A Hochuli Haiku

Wankette — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:52:22 +0000

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 [...]

End-of-the-Year Hubba/Dance: Tristan MacManus

Wankette — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:00:22 +0000

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.

End-of-the-Year Hubba/SportsTalk: Mike Greenberg

Wankette — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:30:25 +0000

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 [...]

End-of-the-Year Hubba/Sports: Jason Babin

Wankette — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:45:40 +0000

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 [...]

Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011

Wankette — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:19:29 +0000

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 [...]

Classic Pick O’ the Day — December 12

Wankette — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:15:33 +0000

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 [...]

Hosting Hubba: Robert Osborne

Wankette — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:00:32 +0000

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 [...]

3D Weekend Five: Eine Kleine “Ought” Musik

Wankette — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:43:31 +0000

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 [...]

3D Weekend Five: Soldiering On

Wankette — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:45:43 +0000

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 [...]

3D Weekend Five: TV Couples

Wankette — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:56:18 +0000

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 [...]

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