I don’t know what other conclusion to draw after hearing ESPN NFL analyst Shaun King say the following about McNabb on-air the other night. It’s probably a bit of a paraphrase, but close enough for my purposes.

“Donovan McNabb can beat you three ways: He can beat you throwing the ball; He can beat you running the ball; And he can beat you with his mind.”

Umm. Really? Just flat out with his mind?

I know what King was getting at, of course, but c’mon – if you’re gonna be on tv, you should probably plan to be at least a little bit more clear with your points. Then again, I’m enjoying the idea of Donovan knocking back tacklers with merely an outstretched palm.

Where were you on September 16th, 1989? I know where I was. I was sitting on the couch in my parent’s living room watching the debut episode of American Gladiators. There was nothing cooler to a teenage boy than a show that was part wrestling (but real), part football (big hits), and part war (Assault)?

I loved American Gladiators and watched it religiously throughout high school. Once I got to college I didn’t watch as often, but would catch it on random Saturday nights. Always an excellent show to watch while having a few beers with the guys.

Needless to say, I was looking forward to the revival of American Gladiators earlier this year. I really enjoyed the first season. But as the second season has progressed I’ve gotten more and more annoyed with the show. The following is a list of my issues and suggested changes to get American Gladiators back on track and enjoyable once again.
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i was hoping i’d never have to write this post.

i’ve got a bad feeling about my favorite show.

the season started off nicely enough three weeks ago, with an hour-long episode that tied up a lot of loose storylines from last season (ryan to corporate, pam and jim, etc.) last week featured another hour-long episode that, while funny, didn’t leave me laughing like usual. an off week, i thought. everyone is allowed a misfire from time to time. so again, like usual, i eagerly awaited last night’s hour-long (sensing a trend?) show and… more disappointment.

the thing about “the office” is that it works because of its quirkiness. subtle glances. rolled eyes. momentary flashes of ineptitude, or downright craziness. and, that works nicely if you’re filling up 23 minutes. but double that? you’ve got to turn things that work in small doses up to 11 (for lack of better word) and what was once funny becomes belabored and awkward. several stretches of last night’s (and last week’s) show were almost unwatchable, and certainly not funny.

memo to television executives, then: there *is* such a concept of “too much of a good thing.” that’s been proven many times over– most recently with game shows like “deal or no deal” and “who wants to be a millionaire.” what’s entertaining when broadcast once a week gets to be a drudgery when shown three or four nights a week.

sigh…

Yet another one of those things that I’d like to un-see. I’d advise you to avoid this if you can, but if you watch ESPN at all, good luck. What follows is a highly disturbing commercial for ESPN’s fantasy baseball service. If I can someday pay for the selective memory removal of Kruk pulling off his clothes like that, I will. Gladly. Note: as bad as it is here, it was truly scarring watching it in high definition television…

and then… apparently… gets knocked up.

ok, first, tori was never my preferred 90 girl. that easily was jennie garth, followed by tiffani amber-theissen and joe e. tata (not in that order). so, there’s that.

second, i’m aware that being pregnant does weird things to a person’s body. i appreciate this. i, myself, have done a good job becoming a greatbigfatperson without the luxury of growing another human being in my body.

that said…

woah.