Lucky Wealth Cat

// Las Vegas, NV

Posting from Resorts World Las Vegas, which opened this past weekend.

I've stayed at hotels with no fourth floors before, but never one that skips floors 40-49 as well.

Oh! The holes in the massive LED screen on the face of the hotel are so rooms can have functional windows.

RWLV's housekeepers and custodians use Dyson cordless vacuums.

As the casino promotes cashless gambling, the hotel lobby shop couldn't accept credit cards. With cash, I paid $5.50[!!!] for a 20-ounce bottle of Coke Zero [Sugar].

RWLV's ballyhooed Famous Foods Street Eats food court was a mess. I waited 40 minutes for shen jiang bao and an hour for roast duck street tacos. It looks like you order from a tablet at each stall, but no, you can order from every stall in the food court at any stall. Visiting hordes, not enough tablets, every menu available on every tablet, not everyone aware of that fact, everyone browsing every menu before ordering, understaffed stalls, labour-intensive dishes…

Famous Foods' secret bar is well hidden.

RWLV's website:

PEPITA'S KITCHEN
Creator and owner of Pepita's Kitchen, Dedet de la Fuente (or 'Lechon Diva' as she’s affectionately known) quickly made her mark on Manila's local food scene with her exclusive 12-course private degustation dinners featuring her stuffed lechon creations that are commonly frequented by stars such as Martha Stewart and Adam Richman, and visited by the late Anthony Bourdain.

Why did they black out Bourdain's name?

RWLV's gym has Theraguns, and its pool deck features the only infinity-edged pool on the Strip.

What is the point of a pool that's 10 inches deep?

Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week

26. True Bromance (Dave, S02E03)


Honourable Mention

  • Tracking shot (Loki, S01E03)
  • Megan sings Des'ree's "You Gotta Be" (Genera+ion, S01E13)

Stray Observations

  • "Um…you don't have a book to explain to children what it's like in jail, do you?"
    "Oh, yeah. Absolutely. Not all in stock. But there's Visiting Daddy, that's a classic, The Night Dad Went to Jail, When Dad Was Away, What's Jail Mommy?, Prison Alphabet, that one's a coloring book, and then Missing Daddy. That's just what we have in the store. But I could order Let's Talk About Your Dad in Jail; Far Apart, Close in Heart; Waiting for Daddy; and Another New Dadless Year. I wouldn't recommend the last one." (Blindspotting, S01E02)
  • Dropkick Murphys' "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" ringtone (Kevin Can Fuck Himself, S01E01)
  • "Wait, this guy overdosed?"
    "Yeah."
    "But he was wearing a Patagonia vest.
    "Okay?"
    "Well, he could afford to shop at REI. He wasn't living on the street." (Kevin Can Fuck Himself, S01E02)
  • "When have I convinced anyone of anything? I just say words and nobody listens."
    "You got that boy to give himself head in middle school." (Flatbush Misdemeanors, S01E05)
  • "Me and Drew used to play for rival basketball teams. And we was both smashing this pretty, fine, young, chocolate thing. Mm, and we had no idea until she came to the game and started rooting for both of us."
    "Damn. What y'all do?"
    "I don't know what he did, but I caught crabs." (Flatbush Misdemeanors, S01E05)
  • "She mad y'all lost?"
    "I don't think she cares."
    "It's not like she could fuck you less, so…" (Flatbush Misdemeanors, S01E05)
  • "Were we Blades in that one?" (Rick and Morty, S05E01)
  • "Let's lick dicks." (Rick and Morty, S05E01)
  • "So time moves faster in there? It's like a Narnia thing?"
    "I'm not a beaver who believes in Jesus Christ, Morty." (Rick and Morty, S05E01)
  • "Police? A strange horny ocean man is on my lawn. Well, I don't see how that's relevant, but we're White." (Rick and Morty, S05E01)
  • Nintendo 69 (Rick and Morty, S05E01)
  • "Stop eating beignets like that." (Rick and Morty, S05E01)
  • "What is this place?"
    "The end, but also a beginning. Isn't every end a beginning?"
    "Stay back! I don't want your stripped down Sundance sci-fi bullshit." (Rick and Morty, S05E01)
  • "All I do is eat ass and 69 Nintendos, bro." (Rick and Morty, S05E01)
  • "Why did I clone myself genitals?" (Rick and Morty, S05E01)


