Who Asked You?

EPISODE 196 – Sidecock

Chase — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:45:24 +0000

Sidekick, sidecock... what's the difference.

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 the second or third week of the month. Lincoln’s was February 12th; close enough to merge with Washington’s and move both to a completely separate day for celebration. Some folks take the opportunity to celebrate ALL of the US Presidents. They all made their mark on this country’s history… take President William Harrison for example. He delivered a 2-hour inauguration speech, the longest of any president, and he did it in the pouring rain! Impressive, but a flawed idea given he caught pneumonia and died 31 days after taking office. There, you learned something. And Mike learns, at the end of today’s show, what the theme music means. Stay tuned for that!
With all this talk of history and catching things, I feel it’s time to tell you about today’s show! A certain TV series made ‘history’ last night during our broadcast (central time). THE SIMPSONS aired their 500th episode. Its plot was just like the ho-hum movie they released a few years back. As you might expect, this launches us into our usual quote-fest of Simpson memories followed by the continued mulling of how relevant the show is still.
Then a quote-fest you might not expect… TITANIC. During the Calendar segment, I announce that Billy Zane will celebrate his birthday on Friday. We ramble off a few films he’s done including the James Cameron epic, followed by his best lines in it.
Perhaps our biggest story of the night is the ironic events that occurred at the Las Vegas branch of The Heart Attack Grill. For some reason this place just keeps coming up on our show. Perhaps its their morbid sense of humor. Their view on enjoying life and food the way YOU want to. Or maybe it’s just the fact that funny shit keeps happening with them. Our chronicle continues with the latest incident in which an actual heart attack is suffered by a “patient” while eating a Triple Bypass Burger. The call for the grills to be turned off for good is once again resonating with health experts and all around stick-in-the-muds. After all, a single burger WILL trigger a heart attack. It’s not your lifestyle or years of fat accumulation. No no… it’s that single burger you crammed down your pie hole that jammed the cogs of your ticker. Some have gone as far as calling the establishment socially irresponsible. Our take on this view today.
From lots-o-calories to lots-o-money. Or lack there of. Former NBA superstar, Allen Iverson brings us a cautionary tale of what NOT to do with your easily-earned scratch. The ball player once amassed a fortune of over $150-million. Now he can’t even pay $800,000 owed to his jeweler. His bank account has been seized and he is as poor as the rest of us. With all this “we are the 1%” talk buzzing the nation, it’s infuriating to read about someone so disgustingly rich just pissing away their money. How many times have you read about someone winning the lottery, inheriting a fortune or somehow coming into a huge sum of cash and you said to yourself, “What I could do with that kind of money…” On the other hand, it is his money to lose. I’m sure that’s no comfort to him of course. We share our thoughts on this as well.
And it may not be hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars, but a public high school in Cincinnati is offering students $25 gift cards if they have good attendance and stay out of trouble. The school, which has a graduation rate lower than that of the middle class’s federal income tax just starting the program and has already seen a 15% improvement in students’ attendance. That’s great news, but why should schools — which are more broke than Allen Iverson right now — have to pay students to show up? Where are their parents? Where are the leather belts? I would go to school with my kid and sit through every class with them if they tried to skip. I would handcuff them to their desk if need be. It all starts at home folks. This is money the district is taking from teachers and other students who are good and do show up… just not on President’s Day… we all get that day off.

SHOW LINKS:
The Simpsons
Heart Attack Grill
Allen Iverson’s NBA.com Page
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Official Website
MichaelBay.com

New Releases for Tuesday, February 21st:
Puss in Boots (2-disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy)
Weeds (Season 7)
J. Edgar (2-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + UltraViolet Digital Copy)
The Way
Tower Heist
Nurse Jackie (Season 3)
The Epic Journey of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson [Blu-ray]
Matlock (Season 7)
Young Justice (Season 1, Volume 3)
Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century (Complete Series)

EPISODE 195 – From Porn To Pizza

Chase — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:50:39 +0000

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, another name for what BT Junkie was… *sniff. I need a tissue.

SHOW LINKS:
Deadline.com
ComingSoon.net
Robert Rodriquez on IMDb
Buy “Machete” on DVD
Fox’s “House”
Tie The Knot At Pizza Hut
Get Weird Al on next year’s Super Bowl Half Time Show

New Releases for Tuesday, February 14th:
Paranormal Activity 3
The Rum Diary
Human Centipede II: Full Sequence
Doctor Who: The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe
Dragon Age: Redemption
Family Matters (Season 2)
Beavis & Butthead (Volume 4)
Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Get Ducky
Storage Wars Volume 2)
Nude Nuns with Big Guns

EPISODE 194 – Hide And Go Get It

Chase — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:52:51 +0000

Happy birthday Chris Gaines!!!

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.com – The only website made from a stick of butter.
Gawker: Guys, We Were Just Kidding About That Jamie Foxx As Frank Sinatra Thing
Mavericks – Makers of the Alibi colognes.
Foley’s Pub & Restaurant
Samuel Adams

New Releases for Tuesday, February 7th:
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part I (2-Disc Special Edition)
Lady and the Tramp (3-Disc Diamond Edition Blu-ray/DVD + Digital Copy)
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (3-Disc Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray/DVD + UltraViolet Digital Copy)
Anonymous
Rocko’s Modern Life (Season 2)
Sengoku Basara 2 (Complete Series Limited Edition) (Blu-ray/DVD Combo)
Hell’s Kitchen (Season 6 Raw & Uncensored)
The Reunion
Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred
Throw Momma From the Train [Blu-ray]

EPISODE 193 – To Whom Did You Inquire?

Chase — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:56:00 +0000

Look how much more you poop when squatting!

