Lightning Round: Ulta Discounts, Andy Garcia & Italian Pasta Crisis | Fast Five Shorts
The lightning round gets personal as Kelly reveals she'd trade her data to Ulta for holiday discounts (with three sisters and multiple gift exchanges, who can blame her?), Waqas picks "Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead" as his favorite Andy Garcia film, and the panel mourns the potential disappearance of Italian pasta from US shelves.
Plus: middle-aged men are revealed as the biggest holiday spenders, Waqas's dishwasher crisis becomes his entire holiday budget (German vs. Korean appliance debate included), and passionate discussions about the superiority of rigatoni and pappardelle over simple spaghetti.
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Right, let's go into the lightning round.
Speaker AQuestion number one goes to you, Kelly.
Speaker AAccording to an Incogni survey, 78% of U.S. shoppers are ready to swap their personal information for perks this holiday season.
Speaker AWhich retailer would you give all of your information to in exchange for a healthy discount this holiday, Kelly?
Speaker BI would have to go Ulta beauty on this one.
Speaker BI have three sisters, a mom, a mother in law, a sister in law, and I'm in gift exchanges with like three groups of girls.
Speaker BSo I have a lot of females to gift for and would love it.
Speaker BAn all ticket discount.
Speaker AOh, my gosh, that's a great one.
Speaker AAnd just forever, like for and for reasons.
Speaker AAnd for gifting.
Speaker AI love it.
Speaker COh, my God.
Speaker CWow.
Speaker CHow did your father survive high school?
Speaker COh, my God.
Speaker CThat would have been crazy.
Speaker CWow.
Speaker AHe coached rugby coach.
Speaker CRugby.
Speaker CThat's awesome.
Speaker CThat's awesome.
Speaker CHe had an outlet.
Speaker CWow, that's great.
Speaker CFair play to him.
Speaker CAll right, well, guys, I. I never know when I pick these questions, but it sounds like you might be a little bit of a movie guy, so I'm excited about this one.
Speaker CSo Andy Garcia says he is reprising his role for Ocean's 14.
Speaker CWhat is your favorite Andy Garcia film?
Speaker DI think it's an old one of his movies.
Speaker DI know he was in Godfather as well, but I don't like the Godfather role that, like, I'm an old, old time Godfather guy.
Speaker DThere's a movie called Things to do in Denver when you're dead.
Speaker CYes, I just saw that.
Speaker DYes, I really liked it.
Speaker DIt's a little odd choice, but, you know, he's kind of like this gangster guy who's trying to mend his ways and.
Speaker DBut it's a great movie in my opinion.
Speaker CAll right, great drop.
Speaker ABecause you get question number three as well.
Speaker AAccording to an Ingenico study, middle aged men over 40 will be the biggest spenders this holiday.
Speaker AWhere do you anticipate you will be spending most of your holiday budget this year?
Speaker DMy dishwasher broke yesterday, so.
Speaker CNeo.
Speaker CYou're buying Neo.
Speaker AYes.
Speaker A$20,000 down the drain.
Speaker DSo there you go.
Speaker DSo that is where I'm spending and my wife and I are arguing about, you know, she wants to buy another German one and I'm like, hey, the Korean seem like, nice.
Speaker DSo you'll see.
Speaker CAll right, last one.
Speaker CThe Wall Street Journal, Kelly reported on Monday that Italian made pasta could soon disappear from US Grocery store shelves.
Speaker CYes, that is an actually reported headline, folks.
Speaker CWhich type of pasta would you miss the most?
Speaker BKelly, this one brings me a lot of sadness as a avid pasta eater.
Speaker BOkay.
Speaker BBrand wise, I would say the checko, which is those.
Speaker BThe blue box.
Speaker CYeah.
Speaker BFrom Italy.
Speaker BNoodle.
Speaker BNoodle wise, probably rigatoni.
Speaker BI know there's American versions of rigatoni.
Speaker BLike, you could get it from someone here, but it's so much better from the Italian brands.
Speaker CYeah.
Speaker CRigatoni.
Speaker CThat's a tough one.
Speaker CAnd what would you.
Speaker CWhat would you.
Speaker CWhat would you most not want to go away if you had to?
Speaker COf all the pastas on the shelves.
Speaker AOh, pappardelle.
Speaker AThat's my favorite.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker AI feel like there are a few really great Italian manufacturers of specialty because it's not.
Speaker AIt's probably break.
Speaker AThe breakage and throwaway cost is probably through the roof because of that noodle, but.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker ASo good.
Speaker ARight?
Speaker CRight.
Speaker BNice orchid, too.
Speaker BCan't find it.
Speaker CWow.
Speaker BI have not found it at a single grocery store near me, but I know the Cho has one.
Speaker COh, maybe.
Speaker CMaybe that's why.
Speaker CWhat cost.
Speaker CWhat's your favorite pasta before we.
Speaker CBefore we close it up?
Speaker DI. I'm relatively simple on that one.
Speaker DI just like spaghetti.
Speaker CSpaghetti.
Speaker AOkay.
Speaker DAnd spaghetti.
Speaker DSpaghetti and meatballs I can have any day of the week.
Speaker DSo just with the green sauce, not the red one.
Speaker CSo.
Speaker DSo that's.
Speaker DThat's the only twist.
Speaker CYeah.
Speaker CYeah.
Speaker CAll right.
Speaker CSpaghetti, Andy Garcia and Korean dishwashers.
Speaker CThat's what we learned about you today.
Speaker CYeah.
Speaker AAll right.
Speaker CThat's a trifecta.