For this movie review of “Hot Rod,” The Dude on the Right saw a lot of potential wasted, and thinks Andy Samberg should stop trying to act like Will Ferrell. There were some funny moments for him, but he thinks some of those might be attributed to the fact that he hasn’t grown up yet. Someday he’ll act his age, but for now he laughed at some things during “Hot Rod” that if you have grown up, well, you might not find them funny.
Author: Andy Labis
What’s New? A Movie Review of “The Bourne Ultimatum.”
For this movie review of “The Bourne Ultimatum,” The Dude on the Right loved it. It had everything you would expect after “The Bourne Supremacy” and more. Matt Damon has turned out to be the best choice for Jason Bourne, and since The Dude is a Julia Stiles stalker he was happy to see her having a larger role as Nicky Parsons. And he also laughed during the movie. For him, it was nearly perfect.
Dear Stu Gotz, I’m Sorry. It is My Fault for your Chubbiness, and for Introducing You to “Snyder of Berlin” and their Cheese Curls.
By:
The Dude on the Right
Sure the Chicago Tribune and other news outlets reported that your weight might
be directly related to the people you hang out with, and
in a podcast last week I blamed my buddy, Stu Gotz, for my chubbiness.
Now I realize that I owe Stu an apology because he isn’t the reason for my
chubbiness, and in fact, I might be the reason for his. I realized this
after a two day battle with the best cheese curls in the world.
You
see, a few weeks ago I took a trip to the old country, Lorain, OH, to visit the
parents, and prior to my departure I mentioned to Stu how the best cheese curls
in the world were sold there. They are from
"Snyder of Berlin"
(not ever to be confused with "Snyder’s of Hanover"), and they make, in my mind,
the world’s best
cheese curls. The cheesiness flavor is fantastic, above the flavor of
many other brands, but what makes these cheese curls almost the best, unless you
want total crispiness (in which case you could buy the "Cheese Crunch" version),
is if you chomp down on them right away you get a nice, fluffy, crunchy feeling
without seeming to tear up the inside of your mouth. But what makes them
the world’s best cheese curls, and is the the ultimate joy in eating them, is
that if you let your mouthful of cheese curls rest on your tongue, for a couple
of seconds, they suddenly melt in your mouth, nearly disintegrating, with a
giant explosion of cheesy flavor. You swallow, easily, with minimal
chewing, it’s on to your next handful of curls, and if you are sort of careful,
all of a sudden, you have eaten at least half the bag. If you aren’t
paying attention, eight ounces with 1,360 calories of cheesy, airy, goodness has
made its way into your belly.
Then last Tuesday I opened up the eight ounce
bag of cheese curls I brought home with me, and by Wednesday night they were
gone, and as I was joyfully licking the orange, cheesy crumbs from my fingers I
realized Stu wasn’t the blame for my chubbiness. That didn’t stop me from
finishing the finger licking, but I realized that maybe I’m the reason Stu is
chubby because as much as he puts me in some situations where proper dietary
functions could be done if I just picked the right things off of the menu, and
he might actually follow, I brought Stu a bag of the world’s best cheese curls
from Ohio, and he and Mama Gotz ate them, and liked them, and if I didn’t bring
home that bag of cheesy curl goodness, Stu wouldn’t have 680 calories of
goodness he has never known before.
So Stu, I am sorry for making you be
chubby, and your being chubby isn’t the reason for my being chubby because maybe
I should set a better example and not tell you that, if you ever get a hankering
for the world’s best cheese curls, you can
sort of order them online, but sadly they want cash upfront and it might
take a week for the delivery. But, if you want instant gratification for
your cheesy-curl goodness, they’re only about a five hour drive away, somewhere
in Ohio.
That’s it for this one!
I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!
What’s New? A Podcast of: Prayers for Bridge Victims, Analyze a Horse Dream, Lame Cub Fans, and Funny Items in the Newspaper.
