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The Rundown: WYSIWYG Version

No video rundown today, folks. Our video producer, Win Rosenfeld, is out sick and he's the one who usually films me and Trish. (aka Turner and Hooch) Actually, we tried to do it ourselves. BPP Director Jacob Ganz filmed us -- we even made paper versions of the opening graphics and I hummed the theme song. It was low-fi-tastic. But, alas, we did not know how to put the moving pictures into the fancy computer machine Win got for Hanukkah. So, you are stuck with this text version of what's on the show Monday. I know, boooooooooring! We apologize.

-- Jim Vandehei from Politico is here to talk about the New Hampshire Primary. (Which is Tuesday, mark your calendars.)

-- Jeffrey Toobin will be on talking about the Supreme Court's decision to hear a case about whether a state can execute someone convicted of raping a child.

-- Bill Wolff will put the NFL playoff games in perspective.

-- Indie music bands need publicity. Big corporations exploit their music through marketing campaigns. Indie music bands get publicity, become popular and lose indie cred. Someone has to be the devil, so is it the corporations? We'll discuss.

-- Sean Donnelly is the director of a new documentary that follows two "fans" of 80's pop star Tiffany. It's hilarious and disturbing all at once. He'll be on the show to talk about it.

See you on Monday!

Matt Martinez

5:00 PM ET | 01- 4-2008 | permalink

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Just a note on Mike Pesca's item in the Ramble on Friday about the "Love Mattress", with slats so that your arms don't fall asleep when you're cuddling your beloved.

I started laughing out loud when I heard this item, because it reminded me of this strip from the online cartoon xkcd, describing the "Cuddle Mattress": http://xkcd.com/335/.

That one not only solves the problems of your arms falling asleep, but gives you something you can do with the arms while they're dangling....

Sent by Trey | 4:29 PM ET | 01-05-2008

For those not familiar with semi-obscure acronyms, WYSIWYG stands for "What You See Is What You Get." I know I had to google it.

And did you jolly BPP Rundown folks ever think of mixing up the order of the introductions? Matt always seems to selfishly put himself first, (e.g. "I'm B.J., this is the Bear") and it might be fun to get into the adventurous primary spirit by introducing Tricia first. Example: "She's Sam, I'm Max."

Sent by Will G | 11:50 AM ET | 01-06-2008

The blog mentioned in the "Culture Shock for U.S. Basketball" segment? http://eastern-hemisphere.blogspot.com

Sent by Colin | 2:12 PM ET | 01-06-2008

OMG "Who likes Burt's Bees now that it's been bought by Clorox," Alison Stewart, a host on National Public Radio, said in November. "You know, just slap some bleach on your lips, it'll all be good."

Sent by Lauren Spohrer | 5:48 PM ET | 01-06-2008

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