November 24, 2008

Stu & The Dude's Weekend Wrap-Up! Fireworks, Movies, Manners, and a Cheap Dude

By: The Dude on the Right
Stu Gotz is here for our "Weekend Wrap-Up! Podcast" and he started grumpy, but now is just perturbed at me because I'm too cheap to take a quick Apple class to get our podcast to sound better with the two USB headsets I'm trying to use.  Me, I'm just stubborn, and yes, I am cheap.

My cheapness aside, myself, I skipped the movies with my BFF, instead catching the end of the Magnificent Mile Festival of Lights Parade, where maybe our vantage point was crap for float viewing, but if you want the perfect view for the fireworks, I know the spot and I'm not telling.  Stu didn't catch a parade, didn't take the little Gotz's to see "Bolt," but his seeing "Quantum of Solace" did lend us to some James Bond talk.  On the funnier front, Stu revisited "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," while I have Netflix viewing to catch up with, including "Tropic Thunder!"

There is a little talk about The Chicago Bears and their leading the division yet still sucking, Stu ponders his Twitter Tweets, manners, and a way to help save the environment because you only wipe your butt with one hand.

Stu, being the Scuba man that he is, lastly reminisces on the ending of the YMCA Scuba Training, with a little but of animosity.

Neither of us know if we will see "Transporter 3," "Australia," or "Four Christmases" at the movies this week for Thanksgiving, but did enjoy Justin Timberlake in a black unitard on Saturday Night Live a few weeks ago.

Happy Thanksgiving and thanks for listening!

That's it for this one!  I'm The Dude on the Right!!  L8R!!!

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November 20, 2008

Here Comes Britney Spears' Circus, Here Comes "Twilight," and Here Are "Jillian Michaels' Clips of the Week!"

By: The Dude on the Right
Nothing gets me more exciting than news about Britney Spears, but, okay, news about Britney Spears doesn't normally get me excited, but I'm podcasting solo, and I got a notice from Pollstar that as of today she only has one concert date in 2009,and it's in the Chicago area, probably for her "Circus" tour, and in the words of "The Pointer Sisters," I'm so excited!  Yay!

Two movies open this weekend, and it's all about the teen girls and children, so I also podcast a bit about "Twilight" and "Bolt," and as Thanksgiving is upon us, I am a little melancholy because this will be the first Thanksgiving that I don't make the trek to the "Old Country" since my days in retail as a Radio Shack Manager or working at a camera store.

Thankfully, though, as a touch of sadness enters this podcast, there's nothing like my "Jillian Michaels' Clips of the Week" segment to snap me back to reality, and inspire me to face another day!

And as always, thanks for listening!

That's it for this one!  I'm The Dude on the Right!!  L8R!!!

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November 17, 2008

Stu & The Dude's Weekend Wrap-Up! "Quantum of Solace," The Chicago Bears Suck, A Crabman, and More!

By: The Dude on the Right
I think I had a more exciting weekend than Stu Gotz, but to really find out, I suppose you'll have to listen to this week's "Weekend Wrap-Up!" podcast.

For Stu, well, most of his weekend was about family.  He caught a movie with Mama Gotz, "27 Dresses," a movie I watched a few weeks ago with my BFF, and Stu kind of liked it.  He also is keeping track of "Entourage" on HBO, and really isn't that sad that "My Own Worst Enemy" got cancelled from his TV schedule because he thought the show blew its load way too early in the season.  He did find it surprising that YouTube booted his short video of one of the Little Gotz's when he got a message that his video was booted for having copyrighted material, even though it did contain copyrighted music. so, I guess, ahh, the Wild West of the universe might have really found a new sheriff, but I was just surprised that Stu actually knew what an algorithm was!

Me, I prognosticated, via Twitter, that the Chicago Bears would beat the Green Bay Packers by a score of 96 to 3, whereas sadly the score was almost exactly the opposite.  I tell Stu how much the Bears sucked, even though I didn't get to see most of the game because the BFF and I went to see, "Quantum of Solace," which I still haven't decided if that was a good or bad thing, and we also went to the NBC Travel Expo at Navy Pier in Chicago and were both kind of disappointed at the representations of some Caribbean locals we were thinking of vacationing to.  I did get to see Crabman and Catalina from "My Name is Earl," though only from afar, my BFF and I got to admire Mike Adamle (and I so wish I had a video camera) eating popcorn, and nothing wraps up an exciting weekend like cleaning your garage!

Sure, there are some other things we talk about, but for those, well, you'll just have to listen to the podcast.

And as always, thanks for listening!

That's it for this one!  I'm The Dude on the Right!!  L8R!!!

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November 10, 2008

Stu & The Dude's Weekend Wrap-Up! Bubble Tea, Families, Movies, and an Injury.

By: The Dude on the Right
Stu Gotz is here for our "Weekend Wrap-Up!" podcast, where he makes fun of the fact I've been dating my BFF for six months.  But this podcast is not only about Stu making fun of me, somehow we cram tons of talk of tons of things into almost twenty minutes of a podcast.

