Who Asked You?

EPISODE 206 – Unkempt Travolta

Chase — Mon, 14 May 2012 21:48:44 +0000

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 shit 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.
Very Awesome Girls Into Nerdy Activities (V.A.G.I.N.A.)
Examiner.com: The Cost of Star Trek’s five-year mission?
The Avengers Movie
THR: ‘Avengers’ Damage to Manhattan Would Cost $160 Billion
The Kinetic Analysis Corporation
The United States Department of Defense – Hiding a real-life S.H.I.E.L.D.???
Change.org Petition: Marvel Comics – Apologize to Adoption Community!
RadarOnline.com: Second Male Masseur Files $2M Sexual Battery Lawsuit Against John Travolta
Travolta.com

New Releases for Tuesday, May 15th:
One For the Money
The Grey (2-Disc Combo Pack: Blu-ray, DVD + UltraViolet Copy)
Chronicle (2-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy)
Flashpoint (Season 4)
Albert Nobbs
The Devil Inside
Rampart
The Walking Tall Trilogy
Book of Bantorra Collection 1
Terminal Velocity [Blu-ray]

EPISODE 205 – What About Ant-Man?

Chase — Mon, 07 May 2012 21:49:46 +0000

PHOTO CREDIT: Marvel

What’s this? A podcast with a review of THE AVENGERS? WOW!!! Nobody else is doing this! This is amazing! And sarcasm is complete. Actually, given we have a reputation of being cynical and hating everything, you might be interested to hear yet another review of this marvel. Notice I didn’t capitalize the ‘M’? I was using it as an adjective. This film was great! Tons of action, fair amounts of screen time for all the characters, great story, nice one-liners… the list goes on and on. In fact, the absence of Ant-Man is probably one of the only complaints made within the Who Asked You? Crew. I’m sure they’ll be introducing him in a future sequel. After all, according to IMDb he’s got his own movie due out in 2014. Just in time for an AVENGERS sequel me thinks.
We don’t spend the entire show gabbing about Captain America and friends. There are a quadrillion other podcasts already doing that. Plus, there’s other movie news to attend to. Cue that cynicism I mentioned earlier. It’s been confirmed Alex Kurtzmen and Roberto Orci (the guys behind writing TRANSFORMERS and STAR TREK) will be rebooting Universal’s THE MUMMY and VAN HELSING. The only detail known so far is that Tom Cruise will play Professor Abraham van Helsing. There was talk of Guillermo del Toro directing, but it’s sounding like that’s not gonna happen.
Meanwhile, Hulu is shooting itself in the foot with the announcement that in the coming years, if you want to use the free side of their site, you’ll have to prove you’re a pay TV subscriber by signing in with your account number from said cable company. It’s unclear if this will work with satellite customers too. The change in direction prompted the only non-TV backer to pull out of the partnership. Providence Equity Partners has washed their hands of Hulu, perhaps sensing this could blow up in the streamer’s face? This is all happening for no other reason than greed and old fashioned thinking. The heads at both networks and cable operators still refuse to accept that their business models are out of date and no longer apply. On the other hand, you can buy a Hulu Plus subscription for around $8 and that coupled with a Netflix sub and decent broadband Internet, you’re still coming out cheaper than a mid-range, decent cable package.
In the interest of timing, since we spent so much of it on THE AVENGERS, we forego a story teased at the top of the show about tipping and stick with online streaming movies and such as our theme. A story from TheVerge.com is claiming that a new cell phone-like plan may be in the works from Microsoft that would allow you to buy an Xbox 360 for just $99! There’s just one thing… you gotta commit to a two-year contract at $15 a month for an Xbox Live Gold membership to get the deal. This is an attempt by Microsoft to simply get more Xbox’s in more living rooms. Oh, there’s one other catch too. It’s sounding like it’ll only be available at Microsoft Stores. Microsoft has their own stores?
Maybe I’d have heard of their stores if they offered services like the vendor in our last story. In New York, a woman has been arrested for the second time for offering prostitution services along with her sales of hot dogs. Think of the bottomless puns she has to work with on her marketing! Based out of a camper, where she also performed sex acts in the past, she sold a couple of frankfurters to an undercover cop, then asked if she could fondle his for a mere $50. The mother of four is said, by neighbors, to wonder around in her panties during the summer and to be quote, “disgusting”. The real question here is who the hell buys a hot dog from someone in a camper? We end the show with some good name options for a food truck that might offer this naughty value menu and a few final thoughts on THE AVENGERS.

