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Sep 13, 2026
Michael SafiGUEST
She had watched as technology evolved.
Michael SafiGUEST
So she looked at things like Furbies.
Michael SafiGUEST
Who remembers Furbies?
Madeleine FinlayHOST
Yeah.
Michael SafiGUEST
Uh, Tamagotchis.
Christine SchieferHOST
You know what I mean? Like the creepy dolls.
Em SchulzHOST
Defunct Furbys.
Christine SchieferHOST
Yes, precisely.
Em SchulzHOST
I have to tell you one more thing.
Andrew MorganHOST
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Andrew MorganHOST
Don't discredit the Furby collecting community.
Andrew MorganHOST
Those guys are legit.
James McVeyHOST
[laughs] Let's, let's try and play devil's advocate and state out our, our case for why perhaps watch collecting could be seen as not being a real hobby.
Patrick HamiltonHOST
That being said, he's very funny here, as he's funny everywhere.
Patrick HamiltonHOST
He c- comes in and goes, "Hey, this weird Furby update that, that poops when you ask it to, [laughs] we need to come up with a cheaper version of this 'cause we're getting undercut by competitors.
Patrick HamiltonHOST
They're coming up with cheaper and dumber versions of this, and they're m- they're taking money out of our pocketbooks." And Gemma hears this and is like, "Great.
Patrick HamiltonHOST
Here's a robot that costs as much as a Ford Festiva." [laughs]
Gerald AugerHOST
So if you're just to make a very simple example, let's say that you're, a manufacturing company and you make widgets 24 seven.
Gerald AugerHOST
Everybody loves themselves some widgets, okay? Let's pretend it's 2000 or 1997 or whatever and Furbies are the hottest toy.
Gerald AugerHOST
Tickle Me Elmo is coming out this holiday season and you got to mass produce those suckers.
Gerald AugerHOST
A couple of those hot toys, viral toys that happened.
LD PtelomaHOST
And that's where things get weird.
LD PtelomaHOST
So because Furbies weren't just like, they look just like a little bastard child of an owl, a gremlin or something you find under your feet.
LD PtelomaHOST
And they start becoming the subject of rumors, panic, conspiracy theories.
LD PtelomaHOST
And then came the glitches.
TiffanyHOST
Or whether we really should have been sleeping with one eye open.
TiffanyHOST
This is Harlots of Spoop Talk.
TiffanyHOST
The Flesh Furbies and the Glitchy Furby Panic of the 90s.
speaker_5NARRATOR
She is the vampire's voodoo queen.
Kombat JonesHOST
Yeah.
Kombat JonesHOST
It looks like a Furby United States title.
Kombat JonesHOST
Yeah.
JesseHOST
A furry.
Jessica TarlovGUEST
Do you like, do you s-
Ben MeiselasHOST
You know, it's like having a discussion with a Furby.
Ben MeiselasHOST
Remember the Furbies when we grew up, and they would have discussions with other Furbies? There are words, but they're not forming sentences.
Ben MeiselasHOST
And what he said there is not a th- We can talk about non-sequiturs.
Andy CohenHOST
Okay.
Andy CohenHOST
What about Furby? Anyone knows?
Gia GiudiceGUEST
The car.
Gia GiudiceGUEST
No, no,
Gerald AugerHOST
Just to make a very simple example, let's say that you're, um, a manufacturing company, and you make widgets 24/7.
Gerald AugerHOST
Everybody loves themselves some widgets, okay? Let's pretend it's 2000 or 1997 or whatever, and Furbies are the hottest toy.
Gerald AugerHOST
Tickle Me Elmo is coming out this holiday season, and you gotta mass produce those suckers.
Gerald AugerHOST
Oh, yeah.
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