Show Prep 83

Greetings and Salutations, people! - Much too early for a Christmas Special Christmas Special.

Today on VSR –

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Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)

Investigators from the Florida Fire Marshal's office are trying to determine why a naked man sitting in a lawn chair outside an apartment building was laughing while a fire destroyed four units.
The detectives think the man might have started the fire, which was the cause of his enjoyment. Four families lost their homes when flames burned through the apartments in the Maitland complex on Tuesday. Six other units were filled with smoke.
Everyone got out of their apartments before the flames spread and there were no injuries, but several witnesses noticed the naked man sitting in a chair in front of his home and laughing. A neighbor said the 56-year old man was "on his porch butt-naked and laughing at the whole thing."
While ten residents try to find a new place to live and make new holiday plans, police and fire investigators are considering arson charges for the naked man with the strange sense of humor.


An Illinois man who was stopped with a pipe bomb in his backpack told police he had been carrying it for two years, chicagobreakingnews.com reported Tuesday.

Ryan Barton, 20, was charged with unlawful use of a weapon after police discovered the bomb when questioning him about a series of auto burglaries in Wheeling, Ill.

Police said he was not linked to the thefts.

Barton, of Arlington Heights, Ill., gave no reason for carrying the bomb but said a former friend helped him build it.





A German woman who splashed out on breast implants with a loan from her then boyfriend now fears her assets could be re-possessed after she failed to fully reimburse him, the 20-year-old woman told a German newspaper.

Her ex-boyfriend is demanding that she return the 4,379 euros ($5,865 USD) he gave her to pay for her breast enlargement surgery in 2009 or he'll call the police and get the repossessors involved, Bild reported on Wednesday.

"It's true that Carsten signed a loan agreement shortly before the operation," the woman named only as Anastasia is quoted saying. "The condition was that I wouldn't have to pay him back if I stayed with him for a year."

But the pair split shortly after she underwent the plastic surgery. The woman said she had transferred 3,000 euros into her ex-boyfriend's account last week.


I’m Craig, and that’s the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)

Bring on Face:

Best and Worst things about Christmas:
Best – Aaron
Worst – Aaron
Both – Whale

Simultaneously the best and worst thing about Christmas is this song: (Clip 93)

Black Friday: Insanity (Clip 31 – Lori Davenport) – St. Petersburg, Florida

Need a terrible gift? Smittens.biz



 

He-Man Movie Watchers Club: (Clip 4)

On the docket for today, a Christmas movie…sort of:

- Today: Die Hard
- Next week: The Sting
- Open to future suggestions:

Die Hard:

This movie is totally of the 80’s:
Ellis doing Coke in John McClane’s wife’s office
McClane is shocked by a touch screen – Super Deluxe fancy
Crappy Rap in the tape deck of the limo driven by “Argyle” the limo driver
McClane lights up a cigarette right in the airport baggage claim area

Alan Rickman is awesome in this and Bruce Willis is very cool too, but apart from that…Kind of a goofy movie.

Multitude of hateable characters:
-Blonde dude (Carl) who has it out for McClane because McClane kills his brother
-Ellis: The stock broker (Hans, Boobie – Clip 36)
-BOTH Television guys – The Anchor (Clip 40) and the reporter who breaks in on the McClane housekeeper with the kids so he can interview them.
-The Cop from LA who is running things (Also he is the principle from Breakfast Club)

Interesting that with all the people dying in this one, all three of the black characters live to see the end. It kind of goes against the Action Flick rule that the black dude dies quickly. Although, all three black characters are kind of lame.
-There is Argyle - the Limo driver
-Al, A.K.A. Carl Winslow from Family Matters, the good but chunky desk ridden cop who killed a 13 year old kid and now pushes a pencil. (Saves McClane at the end, though)
-Theo – The Terrorist’s hacker (QB is toast – Clip 35)









Magnificent Seven – Top 7 NFL throwback uniforms:
Honorable Mention
Rams – Royal blue and yellow
Buccaneers – Bucco Bruce Butterscotch pudding uniforms
Broncos – Vertically Striped Socks
Bengals – Boomer Esiason era uniforms
Broncos – 80’s era
Colts – Weird helmets

Top 7 NFL Throwback Uniforms:
7. Falcons red helmets/red jerseys
6. Raiders AFL Throwbacks
5. Bills White Helmets
4. Cowboys White Helmets
3. Eagles Green
2. Pat Patriot
1. Chargers white helmets with numbers and baby blue


TSA – Our friends at the Transportation Security Administration: New scanning machines and procedures: I’m okay with them seeing me naked (That is it’s own punishment for TSA) and the tiny bit of radiation doesn’t bother me, but the idea of them doing intensive frisking (groin area) makes me queasy. (Clip 53 – Dave Barry vs TSA)


Should I retire from fantasy football?


