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.

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

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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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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!

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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!

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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!

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

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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 option for the future.  But this a podcast
about our respective weekends, so here’s the basic rundown of what we chat
about…

Stu’s sick (so it’s also a good thing we didn’t meet up) and hanging
with the little Gotz’s as Mama Gotz is working.  He had plans for some
backyard camping, but being under the weather it turned into a Netflix weekend
for him with his seeing two movies at the opposite end of the spectrum, namely
"Wild Hogs" (good for the family), and "Cougar Club," (not for the family, or
anyone for that matter) with a list of recognizable actors and actresses,
including Faye Dunaway.  And even though he wrote a review of his new "Wii
Fit,"
I’m guessing he didn’t use it much this weekend, his being sick and all.

As for me, I regale Stu with tales of seeing "Indiana
Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
" and fireworks, having a nice
dinner, needing to buy a new filter for my fish tank, and why I had

"Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story"
in my Netflix queue.

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I Could Have Won $0.40, or even Millions, I’ve Got Too Much Stuff, and Here Comes Indiana Jones!

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The Dude on the Right

Boo hoo!  I’m flying solo for this

"Weekend Wrap-Up!" podcast
, and even though I could try to blame Stu, I’ve
really only got myself to blame.  But that’s okay, because this upcoming
week brings the finale of "American Idol," which I’m predicting might have
the weakest ratings for any Idol final because do we really care if David or
David, as in Cook or Archuleta, wins?  That said, this is a podcast about
my weekend, so my weekend brought about a chance, that I didn’t take, to make a
couple of million bucks (Sure, I would have needed about $10,000,000 to do it,
but hey?), a movie I didn’t care for (Maybe I should have

seen the first "Chronicles of Narnia,"
well, first?), and a revelation that
I have too much stuff (Do you want a Chicago Suburban Area phone book from 1995,
a movie idea on a 3 1/2" floppy, a "Southern Comfort" flag, or a hand-held,
black & white scanner?).  It might be time to rent a dumpster.

And, oh
yea, here comes Indiana Jones, a crystal skull, and maybe some aliens!

Happy listening!

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Stu & The Dude’s Weekend Wrap-Up! “Speed Racer,” The Dude Leaves his Bunker, and Baseball Nuts.

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The Dude on the Right

Stu Gotz and I finally got back together for an actual

"Weekend Wrap-Up!" podcast
, and with our being separated for so long we end
up with a lot to talk about, and actually it’s only about this past weekend!

Stu gives his synopsis of "Speed Racer," actually saying that even though it is
rated PG, well, it’s probably not that great a kid movie, and since I didn’t see
a movie on Saturday I had to inform Stu as to what my diversion was, namely I
left my computer bunker and had a great time visiting a classmate from years
gone by.  Stu, of course, goes "blue" about my nice day, and then goes more
"blue" talking about his trip to see the Chicago Cubs with the little Gotz’s
(thankfully he, nor Mama Gotz, didn’t let loose in front of their kids).

I
also give Stu my analysis that Amanda Kimmel should have been the winner on
"Survivor: Micronesia – Fans vs. Favorites," but instead Pavarotti, I mean,
Parvati Shallow, actually won the million bucks, Stu saw some British film I
didn’t care about, movie season is coming into full bloom, and in the middle of this podcast there is so much more!

Happy listening!

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Miley Cyrus and Mindy McCready being 15 Years Old, Roger Waters has a Pig, and Happy Birthday Theta Xi!

By:

The Dude on the Right

I almost forgot this is supposed to be

a "Weekend Wrap-Up" podcast during this podcast
, especially since Stu Gotz
isn’t around to remind me, but I did remember I saw

"Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay"
and

"Baby Mama"
towards the end of my 15 minutes of talking.  The thing is,
with the scandal of 15 year old Miley Cyrus and her "embarrassing" pictures in
Vanity Fair, and the story about Mindy McCready being involved with Roger
Clemens when she was 15 years old, I couldn’t help but wonder what is the deal
with 15 year old girls, and I give my 2 cents worth of commentary.  There
is also a story of the not 15 year old Cheri Oteri and the death of her dad
which caught my eye, and at the end of the podcast I wonder why the story of
Roger Waters at Coechella is a surprise since he’s been releasing a giant,
inflatable pig scribbled with political writing into the air at least since

I saw him in 2006
.  Maybe it was because we have found out that Roger
is a Barack Obama fan.

I
also do some singing during this podcast as tomorrow, being April 29th, holds a
sort of special place in my heart as it is the 144th birthday (if I added things
correctly), of my fraternity,
Theta Xi.
  Thankfully, back in 1864, Peter Fox, Ralph Packard,
Christopher Waite, George Brainerd, Samuel Buel Jr., Henry Farnum, Thomas
Raymond, and Nathaniel Starbuck decided forming a fraternity at Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York would be a good thing.  This
event resulted in my having a group of lifelong friends, and especially meeting
The Dude on the Left with the two of us forming

"The Unknown Reviewers"
for beer money, which eventually developed into
Entertainment Ave!, which eventually led to this podcast.  Funny how
something 144 years ago influenced today.  Sadly this last paragraph should
have probably been told during my podcast as my podcast tribute to Theta Xi’s
birthday is kind of lame, except, for, well, my singing.

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Movie Talk, Artie Lange Talk, End of the World Talk, “Survivor” Talk, and more Talk.

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The Dude on the Right

It’s mostly my fault that Stu isn’t here for

our "Weekend Wrap-Up!" podcast
, but as it turns out I’ve got a lot to talk
about.  I discuss male nudity thanks to the movie

"Forgetting Sarah Marshall,"
I discuss the convergence of two Martial Arts
stars thanks to

"The Forbidden Kingdom,"
and I am happy that Artie Lange is back on
The Howard Stern Show
after his fake tirade, set up just to give all of us fans a cliffhanger before
the Stern Show went on vacation for a week.  I’m just kidding.  I
don’t care what anyone says because I think the fight with Teddy Microphone was
real, that it was a damn good thing Artie didn’t actually hit Teddy, and why am
I telling you all of this when you should be listening to the podcast?

I also
think the end of the world might be near, what with an earthquake here in the
Midwest and the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox now in first place (Come on
Cleveland Indians, get your act together!), and thought Ozzie getting booted
from "Survivor: Fans vs. Favorites" might have been the best tribal council ever
last week.

See, I told you I have a lot to talk about.

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