Episode 90: Every Step is a Milestone
Posted by billsimmon on 23 Nov 2009 at 03:14 pm | Tagged as: episodes
Mike’s show notes are viewable after the jump…
Original air date: 11/22/09
Total run time: 1:57:30
File size: 53.8 MB
00:04 It is the 2 year PSFR anniversary!
00:07 Health care reform!
00:09 All Dems in the senate voted to bring the bill to the floor for debate. No Republicans joined them
“I found this entire process farcical” - Steve 00:12 (about Republicans not even allowing votes)
“As you know, I am not a conspiracy theorist, but…” 00:13 Bill
00:14 What if someone killed a Democratic senator? It would derail healthcare. Bill starts brainstorming detailed plans.
“This was not on the agenda” - Steve 00:14
“I’m only thinking about this now that I am talking about it” - Bill 00:17
00:20 The historic nature of getting this far with healthcare reform
“Every step is a milestone” - Steve 00:20
00:21 Steve gives a rundown of all the debates that are coming up
“we go to war with the filibuster system we have, not the one we want” - Steve 00:23
“I’d rather have a heathcare bill without a public option that we can add [later] than kill healthcare” - Steve 00:28
00:29 Station and show identification
00:31 Bill plays a tape of an early show, and then Steve has to guess what it was talking about
00:33 2012
“The trailer is a fair depiction of what the movie is like” - Bill 00:33
“Dumber than the Day after Tomorrow.” - Bill 00:36
“I Disagree. The Day after Tomorrow was as Dumb as Dumb can be” - Emily 00:36
00:37 Galaxy Quest (now in Blu-ray!) There is a language track for Thermian!
00:39 Star Trek in Blu-ray
00:40 Flash Forward
“Not a lot happened” - Steve 1:40
“Let’s stop talking about Flash Forward because I know our chatters hate it” 00:43
00:44 V
“There was nothing obviously offensive about it. So thumbs up!” - Steve 00:44
“[ratings] started off with a bang, but there has been a precipitous decline since” - steve 00:48
00:48 The Prisoner (and its own declining ratings)
“I didn’t like it. I had trouble with it.” - Steve 00:48
“I expected more from the show than that” - Bill 00:51
00:53 Fringe
“If you are going to watch one episode this week, this is it” - Steve 00:55
00:56 Movie of the Week voting ends and it is decided to be “Strange Days”
00:57 Sarah Palin’s book
00:59 Bill plays another mystery clip from an old show
01:01 Back to Healthcare: How can we get stuck now?
“What is the nature of the opposition?” - Steve 01:06
01:08 Harold and Kumar get sent to trial in NYC
“The madness of trying criminals in criminal court” - Bill 01:08
“My hunch is that Giuliani doesn’t believe his own nonsense” - Steve 2:11
01:12 Texas accidentally outlaws all marrige
“The laughter in the background you hear is Emily” Steve 01:15
01:17 The Hamilton Filibuster
01:21 Let’s talk Jobs Bill (and how common economic sense is ass backwards)
“It should be common sense, but it is an uphill political fight” Steve 01:27
“You have to trust experts, but what if the experts are spouting gibberish?” Bill 01:28
01:33 Turning things back to genre
01:34 SGU
“This is my least favorite episode, but this is not a damning statement” Bill 01:34
“This show is good. Yeah, it works.” Bill and Steve 01:35
01:37 Previews of Chuck were released. They are back in the Buy More.
01:28 Lost will come back on Groundhog Day
01:39 Discussion: Twenty Ten or Two Thousand Ten?
01:43 Unintentional Flashback to 2007
01:44 Stupid People Staying Stupid Things
- John Shadegg: “How will you feel when it is your daughter that is kidnapped by terrorsist?”
- Wes Pruden: “Mr Obama likely knows no better.. he has no natural instinct or blood impulse…”
- Rep Gohmert: Democrats want a terrorist attack, since rebuilding would make more jobs
- Sarah Palin: “You won’t see the Evil Empire on the map…”
02:01 Show ends

