Our pal John joins us this week as Dennis and Jabari are on vacation. We all take a quick turn imitating both of them to help us cope with their absence. Actually, it just gives us free reign to make fun of them without their impressions of us taking up valuable imitating them time.
If you're a fan of Candy Corn, then you'll probably love the latest twist on Nabisco's classic Oreo cookies. Beginning today, the half orange, half yellow cream center cookies will go on sale exclusively at Target. The web is a buzz with jokes and tasting reviews. Unfortunately, the Target on the way to the show decided not to stock them a day early so we weren't able to taste test them on-air. But that doesn't stop us from putting in our two-cents. Also, I'm apparently the only person left on Earth who actually likes Candy Corn.
Have you seen the latest feature on our website? It's to the right. Thanks to a new website called SpeakPipe, you're now able to leave us a voice message. Instead of typing your rant or rave or question or comment, you can say it and we'll play it. And our first voice message is on today's show. It's neither a rant, rave, question or comment. Instead, it's also an impression.
JJ Abrams has clearly made an impression on Fox. As his hit series, FRINGE winds down to its final season, a pilot has been picked up for production from his company that will take place in the near future where police in Los Angeles are partnered with human-like androids. Looks like Mr. Data will be trading in his Starfleet comm badge for a police badge. Not to be outdone, NBC is also working on a robot/human co-existence show that has basically ripped off the plot of BLADE RUNNER. No series commitments yet for either program.
We head down to the Bay once again to bring you up-to-date on the exploits of the world's best aerial cinematographer of Washington DC. You might call it damage control, but to hear Michael Bay tell it, there was no damage done. Apparently a script for his much reviled NINJA TURTLES movie was leaked online. It included Krang, the Technodrome and cartoon favorites Rocksteady and Beebop. Not so fast though! Bay says that script is old news and was written before any deal was signed between his company, Platinum Dunes and Paramount Pictures. They are still planning to have the turtles be aliens instead of mutants. He again told everyone to calm down and wait for the movie. That's right... wait for the complete dismantling of the cannon. Thanks to Hollywood, we're used to it by now though.
Is stripping an art form? The Albany, New York city council will have to decide that next month as a local strip club says it shouldn't have to pay over a $100,000 in taxes because its exotic dancers are artists. One might argue, the time and effort that goes into a lap dance is no different than that put into any other form of professional dancing. One might also argue, strippers are 1099 and therefore are responsible for paying taxes as any other sole proprietor would be. But the question really is, under the local tax code, can exotic dancing be classified as an art form? Can the tax code be interpreted that way? We wanna know what you think. It's the topic of this week's We Ask You Poll. Be sure and cast your vote!
Do you know what a Dirty Igloo might be? Only Mike knows inside that noggin of his. He was under the impression that it might be a Ben & Jerry's flavor. It's not, but it might make a good one. It also might be a good name for one of those sex acts like the Russian Candy Cane or the Eiffel Tower. This discussion is 'aroused' during a story about a lawsuit filed by Ben & Jerry's against a pornography company for using the parody name, Ben & Cherry's while designing their dirty DVD covers to look like the popular pints of ice cream. They even go as far as to parody the flavor names. Listen for those as well as a few we make up ourselves on the show today.
We head to India for our first bit of Breaking News. The country's government got involved after complaints rolled in about the name of a new men's clothing store. The shop was called "Hitler." The shop's owner claims he didn't know who Hitler was when he named his business. He said it was the nickname of his business partner's grandfather. The grandfather was given the nickname because he was "strict." Hmmm... that's a clue right there. But something isn't adding up here. If you look closely at the sign on the storefront, the "i" is dotted with a swastika and it's tilted just as it was on the Nazi Germany flag during WWII. I'm gonna call bullshit on this guy claiming he didn't know about the tyrant. He knew... and I also think he was hoping it would create all this buzz and his little store would get tons of free advertising. Well it worked. He's agreed to change the name however and the BBC reports that he's even getting reimbursed by the Indian government for the costs of changing the store's name and all his marketing materials!
Darwinism is in full effect as cases of Russian Roulette deaths are on the rise here in the US. Estimates say there have been four reported so far this year. That doesn't count any that were not officially reported as being related to the deadly game of chance. The most recent was just last week when a 35 year-old man and his friends had a go with the man's own gun. He lost the game. Police say the group was likely high as they found a pipe in the apartment when they responded to the 911 call.
We're off next week for Jabari's birthday. I don't think we're planning a game of Russian Roulette, but you never know. New shows start September 23rd, same ask time, same ask channel. In the meantime, if you happen to try out the new Candy Corn Oreos, shoot us an E-Mail or voice message and let us know if you like 'em.
