I have been a right bastard for not posting more recently and I apologize to those of you who may have noticed. I've been somewhat busy with random things recently and whatever. Bottom line, I'm a bastard. I'm even more of a bastard because the three things I have been intending to post about recently are about a) Mike and the Mad Dog, b) the Olympics, and c) some random thoughts. The last three posts by my compatriots have addressed those three topics, but solipsism waits for no man, so I will readdress them.
Mike and the Mad Dog - I watched the beginning of the show on the YES Network today. It doesn't sound like the reason Russo left was because of fighting between him and Mike. Both of them went out of their own ways to say that they weren't fighting at the moment and that Russo was leaving essentially to pursue other opportunities. I think I believe them, though I know that part of it was that Mike is too big of a personality and Russo wants to go and be the man somewhere.
The Olympics - I, unlike LJT have always loved the Olympics. I have, I'm not joking, spent at least an hour or two watching things like archery, judo, and badminton on the Korean and Chinese channels in the past few days.
By far the best event in the Olympics is trampoline. Look out for that in the next couple of days now that real gymnastics is over. Also diving is really dope. Synchronized diving is in some ways even cooler.
Look out for the track and field events coming up after swimming. That should be interesting. I think USA basketball will win the gold, though I'll tell you for sure after tomorrow's game with Spain.
It really pisses me off that the alternate Olympics channel, which has 24 hour coverage, uses literally 18 of those hours to cover boxing. That shit is always on boxing, which is why I have been watching other more interesting events on the Korean channel.
I would like to see a little more variety in the coverage, but I guess the primetime coverage of live swimming and gymnastics is just bread and butter type shit.
Why is it that the women's beach volleyball teams have to wear miniscule bikinis? The mens' teams wear tank tops and gym shorts and the women wear almost nothing. It's definitely degrading.
Squee Oop, dinner's ready. I'll save the random thoughts for later.
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Friday, August 15, 2008
Friday Classic Video: I Like Brandon Inge
If you are a fan of New York sports, you probably (a) have listened to Mike and the Mad Dog a fair amount, and (b) fucking hate them. But on Thursday night, Chris Russo departed WFAN for good, leaving Mike to host the show solo. There is a lot more to write about this, but I cannot help but post this video up here. It captures perfectly Francesa's pompous and inane observations about sports, and his sycophantic sidekick's inability to contribute anything other than white noise to the program. Turns out, Mike likes Brandon Inge. A Lot. (Thanks, Metsblog).
Friday, July 11, 2008
Not Quite So Definitive There, Mikey
So Russo on the air essentially tried to quash the rumor that they were breaking up. Francessa, on the other hand, addressed the issue before he went on vacation and was far less definitive on the future of the show.
Toward the end he basically says, "well we're at a point where something needs to happen. Either we'll stay together or we'll break up, but that will be determined over the course of this summer." That's fucking interesting, man.
Today is the day that Francessa comes back from vacation, and they will be on the air together. Tune in at 1pm.
Toward the end he basically says, "well we're at a point where something needs to happen. Either we'll stay together or we'll break up, but that will be determined over the course of this summer." That's fucking interesting, man.
Today is the day that Francessa comes back from vacation, and they will be on the air together. Tune in at 1pm.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Bad Job There, Mikey:
subtitled, How The Fuck Did We Miss This?
Apparently there were rumors about two weeks ago that Mike and the Mad Dog were breaking up. Francessa has been on vacation for a couple weeks, and the rumor was that they had likely done their last show together.
Chris Russo, not on vacation, used the monologue of the show recently to deny the rumors.
Well, where there's smoke there's fire. I wonder if this has any truth to it. If you watched the video you saw that Russo said they had been arguing a lot and were basically kindof baiting each other for a while, and then they discussed it and it's behind them. Irecently was listening (two to three months ago) when they were both saying they can't imagine working anywhere else and that they would essentially have to be dragged out of the studio on their death beds.
Still, interesting. If the shit went down, I wonder which of them they would keep? My bet would be Russo, but I can't say for certain. Francessa is due back on Friday, so I wonder if they'll bring it up again. I'll be glued to the YES network at 1pm. I probably won't.
Chris Russo, not on vacation, used the monologue of the show recently to deny the rumors.
Well, where there's smoke there's fire. I wonder if this has any truth to it. If you watched the video you saw that Russo said they had been arguing a lot and were basically kindof baiting each other for a while, and then they discussed it and it's behind them. Irecently was listening (two to three months ago) when they were both saying they can't imagine working anywhere else and that they would essentially have to be dragged out of the studio on their death beds.
Still, interesting. If the shit went down, I wonder which of them they would keep? My bet would be Russo, but I can't say for certain. Francessa is due back on Friday, so I wonder if they'll bring it up again. I'll be glued to the YES network at 1pm. I probably won't.
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