00:00All right, welcome back to Bloomberg This Weekend, or BT Dubs.
00:03I'm Christina Ruffini with David Gurra, who's not going to argue with me about how to say that today.
00:07I'm still thinking about the $100 hot dog.
00:08I think Lisa's about to tell us about the $100 hot dog, as well as other stories you might have
00:12missed this week.
00:13This is fast becoming an obsession.
00:15Really? Are we starting with this or are we starting with something else?
00:17All right, I'm going to start in slow. We're going to build the anticipation for the hot dog.
00:23It's high. Everyone can't wait.
00:24They can't wait.
00:25I really can't stop talking about it.
00:28Lisa, please speak so David doesn't.
00:30Preseason football, right?
00:31Oh my gosh.
00:32Here we are.
00:33All right, I'll check my phone. You do have a good time.
00:34Everybody's always starting to talk about the preseason football.
00:36Okay, so Bloomberg Weekend has a story out.
00:39Sports fans stare down $2,000 streaming bill to follow favorites.
00:44That is $200 hot dogs, by the way.
00:47Out of control, as David Gurra just is.
00:51The reason why these pro leagues are just signing these deals with multiple services, right?
00:55Because you're sitting there trying to watch the game and you're like, where is it playing?
00:58Is it on Amazon Prime?
00:59Is it on this?
01:00Is it on Peacock?
01:01Is it on where?
01:01Where am I going?
01:02I didn't know how hard this was because we know I don't watch the sports ball.
01:05But when I did actually try to watch the World Cup, the only place I could find it on the
01:0918 streaming services I get was like Univision through NBC.
01:12I watched it in Spanish.
01:13You did?
01:14You did?
01:25It's only for people who, let's say, you're from upstate New York and you moved to Florida, but you want
01:29to watch your New York teams, okay?
01:31Local team.
01:31Here's what you got to do.
01:32You have to pay $130 a year for MLB to watch Yankees maybe, okay?
01:37Then you have to subscribe to ESPN Plus during hockey season to watch the Sabres.
01:41You have to subscribe to another five streaming services to make sure you get every Buffalo Bills game because they're
01:47all in different streaming services.
01:48Out of control.
01:49I'm telling you.
01:49Out of control.
01:50I know we all hated cable, but can we just go back to cable?
01:53It really was a better deal.
01:54And I have cable, and you still can't watch because some are exclusive to these services, so it's frustrating.
01:59It's enough to make you go to a sports bar where you can watch it on TV no matter what.
02:03But no, it's true, and actually, so I have a son who's a Yankees fan.
02:06It's quite hard because games will be blocked out as well.
02:08You're local and you can't watch them.
02:10Wait, really?
02:10You have to block out.
02:11Yes, somehow block out.
02:12So it's designed to infuriate.
02:14It is.
02:15Thank you, Lee.
02:15What else do you got?
02:16Are you guys a fan of cooking shows?
02:18I love cooking shows.
02:19I am.
02:19I really am.
02:20I do.
02:21I love watching them.
02:22Okay, so guess who has one?
02:23U.S. Secretary of Health, Human Services, RFK Jr. has one.
02:27I did not know this.
02:27He does have one.
02:28The thing I like about cooking shows is it's not politics, Lisa.
02:31That was a radical turn.
02:33Okay, he's got a show.
02:34This is on The Washington Post.
02:35So the show is on.
02:36It's on YouTube.
02:36The reviews are out.
02:38This one's from The Washington Post.
02:39RFK Jr.'s cooking show is a rich person's solution to a poor person's problem.
02:43Interesting.
02:44Okay, so the show is basically based on this premise that, yes, America's diet is horrible,
02:48right?
02:48So he has a special celebrity chef each time who goes along with him.
02:52And they want to, here it is, how to cook delicious, nutritious meals with real ingredients
02:57at affordable prices.
02:58So that's the premise of it.
03:00I mean, that's a nice premise.
03:00It is.
03:00But here's the problem that The Washington Post found is that in an episode, he goes through
03:05salmon cakes, right?
03:06How to make it.
03:07The arugula salad with it.
03:09And he says the recipe is going to work for about $4.91.
03:12The problem is that that's the price per serving.
03:15You've got to grow your own arugula.
