Off The Cuff
50th Anniversary Special

About this Episode
Oh. Is this thing on? Anyone there? Hello? Who?
Anyone hear me? No, I didn't order a pizza. What
about pizza? What? Turtle soup. What? I need
soup. I don't think that's what we're here for.
Somebody sounds like an old woman. Who let the
ladies in? Witsend! I haven't quite gotten my
my regimen of estrogen and testosterone kind
of figured out yet. Oh, it sounds like his balls
re -up themselves. More ascended as someone with
intelligence would say. We've been doing this
for a long time. I don't really think intelligence
is a part of this. When do we do it? When you're
80 something years old is it's total what? I
Wait, I have something written down here It says
hello and welcome to off the cuff episode 1250
for July 9th the year 2062 It's a long freaking
time This is a it says like yesterday. This is
I'm your host. Who's your host? Are you in the
host? I remember hostess Now I want a Twinkie
Ah, Twinkies. That's weird. I'm your host, Mike
Powers. Um, I've heard other voices, but they
may be in my head. Dan, are you out there? Ah,
yes. I... Yes, um, I'm out here John's are you
there? Oh I'm sorry. What was that? I think he
said I Think I think for the first time ever
we have Steve Megatron Phillips from geek cast
radio What the hell's a Megatron? I don't know,
I trapped that 20 years ago. I got sued by Hasbro.
They needed that last penny. They were like,
you're infringing, and I said, well, bite me.
And they killed the Geekcast Radio Network. And
what are we doing? I don't know why we're doing
podcasts. I'm doing holocaust now. So I show
up in places to scare the crap out of young people.
I thought you were gonna say small girls. Well,
that's only when I want to show up in places
that they don't want me. Mostly showers. Anything?
What? What? Well, I'll be back. I have to use
the bathroom. Oh. Should we all have done that
before we recorded? I'm doing it right now! His
pants are full. Not as full as they used to be.
We've been doing this for a long time. Too long.
Some might say. Who are you? How many of us are
here again? I can't count anymore. I Is Joe here?
Who's Joe? Didn't he die? I Think Joe's dead.
Oh, that's right. He got the yeah, you get that
Hawaiian shirt poisoning thing that was going
on in The Tommy Bahamas. The Tommy Bahama disease
took so many young men and older men like him.
And in the worst stages, you grow a grass skirt
at the end. Terrible, terrible way to go. It's
all thanks to those mutant mosquitoes. But he
died doing what he loved. School children. Because
he was a teacher, right? He was a creepy old
man. Not at the end. He just went to the schools.
Well, what a way to go. Buried in a pile of young
boys underwear. Oh, so let's talk about the surprise
announcement of the summer. Yeah, the big announcement.
The big announcement is we're. Due to the fact
that Gabe Newell finally died, they were able
to pull Half -Life 3 from his dead hands, and
they're finally gonna release it. We're finally
gonna find out what happened... ...almost, oh
god, what was it, 57 years ago? When they ended
Half -Life 2 Episode 2? Now we'll find out what
the cliffhanger is. I'm sure it'll be completely
worth the wait, just like Starcraft Ghost was
10 years ago. The problem with have like three
is it was completed fifty seven years ago, so
it's like playing that Nuke Duke em game That
came out fifty years ago. Oh, yeah, you come
Yeah, no new Duke em the one they they the Duke
Duke em game. They made with new Gingras starting
in it. I remember that Oh, the one with all the
boobies. Those conservatives really love them.
Oh, now you're just full of shit. You need to
go change your pants. You don't know what you're
talking about. It's okay. I'm wearing my Depends.
What does it depend on? Depends on how full it
gets. Don't force it. You'll hurt yourself again.
You're gonna go ring. I've already blown one
out I got a 12 pack in the back. I could just
put a new one in the new eye ring made by Apple
Yeah, it's like a Play -Doh fun Factory back
there with those irings. It's not it's not Apple
anymore you moron. It's called pear ink Thought
by now it'd be orchard. That's because everything
comes in pairs. They actually decided just to
buy the fruit of a loom company And they could
just be whatever fruit they want Those fruity
bastards gotta love them Yeah, I've heard insider
details though, they're gonna age the the main
hero To our ages now, they're gonna keep at it
is this he had got lost in a time vortex They've
actually replaced the crowbar with a cane Is
it too early to ask for an H? an HD remake of
have life 3 Real D I just want those pixels again
I just got my 7k TV installed the other day and
you're telling me there's an HD coming out? What
the hell is this HD technology? It's retro, man.
