Who Asked You?
By Chase Shumway
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Who Asked You? is a weekly one-hour Internet radio talk show about everything! A bombardment of pop culture nonsense like movies, TV shows, comics, sex, beer and under-the-radar news, you name it, we talk about it! Join us LIVE and chat with us during the show, Sundays at 8pm/PT on ErrorFM.com. Download episodes on-demand Mondays at 3pm/PT. Look for us on the Stitcher Radio app, the Blubrry App, iTunes, Facebook and Twitter!
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ExplicitEPISODE 207 – Hits For Hitler | Cookie Monster turns 43 years-old this Friday. Dennis took the opportunity when this came up to tell us about his favorite all-time clip of the SESAME STREET staple. This is just one of many items on the to-do list for this week's program. We're fresh from our panel at the OkamiCon convention. To help us convey the fun we have on the show Stephanie Payne and Julie Priest from V.A.G.I.N.A. once again. That's double the V.A.G. and a Who Asked You? first! We've never had two chicks on at once. They also had a panel at the con. Be sure to check out some pictures from the event on our Facebook page! And in other awesome news, the opening weekend for BATTLESHIP here in North America has been described as 'disappointing'. Opening in over 3,600 locations, the film took in less than $7,000 per theater. Giant robot aliens don't work in a movie about a board game that had nothing to do with giant robot aliens... who'da thunk it? Most of this episode is TV/movie news. Every so often we like to get back to our roots and focus on such things. This typically happens when there's enough stories within that genre to get us fired up. For example, Cartoon Network made a few announcements last week regarding their programming. They're bringing back a fan favorite to Adult Swim... Toonami! It returns this Saturday. And THE BOONDOCKS will return for a fourth season. No official date is set. I do hope though that it's better than season three. And even more news from the Turner-owned network; they've greenlit a HAROLD & KUMAR animated series featuring the voices of the actors from the films. We also talk about, somewhat briefly, the return of the 'movie' movie guys, Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. They're working on a spoof of THE HUNGER GAMES. Like their other masterpieces... well, pieces of something anyway... it'll spoof a number of current blockbuster films. And Frank Miller will have another giant-ass royalty check rolling in before too long as his SIN CITY prequel, SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR will receive the movie treatment. It's do out late 2013. Mickey Rourke and Jessica Alba are set to reprise their roles. Robert Rodriguez will direct. And with all this TV and movie talk, we should warn you about the new FBI warnings on all new DVDs and Blu-rays. They started rolling out the un-skippable screens last week. Included in the new warnings are a badge from Homeland Security and the seal from some long-winded center that apparently keeps track of piracy on the tax payer's dime. Oh yeah, and they also suggest a website you can visit that explains why downloading movies illegally can harm the entire economy, not just Hollywood... yeah, we'll all check that site out straight away. We finish up the show with news of a guy stabbing his computer with a Samurai sword, but more importantly, Hitler's medical records. It seems his six physicians were interrogated back in the mid 1940's regarding the Nazi leader's health. The documents were recently auctioned off and reveal why he was so angry. He suffered from a laundry list of ailments including the early stages of Parkinson's and uncontrollable flatulence. Must've been all that Bratwurst. It's no secret Hitler was a piece of s**t, so why not make fun of his sinus condition they treated with a cocaine hit. Hey that rhymed! SHOW LINKS: V.A.G.I.N.A. Group of Las Vegas Dennis' favorite Cookie Monster clip. Avengers: Why Is Making Fun Of Adoption Still A-OK? Adult Swim's "The Boondocks" Cartoon Network - Bringin' back Toonami! CBS Groupon - Sitcom coming soon. Variety Jason Friedberg on IMDb Aaron Seltzer on IMDb New Releases for Tuesday, May 22nd: Sherlock (Season 2) Red Tails The Woman in Black The Secret World of Arrietty (2-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) This Means War Rizzoli & Isles (Season 2) Lethal Weapon: The Complete Collection [Blu-ray] Teen Wolf (Season 1) The River (Season 1) Ghost Hunters International (Season 2, Part 2) | 5/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEPISODE 206 – Unkempt Travolta | Have you ever wondered how much it'd cost to build the Death Star from STAR WARS? What about the cost of a five-year mission aboard the starship Enterprise? Well among a great many things, I wonder this myself and now we have some answers. Today's show is scratch-skewed as we analyze a few costly events from film and TV. First, as mentioned, we look at the estimated cost of building the Death Star. Students at Lehigh University were able to calculate the