03:16So if you want a little arugula, you know, if you don't want to buy the whole container
03:22of mayonnaise, avocado mayonnaise, so it doesn't take that into consideration.
03:26They say it really comes out to like $73.46 a person.
03:29So that's what they're saying.
03:30Yeah.
03:31So it's a big difference if you think about that.
03:32Also, like, economies of scale when you're cooking for a family, like, even as a single
03:35person who tries to cook, like, sometimes it just doesn't save you that much money because
03:39you can't eat it fast enough.
03:40You can't make enough.
03:41And you have to buy a giant thing of arugula or a giant thing of olive oil.
03:44Like, if you don't have that stuff in your house, it's really expensive.
03:46Yeah.
03:47Second show here by a cabinet secretary.
03:49Sean Duffy had that show, travel show with his family, but it's not out yet.
03:53Nobody knows where it is.
03:54So stay tuned.
03:54We'll give you an update on that.
03:55I totally missed that.
03:56All right.
03:56We'll have to tune in that too.
03:58Okay.
03:58Okay.
03:59You want to get to the hot dog?
04:00Can we do it?
04:01Boy, do I.
04:01Let's do it.
04:01Watch.
04:02Wall Street Journal has it out.
04:04You got to see the pictures.
04:05Okay.
04:05The rise of the $100 hot dog.
04:08Is that caviar?
04:08If you're listening on radio, there is caviar on a hot dog.
04:12Okay.
04:12This is, we have the $100 golden glitzy.
04:16Okay.
04:17The golden glitzy.
04:17It has mascarpone, 30 grams of caviar, 24 carat edible gold flakes, and it's served on
04:23a fresh croissant bun.
04:24And yes, there is a hot dog included in that.
04:26Do you remember that vodka that had gold flakes in it?
04:28Gold Schlager.
04:29Oh, yeah.
04:29Oh, that was a college favorite.
04:30That's a throwback.
04:32That was a classic.
04:33As I continue to derail this segment, I'm just going to take us down that path.
04:36Where can I get these hot dogs, Lisa?
04:37You can get the, okay, so there's one at Breckenridge Sea Resort, right?
04:42You used to the Tower of Cinegon while you were in Aspen.
04:44Instead of the Tower of Voicers, you can get a tower of hot dogs for $60.
04:48Oh, $60.
04:49And instead of a foot long, how about a two foot long?
04:51Oh, hello.
04:52There you go.
04:55On a 19-inch bun.
04:57All right.
04:58We are going off the rails.
05:00It's $45 at Cors Field in Denver.
05:04Let's move on.
05:05Why is it all in Colorado?
05:06It's because that's where it's at.
05:10Because my home state likes to eat things outside, and I don't know.
05:14This is no stuff for real to be done.
05:15One more, Lisa.
05:16There's always four.
05:17What's the fourth story?
05:17We move on before I get fired.
05:19Let's hit it.
05:20Okay.
05:21So private colleges are admitting more students who didn't apply.
05:24This is in Blueberry.
05:25This is actually interesting because I just met my daughter received a letter from a college
05:28she never applied for and said that she got an $18,000 scholarship to it.
05:32So this is happening.
05:33Here's the reason why.
05:33So the Common App, this is where parents kind of sign on, and you can click, and it makes
05:38applying to schools super easy.
05:40But they're now doing, they're participating in direct admission.
05:45And so what that means is that kids can just start getting these admitted into these colleges
05:50that they never applied for.
05:51And so what it's doing, they're saying it's opening up to a more diverse crowd.
05:55It's helping because all these colleges are fighting to get students to apply, and the
05:59private ones are closing down a lot.
06:01So it's just a way to kind of increase their enrollment.
06:04And students are saying it's opening up their eyes to the scholarships that are available.
06:09That's how I ended up at TCU, is you take the PSAT in those colleges.
06:12It's not an offer, but they will try to recruit you.
06:15And I did get a letter from a school I'd never heard of and ended up going there because they
06:18gave me money.
06:18So it's kind of a cool thing.
06:20I like that.
06:20It is.
06:21It is.
06:21I like that more than a $100 hot dog.
06:24At the moment, I like it more than David Gurr.
06:26Lisa, thank you, Lisa with BTW.
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