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In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI, and Ocampo Capital Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: A Dolly Musical Debut Lightning Round
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Dolly Parton, Speak of the Devil, is holding an open casting call for her Broadway production about her life.
Speaker A:Chris, anyone.
Speaker A:I said anyone can audition, including for the role of Dolly herself.
Speaker A:If you were to audition, Chris, which.
Speaker B:I love this question.
Speaker B:Oh, man.
Speaker B:Oh, man.
Speaker B:I think I'd go Islands in the Stream, actually.
Speaker B:And not nine to five.
Speaker B:I'd go island in the Stream, the gambler.
Speaker B:So I kind of man.
Speaker B:Yeah, I kind of man crush on Kenny.
Speaker B:I kind of man crush on Kenny Rogers.
Speaker B:And I've got the beard now.
Speaker B:I've got the theater background.
Speaker B:So.
Speaker B:So Dolly, give me a call.
Speaker B:I'm here.
Speaker A:Oh, my God.
Speaker A:Oh, my God.
Speaker A:Chris Walton is Kenny Rogers on Broadway.
Speaker A:I'm going to see it.
Speaker A:Forget.
Speaker B:I definitely wouldn't need a wig.
Speaker B:I got the beard, but I don't have the flow.
Speaker B:I don't have the flow.
Speaker A:We can be arranged.
Speaker B:Yeah, right, right.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:In today's world, there's a lot of.
Speaker B:A lot of fake flow going on.
Speaker B:Oxford University Press named BR as the dictionary word of the year.
Speaker B: phrase shot to popularity in: Speaker B:And how much has brain rot upended your daily life?
Speaker A:Oh, my God.
Speaker A:Whatever the exact number of minutes is that I spend on social media, that's brain rot.
Speaker A:That's how much brain rot has impacted my life.
Speaker A:That many minutes.
Speaker B:Oh, yeah, but this is.
Speaker B:I think this is also the brain.
Speaker B:The, like the skibidi stuff and all that kind of stuff.
Speaker B:Like, has that infiltrated your house as well?
Speaker A:Yes, but I guess I don't equate that to brain rot.
Speaker A:I feel like that's just like the vernacular of the kids.
Speaker A:These kids these days, you know?
Speaker B:Oh, yeah, it's actually that.
Speaker B:It's actually the name that catches, like, all of that language as well.
Speaker B:So that's why I was wondering, like, how much it's impacted you because it has definitely thwarted the quality of life in the Walton household.
Speaker B:And.
Speaker A:Oh, my God.
Speaker B:Yes, my kids have been very disruptive using brain rot ish language at school.
Speaker B:And I've been talked to by the teachers many times about that usage.
Speaker B:So I was curious if it's impacted your.
Speaker A:I thought brain rot was, like.
Speaker A:When I think of brain rot, I think of, like, wasted time.
Speaker A:Like, what your brain is rotting from this, like, bad television or whatever.
Speaker A:Like some brain rot is related to language.
Speaker A:Okay, well, I'd have to rethink that one because I don't know the answer.
Speaker A:We have a lot of skibidi And I can't even think of the other words right now, but, yes, that's definitely happening in my house.
Speaker B:Yeah, like, there's just crazy words like Ohio and.
Speaker B:And Riz and Simp and.
Speaker B:I don't know.
Speaker B:I don't know.
Speaker A:Oh, yeah.
Speaker A:Okay, well, let's go to question number three.
Speaker A:Hopefully you know more about this one than I did about the last one.
Speaker A:Shabuzi just set a record for the most consecutive weeks with a number one hit song for Bar, so.
Speaker A:Which contains the lyrics, Pour me up another shot of whiskey.
Speaker A:You know, me and Jack Daniels got a history, Chris, if not Jack Daniels, which spirit do you have a history with?
Speaker B:Oh, I definitely don't.
Speaker B:I've definitely not poured myself a shot of Jack Daniels because I have a history with Jack Daniels and I can never go back.
Speaker B:In fact, I can't even smell Jack Daniels.
Speaker B:And.
Speaker A:No, really?
Speaker B:Why?
Speaker A:What happened?
Speaker B:Oh, God, do I want to tell this story?
Speaker B:Okay, so I was 18.
Speaker B:I went on a lake trip to Lake Nacimiento in California.
Speaker B:Went on a lake trip with some ASU guys that I had met that summer who are much older than me, all over.
Speaker B:21.
Speaker B:And we started.
Speaker B:We were out on the lake all day, and then went back to the lake house and started playing bumper pool.
Speaker B:And I was, like, out of my mind with bumper play.
Speaker B:And I was pulling off shots like no one would believe.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:And I was.
Speaker B:And so.
Speaker B:And I was drinking more shots of Jack Dallas than anything.
