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#50 - The Emergency Water Show

Mon, 7 May 2007 03:45:00 GMT

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- Our magical Christ Rug.
- Paris Hilton goes to prison.
- Treehuggers destroy San Francisco bridge in awesome explosion.
- Endurance school out-endures man.
- Listener correspondence: Three new towns becomes enshrined in Gobbler's Knob.
- Days of Our AOL: User #2281868. Just remember, he could be someone you know.
- Media of the Week: They Might Be Giants' "Alphabet of Nations"

#49 - Gratitude Rocks

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 04:35:00 GMT

- Welcome back, Brett Favre.
- Nerdy RSS stuff.
- Underarms become sexy.
- It's time for Richard Gere to go to prison.
- Demographers Want To Know: What we think about a crappy tv pilot.
- The Secret.
- Cat scratch fever!
- Listener correspondence: The World's 50 Best Restaurants, Heston Blumenthal's Seafood Experience!, the MI numbers, the origin of police nicknames.
- Celebrity birthdays. Free Jack Klugman!
- Media of the Week: Googling river dolphins, NetVibes.

#48 - Rapping Is My Thing

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:54:00 GMT

- We are normal.
- Scott Stevens' weather conspiracy site WeatherWars.info.
- The HuMarists are our friends?
- Spending Earth Day in an idling car.
- More weird holidays like Stillbirth Remembrance Day.
- Movie review: Hot Fuzz.
- Listener correspondence: More Gobbler's Knob - Great Towns To Lick and Pee On. Where does James Bond work?
- Celebrity birthdays.
- Mini Food Review: Sugar Free Peeps.
- A rough sketch of a borscht recipe.
- MC Miker G & DJ Sven's "Holiday Rap." Check out their biography.

Better Writing #87 - Cho and Emily

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 02:32:00 GMT

Today on Better Writing, we take a look at writing samples from two listeners. Cho Seung-Hui sends in a manifesto to proofread, and Emily sends us a very secret love letter!

Cho gets a B- and Emily gets a B+. Thanks for sending in your submissions, guys!

#47 - Flexible Artificial Neck

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 02:04:00 GMT

- Wet snow and no sushi.
- Parade's What People Make.
- Days Of Our AOL: 5342598
- Celebrity Birthdays.
- Media of the Week: Musicovery.

#46 - We Are Trapper Keeper

Mon, 9 Apr 2007 02:49:00 GMT

- Why aren't stores open on Easter?
- Microwaved Peeps become Akira.
- Did we steal from the church?
- Movie review: Grindhouse.
- A late-night window knocker.
- Listener correspondence: Vanilla Coke and peeing in buckets.
- Celebrity birthdays.
- Media of the Week: Running songs - Joe Jackson's "Steppin' Out" and Ben Folds' "Rent A Cop."

#45 - Not Shaken, Nor Stirred

Thu, 5 Apr 2007 03:07:00 GMT

- School funding, the podcast battle.
- Late-night bakery runs.
- Otis the Bunny's birthday.
- Listener correspondence: More GobKnob. Life expectancies. The economics of wheat gluten.
- Celebrity birthdays.
- Movie reviews: Blades of Glory and Casino Royale.
- Reviews of New Food: Diet Pepsi Jazz Caramel Cream.
- Media of the Week: Acceptable TV's Conference Call.

#44 - In France They Pee On The Streets

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:59:00 GMT

Shorter show today!

- Albany's St. Patrick's Day parade.
- People who hate France are maniacs.
- Media of the Week: The Ultimate Warrior is Insane. Warrior's conservative speech. Podcast Rosemary Goes To The Mall.
- The ramification of banning horse slaughter? Too many horses.
- MC Face's "Slaughter Ya Oughta"

#43 - The Bedroom Thing Is Cool

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 04:18:00 GMT

- Building Sims families.
- Anatrim spam.
- Listener correspondence: Zebulon's newest entry in GobKnob. Caitlin's entry into the Turner Prize. The K Foundation Prize. Scoville units.
- Celebrity birthdays.
- Chiquita banana funds Columbian terrorists.

