Greetings and Salutations, people! - It’s the radio show that is causing birds to fall dead from the sky, this is Vertically Striped Radio. I am your host, Craig Dodge, and it is a PACKED show today, so let’s get rolling…
Tweet of the Week:
From @jordanrubin:
"All the great innocent victims have already been killed." -Jaded serial killer
Today on VSR – We’ll celebrate the fact that the NFL playoffs are opening up this weekend by reviewing our preseason division winner predictions and we’ll play a little contender or pretender, The He-Man movie watchers club will discuss Cool Hand Luke, and I may even have a Magnificent 7 list up my sleeve, so let’s get to it…
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Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
BERLIN (Reuters) – In what possibly could be the world’s worst run zoo, a resourceful baby penguin took advantage of Germany's wintry weather to give her minders the slip and embark on a tour of the zoo before waddling into the lions' den.
A visitor spotted the African penguin, born in September, taking a stroll in the lion enclosure but the animal was lucky as the lions were asleep inside rather than braving the icy weather outside.
It took zookeepers a day to get the penguin out of the den, luring her out with a trail of herrings, the statement said.
The escape gave the penguin, up to then only known as number 459, a name. Her minder now calls her Leona, the zoo said.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A would-be suicide jumper in New York was alive on Monday after leaping from a ninth-floor window but landing in a giant heap of garbage uncollected since the city's massive snowstorm a week ago.
Vangelis Kapatos, 26, was hospitalized in critical but stable condition after jumping from his apartment on West 45th Street on Sunday afternoon.
Sanitation workers have not collected trash since the December 26 storm dumped more than a foot and a half of snow on the city. Mounds of garbage several feet high line many sidewalks.
"Everybody is complaining that the trash hasn't been picked up," Kapatos' aunt said on Monday. "But me, I'm thankful that it was never picked up."
Police said the trash bags below broke Kapatos' fall and that he left no suicide note before jumping.
The Department of Sanitation, which was only resuming garbage collecting on Monday, estimates 77,000 tons of trash have been left uncollected since the storm paralyzed their collection efforts. The large piles of trash have mostly been an annoyance, who knew they might save a man’s life?
GREAT FALLS, Mont. – If you’re going to try to lie to cops about your name to keep from being brought in on outstanding warrants, it’s probably a good idea to make sure that your fall guy’s name is innocent.
Authorities in Montana say a man who had three outstanding warrants for his arrest gave officers a false name during a traffic stop — but ended up in custody anyway because that man with that name was also wanted.
During a traffic stop Monday in Great Falls, Jonothan Ray Gonsalez told police that his name was Timothy Michael Koop Jr.
The officer searched for the fake name and learned that a man by that name was also wanted in Hill County and arrested him.
Police say a search of Gonsalez after his arrest turned up half a gram of methamphetamine in his jacket pocket and he was charged with criminal possession of dangerous drugs.
Eventually Gonsalez’s real identity was discovered and a charge of issuing a false report to law enforcement was added to his rap sheet.
I’m Craig, and that’s the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Bring on Face:
Face vs. Craig's Dice in picking divisions:
NFC East
Face – Cowboys
Craig's Dice – Giants
Actual – Eagles
NFC North
Face – Packers
Dice – Bears
Actual – Bears
NFC South
Face – Falcons
Dice – Falcons
Actual – Falcons
NFC West
Face – 49ers
Dice – Cardinals
Actual – Seahawks
AFC East
Face – Patriots
Dice – Jets
Actual – Pats
AFC North
Face – Ravens
Dice – Steelers
Actual – Steelers
AFC South
Face – Colts
Dice – Colts
Actual – Colts
AFC West
Face – Chargers
Dice – Chargers
Actual - Chiefs
Face 3 – Dice 4
Contender or Pretender:
New England Patriots - Contender
Pittsburgh Steelers - Contender
Indianapolis Colts - Pretender
Kansas City Chiefs - Pretender
Baltimore Ravens - Contender
New York Jets - Pretender
Atlanta Falcons - Pretender
Chicago Bears - Pretender
Philadelphia Eagles - Contender
Seattle Seahawks - Pretender
New Orleans Saints - Contender
Green Bay Packers - Contender
Magnificent 7 Goofy PSA's:
7. Chew your food
6. The Situation-Bristol Palin – Safe Sex PSA
5. Mr. Yuk - Rhode Island Poison Control
4. Star Wars Anti-Smoking PSA
3. We’re not Candy PSA (Singing Blue Pills)
2. Pee Wee Herman Anti-Crack PSA
1. Don’t put it in your mouth PSA
He-Man Movie Watchers Club:
Cool Hand Luke
Division of Corrections, Road Prision #36
I read that Luke's prison number (37) is a reference to the Bible - Luke 1:37. ("For with God nothing shall be impossible."), but I think it has to do with him being determined to be better than the prison.
In the "road-tarring" sequence, the actors actually blacktopped a mile-long stretch of highway for the county.
The opening scene, where Luke is cutting off the heads of parking meters, was filmed in Lodi, California. After the filming, the city did not replace the meters, and for many years afterward, you could go there and see a block long row of metal posts, sans meters.
Although she played his mother in the film, Jo Van Fleet was only 11 years older than Paul Newman.
Mom Scene: (So well written we get a whole amazing back story on Luke without much of the details being directly stated in less than six minutes of screen time.)
-She still loves Luke even though he has broken her heart.
-Luke has screwed up, and feels guilty about it.
-She is dying
-Luke’s dad left her so young Luke never knew him.
-Luke tried to live a normal life, but he wasn’t good at it.
-He had a good job and a wife, but she left him for another man. Very likely what drove him to drinking and what made him cut the heads off of parking meters
-He has a brother named John who seems to resent him, likely because his mom loved Luke more than him.
-Luke’s mom never loved John as much as Luke
-The family has trouble expressing their emotions.
-John never wants to see Luke again. (Gives him his banjo and says, “Now there ain’t nothin’ to come back for.
A Southern prison camp was built for this movie just north of Stockton, California. A dozen buildings were constructed, including a barracks, mess hall, warden's quarters, guard shack, and dog kennels. Truckloads of Spanish moss were shipped from Louisiana to the set in California to hang in the trees around the prison. While passing by the prison camp set, a San Joaquin County building inspector thought it was a recently constructed migrant worker's complex, and posted "condemned" notices on the buildings for not being up to code.
Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
Gerry Rafferty – Stealers Wheel “Stuck in the Middle”
Shalom and Good Evening to you all!
Fake Radio Network – No Name and VSR combine powers – Call Aaron Young (360) 630-3513
The VSR Hall of Fame:
What would be the scariest animal if it turned into a vampire?
Vampire Walrus
Band Name of the Week: Vampire Walrus
What would be your Inception totem?
What if you knew you had six months to live?
Toilet Paper: Crumple or Fold?
Wells Fargo has an odd business plan: Just got my free iPod Shuffle, and I’ve on two separate occasions gotten 50 bucks from them just for opening a checking account.
Yellow:
Green:
Red:
Magnificent 7 – Seven Songs that define you
-Falling for the First Time – BNL
-Ana Molly - Incubus
Podcast Power Rankings
Audio: Arrested Development
Sword of Destiny (Episode 15 Season 2)
Gob: Michael, I've been looking for you.
Michael: Looks like you're looking for dragons... In the future.
Gob: I wouldn't mock the Sword of Destiny, Michael.
Michael: Careful with that Gob.
(Gob sticks the sword into his side)
Michael: Bleeding?
Gob: Nope.... Yeah, that's blood.
Michael: ...But I can't. I have to teach George Michael how to drive.
Gob: Michael if I make this comeback I'll buy you one hundred George Michael's you can teach to drive.
Michael: You're losing blood aren't you?
Gob: Probably. My socks are wet.
Michael: I'm sorry.
Gob: You'll be sorry! Wait that doesn't work after his line.
-Okay. You know what you do? Buy yourself a tape recorder. Record yourself for a whole day. I think you're gonna be surprised at some of your phrasing.
NEW YORK -- Tom Fenton was getting a haircut and planned to watch the Rangers game Thursday night from his couch. He got a better seat than that.
When Phoenix Coyotes No. 1 netminder Ilya Bryzgalov came down with the flu shortly before facing New York at Madison Square Garden, the team didn't have time to call up a goalie from the minors. Coyotes head of pro scouting Frank Effinger scoured the area for an amateur goalie and came up with Fenton, who lives in Purchase, N.Y., and coaches hockey at Manhattanville College. Effinger lives in the same area.
"My phone rang, I didn't pick it up," Fenton, 26, said, according to the Coyotes' website. "I eventually saw who it was so I picked it up after the haircut and called them right back. They basically said I have to get my butt down to MSG as soon as I can."
The Coyotes signed Fenton to an emergency contract and gave him jersey No. 35. He hadn't played since his senior year at American International College in Springfield, Mass., in 2009. He went 1-12-1 with a 3.60 goals-against average that season.
Fenton said he felt a little shaky when he took the ice for warmups, but he did make one observation.
"Good ice," Fenton cracked, according to the Coyotes site. "I wasn't expecting that, to be honest with you. It was great. This whole place was electric. I know we always say that cliche, but once you're out there, it's a totally different experience. Words can't really describe it."
Fenton spent the game -- a 4-3 Rangers' win in a shootout -- on the bench, but there was a point he thought he might get in.
"There was one point Barbs came across and made a pretty good save and he was kind of favoring his groin and I immediately started sweating on the bench," Fenton said, according to the Coyotes site.
"Goaltending's a little different. Just seeing these guys shoot in warmups was pretty spectacular. A lot of the guys can really wind up the puck. I don't know about [Marian] Gaborik coming down on me or anything like that."
Fenton was asked if he knew how much money he'd make for his NHL appearance.
"Oh, I don't know. I just signed the paper," Fenton said, according to the Coyotes site. "I don't care if there is anything involved there. Great story just to go home with for Christmas."
He did get one thing. The team let him keep his jersey. Oh, and another thing ... he can always say he was on an NHL team, if only for a night.
Dick Van Dyke singing Dick Van Dyke show theme: (Clip 79)
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.
(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.