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 closest — to date — that we’ve ever/will come to a full-on political discussion. As you can probably guess, it revolves around SOPA and PIPA, the 2 anti-piracy bills now shelved in the US Congress. Evan chose to make his site go dark on January 18th along with thousands of others as part of the largest online protest ever. As I mentioned in a SOPA rant posted that same day, we at Who Asked You? stayed online mainly because I didn’t want to break our site in fear of not being able to fix it. You’ll hear the wildely different approaches Evan and I had to accomplishing the black-out. His was far less extreme and overall, smarter than the way I wouldn’ve done it. So it’s a good thing I declined to participate.
The SOPA story starts in the form of a Chase-rant. Those role around on occasion. In an attempt to keep my blood pressure in check, I don’t go too crazy and in an attempt to keep you awake, I don’t go to in-depth with political jargon. Charlie is also grateful for this. He proclaims on the show that we shouldn’t get any more political than we do with this SOPA thing. As we’ve always maintained on Who Asked You? we try and limit our conversations on politics and religion because those “cans of worms” are a slippery slope for us and you listeners. They can result in shouting, bad feelings and overall butt hurt. Unlike today’s movies or someone named Zopittybop-Bop-Bop getting arrested for drug possession, which we can all joke about. But something like SOPA directly affects our website, so it feels like a requirement to at least acknowledge it. Charlie again pitches the idea of doing a serious show where these topics can reside, after all, just 10-minutes earlier we were talking about the Squatty Potty. What do you think? Should we have a separate show for serious/political topics… please say no. Another show is more work for me. And in all honesty, that’s what makes Who Asked You? the show that it is; being able to simply go from a product that makes you squat on the toilet to legislation that could terminate our show as we know it.
Once DE-FACE THE NATION ends, we move onto more of what makes our show great… Vince Shlomi for example! He’s the ShamWow guy. Vince has once again straped on his little headset and is hawkin’ made-for-TV gizmos at you like his life depended on it. And it probably does. I’m sure he needs the commissions to pay off his attorney fees. If you don’t remember what he got arrested for, I explain it on today’s show. Or if you want to hear the original story, check out EPISODE 63. What’s funny is that in his infomercial, he’s more than happy to poke fun at himself and includes plenty of inuendo relating to his arrest.
Do to time constraints we skip 2 stories and head straight into Breaking News. Once again, Taco Bell makes our radar. If you frequent the web, you’ve probably seen a joke where Taco Bell is the punchline. The mystery as to how digestible their food is still remains. Also, whether it’s actually food or not. See, there was another one. It seems the fast-food giant has heard one to many riffs and is starting a test market on a new menu featuring fresh ingredients… as apposed to…? See Taco Bell, you bring it on yourselves! The idea is to compete with shops like Chipotle and Q’doba. Offering the same “quality” (in quotations) but for a cheaper price. If you live in Louisville, KY or Bakersfield, CA… please let us know how it goes. Those are the first test markets for “Cantina Bell” as they’re calling it. If it proves a success, they’ll role it out nationwide. Call me skeptical on this one. A fast-food joint with taco shells made out of Doritos can use “authentic” and “fresh” in their menu vocabulary about as convincingly as we can “serious” and “political” in our show’s.

SHOW LINKS:
FancyPantsGangsters.com
The Squatty Potty – Poop Smarter, Not Harder!
SOPA sponsor, Rep. Lamar Smith, violates the very law he’s proposing.
Sign the Google “End Piracy, Not Liberty” Petition
Order Your Schticky Today!
Taco Bell – Now testing REAL ingredients in their food.

New Releases for Tuesday, January 24th:
Real Steel (3-Disc Combo: Blu-ray/DVD + Digital Copy)
50/50
Godzilla (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]
Paranormal Activity 3 (Blu-ray/DVD Combo in Blu-ray Packaging)
Ancient Aliens (Season 3)
Whistleblower
Stripes (Extended Cut) [Blu-ray]
Revenge of the Electric Car
See No Evil, Hear No Evil [Blu-ray]
Roger Corman’s Cult Classic’s Lethal Ladies Collection (Volume 2)

EPISODE 192 – Bored Games

Chase — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:50:48 +0000

For the third show in a row, there’s at least 1 host missing. This time around it’s Mike. Our pal John once again fills the empty seat of a co-host and does his best Mike impression in the process. I think when 1 of us is out, the conversation’s timing gets thrown off. Despite having a fill-in, we’re incapable of always filling the hour. We 5 have become a well oiled machine always delivering 60-minutes of chatter. But a wooden sabot shoe in the form of a missing man, a shitty segment or technical difficulties can be thrown into the gear works and you’re left with something like today’s show.
In this case the sabotage is ‘It’s The Law’. What was once a popular segment on the show doesn’t garner the conversation it used to. With only a few states to go, I feel obligated to finish before retiring the bit. This time we’re looking at laws in Virginia. The state has some pretty strict guidelines you must abide by when getting’ it on. There’s only 1 position allowed, you have to do it in the dark and it’s only aloud in 1 hole. More odd ordinances where those came from.
‘It’s The Law’ wasn’t the only segment where not much was said. At the top of the show we took a moment to recap CES, which by most accounts was pretty ho-hum this year. No major game consoles were unveiled. Most of the flat panels were the same 3D, LED, LCD, or SOB units they’ve been bugging us to buy for 2 years now and the rest was pointless accessories for the iPad. So, not much to talk about there.
The ‘New Releases’ would surely have something worth conversating over… nope. Most of this week’s DVD’s, none of us have heard of. And that’s saying a lot, because our combined knowledge of obscure media is quite vast. I couldn’t even get the guys to stretch on the subject of Andy Dick while I pulled up poll results I forgot to mark down on my paper. Can’t blame them there though… what is there to say about Andy Dick?
We learn that Steven Spielberg will NOT direct Jurassic Park 4. There’s not a whole lot to be said there either. The CW is raiding the box full of DC comics for their next TV series. And they’ve asked the guys that did GREEN LANTERN to develop it. Yeah, because that movie was soooo great right?
No wonder we blast through the rundown with 19-minutes to spare. In our ‘Breaking News’ segment we introduce you to a man arrested for drug possession who has one of the most ridiculous names ever. His first name is Beezow… and there’s plenty more where that came from.
Thank god for YouTube. It’s where everyone goes these days to waste time. To kill the nearly 20-minutes of unplanned Ask-ness we do what we do best, remissness. And what better way to do so on, than old board games and their commercials. The show title is startin’ to make sense now isn’t it? I promise — despite everything I’ve typed here — this is not a ‘bored’ show.

SHOW LINKS:
Hostess
CES
Collider.com
JurassicPark.com
The Adventures Of Tin Tin Website
The CW
Read about Green Arrow
Read about Booster Gold
SyFy.com
Buy Smallville (The Complete Series) on DVD
Amazon.com – Owners of IMDb.com
Junie Hoang on IMDb – Suing Amazon.com for revealing her age.
Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop on Facebook

New Releases for Tuesday, January 17th:
Courageous
Ides of March
Merlin (Season 3)
Abduction
Kevin Hart: Laugh At My Pain
Hetalia: World Series 1 (Season 3) (Limited Edition)
Sliders (Season 5)
Mad (Season 1, Part 2)
Bad Girls [Blu-ray]
Division III: Football’s Finest

