Ranking the Top Pop Culture Moments of 2024
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What's up everyone? It's Chicks in the Office with Rianne Fran giving you that Friday energy on a Monday. Happy Monday everybody! Happy Christmas week! Happy Hanukkah week as well! The holidays are here! Oh, it is Hanukkah week. Oh wow, I was about to cut you off. How is it already...

Yeah. We talked about this last week with you. No, no, it feels like it's December 6th. No time has changed for us sitting in the exact same spot. But for the listeners, it is Christmas Hanukkah week. It is Christmas Hanukkah week. You better be prepared. If you're not, you know where you can go.

Macy's. Go to Macy's. Shop at Macy's. It's the time of the year. And now you are literally at crunch time. It is Monday. You better run to your local Macy's if you didn't figure it out. That is the place to go to. Get in your car. You're listening to us right now. Get in your freaking car. And you get in that car and you drive to Macy's and you find everything you possibly can. You make sure you have your gifts. Because like Martha Stewart told us,

You can't forget anybody's gift. You cannot forget. My dad actually was always a Christmas Eve to the mall shopper. What? Macy's. Yeah. And that's like always you get all the gifts Christmas Eve. So if you're like my dad and you have that scenario down and you're like, no, I'm a Christmas Eve shopper. Macy's, you make you, you beeline right to Macy's. You get everything that you need.

And it's great because you can get kitchenware, clothes, jewelry, luggage, bedding, cutlery. I'm just naming categories now. Kitchen appliances. So many shoes. Beauty brands. I was at Macy's yesterday. Spent the whole day there. There you go. You got your shopping done. You can get lost in a Macy's. Yeah, it was beautiful. Love it. Love it. Feeling festive. So make sure you are shopping. Yeah.

And right now, you know, it's probably a little, it's late. So you're gonna have to get in the car and go to Macy's. You have to go right now. Right now. Get in there. Go shop at Macy's. How's everybody doing from the last 20 minutes? We recorded the last episode. How are you feeling since then? It actually is so funny because there are so many podcasts.

that do like stack episodes and they record in bulk sometimes and then they have it in the tank ready to go for certain occasions.

We just like could not function like that. I really don't think, I really don't think we could. Cause even just from this moment of like, we're like, okay, so now what? Well, here's the thing. Now I get into a silly, goofy mood. Yeah. Because we just recorded the Friday episode and now I'm on to Monday. And now I'm in a silly, goofy mood and I'm feeling all types of kitty cat crazy. And I'm feeling like,

I want to bounce across the walls and jump up and down and spin around. But I just want to say to both of you, happy holidays and happy Hanukkah too. Yeah, nice. That was beautiful. That was good. Straight up, I appreciate you guys. Me forever. Yes, I do. I do want to love you forever, Francesca. I do want to love you forever and I will love you forever. I will as well. Thank you. Please. Yeah.

I will as well. We're the last ones standing at this company. What's our holiday? What's the holiday plans here, guys? You've talked about it a little, but you're going to London. Yes. London gal. Going to London. Going to hit up Patty for a day. My first time seeing Paris. The big E.T. I'm going to look at. Eiffel Tower. So.

Yeah, we're tight like that. I got a nickname. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You see the... Big F? Yeah, the big I-f. Oh, man. The big... Hey, the... What accent is that? I don't know. The big I-f? I... Australian? The Eiffel Tower is a beautiful sight. Yes. Are you going to go in or up? Probably not. Probably just... Yeah. Mid-level.

Down. Well, you can get nice and close now, too. When I went, it was all blocked off because of the Olympics. Yeah, I'll probably touch it if I can. Yeah. Can I? Good question. You definitely can. You definitely can. What do you mean? Yeah. Yeah, I'll probably put my hand on it and do something like that. Very, very excited. The holidays, Christmas Eve, Christmas, bada-bing, do that. And then we'll go right to London. I cannot wait.

Let's have a little London adventure with my fiance and his fam. It'll be so fun. And then, you know, not to rush. I don't want to rush the week, but it's my bridal shower the week after on January 11th. So I'm pretty freaking pumped about that as well. That's going to be fun. Super excited. It's going to be fun. Your family's excited for that too. Your mom's excited. Well, the way that my mom runs a bridal shower is as if she's running a carnival where there's like games and prizes. 100%. 100%. Like she, my mom, she was floating some ideas to me. I was like, yeah, she's got this undercard.

control. My mom... It's a spectacular. No, truly. She... The way that she runs bridal showers is gifts to the guests, not to the bride. And, um...

I appreciate that. Like, I think, you know, people, they spend their Saturday afternoon or their Sunday afternoon or whatever time it is going to a bridal shower. And it's usually, you know, the same thing. Um, but my mom likes to spice them up. She, she, the, my sister-in-law's bridal shower, there were prizes galore that people were winning left and right. And everybody, and all the guests, yeah, all the guests left with something. And they're like, wow, I wasn't expecting to show up to like a bridal shower and,

win something and go home with it. So that's always fun. And it's kind of fun. I was thinking about your bridal shower the other day and I was like, why did I like kind of think Noah would be there?