BERLIN – Newly discovered documents have revealed a bizarre footnote to World War II: the Nazis' dogged obsession with a Finnish mutt who gave not a howl, but a heil. And, just as absurdly, the totalitarian state that dominated most of Europe was unable to do much about the canine's paw-raising parody of Germany's Fuehrer.
In the months preceding Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union, Berlin's Foreign Office commanded its diplomats in the Nazi-friendly country to gather evidence on the dog and its owner — and even plotted to destroy the owner's pharmaceutical business.
Historians were unaware of the scheme until some 30 files containing correspondence and diplomatic cables were found by a researcher in the Foreign Office archives.
Klaus Hillenbrand, an expert on the Nazi period who examined the documents, called the episode "completely bizarre."
"Just months before the Nazis launched their attack on the Soviet Union, they had nothing better to do than to obsess about this dog," he told The Associated Press.
The Dalmatian mix named Jackie was owned by Tor Borg, a businessman from the Finnish city of Tampere. Borg's wife Josefine, a German citizen known for her anti-Nazi sentiments, dubbed the dog "Hitler" because of the way it raised a paw high in the air, much like Germans greeting the Fuehrer with a cry of "Heil Hitler!"
In one photo, Borg, a jovial businessman known for his sense of humor, appears with Jackie by his side wearing a pair of round sunglasses.
On Jan. 29, 1941, the German vice consul in Helsinki, Willy Erkelenz, wrote that "a witness, who does not want to be named, said ... he saw and heard how Borg's dog reacted to the command 'Hitler' by raising its paw."
Borg was ordered to the German Embassy in Helsinki and questioned about his dog's unusual greeting habits.
The businessman denied ever calling the dog by the German dictator's name, but acknowledged that his wife called the dog Hitler. He tried to play down the accusations, saying the paw-raising only happened a few times in 1933 — shortly after Hitler came to power.
Borg assured the Nazi diplomats that he never did anything "that could be seen as an insult against the German Reich," according to the documents.
The zealous diplomats in Helsinki did not believe him and wrote back to Berlin that "Borg, even though he claims otherwise, is not telling the truth."
The ministries involved — the Foreign Office, the Economy Ministry and even Hitler's Chancellory — meticulously reported all their findings about the hound.
The Economy Ministry announced that the German chemical conglomerate IG Farben, which supplied Borg's wholesale trade with pharmaceuticals, agreed to cut all ties, which would have destroyed his business.
Meanwhile, the Foreign Office was looking for ways to bring Borg to trial for insulting Hitler. But in the end, none of the witnesses were willing to repeat their accusations in front of a judge.
So, when on March 21, 1941, the Foreign Office asked the Chancellory whether to press charges against Borg, the reply came back: "Considering that the circumstances could not be solved completely, it is not necessary to press charges."
There's no evidence Hitler, who owned a German Shepherd named Blondi, was ever told of the case, even if it made it all the way to his Chancellory, Hillenbrand said.
Finland cooperated with Nazi Germany during WWII, and Helsinki was one of the few European capitals the Nazis never occupied.
As for Borg, he and his company survived the war unscathed. He died in 1959 at age 60; his wife Josefine passed away in 1971.
Borg's company Tampereen Rohduskuppa Oy went on to become Tamro Group, the leading wholesale company for pharmaceuticals in the Nordic countries.
And Jackie, the Hitler-saluting canine, also died a natural death, according to Tamro spokeswoman Margit Nieminen.
She said the company was not aware of the dog's place in history until the recent archive discovery.
PANAMA CITY, Fla. – The purse a Florida school board member used to smack a man who was holding other board members at gunpoint has sold for more than $13,000 in an auction.
Authorities say the Brahmin purse Ginger Littleton used Dec. 14 in an unsuccessful attempt to disarm gunman Clay Duke after sneaking up on him sold Wednesday for $13,100 on eBay. The buyer lives in Alexandria, Va., and asked to remain anonymous.
The purse manufacturer, based in Fairhaven, Mass., says it will match the bid. That means the charity founded by Mike Jones, the security guard who shot and wounded Duke before he killed himself, will get a total of $26,200 from the sale. The purse is from the discontinued Almond Collection and originally sold for $345.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Show Prep 87
Greetings and Salutations, people! - Welcome to Vertically Striped Radio or as it’s sometimes known the VCR Report…I am your host Craig Dodge and welcome to 2011. Today is an energy efficient day, as all you need is 1…1-1-11.
Tweet of the Week:
Me: John Gruden just told me that good quarterbacks don't blink due to "eye discipline." What a blow hard.
EdfromVegas: @socnorb777 AND SOME PEOPLE DONT FART BECAUSE OF BUTT DISCIPLINE...
Today on VSR – Just a one hour program today, but we’re going to test out the calling out feature of our new and improved Blogtalk switchboard and see if we can get ahold of Aaron Young from the No Name show, Since it’s been two eventful weeks since we last had a program, we’ll catch up on what has transpired, find out what everyone got for Christmas, ticket some wankers, and whatever else we can jam into an hour of programming today.
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 OR 6-HOP-1-MOVE-1
To contact VSR via email:
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
Twitter: @socnorb777
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
SOQUEL, Calif. – A California medical marijuana dispensary has raked in food donations with a unique offer: free pot.
The Granny Purps dispensary in Soquel (soh-KEL'), about 60 miles southeast of San Francisco, offered a complimentary marijuana cigarette for every four cans of food a patient brought in this holiday season. Each patient was limited to a maximum of three cigarettes a day.
The Santa Cruz Sentinel reports that the dispensary took in 11,000 pounds of food and handed out 2,000 marijuana cigarettes between November and Christmas Eve, when the promotion ended.
The food was donated to the Second Harvest Food Bank.
Second Harvest spokesman Danny Keith says Granny Purps, which only has eight employees, contributed the amount of food that would normally come from a business with 30 to 40 workers.
PANAMA CITY, Fla. – The purse a Florida school board member used to smack a man who was holding other board members at gunpoint has sold for more than $13,000 in an auction.
Authorities say the Brahmin purse Ginger Littleton used Dec. 14 in an unsuccessful attempt to disarm gunman Clay Duke after sneaking up on him sold Wednesday for $13,100 on eBay. The buyer lives in Alexandria, Va., and asked to remain anonymous.
The purse manufacturer, based in Fairhaven, Mass., says it will match the bid. That means the charity founded by Mike Jones, the security guard who shot and wounded Duke before he killed himself, will get a total of $26,200 from the sale. The purse is from the discontinued Almond Collection and originally sold for $345.
SANDUSKY, Ohio – Police say a dispute over the freshness of french fries got heated at a McDonald's in northern Ohio. Authorities say a customer refused fries waiting Sunday night in their serving pouches at the restaurant near Sandusky. The manager insisted the fries were fresh.
Police say they were called when the customer said he wouldn't leave until he got different fries. He told officers a McDonald's employee struck him with a mop.
The Sandusky Register reports that a witness said the worker acted only as though he was going to hit the man and said the customer called the employee a derogatory name.
No charges were filed. Police say the man got his money back and left without fries.
(Home of Wet Pets!) SAN PABLO, Calif. – Authorities in Northern California say a man released from a hospital after a psychiatric evaluation stole a taxi and tried to register it at a Department of Motor Vehicles office.
Authorities tell the Contra Costa Times that 26-year-old Jermaine Grosse was arrested Monday on suspicion of auto theft and forgery.
Grosse had been sent to the county's regional medical center on an involuntary psychiatric hold.
After his release Sunday morning, he shared a taxi with a woman who was going to a San Pablo hospital.
Authorities say when they arrived, Grosse asked the driver to help with the woman's luggage, then drove away in the yellow minivan.
Grosse was arrested at the Department of Motor Vehicles after a worker at the DMV in El Cerrito reported someone was using forged documents to register the cab.
I’m Craig, and that’s the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Bring on Face:
Face – Happy Birthday Song (Clip 97)
Fake Radio Network – No Name and VSR combine powers – Call Aaron Young (360) 630-3513
Nation of Wusses – Nation of Wusses (Clip 31)
What'd you get for Christmas?
The VSR Hall of Fame:
Movies to discuss:
True Grit – NOT a remake
Crazy Heart
The Social Network
Salt
What would be the scariest animal if it turned into a vampire?
Vampire Walrus
Band Name of the Week: Vampire Walrus
What would be your Inception totem?
Tweet of the Week: The Ed – Butt Cheek control
What if you knew you had six months to live?
Toilet Paper: Crumple or Fold?
Wells Fargo has an odd business plan: Just got my free iPod Shuffle, and I’ve on two separate occasions gotten 50 bucks from them just for opening a checking account.
Died in 2010:
Elizabeth Edwards
Leslie Nielson
Gary Coleman
Don Meredith
Tom Bosley
Paul the Octopus
Bob Feller
Sparky Anderson
Barbara Billingsly
Tony Curtis
George Blanda
George Sheppard
George Steinbrenner
Bob Probert
Manute Bol
Dennis Hopper
Ernie Harwell
Dave Niehaus
Corey Haim
J.D. Salinger (Catcher in the Rye)
Peter Graves
Yellow:
-UConn Basketball (and anyone who claims that they broke UCLA's consecutive wins record.) – or as Lebatard calls them "The world's best crappy restaurant."
-The Belly Dancer at the Indian Restaurant I ate at Friday night.
-Movie Theater – 17 Dollar Popcorn & 30 Minutes of previews
Green:
Broncos – If the rumor is true that they'll be returning full time to Orange in 2012.
My Boss – Free Broncos tickets
Red:
Snow – Nothing Good About it.
Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
Broken Bells - The High Road (Clip 98)
Face vs. Craig's Dice in picking divisions:
NFC East
Face – Cowboys
Craig's Dice – Giants
Actual – Eagles
NFC North
Face – Packers
Dice – Bears
Actual – Bears
NFC South
Face – Falcons
Dice – Falcons
Actual – Probably Falcons
NFC West
Face – 49ers
Dice – Cardinals
Actual – Rams or Seahawks (Either way, 8-8 is the best the champ will do)
AFC East
Face – Patriots
Dice – Jets
Actual – Pats
AFC North
Face – Ravens
Dice – Steelers
Actual – Probably Steelers, but MAYBE Ravens
AFC South
Face – Colts
Dice – Colts
Actual – Probably Colts
AFC West
Face – Chargers
Dice – Chargers
Actual - Chiefs
Contender or Pretender – Playoff preview
Cool Hand Luke – He-Man Movie Watchers Club
Magnificent 7 – Seven Songs that define you
-Falling for the First Time - BNL
Podcast Power Rankings
Audio: Arrested Development
Sword of Destiny (Episode 15 Season 2)
Gob: Michael, I've been looking for you.
