🎅🏻 Yippee-kay-yay, mirth lovers! The numbers have been crunched, and it’s time to reveal the Ricks’ list of the hottest-but-hardest-to-get tech toys of holiday 2025. Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 IN THIS EPISODE 🧸 This doll might not start it—but she will finish it 👽 Not the LEGO set you’re looking for 💩 The gift that’s full of, well, you know Approximately 4 minutes, 34 seconds. Review your streamer’s privacy policies. Episode may feature audio, visual and/or other forms of content developed using generative AI or other digital tools.

In the conclusion of our annual coverage of geekdom’s biggest gathering, guests Kurt Ho and Eric V. continue to interview the Ricks about their experience at Comic-Con International 2025. Think: panels, purchases, parties—and at least some weirdness (looking at you, Megan 2.0). IN THIS EPISODE 📚 Rick W. shares the panels he attended—and some of their oddities 🦸🏽‍♂️ Rick M. on a panel with correlations with advertising industry—and missing host 🦾 Kurt Ho thanks Robotech promoters for keeping the faith 🚀 Rick M. reconsiders the “Star Trek Universe” panel in Hall H. 🔮 Kurt has an inspired idea for a panel at next year’s show 🛍️ Rick W. meets Johnny Bravo and buys a hell of a mystery box 💥 Rick M. zeroes in on vintage Justice League’s comics 🥷🏻 Eric V. targets Firefly—GI Joe’s answer to Boba Fett 🤩 How GI Joe bypassed Star Wars in Eric V’s art collection 🏪 Circle K, hold the candy bars: comics in the good ol’ days 🎬 The crew’s best—and freakiest—moments from Comic-Con 🎉 Ready Party One revisited—and the less said, the better 🛸 Kurt rounds things out about friends and fun traditions ✅ Tips to those who want to attend Nerd Mecca net year Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. 👐🏻Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 Approx. 18 min, 30 sec. Review privacy and cookie policies for SoundCloud, iTunes, Spotify and all other streaming services. Some audio and visual elements created using AI-based tools.

🕶️ In their annual post-Comic-Con episode, guests Kurt Ho and Eric V. flip the script and interview the Ricks about their experience at Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. It’s time to go inside Mardi Gras for Comic Book Geeks—and inspired brand activations from Lego, Hasbro, and more. IN THIS EPISODE 🤓 135,000 strong: What happens in San Diego never stays there (at 01:38) 💥 Overall impressions from newbies & and novices (02:30) 🤘🏼 Party Central: “Ready Party One” rocks the cosplay (04:30) 🧱 Lego brand activation: Replicating Comic-Con in plastic bricks (05:10) 🤖 Galactus for the win: In a sea of cosplay, one towers over all (07:45) 💃🏼 Andor or else? The “Niamos!” flash mobs that never happened (08:08) 💩 Todd McFarlane unfiltered: The weirder side of Comic-Con 2025 (08:34) 🤬 Inside, outside, upside down: A cruel opening-day joke on attendees (09:40) 🚍 A trippy bus ride you can only catch on the way to Comic-Con (11:46) 🎸 Zartan’s Revenge: Cobra Command goes heavy metal with Cold Slither (12:35) Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. 👐🏻Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 Approx. 15 min, 30 sec. Review privacy and cookie policies for SoundCloud, iTunes, Spotify and all other streaming services. Some audio and visual elements created using AI-based tools.

