%%Post image thumbnail below.%%  # Episode Overview > - **Date Aired:** [[10-28-2023]] > - **Title:** Spooky Season > - **Episode:** 255 > - **Description:** Double, double toil and trouble. > - **Link:** <https://rumble.com/v3sc868-big-dig-energy-255-spooky-season.html> # Replay %% Get embed URL then highlight and hit ALT + I%% <iframe src="https://rumble.com/embed/v3pqubk/?pub=6eeyh" allow="fullscreen" allowfullscreen="" style="height:100%;width:100%; aspect-ratio: 16 / 9; "></iframe> <br> # Greetings & Announcements 1. Halloween ([[10-31-2023]]) lands on a Chewsday! I will be doing some sort of spooky gaming stream that night instead of the usual show. I haven't done one in a couple of years, and we had a great time during the last one. I still don't know exactly which games I'll be playing yet, but I'll let you know when I know! At least one of the games will be Choo Choo Charles.  I am considering playing a game called Poppy Playtime… I realize these games were popular a couple of years ago, but y'know. Better late than never?  # Segments ## Matthew Perry Dead at 54 Archive: http://archive.today/uEOsb  > Matthew Perry -- one of the stars of 'Friends' -- has died … TMZ has learned. > > Law enforcement sources tell us the actor was found Saturday at an L.A.-area home … where we're told he appears to have drowned. Our sources say first-responders rushed over on a call for cardiac arrest. It's unclear where exactly on the grounds this happened. > > Our sources say he was found in a jacuzzi at the home … and we're told there were no drugs found at the scene. We're also told there is no foul play involved. > While his onscreen persona was affable and upbeat, Matthew suffered mightily behind the scenes -- notably, from his addiction to drugs and alcohol … painkillers, specifically. He was hooked on Vicodin for years -- even while on 'Friends' -- and had been in and out of rehab. > > Matthew opened up about this painful chapter of his life in a memoir he put out last year -- where he detailed the struggles he had … including his clear weight-loss/gain on the show. > > During his press run for his book … Matthew did a number of interviews where he got incredibly emotional -- including one with Diane Sawyer, where he detailed his story. > > While Perry appeared to be clean and sober a year ago, the year prior -- when he and the other cast members were plugging the 'Friends' reunion show -- drew concern from fans … as they felt he appeared unwell, at times slurring his words and looking a bit out of it. > > On top of his substance use … Matthew also dealt with health issues, some of which were serious and required hospitalizations. One such incident stemmed from a gastrointestinal perforation -- which forced him to undergo emergency surgery … but he luckily recovered. Archive: http://archive.today/kz6NW  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/16/matthew-perry-beat-up-justin-trudeau-jimmy-kimmel-interview ---  ## Mike Pence Drops Out  From the [Washington Free Beacon](https://archive.ph/kL7xL): > Former vice president Mike Pence suspended his presidential campaign on Saturday, acknowledging that he was facing an "uphill battle" and that he was "obviously" not going to secure the nomination. > > Pence, who was polling at fifth among Republican presidential candidates, announced his decision in a speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition forum in Las Vegas. <iframe title="‘This is not my time’: Mike Pence suspends 2024 bid" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZrA9acvG6ck?feature=oembed" height="113" width="200" style="aspect-ratio: 1.76991 / 1; width: 100%; height: 100%;" allowfullscreen="" allow="fullscreen"></iframe> ## A Stroke of Genius The experts are at it again: Archive: <https://archive.ph/1ALWo>  %%Footer Starts Here%% ---  --- # Keep Digging %%Space%% ## Tags #Stream/BDE ### Footnotes & References