849 - Dmitry Calls

• Holiday intro with playful mistakes
• Jeff's Bagel Run sponsorship, new locations, holiday drinks, spreads, specialty flavors, app perks
• Show intro from JustCallMoe Studio
• Ross McCoy intro and horn joke
• Mention of Jimi Hendrix as a veteran
• Promotion for Bad at Business Beerfest on Nov 22
• Brewery/vendor list and rising THC drink presence
• Talk of Delta-9 restrictions and alcohol-industry lobbying
• Hops scarcity vs ease of making THC drinks
• Sponsor list: JustCallMoe, Modern Plumbing, Jeff's Bagel Run, Fairvilla, others
• Charity pint glass for Yellow Brick Road
• Orlando Science Center and History Center involvement
• My Eternal Vitality free body scans
• Gabriella Plants giving away 150 plants
• Additional vendors: Groove Soaps, Hinton Skins, Villain Coffee, Giant Recreation World, Bud Docs
• Mobile cigar lounge and cigar-trailer joke
• Food trucks: Naught, Salty Fry, Nani's Mini Donuts, Churros and Cream, The Hook
• Bands: Supervillains, Pabon's Band, TV Generation
• Sofas and Suds couch-race promo
• Debate about people undervaluing free events
• Comparison to a $70–$100 beer fest elsewhere
• NPR personalities mentioned jokingly
• Transition to Ray J suing Kim Kardashian
• Timeline of the Ray J/Kardashian tape and claims Kris used it to launch the show
• Ray J alleging settlement breach and $5–6M agreement
• Kardashian defense that references came from earlier-shot episodes
• Added racketeering claims
• Discussion of the tape's role in building the Kardashian brand
• Jokes about attractiveness and fame strategy
• Introduction of influencer Haley Khalil's divorce story
• Jokes about anatomy and attention-seeking
• Talk of podcasters making sex tapes for fame
• OnlyFans industry, competitor sites, and market dominance
• Decline of celebrity sex tapes and why early tapes hit harder
• Debate over hypothetical modern biggest tape (Taylor Swift)
• Celebrities protecting themselves legally
• Most celebrity tapes leaked, few intentional
• Pamela Anderson/Tommy Lee tape history and fallout
• Bret Michaels/Janine Lindemulder clarification
• Porn-history jokes and VHS memories
• 2000–2010 as peak sex-tape era; Colin Farrell, Hulk Hogan, others
• Rob Lowe 1988 scandal and legal context
• China's tape, exploitation, and steroid culture
• Dustin Diamond's staged tape and stunt penis
• Farrah Abraham's porn release and James Deen criticism
• Montana Fishburne, Shauna Sand, Tila Tequila, Mimi Faust mentions
• AI deepfake future making authenticity irrelevant
• Bookie story setup and gambling stress
• Spouse concern over safety and Sopranos-style jokes
• Offshore sportsbook payment issues and harassment
• AMEX declining foreign charge; bookie still wanting money
• Phone blowing up during family dinner
• Debate over paying vs ghosting
• Bookie calling live on air; chat roasting haircut
• Google calendar spam entries tied to bookie
• DVD-hoard caller asking about selling a massive collection
• Music break with Fashion's "Panic"
• Sport Subaru/Sport Mitsubishi sponsor segment
• Car-buying stories and giant-truck jokes
• Maddie Diaz Blink-182 acoustic covers
• Early T&D studio memories with Jessica from The Staves
• Discussion of zero-barrier music creation vs tough discovery
• Spotify algorithm repetition complaints
• Discovering bands via bars and album listening
• Side note on gambling at Hard Rock Tampa
• Willie Nelson story, songwriting praise, slot-machine loss
• Streaming vs past CD era
• Explanation of inflated radio-listening stats
• True drop from 94% (2004) to 81% (2024)
• Podcasting and streaming blending into "online content"
• VTubers: avatars, anime features, massive money, parasocial drama
• IronMouse subscriber numbers and million-dollar streamers
• Kids laughing at insult-reaction streamers like Keso
• Simple reaction content still performing well
• Oversaturation and difficulty making money in independent media
• Comparing baseball prospects vs social-media careers
• Banana Ball and comedy home-run derbies
• Christoph Jean appearance; Jolly's touring workload
• Comedy pay structures, door deals, merch, feast/famine cycles
• William Montgomery bombing clip and Morgan Jay autotune act
• Short shelf-life of novelty acts
• Rapid fame churn; Hucktuah viral arc and crypto scam
• Predicting she may monetize nostalgia or adult content
• Comparison to Bo Bice levels of fame
• Closing plugs for Ross McCoy's Orlando Talk Show
• Beerfest and Sofas & Suds reminders
• Dimitri call joke and Intracoastal melancholy
• Joke about declined gambling charges as saddest thing
• Show wrap-up: like, subscribe, visit TomandDan.com

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