Michael: Looks like you're looking for dragons... In the future.
Gob: I wouldn't mock the Sword of Destiny, Michael.
Michael: Careful with that Gob.
(Gob sticks the sword into his side)
Michael: Bleeding?
Gob: Nope.... Yeah, that's blood.
Michael: ...But I can't. I have to teach George Michael how to drive.
Gob: Michael if I make this comeback I'll buy you one hundred George Michael's you can teach to drive.
Michael: You're losing blood aren't you?
Gob: Probably. My socks are wet.
Michael: I'm sorry.
Gob: You'll be sorry! Wait that doesn't work after his line.
-Okay. You know what you do? Buy yourself a tape recorder. Record yourself for a whole day. I think you're gonna be surprised at some of your phrasing.
Magnificent 7 PSA's:
-Don't put it in your mouth
-Strange Caller (UK)
-Pee Wee against Crack
-Mumps make your balls swell
-Anti-Meth – Energy to clean your house
-Fridges can kill children (Need to find it)
-The Situation and Bristol Palin - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMVZy_Egg2g
-Megan Fox – Anti-Bully - http://www.break.com/index/megan-fox-public-service-announcement.html
-The Swine Flu Shot http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/4dcc41fb2c/swine-flu-1976-psa
-Karate Glove (Child Invention) http://www.hark.com/clips/wshbstgqpb-karate-glove-ad
-Anti-Aggressive texting - http://www.hark.com/clips/gflmlvclsn-angry-robot-ad-1
- Think before you sext. http://www.hark.com/clips/bsqwrlsbch-james-lipton-sexting-psa
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/23/the-nine-weirdest-psas-ev_n_168365.html
Contender or Pretender:
He-Man Movie Watchers Club
Cool Hand Luke
Most annoying words survey:
Whatever you think about using grating words, at the end of the day it's actually better not to say whatever, if you know what I mean.
For the second consecutive year "whatever' topped a Marist poll as the most annoying word or phrase in the English language.
Nearly 39 percent of 1,020 Americans questioned in the survey deemed it the most irritating word, followed by "like" with 28 percent and the phrase "you know what I mean' at 15 percent.
"Perhaps these words are introduced through popular culture, for example movies ... so they catch on," said Mary Azzoli, of Marist. "It has a lot to do with how accepted and how popular they become in every day speech."
Azzoli said words like "whatever" can be quite dismissive depending on how they are used.
"It's the way they are delivered and inherent in that delivery is a meaning.
The phrase "to tell you the truth" and "actually" were also unnerving to many people. But for younger Americans, aged 18 to 29, "like" was the word that annoyed them most.
NEW YORK -- Tom Fenton was getting a haircut and planned to watch the Rangers game Thursday night from his couch. He got a better seat than that.
When Phoenix Coyotes No. 1 netminder Ilya Bryzgalov came down with the flu shortly before facing New York at Madison Square Garden, the team didn't have time to call up a goalie from the minors. Coyotes head of pro scouting Frank Effinger scoured the area for an amateur goalie and came up with Fenton, who lives in Purchase, N.Y., and coaches hockey at Manhattanville College. Effinger lives in the same area.
"My phone rang, I didn't pick it up," Fenton, 26, said, according to the Coyotes' website. "I eventually saw who it was so I picked it up after the haircut and called them right back. They basically said I have to get my butt down to MSG as soon as I can."
The Coyotes signed Fenton to an emergency contract and gave him jersey No. 35. He hadn't played since his senior year at American International College in Springfield, Mass., in 2009. He went 1-12-1 with a 3.60 goals-against average that season.
Fenton said he felt a little shaky when he took the ice for warmups, but he did make one observation.
"Good ice," Fenton cracked, according to the Coyotes site. "I wasn't expecting that, to be honest with you. It was great. This whole place was electric. I know we always say that cliche, but once you're out there, it's a totally different experience. Words can't really describe it."
Fenton spent the game -- a 4-3 Rangers' win in a shootout -- on the bench, but there was a point he thought he might get in.
"There was one point Barbs came across and made a pretty good save and he was kind of favoring his groin and I immediately started sweating on the bench," Fenton said, according to the Coyotes site.
"Goaltending's a little different. Just seeing these guys shoot in warmups was pretty spectacular. A lot of the guys can really wind up the puck. I don't know about [Marian] Gaborik coming down on me or anything like that."
Fenton was asked if he knew how much money he'd make for his NHL appearance.
"Oh, I don't know. I just signed the paper," Fenton said, according to the Coyotes site. "I don't care if there is anything involved there. Great story just to go home with for Christmas."
He did get one thing. The team let him keep his jersey. Oh, and another thing ... he can always say he was on an NHL team, if only for a night.
Super Mario Brothers Music Tournament
5 Seed RC Car advances against the 4 Seed Beatboxer Poizunus
5 Seed vs. 8 Seed: RC Car vs. Accordion for the first spot in the finals.
Dick Van Dyke singing Dick Van Dyke show theme: (Clip 79)
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.
The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
Broken Bells
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.
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.
Tweet of the Week:
Me: John Gruden just told me that good quarterbacks don't blink due to "eye discipline." What a blow hard.
EdfromVegas: @socnorb777 AND SOME PEOPLE DONT FART BECAUSE OF BUTT DISCIPLINE...
Today on VSR – Just a one hour program today, but we’re going to test out the calling out feature of our new and improved Blogtalk switchboard and see if we can get ahold of Aaron Young from the No Name show, Since it’s been two eventful weeks since we last had a program, we’ll catch up on what has transpired, find out what everyone got for Christmas, ticket some wankers, and whatever else we can jam into an hour of programming today.
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 OR 6-HOP-1-MOVE-1
To contact VSR via email:
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
Twitter: @socnorb777
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
SOQUEL, Calif. – A California medical marijuana dispensary has raked in food donations with a unique offer: free pot.
The Granny Purps dispensary in Soquel (soh-KEL'), about 60 miles southeast of San Francisco, offered a complimentary marijuana cigarette for every four cans of food a patient brought in this holiday season. Each patient was limited to a maximum of three cigarettes a day.
The Santa Cruz Sentinel reports that the dispensary took in 11,000 pounds of food and handed out 2,000 marijuana cigarettes between November and Christmas Eve, when the promotion ended.
The food was donated to the Second Harvest Food Bank.
Second Harvest spokesman Danny Keith says Granny Purps, which only has eight employees, contributed the amount of food that would normally come from a business with 30 to 40 workers.
PANAMA CITY, Fla. – The purse a Florida school board member used to smack a man who was holding other board members at gunpoint has sold for more than $13,000 in an auction.
Authorities say the Brahmin purse Ginger Littleton used Dec. 14 in an unsuccessful attempt to disarm gunman Clay Duke after sneaking up on him sold Wednesday for $13,100 on eBay. The buyer lives in Alexandria, Va., and asked to remain anonymous.
The purse manufacturer, based in Fairhaven, Mass., says it will match the bid. That means the charity founded by Mike Jones, the security guard who shot and wounded Duke before he killed himself, will get a total of $26,200 from the sale. The purse is from the discontinued Almond Collection and originally sold for $345.
SANDUSKY, Ohio – Police say a dispute over the freshness of french fries got heated at a McDonald's in northern Ohio. Authorities say a customer refused fries waiting Sunday night in their serving pouches at the restaurant near Sandusky. The manager insisted the fries were fresh.
Police say they were called when the customer said he wouldn't leave until he got different fries. He told officers a McDonald's employee struck him with a mop.
The Sandusky Register reports that a witness said the worker acted only as though he was going to hit the man and said the customer called the employee a derogatory name.
No charges were filed. Police say the man got his money back and left without fries.
(Home of Wet Pets!) SAN PABLO, Calif. – Authorities in Northern California say a man released from a hospital after a psychiatric evaluation stole a taxi and tried to register it at a Department of Motor Vehicles office.
Authorities tell the Contra Costa Times that 26-year-old Jermaine Grosse was arrested Monday on suspicion of auto theft and forgery.
Grosse had been sent to the county's regional medical center on an involuntary psychiatric hold.
After his release Sunday morning, he shared a taxi with a woman who was going to a San Pablo hospital.
Authorities say when they arrived, Grosse asked the driver to help with the woman's luggage, then drove away in the yellow minivan.
Grosse was arrested at the Department of Motor Vehicles after a worker at the DMV in El Cerrito reported someone was using forged documents to register the cab.
I’m Craig, and that’s the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Bring on Face:
Face – Happy Birthday Song (Clip 97)
Fake Radio Network – No Name and VSR combine powers – Call Aaron Young (360) 630-3513
Nation of Wusses – Nation of Wusses (Clip 31)
What'd you get for Christmas?
The VSR Hall of Fame:
Movies to discuss:
True Grit – NOT a remake
Crazy Heart
The Social Network
Salt
What would be the scariest animal if it turned into a vampire?
Vampire Walrus
Band Name of the Week: Vampire Walrus
What would be your Inception totem?
Tweet of the Week: The Ed – Butt Cheek control
What if you knew you had six months to live?
Toilet Paper: Crumple or Fold?
Wells Fargo has an odd business plan: Just got my free iPod Shuffle, and I’ve on two separate occasions gotten 50 bucks from them just for opening a checking account.
Died in 2010:
Elizabeth Edwards
Leslie Nielson
Gary Coleman
Don Meredith
Tom Bosley
Paul the Octopus
Bob Feller
Sparky Anderson
Barbara Billingsly
Tony Curtis
George Blanda
George Sheppard
George Steinbrenner
Bob Probert
Manute Bol
Dennis Hopper
Ernie Harwell
Dave Niehaus
Corey Haim
J.D. Salinger (Catcher in the Rye)
Peter Graves
Yellow:
-UConn Basketball (and anyone who claims that they broke UCLA's consecutive wins record.) – or as Lebatard calls them "The world's best crappy restaurant."
-The Belly Dancer at the Indian Restaurant I ate at Friday night.
