And Plus Ships

And Plus Ships!
Number	87
Broadcast Date	August 2, 2011
Episode Length	1:08:57
Hosts	Brian Brushwood, Justin Robert Young, Scott Johnson, George Hrab

Scott Johnson is back to compete in a game of Blitz Quiz, then the guys tackle the U.S. debt crisis.

Contents

Opening Video

A censored version of "I'm a Stupid Cat"

Blitz Quiz

Brian is going to lead his team, "Carl Sagan's Ghost Playing a Crusty Bagpipe", against Scott's team, "Dog Effers" in a game of Blitz Quiz.

*Movies (Box Office)

• Put these disaster films in order of worldwide box office success, from best to worst:
  • A) The Day After Tomorrow
  • B) Independence Day
  • C) Armageddon
  • D) Deep Impact
  • E) 2012

Answer: 1.)Independence Day ($817,400,891), 2.)2012 ($769,679,473), 3.)Armageddon ($553,709,788), 4.)The Day After Tomorrow ($544,272,402), 5.)Deep Impact ($349,464,665) -

• Team Dog Effers - Comics - Mitzula
• With the original alter ego to this famous super hero dead, which comic book icon will now be represented by a biracial possible bisexual?
  • A) Superman
  • B) Green Lantern
  • C) Spider-Man
  • D) Captain America
  • E) Former President George W. Bush
• Mitzula guesses Spider-Man - CORRECT!

• Team Carl Sagan - Politics - TSSaloic
• The Twitter following of this Republican candidate for President was found to be 92% fake.
  • A) Newt Gingrich
  • B) Mitt Romney
  • C) Michelle Bachman
  • D) Sarah Palin
  • E) Senator Tom Free iPad Free Adult Pics
• TSSaloic guesses Michele Bachmann - WRONG (Newt Gingrich was the correct answer)

• Team Dog Effers - Television - Code2Joy
• The cast of which cult comedy reunited for a cameo during Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programing block?
  • A) Arrested Development
  • B) Home Movies
  • C) Mr. Show
  • D) Party Down
  • E) That one episode of Bob Ross
• Code2Joy guesses Mr. Show-- WRONG

• Team Carl Sagan - Weather - Richard Bradbury
• Which tropical storm is currently threatening Florida and the Eastern Seaboard?
  • A) Aaron
  • B) Emily
  • C) Gerald
  • D) Bart
  • E) Effadog
• Richard guesses D) Burt - WRONG - (Emily was the correct answer)

• Team Carl Sagan - Music - theDude
• Which rap artist recently made headlines for buying a $33 million private jet?
  • A) Flo Rida
  • B) Kanye West
  • C) Jay Z
  • D) Soulja Boy
  • E) Humpty Pronounced With an Umpty
• theDude guesses Kanye West - WRONG - (Soulja Boy was the correct answer)

Scott wins!

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Solving the Debt Crisis

It's true... the United States only has twenty dollars and a taco, and the world is going to end. But don't fear Brian, Justin and Scott are here to solve all of the country's problems and they will do it one question at a time, in three minute chunks.

• Is the Congressional super committee really just a shell game to trigger uneven cuts in domestic programs instead of pentagon pet projects? Should the cuts be targeted to inefficient programs as opposed to those generally opposed by an increasingly unpopular congressional political caucus?

• • Scott thinks that it's easy to like China Beach as a show, but its difficult to choose an episode that you like best.

• Is President Obama dangerously close to alienating his political base in the upcoming 2012 elections. Although his staff contends that independence will be their main focus, did his lack of tax increases in the debt compromise further enrage the left that elected him in 2008?

• • Brian believes that out of all of the franchises in the Marvel universe, the Fantastic Four have never gotten a proper movie.

• Could debt default be avoided by any other means other raising the borrowing ceiling. For example selling TARP assets, which are currently collecting dust, could have easily payed off our interest on the current balance and allowed for a reasoned debate on trimming spending instead of an unproductive raise against an imaginary deadline set by the White House.

• • Scott proposes that the problem is that Star Wars: The Old Republic will have too much story and not enough fighting. Brian argues that it will be so awesome, plus ships!

• Did Mitt Romney harm his own presidential campaign by staying on the sideline of the debate until the final deal was hammered out? Will his ultimate criticism of the ultimate compromised ring hollow considering his lack of commentary while the back and fourth was going on?

• • Brian thinks that this could be the most exciting year for PC games since Half-Life 2 and Doom. However, Scott argues that you can say the same thing every year. Brian argues back with the fact that right now PC gaming is so far ahead of consoles in terms of graphics.

• Was this entire debate a picture-perfect example of what's wrong with modern government? A serious serious yet complicated question about the financial future of our country and the cross-party culture over spending reduced to name-calling and screaming with the loudest on both sides coming from those with only the most cursory knowledge of a subject that's handed down by dead-eyed cheer leaders from either side of the aisle. One side isn't really trying to default the country because they are evil homophobic goblins drinking from the chalices constructed from the skulls of murdered abortion doctors. The other side is not really too busy to try to finance affirmative action for tree lizards while drawing up plans for a gold plated monorail from Manhattan to San Francisco with ample room to spit on the heads of those that they glide above to realize that we are in a dire financial crisis. There are other options; there's a rational way to discuss things, but the way that things go, it's insane enough that you just don't want to deal with any of it and you spend an entire segment talking about video games, comics and whatever else we've farted around for the last 30 minutes doing.

• • Unfortunately the question took up most of the time, and Scott didn't have enough time to form a complete sentence.

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Summer Music Series

George Hrab is here to perform some songs from his new album "Trebuchet". First he played "When I Was Your Age" then he played "Never Knew" to play us out.

You can find more about him at GeologicRecords.net.

Great Quotes

"I love Hitler!" - JuRY

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Preceded by: "Toobin' with the Devil"

And Plus Ships

Followed by: "Robert's Victory Juice"