes of the Week: The Buffalo Tops shooter has been sentenced to life in prison without parole

1 person died and 3 were injured in a shooting at an El Paso mall that’s near where the Walmart shooting in 2019 occurred, Another shooter killed 6 people in Mississippi

Shocking News: Fox News hosts knew the election fraud stories they were peddling were bullshit and were saying so in private to each other

Heroes of the Week: Contributors to New York Times wrote an open letter to protesting against the paper’s biased anti-trans coverage, The Onion took NYT to task for its transgender coverage

Michael Jordan is celebrating his 60th birthday by making the largest individual donation to the Make-A-Wish foundation

Sen. John Fetterman announced that he’s receiving treatment for clinical depression

The death toll in Turkey & Syria after the earthquake has surpassed 43k

Former President Jimmy Carter is entering hospice care at his home

The US could run out of cash to pay its bill sometime between July and September

Senator Dianne Feinstein finally confirms that she’s not running for reelection in 2024

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced her intention to resign

English police foiled a plot to steal a semi truck with 200k Cadbury Creme Eggs in it

After retiring due to Aphasia diagnosis, Bruce Willis has also been diagnosed for Dementia

Bill Waterson is back with a new story book project

Release dates for The Marvels and Haunted Mansion have shifted

Paramount+ is increasing its prices

Poker Face has been renewed for Season 2 at Peacock

Netflix ordered an anime adaptation of acclaimed manga Pluto

Arrested Development is leaving Netflix on March 15

We got an official trailer for The Flash

We got an official trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

We got an official trailer for Creed III

We got an official trailer for Lucky Hank

We got an official teaser for HBO's Love & Death

We got an official trailer for Apple TV+’s Tetris

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On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about hazardous material train derailment in Ohio, the massive earthquake in Turkey & Syria, and Biden's great State of the Union trick.

Intro

What Are We Up To?

C: Trigun, Trigun Stampede, Trigger Witch, Rocket League

P: Steam Deck stuff, YouTube stuff, still accumulating Switch games…

B: Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart, Persona 4 Golden, books, music.

Brandon’s Random Factoid

Assholes of the Week: A train carrying hazardous materials derailed in East Palestine, Ohio that burned for days was blown up with controlled demolitions to minimize its effect on the town

Cops arrested a reporter covering a news conference about the derailment

Brett Favre filed defamation lawsuits against a number of sports media members

Heroes of the Week: Biden tricked the GOP into publicly pledging to not cut Medicare and Social Security during his State of the Union address

Earthquake in Turkey and Syria has caused over 25,000 deaths

A new high-altitude object was shot down over Alaska

Another has been shot down over Canada’s Yukon territory

The ATF has released their first report on guns used in crimes in 20 years

Florida high school athletes won’t have to report their periods after an emergency vote

Elian Gonzalez is up for election to become a member of Cuban parliament

LeBron James has broken the NBA’s career scoring record

Viola Davis has an EGOT now after winning a Grammy

Discovery+ will remain a separate service after combining with HBO Max

Amazon ordered an animated adaptation of the comic book Wytches

Amazon’s working on a Spider-Man Noir live-action series

We got an official trailer for Netflix’s Agent Elvis

We got an official trailer for Air

We got an official trailer for Fast X

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On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the record profits by oil companies, a very good dog that set a record, and the Chinese spy balloon that has dominated the news this past week.

Intro

What Are We Up To?

C: Extraordinary Attorney Woo, Lookism, What We Do In The Shadows, Trigun, Cased Closed: The Culprit Hanzawa, Trigger Witch, Rocket League

B: Persona 4 Golden, The Last of Us tv series, books, music.

Brandon’s Random Factoid

Assholes of the Week: Exxon earned nearly $56 billion in profit last year, the biggest any Western oil company has ever seen, Shell had its best profits in its history

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy refuses to agree to a clean debt ceiling increase

Texas ice storm has left hundreds of thousands without power

Asia’s richest man Gautam Adani lost his title and nearly $50 billion in about 10 days

Heroes of the Week: The GOP and Biden critics stunned as the US added 517k jobs in January to continue the historic unemployment rate

Bobi from Portugal has broken the nearly century old record as the world’s oldest dog

Mysterious Chinese balloon was shot down after floating over the US for a few days

Jair Bolsonaro applies for a 6-month visa to remain in the US after his diplomatic visa expired

George Santos stepped down from his committee assignments as his lies keep piling up

The House voted to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee

Nikki Haley is set to announce a 2024 Presidential run that will surely go nowhere

Amazon reported its first unprofitable year since 2014 after big investment in Rivian

Paramount+ and Showtime’s integration will be named “Paramount+ With Showtime”

Peacock shut down its free tier for new subscribers

Netflix claimed the new password-sharing restrictions were announced by accident

Netflix renews That 90s Show for Season 2

Hulu renewed Hit-Monkey for Season 2

Hulu officially orders King of the Hill revival

Gladiator is getting a sequel for some reason

HBO Max cancels Pennyworth: The Origins of Batman’s Butler after three seasons

We got an official trailer for Netflix’s We Have a Ghost

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On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the awful shootings in California, the awful murder committed by police in Memphis, and how the M&Ms got too hot for Tucker Carlson.

