Are you "Livin De Life?" That's the question posed by casino mogul and freshman rapper, A. Samuels. If you live in the United States of America... you should be. After all we're entitled to it! Right? What about a job? Are we Americans entitled to that? Or... how about just a decent warranty on a product not made here? What starts out as a small, brief rant about the crappy warranty offered by Roku on their products, quickly escalates into one of those Charlie vs. Dennis debates about a comment I make. I get my 2-cents in as well. Charlie thinks companies that outsource to India should. Dennis and I think if the company is based in America, they should look here first to fill those call center positions. Jabari and Mike remain a bit quiet on this one. What does this have to do with the Roku's warranty? Nothing! Absolutely nothing... it's just one of our standard-issue tangents. We'd love your feedback on any of this. Listen to today's show and shoot us an E-Mail with your thoughts. Oh yeah, I eventually get to my warranty rant, which brings up the question, should companies be responsible for all financial obligations associated with their product's warranty? In other words... if the damn thing breaks or is defective, shouldn't they cover shipping costs to send it back?
After all of that burns up half the show as it has half of this posting, it's on to more important news. For example, Mike Myers is going to make a 4th AUSTIN POWERS feature. That's important, right? Okay, how 'bout this... Ridley Scott is going to remak-imagi-sequel-ize BLADE RUNNER. Even after the sell of its license stated that such an act was not allowed. He made the first one, he's 'entitled' to redo it, right?
TBS felt Conan O'Brien was 'entitled' to George Lopez's timeslot and he got it. Nearly a year later, Lopez has been canceled and Coco's ratings are caca. But the network that's not shy to rerun OVERBOARD on a weekly basis isn't giving up just yet. Aside from the $12-mill they've stuffed into O'Brien's blazer pockets, they'll be doing the same with Sheldon, Howard, Leonard and Penny. In an attempt to bolster Conan's numbers, TBS will start playing reruns of THE BIG BANG THEORY as a lead-in twice a week to CONAN. And you may remember on a previous show, we told you BANG is costing them $2-million per episode! I'm a fan of the geek-centered show. They're entitled to it.
And in our Breaking News segment we find Starbucks pondering whether a dwarf employee of theirs is 'entitled' to a step stool. In El Paso, Texas... she is NOT. On her behalf, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against the coffee company claiming they discriminated against the woman after she requested the height-enhancing instrument. Now they're facing a $75,000 pay out to her and all their managers in El Paso are facing additional Americans With Disabilities Act training. Don't worry, they'll make up that $75-grand on the next cup of coffee sold.
And lastly, lesbians are women. And they're 'entitled' to a wedding dress for their wedding day. Bridal shops that don't agree with gay marriage are 'entitled' to refuse service to them, right? Wrong-oh buddy... at least, not in New Jersey. State law there prohibits businesses from refusing service to someone because of their sexual orientation or lifestyle. We know this because it appeared on the bridal shop's Yelp.com page after nearly 900 people read about the case in a Philadelphia newspaper. Pissed off, they took to the Yelp site and berated the bridal gown business, knocking it's rating down to just 2-stars. And to make matters even more unfortunate, Yelp began removing many of the reviews. Ummm... isn't that what Yelp is for? To review businesses on their practices and conduct so others can be informed and/or shop accordingly? Apparently Yelp forgot their own mission statement... they're 'entitled' to though, right?
