Volcanicast for the week ending 2008/02/09
Volcanicast February 12th, 2008
Superbowls, Deadheads for Obama, The 2nd Amendment, Funny words like Blooter, The Year of the Rat, and Chelsea Clinton’s Pimp… Just to name a few.
SHOW NOTES
Feb 3, 2008 (SUN)
- 55.nick cokas (SAM)
- 42yr old Music Producer
- Was dating a 23 yr old Singer.
- the singer was Kathrine McPhee.
- She was recently dropped from her record label from American Idol.
- Why Now?
- Nick married Kathrine on Saturday (Yesterday)
- Good luck you crazy kids and grats on robbing the cradle. - 53.zohan (WES)
- New movie
- - Full title: You Don’t Mess with the Zohan
- - Starring Adam Sandler and Emmanuelle Chriqui
- - According to IMDB: A Mossad agent fakes his death so he can re-emerge in New York City as a hair stylist.
- - - Mossad: CIA in Israel.
- - - Sound like a fun movie.
- - - - That’s sarcasm, folks.
- Why now?
- - Superbowl ad - 51.salute your shorts (BOB)
- Comedy television series that aired in 1991 and 1992
- - On Nickelodeon
- - Set at the summer camp Camp Anawanna
- - Focuses on teenage campers and their problems with the camp and each other
- - Based on a 1986 book, Salute Your Shorts: Life at Summer Camp by Steve Slavkin
- Why now?
- - The Superbowl
- - Specifically, the Amp energy drink commercial where the heavy dude dances to Push It
- - - With jumper cables clamped to his nipples
- - - - He jump starts a car with the energy generated thereby
- - - - - Well that dude was on Salute Your Shorts
- - - - - - Michael Bower, who played Eddie “Donkeylips” Gelfen
- - - - - - - Seems people recognized him
- - - - - - - - I’d never even heard of the show - 46.charley harper (WES SKIP)
- Dead modern artist from Cincinnati, OH
- Not a fan of his work
- Skipping - 45.perfectville (SAM)
- Surprise surprise surprise….It’s about football.
- And I really really tried to get no football topics.
- Perfectville is a town with Population of 1 Founded in 1972 in the mystical Tee-Veeland.
- Why Now?
- It is the name of one of the ads during the Groundhog parade.
- Oh wait…I meant the Superbowl. - 41.mira sorvino (SAM)
- Golden globe, Academy award winning actress that even I consider hot.
- Has that “Girl-next-door” thing.
- Made a guest appearance on House
- Bringing us to Why now?
- She played a psychiatrist trapped at the South Pole and even more stubborn than House.
- So naturally he fell for her…and managed to get her to strip to nothing but socks on a webcam.
- Had multiple symptoms, his team managed to stand up to him for once, and was the reintroduction of CTB (sorry disenvoiced body)
- Turns out she had a broken toe under that sock, and the marrow was leaking into the body causing lots of shit.
- I guess if you fall hard enough, and think something is broken, suck it up and go see a Dr. Better than drilling a hole in your head. - 52.superbowl ads (See #39.superbowl commercials)
- 42.super bowl commercials (See #39.superbowl commercials)
- 39.superbowl commercials (w/42, 52) (BOB)
- Where do I even begin?
- - Since the Superbowl is one of the most watched broadcasts in the United States
- - - Advertisers pay exorbitant fees to deliver their message
- - - - Since they are already paying extravagant rates, they also tend to make “big” commercials
- - - - - Bigger writing budget, bigger effects, bigger names, etc.
- - - - - - As such, people who have no interest in football will sometimes watch the game simply for the commercials
- - This year had a pretty good crop, I thought
- - - I watched most of them on the internets
- - - - Particular favorites:
- - - - - FedEx: Carrier Pigeons
- - - - - Cars.com: Plan B: Circle of Death
- - - - - Garmin: Napoleon
- - - - - Pepsi: Justin Timberlake (sigh; it was actually pretty funny)
- - - - - NFL: You Should Play Football
- - - - - Coca-Cola: James Carville and Bill Frist
- - - - - Amp: Push It
- - - - - - Hit teh googles if you want to see what I’m talking about - 35.resiliency (SAM)
- A steal from www.websters.com
- 1. the power or ability to return to the original form, position, etc., after being bent, compressed, or stretched; elasticity.
