Nicolas Cage was supposed to play the lead role in Tim Burton’s Superman Lives movie, but it was scrapped sometime around 1999. Now, he’s supposedly playing the lead role in an upcoming Liberace movie.

(discussed in episodes 39, 61, 70, and 107)

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In this episode:

• our movie review of Rocky Balboa (2006) starring Sylvester Stallone and Milo Ventimiglia,
• Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!,
• complicated sports video games,
• the Ghost Rider (2007) trailer,
• Nicholas Cage as Liberace,
• Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) starring Ivana Baquero and Sergi Lopez,
• musicians acting in movies,
• Steven Seagal starring in movies with rappers,
• Out for Justice (1991) starring Steven Seagal and William Forsythe,
• What Ever Happened To? (Joey Lawrence),
• Jerry Springer on Dancing with the Stars,
• the upcoming movie Under Siege 3: Space Station,
• Scarred City (1998) starring Stephen Baldwin and Tia Carrere,
• and Time Cube (www.timecube.com).

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In this episode:

• eBay.com banning the sale of video game characters and virtual items,
• foreign video game slaves,
• Osama bin Laden’s attraction to Whitney Houston,
• Sony’s staged PlayStation 3 attacks,
• Morgan Conatser’s attempt to steal a guitar in his pants,
• a prank involving motor oil in Bradley McManomy’s peanut butter and jelly sandwich,
• Casino Royale (2006) starring Daniel Craig and Eva Green,
• the original Casino Royale (1967) starring Peter Sellers and Woody Allen,
• TV Land’s 100 greatest TV quotes and catchphrases,
• Family Feud,
• and getting guests on the show.

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In this episode:

• getting sponsors for the show,
• a My Chemical Romance update,
• Adult Swim’s Aqua Teen Hunger Force ad campaign causing a panic in Boston, MA,
• more goofy WWF wrestler gimmicks (Reverend Slick, Doink the Clown, etc.),
• poorly compressed video on Time Warner Digital Cable,
• HBO,
• cartoon shows on Boomerang,
• repetitive radio stations,
• Nintendo sneakers by Run Athletics (www.myspace.com/runathletics),
• the upcoming Indiana Jones movie,
• TheRaider.net,
• and the Family Feud video game starring Louie Anderson.

Happy birthday to Johnilyn in SC!

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This time it’s Joey Chestnut striking back!

In Philadelphia, professional competitive eater Joey Chestnut devoured a record 182 chicken wings to win his second consecutive Wing Bowl, a gut-busting annual event that draws thousands of revelers to the city’s sports complex in the pre-dawn hours.

Links:
http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/web/COM1057416/index.htm
http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2007-02-03-wing-record_x.htm

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