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Sports Illustrated‘s Joe Posnanski has a little fun with our favorite long-winded referee: NFL Referee Ed Hochuli’s 57-second explanation of the new NFL overtime rules … in verse. With the score tied at the end of regulation we will go into overtime There are special overtime rules in the playoffs Both teams get an opportunity [...] Because last fall he turned Dancing With the Stars into Must-See-TV Can’t-Miss-TV. Because as Nancy Grace’s professional partner, he made her look so good that people who never liked her before, like her now. Because who knew an Irish guy was so good at Latin dancing? Because forget Michael Flatley…Tristan’s MY Lord of the Dance.
Because first I loved his voice. Then I loved his wit. Then I saw him, live. Then I just loved him. Because now two of my favorite sports guys are New York Jets fans (Joe Queenan’s the other), and I admire such dogged devotion in the face of…well, the Jets. Because Mike & Mike, the morning [...] Because I heard him talk after the Philadelphia Eagles won on Monday Night (Sunday night?) (eh, they’d won) and thought first: Hubbahubba! and second: Wow, he’s interesting! and third: Hubbahubba! Because while avoiding any 30-second-postgame-interview platitudes, he managed to completely charm & utterly impress. Probably because he avoided any 30-second-postgame-interview platitudes. Because before he was an [...] I guess I knew this was inevitable, but I kept that knowledge far, far away. He was brilliant and hilarious and an arrogant gasbag, and I’ll miss his writing, even the stuff I thought was shit. I bitterly regret never having met the man. I send my thoughts and — though he didn’t believe in [...] A Christmas Carol (1951): Ghosts visit miser during the holidays to teach him the error of his ways. Dir: Brian Desmond-Hurst Cast: Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns, Patrick Macnee. 8pm EST, TCM At last! TCM bought a clue, and is bringing The Best Christmas Movie Ever to its December schedule. Lured from his [...] Because he’s been the face of the Turner Classic Movie channel since 1994, hosting four prime-time movies, seven days a week; interviewing stars and directors from Hollywood’s Golden Age for the “Private Screenings” series; and, since 2006, chatting every Saturday night with a different celeb for The Essentials, TCM’s version of Film 101. Because “host” is [...] What are your favorite songs/artists/albums of the Oughties? (thanks, Jimmy C!) 5. Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day, 2005): They run off at the mouth too much, but I love this song. 4. Train (Drops of Jupiter, 2001/Calling All Angels, 2003/Cab, 2005): I suppose because they’re a bit of a throwback to the 80s hair bands [...] In honor of Veteran’s Day, and Outlaw, and Kevin (two of my favorite veterans!)… Best war films, best performances in war films, best scenes/sequences from same: 5. D-Day (opening sequence from Saving Private Ryan, 1998): If only he’d stopped at twenty minutes in! this would’ve been the most gripping, shocking, original war film ever. I credit [...] Together or yearning to be so: Best TV romances. 5. Gene & Alex (Ashes to Ashes): The British sequel to Life on Mars. This time it was 1981, and Keeley Hawes was the time-displaced cop to Philip Glenister’s gruff, sexist Gov. Every ep was a mystery in a mystery, wrapped in a cocoon of their [...] Five remains deathly ill, tho she’s ever-so-grateful for last week’s remedies. Perhaps they might have worked on a younger woman. Anyway… I had planned — in keeping with the weekend — to present a Five of my childhood heroes. Nephew du Wank actually the inspired this Five…or, rather, the fact that he made me sit [...] A W5 repeat: What’s playing on your iPod (or your equivalent to a mixed-tape)? I’m revisiting my Robert Palmer days. He was on the soundtrack to two of the best years of my life. And he’s a Wankette Hubba Emeritus. 5. I Didn’t Mean to Turn You On and 4. Simply Irresistible: He sure made [...] Now that three of the panel have been tapped, who’s your nominee(s) for the White Hats Brigade? Tough. Cute. Conservative!: Meet my Dream Team. Yours? Share on [...] Take the phone off the hook, fluff the pillows on the fainting couch, brew up some Earl Grey, and have the butler standing at attention with brandy snifter & scones…Thursday is Ronald Colman Day* on TCM‘s Summer Under the Stars. Along with previous swoonworthy favorites (&CPODs) Tale of Two Cities (7:00 pm**) & Random [...] The Son of the Sheik (1926) In this silent film, an Arabian knight protects a dancing girl from desert outlaws. Dir: George Fitzmaurice Cast: Rudolph Valentino, Vilma Banky, George Fawcett. BW-69 mins, TCM 1am CDT (Yes, technically it’s the 22nd; damn TCM for shoving Rudy into the wee small hours!) Even [...] Too good to “only” link — credit DrewM. at AceHQ: From: Z112 West, Allen Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 04:48 PM To: Wasserman Schultz, Debbie Cc: McCarthy, Kevin; Blyth, Jonathan; Pelosi, Nancy; Cantor, Eric Subject: Unprofessional and Inappropriate Sophomoric Behavior from Wasserman-Schultz Look, Debbie, I understand that after I departed the House floor you directed [...] Pride and Prejudice (1940) Jane Austen’s comic classic about five sisters out to nab husbands in 19th-century England. Dir: Robert Z. Leonard /Cast: Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier, Mary Boland./ BW-118 mins, TCM 7pm CST The above sequence is not written by Austen, but it’s Jane in spirit: Darcy gives an archery lesson to Miss Bennet, but [...] The Sheik (1921) An Arabian sheik kidnaps a beautiful Englishwoman to win her heart. Dir: George Melford. Cast: Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres, Ruth Miller. BW-86 mins, TCM/Midnight CST Opening night of the next in Turner Classic Movie’s Race And Hollywood series. This month it’s “Arab Images in Film”, and what better way to begin than by finding [...] Caught these while trolling the ‘net for Hubbaporn: fredthompson Obama: “amused” people want him in debt ceiling talks. Me too, since he’s basically just a Post-It Note w/ words “raise taxes” on it. jimgeraghty Drudge headline 1: Obama to GOP invite: “Not a conversation worth having.” Drudge headline 2: Obama opens contacts with Muslim Brotherhood. [...] |
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