This show is a stretch. It seems like the more you plan something, the worse it gets executed. Such is the case with our Halloween episode. We had pimped it for about 2 or 3 weeks prior, sending out notices on Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. Putting up a special header graphic on the site and so on... then when the night actually comes for the live broadcast, we aren't broadcasting at all! If you were there at the beginning of the show last night you may, or rather may not have, heard us. The live stream was skipping something terrible for the first several minutes. You won't hear it on the recorded version but we do mention it a few times throughout the show. The fellas did get their first lesson in what we in the broadcast industry call "stretching" while I troubleshooted the issue. That stretching practice would come in handy later in the show as well!
After the fumbling awkward start of the show passes and the stream returns to normal the show officially gets going. There are 2 E-Mails from our loyal listeners this week. The first, what we wish was a trick, informs us, or rather Charlie, of the newly released photos of the Green Lantern's Power Battery. The link to see it is in the Show Links. It looks stupid. But sadly, it is not a trick. The other E-Mail is a real treat, I have it on good authority that it's author was inebriated when he wrote it. Spelling errors aside, he poses some good Halloween questions to us including what costumes we came dressed in for the show.
And on that costume note, we've got some dress up-suggestions and advice for you! Continuing to cash in on his instant fame, Antoine Dodson, the flamboyant sound byte-giver on rapists breaking into apartments, now has his own Halloween costume. It's called the "Bed Intruder Costume" and you can pick it up for around $25.
That would be an awesome costume to wear to a party, or dress your kid up in. But there are some disguises that are just plain wrong. Even for small children too young to know they're being humiliated by the folks. The list-masters over at TopTenz.net came up with the top-10 most embarrassing costumes for kids. We rundown 5 of them as a caution to all you parents out there. Have some respect for your kids. The entire list is in the Show Links.
We also attempt to gross you out by telling you about a dude who sticks a needle in his eye. A guy named Matt Gone could be the most tattooed person on Earth. And just when we think he's run out of space, he proves us wrong by inking his eyeballs, himself! Using a pretty gnarly needle Gone has injected blue colored ink into the white areas of his eyes. Again... he did this himself, looking into a mirror. Apparently the ink is moving around in the eye and could turn the who thing blue! He's got pictures of all of his tattoos... from head to toe, including the latest ones he's been 'eyeing' on his website.
And since "Boo Fact You?" went away with "Boo Asked You?" our round of 10 terrifying factoids had to be mediocrely renamed to "Who Spooked You?". And this year it's not just facts about the Halloween holiday, it's eerie, creepy, strange and gross facts that should have you more uncomfortable than the Pedobear episode.
This show seems to be full of lists. We've also got 5 of the most obscure phobias out there. They include a fear of string and specific relatives. In the Show Links we have a site that contains an enormous list of just about every phobia out there. If you decide to read any of it and come across one even more strange than these, by all means, E-Mail it to us with your thoughts on it.
Finally the last half-hour of the show is a stretch. Literally... we're once again stretching just like at the start. This time though, it's because we run out of planned material. It happens. Sometimes we make it all the way through the show's rundown. And in cases like this, it's not nearly as satisfying as you'd think. At least, not when you still have 30 minutes to fill! But, if there is one thing we have proven time and time again on this program, it's that we can talk uninterrupted about nonsense and still make it entertaining. It's the backbone of our show for Christ sake! We better be good at it. The filler is filled with talk of the now defunct relationship between Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff. And since it is the Halloween show, gets back into that mode with — here comes more lists — our top 5 scary movie favorites and some random scary video game classics we enjoy as well. Happy Halloween!