We. Like he like wouldn't but like in my mind I was like and in my mind like as you were just saying that I was about to be like oh no you could win something but I'm like wait a second no I won't be there. Wait can I just say that my family said the same thing. They were like do you want to invite Noah? I feel like it's one of those things where like people wouldn't think twice if I was there. No they really wouldn't. We want to know what the

craziest part is the crate the craziest and not so crazy but um i don't know if i talked about this but matt and i are doing uh our bachelor and bachelorette party is the same weekend in the same place but two separate houses so all the girls in one house all the guys in one house and thursday and friday we will not be together at all we won't see each other whatever and then saturday we'll all join together saturday night and do something fun together because we were like

We both wanted to do the same place, but then in the week, we were like, why don't we just do something together, but separate at the same time? So we get separate time with the girls, separate time with the guys, and then we can all join forces for one big party.

So that leads to Noah practically being on my bachelorette party because Noah is going to Matt's bachelor party. So then it crossed my mind. I was like, oh my God, Noah's going to be at my bachelor party. Like my bachelorette party. Like it's fitting. Would you just like invite Noah to come over on Thursday? No.

It's like so fitting, but insane at the same time. You know what I mean? Like it makes sense. People are making that joke and Fran had hers. Like where's Noah? No, I know. The crazy thing is like you actually, you will actually be there. I mean, you will be in, you literally will be in the city. You will literally be there. Um, but yeah, we won't, we won't be joining forces till Saturday night. Um,

which is going to be a great week. I'm so excited for that as well. Super fun, super fun things going on there. But I was like cracking up my family being like, do you want to invite Noah to your bridal? Just like imagining Noah walking in like with a gift in his hand being like, okay. Off my registry. Yeah.

I got you this spoon. What would you get off a registry? Do you know what a registry is? I know what it is, but I've never gone on one. Yeah, yeah. I'm a money guy. Yeah, but if you were going to a bridal shower...

What would you buy off the registry? What do you think would be a good gift? Well, I don't know what's on. I would have to check, right? Is every registry the same? Do you want me to send you my registry? Are there just gifts that every registry has? Yeah, they're pretty standard. It's a lot of things that you would want for a new home, kitchen stuff, bedding. And then you can get adventurous and add some fun things. People, I feel like, are exploring things

more with their registries these days of like more either like technology or like fun stuff or trip stuff you can like there's a honeymoon fund people donate to i feel like you would be a honeymoon fund donator because yeah that's basically just money yeah yep yeah but i like that because then yeah i feel like i'm you see like a nice like like crusade dutch oven you'd be like yeah this is what i'm getting are you getting me that

No, I... You keep bringing up the Le Creuset ovens and I'm like... I just really like them and I think they make for a great gift. Yeah, you too. But... No, I will not be... I actually was thinking about this yesterday because I thought, oh man, I gotta start thinking about Rhea's bridal shower gift like now because...

You are such a thoughtful gift giver. And I was like, fucking hell. I can't believe I had to go first. Now I got to compete with all the gifts that she got me. No, you don't have to compete. Yeah, yes, I do, though. Like, you put together such a, not compete, but like, I got to match. We're different gift givers. I won't. The problem is I probably won't match it. It's just, it's an energy I can't match. You put together this beautiful basket. I'm not creative like that.

Aw, thank you. But it was so beautiful. But then it's just so funny now when we have to do it and we switch because you were like, you were like, oh, Fran, I made you this basket. You know, I just feel like getting something off the registry is not like, it's not, it's not. Well, I asked you, well, honestly, when I looked at your registry, I was like, oh shit, everything's taken. Yeah. What am I going to get you? The containers? Yes.

Right, right. You know what I mean? Like, if I got you the containers off your registry, you know, I'm like, that's... Well, we already have the deal on part of the wedding gift. Yes. But I was like, I can't, like... That's not meaningful to me to give you containers. No, but I was like, I can't drop the ball on the... I can't drop the ball on the bridal shower gifts.

- The Le Corset, I'll take it. - No, no, I gotta take a, I'll take a deeper dive. - Okay. - Into your registry and see, but you know, I've been taking some screenshots of some stuff, I've been brewing with some ideas. What is nice that because this is the holiday season right now, like my TikTok, everything is like all people being like, what's a great gift for her or him or whatever? And when I see things, I'm like, ooh, that could be bridal, shower worthy.

Well, honey, listen, you don't worry about a thing. Your presence is a gift and I appreciate that enough. I found your invitation. Thank God. Did you text my mom? Well, I already told her I was coming. You're right. But I do now have the, I found it. Cool. And I, you know,

Is a very, very cute invitation. Oh, thank you. And I like the theme. Yeah, me too. And the invitation is pretty. I think I'm going to wear my grandma's pearls. That's amazing. It's pearls and Prosecco. I got a cute dress and I'm going to wear my grandma's pearls with it. My only problem is, is, you know, the very cute idea of the recipe card. Mm-hmm.

What am I writing down on that? Have Joe write something down. Oh, I could do. I figured it would be a Joe dish. So true. It could be a Joe dish. What are you going to write down? No, literally nothing. No, I like cereal. Like, I don't know. Like I was like can of soup. Go to the store, buy a can of soup. Throw it on your oven. Throw it on the soup top. Pour into bowl. Add spoon. Yeah.

Enjoy. You know what's so funny, though? Like, I think from our personalities, people would assume, like, you're some, like, home chef. Like, you have to cook it up, whatever. But we're so opposite in that sense. We're like, I'm the home chef. And you're like, no, I didn't. No.

