March 29, 2025

Fast Five Shorts | A Love Is Blind Lightning Round

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five recorded live from Shoptalk 2025 in Vegas and sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Simbe, Infios and Ocampo Capital Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: A Love Is Blind Lightning Round

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00:00 - Untitled

00:00 - The Lightning Round Begins

00:26 - Ranking Christina Aguilera's Songs

01:30 - Airport Food Choices and Preferences

02:55 - The Great Sock Debate

04:56 - The Dating Show Debate

Speaker A

Okay, we're going to the lightning round.

Speaker A

Chris, question number one.

Speaker A

Earlier this week, you asked your orange theory coach to play you a Christina Aguilera song to get you pumped up for your workout rank.

Speaker B

Man, I gotta watch what I tell you.

Speaker A

Well, it was a slow.

Speaker A

It was a slow Newsweek in terms of lightning round.

Speaker B

That's true.

Speaker B

That's true.

Speaker B

Yeah, it's true.

Speaker A

Rank your top three, Christina.

Speaker A

Or do you go by X?

Speaker A

Tina.

Speaker A

What is she being called these days?

Speaker B

Oh, she's Christina Demir.

Speaker A

Christina Aguilera.

Speaker A

Okay, what rank your top three songs?

Speaker A

And was one of those top three one of the songs you had your orange theory coach play?

Speaker B

Oh, 100%.

Speaker B

So.

Speaker B

All right, top three.

Speaker B

So let me think about this.

Speaker B

I would go Lady Marmalade, number three.

Speaker B

I'm gonna go in reverse order.

Speaker B

That's a good one.

Speaker B

Solid one.

Speaker B

These are all good workout songs.

Speaker A

That's not technically.

Speaker A

That's a Moulin Rouge, right?

Speaker A

Soundtrack.

Speaker B

Yeah.

Speaker B

It's like a trio, right?

Speaker A

Yeah.

Speaker A

Pink.

Speaker A

Pink.

Speaker A

Yeah, but you got Lil Kim on that.

Speaker B

Yeah, but.

Speaker B

But she slays it in that.

Speaker B

In that song and she slays it.

Speaker B

All right, number two, Fighter.

Speaker A

Okay.

Speaker B

Can't go wrong with Fighter.

Speaker B

That's a great song.

Speaker B

And number one.

Speaker B

The number one.

Speaker B

And the song I asked for, believe it or not, Ain't no other man.

Speaker B

Ain't no other man.

Speaker B

I can't sing it either.

Speaker A

You wanted somebody to play Ain't no other man.

Speaker B

I went in, I went into my coach and I was like, hey, can you play?

Speaker B

I don't know what song it was I just heard on the radio, but I saw that it was 2006 and she looked it up.

Speaker B

She's like, ain't no other man.

Speaker B

I was like, yes.

Speaker B

And she played it and I was like, woo.

Speaker B

Yeah, let's go.

Speaker B

It was great.

Speaker B

It was great.

Speaker A

Oh, my God.

Speaker A

That will forever be your walk up music.

Speaker B

Oh, yeah.

Speaker B

All right.

Speaker B

The Huffington Post recently released its 5 Foods to Avoid at airports out of the following list, Dan Fountain drinks, prepackaged sandwiches and salads, fruit cups, unpasteurized juices, and dairy products.

Speaker A

What is that?

Speaker B

I don't have any idea.

Speaker B

That one threw me.

Speaker B

And sushi or raw food, which are you most likely and least likely to purchase?

Speaker B

I feel like you purchase a lot from this list, actually.

Speaker A

Do I?

Speaker B

I could see you doing that.

Speaker B

Yeah.

Speaker A

I mean, I.

Speaker A

I think you're not a fountain drink.

Speaker A

I think I stopped going sandwiches and salads.

Speaker A

I've stopped completely.

Speaker B

Okay.

Speaker A

I.

Speaker A

That was something that I.

Speaker A

In a pinch I would grab a sandwich or a salad because we were traveling and there's just no options, But I don't know.

Speaker B

Cups surprised me, too.

Speaker A

Yeah, I.

Speaker A

That stuff is.

Speaker A

I guess.

Speaker A

And milk.

Speaker A

I purchase the containers of milk, but I have.

Speaker B

That's pasteurized milk, though.

Speaker A

Yeah.

Speaker A

Yeah.

Speaker A

So that doesn't count either.

Speaker B

No.

Speaker A

I don't know.

