View Episode 235
Originally aired 09.13.2010
1:09:04
1:06:51 – Uhh Yeah Dude: Strictly chaos
35:17 – Jah was watching a show on NatGeo the other day talking about the increased violent tendencies of the Earth. What happens and how utterly susceptible we are to the elements completely eradicates hundreds of years of us aligning everything. All Jah knows is you can’t eat money – water and food are all that keep you alive.
38:21 – There are four different TV shows coming on that are auction shows. There’s a show on Discovery in October called Bidder Rivals – a look inside one of Atlanta’s most storied auction houses; November on Spike has Auction Hunters – there are 10,000 abandoned storage units every day in the United States, take a look inside the cutthroat world of storage unit auctions; November on Sci-Fi features Hollywood Treasures – a look inside the high-stakes world of the largest auctioneer of showbiz and pop culture memorabilia; and lastly a TLC show not on the schedule yet called Auctioneers.
4:35 – Seth wants two Monster Energy Drinks to down some Chee-tos with.
4:49 – Seth and Jah coin a new nickname for Kevin Federline, “K Grave” or “K Hole.” (Episode 082, 51:35)
6:14 – Seth has consumed the edible psilocybin, let it go into his system, run its course and do what it do. Seth has done mushrooms a gang of times, and would say for the most part that he had awesome trips. He never had a truly bad experience on mushrooms. Jah then says ecstacy is euphoric and the the argument about using it with cancer patients is it gives you goosebumps and the need for backrubs, yet doesn’t rip away your ego like mushrooms do – so they can better deal with the end of their lives.
What Seth Learned on the Monsterweb
27:52 – Seth looked up Nia Vardalos, the star of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, which came out in 2002. She wrote and starred in the romantic comedy film with a budget of $5 million. It made $241 million. She then had a CBS sitcom based on the show that lasted seven episodes. She wrote and starred in a movie that came out last year (2009) also starring John Corbett called I Hate Valentine’s Day. It made $11,000.
37:21 – Online penny auctions have been around for a while – you buy packs of bids for a sum of money and then bid on items a penny at a time. Every time you bid it costs you 60 cents plus you bid on the initial pack of bids. The one person who wins gets the awesome deal. There’s about 25 different sites on the internet where you can do this.
9:48 – While he was in traffic, Seth got up close and personal with one of the movie posters for The Town on the side of a bus and it scared the shit out of him. Jah is more scared of Affleck’s super-thick accent that he uses in the movie.
22:55 – Seth was in his Pavilions supermarket the other day and he saw some weird DVDs featuring an Asian woman in her 60s in a silky flowered one-piece pantsuit outfit looking at him. Seth found out she is the Supreme Master Ching Hai. She is the self-titled founder and spiritual teacher of the Quan-Yin Method of Meditation with the Inner Light and Sound. She lives in Taiwan and has 20,000 followers. She has a corporate entity that includes fashion, jewelry, books, CDs, DVDs and vegetarian restaurants. Her website is called godsdirectcontact.org. It’s a nonprofit because they do philanthropic work throughout the world. It features a video of celebrities with a backdrop at some event, saying the phrase “Be Veg. Go Green. Save the Planet.” The celebs included Morgan Freeman, Gavin Newsome, Richard Branson, Paula Abdul, James Cameron, Lou Ferrigno, Matthew Perry. The organization has restaurants called The Loving Hut. One just opened in Dayton, Ohio at The Dayton Mall. Jah thinks the Supreme Master might be his soul mate, and he might be forced to open a restaurant of his own called “Jah Jah Binks.”
27:38 – Jah saw the Dalai Lama teach for three days in LA. He admits that it changed his life, but probably not for the better.
40:49 – Jah worked in a music store for about four years. It was vintage used gear and the store was great. He would come across people and dealers who had completely amazing stories. Then he would come across people whose stories were way too good to be true.
1:06:20 – Seth got a voicemail from a dude who went to the Pop-Tarts store (Episode 233, 2:37). It was strict chaos.
19:22 – Law enforcement officials in Puerto Rico say the island has been inundated with registered sex offenders from the U.S. mainland due to the face that restrictions are much less strict than in the states. There are no laws barring them from living near parks or schools. Failing to register as a sex offender is only a misdemeanor in Puerto Rico as opposed to a felony in the States. That and the fact that they need no passport and beachfront property can cost as little as $300 a month, older sex offenders can live off their social security checks and just party.
