The Roundup: Artie Lange, Everyone Hates Easterbrook, and AK-47 Wants Out
Uncategorized September 19th. 2007, 8:01am
Hey, it’s Serena Williams! … the Sporting News hires another blogger to pump up its website, nabbing the brains behind Baseball Musings, David Pinto … douchy James Brolin actually wished radio listeners ‘Happy 9/11′ … some damn good hockey nicknames … we’ve set a new record for page views in a month, and while the obvious credit goes to our great readers, tipsters, and fellow bloggers, we’d be remiss if we didn’t mention Hot Clicks, which really does amazing things for traffic …
Solid interview with our favorite comic, Artie Lange. (SI.com)
Everytime Gregg Easterbrook writes for ESPN, we get emails asking how he has a job. Answer: no idea, but only because we’ve never read his stuff. But if you read any of the 2,000 negative comments about his latest piece, it may give you a glimpse into why people dislike him. (Page 2)
Will Scott Van Pelt reply to this Norman Chad column about Maryland? (Washington Post)
AK-47 wants out of Utah. (Can’t Stop the Bleeding)
The mother of Redskins RB Clinton Portis talks to a blog. (DC Sports Bog)
Whew: The MRI on Colt Brennan ankle revealed no significant damage. (The Warrior Beat)
Is UCLA coach Karl Dorrell’s job potentially in trouble? (LA Times)
An HGH urine test isn’t happening anytime soon. (NY Times)
Jon Kitna’s miracle. (Free Press)
Arizona, elementary school, and fantasy football. (Shakedown Sports)
The silly college football voter defends himself from criticism. (Merc Extra)
Perhaps the best photo ever taken inside of a McDonald’s. (College Humor)
There’s some kind of Hank Aaron award out there. (My Pinstripes)
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September 19th, 2007 at 8:26 am
Does the slut actually mock the johnson of the world’s most famous clown?
September 19th, 2007 at 8:33 am
Brolin was only saying what a lot of people think.
They think we deserved it for any number of egregious offenses toward mankind, not excluding global warming and racism.
Lovely people.
This shit is why I am not a liberal anymore. I don’t know if I’d save Jim in the event he was attacked by a fat pig and her pitbull, nor an alligator. I probably would cuz I’m a fucking nice guy.
September 19th, 2007 at 8:40 am
Artie Lange is your favorite comic? Really?
September 19th, 2007 at 9:05 am
Artie Lange?
sweet fancy moses
September 19th, 2007 at 9:11 am
TMQ is my favorite read of the week…just because he doesn’t slobber all over the NFL like every other ESPN writer doesn’t make him a moron (and I’m thinking by his other works and accomplishments “moron” is probably the last adjective that should be used)
I thought his reaction to the Vick think was fantastic and right on point
September 19th, 2007 at 9:15 am
guys, feel free to rip my comic choice … as long as you name your guy
September 19th, 2007 at 9:18 am
Let me guess, Greggg blames the cheating scandal on Michael Eisner and his cabal of Hollywood Jews.
September 19th, 2007 at 9:18 am
Mr. Streisand is indeed quite the liberal douche. What I can’t stand about this (and any other public misstep where a person gets called out on it) is that he comes back later and apologizes for his “off the cuff” remark and says that was horrified by 9/11. Bullshit. A statement like “Happy 9/11″ isn’t off the cuff, especially when he follows it with a 2nd ignorant remark.
If you’re so gleeful to slam Bush that you’re willing to invoke 9/11 as a joke to do it, then be a man about it and stick to your word. The only thing worse than an arrogant, insensitive fucktard is a spineless, arrogant, insensitive fucktard.
Ok, back to dick jokes and football talk.
September 19th, 2007 at 9:21 am
“Ok, back to dick jokes and football talk.”
this is tbl not ksk
September 19th, 2007 at 9:32 am
Hey, without Easterbrook, I wouldn’t know when to have my nephew’s under-5 flag football squad* punt.
*We haven’t lost a game in 6 years.
September 19th, 2007 at 9:39 am
I think that “silly” football writer defended himself nicely. He laid out his philosophy for voting and defended his choices. I may not agree with having South Carolina over Florida, but as he said they play each other and if UF wins he’ll adjust his poll accordingly. I completely agree with his stance on Rutgers. Those guys haven’t beaten anyone.
September 19th, 2007 at 9:40 am
I can think of about a hundred comics I’d rather see than Artie. Seinfeld doesn’t tour like he used to but I’ve seen him twice in the past three years and he’s still gold.
others…Chappelle, Louis CK, Katt Williams, Jim Gaffigan, Demetri Martin, DC Benny, Nick Swardson, the corpse of Mitch Hedberg…
September 19th, 2007 at 9:46 am
TMQ-guy is unbelievably arrogant, and I usually like at most, a tenth of his columns. However, the negative reaction this particular time isn’t due to anything other than the overly sensitive, small-wanged Boston fans that flood any site that disrespects their other-man’s-wife-banging/cheating coach, or their Yankees-loving QB.
