October 23, 2009
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Angels Come Back to Beat the Yankees!!!!
Yankees lose,thuuuuuh Yankees lose!!!!
The Daily News
1 No matter how much we avoid enjoying it, it is always a triumphant moment when the Yankees lose! Great game, and great sports moment last night.
2 I LOVED it, all the way. I never minded the Angels for some reason, but always hated the Dodgers, and ALWAYS hated the Yankees, but only because it is the American way to hate the Yankees.
3 It's the right of every American to hate the Yankees. As anyone knows, I'm one of the most patriotic guys around.
4 I love America.
5 And I love when the Yankees lose.
6 Have I alienated enough people now?
7 Can't help it. I was raised that way. You've got to be carefully taught.
8 Moving on: So...Soupy Sales walks into a bar...
9 That one just doesn't seem to have too much mustard, poor guy. You'd almost think I was insensitive to this one, but fear not, I'm not.
10 But it was worth mention. First Saturday kids' show that didn't feature cartoons. I'd love to say he brought the idea of throwing pies in peoples' faces to an entire generation, but the Stooges did that years earlier, and at a much better pace.
11 Well, may you pie a WHOLE buncha people who made it to heaven, Soupman.
12 Moving on, Part the Second: I heard that great old tune Welcome Back by John Sebastian on KOFY teevee last night, channel 20. I sorta bounced away in a Lovin' Spoonful sorta way when it occurred to me that I had NO idea that KOFY teevee ever disappeared. Even when I was a kid, which was a LENGTHY time ago, I never really watched that station.
13 It was sorta mellow, as I recall, so I ignored it, by and large. I assumed it was still around even though I didn't bother checking.
14 Happens to people all the time.
15 The older I get, the more invisible I become.
16 Occupational hazard.
17 Ah, vell. Welcome back, I KOFY.
18 That tune ironically became the signature tune to an old show about a teacher, Welcome Back, Kotter, starring Gabe Kaplan, a show that featured John Travolta before he went platinum.
19 Well, all you can say is that it's just another slow news day. When Soupy Sales and Gabe Kaplan run the news, it's time to call it a week. It's like Friday gave up on vigor or something.
20 My goodness.
21 Moving on, Part Three: NBC must be wondering what they were doing when they decided to move Jay Leno to the ten o'clock slot. Simple show biz logic dictates that FOLLOWING the news is a much better spot than OPENING for the news. What made Leno great was his time slot. For many, it was always the very last thing they would watch before launching into a good night's sleep, or in my case, into an insomniacal nightmare.
22 Leno saved many DN's over the years with some great jokes, puns, headlines, interviews, and clearly, raw talent, and split-second timing. If he's smart, he'll re-examine the decision and move back. His new show is abysmal, and the time-slot absolutely absurd. Whoever caved and allowed that should be assigned to an assistant coach position under Tom Cable.
23 And anyone placed IN that spot with Leno still acitively putting on an early night dog-and-pony show should have been redesignated to Siberia. Last night's show, for example, had some semi-Amish looking guy strumming a guitar and pontificating for five minutes on Daylight Saving Time, which midway through he switched and called it "Daylight Wasting Time". <are you KIDDING me?>
24 The show is low-budget, ill-produced, poorly written, and horribly paced. Astonishing. And his late-night "replacement"?
25 I'll lose the rest of everybody on this one, but come on. Conan O' Brien? He always tried like crazy to be edgy, but always came off as a guy who could make marijuana addicts nod and think he was fresh and over-the-top. Uh...nah. He always looked to me like a guy stumbling through a bad hangover, ill prepared, and rarely funny. Contrast to Craig Ferguson and Jimmy Kimmel, both of whom are likeable, prepared, and genuinely funny, particularly Ferguson, who always manages to knock my socks off.
26 Leno's show still rocks, although his new hairdo is a bit ridiculous. It's almost like he is jealous of Conan's red-headed-surfer dude head shake, which always seemed to annoy me at all hours of the night. My, oh my. After a while, I just switched over to Ferguson. SO much more natural talent. Jay. You're not fooling anyone dude. It would be like me putting a bowtie on my combover. Turn back before it's too late.
Jay Leno: Losing his luster? I think so. The variation on
the "Skunk Do" isn't making it, nor is the quality.27 Welp, I think I still have one guy still out there reading all of this. The nice thing is, it's Frideeeeeee!!! I can duck out, get my fourth straight good night's sleep, and be ready to come in and throw on Monday morning.
28 Meanwhile, the rest of you still reading all this folderol should have a beautiful weekend. Still missing you all more than you'll ever know, so just remember to live life, love life, and give someone who deserves it a great big hug.Have an awesome weekend.
29 Peace.
~H~
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