EPISODE 191 – Le Cordon Poo

Chase — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:52:47 +0000

I may have spoiled a surprise. I don’t remember if I previously mentioned what we had planned for our 200th show or not. And I don’t remember if I said it was a surprise. In any case, it’s no longer one… I reveal today what’s in store for that milestone. You’ll have to wait until the end of the show to hear about it though. Or you can just skip to it, your choice. If you do bypass the bulk of this episode, there’s a few things you’ll miss.
First up is GEORGE LUCAS STRIKES BACK! A fake movie trailer posted on YouTube and then on our Facebook Page by a listener. This trailer is hilarious! It was posted on our Facebook in response to our underwhelmed response to the 2012 roster of theatrical releases. If there were more movies like this one coming out, we would be a lot more excited. To see the mock-movie trailer for yourself, scroll down to the Show Links.
Just a couple of weeks ago a man named Trent Arsenault received a cease and desist order from the FDA. What could a single man do to warrant such a stern reaction from the federal government? Should federal government be capitalized? These questions need answers. The former has one. Trent is running his own at-home sperm bank. Couples who are troubled with fertility issues are more than welcome to help themselves to Trent’s baby batter. The FDA claims he’s a quote “tissue manufacturer,” and is not abiding by their guidelines and he should undergo more STD tests and lab work to insure his Cupid’s toothpaste is safe and clean. But just browse Trent’s website and you’ll see he’s done his homework. He’s got test results, family history, sperm bank facts, FAQ’s, tons of pictures and more. And the icing on this cake? He doesn’t charge! Not even for shipping! So it’s not like he’s running a scam. How is this any different than a 1-night stand gone awry? We discuss this and you’re welcome to interject your thoughts as well. It’s this week’s ‘We Ask You Poll’.
Speaking of cakes and their icing. You may be staying away from them for awhile after hearing our next story. I’m going to warn you now, it’s in our ‘Jenkem Watch’ segment, so what does that tell ya? In Pennsylvania, 3 teen girls were just criminally charged for a prank they pulled way back in March on a fellow student at their high school. It was her birthday, what better gift than a cake? They’re tasty, they’re sweet, fairly easy to make and inexpensive. They show you care. Well, that is until you smother them in dookie. Not sure what the victim did to deserve this corn cake, but she didn’t question it when the friends asked her to try it in front of them. And it seems the girls were able to mask the sewer smell well enough she didn’t question that either. Or maybe it’s just girl poo doesn’t stink? Yeah, I’m gonna go with that.
You’ve probably seen the images by now. A hamburger with a black bun being touted as the “Darth Vador Burger”. It’s a new promotional bit by a French fast food franchise to celebrate the re-re-release of the STAR WARS films… this time in 3D!!!! You can choose the dark side and go with the black buns, or you can choose the path of a Jedi and enjoy a more traditional looking patty. There’s also a ‘Darth Maul Burger’. I think its poppy seeds might get stuck in my teeth though. Mike, our resident expert on that galaxy far far away chooses his slab-o-beef. Tune in to hear which one!
As always, Breaking News rounds things up. MC Hammer is being eyed by the IRS. Seems he owes then a shit-ton of back taxes going back to his 1996 bankruptcy filing. He claims he paid those and is even asking the court that he be reimbursed for the legal fees.
With a few minutes to kill we discuss our marketing strategy and merchandising plans on-the-air. That’s how we roll. We’re ramping up a T-Shirt line. Or at least, we’re planning to have a plan to make T-Shirts featuring our hilariously ambiguous show titles. Charlie is heading up our marketing department consisting of… Charlie. He’s looking for funny, cartoon-ish illustrations of our episode titles. Something that would work well on a shirt. And he’s willing to pay you $50 to do it, if we choose your design. This isn’t a contest so much as a Craigslist-like search for artists. If you’re good with crayons or other drawing utensils, pick your favorite title and submit your design to Charlie.

SHOW LINKS:
Follow our good friend, Jason Herder on Twitter @ToyBoatHouse – He made the Arnold Button possible.
Slick Gigolo’s YouTube Channel – Created GEORGE LUCAS STRIKES BACK trailer.
The Hollywood Reporter
TimBurton.com
Robert Downey Jr. on IMDb
The Jim Henson Company
TrentDoner.org – All the benefits of a sperm bank, without the sperm bank.
StarWars.com
eBay
Follow MC Hammer on Twitter

Hold your angry letters... I'm sure Dark is French for Darth. Not to mention Vader is spelled with an 'e'.

Which side of The Force will you choose?

New Releases for Tuesday, January 10th:
Boardwalk Empire (Season 1)
Moneyball (2-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + UltraViolet Digital Copy)
Killer Elite
What’s Your Number
Primeval (Volume 3)
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs (Story 71) and The Android Invasion (Story 83)
An Idiot Abroad
Pacific Blue (Complete Series)
The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption
G.I. Joe (Series 2: Season 1)

EPISODE 190 – Dick Crisp

Chase — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:02:48 +0000

If you’re staring at this week’s show title wondering if that’s a snack in the food aisle at your local adult store, it is not. It’s Channing Tatum’s new nickname. Why would we call him that? Please see the episode titled, “The Beck-ening” which contains one of our more memorable stories still brought up from time to time. Why are we talking about Channing Tatum? Because he’s got several movies coming out this year including G.I. JOE: RETALIATION and 21 JUMP STREET. Both of these films sound awful.
Charlie can count his lucky stars he slept too late and missed this week’s program because it’s not just reboots of 80′s TV series and toy-turned-movie sequel blandness we have to look forward to in the theater this year… oh no, there’s also sequels to films that didn’t need them, sequels to films that shouldn’t have had a first one to begin with, a movie based on the Navy SEALS mission that killed Osama bin Laden, more comic book flicks, a 3D version of a certain chainsaw-wielding wacko who goes on a massacre, a sequel to a comic book movie whose original was really bad, Daniel Radcliffe ditches the wand, the CLASH OF THE TITANS remake gets an unneeded second, Johnny Depp stars in another Tim Burton film, Tim Burton produces a movie based on one of his first stop-motion shorts, Hasbro continues to sell its soul, Will Smith insures his is never coming back, a guy named ‘Webb’ will give us his emo-take on THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, Bruce Wayne slips on his cape for the last ‘good’ time — although DC is probably already planning Batman’s reboot after Nolan calls it quits, you’ll be demanding a recall on Collin Farrell’s version of TOTAL RECALL, Stallone and friends will come back to blow stuff up and blow people’s heads off, the fight against the Umbrella Corp. will continue, Universal’s monsters will be raped a second time in the ass after contracting Hepatitis from VAN HELSING, RED DAWN will also see the dawn of its reboot, KNOCKED UP will get a spin-off, a Hansel and Gretel movie will come out this year with a plot so ridiculous the guys are convinced I made it up. We did that on the 2010 look ahead and it was just as difficult back then to tell the real from the fake. I swear to you, I did not make any of these up this time around. These films are all real!
Somewhere between the messes of movies being rattled off I run out of Sam Adams Black and Brew (my new favorite of theirs having tried it for the first time on today’s show) and we learn what pig semen smells like from Sheena, Charlie’s female fill-in.