It’s time for the Ricks’ official (and highly-spoilerific) review of one of the summer’s biggest movies: James Gunn’s Superman. From backstories to propaganda-posting monkey bots, and from half-baked controversies to crappy character haircuts (looking at you, Green Lantern), the Ricks give you the lowdown on the latest incarnation of everyone’s favorite Kryptonian. IN THIS EPISODE 🥳 Relief at DC Studios and Warner Bros (at 01:41) 🧐 Expectations: Super-Cautious–or Mucho Caliente? (02:24) 🎨 Not just a DC comic book movie–a live-action cartoon (03:06) 🎚️ A Bald Tech-Bro Billionaire vs. Krypton’s Last Son (03:33) 🐾 The CGI Dog Stays in (and Steals) the Picture (03:50) 🦸🏻‍♂️ Enter: The Justice Gang* (Working Title) (04:45) ❤️‍🔥 Loaded Gunn: From “Bright Burn” to the Positivity Bug (05:19) 🎭 Lois, Clark, Lex & Beyond: Characters in Focus (05:55) 🤖 Gary the Robot & Cousin Kara: Kryptonian Disconnects? (07:21) 🧪 A Litmus Test for Successful Superman Stories (08:24) 🚨 Has Superman Gone Woke? Or Was He Always That Way? (09:50) 🐵 About Those Propaganda-Posting Monkey Bots (11:44) 🏮 The Lamest Green Lantern: Guy Gartner (12:09) 😎 A Cameo by Christopher Reeve’s Son (12:40) 🧑🏻‍🌾👩🏻‍🌾 Debating Gunn’s Interpretation of Ma and Pa Kent (12:46) 🥱 A Whole New Take on Kal-El? Or Same-Old, Same-Old? (15:04) 🧠 Whither Brainiac? Or Lobo, Jason Mamoa’s Next DC Role? (15:35) 🦸🏿‍♂️ Mr. Terrific: The Side Character Who Lived Up to His Name (15:50) 🤘🏼 Final Grades: Is Clark Really a Punkrocker? Or Just a Poser? (16:57) Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. 👐🏻Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 Approx. 19 min, 50 sec. Review privacy and cookie policies for SoundCloud, iTunes, Spotify and all other streaming services. Some audio and visual elements created using AI-based tools.

🎥 Will James Gunn’s Superman soar—or be box office Kryptonite? Does Jurassic World: Rebirth have bite? In a crowded summer movie season, what’s in store for Ballerina, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Fantastic Four: First Steps, Freakier Friday, and more (including … Happy Gilmore 2)? In this special episode, the Ricks count down their list of the three movies they’re most excited to see this summer—how does it compare to yours? 🏖️ Living La Vida Laguna (at 00:56) 🙌🏼 Hollywood’s “Survive to ‘25” mantra (02:00) ✅ Rick M.’s caveat to the Ricks’ Top 3 (02:38) 💥 Is the third time the charm for Fantastic Four? (02:55) 🏎️ Can Brad’s Pitt crew rev up a blockbuster? (04:35) 🔪 Will the feel-bad movie-of-the-year be fun? (06:30) ⚔️ Can old warriors deliver new thrills? (07:25) 💎 Ready for the new adventures of Lois & Clark? (10:30) 🩰 She wants to be your private killer (13:10) 🧟‍♂️ One runner-up arrives 28 Years Later (15:45) Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. 👐🏻Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 Approx. 17 min, 05 sec. Review privacy and cookie policies for SoundCloud, iTunes, Spotify and all other streaming services. Some audio and visual elements created using AI-based tools.

🚀 Kurt Ho and Eric V. join the Ricks for a closer look at the brand called “Star Wars”—including the marketing deliverables, games, toys, and more on display at Rancho Obi-Wan, the largest private collection of Star Wars memorabilia in the world. Learn why the story that started “a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…” continues to take fans into the future. IN THIS EPISODE 👽 Welcome to Rancho Obi-Wan Museum of Star Wars Memorabilia (https://ranchoobiwan.org) (at 0:50) 😎 The backstory on Steve Sansweet’s personal shrine to all things Star Wars (at 1:20) ✈️ Planning (a long time) ahead for not-so-easy-to-score Star Tours (at 2:32) 🏢 At over 9,000 square feet, Rancho is saving Star Wars at scale (at 3:00) 👨🏼‍🚀 Why the docent may regret tapping Eric to share his Star Wars story first (at 5:05) 💥 When 400,000 posters, video games, books, action figures, and other collectibles aren’t enough (at 5:40) 🏛️ The Saga Museum: A vision to merge Rancho Obi-Wan, the “Sith”sonian, and others (at 9:00) 🤠 From set pieces to Death Star bongs: How Steve Sansweet snares one-of-a-kind Star Wars collectibles (at 10:50) 🧐 How Eric won a rare Star Wars fan commemorative by stumping the docent (at 14:12) 🪥 For the love of Bib Fortuna: Kurt wins a bet about Star Wars Toothpaste (at 15:52) 🤪 The overwhelming emotions of it all: becoming a Star Wars kid again (at 17:17) 🛏️ From Farrah, with love: The most unexpected collectibles for Kurt and Eric (at 19:53) 💪🏼 “You came in that thing? You’re braver than I thought"—Whose line is it, anyway? (at 22:12) 🫆 Name that character: Muftak, Salacious B. Crumb, Droopy McCool—or the Dongalorian? (at 22:50) ❝ “I’ve got a bad feeling about this:” Star Wars quotes you can also say in bed (at 24:00) Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. 👐🏻Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 Approx. 26 min, 10 sec. Review privacy and cookie policies for SoundCloud, iTunes, Spotify and all other streaming services. Some audio and visual elements created using AI-based tools.

