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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.
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.
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.
Posted on August 7, 2006
By Pat Bataillon
Since it’s Friday, I don’t want to dwell on the past too long, so I’ll make it quick. Two lessons learned – or re-learned – last night. From It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the useful tenet “That’s politics, bitch!” From The Wedding Singer, that Drew Barrymore is still extremely annoying. I only got to watch It’s Always Sunny in Philly because of an intense game of Scrabble with my girlfriend. She is most likely blushing now. Picture that. She bested me by a score of 241 to 237. I was taught to take a loss in stride and congratulate my opponent on a game well-played. I must take this opportunity to congratulate her. Congrats!
I couldn’t string any points together. I was just out of it. I had to think about what was different about this night. And then it hit me: Drew Barrymore’s squawk box was melting my brain. Listening to Drew Barrymore “act” last night took me completely off of my game. She has always been a pain in my brain, but I never thought she could through my entire thought process out of whack. But she did.
Posted on August 4, 2006
By Pat Bataillon
Being that this is my second installment on this Internet daily, I thought I would take it seriously. That was obviously a mistake. I thought I would choose a program to watch and then write about it. I chose Pee Wee’s Playhouse on The Cartoon Network at 10 o’clock during their Adult Swim portion of programming. Watching that show for the first time since Paul Reubens was arrested for viewing movies inappropriately was a little frightening. I learned a lot about myself while watching for a half-hour. I felt exhausted; I got up at a commercial break to take a break for myself.
Posted on August 2, 2006
By Pat Bataillon
I watched the D-backs work the Cubs last night, that’s all there is to say about that. If I were smart enough to realize that the Cubs would never win five in a row this season, I would have watched what was on real TV. After looking through the local listings from last night, I found that there was really nothing on. Hell’s Kitchen on FOX, WWE Monday Night Raw on USA, The Simple Life on E!, and The World Series of Poker on ESPN2 . . .
Posted on August 1, 2006
By Steve Rhodes
Music Choice Classic Country Channel (703)
Thursday , June 8
1. Do You Love As Good As You Look/Bellamy Brothers
“Honey, do you love as good as you look?
Can you satisfy your man the way your body says you can?
Judging by the cover, I’d love to read the book
Honey, do you love as good as you look?”
2. She’s Single Again/Janie Fricke
“She’s single again
Hold on to your men”
“Is this number four? Number five?
Tell me how many men has she buried alive?”
3. Southern Rains/Mel Tillis
Music Choice Trivia: Mel Tillis enjoys gardening, cooking, fishing, and painting.
4. You and I/Eddie Rabbit and Crystal Gayle
This is the Classic Country station, right? Not Today’s Country?
This song is from Eddie Rabbit’s Greatest Hits. I suppose the term “greatest” is relative.
5. Kiss An Angel Good Mornin’/Charley Pride
Finally, some real country!
“You’ve got to kiss an angel good mornin’
and let her know you think about her when your gone
You’ve got to kiss an angel good mornin’
and love her like the devil when you get back home”
Posted on June 10, 2006
1. In the Heat of the Night: In bits and pieces, as I’ve seen it a million times but remains an all-time favorite. In this Southern race drama revolving around a mysterious murder, Rod Steiger and Sidney Poitier give perfect performances of complex characters who don’t seem as if they could be more different yet function as mirrors to each other as they are forced to face up to and question their deepest beliefs and attitudes.
2. American Idol: Look, I was working while it was on. This is the first season I’ve really watched the show, although last season I watched the opener, and we all know the show is at its best when the contestants are the worst. Now the contestants are maddening because they actually take themselves seriously–and America seems to as well.
3. Don Knotts Remembered/Larry King Live: Andy Griffith explained why Knotts left The Andy Griffith Show show after its fifth season. Griffith had previously told Knotts he would only do the show for five years. So when the fifth season rolled around, Knotts started looking for work and ended up signing a movie deal with Universal. Then Griffith decided to stay on. Knotts was screwed. And so was the The Andy Griffith Show. While the program continued for three more years, and finished number one in its last season, the loss of Knotts broke Griffith’s heart. “When Don left, the show lost its heart,” Griffith said.
Fun facts:
– Don Knotts’s daughter, Karen, doesn’t look a thing like him.
– Jim Nabors lives in Hawaii, largely retired except for a couple singing gigs a year.
– Steve Rhodes
Posted on March 2, 2006
I watched Inside Polygamy – per The Beachwood Reporter’s recommendation. I was mostly rewarded.
Posted on February 26, 2006
