Saving the Best for Last

Well, the weekend is almost upon us, and as usual, I need it like nobody's business. What is it about working 11- and 12-hour days that makes me want to drink and sleep to excess? My guess is the 11 or 12 hours of working.

I'm once again heading to B-town this weekend, where I will be joined by Morgan "Crazy Legs" Hirst, Bruce "Bruiser" LeMar, and hopefully some other peeps. The IU/Kentucky game does not start until 5:45pm (Central), which means that even more tailgating than last week is a certainty. Man I love these late starts. Lord knows we need as much drinking time as possible before watching an IU football game. The game is a rare live broadcast on ESPN Classic. Maybe they thought it was an old basketball game. I don't know what to think about this Hoosier squad, but this game could be the most important one of the season. Win it, and we're 3-0 with confidence and momentum (and a losing Big Ten record away from a bowl). Lose it, and we're the Indiana Hoosier football team. What I think is funny is that collegefootballnews.com predicts that IU will lose, just one week after predicting that IU would beat Nicholls State 58-0. I guess that'll happen after a 35-31 win over a 1-AA team from Louisiana with no time to prepare or practice, wearing uniforms from an early '80s fictional high school (if confused, see Hardest Button post below), who had to walk from Louisiana to Bloomington carrying all of their equipment.

There's a hilarious (yet seemingly unknown) new show on F/X that all of you should see. It's called "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"
(http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/sunny/main.html). It's on Tuesdays at 11pm Eastern (check local listings), although there are no new episodes this season (there were only 7 total--hopefully it gets picked up for a 2nd season). The show is funnier than a nun puking (if you don't think that's funny, then you obviously haven't seen a nun puke). The mains characters own and run a bar in Philly. Hijinx ensues, such as allowing high school kids to drink in the bar and then getting asked to prom, or attending abortion rallies to get women. In the latest episode (the season finale), none other than Dennis "Richard 'Richie' Belding" Haskins makes an appearance as a grade school gym teacher accused of child molestation. Things have not gone well for Mr. Belding since he left Bayside. He either ate that biker chick Tori (that is the only explanation for her sudden appearance and disappearance from Bayside), or he has simply gone into a severe depression plagued by constant overeating, brought on by his realization that his younger brother is so much cooler than he is. Whatever it is, he's about 100 pounds heavier than when you last saw him at Zack and Kelly's wedding in Vegas eleven years ago.

Another excellent series is NBC's "Most Outrageous [TV, Live TV, Game Show] Moments," which they have been showing a lot of lately. Bloopers, faux pas, double entendres, sports blunders, screwed-up lines, accidental swearing on live TV, and British newscasters getting bit by animals. That, my friends, is the definition of quality television.

CBS, on the other hand, showed a Billy Graham concert from 8-9pm last night. At first I thought it might be a fund raiser for Hurricane Katrina's aftermath. No, no--it was your basic send-me-money-so-that-you-can-find-Jesus televangelist propaganda concert, constantly showing Graham's website so that you too can find Jesus by giving money to Billy Graham. That annoyed me more than fruit-on-the-bottom yogurt. I didn't realize CBS was run by retards (er, I mean specially educated people). Networks should not be showing some codger whoring Jesus to bilk money from old people scared they're not going to heaven. Especially on primetime. Even Big Brother 6 is a better choice. Hell, I would even rather watch Yes, Dear or Still Standing. Seriously.

Another new OC tonight. Needless to say, I'm happier than someone who just saw a nun puke. On a conclusory note, here is a nice picture sent to me by Nick Smith (a co-worker, not that bird-headed freak who played basketball at Illinois), for the enjoyment of 90% of you males and 10% of you females.