#42 - Startup Dot Com

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 01:46:00 GMT

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- Snow and Sims.
- Who buys DVDs?
- Polish food and The Pipettes in Brooklyn.
- Treasure hunting (Hunting for treasure).
- Listener correspondence: More Gobbler's Knob. Train annoyances. Eye-searingly hot foods. Al's bad food memory. The Definitive 200. Singing in Simmlish.
- Celebrity birthdays.

#41 - Dinner at Wacky's

Thu, 8 Mar 2007 01:47:00 GMT

- Idiocracy and Off The Charts.
- Song poems.
- Topics From A Hat: Bad food memories of cooking or eating. Pop Qwiz popcorn. Lunch with Tom Green or Jim Carrey? What famous piece of art would you own?
- "Non-Violent Taekwondo Troopers" by David Fox.

#40 - Live From World's End

Sun, 4 Mar 2007 19:52:00 GMT

- We can't see out of the studio.
- Valentine's Day gift props.
- Listener correspondence: Christianity Is Stupid. Flying Spaghetti Monster, Universal Life Church, Subgenius. A special rebranded towns version of GobKnob.
- Celebrity birthdays.
- Reviews of New Food: Bok Choy.
- Caitlin Rants: Design Within Reach.

#39 - Famous Person Is the New Retarded

Thu, 1 Mar 2007 01:10:00 GMT

- Pronouncing Ethifimous Zissifmapolous.
- Al Sharpton and Strom Thurmond make a Slavery Connection(tm)!
- Listener Correspondence: We continue our game of GobKnob with Zebulon and attempt to discuss the United States' immigration woes.
- Celebrity birthdays.
- Demographers Want To Know: Whether you've thrown out your sample shampoo yet.
- Media of The Week: Superhero stamps, and the Center for Science in the Public Interest's list of X-treme eating.

#38 - The Comics Show

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 01:18:00 GMT

- For Better or For Worse, Cathy, Get Fuzzy, Zits, The Family Circus, Ziggy, One Big Happy, Shoe.
- Celebrity birthdays.
- The Far Side vs. Close To Home, Boondocks, newspaper to television conversions, altered Garfield strips,
- Media of the Week: Netflix - Watch Now

#37 - The I Will Kill You Show!

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:15:00 GMT

- George Washington doesn't have his own day.
- To Jana from BYU: We hope everything comes out okay.
- Caitlin demonstrates how to be mean to telemarketers and Jesus freaks.
- Britney Spears gets driven "Craaaaaaazee!"
- Listener correspondence: More of Gobbler's Knob. Marist College radio's weird rotation CD library.
- Movie reviews of Akeelah and the Bee, and Pan's Labyrinth.
- Celebrity Birthdays.
- Media of the Week: The tearjerkiest moments list.

#36 - An Ape Named Peter Tork

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:07:00 GMT

Recording down in our bunker in preparation for the Big Snowstorm of 2007, it's time to...

- Ask for your favorite and least favorite comics strips.

- The high school Battle of the Bands, and a fond memory of talent shows past.

- Listener correspondence: Zebulon plays a game of "Gobbler's Knob."

- Presidential dollar coin surveys.

- An astronaut is charged with kidnapping in love triangle with shuttle pilot.

- We freestyle on the woman who loves Barbaro.

- The Bible Vs. Co-Ed Wrestling at Loudonville Christian.

- Reviews of New Food: Vermont Curry (from House Foods)

- Don't hate on Valentine's Day.

- Celebrity birthdays.

- Media of the Week: The HowDoYouDo's perform "Big Balls," and the "Sloths" video from SNL.

