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A couple of birthdays to tell you about this week. Our beloved STAR TREK turned 45 years-old last Thursday… too bad it died 2 years ago on May 8th, 2009.
Another birthday on the radar is Rupert Grint’s! The only reason he really comes up is because of the ridiculous flyer circulating for it. Like many celebrities, Rupert has chosen to celebrate his day of birth right here in Who Asked You? country… Las Vegas, Nevada. The nightclubs here love their flyers and full-page glossy ads in local magazines and newspapers. On the way out of the Zia Record store Dennis frequents, the flyer for Rupert’s birthday caught his eye. And for good reason. Just look at the way it’s laid out; with “Harry Potter” scrolled across the top. The name of a character he didn’t play! And why are they using a shot of a burning Hogwarts? Is that supposed to be the party’s aftermath? The real question here is when do we stop tying these actors to these roles. If Rupert comes back to Vegas for his 40th birthday, are we still gonna put his head inside the Harry Potter castle? By then, crow’s feet won’t be an ingredient in some magic potion.
As we eagerly await the next piece of auditory-art from Dirty Potter, a Twitter follower sent us a link to a ‘dirty’ version of “The Catcher In The Rye” that someone on YouTube whipped up. It certainly has some Dirty Potter-esk elements to it. We play a short snippet. You can hear the entire clip in the Show Links.
There are few things in this world that can bring the entire Who Asked You? Crew to tears. One of those things is on today’s show. TNT, a network we all admire and trust has canceled…….. HAWTHORNE! Just 3 seasons in, ol’ Hawthy saved a lot of patients, but she couldn’t save TNT’s ‘patience’. We discuss the ramifications and our feelings about this cancellation on today’s program.
Here’s something you may not have known… Tim Burton nearly directed a BEETLEJUICE sequel in the early 90′s. The script was nearly in final draft form but everything fell apart at the last minute. Now, 20-some years later, he may just get the chance again. Warner Brothers has made a deal with a couple of writers that will include, among other projects, a sequel for our favorite bio-exorcist. Very little info is available right now. There’s no director, no casting, no script. We can only hope that at the very least, Michael Keaton will reprise his role.
If you were approached in a fast food restaurant parking lot and propositioned to buy an iPad from a couple of questionable looking fellows for a to-good-to-be-true price, would you? A South Carolina woman did. And she was so trusting of the gold-toothed man who handed her a taped-up FedEx box, that she waited until she got home to open it! Needless to say, the tablet she got was made of wood. This and a KickStarter project for a Super Bowl ad round out today’s Breaking News segment and the show.
Quick note: I say at the end that we’ll “see you next week”… this is not true. We’re off next week. We will return however with more new shows beginning Sunday, September 25th LIVE at 8pm/PT as always on ErrorFM.com. See ya then!

SHOW LINKS:
Star Trek Official Website
ThisIsWhyImBroke.com – Where else are you gonna buy your Water Jet Pack?
Buy “Star Wars: The Prequel Trilogy (Episodes I – III)” on Blu-ray
Buy “Star Wars: The Original Trilogy (Episodes IV – VI)” on Blu-ray
Buy “Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Episodes I – VI)” on Blu-ray
TNT – Can no longer take HawthoRNe’s unpredictible nature.
Buy “Beetlejuice” on DVD
Soulja Boy’s Apology to the U.S. Military

New Releases for Tuesday, September 13th:
Thor
The Big Bang Theory (Season 4)
Glee (Season 2)
Supernatural (Season 6)
Grey’s Anatomy (Season 7)
Spartacus: Gods of the Arena
It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia (Season 6)
Rescue Me (Season 6)
Sanctuary (Season 3)
Blue Bloods (Season 1)

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It’s another one of ‘those’ shows. Quite frankly, not our best work. Dennis and Jabari are a little hung over. That doesn’t excuse the rest of us, however, we work as a well oiled machine. If one of the cogs gets jammed, we all slow down. We might not be the most interesting part of this show, but our topics are sure worth a listen.
Set a course for STAR TREK: ONLINE, maximum warp! The MMO game from Cryptic Studios plans to go free-to-play before the end of this year. That works out great for those of us too cheap to pay a monthly or lifetime subscription fee. But how will it work out for those who already have? That’s one question we wonder about.
And we didn’t leave you STAR WARS folks out. More news is emerging about the Blu-ray release of the 6 films. Mainly that George Lucas is ‘refurbishing’ them once again. He’s decided to add more CGI whether it be rocks, characters or eyelids. And he’s added the same line of dialogue to the same character he did in EPISODE 3 in EPISODE 6. It was made fun of and not well received then and is already getting the same reaction again.
Once we return from a green screen far far away, it’s time for the second part of our Texas “It’s The Law” segment. We learn which town Dennis can’t move to because of his secret huffing problem, so you won’t want to miss this.
And our show ends with broken news starting with new words being added and old ones taken away from the various dictionaries we use. Words like “tweet”… yeah… I know. That dumb-ass website has had that much of an impact on our culture. I shudder at the thought… or is it shutter? I’d better look that up.
You thought HP’s Touchpads were expensive before? You should see them now. Since the computer giant decided to liquidate the failure that was WebOS they’ve been selling like crazy. So much so, on eBay they’re going for twice what they did before the price drop. One entrepreneurial fellow thought he could take advantage of some of these stupid people too by offering a crude drawing of the tablet and to his surprise, the bids — real and fake — poured in. But why wouldn’t they, after all, he does mention in his auction you get an Android version free. That’s a pretty good deal. Oh, and the drawings are done in blue pen. I hear the market for that kind of work is very strong right now.