SHOW LINKS:
Sheena Johnson on IMDb
Movie Insider’s 2012 Theatrical Releases
Download EPISODE 157 – The Beck-ening

New Releases for Tuesday, January 3rd:
Justified (Season 2)
Contagion (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + UltraViolet Digital Copy)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Season 5)
I Don’t Know How She Does It
Serendipity [Blu-ray]
Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark
Shark Night
Marley & Me: The Puppy Years
She’s All That [Blu-ray]
Red: Werewolf Hunter

EPISODE 189 – 2011 Year-In-Review

Chase — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:33:22 +0000

What a year it’s been. This seemed like as good of a time as any to switch things up. Instead of doing our look back and calling it a “Christmas Special”, we’ve decided to do our look back and call it what it is, a Year-In-Review Special. Being weary of this time of year these days coupled with the fact that the show was never really about Christmas and was always a yearly recap prompted the change.
So what all do we ‘review’ today? Well I’m glad I asked that in the previous sentence. We forgo the new DVD releases because of time, but they are in the Show Links as always. First, we start with a listener E-Mail that does 2 things. First, he offers up his best/worst picks for movies, TV and radio. Then he nominates his choice for our first ever “Clip of the Year”. It worked out pretty well because I planned on playing a “Clip of the Year” and I too, was thinking of the same clip he mentions! You’ll hear said bit, in its entirety, on today’s show.
From there we get into the bests and worsts of things. As with many of our shows, we run out of time and don’t make it through all our primary topics. But we make a pretty decent dent. And since we were all sipping brandy-laced egg nog, it’s a miracle we got as far along as we did.
First on the list… movies! Some of our best picks include, THE RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, DRIVE and X-MEN: FIRST CLASS. That’s not all though. There’s plenty more where those came from. One from Jabari wasn’t even made this year. I think he was a little confused as to how a year-in-review show works. Or it was the spiked egg nog.
As you might imagine, the ‘worst’ list for films in ’11 was quite lengthy. Some of them included THE GREEN LANTERN and THE GREEN HORNET. Others brought up, TRANSFORMERS: THE DARK OF THE MOON, TWILIGHT: BREAKING DAWN and THE SITTER, which by most accounts, could very well be the absolute worst movie of 2011.
To the boob tube we go as we channel surf through the good and bad of televised content, or at least what qualifies these days as network quality programming. On the best list: IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA (this is a given) and HOMELAND. On the worst list (let me take an Ace Ventura-style deep breath here): THE JERSEY SHORE, KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS, TWO AND A HALF MEN, most, if not all reality shows, the entire primetime line up on The CW… and many many more.
A few noteworthy events occurred this year in the world of comic books. Charlie and Jabari agreed DC’s BLACKEST NIGHT was good while BRIGHTEST DAY was not.
We end this show and year with a recap of celebrity deaths. We lost folks like comedian Patrice O’Neal, Elizabeth Taylor, Arch West who invented Doritos, Andy Rooney from CBS’s 60-MINUTES, Kill Keane, the creator of Family Circus and actor Michael Gough who is probably best known for his role as Alfred on Tim Burton’s BATMAN movies. And of course, Steve Jobs died this year. As did singer, Amy Winehouse and Jack LaLanne. He’s that buff old dude that sells juicers. Juicing jokes follow quickly on this one. Tune in for that.
The final moments of our year-in-review show reveals Charlie’s New Year’s resolution. And we want to know yours! It’s this week’s ‘We Ask You Poll’. And with that, I’ll wrap by wishing you all a happy holiday and New Year. We’ll be back right off the bat in 2012, Sunday, January 1st LIVE on ErrorFM.com at 8pm/PT. It’s unknown how hungover we’ll be. You’ll just have to listen in and find out. See ya then!

SHOW LINKS:
Download EPISODE 163 – Heez-Its – Contains our “2011 Clip of the Year”

New Releases for Tuesday, December 20th:
Dolphin Tale (Blu-ray/DVD Combo + UltraViolet Digital Copy)
Midnight in Paris
One Tree Hill (Season 8)
Glee: The Concert Movie
Futurama (Volume 6)
The Tempest
Straw Dogs
Underworld Trilogy (Blu-ray + UltraViolet Digital Copy)
Rosario + Vampire (Season 1)
Heaven’s Lost Property (Complete Series) [Blu-ray/DVD Combo]

EPISODE 188 – Whilst

Chase — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:34:19 +0000

Strong words on today’s show for a few upcoming movie and TV projects. First, THE SITTER. A film starring Jonah Hill. We had no intention of sitting through THE SITTER but due to some technical issues with SCROOGED at a free midnight movie event on Saturday, we did just that. Hey, it was free. Sadly, this film was such an uneven, poorly paced travesty, the fact that we didn’t have to pay for it does little to comfort us. Dennis was the lucky one in the group. He drank himself into a stuper and wasn’t able to attend the screening. Charlie — who is out again this week — Mike, Jabari and I, however, took one for the team. You’ll want to tune into this episode to hear a number of reasons why you shouldn’t pay for this ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING rip off.
But the harsh words don’t stop there. We need to get something off our chests and it involves ABC getting something off their air. You may have seen the commercial already… the American Broadcasting Company, in its infinite wisdom is bringing us a sitcom in January called, WORK IT. It’s from the brilliant minds behind FRIENDS and is about 2 guys who end up cross dressing as women in order to get jobs. Yeah, this joke should be sustainable for several seasons without getting old. Not since the Geico Caveman sitcom have we seen a premise for a show so damned awful we almost couldn’t believe our eyes. Is this real? Is this an actual show that people got paid to write and produce and edit?
The words keep-a-flowin’ as we move along to our commentary on THE THREE STOOGES movie. If you see this film you’ll be poking your own eyes out, you won’t need Moe to do it. From the teaser trailer that premiered online this week we can surmise a few played out, overused and down right insulting elements from this film. All of which run the length of the entire trailer and will most likely do the same in the actual film too. First, the fish out of water gag. The 3 seem lost in time or at least, completely out of their element (please see the iPhone scene in the trailer below). Second, the only truly convincing Stooge of the 3 is Will Sasso as Curly. Larry is… umm… not working for me and Moe is borderline. Then we have Snooki. Yeah, you read that correctly, Snooki is in this movie….. case rested.
A very entertaining listener E-Mail precedes our first main story of the day. You won’t want to miss this rant about holiday shopping. And speaking of shopping; one STAR WARS fan picked up the ultimate memorabilia at a Hollywood auction this past week. The original 35mm movie camera used to shoot A NEW HOPE. Fully restored, with lens, accessories and even the dolly! Apparently there is an entire community of collectors who specialize in accumulating movie cameras used to shoot iconic films. Not as easy as it may sound. Movie cameras are expensive. Plus, a majority of features are shot with Panavision cameras and lenses, available for renting only. Older units collecting dust do get sold off. But you gotta know when and where. And you gotta have the cash. Especially if you’re buying the one used on STAR WARS. Wait ’till you hear total for the winning bid!
In order to meet the monthly guidelines of educational content within a podcast, we must bring you another round of ‘Who Fact You?’. This one is a bit more brisk compared to past lists. Perhaps it’s because Charlie is absent. Or maybe because Dennis is hungover. In any case, you’ll get 10 more facts to wow your pals with at the next kegger.
Getting back to our ‘words’ theme… there’s one grouping of letters that is immediately recognizable when it comes to pornography and that’s “XXX”. And now, websites specializing in the naughty content can end in .xxx instead of com or net or whatever. A registry company here in the US has started selling domains with the triple-letter extension. This could be good and bad. You may have heard the organization that oversees the web and domain registration is looking to expand extensions to include anything; .me, .horse, .car, .fart… whatever you can think of. This means though that companies trying to protect their image will have to spend more money to do so. Take ErrorFM for example. They’d have to pay the registrar X-amount of dollars to keep someone from registering ErrorFM.xxx. We’d have to do the same thing with whoaskedyoushow. We’re not going to though because the .xxx extension is $200 a year! And honestly, what kind of porn site would ‘whoaskedyoushow.xxx’ be? I can tell you what it won’t be: ours. I can tell you what it might be: select images from our hosts’ sextings.
And we end the show with a story about another modified mobility scooter. It was about a year ago we first told you about a plumber who managed to get his Tom Kruse invention Kruse-ing into the fast lane, now an Britain-based 24 year-old has done it too. His is a bit beefier though. It was taken by police after they caught him scootin’ along at 60 mph on the thing. He got it back, but not before some strong words from the town’s council. It’s tough to sound stern though when you’re quoted using the word ‘whilst’ don’t you think? Very proper, elegant, and still used in the UK it seems. Hmm, you decide whilst listening to this week’s program.