I am not, look, there's a few things that I can make just fine, but Joe is a great cook. He is. So why would I take that? You know, and he loves doing it. Yes. When you love doing it, it's different. It's like- Totally. It's like, it's not a bother. But do you not love doing it because you don't know how? Like, that's how I feel. I feel like maybe if I knew how to cook, I would enjoy doing it. I'm just so far behind and have no ability. We have a tough time cooking-

because he loves like taking some artistic choices and changing things up and maybe using a little of this instead of that. And I'm just a psychopath where like if I'm looking at a recipe and I'm like, like sometimes in the cookbooks that we have, he'll be like, oh, pick something out. I'll make it. I'm like, okay. Like I'll pick something out and like I'll look over and I'm like, he's not using what the recipe said. And then he looks at me and he's like, I know what you're thinking. I'm like,

I'm like but But it's said It's said to use that Yeah no But the best part Is making it your own No I know But I also do not Like cooking with Matt Or somebody else I like just let me do it Yeah you know Quite literally Let me cook Yeah and too many cooks In the kitchen Is a thing Like when you're trying To cook it up And someone Hey I like a sous chef Once in a while Yeah yeah yeah It gave me that bowl It gave me that knife Right Put this over there Right the little I'm like oh I can wash the lettuce Right yes Things like that Yep

But Matt's actually been cooking more too. And that's such a treat as well. Because I'm like, all right, now we're getting the flow. Right, right. It's a lot of bit of me. I'm not going to say a little bit of me, a little bit of you. It's a lot of bit of me and a little bit of you, which I can handle because I do love to cook. But he's been chefing it up too a little bit. And I'm like, dang, I could get used to this, mister. I could sit back and get used to this. So how did I end up there? That's my problem. I am used to it. Yeah.

We were talking about your battle shower. Right. Right, right, right. Yeah. So that's coming up in January. Some fun stuff. It's all here, honey. 2025. 2025. It's a big year. Wedding is four months away on Christmas Day.

Yeah. So that's, that's crazy. Frickin super exciting. Yes. So crazy. Cause it's like when it all went down and we started planning and we're like, Oh, it feels like it's so far away, but it's going to fly. And, and it feels like it has no, it flew by. I feel like really appropriate amount of time to like get planning done and everything. I'm just so, so, so, so excited, but I am not stressed, which,

causes me to believe I may be missing some things. You know what I mean? No, I honestly, I felt the same way at around this time because I was like, am I supposed to be like having a problem right now or like being worried about things? And it's just, you kind of have everything sorted until that last like month or so when you're doing like the actual thing.

Yeah Little things of You know Decorations Or seating charts And like all that stuff Right And I don't have a planner But I do have a day Of coordinator So that's You know Ease the stress of that And Yeah I feel like we Like kind of booked Everything early Like back in 2023 Almost Yeah So it's like

it's been booked for a while and I don't feel stressed at all, which I'm like, oh my God, everyone says how stressful this is. And I feel like I'm missing something because I don't feel stressed about it, but I know that the stress is coming. Trust me. I understand that it will be coming like two months before a month before, like all of that is going to creep up and all the stress will be there when you have to do all those last minute things. Like I'm very aware that the stress will be coming, but I'm really just excited to get married and have my husband and then go on a honeymoon and then live life together and have a family and all the beautiful things. So yeah,

I'm really excited about that. I am. I'm sorry. I feel like I'm talking so much about this and like my upcoming plans right now, but I really just am so excited that I could like... It's gonna be a huge year. I could just like burst with energy right now. Like I cannot wait for our honeymoon after two to just like truly like unplug. I feel like I've been very, very, very, very plugged in lately. Also with surviving Barstool as well. It's just been like...

very, very, very plugged in and it's hard to unplug. And so I'm really looking forward to that time together after getting married and just really soaking it in together and sort of being unplugged. And then it's just a beautiful thing. And I, and I really, I can't wait for it. And I, every night I think about my vows. I add a little something, you know what I mean? I add, I add a little something I want to add in there. It's the best. I just like, it's, I'm so excited to,

I'm so excited for you. It's gonna be such a great year. I mean, it's like when me and my girlfriends do our like holiday drinks at the end of the year, we like go around and do, Oh, what was your, the highlights of this year? And what are your goals for next year? Yeah. And, and,

Madeline and I who are the two ones that got married this year we were like I mean what do we got everything this was the best year ever like it's like what do we what you know it was like oh you know weddings over honeymoons over like all the good stuff is like we were so excited but what an amazing year it was but it was I mean it was it was it was 2024 was by far like the best year

Which is awesome. Right. I mean, your wedding into your honeymoon. I mean, the summer that we had right before that as well. I know. I really want, and it's tough with the job and whatnot, but our honeymoon just really gave me the travel bug where I'm just like, God, I really want to get out there and see some new places and travel and...

do it before like I do before you get a family. Yeah. Yeah. No, I'm totally with you. I also have the travel. I'm so excited for you for your honeymoon. It's just the best fucking time. Oh, I'm so, so, so excited. I mean, Switzerland, like I what's crazy is we've had this picture in our apartment now in of Switzerland.

But like, it's a sick picture. I love it. But we've never thought, like, I never thought I'd be going to Switzerland. Yeah. For our honeymoon. Yeah. And it's like two people in a car driving through the mountains of Switzerland. And now we're like, oh my God, that's us. That is going to be. But like, that wasn't what, you know what I mean? Yeah. Yeah. But it's so exciting. And then Spain, I just can't wait for them. It's going to be amazing. It's going to be so, so cool. And it's going to be, 2025 is going to be such a spectacular year and so special. And I truly can't wait for those moments. And I'm so excited.