-Movie Theater – 17 Dollar Popcorn & 30 Minutes of previews
Green:
Broncos – If the rumor is true that they'll be returning full time to Orange in 2012.
My Boss – Free Broncos tickets
Red:
Snow – Nothing Good About it.
Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
Broken Bells - The High Road (Clip 98)
Face vs. Craig's Dice in picking divisions:
NFC East
Face – Cowboys
Craig's Dice – Giants
Actual – Eagles
NFC North
Face – Packers
Dice – Bears
Actual – Bears
NFC South
Face – Falcons
Dice – Falcons
Actual – Probably Falcons
NFC West
Face – 49ers
Dice – Cardinals
Actual – Rams or Seahawks (Either way, 8-8 is the best the champ will do)
AFC East
Face – Patriots
Dice – Jets
Actual – Pats
AFC North
Face – Ravens
Dice – Steelers
Actual – Probably Steelers, but MAYBE Ravens
AFC South
Face – Colts
Dice – Colts
Actual – Probably Colts
AFC West
Face – Chargers
Dice – Chargers
Actual - Chiefs
Contender or Pretender – Playoff preview
Cool Hand Luke – He-Man Movie Watchers Club
Magnificent 7 – Seven Songs that define you
-Falling for the First Time - BNL
Podcast Power Rankings
Audio: Arrested Development
Sword of Destiny (Episode 15 Season 2)
Gob: Michael, I've been looking for you.
Michael: Looks like you're looking for dragons... In the future.
Gob: I wouldn't mock the Sword of Destiny, Michael.
Michael: Careful with that Gob.
(Gob sticks the sword into his side)
Michael: Bleeding?
Gob: Nope.... Yeah, that's blood.
Michael: ...But I can't. I have to teach George Michael how to drive.
Gob: Michael if I make this comeback I'll buy you one hundred George Michael's you can teach to drive.
Michael: You're losing blood aren't you?
Gob: Probably. My socks are wet.
Michael: I'm sorry.
Gob: You'll be sorry! Wait that doesn't work after his line.
-Okay. You know what you do? Buy yourself a tape recorder. Record yourself for a whole day. I think you're gonna be surprised at some of your phrasing.
Magnificent 7 PSA's:
-Don't put it in your mouth
-Strange Caller (UK)
-Pee Wee against Crack
-Mumps make your balls swell
-Anti-Meth – Energy to clean your house
-Fridges can kill children (Need to find it)
-The Situation and Bristol Palin - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMVZy_Egg2g
-Megan Fox – Anti-Bully - http://www.break.com/index/megan-fox-public-service-announcement.html
-The Swine Flu Shot http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/4dcc41fb2c/swine-flu-1976-psa
-Karate Glove (Child Invention) http://www.hark.com/clips/wshbstgqpb-karate-glove-ad
-Anti-Aggressive texting - http://www.hark.com/clips/gflmlvclsn-angry-robot-ad-1
- Think before you sext. http://www.hark.com/clips/bsqwrlsbch-james-lipton-sexting-psa
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/23/the-nine-weirdest-psas-ev_n_168365.html
Contender or Pretender:
He-Man Movie Watchers Club
Cool Hand Luke
Most annoying words survey:
Whatever you think about using grating words, at the end of the day it's actually better not to say whatever, if you know what I mean.
For the second consecutive year "whatever' topped a Marist poll as the most annoying word or phrase in the English language.
Nearly 39 percent of 1,020 Americans questioned in the survey deemed it the most irritating word, followed by "like" with 28 percent and the phrase "you know what I mean' at 15 percent.
"Perhaps these words are introduced through popular culture, for example movies ... so they catch on," said Mary Azzoli, of Marist. "It has a lot to do with how accepted and how popular they become in every day speech."
Azzoli said words like "whatever" can be quite dismissive depending on how they are used.
"It's the way they are delivered and inherent in that delivery is a meaning.
The phrase "to tell you the truth" and "actually" were also unnerving to many people. But for younger Americans, aged 18 to 29, "like" was the word that annoyed them most.
NEW YORK -- Tom Fenton was getting a haircut and planned to watch the Rangers game Thursday night from his couch. He got a better seat than that.
When Phoenix Coyotes No. 1 netminder Ilya Bryzgalov came down with the flu shortly before facing New York at Madison Square Garden, the team didn't have time to call up a goalie from the minors. Coyotes head of pro scouting Frank Effinger scoured the area for an amateur goalie and came up with Fenton, who lives in Purchase, N.Y., and coaches hockey at Manhattanville College. Effinger lives in the same area.
"My phone rang, I didn't pick it up," Fenton, 26, said, according to the Coyotes' website. "I eventually saw who it was so I picked it up after the haircut and called them right back. They basically said I have to get my butt down to MSG as soon as I can."
The Coyotes signed Fenton to an emergency contract and gave him jersey No. 35. He hadn't played since his senior year at American International College in Springfield, Mass., in 2009. He went 1-12-1 with a 3.60 goals-against average that season.
Fenton said he felt a little shaky when he took the ice for warmups, but he did make one observation.
"Good ice," Fenton cracked, according to the Coyotes site. "I wasn't expecting that, to be honest with you. It was great. This whole place was electric. I know we always say that cliche, but once you're out there, it's a totally different experience. Words can't really describe it."
Fenton spent the game -- a 4-3 Rangers' win in a shootout -- on the bench, but there was a point he thought he might get in.
"There was one point Barbs came across and made a pretty good save and he was kind of favoring his groin and I immediately started sweating on the bench," Fenton said, according to the Coyotes site.
"Goaltending's a little different. Just seeing these guys shoot in warmups was pretty spectacular. A lot of the guys can really wind up the puck. I don't know about [Marian] Gaborik coming down on me or anything like that."
Fenton was asked if he knew how much money he'd make for his NHL appearance.
"Oh, I don't know. I just signed the paper," Fenton said, according to the Coyotes site. "I don't care if there is anything involved there. Great story just to go home with for Christmas."
He did get one thing. The team let him keep his jersey. Oh, and another thing ... he can always say he was on an NHL team, if only for a night.
Super Mario Brothers Music Tournament
5 Seed RC Car advances against the 4 Seed Beatboxer Poizunus
5 Seed vs. 8 Seed: RC Car vs. Accordion for the first spot in the finals.
Dick Van Dyke singing Dick Van Dyke show theme: (Clip 79)
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.
The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
Broken Bells
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.
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.
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Show Prep 86
Greetings and Salutations, people! -
Today on VSR –
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 OR 6-HOP-1-MOVE-1
To contact VSR via email:
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
Twitter: @socnorb777
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
LAS CRUCES - A 44-year-old woman who allegedly ripped her daughter-in-law's nipple off during a drunken argument could be facing criminal charges, the 3rd Judicial District Attorney's Office confirmed Wednesday.
Las Cruces police officers responded to Memorial Medical Center on Sunday morning, when doctors were already in the process of reattaching the nipple to the 30-year-old victim's breast.
It's believed to be the first time a local victim has suffered a body part being torn from them, said Chief Deputy District Attorney Amy Orlando. The victim told officers she, her husband, his mother and one of her husband's friends had spent Saturday night drinking at an apartment in the 1000 block of Idaho Avenue, according to the police report. Sometime after 3 a.m., the victim's husband had started arguing with his mother, and because it was becoming "very intense," the victim went to stand in between the two to separate them.
When the victim began arguing with her 44-year-old mother-in-law, the older woman allegedly "grabbed (the victim's) right breast and began to squeeze and pull on her nipple." The victim yelled to stop, but her mother-in-law allegedly continued to pull until the younger woman began punching her in the face, according to the police report.
The victim then told police she threw her mother-in-law into the yard, but the older woman allegedly kicked in the back door and had to be physically removed again. It was when the victim was putting her mother-in-law's belongings in the yard that she felt fluid on her breast and realized there was blood on her shirt.
When she untucked her tank top, her nipple fell on the floor, she told police.
The victim put the nipple in a bag and, after several hours, decided she should go to the emergency room.
Police attempted to make contact with the mother-in-law - a convicted felon who spent two and a half years in prison for drug possession and being a habitual offender earlier in the decade - but were unable to immediately find her.
WHITEFISH BAY, Wis. (AP) -- A Wisconsin postal carrier says he simply wanted to cheer up a woman on his rounds who seemed "stressed out" when he decided to deliver mail in the buff. But upon further review, the worker told police that delivering mail while completely naked probably wasn't a good idea.
A police report says the 52-year-old man told the woman he would deliver the mail in the nude to her office in Whitefish Bay to make her laugh. The report says that on Dec. 4 he brought the mail wearing only a smile.
The mail carrier was arrested for lewd and lascivious behavior several days later. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says the man admitted delivering the mail naked was a stupid thing to do.
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- A Festivus for the rest of us? A convicted drug dealer in California thinks so. He cited his adherence to the holiday celebrated on a famous episode of "Seinfeld" to get better meals at the Orange County jail.
The Orange County Register reported Monday that Malcolm Alarmo King disliked the salami meals served at the jail, so he used his devotion to Festivus as a reason to get kosher meals reserved for inmates with religious needs.
Keeping kosher is not one of the tenets of Festivus, which was depicted on "Seinfeld" as celebrated with the airing of grievances and the display of an aluminum pole.
Sheriff's spokesman Ryan Burris says King got salami-free meals for two months before the county got the order thrown out in court.
I’m Craig, and that’s the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Bring on Face and the Whale:
Face: Aaron sent me a package along with his No-Name CD
Whale- Reigning Douche of the Week on No Name
Week in Wankery:
Yellow Card:
-Woman who almost killed me backing up in the grocery story parking lot
-My waitress at Rock Bottom Brewery – Left halfway through taking our order…for like 10 minutes
-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
Blogtalk Radio
Contender or Pretender:
Christmas Gift Guide:
Chocolate Covered Bacon
Snooki Bobblehead doll
Awkward Family Photos Book – AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com
Hamburger Phone
Dog Mustache Toy – It’s a ball with a big fake mustache on the end
Universal TV remote…and bottle opener
Bed Bug Stuffed Animal – BedBugSupply.com
Banana Guard – Plastic Shield to place a banana in so that it doesn’t get bruised. Because everyone needs a place to put their banana.
