Episode 117 - "That is literally the Abu Ghraib of Diet Soda cups"

With episode 17, Fair Use Law brings with it a warning to all women everywhere: your uterus might be a choking hazard. Please dispose of them accordingly and by all means keep away from children.

Like a wise man (and producer of really crappy reality shows) once said, Controversy Creates Cash. And with that, the triceratops tribunal brings to you an episode full of regulation breaking, country angering, firearm wishing upheavals to sensible public morality!

For our Italians listeners who are easily outraged and have never walked into a pet store, here is the trailer for the upcoming CGI animated feature and video game, G-Force, where the G is always for Guinea (Pig):

(What is with David Cross and talking CGI animal movies?)

In similar news, the entire country of Canada seems to have viewed a clip of Fox News' Red Eye program on YouTube that they just couldn't swallow. For those unaware a show called Red Eye exists, congrats on being the majority of humanity. You see, someone who played Grand Theft Auto really loved the talk radio stations, so they hired an unfunny windbag to host a "political" round table full of comedians who attempt to be witty and controversial. Fox News proceeds to air it around 3 or 4 in the morning, in between specials about why Foreigners Smell Funny. But like a broken clock, Red Eye is right twice and they just happened to air an episode making fun of the Canadian army in Iraq the same day 4 Canadian soldiers died. And Canada, much to their credit, hounded and attacked poor Doug Benson, the least offensive of them all, because they figured he would be too stoned to fight back. Well, Canada, thank you for making Doug Benson give this truly unfunny apology:

You've got to love that the host of the Canadian news show even having to point out that Benson wasn't the most volatile of the comedians on that show. But some good can come out of anything bad: Doug Benson has learned never to appear on Fox News again. Huzzah!

And finally, this week, I present to you the most controversial thing of all. Comcast think this kind of commercial actually is charming and appealing to us, the unwashed masses:

Note to Madison Avenue: Juno was a decent movie, but the fact that the titular character loved music but couldn't carry a note in a specialized note bucket was the worst part. Try ripping off the good parts next time, like having Comcast get knocked up after 2 minutes of horrible sex with an ex-sitcom star. I'd subscribe to at least 3 Comcasts if you air that.

Fair Use Law is Wrestlelicious!

You might ask yourself, "Self, where can I find talented female wrestlers forced to portray comic book and cartoon stereotypes, act horribly, and 'rap' about their gimmick in such a way that would make Rappin' Rodney seem like Run DMC?"

Well, Self, I believe you just got Wrestlelicious:

No word yet on whether Randy and myself are meeting Jimmy "Mouth from the South" Hart tomorrow to audition for this wondrous project. I can, however, confess that I recently bought a novelty convict costume with female wig and learned how to give the signature of "Justine Carcerated."

Episode 116 - "You remember O'Beast, right? He was the only Irish X-Man."

Hitting the four month mark with stride, the Triceratops Tribunal known as the Fair Use Law podcast has now officially lasted longer than any relationship I have ever had. I think what I'm saying is, Podcast, I'd like to attend one of those Podcast swinger parties. You know, make our podcasting relationship interesting again?

No? Okay, back to missionary position and then naps.

To celebrate 4 months going strong like M.U.S.C.L.E. Men, I present show notes today filled with video games we've been digging. But first, for those who don't get our jokes about it, here's Cloverfield in 5 seconds:

Brings a tear to your eye, don't it? A stirring presentation of the human condition.

Now onto the video games! As mentioned on the podcast, Baker is all up in this game's grill. Here is Tale of Tales' The Path:

Going completely off in a very drastic direction, here's the game that's been wetting my dreams the past week, Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure:

And to wrap things up on a classy note, Bob (who plays Bob of Bob's Game in Bob's Game, a Game Programmed by Bob) has apparently go "teh" other direction, insisting that the last 4 months of insanity were just a viral marketing campaign. So much so that he has to send out press releases to Destructoid complaining that his little retard play wasn't as well received as other viral campaigns such as Resistance 2's Project Abraham. We discuss why this ultimately fails on the podcast (and another good reason why it failed: other viral campaigns actually have something to sell), here's one last video of Bob's attempted mindfreak gone about as horribly wrong as Criss Angel's third season:

Gizmo cranks that Soulja Boy

The only thing in this universe that can make Crank That tolerable is Gizmo's swagg-ah:

Episode 115 - "Gentlemen, tonight we've reached Def Con House"

The Dime and Nickel episode of Fair Use Law has now hit the airways not unlike a digital, luminescent blue wang in an another serious movie about superhero!