SHOW LINKS:
“The Sitter” Official Website
ABC’s “Work It” – From the producers of “Friends”… nuff said.
“The Three Stooges” Movie Website
This is what Star Wars II and III was shot with.
Panavision – They make movie cameras.
ICM Registry – Get your .XXX domain now!

New Releases for Tuesday, December 13th:
Kung Fu Panda 2
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2-Disc Edition Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy)
The Rocketeer: 20th Anniversary Edition [Blu-ray]
Fright Night (3-Disc Combo: Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray/DVD + Digital Copy)
The Expendables Director’s Cut [Blu-ray]
Bleach Uncut Box Set 11
Steve Jobs: One Last Thing
Spin City (Season 6)
How Beer Saved The World
Nick Di Paolo: Raw Nerve

EPISODE 187 – ‘Seize’ The Moment

Chase — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:52:20 +0000

It’s that time once again folks. Time for another technically imperfect episode of our show. Every once in awhile a glitch occurs in an otherwise flawless system. When that happens it can throw us off a bit. Luckily it’s not too major this time around. Due to unforeseen circumstances, our live feed was a no-go on ErrorFM.com. But lucky for you, our show is a podcast and can be downloaded at your discretion. This is a perfect opportunity to plug our numerous feeds! If ever this happens again and you’re unable to listen live… or just don’t want to, subscribe to our RSS Feeds and never miss an episode! Or subscribe via iTunes, the Stitcher app or the Blubrry app and Roku Channel. We should be back live next week for sure.
Aside from the loss of live netcasting and the momentary confusion involving the sound effects board and its mute button, we need to inform you of Charlie’s absence this week. Jabari, Mike, Dennis and yours truly remain at our posts and carry on dutifully with the program however.
It’s been nearly 2-weeks since Black Thursday/Friday. That means all the police reports have been filed and we’re able to recap — at the behest of Dennis — the foolishness of those who pile-drived the elderly, head-butted a small child or assaulted his/her fellow man in some other way for no other reason than 15% off of some product they could’ve gotten cheaper online somewhere, any day of the year. As I read aloud the criminal behavior that took place on these 2 shameful days, you’ll probably notice a commonality among them. I won’t spoil it hear. Tune in to find out what it is.
As if husbands, boyfriends, brothers and other male companions didn’t have it bad enough having to endure the subpar acting and over-abundance of bed head in the TWILIGHT films. Now they have to gamble on whether or not they’ll seizure while watching them. Since it’s premier, TWILIGHT: BREAKING DAWN has apparently caused seizures in at least 2 people in 2 different states. Apparently, during a scene in which the chick is giving birth, there are several bright flashes of light that trigger the response. As if you didn’t need anymore reasons NOT to watch these awful movies.
Since we’re on the subject of ‘birthing’, did you hear Siri won’t tell you where abortion clinics are? That’s right, the iPhone digital assistant comes up empty handed when queried on the subject. Many have already concluded Apple is imposing some sort of pro-life agenda via the app. The company says, however, it’s a glitch because Siri is still in beta. They say as the final version nears, these locations will be included and it was simply an oversight on their part. What do you think? Cast your vote on this week’s poll and tell us!
If you’re on an Android phone, you’ve got nothing to worry about. I put the Speaktoit Virtual Assistant I introduced you to a couple of weeks ago to the test and she passed with flying colors! You’ll hear it happen live on today’s episode. This launches me into a bit of a ‘Chase Rant’. I own an HTC Droid Incredible. The phone, in my opinion, is incredible. I’m a huge HTC fan, however, I must say they dropped the ball big time on their Gingerbread update. You’ll hear the rest of my thoughts and my journey of aggravation when updating my phone.
Somehow, we end up on the subject of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream in another classic, but very random, Who Asked You? segue. You’ll hear my recommendations for their best flavors. I may have even convinced Dennis to try a few of them.
And we end this Cheese-less edition with another story of a school choosing someone with an unconventional profession to speak to their students. Just last week we told you about Sasha Grey, a former porn star, reading to children at an elementary school on Compton to the dismay of their parents and flat out denial by the school’s administrators. Now comes news that a Hooters waitress spoke at a special needs school in Florida regarding her career. Now hold off on your insta-judgement. She didn’t tell the children she worked at Hooters and was not in the restaurant’s iconic skimpy uniform. She was there to talk about being a waitress and how working in the service industry while going to college to better yourself was a great thing to do. Still, despite the ambiguity of exactly WHERE she worked, parents were still pissed off over the whole thing. You’d think in this day and age where grown adults fist fight over a video game, teeny bopper movies cause seizures and smartphones will tell you just about anything you wanna know, there’d be bigger concerns on parents’ minds than some pretty lady showing up at school to talk about going to college, or reading for story time… I guess not.

