It's Friday!!!!
So much stuff to talk about, but we start with the Manti Te'o debacle and his imaginary girlfriend. Our prep service sent us a list of "Imaginary Girlfriend" songs...
1.) "Dream Weaver", Gary Wright (1975)
2.) "Just My Imagination", The Rolling Stones (1978) . . . which is an up tempo cover of a 1971 song by The Temptations. (--Here's the Stones doing it live. And here's the mellow original, which Manti'd be more likely to sob along to.)
3.) "Pictures of Lily", The Who (1967)
4.) "Be My Girl - Sally", The Police (1978)
5.) "Rosie", Jackson Browne (1977)
6.) "Little Dreamer", Van Halen (1978)
7.) "See You in Your Dreams", KISS (1976)
8.) "Daydream Believer", The Monkees (1968)
9.) "Dreamer", Supertramp (1974)
10.) "She's Not There", The Zombies (1965)
Not a bad list, but not perfect. Where is the best one, "Imaginary Lover" by Atlanta Rhythm Section? Wease also disagrees with the choice of "Rosie", which is about masturbation, even though the song is so pretty it doesn't sound like it. We'll be bumping with these songs this morning.
Tools With Sports
We continue with the Te'o discussion, and the report that Manti became aware of the "fake" situation on Dec. 6th, but continued with the hoax. There is also talk that a bunch of his teammates never believed this girl ever existed.
The biggest winner in the Te'o story is probably the film/TV show "Catfish"
The 2010 film, directed by Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost, followed a man, Nev Schulman, through his online relationship with a woman he never actually met. Eventually, Schulman discovered that his "girlfriend" had been lying all along, and that her real personality and background were cobbled together from the person (or people) she wanted to be. It's confusing.
In November 2012, MTV began airing a show based on the documentary, also called Catfish. It follows the same lines: The host (Nev Schulman, actually) investigates online profiles on an individual's behalf to see if their online girlfriends or boyfriends are who they say they are.
So what is "catfishing," the term used to describe what happened to Te'o in his relationship with Lennay Kekua?
In short, it's the process of developing a fake online persona with the express purpose of deceiving a love-struck significant other. (To what end, especially with Te'o, remains unclear.) In Te'o's case, the people behind Lennay Kekua were participating in "catfishing."
Now to real sports... NFL Playoffs. Tools likes the Ravens +9, but Wease disagrees who'll give up the 9 and take NE. Johnny also says he wants to "take it to the bank" with the 49ers minus 4 in Atlanta (although betting against a home underdog is tough). Then a discussion of of why people hate the Patriots, like "they win too much", "Brady is a pretty boy crybaby", and "the coach is a jerk". Wease has adopted the Patriots as his 2nd favorite team after the Bills.
Bonus Content: Better Than Bras? Hand Bras
Marshall Fine Film Reviews
The Last Stand... Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a small town sheriff who sets up a roadblock to prevent a drug lord from escaping across the Mexican border. Forest Whitaker is the federal agent in charge of the manhunt, and Johnny Knoxville plays a redneck Arnold deputizes because of all the firepower he can bring to the table. Marshall thinks this a fun, but not great, movie. If you're in the mood for a brainless action flick this one is ok.
Broken City... Mark Wahlberg plays a private detective who's double-crossed and framed for murder, after the mayor hires him to investigate his cheating wife. Russell Crowe plays the corrupt mayor, Catherine Zeta-Jones plays his wife, and Jeffrey Wright is Wahlberg's former boss on the police force. Marsh was disappointed in this because there are good actors involved, but a weak script makes for a dull movie.
Doug With News
- Rochester Police Cruiser In Crash
- 276 Pot Plants Found. E.R. Man Pleads Guilty
- RTS To Expand Payment Options
- Lance Armstrong Admits To Doping
If you missed Armstrong's interview with Oprah, we here at The Wease Show are your news leaders and present it here in full...