Since it is Thursday The Dude on the Right is flying solo for this podcast and is looking for some analysis help as to why he had a dream about a horse that went crazy, how he ended up with keepsakes from the jockey of the horse, and who might be his perfect girlfriend. He also has friends who are supposed Chicago Cubs’ fans but questions their allegiance. The Dude also reads a newspaper column called “QT” in the Chicago Sun-Times, lets you know why, and might let Stu Gotz off the hook a little bit for his being chubby. He has so much to talk about, in under 15 minutes, but yet The Dude on the Right fits it all in. His perfect girlfriend would like that, at least in his dream.
Prayers for Bridge Victims, Analyze a Horse Dream, Lame Cub Fans, and Funny Items in the Newspaper.
By:
The Dude on the Right
There isn’t anything as interesting as animal boinking
in this podcast as there was last Monday, but I do need some help with some
dream analysis because I have no idea what my dream about a crazed horse and
replicating jockeys has to do with anything. The dream, though, included
my perfect girlfriend, but any help about what it might have meant will be
appreciated. I also have a couple of friends who are lame Chicago Cubs’
fans because their excuses for not going to our annual "Floppy Hat Day" game
outing, well, are lame, and with the Cubs now the division leaders (at least
today, still) I am surprised at their lack of enthusiasm in what might be the
most important series (it’s against the St. Louis Cardinals) of the year.
With their not going to the game Stu Gotz and I have a couple of extra tickets,
so there might actually be an opportunity to make some money on the secondary
market!
And finally one of the newspaper columns I read on a basis when it is
written is called
"QT", in the Chicago Sun-Times, by Zay N. Smith. He looks at things
going on the world and writes little quips and anecdotes about them. As
usual I found some things that brought a grin to my face today, and I thought I
would share them in this podcast. He also reports, with the help of his
readers, how many times "tap-dancing militant Islamic fundamentalists" shows up
in various search engines, and who wouldn’t want to know that?
Thanks for listening.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!
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Quick CD Reviews from: Neal McCoy, Sisters With Voices, Bruce Springsteen, Uncle Kracker, and Jewel.
By:
The Dude on the Right
In continuing my project of reviewing all of the CD’s I own, here come quick
reviews from
Neal McCoy,
Sisters
With Voices,
Bruce
Springsteen,
Uncle Kracker, and
Jewel.
I was a little surprised as I listened to "Pieces of You" from
Jewel that I didn’t like it as much as I seemed to remember I did, I need to get
back on the Neal McCoy bandwagon because his CD review reminded me how much I
like his music and his live show, and I did find it funny that Uncle Kracker put
out a fantastic "radio friendly" song but the rest of the CD probably shocked
the hell out of those that bought it. Springsteen, well, I pretty much
love almost everything he puts out, and Sisters With Voices doesn’t hit a chord
with me, but that not to say the CD is bad.
With this installment of reviewing
all of my "older" CD’s, I’m up to somewhere around 30ish CD reviews. I’ve
only got about 700 more to go. I guess I better get listening!
That’s it for this one!
I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!
What’s New? A Podcast of: Stu & The Dude’s Weekend Wrap-Up! “The Simpsons Movie,” It’s Not Stu’s Fault, and Boinking Animals.
For this podcast of their weekend wrap-up, Stu Gotz and The Dude on the Right are reunited once again and Stu seems to be hoping, as he listens to “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” that J. K. Rowling is trying to set things up so that the final movie as an R-Rated flick. The Dude thinks not, but they both agree that “The Simpsons Movie” was entertaining. Stu also tries to defend his not being The Dude’s fault for The Dude’s chubbiness, and also urges The Dude to catch this week’s “Entourage” for some boinking animals. The Dude is excited about catching “Entourage,” but not as excited as a carny might have been in seeing Mama Gotz. Happy listening!
Stu & The Dude’s Weekend Wrap-Up! “The Simpsons Movie,” It’s Not Stu’s Fault, and Boinking Animals.