I'm so excited to bring in the new year with Matt in our favorite place too. It's such a great way to start the year, but we do have to talk about 2024 because to wrap up this year, we've had such an incredible year, not only professionally, but also personally talking about your wedding and what a big life moment that is and a big change going into 2025. Like it's, you know, it, it's just a crazy year. And, and before that,

going to Fiji out of nowhere in the summer. Like we just, we just, we had an awesome year. We randomly went to Fiji to cover the biggest show on TV at that time. Love Island USA. I had dinner with Maura Higgins. Yes. And talked about your peanut allergy the whole time. Yep. And you live to tell the tale. Thank God. But it's just crazy. Like the year flew by. We had two tours thinking about how we went on tour in,

March, April, whatever time that was because time's a blur. We traveled a lot this year, which I think is also contributing to my travel bug because not only were we like work traveling a lot, but like Fiji was absolutely insane as a work trip and...

I went on a couple, like, went to Paris for the first time. And, like, seeing the all... I love going to the new cities. When we're going to new cities on tour, we have so much fun. Yeah, this tour was so incredible. It was one of my favorite tours we've ever done. The cities were great. The things that we got to do in the cities were awesome. It was just truly...

Like our best year yet. It was such an incredible year. And I only wish for more. Speaking of that, we do have a vlog that will be out by now. Short little vlog. Wonderful. From the tour. Some behind the scenes stuff. Yeah. From the shows. Go check that out on YouTube. Check that out on YouTube. Noah, do you have any 20, 25 goals? Goals?

No. I could have like faked something for you, but like I legitimately have not thought about it. Hey, just live life, you know? I mean, my goal is to not lock myself out of my apartment anymore. That's a resolution. That's a New Year's resolution that I have because I did it again. Yeah. Today. Today.

And I'm not proud of it. I'm really not proud of it. I'm actually disgusted with myself. And I can tell the front desk is as well. Nobody's happy with me. What do you do? You walk out of your tour? I walk out without a key and it's locked. But you grab your phone, you grab your purse. I grab everything. So then just have a key in your bag. I know. The key is... Okay, the problem is I need a separate set of keys because I have my keys with my car key.

But I don't take my car key keys with me when I'm not using my car. If I'm stepping out of the house. And so that's where the problem lies. You know, it's like I need to just leave. You need a new set of keys that are just keys. Or I just need to carry my car keys everywhere. Right. You know what I mean? Like I just need to make a decision here and stick with it. Or else I'm becoming Zoe 101 and putting a key around my neck. Which I really don't want to do. I don't think it's cute. Yeah. And I don't want to do that. I don't think it's a statement, a fashion statement that I want to be a part of. No, that's fair. But that's...

that's a realistic New Year's resolution I have going for myself is to fucking stop locking myself out of my apartment. And you know, you have the usual New Year's resolutions, but honestly, I feel like I have been doing what usually, you know, the New Year's resolutions come in with the, you know, oh, I want to be healthier. I want to work out, whatever. But I have been doing that. So it's like, I feel great about that going into the new year. And I'm just hoping to keep it up into 2025. Right, it's just like,

stay committed to stay committed only get better you know what I mean like that's that's the goal

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But we are going to talk about some pop culture moments, big ones from this year. We kind of have a list. And we can go through them. Yeah. I don't know if we want to just like all kind of go in and give...

Our top ones. Our top ones, our thoughts. We can dissect it from there and how we feel about it. Let's do a top three. A top three. Top three? Top three. I can limit it to three. Top five. Five. Okay, top five? Yeah. Okay, we could do a top five. Yeah. I just don't want to miss out on any, you know what I mean? That's why I was going to say top ten. More like, no, like each. Oh, oh, oh. Not top three in general. I'm saying we each pick our own. Yeah. Okay. Okay.

Top each pick our own top five. Yeah. Oh, it's gonna be so hard to rank them. I know. I know. I don't want to know. We got to go in order in particular order. Yeah. Okay. In order, you know, this is how you feel. And this is like moments that that hit for you, you know? Okay. Listen, here's the thing. I'm just gonna have to be bold and do the particular order. Yeah. Okay. Yep. Yep. Yep. I'm gonna start off number one Love Island USA.

For me, Love Island USA is the number one pop culture moment of the year because of how much we, you know, divulged our time and spent our time dissecting this show and even going to Fiji like we just talked about. That is number one for me. Number two, I got to put Kendrick and Drake.

Because Kendrick and I'm flying. Now I'm flying through this list. Meanwhile, I'm like, this is gonna be so hard. No, no, no. Kendrick and Drake for me, we got not only did we get incredible beef from this, but we got such good music that I still listen to every day. Like I am still listening. There's rumors out there that it did make people's Spotify rap. It did make mine.

mine and i that's why i didn't share my spotify rap because four out of my five top songs same rap disses majority of mine were the kendrick and drake disses so i gotta put that at number two that is so so close i look back on that time like what a time to be alive yeah i know like every night i'd just be like another one right another song it just was like oh my god he's dropping again i can't believe it like it was just insane

And now this is where it gets tricky because I feel like a lot of stuff kind of gets like thrown together here. So I'm going to name my two and then we can go around the circle and then we'll go back around. How about that? We go two, two, two. No, well, I was trying to steal. You're trying to steal. I was actually going to go. Who can I steal from? I was going to go five to one. Oh, build suspense. Yeah. Like I was going to build up to my...