LifeGem – Winner of Creepiest Gift of the Year – LifeGem.com – They take the carbon from the cremated ashes of your loved one, and make a diamond out of them for you to wear. Is it too hard to say goodbye to Aunt Mildred? Why not just make jewelry out of her?
http://shopping.yahoo.com/articles/yshoppingarticles/473/20-unusual-gifts-nobody-wants/
He-Man Movie Watchers Club
D2 - Mighty Ducks 2
-Emilo Estevez gets off the bus at the beginning of the movie and his North Stars hat covers his ears. IT COVERS HIS EARS. Dude doesn’t even know how to wear a hat.
-A bunch of mean street kids playing roller hockey?
-Team USA is comprised almost entirely of one Minnesota youth hockey league team, plus ridiculously stereotyped players from around the country, plus a girl goalie from Maine.
-Some company called Hendricks hockey wants to pay Gordon Bombay a gigantic contract to coach USA PeeWee hockey? (Clip 42)
-Gordon Bombay wins one peewee hockey championship and he’s on the level with Pat
-The Team USA youth hockey team gets it’s picture on a Wheaties box BEFORE it’s played a game (Clip 40)
-Charlie is upset because team USA wants to wear Red, White and Blue instead of Mighty Ducks colors. Punk thinks he can change the United States color scheme because he’s won a peewee championship.(Clip 41)
-Trinidad and Tobbago has a Junior Goodwill games hockey team? Really? And their uniforms are tye-dyed? REALLY?!? And despite the fact they are down 8-0, they rise up and cheer and dance on the ice to steel drums when they score one goal?
-Team USA Press conference. (Clip 45) Photos taken with “The Hendricks Bear” a dude in a cheap Polar Bear costume wearing sunglasses and yelling out things like, “Thank you, it’s good to be here!”, then the polar bear leaves and there are 2 questions, then the coach of Iceland makes a stupid threat.
-Gordon Bombay gets a palatial estate in Malibu for coaching the Team USA’s Junior Goodwill games hockey team?
-Random sunset on the beach with Gordon sadly skating on roller-blades montage.
-Gordon shows up late and to motivate the team he…blows a duck whistle?
-After the Germany game, the headline, “Flying V soars over Germany”
-Wayne Gretzky in the locker room? Egads
-It’s tough to look menacing when you’re deflating a beach ball. The Iceland coach who is supposed to be a mean tough guy that we hate looks ridiculous.
Iceland Final Game:
-Rather than making line changes, the coach puts players in one at a time?
-Apparently dumping a goalie is acceptable in the Jr. Goodwill Games as is charging the goalie and crashing into him
-2 minutes for...Roping? I can’t believe that the game action has a scene where one player lassos another.
-2nd Intermission: Gordon Bomboy calls goals points. (Clip 46)
-2nd Intermission: It’s apparently okay to change uniforms during the middle of a game, if for no other reason that it allows Disney to pimp their new NHL team’s logo and gear. Yikes (Clip 48)
-They actually run a play they call an Alley Oop
-Louis, the kid who can’t stop all movie long gets out in front for the longest breakaway in the history of hockey, skids to a stop and shoots a facefull of snow in the goalies face, and remarks how amazed he is that he stopped for three seconds, meanwhile the goalie is still stunned and NO ONE from the defense shows up.
-Someone during the time frame of a time out, the knucklepuck kid is able to change into Goldberg’s jersey, put on his pads, and pretend to be Goldberg without ANYONE noticing that he’s doing it. Then he is able to shoot the puck from behind center ice with “the knucklepuck” and score the game tying goal with NO TIME LEFT ON THE CLOCK. Perhaps the most insane portion of the entire insanely idiotic movie.
-No OT? Straight to a shootout?
-Bombay pulls Goldberg the goalie in a shootout for the last shooter for an ice cold Julie the Cat? Why not, I mean the only time we’ve seen her on the ice the entire movie is for two seconds where she gets into a fight and gets kicked out before ever actually playing, why not put her in to make the winning save? Plus, Bombay knows his move. It’s a triple deke, followed by a complete stop and a slapper from the point? Ugh, this movie knows nothing about hockey.
-The Credits roll over the team sitting around a campfire roasting marshmallows while they have the goofy looking kid with brillo pad hair (Ackerman?) sing the main lines and clearly have a studio choir singing the rest and slowly fade into Queen? Egad. (Clip 49)
Training methods:
-Tie the entire team together with a rope and have them learn how to skate together as a blob.
-Have the “Texas” character swing a lasso and try and to catch all the players with it on the ice.
-Learn how to do a line dance on the ice
-Rollerblading down the highway behind Gordon’s golf cart while doing Army chants.
-Skating wind sprints after losing 12-1 to Iceland
-Playing “Street” hockey and getting lessons in how to play tough hockey with a bunch of kids that would be playing basketball 100 times out of 100 if this were real life. (While “Whoop, there it is” plays in the background.)
-To teach Luis how to stop, Hans sets up a giant stack of soda cans for him to try to avoid, and instead he crashes into them.
-In the final practice before the finals they kick around a beach ball
Toilet Paper: Crumple or Fold?
Wells Fargo has an odd business plan: Just got my free iPod Shuffle, and I’ve on two separate occasions gotten 50 bucks from them just for opening a checking account.
Most annoying words survey:
Whatever you think about using grating words, at the end of the day it's actually better not to say whatever, if you know what I mean.
For the second consecutive year "whatever' topped a Marist poll as the most annoying word or phrase in the English language.
Nearly 39 percent of 1,020 Americans questioned in the survey deemed it the most irritating word, followed by "like" with 28 percent and the phrase "you know what I mean' at 15 percent.
"Perhaps these words are introduced through popular culture, for example movies ... so they catch on," said Mary Azzoli, of Marist. "It has a lot to do with how accepted and how popular they become in every day speech."
Azzoli said words like "whatever" can be quite dismissive depending on how they are used.
"It's the way they are delivered and inherent in that delivery is a meaning.
The phrase "to tell you the truth" and "actually" were also unnerving to many people. But for younger Americans, aged 18 to 29, "like" was the word that annoyed them most.
NEW YORK -- Tom Fenton was getting a haircut and planned to watch the Rangers game Thursday night from his couch. He got a better seat than that.
When Phoenix Coyotes No. 1 netminder Ilya Bryzgalov came down with the flu shortly before facing New York at Madison Square Garden, the team didn't have time to call up a goalie from the minors. Coyotes head of pro scouting Frank Effinger scoured the area for an amateur goalie and came up with Fenton, who lives in Purchase, N.Y., and coaches hockey at Manhattanville College. Effinger lives in the same area.
"My phone rang, I didn't pick it up," Fenton, 26, said, according to the Coyotes' website. "I eventually saw who it was so I picked it up after the haircut and called them right back. They basically said I have to get my butt down to MSG as soon as I can."
The Coyotes signed Fenton to an emergency contract and gave him jersey No. 35. He hadn't played since his senior year at American International College in Springfield, Mass., in 2009. He went 1-12-1 with a 3.60 goals-against average that season.
Fenton said he felt a little shaky when he took the ice for warmups, but he did make one observation.
"Good ice," Fenton cracked, according to the Coyotes site. "I wasn't expecting that, to be honest with you. It was great. This whole place was electric. I know we always say that cliche, but once you're out there, it's a totally different experience. Words can't really describe it."
Fenton spent the game -- a 4-3 Rangers' win in a shootout -- on the bench, but there was a point he thought he might get in.
"There was one point Barbs came across and made a pretty good save and he was kind of favoring his groin and I immediately started sweating on the bench," Fenton said, according to the Coyotes site.
"Goaltending's a little different. Just seeing these guys shoot in warmups was pretty spectacular. A lot of the guys can really wind up the puck. I don't know about [Marian] Gaborik coming down on me or anything like that."
Fenton was asked if he knew how much money he'd make for his NHL appearance.
"Oh, I don't know. I just signed the paper," Fenton said, according to the Coyotes site. "I don't care if there is anything involved there. Great story just to go home with for Christmas."
He did get one thing. The team let him keep his jersey. Oh, and another thing ... he can always say he was on an NHL team, if only for a night.
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)
Super Mario Brothers Music Tournament
5 Seed RC Car advances against the 4 Seed Beatboxer Poizunus
5 Seed vs. 8 Seed: RC Car vs. Accordion for the first spot in the finals.
Dick Van Dyke singing Dick Van Dyke show theme: (Clip 79)
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.
On Average, Right handed people live nine years longer than lefties.
The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
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.
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.
Today on VSR –
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 OR 6-HOP-1-MOVE-1
To contact VSR via email:
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
Twitter: @socnorb777
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
LAS CRUCES - A 44-year-old woman who allegedly ripped her daughter-in-law's nipple off during a drunken argument could be facing criminal charges, the 3rd Judicial District Attorney's Office confirmed Wednesday.
Las Cruces police officers responded to Memorial Medical Center on Sunday morning, when doctors were already in the process of reattaching the nipple to the 30-year-old victim's breast.
It's believed to be the first time a local victim has suffered a body part being torn from them, said Chief Deputy District Attorney Amy Orlando. The victim told officers she, her husband, his mother and one of her husband's friends had spent Saturday night drinking at an apartment in the 1000 block of Idaho Avenue, according to the police report. Sometime after 3 a.m., the victim's husband had started arguing with his mother, and because it was becoming "very intense," the victim went to stand in between the two to separate them.
When the victim began arguing with her 44-year-old mother-in-law, the older woman allegedly "grabbed (the victim's) right breast and began to squeeze and pull on her nipple." The victim yelled to stop, but her mother-in-law allegedly continued to pull until the younger woman began punching her in the face, according to the police report.
The victim then told police she threw her mother-in-law into the yard, but the older woman allegedly kicked in the back door and had to be physically removed again. It was when the victim was putting her mother-in-law's belongings in the yard that she felt fluid on her breast and realized there was blood on her shirt.
When she untucked her tank top, her nipple fell on the floor, she told police.
The victim put the nipple in a bag and, after several hours, decided she should go to the emergency room.
Police attempted to make contact with the mother-in-law - a convicted felon who spent two and a half years in prison for drug possession and being a habitual offender earlier in the decade - but were unable to immediately find her.
