Andy Labis, Author at Entertainment Ave!

Stu & The Dude’s Weekend Wrap-Up! Illegal Aliens, RVing, “Superbad,” and a Cubs Game.

By:

The Dude on the Right
Stu Gotz survived his first overnight getaway in the family RV so he is here for
this episode of our

weekend wrap-up podcast. As you can probably guess we will discuss Stu’s RV
getaway where even the youngest Gotz realized mommy didn’t have the appropriate
utensil for eating yogurt. For me the weekend was all about "Superbad,"
and how I think Stu could be the Seth character, other than the part of not
having sex before graduating high school. Stu saw "Hot
Fuzz" on his RV trip, lets me know what he thought the flick, and we both went to
see a Chicago Cubs game, got our floppy hats, got on TV, and even though Big Cooter didn’t make it to the game, someone in our group took over his role.

Now as compelling as all of that is we also do some discussing about the
immigration debate, how we are both happy Elvira Arellano finally got deported,
and how one of the first things our grandparents did when entering the United
States was learn and, for the most part, always speak English. Sometimes we can be so serious.

Thanks for listening.

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

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What’s New? A Movie Review of “Superbad.”

For this movie review of “Superbad” The Dude on the Right thinks that Judd Apatow has found the perfect formula for adult comedies. Almost. The Dude didn’t really like all of the cop stuff in the movie, and the film brought back traumatic high school memories which he didn’t really want to re-live, but now that The Dude is older, they make him laugh. The Dude just wishes he would have told, well, someone, that he liked her. At least the “Superbad” dudes probably got their girls. The Dude had to wait a little while.

Garth Brooks Probably Isn’t Touring, and I Missed Dreaming of Boobs.

By:

The Dude on the Right
At
first I was going to blog about going to see the Chicago Cubs play yesterday,
how it was cool to see the flyovers because the Air & Water Show is in town, and
how my friends and I were actually on TV during the broadcast. But partially
since I haven’t been able to dub the video yet as proof we were on TV, but more
because I sort of feel duped, or at least stupid, so I thought I would write a
little about Garth Brooks.

You might be thinking something right now like
"Garth Brooks? Isn’t he retired?" to which I would reply, "So I thought,"
but it started last night, when I finally got home from the Cubs’ game and
checked my Google homepage. It has some links to RSS feeds I read, and one
was from the

Cleveland Plain Dealer mentioning Garth preparing a comeback, "a new
three-disc album, and, quite possibly, a concert tour." It mentioned a
press conference at
www.garthbrooks.com this morning. So I go to the web site and sure
enough, there is a header stating "You’ve heard the rumors, now get the answers.
Straight from Garth Brooks."

For whatever reason I totally bought into a
blurb, in a blog, from a newspaper in Cleveland, OH, and quickly posted an entry
at our sister-site,
mostlyentertainment.com rumoring about a tour. Then I went to bed with
visions of Garth putting out an unprecedented release of new material, going
back on tour, and dragging our staff member Trash to

another concert and press conference where she can stare at his butt.

So,
I woke up this morning, didn’t get myself a gun, but I did do some more internet
searching wondering about this wondrous announcement. I checked Billboard,
checked CMT, checked here and there and everywhere, but there didn’t seem to be
any "surprise" announcements. And as my morning was progressing I had two
options: Sit around and wait for Garth’s press conference, supposedly to
be carried online, at 11:45AM my time, or go and see
"Superbad."
Thank God I went to see "Superbad."

After laughing a lot in the theater I got
back home, eager to see news of the press conference on the Garth Brooks web
site. Nothing, it still just showed the announcement of a press conference
(figured they would at least have a replay link somewhere). No headlines
on Yahoo, nothing new on Google, then I went to the
planetgarth.com site to
see if they had anything, but there wasn’t any new news on their homepage,
either. I remembered they had a forum area, surely something has to be
listed there, and finally I found out that Garth Brooks squashed most of the
visions that were dancing in my head the night before.

Now, although the
Cleveland newspaper blog wasn’t exactly wrong, from what I have found out Garth
will be releasing a "box" set called "The Ultimate Hits" which will include 30
old songs you probably own, and four new songs, with the first single being
"More Than a Memory." The box will also include a DVD featuring 33 videos
of the 34 songs in the box. Garth said he doesn’t plan on touring but will
promoting the bejesus out of the thing, and from what most of the Planet Garth
posted said, Garth is looking hot as ever, looking to have lost a good deal of
weight.

