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Okay, we are back with part two of the townies.

Lucas and I spent a little time at the bar, insulted a few celebrities.

We're back.

We're ready to talk about part two of the best and worst of the year,

including the very coveted who won the year award.

That is the Oscar.

I thought the who lost the year was the covered with a baby. I don't know,

but I think who won the year. I'm closing my my year end newsletter with the worst CEO.

The best is the start. The worst is the end. Oh, wow. You name the worst CEO in Hollywood?

People voted on it. Oh yeah. You do these voting things. Okay. That's fine. That's fine. I will... I know, you're willing to just say... Yes, you have to put it on others. I'm willing to say it. But I'm not going to do a worst CEO. I do a villain of the year, and that coveted person has been selected. I'm not going to reveal it here. But yeah, I have a hero and a villain.

And also who won and lost.

But we're going to get into that.

First, though, kind of related.

Let's start with biggest flex of the year.

Mine is, this will have happened in between taping and the release.

But mine is the NFL putting games on Christmas.

Pisses off all of its media partners because they're like, wait, you just created new games

or you took games from us that you're giving to Netflix, our biggest competitor,

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