SHOW LINKS:
Lee’s Discount Liquor, Las Vegas
The Avengers Official Website
Universal Studios
Alex Kurtzman on IMDb
Roberto Orci on IMDb
Hulu.com – Planning to piss on everyone’s cord-cutting parade.
Microsoft Xbox 360

New Releases for Tuesday, May 8th:
Underworld: Awakening
The Vow
Chuck (Season 5)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch [Blu-ray]
The Big C (Season 2)
Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie (Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy) [Blu-ray]
Playback
Guin Saga: Complete Collection [Blu-ray]
Elvira’s Movie Macabre: Wild Women
Bobcat Goldthwait: You Don’t Look The Same Either

EPISODE 204 – Super Jesus Kung Fu Activate

Chase — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:42:08 +0000

Hot girls have problems too; so says a new song making its viral rounds on YouTube. The singers, shallow whores, as described by Charlie, audibly abuse our ears as they explain their plight of being hot and the tribulations that go with such a curse. The song isn’t all that hot though. It’s poorly mixed, horribly sung and has surpassed Rebecca Black’s, Friday as the worst song ever! You can check out the music video for it (equally terrible) in our Show Links.
As you’ll hear on today’s episode, it’s not just hot girls that have problems. Other folks do too, including yours truly. I have a problem with all the people who carry around Canon 5D Mark II DSLR cameras and think they’re filmmakers because of that. I attended the National Association of Broadcasters convention and couldn’t help but notice how Canon has become the Apple of the video production world. Overpriced, over hyped, and not necessarily any better than other options out there. Since this show isn’t really about video production or the gear used within it, I’ll leave it there before your eyes glaze over.
Another person with serious problems is Mel Gibson. He has, once again, been recorded having a cuss-filled tantrum. The teenage son of a screenwriter is to thank for this entertainment. He whipped out his iPhone and recorded Gibson going to town on his dad for not finishing the script to a movie in which the LETHAL WEAPON actor is supposed to star. What makes this even funnier, is the meltdown takes place just before a dinner party with other guests and their children present. I play some of the highlights from it for all of our amusement.
Hot chicks wanting to travel the world could quickly have problems thanks to a new online dating/travel website. MissTravel.com helps pretty ladies who can’t afford to see the world link up with rich lonely fellows as traveling companions. The one-percent spring for all expenses, and in exchange they get some arm candy for their trip. The website says to use the service with caution because they don’t perform ANY background checks on ANY members. Sounds completely safe to me.
And there’s heart problems for a woman in our Breaking News segment this week. She collapsed while eating a Double Bypass Burger at The Heart Attack Grill. As I state at the top of the show, this place is in the news so much and blips our show’s radar so often, it may need its own segment. This incident occurs less than two months after another patron there dropped to the ground from a heart attack. Both he and the woman are expected to recover. But blame is once again flying as idiots point their stupid fingers at the restaurant. It is, after all, America. In this country it’s always someone else’s fault. You got a problem with that?

SHOW LINKS:
NAB Convention
MTV.com: Tupac Hologram May Be Coming To An Arena Near You
TheWrap.com: Mel Gibson Rant to Joe Eszterhas
MissTravel.com – An international raping is just a few clicks away!
The Heart Attack Grill
DamnInteresting.com: The Great Taste of Human Flesh, Without the Guilt

New Releases for Tuesday, May 1st:
Haywire
Joyful Noise (DVD + UltraViolet Digital Copy)
New Year’s Eve (DVD + Ultraviolet Digital Copy)
Men In Black II [Blu-ray]
The Tim Burton Collection With Book (Amazon.com Exclusive) [Blu-ray]
Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You
Kojak (Season 4)
Transformers Japanese Collection: Super-God Masterforce
Wagon Train (Season 5)
Mimic: 3-Film Set

EPISODE 203 – Maid In The USA

Chase — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:04:32 +0000

PHOTO CREDIT: StopSwearingNow.com

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 tit 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

EPISODE 202 – Ghostface Fillah

Chase — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:46:11 +0000

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 Fuck 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”. To YouTube we go for that and a rather uninteresting clip of a fight between him and some other chick in the house.
In Breaking News we have a story involving a horrid injury during a couple’s spat that’ll send a chill down any man’s spine. Followed by more filler from the chat room about another couple’s spat resulting in possible cannibalism. I make the comment that I sometimes worry we may run out of things to talk about on the show, but when I come across stories like these and with a little assistance from the chat room, clearly I have nothing to worry about.