(Rick and Morty, S05E01)

  • ♫: Hayley Kiyoko – "Demons" (Loki, S01E03)
  • "You don't know how to re-charge it."
    "Of course I do. You're not the only tech savvy Loki."
    "Don't ever call me that."
    "Tech savvy?"
    "No, a Loki." (Loki, S01E03)
  • "How about you? You're a prince. Must've been would-be princesses, or perhaps another prince."
    "A bit of both." (Loki, S01E03)
  • "You're not a serious man."
    "You're right. I'm a god."
    "You're a clown. You got drunk on the train."
    "I'm hedonistic. That's what I do."
    "I'm hedonistic. A lot more than you, I assure you. But never at the expense of the mission." (Loki, S01E03)
  • "I mean, this looks exactly how it did before. It's just now there's peanut butter."
    "Yeah, okay, that's why I told you to put olive oil first."
    "I didn't want to get the grease on my skin."
    "Grease on your skin? I got gum and peanut butter shoved up my ass."
    "All right, can we get…do this faster? Can I, like, just cut out the fucking hair with, like…?"
    "Chuck, you're not cutting my ass hair out."
    "Why? What do you need it for?"
    "I— Chuck, I don't know."
    "No one needs asshole hair. That's why women…go to their, uh…" (Dave, S02E03)
  • "Like, we're not gay, we're just, like…"
    "Rich, white, and ain't got shit else to do." (Dave, S02E03)
  • "You know why y'all like playing this little gay chicken game, right? 'Cause y'all ain't never had to deal with the consequences of the way y'all are. So y'all just run around this big-ass house looking for ways to flirt with some shit."
    "No, no, no. We're just— It's like— It's like bromance. Like a bromance movie."
    "You ever seen a Black bromance movie?"
    "Uh…"
    "Exactly."
    "Uh, Rush Hour?"
    "That's a Black dude and an Asian guy, bro."
    "Moonlight? What about Moonlight? Best Picture-winning Moonlight."
    "That wasn't a bromance movie. That was just a romance."
    "Why aren't there any Black bromance movies?"
    "I'm not about to unpack 400 years of Mandingo shit for y'all, too."
    "Bro, regardless, Black people, we gonna get judged, bro, if we're not winning championships or rapping about being the shit, period." (Dave, S02E03)
  • "Could it be, like, genital herpes, 'cause…"
    "It could. It-it could spread."
    "Is the anus a genital?"
    "It's his asshole." (Dave, S02E03)
  • "Man, I'll bet you this is where George Clooney got his titties done, come out looking like Batman." (Dave, S02E03)
  • "'We'll Always Have Paris' is sophisticated and classy."
    "Do we really want to be dancing in a fake version of a city known for snobs and bombings?" (Genera+ion, S01E12)
  • ♫: Becky and the Birds – "Do U Miss Me" (Genera+ion, S01E12)
  • ♫: Shea Diamond – "I Am America" (Genera+ion, S01E13)
  • Mythic Quest Season Grade: C
  • "What's the primary directive?"
    "Don't neglect the clitoris." (Betty, S02E03)
  • "There's absolutely no reason for there to be gold leaf in a soup."
    "I know, right? Who's the chef, Rick Ross?"
    "Rick Ross. ♫ M-m-m-Maybach meatballs. ♫" (Betty, S02E03)
  • ♫: Crisaunt – "Skater Shawty" (Betty, S02E03)
  • The Choe Show Season Grade: B

Still the AR™TV World Drama Champion: The Underground Railroad
Still the AR™TV World Comedy Champion: Girls5eva


Looking forward:

No females we don't play for attention

Actual Tony Kornheiser Show episode descriptions:

Jun 18
Tony opens the show by talking about his new Revolution Toaster.

Jun 16
Tony opens the show by talking about his new toaster and some new wine glasses.

Jun 11
Tony opens the show by talking about his continuing quest to buy new wine glasses.

Jun 9
Tony opens the show by talking about a disturbing early morning encounter with a bird.

