Lightning Round: Love Letters, Wedding Drama & Magic Mike | Fast Five Shorts
This Lightning Round segment of the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, closes out the show with rapid-fire takes on culture, fashion, and the lighter side of retail.
From retro love letters and typewriter nostalgia to celebrity wedding drama, fashion legacy, and Broadway’s Magic Mike Live, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga keep things fast, fun, and unpredictable.
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Let's go on to the lightning round.
Speaker AQuestion number one.
Speaker ATactile activities ranging from writing letters and typewriter clubs to TikTok communities showcasing calligraphy skills and wax seals are giving retro writing instruments a resurgence.
Speaker AChris, when was the last time you penned a letter?
Speaker BOh, man.
Speaker AOr typed, I guess, I mean like.
Speaker BNo, like pen a letter.
Speaker BLike wrote a letter.
Speaker BYeah, no, this is a great story.
Speaker BI don't know if I told you this story.
Speaker BI probably have, but Prusa Ella is probably going to want to ask me some follow up questions on this one too.
Speaker BBut I remember it vividly.
Speaker BAnd the last letter I ever wrote.
Speaker BIt was summer 1995.
Speaker BI was abroad in a study abroad in Spain and I wrote said letter to a girl that I asked out in my high school graduation speech in front of everyone.
Speaker BHer name was Carrie Culac.
Speaker BTwo K's.
Speaker BAs you know, I'm a big fan of alliteration.
Speaker BBut sadly, sadly.
Speaker BAnd there, there was, there was no spark.
Speaker BThere was no spark.
Speaker BGot home, never worked out.
Speaker ABecause you asked her out in front of your entire graduating class.
Speaker AShocker.
Speaker AThat's like, no, no, no.
Speaker ANo embarrassment there.
Speaker AOr having to expose your.
Speaker BOh, it's so great.
Speaker BIt's so great.
Speaker BI came.
Speaker BI get, you know, everyone's milling around.
Speaker BWe're at the stadium, everyone's there.
Speaker BThe, you know, everyone's like after the ceremony, everyone's like on the field, they're, you know, high five and hugging each other.
Speaker BAnd her mom comes up to me, she's like, you can date my daughter anytime, Chris.
Speaker BAnd I was like, okay, sweet.
Speaker BAnd yeah, it didn't work out.
Speaker BMakes for a great story though.
Speaker BBut yeah, it was, it was.
Speaker BBut yeah, that was the last letter I ever wrote.
Speaker BAnd not surprisingly, unrequited love stories.
Speaker BAll right, number two, Brooklyn Beckham said Victoria Beckham, AKA Posh Spice, quote, hijacked his first dance at his wedding.
Speaker AWhoa.
Speaker BWhich was in front of 500 guests at their Palm Beach, Florida nuptials in 2022.
Speaker BHe said Mark Anthony called him to the stage at the time when he was scheduled to dance with his wife.
Speaker BAnd instead Victorio was waiting for him at the stage for a dance.
Speaker BHow upset would you be if your mother in law got the first dance?
Speaker AI don't know.
Speaker AI mean, I'm on my, I like, it's my, gonna be my 10th anniversary this year and I, I, we, we were all about everybody dancing.
Speaker ALike, I think that, that there should not be like, we should just do away with the first dance.
Speaker ASo I think Everybody should be dancing at one time.
Speaker AI don't think it should be with a mother in law.
Speaker AI don't know that it should be with a couple, I think, or with a mother in this case.
Speaker ABut I. I think, like, let's just get do away with first dance.
Speaker AEverybody jump in.
Speaker AJust get the party going right away.
Speaker AIt's like when you sit and people sing Happy birthday to you, and you just have to look at them and the candles, like, it's just awkward.
Speaker AWhy are we doing that?
Speaker AJust get everybody going.
Speaker AStop making people sit around and stare at you and just get out on the dance floor.
Speaker AVictoria, Brooklyn, the wife.
Speaker AEverybody get out there and party.
Speaker AThat's my.
Speaker AThat's my thought.
Speaker BBut what if you were in this situation, like, you thought you were getting the first dance with your husband, and then the mom sweeps in to take it.
Speaker BThat would kind of piss you off, wouldn't it?
Speaker AI don't know.
Speaker AI think it'd be.
Speaker AI think she's showing who she is, so I don't think I need to do anything.
Speaker AI think people show who they are on their own.
Speaker AAnd if she did that, that.
Speaker AGo ahead.
Speaker AYou want.
Speaker AYou can.
Speaker AYou can go.
Speaker AVictoria, you just.
Speaker AYou want it to be about you, go for it.
Speaker AI will.
Speaker AI think everybody, and clearly the media is feeling the same way too, in response to this story.
Speaker BProbably nobody's surprised that she did that, actually.
Speaker AYeah, right.
Speaker BOkay.
Speaker AAll right.
Speaker AItalian fashion designer Valentino died at age 933 this past week.
Speaker AIf your wardrobe, Chris, was outfitted in one designer brand, which one would you choose?
Speaker BDoes Hugo Boss count?
Speaker BI think it does, right?
Speaker BYeah, Yeah, I think I picked that.
Speaker BI was talking.
Speaker BWho was I talking to last week at nrf?
Speaker BThey said Hugo Boss fits them.
Speaker BI was like, yeah, it does.
Speaker AMe too.
Speaker BI think I need to give them another try.
Speaker BSo, yeah, that would be my answer.
Speaker BAll right, and last one.
Speaker BMagic Mike Live is coming to Broadway, courtesy of Channing Tatum.
Speaker BDo you already have tickets for 2027 NRF?
Speaker BLike, what are you thinking?
Speaker BMagic Mike Live?
Speaker BIs that gonna hit your.
Speaker BIs that gonna hit your travel itinerary next year?
Speaker AI don't understand how they're making this a Broadway play.
Speaker ALike, oh, you don't?
Speaker AIs it.
Speaker ANo.
Speaker ALike, is it Magic Mike?
Speaker ALike, is it the Vegas show?
Speaker AIs it the movie version?
Speaker ALike, I don't know.
Speaker AThis is one that.
Speaker AI mean, I've got five or six Broadway shows ahead of this one.
Speaker AI think that I'd like to see before Magic Mike takes the stage on Broadway.
Speaker AJust.
Speaker AI don't know.
Speaker AYou're talking about moves of desperation in the earlier about chatgpt and OpenAI.
Speaker AI think this is a move of desperation for Broadway, especially if it's just the Magic Mike version.
Speaker AThat's like the Vegas show Magic Mike Live.