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.
