December 1, 2008

Stu & The Dude's Weekend Wrap-Up! Black Friday, A Walnut Room, Painting, Gambling, Movies, and More!

By: The Dude on the Right
As we are slowly getting recording our podcast on my MacBook laptop a little more consistent, it was kind of weird because as much as this was a long weekend for the both of us with Turkey-Day involved, I still wonder why our "Weekend Wrap-Up!" podcast is usually about the same things.

Stu, well, with the holiday, started getting the Little Gotz's involved in science with a trip to the "Museum of Science and Industry" in Chicago, and then introduced them to bad food at "The Walnut Room" while I advise people just show up there to see the Christmas Tree and get dinner somewhere else.  He also saw the movie "Bolt" in 3-D and thought the story sucked but was good for the kids, and Mama Gotz wouldn't let him finish watching "Delta Farce" thanks to his Netflix queue.  He also tries to analyze an episode of "The Big Bang Theory," and we both loved the "Naked Man" episode of "How I Met Your Mother."

Me, I tell Stu about me and my BFF having dinner with The Dude on the Left and Trash; lunch with The Mystery Dude and Mama Mystery Dude; how I didn't see any movies over the Thanksgiving weekend (but am looking forward to a review of "Australia" from The W.G.N.); how little ones are becoming gamblers; and am thankful that the Chicago Bears loss to the Minnesota Vikings might save me some hours from watching football for the rest of the season, although that time might be now taken by listening to Britney Spears' new CD, "Circus."

So much more, so much less, but as always, thanks for listening!

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

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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 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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October 6, 2008

Chicago Sports, Stu's Schnoz, Apples, and A Happy Faced Barn.

By: The Dude on the Right
Stu Gotz was worried about his ticker but found out it was only his giant nose, so I'm flying solo for this "Weekend Wrap-Up!" podcast, and even though my impression of Stu sucks, and I don't keep it going throughout the podcast (mostly because it would have probably been really annoying), I let you know what Stu sort of sounds like right now, or maybe not.  But this is a podcast about my weekend, and like many Chicagoans, it was a lot about sports.  Sure, the Chicago Cubs finalized their meltdown, with this year's team securing their history in Cub's lore as the team that made them not win a World Series in 100 years, and the Chicago Bears are actually looking good, and as a Kyle Orton athletic supporter, I was happy to see him do well, but were the Detroit Lions really a good indication of their Bear-ness?  And then there are the White Sox, breathing life into the hopes of Chicago baseball fans, or at least south-side fans, for another game.  The crappy part is that as I'm typing this, and recorded the podcast, the White Sox aren't doing well (in fact they lost), and I'm blaming their losing this series on the fact that the White Sox management people urged fans to wear black, but then gave the fans those dumb-ass, white, towels, which you might as well just call "Homer-Hankies," or something else gay like that, instead of refilling the order at "Bed, Bath & Beyond" for 40,000 black towels.  Blackouts only work when everything is black, and I hate to create my own conspiracy theory, but what the hell?  When the Chicago White Sox had their original "blackout" for the one game playoff, well, fans donned their black outfits, the fans were given black towels, and on TV it looked eerily cool, especially with Halloween coming.  Then came the playoffs, and on TV you know what looks contrasting?  People dressed in black while waving white towels.  Do you know who waves white towels?  Managers in the corners of a boxer, a boxer who is about to be pummeled beyond all recognition.  They don't throw in a black towel; they throw in a white towel, and that's what the White Sox fans are flailing above their heads during this game.  Black towels are south side Chicago - White towels are lame-asses.

Enough about sports and TV conspiracy theories, my weekend also included something way out of normalcy for me, thanks to my BFF, and it might be something both of us needed - a trip to do some apple picking, at some place called The Elegant Farmer, which plunged me into a world of wondering if people have fallen off of the hayride, why we kept getting in line at the donut shack only to have them run out of donuts, and I don't care how the apple people try to sell it - hail damaged apples look gross, I'm not putting them in my basket, and I have no idea how I didn't fall off of that ladder!