- 2. ability to recover readily from illness, depression, adversity, or the like; buoyancy.
- So resiliency is the ability to resist things. Like my WoW Mage!
- Why Now?
- Dunno. Was on during Superbowl time. But I doubt there was an add for it.
- It was however searched for at the same time as all the other superbowl adds were.
- Scientists think they have found a gene that helps you resist childhood stress.
- Explains why two kids with the same/similar backgrounds can have different results. One may come out stronger, and the other depressed/emotionally bruised.
- Scientists believe that a child without the gene may then show depression in adulthood if submitted to stressful events as a child.
- I thought it was called compartmentalizing. But I guess not.
- Now there are courses you can take to build up your resilience to every day stress. - 23.hyundai genesis (BOB)
- Hyundai wants to play with the big boys
- - Taking on the likes of the BMW 7 Series, the Mercedes S-Class and the Lexus LS
- - The Genesis is a full-size luxury car powered by a V6 or optional 4.6 L V8 producing 375 HP
- - - With rear wheel drive and a 6-speed automatic
- - - - And it costs considerably less than the cars it aims to compete with
- - Will it work?
- - - Well, Lexus did it 20 years ago
- - - - As for me, My Kia experience has tainted me against Korean cars pretty much permanently
- Why now?
- - Superbowl commercial announcing its debut - 22.wanted movie (SAM)
- There are many wanted movies.
- I have a list a mile long of ones I wait for sales for!
- Oh ….THIS wanted movie.
- It’s a movie called Wanted.
- It has some cool people like Morgan Freeman and Angelina Jolie.
- The main character is a guy called Wesley…so it can’t be all bad.
- It’s about a guild of assassins.
- Why Now?
- It had an ad during Superbowl (duh!).
- It is out in 2008 and actually looks pretty cool. - 16.yukon hybrid (BOB SKIP)
- See #9 - 58.superbowl highlights (See #11.giants win superbowl)
- 57.super bowl kickoff time (See #11.giants win superbowl)
- 56.watch superbowl online (See #11.giants win superbowl)
- 54.super bowl 42 mvp (See #11.giants win superbowl)
- 49.superbowl channel (See #11.giants win superbowl)
- 48.superbowl kickoff time (See #11.giants win superbowl)
- 47.superbowl overtime (See #11.giants win superbowl)
- 44.superbowl winner (See #11.giants win superbowl)
- 40.plaxico burress prediction (See #11.giants win superbowl)
- 38.nfl.com/superbowl (See #11.giants win superbowl)
- 36.who won the superbowl (See #11.giants win superbowl)
- 34.david tyree (See #11.giants win superbowl)
- 31.superbowl mvp (See #11.giants win superbowl)
- 28.patriots lose (See #11.giants win superbowl)
- 26.belichick (See #11.giants win superbowl)
- 24.super bowl score (See #11.giants win superbowl)
- 21.superbowl score (See #11.giants win superbowl)
- 12.giants parade (See #11.giants win superbowl)
- 11.giants win superbowl (AKA The Game Itself) (WES) (Topical from 17:30 to 19:43)
- The superbowl happened.
- The New England Patriots were undefeated all year.
- With 15 minutes to play (aka the 4th quarter) they were winning 7 to 3
- - Which is what we said, if you recall.
- Then, with 11 minutes to go, the New York Giants scored a touchdown, taking a 10-7 lead.
- The Patriots woke up, and scored their own touchdown with less than 3 minutes to go, leading 14-10
- The Giants said “nuh UH!” and, with 35 seconds left, scored again, leading 17-14.
- - And thereby won the game. - 9.cadillac escalade hybrid (BOB)
- Quite possibly the most absurd vehicle ever created
- - Right up there with another GM abomination: The Hummer H3
- - Other than some body work and its luxurious interior, it’s the same vehicle as the Yukon hybrid from #16
- - The best part, though, is the hybrid drive system
- - - Almost certainly pushing the price beyond the $55K 2WD/$60K 4WD (for an enclosed pickup truck, mind you), they claim a gain of a whopping 50% city mileage
- - - - That takes you from 14MPG to 21MPG
- - - - - They don’t even make claims about the highway mileage improvement
- - - - - - They say the combined score is up 25%
- Why now?