#35 - And The Case of the Mistaken President

Thu, 8 Feb 2007 22:21:00 GMT

- Harry Potter does a strip tease and fucks two guys in a horse costume.
- Egypt objects to The New 7 Wonders contest.
- Celebrity birthdays. (Rick Astley is actually 41. Thurl Ravenscroft is dead)
- A game of mistaken presidents.
- Marco Evaristti fries his own fat.
- A high-minded discussion of art.
- Media of the Week: Aqua Teen Hunger Force bomb scare press conference.
- A few good Super Bowl ads and one really bad one.

Send your favorite/least favorite comics. Now go watch The Puppy Bowl!

#34 - Live and In Stereo

Tue, 6 Feb 2007 04:28:00 GMT

Recording live in our new studio, The Desk, with two, yes two microphones.

- Punxatawney Phil and his lesser weather-predicting groundhog buddies.
- Yes, American Idol contestants are retarded.
- Listener correspondence: Cruises are floating college cafeterias, and myths about the Welsh
- Celebrity birthdays.
- The Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial + The Books in NYC.
- The Books' "Enjoy Your Worries, You May Never Have Them Again"

#33 - Gung Ho For The Future

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 04:32:00 GMT

One super-long episode for this week!

- Talkin' 'bout living in a post-water society, the weather, Blik, and American Idol.
- Are American Idol contestants retarded?
- Listener correspondence: More pipe snakes, hold your wee for a Wii, stupid radio contest ideas, robots that build houses, and bagpiping.
- Are the Welsh the _______ of Great Britain?
- Celebrity birthdays.
- Reviews of New Food: Omaha Steaks.
- An article on young cooks leads us to reminisce about the Marist cafeteria for far too long.
- Media of the Week: Bruce Campbell's leading role in an Old Spice commercial and Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell.

#32 - Napkins Kill

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:34:00 GMT

- Season shot.
- What's wrong with this sentence: "Meanwhile in Cube, Cindy Sheahan marched with a mother of a Guantanamo prisoner, a New York firefighter killed on 9/11, and others to demand that the camp be closed." (The correct sentence can be found here)
- A Shmacky Tuna recipe.
- Celebrity birthdays.
- Demographers Want To Know: What Ryan's been drinking, how much, where, and from what containers. Also, staplers.
- Evelyn Allen tells us how napkins kill.
- Media of the Week: Adventures of Ricardo and Will It Blend?

#31 - The Weatherman Cometh

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 05:53:00 GMT

Another new theme song attempt. "We Are The Red Cavalry."

- Vintage clothing is ruined by the collars.
- Love Me, Love My Doll, the Real Doll documentary. (Thanks, Bobs' Yer Uncle)
- Listener correspondence: Drain snakes, Kenny Loggins, Over The Top: The Restaurant, Tigger, Slashfood, Jamie Oliver, and pound cake.
- The weatherman needs a new job in Caitlin's office.
- Celebrity birthdays.

#30 - Success Is A Mental Transformation

Tue, 9 Jan 2007 05:20:00 GMT

New theme music? The Spinto Band's "Cool Week."

- Dick Clark shouldn't have shown up for his rockin' New Year's Eve this year.
- Caitlin's ideal superpower: Stats Woman.
- We missed Gov. Spitzer's Day One sprint.
- Listener correspondence.

- Audacity sponsored Intermission.

- Listener correspondence.
- Celebrity birthdays. Today, Kenny Loggins goes to the Birthday Zone.
- Millard Fillmore: Our first Dumb Guy president.
- Movie reviews: Broken Flowers and Children of Men.
- Media of the Week: Aleksey Vayner's video resume, Michael Cera's parody, and The Pipettes' "We Are The Pipettes."