Most of my weekend was really about apple picking, so I'm sorry for the baseball rant, but in a bizarre way I thought the Chicago White Sox could actually pull off a second win, but with those dumb-ass white towels, the White Sox fans now look like every other dorky fan in the Major Leagues.  A blackout means black, that you are a bad-ass - white towels mean you give up.

And, oh yea, during this podcast I also tell how I might start a new spotlight dealing with "The Biggest Loser."

This is probably the longest synopsis for a fifteen minute podcast ever, but I can't believe both Chicago baseball teams sucked this bad.

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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September 2, 2008

Stu & The Dude's Weekend Wrap-Up! Cheese Curls, Google Chrome, A Favorite Shirt, and More!

By: The Dude on the Right
I was a little worried about seeing Stu Gotz for this "Weekend Wrap-Up!" podcast because as much as my Labor Day weekend was very fulfilling, well, it wasn't that much exciting, and I figured Stu was going to be the person to show that my weekend vacation exploits were lame.  Little did I know that Stu decided that painting projects around the house were the order of the weekend for the Gotz family, that seeing Stu in his "most comfortable shirt" from Long Beach Island, NJ, might give me ideas for "easy access" nightwear for both dudes and dudettes, and while I got my BFF addicted to the tastiest cheese curls in the world, those "Snyder of Berlin Cheese Curls" (and I still can't believe the Snyder folks haven't sent me a free case to eat, I mean give away, thus solidifying my legend as the Midwest "dealer," giving the rest of the world their "free" taste), Stu recommends some musical accompaniment for the podcast when I have "trips to the 'Old Country.'"

Sure, we talk about snacks, we talk about Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, and we talk about things left in hymnals at church, and we even talk about Google Chrome.  I'd like to say we don't talk about "Tropic Thunder," but Stu just can't resist, and please, send all comments about "Slut or Whore" to stu@entertainmentavenue.com

Thanks for listening!

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

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August 25, 2008

Stu & The Dude's Weekend Wrap-Up! The Democratic Convention, Dancing With the Stars, and Disney Disappoints a Gotz.

By: The Dude on the Right
I have to admit that new postings got derailed a bit with my trip to the old country, but I'm not apologizing, I'm just saying.  I'm also saying that Stu Gotz and I got back together for a "Weekend Wrap-Up!" podcast, and in the last couple of weeks there has only been a couple of things to witness in the mainstream media, namely The Olympics and talk of the upcoming Democratic Convention.  Wouldn't you know it, both of us are happy that The Olympics (and Michael Phelps talk) are over, and now we both wonder if Hillary Clinton can pull off total "C"-word-dom during the convention (a word Stu heard this weekend, from an unlikely source).  Me, though, I really hope that Barack Obama stops drunk texting me at odd hours in the morning with his "pick" for Vice President of Joe Biden, and he would finally text me the truth - that Hillary Clinton is his running mate, if only for the shear newsworthiness for the next five years.

Politics aside, Stu ruins my pronouncement of the latest contestants of "Dancing With the Stars" for this podcast, there's a marriage that was done, I had to pee and didn't want to cut my wiener, and one of the Little Gotz's gets some disappointment and doesn't understand how the "movie" world works thanks to the changing of the release date of Disney's "Beverly Hills Chihuahua"  from his birthday weekend, to, well, October 3rd.  With Little Gotz's dreams now crushed, the next thing you know he'll be asking Daddy Gotz to watch "The Bad Lieutenant.  Like Father, Like Son.

Even with my trip to the old country, both of our weekends were kind of boring.  Since I don't know if I'll get a podcast posted this Thursday (we'll see if I can get things together with The W.G.N.), I hope your upcoming Labor Day weekend is more exciting, especially, well, if you end up in labor.  Screw the workers - birthing babies is really about labor, at least so I'm told, read, or see in the movies.  Happy labor!  Or just enjoy the day, and think about working, or having a baby.