SHOW LINKS:
Wal-Mart – The epicenter of Black Friday madness.
Twilight: Breaking Dawn – WARNING: May cause seizures! No, really!
Apple iPhone 4S
Speaktoit – Unlike Siri, it knows where abortion clinics are.
HTC
Ben & Jerry’s
Hooters

New Releases for Tuesday, December 6th:
The Help (2-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo)
Cowboys & Aliens
The Hangover Part II (Blu-ray/DVD Combo + UltraViolet Digital Copy)
Mr. Popper’s Penguins
Dragon Tattoo Trilogy: Extended Edition
The Simpsons (Season 14)
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXII
Big Love (Season 5)
Sarah Jane Adventures (Season 4)
Spongebob Squarepants (Season 7)

EPISODE 186 – Bursss

Chase — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:31:45 +0000

What could the title of today’s show possibly mean? It’s not even a word. It’s a…. ummm… Ebonic version of a word I suppose. It comes to us care of a YouTube link one of our faithful listeners forwarded to us. You can watch the video for yourself in the Show Links below. It appears to be a homemade rap video in which a man on parole for something raps some rather simple lyrics to a beat created using machine guns. As he states in the video, he’s about to “make deez rifles bursss.” This is just one more example of the boundless and typically questionable entertainment found on the world’s most popular video sharing site.
As we get into the new DVD’s the Rifle Burs song continues, only this time we’re making up the lyrics. After the show we were joking around and found out it is surprisingly easy to do so.
On our show we love to talk about products with whimsical names. And we’ve got 2 for you today. The first is mentioned at the top of the show. It’s a book called “Stuck Up!”. And has a rather literal meaning in terms of describing the book’s content. The other is a couple of energy drinks from a new Las Vegas-based beverage company. Don’t expect these cans to show up anytime soon in places like Utah. So far the company has 2 flavors, “Big Cock” and “Little Pussies”. Although the drinks don’t actually taste like their namesakes, you can’t help but wonder how open retailers are going to be to items named like this. Just look at the tantrum that was briefly thrown over Ben & Jerry’s “Schweddy Balls” ice cream. And that wasn’t even spelled as precise. The company says they’ll probably have some ‘toned down’ versions of the names for those conservative retailers.
If you’ve ever wondered how many explosions Michael Bay has set off in his career, wonder no more. The website, MovieLine.com managed to sit through all of his flicks and counted every last mushroom cloud, fireball and flash of flames. The numbers are staggering. About half of his explosions are contained in the TRANSFORMERS trilogy alone. And of those, over a third of them were in THE DARK OF THE MOON. Lets play a game for a moment. Lets say, given man power, supplies, union wages and so on, each explosion costed $10,000… and that’s probably a conservative estimate. If that was the case, he would’ve spent $6,220,000 on explosions alone for the 3 TRANSFORMERS films. Keep in mind, this was just a hypothetical to illustrate the ridiculousness of Bay’s cinema prowess.
Meanwhile across the pond in the UK, the founders of a fashion label and magazine there are attempting to push legislation through that would regulate digitally altered photographs in magazines. Pictures of movie stars, models or other celebrities that were Photoshopped in some fashion would be required to include a disclaimer announcing it. The married couple who started this campaign say they were inspired by young women who feel inferior to celebrities when they see them in magazines and on posters. I pose the question to the guys, is this a good idea? What do you think? Maybe it’s up to the parents of kids to tell them these images are fake. These people have bags under their eyes, enlarged pores and zits on their cheeks just like us common folk do.
And while on the subject of beauty… in our Breaking News segment we head to Compton, where the school district there is blatantly denying that a former porn star, one Miss Sasha Grey, visited an elementary school and read to a group of students. Not only did Grey twat that she spent her morning at the school reading to the students, but TMZ also obtained a photo of her reading to the students. The school still denies she was there. This is the topic of our We Ask You Poll this week. The parents of these kids were pretty ticked off over this. But it’s not like she was doing it naked, or announced to the kids that she used to work in porn. Would you be mad if a porn star read to your kids at school? Keep in mind, these were elementary school students. They probably had no idea who she was. As a chatter in the ErrorFM chat room pointed out, they couldn’t have done this at a high school!

SHOW LINKS:
Stuck Up!: 100 Objects Inserted and Ingested in Places They Shouldn’t Be
Erotic Beverages – Makers of “Little Pussie” and “Big Cock” energy drinks.
Guess How Many Onscreen Explosions Michael Bay Has Created?
MichaelBay.com
Sasha Grey’s Website
TMZ.com
ABC News

New Releases for Tuesday, November 29th:
The Smurfs
Beyonce Live at Roseland: Elements of 4 (2 DVDs)
Smallville (Season 10)
Friends with Benefits
30 Rock (Season 5)
Hot in Cleveland (Season 2)
Horror Express (DVD/Blu-ray Combo)
Another Earth (2-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy)
Our Idiot Brother
30 Minutes or Less

EPISODE 185 – Blackout

Chase — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:51:19 +0000

How punctual of us to devote nearly an entire episode to the phenomenon known as “Black Friday” the same week that it occurs. Like many things on the show, it’s a happy accident. The story was scrubbed last week because we ran out of time… so it got bumped to this week. Stand by for Black Friday rage…..
Before we engulf ourselves in that, there are a few other things we need to get through first on the show. For example, Jenna. I do enjoy offering alternatives to Apple stuff. And I do enjoy talking about technological advances that fascinate me. Case in point, Siri on the iPhone 4S. It’s so incredible that voice recognition is advancing to the point where we can carry on a conversation with a computer without having to sound like a computer ourselves. Siri is impressive… but you don’t need an iPhone to get a piece of ass-istant. On Android we have Speaktoit. Like Siri, this virtual assistant can do your bidding and offers witty replies to your juvenile requests. I named mine Jenna. And customized her outfit, hair color, eye brows, skin tone and lips. Lets see you do that on Siri… oh wait, Siri is just a silver button. Of course, the avatar is useless. Her lips don’t move and you can turn her off if you want to. But it’s something fun to mess with none-the-less. Hear my demonstration of the Speaktoit Personal Assistant on this show.
The somewhat robotic voice behind my phone-flunky reminds me of Waffle Bot from the new A VERY HAROLD & KUMAR 3D CHRISTMAS. We spew a few spoilers during the show, so I won’t mention too much of it here. But, we highly recommend this movie. If you go back far enough in our archive when I first read off the premise, you’ll hear our apprehension. We are thankful to say, it wasn’t necessary. The film delivered what you’d expect from these 2 potheads, plus more. Not the best of the films, but certainly a worthy addition. We would love to see a 4th!
We also have an update to the news of ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT’s return for another season. We first told you about this a few shows back. It was announced that the series would return for a 10-eppy run leading up to a feature film. What wasn’t known was where it would air. Well, we have that information now… and it’s awesome! The 4th season of ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT will run exclusively on Netflix. This is just one more step forward for the company in its attempt to become a content superpower outside of just streaming already-made movies and TV shows. They’ve said before their goal is to ultimately provide original content as well. Sort of like a streaming HBO or FX network. This is good news for us all!
Okay, now onto the bulk of the program… Black Friday… or in this case, “Black Midnight”. Stores are caught in a never ending attempt to outdo one another and as a result, many will be opening late Thanksgiving night. Some will be open Thanksgiving Day. Just when you thought it couldn’t get anymore outrageous after that poor man was trampled to death at a Wal-Mart last year; here we are now on the cusp of Thanksgiving becoming “Black Thursday”. Where do we draw the line? The retailers won with Christmas. They’ve turned that into nothing more than a card-swiping extravaganza. Now they’re working on doing the same with Thanksgiving. The 2 holidays in the USA that are meant for family, togetherness and reflection are gone. They’re nothing more than a representation of EVERYTHING that’s wrong with our consumerist-driven economy that is NOT sustainable. You may have heard of something called “Respect the Turkey”. It’s a new movement in which people and businesses are being asked to hold off on Christmas related activities until Thanksgiving is over with. What a concept! Celebrate that holiday AFTER you’re done celebrating the current one. Some small businesses are taking the idea seriously. I heard on the radio last night while driving home from recording this episode that some stores in a local mall here are refusing to put up Christmas decorations until after Thanksgiving has passed. Now if we could just get K-Mart, Sears, Kohl’s, JCPenney, Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Fry’s, Bed Bath & Beyond, any shopping mall in America, Barnes & Noble, Old Navy, GAP, Toys ‘R’ Us, Target and the rest to follow suit, we may actually be able to enjoy the holidays. And yes, I know, the consumer is just as much to blame for this Black Friday bullshit as the stores are. They should be ashamed as well.
My soap box is getting a little rickety. I wonder if Home Depot has any Black Friday deals on a new one?

