The Giz Wiz

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Hosts: Leo Laporte

Topic: Gadgets

Debut: February 20th, 2006

Recorded: Tues 1:00pm Pacific

Released: within 24hrs

Duration: ~ 60 minutes

Set: Leo's Office Studio

Show Notes

The Giz Wiz is a weekly gadget show hosted by Leo Laporte and Dick DeBartolo. Each episode is recorded live every Tuesday at 1:00pm Pacific. Originally it was a daily show and each episode was recorded on Tuesday and released throughout the week and was called the Daily Giz Wiz. Later the show was changed to a weekly format and renamed the Weekly Daily Giz Wiz and recorded on Saturday. In July 2012 the show was moved back to Tuesday and will be called The Giz Wiz.

The first episode (Docupen) was released on 20 February 2006.

Contents

Themes and jingles

The show has several jingles and songs it uses to indicate different sections or events, including (first aired in brackets):

The current theme for The Giz Wiz can be downloaded here.

Listeners' Favorite Episodes 2009

There is no TWiT show with more episodes than The Daily Giz Wiz. In January 2009 the Giz Wiz Search site held a voting for listeners' favorite episodes. After counting all 666 votes the results were published:

  1. UroClub (episode 598)
  2. Toothpick Bird (episode 282)
  3. Titanium Spork (episode 182)
  4. Zelco PurseGuard Ultra (episode 406)
  5. A Tribute to William M. Gaines (episode 76)
  6. Vat19's Talking Photo Album (episode 463)
  7. Keybuoy (episode 149)
  8. A Visit To The Gadget Warehouse (episode 246)
  9. GFX-100 Indoor Dish Antenna (episode 670)
  10. Cruzin' Cooler (episode 101)

Downloading old episodes

To download a specific archival episode one can find it using the search tool and then download it manually. For automatic download there is a special unofficial "Download Old Shows" podcast feed containing every single episode ever released. After subscribing to it in a podcast client one can choose episodes for download, or use the "get all" option to automatically download all episodes.

Jokes

There are a number of long running jokes associated with the Daily Giz Wiz which Dick and Leo frequently refer to during the podcast. These jokes include:

  • The Spork, Leo's 'gadget' for Turn the Table Tuesday in episode 182.
  • The Toothpick Bird, another awful Turn the Table Tuesday gadget from episode 282.

Trivia

Daily Giz Wiz episode length over time

As of December 30th, 2009 (based on GizWizSearch.com statistics page):

  • If one listened to all the Daily Giz Wiz episodes one after another it would take 11 days, 7 hours, 14 minutes, and 16 seconds.
  • Average length of the Daily Giz Wiz episode is 16 minutes and 23 seconds.
  • Episode 967 "Verizon's Droid" from November 2009 is the longest episode ever recorded. It's over 36 minutes.
  • Episode 36 "Logitech Wireless Headphones" from April 2006 is the shortest episode ever recorded. It's only 5 minutes and 3 seconds.

Contributors

Contact

  • You can contact Dick from his site at gizwiz.biz

Recent Episodes

Below are recent episodes you can download or watch.

  • The Giz Wiz 1380 – Captain Leo – It's Giz Wiz History as we bring in the first 3D gadget with the Ninja Standing Desk
  • The Giz Wiz 1379 – One Comfy Pillow – Leo & Dickie Dee Salute a Legend, Dickie Dee Shares video from his wedding & is Leo's SkyMall Crap that boring he needs a pillow?
  • The Giz Wiz 1378 – Sumo Down – A Safe Laptop Case, A trip to the Gadget Warehouse..and will Leo Bust his Buns with his Skymall Crap?"
  • The Giz Wiz 1377 – Swing American – A portable mister, a box of crap, gadgets that will never die, and old chinese food commercials.
  • The Giz Wiz 1376 – They Plump When You Cook 'em – A hot dog toaster, underwear by mail, a high tech refrigerator, home-built electric truck, and an audio enhancement adapter.
  • The Giz Wiz 1375 – I'm Ready for My Close-Up – A portable USB syncing device, solar battery charger, a collapsible stool, and more.
  • The Giz Wiz 1374 – Dick Goes West – A great laptop for back to school, a way to watch your home TV on phones and tablets, 1080p glasses, and more.
  • The Giz Wiz 1373 – See Ya Tuesday! – Untangleable wireless earbuds, a wearable video camera, a gas-powered PooVak, and more.
  • The Giz Wiz 1372 – The Grown-Up Table – A water-spraying broom, dancing party animals, an interface to Google Voice, and more.

More episodes can be viewed and downloaded here

Show notes

Below are detailed show notes for released episodes. These are updated as soon as possible as time allows and/or as much community effort is put into them.

Additional show notes for The Giz Wiz can be found here.

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