This week, the triceratops tribunal discusses many and all topics near and dear to their heart such as Dan's lack of health of any kind, vicodin, the Octuplet mom's c-section video, Bob's Game still existing somehow, Chuck Austen's Uncanny X-Men Reign o' Terror, and a full review of Watchmen, blue dongs and all.

Speaking of blue dongs for the third paragraph in a row, this is real, folks:

Alan Moore snapped an ocelot's neck when he saw that. And then, once he finished his pre-planned activity and had time to really think about it, he got angry.

As of this writing, we're nearing closer still to that brass ring Bob's Game's Bob calls "Stage 100." In the build up to this wonderful day, he finally announced what the bottom screen does in this, the most mind-blowing, original game ever made:


I'll be upfront here: I found Bob's Game's Bob kind of charming towards the end where he smiles after saying the attacks on Nintendo are just in good fun. I get it now, Bob's Game's Bob. This is one big joke. But there's still the fact that now you are trying to tell us you spent 5 years programming a game that doubles as an attack on Nintendo and are mad that they didn't release it. And your secret weapon is... unlockable games? On the same platform that just saw Retro Game Challenge, bringing with it the wonders of HAGGLEMAN?

Oh, Bob's Game's Bob, you better bring it, because my idea for a video game is even more original and mind blowing - Dance Dance Stephen Colbert:


Until next week, Fair Users, a topic for debate: Did Chuck Austen create modern comic storytelling? Or did he use his incredibly lucky opening as writer of Uncanny X-Men to secretly fulfill his dream of turning Jubilee into a necro-whore with daddy issues, not unlike every female he's ever written? We could certainly answer this question for you now, but it'd be even better if we were to tell a random woman the answer, have sex with her, hope she had a mutant baby with secret spilling powers, raised that baby for 20 years, and then you somehow crossed paths with that mutant and learned the answer yourself. I love it when a plan comes together...

RIP Andrew "Test" Martin

While details are few and far between, I do want to pay tribute to a wrestler who gave us a lot of fun story lines during his WWE tenure. Here's one of his biggest and definitely one of the more soap opera-y in WWE history, his on-air wedding to Stephanie McMahon:

Wedding of Test & Stephanie McMahon
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Video Game Music Sorbet: Mega Man X

Time for a little pallet cleanse for this fair use blog. Enjoy some of the best 16 Bit music of the generation, Mega Man X style:

Prepare for April 15th with Irwin R. Schyster

It's really getting down to the wire, so forget H&R Block when you can get the help of Irwin R Schyster doing a David Letterman impersonation:

"Quit your whinin' and pay what's due or IRS will audit you" is the most epic catchphrase in this great sport.

Actually Heroes IS just like a Circus

Fan made music video tributes could be a dicey affair. Take the most generic scenes everyone knows, lay it over with overly dramatic music, and post on YouTube.

So when you see something like this, with its rapid fire editing of the best scenes of Heroes Volume 1-3 (Sylar and Noah Bennett centric, naturally) along with a song choice like this? Makes up for the 400th "Sylar is beautiful and angsty" tribute set to John Lennon:

Episode 114 - "It is obvious that Cloverfield hates our freedom"

What watches the Watchmen? Fair Use Law does. But just who laws the fair use? That's a question best answered by one Captain Lou Albano:


With episode Fourteen, the three headed tribunal of inanity continues their ongoing campaign of national freedom against Cloverfield monsters, the now bankrupt Connecticut School of Broadcasting, quick-to-undress 18 year old actresses who go to Community College, Doctor Manhattan's blue dong of quantum physics, and the brouhaha surrounding the movie version of Deadpool. Though, as my Careers in Media professor once said while padding her resume to get a job anywhere but teaching Careers in Media, it's better to show than to tell... so onward videos!

Even back in the 80s, Fair Use Law were watching the Watchmen. Thanks to VHS tapes, here's the opening to our favorite Saturday Morning Cartoon:

Really up in arms about how Deadpool's Wolverine movie figure looks? Well here's a movie trailer for you:

And finally, a video game near and dear to our hurt, touching on a period of our history the schools are afraid to teach. Here is the trailer to the game that will be rocking the face off your PCs quite soon: Stalin vs. Martians!

And going out with a bang plug, I would like to announce the first full length demo for the band Light Source, our song called Echos in Silences, will be featured on our Myspace Page in the next 24 hours or so. Cheat Commandos, rock rock on!

