With Apologies to Jesse Jackson - S11-E1
Factual error: In the bonus round, the automatic letters R, S, T, L, E came up and Randy chose "B, N, G, O" as his 4 letters to add. In the real Wheel of Fortune game, the automatic letters that come up are R, S, T, N, L, E. "N" is always included automatically so it would never be picked by the contestant. This was obviously done for the plot of the episode.
With Apologies to Jesse Jackson - S11-E1
Continuity mistake: Driving home from the game show, the road behind Randy's car doesn't have white lines as shown in a previous shot. (00:02:20)
With Apologies to Jesse Jackson - S11-E1
Continuity mistake: Randy is told he is no longer welcome in the shop when he picks up the aspirin. He then puts the box down on the counter but as the shot shows him walking out the box as aspirin is back on the display. (00:09:55)
With Apologies to Jesse Jackson - S11-E1
Continuity mistake: When Randy is in the comedy club the position of the beer bottles change between rear and front shots of him. (00:08:15)
With Apologies to Jesse Jackson - S11-E1
Continuity mistake: When Eric first starts laughing at the guest speaker we see him in a long shot and the boy behind Stan is only behind Stan's right (viewer left) side. Camera cuts and now the boy has moved to the other side. (00:06:50)
With Apologies to Jesse Jackson - S11-E1
Continuity mistake: When Randy is walking down the street after leaving the comedy club, there are no lines on the pavement from the side shot, However when we see him front on, there is. Snow also appears. (00:09:20)
Answer: Essentially Stan was trying to return the blender that his dad, Randy, had bought because he knew his parents couldn't afford the extra debt. The blender, which represented mortgage-backed securities, had been bought on payment plan, meaning Randy had to make monthly payments, with interest, on something that wasn't essential. The episode represented the recession that was occurring at the time, including the housing bubble and mortgage crisis going on, so there's a lot going on. However, the payment plan (which is to say the debt) had been sold to another company by the store that sold Randy the blender. (To explain why, because of the recession, the store needed cash on hand, and they would only be getting a little money each month, if Randy paid his bill. So the store sells the debt to a company who gives the store the money upfront. Think of the J.G. Wentworth commercials, "I have a structured settlement, but I need cash now".) Because the store sold the debt, in ridiculous fashion, Stan had to return the blender to the company that bought the debt, although they too sold the debt to another company. Finally he gets to the U.S. treasury who tells him his blender is worth $90 trillion (again a ridiculous exaggeration) meaning that the debt owed is greater than the product is worth and to deride the way government agencies set up their budgets (which requires much more complex economic lessons). Kyle's whole point was people shouldn't fear the economy or see it as a vengeful being, but continue to spend and live as they normally do. Economically speaking, not spending money during a recession creates a longer lasting recession, and to solve a recession, people should spend money, although people and businesses shouldn't acquire debt during a recession because interest rates are higher. But on a personal level, individuals are fearful of losing their jobs during a recession, so they save money in case that should happen. But again, this is complex economics lesson.
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