WHITEFISH BAY, Wis. (AP) -- A Wisconsin postal carrier says he simply wanted to cheer up a woman on his rounds who seemed "stressed out" when he decided to deliver mail in the buff. But upon further review, the worker told police that delivering mail while completely naked probably wasn't a good idea.
A police report says the 52-year-old man told the woman he would deliver the mail in the nude to her office in Whitefish Bay to make her laugh. The report says that on Dec. 4 he brought the mail wearing only a smile.
The mail carrier was arrested for lewd and lascivious behavior several days later. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says the man admitted delivering the mail naked was a stupid thing to do.
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- A Festivus for the rest of us? A convicted drug dealer in California thinks so. He cited his adherence to the holiday celebrated on a famous episode of "Seinfeld" to get better meals at the Orange County jail.
The Orange County Register reported Monday that Malcolm Alarmo King disliked the salami meals served at the jail, so he used his devotion to Festivus as a reason to get kosher meals reserved for inmates with religious needs.
Keeping kosher is not one of the tenets of Festivus, which was depicted on "Seinfeld" as celebrated with the airing of grievances and the display of an aluminum pole.
Sheriff's spokesman Ryan Burris says King got salami-free meals for two months before the county got the order thrown out in court.
I’m Craig, and that’s the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Bring on Face and the Whale:
Face: Aaron sent me a package along with his No-Name CD
Whale- Reigning Douche of the Week on No Name
Week in Wankery:
Yellow Card:
-Woman who almost killed me backing up in the grocery story parking lot
-My waitress at Rock Bottom Brewery – Left halfway through taking our order…for like 10 minutes
-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
Blogtalk Radio
Contender or Pretender:
Christmas Gift Guide:
Chocolate Covered Bacon
Snooki Bobblehead doll
Awkward Family Photos Book – AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com
Hamburger Phone
Dog Mustache Toy – It’s a ball with a big fake mustache on the end
Universal TV remote…and bottle opener
Bed Bug Stuffed Animal – BedBugSupply.com
Banana Guard – Plastic Shield to place a banana in so that it doesn’t get bruised. Because everyone needs a place to put their banana.
LifeGem – Winner of Creepiest Gift of the Year – LifeGem.com – They take the carbon from the cremated ashes of your loved one, and make a diamond out of them for you to wear. Is it too hard to say goodbye to Aunt Mildred? Why not just make jewelry out of her?
http://shopping.yahoo.com/articles/yshoppingarticles/473/20-unusual-gifts-nobody-wants/
He-Man Movie Watchers Club
D2 - Mighty Ducks 2
-Emilo Estevez gets off the bus at the beginning of the movie and his North Stars hat covers his ears. IT COVERS HIS EARS. Dude doesn’t even know how to wear a hat.
-A bunch of mean street kids playing roller hockey?
-Team USA is comprised almost entirely of one Minnesota youth hockey league team, plus ridiculously stereotyped players from around the country, plus a girl goalie from Maine.
-Some company called Hendricks hockey wants to pay Gordon Bombay a gigantic contract to coach USA PeeWee hockey? (Clip 42)
-Gordon Bombay wins one peewee hockey championship and he’s on the level with Pat
-The Team USA youth hockey team gets it’s picture on a Wheaties box BEFORE it’s played a game (Clip 40)
-Charlie is upset because team USA wants to wear Red, White and Blue instead of Mighty Ducks colors. Punk thinks he can change the United States color scheme because he’s won a peewee championship.(Clip 41)
-Trinidad and Tobbago has a Junior Goodwill games hockey team? Really? And their uniforms are tye-dyed? REALLY?!? And despite the fact they are down 8-0, they rise up and cheer and dance on the ice to steel drums when they score one goal?
-Team USA Press conference. (Clip 45) Photos taken with “The Hendricks Bear” a dude in a cheap Polar Bear costume wearing sunglasses and yelling out things like, “Thank you, it’s good to be here!”, then the polar bear leaves and there are 2 questions, then the coach of Iceland makes a stupid threat.
-Gordon Bombay gets a palatial estate in Malibu for coaching the Team USA’s Junior Goodwill games hockey team?
-Random sunset on the beach with Gordon sadly skating on roller-blades montage.
-Gordon shows up late and to motivate the team he…blows a duck whistle?
-After the Germany game, the headline, “Flying V soars over Germany”
-Wayne Gretzky in the locker room? Egads
-It’s tough to look menacing when you’re deflating a beach ball. The Iceland coach who is supposed to be a mean tough guy that we hate looks ridiculous.
Iceland Final Game:
-Rather than making line changes, the coach puts players in one at a time?
-Apparently dumping a goalie is acceptable in the Jr. Goodwill Games as is charging the goalie and crashing into him
-2 minutes for...Roping? I can’t believe that the game action has a scene where one player lassos another.
-2nd Intermission: Gordon Bomboy calls goals points. (Clip 46)
-2nd Intermission: It’s apparently okay to change uniforms during the middle of a game, if for no other reason that it allows Disney to pimp their new NHL team’s logo and gear. Yikes (Clip 48)
-They actually run a play they call an Alley Oop
-Louis, the kid who can’t stop all movie long gets out in front for the longest breakaway in the history of hockey, skids to a stop and shoots a facefull of snow in the goalies face, and remarks how amazed he is that he stopped for three seconds, meanwhile the goalie is still stunned and NO ONE from the defense shows up.
-Someone during the time frame of a time out, the knucklepuck kid is able to change into Goldberg’s jersey, put on his pads, and pretend to be Goldberg without ANYONE noticing that he’s doing it. Then he is able to shoot the puck from behind center ice with “the knucklepuck” and score the game tying goal with NO TIME LEFT ON THE CLOCK. Perhaps the most insane portion of the entire insanely idiotic movie.
-No OT? Straight to a shootout?
-Bombay pulls Goldberg the goalie in a shootout for the last shooter for an ice cold Julie the Cat? Why not, I mean the only time we’ve seen her on the ice the entire movie is for two seconds where she gets into a fight and gets kicked out before ever actually playing, why not put her in to make the winning save? Plus, Bombay knows his move. It’s a triple deke, followed by a complete stop and a slapper from the point? Ugh, this movie knows nothing about hockey.
-The Credits roll over the team sitting around a campfire roasting marshmallows while they have the goofy looking kid with brillo pad hair (Ackerman?) sing the main lines and clearly have a studio choir singing the rest and slowly fade into Queen? Egad. (Clip 49)
Training methods:
-Tie the entire team together with a rope and have them learn how to skate together as a blob.
-Have the “Texas” character swing a lasso and try and to catch all the players with it on the ice.
-Learn how to do a line dance on the ice
-Rollerblading down the highway behind Gordon’s golf cart while doing Army chants.
-Skating wind sprints after losing 12-1 to Iceland
-Playing “Street” hockey and getting lessons in how to play tough hockey with a bunch of kids that would be playing basketball 100 times out of 100 if this were real life. (While “Whoop, there it is” plays in the background.)
-To teach Luis how to stop, Hans sets up a giant stack of soda cans for him to try to avoid, and instead he crashes into them.
-In the final practice before the finals they kick around a beach ball
Toilet Paper: Crumple or Fold?
Wells Fargo has an odd business plan: Just got my free iPod Shuffle, and I’ve on two separate occasions gotten 50 bucks from them just for opening a checking account.
Most annoying words survey:
Whatever you think about using grating words, at the end of the day it's actually better not to say whatever, if you know what I mean.
For the second consecutive year "whatever' topped a Marist poll as the most annoying word or phrase in the English language.
Nearly 39 percent of 1,020 Americans questioned in the survey deemed it the most irritating word, followed by "like" with 28 percent and the phrase "you know what I mean' at 15 percent.
"Perhaps these words are introduced through popular culture, for example movies ... so they catch on," said Mary Azzoli, of Marist. "It has a lot to do with how accepted and how popular they become in every day speech."
Azzoli said words like "whatever" can be quite dismissive depending on how they are used.
"It's the way they are delivered and inherent in that delivery is a meaning.
The phrase "to tell you the truth" and "actually" were also unnerving to many people. But for younger Americans, aged 18 to 29, "like" was the word that annoyed them most.
NEW YORK -- Tom Fenton was getting a haircut and planned to watch the Rangers game Thursday night from his couch. He got a better seat than that.
When Phoenix Coyotes No. 1 netminder Ilya Bryzgalov came down with the flu shortly before facing New York at Madison Square Garden, the team didn't have time to call up a goalie from the minors. Coyotes head of pro scouting Frank Effinger scoured the area for an amateur goalie and came up with Fenton, who lives in Purchase, N.Y., and coaches hockey at Manhattanville College. Effinger lives in the same area.
"My phone rang, I didn't pick it up," Fenton, 26, said, according to the Coyotes' website. "I eventually saw who it was so I picked it up after the haircut and called them right back. They basically said I have to get my butt down to MSG as soon as I can."
The Coyotes signed Fenton to an emergency contract and gave him jersey No. 35. He hadn't played since his senior year at American International College in Springfield, Mass., in 2009. He went 1-12-1 with a 3.60 goals-against average that season.
Fenton said he felt a little shaky when he took the ice for warmups, but he did make one observation.
"Good ice," Fenton cracked, according to the Coyotes site. "I wasn't expecting that, to be honest with you. It was great. This whole place was electric. I know we always say that cliche, but once you're out there, it's a totally different experience. Words can't really describe it."
Fenton spent the game -- a 4-3 Rangers' win in a shootout -- on the bench, but there was a point he thought he might get in.
"There was one point Barbs came across and made a pretty good save and he was kind of favoring his groin and I immediately started sweating on the bench," Fenton said, according to the Coyotes site.
"Goaltending's a little different. Just seeing these guys shoot in warmups was pretty spectacular. A lot of the guys can really wind up the puck. I don't know about [Marian] Gaborik coming down on me or anything like that."
Fenton was asked if he knew how much money he'd make for his NHL appearance.
"Oh, I don't know. I just signed the paper," Fenton said, according to the Coyotes site. "I don't care if there is anything involved there. Great story just to go home with for Christmas."
He did get one thing. The team let him keep his jersey. Oh, and another thing ... he can always say he was on an NHL team, if only for a night.