Included in our talking is a quick discussion about bubble tea, with me and the BFF finding "Chill Bubble Tea" at Woodfield Mall on the way to an early Thanksgiving family get-together where "Mexican Fiesta" was the theme, and I am still in wonderment at the family gatherings of my BFF because they are so different from how mine are.  Of course we talk about movies, with Stu Gotz seeing "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" with the Little Gotz's and Mama Gotz, at the IMAX theater at Navy Pier in Chicago, while I got to see "Role Models" and really enjoyed it, in an R-Rated kind of way.  I was surprised to learn Stu actually knew of the movie "Like Water for Chocolate," which I watched with my BFF thanks to my Netflix queue (and liked it), and Stu reminds me I might want to catch up on "Entourage" on HBO and reminds the ladies that if they want to see wieners in movies, they might want to catch "Zack and Miri Make a Porno," "The Piano," or "Forgetting Sarah Marshall."

We also give our breakdown of the Chicago Bears' loss to the Tennessee Titans, and Stu is injured thanks to digging dirt and playing with his Wii.  That's his Nintendo Wii, and playing with his other Wii didn't seem to help build up any muscles.

So much to talk about, so little time, but somehow we cram it all in, and are both looking forward to the new James Bond flick coming this weekend, "Quantum of Solace."

Thanks for listening!

That's it for this one!  I'm The Dude on the Right!!  L8R!!!

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November 3, 2008

Stu & The Dude's Weekend Wrap-Up! Making a Porno, Don't Forget Sarah Marshall, The Elections and More!

By: The Dude on the Right
After re-listening to our latest "Stu & The Dude Weekend Wrap-Up!" podcast, it doesn't sound as bad as I thought it might, though there is a slight echo, being recorded on my new MacBook and all, but there are still some microphone issues, some sound effects issues, and issues of shutting up Stu Gotz at times that I still need to deal with, but for about 18 minutes we have a bunch of topics to cover as quickly as we can.

Sure, there is a brief discussion about the passing of Mom on the Right, but as sometimes happens for us, especially over the weekend, movies seems to be a part of our lives, so I saw "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" and Stu liked, via Netflix, "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" sans the wiener.

Stu and Mama Gotz didn't get to see a movie, but they did hit some places for the kids over the weekend, namely a place with jumpy stuff for the kids at a birthday party, and someplace called "Space Golf" where Stu wonders if the people who run the place bought too much over-priced sci-fi crap.  It does, though, give a new place for my BFF and I to continue our miniature golf competition.

TV talk also proliferates this podcast, with talk of "My Name is Earl" and "South Park," and what would a podcast on the eve of the Presidential Election be without talk about the Presidential Election, or in Chicago, voting early and voting often.

It was great to talk with Stu again for a podcast, even if there were some audio issues, but as Stu comments about Studs Terkel, it ends up obvious that neither of us read many books, but we do watch TV and both liked John McCain on "Saturday Night Live."

Thanks for listening!

That's it for this one!  I'm The Dude on the Right!!  L8R!!!

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October 13, 2008

Stu & The Dude's Weekend Wrap-Up! No More Hooters, Football, A Chihuahua, and More!

By: The Dude on the Right
Stu Gotz is back!  That's right, he's here in all his nasally glory for another episode of our "Weekend Wrap-Up!" podcast.  With Stu back he tells of a birthday party for one of the Little Gotz's, complete with a trip for a group of little tykes to see "Beverly Hills Chihuahua."  Stu mentions if he liked the movie and also if it good for kids, that even though he saw it a while ago he didn't think "Speed Racer" was that bad, and hated the ending of "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People."  Movies aside, I tell Stu about my and the BFF's experience at Hooters which was simply supposed to be a to-go order of ten medium flavored wings which turned into a forty minute odyssey resulting in two giant orders of cold fries, two orders of blue cheese and celery, two large glasses of water, ten wings that had no sauce whatsoever, and a feeling that the BFF and I will not be visiting, at least not together, a Hooters anytime soon.

And if that isn't enough for fifteen minutes of conversation, Stu and I also discuss Mama Gotz wanting to sell Beanie Babies on eBay, guns for kids, a fake e-mail about Barak Obama dealing with The American Flag and The National Anthem (come on people, use snopes.com), and, ever so briefly, we talk about movies that will be opening this weekend.

Thanks for listening!

That's it for this one!  I'm The Dude on the Right!!  L8R!!!

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September 29, 2008

Stu & The Dude's Weekend Wrap-Up! Lots of Movies, Sports, and Spelling Julio.

By: The Dude on the Right
Stu Gotz is back for a "Weekend Wrap-Up!" podcast, just in time to ruin the story of what I thought was a lovely moment at dinner with my BFF, at "Uncle Julio's Hacienda" (and you spell "Julio" with a "J" and not an "H", and the drink I thought was called something like "The Squirrel" is actually called "Swirl" , and they have way-good food), in Chicago, and he also explains that he doesn't know how to hang up his phone.

