The Best One Yet
👼 “The Only Child Economy” — Millennials’ parenting impact. Netflix’s All-Star sports strategy. Trump’s cabinet stocks.
Mon, 18 Nov 2024
The TBOY Holiday Merch Drop: Go to www.tboypod.com/shop to order the best fashion yet (hoodies, sweats, totes, hats, and a surprise...) 🛍️. Pre-order closes Thursday 11/21 @ 12pm EST.Millennials are leading a surge in Only Child Families… so we jump into the Only Child Economy (fun fact: Did you know no US President has ever been an only child?).Netflix’s new sports strategy: Made-up All-Star-Games… We call it “Direct-To-Athlete.”Each of Trump’s cabinet picks are moving the markets… So we’ll tell ya who was picked, what jumped, and what dropped.Plus, parents drinking on college campuses during Fall Weekend just hit an all-time high… It’s all about Dad-quiris and Mom-aritas.$NFLX $MAT $SPYWant more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story of Sriracha… From Refugee to Billionaire 🌶️. Subscribe to The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinks to listen.“The Best Idea Yet”: The untold origin stories of the products you’re obsessed with — From the McDonald’s Happy Meal to Birkenstock’s sandal to Nintendo’s Super Mario Brothers to Sriracha. New 45-minute episodes drop weekly.—-----------------------------------------------------Subscribe to our new (2nd) show… The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinksEpisodes drop weekly. It’s The Best Idea Yet.GET ON THE POD: Submit a shoutout or fact: https://tboypod.com/shoutouts FOR MORE NICK & JACK: Newsletter: https://tboypod.com/newsletter Connect with Nick: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas-martell/ Connect with Jack: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-crivici-kramer/ SOCIALS:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tboypod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tboypodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tboypod Anything else: https://tboypod.com/ Subscribe to our new (2nd) show… The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinksEpisodes drop weekly. It’s The Best Idea Yet.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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It's kind of like when you give yourself your own nickname and you try to, like, get other people to do it.
and the 2019 movie adaptation of Cats.
Like, if I'm watching the dancing and I'm noticing the feet aren't touching the ground, there's something wrong with the movie.
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For our third and final story, this weekend, Netflix hosted the most watched boxing match in 50 years. What's Netflix's wild new sports strategy? Go direct to athlete. D-T-A, direct to athlete. We'll explain. But first, Jack, I know, I know, you wanted to do some trivia. You told me before the pod. Okay, you got trivia, trivia. What do we got, Jack?
What's the most watched boxing match of all time? I'm going to say Thrilla in Manila because I like the way that rhymes. Really good guess. It was Muhammad Ali, but it was not the Thrilla in Manila. Muhammad Ali versus George Foreman, 1974, in a soccer arena in Africa. It happened in the middle of the night so that New York City could watch it during primetime.
Do you know how many people watched that match? How many people watched the match? One billion people. A quarter of the world's population in 1974. I'm not a boxing guy. I'm not a boxing guy. I believe you should drink punches, not throw punches. But last Friday night, Netflix hosted its first ever boxing match, Mike Tyson versus Jake Paul.
Mike Tyson, a 58-year-old man who's way past his boxing prime. Versus a 27-year-old man in his peak influencer Instagram prime. There was a 31-year age gap between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul. That's the biggest age gap in boxing history. It was basically Gen Z versus Baby Boomer with no earlobes harmed during the boxing match.
Now, interestingly, they did change the rules of boxing just to make this match happen. The rounds were two minutes each instead of three minutes each. And they gave the boxers heavier gloves to make the punches a little less dangerous, I think. But here was the key. Netflix offered this boxing match at no extra cost.
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