Wed. 03/24 - Oops All Shrimp Tails! The Cinnamon Toast Crunch Saga

Cool Stuff Ride Home

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

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4.6 • 732 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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The saga of the shrimp tails in the Cinnamon Toast Crunch, and what it has to do with Chance the Rapper, women’s basketball, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, and Topanga. Scientists have identified the first “space hurricane.” And a round-up of the free stuff you can get if you get your vaccine. Sponsors: Audible, audible.com/kottke or text kottke to 500-500 to start your 30-day free trial NordVPN, Get 70% off a two-year plan at nordvpn.com/kottke or use coupon KOTTKE Links: Man Says He Found Shrimp Tails in Cinnamon Toast Crunch (NY Times) "A man named Karp..." (@HarveyBar22, Twitter) Who Are The Pistol Shrimps? Aubrey Plaza Plays For This LA-Based Basketball Team (Romper) Shrimp tails in Cinnamon Toast Crunch? Jensen Karp says yes (LA Times) Chance the Rapper's connection to Shrimp Tails Guy (Chance the Rapper, Twitter) Cinnamon Toast Crunch tempura shrimp (Chef Andy Lunique, Twitter) My glass-laden salsa (Jackson Bird, Tumblr) Scientists spot a 'space hurricane' for the first time (National Geographic) Here are a few of the freebies for getting the Covid vaccine (CNBC) Krispy Kreme will give you a free doughnut every day this year — if you've been vaccinated (CBS News) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.7	welcome to the khaki ride home for wed, March 24th, 2021. I'm Jackson Bird.
0:42.3	The saga of the shrimp tails in the cinnamon toast crunch and what it has to do with Chance
0:49.1	the Rapper, Women's Basketball, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, and Topanga.
0:56.8	Scientists have identified the first space hurricane and a round-up of some of the free stuff you can
1:04.7	get if you get your vaccine. Here are some of the cool things from the news today.
1:14.0	Well, I guess we need to talk about the cinnamon toast crunch shrimp thing.
1:20.0	If you missed it, the gist is that comedian and film professional Jensen Karp found what appeared to be some dried-up shrimp tails in his box of cinnamon toast crunch,
1:30.0	and he posted about it on Twitter, which began a blackluster back and forth with the serial
1:35.3	maker General Mills and an escalating situation behind the scenes.
1:40.5	Now, when I saw this yesterday, I thought it was kind of gross and weird, but not interesting enough to merit a mention on the podcast.
1:48.1	Since then, however, the story has just continued to mount, and not just in terms of General Mills's bungled response, which we'll get to,
1:57.2	but also as the internet has uncovered more and more information about Jensen Karp,
2:02.5	the man who found the shrimp tales in his cereal.
2:06.1	I feel like every time I log onto Twitter, I discover a new ripple.
2:10.1	This morning, I woke up to learn that Jensen Karp is married to Danielle Fissel, who played
2:16.1	Topanga on Boy Meets World. Shrimp Tales guy is married to T Fischel, who played Topanga on Boy Meets World.
2:19.0	Shrimp Tales guy is married to Topanga.
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