Dinner and a cell phone aside, the both of us saw some movies over the weekend, with Stu not liking the Jimmy Buffett-backed movie, "Hoot," that he saw on cable that much, my liking both "Eagle Eye" with Shia LaBeouf, in the theater and "The Hammer" with Adam Carolla, on DVD, and both myself and my BFF thinking "Ghost Town" with Ricky Gervais was too long.  Both Stu and I are happy the Chicago Bears won, and Stu gives his detailed analysis of the new design of the Chicago Tribune newspaper.  Thankfully he let me take his paper because my subscription is still on vacation hold and the store was sold out, although, since they were actually free today, wouldn't they have actually been free out?  And me, I also give Stu my quick analysis of my TV viewing, complete about "Dancing With the Stars," "Survivor: Gabon," and "The Biggest Loser: Families."

Anyway, what would a timely podcast be without my impersonation of Tina Fey impersonating Sarah Palin on "Saturday Night Live," with the both of us amazed at Tina Fey's impersonation of Sarah Palin, though Stu was not amazed at my impersonation of Tina Fey impersonating Sarah Palin.

Thanks for listening!

That's it for this one!  I'm The Dude on the Right!!  L8R!!!

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September 15, 2008

Stu & The Dude's Weekend Wrap-Up! Rain, Movies, TV, and A Loud Starbucks.

By: The Dude on the Right
So Stu Gotz calls me and says, "Dude, I can't meet you at my place, so let's do our 'Weekend Wrap-Up!' podcast at the Starbucks in Bolingbrook, IL."  I should have known better, because I've met Stu at that coffee shop before, and the music is always WAY loud, but rather than doing another solo podcast, oh, I thought, "What the hell?  Let's give it a try!"  At least we get background music.

But loud, Starbucks' music aside, our podcast deals with talk of rain, because here in the Midwest we got tons of rain.  Sure, it wasn't as much rain as those folks in Texas, with Hurricane Ike making landfall over the weekend and my sister almost getting thrown out into the storm (a topic for a future podcast with The W.G.N.), but one must wonder if God, or maybe the Devil, or who is Mother Nature anyway, might be pissed at us, and I think those people who "stuck it out" in Galveston should be left to fend for themselves.  Sure, that's a segue into some religion talk, but with the rain, both of our weekends dealt with some movies having Stu catch "3:10 To Yuma" via his Netflix queue, and my seeing "Burn After Reading" at the theater and "I Want Someone to Eat Cheese" thanks to my Netflix queue, both with my BFF.  Stu is freaked by a "Joe's Crab Shack" commercial, I got to see Carlos Zambrano pitch a no-hitter, and Stu is excited about his cable TV shows finishing up while I have TiVo setting up to do as "The Biggest Loser," "Heroes," "Chuck," and nearly every other show I love to watch on TV starts up in the next couple of weeks.

And we both thought Tina Fey was great as Sarah Palin, yet Michael Phelps, not so great as most of anything (except his "diet" skit) on Saturday Night Live this past weekend.

Thanks for listening!

That's it for this one!  I'm The Dude on the Right!!  L8R!!!

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August 14, 2008

The Chicago Air & Water Show, "Tropic Thunder," Mark Your Calendars, and The Olympics!

By: The Dude on the Right
I'm flying solo for this podcast, hoping that The W.G.N. doesn't hate me now, but I wanted to get it done early so that I could watch Michael Phelps, tonight, win another gold medal, thus getting him one more gold medal closer to beating Mark Spitz.  I just wonder if Michael Phelps could win those gold medals wearing the sleek and stylish, red white & blue, bathing suit of Mr. Spitz?

Now as much as this podcast has some talk about The Olympics, about my wondering about the fakery of the Chinese, about being grossed out by a weightlifting injury that I can't find the video, only some photos, for, and my dedication to the sport of fencing but not women's beach volleyball, I also give you some dates to mark on your calendar, thanks to the return of "Entourage" and when "Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince" will be in movie theaters.

More importantly, though, for this podcast, I am stoked for seeing the Chicago Air and Water Show, which happens this weekend, and even though it sort of signals the end of summer, as an Aerospace Engineer, and someone who would have seriously considered flight school back in the day if I had 20/20 vision rather than 10/400, I just love the sights and sounds of aircraft.

And, oh yea, even though we are planning a "Stu & The Dude Reviewin' the Movies for You!" episode of "Tropic Thunder," I give you my take on the movie during this podcast (Hint: Go and see it!), how anytime I hear Flo Rida's "Low" that a different image will enter my head, and if you don't see the movie, well, you must be a reta$#, umm, never mind, I don't want to get boycotted.  Oh wait, maybe I do.

Anyway, thanks for listening!

That's it for this one!  I'm The Dude on the Right!!  L8R!!!

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August 11, 2008

Stu & The Dude's Weekend Wrap-Up! RIP Chef, Calliope Music, and Stu Doesn't See "The Scorpions" but Does Eat Tamales!