32:24 – Government agents can sneak onto your property in the middle of the night and put a GPS device on the bottom of your car and keep track of everywhere you go. This does not violate your Fourth Amendment rights because without a gate or a “No Trespassing” sign, you do not have any reasonable expectation for privacy in your own driveway. That is the bizarre and scary rule that now applies in California and eight other western states. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, which covers this vast jurisdiction, recently decided the government can monitor you in this way virtually any time it wants with no warrants needed whatsoever.
42:38 – MIT has an Age Lab. It’s to help figure out problems that affect people as they get older. They have designed an aging body suit and helmet called the Age Gain Now Empathy System, or AGNES. It helps someone to understand the aches and limitations of people 75 years or older. The suit contains stretchy rubber bands that limit muscle flexing, resist movement, lessen physical sensation, limit depth perception and mess with balance/imbalance. The researchers are then put in the suit and set loose in a grocery store to experience old age.
48:05 – The San Francisco County Jail in San Bruno, Calif., has installed 16 condom machines – one for each inmate pod for the roughly 750 inmates in the prison.
57:30 – 3.3 million Americans are allergic to peanuts. As a result, some airlines including American and United refrain from serving peanuts. The Department of Transportation offered three alternatives: 1) An outright ban on peanuts on all major airlines, 2) A peanut ban on specific flights carrying passengers with peanut allergies, or 3) A peanut-free zone created on planes around passengers with peanut allergies. Southwest Airlines, the low-fare carrier that served 90 million bags of peanuts last year, has already adopted a procedure to address passengers with peanut allergies. If a passenger notifies an airline in advance, Southwest will not offer peanuts on that flight – replacing them with an alternative such as pretzels. Because so many peanuts are served on flights, however, the spokesman recommends that people with peanut allergies fly early in the day when peanut residue is at a minimum.
2:42 – Seth holds up his first residual check (paper chase) of 2010 from the Screen Actors Guild for Crossroads (Episode 150, 23:37). It covers free television, pay television and cassette disc markets. Principal photo date was 3/12/2011. The check is for $24.61.
15:09 – Seth goes over two different couples who went on dates – one couple in 1986 and one in 1996. Neither couple consummated that date with intercourse; however, for that one night, when they sat across from each other, anything was possible. In 1986, Oprah Winfrey and Roger Ebert went on a date. Ebert was the one who convinced her to sign the syndication deal with King World. Then, Seth learned that Jennifer Aniston and John Stewart went out on a date in 1996 but she brought a few too many of her girlfriends for it to constitute a “date.”
1:04:29 – Jah wonders which episode the live show in Santa Monica will be. Seth counts it out as Episode 238.
5:11 – Psychiatric researchers in Los Angeles have reported data on 12 patients in a pilot study dealing with the ramifications of receiving a diagnosis of terminal cancer. Twelve test subjects ranged from age 36-58. They all had advanced stages of cancer and were given psilocybin “magic mushrooms.” Studies show they have been proven instrumental in improving mood, reducing anxiety and lessening depression. The researchers say it has also aided the patient’s interpersonal functioning for as long as six months after – allowing them to spend their last days with much more peace.
11:13 – According to a recent Marist poll, two-thirds of Americans believe in the concept of “soul mates” – two people who are destined to be together.
46:48 – The Justice Department has released a study that says that more than 4 percent of prison inmates have reported being a victim of sexual assault by another inmate or staff member.
53:35 – Married people share a lot of similar personality traits, studies show. But is that because their personalities blend over time, or did they have similar personality traits at the beginning. A new study suggests, quite convincingly, that people tend to choose their future spouses based on similar personalities. Researchers at Michingan State University analyzed data from 1,296 married couples – one of the largest studies of its kind. The couples who had been married an average of 19.8 years took personality assessment tests. The scientists examined whether personality traits of couples were more similar the longer the couple had been married. The study showed that couples did not become more alike the longer they had become married. The one personality trait that seemed to be an exception to this overall conclusion was aggression. The longer the couple had been married, the closer their scores on an aggression scale. It is possible that individuals might reinforce one another’s aggressive tendencies due to hostile, interpersonal exchanges, the authors wrote in the study, which was published in the Journal of Personality and Individual Differences.