Episode 1123

Maker Faire
Rich Jansma from Michigan wants to know if Dick and Leo will be at the Detroit Maker Faire.  Leo will be, and will go to the Ford plant.  He will also visit the Henry Ford Museum, and pay his respects to Thomas Edison’s Last Breath.

Dedication
Michael from Ireland has to look after an ill grandfather, and the Daily Giz Wiz helps make it easier.  He has an iPod Touch 8GB, which is entirely dedicated to listening to the show.  He has almost caught up with the old episodes and looks forward to many more.  Leo has a suggestion for Michael – get a bottle and a stopper – and Dick just cracks up.

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Episode 1122

Losing Sleep over TWiT
Michael Gray is losing sleep, and the Daily Giz Wiz is to blame.  Michael has to work during the day and the only time to watch TWiT videos is at night.  With the addition of Daily Giz Wiz videos, it’s just put Mike over the top.

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Episode 1121

Arsenio Hall
The other day Leo got a call on his radio show from Burton Richardson, the announcer for the TV show Arsenio Hall.

A Sailing Story
Leo once took Jennifer on a MacMania Cruise and all the time Jennifer was worrying that the cruise was going to sink.  Recently they attended a charity auction.  One of the auctioned items was a trip on Humphrey Bogart’s old boat.  After some very competitive bidding, Leo was surprised to learn that Jennifer, who was sitting behind him, had got the bid.  In the end Leo took the TWiT staff on the boat trip.

Garage Butler
Colin O’Connor has been listening since Episode 1, and has even got his 9-year-old son listening to the show.  The Nighthawk Deadbolt Security Indicator in Episode 1111 reminds him of his Garage Butler.

Garage Butler

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Episode 1120

Australian Verse
Today’s Warehouse intro verses were penned by Danny Whitmer from Sydney, Australia.

The Voices of Paul Frees
Leo loves the “no windows and no doors” voice at the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland – Paul Frees, who also did the Pillsbury Dough Boy.  Leo thinks Paul Frees also did Tony the Tiger, although Dick says it’s Bob Jones.  Probably both are wrong, as it was Dallas McKennon and Thurl Ravenscroft, a subject previously discussed on DGW.  See Episode 271.

The Voice of Eddie Lawrence
Bob Kuehn has a friend who is going through some tough times, and wants to find an audio sample of an old time radio guy whom Dick and Leo talked about, which might just cheer his friend up.  Leo knows exactly who – Eddie Lawrence, the Old Philosopher.

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Episode 1119

Prime Suspect
Will Cool, who wrote in Episode 1105 about a potential problem of “free shipping” with Amazon Prime, wanted to give Dick and Leo an example but could not reproduce the problem.  Fortunately another listener has an explanation.  Chris Miller says that on Amazon’s mobile client, a product will show the Amazon Prime icon on the item, then you open up the mobile interface which will show you the best price.  The best price is not necessarily the price with the Prime free shipping.  So you need to look at all the options and find the Prime price.  Leo says that it’s the same on the desktop version, but it’s less noticeable on the mobile version.

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