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Armstrong & Getty One More Thing

The People of Walmart! An A&G Classic

Armstrong & Getty One More Thing

Armstrong & Getty

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2.4771 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Our host, MichaelAngelo, takes us back to 2010, and a fun website that caught the attention of our beloved hosts!  

 

 

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0:00.0

It's hard to read the news these days without asking yourself, how did we get here?

0:04.7

Fiasco is a history podcast for the co-creators of Slow Burn.

0:08.5

In our first season, Bush v. Gore, we examine an unmistakable turning point in American politics,

0:14.0

the 2000 election, which resulted in a high-stakes stalemate, ended with one of the most controversial rulings in Supreme Court history.

0:21.4

So if you're trying to make sense at the present moment, check out Fiasco, Bush v. Gore.

0:25.9

Listen on the I-Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

0:31.0

Happy Friday, it's Michael Angelo.

0:32.9

There's not a rollback on toilet paper, but there's a rollback on dignity and shame.

0:37.6

It's one more thing.

0:39.6

Armstrong and Getty.

0:41.1

One more thing.

0:47.5

Welcome.

0:49.0

I've been going through the A&G archives.

0:51.3

Back in 2010, there was a website called The People of Walmart, and it was a website

0:55.5

that showed real-life Walmart customers, and, well, let's see, they were in kind of different

1:02.6

states of dress. You might see somebody dressed like a pirate. You might see somebody wearing

1:06.7

something inappropriate. Yeah, it was basically about making fun of Walmart customers. And this

1:11.5

website became quite popular. This website also inspired a song in video called The People of Walmart

1:18.8

by Jessica French. And that song became quite popular as well. And Jack is a regular customer

1:24.7

of Walmart. And I go to Walmart sometimes too. I like the store, but it's always an adventure.

1:29.5

There's always different types of people to see, which does kind of make it fun and unique.

1:33.1

And so back in 2010, Jack talked about taking a trip to Walmart and what he saw.

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