Episode 114: World Cup Restrictions, Taylor Swift’s Ticket Fiasco, & The Running of the Mink

Madigan's Pubcast

Kathleen Madigan

Madigan, Comedy:stand-up, Standup, Society & Culture, Kathleen Madigan, Comedy, Stand-up

5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2022

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Kathleen opens the show drinking her favorite beer: a Spotted Cow from New Glarus Brewing Company in Wisconsin. She celebrates the start of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar wearing her USA beanie and reviews all of the fun she had during her weekend outside of Minneapolis, meeting Louie Anderson’s sister and gambling on Minnesota’s paper pull tabs.

QUEEN NEWS: Kathleen shares a throwback video of Queen Dolly singing with her sisters Stella (whom Kathleen loves) and Frieda at Thanksgiving.

“GOOD BAD FOOD”: In her quest for delicious not-so-nutritious food AND in continuing her search for the best Ranch, Kathleen samples Heluva Good Bacon Horseradish Dip and Hidden Valley Ranch Bugles.

UPDATES: Kathleen gives an update on Boris Becker’s prison term, Elizabeth Holmes is finally sentenced for her Theranos scam, Banksy is caught on camera and urges shoplifters to target Guess stores, Nigerian Instagram influencer Hushpuppi is arrested in Dubai, and Jerry Falwell’s “Pool Boy” tells all.

“HOLY SHIT THEY FOUND IT”: Kathleen is amazed to read about the discovery of a black-naped pheasant pigeon that hasn’t been sighted for almost 140 years.

FRONT PAGE PUB NEWS: Kathleen shares articles on the recent sighting of the legendary grizzly bear ”The Boss” in Banff National Park, Taylor Swift breaks the internet during the presale of her 2023 Tour, the sale of Steve Jobs’ used Birkenstock sandals, a chain-smoking grandpa runs a marathon in 3.5 hours, thousands of mink flee their cages during a robbery in Ohio, she reads a list of things that World Cup fans are restricted from doing in Qatar, homeowners find a $137M Caravaggio painting depicting Judith beheading Holofernes, an 11-year-old showcases the highest IQ in history, and the New York Zoo announces the historic birth of twin Asian Elephants.

WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK: Kathleen recommends watching The Crown Season 5 on Netflix, and God Forbid on Hulu.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, it's me, Kathleen Madigan. Welcome to Madigan's Pubcast. You grabbed
0:13.0	yourself a drink? Pull up a bar stool. Let's talk about what's been going on.
0:21.0	Termites. Welcome to episode 114. Isn't that crazy? Happy Thanksgiving! By the time...
0:33.0	No, when you hear this, it won't be Thanksgiving yet. But we're on our way to Thanksgiving.
0:40.0	And what about drinking? Well, I had got so many things backstage in Minnesota. I need to wait until next week to sort it all out
0:47.0	because some of it's being sent back to. So I don't want to get into all that. But I am drinking. I'm Paul Bunyan glass
0:52.0	in honor of Minnesota. And it's a spotted cow, which I got a ton of those, which was mewled over from Wisconsin.
1:02.0	In case you don't know, a spot of the cow is the greatest beer in the whole world. And you can't...
1:07.0	You're not supposed to take it outside of Wisconsin. And some termites mewled it over to Minnesota for me.
1:13.0	Yeah. First of all, well, and I'm having a little wine.
1:19.0	Whoa! Since it's a nighttime episode. Plus the beer, I got the beer and the wine. That's my chaser.
1:26.0	Yeah, and it's dark out. It's only 444. It is a spotted cow chaser. I know. That's a heavy chaser too.
1:36.0	Anyway, Minnesota, well, what am I going to taste here? This was just bought at the grocery store and it's just called bacon horseradish dip.
1:45.0	What's called? Hell of a good dip. Hell of a good dip. Hell of a good dip. Hell of a good dip.
1:51.0	I've never ever thought about bacon in horseradish. It's probably great. Cause I like them both.
1:59.0	Total winner. Yeah. Wait, at the end. I don't know. Well, it's a lot of horseradish at the end.
2:13.0	I don't know. I don't know. I think I'd rather just have onion dip.
2:18.0	Yeah, I can't recommend that. And then look, they have bugles that are ranch.
2:24.0	Yeah, I'm not a bugle. I know it's very loud. Sorry to my step-other than anybody. Is that bothering anybody?
2:33.0	I'm never a bugle person, but...
2:43.0	No. No. Hidden Valley makes these two.
2:49.0	Oh, no. It tastes like chemicals. Sometimes when they try to flavor stuff, it just comes out tasting like dust.
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