By: The Dude on the Right
For this "Weekend Wrap-Up!" podcast with Stu Gotz, we do a different kind of tribute than most folks did to Isaac Hayes, especially since we are bigger fans of "South Park" than we are of "Shaft."  R.I.P. Chef, we'll miss your "Chocolate Salty Balls."  And other than tributing to dead people, we also do some movie talk, namely my seeing "Pineapple Express" with my BFF, and I might just get struck down my lighting yet with my observations of attending church at what is right now the church of Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago.

I do explain to Stu that my BFF and I also watched "Blazing Saddles" on DVD, but Stu has his own movie, and also TV talk, with his Netflix queue (not really liking "Someone To Eat Cheese With" yet) and cable TV viewing of shows like "In Plain Sight," "Psych," and "Burn Notice."

Stu apologizes about his making fun of me about my Twittering thanks to Twissney, and renews his loves for not-so-hot tamales, instead of the hot tamale girl he found, when his normal tamale girl was missing.

I didn't realize Stu was such a fan of The Scorpions when I got clearance to cover their show, so sadly he wasn't my +1 for seeing the show (that review should be posted in a day or so), and what would the end of this summer be without some talk about the 2008 Olympics.

Thanks for listening!

That's it for this one!  I'm The Dude on the Right!!  L8R!!!

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August 4, 2008

Stu & The Dude's Weekend Wrap-Up! Movie-ing, Salespeople-ing, Turtle-ing, Food-ing, but No Twittering (yet).

By: The Dude on the Right
This podcast of Stu & The Dude's "Weekend Wrap-Up!" begins with Stu Gotz's explanation of what "turtling" is, which he had going on at a Starbucks, to which I incorrectly reference it as something about a gopher when actually I meant "prairie doggin" it, a term I was introduced to during the movie "Rat Race."  But enough about animals, my weekend, as has been happening lately, included time with my BFF where car shopping was the order of the day, I ordered a pork chop with some fufu when we went to dinner at Carnivale, and with no time to watch the "Blazing Saddles" DVD, we did go and see "Swing Vote" together.  Stu is becoming delighted with my BFF and her influence on me.

Stu's weekend wasn't very exciting, just catching up on some things around the Gotz house, but he tries to entice me to visit the Apple Store near him for a total "why I should buy an Apple" class, and also temps me for lunch at Ricobene's for a breaded steak dripping with red sauce, mozzarella, and for me, sweet peppers, with of course, their fabulous fries.  Do I cave in?  The podcast might answer those questions.

And finally, I try to explain to Stu why I'll be seeing "Pineapple Express" this weekend, and hope an old review of Melissa Etheridge doesn't ruin my chances to cover one of her shows this week in Chicago.  I also tell Stu that maybe I should be twittering, because, well, I ran into a dudette in the elevator who was twittering and asked me if I twittered, and lately it seems likes blogs and podcasts aren't cool anymore, that the hip people twitter, and I so want to be hip.  If I were twittering, right now I could twitter that I'm writing my podcast synopsis and it includes talk about twittering.  Then later I could twitter how I posted this podcast which included talk about twittering.  And then later than that, if the weather forecast holds, I could twitter that we are getting deluged by a big thunderstorm.  And then later still, I could twitter that I survived our big thunderstorm.  And then later than later still, I could twitter that I am going to bed.  And then during the night, if I have a dream, I could wake up and twitter about it.  Now I'm almost wishing I was twittering because I would twitter about how I'm wondering how I could incorporate my tweets (those are Twitter postings, as if you didn't know) instantly into Entertainment Ave!  What the hell am I thinking?  I haven't even finished building our virtual "Entertainment Ave!" in Second Life yet, and now I'm thinking of twittering?  Although if I were twittering I could twitter about wondering if I should be twittering instead of building our virtual bar in Second Life.  Maybe I should just concentrate on reviewing concerts again, although if I were twittering I could twitter about how I should concentrate on reviewing concerts again. Ugh!!!!

Please just listen to the podcast.! I promise I don't talk nearly as much about twittering as I have written in this synopsis.

That's it for this one!  I'm The Dude on the Right!!  L8R!!!

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July 22, 2008

Stu & The Dude's Weekend Wrap-Up! Nakedness, Lottery, Movies, and a Noid.

By: The Dude on the Right
Sure, normally the "Weekend Wrap-Up!" podcast with me and Stu Gotz is posted on a Monday night, but even though we recorded this episode yesterday, a trip to the Chicago White Sox game (where the White Sox lost - bummer) got in the way of getting it out in the internet for all to hear, although my BFF did get to meet Stu and Mama Gotz at The Cell for the game, and that might be a topic of conversation for next weekend's wrap-up.  For this weekend wrap-up, though, I tell Stu about my walking around naked on Saturday, thanks to my BFF getting me some sandals to show off my "pedicured" feet, and I also tell Stu about a story missed from the weekend before where my BFF and I won the lottery.