- - Superbowl commercial
- It doesn’t even have an independent rear suspension
- - I don’t care how much bling you rollin’
- - - The car is a joke
- - - - I can’t wait to see one on ill-fitting rims that probably wipe out the fuel mileage advantage - 7.life water (WES)
- The water of life.
- - I actually drink and enjoy this water, it costs about what a sodie pop would cost, and actually gives you vitamins and stuff.
- But the commercial totally wouldn’t have made me want to drink it, because it showed lizards jumping into the bottles.
- Why now?
- - Those lizard commercials were on during the superbowl, so now all of America associates this water with drinking lizard piss. - 6.audi r8 price (BOB)
- If you need to ask…
- - Now, I love cars; I’m not against expensive cars in general
- - - Though you might have got that impression from my Escalade rant
- - Just the ones that aren’t worth it
- - The Audi by contrast is a technological marvel
- - - And dead fucking sexy
- - - - I saw it at the ‘07 Cleveland Auto Show
- - - - - I spent the rest of the evening trying to figure out how to have sex with it
- - - - - - I believe the exact words I said to my friends when I saw it were, “I don’t know what that is, but I am going to fuck it.”
- The R8 is an exotic sports car
- - I won’t bother you with the numbers
- - - But it handles, accelerates, and brakes better than anything you’ve ever driven
- - - - Unless you’ve done open-wheel racing
- - - - - Or flown fighter jets
- - Holy shit
- - - I just read they’re making a roadster version available in 2009
- - - - I’ll be in my bunk
- Why now?
- - Superfuckingbowl
- Oh, the base model starts at $109K - 29.godaddy .com (See #4.godaddy.com)
- 19.danica patrick (See #4.godaddy.com)
- 18.www.godaddy.com (See #4.godaddy.com)
- 8.go daddy (See #4.godaddy.com)
- 5.go daddy.com (See #4.godaddy.com)
- 4.godaddy.com (WES)
- Possibly the only case of a website name being Googled for correctly.
- - Except the people who Googled for go daddy.com
- - - And godaddy .com
- Godaddy is known for their racy commercials.
- - They decided to double up on entendres this year
- - - They actually got a racer to do a racy commercial.
- - - - Friend of the show (and my pants) Danica Patrick!
- - - In the commercial, they doubled up another entendre, the good old “beaver” one.
- - - - As I’m sure they hoped, the commercial was banned by the Commercial Approval Committee for the Superbowl (CACS)
- - - - So they got a ton of publicity anyway, and didn’t have to pay for the time. - 50.pat tillman (See #2.chester pitts)
- 43.doug williams (See #2.chester pitts)
- 17.walter payton (See #2.chester pitts)
- 14.phillippi sparks (See #2.chester pitts)
- 13.felipe sparks (See #2.chester pitts)
- 10.jordan sparks (See #2.chester pitts)
- 2.chester pitts (AKA Generic Football) (SAM SKIP)
- It is so blatently football that I am skipping it.
- Even if we don’t get to skip.
- Sue me. - 37.paula abdul super bowl (See #1.how old is tom petty)
- 33.tom petty american girl (See #1.how old is tom petty)
- 32.paula abdul superbowl (See #1.how old is tom petty)
- 30.super bowl halftime shows (See #1.how old is tom petty)
- 27.american girl lyrics (See #1.how old is tom petty)
- 25.superbowl halftime show (See #1.how old is tom petty)
- 20.traveling wilburys (See #1.how old is tom petty)
- 15.tom petty free falling (See #1.how old is tom petty)
- 3.free falling (See #1.how old is tom petty)
- 1.how old is tom petty (AKA The Halftime Show) (WES SKIP) I so want to take this one and make my only note “He is fifty-seven.” But I won’t. -Bob 2/4/08 10:18 AM Yeah. That would count as a skip, buddy boy ;) -Wesley 2/4/08 12:40 PM
- He’s 57
- - And yup, it’s a skip. Irony can be pretty ironic some times.
Feb 4, 2008 (MON)
- 8.fizzy fruit (SAM)
- Fruit slices of apple, pineapple or grapes carbonated with CO2…just without more added sugar.
- Apparently the ability to make kids belch from eating fruit is a great selling point.
- Since kids can’t eat real food, lets make it really bad for you and sell it to them.
- Side note. Fruit and fizzy drinks that contain natural fructose (natural fruit sugars) have also been shown to greatly increase gout.
