The first half of this week's episode is probably one of the more random half-hours we've had in awhile. It starts off with the "Who Asked You? Calendar," our newest segment. This is where we look at some of the more obscure holidays you may not know are coming in the week ahead. As well as some famous birthdays. As you might imagine, we have a hard time containing our excitement over "Dictionary Day." Then a popular sci-fi actress's birthday spawns a brief random, "Who Fact You?" moment brought to us by Jabari.
Then it's onto E-Mails. A loyal listener tells us a few episodes back, while talking about Steve Jobs stepping down at Apple, we kinda sounded like assholes. In particular, I made the comment that people were eulogizing him and he wasn't dead yet. My comment was somewhat prophetic given the following week, he was.
At the end of the E-Mail, we're reminded to take care of our teeth. And in true Who Asked You? style, this sends us spiraling into a conversation about oral care. And is the inspiration behind this program's title.
And if all this wasn't random enough, the new DVD releases conjures up even more! THE GOONIES is coming out on Blu-ray. Being the 80's flick fiends that we are, we can't help but quote a few lines from the film. But then the real conversation... Dennis wonders if the guy who played Sloth, John Matuszak, was actually deformed like the character was in the movie. A quick image search of the actor revealed what the rest of us already knew... no, he wasn't. In fact, he was featured in a magazine posing all sexy and nude. This launches a few more jokes, and wouldn't you know it... come to find out, he's dead too. I guess we really are assholes.
Another big story today is the salary dispute of THE SIMPSONS voice actors. In this day and age, where TV and movie companies are fighting an uphill battle for revenue against the Internet, jobs of any kind are hard to come by, let alone in the entertainment industry and voice actors are being systematically replaced by on-camera ones that use their regular voices, it astounds me that these people would bitch over a pay cut that would keep them working for years to come and would still have them raking in a quarter of a million per episode. Are you kidding me?!?! Be thankful you've steadily worked in Hollywood for 23 years and take the god damned cut. You'll hear more Chase rant like this on the actual show.
With all the superhero movies out there, it's no surprise that someone "tried this at home." In Seattle, Washington a vigilante calling himself "Phoenix Jones" has been fighting crime for about a year. And like most heroes, he's kept his identity secret... don't want any of those evil Seattle super villains going after his family after all. Well, reality punched him in the face last week and he was forced to reveal himself on the steps of the courthouse after he was charged with assaulting 4 people he claims were fighting. We discuss and make fun of this guy too. At least he's not dead... yet.
And in "Breaking News" we make fun of another guy, Saddam Hussein... okay, it's not actually Saddam, it's an Egyptian resident who bears a striking resemblance to the former Iraq leader. Sure, he gets harrassed for his looks and doesn't deserve it. But that's not the whole story. Tune in to hear about the job offer he turned down and what happened after.