SHOW LINKS:
In the Name of the King: Two Worlds on IMDb
Buy “In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds” on DVD
The Encyclopedia Britannica
MTV2
Daily Mail: Former PC has chunk of chin bitten off

New Releases for Tuesday, April 10th:
The Iron Lady (Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy)
One Tree Hill (Season 9)
The Darkest Hour
Logan’s Run (Complete Series)
Doctor Who: The Daemons
Naruto Shippuden: Set Ten
Justice League: Doom (Special Edition + UltraViolet Digital Copy)
The Witches of Oz
Modern Problems
Dark Shadows (Complete Original Series)

EPISODE 201 – Shell Shock

Chase — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:52:56 +0000

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 easy to put together. And that’s why it’s so hard for the guys to figure out what’s real and what’s not. I thought this year’s show would be rather easy to figure out. Boy was I wrong. The guys are each fooled multiple times. This made me very happy. I stuck in a fake DVD that IS NOT coming out on Tuesday. Can you guess which one? The fellas couldn’t!
Now, our first story of the show is all true. Ordinarily I wouldn’t have included such an easy one on the April Fool’s episode, but this could not be ignored. It of course, is the news that Michael Bay is turning the Teenage MUTANT Ninja Turtles into aliens in his new live-action movie. You’ve no doubt heard about this already. By all accounts, we really wish this were an April Fool’s prank. And so does a good portion of the Internet. Bay made the announcement at a Nickelodeon presentation and the blogosphere, Twitter, Facebook and most other website errupted with hatred and rage. The backlash was so bad, Bay had to make an official announcement on his website. Anytime you have to make an announcement because your target audience hates your script idea before the script is even finished, means you should rethink your idea. But no! Not Michael Bay. He’s pushing forward and simply telling everyone to “chill”. Meanwhile, Hollywood politics are in full effect as voice actors from the previous films take either the fans’ side or Bay’s side. Basically, the ones looking to score a voice gig on the project are the ones buttering up Bay.
Once we’re warmed up, it’s time to really get the foolery going. Keep in mind, one, some or all of these stories may or may not be real. No cheating! News has come down that movie theaters are mad 3D didn’t take off the way they thought it would. Awww, you mean most sane people didn’t want to cough up $17 to wear a giant pair of plastic glasses that blurs and desaturates the screen? Who’da thunk it? So, their plan is to level off the ticket prices. In other words, lower the price of a 3D ticket and raise the price of the 2D one. They’ll meet somewhere in the middle meaning we’ll all have to pay even more to see a crappy remake, sequel or comic book adaptation. Orrrrr will we?
Streaming video is apparently growing in popularity and in price. We enjoyed the killer deal from Netflix for far too long… as part of an effort to pay their bills and pay for production of exclusive content, the monthly price for their streaming only service is nearly doubling later this year. Or is it? Yeah it is. Or maybe not.
This next story had the entire Who Asked You? Crew fooled. It was announced this week that a TWINS sequel is in the works. This was the 1988 film in which Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito find out they’re long lost brothers and classic 80′s comedy ensues. The director of the first one, Ivan Reitman, will produce this sequel. Here’s the part that swayed the guys’ opinion of whether this was for real or not… The story will apparently center on a triplet played by Eddie Murphy. April Fools? Perhaps… what did Dennis, Mike and Charlie choose? Find out by listening in.
And lastly, does it sound like an April Fool’s joke that a gas station is offering self-serve beer on tap? What if I told you for about $3 plus the price of the beer, you could buy a 64-ounce growler and fill ‘er up while filling your tank? Do you think I’m foolin’ you on this one? I just might be. After all, it’s illegal in most, if not all states to have an open alcohol container in your car. I’m sure a Solo lid with a red straw sticking out of it doesn’t count as unopened. How could this possibly be legal? Is this possibly real? Take your best guess on this one. Join in the fun for our April Fool’s edition of the show and see how many you guess right and how many the gents got as well.

