Who Asked You?

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For the first time in the history of our show, I forgot to hit the record button. It was bound to happen and these things do to even the best of us. Luckily I realized my most important duty had been neglected at about 5 minutes into the show. So really all you’ll miss, if you’re listening to the recorded version, is the rundown of what’s coming up on the show. But you can find that out here by continuing to read this. I’ve cleaned up my flub as best I can. The show starts right off with a listener E-Mail. It’s all smooth sailing from there on out. This is good incentive for you to tune in live on Sunday evenings. You never know what you’re going to miss because one little red button didn’t get pressed.
Another first we can chalk up in our show history is that we ordered pizza moments before going on the air and it was delivered while we were doing the show. In fact, Dennis was paying the delivery guy moments after I remembered to start recording. Unprofessional? Maybe. Delicious pizza that fueled us for a good show? Absolutely! And what a mixed bag of awesome this episode is. We finally give you our brief thoughts on “The Expendables” as asked for by the before mentioned E-Mailer.
Nike is on the verge of bringing back the 80s by creating a shoe from the year 2015. Whaaaaaa? You just thought to yourself. Let me explain. Nike’s Test Kitchen crew recently filed patent papers for shoes that look stunningly similar to the “Air Mag” auto-lacing shoes Marty McFly wore in the year 2015 on Back to the Future II. If you remember the scene, the shoes had a light up logo and a small button that when pressed sucked the laces down and conformed to you foot. The clip is below in the show links if you want to have a look. And take a look at the images of the patent papers too. As you’ll see it appears Nike’s real-life version of the sneaker may work the same way.
Meanwhile down unda, Paul Hogan of the Crocodile Dundee fame is being held in his native country until he pays all taxes due to the government there. Hogan lives here in the US, but had flown back to Australia to attend his mother’s funeral. Not sure what or how it happened, but he was caught and told he couldn’t leave until paying millions in back taxes. Good luck to him on that.
We also talk about whining on Facebook. I’m sure you all have a friend or 2 who does it on their wall and maybe even yours. Well imagine if the guy who came up with the damned wall was doing it… oh, actually, you don’t. Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook, is apparently moaning and groaning about the way he is portrayed in the new Facebook movie called “The Social Network.” Should Mark suck it up if he wants to collect the big bucks? Are his gripes justified? We discuss this. And we’d like your opinion on the matter as well.
A new study has some shocking results when it comes to what ladies would give up in order to stay thin. Over half of them would do it too! Any ideas what they’d leave behind for a slimmer waist? I’ll give you a clue, only a quarter of the men polled would do the same. Okay, that was pretty much a dead give away.
And while we’re on the subject of staying thin, one way to do that might be to stay away from a few choice fast food options. We have a list of 10 of those items you should NOT order if you value good cardiovascular health. The number 1 thing on this list is a sandwich that Dennis eats regularly. We may have saved his life after he heard his caloric intake from this bad boy.
Because it’s the end of the month, this show is an extended episode with music! Charlie and I met one of the bands we play on today while at the Classic Gaming Expo here in Las Vegas. They’re called “Decendants of Erdrick” and they specialize in old-school video game music. We also play some tunes from our good pal Jinnai who DJs at anime conventions. Links to him and the Decendants are listed below if you want to check out more of their music.
Now I’m gonna warm up some left over pizza and practice hitting the record button a few thousand times before next week’s show.

SHOW LINKS:
Nike Official Website
World Intellectual Property Organization
Sylvester Stallone on Twitter
Buy the “Crocodile Dundee” Trilogy
“The Social Network” movie
Facebook
Nutrisystem
Top-10 Worst Fast Food Items
Apple iPad – The fat people’s iPod Touch.
Gundam Official Website

MUSIC HEARD ON THE SHOW:
Decendants of Erdrick
DJ Katsuhiko Jinnai

New Releases for Tuesday, August 31st:
House (Season 6)
Sons of Anarchy (Season 2)
The Vampire Diaries (Season 1)
Marmaduke
NCIS: Los Angeles (Season 1)
The Evil Dead (Limited Edition) [Blu-ray]
Thriller (Complete Series)
Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?
Harry Brown
The Middle (Season 1)