As is normal for Stu and I, we do a lot of movie talk, with me discussing "Mamma Mia!," and both of us talking about "The Dark Knight," the Batman sequel where Christian Bale is great as Bruce Wayne/Batman, except for his vocal affectations when he is Batman, and the, as everyone else also professes, fantastic portrayal that Heath Ledger gives The Joker.  Stu has some issues with the movie, I have none, but then again, Stu also got to see "Space Chimps," because, well, Stu's got kids.

TV talk is also present in this podcast, Stu is becoming a Mac guy, and I state my case to, well, Stu, as to why I still have a "Noid," and why no one should ever underestimate the power of The Noid, and although not part of this podcast, you also shouldn't underestimate the power of an M&M dude getting a sun-tan, nor a wind-up Mr. Potato Head, nor a purple armadillo, nor a plastic chick with a big sword, nor Partying Smart, nor Normy for President, and in no way, ever, a Transformer. 

Thanks for listening!

That's it for this one!  I'm The Dude on the Right!!  L8R!!!

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July 17, 2008

Technology Sucks, No WGN, iPhone Schematic Requests, and a Cowbell.

By: The Dude on the Right
I recorded tonight's podcast a few hours ago, and my intermittent internet connection is somehow allowing me to actually post it, tonight, being on July 17th.  I'm sad because I was worried about doing this podcast with The WGN, so I told him to go back to his normal programming for the evening, because, with my internet issues, I was afraid of intermittent connections screwing up our Skype connection. So, for this podcast, I'm flying solo, mostly because I haven't easily set up swapping my cable TV internet connection for my DSL connection, nor figured out (and hey, if you have the "iPhone" headphone stripe connection for audio and voice schematic, I would really appreciate a copy) how to connect my iPhone to my podcast mixing board.

As lame as this solo podcast probably is, I do reiterate my upcoming love for "Batman: The Dark Knight," and tell of my love for the music of Danny Elfman for when Jack Nicholson played The Joker rather than Heath Ledger, although I have a feeling Mr. Ledger will do a better job, in his own right, and I can't wait.

The other thing about this podcast is simply that, thanks to my iPhone, I now have a cowbell, and what better song to put it to good use than Ram Jam's "Black Betty."  I love my iPhone!

Thanks for listening!

That's it for this one!  I'm The Dude on the Right!!  L8R!!!

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July 14, 2008

Stu & The Dude's Weekend Wrap-Up! The BFF Meets the Family, Lots of TV Talk, and an iPhone Update.

By: The Dude on the Right
In an anomaly of a weekend during the summer movie season, I explain to Stu Gotz, during our "Weekend Wrap-Up!" podcast, that I didn't see any new movies over the weekend, although Stu and Mama Gotz did get a chance to see "Get Smart."  My reasoning for not seeing any new movies was because of a trip to the old country, Lorain, OH, with my BFF, to visit some of the members of my family.  Sadly it was a trip with my mom not feeling well (Mom, get well soon!), but I think mom meeting my BFF did help lift mom's spirits a bit.  I also tell Stu of my taking some of the family to Applebee's, giving my girlfriend a tour of the old country that she hasn't seen in nearly 20 years, how we went to get some ice cream sundaes (thanks to my observant nature), and played some miniature golf (thanks to my iPhone, which wasn't even updated to my having a lightsaber yet), with both the getting sundaes and playing miniature golf not happening in Lorain :-(.  I did forget, though, to mention to Stu about my BFF and I winning the lottery, thus necessitating a trip back to Ohio.  If The WGN and I have a podcast on Thursday, well, I'm sure he will want to know the portion of the winnings he might be getting! (Don't hold your breath The WGN!)

Stu Gotz, along with his movie viewing, did have a lot of excitement over his weekend, some of it family related which caused him to miss a Cubs' game, but also some of it dealing with his love of SCUBA.

The podcast also talks about the Mr. Men show, Stu's love of cable TV shows on USA, and how Deanna on "The Bachelorette" picked the snowboard dude, Jesse, even though I keep referencing him as "the skateboard" dude.  Oh well. 

We also talk about new movies coming out this weekend, even though there is really only one movie for everyone to see, and me to review, namely "The Dark Knight," though the dudettes can go and see "Mamma Mia!"

You know what, chicken butt, but this podcast synopsis is already too long, just go and listen to it for yourself!

And because I can, because this is my website, another shout-out to my mom - "Mom, get well soon!"

Thanks for listening!

That's it for this one!  I'm The Dude on the Right!!  L8R!!!

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July 7, 2008

Stu & The Dude's Weekend Wrap-Up! "Hancock," Fireworks, Cars, Church, and More!

