Bezos Faceplants, Festivals & Crosswalks | Omni Talk Lightning Round Gets Wild 🎤
This week’s lightning round, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Simbe, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and ClearDemand, is packed with laughs and unexpected questions. Chris and Anne start by debating what the official Omni Talk uniform would be, inspired by Starbucks’ new black-on-green dress code (0:01).
Then they reminisce about epic faceplants, including Anne’s “Great Fall of Lisbon” (1:17), and react to Jewel suing Kroger over her removal from the Wellness Festival (2:09). Chris unveils his Chris-apalooza music lineup—Elvis, the Beatles, and the Jackson 5 (2:37)—while Anne keeps things grounded with crosswalk tech that talks like Lil Jon (3:25). It’s retail banter with a side of absurd.
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00:00 - Untitled
00:02 - The Starbucks Dress Code Update
00:58 - Memorable Falls and Face Plants
02:11 - The Shift to Music Festival Planning
03:12 - The Legacy of the Jackson 5
03:22 - The Future of Crosswalks: Hacking Reality
So let's go to the lightning round.
Speaker AQuestion number one.
Speaker AStarbucks has announced that they're updating their dress code, requiring that all baristas don black tops in order to highlight their green Starbucks apron.
Speaker AIf you were to create an Amitak uniform for us, Chris, what would it consist of?
Speaker BYou crack me up with your questions because, you know, I've done research on this, and you know I have, and unfortunately, it's tight too.
Speaker BIt's too expensive to run a batch for.
Speaker BFor just you and I.
Speaker BBut.
Speaker BBut, you know, for me, it's a trucker hat with a logo, trucker hat and a half zip.
Speaker BThat's.
Speaker BThat's what I want.
Speaker ATrucker hat.
Speaker BYeah, trucker hat logo.
Speaker BTrucker hat with a half zip.
Speaker BThat's what I want.
Speaker BBut, you know, maybe if our Omni Talk fans will go in on it with us, maybe we'll.
Speaker BMaybe I'll plug down the money and.
Speaker BAnd procure some for all of us.
Speaker AI think we need the Walmart planning tool to source us some new inspiration for that before we go all in on the half zip and the.
Speaker AAnd the trucker hat, but.
Speaker AOkay, okay.
Speaker BJeff Bezos and Face Planted while rushing to open the door of the capsule that housed the all female Blue Origin space crew this week.
Speaker BAnd as someone who has done many a face plan on our travels together, and by that, I mean you, not me, just walking down the sidewalk.
Speaker BFor those listening, I'm curious, what is your most memorable face plan?
Speaker BI don't actually know the answer to this.
Speaker BI was curious.
Speaker AOh, I would say probably the great Fall of Lisbon in 2022.
Speaker AI think that was probably the worst one those.
Speaker BSo I was there.
Speaker AYou were there?
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker AWhen we were walking to go meet my friend Dan and I, the.
Speaker AThe little cobblestones get slick with water.
Speaker AI dented my water bottle.
Speaker AGot a pretty solid bruise on my hand.
Speaker AThat one stuck with me.
Speaker AI was not ready to take on the hike that we had that day at.
Speaker ASo I would say that that stands out as probably the most memorable, most damage to personal belongings and spirit.
Speaker BI'm very proud that I was there to see that.
Speaker BSo down goes Maanga.
Speaker BThat's all that kept going through my head.
Speaker BDown goes Maanga.
Speaker AYes.
Speaker AAll right, question number three.
Speaker ASinger Jewel is suing Kroger for cutting her out of the partnership that they developed together to create the Kroger Annual Wellness Festival.
Speaker AChris, it's been a little while since I asked you this question, so I'm curious if anything's changed, knowing how much you Love Christina Aguilera and some others that we've discussed on this podcast in the last few weeks.
Speaker ABut which three acts Dead Live, would headline your own Chrysapalooa Festival?
Speaker BOh, wow.
Speaker BYeah.
Speaker BI mean, you.
Speaker BYou.
Speaker BGod, this was like the first question you asked me the very first day I met you.
Speaker BActually, for those listening, I think my answer's changed somewhat.
Speaker BAnd I think I'm going to go.
Speaker BI'm not going to put these in any order either, but I think I'd go Elvis.
Speaker AOkay.
Speaker BAnd this one is really unique to me.
Speaker BThe Jackson 5.
Speaker BNot Michael Jackson.
Speaker BOh, Jackson 5.
Speaker ACould Michael sing his own.
Speaker ACould Michael, like, take it on and, like, sing as a few of his own songs?
Speaker ALike man in the Mirror, Like.
Speaker BNo, I want to see Back in the day like this.
Speaker BNo, I want to see that.
Speaker BYeah, I want to.
Speaker BI want to know.
Speaker BI'm gonna say no.
Speaker BI'm.
Speaker ASo the catalog would stick to Jackson 5 exclusively.
Speaker AInteresting.
Speaker BI think so.
Speaker AOkay.
Speaker BYeah.
Speaker AAll right.
Speaker BI just love that.
Speaker BI just love listening to that.
Speaker BThat's just.
Speaker BHe's.
Speaker BHe was so talented.
Speaker BSo, so young.
Speaker BAll right, anyway, Silicon Valley crosswalks were recently hacked to display the voices of Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk.
Speaker BIf you could hack the Spotlight, the.
Speaker BThe spotlight, the stoplight near us on 50th in France, what voice would you choose and have it say, if you.
Speaker AHave not listened to these, do yourself a favor, take a work break and go online and listen to some of these.
Speaker AThey are hilarious.
Speaker AFor our little shopping district up the road, there's.
Speaker AThere's some hoity toity people up there.
Speaker AI would love to hear little John just start singing like, you know, like, you hit the button and it's like, walk.
Speaker AThe walk sign is on.
Speaker AAnd then just have him be like, oh, skeet skeet, skeet, skeet.
Speaker AAnd then like, okay, it's time to cross the sidewalk.
Speaker ALike, just having him come in and throw some things in here would crack me up.
Speaker AI would love it so much.
Speaker BThat was pretty good, my friend.
Speaker BThat was pretty good.
Speaker BNicely done.
Speaker BNicely done.