CBS wouldn't pay for Thriller. Michael Jackson funded it himself and turned a music video into a 14-minute horror film that changed the industry forever. Rello and Cunda break down the 1983 short film that redefined what a music video could be: John Landis getting hired off American Werewolf in London, Rick Baker's 20-person makeup team putting dancers in prosthetics for five hours a day, Deborah…

On January 22, 2006, Kobe Bryant scored 81 points against the Toronto Raptors — 55 of them in the second half, with his team down 20. For twenty years it stood as the modern standard for a single-game takeover. Then on March 10, 2026, Bam Adebayo dropped 83 on the Washington Wizards and the record books changed. On this episode of Circle The Block, hosts Rello and Cunda put the two nights side by…

On August 28, 2003, Madonna opened the MTV Video Music Awards dressed as a groom, with Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera as her brides and kissed them both on live television. The clip ran on front pages usually reserved for political news, got replayed relentlessly on MTV, and became one of the most downloaded moments of the early internet, years before social media existed. On this episode…

In 1999, Trent Green went down in the preseason and the sports world wrote off the St. Louis Rams. Coach Vermeil stood at a podium in tears and told the media they would rally around Kurt Warner and play good football. Six months later, Warner was a Super Bowl champion and the NFL MVP. On this episode of Circle The Block, hosts Rello and Cunda use that moment as the lens for what's happening…