To my number one. So I'm going to go five. Okay. Okay. All right. So I'm looking at this again and I'm, I'm, I'm all right. Five. I'm going to go, um, hot rodent boyfriend. I think that's my like theme of the year for so many of these guys was really past that. Yeah. It's over, but I'm saying these are moments. I know, but I'm saying, do you think the rodent thing is over now? Oh, not necessarily. Cause like people have turned on Barry.

And well, it's Timothee Chalamet part of that. - People put Chalamet in it, so. - I feel like that's an insult to him. I don't know if he's in the room. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. But that kind of ties in with everything from Challengers and all that stuff. So that whole phase of the Challengers hype and everything. So that's five. Four, I'm gonna go, damn.

See, like, there's some that I would put on there objectively that are big moments. But, like, for me, it didn't dominate my personal life, you know? Like, I think of, like, the Rizzler and Big Justice as, like, such a huge one. For me personally, I wouldn't put it on my list, but I'm like, oh, that is so high up. Okay, four I will go. I think just ladies in music.

with a hyper focus on Chapel Roan. I think like I had a hyper fixation on Chapel Roan all year. So I will put that in there. I think we had such an amazing new music from so many female artists. I think, you know, between...

TTPD or Cowboy Carter, Eternal Sunshine, all these albums, Chaperone, I felt like I really hyper fixated on Chaperone this year. I listened to so much Chaperone. Sabrina Carpenter gets thrown into that as well. But I will say ladies dominating pop music, I'll throw it for her.

Yeah, I would throw in three Sabrina Carpenter for me. Just Sabrina Carpenter as a whole. Please, please, please. Yeah. To be more specific. Yep. And just, I would say Sabrina Carpenter. Yeah. That's my being specific, but her as a whole, her album, her singles, just Sabrina Carpenter comes in for number three. Yeah. For me. And then I think I'll go, it's still, it's tough because it still kind of ties in, but I think I'll, oh man, damn, I may cheat. Yeah.

and put ladies dominating pop music also falls into like Brat Summer. Because I feel like Brat... That's so specific. That's its own thing. I feel like... I'm running out of space. I'm running out of space. My number five is hashtag Blake Liley is over party.

Yeah, you were deep in that. It ends with us drama. Yeah. That's a good one. That's a really good one. What's your number four? That was dominating. I have This Is Gonna Ruin The Tour at number four. Oh, that's a classic. Justin Timberlake, This Is Gonna Ruin The Tour. That's an absolute classic. It seems like he's made a good comeback since then. Yeah, he's performing. He's back. Yeah.

People were hyper fixated on his bulge the other night. You see that? I saw like he knew someone posted a video and I'm like, am I missing something? Yeah, he's wearing some like harness. Yeah, because he gets like lifted up. But I'm like, yeah, I see any like major bulge. Yeah, it seems like it was accentuating it. Right, right, right. Well, I think people were disappointed in the bulge. So that's why that was the conversation. So, yeah, I would go for like the Olympics as a whole. Actually, no, I'll put the Olympics at five.

Okay. I'm going to put the Olympics as it like, just like the characters that were coming out of it, the Olympic village, just everything that was going on with the Olympics. I would put it at number five. Okay. That was kind of around the same time as Love Island too. Like that was a hot part of the summer. It was a hot summer for sure. That was a hot part of the summer. Now I'm looking for that number four spot, you know, the number four spot is wide open for me. Yeah. Yeah.

I see Baby Reindeer popping up on a lot of these lists. I know, I know. You know what's so funny that I kind of forgot was even this year was the Willy Wonka experience. That was so bad. That was just like a whole crazy thing. I was like, oh my God, I can't believe that was this year. Wait, Willy Wonka, did that come out, the movie? That came out at the end of last year, right? End of last year. Okay, so then I have two. Oh, shit.

My three spot is Cowboy Carter. Yeah, that was a big one for you. Yeah. Two, I think I might have to go. I might have to go Mudang. Really? Yeah. A number two? Yeah. I never even heard you talk about it. Were you that invested? I really never talked about it on the show that much. So how can it be your number two? Online, I talked about it all the time. Not all the time, but like G and I send those videos back and forth to each other like all the time.

And it was a big family conversation. That never came up on my stuff. That's why it was fascinating. But it was always on my TikTok of people going to the zoo and waiting in line for hours to try and get a good spot to see Mudang. What is it about Mudang compared to any other baby hippo? Something special about Mudang. I'm sure all baby hippos are cute. That's what creates a cultural moment.

I'm rethinking my entire list. This is why it's so hard. Because I have one spot that I'm like, I can't. I have two that are my one and I don't know what to do. I'm going to put Wicked at number four for me. Yeah. Wicked's my one. Wicked's your one? Yeah. I'm going to lock in a solid list right now, starting at one. One, Love Island USA, season six. Two, Kendrick and Drake. Three.

three, Sabrina Carpenter, four, Wicked, five, the Olympics. That is my solid... That's a good list. That is my... That's a really good list. Top five list of 2024. Lock it in, ladies and gentlemen. I... See, I'm just gonna have to bump one off the bottom. I'm changing. This is gonna be my final. She's changing. I'm changing because I gotta go...