The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
Frank Sinatra – Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Clip 91)

Thanks to: (Whoever called)


Shalom and Good Evening to you all!

(Clip 50) Onion News story about the Hamburglar.

Magnificent 7: Top Seven McDonalds Characters
7. Birdie the Early Bird - She was the first identifiably female character, introduced in February 1980 to promote the company's new breakfast items. She is a yellow bird wearing a pink jumpsuit and flight cap and scarf. In the ads she is frequently portrayed as a poor flyer, and somewhat clumsy in general. Birdie's origin is explained in one old commercial: a giant egg falls from the night sky into McDonaldland, and Ronald McDonald decides to show the egg love.

6. Ronald McDonald – The original Ronald was actually Willard Scott.

5. Uncle O'Grimacey - He was created in 1977 and even appeared in 1986 for an advertising narrative of McDonald's both in celebration of Saint Patrick's Day and to mark the annual appearance of the Shamrock Shake. O'Grimacey is the Irish uncle of the character Grimace and is a variant of the Grimace-design in that he is green instead of purple, sports a frock coat covered with several four-leaf clovers, and carries a shillelagh. His design motif is not unlike that of a stereotypical depiction of the Irish folkloric leprechaun. O'Grimacey resides in his home country for eleven months of the year and visits his nephew Grimace in March, bringing with him his "incredibly delicious" shake. Uncle O'Grimacey is no longer used by the chain for its promotions of the shake.
4. Fry Guys - They are characters used to promote McDonald's french fries. When they first appeared in 1972, they were called Gobblins and liked to steal and gobble up the other characters' french fries. Accompanying them was the "Keep Your Eyes on Your Fries" jingle. Their name was later changed to the Fry Guys in 1983, then the Fry Kids in 1987, as female characters (the "Fry Girls") were introduced. They are differently-colored, shaggy, ball-like creatures with long legs and no arms, almost resembling a pom-pon with legs and eyes.

3. Hamburglar

2. Grimace - Grimace is a large, purple character who was first introduced in November 1971 as the "Evil Grimace". In his first two appearances, he was depicted with two pairs of arms with which to steal milkshakes and sodas. "Evil" was soon dropped from his moniker, and he was reintroduced in 1972 as one of the good guys. In 1974, he was redesigned, going from two pairs of arms to the single pair he has today. His role continued to grow, and by the mid 1970s, he was a major character in McDonaldland. Commercials and merchandise generally portray Grimace as a well-meaning simpleton whose clumsy antics provide a comic foil to Ronald McDonald.

1. Mayor McCheese - Mayor McCheese was an enormous cheeseburger who appeared from 1971–1985, he has a burger for a head, and sports a top hat, a diplomat's sash, and a pair of pince-nez spectacles. He is portrayed as a giggly, bumbling, somewhat incompetent mayor.

Week in Wankery:

Yellow Card:
-Woman who almost killed me backing up in the grocery story parking lot
-The brainiac team that runs the Invesco Field Escalators
-The US Mint: New Pennies? (See Below)
-Oversensitive NFL Refs – I’m all for protecting players, I really am, but some of these penalties are getting ridiculous.

Man of the Match:
-My unknown friend in a Jeep – I was driving down Arapahoe Road on Thursday when this hero flashed his lights at me several times. I figured he may be trying to warm me of a speed trap, so I slowed down. I had been going 15 over the limit, but I slowed to the speed limit, and the motorcycle cop on the median just let me fly on by.

Red Card
Josh McDaniels


Why do we have new pennies? – The new Lincoln pennies celebrating the life of our 16th president.

Coins are getting dumb:
Penny – Worth 1 cent, costs almost 2 cents to make
Nickel – Worth 5 cents, costs 7.7 cents to make
Now we are minting NEW Lincoln pennies? Why? I get it’s to honor Lincoln, but seriously, pennies?

In fact, penny melting is becoming popular, and a regular cottage industry of melting down pennies to sell the copper and zinc (97.5% Zinc 2.5% copper) has arisen due to the fact that the pennies are worth more melted than as money. The government has actually had to make it a crime to melt pennies, and if you’re caught doing so, you can be imprisoned for as much a five years for the crime.

 
Great Moments in the history of Blogtalk Radio: (Intro Clip 11)
-The Ed finds a special dog (Clip 25)

Dick Van Dyke singing Dick Van Dyke show theme: (Clip 79)

Pearls of Wisdom: M&M Cookies are NEVER as good as they look.

Are you uncomfortable entering Wal-Mart? We have a greeter at my local Wal-Mart who makes me super deluxe uncomfortable when I walk in.

Salute to a crazy name: Peter Doody

Subway for Breakfast?

On Average, Right handed people live nine years longer than lefties.

Apparently Laptop computers cook your testicles. You’re less likely to be fertile if you use a laptop regularly.