Madigan's Pubcast EP161: Canadian Super Pigs, The Fanciest McDonald’s & The End of Endless Shrimp

Kathleen opens the show drinking Evan Williams Egg Nog and Ruby Ale from McMenamin’s Brewery in Oregon. She reviews her weekend of sold-out shows in Eugene and Portland Oregon and Seattle WA, advising Termites where her favorite bars and fun places to visit are in each city. COURT NEWS: Kathleen celebrates Jelly Roll’s 39th birthday, Dolly advises that Hollywood was the most depressing place that she’s ever seen, and Taylor Swift is Time Magazine’s 2023 Person of the Year. “GOOD BAD FOOD”: In her quest for delicious not-so-nutritious food, Kathleen samples HAB Garlic Carrot Habanero Hot Sauce from the Sauce Lord, Cocoa Bomb Chocolate Whiskey, Tim’s Sasquatch Surprise Chips, and Tim’s Dungeness Crab Chips. UPDATES: Kathleen gives updates on the sale of the 1914 Babe Ruth baseball card, the Chief of the Saskatchewan Piapot tribe that Buffy Sainte-Marie had stated she is a member of has requested that she take a DNA test to prove her ethnicity, and Mattress Mack has launched a new promotion to support the Texas Longhorns NCAA Football title run. “HOLY SHIT THEY FOUND IT”: Kathleen is amazed to read about the discovery of a rare animal thought to be extinct suddenly found by a dog on a South African beach, and the birth of a rare Black Rhino in a UK zoo. FRONT PAGE PUB NEWS: Kathleen shares articles on KISS fans’ disappointment over the band’s final performance, the 3-year “Life At Sea” cruise has been cancelled, a Medieval castle is for sale in France, the long-hidden Monet’s “Water Lilies” has sold for $74M, invasive Canadian “Super Pigs” set to cross the US border, a Minnesota middle school bans cell phones, Warren Buffet’s ‘#2’ Charlie Munger passes away but leaves behind his advice for a good life, Red Lobster ends it’s ‘Endless Shrimp’ promotion, and we peek inside the world’s “poshest” McDonalds located in Maine. WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK: Kathleen recommends watching Hallmark Channel holiday movies “My Norwegian Holiday” and “A Merry Scottish Christmas,” and watching (and rating) her new stand-up Special “Hunting Bigfoot” on Prime Video.