SHOW LINKS:
Star Trek: Online
Star Trek: Infinite Space
Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Episodes I-VI) [Blu-ray]
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Oxford English Dictionary
eBay Auction for HP Touchpad Drawing – Android Tablet drawing included FREE!

New Releases for Tuesday, September 6th:
X-Men: First Class
The Office (Season 7)
Criminal Minds (Season 6)
Fringe (Season 3)
Scarface Limited Edition Steelbook [Blu-ray + Digital Copy]
Community (Season 2)
Scream (5 Film Set) [Blu-ray]
Two and a Half Men (Season 8)
Parks & Recreation (Season 3)
No Ordinary Family (Season 1)

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There’s vagina in the house this week… in more ways than one. Yes, in a rare occurrence only known to happen on our show twice before, we’re joined by a female! Stephanie Payne runs a local social club here in Las Vegas, NV called V.A.G.I.N.A. which is an acronym for Very Awesome Girls Into Nerdy Activities. We get the low down on her club and what they do and then it’s off and running we go with the show.
First, a recap of events that took place during our week-long absence. Everyone knows Comic-Con was in full swing this week. Dennis and Jabari headed down to check things out. That’s why Stephanie, sad she didn’t get to go herself, is filling in for them. We chat about the convention, what we’ve heard and share some thoughts on the CAPTAIN AMERICA movie and brief AVENGERS teaser at the end of the credits. Other news that happened… Netflix raised their prices and took a lot of flack for it. In an attempt to do their customers a favor, the company got bitched at by those who feel they’re entitled. If you look into why they raised the price ONLY for customers who also receive DVD’s, you’ll realize the ones you should be pissed at are the movie studios. If you’re a streaming only customer with Netflix, your price didn’t change.
Another story on the our radar is one of our own! Not only did we hit 800 ‘Likes’ on Facebook, but this episode also marked Charlie’s 3rd anniversary as a host.
Our first big story of the day is quite a catch. The man who caught Derek Jeter’s 3,000th hit will likely get hit with some hefty taxes even though he gave the $300,000 ball back to Jeter. As a thank you for doing so, the Yankees awarded the guy with luxury box tickets and signed merch worth over $30,000. And the Internal Rape Service says that stuff counts as income! So they’re taxing him between 5 and 13-grand, but get this, he says he’ll pay it! It’s the subject of this week’s “We Ask You Poll.” Should he have to pay taxes on it? Cast your vote!
It’s no secret the Who Asked You? Crew grew up in the 90′s. That’s why when we heard Nickelodeon was bringing back a bunch of shows from that decade in a midnight block called THE 90′s ARE ALL THAT, we were jumping up and down on the proverbial Snick couch. The trip down adolescent-memory lane begins tonight at midnight!
Also in the news, director Joe Johnston wants to make a STAR WARS spin-off movie. He says he’s been bugging George Lucas to let him make it, but so far no decision has been made. It would center on a character we’ve already met in the original trilogy. In fact, it’s one Johnston helped design when he was an art director for Lucas on the films.
Sometimes an apple a day is not the best course. Rumors are flying! Now that Hulu is up-for-sale, it’s believed that Apple may put in a bid. After all, the company is sitting on over $65-billion. It’s the second most valuable company in the world… god knows why… but I fear if this is true and Apple ends up buying Hulu, it could be absorbed into iTunes somehow. And iTunes sucks… there’s a Facebook Page that says so. I’m getting way ahead of myself here. Most likely Apple will not buy Hulu. They’re not known for making large acquisitions. Then again, they have made a few in the past.
Something Apple hasn’t invested in is a retail store in Kunming, China. Yet, a blogger who returned home from a worldwide excursion discovered one that just popped up in her neighborhood. It seemed legit… but she blogged that upon closer inspection, something wasn’t right. Despite that, she says the store was a pretty good rip off. Even the employees are fooled. As far as they know, they actually work for the black turtleneck.
We end the show with Breaking News… perhaps one of the craziest stories we’ve heard in a while. It comes courtesy of Russia and a gal, appropriately named, Olga. Such a powerful female presence that name commands, doesn’t it? Olga lives up to her name too. She’s a black belt in karate. That’s why when a guy entered her salon and tried to rob it, she dropped him to the floor with one kick. But getting beat up by a girl wasn’t the end of this guy’s adventure. Olga had other plans… tune in to hear all about them.

SHOW LINKS:
V.A.G.I.N.A. – A Las Vegas-based social club for chicks!
Find V.A.G.I.N.A. on Facebook
Comic-Con International
Borders
Download Charlie’s first show from July 28th, 2008
TeenNick.com
StarWars.com
BirdAbroad’s Blog
Apple Store

New Releases for Tuesday, July 26th:
Source Code
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Part 5
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe
Stargate Atlantis (Complete Series Gift Set) [Blu-ray]
Dylan Dog
Jersey Shore (Season 3)
Supernatural: The Anime Series
Dante’s Peak [Blu-ray]
The King of Fighters (Bluray + DVD combo) [Blu-ray]
Turbulent Skies

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

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

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

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

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

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