It's a Way of [L]ife!
So, I was looking to see whether the May 20 Supernatural finale, which is preempted by the Cubs on WGN, would have an alternate channel. I'm rather stunned by the Comcast lineup in the channel-800 range. I mean, sure, "All Girl Out of Control Sex Orgy," "Girl on Girl Uncensored Orgy Fest," "Horny Nude Czech MILFs on the Loose"... but, "Not Really The Dukes of Hazzard"? One might as well just go ahead and make a movie called "Straining Credulity."
(http://i.imgur.com/vV1PB.jpg)
At least TEC has someone to root for.
Awesome.
Let's get Fork (and the Bean Counters at Fox) interested in this World Series.
(http://i803.photobucket.com/albums/yy317/tjbrown1975/ws.jpg)
Football highlights during MNF halftime? Hell to the no. We here at ESPN have a basketball game featuring one of our favorite teams to promote the shit out of.
Fox News gets porked by Miss Piggy.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/upshot/kermit-piggy-fire-back-fox-news-223536274.html
Does the director of every Cubs telecast get a bonus for showing Crane Kenney in the crowd?
Quote from: Sterling Archer on April 13, 2012, 10:48:01 AM
Does the director of every Cubs telecast get a bonus for showing Crane Kenney in the crowd?
Crane is the biggest attention whore in all professional sports.
Quote from: Fork on April 13, 2012, 03:22:05 PM
Quote from: Sterling Archer on April 13, 2012, 10:48:01 AM
Does the director of every Cubs telecast get a bonus for showing Crane Kenney in the crowd?
Crane is the biggest attention whore in all professional sports.
He's like a white, effeminate Ozzie Guillen in loafers.
Quote from: Internet Apex on April 13, 2012, 04:03:17 PM
Quote from: Fork on April 13, 2012, 03:22:05 PM
Quote from: Sterling Archer on April 13, 2012, 10:48:01 AM
Does the director of every Cubs telecast get a bonus for showing Crane Kenney in the crowd?
Crane is the biggest attention whore in all professional sports.
He's like a white, effeminate Ozzie Guillen in loafers.
Tassled loafers?
When we were in Chicago a couple of weeks ago we saw the WGN morning news show at our hotel. I couldn't believe how funny it was. They were interviewing David Koechner (Anchorman) in character. He was funny, and all of the staff played along, even the rather overweight female anchor when she agreed to go back to his dressing room with him conceding that "It had been a long time." But the funniest bit turned out to be a female reporter who was presenting some Chinese acrobats, including a guy who was juggling several balls. She teased the male anchors by asking them if they could juggle their balls as well as this guy. She yelled out to them "Come on. Grab your balls! Let's see what you can do!" Unfortunately although we get the national version of WGN, we only see the rather staid evening news, not the morning news show.
Quote from: CBStew on June 01, 2012, 01:54:22 PM
When we were in Chicago a couple of weeks ago we saw the WGN morning news show at our hotel. I couldn't believe how funny it was. They were interviewing David Koechner (Anchorman) in character. He was funny, and all of the staff played along, even the rather overweight female anchor when she agreed to go back to his dressing room with him conceding that "It had been a long time." But the funniest bit turned out to be a female reporter who was presenting some Chinese acrobats, including a guy who was juggling several balls. She teased the male anchors by asking them if they could juggle their balls as well as this guy. She yelled out to them "Come on. Grab your balls! Let's see what you can do!" Unfortunately although we get the national version of WGN, we only see the rather staid evening news, not the morning news show.
Unwatchable because you don't get the channel? Hmm... I swee what you did there. There are ways though, Stew. May not be worth your while but there are ways.
Oh, for fuck's sake.
Wheezer dies and Jim Belushi lives on?
DPD.
If I see that fucking Lebron James Samsung Galaxy ad one more time I'm going to go all Elvis on my TV.
Quote from: flannj on December 03, 2012, 11:00:55 AM
DPD.
If I see that fucking Lebron James Samsung Galaxy ad one more time I'm going to go all Elvis on my TV.
Get really fat in front of it?
Quote from: flannj on December 03, 2012, 11:00:55 AM
DPD.
If I see that fucking Lebron James Samsung Galaxy ad one more time I'm going to go all Elvis on my TV.
I love my wife. After about the fourth or fifth time we saw that she asked, "Is that someone we are supposed to know?"
Quote from: CBStew on December 03, 2012, 11:10:12 AM
Quote from: flannj on December 03, 2012, 11:00:55 AM
DPD.
If I see that fucking Lebron James Samsung Galaxy ad one more time I'm going to go all Elvis on my TV.
I love my wife. After about the fourth or fifth time we saw that she asked, "Is that someone we are supposed to know?"
Which one are you guys talking about? The awesome one or the really awesome one? Curtis Mayfield!!!!
I like the one where he and Pat Riley sit on the beach and laugh at YouTube videos of all his haters choking on a giant bag of dicks with Funkdoobiest's "Shittin' On 'Em" playing in the background. Y'all aint privy to that one. I'm getting my Samsung Galaxy in a couple weeks.
I got home early today and turned on Ch. 7 and was greeted by Janet Davies in her clown makeup and some sort of sky blue patent leather mumu.
I am now searching the house for knitting needles with which to gouge out my eyes.
Quote from: flannj on January 23, 2013, 04:40:35 PM
I got home early today and turned on Ch. 7 and was greeted by Janet Davies in her clown makeup and some sort of sky blue patent leather mumu.
I am now searching the house for knitting needles with which to gouge out my eyes.
You know, in the past, um, 20 or 30 years, we've seen a lot of news stars come and go. But there was one woman, one woman who stayed on top right from the very beginning and I guess that's why they called her ... the King. And of course I'm speaking about ... Mrs. Janet Davies. I was home watching television the other afternoon and I happened to catch Janet Davies in her clown makeup and some sort of sky blue patent leather mumu. I was watching this and a funny thought occurred to me. I thought, what if someone took steel needles, say, mm, fifteen, eighteen inches long and plunged them, plunged them into my eyes. What would the reaction be? We can only guess ... but I think it might go something like this...
[turns his back to the internet, pulls up shirt collar over his neck, removes eyeglasses and pockets them, then spins quickly, his right hand clutched to his eyes, screaming, shrieking at the top of his lungs. He staggers, collapses to the floor, tries to get up. Falls off stage and rolls into audience.]
"ChicagoNow at The Laugh Factory": apparently something that exists (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query="ChicagoNow+at+The+Laugh+Factory").
Susannah Collins is literally unwatchable. (http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-comcast-sportsnet-chicago-reporter-susannah-collins-parting-ways-with-network-20130502,0,3134722.story)
Damn shame too. Haven't had time to watch any of these (http://www.youtube.com/user/MiddlebrowMedia), but how bad can they really be?
Anyway I wish her a tremendous amount of sex in the future. And success too.
Quote from: Brownie on May 03, 2013, 11:02:08 AM
Anyway I wish her a tremendous amount of sex in the future. And success too.
GET IT? LOL!
Quote from: Brownie on May 03, 2013, 11:02:08 AM
Susannah Collins is literally unwatchable. (http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-comcast-sportsnet-chicago-reporter-susannah-collins-parting-ways-with-network-20130502,0,3134722.story)
Damn shame too. Haven't had time to watch any of these (http://www.youtube.com/user/MiddlebrowMedia), but how bad can they really be?
Anyway I wish her a tremendous amount of sex in the future. And success too.
After watching two of them, which feels like an adequate sample size for this medium, I can say "pretty damn bad."
Fireable? No.
But cliched, tacky and unfunny? Yes.
Quote from: PenFoe on May 03, 2013, 11:13:16 AM
Quote from: Brownie on May 03, 2013, 11:02:08 AM
Susannah Collins is literally unwatchable. (http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-comcast-sportsnet-chicago-reporter-susannah-collins-parting-ways-with-network-20130502,0,3134722.story)
Damn shame too. Haven't had time to watch any of these (http://www.youtube.com/user/MiddlebrowMedia), but how bad can they really be?
Anyway I wish her a tremendous amount of sex in the future. And success too.
After watching two of them, which feels like an adequate sample size for this medium, I can say "pretty damn bad."
Fireable? No.
But cliched, tacky and unfunny? Yes.
They can't all be a brilliant as Mouthpiece Sports.
Quote from: Brownie on May 03, 2013, 11:02:08 AM
Susannah Collins is literally unwatchable. (http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-comcast-sportsnet-chicago-reporter-susannah-collins-parting-ways-with-network-20130502,0,3134722.story)
Damn shame too. Haven't had time to watch any of these (http://www.youtube.com/user/MiddlebrowMedia), but how bad can they really be?
Anyway I wish her a tremendous amount of sex in the future. And success too.
I for one welcome our new CSN Blackhawks beat reporter, Tab Bamford.
Quote from: CT III on May 03, 2013, 01:03:25 PM
Quote from: Brownie on May 03, 2013, 11:02:08 AM
Susannah Collins is literally unwatchable. (http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-comcast-sportsnet-chicago-reporter-susannah-collins-parting-ways-with-network-20130502,0,3134722.story)
Damn shame too. Haven't had time to watch any of these (http://www.youtube.com/user/MiddlebrowMedia), but how bad can they really be?
Anyway I wish her a tremendous amount of sex in the future. And success too.
I for one welcome our new CSN Blackhawks beat reporter, Tab Bamford.
I thought he was launching Comcast Sportsnets.
Of course the only HD feed for tonights game is the Sox broadcast and all the excellence that brings with it.
I guess we'll get out the rabbit ears.
Quote from: flannj on July 08, 2013, 08:47:53 PM
Of course the only HD feed for tonights game is the Sox broadcast and all the excellence that brings with it.
I guess we'll get out the rabbit ears.
You don't get The U's HD feed up in Duffman Estates?
Quote from: flannj on July 08, 2013, 08:47:53 PM
Of course the only HD feed for tonights game is the Sox broadcast and all the excellence that brings with it.
I guess we'll get out the rabbit ears.
I'm glad I'm out-of-market with MLB.tv so I don't have to listen to that shit.
Quote from: CT III on July 08, 2013, 08:52:18 PM
Quote from: flannj on July 08, 2013, 08:47:53 PM
Of course the only HD feed for tonights game is the Sox broadcast and all the excellence that brings with it.
I guess we'll get out the rabbit ears.
You don't get The U's HD feed up in Duffman Estates?
The U's "HD" feed just means a 3 digit number as opposed to channel 6.
It looks like it was shot with a camera made from a potaoto.
Quote from: flannj on July 08, 2013, 08:47:53 PM
Of course the only HD feed for tonights game is the Sox broadcast and all the excellence that brings with it.
I guess we'll get out the rabbit ears.
Two TVs? Sox feed on mute, Cubs feed fed through your crazy suburban home theater sound system?
Quote from: flannj on July 08, 2013, 08:55:56 PM
Quote from: CT III on July 08, 2013, 08:52:18 PM
Quote from: flannj on July 08, 2013, 08:47:53 PM
Of course the only HD feed for tonights game is the Sox broadcast and all the excellence that brings with it.
I guess we'll get out the rabbit ears.
You don't get The U's HD feed up in Duffman Estates?
The U's "HD" feed just means a 3 digit number as opposed to channel 6.
It looks like it was shot with a camera made from a potaoto.
Since you're watching the Cubes and the Sox, I fail to see what the issue is.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on July 08, 2013, 09:05:16 PM
Quote from: flannj on July 08, 2013, 08:47:53 PM
Of course the only HD feed for tonights game is the Sox broadcast and all the excellence that brings with it.
