Category: Movie Reviews and Stuff

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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!

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