“Hey Paul. Your hair looks like shit. Now let’s do a 2 hour show on video.”
— Leo Laporte, Windows Weekly, January 27, 2016
(Paraphrased)
The editors at Total Drama are 100% against attacking people solely based on their personal appearance. We were surprised and horrified when Leo Laporte crossed that ethical line. You should criticize ideas, Leo, not looks. People can’t change their looks, even if they have caterpillars crawling across their face.
Shame on you, Uncle Leo.
Leo Laporte is so vain that he thought a tweet by Tommy Chong — of Cheech and Chong fame — was talking about him. In reality, “Leo” is a character played by Chong.
The video above would be embarrassing for Leo, if he was capable of feeling that emotion.
@tommychong @leolaporte quite an endorsement Leo!
— strawman guy (@gbjp3321) January 22, 2016
The turd of a website has been down since the early morning. Is Leo taking this seriously? Hell no.
<~Leo> working on it <~Leo> I think redislabs went offline for us - probably didn't pay the bill <Leo> that's a joke by the way <Web4635> "Leo acknowledges unpaid bill cause of twit downtime." *** Tater kicked Web4635 (Tater)
What will <@ScooterX> do without being able to refer people to twit.tv/cal? He may go clinically insane.
How will morons watch TWiT’s live stream if they don’t know the URL? Don’t worry. We got you covered there.
@crpietschmann @leolaporte Thanks Chris. Our team is already on it and I appreciate the notice.
— Lisa Laporte (@lisadlaporte) January 26, 2016
<~Leo> no it wasn't hacked <~Leo> redislabs closed our account for non-payment <~Leo> we owe them $144 <~Leo> and I can't get in to fix it <~Leo> waiting for them to call back <~Leo> it's totally my fault <~Leo> I didn't see the messages that the credit card had expired <~Leo> so stupid of me <~Leo> it's about as stupid <~Leo> unfortunately they deleted my account! <~Leo> so I can't get support or anything <~Leo> it should have been on my credit card - but we'll fix that of course <Redlynx> That happened to me with my work's Adobe CC account... they forgot to renew it. <~Leo> ironic isn't it <~Leo> the big stuff we handle <~Leo> it's the little stuff that slips through the cracks <~Leo> they have been sending me emails but they're buried within hundreds of other service emails from them <~Leo> no excuse <KBJockey> probably some script automatically deleted the account. <RevDanOnimity> stoicsquirrel: jeez, happened to me last year, i pay my AWS with a paypal account (automatically, ironically), changed some payment methods, didn't pay attention, then couldn't figure out why half my website didnt work the way we planned. <PutinOnTheRitz> I'd be looking for a diff co. <~Leo> it's totatally on me <~Leo> no my redislabs folder
Leo is too good for normal customer service channels, so he used what he described as “the nuclear option” on the MacBreak Weekly pre-show: he tweeted his dissatisfaction at the company. Apparently, companies should provide services in perpetuity for free — CacheFly/BitGravity/Ustream — for Uncle Leo.
I forgot to pay the bill at @redislabs so they https://t.co/tOu8gby8j4. Now they don't answer the phone. I got your $144 right here, guys!
— Leo Laporte (@leolaporte) January 26, 2016
Redis is on it.
@leolaporte Hi Leo, thank you for reaching out. We will take care of this issue. Have you emailed support.group@redislabs.com, already?
— Redis Labs (@RedisLabs) January 26, 2016
@leolaporte hi Leo we have escalated to support you should hear from us shortly.
— Redis Labs (@RedisLabs) January 26, 2016
Leo’s fans are bothering Redis Labs on his behalf as well, such as the infamous DanLoFat aka RevDanOnimity aka Danonymous (old guy who complains constantly and is then muted by <@ScooterX> in #twitlive).
@RedisLabs You awake yet?
— Dan LoFat (@DanLoFat) January 26, 2016
@redislabs How do you communicate credit card payment problems with your customers? What R your rules on that?
— Dan LoFat (@DanLoFat) January 26, 2016
@RedisLabs @redislabsuppor4 Can you CALL https://t.co/gXDP9UrlqL studios? Using an actual phone?
