McDonald's is bringing back uncle oh, Grimacey, the slightly larger, greener and Irish version of Grimace.
Speaker AThey're bringing it back from the archives to help promote their Shamrock shake and mint McFlurry.
Speaker AWhich family member of your own, Ben, would you choose to help you and the team promote Shop Talk?
Speaker BOh, my God.
Speaker BI had no idea where you go with that.
Speaker BOkay, so I grew up in a small rural town in the north of England in Yorkshire.
Speaker BMy dad is a proud Yorkshireman and there's some great cliches.
Speaker BSo Yorkshiremen are famously straight talking, they're famously cynical, and they're famously really tight with their money.
Speaker BSo I can imagine.
Speaker BSo never mind.
Speaker BStartup picture Shop Talk.
Speaker BI was kind of imagining like, it's almost like challenge, Alan.
Speaker BIf you could get my dad, if you could get my dad to spend money, then you've got an absolute winner because that's a really high bar.
Speaker BSo challenge.
Speaker BI mean, that's where we go.
Speaker AThat's amazing.
Speaker CIt's so funny.
Speaker CI literally said to Ann last week, we don't hear the name Alan anymore either, didn't I?
Speaker CAnd I literally said that to you?
Speaker CYes.
Speaker CAll right, then.
Speaker CThe teaser trailer for the new Fantastic Four film debuted this week.
Speaker CIf you could have any of the Fantastic Four's superpowers, which one would you choose?
Speaker BOh, that's an easy one.
Speaker BFly.
Speaker BAbsolutely.
Speaker CJohnny Storm.
Speaker BJohnny.
Speaker BYeah.
Speaker BI mean, I'm not.
Speaker BI'm not there on the bursting into flames, but.
Speaker BBut flying, yeah, that would be so cool.
Speaker BWouldn't that, wouldn't that be brilliant?
Speaker BI'd love to hear that.
Speaker BYeah.
Speaker BYeah.
Speaker AAll right.
Speaker CPlastic Man.
Speaker CI wouldn't mind be Plastic man too.
Speaker CThat's pretty cool.
Speaker AAgain, I have no idea what you're talking about.
Speaker AListeners will not be surprised at all that I have could not name a single Fantastic Four.
Speaker AIs that what they're called?
Speaker AFantastic Four people?
Speaker AYes.
Speaker AAll right, let's go to question number three.
Speaker ABen.
Speaker ATariffs are on the minds of retailers and consumers these days.
Speaker AAnd some retailers are reporting that they're seeing out of stocks because customers are starting to stockpile goods.
Speaker AIf you could bring an extra suitcase with you to Vegas during shop talk to stockpile some US products to take home to the uk, what would it be?
Speaker BOh, man.
Speaker BAnd it's not.
Speaker BNot a suitcase full of shops or branded swag.
Speaker BI've been lucky enough.
Speaker BI spend a lot of time in the US as you guys know.
Speaker BI've been worked us a long time.
Speaker BSo I have, I've got.
Speaker BThere's lots of things that I really enjoy when I'm over.
Speaker BBut if I could bring one thing, I'd love to bring back.
Speaker BA huge suitcase full of west coast sunshine just to brighten the dower London screen.
Speaker CThat's amazing.
Speaker CBetter that than Parliament lights.
Speaker CAll right, last one.
Speaker CTe Voodoo Tay Voodoo.
Speaker CA term Taylor Swift fans coined to describe the outsized effect Taylor appears to have on the universe.
Speaker CThis is real.
Speaker CCould be on full display at this weekend's Super Bowl.
Speaker CBen.
Speaker CSo who's it going to be?
Speaker CThe Chiefs or the Eagles?
Speaker BOh, wow.
Speaker BWe almost got for a whole podcast without mentioning Taylor Swift.
Speaker BThat was.
Speaker CRight.
Speaker BIt was close.
Speaker BThat.
Speaker BThat was close.
Speaker BI think it's gonna be really.
Speaker BIt's gonna be really, really close.
Speaker BWhat can I be sure of?
Speaker BI think New Orleans is going to be put on a really good show.
Speaker BI think the halftime show will be good, but not as good as the Choctaw beach party, that's for sure.
Speaker BI.
Speaker BLook, history tells us doing three times is really, really, really hard.
Speaker BBut we know that if you've got the best quarterback, you probably win.
Speaker BSo I'm going for the Chiefs and the three peat.
Speaker CThe Chiefs and the three peat.
Speaker COh, man.
Speaker CI know our Philly fans, like Evan Gold, will be very disappointed to hear you say that.