- Gout is the inflammation of a joint from Uric Acid.
- Uric Acid is a byproduct to protein metabolism but can become excessive or the Kidneys can have an inability to eliminate it.
- Seafood, excessive alcohol and Vit C aggravate it.
- Rant over.
- Why now?
- was on the USA Today as a new fruit thing that even Disney is endorsing. - 6.murguia (BOB)
- I believe this is Janet Murguia
- - A prominent civil rights leader for the Mexican and Hispanic communities of the United States
- - Born in Kansas City, she now lives in DC
- - - On Jan. 1, 2005, she replaced Raul Yzaguirre as the President and CEO of the National Council of La Raza
- - - - The largest advocacy organization for Mexican and Hispanic civil rights
- - - - - And founders of friends of the show, the ALMA Awards
- Why now?
- - She was on Lou Dobbs’ show on CNN
- - - “Discussing” immigration reform
- - - - And by discussing, of course, I mean shouting over each other - 5.shell kepler (WES)
- American Actress
- - Best known as Amy Vining on the American Soap Opera General Hospital
- Why now?
- - She died
- - Kidney Failure
- - She was 49 - 4.yuan (WES)
- The Yuan is the Chinese base currency unit.
- - According to Google, 1 Yuan = 0.139154 U.S. dollars
- - - And, presumably, rising.
- - 1 Yuan is 10 Jaio, and 1 Jaio is 10 Fen.
- - - In Cantonese, Jaio is Ho and Fen is Sin.
- - - - Sin comes from the English Cent.
- Why now?
- - I don’t know.
- - - Yuan is referenced 100,000 times a day, every day, in the news.
- - - Related Search term “The Mexican” but I’ve not seen that movie, assuming that’s what the term actually is, so don’t know why they’d talk about Chinese currency in it.
- - - Plus, the peaks are nothing like something you’d see on TV, local or cable. - 3.bobby knight (SAM)
- Basketball coach for the last 42 yrs.
- Most recently Tx Tech
- Apparently has a large temper and was getting tired of his college people not doing his offensive moves and doing their own for the Talent Scouts.
- Why now?
- He quit. - 7.deadheads for obama (See #2.iclips)
- 2.iclips (WES) (W/7)
- iClips.net is a website, kind of like youtube but nobody knows about it.
- Actually, it appears more of a music video site.
- I didn’t spend much time there, and they don’t have a FAQ page or even an About page.
- Why now?
- - Related search term, “Deadheads for Obama”
- - They had a concert on the 4th.
- - The Grateful Dead actually had a concert.
- - I bet it was fun. - 1.eponychium (BOB)
- Also called the cuticle
- - The thickened layer of skin surrounding fingernails and toenails
- - - I have the bad habit of trimming them badly with my teeth
- Why now?
- - I’m almost certain it was on a game show
- - - Probably Millionaire based on the peaks
- - - - Related search terms were yuan and yuan currency, the currency of china
- - - - earl grey tea and bergamot, the essence of the bergamot fruit is what gives Earl Grey its distinctive flavor
- - - - - So, yeah, game show
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Feb 5, 2008 (TUE)
- 9.guinness book of world records (WES SKIP)
- It’s the place where they keep track of world records for things like minutes to run a mile, length of fingernails, and ability to bend your elbow backward.
- I’m going for Guinness World Record in skips - 8.fat tuesday (BOB)
- The Tuesday before Ash Wednesday
- - Itself the first day of Lent
- - - Which is the 40 day period (excluding Sundays) preceding Easter Sunday
- - - - Which celebrates the day on which Jesus allegedly rose from the dead
- - - - - The 40 days is supposed to be a period of sacrifice
- - - - - - In honor of Jesus’ alleged 40 days of trial in the desert
- - - - - - - Catholics are supposed to not eat meat on Fridays
- - - - - - - - Except for the meat of fish and shellfish
- - - - - - - - - Because that’s not really meat
- - - - - - - - - - Of course, that’s pretty easy
- - - - - - - - - - - God used to require no meat (with the above exceptions) for the entire 40 days!