With the news announcement, and being selfish I will put this out to
Garth:

Dear Garth,
I know you are loving spending time with your daughters, and with Trisha, but if
you ever wanted to tour, and give your girls an experience of their lifetime,
you may not have a better time than now. Right now your daughters are at
that age when you still have a little bit of control, and if you took them on
tour with you, especially with a double bill with Trisha, you could pull off
that world tour that lets them see the world, in ways they could never imagine,
all under the protective watch of their Dad. They get to see the world, we
get to see, again, one of the greatest concert performers of all time, your
daughters get to spend your money buying lots of stuff around the world (oh,
wait, scratch that last remark), and they get introduced to some of the safer
ways to experience the world rather than finding out, in their late teens or
early twenties, their ways to experience the world. Yes, this is sort of
selfish of me, because I would love to see you in concert again, but I’m just
throwing it out there for you, because unlike the McGraw kids, your daughters
are old enough to forever remember a tour with you.
Sincerely,
The Dude on the Right

P.S. I’ll still buy "The Ultimate Hits," because
I’m a fan, but damn, I miss you man.

And so, letter to Garth aside, I feel
bummed that I let myself get roped into the wind of internet rumor, about a
tour, and 30 new songs. I should have done a little bit more internet
searching before going to bed last night so that visions of the girl with nice
boobs behind me at the Cubs’ game danced in my head rather than that vision of
Garth touring, but then again, at a Garth concert, there are lots of girls with
nice boobs. Garth, please give me a three disc set of new material (I’ve
got some songs if you want) and a new tour, rather than a box set of old stuff,
and only four things that are new. You know what, as I think about it,
never mind – I don’t have daughters and I don’t have a wife – I guess I can’t
understand. Wait a minute, that’s a country song, and it’s mine, unless,
Garth, you want …

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

What’s New? A Podcast of: Cornhole v. Bean Bag, A Happy Haircut, and Chicago Air & Water Show Advice.

For this podcast The Dude on the Right is a little sad because he won’t be seeing the Chicago Air & Water Show but will, instead, be seeing the Chicago Cubs. He hopes The Cubs don’t implode against the St. Louis Cardinals, but at least he got a nice haircut. He also shares his tips for the best viewing of the Air & Water Show, which he won’t be going to see, but to capitalize on his suggestions you have to have Friday off. And, oh yea, he ponders “Bean Bags for Breast Cancer” vs. “Cornholing for Breast Cancer.”

Cornhole v. Bean Bag, A Happy Haircut, and Chicago Air & Water Show Advice.

By:

The Dude on the Right

It’s a Thursday podcast and I’m flying solo, but sadly I won’t be seeing any
flying this weekend, I’ll be seeing the Chicago Cubs hopefully not implode and
blow their entire season in one weekend by losing to the St. Louis Cardinals.
But before that happens I’m talking about how in the Chicago area there is a lot
of hesitation in calling the game of
Cornhole, well,
Cornhole, so instead they call it things like "Bags," and "Bean Bag," yet still
can’t get away from the word Cornhole. Today was also a good day because
of a nice haircut, and most importantly for you, if you are ever planning on
seeing the
Chicago Air & Water Show, I give you some of the best advice you will ever
receive for your viewing pleasure, you just have to have Friday as a day off.

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What’s New? A Couple of CD Reviews of Aerosmith and Bruce Dickinson.

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The Dude on the Right
In the slow progression of my “All of The Dude’s CDs” project, I sometimes use
it as a crutch to add filler when I get some brain cramps and can’t write. Such
was today, when I intended to do a full review of Bon Jovi’s latest CD, “Lost
Highway,” but had too many clichés in my head and I really didn’t want to
include them in the review, and for the life of me, I couldn’t come up with the
opening line for the review. That is sometimes the hardest part for me.

In any case, today I posted some quick reviews of

“Pump” from Aerosmith, and

“Accident of Birth” by Bruce Dickinson. The Aerosmith CD brought me back to
some of the times I have reviewed their concerts, and they so much kick ass, and
although not an Iron Maiden fan, I can respect what Bruce Dickinson does.

As I look to get back into more music coverage for the web site I guess I
really should get back into the groove of reviewing all of the CD’s I own, and
getting back to seeing concerts, things I have missed in my life for a while.

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! Being Late Etiquette, “Rush Hour 3,” A White Trash Picnic, and More.