Speaker B:And then.
Speaker B:And so there's a video.
Speaker A:Not even, like, Jack and Coke or anything?
Speaker B:No, just shots.
Speaker B:Shots.
Speaker B:And I'm, like, new to drinking, like, relatively three months into drinking.
Speaker B:And.
Speaker B:And there's a video of it.
Speaker B:I think I still have it.
Speaker B:It's, like, on vhs.
Speaker B:I think I still have it.
Speaker B:You just watch me just at one point, just fall over.
Speaker B:Like, I'm just flat out, like, I'm lucky I didn't have to go to the hospital.
Speaker B:And so the next morning, I wake up.
Speaker B:The next morning I wake up, everyone's.
Speaker A:Why were they videoing you?
Speaker B:Oh, we were all videoing everything.
Speaker B:You know, it's back with camcorders and stuff, you know?
Speaker B:And so the next morning, I wake up and everyone's asleep.
Speaker B:And I burge.
Speaker B:I bar.
Speaker B:I barge into the house.
Speaker B:I'm like, did I jump into the lake yesterday?
Speaker B:Was I so drunk?
Speaker B:Did I jumped into the lake?
Speaker B:And they're like, dude, no.
Speaker B:And I'm like, oh, right.
Speaker B:And so.
Speaker B:So let's just say I was washing mattresses the rest of the day.
Speaker B:So anyway, I cannot smell Jack Daniels anymore.
Speaker B:And so to answer your question, if I had to pour myself anything, it would be a shot of Don Julio.
Speaker B:That's my go to middle of the road tequila and.
Speaker A:Oh, my God.
Speaker A:Oh.
Speaker B:All right, let's get out of here before we.
Speaker B: i's is piloting a comeback in: Speaker B:I actually have two questions for you on this, Anne.
Speaker B:First, when I say chichis, what is the first thing that comes to your mind?
Speaker B:And then second, fried ice.
Speaker B:Wow, really quick on that one.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker B:And then second, in the pantheon of chain restaurants, do you think Chi Chi's is over underrated or properly rated?
Speaker A:I haven't been there in so long, I feel like I'm not equipped to correctly answer this question.
Speaker A:What do you think?
Speaker B:Well, I see, I thought chichi.
Speaker B:I mean, I remember my first chichi's experience in like the 80s, and it was pretty baller.
Speaker B:Like, I thought it was pretty.
Speaker B:Pretty decent.
Speaker B:And you know, like all the, like TGI Fridays too.
Speaker B:Like all these chain restaurants that were one time awesome, they just get destroyed.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:So I actually think Chichi's, when I think about all my chain restaurant experiences, is actually underrated.
Speaker B:Underrated?
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:Like Red Lobster, I would say properly rated, you know.
Speaker A:Oh, God.
Speaker B:But like overrated.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:Or overrated properly to.
Speaker B:Overrated.
Speaker B:But Chi Chi's, I would say underrated.
Speaker B:TGI Friday is probably properly rated now, but I don't know.
Speaker B:But that's why.
Speaker B:That's why I think.
Speaker B:What do you think?
Speaker A: I mean, yeah, by: Speaker A:That place was amazing.
Speaker A:I love Chi Chi's.
Speaker A:Like, I always wanted to go.
Speaker A:I think I only got to go like twice.
Speaker A:And one was right for the fried ice cream that you always saw the, like, advertisements for on tv.
Speaker A:But yeah, I don't know.
Speaker A:I mean, I like their.
Speaker A:I buy their salsa today.
Speaker A:Like, they still have products on shelves that are.
Speaker B:Yeah, that's right.
Speaker B:So I think it's salsa.
Speaker A:I would try it out.
Speaker A:I would definitely go, why not?
Speaker A:Like, it's a.
Speaker A:It's a Mexican place that, you know, you get.
Speaker A:You know what you're going to get, I think, and then you'll be properly surprised if it's a good.
Speaker B:It's a great point.
Speaker B:It's a great point.
Speaker B:And I like the standard Mexican.
Speaker B:Good.
Speaker B:Standard Mexican.
Speaker B:Like, I like good.
Speaker B:There's too much fruity Mexican food right now.
Speaker B:Too much high end, expensive Mexican food.
Speaker B:Restaurant particularly in Minneapolis, too.
Speaker B:We don't have a good.
Speaker B:Just go to Mexican restaurant.
Speaker A:You haven't been to La Casita Central.
Speaker B:Yeah, yeah, we'll get you.
Speaker A:We'll find you some.
Speaker A:We got to do.
Speaker B:Right.
Speaker B:I have it.
Speaker B:Actually, I did find a good Mexican restaurant that's very, very authentic, too, and very affordable, which I'll have to tell you about, but I will keep that from our national audience here.