The Scope

The Scope Taking a Brief Break

comments@thescopeshow.com — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:44:28 +0000

Sometimes life throws you lemons, so while we make lemonade — in order to mix it with some Jack Daniels, of course — we’ll be going on a brief hiatus. This break will delay our next episode, originally scheduled to record this weekend. We don’t have a firm date for our return, but it shouldn’t be too long.

Thank you for your patience, and thanks for listening.

Episode 82: Thorbjoern Jagland wants to kick drum your heart

comments@thescopeshow.com — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:00:26 +0000

Episode 82 of The Scope comes at you with a distinct lack of Adam but makes up for it with a brand-new (ripped off from Entertainment Weekly) bit. And to show we really do care, our lone music review comes directly from fan request. But we worry because he probably expected a typical Scope score of three stars. Will our petulant behavior erode our fan base by 29.47%? Hopefully, our focus on sports and G.I.Joe comic history will dull the blow.

Episode 82 can fully support The Beatles. (That’s what happens when Adam doesn’t show up.)

Reviews
Music
2 ¼ Stars – I and Love and You – The Avett Brothers

Music
Scope Sounds: “1901″ – Phoenix

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Episode 81: We Have No Catch Phrases or Funny Lines

comments@thescopeshow.com — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:00:56 +0000

In homage to the new ABC show, FlashForward, we blackout for one hour and thirty-seven minutes. That means we have no idea what happened during episode 81 of The Scope. But it’s a good possibility the show covers the second part of the North Shore Trivia Contest of ’09, the aforementioned FlashForward, and maybe some healthcare talk. Why? We’re socially-conscious, even while passed out.

Finally, because you were wondering, we did see our futures in the blackout. And you know what? In six months, we’ll all be watching season seven of the now-classic sitcom, Girlfriends, on DVD. Very sad. Very true.

Reviews
Television
3 Stars – FlashForward – ABC Thursday 8/7c

Music
Scope Sounds: “The Way You Talk” – Schaffer The Darklord

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Episode 80: The 4th Annual Fall TV Preview

comments@thescopeshow.com — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:32:19 +0000

The latest episode of The Scope brings equal doses of pleasure and pain. Adam is back in studio, while Molly had to bow out of her appearance due to “scheduling conflicts.” We’ll let you decide which event corresponds with the good and bad.

To make up for this unforeseen dichotomy, we bring you The 4th Annual Fall TV Preview with gusto and grit. Yes, our expert Molly wasn’t able to sit in on this important event. But we overcame it with many references to Matthew McConaughey (Patchouli and Texas?!?) as well as Jared’s love mild dislike loathing of TV’s Amy Poehler.

Finally, just to make it seem like a full show, we do timely reviews of a TV show on DVD that has been out for some time and a video game featuring a musical band that some (Adam) call “overrated.” No, it’s not Ace of Base. Although Ace of Base: Rock Band seems like a solid concept for a game, right?

Good times. Good times. (Repeated for comedic impact.)

Reviews
Television
3 ¼ Stars – Flight of the Conchords: The Complete Second Season
Video Games
3 ½ Stars – The Beatles: Rock Band – Xbox 360
3 ½ Stars – Batman: Arkham Asylum – Xbox 360

Music
Scope Sounds: “Rock Is FTW!” – Possible Oscar – Download for free at The FuMP

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Episode 79: The Mysterious Case of Matrices, Dirty Sanchezies, and the Missing Square Root of 64

comments@thescopeshow.com — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:00:28 +0000

After months of harassment from N.O.W., we finally let another woman co-host the show who isn’t named Molly. Kerri (with a K) stops by to fill in for an A.W.O.L. Adam and prove that superfans can actually make it on the show. Only in America.

We also bring back “North Shore Trivia,” a classic (because we say it is) Scope show bit. It’s made even better by listening to Kerri squirm as we force her to answer the questions. Keep in mind, she’s practically a genius. Or that’s what she tells us.

We also hammer out three solid reviews including one for Quentin’s latest film. You gotta love the giant pipe, yes? Or is that, “Ja?”

The Scope Episode 79 isn’t intimidated by anything named, “Sloshdat.”

Reviews
Music
3 ¼ Stars – Old Familiar Friend – Brendan Benson
Television
3 Stars – Leverage – TNT Wednesday 9/8c
Film
3 ¾ Stars – Inglourious Basterds

Music
Scope Sounds: “Heads Up, Hearts Down” – I Fight Dragons

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Episode 78: Adam And His Amazing Bladder

comments@thescopeshow.com — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:00:32 +0000

Much to the disappointment of nearly everyone in the podcasting community, this episode marks the return of The Scope after our one month summer hiatus. We may sound a little rusty this time around…but who are we kidding? We usually sound a little rusty.