- So, anyway…
- - Because you’re going to be enduring such tremendous sacrifice to prepare you for the glory of Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection
- - - You might as well have a big fucking party before hand
- - - - Fat Tuesday is an occasion to eat, drink, and be merry
- - - - - In French, Fat Tuesday is translated Mardi Gras
- - - - - - You may have heard of a big party in New Orleans by that name
- - - - - - - They’re celebrating Fat Tuesday
- - - - - - - - Carnival is essentially a big Fat Tuesday celebration held in other places around the world
- - - - - - - - - But it can take several days
- Why now?
- - It’s Fat Tuesday, you moron
- - - You will probably not see an Easter earlier in the year during your life time
- - - - Its date follows the cycles of the moon somehow
- - - - - It’s … complicated
- I used to be Catholic
- - Can you tell? - 7.super tuesday results (See #6.california election results)
- 6.california election results (AKA Super Tuesday Results) (WES)
- America had yet another election.
- - We love our electing stuff.
- Super Tuesday is the unofficial name of the Tuesday early in the year on an election year, when the most states hold their primaries.
- Primaries are where people vote for who they want to RUN to be president, instead of who they’re voting to actually BE president.
- Many states, you have to say whether or not you’re a Republican or a Democrat, or any one of the parties that don’t matter.
- In some, you don’t, but you can still vote in a primary.
- I’m confused too and don’t know what would keep, say, a Democrat from voting for Mitt Romney for the Republican side.
- - See, Mitt Romney is unelectable.
- - - At least, I hope he is.
- ANYWAY, here’s the results in super-duper quick form.
- - For the Republicans:
- - - John McCain won 511 delegates (don’t even ask, it’s confusing. Delegates are people who vote on your (the voter’s) behalf) and 9 states.
- - - Mitt Romney (Maybe he’s not so unelectable after all. Thanks McCain for existing) won 176 delegates from 7 states.
- - - Mike Huckabee (As in I <3 Huckabee’s) won 147 delegates from 5 states
- - - Ron Paul (The only Republican I was seriously considering voting for) won 10 delegates from 0 states. I don’t know how, so don’t ask.
- - For the Democrats:
- - - Hillary Clinton (My preferred Democrat, now that good old DK is out. Though I’m not exactly a fan of hers) won 584 delegates from 8 states.
- - - Barack Obama (Who the Deadheads were for) won 563 delegates from 13 states.
- - What does this mean?
- - - John McCain will very likely be the Republican Presidential Candidate.
- - - The Democratic Presidential candidacy is still up for grabs.
- Super! - 4.giants parade live (BOB SKIP)
- I’m assuming they gave the Superbowl-winning New York Giants a parade.
- - Bully for them - 3.laura silverman (SAM)
- Big sister of Sara Silverman (The comedian dating Jimmey Kimmel)
- Actress that has done work with her sister, other small shows and on Lisa Kidrow’s show.
- Why now?
- Recently appeared on House
- That happened to be on today.
- Played a hard rock music manager turned Hasidic Jew that gets married to a guy she dated three times.
- For once everyone looked up the actress rather than the disease.
- Could be because it wasn’t really a disease, but lots of weird symptoms from something being wrong.
- She had a floating kidney (came off it’s hinge and just hanging there)
- Come to think of it, it seems a lot of the recent House things are more issues rather than rare diseases. - 2.bridewell (SAM SKIP)
- In England
- Old Henry 8th Castle of three towers overlooking a courtyard.
- Turned hospital then prison.
- Was the first concept of warehousing misdemeanor people
- Turned into a restaurant and was just reopened.
- And I’m skipping the rest. - 5.second amendment (See #1.2nd amendment)
- 1.2nd amendment (BOB)
- Specifically, the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
- - Which enshrines the right of the people to bear arms
- - - Maybe
- - The full text of the amendment reads:
- - - A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
- - There is significant debate about several aspects of the amendment
- - - Does it secure the right only for militias?
- - - Does it prevent all or some regulation of weapons?
- - - Does it apply to the state goverments, or just the Federal government?
- Why now?
- - I’m sure the candidates were talking about it on Super Tuesday
- - - But I can’t find any one specific thing
Feb 6, 2008 (WED)
- 5.tengion (SAM)
- New company focusing on regenerative medicine.
- They grow new organs from patent’s own cells.
- Why Now?
- I am guessing it was on the news.
- It peaked all day
- A related search term was for stocks and shares, so I guess alot of people like the sound of this.
- I guess it would help get the waiting list down for people needing transplants if they can grow their own.