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)
Super Mario Brothers Music Tournament
5 Seed RC Car advances against the 4 Seed Beatboxer Poizunus
5 Seed vs. 8 Seed: RC Car vs. Accordion for the first spot in the finals.
Dick Van Dyke singing Dick Van Dyke show theme: (Clip 79)
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.
On Average, Right handed people live nine years longer than lefties.
The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
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.
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.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Show Prep 85
Greetings and Salutations, people! -
DING DONG, the witch is Dead. (Clip 31)
The Ed’s insider: Elway to Coach Broncos (Clip 32)
Today on VSR – The VSR Holiday Gift Guide, when you just can’t figure out what to give that special someone in your life, we can help! With the NFL Season heading down the home stretch of the final Month of the season, We’ll play Contender or Pretender with the teams that have a chance to make the playoffs, The Magnificent Seven list is back again this week and we’ll do a little bit of navel gazing with the list this week as we discuss our own show with the Top Seven VSR intros of all time. Also, I’ve been pondering retirement from fantasy football for weeks now, and I’ve come to a decision which I’ll announce today, all that plus the news and a music recommendation and whatever else pops up on our radar today.
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 OR 6-HOP-1-MOVE-1
To contact VSR via email:
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
Twitter: @socnorb777
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A Wisconsin woman bit off half her husband's tongue during a kiss and has been arrested, authorities said on Tuesday.
The bitten piece of the husband's tongue was recovered, and he was taken to a hospital following the incident late on Monday, Sheboygan, Wisconsin police said in a statement.
The woman, 57, told emergency workers she had "bit her husband's tongue off," police said in a statement. She had blood on her clothing, they said.
The 79-year-old victim said his wife bit his tongue while he was kissing her, police said.
The woman was singing Christmas carols and blowing a New Year's horn when police arrested her on charges of felony mayhem. She was being held pending formal charges by the District Attorney's Office.
The victim was transported to an area hospital where doctors were trying to reattach his tongue, police said. About half his tongue was bit off, they said.
The victim said his wife had been acting strangely in recent days, said the police in Sheboygan, roughly 50 miles north of Milwaukee.
BRIGHAM, Utah - A family holding an Idaho Lottery ticket worth $8 million wasn’t taking any chances while traveling from their home in Brigham City, Utah,to claim their lottery winnings in Boise. But as fate would have it, things didn’t go quite as planned.
Sisters Cindy Flintt and Carol Olven, along with their mother Donna Flintt, made the nearly 300-mile trip to Idaho with their ticket locked in a fireproof safe. But when they got to the lottery office they realized the safe had fallen through the back floor of their rusty old 1982 Datsun
Cindy Flintt says, “We were pretty broke, none of us have worked in more than 2 years”. “We took our last $74 and bought a fire proof safe from the local WalMart and loaded it into the back seat with the lottery ticket locked inside.”
When they got to the lottery office on Monday they were shocked to see the safe gone and a huge gaping hole in the rear floor of the car! Mom Donna Flintt said, “We just hugged each other and cried for almost an hour.”
Lottery spokesman David Workman says other winners have taken precautions, but the Flint family may be the first to have lost out on their multi-million dollar prize because of over-protecting it. “Apparently there was a car mat covering the substantial hole and they had no idea.” “I feel terrible for them, but there is nothing we can do about it.”
The women bought their ticket at a store in Franklin, Idaho, near the state border with Utah. But apparently the ticket is unsigned so whomever finds this treasure (and gets the safe open) will have full claim to the $8 million dollar grand prize.
BERLIN (Reuters) – A wild boar tore through the store of a small shop in a small German town last week.
The shop owner said on Monday he faces steep bills after a wild boar tore through his establishment in an hour-long rampage. The boar wandered out of a nearby forest and into the shop and caused about 5,000 euros ($6,600) in damage.
"Insurance covers theft and fire, but the shop isn't covered for a wild boar attack," said Kraemer, whose business is in the town of Hoar Grin Hausen (Hoehr-Grenzhausen) near the western city of Co Blens (Koblenz.)
"Once the boar pushed through the door, I quickly helped the customer out of store and then went to try to guard the store equipment," said Kraemer. He and a sales clerk were unhurt in the rampage but unable to stop the boar.
A disaster like this is bad for the shopkeeper of course, but but believe it or not it was even worse for the boar, who may have the worst luck of any wild boar in rampaging a storefront in recorded history. You see, the shop that the boar broke into is a butcher shop, the butcher had the animal shot in his store after an hour of rampaging destruction and the butcher plans to at least recover a small portion of his losses by selling slices of the slain beast.
The 130-kg (290 lbs) boar will only fetch about 400 euros in ham and wurst sales after he finishes carving it up.
I’m Craig, and that’s the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Bring on Face:
The Decision: Should I retire from fantasy football?
Is self-awareness a business liability in America today?
Contender or Pretender:
Christmas Gift Guide:
Chocolate Covered Bacon
Snooki Bobblehead doll
Awkward Family Photos Book – AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com
Hamburger Phone
Universal TV remote…and bottle opener
Magnificent Seven – Top 7 VSR Intros
Skin Failure Intro
Much More Vertical Than Usual Intro
Day After Christmas, Christmas Spectacular Intro
Two Co-Hosts and Counting Intro
First Show Intro
Talk Like a Pirate Intro
Field of Dreams Intro
Austin Powers Intro
Let’s give em Something to talk about Intro
Face’s Premiership Decision Show Intro
Face Hosts while Craig is in Boston Intro
7. Welcome to the Internet my Friends Intro
6. Swedish Chef Intro
5. 3 Stooges Intro
4. Talk Radio Intro
3. Sesame Street Aliens Intro
2. Communist Intro
1. Muppet Show Intro
Wells Fargo has an odd business plan: Just got my free iPod Shuffle, and I’ve on two separate occasions gotten 50 bucks from them just for opening a checking account.
Week in Wankery:
Yellow Card:
-Woman who almost killed me backing up in the grocery story parking lot
-My waitress at Rock Bottom Brewery – Left halfway through taking our order…for like 10 minutes
-Oversensitive NFL Refs – I’m all for protecting players, I really am, but some of these penalties are getting ridiculous.
Red Card
Buying a Christmas Tree
Man of the Match:
Having a Christmas Tree
-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.
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)
Super Mario Brothers Music Tournament
5 Seed RC Car advances against the 4 Seed Beatboxer Poizunus
5 Seed vs. 8 Seed: RC Car vs. Accordion for the first spot in the finals.
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)
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.
On Average, Right handed people live nine years longer than lefties.
The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
Caspar Babypants – 9.99 and Googly Eyes
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.
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.
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Show Prep 84
Greetings and Salutations, people! -
Pearls of Wisdom: M&M Cookies are NEVER as good as they look.
Salute to a crazy name: Peter Doody
Today on VSR – The He-Man Movie Watchers Club will break down The Sting, Magnificent 7 is back with the Top 7 NFL Throwback Uniforms
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 OR 6-HOP-1-MOVE-1
To contact VSR via email:
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
Twitter: @socnorb777
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
11-year-old girl became a mother during her wedding. (Ten words)
Years ago and still today in a few countries, marriage to a girl under the age of 18 is still the norm. Bulgaria however frowns on such a thing, especially when the groom is a legal adult. The case gets a little more bizarre with a twist when an 11-year-old girl became a mother during her wedding.
11-year-old Kordeza Zhelyazkova was taken to the hospital in a wedding dress and tiara. There she gave birth to her baby daughter, who was named Violeta.
The Schoolgirl, from the town of Sliven in Bulgaria, became pregnant just two weeks after she turned 11 years old. The girl became a mother when childbirth started right during the wedding of the young groom, 19-year-old husband Zheljazko Dimitrov.
Kardeza says that she is not going to play with toys anymore because she now has a new duty. “She’s so beautiful, I love her very much. Violeta is my child, and apparently, it’s time to for me to grow up.” It is doubtful she will return to school, because now she just wants to be a mom.
The 11 and 19 year old met on the playground of his Roma School, he saved her from bullies.
Kordeza admits: “We have not had sex education, and I did not know how I got pregnant. I had never been a friend and I had never heard of condoms. I did not know I was pregnant until my grandmother brought attention to something, I strongly attested I thought that eaten too many hamburgers.”
The young couple united by marriage in the traditional Gypsy wedding, However Zheljazko under the laws of Bulgaria, faces up to six years in prison for seducing a minor.
Clip 38
HAYDEN, Idaho - A White separatist drew complaints from neighbors and a visit from law enforcement officers after building a snowman shaped like a member of the Ku Klux Klan on his front lawn.
County sheriff's deputies told Mark E-luh-son Wednesday that he could be charged with a crime because the 10-foot-tall snowman was holding what appeared to be a noose. Deputies were called by neighbors who were appalled by the pointy-headed snowman with two dark eyes.
Hayden for decades earned notoriety for being near the former rural compound of the Aryan Nations.
E-luh-son could have been charged with creating a public nuisance. Idaho law defines such a nuisance as anything "offensive to the senses" or that interferes with the comfort of an entire neighborhood. E-luh-son removed the noose and toppled the snowman after he talked with officers.
E-luh-son told KXLY-TV of Spokane that he sees nothing wrong with the snowman. But other people did.
"It's such a message of hate," said Amber Caldwell, who saw the snowman while visiting her cousin in the neighborhood. "My kids asked me about it and I had to explain what that symbol means."
E-luh-son has angered neighbors in the past by flying Aryan Nations flags at his home. At Halloween he passed out bullet casings after he said he ran out of candy.
Kent, England: As Arctic blizzards swept across southeast England, stranding hundreds in their cars and bringing motorways to a virtual halt in whiteout conditions, Kent police received a strange call on their emergency number.
"I haven't been out to check on him for five hours but I went outside for a fag (cigarette) and he's gone," said the female caller.
When the operator asked who had gone she replied: "My snowman. I thought that with it being icy and there not being anybody about he'd be safe.
"It ain't a nice road but you don't expect anybody to nick your snowman," she added.
Police were most definitely not amused.
"This call could have cost someone's life if there was a genuine emergency and they couldn't get through. It was completely irresponsible,' said Chief Inspector Simon Black.
A transcript of the call was released by the force to highlight what they said was misuse of the emergency number 999 system.