Jun 3
Tony opens the show by catching up with Jeanne and telling her about his attempt to buy wine glasses.

May 19
Tony opens the show by talking about his trouble with an ankle brace.

May 5
Tony opens the show by talking about his frustrating encounter with his insurance company as he tried to get an MRI on his ankle.

Apr 28
Tony opens the show by talking about a bad day for Max Scherzer and the Nats, and also about the movie That Thing You Do.

Apr 26
Tony opens the show by talking about National Pretzel Day, and also about being incredibly disoriented over the weekend.

Apr 21
Tony opens the show by talking about Nigel's mishap with the morning bagel delivery.

Apr 19
Tony opens the show by talking about L.L. Bean and targeted marketing.

Apr 12
Tony opens the show by talking about his trip to Delaware over the weekend and how Chessie ate a bone.

Apr 7
Tony opens the show by talking about Luka Garza winning the Wooden Award, and about watching The Godfather.

Apr 5
Tony opens the show by talking about dinosaurs, oil companies, Jordan Speith's win, and the women's college basketball championship game.

Mar 31
Tony opens the show by talking about Seder at his house for Passover.

Mar 29
Tony opens the show by talking about the moon and his drive to and from Pinehurst.

Mar 12
Tony opens the show by wondering how smart his dog Chessie is.

Mar 8
Tony opens the show by talking about his new chair, a sweater he bought for Michael, and a lamp he got.

Mar 5
Tony opens the show by talking about a mysterious package he received.

Feb 26
Tony opens the show by talking about the moon, late fees, and also about a phone call he made.

Feb 19
Tony opens the show by talking about a problem he is having with a water bill in Rehobeth.

Feb 12
Tony opens the show by talking about COVID absolutism.

Feb 5
Tony opens the show by talking about his new boots and a video message he got from Peter Asher.

Feb 3
Tony opens the show by talking about some boots somebody mailed him, and also about trying to order some canvas prints from L.L. Bean.

Jan 29
Tony opens the show by reading a letter he got from heaven.

Jan 22
Tony opens the show by talking about sneakers, ties, and sweaters.

Jan 15
Tony opens the show by talking about daylight savings, ravioli, and special days on the calendar.

Jan 11
Tony opens the show by talking about a calendar he got, as well as the NFL playoff games from the weekend.

Jan 4
Tony opens the show by talking about condiments, and also about the final day of the NFL regular season.

Gaslight Gatekeep Girlboss

A mix of professional chefs and passionate home cooks compete in a series of creative cooking challenges, earning cash in their bank for every dish that impresses Chef Ludo. But they'll have to avert the meddling of an undercover mole (the "rat") determined to sabotage the dishes and undermine their chances at victory. If the rat avoids detection, he/she wins big money.

The Mole, but with cooking!


We understand that around 10% of staff are striking but production is continuing.

Rats in the production office, scabs on set.


Idea: The Mole, but with a professional sports team. A docu-series that follows a team through a season in which one of the players is a paid saboteur.

Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week


25. Ziwe with Adam Pally (Ziwe, S01E06)


Stray Observations

  • "How many of y'all are in my house? Y'all are rolling deep as Adele." (Blindspotting, S01E01)
  • "But a certain amount of fuckery is inevitable with my sister, okay?"
    "Miles, establish a fuckery cap!" (Blindspotting, S01E01)
  • "Ugh, you are letting them change our way of life. We are liberated legs. We are well-ventilated coochie." (Blindspotting, S01E01)
  • "Oh, yeah, I'm definitely using one of those illegally-smuggled butt phones. I braved the dangers of foreign ass to call you and tell you I love you." (Blindspotting, S01E01)
  • Maria Bamford (Flatbush Misdemeanors, S01E04)
  • "Come on. These big old niggas ain't gonna pick themselves."
    "They're begonias. Don't say that at the store." (Flatbush Misdemeanors, S01E04)
  • "Enough with the weed killer, man."
    "Weed killer? No, that's puppy piss, man."
    "Why do you have… You don't even have a dog."
    "I used to! This is old!" (Flatbush Misdemeanors, S01E04)
  • "Kev, look, I like you, but all we do is Fire Stick and fuck." (Flatbush Misdemeanors, S01E04)
  • "Shorty just been lying to me the whole time, talking about she like broke niggas."
    "Nobody likes broke niggas."
    "Exactly! I know! That's why I thought she was different!" (Flatbush Misdemeanors, S01E04)
  • Ziwe Season Grade: C
  • "Some of us need this." (Loki, S01E02)
  • Cyclist Loki (Loki, S01E02)
  • "It's not Asgard, that's my lunch." (Loki, S01E02)
  • Josta and BoKu (Loki, S01E02)
  • "If you think too hard about where any of us came from, who we truly are, it sounds kinda ridiculous. Existence is chaos. Nothing makes any sense, so we try to make some sense of it." (Loki, S01E02)
  • "God, now I understand why Thor found this so annoying." (Loki, S01E02)
  • ♫: "I Took a Shit in Korea" (Dave, S02E01)
  • "I got sucked last night." (Dave, S02E01)
  • "Bro, I ain't trying to get A$AP Rocky'd in Korea." (Dave, S02E01)
  • ♫: Jupither – "I Kissed a Boy" (Genera+ion, S01E09)
  • "We are taking Riley to Delilah's, and then the world is our Din Thai Fung oyster." (Genera+ion, S01E10)
  • "Oh, my God, the '90s were so fucked. What would it be like to have to call people for everything?" (Genera+ion, S01E10)
  • ♫: Jodeci – "Freek'n You" (Betty, S02E02)
  • ♫: Emmalyn – "#FreeTitties" (Betty, S02E02)
  • "Can you spit in his sandwich?"
    "Oh, no, we don't do that anymore now." (Betty, S02E02)

Still the AR™TV World Drama Champion: The Underground Railroad
Still the AR™TV World Comedy Champion: Girls5eva

Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week

24. "Bashir with the Good Beard" (We Are Lady Parts, S01E02)


Honourable Mention


Stray Observations

  • "I'm getting Pray on those drugs."
    "Well, baby, how we gonna do that?"
    "The only way you ever get white people to do anything: scare 'em." (Pose, S03E07)
  • "I didn't know what to expect, but it kind of reminded me of church. The costumes, theatrics, worshipping. I'm into it."
    "So, when you walking, my man?"
    "Walking? Oh, nah. Nah, that's not my ministry." (Pose, S03E07)
  • "Looks like we aren't the only ones who had the idea for a ladies' lunch."
    "Well, it is the Sex and the City effect."
    "These ladies all came into the city to have sex?" (Pose, S03E08)
  • ♫: Whitney Houston – "My Love Is Your Love" (Pose, S03E08)
  • Pose Season Grade: D
  • "Nigga, you gentrifying too."
    "How? I'm sleeping on a couch."
    "Yeah, but you be at Drip ordering $8 oat milk mochas and shit."
    "Drip is Black-owned."
    "So? Black capitalism is still capitalism."
    "You be on Twitter too much." (Flatbush Misdemeanors, S01E03)
  • "When I was your age, I had my third business. You, you're smoking weed. Is Greta Ton-berg smoking weed?" (Flatbush Misdemeanors, S01E03)


(Ziwe, S01E05)