By: The Dude on the Right
I am happy to say that both Stu Gotz and I made it through the 4th of July weekend with all of our appendages attached, however, during our "Weekend Wrap-Up!" podcast, Stu regales me with a story of some friends who are sort of lucky to have done the same!  But this podcast isn't all about danger - though my going to mass over the weekend did bring thoughts of a lightning bolt occurring on a sunny day - in any case, nope, we talk about simpler things like the movie "Hancock."  I tell Stu of my time with my BFF which included my making her dinner, going with her to test drive some cars (showing I don't really know BWM models, but that doesn't matter because I preferred the VW Eos anyway), and putting my life into her hands as we stepped through the church doors.  I also want to know where my Netflix movies disappeared to.  Stu lets me know that he liked the movie "Nancy Drew," and gave some bombshell news about one of our friends.

And what podcast would be complete without talk about Pringles and my realizing, because I'm slow sometimes, that they aren't really potato chips.

And lastly, a shout-out to my Mom to get well soon!

Thanks for listening!

That's it for this one!  I'm The Dude on the Right!!  L8R!!!

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July 1, 2008

Stu & The Dude's Weekend Wrap-Up! RV-ing, Penn & Teller, Movie Talk, Toilet Paper, and More!

By: The Dude on the Right
Stu Gotz's delay in getting back to the Chi-Town area after an RV-ing adventure (complete with a trip to Herkimer N.Y.) led to our "Weekend Wrap-Up!" podcast being a day late, but even with an extra day of preparation, I somehow manage to screw-up our opening.  Oh well!  We don't do a lot of movie talking, just a quick thought about "Wanted" from me, some quick thoughts about "Wall-E" from both of us, but the movie clip that actually had all of us laughing, from Stu and Mama Gotz to the Little Gotz's, and from myself to my BFF, was the animated short, "Presto," that preceded "Wall-E," about a cute little rabbit, just wanting to get fed, and a magical hat.

Stu did manage to catch up on some of his Netflix viewing, loving "Letters from Iwo Jima," while I regale Stu with my loving the new season of "Penn & Teller: Bullshit," especially their take on "New Age Medicine," the magic of a kazoo, and I can't believe I forgot to tell Stu about the toilet plunger therapy and how Penn & Teller seem to know their audience is a bunch of men because suddenly their booby quotient is a lot higher than in past episodes.  I do advise Stu that now might be the time to get Sirius Satellite Radio, and no, not because of the merger with XM, an approval decision that has so far lasted longer than it takes for a baby to be conceived, born, and eating solid food, but because for a couple of weeks they are going to have "ABBA Radio," all ABBA, 24/7, in celebration of the upcoming "Mamma Mia!" movie.  We also have some tattoo and piercing talk, and as I tell Stu to go and look for the video, there was a fight during the one of the latest Chicago White Sox/Chicago Cubs Crosstown Classic games, and nope, it's not about rival fans beating each other up, but rather about joining together in the love.

And, go figure, Stu has toilet paper issues.

Happy listening!

That's it for this one!  I'm The Dude on the Right!!  L8R!!!

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June 23, 2008

Stu & The Dude's Weekend Wrap-Up! Computer Issues, Movie Talk, The Rest of the Family, and Remembering George Carlin

By: The Dude on the Right
Computer issues seem to be proliferating the lives of myself and Stu Gotz, so for this podcast episode of "Stu & The Dude's Weekend Wrap-Up!", well, we, among other things, lament about our computer problems.  Mine deal with not getting new reviews posted, namely I haven't gotten my movie review of "Get Smart," nor the concert review of "The Swell Season" posted yet (those are coming soon since things are fixed, I hope, with the testingness of getting this podcast posted should show things are resolved), while Stu is waiting for a package to solve his computer issues, although Mama Gotz might have come up with a cheaper solution.

Stu, along with his computer issues, also talks about his Netfilx viewing, and Mama Gotz still hating me because, now, of their seeing "No Country for Old Men," and even though I didn't give my official review of "Get Smart" yet, I do give Stu my take on the movie during the podcast.  Me, I also saw more of the family of my BFF over my weekend, (happily, or maybe sadly, without them greeting me with bags over their heads), I lent Stu the extended version of "Stripes" because of the deleted scene of P.J. Soles, and the UPS Store Girl aside, Stu and I are sad to hear of the passing of George Carlin who died yesterday.  We talk about his comedy, our seeing him, his great movie roles (and yes, screwing that up George Carlin was actually Cardinal Ignatius Glick instead of a Bishop, as we referenced him, in the movie "Dogma"), and neither of us really knew why Mr. Carlin's "Seven Dirty Words" joke ended up being so controversial.  We are both so young, yet getting old.

And in honor of George Carlin, and to Kevin Smith, and the folks of "Dogma," "Snootch to the motherfuckin’ nootch!"  And maybe Jesus should just be your buddy.

Happy listening!

That's it for this one!  I'm The Dude on the Right!!  L8R!!!

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June 19, 2008

A "The Swell Season" Preview, Meeting Family, The Bachelorette, and Missing "Nessun Dorma" on "America's Got Talent."

By: The Dude on the Right
My nephew might be a guest podcaster guest next week, but today I'm flying solo for this podcast where I talk about seeing an Oscar winning group called "The Swell Season," with the likes of Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, the duo from the movie "Once," as I try to get back into the concert reviewing scene.  And what a great concert it was, and as the folks are leaving the show, what better song than "Love Me Sexy" by Jackie Moon to lead people into the night.