— Dan LoFat (@DanLoFat) January 26, 2016
@leolaporte we are working on restoring the service to your app asap
— Redis Labs (@RedisLabs) January 26, 2016
.@leolaporte @DanLoFat your account is active and you should be able to connect – please confirm.
— Redis Labs (@RedisLabs) January 26, 2016
What made TWiT great was:
What do we have now?
#twitlive sheep revolting against the huge native ad.While we can’t be 100% sure Tom is discussing TWiT in the video about “places that [he’s] worked,” it is definitely an accurate description of the sad downfall we’ve all witnessed.
RIP TWiT we all knew and loved in the cottage days.
“In content companies is where I’ve seen it, where, you have great content ideas, but the only ones that get traction are the ones that the people who are selling the product think are good, because they can sell them, and your content suffers as a result. It’s not very cohesive.”
— Tom Merritt
This Tom clip came to us as a tip from a reader. The tipper remains anonymous, but he or she is very appreciated.
Just like his prior flights of fancy, master troll Father Robert Ballecer — disgusting priest with a persecution complex — told another fib on Twitter.
We’re totally confident he took pictures, video, and can tell us who the company was. Right? Right?
Filming a quad demo when it broke. Frustrated rep asked what a "religious nut" was doing at CES.
I fixed his demo.#KnowledgeOverBigotry
— Robert Ballecer, SJ (@padresj) January 9, 2016
He explains the plans — which would have actually cost money — to redesign the studio with Hollywood set designers have been scuttled entirely. They are just going to move all the existing, dated decor to the strip mall location.
Will this massive downgrade in status result in some humility from Leo or Lisa? Probably not, but it will provide some humor as the remaining staff have a huge downgrade in available space and have already been heard fighting over office space. FMCP and Bryan want to have an office and not be stuck in an uninhabitable space like their current “Know Hole” in the basement.
The new location is next door to The Hummus Guy — we are not making this up. Theeeeeeeeeeee Tech Guy will be next door to Theeeeeeeeee Hummus Guy in a strip mall. Additionally, they’re 6 minutes walking — 3 minutes on a Segway? — distance from a highly rated tug job joint, so you know the area is high class.
TWiT still has no signed lease on the strip mall location and they will have to go month-to-month — at great expense, probably, and only if accepted by the landlord — on the Brickhouse until they are able to successfully complete the move.
With knowledge of Lisa’s business acumen and Leo’s laziness, the deal could easily fall apart completely before then. To borrow a phrase from FMCP: Stay tabbed!
Live from the TWiT beige metal building far, far away from beautiful downtown Petaluma, it’s The New Screen Savers!
Over on Twitter, the glutton (get it?) for punishment solicited suggestions, and several people brought up Total Drama. We find that odd, since we just cover the downfall and underbelly of TWiT’s operation and Leo Laporte in particular.
If you have better suggestions, let @PadreSJ know.
I want to put together a "Padre's Corner" panel about trolls. Who do you want to see talk about the twisted side of the net?
— Robert Ballecer, SJ (@padresj) January 19, 2016
After the untimely demise of the world’s best tech journalist, Mike Elgan, we wondered what would happen to the intro for The New Screen Savers.
This isn’t the first time they’ve played The Eraser.
The last episode with the old hosts in the intro was December 5, 2015. Mike Elgan’s employment was terminated after his last Tech News Today on December 7, 2015. The very next episode of The New Screen Savers, airing on December 12, 2015, featured the very clumsily edited — probably by poor Anthony — new intro featuring only Uncle Leo.
You’d think he’d respect his golden goose and show up for The Tech Guy on-time twice a week. But, you would be wrong.
THEEEEEEEEEEEE Soup Guy loves tormenting his slaves/employees every weekend, as they nervously look outside to look for any sign of the waddling fat man heading for the emergency exit door.
Did he stop at the Petaluma Market to get some soup? Probably not. He makes jammerb fetch his food for him. Was Lisa keeping him home by being in bed naked? We don’t know.
Does anyone remember the overflow #twitlive chat room? When was the last time that was used? Years ago. Remember when shows would have live audiences? We do too. Remember when people would call Theeeeeeeeee Tech guy? We do too.
It’s truly sad. We’re not mad, Lisa. We’re sad that Leo let you ruin TWiT. You are an evil succubus from which Leo can never recover. Enjoy your sex swing, you nasty bitch.