- I wonder if they grow it on the side of the stomach, like the keep arms and hands alive but attaching them until they can operate. - 4.nuts toxic to dogs (WES SKIP)
- Mine
- As joke-laden as the topic sounds, I’m skipping it. - 3.julio jones (WES SKIP)
- Here’s another skip.
- He’s a football player from Alabama. - 2.blooter (SAM) (FUNNY from 1:10:34 to 1:12:10)
- Scottish word:To hit something really hard
- Or to be totally drunk.
- Why Now?
- Fresh online community that houses MP# music that you can upload yourself.
- Advertises that it will give you the opportunity to show the world your music.
- Maybe on a TV show since it peaked at 9pm EST.
- I can’t find it.
- NOTE FROM WESLEY: It is blooter.com and the site looks very interesting, combining free songs and pay songs.
- 1.juicy campus (BOB SKIP)
- My favorite kind
- - Actually, it’s a gossip site
- - - Where you can anonymously say anything and everything
- Why now?
- - I don’t know, but I saw several college newspapers bitching about it around that time
Feb 7, 2008 (THU)
- 17.texas equusearch (WES SKIP) WES!!! This is yours. Not too sure if you are skipping but since I see you editing (most likely sleeping) wanted to get your attention so I am making a big block of colour to get your attention, or to give you crap when you miss it entirly and read this during the show. -Sam 2/10/08 4:47 PM
- 16.cpac (SAM SKIP)
- Not even gonna look it up. - 15.kirkwood mo (SAM)
- Established in 1853 and now sporting a population of just over 27k people.
- High property values, quality schools and dubbed the ” Queen of St Louis suburbs” since late 1800s.
- Why now?
- There was an incident with a gun at a council meeting.
- I’m not giving air time to the guy that did it.
- 5 people lost their lives and 2 were injured before police took him out.
- In honour of the 5 people I would like to mention them by name.
- - Police Officers Tom Ballman and William Biggs
- - Councilwoman Connie Karr, Public Works Director Kenneth Yost, and Councilman Michael Lynch
- - The Mayor Mike Swoboda is in serious condition
- - The other person shot was a journalist, Todd Smith, who is in satisfactory condition - 14.holly wellin (WES)
- British Actress in the “wobbly bits” business.
- - Films include:
- - - It’s Huge 8
- - - Bait 4
- - - Bring ‘Um Young 20
- Incidentally, the picture in the show notes is the only one on the first page of a GIS that was even remotely safe for the show notes.
- Apparently, Holly really wants Hillary Clinton in the White house.
- - If that sounds like a double entendre, it is. She actually means both of the ways you can take that.
- - - Yes, she wants to be Hillary’s Intern. - 12.daniel faraday (BOB)
- An English chemist and physicist
- - With little formal schooling and in the early-mid 19th century, he discovered
- - - Magnetic fields
- - - Electrolysis
- - - The principals behind electric motors
- - - Benzene
- - - And invented the bunsen burner
- - The SI unit of capacitance, the farad, is named after him
- Wait. That’s Michael Faraday
- - Daniel Faraday is a motherfucking character on a motherfucking TV show
- - - I quit
- - - - Well, at least he’s a physicist
- - - - - He’s on the ABC series Lost
- Why now?
- - Lost was on the motherfucking TV - 11.chinese new year (SAM) (Informative from 1:20:10 to 1:23:59)
- Why now?
- Today was the Lunar New Year.
- This means all calenders that work off the moon cycles, not the sun cycles restart as of today.
- The most common is the Chinese Ca lander.
- They attribute animals to each year and have a 12 yr cycle.
- They also attribute an element to each year. 5 elements of earth, wood, fire, water and metal. This is considered the driving force behind the animal. Eg. Fire rats will be shorter in temper than an Earth Rat.
- This year is the “Year of the Rat”.
- The rat is the first animal in the 12 yr cycle
-Rat is associated with aggression, wealth, charm, and order, yet also associated with death, war, the occult, pestilence, and atrocities.
- People born under the Rat sign should avoid Horses, Rabbit, Rooster, Pig, Sheep, but have best friends and love with Monkeys, Dragons and Oxen.