SHOW LINKS:
MichaelBay.com
Change.org Petition: Stop Michael Bay From Making The Ninja Turtles Aliens
Spot Light Theaters
Netflix
The Hollywood Reporter
Buy “Twins” on DVD
Sunoco’s APlus Gas Stations

Andrea Barber who played Kimmy Gibbler on FULL HOUSE

New Releases for Tuesday, April 3rd:
War Horse (4-Disc Combo: Blu-ray/DVD + Digital Copy)
We Bought a Zoo (Blu-ray/DVD + Digital Copy)
Shasta McNasty (Complete Series)

Black Butler II: Complete Collection (Limited Edition, Blu-ray/DVD Combo)
3rd Rock From the Sun (Season 3) and (Season 4)
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey
Designing Women (Season 6)
Roseanne (Season 3) and (Season 4)
Bob (Complete Series)
Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen
View From the Top

EPISODE 200 – From Back To Front

Chase — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:55:35 +0000

Wipe like Captain Morgan

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!

EPISODE 199 – Master Of Segues

Chase — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:49:10 +0000

Iced Tea Flavored Beer

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, the homes arrive fully assembled! As you’ll hear, the guys are not as forgiving as I am. Sure, the places look like sheds with sliding glass doors, but the insides are nice… in the photos… despite being furnished by IKEA……. I think it’s time for another of my genius segues. See ya next week for our 200th show!!!

SHOW LINKS:
Coors Light – Soon to offer iced tea-flavored beer.
Pre-order the freakin’ “New iPad” and shut up about it!
Fox’s “Terra Nova”
Deadline.com
Nickelodeon
The 90′s Are All That
Netflix – Wants to be pals with cable operators like Comcast.
Comcast’s Xfinity – Told Netflix to take a hike.
The IKEA/Ideabox ‘activ’ pre-fabricated home

George Washington Chicken McNugget

New Releases for Tuesday, March 13th:
The Adventures of Tintin (3-Disc Combo: Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray/DVD + Digital Copy)
The Descendants
My Week with Marilyn (DVD/Blu-ray Combo)
The Three Musketeers
Young Adult
Doctor Who: The Face of Evil (Story 89)
Happy Feet Two (Blu-ray/DVD Combo + UltraViolet Digital Copy)
Neverland
One Piece: Collection Five
The Killing (Season 1)

EPISODE 198 – Charles DeLong Academy For The Gifted

Chase — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:43:53 +0000

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 shit… 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, Fuck 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, breaking news from China as an eldery woman sort of dies, then comes back to life and is forced to climb out of her own coffin! You don’t wanna miss this one. Given what her neighbors did to all of her stuff, per Chinese tradition, she might have just stayed in the box.

SHOW LINKS:
Oreo’s Official Website
The 9 Manliest Names in the World
Pre-order “The Muppets” on Blu-ray/DVD
Joel Kinnaman on IMDb
José Padilha on IMDb
Buy the REAL “Robocop” movies on DVD
Homeschooling-Paradise.com

New Releases for Tuesday, March 6th:
Game of Thrones (Season 1)
Footloose
Monty Python and the Holy Grail [Blu-ray]
Immortals
Jack and Jill
NFL Super Bowl XLVI [Blu-ray]
The Lion King 1 1/2 (Special Edition) (2-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo in Blu-ray Packaging)
The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride (Special Edition) (2-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo in Blu-ray Packaging)
Transformers Prime (Season 1)
Tooth Fairy 2

EPISODE 197 – Ferengi Face

Chase — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:53:40 +0000

Rom the Ferengi

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 fuck 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 shit 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 pissed 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. But it’ll work as a flash light when the power goes out, or as a damn nice prop in your YouTube fan film. Suggested retail price? $130.
Finally, a bridge linking Slovakia and Austria is getting named after an action movie star. You’d think, given it’s Austria, that our pal Arnold Schwarzenegger would be receiving the honor. But that’s not the case. Tune in for the surprising choice voted on by the residents there.

SHOW LINKS:
CNN: Ben & Jerry’s Drops Fortune Cookies From Jeremy Lin Flavor
2011 Razzie Nominations
IMAX.com
007.com – The official James Bond website.
AT&T – Offering limited, unlimited data plans.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Official Website
MichaelBay.com

PHOTO CREDIT: NECA Toys

New Releases for Tuesday, February 28th:
Hugo (3-disc Combo: Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray/DVD + Digital Copy)
Justice League: Doom (Blu-ray/DVD Combo + UltraViolet Digital Copy)
Johnny English Reborn (2-Disc Combo Pack: Blu-ray/DVD + UltraViolet Digital Copy)
Mission Impossible: The ’89 TV Season
Beneath the Darkness
Princess Jellyfish (Complete Series) (Blu-ray/DVD Combo)
A-Channel Complete Collection
The Angry Beavers (Season 3, Part 1)
My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic: The Friendship Express
Wolftown

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
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