EPISODE 230 – Blood Bath & Beyond

Summary: It's Cyber Monday and have we got a deal for you! It's a totally free Who Asked You? download! Just use coupon code "WHOWOULDPAYFORTHISCRAP" at checkout. If it's Cyber Monday, that means Black Friday just passed. And just like last year we've rounded up some of the biggest black-blunders of note so we can all collectively shake our heads in shame at the way a portion of us behave on this darkest of days. A couple of trends are developing when it comes to the day after Thanksgiving. First, it's getting worse each year. Nobody got trampled to death this year, but as you'll hear on today's show, there were guns fired, hair pulled and run overs with automobiles. The other thing I've noticed by looking at the countless shaky, cell phone clips on YouTube, Walmart is an instigator of this deplorable behavior! Besides the rock bottom prices on flat screens made by companies you've never heard of, the way they present the items only fuels the flame. The stuff is wheeled out on a huge palette in a spectacle chaperoned by cranky Walmart employees who don't want to be there and rented police officers who don't either. Once the megaphone alarm sounds, that's the cue for all the idiots to pile-drive one another. It's up to the customers to tear off the cellophane and then box their way to the boxed item they're about to save 20% on. Compare that to one Target video I saw where everyone was lined up in a neat orderly fashion. The check out lines were roped off and everyone seemed quite pleasant. Now, that's not to say this was the scene at every Target, but anytime I've been in one, it's quieter than a library. So it's a good bet you didn't get your jaw broken over a $10 coffeemaker if you went there instead. Lets move on before I write a novel on Black Friday. It's been a week since the Nintendo Wii U came out. The first new console since 2006 seems to be doing well. While there's a bit of trepidation with the direction Nintendo is going these days, the gimmick of jumping around your living room waving your arms about to get Mario up onto a brick wall has taken the next step... the gampepad. A tablet-style controller your kids are sure to Black Friday one another over for the first turn come Christmas morning. The guts of the Wii U aren't ground breaking. It's practically a regular Wii that can output in HD. But there are some strong titles available at launch like ASSASSIN'S CREED III and BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM. Nintendo is hoping you'll snag one these new games as it's taking a loss on each Wii U sold. And buying just one extra game puts them back in the green, according to the company. Now to the Xbox 360. An Australian man has set a new world record for marathon game play. He sat for a week and played CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II. During that time he stood up, sat down, used his banked break time to catch a few Z's and perhaps thanked his lucky stars he didn't keel over dead like some other long term gamers before him have done. We've got another toilet story. This one does not involve a theme park unfortunately. Instead, it involves an old used toilet that was auctioned off in Toronto for $5,000! This can is special though, it's seen the asses of a number of players on the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team. One devoted fan picked up the potty and plans to display it in his sports memorabilia room. Maybe he and the McJordan BBQ sauce guy can get together... start a blog or something. The Canadian lawyer was going after a banner that quickly escelated out of his price range. So like 99% of Black Friday customers who show up for that $100 TV the store has five units of, he was forced to settle for something else. Alright, that's all, turn on our show and get to that Cyber Monday shopping spree! SHOW LINKS: Grupo Bimbo - Thinking about buying the Twinkie brand. Pabst Blue Ribbon - Their owners may also want to buy Twinkie. Nintendo Wii U Call of Duty: Black Ops II Guinness World Records The Toronto Maple Leafs