Comments on: Episode 55: Celebrity Death Trifecta

By: Gab

Gab — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:41:11 +0000

Speaking of celebrity deaths, btw:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unleashed/2009/07/gidget-taco-bell-chihuahua-dog-dies.html

By: Spunk-Monkey

Spunk-Monkey — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 02:00:54 +0000

Please do make a commentary track sometime! And Belinkie; while i can’t imagine you’d ever have any luck using the card trick, you get massive style-points just for following through on a silly idea, even if just once or twice.

Any word on Wrather’s cross-country drive progress?

Sigh. Back to lurking. Cheers all!

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:04:31 +0000

@Belinkie. Speaking just for me, if a guy came up and put the schmooze on and then left me that “calling card” I would definitely give that guy a second glance. I mean it ingenuity and creativeness at it’s best. But then again I’m of a different breed I suppose. I say, Who needs those shallow B’s anyway?

@Perich I think you should try to pefect Belinkie’s go at this.. but you should make sure that you put somewhere on there… “Not Jamie Hyneman… But I do dispell the dating myths” or go take what’s behind lude door number one, “Not Jamie Hyenman… But I still give mustache rides..”. Oh that was in poor taste…did I just lose my clean rating? I apologize! Either way, Embrace it man!! Those dulcet tones are dead sexy! LOL

By: Gab

Gab — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:33:11 +0000

Yes, do a movie with peanut-gallery comments the whole time. Something amazingly bad or just fun to make fun of. Like a Michael Bay movie!

And the three thing? I’ve heard that for years, that celebrities die in threes. Why three? Well, three is one of those mystical, powerful, ::insert spooky-ish adjective here:: numbers with deep significance in a lot of different cultures and religions. The Trinity (Christianity), the Rule of Three and the Triple Goddess in Wiccan tradition, and various Eastern religions that use the cycle of life, death, and rebirth are the ones I think of just off the top of my head.

Numbers play a big part in a lot of peoples’ lives. Eg.:

4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42

You have no idea how much I have suffered masochistically over this sequence. Double-you tee eff, mate.

By: fenzel

fenzel — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:28:22 +0000

@Matt

To be entirely fair to Belinkie, he didn’t really use the cards all that much. The idea itself was really funny, but it’s not like he literally walked around passing them out to everybody. As I recall, he mostly saved them as a cute joke for when they might work.

But the story works better if you imagine him just spamming a room with them.

By: perich

perich — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:33:28 +0000

@Matthew: see, I really like the idea in concept. I might tinker with it to read something like:

JOHN PERICH
That Guy You Were Just Talking To
You Know, The Tall One

(###) xxx-yyyy

That seems less sleazy but equally silly.

Of course, the one downside to all of this is that it’s clearly calculated. No one has business cards like that on them by accident. The effort involved makes it seem less sexy and more cheesy.

By: Matthew Belinkie

Matthew Belinkie — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:28:17 +0000

I have belatedly listened to the podcast, and I don’t mind making it known that I was the one who made business cards to hand out to girls in bars. I thought it was a cute idea, and I guess I figured that any girl that I would have long-term potential with would also think they were cute. Mark is correct: I had zero luck with them. But as anyone who ever witnessed my early-2000′s pickup style can attest, there are lots of reasons besides the cards why someone might have decided not to call.

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:20:22 +0000

In a way…

@fenzel what are you some kind of commie? Toyota: Like a rock!?!? Who can confuse “I love what you do for me, Toyota! *insert jumping person here* of the late 80′s with the overtly Pro-American advertising of Chevy’s Like a rock campaign of the 90′s??!?!?! The American auto industry is weeping, not because of bankruptcy but because you have killed it with your blatant support of foreign motor cars with your mix up! Their last ditch efforts of stimulus vouchers and crack advertising is obviously failing. I think the blame rests solely on your shoulders. Thanks a lot Fenzel for bringing down America in one fell swoop.

Was it you or Belinkie that messed up the car reference a few podcasts ago? You really need a gear-head up in this B.

Maybe I should have called this one in, screaming it at the top of my lungs… but I’m a lady. ;)

(Wow- being back in a red state for such a short period and I really channeled my inner Republican there. Can’t wait to get back home and drive my Volkswagon.)

By: Johann

Johann — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:33:52 +0000

Excellent episode, Overthinkers!
About the idea of you guys making an audio commentary for a show or a movie: Yes! Do it, I would totally listen to it (provided I like the show or movie, which I have my doubts about in the case of the Pokemon movies, but to be fair, I would watch the trailer and then decide ;-)
So, go ahead, I think it would be fun!

By: Saint

Saint — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:52:20 +0000

The media establishment has been fighting populism and new technology since we were little kids.

This week, we celebrate twenty years of “Weird” Al Yankovic’s shocking political thriller “UHF”. The NY Times, Warner Bros and Fox would do well to learn from this movie: intimidation and lawsuits can’t stop the signal. Nothing can.