Insights on Google’s Agentic AI moves. Billie’s scratch-and-sniff deodorant billboard. “The Pineapple Pizza Wars” raging at the Chicago Sun-Times, sparked by an AI-generated summer reading list’s fake books. Oura Ring’s provocative new campaign, and more. IN THIS EPISODE: 🍔 Welcome BBQ surprises are the best kind of BBQ surprises (at 1:17) 🧨 “M:I The Final Reckoning”: No “Fallout,” but still fun (1:44) 🥋 Bruce Lee and “Warrior” parties like it’s 1888 (2:34) 🚀 Tony Gilroy’s “Star Wars: Andor” lands the dismount (4:21) 🤖 The droid you’re looking for? “Murderbot” has “Lost in Space” vibes (4:44) 🧟 “The Last of Us” pulls a Ned Stark—and the Ricks aren’t impressed (5:28) 🍿 “Lilo & Stitch’ steals box office gold from Tom Cruise & crew (6:50) 📚 The summer reading list that wasn’t, courtesy of the Chicago Sun-Times (8:20) 🛍️ Are agencies and retail brands ready for Google’s agentic AI? (9:24) 👀 Why SEO is more important than ever in the age of AI (10:49) 👃🏾 Billie’s scratch-n’-sniff deodorant billboard smells like the pits (11:43) 🥃 A whiskey brand’s scent-vertising & a ski trip with Longtime Listener Bill (13:03) ♨ Oura Ring’s new campaign begs you to “give us the finger” (15:00) 🔭 Outlook: Insights from Deloitte’s latest CMO survey (16:27) 🦁 Looking ahead to winners at the Cannes Lions Ad Festival (18:03) Approx. 20 min. Review privacy and cookie policies for SoundCloud, iTunes, Spotify and all other streaming services. Some audio and visual elements created using generative AI-based tools. Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. 👐🏻Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻

Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” satisfies. Marvel’s “Thunderbolts*” rebrand. Plus: loaded questions about surprising (and hilarious) brand refreshes for Mtn. Dew, PwC, and Panda Express. IN THIS EPISODE: 🫂Digital 'Halo' technology helps Michael B. Jordan play twins in “Sinners” ✱ Marvel gives “Thunderbolts*” a major rebrand in post-release campaign 💥 Can Marvel really pull off a movie like “Avengers: Secret Wars”? 🥤 Mountain Dew brand refresh goes wide with—tattoos? 📢 PwC upgrades its brand identity without spending $1 billion 🥡 Orange Chicken and a Song: Inside Panda Express’s “Pandaoke” Approx. 22 min. Review privacy and cookie policies for SoundCloud, iTunes, Spotify and all other streaming services. Some audio and visual elements created using generative AI-based tools. Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. 👐🏻Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻

From the vault: In this episode from 2018, the Ricks respond to a Geek.com article about eleven 1970s sci-fi movies that were … better than Star Wars? Plus: iHop’s “iHob” rebrand revisited—and advice the Ricks would give their younger selves about a career in marketing. Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. 👐🏻Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 IN THIS EPISODE: 🥞 iHob Revisited: Results from iHop’s stunt re-brand as “iHob” (at 0:54) 💥 Geek.com says these 11 1970s sci-fi movies better than Star Wars … (at 2:24) 👽 … And the Ricks have some thoughts about it (at 3:11) 📈 The Ricks on advice they’d give their younger selves about a career in marketing (at 14:33) Approx. 20 min, 08 sec. Review privacy and cookie policies for SoundCloud, iTunes, Spotify and all other streaming services. Some audio and visual elements created using generative AI-based tools.