- Professions include espionage,psychiatry,psychology, writing, politics, law, engineering, accounting, detective work, acting, and pathology. - 7.shuttle launch (BOB)
- Space Shuttle Atlantis was launched successfully
- - It marks the 121st launch of a space shuttle that didn’t explode On LIFTOFF. 120th that didn’t explode at all -Wesley 2/10/08 4:13 AM
- - - STS-122 will deliver Europe’s Columbus module to the International Space Boondoggle
- - Atlantis was intended to launch in December, but electronics glitches caused it to be postponed until February 7th
- - - Because they’re actually paying attention to little glitches now that Columbia reminded them that space travel is hazardous
- - The launch was close to having been delayed further because of thunderstorms in the area
- - - The storm system is the one that spawned the deadly tornadoes that didn’t go volcanic
- - This also marks the 122nd space shuttle launch that I have not personally witnessed
- - - A situation that must be remedied soon
- - - - Because there are only 10 scheduled launches left
- - - - - Before they get retired
- - - - - - Because, sadly, it’s just not the cheap, safe, and reliable transportation system it was supposed to have been
- - - - - - - It remains awesome, however - 6.rick cleveland (WES SKIP)
- I took this one because the guy’s last name was Cleveland.
- - Yeah, not gonna research him. - 5.micronesia (BOB)
- I’m going to name this phenomenon Deja-Vo
- - We covered Micronesia on our show for the week ending December 12, 2007
- - - And for the same reason
- - - - So, I present you with Wesley’s notes from that show:
- Hundreds of islands North and East of New Guinea.
- Named by Jules Dumont d’Urville in 1831
- - French explorer, also explored Antarctica.
- - - There is an Antarctic station named after him.
- Most recognizable name I saw was Guam.
- Why now?
- - Survivor season 16 will take place on one of the several hundred islands.
- - - Or maybe ALL OF THEM! - 13.my eyes adored you lyrics (See #4.we built this city lyrics)
- 10.rocket man lyrics (See #4.we built this city lyrics)
- 8.bad case of loving you lyrics (See #4.we built this city lyrics)
- 4.we built this city lyrics (BOB)
- Classic song from Starship
- - The band that used to be Jefferson Starship
- - - Which used to be Jefferson Airplane
- - Released at the height of their “we’re selling out for a callous cash grab” phase
- - - Off the album Knee Deep in the Hoopla
- - Yes, I remember enjoying the song when it was released
- - - I am pathetic
- Why now?
- - On Don’t Forget to Tip Your Waitress
- - - Here are your volcanic songs for this week:
- - - - $25,000 Category Rock Anthems, 1985, Starship, “We Built This City” 7 Missing Words. Contestant used his backup singer. She was wrong. The correct lyrics are “who goes to that kind of place”.
- - - - $50,000 Category Legends, 1972, Elton John, “Rocket Man”. 7 missing words. New contestant knew it: “it’s gonna be a long long time”.
- - - - $250,000 Category Pop, 1975, Franki Valli, “My Eyes Adored You”. 6 missing words. Contestant uses two helps and discovers the correct words: “so close and yet so far”.
- - - - $350,000 Category Love Songs, 1979, Robert Palmer, “Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)”. 8 missing words. Contestant used his last help, the backup singer. His brother didn’t know it, so he dropped out. The correct lyrics were “a pretty face don’t make no pretty heart”.
3.zymurgist (SAM)
- Courtesy of www.websters.com: a scientist who studies the chemical process of fermentation in brewing and distilling; also, by extension, a brewer.
- I bet Wes wants to know a zymurgist, or become one!!
- Why Now?
- On Who wants a Million Pizzas.
- Husband and wife blew 2 help lines on $25,000,” What does a zymurgist produce”
- The team before them guessed for the $25k guessed wrong and left with 1k, so this team decided to leave with 16k for their wedding. - 9.first person to break the sound barrier (See #1.chuck yeager)
- 2.who broke the sound barrier (See #1.chuck yeager)
- 1.chuck yeager (WES)
- American pilot and awesome dude
- Charles Elwood “Chuck” Yeager
- Best known for being the first man to travel than the speed of sound (in level flight)
- Why now?
- - It was on the 5th grader show thingy.
- - - It was the $1M question.
- - - The contestant guessed “Howard Hughes”
- - - - He was the guy who flew the big wooden plane.
