View Episode 156
Originally aired 03.02.09
1:03:42
24:50 – UYD: No cameras, no touching, cash only
26:38 – Uhh Yeah Dude: California King and Seth
52:09 – UYD: It all comes out in the wash
1:03:20 – UYD: Stop lying to Oprah
33:17 – A couple shout-outs for March: Sunday, March 8 on E! from 10:30 to 11:00 – Candy Girls – a talent agency that books background dancers for hip-hop videos; and Tough Love, premiering March 14 on VH1 from 10 to 11 p.m. – 8 very attractive women live in a house and face brutally honest opinions by matchmaker Steve Ward
21:15 – Seth was informed through many calls that Bojangles (Episode 155, 49:20) is giving Jimmy John’s (Episode 142, 15:32) a run for its money. Jah says he’s gotten a lot of info from listeners about Jimmy John’s as well as Taco John’s (Episode 146, 52:26). He heard from one vegetarian listener who was denied veg-friendly food there numerous times. This week’s restaurant is Steak N Shake – founded in 1934 in Indianapolis, Ind. 502 locations in 21 states, most open 24 hours a day. Hand-dipped real milk milkshakes, as well as delicious tuna melts.
1:03:26 – The latest guy to lie on Oprah: “No, it didn’t actually happen in reality. But it’s not a lie because I believed in happened in my imagination.”
31:02 – Medical researchers in Pennsylvania have found that an injection of an ingredient found in licorice has shown a lot of promise for the treatment of cocaine addiction
3:02 – Seth wonders what happened with Guns N Roses’ long-awaited album Chinese Democracy. Jah read a track-by-track review of the album written by someone who was a crazy GNR fan and it seemed wildly disappointing. Jah couldn’t care less about the album even though he’s down with Buckethead.
18:26 – Seth and Jah were talking about Jah doing a decent amount of social networking and how it’s unacceptable at this point in his life to not check his e-mail for three days. Seth explains that Jah has entered a “social contract” with his friends, associates, etc.
1:01:09 – Jah explains that he will have his phone with him in Europe. The last time he went he did maintain texting UYD nation, which was a giant financial mistake for him. He asks that everyone take it easy on sending texts to him for the next three weeks.
0:41 – A company in Dallas was shot down this week called wifebeaters.com, selling wife beater tanks online. They offered a discount to anyone who could actually prove they had beaten their wife or girlfriend.
5:36 – A woman is suing Yahoo! because she typed her name, Beverly Stayart, into a search engine and when she clicked on one of the pages that came up it was a porn video clip and the other one was an ad for an erectile dysfunction drug.
7:05 – Vivid Video has offered Nadya Suleman (Octomom) $1 million and a year of free health care for her numerous kids for her Vivid celebrity outfit, which has featured Pam Anderson, Kim Kardashian and Kelli McCarty.
12:31 – The Today show has profiled a new exercise regime called “The Jedi Workout.” You wear full cloak, light saber, and you do a lot of jumping, squatting and mock battling. It gets the heart rate up and you have a total blast at the same time.
14:00 – GenePartner.com – DNA Dating. “Love is no coincidence.” Formula matches men and women by analyzing specific genes in their DNA. It only costs $99. It tests for biological compatibility for the “ultimate result.”
15:52 – Following Myspace’s lead of removing sex offenders from its site, Facebook has done their own internal review and removed 5,585 convicted sex offenders from their active member ranks.
24:33 – A new coffeeshop has opened in Maine called the Grandview Topless Coffee Shop – no cameras, no touching, cash only. Located on the busy Route 3, the shop had 150 applicants. They are open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. They serve coffee and donuts – nothing else. The first couple days have seen a lot of male customers casually sipping coffee and talking. 43-year-old waitress Kris Kelly said a man left her a $100 bill as a tip. 23-year-old waitress Susie Wiley says “I love it.” They also employ male waiters for good measure.
39:21 – Sunday, March 8 is Daylight Savings Time. UYD reminds listeners to check batteries in smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors.
40:42 – The tough economic times have led to a lot of “Boomerang Children” who are in their 30s and 40s with spouses and children moving back in with mom and dad.
43:02 – The new RNC chairman Michael Steel, a black man, said the Republican party needs a makeover to let people know they’re hip as well. He said the new campaign was going to be “off the hook.” They want to bring hip-hop to Republican party principles.
44:46 – The mayor of Los Alamitos, Calif., is responding to criticism for an e-mail he sent from his personal account to local politicians and civic leaders and business owners. Dean Grose sent an e-mail that depicts the White House lawn covered with planted watermelons. Under the title it said NO EASTER EGG HUNT THIS YEAR. Grose confirmed the e-mail to the Associated Press but said he didn’t mean to offend anyone, particularly blacks, and was unaware of the stereotype that black people like watermelons.
48:14 – A 15-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl had sex this week in Arkansas, which is a little young (but not for Jah). They did it in front of the 15-year-old’s buddy as he videotaped it, and they’ve been showing it to everyone on their cell phone.
52:14 – 48-year-old Slade Fierro makes his living as a real doll doctor who fixes them up and cleans them.
53:41 – A revolution has hit the cereal aisle. The Kellogg company is announcing a 6-month trial test in Detroit of new cereal boxes that are shorter and deeper than the traditional boxes we are all used to. It is the most significant innovation in cereal boxes since the 1950s. The tall and thin boxes don’t fit well in new kitchen cupboards.
57:35 – Finally getting to the news item he started at the 2:12 mark, Gwyneth Paltrow is responding to some negative backlash to her new lifestyle blog called “Goop.” The slogan is “Nourish the inner aspect.” She said, “I have had a lot of really useful information I was privileged enough to get because I have this amazing, super fortunate life. My friends call me all the time to say ‘Where should I go? What should I do?’”
1:02:30 – Seth talks about a dude who was on Oprah who claimed he was at a concentration camp in the Holocaust who was kept alive by a girl who brought him an apple and ended up going on a date with her 30 years later, wrote a book about the account and then it turned out he was lying the whole time.
0:14 – Jah announces this is a farewell episode. Seth says this is a podcast but it’s also like a dance.
10:31 – Seth dips back in to the issue of Pepsi comparing Will.I.Am to Bob Dylan (Episode 155, 27:02). Upon further review, Seth doesn’t even know who Will.I.Am is.
27:53 – Seth re-explains that Episode 157 will be a 90-minute episode, Episode 158 is a 30-minute episode and Episode 159 is a 60-minute episode — all test-run shows that they recorded back in 2006 prior to Episode 001 — as Jah goes on a 3-week tour in Europe with Jogger and The Long Lost. Jah and Seth hope we’re down with them because they’re interesting.
48:11 – The audio of the show appears to get completely cut off after Jah says “It’s a city!” and then resumes with a different news item.
51:00 – Seth is wondering why young girls are so slutty these days. Jah explains that the same girl that got fingered under the bleachers when they were in high school are now the girls letting dudes film them in a little porn with a camera phone.
56:52 – Seth thinks that if you get the best version of yourself in Heaven, Seth will roll in with his 1977 Chevy Cheyenne listening to UYD episodes on cassette tape while Jah has to dub them down every week.
31:36 – According to the Pew Research Center, a cross-section of Americans were polled, asking them if they would rather live in a neighborhood with more McDonald’s or more Starbucks. 43% said more McDonald’s, 35% said more Starbucks and 22% didn’t have a preference.
4:01 – Seth rips on Nic Cage for continuing to make crazy movies, including the upcoming Knowing.