#29 - Another Uneek Show

Wed, 3 Jan 2007 04:24:00 GMT

- Favre's Favorite Falafels.
- Dumb baby names.
- Celebrity birthdays, and the history of Braille.
- And we discuss a lot of movies from 2006, many you should see, and a few you need to avoid. We're looking at you, Me, You, And Everyone We Know.
- The Essex Green's "This Isn't Farmlife"

#28 - Gerald Ford Was Eaten By Wolves

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 06:05:00 GMT

- New theme music: Sufjan Stevens - "Inaugral Pop Music For Jane Margaret Byrne."
- The true meaning of Christmas is making money. We talk about our gifts.
- Gerald Ford picks a bad time to die, negating any positive feelings I might have had about him.
- Christmas traditions.
- Mystery holes, spots, and houses. (Sounds from Hell)
- More thongs, and cloned meat and milk.
- Celebrity birthdays.
- Media of the Week: An old Dana Carvey Show skit about Gerald Ford dying.

#27 - Clown Bike Claims Four

Thu, 21 Dec 2006 05:37:00 GMT

Thanks to Audacity not agreeing with the new computer, we got to do today's show twice!

- The best unknown restaurant around got closed.
- Listener correspondence: Kids beating up Disney characters, animals chewing on wires, and what's worse than tighty whiteys? Thongs.
- The annual telling of this Christmas Thong Joke.
- Celebrity birthdays.
- Spam comments on the webpage
- Reviews of New Food: Pavlova.
- Early Movie Review of A Night At The Museum.
- Media of the Week: Slashfood.com and CrazyGuyOnaBike.com bike touring stories. (especially Bob & Susanne Jordan's journal)

#26 - How To Make Someone Miserable

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 12:12:00 GMT

Another new theme song, a discussion about Hard Rock Cafe getting bought by the Seminole tribe, what happened to all those theme restaurants, the society scene in the newspaper, and a new Days Of Our AOL.

#25 - Too Bad Food Tastes Good

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 02:40:00 GMT

It's our quarter century mark! So it's time for...

- A spam email reading, yet another new theme song, our Christmas tree chopping story, a discussion of new movies that somehow devolves into underwear types, listener correspodence, a discussion of cruises which somehow devolves into embarrassing childhood dancing stories, celebrity birthdays, the sad story of James Kim, trans fat getting banned in NYC, Andy Rooney's ranking of old people foods, and mini-reviews of For Your Consideration and Monster House.

#24 - The Optional Flamethrower Show

Wed, 6 Dec 2006 04:04:00 GMT

After another possible Soccergirl sighting, we talk about...

- Screaming mimes in Hudson.
- Heston Blumenthal, Perfectionist Cook.
- A good fall squash recipe.
- Presidential dollar coins.
- What do kids want for Christmas?
- Media of the Week: JL421 Badonkadonk Land Cruiser / Tank.

#23 - The Show Must Go On

Sat, 2 Dec 2006 22:04:00 GMT

Coming down from our sicknesses, it's time for...

- Another new theme song.

- Our Black Friday adventure.

- Listener correspondence: Shake Hands With Danger, where do we come from, and more on chavs.

- We rip apart the organic food movement while simultaneously embracing it.

- Celebrity birthdays.

- A new segment: Demographers Want To Know. Today, they want to know who Caitlin wants to kiss.

- A new closing song, Dorothy Collins' "It's A Magnet, reprise"

#22 - Grooming The Stool

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 04:38:00 GMT

Some new theme music, while we talk about...

- OJ Simpson's new masterpiece, Getting Away With Murder: Let Me Show You How I Killed Two People. (Can you tell we recorded this days ago?)
- Kenny vs. Spenny
- Evelyn Allen has an important message about kids and drugs.
- Celebrity birthdays.
- Otis' Opinion Minute: Otis rants against gay marriage.
- Ryan's plans for Black Friday 2006.

#21 - The Turn and Smile Show

Sun, 19 Nov 2006 06:21:00 GMT

It's our 21st show, so we used our wine expertise to pick a bottle and drink it during the show. Other than that...

- Our clubs: Curling and fluting.

