Episode 6 - Government Cheese and Felipe's Birthday

Episode 6: Miracle on 34th Street, Press Your Luck Scam, Government Cheese + Felipe’s Favorite Movie quotes. 🎙️ Welcome back to Do You Even Binge?🗓️ On This Day...1947: Miracle on 34th Street, yes, the Christmas classic, was released... in June.Starring John Payne and Maureen O’Hara, the film was completely stolen by little Natalie Wood and Santa Claus himself, Edmund Gwenn.🗓️ Also on this day: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is released, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Henry Thomas and Drew Barrymore.🎒 1984: The Press Your Luck scandal.Michael Larson memorized the game board’s “random” light patterns and walked away with a record $110,237 (over $330K today). His episode never aired again. Larson wasn’t just a trivia whiz, he was a lifelong scam artist. We dig into how he beat the system, ran various get-rich-quick schemes, and eventually died on the run in Florida in 1999.📺 What We’re Currently Bingeing (Together):Government Cheese (Apple TV+)Starring David Oyelowo, Simone Missick, and Bokeem WoodbineWe talk:The look, the style, the camera workThe very 1980s vibeAnd yes... the actual government cheese🧀 In the 1980s, the U.S. had a 500-million-pound surplus of processed cheese due to dairy subsidies and began distributing it through food banks. Later, fast food chains helped move that cheese with new ultra-cheesy menu items. Capitalism is wild.🎂 This Week’s Challenge: Quotes from Felipe’s Favorite MoviesIt’s Felipe’s birthday! And Lesa is putting him to the test...She reads quotes from some of his favorite movies — can he name them all?Amadeus – Salieri’s heartbreaking monologueBlade Runner – Rutger Hauer’s “Tears in rain”The Temptations Movie – “Ain’t nobody coming to see you, Otis!”Groundhog Day – “Okay, campers, rise and shine...”Snatch – The infamous “nemesis” speechCasino – “Triple Gemini. You can’t trust a snake.”The Royal Tenenbaums – “Burgers and the cemetery?”The Grand Budapest Hotel – “I want whatever cream they used at the morgue.”That’s it for this episode, see you next week for more clips, chaos, and what were bingeing.📲 Follow us:Felipe – @FelipeEsparzaComedianLesa – @LesainLA🎟️ Get tickets to see Felipe live: FelipesWorld.com🎨 Logo by Alex Major🎵 Music by Isaak Wintringham