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The Commercial Break

Obey Your Master, Ticketmaster!

The Commercial Break

Bryan Green

Comedy, Improv

4.5758 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

EP#728: Bryan & Krissy take an entire episode to break down the current craziness in live entertainment ticketing. From availability to prices, venue hogging to scalping, starving artists to shuttering festivals, there is plenty of blame to go around! So the two people LEAST qualified to discuss the matter....discuss the matter. Watch EP #728 on YouTube! Text us or leave us a voicemail: +1 (212) 433-3TCB FOLLOW US: Instagram:  @thecommercialbreak Youtube: youtube.com/thecommercialbreak TikTok: @tcbpodcast Website: www.tcbpodcast.com CREDITS: Hosts: Bryan Green & Krissy Hoadley Executive Producer: Bryan Green Producer: Astrid B. Green Voice Over: Rachel McGrath TCBits Written, Voiced and Produced by Bryan Green To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

And welcome back to WSHIT's continuing coverage of Spamageddon 2025.

0:12.0

Tens upon tens of people have fallen victim to an email and telephone scammer, simply known as spam. Crabapple residents are reminded not to answer any phone calls from spam.

0:25.6

Do not respond to spam and don't click on links in a message from spam.

0:31.6

Due to the ongoing emergency in Crab Apple, the mayor has called for township-wide martial law.

0:39.1

The emergency sirens have been going off non-stop for 47 hours, and in a bit of Schadenfreude,

0:46.4

many Crab Appleans are receiving spam text messages from emergency services. The mayor reminds

0:53.2

everyone, these are not spam messages.

0:56.0

And now an emergency broadcast communication from the director of information technology and communication services, Debra Duttles.

1:06.0

I just wanted to update real quick on the scammer situation because there's more. Please remember, I don't

1:12.5

talk to people in email unless it's a business deal, and I haven't had any of those for a while.

1:19.2

I don't talk to people in email. If they're circulating emails where they're telling you that it's

1:23.5

me talking, they're fake. Please do not fall for these scams. There are now apparently phone calls going around that are supposed to be me. I don't talk on the phone either. I don't talk to anybody on the phone. I don't do phone calls. I actually hate phone calls. I'm warning you all to stay safe. Do not let them scam you. You do not give them money. And I'm here to protect you all. I'm more than you that that's not me. Please stay safe. Do not let them scam you. Do not give them money. And I'm here to

1:44.4

protect you all and warn you that that's not me. Please be safe. Tried and true advice from your

1:50.3

IT and communications director, Deborah Duttles. Do not use email. Do not use phoned. Stay safe,

1:58.1

Crab Apple. We'll be back after this commercial break.

2:11.0

On this episode of the commercial break.

2:14.1

When people are selling Taylor Swift six-th row tickets for $15,000, $25,000 and there's lots of people

2:21.3

willing to pay it, why wouldn't you? It's basic economics, supply and demand. It really is. Now, so I want

2:25.8

you to imagine yourself in a situation. I think I know the answer for this for me, but I want to ask you,

2:29.9

you're lucky enough to get in quick and you get $350 seats front row or second row, third row, really close to the stage.

2:36.8

And then someone falls sick a couple weeks ahead of time and unfortunately you're unable to go.

2:40.8

Travel, the commercial break needs an extra episode like we always do, whatever the situation is.

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