- It's RFM Mailbag time with four listener emails!

- Celebrity birthdays.

- More possible new show names, and more about The Festival of Gas.

- Media of the Week: Criticwatch's Diary of a Mad Trailer Editor and Gary Wright's "Dream Weaver."

#20 - The Mystery Cake Edition

Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:50:00 GMT

Watch our show stay steady as Kelly moves about!

- Our second listener letter for the week!
- Putting things on the internet is like putting pee in the pool.
- Caitlin's Chicago trip, eating sweat, SleepNumber bed, and the mystery cake.
- The lonely meal.
- Reviews of New Food: Hood Pumpkin Egg Nog
- Celebrity birthdays. Featuring a special Petula Clark tribute.
- Topic from a Hat: Be good-looking or have musical talent? Also, would you trade your superpower for Warren Buffet's bank account? And can money buy you superpowers?
- Osymyso's "Pat n' Peg" (direct mp3 link)

#19 - The Lever Method

Sun, 12 Nov 2006 21:05:00 GMT

- Why don't they play Halloween music at stores around Halloween season?
- Which voting method reigns supreme? We say the "lever" method.
- Election Day turned out pretty good. RFM on politics? Sure, why not. But should NYC become a separate nation?
- Celebrity Birthdays.
- Our second listener email. New show name ideas.
- Media of the Week: Ten Worst Attack Ads of the Year, The 7 New Wonders of the World, and "Pallin' With Al" by the Squirrel Nut Zippers.

#18 - The William Allen White Show

Mon, 6 Nov 2006 12:10:00 GMT

- Our first listener mail.
- Guy Fawkes Day history.
- Celebrity birthdays. What do you give someone for their 164th marriage anniversary? Technically, two diamonds, one ruby, and fruit or flowers.
- 49 Up the whole 7 Up documentary series.
- Days of Our AOL - User 671641's searches for May 2006. "Blower unit for furnace it making noise"
- Media of the Week: Cute bunnies on YouTube opening letters, eating together, breaking out of straitjackets. Also, our promo / attack ad for Bob's Yer Uncle.

#17 - Night of the Living Podcast

Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:08:00 GMT

- Possible new names for our show
- Celebrity birthdays.
- Halloween and its season, rituals, costumes, candy, penny-givers, urban myths, stories, and movies.

#16 - Can't Get Nothing But Plutonic Love

Fri, 27 Oct 2006 03:29:00 GMT

- Girls who say "Daddy" in movies.
- A review of Marie Antoinette.
- More Co-Worker Nicholas Stories: Today's story, Nicholas on Nicholas.
- Celebrity birthdays.
- Reviews of New Food - Moxie.
- Media of the Week: John Henderson Will Eat Your Children (Part 1. Part 2 is sadly offline.)

#15 - The Gwar Concert Report

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 03:34:00 GMT

#15 - The Gwar Concert Report

We're back finally. Why were we gone?

- We went to Vermont... Does Calvin Coolidge sleepwalk?
- We were curling.
- Ryan went to a Gwar concert. View a gallery of pictures here. (YouTube videos: Joan Rivers Show, MuchMusic, Gwar Q&A, The Daily Show interview)
- Celebrity birthdays.
- Caitlin Rants: Jeffrey from Project Runway.
- Media of the Week: Tideland reviews at RottenTomatoes.com.

#14 - The Bluntiest Show Ever

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 04:00:00 GMT

* Where has Otis been? Getting neutered.
* Reading Da Bomb Blunts website.
* Another Co-Worker Nicholas story: The 40-Year Old Virgin
* A word from our sponsor: Ovaltine
* Reviews of New Food: Desserts of Distinction Lava Cake - Double Chocolate Explosion. (Food sound haters, beware!)
* Lonely Food
* Days of Our AOL: User 671641's searches for April 2006.
* Media of the Week: The Omron pedometer and Momus' "Stefano Zarelli."