I guess we'll get out the rabbit ears.
Two TVs? Sox feed on mute, Cubs feed fed through your crazy suburban home theater sound system?
I can't help it even if I put it on mute I know they are still talking.
It has to do damage to the equipment.
Quote from: CT III on July 08, 2013, 09:05:58 PM
Quote from: flannj on July 08, 2013, 08:55:56 PM
Quote from: CT III on July 08, 2013, 08:52:18 PM
Quote from: flannj on July 08, 2013, 08:47:53 PM
Of course the only HD feed for tonights game is the Sox broadcast and all the excellence that brings with it.
I guess we'll get out the rabbit ears.
You don't get The U's HD feed up in Duffman Estates?
The U's "HD" feed just means a 3 digit number as opposed to channel 6.
It looks like it was shot with a camera made from a potaoto.
Since you're watching the Cubes and the Sox, I fail to see what the issue is.
DPD.
Do the Cubes play on a diamond?
Quote from: flannj on July 08, 2013, 09:16:42 PM
Quote from: CT III on July 08, 2013, 09:05:58 PM
Quote from: flannj on July 08, 2013, 08:55:56 PM
Quote from: CT III on July 08, 2013, 08:52:18 PM
Quote from: flannj on July 08, 2013, 08:47:53 PM
Of course the only HD feed for tonights game is the Sox broadcast and all the excellence that brings with it.
I guess we'll get out the rabbit ears.
You don't get The U's HD feed up in Duffman Estates?
The U's "HD" feed just means a 3 digit number as opposed to channel 6.
It looks like it was shot with a camera made from a potaoto.
Since you're watching the Cubes and the Sox, I fail to see what the issue is.
DPD.
Do the Cubes play on a diamond?
I watched about 5 minutes of Hawk & Stone before I rememberized the U was an option. Those two smug fuckpuddles were, impossibly, even worse than I recalled. In the span of that 5 minutes they literally SCOFFED at the notion that the Cubs were trying to teach some plate discipline/pitch recognition to Castro. Stone then listed Castro's hits by year as a big leaguer as if he were making some profound and subtle point about what good that nerd-learnin had done for Starlin. Finally, Hawk ACTUALLY SAID (paraphrasing here) the Cubs should know better than to try to teach patience to a Latin player.
Those Latins are like wild animals, I tells ya!
When this generation of mindless baseball cretins dies off, who's going to replace them so we still have something to bitch about?
Quote from: R-V on July 09, 2013, 09:19:35 AM
Quote from: flannj on July 08, 2013, 09:16:42 PM
Quote from: CT III on July 08, 2013, 09:05:58 PM
Quote from: flannj on July 08, 2013, 08:55:56 PM
Quote from: CT III on July 08, 2013, 08:52:18 PM
Quote from: flannj on July 08, 2013, 08:47:53 PM
Of course the only HD feed for tonights game is the Sox broadcast and all the excellence that brings with it.
I guess we'll get out the rabbit ears.
You don't get The U's HD feed up in Duffman Estates?
The U's "HD" feed just means a 3 digit number as opposed to channel 6.
It looks like it was shot with a camera made from a potaoto.
Since you're watching the Cubes and the Sox, I fail to see what the issue is.
DPD.
Do the Cubes play on a diamond?
I watched about 5 minutes of Hawk & Stone before I rememberized the U was an option. Those two smug fuckpuddles were, impossibly, even worse than I recalled. In the span of that 5 minutes they literally SCOFFED at the notion that the Cubs were trying to teach some plate discipline/pitch recognition to Castro. Stone then listed Castro's hits by year as a big leaguer as if he were making some profound and subtle point about what good that nerd-learnin had done for Starlin. Finally, Hawk ACTUALLY SAID (paraphrasing here) the Cubs should know better than to try to teach patience to a Latin player.
Those Latins are like wild animals, I tells ya!
When this generation of mindless baseball cretins dies off, who's going to replace them so we still have something to bitch about?
We'll probably move on to the hysterical Fro Dogs and smug Yetis that will rise up to take their place.
Quote from: R-V on July 09, 2013, 09:19:35 AM
Quote from: flannj on July 08, 2013, 09:16:42 PM
Quote from: CT III on July 08, 2013, 09:05:58 PM
Quote from: flannj on July 08, 2013, 08:55:56 PM
Quote from: CT III on July 08, 2013, 08:52:18 PM
Quote from: flannj on July 08, 2013, 08:47:53 PM
Of course the only HD feed for tonights game is the Sox broadcast and all the excellence that brings with it.
I guess we'll get out the rabbit ears.
You don't get The U's HD feed up in Duffman Estates?
The U's "HD" feed just means a 3 digit number as opposed to channel 6.
It looks like it was shot with a camera made from a potaoto.
Since you're watching the Cubes and the Sox, I fail to see what the issue is.
DPD.
Do the Cubes play on a diamond?
I watched about 5 minutes of Hawk & Stone before I rememberized the U was an option. Those two smug fuckpuddles were, impossibly, even worse than I recalled. In the span of that 5 minutes they literally SCOFFED at the notion that the Cubs were trying to teach some plate discipline/pitch recognition to Castro. Stone then listed Castro's hits by year as a big leaguer as if he were making some profound and subtle point about what good that nerd-learnin had done for Starlin. Finally, Hawk ACTUALLY SAID (paraphrasing here) the Cubs should know better than to try to teach patience to a Latin player.
Those Latins are like wild animals, I tells ya!
When this generation of mindless baseball cretins dies off, who's going to replace them so we still have something to bitch about?
Did anyone switch back during the five-run inning to hear how silent Hawk must have been?
Quote from: Sterling Archer on July 09, 2013, 12:47:48 PM
Quote from: R-V on July 09, 2013, 09:19:35 AM
Quote from: flannj on July 08, 2013, 09:16:42 PM
Quote from: CT III on July 08, 2013, 09:05:58 PM
Quote from: flannj on July 08, 2013, 08:55:56 PM
Quote from: CT III on July 08, 2013, 08:52:18 PM
Quote from: flannj on July 08, 2013, 08:47:53 PM
Of course the only HD feed for tonights game is the Sox broadcast and all the excellence that brings with it.
I guess we'll get out the rabbit ears.
You don't get The U's HD feed up in Duffman Estates?
The U's "HD" feed just means a 3 digit number as opposed to channel 6.
It looks like it was shot with a camera made from a potaoto.
Since you're watching the Cubes and the Sox, I fail to see what the issue is.
DPD.
Do the Cubes play on a diamond?
I watched about 5 minutes of Hawk & Stone before I rememberized the U was an option. Those two smug fuckpuddles were, impossibly, even worse than I recalled. In the span of that 5 minutes they literally SCOFFED at the notion that the Cubs were trying to teach some plate discipline/pitch recognition to Castro. Stone then listed Castro's hits by year as a big leaguer as if he were making some profound and subtle point about what good that nerd-learnin had done for Starlin. Finally, Hawk ACTUALLY SAID (paraphrasing here) the Cubs should know better than to try to teach patience to a Latin player.
Those Latins are like wild animals, I tells ya!
When this generation of mindless baseball cretins dies off, who's going to replace them so we still have something to bitch about?
Did anyone switch back during the five-run inning to hear how silent Hawk must have been?
You can't
hear silence, man.
Quote from: R-V on July 09, 2013, 02:32:48 PM
Quote from: Sterling Archer on July 09, 2013, 12:47:48 PM
Quote from: R-V on July 09, 2013, 09:19:35 AM
Quote from: flannj on July 08, 2013, 09:16:42 PM
Quote from: CT III on July 08, 2013, 09:05:58 PM
Quote from: flannj on July 08, 2013, 08:55:56 PM
Quote from: CT III on July 08, 2013, 08:52:18 PM
Quote from: flannj on July 08, 2013, 08:47:53 PM
Of course the only HD feed for tonights game is the Sox broadcast and all the excellence that brings with it.
I guess we'll get out the rabbit ears.
You don't get The U's HD feed up in Duffman Estates?
The U's "HD" feed just means a 3 digit number as opposed to channel 6.
It looks like it was shot with a camera made from a potaoto.
Since you're watching the Cubes and the Sox, I fail to see what the issue is.
DPD.
Do the Cubes play on a diamond?
I watched about 5 minutes of Hawk & Stone before I rememberized the U was an option. Those two smug fuckpuddles were, impossibly, even worse than I recalled. In the span of that 5 minutes they literally SCOFFED at the notion that the Cubs were trying to teach some plate discipline/pitch recognition to Castro. Stone then listed Castro's hits by year as a big leaguer as if he were making some profound and subtle point about what good that nerd-learnin had done for Starlin. Finally, Hawk ACTUALLY SAID (paraphrasing here) the Cubs should know better than to try to teach patience to a Latin player.
Those Latins are like wild animals, I tells ya!
When this generation of mindless baseball cretins dies off, who's going to replace them so we still have something to bitch about?
Did anyone switch back during the five-run inning to hear how silent Hawk must have been?
You can't hear silence, man.
I can, because I'm not a penniless hippie.
This could probably go in Unlistenable and Unreadable as well, but what's important is fuck Jim Belushi and ESPN.
Wrigley Field tradition of singing classic Take Me Out to the Ball Game inspires a feature narrated by actor Jim Belushi (http://frontrow.espn.go.com/2013/07/wrigley-field-tradition-of-singing-classic-take-me-out-to-the-ball-game-inspires-a-sportscenter-feature-narrated-by-actor-jim-belushi/)
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"We liked Jim for the voice because he wasn't just some Hollywood guy, he is as big a Cubs fan as there is and truly represents the voice of Cubs fans," O'Connor said of the actor/comedian. "I asked Jim if he was interested in serving as the voice of the piece, rather than being interviewed for it, and he was in.
Fuck this so hard.
Quote from: PenFoe on July 11, 2013, 10:39:01 AM
This could probably go in Unlistenable and Unreadable as well, but what's important is fuck Jim Belushi and ESPN.
Wrigley Field tradition of singing classic Take Me Out to the Ball Game inspires a feature narrated by actor Jim Belushi (http://frontrow.espn.go.com/2013/07/wrigley-field-tradition-of-singing-classic-take-me-out-to-the-ball-game-inspires-a-sportscenter-feature-narrated-by-actor-jim-belushi/)
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"We liked Jim for the voice because he wasn't just some Hollywood guy, he is as big a Cubs fan as there is and truly represents the voice of Cubs fans," O'Connor said of the actor/comedian. "I asked Jim if he was interested in serving as the voice of the piece, rather than being interviewed for it, and he was in.
Fuck this so hard.
I can't tell which concept I hate more: Yellon as the voice of the Cub fan or Belushi as the voice of the Cub fan.
Quote from: Gilgamesh on July 11, 2013, 10:47:24 AM
Quote from: PenFoe on July 11, 2013, 10:39:01 AM
This could probably go in Unlistenable and Unreadable as well, but what's important is fuck Jim Belushi and ESPN.
Wrigley Field tradition of singing classic Take Me Out to the Ball Game inspires a feature narrated by actor Jim Belushi (http://frontrow.espn.go.com/2013/07/wrigley-field-tradition-of-singing-classic-take-me-out-to-the-ball-game-inspires-a-sportscenter-feature-narrated-by-actor-jim-belushi/)
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"We liked Jim for the voice because he wasn't just some Hollywood guy, he is as big a Cubs fan as there is and truly represents the voice of Cubs fans," O'Connor said of the actor/comedian. "I asked Jim if he was interested in serving as the voice of the piece, rather than being interviewed for it, and he was in.