It's like... It's like the second coming of the
record. Oh, you people and your retro crap. All
they want us to do is stupid retro stuff. Oh,
it's in the past. Get over it. How did you survive
the hippie riots? One toke at a time. I just
walked around with a bag full of pot and I just
threw it away every single time they got near
me and they go after it. I mean, I just used
it as a defense mechanism. You have to hand it
to the government. I would have never thought
to use steam rollers in such a fashion. Well,
you know. It's a good thing we had games like
Left 4 Dead and Dead Rising to teach us how to
manage hordes. Yes, well, they certainly made
an impression. Mostly on the pavement. I've heard
pirate witches are going to be in the new Assassin's
Creed. I think you play as a pirate witch. My
bones can't take these games in him. These new
games. Everything's gotten so complicated. I
rue for the days that were as easy like when
Thief came back out in the PS4. Man, I wish we
could have those throwback mechanics. I never
liked FIFA. No thief thief. Yes FIFA the one
with the ball. I understand I think there was
a ball What Assassin's Creed are we up to now?
When did or do they just are we back around to
Assassin's Creed? I I think the new one takes
place in 2014 if I recall correctly I mean it
was a pinnacle of things going on because of
South Korea why they set a Assassin's Creed game
in South Korea. I'll never know I Really interested
how they're working out the fact that Kim Jong
-un is with the Templars. I think they're reaching
now. I think they're starting to run out of ideas
after about 60 of these things. Yes, you actually
play as President Putin. You're putting it in
what? Who? No, what are you putting it in? I
don't I don't understand the question. What game
are we talking about? What's the game it was
an equestrian game something about guys riding
horses bare -chested? Braveheart I've even watching
Braveheart again. I Do I do like me some Mel
Gibson, I mean, but it was a shame what happened.
Yeah To be go out sodomized by a group of angry
Jews, you would have never thought. On a cross,
no less. I know. They really nailed his ass on
that thing. I've never seen someone smile and
cry at the same time. Well, they nail your hands
down and then they nail you with their penises
right in your asshole the entire time. You're
bound to get some pleasure somewhere. Thank the
Lord that we have Mel Gibson Day. I'm just glad
it's a holiday. Yes, and it only comes four times
every few years. It's a really screwed up system.
Is it on February 29th? It is. It is. Mel Gibson
Day is what it used to be called. That joke is
dumb. February got extended to 31 days five years
ago. Wow, you know remember these things and
at least they finally eliminated that god -forsaking
daylight savings time because man I don't have
a light mandatory time So what systems do you
guys have in your house? Oh Excuse me. I'm sorry.
You're floating Sky Mansion well Currently in
the floating Sky Mansion. I have the um the uya
six why would you buy that because no one ever
saw it coming they took over everything it's
the most popular system now i mean after everybody
got burned out on the xboxes and ps4s and then
the fall of microsoft back in the mid 30s uh
i mean you know somebody had to step in and for
some reason the retro gamers decided to resurrect
the Ouya and it became so popular they brought
it back to the marketplace. And now, I mean,
it's so small and simplistic. I mean, all you
do is just stick your dick in the hole and then
you wiggle it around and you play the games with
your penis. I mean, pretty innovative. No, Ouya,
not your ma. Oh, I forgot, Sean. I've been banging
that corpse for years. Me too. It was a shame
about the steam box. I never knew children could
catch on fire like that. Well, that led to the
prohibition of video games. Dark days. The darkest
of dark days. We had to resort to making bathtub
games. That was the... The heyday of the indie
games. It's the day the indie games took over.
Sony sold many a rubber duck after the prohibition
took effect. Oh, I love that. It was such a good
game. Sitting there playing nothing but tech
demos. Ah, it's the worst. In your closet? Yes.
Your soundproof closet with a little candlelight
so no one could hear or see what you were doing.
Yeah. That's a bit like a fire hazard, but it's
okay. He's retarded. My favorite Prohibition
area era game, though, was definitely Anne Frank.