By:
The Dude on the Right
After weeks apart Stu Gotz and I are back together again for
this podcast, and because the news is so timely, only happening a couple of
weeks ago, I was happy to find out that Stu didn’t find out who the Emmy
nominees are for “Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics,” and I hip him to a
couple of the potential winners (Go Dick, boo Poo).
In other news Stu tries to defend himself after
my last podcast stating he is not the reason I am chubby, and we both
reminisce of our catching
"The Simpsons Movie." Stu didn’t do much else over the weekend, it seems
he’s too busy listening to “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” Yup, that’s
right, he’s too lazy to read the book and bought the audio version. His latest
Harry Potter issues don’t seem to be helping his sex life any, but Mama Gotz got
a free ride for the younger Gotz at a carnival, and Stu had to hip her as to the
probable reason why.
Me, I missed "Entourage" yesterday, but Stu says I should watch it soon,
something about animal boinking. Thank God for HBO On Demand – animal boinking
here I come! Wait a minute, that sounds really wrong. I mean "Watching animal
boinking, here I come!" I guess that doesn’t seem to sound any better, now
I’m just a voyeur and not a participant. Third times a charm –
"Entourage," here I come!
Thanks for listening.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!
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Are There Any Team Comedians Today Like Abbott & Costello Doing “Who’s On First?”
By:
The Dude on the Right
Yesterday I’m driving around in the Dude-Mobile, listening to my Sirius
Satellite Radio, channel-surfing as I’m am wont to do on the weekends, and I
land on the family friendly comedy channel, Laugh Break, Sirius Channel 105.
In all honesty I’m more of a fan of Raw Dog, Channel 104, the uncensored comedy
channel, but hey, it was only one channel higher, so there I was, on 105, and as
much as I can be a fan of dirty jokes, there it was, one of the best comedy
sketches ever, the brilliant work of Abbott and Costello doing "Who’s on First?"
The thing with the "Who’s on First?" sketch is it is so simple in its concept,
yet it is the genius of Abbott and Costello that really brings it to life.
Why do I say that? Because if you just read the sketch, and there’s a
transcript and a link to the audio at
Baseball
Almanac.com, it’s really not that funny, actually kind of juvenile, and if
you read it the skit doesn’t seem to work on paper. What makes it funny is
the deadpan nature of Bud Abbott, and the frustrated, "I’m gonna sock you one in
the jaw if you don’t tell me who’s on first," attitude of Lou Costello.
And I started to wonder, because there are some great comedians nowadays, but
you don’t really have the teamwork of some of the acts of yesteryear, unless I’m
missing some of them right now with a brain fart or something. The closest
thing I can recall as a team of comedians is a ventriloquist and his dummy, and
then instantly, because I’m a twisted dude sometimes, I think of
Otto & George,
probably the filthiest of a "team," and still remember their
talking of JFK and George’s reenactment of JFK’s assassination.
So where
am I going with this blog? Oh hell, I don’t know. All I do know is
that yesterday, thanks to having my satellite radio, I got a really good laugh
from a comedy sketch that is nearly 70 years old, and as much as when I hear the
number
"Eighty-eight" I instantly think "Red Ball freight," the phrase
"I don’t
know" always kicks in a "Third base!"
That’s it for this one!
I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!
What’s New? A Movie Review of “The Simpsons Movie.”
For this review of “The Simpsons Movie,” The Dude on the Right was reminded why he liked the TV show so much and that he has to put it back on his TiVo Season Pass. He also found a lot of funny moments during the film, was a little creeped out at Homer and Spider-Pig (did you know that there was actually a Marvel comic called Spider-Ham?), and can’t figure out why people didn’t laugh, or at least groan, when Homer was stuck between a rock and a hard place. If you do take your kids, though, you might have to explain a thing or two, like why Ned Flanders was being thankful for a “bountiful penis.”