Intro

What Are We Up To?

C: Physical 100, Extraordinary Attorney Woo, You People, Nope, Haiku the Robot, Rocket League

T: Vampire Survivors, Kingdom Two Crowns new challenge island, Pepsi Where’s My Jet, Ed Grimley, Cunk on Earth, bar mitzvah

B: Xenoblade 3, Persona 3 and 4, books, music.

Brandon’s Random Factoid

Assholes of the Week: Gunman killed 11 people and wounded 9 others in a mass shooting in Monterey Park near a Chinese New Year festival, then shot himself in his van before cops arrived

Gunman killed 7 people in shootings in Half Moon Bay in two landscaping nurseries

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had his education department block a proposal for AP African American studies courses, calling it political indoctrination and against the law

5 Memphis police were charged with murder and jailed over the death of Tyre Nichols

Facebook is allowing Donald Trump back on Facebook and Instagram

Heroes of the Week: The US is returning 60 treasured items to Italy

The FDA announced a new plan to shift the nation’s COVID-19 vaccine strategy

House Rep Adam Schiff announced a run for Diane Feinstein’s 2024 Senate seat

Classified documents were discovered at Mike Pence’s home

The Doomsday Clock has moved to 90 seconds to midnight, it’s lowest time ever

Egypt unveiled dozens of new archaeological discoveries at a Pharaonic necropolis outside Cairo

An asteroid recently passed by Earth at about 2,200 miles away

D&D’s OGL is not changing after all

M&M’s replaced its spokescandies with Maya Rudolph in its supposed response to Tucker Carlson

The Oscars’ nominations has been announced w/11 noms for Everything Everywhere All At Once

The Last of Us was renewed for a season 2 at HBO

HBO Max & DC are ending Titans and Doom Patrol after four seasons

Justin Roiland has been dropped by Adult Swim from Rick and Morty

Hulu dropped him from Solar Opposites and Koala Man

We got an official trailer for Shazam! Fury of the Gods

We got an official trailer for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

We got an official trailer for 65

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On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about Boston's MLK sculpture, the new Tron movie, and the first cases of super gonorrhea in the US.

Intro

What Are We Up To?

C: That 90s Show, What We Do in the Shadows, One Piece Odyssey, Mass Effect 3, P3P

P: Drowning happily in Switch games, getting some videos made, OutRun 2006

T: Rick & Morty latest season, Night Court, That 90s Show, FFXIV hiatus began, Kingdom Two Crowns, cottage cheese craze

B: Xenoblade 3, Nadia, Philip K Dick, job interview news

Brandon’s Random Factoid

Assholes of the Week: The House GOP has let the US Government hit its debt ceiling

Losing GOP candidate in New Mexico has been charged over shootings of the homes of Democrats

The Supreme Court said they couldn’t figure out who leaked the Roe v Wade draft decision

Heroes of the Week: Biden admin revealed a new program to allow groups of private citizens to sponsor refugees to live in the US

Judge in Trump’s lawsuit against Hillary Clinton handed down a fine of $1 million for him and his lawyer for filing a frivolous lawsuit

The Army lieutenant who was assaulted by Virginia cops was awarded $3,685 in damages

Alec Baldwin & Rust’s armorer charged with involuntary manslaughter in Halyna Hutchins’ death

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern plans to step down

Boston revealed a new MLK sculpture that has not been well received

Amazon will end its Amazon Smile program that donated a % of purchases to charity February 20

Google has cut 12k jobs to add to the tech industry’s bloodbath streak

First cases of gonorrhea resistant to several classes of antibiotics has been identified in the US

The new OGL for Dungeons & Dragons looks to put its core rules under the Creative Commons

Reed Hastings is stepping down as co-CEO of Netflix

CW decided to be the network to sign a deal with Saudi golf league LIV Golf

Cobra Kai will end with its upcoming sixth season

A third Tron movie seems to be in the works with Jared Leto in the starring role

The Last of Us had the second biggest premiere for HBO in the last 13 years

We got an official trailer for The Mandalorian Season 3

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On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about some major union victories, Elon Musk's new Guinness World Record for being a loser, and the disaster that Wizards of the Coast created for themselves.