In a wide-ranging new interview, 1Kosmos CMO Michael Cichon shares insights on the state of B2B content marketing, adoption of generative AI in modern marketing operations, the importance of digital identity, and more. Including: The end of websites as we know them. Next-gen email marketing. And SEO and SEM in the age of AI. Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. 👐🏻Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 IN THIS EPISODE: 📣 Becoming a CMO for B2B brands marketing SaaS-based solutions (at 1:00) 👺 Criminal minds: The fascinating world of cybersecurity (at 2:34) 🪪 The impact of digital identity on brand—for customers, the workforce, and more (at 3:24) 📈 The critical role of content in high-tech B2B marketing (at 7:48) 🤖 GenAI in B2B and the quest for more innovative applications- (at 10:30) 🎯 Microtargeting: Leveraging intent signals, social media & more (at 11:38) 🦾 Next-gen AI automation for marketing organizations (at 12:23) ❓ AWhat do SEM and SEO look like in the age of AI? (at 13:45) 📤 Email gets an AI makeover: Drilling down on email marketing (at 15:28) Approx. 17 min, 10 sec. Review privacy and cookie policies for SoundCloud, iTunes, Spotify and all other streaming services. Some audio and visual elements created using generative AI-based tools.

From the vault: In a pre-pandemic time capsule from August 2019, the Ricks marvel over a freaky new Amazon Prime show called “The Boys,” an R-rated horror movie featuring “The Banana Splits,” the origin story of McDonald’s Shamrock Shake, and enormous Luck Charms marshmallows coming to a s’more near you. Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. 👐🏻Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 IN THIS EPISODE 👨‍🏫 The Ricks talk Back to School and pre-Internet gaming in the good old days 🗓 The Ricks have a big milestone coming up 🧜‍♀️ It's summertime, so of course Pumpkin Spice Lattes are already back 🥤 Remembering McDonald's Shamrock Shakes of yesteryear 🍌 The Banana Splits are back, in an very violent, R-rated horror flick 📺 Why you need to drop everything & watch "The Boys" on Amazon Prime 🥛 Did somebody say McWTF? McFizz is an unintentional eye-opener 😸 "Friends": Old TV comes with perks—LEGO's Central Perk Playset 🥣 Lucky Charms Jet-Puffed Marshmallows: Magically Delicious? 🚀 "Star Wars Barbie" rocks the geek look—for an out-of-this-world price 📸 Instagram and WhatsApp get new names 📱 Verizon sells Tumbler to Automattic … for how little? 🦸🏻‍♂️ Look who's coming to CW's "Crisis on Infinite Earths" Approx. 17:33. Review privacy and cookie policies for SoundCloud, iTunes, Spotify and all other streaming services. Some audio and visual elements created using generative AI-based tools.

🏈 It’s time for an Ad Bowl 2025 edition of Rick and Rick Loaded Questions—our multiple-choice quiz games to test your recall of this year’s Super Bowl commercials, and a look at some of the big themes we saw in this year’s big game! Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. 👐🏻Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 Approximately 24 minutes. Review your streamer’s privacy policies. Episode may feature audio, visual and/or other forms of content developed using generative AI or other digital tools. © Maverix, LLC.

It’s time for our annual predictions scorecard episode, as the Ricks review their prognostications about trends in marketing, media, tech, and pop culture—the bullseyes, botched calls, and more. Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. 👐🏻Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 IN THIS EPISODE: 😬 The GenAI nightmare that wasn’t (at 01:32) 😅 Sighs of relief over SEO fundamentals (at 03:02) 😎 Shifting from paid search to paid social: big changes, new rules (03:42) 🛍️ Social commerce: Win, lose, or draw? (05:10) 💩 The poop on Phillips Laxative…and Taco Bell (08:00) 🛒 Shoppable streaming’s new converts (09:04) 🕺🏻 Social media: declines here, resurgences there (10:39) 👨🏽‍💻 Domain-Specific Language Models: Ahead of the curve? (13:24) 📺 The year video streaming became profitable (14:43) 🤖 Machine customers in the age of agentic AI (18:10) 🌭 Whither Neuralink Sausages & Franks? (19:50) 🦾 ChatGPT: Building a better candidate? (21:19) 🎲 A rebrand for OpenAI? (22:02) 🐯 Was “Cheetle” really 2024’s Word of the Year? (22:50) 📣 Outdoor advertising for outdoor advertisers (24:24) 🎨 Pantone’s 2025 Color of the Year (25:55) Approximately 28 minutes. Review your streamer’s privacy policies. Episode may feature audio, visual and/or other forms of content developed using generative AI or other digital tools. © Maverix, LLC.

