Scott discovers a viral video of Paula Abdul staggering around late at night trying to order a latte with no money — and the similarities to one of his colleagues are apparently staggering.
The show opens with Scott playing a clip from the internet featuring Paula Abdul wandering the street and ending up at Starbucks, where she orders from the entire menu but then realizes she has no money. Scott is amused by how much this reminds him of someone in the office, drawing parallels between Paula’s late-night antics and the way his colleague tends to overspend on rosé and then run out of money. The video also captures Paula inviting herself back to fans’ places, which Scott claims his colleague has done before too.
The second half of the show focuses on a feature based on Men’s Health magazine research about compliments men want to hear. Scott and the team go through a list of phrases that supposedly make men feel good, including “your arms are definitely looking bigger,” “wow” (delivered in a whisper), “you’re the man,” “the kids just adore you,” “cute feet,” “meow,” and “impressive.” Beccy from the office tests these phrases on real colleagues — first on Chris, where a hearty laugh gets a good reaction, then on Westwood, where some of the phrases land better than others. The feature highlights how men value being made to laugh and having their accomplishments recognized.
The show also covers a scandal involving an Elmo doll toy in America, where “Sing with Elmo’s Greatest Hits” appears to have a manufacturing error. The toy seems to sing “beat up Elmo, rip your fur out” instead of the intended “be like Elmo, rip your fur out,” leading to concern from a parent named Andrea Barbosa who worries her nephew might take the lyrics literally. The team confirms the error by obtaining a copy with the correct lyrics and finds the mix-up genuinely alarming.
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