Thanks for listening!

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

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August 18, 2008

Stu & The Dude's Weekend Wrap-Up! A Long Life, Beautiful People, Car Crashes, and More!

By: The Dude on the Right
This podcast episode of "Stu & The Dude's Weekend Wrap-Up!" opens, and sort of closes, with how to live a long life, care of Ernest Borgnine, although it might not cause you to prosper.  But living a long life wasn't a part of mine nor Stu Gotz's weekend, instead, I risked my life, and the life of my BFF, by going to the "Chicago Air and Water Show," where I sort of wished I were part of "The Beautiful People" crowd, though I'm also happy that I wasn't a part of "The Beautiful People" crowd, because, well, they can be assholes.  Thankfully no airplanes crashed on us, and thanks to my BFF my feet only got a little red because I'm starting to think she might be the smart one of our duo.

Meanwhile, in risking lives, Stu risked his life, and learned a lot about car crashes, boobs, and mullets, by taking the Gotz family to a Demolition Derby, he still has dude-love for Minor League Baseball with a bachelor party night out with Officer G, and of course is still watching cable TV series, and comments about "Psych."

We are both tired of The Olympics and Michael Phelps, although Stu is still watching women's beach volleyball while I'm watching fencing, I recommend The Buckingham Fountain light and music show in Chicago to Stu, and the both of us recommend seeing the movie "Tropic Thunder."  Stu also thinks if you are totally dedicated to Starbucks, well, getting a tattoo of their logo on your arm might just show your love for your coffee, though might not advance you in the company.

And lastly, Stu found out about the new Lara Croft (although, as I researched her for this podcast after we recorded this episode, Alison Carroll is not the new "movie" Lara, she's the new "video game" Lara - Stu, get your story straight before you try and brag about something I try to think I know about), and I tell Stu that there is one reason why I don't like my iPhone, and Stu found out why.

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 28, 2008

Stu & The Dude's Weekend Wrap-Up! Baseball, A Carnival, and Dogs.

By: The Dude on the Right
Well this is different.  Normally the "Weekend Wrap-Up!" podcast with Stu Gotz talks a lot about movies, but, oddly enough, this weekend had neither of us actually going to see a movie, and both of us are tired.  Yup, there's only a little "Step Brothers"' talk and a little "The X-Files: I Want to Believe"' talk, instead my weekend started by being spent in the old country (that's Lorain, OH, for those of you who don't normally follow my blog or our podcasts) where I comment on how, if the residents of Lorain shoot down a $20 fee to improve the roads, well, they deserve to live in a ghost town, and wonder why they are going to lengthen Tower Blvd. rather than rebuild the original Tower Blvd.

But this podcast isn't really about a town that has tons of potential but right now is just a giant speed bump, nope, a lot of this podcast is about baseball, namely seeing a Chicago White Sox game last Monday where my BFF got to meet Stu and Mama Gotz, and then yesterday where she got to meet The Dude on the Left, Trash, Slick, Boner, and Stinky, saw Stu in a slightly different light than when she met him last Monday, and her not being mortified at meeting four, slightly over-served, college buddies of mine.

Stu, though, did get to have some family time over his weekend by attending a local carnival where he found out one of the Little Gotz's might be a future roller coaster enthusiast, Stu's family has a new puppy that was almost dead, and I explain to Stu why I have fish and have never gotten a dog.

And, oh yea, this podcast also gives Stu's scientific analysis/theory of why he thinks teenage girls are being endowed with larger boobies.

Finally, we do discuss the upcoming movies of next weekend, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor and Swing Vote, and both agree that our significant others will probably want to see Kevin Costner as a schlub rather than see another mummy movie.  The strange part - both Stu and I, also, would rather see Kevin Costner as a schlub instead of another mummy movie.

Thanks for listening!

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 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 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 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 exci