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This episode gets off to a silent start with the sound effects being muted for a few moments. The silence continues after that with the segment cues being muted. Although I do figure out which button to press during the “New Releases” and do get around to playing it during the segment. And Mike’s friend Glen sits in once again and the show randomly gets taken over by the black folk on the panel leaving Charlie and Chase a bit… well… silent. But that’s okay! Last time Glen was with us — the episode called Ghetto Pirate — it was our least productive show ever. I think I made it through about 1 and a half stories on that one. This time I do manage to get through the entire rundown, but forget to read off the Poll Question for this week. And right off the bat with our first story, we don’t even talk about the story.
What was supposed to be a short discussion about how awesome “The Expendables” was turned into sports shop talk between Dennis and Glen about the last few Madden games from EA Sports. At least this way you don’t have to worry about any spoilers. While sort of quasi on the topic of Sylvester Stallone, we have news of his replacement in a reboot to one of his films as well.
And the story that involves the unmentioned Poll Question this week is that of George Lucas’ decision NOT to include the original theatrical versions of the first Star Wars films on the Blu-ray box set that comes out next Fall. The fans have begged and pleaded to offer the originals in every incarnation that the “Special Editions” were in. But for whatever reasons known only to him, Lucas wants the classic versions to disappear. Not to mention, according to LucasFilm, they permanently altered the original negatives when they digitally mastered them for the “Special Editions.” So there you go. Han will still step on Jabba’s tail and Sabastian Shaw’s ghostly presence in Jedi is still replaced with that Canadian kid that can’t act worth a damn.
We go from a galaxy far far away to the lovely state of Vermont for a fun-filled round of “It’s The Law”. Vermont has some very strict margarine laws. As a dairy state, they take their milk products very seriously… they also require you to bathe at least once a week. And they don’t allow you to strip down in public, only in private. There’s more to this law you’ll want to hear!
And speaking of ‘private.’ Facebook has released a new app that allows your friends to violate your privacy without your knowledge, while you’re sitting next to them. It’s called “Facebook Places” and anyone who uses the Foursquare app on their mobile phone will feel right at home with this one. Using GPS the program allows you to “check-in” at locations that you visit (i.e. the movies, a club or store). But Facebook’s version allows a user to check their friends into those locations as well with a simple drag and drop. This could lead to awkward hilarity, especially if you told one friend you were staying in to fold laundry and then pop up a short time later on Facebook as being at your favorite bar with a few other friends. This would also work — in horrible ways — with stalkers, vengeful ex-lovers or co-workers/bosses you called in sick to that day.
The show winds down with a new burger joint that serves not-so-new burgers, a Swedish dude that may need to mortgage his home to pay a speeding ticket and a BBQ that can cook up to 7 whole lambs… Ahh, see what I did there. I brought the title of the episode full circle. I started with the ‘silence’ thing and ended with ‘lambs.’ I’m awesome!

SHOW LINKS:
Strong-ass beers our listeners have tried: Oskar Blues’ Ten FIDY, Absinthe, O’Dules, Gasoline and Giraffe… we’re confused on this one too.
Comedy Central’s Big Lake
The Expendables
Buy Sly’s Judge Dredd
Star Wars Official Website
Star Wars Blu-ray Press Release
Facebook – Violate your friends’ privacy today!
BK’s Whopper Bar
Mercedes AMG – Expensive cars that can get you an expensive speeding ticket!

New Releases for Tuesday, August 24th:
Lost: The Complete Collection
The Back-Up Plan
The Simpsons (Season 13)
George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead (Two-Disc Ultimate Undead Edition)
90210 (Season 2)
Dorian Gray
Pawn Stars (Season 2)
Death Note Collection (Death Note and Death Note II: The Last Name) [Blu-ray]
The Gathering
Red Vs Blue (Season 7: Recreation)

We’re taking this week off to celebrate Mike’s birthday. You regular listeners will know that Mike is a huge Star Wars fan. So I plucked this image of a R2-D2 cake from the web just for him. This was our other cake option. Being such a fan of Vader and friends, Mike will appreciate this bit of news on his birthday. Lucasfilm Ltd. has announced the official release date for the Blu-ray versions of all 6 Star Wars films. You can pick up the commemorative box set of the entire saga in Fall of 2011. It hasn’t been stated whether they’ll be the original theatrical releases or the updated special edition versions. Fan demand for a DVD version of the originals forced Lucas to release them on DVD after only offering the special editions at first.
Another area that Mike is interested in is old-school animation (i.e. drawing frame by frame, hand painting the cells, etc.). So here’s some animation-related stories for you Mike that involve no traditional animation at all! First up, a company called Hannover House has partnered with another company, Red Bear Entertainment, to produce “Terminator 3000″. It’s going to be a 3D animated feature film based on the characters and story of the original Terminator film. Unfortunately, shortly after their announcement, the company received a cease and desist order from the new owners of the Terminator franchise, Carolco. But the CEO of Hannover, Eric Parkinson, who produced the first film claims he has animation rights and those weren’t included in the sale to Carolco. If this pissing contest ends and the film gets produced they’re budgeting $70 million for it and plan to shoot for a PG-13 rating. So it’ll probably be less violent than what we’ve seen with the live-action films.