#13 - Sweeping Out The Old Farts

Wed, 11 Oct 2006 20:54:00 GMT

A little late this week because of a busy weekend, but two shows this week! First:

* About the New York State Museum, which leads Caitlin to a tangent on Strange Remains.
* Da Bomb Blunts.
* The Texas Gubernatorial Debate and Quiz Time.
* Celebrity birthdays.
* Evelyn Allen on the dangers of contact lenses.
* Media of the Week: Google Books: Search for hygiene, disease cures, spontaneous generation, or humor in the years 0-1850.
* France Gall - "J'ai Retrouve Mon Chien" (I'm only seeing now what happens to that dog!)

#12 - Annoying Neighbors Wave To Us And We Hate Them

Wed, 4 Oct 2006 22:24:00 GMT

Lucky you! A second show and the return of Days Of Our AOL.

* Another story about Co-worker Nicholas: Nicholas' Binder.
* Celebrity birthdays.
* Movie review of The Proposition.
* Days of Our AOL: User 671641's searches for March, 2006.

#11 - How To Use Powerpoint To Write Letters

Mon, 2 Oct 2006 03:04:00 GMT

Two nice shorter shows this week! Today we talk about:

* Our first kayaking trip
* October 21st, Sweetest Day: Real or fake holiday? And why do we need another candy holiday?
* Alan Watts (an electrician, ha ha) will be the first frequent flyer astronaut through Virgin Galactic.
* An exciting story about state work for Ryan
* Can Caitlin be a "professional expert"?
* A new re-curring story segment, Co-worker Nicholas. Today: An introduction to Nicholas and his eccentricities, and Nicholas and Villains.ppt.
* New closing music!

#10 - Why Does Soccergirl Insist On Taking Her Clothes Off?

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 02:37:00 GMT

It's Caitlin's birthday weekend!

* We talk about our sushi dinner, a custom birthday cake, and visiting the re-enactors at Civil War Heritage Day. Feel bad for the guy who has to impersonate Abe Lincoln's law partner.
* Topics From A Hat: Favorite kind of cheese or cheese-related food? And what reality show would you be on?
* Celebrity birthdays
* The first Caitlin Rants: Podcasters who beg for money (esp. Soccergirl, Inc.)
* And an ongoing rant against, and our strange and frightening connection to, Soccergirl.
* Plus the marketing and monetization seminars at the Podcast Expo are stupid.
* Media of the week: Albany County's online restaurant inspections, and Weird Al Yankovic's "White and Nerdy" video.

#9 - The Arm Cut Off By A Tablesaw Show

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 03:06:00 GMT

* Sketti Squares: Not that popular on the web.
* The spinach e-coli problem.
* Survivor: Battle of the Races, and how disillusioned Ryan is after seeing how Survivor is filmed.
* Celebrity birthdays.
* An exhaustive movie review of The Class of 1984.
* Reviews of New Food: Battle of the Apple Chips.
* Media of the week: Stephen Colbert's "Charlene (I'm Right Behind You)"

#8 - Animals

Sun, 17 Sep 2006 07:23:00 GMT

* Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp.
* What animals do you hate? Caitlin hates chimps. Ryan hates that baby panda.
* We catalog the animals that have ended up in our stomach.
* Horses: Is it okay to slaughter them for Europeans to eat? America says no. We say yes.
* Otis the Bunny's Opinion Minute: Otis rants against the immigration problem and the creation of a U.S./Mexican state.
* An exclusive interview with the stingray that killed Steve Irwin.
* David Attenborough visits the lyrebird, which can impersonate any sound it hears.
* The Evolution Revolution's "Sha-La Love You"