  • "Dance like Martin would." (Ziwe, S01E05)
  • "My dad is on the board of Goldman Sachs. One call and your whole job is privatized." (Loki, S01E01)
  • "Madam, a god doesn't plead." (Loki, S01E01)
  • "Not big on trust, are you?"
    "Trust is for children and dogs. There's only one person you can trust." (Loki, S01E01)
  • "If looks could kill." (Loki, S01E01)
  • "I can't believe you were D.B. Cooper. Come on!"
    "I was young, and I lost a bet to Thor." (Loki, S01E01)
  • "You weren't born to be king, Loki. You were born to cause pain and suffering and death. That's how it is, that's how it was, that's how it will be. All so that others can achieve their best versions of themselves." (Loki, S01E01)
  • Hacks Season Grade: C
  • "I'm sorry, dear girl. There are certain octaves of the female voice that I am no longer able to hear."
    "I'll take it as a compliment you knew I was a girl." (Mythic Quest, S02E07)
  • "You told Anne I was a fecund literary slut."
    "That was taken out of context. But I also stand by it."
    "You did everything you could to turn her against me!"
    "Oh, was I the one who gave you a face like a fucked ass?" (Mythic Quest, S02E07)
  • "What glowing quotes grace the covers of your books these days?"
    "I'll have you know Harper's called my last book 'unbridled space smut.'" (Mythic Quest, S02E07)
  • "The Longbottoms are notoriously robust of seed." (Mythic Quest, S02E07)
  • "I'm glad you like the food, Carl. It means a lot coming from a man who knows his way around a rotisserie spit. Were you aware that your grandfather hawked chicken at the state fair?"
    "It was the Renaissance fair. And I was the Grand Roast-Master of an award-winning rotisserie chicken victualler's." (Mythic Quest, S02E07)
  • "Well, this chicken man…is gonna shit in your desk, daddio." (Mythic Quest, S02E07)
  • "So, Calpurnia, how long have you been a lesbian?" (Mythic Quest, S02E07)
  • "Loba from Apex Legends." (Betty, S02E01)
  • ♫: Lizzo – "Cuz I Love You" (Lupin, S02E03)
  • Lupin Season Grade: C
  • "No, you know what? We sound worse than wank."
    "What's worse than wank?"
    "Vegan cheese." (We Are Lady Parts, S01E01)
  • "Do you think any self-respecting, God-fearing, Muslim man would want to marry you if he knew you had this old white man on your wall?"
    "That is not a white man. That is Don McLean." (We Are Lady Parts, S01E01)
  • "Cheese bread?"
    "It's a tool of the patriarchy." (We Are Lady Parts, S01E02)
  • "What if I puke? Or worse…what if poo comes?"
    "Poo is not gonna come." (We Are Lady Parts, S01E03)
  • ♫: System of a Down – "Toxicity" (We Are Lady Parts, S01E03)
  • "The real Slim Shady has a foot fetish. [snapping] The real Slim Shady is harbouring feelings of inadequacy." (We Are Lady Parts, S01E04)
  • "The revolution will not be circumcised. [snapping applause]" (We Are Lady Parts, S01E04)
  • "Maybe Saira was right. After all, last night I had performed poetry without excretions of any sort." (We Are Lady Parts, S01E04)
  • ♫: Radiohead – "Creep" (We Are Lady Parts, S01E06)
  • "Since when was Don McLean haram?" (We Are Lady Parts, S01E06)
  • We Are Lady Parts Season Grade: C

Still the AR™TV World Drama Champion: The Underground Railroad
Still the AR™TV World Comedy Champion: Girls5eva

AYO TURN THAT SHIT UP CHARLES

FBoy? What is this, terrestrial morning radio?

Way to neuter a term that is both is fun to say and pleasing to the ear.

What was wrong with F***boy Island? If Netflix and AMC can title shows The End of the F***ing World and Kevin Can F*** Himself

Three women move to a tropical island where they're joined by 24 men — 12 self-proclaimed "nice guys" looking for love, and 12 self-proclaimed "FBoys," there to compete for cold, hard cash.

According to HBO Max, FBoy Island is a social experiment that asks the age-old question: Can FBoys truly reform or do nice guys always finish last?

"We are especially excited for viewers to watch these strong women team together and empower each other to say 'F-Boy, F-Bye,'" added Sarah Aubrey, head of original content. [source]

[pause]

Do– Do they use "eff boy" on the show?

FBoy Abraham.


Later this month, merchandise inspired by the hit series Lupin will feature heavily on the shop and include products like hats, hoodies, throw pillows and side tables.

Lupin throw pillows and side tables.

Don't Do Homework, Just Do Cigarettes

I used Paramount+ for blue because Disney is already represented by Hulu, and Amazon by IMDb TV.

Had Sony not sold Crackle, all the major players except NBCUniversal would be represented.


I ain't forget about Peacock, though.

Red to red, green to green, blue to blue, Xbox is totally Hulu, but PlayStation should probably be Netflix, making Switch…Disney+?

Considering the amount of shovelware in Nintendo's eShop, Prime Video may be a more apt comparison.


Another goose game?!