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August 2021

🤖 Top AI-Created Pick-Up Lines, 2021's #1 Fast Food Brand, Cool Jobs of Tomorrow & More

In a Rick & Quick episode from August 6, the Ricks play Loaded Questions to test your knowledge of recent developments in the worlds of marketing, media, tech, and pop culture.

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IN THIS EPISODE:

🍔 Consumers rank their choice of top fast food brands for customer service (at :39 seconds)

🥘 Guy Fieri and the rise of 'ghost restaurants' (at 3:00)

👁‍🗨 I only have AI for you: Top Pick-Up Lines Created by Artificial Intelligence (at 4:50)

🔮 The Wall Street Journal's Latest "Jobs of Tomorrow" (at 7:39)

Approx. 10 min, 26 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.

 
 

⏳ 'Tomorrow War,' The UK Bans Junk Food Ads Before 9 PM—And Were the Ricks Cast in 'Knives Out 2'?

In an episode from July 9, the Ricks talk Amazon Prime's "Tomorrow War." Dove's "Courage is Beautiful" scores big at Cannes. The UK bans junk food commercials before 9 PM. Plus: Are the rumors true about the Ricks joining the cast of "Knives Out 2"?

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IN THIS EPISODE:

🇺🇸 The thrilling July 4th weekend … at the supermarket (at 1 minute, 13 sec)

🔪 The rumors about the Ricks and "Knives Out 2 " (at 3:03)

🍿 "Tomorrow War"—worth the watch? Or a total time suck? (at 4:04)

⭐️ Do the Ricks a solid while helping food insecure families (at 9:05)

😷 Dove's "Courage is Beautiful" scores big at the Cannes Lions Advertising Festival (at 9:38)

🍟 The UK bans junk food before 9 PM to curb obesity —smart move, or fat chance? (at 12:02)

Approx. 15 min, 31 sec. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.


🦁 The Cannes Lions & Hand Puppetry, Pepsi's Post-Pandemic Summer & Batman Can't Do … What?

In a Rick & Quick episode, the Ricks play Loaded Questions to test your knowledge of recent news from the worlds of marketing, media, tech, and pop culture. Our apologies: This episode has a noticeable issue in one audio track. From June 29.

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IN THIS EPISODE

🦁 The Cannes Lions and its much vaunted hand puppetry category (at :28 seconds)

🥤 Pepsi and a messy post-pandemic summer—and Coke's ode to Summer (at 1:52)

🙀 DC somehow makes news for forbidding Batman from doing what to Catwoman? (at 5:05)

Approx. 7 minutes, 57 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.


🏎 F9 vs. Black Widow, Lexus NX 4.6 Wants You to Crash, 2021's Top Marketing Trend & More

F9 goes full-throttle as Black Widow aims to bite into its box office. Facebook's ubiquitous ad machine invades Oculus virtual reality games. "Driving Disrupted" makes you crash your Lexus NX 4.6 to drive home a point Plus: Boston Dynamics' new robot dog pees beer on command and a whole lot more. NOTE: Our apologies, this episode has noticeable audio issues on voice track. From June 27.

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IN THIS EPISODE

📺 Does one of the Ricks secretly have a grandson named Morty? (at 1 min, 15 sec)
🤿 The Ricks' first adventures in mask-free living (at 2:13)
🍲 How you can do the Ricks a solid and help food-insecure Americans (at 3:55)
🕷 Black Widow is set to pounce on F9's box office—will she rule the summer? (at 4:20)
🍿 What was the last movie you saw before the world shut down? (6:14)
🤖Boston Dynamics' robot dog Spot who pees beer into a glass on command (at 8:08)
🕶 Game, Interrupted? Facebook ads invade Oculus VR games (at 11:33)
✇ Lexus NX 4.6 wants to distract you just long enough to crash—to prove a point (at 13:42)
🔮Is nostalgia the biggest marketing trend of 2021? (at 15:55)

Approx. 19 minutes, 04 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.