Comments on: ESPN Isn’t Going to Grab a TV Guy to Be Ombudsman, Is It? http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/06/17/espn-isnt-going-to-grab-a-tv-guy-to-be-ombudsman-is-it/ Sports, Media, Entertainment Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:10:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Cabbagehttp://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/06/17/espn-isnt-going-to-grab-a-tv-guy-to-be-ombudsman-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-432222 Cabbage Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:05:07 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=15012#comment-432222 I pity da fool that has to follow The Ombudswoman./Mr. T'd I pity da fool that has to follow The Ombudswoman.

/Mr. T’d

]]> By: Jayhttp://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/06/17/espn-isnt-going-to-grab-a-tv-guy-to-be-ombudsman-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-432132 Jay Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:40:08 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=15012#comment-432132 I don't think Norm has snob appeal like you suggest. I know I like him because he doesn't have the traditional Larry the Cable Guy predictable punch lines to his jokes (or lack thereof). Don't get me wrong, he's predictable. You knew every Weekend Update would have "O.J. Killed Them," "Germans Love David Hasselhoff," "Madonna's a Whore," and various "crack whore" jokes, but they still made me laugh out loud every time. I don't think that that kind of humor is "smart" by any stretch. I don’t think Norm has snob appeal like you suggest. I know I like him because he doesn’t have the traditional Larry the Cable Guy predictable punch lines to his jokes (or lack thereof). Don’t get me wrong, he’s predictable. You knew every Weekend Update would have “O.J. Killed Them,” “Germans Love David Hasselhoff,” “Madonna’s a Whore,” and various “crack whore” jokes, but they still made me laugh out loud every time. I don’t think that that kind of humor is “smart” by any stretch.

]]> By: WhyIAmhttp://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/06/17/espn-isnt-going-to-grab-a-tv-guy-to-be-ombudsman-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-432128 WhyIAm Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:23:51 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=15012#comment-432128 Norm = Genius.Rumor: The movie "Rounders" was loosely based on Norm's gambling. Norm = Genius.

Rumor: The movie “Rounders” was loosely based on Norm’s gambling.

]]> By: TheBigLeadhttp://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/06/17/espn-isnt-going-to-grab-a-tv-guy-to-be-ombudsman-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-432118 TheBigLead Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:36:12 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=15012#comment-432118 Hernia, you missed it:starting on about Monday, a few people determined that EVERYONE and EVERYTHING sucks.EVERYTHING! steroids? Lame! football? he/they suck! comedians? nobody's funny! movies? THEY ALL SUCK! Hernia, you missed it:

starting on about Monday, a few people determined that EVERYONE and EVERYTHING sucks.

EVERYTHING! steroids? Lame!
football? he/they suck!
comedians? nobody’s funny!
movies? THEY ALL SUCK!

]]> By: mrejr8234http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/06/17/espn-isnt-going-to-grab-a-tv-guy-to-be-ombudsman-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-432116 mrejr8234 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:33:42 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=15012#comment-432116 <blockquote>Wow, did you just get tired of his shtick or simply never found Norm funny?</blockquote>just not a big fan of his. maybe im not smart enough or maybe the "smart" people who think his type of comedy is funny arent as smart as they think they are. i know i have made my opinion of lange very clear and i would just like to say that there are comdians out there that i find fucking hilarious. bill burr,kevin hart,brian regan,chappelle, and a whole bunch of others

Wow, did you just get tired of his shtick or simply never found Norm funny?

just not a big fan of his. maybe im not smart enough or maybe the “smart” people who think his type of comedy is funny arent as smart as they think they are. i know i have made my opinion of lange very clear and i would just like to say that there are comdians out there that i find fucking hilarious. bill burr,kevin hart,brian regan,chappelle, and a whole bunch of others

]]> By: Jayhttp://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/06/17/espn-isnt-going-to-grab-a-tv-guy-to-be-ombudsman-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-432114 Jay Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:32:39 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=15012#comment-432114 <blockquote>Then there is TV, where baseball is dying. NBC paid $400 million for baseball-broadcast rights through 2000. Yet in 1997, the World Series was such a ratings bust that the network's Don Ohlmeyer publicly prayed for a four-game sweep. He wanted baseball--the World Series!--off the air so he could get his viewers back.</blockquote>From Time Magazine 2000/suspecting he won't have a problem with FavreCenter

Then there is TV, where baseball is dying. NBC paid $400 million for baseball-broadcast rights through 2000. Yet in 1997, the World Series was such a ratings bust that the network’s Don Ohlmeyer publicly prayed for a four-game sweep. He wanted baseball–the World Series!–off the air so he could get his viewers back.

From Time Magazine 2000

/suspecting he won’t have a problem with FavreCenter

]]> By: ThatsSoTaguchihttp://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/06/17/espn-isnt-going-to-grab-a-tv-guy-to-be-ombudsman-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-432113 ThatsSoTaguchi Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:25:00 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=15012#comment-432113 "I got fired from here last year for not being funny. Now I'm back as the host. Which means I either got a lot funnier, or this show got a lot crappier." “I got fired from here last year for not being funny. Now I’m back as the host. Which means I either got a lot funnier, or this show got a lot crappier.”

]]> By: YYSAhttp://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/06/17/espn-isnt-going-to-grab-a-tv-guy-to-be-ombudsman-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-432112 YYSA Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:23:46 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=15012#comment-432112 The only bad thing Norm Macdonald ever did was help contribute to artie lange's career The only bad thing Norm Macdonald ever did was help contribute to artie lange’s career

]]> By: Jayhttp://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/06/17/espn-isnt-going-to-grab-a-tv-guy-to-be-ombudsman-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-432111 Jay Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:22:00 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=15012#comment-432111 Norm was definitely one of the most polarizing comedians around. Either you think he's a genius or you hate the guy. I'm not interested in arguing whether he's funny or not. I'm just saying that Ohlmeyer let personal issues and personal issues alone influence his decision. And that's a bad choice for someone who's about to be tabbed an ombudsman. Norm was definitely one of the most polarizing comedians around. Either you think he’s a genius or you hate the guy. I’m not interested in arguing whether he’s funny or not. I’m just saying that Ohlmeyer let personal issues and personal issues alone influence his decision. And that’s a bad choice for someone who’s about to be tabbed an ombudsman.

]]> By: TheSportsHerniahttp://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/06/17/espn-isnt-going-to-grab-a-tv-guy-to-be-ombudsman-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-432110 TheSportsHernia Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:21:20 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=15012#comment-432110 @JayV & mrejr: Wow, did you just get tired of his shtick or simply never found Norm funny? @JayV & mrejr: Wow, did you just get tired of his shtick or simply never found Norm funny?

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