Speaking of Rusty, we give tribute to 80s movie maker John Hughes (Rusty was the name of the son in Hughes’ National Lampoon’s Vacation; look it up, slackers) and Adam is too lazy to come into the studio but more than willing to monopolize the first part of the show talking about his latest travel disaster. Yes, it was even in the news.

Speaking of disasters (see how we’re doing it?) we review the G.I.Joe movie as well as spend a little time with new Scope show-regular Mike talking about the history and trivia of the Joe Universe.

Speaking of the Joe Universe, we also give a nearly-instant review of District 9 (Hmm. That transition didn’t work nearly so well.)

That’s a lot of content for one Scope show. Show your appreciation by listening with glee, sending comments and voicemails, and reviewing us in iTunes. Oh, hell, become a fan of us in Facebook while you are at it.

Reviews
Film
1 ½ Stars – G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
3 ½ Stars – District 9

Music
Scope Sounds: “This Ballad of G.I. Joe” – Funny or Die

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Final G.I. Joe Commentary from Spielbay

comments@thescopeshow.com — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:55:00 +0000

The final G.I. Joe PSA video is now available.

Will you see the movie anyway? Yeah, we probably will too.

More G.I. Joe Commentary From Spielbay

comments@thescopeshow.com — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:27:43 +0000

Spielbay is doing important work. This video explains how to handle the side effects of watching G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Spielbay Returns To Mock G.I. Joe

comments@thescopeshow.com — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:24:34 +0000

While you wait for us to return from summer break, enjoy the latest from Spielbay.

Weekly Tweets for 2009-08-02

comments@thescopeshow.com — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:11:00 +0000

Great deal: Street Fighter IV for X360 $19.99 at GameStop. http://bit.ly/s6WCk #fb #
J: TwitteReview: Entourage S4: Funny, but the formula is wearing thin. Characters lack depth. Ari yells…a lot. ??¾ http://bit.ly/XHwei #fb #
J: TwitteReview: Party Down: Brilliantly cast. Razor-sharp humor. Can’t wait for the next season.???½ http://bit.ly/4oG3JW #fb #

Weekly Tweets for 2009-07-26

comments@thescopeshow.com — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:11:00 +0000

The web site is down at the moment. Investigation commencing. Stay tuned for updates. #fb #
Site is back up. It’s slow at the moment. Be patient. #fb #
J: Shane and I will be on Zero Hour with @johnnorton this evening. #scope #fb #
@asitnick Are you in town? If so, come by around 7:30. in reply to asitnick #
@asitnick Or let us know if you want to be on Skype with us. in reply to asitnick #
We’re in a holding pattern with @johnnorton. Waiting for Zero Hour to begin. Talking about the future which looks bright. Gotta wear shades. #
Adam loves Zero Hour more than The Scope. It’s true. #fb #
RT: @JohnNorton: Zero Hour 10: Crotch-Grabbing Rage with myself, @shaanep, @budsharpe, and @asitnick is now up! http://bit.ly/MAaUa #fb #

Scope News Alert: It’s a Good News Bad News Kind of Thing

comments@thescopeshow.com — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:33:12 +0000

Attention all Scopeamaniacs!

We know you can’t get enough of our Scope antics, so we graciously accepted Scope-friend John Norton’s invitation to participate in the latest episode of “Zero Hour with John Norton.” Find out if we can figure out non-typical areas for comb-overs. Find out if Adam actually makes an effort to appear on someone else’s podcast over his own. And find out if John Norton can masterfully edit down the ramblings of three crazy Minnesotans. Personally, we hope he can. What are you waiting for? Start listening now.

Also, it is that time of year again when summer impacts our schedule. That means we won’t be recording a new show next week. We’ll be sure to let you know when episode 78 is on the docket.

Thanks for listening. From our hearts to yours. Thump thump thump….

Episode 77: Nerd Roundtable For Two

comments@thescopeshow.com — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:49:35 +0000

Shane and Jared have the place to themselves, and they settle in for a roundtable discussion of all the happenings in entertainment news — as long as you consider two topics to be all the happenings in entertainment news. Also, we talk about cats for a long time. Cats, cats, cats, cats, cats. The Internets love cats.

Plus: Shane reads the News, and Jared does a passable job of reading the Coming Soon, but completely fails to hit the post.