Fuck this so hard.
I can't tell which concept I hate more: Yellon as the voice of the Cub fan or Belushi as the voice of the Cub fan.
Maybe we can lure them both to Bort's FIREBARN.
Quote from: Fork on July 11, 2013, 10:49:18 AM
Quote from: Gilgamesh on July 11, 2013, 10:47:24 AM
Quote from: PenFoe on July 11, 2013, 10:39:01 AM
This could probably go in Unlistenable and Unreadable as well, but what's important is fuck Jim Belushi and ESPN.
Wrigley Field tradition of singing classic Take Me Out to the Ball Game inspires a feature narrated by actor Jim Belushi (http://frontrow.espn.go.com/2013/07/wrigley-field-tradition-of-singing-classic-take-me-out-to-the-ball-game-inspires-a-sportscenter-feature-narrated-by-actor-jim-belushi/)
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"We liked Jim for the voice because he wasn't just some Hollywood guy, he is as big a Cubs fan as there is and truly represents the voice of Cubs fans," O'Connor said of the actor/comedian. "I asked Jim if he was interested in serving as the voice of the piece, rather than being interviewed for it, and he was in.
Fuck this so hard.
I can't tell which concept I hate more: Yellon as the voice of the Cub fan or Belushi as the voice of the Cub fan.
Maybe we can lure them both to Bort's FIREBARN.
Al bait: millions and millions of clipboards, all with multiple baseball scorecards ready to be filled out. (Extra bonus: 90's era male earrings or studs)
Belushi bait: Deep dish pizza? A chance to erase the collective memory of his infinitely more talented brother so as to claim the mantle of top Belushi?
Quote from: Gilgamesh on July 11, 2013, 10:59:23 AM
Quote from: Fork on July 11, 2013, 10:49:18 AM
Quote from: Gilgamesh on July 11, 2013, 10:47:24 AM
Quote from: PenFoe on July 11, 2013, 10:39:01 AM
This could probably go in Unlistenable and Unreadable as well, but what's important is fuck Jim Belushi and ESPN.
Wrigley Field tradition of singing classic Take Me Out to the Ball Game inspires a feature narrated by actor Jim Belushi (http://frontrow.espn.go.com/2013/07/wrigley-field-tradition-of-singing-classic-take-me-out-to-the-ball-game-inspires-a-sportscenter-feature-narrated-by-actor-jim-belushi/)
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"We liked Jim for the voice because he wasn't just some Hollywood guy, he is as big a Cubs fan as there is and truly represents the voice of Cubs fans," O'Connor said of the actor/comedian. "I asked Jim if he was interested in serving as the voice of the piece, rather than being interviewed for it, and he was in.
Fuck this so hard.
I can't tell which concept I hate more: Yellon as the voice of the Cub fan or Belushi as the voice of the Cub fan.
Maybe we can lure them both to Bort's FIREBARN.
Al bait: millions and millions of clipboards, all with multiple baseball scorecards ready to be filled out. (Extra bonus: 90's era male earrings or studs)
Belushi bait: Deep dish pizza? A chance to erase the collective memory of his infinitely more talented brother so as to claim the mantle of top Belushi?
Is there room for Tom Dreesen?
Dreesen bait: Virgin strawberry daiquiris.
Ladies and Gentleman, your 2013 Houston Astros. (http://houston.cbslocal.com/2013/09/24/astros-break-another-record-a-0-0-tv-rating/)
Quote from: Brownie on September 24, 2013, 11:27:27 AM
Ladies and Gentleman, your 2013 Houston Astros. (http://houston.cbslocal.com/2013/09/24/astros-break-another-record-a-0-0-tv-rating/)
Overall, it is a good thing that the Astros left the National League Central. It put the Cubs in proper perspective.
Quote from: Brownie on September 24, 2013, 11:27:27 AM
Ladies and Gentleman, your 2013 Houston Astros. (http://houston.cbslocal.com/2013/09/24/astros-break-another-record-a-0-0-tv-rating/)
Don't the Astros know that prospects don't work out? They're going about this all wrong. TIME IS RUNNING OUT. If they'd just sign Jeremy Hermida, Mark DeRosa, Kerry Wood (he's a Texan!) and Robinson Cano those ratings would skyrocket.
Quote from: Sterling Archer on September 24, 2013, 11:40:29 AM
Quote from: Brownie on September 24, 2013, 11:27:27 AM
Ladies and Gentleman, your 2013 Houston Astros. (http://houston.cbslocal.com/2013/09/24/astros-break-another-record-a-0-0-tv-rating/)
Don't the Astros know that prospects don't work out? They're going about this all wrong. TIME IS RUNNING OUT. If they'd just sign Jeremy Hermida, Mark DeRosa, Kerry Wood (he's a Texan!) and Robinson Cano those ratings would skyrocket.
DEY SHUD GIT DAT JOHNNY MANZEEL AND BRING BACK BUM PHILLIPS AND EARL CAMPBELL AND THEY WOULD SELL OUT THE ASTRODOME AGAIN.
Quote from: Brownie on September 24, 2013, 12:13:15 PM
Quote from: Sterling Archer on September 24, 2013, 11:40:29 AM
Quote from: Brownie on September 24, 2013, 11:27:27 AM
Ladies and Gentleman, your 2013 Houston Astros. (http://houston.cbslocal.com/2013/09/24/astros-break-another-record-a-0-0-tv-rating/)
Don't the Astros know that prospects don't work out? They're going about this all wrong. TIME IS RUNNING OUT. If they'd just sign Jeremy Hermida, Mark DeRosa, Kerry Wood (he's a Texan!) and Robinson Cano those ratings would skyrocket.
DEY SHUD GIT DAT JOHNNY MANZEEL AND BRING BACK BUM PHILLIPS AND EARL CAMPBELL AND THEY WOULD SELL OUT THE ASTRODOME AGAIN.
Sheeit, son, we jes' get that good ol' Timmy Tebow down here and we play the games in one o' them Megachurches, and everyone will come and we don't have to pay no taxes to the uppity northerners.
Quote from: Fork on September 24, 2013, 12:35:04 PM
Quote from: Brownie on September 24, 2013, 12:13:15 PM
Quote from: Sterling Archer on September 24, 2013, 11:40:29 AM
Quote from: Brownie on September 24, 2013, 11:27:27 AM
Ladies and Gentleman, your 2013 Houston Astros. (http://houston.cbslocal.com/2013/09/24/astros-break-another-record-a-0-0-tv-rating/)
Don't the Astros know that prospects don't work out? They're going about this all wrong. TIME IS RUNNING OUT. If they'd just sign Jeremy Hermida, Mark DeRosa, Kerry Wood (he's a Texan!) and Robinson Cano those ratings would skyrocket.
DEY SHUD GIT DAT JOHNNY MANZEEL AND BRING BACK BUM PHILLIPS AND EARL CAMPBELL AND THEY WOULD SELL OUT THE ASTRODOME AGAIN.
Sheeit, son, we jes' get that good ol' Timmy Tebow down here and we play the games in one o' them Megachurches, and everyone will come and we don't have to pay no taxes to the uppity northerners.
Itjetlakawumman.
Quote from: Internet Apex on September 24, 2013, 12:41:09 PM
Quote from: Fork on September 24, 2013, 12:35:04 PM
Quote from: Brownie on September 24, 2013, 12:13:15 PM
Quote from: Sterling Archer on September 24, 2013, 11:40:29 AM
Quote from: Brownie on September 24, 2013, 11:27:27 AM
Ladies and Gentleman, your 2013 Houston Astros. (http://houston.cbslocal.com/2013/09/24/astros-break-another-record-a-0-0-tv-rating/)
Don't the Astros know that prospects don't work out? They're going about this all wrong. TIME IS RUNNING OUT. If they'd just sign Jeremy Hermida, Mark DeRosa, Kerry Wood (he's a Texan!) and Robinson Cano those ratings would skyrocket.
DEY SHUD GIT DAT JOHNNY MANZEEL AND BRING BACK BUM PHILLIPS AND EARL CAMPBELL AND THEY WOULD SELL OUT THE ASTRODOME AGAIN.
Sheeit, son, we jes' get that good ol' Timmy Tebow down here and we play the games in one o' them Megachurches, and everyone will come and we don't have to pay no taxes to the uppity northerners.
Itjetlakawumman.
Ga-hilk!
5 Heads
Turn my hat backwards and call me Clark
So, the Cubs are collecting radio money from CBS, cable TV money from NBC, national TV money from FOX, and local TV money from ABC (http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/ct-cubs-tv-1212-biz-20141211-story.html).
Seeing that they want to play another 40-something games on local airwaves, let's imagine 20 games on CW (WGN) and 20 more on Weigel Broadcasting (WCIU), and the Cubs will be available on one of 9 stations any given day:
CSN
CSN+
WLS
WGN
WFLD
WCIU
TBS
ESPN
ESPN2
It looks like the "JI" thread is dead, so I'll just leave this right here.
Jim Edmonds to join the Real Housewives of St. Louis. (http://fresh1025.cbslocal.com/2015/01/21/trishs-trash-jim-edmonds-to-rhoc-i-have-my-bravo-taglines-ready/#.VL_-qANJvRA.twitter)
Quote from: PenFoe on January 21, 2015, 01:50:26 PM
It looks like the "JI" thread is dead, so I'll just leave this right here.
Jim Edmonds to join the Real Housewives of St. Louis. (http://fresh1025.cbslocal.com/2015/01/21/trishs-trash-jim-edmonds-to-rhoc-i-have-my-bravo-taglines-ready/#.VL_-qANJvRA.twitter)
What a hilarious take. Anyway if you want to know what Pen's link is referring to, try this (http://allthingsrh.com/real-housewives-st-louis-jim-meghan-edmonds-reportedly-join-cast-rhoc/). Hope Bravo remembers to invite a minder from the SPCA.
Quote from: Sterling Archer on January 21, 2015, 02:18:58 PM
Quote from: PenFoe on January 21, 2015, 01:50:26 PM
It looks like the "JI" thread is dead, so I'll just leave this right here.
Jim Edmonds to join the Real Housewives of St. Louis. (http://fresh1025.cbslocal.com/2015/01/21/trishs-trash-jim-edmonds-to-rhoc-i-have-my-bravo-taglines-ready/#.VL_-qANJvRA.twitter)
What a hilarious take. Anyway if you want to know what Pen's link is referring to, try this (http://allthingsrh.com/real-housewives-st-louis-jim-meghan-edmonds-reportedly-join-cast-rhoc/). Hope Bravo remembers to invite a minder from the SPCA.
I think Pen's link pretty much explained itself.
Quote from: Eli on January 21, 2015, 03:01:54 PM
Quote from: Sterling Archer on January 21, 2015, 02:18:58 PM
Quote from: PenFoe on January 21, 2015, 01:50:26 PM
It looks like the "JI" thread is dead, so I'll just leave this right here.
Jim Edmonds to join the Real Housewives of St. Louis. (http://fresh1025.cbslocal.com/2015/01/21/trishs-trash-jim-edmonds-to-rhoc-i-have-my-bravo-taglines-ready/#.VL_-qANJvRA.twitter)
What a hilarious take. Anyway if you want to know what Pen's link is referring to, try this (http://allthingsrh.com/real-housewives-st-louis-jim-meghan-edmonds-reportedly-join-cast-rhoc/). Hope Bravo remembers to invite a minder from the SPCA.
I think Pen's link pretty much explained itself.
QuoteTrish's Trash: Jim Edmonds to RHOC?? I Have my Bravo Taglines Ready!!