price tag for just the steel needed for a moon-sized space vessel and it is NOT cheap. And since we've got just as many STAR TREK fans (including myself) I looked into the cost of the Enterprise. I've wondered for a long time what it would take to build the NCC-1701, and I'll have to keep wondering as there is no definitive total yet. Someone who majors in finances should sit down and come up with a figure. The closest I could find is what it might cost for Captain Kirk's original mission. That ain't cheap either. And if tax payers were footing the bill, we'd all be putting in around $35,000. Tune in for the astronomical price tags on these astronomical vehicles. If you're like me, when watching the destruction of a major metropolitan area during the climactic scene of any given blockbuster feature, you may ponder random thoughts of the paper work involved after the dust settles. How do you explain to your boss an alien picked up the taxi you were driving and threw it down the street? Or, Iron Man punched straight through your office building while punching a slobbering creature in the face... do you show up for work the next day? There's nothing left of your desk, or anyone else's. These are the things I briefly consider during movies. And thanks to The Hollywood Reporter and the Kinetic Analysis Corporation, we now know what the bill is for the battle seen at the end of THE AVENGERS. It too is out of this world. But the real question is who would pay for it? New York tax payers? US tax payers? FIMA? It's anyone's guess. Good thing it's not real. We do know one thing, S.H.I.E.L.D. wouldn't be on the hook since it's a government agency. Or is it? This lack of clarification led our real-life US government to back out of participating in the film. Ordinarily Uncle Sam has no problem providing jets, personnel and consultation to Hollywood when a scene calls for it. I bet Michael Bay is super chummy with the guys that take video of the Pentagon. But the ambiguous nature of S.H.I.E.L.D. seems to have frightened the powers in Washington. I wonder why? And we're not done with THE AVENGERS just yet. Change.org is once again making our radar as a stick-in-the-mud has created a petition demanding an apology from Marvel over the adoption joke Thor makes during the movie. The Who Asked You? Crew found the joke funny and not at all offensive; but none of us are adopted, right? WRONG! Dennis is adopted and he wasn't bothered by the joke at all. The petitioner believes the joke in which Black Widow points out Loki killed eighty people in two days and Thor, his brother, simply replies, "He's adopted," makes it sound as though all adopted children turn out bad. I didn't interpret the joke that way at all. I saw it as simply Thor pointing out that 'hey, we're not related. Don't put that on my blood line.' Still, some may not have liked it, and that may include you. It's our We Ask You Poll this week. Cast your vote now! With all this money talk, we couldn't leave out the $2-million lawsuit filed against actor, John Travolta by two different male masseurs. They both want the big bucks claiming the PULP FICTION star fondled them and even masturbated in front of them. This s**t isn't true at all, but we have a good laugh at the overly-descriptive court documents. Like the description of Travolta's pubes, this show is wiry and unkempt. Then again, most of our shows are at least the latter. SHOW LINKS: OkamiCon - Our panel starts at 5pm/PT... check their site for details. | 5/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEPISODE 205 – What About Ant-Man? | We praise THE AVENGERS movie, shun news of a MUMMY and VAN HELSING reboot, ponder the ramifications of Hulu's new direction and laugh about a hot dog hooker. | 5/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEPISODE 204 – Super Jesus Kung Fu Activate | Hot chick problems, the problem with that holographic Tupac at Coachella, Mel Gibson's career problems and a woman with heart problems. Yeah, we got problems. | 4/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEPISODE 203 – Maid In The USA | We've got several things on today's show that come from right here in the USA... including the show itself! But you probably already knew that. Special guest-host, Stephanie Payne from V.A.G.I.N.A. joins us to talk about the AFAN Aids Walk fundraiser that took place here in Las Vegas. As far as I know, Stephanie was 'made' in the USA. Then in our Calendar segment Husband Appreciation Day on Friday the 20th, spawns a rather interesting debate on just how many holidays are devoted to men and how many are for women. The chat room gets involved, there's some disagreement... good fun. Charlie hates the Calendar segment altogether, but this is why I do it! Dialogue! Something else made in America... THE SIMPSONS. The show's creator, Matt Groening, finally gave away the location of his Springfield. He told Smithsonian Magazine it's based on the Springfield he lived near in Oregon. Everyone in the room is in agreement that this little secret DID NOT need to be revealed. That was part of the charm of the animated Springfield; we didn't