{"id":886,"date":"2012-03-11T21:16:21","date_gmt":"2012-03-11T21:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/?p=886"},"modified":"2012-03-11T21:16:21","modified_gmt":"2012-03-11T21:16:21","slug":"038-better-than-ragu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/?p=886","title":{"rendered":"038 Better Than Ragu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/player.wizzard.tv\/player\/o\/j\/x\/133150048984\/config\/k-f66fc0306886ccea\/uuid\/root\/height\/325\/width\/325\/episode\/k-921b7580990caf43.m4v\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/038-Better-Than-Ragu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/038-Better-Than-Ragu-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"038 Better Than Ragu\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-889\" srcset=\"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/038-Better-Than-Ragu-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/038-Better-Than-Ragu.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Despite our best intentions to keep things moving along all quick and snappy like, this episode took on a life of its own and went <em><strong>long<\/strong><\/em>.  So what is that makes episode <em>38 Special<\/em>?  Is it because we talk so long we end up <em>Rocking Into The Night<\/em>?  Is it so long that it makes you relax your grip on your MP3 player to the point that you <em>Hold On Loosely<\/em>?   Or are you so <em>Caught Up In You <\/em>that you couldn&#8217;t care less?  Well, we hope you&#8217;ll give us a <em>Second Chance <\/em>and enjoy this double-sized, giggle-filled episode.<\/p>\n<p>In our usual chatter about TV, we bemoan the wrapping up of <strong>The Walking Dead<\/strong>, breathe sweet relief over the wrapping up of <strong>The River<\/strong>, wake up to the new show <strong>Awake<\/strong>, and celebrate the fact that <strong>Grimm<\/strong> just keeps getting . . . broadcast.  Then the news proves that Facebook is out to bite your ass, but that&#8217;s hardly news, is it?  Criminals keep getting busted by status updates and friend requests.  Why do we keep using it?  Why don&#8217;t you go to our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/WCGW\">Twitter feed<\/a> and let us know!  Oh, and the best thing to do if you&#8217;re late for a court date?  Hammer down!  And finally, an estranged husband puts a transmitter under his wife&#8217;s bed so he can NOT hear her having sex.  Makes perfect sense, right?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Orphan<\/strong> (2009) practically dares you to predict its twist ending, bragging, &#8220;You&#8217;ll never guess her secret.&#8221;  And then it cheats you out of crucial clues that would have helped you see what&#8217;s coming.  But after <strong>Luka&#8217;s Bad Movie Review<\/strong>, you can sit back and enjoy this movie without all that burden on the brain.  We just go ahead and spoil the twistiness so you can focus on the acting from some cute, if creepy, kid performers.  So, what do you do when you lose a child?  You pick up another one from the orphanage, because they&#8217;re all interchagable, right?  This tale of buyer&#8217;s remorse takes all the fun out of treehouses, playground structures, and trippy blacklight painting.  Oh, and also the sexualization of pre-adolescents.  Sorry to ruin <strong>that<\/strong> for ya.  Still, Luka gives it a <em>Pretty Good Unintentionally Bad <\/em>rating, so it&#8217;s worth a watch.  Just make sure you stay on Esther&#8217;s good side, assuming she has one.<\/p>\n<p>We launch a new game in our <em>Random Encounter <\/em>segment:  &#8220;That&#8217;s Not My Porn!&#8221;  Find out just how well Luka knows Skullard&#8217;s perverted tastes, and perhaps pick up a few suggestions for your adult viewing library as well.<\/p>\n<p><em>An erstwhile penguin gives the camera the bird, then takes off at &#8220;tremendous speed&#8221;.  Go Pingu, go!<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/penguin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/penguin.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"penguin\" width=\"310\" height=\"233\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-888\" srcset=\"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/penguin.jpg 310w, http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/penguin-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>If this sign by the highway is anything to go by, you may be listening to the <strong>Devil&#8217;s favorite podcast!<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/complainsign.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/complainsign.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"complainsign\" width=\"535\" height=\"468\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-900\" srcset=\"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/complainsign.jpg 535w, http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/complainsign-300x262.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>From <strong>Skullard&#8217;s Postcard Collection<\/strong>:  This is a German postcard that strangely has no caption or information on the back as to what&#8217;s so special about neon orange spaghetti.  So, of course, I had to make something up myself.<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/spaghetti.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/spaghetti.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"spaghetti\" width=\"500\" height=\"352\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-887\" srcset=\"http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/spaghetti.jpg 500w, http:\/\/whatcouldgowrongpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/spaghetti-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nGet up early in the morning while your still in your pajamas<br \/>\nStart making marinara that&#8217;s even better than your mama&#8217;s<br \/>\nAdd oregano and garlic, let it simmer all day long<br \/>\nYou&#8217;d think that it would save the meal, but sadly friend you&#8217;re wrong<br \/>\nGrate some parmasan and dump it on like it&#8217;s confetti<br \/>\nNothing you can do will salvage day-glow spaghetti.<\/p>\n<p>You can chow on kitty litter or chomp mushrooms from your lawn<br \/>\nEat five gas station omelets until every bite is gone<br \/>\nYou can suck a scoop of Vaseline or slugs or sumac leaves<br \/>\nOr any nasty substance that would give a goat the heaves<br \/>\nThink you&#8217;ve got an iron stomach?  Are you confident you&#8217;re ready?<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s nothing to prepare your gut for day-glow spaghetti.<\/p>\n<p>I knew a kid in second grade, we all called him Freddy<br \/>\nHe could have been a NASCAR champ like Mario Andretti<br \/>\nOr a fearsome big game hunter to stalk the Serengeti<br \/>\nOr play guitar and write more songs than someone like Tom Petty<br \/>\nOr cure disease or bring world peace . . . the sad fact is instead he<br \/>\nperished after half a plate of that day-glow spaghetti.<\/p>\n<p><em>Hey, kids! Is school fun? Are you enjoying your friends and teachers? Well, once you get to Junior High EVERYTHING IS GOING TO CHANGE FOREVER! Please enjoy (and be traumatized by) <strong>Your Junior High Days <\/strong>(1963).<\/em><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/meIWSYl1dAM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite our best intentions to keep things moving along all quick and snappy like, this episode took on a life of its own and went long. So what is that makes episode 38 Special? 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