☃️ How to make it a December to remember for your favorite Batfan—with one of 10 tricked-out, Nolan-era Batmobile replicas costing just $2.9 million. What’s putting a drag on the growth of e-commerce sales this holiday season? Plus: The surprising reason your ChatGPT prompts aren’t working as well as they should be—and more—in a quick round of Rick and Rick Loaded Questions. Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. 👐🏻Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 IN THIS EPISODE: 🛞 It’s bound to lose a wheel this time of year, but it’ll still cost you $2.9 million (at 1 min, 7 sec) 🛍️ Three key reasons behind the drag on e-commerce growth this holiday season? (at 03:22) 💬 It turns out there’s a certain etiquette to writing prompts for ChatGPT (at 05:00) Approximately 8 minutes, 14 seconds. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, iHeart, and all other streaming services. Episode intros, outros, promotions, and artwork may include elements produced using generative AI tools.

🎄 Are those chatbots roasting on an open fire? Through the magic of AI, Coca-Cola spreads holiday joy by kicking Santa to the curb. Amazon Prime’s effort to bore subscribers to death with spoiler-free, AI-generated episode recaps. Plus a “Wicked” packaging face plant, and more. Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear: Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 IN THIS EPISODE: 🥤 Ho-ho-ho, or oh-hell-no? The backlash over the Real Thing’s holiday ad campaign (00:30) 📺 Amazon Prime promos yawn-inducing episode recaps generated by AI (03:25) 🧸 Toys tied to Universal’s latest movie release come with a “Wicked” surprise (at 05:28) Approximately 7-minute, 54-second runtime. Review privacy and other usage policies for technologies and/or services through which you access this podcast. Episode contains audio, visuals, and/or other content developed using generative AI and/or other digital production tools.

❄️The big “oops” at Bath & Bodyworks. Lays brings back five funtastic flavors. The Ricks have fun with AI headshots and AI Snapchat filters. Why short-form social video is the most effective tool for B2B high-tech marketers. Election 2024’s staggering digital ad spend. Loaded questions and more. Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. 👐🏻Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 IN THIS EPISODE: 😎 Rick W’s big week with AI LinkedIn headshots (at 01:23) 🤖 Rick M cracks himself up with AI Snapchat filters (02:41) 😱 Rick W one-ups that with blue hair and tattoos (03:12) 🙏 F*cks Given: Nun? Is there a future for Netflix’s smash hit Warrior Nun? (03:50) 🥶 Snowflakes-cum-design fail: The “Clandles” at Bath & Bodyworks (06:00) 🎬 Bite-size brilliance: the power of short-form social videos in B2B high-tech marketing (07:48) 😋 Mountain Dew-flavored Lays & Oreo Coke Zero: a specialty flavor flare-up—or out? (10:30) 🤪 Heinz à Deux? Ketchup brand’s “Ha-Ha-Ha” leaves the Ricks asking, “W-T-F?” (15:23) 🧢 Hi-Chew has a bizarre new mascot…and the Ricks have questions (16:43) 📈 Doing the numbers on Election 2024’s staggering digital ad spend (18:14) Approx. 19 minutes, 55 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services. Episode intro, commercials, and artwork created with generative AI tools.

👻 In this Rick and Quick Episode of Rick and Rick, the Ricks ask ChatGPT to assess online sentiment for patterns and then compile a list of 10 homemade costumes for tapping into the zeitgeist at a Halloween party near you—tell us which ones you saw (or wore) this year! Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. 👐🏻Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 Approx. 4 minutes, 55 seconds.