And Artie Lange was wonderful in Dirty Work.
September 19th, 2007 at 9:56 am
Artie sucks, Jackie rules, but F Jackie.
Jackie is a funny dude, his cds are 85% funny, the other half isn’t as funny.
September 19th, 2007 at 9:56 am
What, nobody has any love for Dane Cook? How about Carlos Mencia? Bunch of fickle sons of bitches here.
September 19th, 2007 at 10:04 am
I’ve always said Jackie’s cd’s are like Sex Panther…
September 19th, 2007 at 10:12 am
I’m old enough to remember wasting too much fuckin time watching Budd Friedman’s live at the Improv.
They had a guy named Bill Kirchenbauer who was really funny, I doubt he’d be funny now. There used to be a show called Make Me Laugh that was insane, Bruce Baum was one of the really funny guys on that show.
Here’s Frank Zappa on the show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRNnRJny9j4
Ahhh, the 70’s.
Saw Kevin James on Comedy Central, he was very funny.
September 19th, 2007 at 10:16 am
Lewis Black rules!
September 19th, 2007 at 10:31 am
It’s not that the guy’s theory of how to rank teams is wrong, it’s that he’s maddenly inconsistent. He says he is ranking teams on what they’ve proven thus far, yet of the big ten teams, he has Ohio St. ranked below Penn State and Wisconsin. Though I hate Ohio St., they’ve proven more thus far by going to Wash. and winning then Penn St. has in beating three of the worse teams in D1A, and Wisconsin has in beating Wash. St. at home. This guys real problem is that he seems to be giving way too much credit for wins over the second tier teams of the SEC. No matter what anyone in the south says, anyone outside of FL and LSU suck this year in that conference. There’s other problems in his rankings too, has Va. Tech proven anything by being killed by LSU and struggling with two second tier teams from smaller conferences? Nebraska’s win over Wake and getting killed by USC is proving something?
September 19th, 2007 at 10:50 am
My funniest people (in no particular order):
Jim Gaffigan, Dennis Miller, Jerry Seinfeld, Lisa Lampanelli, Conan O’Brien (not truly a “stand-up”, but definitely on my short list of funniest people alive), Jimmy Kimmel, Adam Carrolla, Brian Regan…
Back when I used to listen to Stern, I would occasionally find Artie funny, but I think Jackie had a sharper comedic sensibility (and yet, he is a terrible stand-up). To each his own…
September 19th, 2007 at 10:58 am
It’s no coincidence that the quality of Stern’s show took a serious nosedive after Jackie left. Jackie was a major contributor and writer, plus he served as a good foil to Stern whereas Artie is just pleased as shit to have such a cushy gig.
September 19th, 2007 at 11:00 am
Hollywood Wags, you do know that something can’t be 85% funny and then half not funny right?
September 19th, 2007 at 11:23 am
TBL has become the Joe Morgan of sports blogs.
Question: “Why does Easterbrook have a job?”
TBL: “I really haven’t seen his column enough to know. I just don’t think he’s consistent enough.”
September 19th, 2007 at 11:24 am
“Hollywood Wags, you do know that something can’t be 85% funny and then half not funny right?”
GET OUT!
You ever hear of a guy named Yogi Berra?
You ever see a grown man naked, Tommy?
The period when Stern had Jackie and Billy was very good, that was some funny ass shit. Jokie wrote all of Stern’s one liners. It’s no coincidence that when he left, Stern all of a sudden had no material.
September 19th, 2007 at 11:47 am
It’s no coincidence that when Stern went to satellite radio he all of a sudden had no audience.
September 19th, 2007 at 11:55 am
“I’ve always said Jackie’s cd’s are like Sex Panther…”
LOL, excellent metaphor.
September 19th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
The Joe MOrgan of sports blogs? Ouch.
We admit up front we dont read people, and we just put it out there. No opinion was formed here.
As for Stern … the show is great with Artie. Don’t know much about how good it was with Jackie, that was before my time.
September 19th, 2007 at 1:51 pm
It was good enough to play at work, just hilarious.
If you heard it, you’d understand.
You never heard the Babapology? Jackie Puppet hazing people?
Gilbert Gottfried?
Stern used to sometimes go until noon, just non stop hilarity.
The OJ trial period was especially good with Billy West.
Here’s some jackie stuff.
http://www.savefile.com/files/1067522
http://www.savefile.com/files/1067527
http://www.savefile.com/files/1067524
September 19th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
Simmons would probably have more negative comments than Easterbrook if he weren’t too thin-skinned to accept them.