14 posts tagged “regis and kelly”
Mitey Mixer
Kitchen Tool
Last Breath
The weirdest exhibit Leo has ever seen is at the Henry Ford Museum at Dearborn, Michigan: the test-tube containing Thomas Edison's Last Breath.
Wayne Lunsford from Arkansas, was listening to Episodes 831 and 832 and was surprised to hear about Pickles Gap which became the first TWiT Home Office. Wayne lives in nearby Conway which, apart from being the home of American Idol Chris Allen, is famous for being the town half-way between Toad Suck and Pickles Gap. He also offers a sightseeing tour of the neighbourhood for Dick and Leo, including the historical Pickles Gap Village and the Fudge Factory.
Listen to Episode 870
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Digital Coin Counting Money Jar
Johnny-Light
Toilet Bowl Light
Link: Johnny-Light
This reminds Leo of another toilet night light which he showed on Regis and Kelly, that was a little more advanced. It had a motion sensor that would light up red for the gent to aim at when the seat was up, and light up green for the ladies when the seat was down. Leo can't remember what the product was called, but he did blog about it in March 2003. It might be the LavNav, or something similar. See the article on Wired.com.
Wine Tasting turned Fire Tasting
Leo has got a new sponsor Gary's Wine, so he does a wine-tasting session on Sunday. With a bit of Dutch courage and a little help from Brain Brushwood of Scam School, Leo started tasting fire, too. You can watch the video on odtv.me.
Dick has had his share of daring-do. He appeared on "That's My Line", with a tiger resting its head on Dick's lap. Leo might have done the fire-eating, but he would not do the bungee jump or parachute jump, and Dick would definitely stay away from the Stratosphere Tower's See-Saw Ride (it's actually called X-Cream) in Las Vegas.
A Camera-Printer for the Warehouse
Darryl Wattenberg of darrylsphotoblog.blogspot.com says that the Polaroid Pogo Instant Digital Camera (shown at CES and discussed in Episode 745) was not the first to attempt that combination. Olympus did just that about a decade ago with the Camedia C-211 Zoom (or C-211z), a digital camera with 2.1 MP which used Polaroid instant film for the prints. Read the review at Imaging-Resource. Darryl also recalls a later camera/printer model from Olympus with dye-sub printing capabilities. 2 more gadgets for Dick's Gadget Warehouse.
Dick in Disguise and Mercury Rising
Dr L S Powers of the chatroom asks if the gentleman with a moustache holding a plastic whale on Boston Whaler's website is Dick in disguise. Not so. Leo advises against eating too much deep-sea big-body fish such as tuna, as it may contain a lot of mercury, as Steve Gibson has recently found out.
Listen to Episode 810
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Lexmark X9575 Professional
All-In-One Printer
Link: Lexmark
The Drunk Professor
The last time Leo appeared on Regis and Kelly (which was February 2007: see Episode 246 when Leo was in New York visiting Dick's Gadget Warehouse), he was asked to wear a lab coat which made him look like a drunk professor. He's been invited to go back, but this time, Leo thinks he might insist on a tutu.
Golden Boy
Before Dick's visit to TWiT Cottage for GizWizLive, he could hardly remember Dane's name. This week Dick cannot stop talking about him, and there is now talk that Dane, "who needs to be needed", might defect to GizWiz Productions, especially with the threat of the upcoming spy-cams all over the TWiT Cottage.
Leo mentions the name of Tony among the TWiT crew. He's Tony Wang, the new TWiT netcast editor, taking the place of Dane Golden after the latter's promotion to President and BizDev Guy.
Privacy is Dead
James aka Uncle Big Bad wants to know what Dick and Leo thinks about how the internet has changed everything about your personal life. According to Leo, Google doesn't think there's such a thing as privacy any more.
The Wild Wild West
Learn about Robert Conrad playing James West in The Wild Wild West.
Longest Episode
This show quickly overtakes the recent Episode 628 as the longest episode.
Listen to Episode 634
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HYmini
Hand-held Windmill Generator/Portable Charger
Link: HYmini
You can also charge the battery via USB by buying a solar panel using solar energy, called the miniSOLAR. There is also a bicycle attachment to harness the wind power, and an arm-band for people who jog.
You can use the HYmini to charge your 5V portable devices. It also doubles up as a flashlight.
Sit Up!
Leo is back on his GopherSport Anti-Burst Fitness Ball (Episode 322), while Dick is slumped on his chair in a comfortably bad posture.
VCR Plus
Sharon from PoCo (Port Coquitlam) in BC, Canada loves the VCR Plus episode (Episode 560). She tells Dick that TV guides in Vancouver still print the VCR Plus codes. Her parents have been using the codes for 7 years. Jim Nelson also writes in to say that he still uses the codes.
Regis
Leo thinks Regis is great and does his work without anyone knowing it. For a photo of Regis in his office, go to Leo's Flickr.
It's A Gas
Dick and Leo mentioned the Mad recording "It's A Gas" yesterday, and again today. A listener James Baldwin has found the recording on YouTube and emailed Dick the link. Dick has embedded it on his home page, or listen to it here.
Listen to Episode 568
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Timex Sinclair 1000
Vintage Computer
Link: OldComputers.net
Mike and Jean Troiano
Fans of Leo from California, they have visited the set of the Screen Savers, the TWiT Office, and will soon visit the new TWiT Studio. They may well take with them Carvel's Lumpy the Whale, more correctly known as Fudgie the Whale (see Episode 357).
TWiT Studio
Leo has referred to the new TWiT Studio a few times in his recent podcasts, including DGW. He's going to set up his live TV station in the old Victorian house in Petaluma. To see what the house looks like from the outside, see Episode 73.
To read more about Leo's new ideas for TWiT, read his blog.
Obsoleting ...
A listener writes in to talk about the quickest time in which a gadget is obsoleted by a subsequent gadget, such as the printer obsoleting the typewriter, and the cellphone obsoleting the typewriter. Somehow the rest of the letter got obsoleted after Dick and Leo distracted themselves with warm-up acts.
Our Own Ed McMahon
Dane Golden is aspiring to be the warm-up act for TWiT Live, as Ed McMahon was for Johnny Carson, Michael Gellman for Regis and Kathie Lee, and Johnny Olson for the Match Game.
Cutest Little Chick in Town
Butter and Eggs Day is coming up in Petaluma and they have a Cutest Little Chick Contest, says Leo. For more on the Butter and Eggs Day, listen to Episodes 56 and 311. Petaluma seems to have more than its fair share of wacky contests, including the Ugliest Dog Contest: see Episode 348.
Listen to Episode 535
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JerkStopper
Cable Retention Device/Computer Accessory
Link: JerkStopper
A Message from ...
... InsideDGW who is not in a position to divulge his identity, over which Leo speculated in Episode 494. All he can say is he looks forward to Episode 747 on 20 January, 2009. For the milestone Episode 500, he thanks Dick for his hard work, Dane for the editing, and Leo for just being there; and as long as Dick and Leo will keep saying "I'll be here," so will he.
Listen to Episode 507
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The Hydrabrush
Toothbrush/Hygiene Product
Link: Hydrabrush
Egyptian Tour
Listen to some of the highlights of Leo's Egyptian Tour.
CES 2008
Dick is at CES 2008, and Leo is following it from home with a massive cold which he caught on the way back. Listen to what they think about this year's CES. Dick is most interested in the new Vectrix, an all electric 3-wheeler motorcycle, and will be covering some of the more interesting stuff from CES in coming days.
DGW DSL Line
Dick now has a new DSL line which he uses for recording DGW.
The Chumby
Gary heard about the Chumby in Episode 456, and although the price was high, he ordered one which arrived all the way from China in 5 days. He thinks it's so cool.
Listen to Episode 480
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The Handler
Hygiene Product
Link: The Handler
Germ-o-phobic
Howie Mandel is one of those, and when Dick first met him, they shook hands by knocking closed knuckles. Another Howard, Howard Hughes, was famous for his fear of germs.
Old Time Candy
Tony Devito writes in, not about gadgets, but about Old Time Candy. Leo knows about the website and thinks he may have talked about it on Munchcast with Cammy Blackstone. In fact, it was Dick and Leo themselves who talked about it, at the start of Episode 308.
Listen to Episode 476

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ION Tape2PC
Tape Digitisation Device
Link: ION
To hear Alfred E Neuman's take on New Year resolutions on the recently converted Mad Minute, click here.
Mad Fold-In
Keith Takayesu, or Keith Tak, has sent in a newspaper ad which is reminiscent of Mad's Fold-In. The sincerest form of flattery. Listen again to the origin of Al Jaffee's Mad fold-ins, or try Episode 69 where you can learn about some of Mad's artists.
Listen to Episode 473
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