Reviews
Jared
3 1/2 Stars – The Tudors – Showtime
3 Stars – Taken
Shane
3 1/2 Stars – Green Day – Live, July 11, 2009

Music
Scope Sounds: “The Push” – The Seedy Seeds

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Weekly Tweets for 2009-07-19

comments@thescopeshow.com — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:11:00 +0000

Game-changing news: The Scope records one day earlier than usual this cycle. And it will be a more intimate show than usual. WOW! #fb #
J: It’s almost go time for us to record The Scope 77. We record on Friday, yet we make you wait until Monday to hear it. Jerks. #scope #fb #
J: Is villianized a word? #scope #fb #

Weekly Tweets for 2009-07-12

comments@thescopeshow.com — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:11:00 +0000

J: I’m waiting for my remote batteries to recharge so I can watch The Tudors while downloading and assembling messages for The Scop.. #fb #
J: Wow! Only 57 messages to sort through for content. This could take a while. #scope #fb #
While I am excited to see Green Day this weekend, why couldn’t Franz F. or KAISER CHIEFS be the opener? The Bravery = not my thing. #fb #
J: I really wish I could include in The Scope #cvg2009 special some of the stuff that recorded after Earl thought he hung up the ph.. #fb #
J: I’m *this* close to outputting an MP3 file for @thescopeshow’s CONvergence episode. I hope it doesn’t suck. #scope #cvg2009 #fb #

Episode 76: Cell Phones + Vodka x Dr. Horrible Costumes = The Scope at CONvergence

comments@thescopeshow.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:38:33 +0000

In an unbelievably daring move, your Scope hosts made the cunning decision to cover our annual trek to Minnesota’s biggest sci-fi convention in an unconventional way. This year…we phoned it in…literally (or is that figuratively?) The entire show was delivered via The Scope voicemail line. It’s an uncensored, unfiltered look at four days of geeky fun.

And just to make it interesting, we forced other con-goers besides Jared and Shane to dial in and voice their drunken opinions on all of the festivities.

CONvergence 2009 may be a distant memory, but now you can experience it for the first time (right along with Adam!)

Episode 76 is digging beer pong and the free “zombie snot” shots at the Con.

CONvergence 2009 Recap

comments@thescopeshow.com — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:53:02 +0000

Your Scope hosts survived another CONvergence. I think we all had a lot of fun, and there were many calls into the voicemail line — although how many were not from us or friends of the show remains to be heard.

Although it would be nice to have our special CVG episode posted now for everyone to experience, it’s going to take some time to assemble. No doubt some of the calls will be in need of some audio massage to get them ready to assemble. Please be patient while we put it together for you.

Weekly Tweets for 2009-07-05

comments@thescopeshow.com — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:11:00 +0000

Now that we’ve gotten Transformers out of the way, GIJoe is next on the list of destroying Hasbro franchises. Next: My Little Pony. #fb #
TF2 falls short of 5-day box office record. Shane and Jared credited for failure by taking The Spielbay Challenge. http://bit.ly/9DKxk #fb #
#cvg2009 is almost here! Look for posters at the con for instructions on how you can participate in The Scope’s CONvergence coverage. #fb #
@kevthuhu The codpieces we ordered ended up being too small, so sadly, no. #cvg2009 in reply to kevthuhu #
J: The Scope Instant Poll: Can you use the word YouTube as a verb? Sound off! #scope #fb #
Everyone send a prayer out to @budsharpe. He’s going to have a ton of fun constructing a new Scope show from all the voicemail calls. #fb #

The Scope at CONvergence 2009

comments@thescopeshow.com — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:45:21 +0000

The Scope will be returning to CONvergence again this year! However, our approach to content will be a little different.

We’ve decided to leverage our voicemail line to give power to the people. We want to hear your stories about CONvergence — prefereably as they happen. Here’s how it works:

CALL US

646-495-9201
Enter 70055 at the extension prompt.

TELL US YOUR CON STORY

Don’t leave out any details.

LISTEN TO THE SHOW

www.thescopeshow.com
twitter.com/thescopeshow

We’re also advertising our “Find These Guys, Win a Prize” campaign. Basically, if you find us at the con, we’ll ask you questions, and you’ll win a cheap prize.

That’s the deal, folks. We hope to see a lot of you there. And remember: the fate of our show relies on you!

Special Edition: The Scope Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen Review

comments@thescopeshow.com — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:45:45 +0000

We almost didn’t, but the advance word was so bad that we had to endure Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen for you, our precious listeners (I hope that sentence didn’t spoil our verdict). Plus, I think you guys were expecting us to review the film, and we do as we’re told.

Join Jared and Shane — Adam had the good sense to stay away — as they dissect every last tender morsel of Michael Bay’s latest opus with special guests fan-favorite Earl and the great Luke Ski. Oh, and Nathan was there too, waggling his tongue and swigging Baileys Irish Cream the whole time.

One more thing: you might notice the din of a party in the background. This party is not in celebration of Michael Bay and his cinematic achievement; that’s just how we roll.