I gotta go Ares Tour. I was gonna say, I'm surprised Taylor Swift doesn't. Yes, I've gotta go Ares Tour 1. Ares Tour or like? Between Ares Tour or Wicked. That's like, those are my two like. But what about like Taylor and Travis? I guess I didn't start. And that's all combined. It's like, because Travis out for the, like that's all. So I'm gonna go Ares Tour and then I gotta go Wicked 2. What about Diddy? That's not like the exciting. I might have to remove Moondang and give that little hippo. But it's just like a big. Give that little hippo an honorable mention.

Mood Dane can't take up a spot. Yeah, because you didn't even talk about him on the podcast. Yeah, but... Yeah, like who is Mood Dane knocking off your list? Yeah, no, I know. At this point, I'm like, yeah. You're going to knock Travis and Taylor off? No, I know. Sorry, Travis. Mood Dane beat you up. No, that's what I'm saying. Like, I was like, I... Yeah, I don't know. Okay. That little adorable hippo, she's going to have to go. Is that she? Yeah. Oh, I thought it was a man. Oh, I was saying, oh, oh.

misgendered mood dangling i'm sorry um okay heiress tour wicked bright summer so much music in mine which is like not females and pop music hyper focus chapel room that's four five oh no is that all of them already that was four oh that was four oh because i had hot rodent hot rodent boyfriend in there i'm bumping them too i'll go five love island usa

Yeah, how can you not? How can I not? We were in Fiji. Honorable mention can go to... Those are big moments in time. And then I feel like I always want to throw... Because you could do a whole nother list of viral moments. Right. And social trends. Like Hot Rodent Boyfriend, Moodang, this is going to ruin the tour, looking for a man in finance, whatever.

The whole Norris Smith trad wife thing was such a huge thing this year, too. And Rizzler and Big Justice could probably go in there also. Yeah, they definitely. It is their year. It was their year. The Willy Wonka exhibit. Yeah, okay.

I can't believe anybody put it like... I loved the Olympics. I was so obsessed with the Olympics. Yeah, I'm shocked it's not in there for you. Yeah, it's just... Up against these other things, it was like that really... You guys held the famous medal. I know. Really occupied my year. So, yeah. All right, Noah, what's yours? Your top five. I'm not really like...

The first three are on, I guess Kendrick and Drake is definitely number one. I'll put Love Island season six as number two. I think I have a strong bias because I went to Fiji because of it. Although, it was a great season of TV. No, it was so big. Like, it wasn't a small little thing. It would probably be on my list even if I didn't go. Yeah, yeah. But that bumps it up. Cowboy Carter, number three, like,

Beyonce was my top artist this year. Yeah. The last two, I'm not like that. I don't feel that strongly about, but they're just funny. Like, ruin the tour. Because I can't think. I'm like, what else am I missing? I guess I could put a show or something. It Ends With Us drama is a really good one.

And also for me personally, like I would throw just like everything that was around the idea of you like into my, just the movie as a whole, the band. Like I just was obsessed with that for a solid month plus of like actually listening to August moon. Like they were a real band and they are a real band, but that was last year, right? Of what?

Why did I have to say Daisy Edgar Jones? I was trying to say Daisy Jones in the six. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, that was last year. That was last year. Daisy Edgar Jones, period? Well, Twisters. Twisters was a big moment. Yeah, what about Glenn Powell? Oh my God, Glenn Powell. I know, Glenn Powell summer. Yeah, the Glenn Powell summer. I know. I know.

That FaceTime, that didn't help. Yeah, I mean, well, we were in Fiji, so I guess that clocks into the Love Island USA. What's crazy, even at the beginning of the year, was still like, beginning of 2024, if you think about it, that's still when those award shows were happening. That was still like, Barbenheimer, Ryan Gosling's Oscars performance was this year. The Chiefs won the Super Bowl.

Celtics won. I wasn't going to put that as sports. Yeah. But, I mean, Taylor Swift went on the field for the Super Bowl. That's not, like, part of anyone's list. Yeah. I know. It just kind of, like, fits into the, like, you could just do Taylor Swift. Just, like, one is Taylor Swift. Right. Just as a whole. Yeah. But...

Yeah. Wow. What a year. There's so much that happened, but at the end of the year, it's hard to think about. That Blake Lively stuff was actually, was really wild. It's hard to think about all the stuff that happened and try to remember it all. J-Lo and Ben broke up again. And now he's prancing around with Jennifer Garner. Molly Mae and Tommy Fury. I'm so excited for the Molly Mae documentary. We didn't even talk about that. It looks so good. I know. When does that come out again? I, beginning of the year. Yeah. I think like, um,

It's going to be on Amazon and it comes out. Molly Mae Behind It All is going to be on Prime Video January 17th. I'm very excited for that. I cannot wait for this. I hope we get, you know, not to be too nosy, but I want the details. I want the details in the doc. And I don't think she'd be making this documentary for no reason if she wasn't going to be given the details. Definitely. I think as far as like, you know, every year there's always...

like, Diddy, bad, all bad stuff. Yeah, let's go villain of the year. Villain. Yeah, I think you could get, I think we could probably give him that title. Yeah, I think Diddy. Super fair. I think he totally deserves that one for sure. Yes. It's between Blake Lively and P. Diddy. Yeah.

Jesus Christ. Yeah, I think Diddy tops that one. Yeah, we'll put Diddy for sure at Villain of the Year. Diddy tops that one. What a year. 2024. What a year, guys. Let us know what we missed because I'm sure there's something. Yeah, no, there's plenty. There's going to be tons. There's plenty. I mean, just like even viral trends and everything alone, you could make a list of 50 things.