I mean, I really connected with that Anne Frank
game when she was hiding in her attic while I
was hiding in my closet and we were both trying
to be quiet. And all you do is sit there and
watch her and not touch your controller. And
if you touch it, the Nazis kill her. I love the
integration with the Oculus Rift. Oh, yes. Very
depressing. The part where you get to lift up
your skirt and looking at your yu -ha, you know,
and there's pretty fantastic though. Hmm. And
Frank's up skirt. You guys are sick. Nothing
like historical dead figures and their naughty
bits. What's the longest you've ever worn your
your rift? Well, we're in it right now. I'm just
taking it off in like six years. I Don't even
know what it looks like outside No outside still
I was gonna say since Since the Microsoft scorched
the sky on the last day that they were open I
didn't really think there's much of a point of
looking outside anymore, but boy it was one hell
of an ad Mmm, it was I was really they inadvertently
blew up their headquarters announcing Halo 9
see that was that was the end of the prohibition
They were like we need to end this Or we will
burn the sky And so they decided to end prohibition
But unfortunately since the countdown clock was
running on Windows 12 They couldn't stop it Cuz
man go figure something in a Windows based system
doesn't work out down programs Didn't work right
on Windows 12 and the sky was burned No sad buttons
died It's okay though because Activision bought
what was left of Microsoft And it was resurrected
as Wind Vision. Ah, those were the days. Call
of Halo. I do love me some Call of Halo. That
was some good times. That's all Halo is missing.
There was nothing like that 128 versus 128 multiplayer
online. Yes, and when they decreased the lag
time to 30 second intervals, it was fantastic.
I think the Titanfall expansion pack was a little
much though. Titan Winter. You don't really want
to cram an entire game into another game. Oh,
that reminds me of what special night with dinner.
It was like one of those seven layer burritos.
Every time you peel back a layer, there is another
crappy nostalgia portion to that game. And when
they started just. dropping movie characters
in that game. Man, it just really kind of lost
where it was going. George Clooney bit it for
me. I was done. The Ocean's 12 pack was just
a little weird, but I do like playing as a Matt
Damon. Only God rest his soul. It's only fun
playing with the Matt Damon character in Call
of Halo when you have the board identity hack
mod. Enabled no one would have ever thought that
Affleck would have killed him in the end. Yeah,
well When the Batman indeed It didn't really
surprise anybody especially after they found
that Group of hookers all stuffed in his mattress
and his trailer I heard it was a very uncomfortable
place like the back of a Volvo all those little
itty -bitty Male Puerto Rican prostitutes all
stuffed in a mattress. Felipe, we miss you. They
died with their asses up in the air, but freedom
in their hearts. Sperm in their bellies. Puerto
Ricans. Puerto Ricant at that point. That's right,
because men... I can't do much when you get a
belly full of cum and you're face down and okay,
so What's happened in the last 50 years so far?
We've got Microsoft or Activision by Microsoft.
Sorry, we've got prohibition We have Microsoft
burning the sky to end prohibition. Ah, don't
forget about the end of racism and then The bringing
back of racism to keep everybody down because
everybody was too happy. Hold on a minute. I'm
not doing my bullet points. Oh, I'm sorry. I
forgot. I'm getting ahead of myself. I want to
make sure that the listeners know what we're
talking about, even though I don't know what
we're talking about. I don't know who you are.
Wait a second. Do we need? Hello and welcome
to off the cuff episode. 1250. Thank you for
listening to the lunchroom. No. Why would you
bring up the lunchroom? No, nobody listens to
the lunchroom. I mean, that's why we stopped
doing the lunchroom. Nobody nobody even remembers
the lunchroom. Why would you bring up that awful
time in my life? Oh, no, he's going to get depressed
again. Oh, good. Great now he's gonna cry for
20 minutes 20 minutes of happiness in my life
John Z You still got that you got that package.
I sent you Yes, I I sleep next to it every night.
I have you opened it Yes, I was very touched.
Thank you Jump in the box. Have you seen how
fat I've gotten? I'm not jumping into anything
I made sure it was a big box of razor blades
this time. I mean I Don't jump. I gave it up
in 2000. You just put it on the floor By your
bed, and you just roll your fat ass over it.
Can I use my rascal? All right, so here we go
Dude a video game over saturation of violence.
There was a prohibition Microsoft ended the prohibition
by burning the sky. Activision buys Microsoft
and becomes Wind Vision. What happens to Sony?
I can't remember what happened to Sony. Are they
still around? Yeah, Sony's still around. They're
one of the few constants for some reason. Oh,
that's right. I have my PS9 in my eyeball. That's
right. I always forget to turn it on it interferes
with the oculus rift Yeah, well you get you get
feedback when you get the two ocul things going
on at the same time There's there's drops for
that though. Sometimes I see things like dead
people Sometimes I see things like cataracts
If you're if you're seeing dead people, um, are
you are you playing a game? I don't think so.
Are you playing Dead Souls 12 right now? That
game is so hard. That game made me want to kill
myself. That's actually when you make it to the
end of the game, you do kill yourself. Is that
the only way? Spoiler alert! Oh, sorry guys.
Spoiler alert. I can't. I wonder how many people
are going to die now. Take your pills take your
pills Take your erectile dysfunction anti -coffee
Otherwise known as the power pill. Oh, I do love
me some power pill mmm, I Like the power pill
suppositories a lot more though, especially in
my age It's kind of hard to choke down a pill
speaking of Sony that last Guardian was shit
It was. I mean, waiting 20 years for something
like that to come out and then not even updating
the graphics from the original PS2 build. At
least they didn't lie. They said it was still
in development. Well, I mean, they really stuck
to IGN with that one. They didn't tell you that
development was the name of the Puerto Rican
they were smuggling it in. Back to Mel Gibson.
Who? IGN. The I Go Nuts Network. Isn't that an
asylum? Um, no. I'm pretty sure that's the TV
review place where all they do is run around
with their nuts hanging out of their pants. I
think that's - That's my favorite program. I
think that's health coverage for insane people.
That dude is explaining why they tried to draw
my blood while I was there. Hmm. Usually they
don't use straws. Yeah, well. The way these veins
work nowadays straws work just fine speaking
of blood Has anyone seen a vampire lately? Most
of them are playing World of Warcraft 7 They
just stay inside all day getting paid to farm
gold because they never have to sleep Die and
then they give them, you know young Puerto Ricans
to feed off of Can we leave the Puerto Ricans
alone? Come on. They're the 51st state. Get over
it. They're not going anywhere. They brought
them in because the vampire nation needed food
and they didn't want to give them money of the
real blooded Americans. Because we all taste
like cheese whiz. It was really interesting what
happened to Nintendo though. Who? Who is this?
Ah, it's, it's art. You had to fart? Um, ah.
Well, wait, there's too many voices in my head.
Maybe you should take your pills or your power
pill drink heavily. I have an IV I can't drink.
Put it on the IV. Put it on the IV. That's how
I like to take my my extra regulars. What was
that noise it reminded me of my younger days
of texting mmm texting I don't text anymore.
I just blink at people Somehow somehow that works
It's the eye blink How do you order anything
at Taco Bell like that? It's all the same it
doesn't matter. Yeah, I just say something Mexican
and they bring me something I just think it's
amazing the demolition man got it right in the
fact that there's nothing but Taco Bell's in
the future and there's no other fast food places.
I wish they had left the shells. The fact that
the taco burgers are a little weird. So what
happened to Nintendo? Someone was going to say
what happened to Nintendo. So. It was really
interesting back in the 2030s when Nintendo finally
reached a partnership with Sega and they formed
to create a new company. It was a little unfortunate
the name of their system, though. I don't think
it really floated well. Let's just bring that
down for a second. That's like one cripple helping
another cripple. Wow. Or two wrongs making a
right. But it didn't make a right. It's amazing
how a business plan can be formed off of something
like an Olympic game because of a partnership.
I don't know. Oh, screw the Olympics. When was
the last time anyone watched the Olympics? Nobody
watches the Olympics anymore. When they started
doing them every year, nobody gave a crap about
it. Let's go in the way of the WNBA and the XFL.
Towards steroids? Lots of steroids. Those bitches
were huge. They just kept running around saying
snooze. It's when they started letting the super
mutants start playing and they just started ripping
people's arms off. It just kind of went downhill.