know where the heck it was! But now we do... honestly though, who watches THE SIMPSONS anymore? You all know our opinion on the show, so we'll move right along. This is definitely made in the USA... Hollywood to be exact... although we wish it weren't. The new SHORT CIRCUIT remake is well underway. Its director, Tim Hill, says Johnny 5 will get a meaner, more modern makeover. Apparently he was too lovable and cute in the first two films. Which... was... what... made Johnny 5 so interesting. Number 5 will take inspiration from current computer design and unmanned drones. Will he be visiting Afghanistan too? The USA has no shortage of stupid studies. There are diseases to cure, alternative fuel sources to find... but naw, lets figure out if drinking a lot of beer makes you smarter. We also have the results to a study done here in the USA that makes an alarming connection between the number of Wal-Marts and the number of hate groups in a given community. The study found that the more of these stores there are, the more hate groups there will be. Tune-in to hear researchers' reasons why this could be and decide if you agree or if they're just picking on Wal-Mart. And we've got some maids in the USA. Naked ones! A new nude maid service in Lubbock, Texas is raising the eyebrows (among other things, I'm sure) of local law enforcement. The owner claims she runs a maid service. The city says it's an adult business and she needs to pay for the proper permits. We'll be the judge of this and you can too! And lastly, an invention of the USA... 3D re-releases of movies you've already seen. In this case, it's TITANIC 3D and the lack of t*t in the Chinese version. The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television believes seeing Kate Winslet's tatas in three dimensions may lead some viewers to reach out and try to touch them. And that could in turn annoy others in the theater that aren't stupid and know it's just a movie. Is this a genuine concern by the government? Or just further censorship of their media? We discuss it briefly before we too are shut off and ca......... SHOW LINKS: Zoap - Your Kids Are Going To Hate This Product! V.A.G.I.N.A. (Very Awesome Girls Into Nerdy Activities) AFAN Nevada - Aid for AIDS of Nevada Smithsonian Magazine: Matt Groening Reveals Real Location Of Springfield The Simpsons Official Website Budweiser.com LiveScience.com: Do Big-Box Stores Help Create Hate Groups? Study Says Yes OffbeatChina.com: No 3D boobs for Chinese viewers New Releases for Tuesday, April 17th: Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol (2-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo +Digital Copy) Frozen Planet (Complete Series) Shame (Blu-ray/ DVD + Digital Copy) High Road to China Eight Is Enough (Season 1) Roger Corman's Cult Classics: The Nurses Collection American Dad! (Volume 7) Young Justice (Season 1, Volumes 1, 2 & 3) The Legend of the Legendary Heroes: Part One and Part 2(Blu-ray/DVD Combo) 7 Below | 4/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEPISODE 202 – Ghostface Fillah | As indicated with our title this week, the show has both a mention of rapper Ghostface Killah and contains a bit of filler. Or 'fillah' for the sake of a rhyme. Dennis, who had been partyin' hard with family for Easter got a little tipsy, and as a result is somewhat quieter than usual on the program. Without his nuggets of knowledge and opinion a void is left in the hour that must be filled. Luckily we do so. Not as smoothly, I must admit, as in the past. Here's how it breaks down this week. Get ready for another integrated Bowel Movement. After our discussion on EPISODE 200 - FROM BACK TO FRONT, regarding the various techniques of wiping one's arse, I came across a product that could unify us all in this matter. It's called the Comfort Wipe. It's a plastic wand with a gripper on the end that holds your wad of toilet paper. You'll hear the commercial on the show explain the many advantages to using this $20 device. Throw in our classic Bowel Movement theme and it's a trip down memory lane. If you've never heard these brief podcasts, just search our site for "The Bowel Movement" to find these past gems complements of Dennis. Then it's onto the Calendar where we celebrate Bat Appreciation Week, New Releases where we forget Margaret Thatcher's name, call on the ErrorFM chat room for help and then the results to last week's 'We Ask You Poll' regarding Michael Bay's changing of the Ninja Turtles origin story. Uwe Boll, the German movie director that many consider the worst in the world is being sued by a producer from one of his latest films. I present a Chase's Challenge to everyone not so much to see if they can guess what he's being sued for but more so just to hear a rapid-fire list of Uwe Boll jokes. Charlie loses his mind on the next story. It's the subject of Get The F**k Outta Here, our segment where Joe Pesci does the honors of telling some person, place or thing to do just that. These stories are absurd. After hearing them you literally recite the famous Pesci line involuntarily. The school system in New York is retracting a moronic list of banned words from tests that they pulled out of their asses. Backlash from parents seemed to be brutal and swift. And with good reason. They wanted to remove words like birthday, dinosaurs, Halloween, junk food and more from all standardized tests. They sent the list of fifty words to the various publishers of these tests. Tune in and hear other words and phrases they wanted removed in an ongoing attempt to pussify our nation's youth further than they already have been. Did you know that Encyclopedia Britannica is still in business? Did you know up until 2010 they were still making physical books? Well now you do. You shoulda looked it up. They announced however, that they are ceasing their print editions in favor of digital interactive content through their website and apps. Apparently the free Wikipedia has caught up to them. Although you'll still have to pay to access a lot of Britannica's content, at least you know what you're reading is true and not written by some vindictive contributor that Wikipedia just hasn't caught yet. This begins our first chunk of fillah in which we review an old commercial for the encyclopedias in an attempt to learn how much they cost. HOLLYWOOD SQUARES is returning to MTV in the form of, HIP HOP SQUARES. It'll be a new take on the game show featuring musicians, athletes and MTV personalities in the tic-tac-toe boxes instead of Whoopi Goldberg, Gilbert Gottfried and the like. Among those chosen to appear, Nick Cannon... of course... rappers, Biz Markie, Fat Joe and Ghostface Killah — all of which I'm too white to pronounce correctly. And Pittsburgh Steelers' linebacker, Lemarr Woodley to name a few. This cues our second chunk of fillah where we think back to the last time we watched MTV. For me, it was THE REAL WORLD: NEW ORLEANS. Immediately, Dennis remembers the guy on that season that sang that stupid song, "Come And Be My Baby Tonight". | 4/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEPISODE 201 – Shell Shock | I can't think of a better way to kick off our 200's than with our April Fool's Day show. The wonderful thing about Who Asked You? is that most of our stories from any given episode sound like they could be a joke. That's why our April Fool's show is so... | 4/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEPISODE 200 – From Back To Front | It's our 200th episode!!! Congratulations to, umm... us!!! Yay!!! We're trying something a little different this week. Instead of preparing a huge elaborate show/celebration, we went low-key and didn't plan a damned thing. That's why there are no Show Links or New Releases listed below. We'll return to our regular format next time. I was a little apprehensive. No, scratch that... I was incredibly apprehensive about doing a show with no pre-planned topics or segments. But as you'll discover, there was nothing for me to worry about. I should've known better. Especially after 200 shows. We have the gift of gab. We are chiefs of chat, bosses of blather, masters of the yak if you will. Filling an hour with random conversation is beyond second nature to us. A whole spectrum of topics awaits you. For starters, Charlie throws out a random shout out which ends as abruptly as it begins. Then it's onto a couple of E-Mails (the only predetermined part of this episode). This is where the randomitity picks up. More random than that word I just created. Charlie shares several short stories with us from being kicked out of a parking lot by a scary Russian guy, to mistaking Australian people for British people while doing his stand-up. This then leads to a critique of Pippa Middleton's forehead. Why not throw in a random movie review of JOHN CARTER while we're at it? That's thrown off by an announcement from Arnold Schwarzenegger that he's pregnant. Which then turns our attention to Snooki. Charlie asks nicely to change the subject within a matter of seconds, so we do. I could sit here and write out every thing that comes up and why, but that's really for you to find out by listening to the show. I don't want to spoil the fun. Listen in and find out why I'm posing the way I am in the photo above. Hear more of our thoughts on Apple's new iPad, what we had for breakfast, Jennifer Garner's career, the return of 'The Bowel Movement' and lots lots more. Hopefully this'll all hold you over for a couple of weeks. We'll be off next Sunday, but our April Fool's show returns on the 1st and we've got new shows for the whole month! Thanks to everyone for listening and showing your support... here's to another 200! | 3/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEPISODE 199 – Master Of Segues | The show before our 200th brings the return of Dennis, but now Jabari is out. Sitting in for him is our good friend Sheena Johnson. It's nice to get a female perspective from time to time on the show. So what might Sheena be offering her thoughts on along side us this week? First off is the news of Apple unveiling their new iPad called The New iPad. The biggest improvement on the thing is its Retina display. It's still incredibly overpriced (standard practice for all things Apple), it still has no USB ports and it's horribly uncomfortable to use for extended periods of time. Even Dennis, our resident Apple apologist isn't impressed with the third generation tablet. Two years ago I would've called Dennis our resident 'fan boy' in that sentence. But even he is having a hard time getting on board with some of Apple's recent decisions. Primarily the one to move away from desktop computers. Being someone who comes from broadcasting, Apple confused me with their decision to turn their highly successful Final Cut Pro video editing software into nothing more than a glorified app. They want broadcast editors to start editing with their fingers! On a 10-inch screen! Yeaaahhh... that's not going over well. More of our thoughts on the new... err, I mean The New iPad on this show. I impress Charlie — no easy feat I might add — with my broadcaster segue skills as we transition from the DVD segment, to last week's poll results. As the producer, it's my job to try and smoothly transition us from topic to topic. And on a show where we go from talking about a man with a DIY sperm bank to cakes being frosted with poop, that's no easy task. That's why when I saw that THE KILLING's first season was coming to DVD, I had to put it at the end of the list. It's star, Joel Kinnaman, was the subject of the 'We Ask You Poll'. Perfect! The poll, which asked your opinion of Kinnaman landing the role of Robocop, gave Dennis a chance to offer his thoughts on one of his favorite films getting rebooted since he was absent last week. Find out what other sci-fi travesty with which he compares it. Fox has confirmed they're canceling their dino-drama TERRA NOVA after just one season. The big budget, Spielberg-produced series about a group of people that travel back in time to the age of dinosaurs to save humanity and its future garnered pretty decent ratings, but the raptors in suits at Fox didn't seem impressed. They'd rather stick with tired, worn out shows like THE SIMPSONS or programs that should've never been created in the first place like the NAPOLEON DYNAMITE cartoon. Because of its respectable following all around the world, Fox says they'll offer TERRA NOVA to other networks before completely pulling the plug. Don't hold your breathe though. Perhaps they could strike a deal with Netflix since the streaming media company can't seem to do so with cable operators. It was revealed last week that Netflix was trying to partner with cable giants like Comcast and Time Warner to package their service with premium cable tiers. But before they even pulled up chairs to the negotiating table, Comcast shot 'em down. It recently launched its Streampix service on Xfinity. And Dish Network is working on a similar on-demand deal with Blockbuster. Meanwhile, Verizon has struck a deal with Redbox to do their own streaming offerings as well. Looks like nobody wants to play with Netflix. Which is fine, all they gotta do is keep their prices low, continue to grow their titles and for god sake... get 5.1 surround sound working! Then I think they'll be just fine. Especially if they find a way to do even higher quality and faster streams. Another story of note, IKEA is going to start selling houses. Insert flimsy, missing parts and/or collapsing joke here. But don't rush to judgment just yet. The pre-fabricated houses are actually being designed and built by a company called Ideabox. And, unlike that shaky coffee table held together by three tiny wooden dowels, | 3/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEPISODE 198 – Charles DeLong Academy For The Gifted | It's dump on Dennis day here at Who Asked You? HQ. That may sound like a celebration from our 'Calendar' segment, but sadly, it's not recognized by any government, group or organization... just the co-hosts of this show. Dennis is absent from our studio do to some food poisoning that required him to be near a toilet. But he's with us in spirit... and in the ErrorFM chat room! We spend the first few minutes of the netcast poking fun at our pal's poop predicament and then it's down to business... poking fun at everything else. First a couple of past due E-Mails. Thanks to a recent server change, which I had to find out for myself and was never informed about until the inboxes quit working, we have two messages that fell through the cracks. The first brings us a list of the most manly names out there that are actually real people! The other revisits the story we did about Pizza Hut offering weddings on Valentine's Day for $10,000 with an alternate location just as pathetic to host your special day. As you've probably noticed, we sometimes like to get warmed up with a few stories out of Tinseltown. First up, news of a sequel to THE MUPPETS film from last year. It was a success and Charlie says it followed the Muppet movie formula, so another feature with Jim Henson's characters is no surprise. After all, the characters are already created, there's a simple template for lazy writers to follow. And the budget is big enough to hire a couple of big names to interact with Kermit and friends. Hollywood is good at taking things already created and recreating them. And by good... I mean bad. There's another classic getting the reboot treatment. We knew it was coming and it's probably better Dennis wasn't in the studio to hear it. He probably would've slit Jabari's throat (he sits the closest to Dennis). The director of the new ROBOCOP has found his Alex Murphy in actor, Joel Kinnaman. Nothing against the guy, but he looks like he should be posing in a catalog, not a cybernetic cop costume. The director, José Padilha explains that his reimagining of the film will focus on the time between when Murphy got riddled with bullets and when he goes on duty as Robocop. He wants to explore the transition from man to machine. And we want to explore the transition to the next story. If ever Charles DeLong were to run his own school the way Charles Xavier did in the X-Men comics, he would probably have math problems very similar to those we tell you about on today's show. Here's the deal... a teacher in Washington DC got fired after assigning some math problems to his third grade class he printed out from a home schooling website. Sounds fairly harmless right? Don't forget, this is math class, Charlie-style. The website, homeschooling-paradise.com features a rather unorthodox style of teaching arithmatic known as the 'Singapore Math Method'. The nearest I can tell, it's a style of problem solving that uses real life like situations. The difference here is that the site seems to be attempting to hold the kids' attention by making the problems gross, morbid and just twisted. They are funny as s**t... but the parents of the third graders at the Trinidad Charter School didn't think so. Get a load of this question on a third grade worksheet: Brian, a brave member of a SWAT team in California, had a terribly busy week last week. He had to work for 7 whole days. He killed 163 terrorists, 296 murderers and 206 arsonists. How many criminals did he kill on average each day? After solving this one, the teacher would then lead the class in a rendition of "America, F**k Yeah". You can read more awesome equations like this one by visiting the Home Schooling Paradise website in our Show Links. We've now got just nine states left in our 'It's The Law' segment. Washington has one of the most peculiar laws we've EVER heard since starting this bit. Charlie calls it out. Be sure to stay tuned for it and many more. Lastly, | 3/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEPISODE 197 – Ferengi Face | Some might say we're a little TMZ-ish at the start of today's show. I for one, absolutely loath shows like that. Once you hear what the subject matter is, you'll understand why it made our radar. Singer Rihanna is quote/un-quote, back together again with her facial reconstruction lover, Chris Brown. The buzz is that they're just working on some songs together, but now there's rumors they're a couple once more. Either way, why in the f**k would she want to be around him? Does she have a fetish for biting? It's not like she's hurtin' for money. I don't care how big the check is, if you made me look like — in Dennis' words — a Ferengi from STAR TREK and bit the s**t outta me... I ain't working with you. And I sure as hell wouldn't return to any sort of romantic relationship. Anyway, that's the ACCESS HOLLYWOOD part of the show. We then switch gears to being ESPN-ish with news that Ben & Jerry's made what some might consider a racial faux-pas when mixing up their newest frozen yogurt flavor to celebrate New York Knicks' player, Jeremey Lin. It was only being sold in the Boston area where Lin went to college. But now everyone knows about it. You'd think after the ESPN "Chink In The Armor" headline debacle of last week, companies would be treading carefully on the 'Lin-sanity' front. Someone at the ice cream giant thought it'd be a good idea to crumble fortune cookies in the celebratory flavor. Out of all the ingredients you can put in yogurt, they chose fortune cookies? Now, in full disclosure, I'm a huge ice cream junkie. Love it! And Ben & Jerry's is my favorite brand out there. So I'm going to defend them to a certain extent on this. I don't think they meant anything by it. They were probably going for that 'good fortune' element rather than, 'he's Asian, lets crumble fortune cookies on top because chow mein would be gross in ice cream.' After all, if you wanna get technical about it, fortune cookies are actually an American invention. Not to mention, Ben and Jerry are two pretty liberal guys and probably didn't have anything to do with it anyway. The flavor was created at a specific scoop shop. But again, looking at the recent pun-filled controversies flooding the web, there should've been a little more care taken when choosing a cookie to crush on top. Why not just do a sweet swirl of honey and a sour swirl of... err uhh, scratch that. Moving on... The Razzie nominations are out, and some records were set. Mainly by one particular actor. I pose a 'Chase's Challenge' to the guys to see if they can figure out who it is. Dennis does so, right off the bat... he cheated though. Jonathan Liebsman is likely to take the helm of a new live-action TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES. Yep, something else Hollywood couldn't leave alone. We've talked about this film before. News of its production has sprinkled the rumor mill for the last few years and it looks like the stage is finally set. The one constant throughout it all is that Michael Bay's company, Platinum Dunes will produce the movie. If the Technodrome transforms, I'm out! Poor AT&T... they just can't win. Whether it's a $4-billion purchase of T-Mobile or a p****d off customer in small claims court, there's just no justice for the mobile phone industry. In California, a judge sided with a customer who sued AT&T because his unlimited data plan was being slowed down when he reached just 2 GB. The judge told the miserable area sales manager who lost the staff straw draw and had to represent AT&T in the courtroom that morning that it is unfair for the company to throttle customers' bandwidth while at the same time calling the service 'unlimited'. The guy won over $800! He can put that towards a new iPhone! If you're a PORTAL player, have we got news for you! Transport yourself down to the local toy or comic shop this summer to pick up your very own replica of the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device. It won't get you inside a gender of your choosing's locker room or a bank vault. | 2/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEPISODE 196 – Sidecock | Today we celebrate the birthdays of Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Thanks to the Julian and Gregorian calendars, we're not quite sure when Washington was born. The debate continues... we do know it was sometime in February, likely in... | 2/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEPISODE 195 – From Porn To Pizza | Whitney Houston wasn't the only treasure we lost this week. Unbeknownst to us, BT Junkie, a longtime steadfast arm of the Bureau of Acquisitions, died as well. With the recent government shut down of MegaUpload and the fiasco surrounding SOPA and PIPA, it's no surprise these guys packed up shop and said "peace out!" Dennis, Jabari, Mike and I weren't even aware they were gone. Charlie broke the news to us! There are 2 entities to blame for all of this... the MPAA and the Walt Disney Company. I'm gonna stop here before this turns into SOPA Chase-rant part 2. Porn and pizza not only sounds like a pretty relaxed Valentine's Day both for couples and singles alike, it's also a good description of this week's show. We were certainly do for another one of 'those shows'. You know the type, we skew off on a tangent that takes up at least 1/3rd of the show. In this case, it's porn. A lengthy discussion that flows from genres that turn us off, to what's on Jabari's hard drive, to where to find porn, whether it should be downloaded or streamed and concluding with why Mike is predictably silent during this conversation. At some point we're back on schedule with news that MACHETE KILLS, the sequel to Robert Rodriquez's grindhouse-style actioner has been greenlit. Given the first film was over-hyped and didn't live up to Who Asked You? expectations, it gets less than a minute of our airtime. It's quite the coincidence that pirating content and torrent sites shutting down would come up on this episode given we have details on a report released by NATO... no, not the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, but rather the National Association of Theater Owners. In this report they breakdown the average price of movie tickets and reveal their justifications for charging those amounts. Again, Charlie breaks news that here locally, our prices have gone up. Surprise, surprise. An evening movie ticket in Las Vegas, Nevada now costs $11.00. That's up $0.50 from just this past summer. And they wonder why people pirate movies so much. The theaters claim the prices are high because Hollywood has forced them to go digital and retrofit theaters to display 3D. Hollywood claims the prices are high because it costs more to make and market movies. Which, when you opt to make Ryan Reynold's costume digital instead of using actual fabric and thread, yeah, we can see why it would cost more. Sadly, hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars doesn't make a good movie. That's evident with almost EVERY SINGLE blockbuster released last year and the year before that. Nice try, Tinseltown... not buying it. We also take a moment to talk about Fox's decision to cancel their power-'house' show... HOUSE. It's creator, David Shore and fellow executive producer/star, Hugh Laurie agreed the show has reached a creative impasse and it's time to move on. After 8 seasons of the same exact plot over and over, it had its run and it's time to call it a day. Expect House's bill in the mail. And as the title suggests, we end up on pizza. This conversation is sparked by a new promotion Pizza Hut is running for Valentine's Day. For $10 you get their box dinner that includes a pizza, bread sticks and cinnamon sticks. But for just $10,000 more you can get married at your local Pizza Hut. They'll videotape and photograph it, give you a