- - - She flunked out with $25,000
Feb 8, 2008 (FRI)
- 10.louisiana technical college (BOB SKIP)
- It’s a college
- - In Louisiana
- - - That teaches technical stuff
- - - - Somebody shot somebody
- - - - - I don’t want to talk about it. - 9.taryn manning (BOB)
- Football wife
- - Of Superbowl-winning quarterback Eli Manning
- - - That is completely incorrect
- - - - I just assumed . . .
- Taryn Manning is an actress, singer, and hottie
- - She’s had some bit parts in TV shows that you wouldn’t recognize her from
- - She’s released albums you haven’t heard
- - She’s been in a lot of movies you haven’t seen
- - - Actually, you might have seen one of those
- - - - Crazy/Beautiful, Crossroads (with pre-trainwreck Britney Spears), 8 Mile, and Cold Mountain
- - - - - But if you did, and it isn’t Cold Mountain, we can’t be friends any more
- She’s actually Eli’s (and his brother, Indianapolis Colts Quarter back Peyton Manning’s) cousin
- Why now?
- - Her boyfriend punched and knocked down an actor who dared to talk to and hug her outside of an LA club
- - - Jealous much? - 8.nick thune (WES)
- American Comedian.
- - I know nothing about him nor could I find anything, as my laptop is sound-challenged at the moment so watching videos of him pacing a stage waving his arms isn’t telling me the whole story.
- Why now?
- - He was on Season 12 of Comedy Central Presents
- - He must be at least pretty good, as he wouldn’t have made it on the Googles. - 6.tallahassee plane crash (See #5.tallahassee news)
- 5.tallahassee news
- Tallahassee is in Florida.
- This part of Tallahassee is near the FSU Campus
-Why Now
- Small cesnar prop plane went down in an intersection.
- Just missed a BBQ guy.
- Disrupted power trapping some students in an elevator.
- The lone person in the plane made a distress call to the tower 3 seconds before the plane nosedived.
- He advised was making a deadsitck landing, indicating the engine had failed in the single engin prop plane.
- He meraciously survived the nosedive. - 7.roger clemens wife (See #4.debbie clemens)
- 4.debbie clemens (SAM SKIP)
- 3.david shuster (WES)
- MSNBC Correspondent
- - Asked “Doesn’t it seem as if Chelsea is sort of being pimped out in some weird sort of way?”
- - - Chelsea is Hillary Clinton’s daughter
- - Hillary freaked out and killed him.
- - Actually, she just got upset and called the comment an example of a “troubling pattern” at MSNBC
- Opinion: Chelsea was off limits during Bill’s campaign, because she was like 13 and stayed out of the limelight.
- - However, now that Hillary is bringing her out into the light, she shouldn’t be surprised if people talk about her.
- - As far as the comment and the response is concerned, I think it’s a far smaller deal than it’s been made. - 2.ahmed ahmed (WES)
- Egyptian stand-up comedian.
- - Grew up in Riverside, CA from the age of 1 month on, so for all intents he’s American.
- - Does “ethnic comedy” if you can trust his Richard Pryor Award
- Why now?
- - He is part of Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show.
- - - Full title: Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland
- - - They took a bus across the US, from Hollywood, thorough Texas, and up into our neck of the woods (Cleveland)
- - - - 30 cities in 30 days.
- - - And then made a movie.
- - - - The movie’s 100 minutes long. That’s a shade over 3 minutes per city.
- - - - The movie was released in 2006, and Netflix says I would like it.
- Yeah, but why *NOW*?
- - - Ahmed Ahmed was on the tonight show.
- - - They mentioned the movie. Possibly as a way to do a movie without writers.
- - - Or perhaps they’re working on VVWWCS:TDATN-HTTH 2 - 1.patti scialfa (BOB SKIP)
- Guitarist, singer and songwriter
- - Best known for playing with, and marrying, Bruce Springsteen
- Why now?
- - I don’t care
Feb 9, 2008 (SAT)
- 4.couponmom.com (SAM SKIP)
- I spent an hour today walking someone thru getting to the work website.
- After 20 mins I finally got them to google since they couldn’t find the address bar at the top of the screen.
- I am not looking anything up with .com since I have met my quota of people that shouldn’t own a computer today. - 3.bernard lafferty (See #2.doris duke)
- 2.doris duke (WES SKIP)
- 1.nona dirksmeyer (BOB SKIP)
- Dead beauty queen