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One whole year of Podcastaways! The Golden Boys mark the milestone by planning their December 18 Facebook Live on the fly (6 p.m. Central, decided on-air because "we're terrible planners"), relitigating a rigged "funniest host" poll, and airing a $25 bribe confession. Add Vista dry-dock news, Tom's war on Mexican-Italian fusion, and Christmas-canon rulings, and it's a warm sendoff into the anniversary weekend.
What they covered
Topics on deck
One-year anniversary
Dec 18 Facebook Live
Vista propulsion & dry dock
Venezia's fusion restaurant
What drew you to Carnival?
VIFP status ladder
Christmas favorites
Grandma's birthday
Don’t miss
Moments worth the wait
- The grandma-birthday poll scandal — Addie wins "funniest" on what Trevor rules pure pity votes, and it only gets worse.
"She was a write-in, for crying out loud... we'll return the $25 that you sent us."
- Tom versus fusion — The Venezia's Mexican-Italian fusion restaurant sets Tom off, to Trevor's delight.
"Why does everything have to be fused with Mexican food?" — "Can't wait to have a carbonara taco."
- Steven from Denton — A "brand new minted platinum Carnival cruiser" who honeymooned on the Inspiration out of San Juan in 1997 gets an offer Trevor can't quite keep.
"I'll buy your first drink at the platinum party... wait, us platinum folk get that for free."
- Tom's platinum arithmetic — He's 15 sailing days out, meaning he'll go platinum on the last day of a future cruise.
"Countdown to not being butthurt anymore."
- Christmas-canon rulings — Die Hard is affirmed as a Christmas movie, Reese's "This Is Halloween" nomination is rejected, and the gang unearths the bizarre A Christmas Story sequel about killer tops and gravy boats.
- Trevor steals the history segment — He delivers a suspiciously dry account of the 1995 MS SeaBreeze engine failure, and Reese reviews the theft.
"I think you wore it better."
Golden nuggets
Running bits & lore born here
- Addie bribery — The $25-return confession cements the running gag that listener polls can be, and have been, bought.
- Reese, platinum by association — Established here as Reese's official VIFP status while the hosts chase real platinum.
- Retiring the theme song — The gang floats retiring the intro because "it sounds like season two now begins" — planting the season-transition flag.
- Voyager slander continues — The Star Trek Voyager civil war keeps simmering into the anniversary episode.
- Save the foosball tables — The charity gag and SpeakPipe evangelism both make their anniversary-episode appearances.