3 posts tagged “humor”
Samsung DVD-VR375
Combo DVD-VHS Recorder
Link: Samsung
Another Cheeky Supplier
Dick emailed Samsung for a loaner review unit. The reply was positive with an offer of a loaner unit for 28 days, but Dick would have to sign a loaner agreement with the condition that if Dick should fail to return it by then, he would have to pay $199.99, when the highest price on the internet was only $179.99.
Fortunately Dick didn't have to sign the loaner agreement after all. For a more outrageous story of a cheeky supplier, check out Episode 9.
Dick's Luncheon
When Dick was working on To Tell The Truth at the Ed Sullivan Theater, he used to go to what is now the Hello Deli (as seen on the David Letterman Show).
The Spirit of Trinidad
Dick confessed in Episode 594 that has been known to confuse the gadget website VAT19 with the whiskey VAT 69. Marlin Belgrave of Brooklyn, a listener from Episode 1 onwards, who is originally from Trinidad of the West Indies, tells Dick that in fact Vat 19 is also a liquor. It's a famous rum made by distilleries in Trinidad owned or acquired by Angostura.
WC Fields
Dick and Leo get on to the subject of WC Fields, and some of his films including The Dentist, The Bank Dick and Six Of A Kind (with the character Honest John). Here's a clip from the film in which Honest John explains how he got the name.
Listen to Episode 618
Go to TWiT
The Giz Wiz Home Page
iSoniCast
iPod Accessory - Wireless Streaming
Link: Monster Cable
Mad Currency
Randal Schwartz, Perl expert, co-host of FLOSS and long-time fan of DGW, came across an entry on Wikipedia about fake denominations of US currency and found that the Mad currency (3-dollar bill) which Dick talked about in the past (see, e.g. Episode 121) has made its way into that entry. Dick goes on to describe the Alfred E Neuman postage stamps that Mad used to make.
Spork Cartoon
Dick and Leo mention in passing a spork cartoon which listeners have written in about. Leo says he is going to save it for the Letters Section, but naturally he forgets. While we wait for Dick and Leo's memory to come round, here's one which is pretty good, by Jakin J Waldock.
Listen to Episode 567
Go to TWiT
The Giz Wiz Home Page
The Little Bootie Box
Shoe Cover Dispenser
Link: Freedom Technologies
The Little Bootie Box is an automatic shoe cover dispenser, which Dick spotted at the recent Miami Boat Show around Valentine's Day. Put your foot in it, and your shoe will be wrapped in a shoe cover. Different choices of materials for the shoe covers available.
Jungle Island
But before going to the Boat Show, Dick took the opportunity to drop by the Jungle Island, formely called the Parrot Island.
Gravy No More?
Bill Mulligan from Batavia, New York, who has listened to DGW since Episode 1, was stunned to hear that DGW is now free of trans-fat, cholesterol and starch (Episode 498). Does that mean that DGW no longer make its own gravy? Dick and Leo assures us that DGW continues to make its own gravy, even though it might be of the low-cal non-fat kind.
Listen to Episode 511
Go to TWiT
Read Dick's Write-Up