Speaker A

None of the above.

Speaker A

Then I've you fully.

Speaker B

You're still eating sushi at the airport?

Speaker A

No.

Speaker A

No, no, no.

Speaker B

Okay.

Speaker A

None of the.

Speaker B

So which one are you least likely to purchase?

Speaker A

Probably sushi.

Speaker B

Sushi.

Speaker B

Yeah, I think so.

Speaker B

Airport sushi.

Speaker B

I mean, it's got the moniker for a reason.

Speaker A

There is.

Speaker A

Like, I would buy freshly prepared.

Speaker A

There's a good sushi restaurant at the MSP airport.

Speaker A

I would probably buy that freshly prepared.

Speaker A

I'm not buying any prepackaged cont.

Speaker A

Containers.

Speaker A

No, negative.

Speaker B

Better you than me.

Speaker B

And better you than me.

Speaker A

Chris, according to a recent study, wearing socks has been shown to help you get a good night's sleep because it helps warm the feet while reducing your core body temperature.

Speaker A

Are you a socks off or on kind of sleeper?

Speaker B

Oh, man.

Speaker B

And I don't wear socks to sleep.

Speaker B

But I tell you what, I do wear them to do absolutely nothing.

Speaker B

I hate socks.

Speaker B

And I hate wearing just socks.

Speaker B

It's terrible.

Speaker B

I hate to sleep in them because then you get, like, foot funguses.

Speaker B

I hate walking around the house in my socks because you sweat, you know, It's a terrible idea.

Speaker B

I don't agree with this article at all.

Speaker A

Okay.

Speaker B

It's a terrible idea.

Speaker B

I hate walking around the house in socks because you step in a puddle and then your whole day is ruined.

Speaker B

You got to change your socks.

Speaker A

I will agree with you that the socks in the house are a bad deal.

Speaker B

It's just terrible.

Speaker B

So why would you do it?

Speaker B

And then you got to get up because we're old.

Speaker B

We got to get up in the middle of the night to go pee.

Speaker B

The last thing I want to do is pee in my socks.

Speaker A

Well, or slip in your socks.

Speaker A

Right.

Speaker A

If you're gonna be wearing socks to bed, I think you have to wear the ones with the Grippies.

Speaker A

Like from the hospital.

Speaker B

100%.

Speaker B

And in fact, I went down the stairs once in socks and I fell.

Speaker B

It was terrible.

Speaker B

You can't wear socks.

Speaker B

Socks on their own is bad for everyone.

Speaker B

Don't listen to this article.

Speaker B

All right.

Speaker B

The Wall Street Journal.

Speaker B

This one's great.

Speaker B

The Wall Street Journal claimed that Minneapolis is the worst place to host a dating show based on the recent season of Love is blind.

Speaker B

Of which your cousin was also a contestant.

Speaker A

Yes.

Speaker B

Do you agree or disagree with the Wall Street Journal's assessment and why?

Speaker A

I 100% agree.

Speaker B

Do you?

Speaker A

It was such a snooze fest.

Speaker A

This season was so boring.

Speaker A

I don't know if they changed the formula.

Speaker A

I haven't watched it since the beginning.

Speaker A

I did watch this year cause my cousin was on the show, but it's like, it's just too small town.

Speaker A

We know we're a bigger city in size, but people know too many people.

Speaker A

It was too boring.

Speaker A

It was like, I don't know.

Speaker A

There's not enough drama for me in this.

Speaker A

And people in Minnesota are passive aggressive.

Speaker A

So I think they were much more careful and calculated about, like.

Speaker B

That's true.

Speaker A

How they're going to, like, talk about things.

Speaker A

So.

Speaker A

No, I would not recommend filming a dating show in Minneapolis ever again.

Speaker B

Yeah, it's a really good point.

Speaker B

Every show needs, like, an east coast personality.

Speaker A

You got.

Speaker B

Yeah.

Speaker A

You got to have people that are willing to, like, tear it up a little bit more.

Speaker B

Yeah.

Speaker B

You can't have Joe Corncob and Joanne Corncob.

Speaker B

You know, they're too passive aggressive, you know?

Speaker B

Yeah.

Speaker B

All right.

Speaker A

Thank you for calling us Corn Cobs.

Speaker A

Hey, we live in Minnesota.

Speaker B

We're Corn Cob.

Speaker B

You can make the joke when you are one, right?

Speaker B

That's what they always say, right?