By Pat Bataillon

All I wanted last night after watching America’s Got Talent was a bottle of whiskey. A bottle of Jack Daniels would have helped me to understand what had just happened on that show. It was like I had walked into a bad dream. Think about it: David Hasselhoff in purple sunglasses with his all too familiar chest hair sneaking out of his pastel green shirt, a British guy insulting everyone, a singer I don’t know, and Regis singing. There was so much going on in this show I really don’t even know where to start.

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Posted on August 18, 2006

By Pat Bataillon

Last night the stupid box helped me laugh. There was a movie called Supersize Me a few years back and I haven’t eaten fast food since. Now that guy has his own show on FX called 30 Days, and last night he convinced me to start a yoga class and meditate.

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Posted on August 17, 2006

By Pat Bataillon

Last night I decided not to watch any television because it is rotting my brain. I worry that I am just wandering through nonsensical babble for the betterment of this little column. Last night I asked myself, “What is wrong with the writing, Pat?” My response was blank and I panicked. My feelings have been numbed by an electronic medium that dulls the emotions. I boycotted television last night. But I will be back because I have to.

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Posted on August 16, 2006

By Pat Bataillon

Monday Night Football celebrated their first night on ESPN last night by showing the Raiders playing the Vikings. I do not know what the final score was because it was preseason football, and no sane person pays attention to final scores in preseason football. Preseason football is among the worst possible options for TV viewing. The first series of the first preseason game is usually all I watch because the starters are out after that series. If I wanted to watch second-rate players, I would watch Canadian football.

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Posted on August 15, 2006

By Pat Bataillon

There sure was a whole lot of nothing on TV last night. So I surfed. And what a surf I had. I really impressed myself.

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Posted on August 14, 2006

By Pat Bataillon

It’s Friday morning and all I watched last night was The Fugitive and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Harrison Ford is what I strive to be in the future and IASP is still a tremendous show. Sadly, the season finale is next week. Since this is Friday I will focus on the positives from last night. Harrison Ford was the highlight of my night; you could say that I have a non-sexual crush on Harrison Ford.

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Posted on August 11, 2006

By Pat Bataillon

Those “I’m a Mac” and “I’m a PC” commercials are beginning to drive me a little crazy. I use a Mac, and I once used a PC. Personally, I like the Mac better. That doesn’t make me a better person than a PC user, though.

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Posted on August 10, 2006

By Pat Bataillon

Last night I saw some great footage on the CBS local news at 10. It was a clip from a political show called The Bleeping Truth. One guest called the other a liar and the other responded in typical politico fashion with an emphatic denial. Things got a little heated and one guest left the stage in a blind rage, but not before feeling it was necessary to hurl a plastic chair at his debating partner. That is classic politics.

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Posted on August 9, 2006

By Pat Bataillon

ESPN covered the first day of Notre Dame’s football practice in four straight shows yesterday: Rome is Burning; Around The Horn; Pardon The Interruption; and SportsCenter. Amazing how the fourth-ranked team in the preseason polls gets so much coverage. Perhaps the three teams ahead of them practiced too? We’ll never know.
While Notre Dame has its share of anti-fans, it’s striking how many really eager fans still remain ready to root for their beloved Irish. I am pretty sure that the same people that love the Fightin’ Irish love the following teams: the Yankees, the Lakers, the Patriots, the Duke Blue Devils, and the (pre-strike) Detroit Redwings.

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Posted on August 8, 2006

By Pat Bataillon

I was having an enjoyable Sunday evening watching television until I saw the preview for World Trade Center. Now I am not going to go into some “terrorists winning” babble like our beloved president does so much. Nor am I to go into some America-support-our troops-in-the-War-on-Terror nonsense. am going to speak the truth. The truth is something we rarely hear any more so this should be refreshing.
Ludicrous.

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Posted on August 7, 2006