ruby wedding ring, flowers, a limo ride and even set off some fireworks. And since you're getting married where the reception will take place, you don't have to rent a reception hall. Plus, you won't have to choose between the chicken or the fish but rather deep dish or thin crust. From here on out the debate rages over Pizza Hut versus Domino's. Mike is team Pizza Hut... Jabari, Dennis and I are Domino's. And Charlie is neither. Discover the definition of pan pizza, who has stuffed crust and who doesn't, why you shouldn't eat P'zones and more! It's not an A to Z show, but rather a P to P, which coincidentally, could also stand for peer to peer, | 2/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEPISODE 194 – Hide And Go Get It | It must've been that second plate of pizza and chicken fingers. We were on track to bring you an awesome make-up show after last week's non-recorded one. We were all at least 4 beers deep by the time Madonna took the stage for the Super Bowl Half Time Show. We commented to each other how it was going to be another famed 'drunk show'. What a great way to make up for my blunder. But while Madonna and LMFAO were having a middle-finger malfunction, we were all loadin' up the paper plates. By the time the game ended and we were done enjoying the 'NBCeeIt' closeups of Tom Brady pouting, we'd all been downgraded to a moderate buzz. The food had soaked up the booze. So a buzzed show it was. Mike couldn't make it, so in his place was Stephanie Payne of the local geek girls group, V.A.G.I.N.A. You can learn more about them and what they do by checking out their website in the Show Links. We, as well as Stephanie, attended this month's free midnight movie screening sponsored by Rave Motion Picture Theaters and local comic book store, Maximum Comics. The silver screen styling this time was Mel Brooks' SPACE BALLS. Learn today what all of our favorite films are from his repertoire. And, in case you haven't heard, Punxutawny Phil saw his shadow once again meaning we'll have 6 weeks more of winter. And, in case you haven't heard, Punxutawny Phil saw his shadow once again meaning we'll have 6 weeks more of winter... HAHA! See what I did there? GROUNDHOG DAY starring Bill Murray... watch it. Good stuff. I pose to the guys this question: Is Paula Deen a hypocrite? Just over a week ago she announced that she has Type-II Diabetes. Wilford Brimley gave her a badge and welcomed her to the club. But there are some crying fowl over a decision Deen made to become the spokeswoman for a Diabetes medication made by Novo Nordisk. And it's a valid point... it's no secret love isn't the only ingredient in Paula's recipes on her shows and in her books. Often times they call for large amounts of butter and sugar. Usually your entire monthly value of each in a single cookie. And she's been cooking this way on her shows and in her books for years! Now all of a sudden, she's hawking insulin? In her defense, she does actually use the medication she'll be pitching and she says a portion of her income from that gig will go to the American Diabetes Association, but is that enough? Is this a case of, 'you can't have it both ways?' Is Paula Deen a hypocrite? This question is to you as well. It's our poll this week. Be sure to vote! Another question asked of the guys: Color-blind casting, is it okay? By that I mean, would it be okay for say a black guy to play a white guy? Or vice versa? We all agreed it is if the character they're playing is fictional (i.e. Samuel L. Jackson playing Nick Fury, who in the comics was white). But what if it's a biopic? Gawker.com made a joke on their website that Jamie Foxx was in the running to play Frank Sinatra in an upcoming film from Martin Scorsese. Tabloids the world over got wind, and as is typical with digital-run news desks these days, nobody bothered to confirm it and ran it front page. This prompted Gawker to post a "Just Kidding" article, which you can read by following the link below. Still, even though it was a joke, casting without regard for race is worth pondering. We finish making up to you with a story about a South African strip club selling colognes that'll mask the establishment's scent so your wife or girlfriend won't know you were there. And, a different kind of bumping and grinding taking place... on a playground. It's called Rape Tag. And you'll have to tune-in to hear the details. And, in case you haven't heard, Punxutawny Phil saw his shadow once again meaning we'll have 6 weeks more of winter. SHOW LINKS: V.A.G.I.N.A. Rave Motion Pictures Maximum Comics Las Vegas Buy "Spaceballs (Collector's Edition)" on DVD Punxsutawney Phil's Official Website PaulaDeen. | 2/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEPISODE 193 – To Whom Did You Inquire? | Something a little fancy for you this week. Evan Pederson from the FancyPantsGangsters.com podcasting network in Minneapolis sits in with us via Skype. And what a show he chose to join us for. This week's presentation of our podcast is probably the clo... | 1/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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