The full review for that concert will be coming soon, but this podcast also lets me trepidate about seeing most of the balance of the family of my BFF (I hope the first half of the family will have my back!), I think I have some ideas about how to have my BFF visit the old country to visit my family, and I'm probably one of the few people left watching "The Bachelorette," but I'm so wishing one of the dudes would just star crying instead of the dudette.

I also can't figure out how I missed "America's Got Talent," especially, since, during the premier for the summer, they had a dude do a fantastic job of "Nessun Dorma" from Puccini's "Turandot."  Yes, I admit it, I like some Opera, though I've never actually seen one.

Your new movie choices for this weekend are "The Love Guru" and "Get Smart," but, if either of those movies give you pause, and you want a big blast of action-enjoyment, at least at the movies, and if you haven't seen it yet, go and see "Iron Man" while you can, on the big screen, while you are just waiting for "Hancock" to come out over the 4th of July weekend.

Happy listening!

That's it for this one!  I'm The Dude on the Right!!  L8R!!!

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June 16, 2008

Stu & The Dude's Weekend Wrap-Up! Meeting the Parents, Minor League Baseball, Movie Talk, and a Dirty Health Scare.

By: The Dude on the Right
Sometimes Stu Gotz and I struggle to find anything to talk about because our weekends, respectively, are boring, but for whatever reason the cosmos' collided and suddenly we generated a 20+ minute podcast about our past weekend.  I mean, who knew doing some painting in a garage could be so exciting over the entire weekend, and so full of stories, at least for Stu & Mama Gotz?  Stu also re-remembered the joy of attending the Kane County Cougars - minor league baseball in a western suburb of Chicago, and found a new/old Jimmy Buffett song.  There was also a health scare in the Gotz family, but happily all is well!  Me, I gave Stu my take on seeing "The Happening," mostly wondering why myself and Richard Roeper seem to be liking some of the same movies lately, even though sometimes for different reasons, and let Stu know that even though "The Incredible Hulk" marketing is in full force, much like "Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" it might just be best to buy the little Gotz's the Hulk toys for them to create stories with their own imagination, rather than give them nightmares by seeing a giant, green dude beat the daylights out of numerous people on the movie screen.

For me, though, my largest portion of the podcast gives Stu my tales of meeting some of the family of my BFF, but most importantly her Mom and Dad.  It was a Father's Day celebration for her family, but, for me, it was part "inquisition" (as it should be) and part "Norman Rockwell Family Gathering," and way different than most, if any, of this Dude's family gatherings, especially since no one went to go and see a movie after dinner.  But, to all of the members of the family of my BFF that I did meet and might be reading this, I want to give all of you a shout-out for making me feel welcome, and hopefully my right wrist will heal by the next family gathering so I can play some guitar, although I have a feeling I'll have some kind of finger ailment on my left hand by then, and maybe laryngitis!

Happy listening!

That's it for this one!  I'm The Dude on the Right!!  L8R!!!

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June 12, 2008

I'm Done with Digital, Dr. Drew v. Tom Cruise, Golfing Where Tiger Wood's Golfed, No New iPhone for The Dude, and Movies Galore!

By: The Dude on the Right
That's it!  I'm done with digital cameras, I'm going back to film!  Why?  Because somewhere there was a digital picture showing that I actually played golf, if you want to call it that, but I was at a golf course that Tiger Woods plays at, namely Torrey Pines in La Jolla, California, and it was a really nice picture of the third hole on the south course, (very scenic), and if I remember right, I got a hole-in-one.  Okay, I didn't get a hole-in-one, but if my rented putter wasn't crooked I would have gotten par!  The thing is that, as I was frantically "searching" my hard drives for that picture, I fear I might have deleted it, in a mad rush to free up some disk space, and now the picture is gone forever.  That has never happened with any of my old pictures I have on film.  Ugh!

But this podcast isn't all about golf, nope, the latest war of words involves one Dr. Drew Pinsky and one lawyer for Tom Cruise, and I put them in the boxing ring.  I also put Steve Carell and Mike Myers in the boxing ring with their latest movies, "Get Smart" and "The Love Guru" coming out on June 20th.  And I'm also looking more forward to seeing "The Incredible Hulk" rather than "The Happening," and as much as I like to be on the cutting edge of technology, I will not be standing in line this year, to get the 3G iPhone, mostly because it doesn't have enough memory for my 6400+ songs.  Maybe Apple will have a 64 gig version come Christmas-time!  Hopefully, though, with the new iPhone release, someone comes up with a nice application to organize, and save, your digital photos, so you don't do something stupid like delete them when they might be perfect for a podcast you do nearly 5 years later.

Happy listening!

That's it for this one!  I'm The Dude on the Right!!  L8R!!!

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June 10, 2008

Stu & The Dude's Weekend Wrap-Up! "Echoes," Movies, T-Ball, an Attic, and a Tornado!

