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Episode description

In 2009, the creators of Crank made a film with Gerard Butler that was a social commentary on society's addiction to massively multiplayer online games and its voyeuristic fascination with violence. Did it hit the mark, or did it land with a thud? We fly off into multiple tangents in this one: discussing vegemite, Old Spice commercials, and Klasky Csupo cartoons.
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