Although Mike is a pen and paper animator, he does still enjoy the computer-generated works of Pixar. And so does a large portion of the world. Pixar was pleased to announce this week that Toy Story 3 has become the highest grossing animated film of all time. Buzz, Woody and their pals have stuffed the toy box at Disney with $920 million since the film opened in June. It’s also only Disney’s second animated feature to cross the $400 million mark domestically. Right now, as it continues to rake in the cash it’s Disney’s fourth biggest film ever. Mike’s recent reaction on the show to the live-action/CG Yogi Bear movie coming this Christmas was so good it seemed only natural to bring this up as well. Warner Brothers has announced that a live action/CG Bugs Bunny movie is on the way. Because, “Space Jam” and “Looney Tunes: Back in Action” were soooo great. A real tribute to those iconic characters. Did you get my sarcasm there? This new reason for Tex Avery, Chuck Jones and Mel Blanc to role in their graves is getting penned by the guy who wrote “Elf,” David Berenbaum. He also adapted “The Spiderwick Chronicles” for the big screen. This movie sounds terrible already and we know nothing about it. No good can come from cartoon to live-action/CG adaptations. We have yet to see one that was enjoyable…. Happy Birthday Mike!!!

Before I sign off, I want to take a moment to point out the new Facebook ‘Like’ box to the left. If you pop into our website and like what you see or hear and haven’t already, take a second to hit that ‘Like’ button. It gets the word out about the show and helps us build an audience. Your friends trust your judgement don’t they? If you like us they will too right? RIGHT?!?!?!

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Hide your kids, hide your wife, Who Asked You? is chockfull of verbage on race, sex, beer, illegal downloading and plenty of curses… so… pretty much a run-of-the-mill show. We’ll tell you today about the newest record holder for the world’s strongest beer. No longer does it belong to the guys at BrewDogs who created “Tactical Nuclear Penguin”. Now it goes to another company whose mission statement must say that it’s out to develop a customer base of liver failure-patients. Anytime a beer has more alcohol in it than a fine whiskey, perhaps it’s not really beer anymore. When the brewing industry itself is against brewing the beer, perhaps it’s not really a beer anymore. Or when the company advises you drink it like a cocktail and not like a beer… I’m thinking it’s not really a beer anymore.
Now onto something you can finger. Oh yeah… it’s that alright! Call it the latest in geek chic. A computer mouse elegantly sculpted into the shape of a woman’s genitalia. Complete with a perfectly positioned scroll wheel and a hidden ‘spot’ that rewards you by launching your favorite website or E-Mail when you press it. The mouse is a conceptual design right now. It doesn’t seem to be for sale anywhere. But I’m sure so me company in the techno-porn industry will be happy to develop it into a real product. You can have a look at it for yourself below in the Show Links. I can’t help but wonder, if this was for sale, how long it would be before some lonely guy surfing an adult webcam site late one night looked down at his “G Spot Mouse” and then tried to have sex with it. It would probably happen faster than the time it’d take him to get to the ER to have the stuck gadget removed.
Our big story of the show goes to a brother and sister in Alabama. The Dodson’s were victimized by an attempted rapist who broke into the sister’s bedroom and tried to assault her. When she screamed for help, her brother Antoine quickly raced to her aide. The perp got away, but when interviewed by the local news, Antoine Dodson sounded off about the event and has since become an Internet sensation for his comments. Some feel people like this shouldn’t be put on the news. But isn’t it worse to not let them have their say. Why should one victim get favored for a sound byte just because they’re better spoken or dressed over the one who isn’t? It was said that those like Antoine (i.e. those who have an Ebonics vernacular) reflect poorly on their community. Really? Seems to me like the guy that broke into their house and tried to rape an innocent young woman is the one doing that poor reflecting. In any case, the interview aired, people liked it and now Antoine is being heard by folks all over the world not just on the news, but on T-Shirts, ringtones and YouTube remixes. If only that rapist had a vagina-shaped mouse, perhaps this wouldn’t have happened.
If he did have that mouse, perhaps he’d be using it to acquire movies from the Bureau. We’ve got a list for you today of the current most downloaded movies from it. We’ll run down the top-10 then quiz you with a “Chase’s Challenge” on what flick is getting the most torrent attention. Tune in and play along… don’t cheat and Google it before though!
Perhaps that rapist that broke into the Dodson household is working for the National Weather Service now. The robotic voice that interrupts the TV and radio warning us all of impending weather related doom is part of a brand new segment we’re introducing today inspired by Mr. Joe Pesci. This bit is an invention of Dennis’ and will pop up from time to time on the show. And we encourage your participation too. Listen to the show, find out what the segment is about and if one of these moments happens to you, E-MAIL US and we’ll include it in the next edition!
We’re off next week, but brand-new episodes of the show return on August 23rd. And you can hear us the night before, live on ErrorFM as well. So run and tell dat home boy!

SHOW LINKS:
BrewDog Beers – Record broken by the beer below.
The new strongest beer record holders
Top Documentary Films – Recommended by Dennis. Look for the one about vaginas!
WAFF-TV Website
TorrentFreak.com
Follow Kanye West on Twitter – Caution: He may follow you back!
Follow us on Twitter – Caution: We may follow you back.