For this podcast of Stu & The Dude’s Weekend Wrap-Up!, The Dude on the Right had a pretty boring weekend, seeing “Rush Hour 3” and cleaning his fish tank. Stu Gotz, though, got to go on what he calls a “White Trash Picnic” in his new, used RV. The Dude also questions Stu on proper etiquette when you are running late, Stu has his idea of how the late-ee should make it up to the wait-ee, and Stu is afraid he won’t be able to control himself in a “Second Life,” so he limits his porn to the normal internet, like most of us.
Oh, and they also talk about some TV stuff.

Stu & The Dude’s Weekend Wrap-Up! Being Late Etiquette, “Rush Hour 3,” A White Trash Picnic, and More.

By:

The Dude on the Right
So much to talk about and yet so little time, and with Stu Gotz around for this

podcast of our weekend wrap-up sometimes I have to pray my mother doesn’t
listen. In any case this podcast delves into something near and dear to my
heart, "being late etiquette," and how our friend Whammy doesn’t seem to have
it. I tell Stu about my seeing "Rush
Hour 3" and cleaning my fish tank. Stu, in the meantime, enchants me
with his story of the family’s white trash picnic, and we both wonder if
Wal-Mart still lets you park an RV in their lot overnight. I let Stu know
our
location in Second Life is coming along and might be ready for visitors in a
couple of weeks, but Stu is afraid of Second Life because he read a story
(involving a lawsuit – kind of like real life) where you can get virtual body
parts that let you have virtual sex, and he really just wants to limit his
perversions to searching out normal internet porn because he fears if he went to
Second Life, well, he might cross the line looking for virtual world sex.

And
would a weekend wrap-up podcast be complete without some TV talk? Of
course not, so we’ve got some talk of "Rescue Me" and how I hope I don’t see
David Duchovney’s ding-dong during "Californication."

Thanks for listening.

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At Least Lorain, Ohio, Gave Me a Lazy Squirrel.

By:

The Dude on the Right
I
thought I would get an old blog thought off my plate, still relating to

my last trip home to Lorain, OH, and it’s about a lazy squirrel.

Sure it’s summer now, but my folks still like to feed the birds and even the
neighborhood squirrels. I’ve tried to tell them that it’s not necessary when
it’s warm, the birds might need water more than food so a birdbath might be in
order, and that by feeding the squirrels all they are doing is making the
critters lose their ability to scavenge for food and become lazy. Little did I
know how lazy one squirrel had become until I was able to capture these pictures
as he proceeded to plop himself (or maybe it’s a herself, I didn’t get that
close of a look) on the ramp in front of our house. The kicker isn’t the fact
that the squirrel was lazing around on our ramp, but mom tells me that many
times when he’s eating the peanuts they leave, he doesn’t even bother to eat in
the normal squirrel eating position, sitting up, he just lies there on the
ground, nibbling away. I’ve tried to tell my folks to quit spoiling the varmint,
but since when will they listen to me 🙂

Lazy
squirrel aside, I thought about writing a little more about my hometown, but
figured I would leave it at a funny picture of a squirrel because sometimes when
I write about the old country it leaves me a little bummed because of the
potential that is there. It has the location, with a lot of lakefront and a
river, although it occurred to me lately, and I know it was probably necessary
and helped the Ford plant, that whomever let the railroad build on prime real
estate wasn’t a complete visionary for the area. But now as its infrastructure,
including, as I’ve read, its sewer system, is falling apart, how their mayor is
bailing on the town for a new job, thus leaving the city leadership in a bit of
turmoil, how every time I visit

it’s still like driving on the moon, and it looks like the final dagger
might be an imploding educational system, I wonder, after my parents someday
pass on, if I’ll ever come back to visit, even to see some old friends, and if I
did, where I would stay since my mom told me the Spitzer hotel, where a vision
of a casino danced in some heads, closed a couple of years ago? At least
the
American Slovak Club still has a good fish fry, and if that goes away I’ll
know the city is really dying.

See, now I’m a little bummed. Enough writing. Better look at those
pictures of that lazy squirrel, again, to give me a smile.

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

What’s New? A Movie Review of “Rush Hour 3.”

For this movie review of “Rush Hour 3” The Dude on the Right had to get over the fact that Whammy was late before he could enjoy the film. Lucky for him there was a cab driver named George in the movie who got his spirits up so that The Dude could just let it be what it was. It’s a “Rush Hour” movie, that’s all you need to know.