Show Notes for Episode #035: It’s the Stupid, Stupid!

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• Theme Song: Hyper Lounge by Scott Helm from The Podsafe Music Network
• Opening quote from Toy Story
• Are we Devo?
  • See this movie; make sure that the future never resembles this…: Idiocracy@IMDB
• Dust to dust…
  • Guess what — maybe all that strange weather actually isn’t just a figment of your imagination! – New Scientist: Key report to say global warming already happening
  • I hope this brings back the fedora and suit as standard wear, too. – New Scientist: Serious drought may strike western US
  • Beware the mushroom clouds! – New Scientist: Warming climate creates mountains of mushrooms
  • See? Even the Martians can’t do it right! – New Scientist: Dust blamed for warming on Mars
  • Don’t they know that “virtual vacations” just aren’t as good as the real thing? – New Scientist: Earthbound experiment to recreate stress of Mars mission
  • Not Earth 2 — that was a TV series… I meant Biosphere 2… At least I got the Arizona part right..: Biosphere 2 open for business..
  • Quote from Star Wars
  • Ah, finally, “go to Hell” has meaning again… – The Paranormal Review: Pope reinstates Hell as a place to avoid
  • Quote from Marvin the Martian
• Relax.. don’t do it — when you want to get to it.
  • Chill, dog. Mmm.. chili dogs.. – Technology Review: Prozac for Your Dog
  • Quote from Airplane
  • Urine my brainz, makin my fearz. – LiveScience: Bizarre Human Brain Parasite Precisely Alters Fear
  • Quote from Lord of the Rings… I think.
• It’s nature, only more so.
  • If only all these extra limbs worked properly.. – Metro: Roll up, roll up…
  • Next: the frog of a thousand limbs! – Metro: Mystery over five-legged frogs
  • If it quacks like a duck, walks like a duck… What? Oh.. nevermind.. – Ananova: Four-legged duck stars
  • Quote from Lethal Weapon 4
  • You can lead a horse to water, but can you make him read your mind? – The Herald News/Petcentric: Do animals have telepathy?
  • Save the ‘Sqautch! (Even if it doesn’t exist!) – The Edmonton Sun: Petition says protect Bigfoot
  • The backers behind the petition.. watch and question..: Sylvanic
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  • Quote from Austin Powers
• Some have talent; others flaunt it.
  • The ultimate Kit Car… – BBC: Knight Rider car Kitt being sold
  • Quote from Knight Rider (Yeah, I know this is K.A.R.R. not K.I.T.T… he has cooler quotes!
  • At least he won’t be responsible for fixing the ship as well.. – BBC: Star Trek’s Scotty heads to space
  • Quote from Vincent Price
  • They were attracted to her physically? What did she expect — it was a statue, not a plaque.. – Ananova: Sam Fox statue scrapped
  • Quote from Spaceballs
  • A prime example of why the courts shouldn’t allow a talentless person to take a role they aren’t suited for… and it has nothing to do with the American presidency.. – Ananova: Venice gets first female gondolier
  • Quote montage from The Marx Brothers, Monty Python and Twin Peaks
• Why Donald Trump’s children will never understand me..
  • Guess what? Those who have it all don’t value the little bit that the rest of us have. Science yet again proves what we all knew to be true anyway.. – New Scientist: Poor brains light up with small cash rewards
  • If selfish people win, does that mean that only selfish people will exist in the future? On second thought, I’m not sure I want to live forever… – PhysOrg: Good behavior, religiousness may be genetic
  • Quote from Spaceballs
• Quote montage..
  • A word of reassurance from Bela Legosi (as Dracula, I believe..)
  • In Young Frankenstein, someone makes espresso..
  • Boris Karloff warns us about the dangers of making coffee
  • Good advice from Ghostbusters, interrupted by Han Solo
  • K.A.R.R. from Knight Rider disagrees.
  • One last word from Humphry Bogart in Casablanca
• More things to consider…
  • EXTRA: I had the opportunity to hear the full tale, right from the area. It’s a remarkable case. – The Other Side of Truth: The Shag Harbour UFO Incident – Sui generis?
  • EXTRA: It sounds like a water-powered airplane; why not just use the wind, like everyone else? – BBC: Solar boat makes Atlantic history
  • EXTRA: Something to go with your robotic dog, perhaps? – Technology Review: Robotic Fleas Spring into Action
  • EXTRA: Breaking fundamental physics, for fun and profit. – PhysOrg: Can Newton’s 2nd Law be Violated on Earth?
  • EXTRA: Living forever might be a real pickle. – Ananova: Gherkins ground 105-year-old
  • EXTRA: Living forever might require more money.. – Ananova: Rent-a-gran
  • EXTRA: Living forever does not apparently require a healthy lifestyle.. – Ananova: Keith: ‘I snorted dad’s ashes’ Note that this was later recanted. When asked if he was only kidding, Keith said, “What?”
  • EXTRA: Not the rocket man from last week (sadly), but this guy is selling his toys.. – Ananova: Rocket man!

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