2025.06.18: Urban Legend

Burnie and Ashley discuss shorts history, the death of urban legends, unintentional falls, Chevy Chase pratfalls, Star Wars lore, the midjourney lawsuit, butthole sunning, and RT beta test updates.
  
Support our podcast on Patreon

Linkdump

Unintentional Falls

• Older adults are dying more from unintentional falls in the last 20 years | AP News
• Falling Down: Gerald Ford, Chevy Chase, and the Power of a Pratfall | by Matt Fotis | Satire & The State | Medium
• Chevy Chase says SNL went downhill after he left #writing #allnighter

Urban Legend

• Category:Urban Cryptids | Cryptid Wiki | Fandom
• Why Blowing Air Into NES Cartridges Is Gaming’s Greatest Urban Legend | Den of Geek

Those Star Wars

• TheForce.Net – Your Daily Dose of Star Wars
• Star Wars: Why (& When) The Empire Replaced Clones With Stormtroopers
• “I’ve Been Preserved For A Later Date”: The Book Of Boba Fett Star Opens Up About His Character’s Uncertain Star Wars Future
• Cloning | Wookieepedia | Fandom
• Jakku | Wookieepedia | Fandom
• Temuera Morrison – Wikipedia

AI Lawsuit

• Artificial intelligence: Disney and Universal sue Midjourney over copyright – BBC News
• Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry | The Verge
• YouTube hit by $1bn bid for damages | Glasgow Times
• Marvel v. NCSoft | Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Viacom Has Officially Acquired VidCon, A Global Online Video Convention Series

Clone Me

• Liquid Death to sell Ozzy Osbourne DNA for $450; “Clone me, You bastards” – Lambgoat
• Immortality Drive – Wikipedia
• George Lucas: The Wizard of ‘Star Wars’
• Liquid Death – Wikipedia

Great Science

• Butthole Sunning: Risks, Myths, and Safer Alternatives