On Christmas day Charlie and Chase had the pleasure of participating in a long-running tradition that Dennis has with his sister. And that tradition is attending a Christmas Day movie. This year's film just happened to be released on Christmas Day. And that motion picture was Sherlock Holmes. But before we get into a critique of this latest incarnation of the world's greatest detective we have to talk about something else more disastrous than the script for the movie. Charlie, being a former projectionist, informed us that Christmas is the biggest box office day of the year and therefore those who run the theater projectors are instructed to play every trailer available before the feature presentation. This makes sense, because we sat through seven movie trailers before Sherlock Holmes started. And they all looked awful!
Now we know you're probably thinking, oh here goes the Who Asked You? bitterness once again, but seriously, these flicks looked f**ked. They were so bad, Dennis felt compelled to make a list of them and we go through it one by one on the show in hopes that you can avoid the displeasure of viewing them on your next trip to the cinema. If, during the show, you want to check out any of the films for yourself, first, you should stop drinking... and second, you can find their official websites in the Show Links.
Once we get passed those painful memories we get into news of possible villains for Spider-Man 4. Once again Raimi is taking the multi-enemy route like he did in the last installment and we all know how that turned out. This time around it may even get worse. None of what's on today's show has been confirmed yet, but several sites are reporting the same thing, so it's probably got some truth in it. One of those truths is that the Vulture will be Spidey's main adversary for the fourth web spin. And Falicia Harding, a long-running charater in the comic will make her debut, but not as the villain you fanboys are thinking of. Tune in and hear this one!
As bad is the Spider-Man 4 news may be to some of you. It won't set a record for poor box office performance. At least, not like Transylmania did... Transyl-what, you're probably asking. Transylmania is a sequel to the Dorm Daze movies. And it's set a rather distinctive record in theatrical releases that hasn't been broken since the early nineties. And given movies have done better than ever this year, during a recession... well that's just an even worse black eye to the folks who made Transylmania. We'll break it down for you.
Then it's onto a father's experiment on his own son. No needles or evil laboratories involved here... more like a galactic cultural exposure. Yeah, that sounds really official and probably is what kept social services off the guys back.
Plus, Nielson released a list of songs that they believe qualify for "most popular" because of their total plays on the radio. There's a most-played song in each music genre leading up to the most played song of all in the last decade. Listen in and see if your favorite artist or song made it onto this list. If you're not into mainstream music, then probably not.
And the show winds down with some odd laws from Colorado like being prohibited from letting your neighbor borrow your vacuum cleaner. I guess Colorado was tired of its residents embarressing the state on Judge Judy for unreturned property suits.
Besides that, the final moments of our final 2009 show are filled with the final turning of a soap opera legend. CBS has canceled As The World Turns after a nearly sixty-year run. Bad ratings and revenue differentials are to blame here. Maybe CBS will replace it with another boring game show revival hosted by another Whose Line player. I'm thinking Brad Sherwood could host Super Market Sweep. Yeah, that wasn't a CBS show, but I guarantee it'd be far more entertaining than Wayne Brady's Lets Make A Deal... what's behind door number one? The god-damned TV remote I'm changing channels with, that's what.