Impractical Jokers
James "Murr" Murray and Brian "Q" Quinn, two cast members from Tru TV's "Impractical Jokers" join us in studio. The whole cast will be at The Comedy Club tonight, but the shows are sold out. The show is one of Billy's faves, one of the few that'll make him laugh out loud... a hidden camera prank show where where buddies try and embarass each other. Here's an example of what they do, and how they do it.
Q and Murr tell us stories about how they came up with the show, stuff that has gotten them in trouble, and a bunch of hilarious stuff that has happened to them over the 2 seasons (so far). Wease thinks they may be televisions next big stars, and wants to hook them up with a high powered agent. Great guys, and Billy is very happy to make friends with Q, who has also worked for Kevin Smith since he was 19, and got invited to go hang in NJ with him when Billy's favorite podcast "Tell 'Em Steve-Dave" is recorded.
Michael Jackson Making News
MICHAEL JACKSON'S dermatologist DR. ARNOLD KLEIN has long been rumored to have provided the MAN-JUICE for one or more of Michael's kids. And he may be trying to hint that himself.
--He recently posted an old picture of himself next to a TV image of Michael's oldest son PRINCE . . . along with the caption, "Hmmmmm". (--Here's the pic. Do you see a resemblance?)
A listener calls to remind us that the mother of Jackson's kids was a nurse where Dr. Klein worked. Interested.
Wease also talks about going to eat at a sushi restaurant last night, and having a ton of his favorite seaweed. When he got home he blew his nose hard and a piece of seaweed came out.... eeeewwwwwww.
Restaurant Etiquette
Two questions. One, are you a couple that sits on the same side of the table at a restaurant, instead of across from each other? And two, if you are one of those couples, did you know it's making the restaurant hate you?
--Now . . . I personally don't have a problem with it. If you want to sit next to each other in a booth and recreate the "Lady and the Tramp" pasta sucking scene in the middle of an Olive Garden, do yo' thang.
--But, according to an article with anonymous interviews from restaurant staff, they hate "same siders" . . . because they tend to take longer to eat. Apparently gazing into someone's eyes while you eat slows you down.
--They also say that couples sitting on the same side of the table are more prone to public displays of affection, which can make other people in the restaurant uncomfortable.
When Wease started reading this story Pauly knew exactly where it was heading. In his youth Pauly was a server at Red Lobster and had a bunch of stories of his days feeding people, and the bad etiquette he encountered, from low tips, people that hogged tables, and best of all wanted "all you can eat" to go. During the conversation Wease brings up the term "Champipple", coined by Redd Foxx on the classic sitcom "Sanford and Son", which is a combo of Ginger Ale and Ripple. We find out that John Popper actually has a "Champipple" song, and we like it.
Deodorant
According to a new study, about 2% of people don't need deodorant, because they have a gene that makes their underarms ODORLESS. But 78% of them still DO wear deodorant. Meanwhile, 5% of people who NEED deodorant because their armpits DO smell say they don't wear it.
Billy comes in studio and admits that when he saw this story in the prep this morning it occurred to him that he forgot to put on deodorant this morning, and had been panicked about it all day, hoping he didn't smell too bad. Pauly amazingly offers to smell Billy's armpit and judge... yes, that Pauly with OCD, and is grossed out by everything. He did it, and the verdict is "not bad".
Plugs/Next Week
Lots of fun stuff this weekend like Impractical Jokers at the Comedy Club, The Knighthawks home opener at the Blue Cross Arena, the WWFD Benefit at Pineapple Jacks, and much more. Enjoy the football games, and listen next week as we break those down with Tools, get news from Doug, play Geezers Vs Dbags, we'll Ask Wease, and have a ton of great guests like one of our favorite comedians, Earl David Reed. If you want a behind the scenes look at The Wease Show you can check out The Producer's Podcast everyday. It's nice to be important, but more important to be nice.
