{"id":669,"date":"2012-01-02T01:39:18","date_gmt":"2012-01-02T01:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/?p=669"},"modified":"2012-01-02T01:39:18","modified_gmt":"2012-01-02T01:39:18","slug":"029-uttering-a-forged-instrument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/?p=669","title":{"rendered":"029 Uttering A Forged Instrument"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/player.wizzard.tv\/player\/o\/j\/x\/132546810858\/config\/k-f66fc0306886ccea\/uuid\/root\/height\/325\/width\/325\/episode\/k-9e9f72f6aebdcff6.m4v\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/029-Uttering-A-Forged-Instrument.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/029-Uttering-A-Forged-Instrument-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"029 Uttering A Forged Instrument\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-673\" srcset=\"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/029-Uttering-A-Forged-Instrument-300x191.jpg 300w, http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/029-Uttering-A-Forged-Instrument.jpg 942w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Welcome to 2012.  What could go wrong?  If you believe the Mayans, or certain John Cusack movies, everything.  But we had doom-sayers in 2011, didn&#8217;t we?  And how did that work out?  Still had to show up for work, still had to do the laundry, and didn&#8217;t get to see the enemies of righteousness get smote by the wrath of a big &#8220;G&#8221; god.  What a let down that was.  And thanks to a big stone calendar you could roll down your driveway and into the street to crush passing traffic, a bunch of ancient mathematicians from Central America are getting our hopes up again.  You want to hope for the best, but we&#8217;ve been burned by apocalyptic teases before.  You think, &#8220;Hey, maybe the Four Horsemen will really show up this time&#8221;, but it turns out to be just a bunch of Shriners on minibikes.  It&#8217;s hard to stay optimistic about the end of the world, but we here at <strong>What Could Go Wrong?<\/strong> are nothing if not optimistic.  Hell, it&#8217;s in the title!  So we here at the podcast wish you all the best in this upcoming, terminal year.  Here&#8217;s hoping.<\/p>\n<p>A renegade goat is eluding authorities in Minnesota (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/ms?authuser=0&#038;vps=2&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;hl=en&#038;oe=UTF8&#038;msa=0&#038;msid=209861047067148808955.0004b52aeebdb18b85e1b\">you can check the Google map of all the recent sightings here<\/a>) and a cranky croc named Elvis takes a lawnmower hostage for a ransom of kangaroo meat.  Believe it or not, those animals are the most intelligent characters in the news this week.  All the humans are dumber than stumps.  Mental-patient bank robbers, nudists fast food patrons and the guy who asks for change from his million dollar bill at a Walmart make homo sapiens seem less evolved than your average cantankerous reptile.<\/p>\n<p>Luka&#8217;s <em>Bad Movie Review<\/em> this week takes on <strong>Dead Silence<\/strong> (2007), a movie with all the elements for a fine creepy film except for any kind of protagonist anyone would give a flying fig about.  The movie shows a room full of 101 ventriloquist puppets that never move, and every one of them can out act the main character.  The villain was scary, and there is a great twist at the end that makes it worth watching, but unless you&#8217;re a compulsive shaver, there&#8217;s no one in this film you&#8217;re going to relate to.  This <em>Good Unintentionally Bad Movie<\/em> will either leave you speechless, or feeling like a dummy.<\/p>\n<p>Remember last week when Luka told you real-life excuses she&#8217;d been given by friends?  Wait until you meet her family.  Our Luka looks back on the special New Year traditions her family celebrated.  And by &#8220;celebrated&#8221;, we mean &#8220;survived.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And for the New Year, Skullard pulls out an old song.  In a new segment called <em>Songs I No Longer Sing<\/em>, Skullard officially retires one of the songs from his old stage act, never to be performed again.  And when you hear these obsolete tunes, dear listener, you&#8217;ll know why they&#8217;re being sung for the last time.<\/p>\n<p><em>You can mow Elvis&#8217; lawn when Elvis says you can mow his lawn.  Otherwise, he&#8217;ll take that mower, and then what will you use?  Detective Lipton&#8217;s shaver?  It&#8217;s worth losing a couple of teeth to show everbody who&#8217;s boss.<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/crocposter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/crocposter.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"crocposter\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-672\" srcset=\"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/crocposter.jpg 500w, http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/crocposter-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>From Skullard&#8217;s Postcard Collection:<\/strong>  Elvis sent me this one himself.  It seems he wants a visit.<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/dropinanytime.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/dropinanytime.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"dropinanytime\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-679\" srcset=\"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/dropinanytime.jpg 333w, http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/dropinanytime-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This week&#8217;s educational short; <strong>Ways To Settle Disputes<\/strong> (1950) teaches disagreeing young people some alternatives to murder. Huzzah!<\/em><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JCsp5lGxeCM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to 2012. What could go wrong? If you believe the Mayans, or certain John Cusack movies, everything. But we had doom-sayers in 2011, didn&#8217;t we? And how did that work out? Still had to show up for work, still &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/?p=669\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,7],"tags":[136,134,135,138,133,137,132],"class_list":["post-669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bad-movies","category-entertainment","category-odd-news","tag-dead-silence","tag-elvis-the-crocodile","tag-lost-goat","tag-million-dollar-bill","tag-new-year","tag-opera-geraldo-and-phil","tag-songs-i-dont-sing-anymore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=669"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":695,"href":"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions\/695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}