OK, all right. Now I know you're just recalling
an episode of Fusarama. Nothing you said actually
happened. What's this Futurama you speak? You
are delusional, sir. They now run it as Pastorama.
Oh, it's one of those retro classics that they're
always playing in reruns. Everybody has these
fond memorias. Just because it's on Naked Night
does not make it old. Well, that and Arrested
Development reruns on all the damn time. God,
people get over it. The show's over. I mean,
God. Sean still curious on about fucking firefly
almost every other day and that shows been off
the air for like 70 years You can't take the
sky from me God Should go up to Valhalla where
they bury Nathan Fillion Jesus go kiss his ass.
I Hear he's the new Green Lantern What? Oh, that's
right in your bringing people back with holographs
and redoing them in movies Movies have gone downhill
now that they started recycling actors and plots
Yeah It's pretty sad I Do appreciate the fact
that they recognize video games as art now and
they actually are competing against movies for
best actor and best creation But what's weird
is where do you see them in a museum? Yeah, and
you see them on that and they're framed and they're
moving. And then there's the thing that we used
to call art sitting next to it, and it's so static
and boring. Yeah. I think to the art exhibit
where Master Chief's teabagging the Mona Lisa
was a little inappropriate, but, you know, to
each other. Mona Lisa wasn't very enthusiastic.
I didn't like that. She wasn't moaning. She's
got a very unnatural smile on her face. I don't
think a person can make that look on their face.
She's hiding something. Yeah. Besides the Master
Chief's nuts in her mouth. No. Space nuts. Who
are you? What are we doing again? What room is
this? What episode is this? Why am I handcuffed
to this desk? Welcome to the pull bag. Wait,
what? What are we doing? Hello and welcome to
the lunchroom episode 5. No, we've already established
it. This isn't the lunchroom. I think we're...
Oh, God. What are we? I think we're doing Altered
Geek. Hello and welcome to Altered Geek Unlimited
Limited. Indefinitely. Forever, Zeese. I Think
I think my depends is full now Well, it really
depends. Oh, it's squishy Hello and welcome to
the world according to art and Mike Then who
am I? You're not included in this one. Who are
you? Yeah, I don't know No, great. It's that
guy is the guy who doesn't know who he is. Oh
my gosh Remember that guy's there God, he just
always shows up every single week I Think it's
that Puerto Rican kid. I accidentally hit with
my car six years ago They said I couldn't drive
anymore and they said I needed to get rid of
my license but new I Decided it's much better
to decide that, you know Let's thin out the hurt
a little bit Still no hover cars kind of upset
about that. Yeah, who can afford a hover car?
people living on the moon God Speaking of video
games is actually being considered art now about
that uncharted. Oh my gosh Still don't get it.
You're still an idiot. You don't like anything
I like plenty of things. Just because Joe disappeared
because he was kidnapped by a Hawaiian shirt
does not give you the right to take over his
personality. I'm pretty sure he was killed by
a Hawaiian shirt, not kidnapped by one. I thought
he was taken. Uh, from us, you boob. Liam Neeson's
been dead for like 40 years. Lost him to that
tragic accident that also took Mel Gibson. You
took my Gibson I'm sorry. It's really hard to
hear you over this crappy Skype connection. Oh
I don't know how we got this stuff to work. I
don't even know how Skype even exists now I'm
not used to talking with my voice. I think the
only reason it exists is because they keep putting
them on the new wind visions Those things keep
getting bigger and bigger. I swear the last one
I had I now live in it You saw I was gonna say
you saw the new and Nintendo system. They're
releasing they announced at e3 is the size of
an outhouse All the entire inside of it is just
one giant screen and he can't even play multiplayer
with people It's like and it's not even HD. Oh
Never gonna be HD What's HD? I thought we hit
demand hit demand hit demand hit demand hit demand
Yeah, rise up my brothers. All right I'm gonna
go get some water. I'll be right back. Don't
say anything without me Well, I don't know I
I don't even know who that was I don't even know
who you are Sean, it's me. I remember the guy
that, hey, didn't you hear the announcement at
E3 last month about the new Saints Row? If I
recall correctly, you really enjoyed that game.
Oh, it's the best game. All of the art feels
so good. I'm so excited Supposedly, it's the
exact same as the last game that came out, but
there's three new costumes So it's like an entirely
different game No, no, no not costumes palette
swaps much better. Oh Yes, yes, and I think there's
a new skin that goes over the entire city. Wait
a second. I Think somebody's at the door I think
I just puked on my keyboard. Are you guys belating
each other? You still use keyboards? Well, we
had to break out this old stuff. I'm not going
to break. I'm not going to use it anymore now
that I puked on it. Hang on a second. Hang on.
I have to I have to go to the bathroom. There's
a lot of blood in this. Going to the bathroom
sounds an awful lot like opening a beer can.
I had to open my ass. Wow. Oh, you got one of
those pull tab bottles. I got a pull tab, baby.
Pull tab. It's like one of those old school Paps
cans. I miss having to open a pop can. Yeah.
It's not as fun how the replicators came along
and they just pour that shit right in your mouth.
Never tasted as good as it did when it was coming
out of a can. It all started with those damn
freestyle machines. It was all downhill after
that. It was. You shut your whore mouth. Just
because you married a freestyle machine doesn't
mean you get to yell at us. I can do whatever
I like and you will leave Frida out of this.
Can you believe it? He can marry a freaking robot
pop machine, but a guy still can't marry his
neighbor. I know, but I mean, seriously, you
wonder why that dude is so fat and has diabetes
because he's sucking off his wife all the time.
Well, I got tired sucking off of yours. Well,
it just your union, sir, bothers me to no end.
It's unnatural. Marriage is between a man and
a woman or a man and a man or a man and a cephalopod
or a man and a centipede or a man and a horse
or a man and a sheep or a man but never a man
and a machine. That are just jealous is all and
you're disgusting You're just upset that I can
turn my wife on with a simple plug -in of a cord
You can really turn it on just by plugging her
in yes, that's all it takes Yes, stay strong
dinner. I take back everything I said that I
think that sounds like a fantastic idea I'm trading
mine in for a new model No You just set us back
50 years Well, thank God 50 years wasn't that
long ago So How often do you get a refiller?
Oh I refill her a couple of times a night if
you know what I'm saying You're I don't you're
lying sir. There's my not enough Pills on the
market To do that for you. She I don't know if
I refreshment It's like a never -ending circle
of awesome sauce Sometimes you just let her stand
over top of you and just pour refreshments all
over your body Sometimes she even freaky with
the ice cubes How freaky Have you ever had raspberry
juice on your nipples sir hello and welcome to
off the cuff episode 1250 I am your host as I
have been for the last 50 years Michael Powers
and I'm joined this week by Arthur Danner who?
and Sean Z Brown? Woohoo! They're not brown,
I just checked, but they might be in a bit. You
guys are disgusting. And this has been the 50th
anniversary episode. Oh my gosh, that's right.
I can't believe I forgot that. Forgot what? Our
presents? there's presents right there's presents
this is our anniversary i didn't get you anything
what anniversary is it i think this is the paper
anniversary the anniversary of the paper yes
the anniversary of paper i'm pretty sure paper
was born 50 years ago no 50 years ago is when
it died It's oh that's when print media died
that's it rose like the Phoenix And then immediately
burst into flame because it was in fact paper
That's sad Try your tears on this paper napkin.
Oh wait There isn't any well. I don't know about
you guys, but I'm gonna have to go soak my dentures
soon Was gonna say it's getting to the point
where I mean it's past dinnertime Yes, it's 330
in the afternoon. I know it's it's almost 4 and
I and I go to bed at 4 I get cranky after after
I watch hey my arm is taking my reruns of Arrested
Development My arm is tingling What? What? Did
desert chest Possibly hurt a little bit with
that tingling arm. Oh it is now. Can you taste
toast? You need to eat a baby aspirin. You should
get a baby aspirin. I can't I I can't get to
the door. Oh god. Oh it hurts. Oh it hurts. Um.
Mike? You there? Mike? Hello? Hello? Sean Yes,
I think I think Mike's dead Mike I don't want
to keep living it was both ninja both Tendo Both
Tendo keep living without them I'm using my package
goodbye cruel world oh balls I was just messing
with you guys oh wait John I'm back. What'd I
miss? Hello? Guys? Oh shit.
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