EPISODE 155 - The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

I've said it before, we podcasters have to stick together. And a good way to do that is host exchanges! On today's illustrious edition of Who Asked You? we're joined by Paul Mattingly of THE UGLY COUCH SHOW. He, a few pals and a furry puppet, produce a podcast as well as a vidcast. A majority of their topics pretty much match ours, so Paul fit right in on our couch.He picked a helluva show to sit in on too. First we get some quasi-hate mail targeted at myself and Mike. If you're keeping score at home, Dennis is now the only member of the Who Asked You? Crew to not be hated in the electronic communication realm. The message offers up some suggestions of how we might improve our quaint little netcast. Listen in and see if you agree with the suggested changes. Whether you do or don't, please feel free to let us know in your own E-Mail!For the first time in our show's history, we've done a little bit of "over-producing" it. By that I mean, our new "Jenkem Watch" segment conjured up 2 different opens. Unable to decide which one to use, I decided to play them both and then have the guys, as well as the ErrorFM Chat Room decide which was better. You'll hear their choice later in the show!It was only a matter of time before a Sarah Palin movie — of the non-pornographic variety — got the green light. This one, for HBO, takes its cues from a book that doesn't exactly shed the best light on the quitter with a shitty reality show. In other words... it tells the truth. What's interesting is that an actress who supports Obama will take the role. I suppose playing Palin as an ill-informed, unprepared nincompoop is just one more way she can stick it to Palin better than that guy did in NAILIN' PALIN.Apple is attempting to trademark the now popular phrase, "App Store." However, Microsoft is blocking them any way they possibly can including complaining about the font size used in the filed documents. As desperate as they look, I have to agree with Microsoft on this one... Apple is overstepping here. They've since filed new papers that comply with Microsoft's demands, but a court decision on the rights to "App Store" has yet to be made.Just a few months ago we talked about the controversy surrounding a contest to be a spokesperson for a horribly unhealthy eatery in Arizona. Those in the health field felt promoting the consumption of greasy, fat-filled burgers and fries was not the right message to send. The winner of the contest, Blair River, only added to the concern given he weighed over 500 pounds. Notice I used the past-tense of weigh? You'll hear why on this episode... although you've probably already figured out the ironic conclusion to his spokesperson career for a restaurant that serves an 8,000 calorie burger.And there's a gal named Gabi (pictured) who's not too far behind Blair. She has her own adult website where she stuffs her pie hole with things like pie, pizza, cake and so forth. What's so sexy about that? Well, nothing in my opinion. But everybody's trigger gets tripped over different things so we shouldn't judge. Gabi has a rather interesting condition that causes something to happen when she's eating. And she makes a living triggering this "O" so rare syndrome by running a website where you can watch her do it!Perhaps Blair and Gabi should try a diet of strictly beer. That's what one Iowa man is doing to celebrate the holy time of Lent. He'll be drinking 4 glasses of beer a day along with water just like monks did thousands of years ago. His now 1,200 calorie diet is being monitored by his doctor and pastor. And he's blogging about it.And call Pedo-Bear, we've got a story about the youngest grandmother in the world. She lives in Romania and is just 23 years-old. Yes... she's a 23 year-old granny! The math doesn't seem to add up. Or does it? Tune in to hear how this is possible as we explore a variety of things that are good, bad and ugly... including Paul's couch.