Clear as mud!
Non sequitur. This is totally watchable. You will thank me.
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25003078/watch-key-peele-aaron-rodgers-spoof-player-introductions
Quote from: CBStew on January 28, 2015, 08:28:10 PM
Non sequitur. This is totally watchable. You will thank me.
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25003078/watch-key-peele-aaron-rodgers-spoof-player-introductions
Who's gonna clean this place up after Tonker's head explodes?
WHAT THE FUCK Comcast, WGN, Cubs Baseball, Channel 44 or whoever the fuck?
How many times do I have to get up from the recliner to fix the rabbit ears?
Get your shit together.
Did Digger Phelps say "Niggra League"?
I've seen Deshaies get bashed a couple times of late (not on here, just on internet comment sections in general).
I like him, though. He can break down the game, but he's also got a really quick and dry sense of humor that works great with Len.
There've been lots of examples of it that I can't remember because I'm not Huey, but, just today:
QuoteLen: Happen to receive Popular Mechanics?
JD: Uh, I do not.
Len: Kluber was on the cover of the April issue this year.
JD: Pitching magazine, huh?
#TeamJD
Quote from: ChuckD on August 24, 2015, 02:43:24 PM
I've seen Deshaies get bashed a couple times of late (not on here, just on internet comment sections in general).
I like him, though. He can break down the game, but he's also got a really quick and dry sense of humor that works great with Len.
There've been lots of examples of it that I can't remember because I'm not Huey, but, just today:
QuoteLen: Happen to receive Popular Mechanics?
JD: Uh, I do not.
Len: Kluber was on the cover of the April issue this year.
JD: Pitching magazine, huh?
#TeamJD
I like JD as well. He's smart, his analysis is good, he meshes well with Len, and he frequently drops FIP and everything else into casual conversation.
Quote from: SKO on August 24, 2015, 02:45:13 PM
Quote from: ChuckD on August 24, 2015, 02:43:24 PM
I've seen Deshaies get bashed a couple times of late (not on here, just on internet comment sections in general).
I like him, though. He can break down the game, but he's also got a really quick and dry sense of humor that works great with Len.
There've been lots of examples of it that I can't remember because I'm not Huey, but, just today:
QuoteLen: Happen to receive Popular Mechanics?
JD: Uh, I do not.
Len: Kluber was on the cover of the April issue this year.
JD: Pitching magazine, huh?
#TeamJD
I like JD as well. He's smart, his analysis is good, he meshes well with Len, and he frequently drops FIP and everything else into casual conversation.
Who are the clods bashing JD? He is the absolute best.
Quote from: R-V on August 24, 2015, 03:33:20 PM
Quote from: SKO on August 24, 2015, 02:45:13 PM
Quote from: ChuckD on August 24, 2015, 02:43:24 PM
I've seen Deshaies get bashed a couple times of late (not on here, just on internet comment sections in general).
I like him, though. He can break down the game, but he's also got a really quick and dry sense of humor that works great with Len.
There've been lots of examples of it that I can't remember because I'm not Huey, but, just today:
QuoteLen: Happen to receive Popular Mechanics?
JD: Uh, I do not.
Len: Kluber was on the cover of the April issue this year.
JD: Pitching magazine, huh?
#TeamJD
I like JD as well. He's smart, his analysis is good, he meshes well with Len, and he frequently drops FIP and everything else into casual conversation.
Who are the clods bashing JD? He is the absolute best.
Probably the same ones who are still rocking Theriot and DeRosa shirseys and think "Horry Cow" is hilarious.
Quote from: Sterling Archer on August 24, 2015, 03:36:54 PM
Quote from: R-V on August 24, 2015, 03:33:20 PM
Quote from: SKO on August 24, 2015, 02:45:13 PM
Quote from: ChuckD on August 24, 2015, 02:43:24 PM
I've seen Deshaies get bashed a couple times of late (not on here, just on internet comment sections in general).
I like him, though. He can break down the game, but he's also got a really quick and dry sense of humor that works great with Len.
There've been lots of examples of it that I can't remember because I'm not Huey, but, just today:
QuoteLen: Happen to receive Popular Mechanics?
JD: Uh, I do not.
Len: Kluber was on the cover of the April issue this year.
JD: Pitching magazine, huh?
#TeamJD
I like JD as well. He's smart, his analysis is good, he meshes well with Len, and he frequently drops FIP and everything else into casual conversation.
Who are the clods bashing JD? He is the absolute best.
Probably the same ones who are still rocking Theriot and DeRosa shirseys and think "Horry Cow" is hilarious.
Let's move this conversation over here (http://www.desipio.com/messageboard/index.php?topic=8941.0).
Wow. (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/wgn-yom-kippur-nazi-badge)
Quote from: Sterling Archer on September 26, 2015, 03:29:24 AM
Wow. (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/wgn-yom-kippur-nazi-badge)
On a slightly smaller point, who wishes anybody a happy Yom Kippur?
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on September 26, 2015, 09:56:49 AM
Quote from: Sterling Archer on September 26, 2015, 03:29:24 AM
Wow. (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/wgn-yom-kippur-nazi-badge)
On a slightly smaller point, who wishes anybody a happy Yom Kippur?
This evening, my gentile family enjoyed the Jewish cuisine at Max's in Highland Park, where a message board had a festive drawing of a dancing bagel with "Yom Kippur is in the Air!"
I, too, found it a little odd, but it's not my place to question.
Quote from: Brownie on September 26, 2015, 09:28:43 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on September 26, 2015, 09:56:49 AM
Quote from: Sterling Archer on September 26, 2015, 03:29:24 AM
Wow. (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/wgn-yom-kippur-nazi-badge)
On a slightly smaller point, who wishes anybody a happy Yom Kippur?
This evening, my gentile family enjoyed the Jewish cuisine at Max's in Highland Park, where a message board had a festive drawing of a dancing bagel with "Yom Kippur is in the Air!"
I, too, found it a little odd, but it's not my place to question.
Speaking as a gentile married into a Jewish family and living in Highland Park, I basically just shrug and say "ok" whenever this stuff comes up.
Quote from: Bort on September 27, 2015, 12:50:31 AM
Quote from: Brownie on September 26, 2015, 09:28:43 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on September 26, 2015, 09:56:49 AM
Quote from: Sterling Archer on September 26, 2015, 03:29:24 AM
Wow. (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/wgn-yom-kippur-nazi-badge)
On a slightly smaller point, who wishes anybody a happy Yom Kippur?
This evening, my gentile family enjoyed the Jewish cuisine at Max's in Highland Park, where a message board had a festive drawing of a dancing bagel with "Yom Kippur is in the Air!"
I, too, found it a little odd, but it's not my place to question.
Speaking as a gentile married into a Jewish family and living in Highland Park, I basically just shrug and say "ok" whenever this stuff comes up.
I would think our messaging would be a little more consistent, since we run the banks and the media and all.
Quote from: Oleg on September 27, 2015, 10:10:55 AM
Quote from: Bort on September 27, 2015, 12:50:31 AM
Quote from: Brownie on September 26, 2015, 09:28:43 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on September 26, 2015, 09:56:49 AM
Quote from: Sterling Archer on September 26, 2015, 03:29:24 AM
Wow. (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/wgn-yom-kippur-nazi-badge)
On a slightly smaller point, who wishes anybody a happy Yom Kippur?
This evening, my gentile family enjoyed the Jewish cuisine at Max's in Highland Park, where a message board had a festive drawing of a dancing bagel with "Yom Kippur is in the Air!"
I, too, found it a little odd, but it's not my place to question.
Speaking as a gentile married into a Jewish family and living in Highland Park, I basically just shrug and say "ok" whenever this stuff comes up.
I would think our messaging would be a little more consistent, since we run the banks and the media and all.
I could never figure out why people show up at synagogue on Yom Kippur dressed in their Sunday best (that's my feeble attempt at irony) as though it was a festive occasion. I also think that it is ironic that synagogues set out a "break the Yom Kippur fast" table where one of the featured delicacies is pickled herring. My grandparents thought of pickled herring as what it started out to be, working class food that was intended to sustain you until you had enough rubles to by something decent.
Quote from: CBStew on September 27, 2015, 11:38:31 AM
Quote from: Oleg on September 27, 2015, 10:10:55 AM
Quote from: Bort on September 27, 2015, 12:50:31 AM
Quote from: Brownie on September 26, 2015, 09:28:43 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on September 26, 2015, 09:56:49 AM
Quote from: Sterling Archer on September 26, 2015, 03:29:24 AM
Wow. (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/wgn-yom-kippur-nazi-badge)
On a slightly smaller point, who wishes anybody a happy Yom Kippur?
This evening, my gentile family enjoyed the Jewish cuisine at Max's in Highland Park, where a message board had a festive drawing of a dancing bagel with "Yom Kippur is in the Air!"
I, too, found it a little odd, but it's not my place to question.
Speaking as a gentile married into a Jewish family and living in Highland Park, I basically just shrug and say "ok" whenever this stuff comes up.
I would think our messaging would be a little more consistent, since we run the banks and the media and all.
I could never figure out why people show up at synagogue on Yom Kippur dressed in their Sunday best (that's my feeble attempt at irony) as though it was a festive occasion. I also think that it is ironic that synagogues set out a "break the Yom Kippur fast" table where one of the featured delicacies is pickled herring. My grandparents thought of pickled herring as what it started out to be, working class food that was intended to sustain you until you had enough rubles to by something decent.
A shot of vodka with a pickled herring chaser is amazing.
Pete Rose's hair color.
Quote from: Shooter on October 08, 2015, 08:16:23 PM
Pete Rose's hair color.
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Quote from: Shooter on October 08, 2015, 08:16:23 PM
Pete Rose's hair color.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CJ4VU-oWUAA3znQ.jpg)
Rally Carp, where are you? Why did I see this?
(http://i.imgur.com/r1ZN6uo.png)
Toronto fans kind of seem like they suck.
Quote from: Armchair_QB on October 14, 2015, 07:12:40 PM
Toronto fans kind of seem like they suck.
I'd say they're way more bandwagonish than Cub fans, seeing as how nobody gave a shit until 2 months ago. I've seen a fair number of games at Rogers Centre, and I tend to dislike the experience. They have a lot of between-innings distractions (dance crews, t-shirt guns, etc.) and they feel the need to tell Jays fans when to cheer. The ballpark is also generally a lot quieter than Wrigley, which I suppose could be an effect of the accoustics, but it generally seems morgue like to me.
At the same time, the 7th inning of tonight's game was outrageous. Martin's throw that bounced off a bat is very Old School Cub-like, while the fact that they so brutally reclaimed the lead is certainly more New Cubs.
All that said, the ridiculous level of Texas Butt-Hurt that followed Bautista's homerun leads me to think that the right team won. The Rangers looked petty, even if they felt Bautista showed them up by admiring his homerun.
Quote from: Canadouche on October 14, 2015, 07:48:40 PM
Quote from: Armchair_QB on October 14, 2015, 07:12:40 PM
Toronto fans kind of seem like they suck.
I'd say they're way more bandwagonish than Cub fans, seeing as how nobody gave a shit until 2 months ago. I've seen a fair number of games at Rogers Centre, and I tend to dislike the experience. They have a lot of between-innings distractions (dance crews, t-shirt guns, etc.) and they feel the need to tell Jays fans when to cheer. The ballpark is also generally a lot quieter than Wrigley, which I suppose could be an effect of the accoustics, but it generally seems morgue like to me.