Right. There's always something new trending every single day. Exactly. But those are our top moments of 2024. Yeah.

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for you guys because I know you're friends with him. I'm not trying to judge anyone's appearance, but I'm just dying to know because every time I see him on TV, it's the only thing my eyes focus on and I never see anyone talk about it. But does Craig Conover have really little hands or is it just the way he holds them or is something going on? Because every time he sees it, my eyes just go right to his hands. Anyways, love you guys. Bye.

Oh my God. And Craig is a friend, but I really can't say otherwise. I've never noticed. I got to be honest. Neither have I. But it's the first thing I'm going to look at the next time we see him. That is so funny. And I'm really going to start scoping that out. I'm about to pull up his Instagram for a second just to be like, wait, am I... Clearly, it's not something that either of us have ever noticed in real life to be like, oh, yeah. I mean...

I don't know. I feel like I've never particularly noticed, but now... But now, if I start noticing... But I'm like, here's... I'm looking at him holding all his pillows. They don't look small to me. They look small in this one. Maybe if he's just wearing a big sweater or, like, a big shirt, they start looking smaller. Yeah. He has... He's a handsome guy, but, you know, he's a guy that has, like, a... There's some... He's got a big head, you know? Oh. Not, like, he's got a big head, but, like, he...

Like I feel like he has a big head. So like it's making you think his other... No, but I'm saying maybe it's from people would think the proportions are off. Yeah. I never even thought of that. If he has his hand on his face, his hand looks smaller because his head is huge. Yes, that's what I'm saying. You're trying to back him up here and be like his hands might look small because his... No, don't worry. His hands are small. His head is huge. No.

He's got a lot of hair. That is funny. All right. Damn. Sorry, Craig. Moving on. I feel bad. I feel bad. Can't say we've noticed. I have not noticed, but I will be looking now. Yep. I have a lot of hot takes this week, so you may hear from me more than once. Oh, shit. What a start. And I don't only think this is a hot take. I think actually everybody can agree upon this, but it's not something that's ever really talked about. Why?

Why are perfume and cologne commercials so damn weird? Like, there's some hot celebrity that we all love, and then they're in some exotic location, like, doing some weird-ass shit. Like, why is that the perfume commercial? Like, why is...

Versace showing that? Why is Gucci making that a commercial? Like, I'm confused. Like, is there a science behind it? Please, somebody explain.

I think that the goal here is to be like... Sexy. Yeah, like I could smell like this sexy celebrity if I get this cologne. Like, let's make it look like this sexy celebrity is out doing something crazy and then that's how I'll smell. Right, create like a dream sequence. Yes. Like it's like this perfume will transport you to...

a yacht in Capri and you're gonna smell fucking amazing. - Yeah. - You know? - It just takes you back. - And they put like, they put Miley Cyrus in these commercials or at least they're on, they're like, to be like, oh, I adore you. - Right. - So it's just like, I think it's just dreamy, it's sexy, like,

I think perfume and cologne, they always throw that sex appeal at you because you want to smell good and therefore attract.

You know? Yeah. I think that's what it is. That's my thoughts on that. I think so too. They are always extreme. Some of them are bizarre for sure. For sure. But I think it's supposed to be like, ooh, what's this fantasy sexy world? Exactly. And it's supposed to catch your eye to like when there's times when you're watching and you're like, what is this commercial even for? Right. And then like the Dior sign comes up at the end and you're like, oh, what the fuck? But yeah, I think that's...

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every day that I can and I have a hot take and a question hot take is I did not think challengers was that good sorry I maybe it was like what you guys were talking about last week with like when you hear so many reviews that something so amazing you get it in your head I don't think it's that good

Wimbledon will always be the best. I'm back on this. Yeah, I do love Wimbledon. And my question is, do you think the film industry is doomed? I feel like lately all we get is remakes and reboots and whatnot. Like, I really love old school Adam Sandler. And shout out New Jersey. He's filming Happy Hormor 2 right now. But like,

Is the film industry doomed? Are we going to continue to get original things when all we're getting right now, I feel like, is adaptations and remakes and things like that. So, interested to hear your thoughts. Interested to hear Noah's thoughts on that. But yeah, thanks so much. Congrats, Fran, and congrats, Rhea, on your upcoming wedding. So happy for you guys. Bye. That's very sweet. Thank you.

- Challengers, I can understand. I've had conversations with plenty of people who didn't like challengers. - Me too. - And I think that's fair. I can totally see either the choices or the ending or whatever, people being like, nah, not for me.

Yeah, I've also heard a lot of people not like Challengers. I really loved Challengers, but I can see why people didn't like the ending because it was sort of like left on a note where you kind of have to decide what you think is the end. So I really think it just comes down to personal taste and so many people I know did not like it. So I actually don't even think it's that hot of a take.

I think I was shocked. Even though I loved it, I was shocked it was nominated for awards because I heard so many people didn't like it. So that's why I was shocked it was nominated for awards. But I did love it. And...

