Dan and Kenton discuss episode 3 of Star Wars: The Acolyte, which continues to underwhelm some fans while others just love it.

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Kenton and Dan discuss the first two episodes of The Acolyte - the new Star Wars series streaming on Disney+ - and their reactions are as divided as the rest of Star Wars fandom.

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Dan convinces Kenton to watch a four hour video about the failure of the Star Wars hotel. YouTuber Jenny Nicholson just tears apart the overpriced "immersive" experience and the Nerds join the "I knew it!" chorus.

Watch Jenny's original video here.

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Dan finishes the first six seasons of Happy Days and determines that the shark-jumping episode does NOT mark the decline of the series, then Kenton tells him about Google's new plans for world domination. Don't be evil, my ass.

Streaming services have officially overtaken cable TV as more and more viewers cut the cord. Will Kenton finally cancel his cable subscription, or is the allure of live news and sports too much?

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Kenton and Dan watch the trailer for the upcoming Disney+ series The Acolyte and talk about the possibilites of a series set 100 years before Star Wars.

Watch the Acolyte trailer here: https://youtu.be/BtytYWhg2mc?si=Us2VMOJ7A0xRTY8t

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Kenton and Dan talk about yet another impending TikTok ban in the U.S., and whether or not the restof the world will care. Plus: Happy Days discussion off the top and a brief Oscars/Oppenheimer talk at the end.

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Dan and Kenton talk about the recent Bell Media layoffs and corporate Canada's inability to make money off the news. How will journalism survive this very inhospitable and sometimes hostile new media environment?

Read Jeff Jarvis' 'Is it time to give up on old news?' https://buzzmachine.com/2024/01/24/is-it-time-to-give-up-on-old-news/

More on the Bell Media cuts: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bce-cuts-1.7108658

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Kenton and Dan return to discuss the newly-announced The Mandalorian and Grogu feature Star Wars film coming to theatres everywhere. There's no release date, but the Nerds are excited anyway!

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Kenton tells Dan all about the awesome Mandalorian panel he saw at Winnipeg Comiccon that included Carl Weathers, Giancarlo Esposito, Emily Swallow, and Paul Sun-Hyung Lee.

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