Where Do These Muffins Come From?
Adrianne looks for the origin of an NYC blueberry muffin.
Show notes:
- The Street Vendor Project
- JMJ Baking (Food and Drink International)
- 2021-09-03 02:53:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Underunderstood posts
Flavio Skittela
Skittles needs to get its story straight.
Show notes:
- Jason Liebig's video about Skittles (Instagram)
- Skittles (Wikipedia)
- Mars's "History" webpage
- An ad for Skittles and others... 2021-08-26 22:57:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Is Kanye Allowed to Sleep in a Stadium?
Kanye has been living in a stadium in Atlanta for two weeks. Is that really allowed?
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What Did Sam Morris Do?
Sam Morris wants to know why Twitter suspended Sam Morris.
Show notes:
- @sammorris is still suspended as of this writing
- Our guest Sam Morris
- The model Sam Morris
- 2021-08-06 01:03:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Alexa & Friends
A look at how Alexa came to be, and a mystery about Mark Zuckerberg's personal voice assistant.
What Happened to Kansas City's Rock-afire Explosion?
John tries to track down one of the last copies of a famous animatronic pizza band.
Show notes:
- The Rock-afire Explosion performs a Beatles medley (YouTube)
- "The Rock-afire Explosion" documentary has been posted to YouTube
- 2021-07-23 04:17:06 +0000 UTC View Post
The oFISHial Rules For Disposing of Goldfish
A viral post about massive Minnesotan goldfish left Regina with some unanswered questions.
Show Notes
Associated Press: Unwanted pets: Giant goldfish turn up in Minnesota waterways
Star Tribune: 2021-07-15 19:29:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Surfing and Copyright
Billy has questions about Mark Zuckerberg's music choices on Instagram.
Show notes:
- The 4th of July post
- Lift eFoils electric surfboards
- The post featuring JessB's " 2021-07-08 17:23:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Mangos and Bronze Rhino
Adrianne shares some mango research and John presents a mystery about an Irish Rhino statue.
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Natural in Space
Adrianne fact-checks Trivial Pursuit to find a lost boy band song allegedly commissioned by NASA.
- NASA on mission to planet pop (New Scientist)
- Natural's first hit, "Put Your Arms Around Me" (YouTube)
- 2021-06-17 18:59:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Static at the Pump
Regina has another question about gas.
Show notes:
- 00:44 - I got married on May 27th and Adrianne, Billy and John gave a speech that made me cry. We did not play the Underunderstood theme song, though we definitely should have.
- 01:46 - r/whatcarshouldibuy & hoovie’s gar... 2021-06-10 22:17:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Who Is John, the Gay Psychic Santa from The Circle?
An early episode this week! We'll be back to Thursday next week.
The Circle is back, and there's a mysterious catfish named John. Who is this "full time psychic, part time Santa"?
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The Other Mars 2112
John has found another dead theme restaurant and wants to know what happened to it.
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Turn the Light Off Or We’re Going to Jail
Regina has some questions about road trips and the law.
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Billy Eichner's Shorts
What's going on with an unidentified patch left in Billy Eichner's luggage?
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Something on the Tables at the Oscars
Regina noticed something strange during the Oscars this past weekend, so she goes looking for answers.
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The $100 Million Meme Stock Deli
A deli in New Jersey has suddenly become a baffling meme stock.
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A Trivia Test-Run
Some sample questions to get us in the mood for this weekend's trivia contest!
If you want to get involved this weekend, send an email (hello@underunderstood.com) with the subject line "Trivia", or hit us up in Discord to get set up. It runs from Friday evening through Sunday, and there's no limit to the number of participants.
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The Burger King Kids Club’s Secret Member
What happened to Jazz?
Show notes:
- McDonaldland on Wikipedia
- Burger King Kids Club commercial (YouTube)
- List of Kids Club characters (Fan... 2021-04-01 22:18:22 +0000 UTC View Post
The Bunny Agreement
Something is amiss in the world of battery brand mascots.
Show notes:
- Search results for "batteries" on amazon.in
- Probably the first Duracell bunny ad
- Another Duracell bunny ad ... 2021-03-18 16:57:59 +0000 UTC View Post