You know, there's always going to be new movies, but there's always going to be new takes on old films as well at this point. I don't think we're doomed. No, I don't think we're doomed either. I think there's new ideas out there. But I think that people love nostalgia. So people kind of capitalize on that. They're like, ooh, let's capitalize on this moment. People love that nostalgic feeling. And with so much talk about social media and technology these days, people want to hold on to the past.

but there's always going to be new ideas too, I think. Yeah, I think it's very much like a cycle where right now we're very much in this cycle of remakes and reboots and different movies of the same characters. Marvel, DC, we're getting the same superhero movie played by 9 billion different people. It's just kind of...

cycle and who knows how long that'll last but eventually it'll like come back around and I do think there is something to say for studios not really supporting the original ideas as much because it is definitely very

money forward and you know I think about sweet uh I'm gonna reference the holiday but you know when Arthur's saying there was a time when they they didn't care about the the blockbusters and the and the hits and the money is like now it's so like you know studios really want the the dollar signs and they know what's gonna what's gonna sell and when you make uh Kung Fu Panda 4 like people are gonna

But I also think there are still all these original movies coming out. They're just not being pushed out. That's what I'm saying. They're being made, though. They're being made. It's just like... But they'll never compete with Batman. No, it's just... Well, that's what I'm saying. It's hard. That's why it's harder to have that be the main focus. Also...

The whole Cindy Sweeney, Glenn Powell thing, I feel like we didn't talk about. We mentioned Glenn Powell, but I feel like that was a giant. But Anything But You, that's a new, that was very successful. I forgot about that whole thing too. Wow, that was something else. I can't believe that was this year. That feels like forever. Crazy that was this year. Yeah, that's crazy. But I don't think we're doomed.

Yeah. I think Doom, like, sounds like... There's all that TV, really good TV. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, that is true. Yeah. Hey, Leanne Fran, this is Mel from Watertown Mass. Can't wait to see you guys in Boston. Okay.

Okay, so my hot take is, am I the only person that discovered after watching the Martha Stewart documentary that the pageant lady in Miss Congeniality and the wedding planner in Bride Wars is not Martha Stewart? Because I could have sworn that, like, as a child, I, until literally this documentary came out, I thought...

that Martha Stewart also acted and that is who she was, but it is an actress. - Yeah, that is- - Let me know your thoughts. - That is actually very funny and I totally- - That is spot on. - Candace Bergen, she's thinking of. - Especially with the "Bride Wars," thinking of that, like that totally was Martha Stewart, but it's not Martha Stewart. - Yeah. - That is so funny. Oh my God.

What a spot on take there. I know. And there are, there are talks like Martha Stewart and there are just even, there's just similarities in the way they look, you know? And they're both like, Martha's a little bit older than she is, but Candace Bergen, Bergen is a 78 years old. So like, you know, yeah, maybe that was her inspiration. That's so funny. I could totally see that. You know what? I feel like I also definitely as a kid, like,

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Hi, Ray and Fran. This is Alexis from Chicago. I've actually been to both of your live shows in Chicago. So you could say I'm a Chicago super fan perhaps. But my pop culture hot take slash opinion or just something I want to get your guys'

point of view on would love to know a little ask Mary kill for love Island, Australia, love Island, UK and love Island. You asked based on all seasons that you've watched for each of those shows. Um,

I think personally I would marry UK just because UK is a classic. I started my love Island journey with UK. So we'd love to marry UK, but not sure about us or Australia. So we'd love to hear your guys's opinions on F Mary kill for those three shows. Um, thanks. That's all.

That's a good question. And it's so hard because this past season of Love Island USA was so, so, so good. I think it brings up the average so much, you know? Right. I think we'll probably have the same. I would kill Love Island Australia. That's really not a question for me. I would marry UK. I think, you know.

The fuck probably goes to Love Island US. And it has potential to marry. Right, exactly. Like, we're just getting to know each other, but we're getting frisky. Right. And there's potential there for marriage. It's not just a one night stand. And like, I can live, like Love Island Australia is fun, but I can live without Love Island Australia. For sure. For sure. And UK is where it all started. What would you rather rewatch? Maybe in like a couple of years, you think like season six of US or season five of UK? Season six of US, I think. It's, it's,

It's tough. There's something also just very special about season five of UK because it was one of the first seasons I ever watched. Maybe the first season I ever watched. It is, but it's so hard now because of Molly and Tommy. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But honestly, UK season five is so... I said season six too fast because that is a tough...

But I did watch UK season five right after I watched Love Island season six this past summer. I went back and rewatched it. And like, obviously it was just as amazing. But I still like, I think I was just, it was riding the high of season six of USA. You know, it's just like,

It also still is fresh, like, maybe some of these couples, not that I'm rooting for it, but, like, these U.S. couples, if they're not together in a few years. Yeah, but I genuinely, like, still follow them. Like, I still follow Serena, Jenea, Leah. Like, I'm still following what they do. Because you didn't watch season five live, so I feel like you're more connected somehow. No, I did watch season five of UK Live. Oh, really? I didn't know that. Yes. While it was airing on Hulu. Yeah. So...

You always have a bias to the US, I feel like. No, it's so hard. Because you can relate to them more. I honestly, my bias kind of goes to UK. Right, because it was the first one. That's a tough question. But in terms of marry, fuck, kill, it's marry UK, fuck US and kill Australia. And UK, I think, is one that I've already gone back and rewatched, you know, with that season. I don't, I'm very interested to see how season six feels as a rewatch, you know? Just not, that's like, in a couple years, that's,

For sure. That's the rewatch. And then sometimes the rewatch makes you feel differently too. Yeah, definitely excited to rewatch that. All right, guys. That wraps up the Pop Corner. Happy holidays. Sing it, baby. That's it. Happy holidays. We love you guys. We'll see you in 2016. I almost just said. Whoa. 2016?

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