In this episode:

• Our ideas for re-dubbing the latest Michael Bay Transformers movie,
• the Rupert Murdoch UK phone hacking scandal,
• undercover sleuth work by Hugh Grant,
• Norm MacDonald announcing the O.J. Simpson verdict on Saturday Night Live,
• cracking passwords using social engineering,
• the “Ralphige” real Michael Jackson prank call (link),
• a fifth child on the way for Kevin ‘K-Fed’ Federline,
• the arrest of former informercial star Don Lapre,
• Tony Little HoMedics Micropedic Sleep Pillows,
• Ted Danson to star on the next season of CSI,
• Barney Miller,
• return of Curb Your Enthusiasm,
• why the Golden Girls is still funny (video),
• US Marines asking Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake on dates,
• Rob’s failure to book Tami Erin, star of The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988) on the show,
• emulating classic PC games using DOSBOX,
• downfall of modern gaming franchises and developers (Hitman, Max Payne, Project Gotham, LucasArts),
• Copyright Alert System,
• and a celebrity death (Roberts Blossom).

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In this episode:

• Rob’s favorite adjective “weird,”
• Frank Nora’s doppelganger/clone theory,
• George Lucas and Lionel Richie look-alikes at NAVA,
• John Carpenter’s Vampires (1998),
• classic 1990s science fiction series SLIDERS,
• The Beatles’ lousy movie Magical Mystery Tour (1967),
• Paul McCartney teaching Steven Spielberg how to make movies,
• Yoko Ono’s solo career,
• wannabe Beatle Jeff Lynne,
• musicians embarrassing themselves past their primes,
• the Rolling Stones,
• Phil Collins’s rumored retirement,
• “Land of Confusion” music video by Genesis,
• Jon Bon Jovi blaming Steve Jobs for ruining music sales,
• Jersey Shore Snooki wrestling in the WWE,
• dummies getting famous (Does the cream really rise to the top?),
• Dr. Phil being sued yet again,
• Aflac firing Gilbert Gottfried for his jokes about Japan,
• Norm MacDonald’s Twitter,
• and Charlie Sheen going nuts.

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In this episode:

• Chris Elliott’s performance of “Rocket Man” on Late Night with David Letterman circa 1990,
• The Jay Leno Show on NBC,
• Conan O’Brien and Andy Richter,
• Norm Macdonald on Tom Green’s House Tonight singing We Didn’t Start The Fire,
• Rob’s comments being deleted from sugaryserials.com,
• our movie review of Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca (1940) starring Laurence Olivier,
• our movie review of Extract (2009) starring Jason Bateman,
• our teachers being struck by lightning,
• Whiteout (2009) starring Kate Beckinsale,
• listener Esteban from Please Save Me Robots/Roboplastic Apocalypse posting comments,
• the upcoming movie Hancock 2 (2012) starring Will Smith,
• the new Star Tours ride based on the Star Wars prequels,
• celebrity deaths (Ted Kennedy and Patrick Swayze),
• guys throwing monster truck tires down the street,
• the new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm,
• the Seinfeld reunion,
• and a salesman getting stabbed by the sword he’s selling on the Shop at Home Network.

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In this episode:

• Mike Tyson and Jennifer Connelly growing up in the Catskill Mountains,
• the series finale of MADtv on Fox,
• the season finale of Saturday Night Live featuring Will Ferrell, Norm Macdonald, Tom Hanks, and other celebrities (Celebrity Jeopardy! video),
• the series finale of My Name Is Earl on NBC,
• Norm Macdonald playing Burt Reynolds’s son,
• Dollhouse starring Eliza Dushku,
• Dane Cook’s new comedy special Isolated Incident,
• the commercial for the movie Drag Me to Hell (2009),
• hip hop artist Danger Mouse releasing a CD-R as his new album,
• the horrendous state of rock and pop music,
• Frankie Valli and The Bee Gees singing with weird chicken voices,
• listener mail from Dawn in NJ (Disney eggs),
• children’s food gimmicks (Smurfs SpaghettiOs, Pac-Man cereal, Marshmallow Krispies, Cookie Crisp, etc.),
• Cap’n Crunch cereal melting in milk,
• a celebrity death (Wayne Allwine, the voice of Mickey Mouse),
• What Ever Happened To? (Disney’s classic characters),
• the origin of Baba Booey,
• the new premium movie channel Epix,
• Star Trek (2009) movie reviews by listeners Joe in KY and Dennis in CA,
• and Dennis’s waterboarding contest.

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In this episode:

• the end of the Writers Guild of America strike,
• technical difficulties while recording last week,
• an old VCR with instructions on a VHS tape,
• our video tour of the Fun N Games arcade a week before it shut down,
• new listeners (Manny the Mailman and Neal from www.intoyourhead.com),
• new comments by Esteban (Iron Man, War Machine, and stupid sizes of Star Wars toys),
• the upcoming movie G.I. Joe (2009) starring Dennis Quaid and Marlon Wayans,
• The 7th Portal and Stan Lee’s bankruptcy in 2001,
• Ringo Starr starring in Stan Lee’s new superhero show,
• the most useless object a Transformer could change into,
• celebrity deaths (Roy Scheider),
• celebrities’ real names,
• and Dirty Work (1998) starring Norm MacDonald, Artie Lange, and Jack Warden.

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