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Jesse & John discuss the wide world of vodkas, including Absolut, Stoli, Smirnoff, Tito's, Khortysta... We trip on acid jazz, focus groups, and how to make the world's driest martini... Nerd out on fonts, kerning, and the nightmare of rebranding ... And Jesse spills the story of how a vodka was created, from the name to the fame. Plus airplane bottles, drunk monkeys and a special shout-out to the Ukrainian people! Thanks for listening to Cleanup on Aisle 9! Please subscribe and share with your friends, and leave a review so we can reach more awesome listeners like you.

What were your first pair of sneakers? Have you ever been to Sneaker Street? And did you ever use a shoe as a weapon? Kick it with Jesse & John as we get to the heart & sole of sneaker love, while giving props and/or trash-talking some baller brands: Adidas, Nike, Puma, Vans, Reebok… lace up & play! PS: while no animals were harmed in the making of this podcast, still, apologies to the mouse, the jackrabbit, the duck... Thanks for listening to Cleanup on Aisle 9! Please subscribe and share with your friends, and leave a review so we can reach more awesome listeners like you.

Hear the true story about the Pop-Tart bandits! Do you eat yours toasted or raw? And what's the deal with fitted sheets? Join Jesse & John as they talk toaster pastries, including Pop Tarts, Nature's Path & Bobo's. Plus Jerry Seinfeld's upcoming movie "Frosted", the 5 million dollar strawberry deficiency lawsuit, death by mini-toaster, DJ Evil Sandy on KXSF.fm, and that iconic scene from Pulp Fiction... BING! Thanks for listening to Cleanup on Aisle 9! Please subscribe and share with your friends, and leave a review so we can reach more awesome listeners like you.

Jesse has his tight pants on for this episode as we speak with young entrepreneur and TikTok cooking daredevil "Salt Hank" about his new line of salt blends... plus the 174-year-old Morton Salt Girl, still walking tall... the Bug-A-Salt gun designed for shooting flies out of the air... Henry's Hunan Restaurant and Uncle Roger's love of MSG... but seriously, Jesse, what is up with the Tight Pants song??? Thanks for listening to Cleanup on Aisle 9! Please subscribe and share with your friends, and leave a review so we can reach more awesome listeners like you.

Hope you're ready for some breakfast cereal shenanigans... Some of the crazy questions (and even crazier answers) in part 2: - What is a sanitarium? - What accident turned into corn flakes? - Who are the most famous cereal mascots? - What is Cap’n Crunch’s real name? - What’s with all the violent milk action on cereal boxes? - How did kids end up getting marshmallows in cereal? - What cereals were invented by employees at the factories? Did they get a raise? - Have you ever played a synth with your cereal? - And WTF is Griddlepuss??? Tune in & find out! Thanks for listening to Cleanup on Aisle 9! Please subscribe and share with your friends, and leave a review so we can reach more awesome listeners like you.

Saturday mornings, space aliens, box tops, John Denver, Griddlepuss, crystal meth... Join us in the wacky world of breakfast cereals! We talk about the cereals we all know & love (and/or hate). Plus: what makes for good cereal packaging & branding? And what's up with those other abominations that fill the shelf? Tune in & find out!  0:35 What kid's cereals do u remember? 2:00 Box tops for prizes 3:23 Jesse was ineligible for prizes 5:12 Old ppl cereal WTF 6:21 The most popular cereals 7:45 Cheerios yo! 9:39 The John MF Denver diet 12:20 Dinersaurs, Urkel-O's, Hulk Hogan-O's 14:07 Killer cereal: Crystal Meth Crunch 17:30 It's all about the sugar 20:31 Kellogg's Say What Now? 22:40 Toucan Sam got f*cked up 24:07 Crazy-ass special editions 26:37 Stoners, cereal & soda 27:33 Opie & the mysterious shrinking lighter Thanks for listening to Cleanup on Aisle 9! Please subscribe and share with your friends, and leave a review so we can reach more awesome listeners like you.