At the same time, the 7th inning of tonight's game was outrageous. Martin's throw that bounced off a bat is very Old School Cub-like, while the fact that they so brutally reclaimed the lead is certainly more New Cubs.
All that said, the ridiculous level of Texas Butt-Hurt that followed Bautista's homerun leads me to think that the right team won. The Rangers looked petty, even if they felt Bautista showed them up by admiring his homerun.
That was a bat-flip for the ages.
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on October 14, 2015, 08:00:35 PM
Quote from: Canadouche on October 14, 2015, 07:48:40 PM
Quote from: Armchair_QB on October 14, 2015, 07:12:40 PM
Toronto fans kind of seem like they suck.
I'd say they're way more bandwagonish than Cub fans, seeing as how nobody gave a shit until 2 months ago. I've seen a fair number of games at Rogers Centre, and I tend to dislike the experience. They have a lot of between-innings distractions (dance crews, t-shirt guns, etc.) and they feel the need to tell Jays fans when to cheer. The ballpark is also generally a lot quieter than Wrigley, which I suppose could be an effect of the accoustics, but it generally seems morgue like to me.
At the same time, the 7th inning of tonight's game was outrageous. Martin's throw that bounced off a bat is very Old School Cub-like, while the fact that they so brutally reclaimed the lead is certainly more New Cubs.
All that said, the ridiculous level of Texas Butt-Hurt that followed Bautista's homerun leads me to think that the right team won. The Rangers looked petty, even if they felt Bautista showed them up by admiring his homerun.
That was a bat-flip for the ages.
I'm not sure I've ever seen a better one.
Quote from: Canadouche on October 14, 2015, 07:48:40 PM
Quote from: Armchair_QB on October 14, 2015, 07:12:40 PM
Toronto fans kind of seem like they suck.
I'd say they're way more bandwagonish than Cub fans, seeing as how nobody gave a shit until 2 months ago. I've seen a fair number of games at Rogers Centre, and I tend to dislike the experience. They have a lot of between-innings distractions (dance crews, t-shirt guns, etc.) and they feel the need to tell Jays fans when to cheer. The ballpark is also generally a lot quieter than Wrigley, which I suppose could be an effect of the accoustics, but it generally seems morgue like to me.
At the same time, the 7th inning of tonight's game was outrageous. Martin's throw that bounced off a bat is very Old School Cub-like, while the fact that they so brutally reclaimed the lead is certainly more New Cubs.
All that said, the ridiculous level of Texas Butt-Hurt that followed Bautista's homerun leads me to think that the right team won. The Rangers looked petty, even if they felt Bautista showed them up by admiring his homerun.
The game I was at in May left me enjoying the dance crew a lot. The dance was decidedly stripper-like.
Quote from: Canadouche on October 14, 2015, 07:48:40 PM
Quote from: Armchair_QB on October 14, 2015, 07:12:40 PM
Toronto fans kind of seem like they suck.
I'd say they're way more bandwagonish than Cub fans, seeing as how nobody gave a shit until 2 months ago. I've seen a fair number of games at Rogers Centre, and I tend to dislike the experience. They have a lot of between-innings distractions (dance crews, t-shirt guns, etc.) and they feel the need to tell Jays fans when to cheer. The ballpark is also generally a lot quieter than Wrigley, which I suppose could be an effect of the accoustics, but it generally seems morgue like to me.
At the same time, the 7th inning of tonight's game was outrageous. Martin's throw that bounced off a bat is very Old School Cub-like, while the fact that they so brutally reclaimed the lead is certainly more New Cubs.
All that said, the ridiculous level of Texas Butt-Hurt that followed Bautista's homerun leads me to think that the right team won. The Rangers looked petty, even if they felt Bautista showed them up by admiring his homerun.
I loved the bat flip. Just thought the trash-throwing and whatever the hell they did to the Rangers dugout was a bit much - even if the Rangers are a bunch of whiny bitches.
Quote from: Eli on October 14, 2015, 08:10:27 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on October 14, 2015, 08:00:35 PM
Quote from: Canadouche on October 14, 2015, 07:48:40 PM
Quote from: Armchair_QB on October 14, 2015, 07:12:40 PM
Toronto fans kind of seem like they suck.
I'd say they're way more bandwagonish than Cub fans, seeing as how nobody gave a shit until 2 months ago. I've seen a fair number of games at Rogers Centre, and I tend to dislike the experience. They have a lot of between-innings distractions (dance crews, t-shirt guns, etc.) and they feel the need to tell Jays fans when to cheer. The ballpark is also generally a lot quieter than Wrigley, which I suppose could be an effect of the accoustics, but it generally seems morgue like to me.
At the same time, the 7th inning of tonight's game was outrageous. Martin's throw that bounced off a bat is very Old School Cub-like, while the fact that they so brutally reclaimed the lead is certainly more New Cubs.
All that said, the ridiculous level of Texas Butt-Hurt that followed Bautista's homerun leads me to think that the right team won. The Rangers looked petty, even if they felt Bautista showed them up by admiring his homerun.
That was a bat-flip for the ages.
I'm not sure I've ever seen a better one.
Yeah. The rotation on it probably could've gotten a chopper off the ground.
I think this 2015 NLCS qualifies.
Quote from: pisomojado8 on October 21, 2015, 08:03:33 PM
I think this 2015 NLCS qualifies.
Would you have preferred Mets/Cardinals?
Quote from: pisomojado8 on October 21, 2015, 08:03:33 PM
I think this 2015 NLCS qualifies.
I was done in the second inning last night. Turned it back on for the 9th because I wanted to see one of my favorites maybe come to bat one last time.
Coghlan, Montero, Fowler... with Soler (3-4) waiting on deck when Dexter got hosed on a barely borderline 3-2 pitch.
The TBS strike zone was an abomination. Ernie Johnson, one of my favorite broadcasters ever, due to his NBA on TNT work had me ready to punch my TV several times. I never fucking liked Ron Darling and nothing changed there. Cal Ripken is a useless shite, whose roid-induced record* for games played is about as interesting as his stupid observations during broadcasts. His giant head is now obscured by his bloated husk so we'll never see what he did to himself in the 90s.
McFaddens. I hope they get termites.
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on October 22, 2015, 08:52:11 AM
Quote from: pisomojado8 on October 21, 2015, 08:03:33 PM
I think this 2015 NLCS qualifies.
Would you have preferred Mets/Cardinals?
I'll go out on a limb and say that series would also be unwatchable. But I would hope, for the sake of playing the game "the right way," they'd beanball each other to death. We'd have that going for us.
Quote from: pisomojado8 on October 22, 2015, 08:57:03 AM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on October 22, 2015, 08:52:11 AM
Quote from: pisomojado8 on October 21, 2015, 08:03:33 PM
I think this 2015 NLCS qualifies.
Would you have preferred Mets/Cardinals?
I'll go out on a limb and say that series would also be unwatchable. But I would hope, for the sake of playing the game "the right way," they'd beanball each other to death. We'd have that going for us.
It would be a social media bonanza, I'll give you that.
Quote from: pisomojado8 on October 22, 2015, 08:57:03 AM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on October 22, 2015, 08:52:11 AM
Quote from: pisomojado8 on October 21, 2015, 08:03:33 PM
I think this 2015 NLCS qualifies.
Would you have preferred Mets/Cardinals?
I'll go out on a limb and say that series would also be unwatchable. But I would hope, for the sake of playing the game "the right way," they'd beanball each other to death. We'd have that going for us.
How unwatchable is such a series? I forgot they played each other in the 2006 NLCS and that the Mets took the Cardinals seven games. And that Steve Trachsel actually started a game for the Mets in that NLCS.
Quote from: Brownie on October 22, 2015, 10:41:22 AM
Quote from: pisomojado8 on October 22, 2015, 08:57:03 AM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on October 22, 2015, 08:52:11 AM
Quote from: pisomojado8 on October 21, 2015, 08:03:33 PM
I think this 2015 NLCS qualifies.
Would you have preferred Mets/Cardinals?
I'll go out on a limb and say that series would also be unwatchable. But I would hope, for the sake of playing the game "the right way," they'd beanball each other to death. We'd have that going for us.
How unwatchable is such a series? I forgot they played each other in the 2006 NLCS and that the Mets took the Cardinals seven games. And that Steve Trachsel actually started a game for the Mets in that NLCS.
You're confused. They canceled the postseason in 2006 (in remembrance of Cory Lidle, if I'm not mistaken).
Quote from: pisomojado8 on October 22, 2015, 08:57:03 AM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on October 22, 2015, 08:52:11 AM
Quote from: pisomojado8 on October 21, 2015, 08:03:33 PM
I think this 2015 NLCS qualifies.
Would you have preferred Mets/Cardinals?
I'll go out on a limb and say that series would also be unwatchable. But I would hope, for the sake of playing the game "the right way," they'd beanball each other to death. We'd have that going for us.
I'd watch and root for a meteor strike.
Quote from: Brownie on October 22, 2015, 10:41:22 AM
Quote from: pisomojado8 on October 22, 2015, 08:57:03 AM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on October 22, 2015, 08:52:11 AM
Quote from: pisomojado8 on October 21, 2015, 08:03:33 PM
I think this 2015 NLCS qualifies.
Would you have preferred Mets/Cardinals?
I'll go out on a limb and say that series would also be unwatchable. But I would hope, for the sake of playing the game "the right way," they'd beanball each other to death. We'd have that going for us.
How unwatchable is such a series? I forgot they played each other in the 2006 NLCS and that the Mets took the Cardinals seven games. And that Steve Trachsel actually started a game for the Mets in that NLCS.
Mets fans haven't stopped crying about the Molina homer that sent them packing.
If getting a seizure from ten shaky minutes zoomed in on Brett's derpy face sounds good to you, here you go (http://www.bleachernation.com/2016/04/22/i-wanted-to-show-you-around-great-american-ballpark-but-then-something-happened/).
They're so bad at video it's actually kind of endearing.
Fucking Comcast.
Quote from: PANK! on May 23, 2016, 07:57:28 PM
Quote from: flannj on May 23, 2016, 07:05:55 PM
Fucking Comcast.
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CLTV like it's 1993!
Jesus Huey, I turned 57 today and you are worse than me.
Quote from: flannj on May 23, 2016, 08:13:16 PM
Quote from: PANK! on May 23, 2016, 07:57:28 PM
Quote from: flannj on May 23, 2016, 07:05:55 PM
Fucking Comcast.
[/quote
CLTV like it's 1993!
Jesus Huey, I turned 57 today and you are worse than me.
Happy Fucking Birthday, ya fellow mick bastage.
Quote from: PANK! on May 23, 2016, 08:14:54 PM
Quote from: flannj on May 23, 2016, 08:13:16 PM
Quote from: PANK! on May 23, 2016, 07:57:28 PM
Quote from: flannj on May 23, 2016, 07:05:55 PM
Fucking Comcast.
[/quote
CLTV like it's 1993!
Jesus Huey, I turned 57 today and you are worse than me.
Happy Fucking Birthday, ya fellow mick bastage.
Thanks, you pig raising chrome dome.
You happy now Desipio?
You've got the two Micks weeping over each other.
Quote from: flannj on May 23, 2016, 08:51:21 PM
You happy now Desipio?
You've got the two Micks weeping over each other.
So, it's a day that ends in Y.
Quote from: flannj on May 23, 2016, 08:13:16 PM
Quote from: PANK! on May 23, 2016, 07:57:28 PM
Quote from: flannj on May 23, 2016, 07:05:55 PM
Fucking Comcast.
[/quote
CLTV like it's 1993!
