The Truth About Comic-con Leaving San Diego

Posted on | February 28, 2010 | 2 Comments

A candid interview with Comic-Con’s Director of Marketing & PR regarding the rumors about Comic-Con International’s possible change of venue

Barry Robb – www.uglycouchshow.com
February 28, 2010

Every summer for over 40 years, geeks of all walks of life have descended upon San Diego by the tens of thousands to attend Comic-Con International, a non-stop 5-day mega-convention celebrating comics, movies, pop culture and the visual arts. It’s almost a required coming-of-age pilgrimage for any fan of pop culture. And for 40 years, San Diego has proudly hosted Comic-Con and made welcome its 125,000+ visitors, but recent rumors and speculation about the host city of choice being subject to change have left long time convention attendees wondering where they will be going on their yearly vacation after 2012, when the convention’s contract with the San Diego Convention Center expires.

The San Diego Union Tribune reported that Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Anaheim have reached out to CCI in hopes of luring the convention away from San Diego with promises of more convention space, more hotel rooms, discounted rates for attendees and more. However, San diego area businesses are making their own efforts to keep the massive convention right where it is. Comic-Con organizers are expected to make a decision about the future of the con within a few months.

We asked David Glanzer, PR spokesman for Comic-Con International, to help shed some light on these rumors.

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CouchCast 40 – Los San Anaheim Comic-Con?

Posted on | February 24, 2010 | No Comments

Like a one legged monkey butler on a benzedrine high, it’s CouchCast 40. We’re talking about a Doc Savage movie, a Missile Command movie, the A-Team comic, James’ Cameron’s Avatar prequel story, Willow novels, the possibility of Comic-Con moving away from San Diego, Joss Whedon & Morgan Spurlock’s comic-con documentary, Dungeons and Dragons with Porn Stars, DC Entertainment, Shit My Dad Says starring William Shatner, Terra Nova, Doctor Superknives vs. Robot Dinosaurs, Wil Wright, iBoobs, Apple’s iPhone App store, porn on the las vegas strip, “me who can’t stop his right hand and childhood sister” (japanese masturbation video game), starcraft 2 beta keys for sale, civilization 5, the first games we ever bought for the pc, commodore 64 games, bill budge’s pinball construction set, pinmame, star trek: the next generation, gates mcfadden, the naked now, and the big list: more things we learned from playing video games.

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Episode 48: Emily Jillette, Gamer Chick

Posted on | September 13, 2009 | 1 Comment

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In this extended episode, Special Guest Emily Jillette joins The Famous Paul and Master Torgo on the Couch to talk classic video games, review Synecdoche, New York on DVD and Blu-ray, Eidos/Warner Bros’ Batman: Arkham Asylum, PopCap Games’ Peggle Dual Shot, This Will Kill You: A Guide to the Ways in Which We Go by HP Newquist and Rich Maloof, After 9/11: America’s War on Terror (2001- ) by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon and we sample the scent of Genki Wear’s Comic-Con exclusive KHAAANN! cologne.

Episode 47 – Comic-Con Wrap Up

Posted on | August 17, 2009 | 2 Comments

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In this very special Comic-Con wrap-up episode, Barry “Dr. Vlarg” Robb joins “The Famous Paul” and “Master Torgo” on the couch to talk about the things they saw, the people they talked to and the things they acquired at Comic-Con International 2009. This episode also features our very special interview with Watchmen and 300 Director Zack Snyder! Update: A special shout out to the guys at NightShade Online for making those wicked awesome horror T-shirts. Go buy three!