🥶 An ice-cold collab between Liquid Death Water and Plunge Tubs. Wendy’s McTrolls Mickey D’s over its McBroken McFlurry machines. Generative AI-created podcasts that’ll blow your mind. The year’s top Halloween costumes according to Google. Plus: Loaded Questions and a whole lot more. Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. 👐🏻Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 IN THIS EPISODE: 🎃 Halloween trick-or-treating? Or neighborhood booze crawl? 🃏 Joker: Folie à Dud: A bat flop with an intriguing climax? 💀 Rick W. scores a super-sized Home Depot skeleton—but how to get it home? 👻 ‘Inside Out,’ All Over: 2024’s top Halloween costumes, according to Google 🎅🏻 From spooks to Santa: Spirit Halloween is extending its brand to what holiday? 🎙️ The GenAI-generated, multi-host podcast that’ll blow your mind 🥶 Plunge to your Death for just $5,999: How top brands collab and chill 🍦 One brand’s misfortune is another brand’s McTrolling opportunity 🎂 Pass-around party pastry: Why 73 is the new 60 for Pop-Tarts 📢 Google may not be tossing cookies, but it may not be able to keep this ☢️ Cheetos cheetle orange-yellow cheese dust brings transparency to what? Approx. 20 minutes, 8 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.

🙌🏼 In the Ricks' season opener: Doritos "Crash the Super Bowl" returns after nearly a decade. How content marketing conquered the Cannes Lions Advertising Festival. Why digital payments are emerging as a key element of B2B brand building. Plus: What the heck did a bag of dropped Cheetos' Cheetle do to the Carlsbad Caverns? Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. 👐🏻Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 IN THIS EPISODE: 🎉 The Ricks' return for an all-new season (at 01:11) 🧘🏽 Rick W. recommends a month-long sabbatical (01:56) 🎸 Rick M. gets wowed by the Doobie Brothers (02:25) 🗿 How Duran Duran, Billy Idol and other oldies by goodies keep rocking (02:53) 🧛 Alien: Romulus, Salem's Lot, Evil & More: Horror that's hitting the Ricks' radar (05:00) 👑 Content's coronation at the Cannes Lions Advertising Festival (09:12) 🔻 Doritos revives its popular "Crash the Super Bowl" user-generated ad contest (11:14) 💵 Why digital payments are becoming a key element of B2B brand building (12:51) ☢️ Why dropped Cheetos' had a world-changing impact on the Carlsbad Caverns (15:50) 🔎 In the age of generative AI, organic search traffic is in for some stuff (17:52) 🕵🏻‍♂️ A surprising look at changing consumer search behaviors (18:51) Approx. 21 minutes, 7 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.

🖖🏼 From Discovery to Lower Decks to Strange New Worlds and beyond: Guests Kurt Ho and Eric V. join the Ricks to discuss ComicCon 2024's Hall H announcements about what's next for Star Trek—and why the good ship Enterprise wouldn't have ever left the ground without…Lucille Ball? Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. 👐🏻Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 IN THIS EPISODE 🚀 Star Trek: Fifty-eight years young and going stronger than ever (at 00:30) 👽 Kurt Ho and Eric V. join the Ricks to talk about Trek's Hall H takeover (01:17) 📢 Announcements on Lower Deck, Starfleet Academy, and Section 31 (01:20) 👁️‍🗨️ Star Struck: Rick M. sings his status report on Strange New Worlds (02:29) 🪐 Taking risks: What makes Strange New Worlds so great (03:00) 🎬 Pike, Uhura, Chapel, Spock, Scotty & M'benga finally get their due (04:09) 🧑🏻‍🦰 For the love of Lucy: Why Star Trek fans owe thanks to Lucille Ball (05:56) ⌛️ Cool–but who the hell is Lucille Ball? An explainer for Gens Z & Alpha (7:04) 🎥 Bold broad: Starring in a Top 10 TV show, running a major studio (08:31) 🧠 Too "cerebral"—how Lucy put her vision where her mouth was (09:00) 📺 How Desi Arnaz invented the sitcom—and syndication (10:11) 🛸 Beam us up, Scotty: We don't want to miss Season Six (10:34)