#7 - Paris Hilton and Cindy Margolis Nude Pics MySpace Poker

Sun, 10 Sep 2006 05:32:00 GMT

* The story of local "folk hero" Bucky Phillips
* Survivor's Battle of the Races gets dropped by even more sponsors. Will it air on Thrusday??
* Listener statistics: How are people finding us on Google?
* Days Of Our AOL: User 711391's search history for May 2006. What will happen to User 711391's online relationship?
* Corndogs for breakfast. (See also Jimmy Dean Chocolate Chip Pancakes and Sausage On A Stick at FoodBlog.com)
* Reviews of New Food: Campbell's Select Golden Butternut Squash Soup
* Celebrity birthdays
* Media of the Week: Wikihow.org and How To Survive A Long Fall and Patrick and Eugene's "Birds and Bees"

#6 - Remembering Steve Irwin, Animal-Grabbing Maniac

Tue, 5 Sep 2006 01:57:00 GMT

* Remembering Steve Irwin, the victim of an attack by a normally docile and harmless stingray.
* Evelyn Allen tells us about all the uses of biscuit dough.
* Stories from the Schaghticoke Fair.
* Cooking With Mom (Crimes Against Spaghetti). Today's dish: Sketty Squares.
* Celebrity birthdays.
* Days of Our AOL: A dramatic reading of User 711391's search history.
* Media of the Week: Music that is synchronised to things you are doing, inspired by the Volkswagen Jetta commercial "Synchronicity."

#5 - How To Rid Your Yard of Noisy Annoying Birds

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 03:14:00 GMT

Today we cover a few popular podcast topics and start the first part of a new series:

* Survivor: Battle of the Races! and Pluto's demotion from planet status.
* We play our show backwards to hear the backwards hidden messages!
* Celebrity birthdays,
* A dramatic reading of AOL user 711391's search queries for March 2006.
* Media of the week: Anne Heche's 2001 "Celestia" interview with Barbara Walters (where is the video??) and The Pipettes' "Pull Shapes" (and the Russ Meyer movie they dubbed Buddy Holly-style for their video)

#4 - Brought To You By The Puerto Rico Tourism Board

Sun, 20 Aug 2006 15:18:00 GMT

We made it back alive from Puerto Rico.

* But first: Corrections about the worst fad around. Then on to...
* Our trip. Fun facts about Puerto Rico, Nazi-related beverages, the expensive hotel we stayed at, the likes of which we will probably never see again, the food atBarrachina, the worst restaurant in the world, cheese buffets and our over-eating at them, El Yunque ranforest.
* A break for Celebrity Birthdays and a story about Caitlin being touched by President Clinton in high school.
* More Puerto Rico: The Arecibo observatory, Camuy caverns, the beach, our most expensive meal ever.
* SNAKES ON A PLANE: Movie of the Year
* Media of the Week: John Hodgman's The Areas of My Expertise, and the SkyMall catalog.

#3 - Brought To You By The Discovery Channel

Sun, 13 Aug 2006 10:58:00 GMT

What do ya know? It's Episode 3! We have to head off to Puerto Rico for a rendezvous with people who we may or may not be working with to smuggle several human heads into the country (you didn't hear it from us) but we still have time to:

* Get mentioned on Bob's Yer Uncle
* Hear from Samuel L. Jackson about SNAKES ON A PLANE
* Tell soliciter stories
* Pick a topic from the hat: worst trends
* Celebrity birthdays
* Media of the week: Mixmeister BPM Analyzer and Virtual Villager
* Crimes Against Spaghetti (Cooking With Mom)
* And mention our sponsor How It's Made, or Comment C'est Fait

Episode #2 - The Chinese Dinosaur Fruit Hour

Mon, 7 Aug 2006 04:55:00 GMT

Episode 2!

Episode #1 - Quad Cast

Wed, 2 Aug 2006 02:18:00 GMT

THIS IS NOT THE BLOG. THIS IS.

It's our first show! Our first crappy, crappy show.

We talked about our old radio show, ate Burger King Quads in the interest of science, and talked about our trip to Saratoga racetrack. Also, possible future segments, and celebrity birthdays!