Jesus Huey, I turned 57 today and you are worse than me.
I believe this is the official age where flannj no longer has to fight you.
Quote from: CT III on May 24, 2016, 08:12:47 AM
Quote from: flannj on May 23, 2016, 08:13:16 PM
Quote from: PANK! on May 23, 2016, 07:57:28 PM
Quote from: flannj on May 23, 2016, 07:05:55 PM
Fucking Comcast.
[/quote
CLTV like it's 1993!
Jesus Huey, I turned 57 today and you are worse than me.
I believe this is the official age where flannj no longer has to fight you.
Ahem...according to the original script, I believe that point occurred 4 years ago.
The shit center field camera angles on this broadcast since it wouldn't be the postseason without one of the broadcasters fucking something up.
Quote from: Saul Goodman on October 07, 2016, 08:46:55 PM
The shit center field camera angles on this broadcast since it wouldn't be the postseason without one of the broadcasters fucking something up.
Yes.
Quote from: flannj on October 08, 2016, 01:14:22 AM
Quote from: Saul Goodman on October 07, 2016, 08:46:55 PM
The shit center field camera angles on this broadcast since it wouldn't be the postseason without one of the broadcasters fucking something up.
Yes.
The alternative on FS1 is Harold Reynolds.
Matt Vasgersian's pronunciation of "Cueto" was weird.
Quote from: Shooter on October 08, 2016, 01:31:30 AM
Quote from: flannj on October 08, 2016, 01:14:22 AM
Quote from: Saul Goodman on October 07, 2016, 08:46:55 PM
The shit center field camera angles on this broadcast since it wouldn't be the postseason without one of the broadcasters fucking something up.
Yes.
The alternative on FS1 is Harold Reynolds.
Matt Vasgersian's pronunciation of "Cueto" was weird.
It's nice we got no call of Wood's homer last night because we were watching B-roll of Bruce Bochy.
Also, I cannot sit through another evening of Bob Costas' bloviating.
Quote from: CT III on October 09, 2016, 11:54:39 AM
Quote from: Shooter on October 08, 2016, 01:31:30 AM
Quote from: flannj on October 08, 2016, 01:14:22 AM
Quote from: Saul Goodman on October 07, 2016, 08:46:55 PM
The shit center field camera angles on this broadcast since it wouldn't be the postseason without one of the broadcasters fucking something up.
Yes.
The alternative on FS1 is Harold Reynolds.
Matt Vasgersian's pronunciation of "Cueto" was weird.
It's nice we got no call of Wood's homer last night because we were watching B-roll of Bruce Bochy.
Also, I cannot sit through another evening of Bob Costas' bloviating.
I usually pay no attention to the color commentator. Talking to the TV is a sign of a failing mind. But last night I found myself repeatedly telling Costas to shut up. "Gee whiz Mr. Costas. I have forgotten in the last 2 minutes. How long ago was it that the Cubs won the World Series?"
Using my MLB.tv subscription, I muted the game and used the audio commentary from the Score. I had to sync it a few times, but it worked splendidly. No regrets.
Quote from: Canadouche on October 09, 2016, 01:22:56 PM
Using my MLB.tv subscription, I muted the game and used the audio commentary from the Score. I had to sync it a few times, but it worked splendidly. No regrets.
I think you can stream the game on mlb.tv and they have the radio call synced up for you. I took advantage of that during some dark moments of last year's NLCS.
Why does Fox insist on taking such a massive shit on the World Series every year? They have an entire season's worth of overwrought packages and lame cliches packed into a single pregame show. Just broadcast the damn baseball game without zooming in on Jason Kipnis's nostrils every five seconds, please.
Looks like Francisco Lindor is the early favorite for Fox's Derek Law Camera.
Larry Vanover can go ahead and get fucked.
Quote from: Saul Goodman on October 25, 2016, 07:31:28 PM
Looks like Francisco Lindor is the early favorite for Fox's Derek Law Camera.
Lindor is a borderline superstar and not a random middle reliever, so there's something.
Quote from: Eli on October 25, 2016, 10:56:02 PM
Quote from: Saul Goodman on October 25, 2016, 07:31:28 PM
Looks like Francisco Lindor is the early favorite for Fox's Derek Law Camera.
Lindor is a borderline superstar and not a random middle reliever, so there's something.
Yea, but remember we love to assume the media and/or announcers hate us. And then Adrian Gonzalez is vilified for saying "Us against the world", when thats the mentality of assuming the media sucks the other team's dick
Quote from: Yeti on October 26, 2016, 07:48:39 AM
Quote from: Eli on October 25, 2016, 10:56:02 PM
Quote from: Saul Goodman on October 25, 2016, 07:31:28 PM
Looks like Francisco Lindor is the early favorite for Fox's Derek Law Camera.
Lindor is a borderline superstar and not a random middle reliever, so there's something.
Yea, but remember we love to assume the media and/or announcers hate us. And then Adrian Gonzalez is vilified for saying "Us against the world", when thats the mentality of assuming the media sucks the other team's dick
I wish Yeti would take his gay pills again instead of his "Um, actually, both sides are bad" pills.
Quote from: Bort on October 26, 2016, 08:37:52 AM
Quote from: Yeti on October 26, 2016, 07:48:39 AM
Quote from: Eli on October 25, 2016, 10:56:02 PM
Quote from: Saul Goodman on October 25, 2016, 07:31:28 PM
Looks like Francisco Lindor is the early favorite for Fox's Derek Law Camera.
Lindor is a borderline superstar and not a random middle reliever, so there's something.
Yea, but remember we love to assume the media and/or announcers hate us. And then Adrian Gonzalez is vilified for saying "Us against the world", when thats the mentality of assuming the media sucks the other team's dick
I wish Yeti would take his gay pills again instead of his "Um, actually, both sides are bad" pills.
It makes me feel better about funning on Sadrian (You're welcome, Huey) for that comment when I'm not acting like the mass media hates my team because they sometimes show other teams on camera.
I've been annoyed with the talking points in these playoffs, and I've focused some of that on Buck, but it really probably isn't his fault. I'm sure the studio notes before every game highlight LESTER YIPS, CURSES, BARTMAN, ETC repeatedly. His play by play has been good, his call of the last out of the NLCS was perfect.
As for them liking players from other teams too much or whatever I think bitching about BROADCASTER BUYAS is the only thing dumber than UMPIRE BUYAS. His job is to hype up the series. Cubs fans thought he wanted to tongue bathe Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers fans were fuming at his love affair with Baez.
Quote from: Yeti on October 26, 2016, 07:48:39 AM
Quote from: Eli on October 25, 2016, 10:56:02 PM
Quote from: Saul Goodman on October 25, 2016, 07:31:28 PM
Looks like Francisco Lindor is the early favorite for Fox's Derek Law Camera.
Lindor is a borderline superstar and not a random middle reliever, so there's something.
Yea, but remember we love to assume the media and/or announcers hate us. And then Adrian Gonzalez is vilified for saying "Us against the world", when thats the mentality of assuming the media sucks the other team's dick
Progressive Field video boards cycles through phrases including 'Cleveland against the World.'
My camera comment had nothing to do with any of that -- it was more about Fox's infatuation with running STORYLINES OF POSTSEASON PASHUN into the extremely zoomed-in ground. Law and Lindor are both sufficiently fired up to warrant 24/7 camera coverage. Anyway, back to whatever we're going on about.
Bump for David DeJesus.
While the eclipse is certainly a cool event, I'm ready to stare into the sun just so I don't have to watch anymore of the phony / overblown / fake enthusiasm that is being broadcast.
Seriously, "It's like being in the eye of a hurricane".
Tell that to someone that's lived through hurricanes.
Quote from: flannj on August 21, 2017, 12:27:25 PM
While the eclipse is certainly a cool event, I'm ready to stare into the sun just so I don't have to watch anymore of the phony / overblown / fake enthusiasm that is being broadcast.
Seriously, "It's like being in the eye of a hurricane".
Tell that to someone that's lived through hurricanes.
(https://i.imgur.com/hwxpVkD.jpg)
Quote from: SKO on August 21, 2017, 12:40:17 PM
Quote from: flannj on August 21, 2017, 12:27:25 PM
While the eclipse is certainly a cool event, I'm ready to stare into the sun just so I don't have to watch anymore of the phony / overblown / fake enthusiasm that is being broadcast.
Seriously, "It's like being in the eye of a hurricane".
Tell that to someone that's lived through hurricanes.
(https://i.imgur.com/hwxpVkD.jpg)
The last one ruined the onion harvest.
We could barely keep our pants up.
Quote from: flannj on August 21, 2017, 12:46:33 PM
Quote from: SKO on August 21, 2017, 12:40:17 PM
Quote from: flannj on August 21, 2017, 12:27:25 PM
While the eclipse is certainly a cool event, I'm ready to stare into the sun just so I don't have to watch anymore of the phony / overblown / fake enthusiasm that is being broadcast.
Seriously, "It's like being in the eye of a hurricane".
Tell that to someone that's lived through hurricanes.
(https://i.imgur.com/hwxpVkD.jpg)
The last one ruined the onion harvest.
We could barely keep our pants up.
I think SKO can relate to this.
Quote from: A. Baldheaded Prick on August 22, 2017, 09:29:09 AM
Quote from: flannj on August 21, 2017, 12:46:33 PM
Quote from: SKO on August 21, 2017, 12:40:17 PM
Quote from: flannj on August 21, 2017, 12:27:25 PM
While the eclipse is certainly a cool event, I'm ready to stare into the sun just so I don't have to watch anymore of the phony / overblown / fake enthusiasm that is being broadcast.
Seriously, "It's like being in the eye of a hurricane".
Tell that to someone that's lived through hurricanes.
(https://i.imgur.com/hwxpVkD.jpg)
The last one ruined the onion harvest.
We could barely keep our pants up.
I think SKO can relate to this.
I am laughing very hard that you posted a belt joke immediately in response to this, apparently thought better of it, waited almost an entire today, and then posted a new, slightly more ambiguous belt joke.
Quote from: SKO on August 22, 2017, 11:09:06 AM
Quote from: A. Baldheaded Prick on August 22, 2017, 09:29:09 AM
Quote from: flannj on August 21, 2017, 12:46:33 PM
Quote from: SKO on August 21, 2017, 12:40:17 PM
Quote from: flannj on August 21, 2017, 12:27:25 PM
While the eclipse is certainly a cool event, I'm ready to stare into the sun just so I don't have to watch anymore of the phony / overblown / fake enthusiasm that is being broadcast.
Seriously, "It's like being in the eye of a hurricane".
Tell that to someone that's lived through hurricanes.
(https://i.imgur.com/hwxpVkD.jpg)
The last one ruined the onion harvest.
We could barely keep our pants up.
I think SKO can relate to this.
I am laughing very hard that you posted a belt joke immediately in response to this, apparently thought better of it, waited almost an entire today, and then posted a new, slightly more ambiguous belt joke.
Screenshots or it didn't happen.
All the Dodgers fans I interact with daily (and I'm in Los Angeles so that's a lot) are in a full-blown DOOMPANIC, and I'm loving it.
Giving TBS credit where credit is due.
Watching the pre-game with Rollins and Sheffield in the studio demonstrating and explaining how they see pitches with Pedro throwing was pretty cool.
I learned something today.
Quote from: flannj on October 15, 2017, 06:10:28 PM
Giving TBS credit where credit is due.
Watching the pre-game with Rollins and Sheffield in the studio demonstrating and explaining how they see pitches with Pedro throwing was pretty cool.
I learned something today.