New Releases for Tuesday, August 10th:
Date Night
Death at a Funeral
Max Headroom (Complete Series with Lenticular Cover)
Numb3rs (Season 6)
The Joneses
My Name Is Khan
Trauma (Season 1)
Multiple Sarcasms
Too Much for TV Presents: All Natural Breasts
Graphic Sexual Horror (Special Edition)

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Today’s show is full of what one might think are ‘bad jokes’. These are true stories that are so outrageous, weird or down right funny that you can’t help but wonder if they’re real. We can tell you, they are. And that’s what makes them all the more funny or just plain unfortunate. All of today’s topics fall under one of these two categories.
First up is a recap of the now almost daily rantings of Mel Gibson via phone to his ex-baby mamma Oksana Gragoriblah something something. When you hear Mel’s colorful metaphors for the Russian gal or when he calls her pre-teen son a pussy you immediately wonder if this is a bad joke. It’s not. If there’s one thing Mel has shown us these past couple of years, it’s that he’s insane. These phone calls are just the last crazy nail in his nuthouse coffin. This one falls under the ‘funny’ category for sure.
Besides Mel Gibson’s evident boo boos, there’s another Boo Boo in the spotlight. This one comes in the form of a computer generated bear cub wearing a purple bowtie. The trailer for the live-action Yogi Bear movie debuted on the net last week. The film will feature CGI versions of the ol’ Hanna-Barbera staples. With 2 well known actors portraying the bears you might think this too is a bad joke. Alas, it’s real. The movie is due out this Christmas. Tune into the show to find out which of these actors actually tries to put some effort into his voice-over gig. Surprisingly, he’s not too shabby at it either… still, the simple fact that this is yet another cartoon to movie adaptation after such gems as Space Jam, George of the Jungle and Alvin and the Chipmunks 1 and 2, it comes out as just plain unfortunate.
Another story on this week’s show is no so much a bad joke as it is bad math. The National Association of Theater Owners wants you to believe you’re paying less for that movie ticket than you were just 9 weeks ago. And less than what you were 40 years ago! How do they make the math work. It would seem they’re using matinee prices. Hmmm… Why would they shy away from telling us the “normal” admission price of a movie? And why was that not used in this breakdown instead? Oh year, that’s right… because it’s freakin’ $10 to go to the movies nowadays! It’s a rip-off in my opinion. And NATO is trying to fool us. I buy this “lower ticket prices than 40 years ago” less than I actually buy movie tickets. Maybe theaters should have control over admission prices? Get a Best Buy/Circuit City-style war going between them?
Stan Lee continues to keep busy with his comic/TV/movie development company called “Pow! Entertainment”. In fact, he’s got 3 new comic book super heroes set to premier in October. We’ve got the brief stories of each on the show. We know it’s Stan Lee, but the general Who Asked You? consensus on these is, unfortunate. It’s unfortunate that we just aren’t feelin’ these new characters. But if they do turn out to be cool, we’ll gladly accept our mistake. Someone will have to tell us though, because none of us plan on reading these comics.
If you’re a resident in Tennessee and will be heading to the polls soon to vote for your state’s governor, you’ve got 5 to choose from. Actually, it’s more like 4. One of them, Basil Marceaux dot com — not sure if he’s legally changed his name to include the dot com, but that’s how he introduces himself — clearly stands no chance what so ever. Still, he may not win over the voters, but his odd incoherent pitch on a local Nashville news station has won over YouTube. Basil has some interesting ideas for the Volunteer State. Not sure if he’ll ever be able to put them into complete sentences if elected, but interesting ideas nonetheless. This is both funny and unfortunate.
Finally, if you’re ever in Hakone, Japan and have a hankering for Ramen, be careful where you get it from. There’s a spa there now offering a jacuzzi tub full of pork broth for you to simmer in. They even come by and dump in a batch of fake noodles. The health department won’t let them use real Ramen. Visitors basically get to pretend their tiny people in a giant bowl of noodle soup. Bad joke? We wish. The only bad joke in this story one made by me.

SHOW LINKS:
Scott Pilgrim Comics – Read these before seeing the movie!
Buy “The Crippled Masters”
Mel Gibson’s 7 Rant Tapes on Radar Online
The Hollywood Reporter
Stan Lee’s Pow! Entertainment
Boom! Studios
Basil Marceaux’s Official Website

New Releases for Tuesday, August 3rd:
Kick-Ass
Heroes (Season 4)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
The Ghost Writer
Escape from New York [Blu-ray]
After.Life
Piranha (Roger Corman Cult Classics) [Blu-ray]
Henson’s Place: The Man Behind the Puppets
Mercy (Season 1)
The Real Ghostbusters (Volume 3)