50 Huge Product Flops, New GOP Ad & NBA Legend Goes Off - 8/17/18

17/08/2018 2h 26min Episodio 157
50 Huge Product Flops, New GOP Ad & NBA Legend Goes Off - 8/17/18

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Episode Synopsis

Hour 1:

The Colorado baker being sued by the Colorado Civil Rights Commission is counter-suing, and rightfully so …It turns out that Trump’s proposed military parade would cost a whopping $92 million to perform …Rep. Keith Ellison’s accuser says she doesn’t need to show the tape to prove his guilt …A GOP commercial featuring Omarosa hasn’t aged particularly well …The fifty biggest product flops in American history – from a “fablet” that caught fire, to an expensive tv show that lasted nine episodes …Did anyone take a chance with Mobile ESPN, Sony Betamax, the Apple Lisa, or Sega Dreamcast? …Life Savers Soda and Crystal Pepsi probably should have stuck around, but Nintendo Virtual Boy and Microsoft Bob were mercifully retired …Pico the Shark is swimming circles in the North Atlantic – like sharks usually do.

Hour 2:

Michigan state representative loses primary after referring to her Asian opponent by using a racial slur …One caller says he spent $2700 on a Hot Wheels computer for his nephew, and another says he owned a gaming system that never took off at all despite being a “product of the year” …Did anyone enjoy the McDonald’s Arch Deluxe, Maxwell House Brewed Coffee, or Kellogg’s Breakfast Mates? …Kareem Abdul-Jabbar compares athletes being forced to stand for the anthem to slaves being forced to sing in the fields …BYU football is almost here, so Pat breaks down all the players to watch …You can bring your Shetland Pony on a Southwest Airlines flight, but bring the proper documents …UFO filmed over a lake in North Carolina is anything but mysterious …A rapping pastor video is downright sacrilegious.

Hour 3:

Chalk up Google+, the Microsoft Zune, and Friendster as another trio of high-tech failures …The Edsel was a titanic loss for Ford, and the DeLorean failed to become anything more than a movie prop …Could the United States Football League have kept going had Donald Trump not wanted to compete directly with the NFL? …A three-year-old with an IQ of 171? That’s cute, you should have seen Pat’s kids at that age …Yogurt is good, but there are some brands that shouldn’t be associated with it …Was New Coke was the most lucrative product flop in the history of business? …Could some of these products have been saved with advice from the Pat Gray Unleashed crew? …What is the number one most infamous product flop in American history?


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