512: Redundancies in Pop Culture

In this episode, we talk redundancies in pop culture. From completely interchangeable celebrity couples to nerdy, male actors, we discuss who we don’t really need and who is the apex of their trope. Plus we settle who has the best fast food and we talk redundancies in pop culture. MENTIONS10-Year anni merch is only available until this Friday, July 7 at knoxandjamie.com/live. BFOTS have a 20% off coupon in Patreon here. Situation: AI images we didn’t use for last week’s episode Define: Stolen lunch money- there is a need for this type of thing / role / service / actor etc but who/what we traditionally associate with it has shifted.Pop culture redundancies- there was a need for this type of thing / role / service / actor etc but now it is no longer needed at all.Not needed: Scamanda | Frosted TipsTrope: Black best friend4/3: Toy Story 4 | Pirates 4 | MIB 4 | Indiana Jones 4 | Penny Dreadful (see also: Goofus and Gallant)Mentions: Dr. Hartman | Readers DigestChoose: Ryan Reynolds & Blake Lively | Orlando Bloom & Katy Perry | Ashton Kutcher & Mila Kunis | Justin Timberlake & Jessica Biel | Joaquin Phoenix & Rooney Mara | Dax Shepard & Kristen Bell | Blake Shelton & Gwen StefaniLineup: Christian Bale | Mahershala Ali | Pedro Pascal | Colin Ferrell | Cillian Murphy | Donald Glover | Tom Hardy | Jake Johnson | Oscar Isaac | Chris Pine | Brian Tyree Henry | Ryan Gosling | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Steven Yeun | Andrew Garfield | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Adam Driver | Dev PatelChoose: Chris O'Dowd | Michael Cera | Justin Long | Mr. Bean | Brain | David Tennant | David Schwimmer | Jim Parsons | McLovin | Johnny Galecki | Jesse Eisenberg | Andrew Garfield (see also: red carpet, Batkid) | Daniel Radcliffe | Simon Pegg | Alfonso RiberioSee also: Tessemae’s | Garlic Expressions | Dorothy Lynch | Raising Cane’sRed light mentions: The Bear S2 | Letterboxd

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