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Carnival unleashes a giant furry duck and the crew debates whether it's gone too far — then debuts a diabolical new game that dares you to get a lower-back Carnival-funnel tattoo for a free cruise. An 85-minute marathon of tornado tales, duck discourse, and Tom's unbreakable burrito grudge.
What they covered
Topics on deck
Ducky the Duck
Your Cruise Is Free, But…
Oklahoma tornado stories
John Heald Says What?
15 veteran-cruiser habits
Group-cruise poll
Breakfast-burrito holy war
Don’t miss
Moments worth the wait
- King of deception — Last week's Two Truths results are in.
“king of deception”
- The new game launches — An obnoxious, random-font website dares players to earn a free cruise. Gary's all in.
“Put me on that ship. I am ready. And I will even wear a shirt that says, I love cruising.”
- The tattoo debate — Tom weighs a dolphin conga line for a free sailing.
“from the queer perspective, there's no real manly way to get a tattoo of a dolphin.”
- Ducky arrives — Carnival's new photo character gets its headline roasted.
“Carnival adds a giant furry duck to the ships.”
- The denied-last-night complaint — A “very angry platinum passenger” gets gently roasted after context lands.
“this person's mad because they couldn't put a hundred bucks in a casino.”
Golden nuggets
Running bits & lore born here
- “Your Cruise Is Free, But…” debuts — A brand-new recurring game, played live off Trevor's new website, joins the rotation.
- The Cronenberg mascot pitch — The crew floats their own grotesque mascot: a creature with all their heads on it.
- DuckSoaps lore deepens — The seven-week soap-making process gets airtime, with Trevor's son Max redoing the labels.
- “We started the burrito craze” — The breakfast-burrito holy war continues, with the crew theorizing Tom's old top-10 video kicked it off.
- Madison 11 — The producer is quietly being migrated from ChatGPT to Claude behind the scenes.