Intro

What Are We Up To?

C: Willow, One Piece, Rocket League, PowerWash Simulator, 80’s Overdrive, Horizon Chase Turbo

P: Nintendo Switch shopping spree, Steam Deck, getting caught up on comics…

B: Xenoblade 3, Splatoon 3, job interview

Brandon’s Random Factoid

Assholes of the Week: Bolsonaro supporters stormed Brazil’s congressional building, Supreme Court building, and the presidential palace

Heroes of the Week: NYC nurses union end strike after reaching tentative deal with Mt. Sinai and Montefiore

Amazon again loses a new bid to overturn the historic union vote for its Staten Island warehouse workers

RIP Jeff Beck

Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin has been discharged from the Buffalo hospital to rehab at home

Biden’s lawyer found classified documents in his office, Special counsel will lead DOJ probe

Allen Weisselberg was sentenced to 5 months in prison for his role in Trump Organization tax fraud

The Trump Organization was ordered to pay $1.61 million for tax fraud

Elon Musk has broken a Guinness World Record for the largest amount of money lost by a person

NASA’s Webb telescope has discovered its first exoplanet

Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast walks back their overhaul of licensing rules for OGL 2.0

In-N-Out Burger is looking to expand east as they’re opening an eastern office in Tennessee

John Fogerty finally regained worldwide control of publishing rights to CCR’s songs

Vince McMahon returned to become WWE’s Chairman of the Board after ousting three people

HBO Max is immediately raising its prices $1 starting February 11

Minx Season 2 was picked up by Starz after HBO Max cancellation

Dead End: Paranormal Park canceled at Netflix after two seasons

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will arrive on Disney+ February 1

Phineas & Ferb revival is in the works after its creator signed a new overall deal with Disney

We got a teaser trailer for Hulu’s History of the World Part II

We got an official trailer for Netflix’s Lockwood & Co

We got an official trailer for Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania

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On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we ring in the New Year as we make fun of Andrew Tate's stupidity, the hubris of Bed Bath & Beyond and WB Discovery, and the wild Damar Hamlin situation.

Intro

What Are We Up To?

C: Alice in Borderland S2, White Noise, Kaleidoscope, Vampire Survivors, Rocket League

P::Basically the property of my own YouTube channel at this point, which is fine. Sold off the vast majority of my library to rebuild around digital and Switch. GT7 support making me seriously consider a PSVR2, but don’t want to do it for just one game. More in the works...

B: PS5!!!, Also Switch games, Georgia weather makes no sense.

Brandon’s Random Factoid

Assholes of the Week: Idaho authorities seem to have found a suspect for the killings of four University of Idaho students

Andrew Tate’s massive ego tried to talk shit to Greta Thunberg on Twitter, causing a series of stupid events that lead to his arrest for human trafficking in Romania

Southwest Airlines caused a lot of chaos during the holidays with tons of cancellations due to its ancient employee tracking system, which could lead to massive fines

Heroes of the Week: Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin suffered a traumatic heart/lung injury during the game on Monday and has miraculously recovered enough to breath on his own as of Friday morning

Fans, teams donated over $7 million to Damar’s charity in the wake of his injury

Kevin McCarthy was finally elected as House speaker after the humiliation of 15 rounds of votes

The FDA finalized a rule change to make abortion pills available to more pharmacies, online & off

A teacher in Newport News, VA was shot by a 6 year old student

A new Louisiana law requires its citizens to provide proof of their age to visit & view porn sites

The black family that regained Bruce’s Beach from LA county back to the county for $20 million

Amazon plans on laying off 18k employees

Bed Bath & Beyond says they’re likely going to file for bankruptcy because of their absolute hubris

Two very stupid men attacked a substation to knock out an area’s power to commit robbery

Wednesday was renewed for Season 2 at Netflix

1899 has been canceled at Netflix after one season

HBO Max removed half of its Looney Tunes catalog along with 3 seasons of The Flintstones

We got an official trailer for Evil Dead Rise

We got an official trailer for Renfield

We got an official trailer for Netflix’s You People

We got an official trailer for Peacock’s Poker Face

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On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the newest GOP liar in the House, the end of the January 6 committee, and why we're excited about a potential RRR sequel.

Intro

What Are We Up To?

C: Glass Onion, Alice in Borderland S2, Costume Quest Grubbins on Ice, Pinball Heroes, Rocket League

T: FFXIV, Pokemon Violet, Mario Kart 8, not a lot of tv

B: Soccer Story, Eastward, movies, it’s fucking FREEZING!