I also think Brian Anderson is a damn good play by play guy. He's clearly done his homework, he knows his shit, and he even tees Ron Darling up with some good questions.
So while I was setting up the DVR on WGN for this afternoons Hawks matinee game I came across what was currently being broadcast.
Apparently Channel 9 discovered a bunch of the "Bozo's Circus" episodes from the 1960's and have digitally remastered them.
So they are replaying them as an hour long special.
They shouldn't have, God it's horrific.
The stuff we we used to watch while eating lunch was not exactly formative.
Quote from: flannj on February 24, 2019, 01:07:01 PM
So while I was setting up the DVR on WGN for this afternoons Hawks matinee game I came across what was currently being broadcast.
Apparently Channel 9 discovered a bunch of the "Bozo's Circus" episodes from the 1960's and have digitally remastered them.
So they are replaying them as an hour long special.
They shouldn't have, God it's horrific.
The stuff we we used to watch while eating lunch was not exactly formative.
I don't know how we all didn't get seizures from the camera swinging around looking for Grand Prize Game contestants.
Quote from: Quality Start Machine on February 25, 2019, 08:46:43 AM
Quote from: flannj on February 24, 2019, 01:07:01 PM
So while I was setting up the DVR on WGN for this afternoons Hawks matinee game I came across what was currently being broadcast.
Apparently Channel 9 discovered a bunch of the "Bozo's Circus" episodes from the 1960's and have digitally remastered them.
So they are replaying them as an hour long special.
They shouldn't have, God it's horrific.
The stuff we we used to watch while eating lunch was not exactly formative.
I don't know how we all didn't get seizures from the camera swinging around looking for Grand Prize Game contestants.
It's how they weened the weak out of society. Only the strongest failed to seize and die. You weren't just a fan of Bozo, you were a
survivor.
Quote from: Canadouche on February 25, 2019, 10:18:24 AM
Quote from: Quality Start Machine on February 25, 2019, 08:46:43 AM
Quote from: flannj on February 24, 2019, 01:07:01 PM
So while I was setting up the DVR on WGN for this afternoons Hawks matinee game I came across what was currently being broadcast.
Apparently Channel 9 discovered a bunch of the "Bozo's Circus" episodes from the 1960's and have digitally remastered them.
So they are replaying them as an hour long special.
They shouldn't have, God it's horrific.
The stuff we we used to watch while eating lunch was not exactly formative.
I don't know how we all didn't get seizures from the camera swinging around looking for Grand Prize Game contestants.
It's how they weened the weak out of society. Only the strongest failed to seize and die. You weren't just a fan of Bozo, you were a survivor.
Even getting tickets was some Hunger Games shit. People ordered tickets the day their child (or grandchild) was born, and the classified ads were full of people looking for Bozo tickets. I'm guessing that was quite the cottage industry.
Quote from: Quality Start Machine on February 26, 2019, 08:35:03 AM
Quote from: Canadouche on February 25, 2019, 10:18:24 AM
Quote from: Quality Start Machine on February 25, 2019, 08:46:43 AM
Quote from: flannj on February 24, 2019, 01:07:01 PM
So while I was setting up the DVR on WGN for this afternoons Hawks matinee game I came across what was currently being broadcast.
Apparently Channel 9 discovered a bunch of the "Bozo's Circus" episodes from the 1960's and have digitally remastered them.
So they are replaying them as an hour long special.
They shouldn't have, God it's horrific.
The stuff we we used to watch while eating lunch was not exactly formative.
I don't know how we all didn't get seizures from the camera swinging around looking for Grand Prize Game contestants.
It's how they weened the weak out of society. Only the strongest failed to seize and die. You weren't just a fan of Bozo, you were a survivor.
Even getting tickets was some Hunger Games shit. People ordered tickets the day their child (or grandchild) was born, and the classified ads were full of people looking for Bozo tickets. I'm guessing that was quite the cottage industry.
I actually went to one of the shows. Some very long time friends of my parents were the Chicago distributors for 7-Up (could this conversation be any more 60's?) and they had connections. I was friends with their son and they invited me. I was 6 or possibly 7 which makes it 1965 or 1966. I remember bits and pieces of it. The stands are just bleachers and they herd you around in order to get everything in place because it was broadcast live. Most of the black kids were sitting towards the back. I remember being severely disappointed because i wasn't picked for the grand prize game. I think all the cast members were drinking and although I wouldn't have recognized it at the time I'm sure everyone smelled like cigarettes because everyone smelled like cigarettes back then. I wanted to meet Bozo and that didn't happen so now I just light devotional candles to Bob Bell.
Quote from: flannj on February 26, 2019, 10:32:23 AM
Quote from: Quality Start Machine on February 26, 2019, 08:35:03 AM
Quote from: Canadouche on February 25, 2019, 10:18:24 AM
Quote from: Quality Start Machine on February 25, 2019, 08:46:43 AM
Quote from: flannj on February 24, 2019, 01:07:01 PM
So while I was setting up the DVR on WGN for this afternoons Hawks matinee game I came across what was currently being broadcast.
Apparently Channel 9 discovered a bunch of the "Bozo's Circus" episodes from the 1960's and have digitally remastered them.
So they are replaying them as an hour long special.
They shouldn't have, God it's horrific.
The stuff we we used to watch while eating lunch was not exactly formative.
I don't know how we all didn't get seizures from the camera swinging around looking for Grand Prize Game contestants.
It's how they weened the weak out of society. Only the strongest failed to seize and die. You weren't just a fan of Bozo, you were a survivor.
Even getting tickets was some Hunger Games shit. People ordered tickets the day their child (or grandchild) was born, and the classified ads were full of people looking for Bozo tickets. I'm guessing that was quite the cottage industry.
I actually went to one of the shows. Some very long time friends of my parents were the Chicago distributors for 7-Up (could this conversation be any more 60's?) and they had connections. I was friends with their son and they invited me. I was 6 or possibly 7 which makes it 1965 or 1966. I remember bits and pieces of it. The stands are just bleachers and they herd you around in order to get everything in place because it was broadcast live. Most of the black kids were sitting towards the back. I remember being severely disappointed because i wasn't picked for the grand prize game. I think all the cast members were drinking and although I wouldn't have recognized it at the time I'm sure everyone smelled like cigarettes because everyone smelled like cigarettes back then. I wanted to meet Bozo and that didn't happen so now I just light devotional candles to Bob Bell.
This is a great post; I'm hanging a star on it.
I had a friend who got to go and it was only because his aunt had put in a request for her kids several years earlier but by the time her number came up her kids were all grown so my friend and his sister were the beneficiaries. His sister got selected for Bozos buckets and apparently shit the tub on bucket #4. She was to receive a "years supply" of Bozo hot dogs that in reality turned out to be like 5 packs.
Also, I never really cared for Bozo and wished more people yelled "Cookie" when they were asked "Who's your favorite clown?" and was very satisfied on the two occassions when I was watching and they engineered it for that to happen and punk Bozo's ass.
Also, if you want to go way back, a couple years ago my dad attended my daughter's school for "Grandparents Day". One of the events they had was when the grandchild would "interview" their grandparent. I read the answers when my daughter got home that day and it was unsurprising stuff for a guy born in 1933 (Favorite President--Harry Truman etc.), but I was curious about my dad's answer to what TV show he watched. His answer was something called Super Circus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Circus) which appears to have been an ancestral predecessor to Bozo (indeed, check out the low-rent Bozo at the beginning of this clip.) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEoqn0sfoeI) I was delighted but also somewhat horrified to discover this--I mean...being born at the nadir of the Great Depression was bad enough but having
this as your entertainment?
So now you know the rest of the story.
Quote from: World's #1 Astros Fan on February 26, 2019, 10:45:02 AM
Quote from: flannj on February 26, 2019, 10:32:23 AM
Quote from: Quality Start Machine on February 26, 2019, 08:35:03 AM
Quote from: Canadouche on February 25, 2019, 10:18:24 AM
Quote from: Quality Start Machine on February 25, 2019, 08:46:43 AM
Quote from: flannj on February 24, 2019, 01:07:01 PM
So while I was setting up the DVR on WGN for this afternoons Hawks matinee game I came across what was currently being broadcast.
Apparently Channel 9 discovered a bunch of the "Bozo's Circus" episodes from the 1960's and have digitally remastered them.
So they are replaying them as an hour long special.
They shouldn't have, God it's horrific.
The stuff we we used to watch while eating lunch was not exactly formative.
I don't know how we all didn't get seizures from the camera swinging around looking for Grand Prize Game contestants.
It's how they weened the weak out of society. Only the strongest failed to seize and die. You weren't just a fan of Bozo, you were a survivor.
Even getting tickets was some Hunger Games shit. People ordered tickets the day their child (or grandchild) was born, and the classified ads were full of people looking for Bozo tickets. I'm guessing that was quite the cottage industry.
I actually went to one of the shows. Some very long time friends of my parents were the Chicago distributors for 7-Up (could this conversation be any more 60's?) and they had connections. I was friends with their son and they invited me. I was 6 or possibly 7 which makes it 1965 or 1966. I remember bits and pieces of it. The stands are just bleachers and they herd you around in order to get everything in place because it was broadcast live. Most of the black kids were sitting towards the back. I remember being severely disappointed because i wasn't picked for the grand prize game. I think all the cast members were drinking and although I wouldn't have recognized it at the time I'm sure everyone smelled like cigarettes because everyone smelled like cigarettes back then. I wanted to meet Bozo and that didn't happen so now I just light devotional candles to Bob Bell.
This is a great post; I'm hanging a star on it.
I had a friend who got to go and it was only because his aunt had put in a request for her kids several years earlier but by the time her number came up her kids were all grown so my friend and his sister were the beneficiaries. His sister got selected for Bozos buckets and apparently shit the tub on bucket #4. She was to receive a "years supply" of Bozo hot dogs that in reality turned out to be like 5 packs.
Also, I never really cared for Bozo and wished more people yelled "Cookie" when they were asked "Who's your favorite clown?" and was very satisfied on the two occassions when I was watching and they engineered it for that to happen and punk Bozo's ass.
Also, if you want to go way back, a couple years ago my dad attended my daughter's school for "Grandparents Day". One of the events they had was when the grandchild would "interview" their grandparent. I read the answers when my daughter got home that day and it was unsurprising stuff for a guy born in 1933 (Favorite President--Harry Truman etc.), but I was curious about my dad's answer to what TV show he watched. His answer was something called Super Circus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Circus) which appears to have been an ancestral predecessor to Bozo (indeed, check out the low-rent Bozo at the beginning of this clip. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEoqn0sfoeI) I was delighted but also somewhat horrified to discover this--I mean...being born at the nadir of the Great Depression was bad enough but having this as your entertainment?
So now you know the rest of the story.
I love stories like these.
Quote from: World's #1 Astros Fan on February 26, 2019, 10:45:02 AM
Quote from: flannj on February 26, 2019, 10:32:23 AM
Quote from: Quality Start Machine on February 26, 2019, 08:35:03 AM
Quote from: Canadouche on February 25, 2019, 10:18:24 AM
Quote from: Quality Start Machine on February 25, 2019, 08:46:43 AM
Quote from: flannj on February 24, 2019, 01:07:01 PM
So while I was setting up the DVR on WGN for this afternoons Hawks matinee game I came across what was currently being broadcast.
Apparently Channel 9 discovered a bunch of the "Bozo's Circus" episodes from the 1960's and have digitally remastered them.
So they are replaying them as an hour long special.
They shouldn't have, God it's horrific.
The stuff we we used to watch while eating lunch was not exactly formative.