SHOW LINKS:
Speaktoit Personal Assistant for Android – Suck it Suri!!!
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
Netflix – Home to a brand new season of “Arrested Development”.
The Wall Street Journal
Best Buy
Tell Target To Save Thanksgiving Petition

New Releases for Tuesday, November 22nd:
Super 8 (2-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy)
Conan the Barbarian (2-Disc Combo: Blu-ray 3D / Blu-ray / DVD)
Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman (Season 2)
Rushmore (Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]
Three Amigos [Blu-ray]
Godzilla Vs Megalon
Dragon Tattoo Trilogy: Extended Edition [Blu-ray]
L-Word (Complete Series)
Tekken: Blood Vengeance
Marvel Knights Collection

EPISODE 184 – Occupy Nickelback

Chase — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:33:21 +0000

We are fresh from our Anime Vegas panel this week. What a blast that was. Everyone was so nice and the crowd seemed to enjoy themselves… I hope they did anyway. We should have taken more pictures. Dropped the ball on that one. Next time we’ll have a photographer for sure! We talked for a bit about our show and what it is we do here in our creepy little corner of the web. Then we did our world-famous half-assed costume contest. That’s it’s official name now, by the way. And we wrapped things up with a quiz show. Dennis, Charlie and Mike all chose 2 audience members to team up with. The 3 teams then had to give answers to multiple choice questions Jabari and I read to them. This is where a surprising event occurred.
One of the questions asked what Warner Brothers’ first animated character was. If you’re a longtime listener, you know Who in the Asked You? Crew should’ve known this… that’s right, Mike. But unfortunately, Mike’s team answered incorrectly. We were all stunned to say the least. That’s why, on today’s program, I’m giving Mike a chance to redeem himself. Will he do so? You’ll find out.
After that matter is cleared up, it’s onto our newest bit, the “Who Asked You? Calendar”. A brief, but informative look at the vague and obscure holidays in the week ahead. After doing a few of these already, it’s become clear Charlie is not a fan of most “Something Something Days”. For example, Sunday, the day we netcasted this episode live on ErrorFM.com, it was “World Kindness Day”. A pretty self explanatory celebration. Charlie’s response is classic… classic Charlie that is.
Eddie Murphy is out of the Oscars. He was scheduled to host the upcoming event. But his director buddy, Brett Ratner, who was also planning to co-produce the Oscars telecast, made an insulting gay slur on Howard Stern’s radio show and consiquently backed out of the gig. Eddie soon followed. Now hosting duties will once again fall on Oscar-veteran Billy Crystal. There was that Eddie Murphy news as well as some regarding BEVERLY HILLS COP 4. I will tell you, the film is NOT happening according to Murphy. However, he is developing another project within the franchise. We’ve got those details and our thoughts on them.
Nickelback… They were the 2nd and 3rd out of 6 stories on the rundown. But these 2 bits of Nickel-news consumed the remained of this week’s show. First up, the musical taste dating site, TasteBuds.fm, conducted a poll to see which musical groups or artists were the biggest turn-offs. And Nickelback won the day. Nearly 1 in 8 people said they would end a date without sex if they found out their date liked the pop-rock band. And what’s worse for them are the bands they beat out for the spot. That’s where the gasoline is thrown upon the flame and another classic Who Asked You? argument errupts. This one so heated it forced an on-the-fly change of the “We Ask You Poll”. Originally the question was: Do you like Nickelback? But we decided we needed additional opinions other than ours to settle who’s worse, Nickelback or Creed. Be sure to cast your vote on the poll to the right! If there’s someone you think is worse than those 2, send us an E-Mail!
Another bruise to the Canadian band’s ego is discoloring nicely. They’re scheduled to play the Detroit Lions’ halftime show this Thanksgiving, but Lions fans aren’t having it. Many are so upset over it, they’ve started a petition over at Change.org. And they’re pretty damn close to getting the 70,000 signatures they need to formerly request a change of performers. The petition sites the fact that Detroit has a large number of talented musicians (more talented than Nickelback in their opinion) and that they didn’t want the nationally televised game to give off the impression that Nickelback is somehow closely associated with Detroit. I read the entire impassioned plea on the show, it’s pretty funny and frank. If you feel the same as many do about Nickelback, you too can sign the petition using the link in the Show Links below. Charlie did it on-air! No doubt this argument will pick up again on next week’s episode when we reveal the poll results. Until then, take a cue from the protesters on Wall Street… pitch a tent, don’t shower and Occupy Nickelback.

SHOW LINKS:
Rolling Stone Magazine
Eddie Murphy on IMDb
Buy the “Beverly Hills Cop” Trilogy on DVD
Nickelback – The number-1 passion killers.
Tastebuds.fm – Find a date who likes the same music as you
Petition to stop Nickelback’s Thanksgiving Day half-time show in Detroit

New Releases for Tuesday, November 15th:
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
The Lion King (DVD Edition)
Larry Crowne
West Side Story: 50th Anniversary Edition [Blu-ray]
Evil Dead 2 [Blu-ray]
Beginners
Bleach the Movie: Fade to Black
Giorgio Moroder Presents Metropolis: Special Edition [Blu-ray]
Farscape (Complete Series) [Blu-ray]
Being Human (Season 1)
Red vs. Blue (Season 9)