Brandon’s Random Factoid

Assholes of the Week: One of the GOP’s newest House Reps in New York lied about much of his work and school background

The Vatican defrocked an anti-abortion priest that had once placed an aborted fetus on an altar

Harvey Weinstein found guilty on three charges in a new LA trial

Tory Lanez found guilty of shooting Megan Thee Stallion

German court convicted a 97 year old that was a secretary at a Nazi camp

Heroes of the Week: The January 6 committee ended its final meeting by voting to recommend four criminal charges for Donald Trump to the DOJ

Congress passed a $1.7 trillion spending package before Friday’s deadline

Report on Trump’s tax returns showed the IRS lacked the resources to do mandatory audits

The USPS is pledging to move to an all-electric delivery fleet

The TSA has broken their record for most guns found in carry-on bags with two weeks left in 2022

Death penalty researchers noted a record number of botched executions in 2022

Germany is returning 22 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

Elon Musk made a poll on Twitter about whether he should step down as CEO and lost

He claims he’ll resign when he finds a suitable replacement at CEO

The owner of the Phoenix Suns and Mercury has sold his teams to Mat Ishiba

Director S.S. Rajamouli is working on a sequel to RRR

We got an official trailer for Oppenheimer

We got an official trailer for Netflix’s That 90s Show

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On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the ongoing antics of Elon Musk, Trump's new grift, and how Ash Ketchum got to retire before you did.

Editor's Note: Last week's show notes are included below this week's show notes so you can read up on the news we couldn't cover due to not being able to record the show last weekend.

Intro

What Are We Up To?

C: Everything Everywhere All At Once, Alice in Borderland, The Muppets Christmas Carol, Vampire Survivors, Rocket League

B: Chained Echoes, Soccer Story, books, holiday shit.

Brandon’s Random Factoid

Assholes of the Week: Elon Musk banned a bunch of journalists and other Twitter accounts that criticized him, also barred accounts tracking flights and banned the Elon Jet account

Peru’s President announced he was dissolving Congress, so Congress voted him out for violating their constitution, Judge orders him to be detained for 18 months

Sam Bankman-Fried has been arrested in the Bahamas as he’s been indicted on federal charges

The Trump Organization was found guilty of tax fraud and falsifying business records

Heroes of the Week: NY bans pet stores from selling cats, dogs, and rabbits

Starbucks workers are planning a 3-day walkout at 100 stores in a unionization effort

You can now order free COVID-19 tests once again from the USPS

Ralph Warnock wins the GA runoff to give Dems 51 seats in the US Senate

Kyrsten Sinema announced that she’s leaving the Democratic Party to be Independent

Congress voted to remove a bust of the Chief Justice that upheld slavery from the US Capitol

Drug maker is seeking FDA approval to sell OTC overdose-reversal nasal spray

Scientists in a lab managed to produce more energy via fusion than it put in

Trump hyped up a huge announcement, which was $99 NFT Trump trading cards

25 more movies have been added to the National Film Registry, including Carrie and Iron Man

Netflix landed the live-action My Hero Academia movie

Netflix’s Old Enough is getting a second season on January 1

Ash Ketchum will no longer be in the Pokemon anime starting with the next season

HBO Max pulled Westworld and The Nevers in its latest batch of removals

Henry Cavill will not be in the next Superman as James Gunn is working on a new Superman film

Amazon signed Henry Cavill to its newly announced Warhammer 40.000 project

We got an official trailer for Netflix’s Kaleidoscope

We got a trailer for Hulu’s Extraordinary

We got an official trailer for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse

We got a teaser trailer for Barbie

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Last Week's Show Notes for the news we couldn't cover last week

Intro

What Are We Up To?

Brandon’s Random Factoid

Assholes of the Week: The Club Q shooter is being charged with hate crimes

The Trump Organization was found guilty of tax fraud and falsifying business records

Tampa police chief resigned after flashing her badge to get out of a traffic stop

Hertz will pay $168 million to customers after falsely accusing them of stealing their cars

Terrorists shot up two electric substations in North Carolina to shut down a drag show, taking down power for a few days in Moore County

Peru’s President announced he was dissolving Congress, so Congress voted him out for violating their constitution

Heroes of the Week: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is Time’s Person of the Year

Brittney Griner is finally coming home after prisoner swap deal with Russia

American sports journalist Grant Wahl died in Qatar during World Cup under suspicious conditions

Ralph Warnock wins the GA runoff to give Dems 51 seats in the US Senate

Kyrsten Sinema announced that she’s leaving the Democratic Party to be Independent

Former Theranos executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani sentenced to 13 years in prison for fraud

Indonesia is banning sex outside of marr