I don't know how we all didn't get seizures from the camera swinging around looking for Grand Prize Game contestants.
It's how they weened the weak out of society. Only the strongest failed to seize and die. You weren't just a fan of Bozo, you were a survivor.
Even getting tickets was some Hunger Games shit. People ordered tickets the day their child (or grandchild) was born, and the classified ads were full of people looking for Bozo tickets. I'm guessing that was quite the cottage industry.
I actually went to one of the shows. Some very long time friends of my parents were the Chicago distributors for 7-Up (could this conversation be any more 60's?) and they had connections. I was friends with their son and they invited me. I was 6 or possibly 7 which makes it 1965 or 1966. I remember bits and pieces of it. The stands are just bleachers and they herd you around in order to get everything in place because it was broadcast live. Most of the black kids were sitting towards the back. I remember being severely disappointed because i wasn't picked for the grand prize game. I think all the cast members were drinking and although I wouldn't have recognized it at the time I'm sure everyone smelled like cigarettes because everyone smelled like cigarettes back then. I wanted to meet Bozo and that didn't happen so now I just light devotional candles to Bob Bell.
This is a great post; I'm hanging a star on it.
I had a friend who got to go and it was only because his aunt had put in a request for her kids several years earlier but by the time her number came up her kids were all grown so my friend and his sister were the beneficiaries. His sister got selected for Bozos buckets and apparently shit the tub on bucket #4. She was to receive a "years supply" of Bozo hot dogs that in reality turned out to be like 5 packs.
Also, I never really cared for Bozo and wished more people yelled "Cookie" when they were asked "Who's your favorite clown?" and was very satisfied on the two occassions when I was watching and they engineered it for that to happen and punk Bozo's ass.
Also, if you want to go way back, a couple years ago my dad attended my daughter's school for "Grandparents Day". One of the events they had was when the grandchild would "interview" their grandparent. I read the answers when my daughter got home that day and it was unsurprising stuff for a guy born in 1933 (Favorite President--Harry Truman etc.), but I was curious about my dad's answer to what TV show he watched. His answer was something called Super Circus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Circus) which appears to have been an ancestral predecessor to Bozo (indeed, check out the low-rent Bozo at the beginning of this clip.) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEoqn0sfoeI) I was delighted but also somewhat horrified to discover this--I mean...being born at the nadir of the Great Depression was bad enough but having this as your entertainment?
So now you know the rest of the story.
Super Circus aired from 1949 to 1956, so your 16-year-old Dad was tuning in to this?
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So while I was setting up the DVR on WGN for this afternoons Hawks matinee game I came across what was currently being broadcast.
Apparently Channel 9 discovered a bunch of the "Bozo's Circus" episodes from the 1960's and have digitally remastered them.
So they are replaying them as an hour long special.
They shouldn't have, God it's horrific.
The stuff we we used to watch while eating lunch was not exactly formative.
I don't know how we all didn't get seizures from the camera swinging around looking for Grand Prize Game contestants.
It's how they weened the weak out of society. Only the strongest failed to seize and die. You weren't just a fan of Bozo, you were a survivor.
Even getting tickets was some Hunger Games shit. People ordered tickets the day their child (or grandchild) was born, and the classified ads were full of people looking for Bozo tickets. I'm guessing that was quite the cottage industry.
I actually went to one of the shows. Some very long time friends of my parents were the Chicago distributors for 7-Up (could this conversation be any more 60's?) and they had connections. I was friends with their son and they invited me. I was 6 or possibly 7 which makes it 1965 or 1966. I remember bits and pieces of it. The stands are just bleachers and they herd you around in order to get everything in place because it was broadcast live. Most of the black kids were sitting towards the back. I remember being severely disappointed because i wasn't picked for the grand prize game. I think all the cast members were drinking and although I wouldn't have recognized it at the time I'm sure everyone smelled like cigarettes because everyone smelled like cigarettes back then. I wanted to meet Bozo and that didn't happen so now I just light devotional candles to Bob Bell.
This is a great post; I'm hanging a star on it.
I had a friend who got to go and it was only because his aunt had put in a request for her kids several years earlier but by the time her number came up her kids were all grown so my friend and his sister were the beneficiaries. His sister got selected for Bozos buckets and apparently shit the tub on bucket #4. She was to receive a "years supply" of Bozo hot dogs that in reality turned out to be like 5 packs.
Also, I never really cared for Bozo and wished more people yelled "Cookie" when they were asked "Who's your favorite clown?" and was very satisfied on the two occassions when I was watching and they engineered it for that to happen and punk Bozo's ass.
Also, if you want to go way back, a couple years ago my dad attended my daughter's school for "Grandparents Day". One of the events they had was when the grandchild would "interview" their grandparent. I read the answers when my daughter got home that day and it was unsurprising stuff for a guy born in 1933 (Favorite President--Harry Truman etc.), but I was curious about my dad's answer to what TV show he watched. His answer was something called Super Circus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Circus) which appears to have been an ancestral predecessor to Bozo (indeed, check out the low-rent Bozo at the beginning of this clip.) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEoqn0sfoeI) I was delighted but also somewhat horrified to discover this--I mean...being born at the nadir of the Great Depression was bad enough but having this as your entertainment?
So now you know the rest of the story.
Super Circus aired from 1949 to 1956, so your 16-year-old Dad was tuning in to this?
Huey should probably answer this but you do realize that there wasn't a whole lot on television in 1949?
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I actually went to one of the shows. Some very long time friends of my parents were the Chicago distributors for 7-Up (could this conversation be any more 60's?) and they had connections. I was friends with their son and they invited me. I was 6 or possibly 7 which makes it 1965 or 1966. I remember bits and pieces of it. The stands are just bleachers and they herd you around in order to get everything in place because it was broadcast live. Most of the black kids were sitting towards the back. I remember being severely disappointed because i wasn't picked for the grand prize game. I think all the cast members were drinking and although I wouldn't have recognized it at the time I'm sure everyone smelled like cigarettes because everyone smelled like cigarettes back then. I wanted to meet Bozo and that didn't happen so now I just light devotional candles to Bob Bell.
This is a great post; I'm hanging a star on it.
I had a friend who got to go and it was only because his aunt had put in a request for her kids several years earlier but by the time her number came up her kids were all grown so my friend and his sister were the beneficiaries. His sister got selected for Bozos buckets and apparently shit the tub on bucket #4. She was to receive a "years supply" of Bozo hot dogs that in reality turned out to be like 5 packs.
Also, I never really cared for Bozo and wished more people yelled "Cookie" when they were asked "Who's your favorite clown?" and was very satisfied on the two occassions when I was watching and they engineered it for that to happen and punk Bozo's ass.
Also, if you want to go way back, a couple years ago my dad attended my daughter's school for "Grandparents Day". One of the events they had was when the grandchild would "interview" their grandparent. I read the answers when my daughter got home that day and it was unsurprising stuff for a guy born in 1933 (Favorite President--Harry Truman etc.), but I was curious about my dad's answer to what TV show he watched. His answer was something called Super Circus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Circus) which appears to have been an ancestral predecessor to Bozo (indeed, check out the low-rent Bozo at the beginning of this clip.) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEoqn0sfoeI) I was delighted but also somewhat horrified to discover this--I mean...being born at the nadir of the Great Depression was bad enough but having this as your entertainment?
So now you know the rest of the story.
Super Circus aired from 1949 to 1956, so your 16-year-old Dad was tuning in to this?
Huey should probably answer this but you do realize that there wasn't a whole lot on television in 1949?
Pretty much this. In fact, as my daughter was in 4th grade during this particular visit, the question was asked "What TV shows did you watch as a 4th grader?" to which my dad responded that they "didn't have television" when he was in 4th grade (he was certainly the only grandparent in the room whose birth pre-dated widespread television programming). Pressed to name one, he came up with Super Circus. There's a good chance he came across it when his younger brother (by 7 years) was watching it, but apparently one of the show's stars, Mary Hartline (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Hartline), who was considered one of television's earliest sex symbols, was an attraction. We can maybe wait for Stew to confirm, depending on whether or not this show reached California, but Hartline's Wiki entry describes her looks and figure as making her "a national star and a sex symbol for thousands of boys,
young and old"In any event, as flannj suggests, there was such a scarcity of television programming that this was probably one of the only shows he could think of. I'm guessing he was probably trying to come up with a show that would equate to what 4th graders were watching around his time. In short, rather than come off as true dinosaur in front of his granddaughter, he used Super Circus as a proxy. I mean, it's
possible he rushed home off the Ravenswood El (today's Brown Line) after a day of attending school at Quigley Prep to catch it but, more likely, it was simply the earliest show he could think of that would equate to "children's programming", even if he was 15 (he was born in late August) when it first aired.
"...but apparently one of the show's stars, Mary Hartline, who was considered one of television's earliest sex symbols, was an attraction. We can maybe wait for Stew to confirm, depending on whether or not this show reached California, but Hartline's Wiki entry describes her looks and figure as making her "a national star and a sex symbol for thousands of boys, young and old"..."
I have a recollection of Super Circus, but I don't remember whether I saw it before or after my family moved from Chicago to San Francisco. I definitely remember Mary Hartline. She was a diversion from the guy with the top hat, red cutaway coat and white riding pants. He had a whip, but even as a randy 13 year old I didn't connect that with any kinky activity.
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"...but apparently one of the show's stars, Mary Hartline, who was considered one of television's earliest sex symbols, was an attraction. We can maybe wait for Stew to confirm, depending on whether or not this show reached California, but Hartline's Wiki entry describes her looks and figure as making her "a national star and a sex symbol for thousands of boys, young and old"..."
I have a recollection of Super Circus, but I don't remember whether I saw it before or after my family moved from Chicago to San Francisco. I definitely remember Mary Hartline. She was a diversion from the guy with the top hat, red cutaway coat and white riding pants. He had a whip, but even as a randy 13 year old I didn't connect that with any kinky activity.
In your face, TJ.
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So while I was setting up the DVR on WGN for this afternoons Hawks matinee game I came across what was currently being broadcast.
Apparently Channel 9 discovered a bunch of the "Bozo's Circus" episodes from the 1960's and have digitally remastered them.
So they are replaying them as an hour long special.
They shouldn't have, God it's horrific.
The stuff we we used to watch while eating lunch was not exactly formative.
I don't know how we all didn't get seizures from the camera swinging around looking for Grand Prize Game contestants.
It's how they weened the weak out of society. Only the strongest failed to seize and die. You weren't just a fan of Bozo, you were a survivor.
Even getting tickets was some Hunger Games shit. People ordered tickets the day their child (or grandchild) was born, and the classified ads were full of people looking for Bozo tickets. I'm guessing that was quite the cottage industry.
I actually went to one of the shows. Some very long time friends of my parents were the Chicago distributors for 7-Up (could this conversation be any more 60's?) and they had connections. I was friends with their son and they invited me. I was 6 or possibly 7 which makes it 1965 or 1966. I remember bits and pieces of it. The stands are just bleachers and they herd you around in order to get everything in place because it was broadcast live. Most of the black kids were sitting towards the back. I remember being severely disappointed because i wasn't picked for the grand prize game. I think all the cast members were drinking and although I wouldn't have recognized it at the time I'm sure everyone smelled like cigarettes because everyone smelled like cigarettes back then. I wanted to meet Bozo and that didn't happen so now I just light devotional candles to Bob Bell.
I went as well; I'm trying to reconstruct how we got there (train? bus?), but it wasn't that small of a group. Wizzo scared the living shit out of me in general.