Number 1s of 2009: February

In recent weeks on the podcast, I've found that newer music videos and hit songs seem to be going under the radar due to the fact that here in the United States we might have 3 channels of MTV, but all of them are playing from Gs to Gents.

So thanks to the fine Paul O'Brien from If Destroyed, Still True, who for quite a while now has featured a recap of the Number 1 hits of the United Kingdom with their respected music videos for giving me the go ahead to bring it over the pond.

Without further ado, I bring you the #1 songs for February 2009 according to the Billboard Hot 100:

(Luckily for us Americans, the US version of YouTube is full of leeching users uploading official music videos that can be embedded behind the record label's back. I will be using those for ease of reading. If they go down, I'll surely edit in a link to the official studio release.)

The first two months of February were dominated by the new single for Kelly Clarkson, "My Life Will Suck Without You."


With all due respect, this seems to be Kelly's apology for her last CD, which can still be heard bombing if you listen closely enough. Gone are the angst ridden lyrics and darker images and we're back to Kelly throwing her boyfriend's clothes around, just like America likes her. The song is definitely no "Since You've Been Gone," and for those who actually enjoyed the darker sound of her last CD, it's a bit of a letdown. But the video is fun and it has the guy from Serenity, so it's hard to stay too mad at her for regressing for the sake of salvaging her career.

A marked difference that I can already see between the UK and US charts are the fact that a lot of US #1 singles just don't have videos yet thanks to leaks to radio or iTunes. So with our 2nd #1 of February, Eminem's "Crack a Bottle," YouTube seems to have erupted in a bunch of halfassed video remixes in lieu of an official video, so here's one that doesn't suck totally:

Eminem comes back from his hiatus sounding a bit more laid back than previous singles, and the song definitely has its own bounce to it. Thank god the first single of the CD isn't a song about how he's Slim Shadey full of insults against celebrities, as has been the trap of his prior releases. It's a decent single, but will he still be relevant by the time the CD is actually released? And with the last release, there was a lot of talk about when Eminem would "grow up" like Jay-Z did... this does not seem to have happened yet. Oddly, the whole song sounds like it could be a Crank Yankers theme song.

And our final #1 of February, we have Flo Rida sampling Dead or Alive's "You Spin Me (Right Round Baby Right Round)"... for "Right Round."

This is one of those rap songs where you see the title and think "Dear god, please don't let this mean he sampled that song." And Flo Rida adds nothing to a song that's already been killed and buried by being covered by every metal and industrial band under the sun. The song has a good beat and you can bop your head to it, but when the YouTube comments feature such genius thoughts as "It reminds me of Dead or Alive" you've got to wonder just who is in on the joke here. The comments also appear to suggest the song is about strippers going down on men in lap dance rooms, but that makes no sense when the female repeats the same line, unless everyone gets oral sex in Flo Rida's strip club world.

Drunk Engrish Ric Flair Mario Land Commentary

I do apologize for posting two lengthy Japanese video game commentary videos in one week, but at least this one just jumps right in with the crazy from second 1:

"This one bites Mario's pizza"

Episode 113 - "I didn't know an episode of this podcast could have negative downloads"

With episode one-hundred-and-thirteen, I present to your our latest sponsor. Ladies and gentleman, I give you the 2010 Toyota Juggernaut:


"29 highway miles per gallon, bitch!"

With our lucky thirteenth episode, the tribunal of prehistoric rage covers a litany of topics including but not limited to: Domestic Violence, Morris Day and the Time, New Jersey, Being Related To NBA Great David Robinson, Pawn Shops, The Adventures of Pluto Nash, AIDS, and Tentacle Penis Envy.

Thanks to the loyal help of our Pay As You Exit innerterns, I'm pleased to share these supplemental videos to expand your listening experience:

Starting off, here's a link to the video for the song "Sweet About Me" about Gabriella Cilmi showing a remarkable amount of sympathy to male victims of abuse while also having the most annoying singing voice ever. Don't want me to be so vicious against your artists, Island/Universal Records? Let people willing to give you free publicity embed, idiots.

Wonder why we were so "Been Had" everything? Well, see, we been had bagel bites:

Here is also a commercial that will kill half your brain with stupid from local Connecticut pawn shop, Good Ol' Tom's. Finally, a pawn shop for overly dramatic widows and their creepy dogs:

And finally, "Fat Boy" Joe Piscopo rapping about beer:
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