"What Up With That?" returns with a new episode. As always they tackle the complex issues and difficult problems facing the world today. Leading off the show is internet inventor Al Gore, probably to attempt to explain why "Global Warming" isn't a load of old toss. I'm not sure 'cause I got Pac-Man fever and I got it good.
With special appearance by Jake "The Snake" Roberts!
People who are "experts" in extremely narrow subject matter are like morticians: It's nice to know they're there, but I don't really want to go into any detail. It's reassuring that if someone needed to know about, say, a particular antique barometer, there's someone out there who's the "goto" antique barometer expert and will have an answer for all your antique barometer queries. At the same time though, you know that your interaction should be strictly restricted to the antique barometer subject matter - digging any deeper into the matter will reveal a depressing portrait of a man with an unhealthy obsession. A guy that can't stop collecting antique barometers. A guy who needs antique barometers. A guy whose house is in permanent darkness because the stacks of piled up antique barometers have blocked out the windows. A man who used to be married but his wife left him because she could no longer deal with the antique barometers. A man who's barely functioning within any societal norms at all until one day he stops showering just so he can use the tub for more storage... All for the sake of the antique barometers.
This depressing and overly ominous intro leads us to the video at hand. One day the folks at "Late Night" decided to throw caution to the wind and interview a man who is an expert on bread. Yes, a bread expert. A man who has devoted his entire life to the study and appreciation of bread. The talk show interview format being what it is, it's the guaranteed "look down into the cellar" that one would normally avoid. What follows is one of the funnier and more unusual interviews ever on the show.
Other than The McLaughlin Group this has to be my favorite current events/political/issues talk show. It's called "What Up with That?" and unfortunately, it only airs on BET.
Here's the episode I saw. It tackles a few of the hot button issues currently facing us. With special appearance by Picaboo Street.
Any character in a movie or TV show will not say, "Goodbye" at the end of a conversation on a cell phone. You say something important, they say something important, you say something, etc. and then you close the cell phone with no warning. Every character in the history of media on a cell phone telepathically knows exactly when the conversation has ended. In addition, not one has ever had any emotional sentiment toward salutations.
Since the newest Call of Duty game is set in present day, the makers of the game invited Jimmy Fallon to act out a character and improv some topical references for inclusion in the game. In the end, I don't think his footage was used but here are the outtakes from his day of filming:
