“Come Monday…” is a weekly series that will
involve a review of (or commentary about) websites, movies, documentaries,
television shows, sports, music, and whatever else may tickle my fancy at the
time. Be assured that these reviews will
be generally positive, as in accordance to the Jimmy Buffett song “Come Monday.” This is subject to change, however. In fact, I would be most derelict in my
duties to neglect going on a rant every once in a while. For rants promote change, and change can be
good—right? Therefore, since good is
generally considered as being a positive force in 99.3% of the parallel
universes that I am aware of, even a rant could be considered as being
something positive, and a genuine hissy-fit would be even better (so I’m told).
If you do not get
(or just do not watch) [ESPN], you may not know that [Keith Olbermann] has a
relatively new show on the network. His
new gig was a homecoming of sorts for him.
For he was one of the most popular Sports Center anchors ESPN has ever
had, and when partnered with [Dan Patrick], they flat-out crushed the
competition from other sports outlets.
Oh, but he longed
for something more—perhaps even an opportunity to make a real difference in the
lives of even those who did not care much for sports. So, he turned up with a political commentary
show on MSNBC, and that is where much of his luster started to fade.
To put it mildly,
Olbermann is a very polarizing person, and when I am in agreement with his take
on an issue, I wish his diatribes would keep going for a lot longer than they
usually do. Be assured that it is just
the opposite when he’s off on a tangent that is going in the wrong direction to
me. The two videos clips below serve as
examples of what I am talking about, with the first one being something I
whole-heartedly love while I think he might have taken the wrong pill before
launching into the second one.
ACHTUNG!
Well, it was just brought to my attention that
the two video clips were set to start playing automatically, and I could not
find a way to turn that off. So, I
deleted them. If you would like to see
them anyway, [this] will take you to the diatribe I loved and [this] will take
you to the one I didn’t (I hope).
It was the same
with his MSNBC show until he came all of the way out of the bleeding-heart
liberal closet and left all pretence of being in touch with reality far behind.
Hey, after MSNBC ran him off, not even [Al Gore] could work with him for more
than around 13 months!
If you have a way
of recording his ESPN show, it should be safe to watch. For you could always zip past where he is
ripping into something that you think should be left alone, and the rest of the
show is usually well worth seeing. On
his MSNBC show, he had a regular segment where he would name the worst three persons
in the world, and he now does the worst three persons in the sports world,
which is usually highly entertaining.
That is, unless he is picking on someone you love, of course.
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I'm in the don't get/don't watch ESPN category
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear Ann!!! Yeah, crafty people...
ReplyDeleteWhoops, nope, I don't watch it...
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear Shadow!!! Well, you are certainly missing out! (LOL?)
ReplyDeleteI watched him on MSNBC but I gave up on him when he started reading Thurber short stories on the air.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear Stephen!!! What I am looking for in a presidential candidate on down these days are people who are really serious about wanting to eliminate as much governmental incompetence and corruption as possible, which would leave us with more than enough resources to properly fund and manage all sorts of programs for the good of us all (the world over, even) while paying off the national debt and lowering taxes after the debt is paid off. Yeah, I really have lost my mind.
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