EPISODE 183 – She Pedophied Him

Chase — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:55:04 +0000

Mariah Yeater

Now that Halloween has passed, you’ve probably already dug through your kid’s candy collection. Or for those of you without children, you’ve been mining the leftovers in the bowl. Like the variety of trick-or-treat goodies we’ve all been munching on, this week’s show is a collage of flavors. Lots of little things like those “fun size” Snickers and Milky Ways that have gotten so small these days, they’re not much fun anymore.
But I digress. We get things rolling with SEMA news. The Specialty Equipment Market Association convention took place here in Las Vegas last week. Dennis and I got a chance to go and see all the latest in after market goodies for car enthusiasts. While wondering around being humbled by the 100-plus thousand dollar cars, I was on the lookout for Who Asked You? fodder. And boy did I find some! I don’t wanna ruin the surprise here, tune in to hear what amazing cost savings are available to those who don’t want to spend as much on a car as they did on a house. Keep in mind, it requires a lot of elbow grease and you’ll be living a lie.
Fox is bringing back IN LIVING COLOR for a small test run this coming Spring. It’ll be once again produced by Keenan Ivory Wayans and feature an all-new cast. If all goes well, Fox will bring it back for an entire season starting next Fall.
Plus, his A&E TV show might be over, but his career as a lawman is certainly not. Steven Seagal was just sworn in to a small sheriff’s department in Texas. According to a spokesman there, he’ll be a regular deputy chief on patrol and will train his fellow officers in martial arts. As kids who grew up watching his films, you can imagine we’ve got a few thoughts on this.
Harold Camping, that crazy-ass evangelist who’s incorrectly predicted the end of days several times already has announced he’s retiring and is no longer able to run his radio company or his church after being wrong, again, with his latest prediction. Not surprisingly, he doesn’t want to speak to the press about his latest flub. No one likes to be called wrong, crazy, moron, etc. Now that he’s retired he’ll have even more time to think up more bad predictions that won’t come true.
In our “According To A New Study” segment, we examine the results of a study in which scientists examined semen. For several months, the male participants logged the foods they ate and then researchers looked closely at the effects that food had on their spooge. We’ll tell you the results on this episode!
By now you’ve probably heard Justin Bieber is being accused of fathering a child by a crazy bitch who didn’t finish high school. Clearly Mariah Yeater didn’t think her lie through. In filing the suit, she basically admitted to being a pedophile since Bieber was 16 at the time of the apparent conception. The boy pop star says he’ll take a DNA test to prove he isn’t the pop and then sue her for his trouble.
And lastly, while on the subject of pedophilia… again… the editor of TLC’s JON AND KATE PLUS 8 got arrested for possessing child pornography. Here’s a guy who stares at video of children all day, then goes home and stares at more video of children while probably doing something that’s frowned upon in an office setting.
So there you have it… our bag of treats for a post-Halloween crowd full of chocolate and still trying to get the last of the grease paint off of their faces.

SHOW LINKS:
Bentley Motors – The ‘real’ one.
Fugazzicars’ Facebook Page
Fox
Buy “In Living Color” on DVD
Steven Seagal on IMDb
Harold Camping’s Family Radio Inc.
TorrentFreak.com – A torrent news blog.
Justin Bieber’s Website
TLC’s “Kate Plus 8″ – Formerly “Jon and Kate”
NASA

Smart Butcher Meat Vending Machine

Do you think this is a real Bentley?

New Releases for Tuesday, November 8th:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (3-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + UltraViolet Digital Copy)
Harry Potter: The Complete Collection Years 1-7
Doctor Who (Series 6, Part 2)
Mortal Kombat: Legacy [Blu-ray]
Meet The Robinsons (3-Disc Combo: Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray/DVD)
Executive Decision [Blu-ray]
Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure
Life in a Day
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Law & Order (The Complete Series)

EPISODE 182 – ‘Ghoul’ Asked You?

Chase — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:59:52 +0000

It’s that time again boys and girls… time for the Who Asked You? Halloween show. This year’s pun on our name continues a 4-year tradition of play-on-words fun. Someday, I feel I may run out of rhymes and whimsical word replacements, lets prey that day never comes. Speaking of 4-years… it’s our 4th Anniversary!!! Nothing special was planned for this episode since it was already our Halloween edition. But I’m thinking we’ll do something extra fun for our 5th. Suggestions always welcomed!
Our ghost story of a program starts with the usuals. Our Calendar segment seems to be settling in nicely and there’s even a few Halloween-related celebrations mentioned. And an E-Mail from a self-proclaimed “Dickhead Dentist” warns us and our listeners of the perils of brushing one’s teef with abrasive materials like baking soda. You may remember last week’s show when another listener signed of his E-Mail to us with a reminder of good oral care. The subsequent conversation included other options for cleaning your choppers outside of boring ol’ tooth paste.
In honor of our Halloween show we suddenly become possessed — because we can do that on-command you know — and the entire New Releases are discussed in demonic voices that’ll creep you out and that cost us $40,000. So be creeped out damn it!
You know what else our haunted hilarity brings forth? The terrifying news that Fred Durst is getting a sitcom. Cue woman screaming effect. It appears Durst will play an aging rock star who has to balance his fame and family. And get this, the working title for this “Limp” Bizkit is DOUCHEBAG. Fred Durst… starring… and co-producing a show… called DOUCHEBAG? You can’t tell me he doesn’t realize peoples’ view of him. This is marketing genius?
And if you’re still undecided about what you wanna dress up as this year. Maybe we can help. We’ve got a list of the most popular costumes for 2011 as well as one of those you should avoid. In anycase, you probably don’t want to dress up as any of these, because they’ll either be so popular someone else at the party is wearing it too or it’ll be lame and/or in bad taste. One of the costumes, Anthony Weiner, made both lists!
Our ghost story-of-a-show doesn’t end there. This is no trick, it’s a treat for all of us. TRANSFORMERS star, Shia LaBeouf got beat up outside of a bar in Vancouver after drinking heavily and being an asshole. Not to say the other guy wasn’t an asshole too… but as we look back at some of Shia’s previous offenses, it’s clear he’s ‘transforms” into a mean drunk.
On Halloween you can’t just be scared… you have to be grossed out too. That’s why we bring you another edition of Jenkem Watch! This time around, an Irish guy tries to get stinkin’ rich by performing a little alchemy. And a study out of England found something gross on British cell phones. You know the segment, you know what they found on them. We pinch off the numbers and tell you how many shitty phones there are in Great Britain.
And lastly, an old man knocking on doors was ‘tricking’ ladies and getting a ‘treat’ out of it. You’ll have to tune in to hear this, the conclusion to our hour-long ghoulish tale.

SHOW LINKS:
Limp Bizkit’s Official Website – Yeah, they have one. I was surprised too.
Top Halloween Costumes for 2011
Gawker.com’s 10 Halloween costumes to avoid this year
T-Mobile – Get the international plan when visiting Canada!

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New Releases for Tuesday, October 25th:
Captain America: The First Avenger (2-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy)
Jurassic Park Ultimate Trilogy (Blu-ray + Digital Copy) or the Ultimate Trilogy Gift Set (Blu-ray + Digital Copy)
Winnie The Pooh
Tom & Jerry Golden Collection: Volume 1 [Blu-ray]
Marvel The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes (Volume 3) and (Volume 4)
Young Justice (Volume 2)
Destroy All Monsters [Blu-ray]
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds
Robot Chicken (Season 5)
People Vs George Lucas