What a year! And you survived it! Pat yourself on the back & listen in as we discuss the good, the bad & the ugly of 2021, plus some style predictions for 2022. And, of course, a bunch of wack sidebars, including some great movies like "Don't Look Up" & "Idiocracy"... 00:48 – Happy New Year from the Cleanup crew! 3:52 – 2021 is so done 6:35 – Emily Zugay v Jimmy Rees 9:42 – Sustainability & weed 11:31 – Burger King reheated 12:50 – “Don’t Look Up” is surreal 16:26 – “Armageddon” was unreal 19:08 – “Vice” was the real real 21:17 – “Idiocracy” became real 22:52 – 2021’s predictions WTF? 26:02 – Predictions for 2022 28:01 – Uplift yourself! Thanks for listening to Cleanup on Aisle 9! Please subscribe and share with your friends, and leave a review so we can reach more awesome listeners like you.

What's the world's most famous hillbilly murder-themed beverage? What happened when Jesse chased a chainsaw-wielding thief down Wilshire Blvd? And what's the deal with Doctor Pooper? Listen in for the answers to these & many other bizarre questions! 00:51 Logo challenge beatdown 02:12 Killed by a brief 04:16 Painting cell phone icons 05:37 Screaming Mountain Dew 07:18 Monster v Red Bull 08:34 Hillbilly murder scene 11:37 Good ideas gone bad 12:35 2 concepts for Aisle 9 15:22 Roy Kent's f*ing podcast 16:52 Wacky Packages "Dr. Pooper" 18:32 Big Daddy Roth "Mad Dragger" 19:40 Racing BMX w/the Busy Beavers 22:02 Chasing a chainsaw thief 24:18 Picking out ur lunchbox w/Mom 25:25 Pixie Stix, Pet Rocks & NFT's Thanks for listening to Cleanup on Aisle 9! Please subscribe and share with your friends, and leave a review so we can reach more awesome listeners like you.

Jesse & John discuss the holiday magic of LEGO advent calendars. And the not-so-magical act of stepping on Lego's. And Jesse's all-night crime spree that ended with George Lucas & a hooker! Seriously! You don't wanna miss this one... Thanks for listening to Cleanup on Aisle 9! Please subscribe and share with your friends, and leave a review so we can reach more awesome listeners like you.

Real-time mosquito murders! Dipping Jesse in formaldehyde! And the ghost of Bob Marley, driving around in a van! What does all this have to do with sustainable packaging? Tune in & find out! Thanks for listening to Cleanup on Aisle 9! Please subscribe and share with your friends, and leave a review so we can reach more awesome listeners like you.

Drunk golfers! Boozy George Clooney! Canadian bootleggers! Design briefs! And WTF does any of this have to do with iced tea? Join Jesse & John as they discuss the finer points of packaging design for specialty spirits... 0:47 Brief briefs are best 2:30 Seagram's twisted history 3:24 Boozy George Clooney 4:30 Canadian bootlegger blues 7:20 Sweet tea bottom-shelfer 9:15 "I dare you to taste it" 13:49 The Dept. of Redundancy Dept. 15:33 The slow decline in design 17:04 Enter the lawyers... 18:54 Equity, shmequity 20:54 The big-ass jug 22:03 Your little design baby 25:38 Bad 80's design & worse! Thanks for listening to Cleanup on Aisle 9! Please subscribe and share with your friends, and leave a review so we can reach more awesome listeners like you.

Which is better, fries or tots? What happens when teenagers burn their meat? And where did tater tots even come from? Join salty designers Jesse & John as they get crispy on some super spuds, including the brand-new McDonald's packaging & Ore-Ida's potato innovations. And what does that name even mean? It's all here, so grab some ketchup & dig in! 00:26 Stopping by McD’s for free sh*t 02:06 Out with the old, in with the new 03:28 Sidebar: road trippin’ & side-taskin’ 06:54 Simple, iconic new packaging 08:23 Used packaging for sale  for real! 09:22 Localized pain: translate this 10:51 Lockdown learning with Duolingo 13:35 The inventor of the tater tot 14:35 Potato history w/the crazy Grigg bro’s 16:25 Re-enacting the birth of the tater tot 18:05 It’s not great if you have to explain it 20:30 Ore-Ida packaging: cleanup! 22:31 Jesse's secret love of tractors 23:57 Spud demographics & “safe” design 26:30 The big Ore-Ida cleanup! Thanks for listening to Cleanup on Aisle 9! Please subscribe and share with your friends, and leave a review so we can reach more awesome listeners like you.