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Colin and I "dish" on food. "On the menu" are conversations about working in restaurants, ethnic foods and Frank's Red Hot.

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Dogs belonging to Obama, Romney to square off in televised debate

ATLANTA — Controversy about Mitt Romney transporting his dog Seamus via a car rooftop crate 30 years ago, and about President Barack Obama eating dog as a six-year-old in Indonesia, has prompted a televised debate featuring dogs representing both candidates.


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#WorstFriends 5

#WorstFriends 5

Shout out to 2Pac! Colin has a new puppy, and hasn't been enjoying its company. But he likes watching it poop, apparently. The lost podcast topic — Liam Neeson — is revisited and discussed. Tim loves Darkman, and thinks Battleship needs Liam Neeson. Colin thinks Star Wars Ep. 1 is better than Schindler's List. This podcast is commercial free.

This Week in America Today 4/20

Hey gang, happy 4/20 (wah wah waaaaah).

Enjoy the newest edition of "This Week in America Today." Our lead story is about my tie, but we also cover Rick Santorum dropping out of the GOP primary, the latest Catholic Church outrage (it's a doozy!) and have a special interview planned for entertainment. We can't forget about Mayor Cory Booker, Ozzie Guillen and of course, my sunburn!

Enjoy.

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Tim goes on a rant about his "Finding Bigfoot" experience. Colin reflects on great moments ruined for him, and then the #WorstFriends proceed to spoil several movies and twist endings. Enjoy. This podcast is sponsored by cigarettes.


SPOILER ALERT!

TMZ wins Pulitzer for Breaking News coverage

Coverage of Lana Del Ray leaving bar called ‘new standard’

Harvey Levin is using words like “justified” and “legitimized” after his paparazzi-based brand of sensationalized journalism was awarded the 2012 Journalism Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News.

The Pulitzer jury singled out TMZ.com’s coverage of Lana Del Ray leaving a bar, visibly drunk and escorted by what appeared to be two men in drag, while pushing a baby in a stroller as the coverage garnering the award.

“TMZ created a new standard for all journalists to follow,” read the Pulitzer website. “Catching Lana Del Ray vomiting and lighting a marijuana cigarette behind the tinted windows of an Escalade was truly courageous, and showed the true power of journalism.”

Levin, TMZ’s creator, said the award establishes TMZ as a top news source, rivaling other 2012 Pulitzer winners like The Philadelphia Inquirer (winner for Public Service) and the New York Times (Explanatory Reporting). Levin said he believes TMZ will win another Pulitzer in the near future.

“I think Snooki’s pregnancy is going to be heavily considered in 2013 for investigative reporting,” Levin said. “But who knows? Mel Gibson might lose his shit again, which could lead to a Pulitzer repeat in Breaking News.”

SPECIAL REPORT: Penis questions nearly caused Romney to pull out

Campaign considered releasing dick pic

During a C-SPAN segment where callers can ask question to politicians and party representatives live on the air, a series of inquiries regarding Mitt Romney’s penis size nearly forced the now presumptive nominee to pull out of the GOP race.

The calls, which were made in January leading up to the New Hampshire Republican primary, caught the campaign with its pants down, according to Romney advisors.

“Alleged flip-flops, questions regarding our candidate’s conservative beliefs, and accusations of Mitt being out-of-touch due to his wealth — all that we were ready for,” said Romney advisor Eric Fehrnstrom, who is best known for his Etch A Sketch comment. “But penis issues… well that was one area Governor Romney where had not been vetted.”

Campaign Manager Matt Rhoads said the penetrating calls created several long, hard nights for he and his staff.

“I was constantly on the phone with Mitt, while simultaneously trying to run damage control,” he said. “Mr. Romney wanted to know if he should make an announcement, the press wanted answers and the RNC wanted assurance that it wouldn’t be throwing money at a ‘loser with a tiny dong’ come fall if we won the nomination.”

Senior Advisor Bob Wickers admitted the Romney team was not as transparent on the penis issue as other campaigns when the controversy, now known as “Dick Gate," surfaced.

“We should’ve talked about this back in 2010, when we started this campaign,” he said. “But we were so busy kissing the tea party’s ass — and God knows a big penis is a bad thing to the tea party, which usually associates them with black people — that we skipped over the issue entirely.”

Exit polls taken after Dick Gate first surfaced shoed voters indeed knew less about Romney’s penis than the other candidates. Voters ranked penis recognition as follows, with the common answers shown in parentheses:

1. Rick Santorum (in a chastity belt)

2. Herman Cain (swinging all over the place)

3. Newt Gingrich (gets sick of being in the same place a long time)

4. Ron Paul (needs Viagra)

5. Rick Perry (doesn’t understand how sex works yet)

6. Michelle Bachmann (N/A)

7. Mitt Romney (think he has one, but that’s all I know).

According to Rhoads, the campaign weighed a dick pic press release, but worried that could offend conservative Christian voters. He added the campaign was also unsure of the proper techniques of taking dick pics.

“Mitt says his wife tells him it’s a ‘nice size,’ and we were going to make that our official statement,” Rhoads said. “But we knew that wouldn’t be enough for voters. Some time sooner or later, we knew we’d have to take a stand on an issue and not say the complete opposite the next day.”

Wickers said after it seemed there were no answers, the former Governor considered suspending his campaign.

“Yeah, no pun intended, but he thought Dick Gate had really screwed him,” he said. “It looked like this whole thing was going to blow prematurely.”

However Romney, showing his political savvy, finally came through in the end, Fehrnstrom said.

“One night after Mitt attended a traditional Mormon post-mortem baptism, he got drunk as hell,” he said. “The press pool was on the bus and Governor Romney just barged in, whipped down his pants and shouted ‘There you go everybody! Here’s my dick!’”

All photos taken of Romney’s penis were allegedly destroyed, but some insight into the issue has been made available. Reporters following Romney told the Bulletin it was “About what you’d expect form Mitt Romney — nothing spectacular, pretty boring and vanilla, easily forgettable.”

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The rest of the crew

In the first #WorstFriends podcast Colin and I shared the cast of a potential film (still in development) based on the 2012 GOP Primary. Photos of some of the cast have been posted here, but after much nagging from Colin, I finally got around to getting pictures of the rest of the cast. Here they are.

What comes to mind when you think Rick Perry?

Idiot? Goofball? Inadequate? Sounds like the perfect 

role for Billy Baldwin.

Herman Cain's foray into presidential politics was

short-lived, like many of Samuel L. Jackon's roles.

Kristen Wiig has plenty of experience playing a 

crazy person. One she has portrayed? Michelle Bachmann.

And when you need a leading man who can truly bring

it, you have to go with Bruce Campbell. A "Michigan

Man" playing a "Michigan Man."

#WorstFriends 3

#WorstFriends 3

Tim sits down with Colin aka the Original Tim Tebow and they talk nerdy to one another. A lot is covered — Star Wars, Star Trek, Heroes and... the scene in "Cop Land" where Ray Liotta shoots 'em up with a lit cig in mouth. This podcast is bought to you by beds. People sleep in them.

This Week in America Today 4/1

It took a little while to get this one all set and ready to go, but here it is. Better late than never. Look for Mike Bloch making his This Week debut.

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Colin finally got his Internet fixed... for free! But Tim wants to know if he tipped the repairman. Colin has some doubts about Tim's latest venture into writing a book, but he does make some valid points. The #WorstFriends discuss their different tastes in books.