I’m Craig, and that’s the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Bring on Face:
The Ed’s insider: Elway to Coach Broncos (Clip 32)
Derek Anderson Freakout – Cut the guy some slack (Clip 31)
Contender or Pretender:
Magnificent Seven – Top 7 NFL throwback uniforms:
Curious about: The Packers throwbacks
Honorable Mention
Rams – Royal blue and yellow
Buccaneers – Bucco Bruce Butterscotch pudding uniforms
Broncos – Vertically Striped Socks
Bengals – Boomer Esiason era uniforms
Colts – Weird helmets
Falcons red helmets/red jerseys
Top 7 NFL Throwback Uniforms:
7. Raiders AFL Throwbacks
6. Broncos – 80’s era
5. Bills White Helmets
4. Cowboys White Helmets
3. Chargers white helmets with numbers and baby blue
2. Pat Patriot
1. Eagles Green
Should I retire from fantasy football?
Week in Wankery:
Yellow Card:
-Woman who almost killed me backing up in the grocery story parking lot
-My waitress at Rock Bottom Brewery
-Oversensitive NFL Refs – I’m all for protecting players, I really am, but some of these penalties are getting ridiculous.
Red Card
Buying a Christmas Tree
Man of the Match:
Having a Christmas Tree
-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.
He-Man Movie Watchers Club: (Clip 4)
On the docket for today: The Sting
Fantastic theme song: The Entertainer written by Scott Joplin in 1902, oddly 30 years or so before the time “The Sting” was set
Paul Newman: Henry Gondorff
Robert Redford: Johnny Hooker
Robert Shaw: Doyle Lonagan
Eileen Brennan: Billie
Robert Earl Jones: Luther Coleman
Dimitra Arliss: Loretta Salino – THAT is the best they could do?
Dana Elcar: FBI Agent Polk
Random that he was in this classic movie, as the dude was an all time “That guy”
-Most famously “Pete” from McGyver
-Also had roles in a LOT of TV shows:
ER, Law and Order, Matlock, Trapper John, M.D.; The A Team, Hill Street Blues, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, The Fall Guy, Hardcastle and McCormick, Hart to Hart, Knight Rider, Newhart, Herbie the Love Bug, Falcon Crest, Benson, Eight is Enough, BJ and the Bear, The Incredible Hulk, Police Story, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Rockford Files, Baretta, The Waltons, Columbo, Kung Fu, The Partridge Family, Mannix, Bonanza, Marcus Welby, MD, Gunsmoke, Mission Impossible, Get Smart, Hawaii Five-O, The Patty Duke Show, Guiding Light; Car 54, Where are you?;
Box Office Success, I’d say:
Budget 5.5 Million
Gross: 156 Million
40 – The Entertainer
41 – I already know how to drink: First meeting between Newman and Redford
42 – He’s not as tough as he thinks, Neither are we
43 – Sorry I’m late, I was taking a crap
44 – What was I supposed to do? Call him out for cheating better than me?
45 – He Cheats
46 – Doing anything tonight?
47 – Everything will be Jake
48 – I’d only blow it
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)
Super Mario Brothers Music Tournament
5 Seed RC Car advances against the 4 Seed Beatboxer Poizunus
5 Seed vs. 8 Seed: RC Car vs. Accordion for the first spot in the finals.
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)
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.
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.
The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
Caspar Babypants – 9.99 and Googly Eyes
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.
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.
Pearls of Wisdom: M&M Cookies are NEVER as good as they look.
Salute to a crazy name: Peter Doody
Today on VSR – The He-Man Movie Watchers Club will break down The Sting, Magnificent 7 is back with the Top 7 NFL Throwback Uniforms
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 OR 6-HOP-1-MOVE-1
To contact VSR via email:
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
Twitter: @socnorb777
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
11-year-old girl became a mother during her wedding. (Ten words)
Years ago and still today in a few countries, marriage to a girl under the age of 18 is still the norm. Bulgaria however frowns on such a thing, especially when the groom is a legal adult. The case gets a little more bizarre with a twist when an 11-year-old girl became a mother during her wedding.
11-year-old Kordeza Zhelyazkova was taken to the hospital in a wedding dress and tiara. There she gave birth to her baby daughter, who was named Violeta.
The Schoolgirl, from the town of Sliven in Bulgaria, became pregnant just two weeks after she turned 11 years old. The girl became a mother when childbirth started right during the wedding of the young groom, 19-year-old husband Zheljazko Dimitrov.
Kardeza says that she is not going to play with toys anymore because she now has a new duty. “She’s so beautiful, I love her very much. Violeta is my child, and apparently, it’s time to for me to grow up.” It is doubtful she will return to school, because now she just wants to be a mom.
The 11 and 19 year old met on the playground of his Roma School, he saved her from bullies.
Kordeza admits: “We have not had sex education, and I did not know how I got pregnant. I had never been a friend and I had never heard of condoms. I did not know I was pregnant until my grandmother brought attention to something, I strongly attested I thought that eaten too many hamburgers.”
The young couple united by marriage in the traditional Gypsy wedding, However Zheljazko under the laws of Bulgaria, faces up to six years in prison for seducing a minor.
Clip 38
HAYDEN, Idaho - A White separatist drew complaints from neighbors and a visit from law enforcement officers after building a snowman shaped like a member of the Ku Klux Klan on his front lawn.
County sheriff's deputies told Mark E-luh-son Wednesday that he could be charged with a crime because the 10-foot-tall snowman was holding what appeared to be a noose. Deputies were called by neighbors who were appalled by the pointy-headed snowman with two dark eyes.
Hayden for decades earned notoriety for being near the former rural compound of the Aryan Nations.
E-luh-son could have been charged with creating a public nuisance. Idaho law defines such a nuisance as anything "offensive to the senses" or that interferes with the comfort of an entire neighborhood. E-luh-son removed the noose and toppled the snowman after he talked with officers.
E-luh-son told KXLY-TV of Spokane that he sees nothing wrong with the snowman. But other people did.
"It's such a message of hate," said Amber Caldwell, who saw the snowman while visiting her cousin in the neighborhood. "My kids asked me about it and I had to explain what that symbol means."
E-luh-son has angered neighbors in the past by flying Aryan Nations flags at his home. At Halloween he passed out bullet casings after he said he ran out of candy.
Kent, England: As Arctic blizzards swept across southeast England, stranding hundreds in their cars and bringing motorways to a virtual halt in whiteout conditions, Kent police received a strange call on their emergency number.
"I haven't been out to check on him for five hours but I went outside for a fag (cigarette) and he's gone," said the female caller.
When the operator asked who had gone she replied: "My snowman. I thought that with it being icy and there not being anybody about he'd be safe.
"It ain't a nice road but you don't expect anybody to nick your snowman," she added.
Police were most definitely not amused.
"This call could have cost someone's life if there was a genuine emergency and they couldn't get through. It was completely irresponsible,' said Chief Inspector Simon Black.
A transcript of the call was released by the force to highlight what they said was misuse of the emergency number 999 system.
I’m Craig, and that’s the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Bring on Face:
The Ed’s insider: Elway to Coach Broncos (Clip 32)
Derek Anderson Freakout – Cut the guy some slack (Clip 31)
Contender or Pretender:
Magnificent Seven – Top 7 NFL throwback uniforms:
Curious about: The Packers throwbacks
Honorable Mention
Rams – Royal blue and yellow
Buccaneers – Bucco Bruce Butterscotch pudding uniforms
Broncos – Vertically Striped Socks
Bengals – Boomer Esiason era uniforms
Colts – Weird helmets
Falcons red helmets/red jerseys
Top 7 NFL Throwback Uniforms:
7. Raiders AFL Throwbacks
6. Broncos – 80’s era
5. Bills White Helmets
4. Cowboys White Helmets
3. Chargers white helmets with numbers and baby blue
2. Pat Patriot
1. Eagles Green
Should I retire from fantasy football?
Week in Wankery:
Yellow Card:
-Woman who almost killed me backing up in the grocery story parking lot
-My waitress at Rock Bottom Brewery
-Oversensitive NFL Refs – I’m all for protecting players, I really am, but some of these penalties are getting ridiculous.
Red Card
Buying a Christmas Tree
Man of the Match:
Having a Christmas Tree
-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.
He-Man Movie Watchers Club: (Clip 4)
On the docket for today: The Sting
Fantastic theme song: The Entertainer written by Scott Joplin in 1902, oddly 30 years or so before the time “The Sting” was set
Paul Newman: Henry Gondorff
Robert Redford: Johnny Hooker
Robert Shaw: Doyle Lonagan
Eileen Brennan: Billie
Robert Earl Jones: Luther Coleman
Dimitra Arliss: Loretta Salino – THAT is the best they could do?
Dana Elcar: FBI Agent Polk
Random that he was in this classic movie, as the dude was an all time “That guy”
-Most famously “Pete” from McGyver
-Also had roles in a LOT of TV shows:
ER, Law and Order, Matlock, Trapper John, M.D.; The A Team, Hill Street Blues, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, The Fall Guy, Hardcastle and McCormick, Hart to Hart, Knight Rider, Newhart, Herbie the Love Bug, Falcon Crest, Benson, Eight is Enough, BJ and the Bear, The Incredible Hulk, Police Story, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Rockford Files, Baretta, The Waltons, Columbo, Kung Fu, The Partridge Family, Mannix, Bonanza, Marcus Welby, MD, Gunsmoke, Mission Impossible, Get Smart, Hawaii Five-O, The Patty Duke Show, Guiding Light; Car 54, Where are you?;
Box Office Success, I’d say:
Budget 5.5 Million
Gross: 156 Million
40 – The Entertainer
41 – I already know how to drink: First meeting between Newman and Redford
42 – He’s not as tough as he thinks, Neither are we
43 – Sorry I’m late, I was taking a crap
44 – What was I supposed to do? Call him out for cheating better than me?
45 – He Cheats
46 – Doing anything tonight?
47 – Everything will be Jake
48 – I’d only blow it
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)
Super Mario Brothers Music Tournament
5 Seed RC Car advances against the 4 Seed Beatboxer Poizunus
5 Seed vs. 8 Seed: RC Car vs. Accordion for the first spot in the finals.
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)
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.
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.
The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
Caspar Babypants – 9.99 and Googly Eyes
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.
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.
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