EPISODE 280 - Unrequited Drama

We had a little stream trouble during this week’s show and in all the commotion I skip past a porn story that I tease at the top of the episode. We’ll bring you that news next week. Hopefully all of the Who Asked You? Crew will be back for that one. This week Dennis and Mike are out so our pal wonkknow once again fills in. As he puts it, one gay equals two black guys these days, so it evens out. There are a number of TV series on their way out this year. TRUE BLOOD, WILFRED, JUSTIFIED and HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER just to name some. A few of the shows are ending because it’s just time to do so. While others, like KATIE — Katie Couric’s daytime talk show — are getting canceled for one reason or another. We offer some parting thoughts on these shows as they round out their final seasons and we explain the musical chairs happening to NBC’s late night. Jay Leno is ONCE AGAIN leaving THE TONIGHT SHOW and he’s being replaced with Jimmy Fallon who is leaving his LATE NIGHT show and being replaced with Seth Meyers who is leaving SNL. And while all those shows are ending, TNT (they know drama) is bringing in a new show that’s already been on-the-air elsewhere in the world. It’s a show based on the TRANSPORTER movies! They’ve already got one season done and are about to start shooting season two. TNT will air it from the beginning starting in the Fall. NO… it does not star Jason Statham. The Frank Martin character is portrayed in the show by Chris Vance. Clearly Frank used some of his transporter money to get the Bosley hair surgery. Not to shit on Vance, but they could’ve found someone who looked a little more like Statham. We’ll reserve judgement though until we see the actual show. Perhaps the big story of the week is the possible preview of what the Ninja Turtles will look like in the upcoming Michael Bay-produced movie. I say “possible” because the image is of a children’s Michelangelo Halloween costume. It was accidentally leaked online and TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles.com posted the picture. And although it is a crude representation of the real deal, movie Halloween costumes nevertheless are often modeled after the actual costumes and characters in the films. The image is below in the Show Links… for now. I say “for now” because the website it first appeared on got a take down notice from Paramount/Viacom shortly after they posted it. In Internet speak, that’s confirmation that it is, in fact, the real deal. So looking at it, we get a rough estimate of what the turtles will look like. It seems they’ll be clothed. At least, Mikey will. He’s sporting some ripped up cut off jeans, a sweater tied around his waist and a pair of white hipster sun glasses tucked into a strap across his chest. Another attribute to note is the face. It looks like they’re trying to balance the comic book look with a more human-ish face. The turtles will be CGI and not animatronic like they were in the original live-action features. I can’t help but wonder if this image wasn’t leaked on purpose to perhaps secretly get audience feedback while the characters are still in the design stages. The Halloween company “accidentally leaks” the image, Paramount sends a SINGLE takedown notice to make it look like they care knowing full well it’s going to immediately get posted on countless other blogs and then they sit back and gauge the reaction from everyone. This is pure speculation on my part, but isn’t it a little odd that even now, as I’m writing this, the image is on ComingSoon.net and has been for days and nobody has said a thing? However, the design may be set in stone no matter what the reaction as the costume seems to match descriptions of toys that are also being made. Might be a little expensive to go back and redo those too if everyone hates the way the turtles look. This story is at the point where the live stream goes down, so I get a little distracted with that, I’m unable to pull the image itself up for the guys to see and the conversation gets a little choppy. Bare with us. The most expensive video games aren’t the new titles you find for next gen consoles right now… but rather really old titles from consoles made decades ago. A cartridge of NES STADIUM EVENTS once held the record for most expensive game sold when it went for $41,300. It was replaced in 2012 by a rare prototype copy of THE LEGEND OF ZELDA that fetched $55,000. And now, an auction on eBay has sent Link packing. It obliterated his record price tag! The game is a very rare copy of NINTENDO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. It features special time trial versions of SUPER MARIO BROS., TETRIS and RAD RACER. The 116 cartridges in existence were used for a 1990 video game competition. And 26 gold-plated versions were given away by “Nintendo Magazine”. This particular copy is not the gold edition. It’s the standard grey one and is actually in pretty bad shape. It’s dirty, scratched and the label has been torn off making it nearly impossible to determine its production number. It was believed that would effect its value… but it didn’t. Tune in today to hear how much it went for. And after years and years of asking, jelly bean enthusiasts are finally getting a beer flavor from Jelly Belly. It took the company three years to develop the brew flavored bean. They describe it as slightly sweet with notes of wheat. Just like all their other flavors, you can combine these with other beans to make unique recipes in your pie hole. And just like all their other adult beverage-inspired jelly beans, the beer flavor contains NO alcohol. I’ll still try them though. Show Links: Canceled/Ending Shows: “How I Met Your Mother”, “Katie”, “Warehouse 13″, “Wilfred”, “Justified”, “Californication”, “True Blood”, “Boardwalk Empire” and “The Newsroom” NBC’s “The Tonight Show” and “Late Night” “Transporter: The Series” on IMDb Halloween Costume Reveals First Look of Michael Bay’s Ninja Turtles Movie eBay: NES Nintendo World Championship Cart… 100% Authentic Adult Owned Jelly Belly “Draft Beer” Jelly Beans Michelangelo Halloween costume… from the new movie???