Apparently there are some things we won't talk about on our show. There is a line. You'll have to stay tuned to the end of the show to find out what is forbidden to joke about. You know who doesn't have a line? Yep... Hollywood. They blew it out of the water with their latest 'adaption' of something, BATTLESHIP. The trailer is out and the reviews are already in. All you have to do is Google it and you'll see the perplexed tone of bloggers and reviewers alike. One of our listeners E-Mailed us this week and wanted our take on it. Official Who Asked You? stance: Hollywood dropped more than anchor on this one.
Over at Apple, they're no longer offering CD versions of their software. Everything lives in the digital cloud now. Upsides... less waste, faster delivery, lower overhead which leads to lower cost, etc. Downsides... lets ask one, John Christman. He bought his download of Apple's latest OS, Lion. And after downloading the latest iTunes' beta, he proceeded to re-download all of the apps he already owned. The problem is, a glitch in either Apple or PayPal's system charged Christman the price of Lion for the over 100 apps he'd already paid for. Christman is now totally broke and isn't getting much help from PayPal. Apple says they'll work with him to return the thousands of dollars he was wrongly charged. Just think, this probably wouldn't have happened if Apple hadn't banished hard copies of their software. It's bad enough pleading with them to let you re-download iTunes music after your computer crashes... now you gotta do it with programs too?
On the flip side, maybe Apple is onto something... Maybe CD's are obsolete. Ford has just announced that they're going to stop putting CD players in their Focus models and instead 'focus' on connectivity options for today's smart phones and MP3 players. It's not surprising they're starting this with the Focus. It's a cheaper car aimed at the younger driver. And kids today barely know what those shiny plastic circles are. Eventually Ford says they'll probably stop equipping all of their models with disc players making CD's this generation's cassette tapes.
My favorite segment returns this week. "Who Fact You?" is back with 10 more randomly chosen factoids to tickle your skull's innards. One of the facts even includes a video! You'll learn things like which character is missing from The Flintstones Vitamins, which planet rotates the wrong way and in the aforementioned video, how loud is the world's loudest burp.
And one guy 'butters' himself up in our Breaking News segment. A somewhat bland play on words for the events that transpired in this story. Don't wanna spoil it, so I'll just say it involves a butter knife and do-it-yourself healthcare. This also leads to what I discover is 'crossing the line' with jokes. On a personal note, I'd like to take this moment to call my 4 co-hosts hypocrites.
