> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.theomnicosm.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Mountain Dew gets dirty, Jack Black goes Five-Timer, ‘Avatar’ up in the air, and the 200th Snackology - URL: https://www.theomnicosm.com/the-omnicosm-saturday-wrap-april-11/ - Published: 2026-04-11T12:00:21.000Z - Updated: 2026-04-11T12:00:20.000Z - Description: Your weekly rundown of everything from Snackology, Popculturology and The Cold Open. - Author: Bill Kuchman - Tags: The Omnicosm • Saturday Wrap, The Omnicosm, Mountain Dew, Jack Black, Avatar, Oscar Mayer Hello! Welcome to the April 11, 2026, edition of the **Saturday Wrap**. Here’s everything you might of missed from **The Omnicosm**. ![The Omnicosm](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/2026/03/the-omnicosm-wordmark-new-1.png) Welcome to The Omnicosm! This publication is a free newsletter, but it’s fueled by readers like you. Support independent news, reviews and more for **just $5 a month**. [Upgrade to Paid](https://www.theomnicosm.com/about/#/portal/account/plans) Includes access to **Snackology**, **Popculturology** and **The Cold Open**. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/size/w2000/format/webp/2026/04/snackology-oscar-meyer-evan-williams-bacon-stuff-dogs-beef-pork-franks-lede.jpg) Snackology Oscar Mayer delivers ‘bacon innovation’ and two new hot dog twists This is a very special edition of Snackology. Not only is it the 200th edition of this newsletter, it’s the first time that Snackology is bringing you a meat review. Snackology has covered fast food menu items that were meat-based in the past. Chicken nuggets, chicken tenders and chicken sandwiches. Burgers, steak Crunchwraps and beef burritos. I’ve even compared fish sandwiches. But for the 200th edition of Snackology, I’m talking about the American tradition of ripping open a package of bacon and firing up some hot dogs. I’m talking about Oscar Mayer Maple Bourbon Sliced Bacon. And I’m talking about Oscar Mayer Cheesy Smokehouse Stuffed Hot Dogs and Oscar Mayer Beef & Pork Franks. Keep reading ... ](https://www.theomnicosm.com/snackology-review-oscar-mayer-bacon-hot-dogs/) [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/size/w2000/format/webp/2026/03/snackology-black-forest-organic-gummy-lede.jpg)SnackologyOrganic gummy bears are probably good for you, right? ](https://www.theomnicosm.com/snackology-review-black-forest-organic-gummies/) [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/size/w2000/format/webp/2026/04/snackology-food-finds-april-5-lede.jpg)SnackologyFood Finds: Skittles Mash-Ups, Marshmallow Big Cups and Mike’s Hot Honey gummy bears ](https://www.theomnicosm.com/snackology-food-finds-april-5/) [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/size/w2000/format/webp/2026/04/snackology-mountain-dew-dirty-dew-zero-sugar-lede.jpg) Snackology Dirty Mountain Dew Zero Sugar embraces the dirty soda craze Welcome to a dirty edition of Snackology. (No, not “dirrty.” It’s not 2003, and this isn’t Christina Aguilera on the cover of *Maxim*.) I’m talking dirty as in the dirty soda craze. Dirty Mountain Dew and Dirty Mountain Dew Zero Sugar officially hit shelves on Tuesday. Keep reading ... ](https://www.theomnicosm.com/snackology-review-mountain-dew-dirty-dew-review/) --- [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/size/w2000/format/webp/2026/04/the-cold-open-snl-jack-black-lede.jpg) The Cold Open Jack Black returns to save the ‘SNL’ Five-Timers Club The prophecy has finally come true: Jack Black is a member of *SNL*’s Five-Timers Club. (I mean, I assume there was a prophecy. This is Jack Black, one half of Tenacious D, who we’re talking about.) It took almost a quarter century for Black to finally reach this moment, first hosting in 2002\. You know what I love about Black as an *SNL* host? Between his triumphant return last season and my dive into his work on *SNL* the past week, it’s easy to see that Black enjoys hosting the show in a way where he doesn’t have to be the star of every sketch. Keep reading ... ](https://www.theomnicosm.com/the-cold-open-snl-jack-white-review/) [ The Cold Open The 5 Jack Black ‘SNL’ sketches you gotta watch before he hosts again ](https://www.theomnicosm.com/the-cold-open-snl-jack-black-sketches/) [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/size/w2000/format/webp/2026/04/the-cold-open-snl-olivia-rodrigo-matt-damon-will-ferrell-host-lede.jpg)The Cold OpenOlivia Rodrigo, Matt Damon and Will Ferrell to host final three episodes of ‘SNL’ Season 51 ](https://www.theomnicosm.com/the-cold-open-snl-olivia-rodrigo-matt-damon-will-ferrell-host/) [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/size/w2000/format/webp/2026/04/the-cold-open-snl-colman-domingo-promo-lede.jpg)The Cold Open‘I already hate this idea’: Colman Domingo gets pitched the worst ‘SNL’ sketch ](https://www.theomnicosm.com/the-cold-open-snl-colman-domingo-promo/) --- [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/size/w2000/format/webp/2026/04/popculturology-avatar-future-lede.jpg) Popculturology Aw man, ‘Avatar’ is all outta cash For the decade that stretched between the original *Avatar* and *Avatar: The Way of Water*, it was hard to escape James Cameron’s lofty talk for the future of the series. There would not only be a second movie but a third movie. Stories were plotted for films beyond that. There was even the question of whether Cameron would pass the baton off to a filmmaker, since obviously the *Avatar* franchise was going to run long past the director’s time. *Avatar* forever and forever, a hundred years, and so forth. But then *Avatar: Fire and Ash* made only $404.3 million in North America and $1.486 billion worldwide. Keep reading ... ](https://www.theomnicosm.com/popculturology-avatar-future/) [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/size/w2000/format/webp/2026/04/popculturology-box-office-mario-galaxy-lede.jpg) Popculturology ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ powers up with a $130.9M Easter weekend There was never any doubt that *The Super Mario Galaxy Movie* was going to open with absolutely massive box office numbers. 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