Episode 79

## Episode Guide

"Time Crisis, back once again. On this week's episode we talk to the social media strategist of Texas-based buffalo *wangs* restaurant Pluckers. [Laughs] We also talk about *A Star Is Born* *and* its potential sequel...*s*. All this, plus the greatest hits of 1983 *and* today. This is Time Crisis."

## Episode

### Guests

* Mac McCann - social media strategist for Pluckers

### Topics

Jake and Ezra explore all the possibilities in *A Star is Born* merchandise. Jake talks his previous bands and Ezra recounts a standup comedy routine about Chipotle by Sebastian Maniscalco. Mac McCann calls in to chat "wangs" and the dumbness that is brand Twitter. Seinfeld2000 is tasked with making #TheBigThreeThatMakeMeMe go viral and gain followers; Ezra's is that he is nuts about music, loves internet streaming radio, and says "wings" like "wangs". Conversation returns to Steve Miller's insults to the Dead and TC Heads are challenged to construct a full circle of music professionals shit-talking each other, *a la* Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. The Top Five prompts a mini deep dive on "Islands in the Stream" and the Crew pitch a Bradley Cooper/Rihanna *The Bodyguard*remake. Ezra proclaims his love of Jim Steinman's songwriting and expresses his desire for a seven-minute spooky power ballad for Lady Gaga's next album.

### Segments

* Time Crisis Hotline
* Top Five

### Continuity

* A Star Is Born
* Vampire Weekend
* 8 Minute Cape Cod
* Merch
* Episode 70 - Vampire Weekend Father's Day shows
* Episode 76 - Ezra talks comic books
* Punisher Burgers
* Episode 117 - Nathan Allebach of Steak-umm's Twitter
* Episode 75 - TC frosted flakes
* Grateful Dead
* Bruce Springsteen
* Episode 1 - Mark Ronson

### Quotes

"It's a dumb time to be alive." - Mac McCann

### Fun Facts

Ezra tells how knew a classmate in high school who believed that "armageddon" was pronounced "ar-MAGA-don" (similar to the naming conventions of dinosaurs) until the release of the 1998 film *Armageddon*.

## Music

### Top Five

2018
1. "Shallow" - Lady GaGa & Bradley Cooper
2. "Always Remember Us This Way" - Lady GaGa
3. "Happier" - Marshmello & Bastille
4. "MIA (feat. Drake)" - Bad Bunny
5. "I'll Never Love Again (Extended Version)" - Lady GaGa

1983
1. "Total Eclipse of the Heart" - Bonnie Tyler
2. "Making Love out of Nothing at All" - Air Supply
3. "Islands in the Stream (with Dolly Parton)" - Kenny Rogers
4. "True (Remastered)" - Spandau Ballet
5. "All Night Long (All Night)" - Lionel Richie

### Songs Played

* "One of Us" - ABBA
* "Maybe It's Time" - Bradley Cooper
* "Hard Sun" - Eddie Vedder
* "In the Garage" - Weezer
* "Customer Service" - Sebastian Maniscalco
* "I'm Upset" - Drake
* "Shiny Happy People" - R.E.M.
* "The Man Who Sold the World (Live)" - Nirvana
* "If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out" - Cat Stevens
* "The Music Never Stopped" - Grateful Dead
* "Africa" - Weezer
* "All Night Long (All Night)" - Lionel Richie
* "I'll Never Love Again (Extended Version)" - Lady GaGa
* "True (Remastered)" - Spandau Ballet
* "MIA (feat. Drake)" - Bad Bunny
* "Islands in the Stream (with Dolly Parton)" - Kenny Rogers
* "Happier" - Marshmello & Bastille
* "I Will Always Love You" - Dolly Parton
* "I Will Always Love You" - Whitney Houston
* "Making Love out of Nothing at All" - Air Supply
* "Total Eclipse of the Heart" - Bonnie Tyler
* "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" - Céline Dion
* "Always Remember Us This Way" - Lady GaGa
* "Shallow" - Lady GaGa & Bradley Cooper