By: The Dude on the Right
Sure, we're a day late and a dollar short, but Stu Gotz and I are here for our "Weekend Wrap-Up!" podcast!  It was sort of a weird weekend for the both of us because, for me, I went home to visit Mom in the Old Country, while Stu, hanging with his Gotz family, saw "Kung Fu Panda" and hunkered down in his basement following a call from Jim Cantore from The Weather Channel.  Me, at home, I helped clean out an attic in oppressive heat, saw "You Don't Mess With the Zohan" solo (It's just not the same seeing a movie without your BFF!  Sorry, I digress!) toured some cemeteries, and ate some ribs, while Stu, well he realizes a little Gotz might not be the baseball star he was hoping he would be (who knew that T-Ball can't keep a kid's attention?), almost saw a tornado (although our grave-digger friend was a couple of hundred yards outside the path of it), and Mama Gotz now hates me thanks to Stu Gotz's choice on his Netflix queue of "Walk Hark: The Dewey Cox Story."

The both of us also talk about a disappearing lake named Lake Delton, a flying dog, and the upcoming "The Incredible Hulk" movie.  Through it all we listen to "Echoes" from Pink Floyd, - it is, after all, over 15 minutes long, and if you strap on some headphones during this podcast, you might hear the song as well, because, well, it is a "Headphones Only" kind of song.

Happy listening!

That's it for this one!  I'm The Dude on the Right!!  L8R!!!

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June 2, 2008

Stu & The Dude's Weekend Wrap-Up! A MySpace Page Change, Catch and Release, and "Sex and the City."

By: The Dude on the Right
So I made a significant change to my MySpace Page, and the fallout is now happening.  Sadly Stu Gotz and I recorded our "Weekend Wrap-Up!" podcast prior to the fallout, but Stu had his own way of avoiding a question he has asked two times before, and to my dismay I can't believe I actually enabled him by supplying him with a music clip.  Weekend-wise, though, Stu's wasn't that exciting, but hanging with your family on a little vacation doesn't have to be that exciting, just relaxing and showing the kids that you can catch a fish, take a picture, and throw them back in the water (the fish, not the kids) can be time well spent.  Me, I tell Stu how my BFF got me to expand my culinary horizons at a variety of restaurants in Chicago, such as Red Light, Sushi Wabi, and Marche, how we went to see "Sex and the City" and both liked the movie, and how I was a little surprised to hear opera singing at Chicago's Gospel Fest.

But the podcast isn't all about us, nope, I regale Stu with clips from a Pastor/Minister/Whomever, wondering how he doesn't get sued, and Stu leaves me high-and-dry for part of the podcast, searching the Internet for potential nip-slips from yesterday's "MTV Movie Awards" gold-carpet show.

Now I just have to wait and see when my other BFF disowns me!

Happy listening!

That's it for this one!  I'm The Dude on the Right!!  L8R!!!

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May 29, 2008

The World's Greatest Nephew Needs a Nickname, Some Politics, Some Eddie Murphy, and Some Toilet Talk!

By: The Dude on the Right
Maybe not as audio-ly smooth as when Stu Gotz and I did our podcast last Monday, but tonight I had a guest podcaster, through the magic that is the internet, and I might have to send him a few bucks to get a better headset thingy.  Yup, it was the World's Greatest Nephew joining me for a podcast, and even though calling him WGN is cool, I am a little worried about Sam Zell trying to sue me.  I'd call him his old nickname, Squirt, but that doesn't seem to apply anymore, what with him being all grown-up and all!

Right out of the box I hit him with some audio of Father Michael Pfleger doing his worst Hillary Clinton impression, but then we nicely settle into college talk, summertime talk, movie talk (he does have taste, liking "Iron Man" nearly as much as I did), and even he seems confused as to why Eddie Murphy might be coming back to reprise his role as Axel Foley in a new "Beverly Hills Cop" movie.

I did forget to ask him his opinion on 16 year olds having a coed slumber party after prom, but we did get in some nice toilet talk, and both congratulate Clay Aiken if he indeed will be a daddy.

It was great to talk to him, and the best part is that the conversation was free.  Sure, there are some audio issues to fix, but I'm blaming it on his being cooler than me by owning a MacBook "something or other" (which we couldn't get to work together), thus his having to borrow a different laptop, to be stuck with me, in Windows' land.

Happy listening!

That's it for this one!  I'm The Dude on the Right!!  L8R!!!

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May 26, 2008

Stu & The Dude's Weekend Wrap-Up! Skype Works, Stu's Sick, A Cougar Movie, and an Indy Movie.

By: The Dude on the Right
Stu and I couldn't meet up together for our "Weekend Wrap-Up!" podcast, but through the magic of Skype it's almost like he was sitting next to me, if sitting next to me means an ever so slight delay in our conversation and occasionally losing his voice for a second or two.  Actually, our internet experiment worked, complete with sound effects, so I know that guest podcasters is an o