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Boozing at the Royal Oak on a Friday Afternoon led to Aqua Teen Hunger Force bedtime viewing, which led to Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law. I love this show. I thought it had peaked with the Droopy Botox episode last season, but last week's ep conquered all. Phil Ken Sebben is in my thoughts. Often. And now you can watch!
Sebben and Sebben Employee Orientation
Other weekend viewing and PVR scheduling:
- Roger Smigel finally gets his due - Saturday Night Live Best Of Saturday TV Funhouse. Another Stephen Colbert voice-over project!
- Are you watching the best NHL and NBA Playoff seriesesesesses? Buffalo and Philadelphia is on Sunday at 1:30ish, while Phoenix and LA Lakers follows at 3:30. Who knew hatin' on one another made for such great television? Don't waste your time with anything else.
- Dave Chappelle dropped by Inside the Actors Studio. The two hour episode finally airs in Canada tomorrow at 5 pm EST on Bravo.
- The new season of Trailer Park Boys kicked off a few weeks back. Yep, this may just be the weirdest season yet - and with a movie coming out featuring Hugh Dillon, it doesn't look like TPB is coming back from the brink of crazy.
BTW: I updated my hockey picks below - no, i didn't pull a Stephen Harper and either erase it from the site or ignore the failure completely. I find it funny that my picks for the Stanley Cup final teams may be eliminated by the second weekend of the playoffs. Funny and pathetic. And something I can't control.
More NFL Draft Coverage - well, Detroit Lions NFL Draft Coverage: Simms made sense, Bullock filled a need, and Calhoun raises some questions. I mean, I expected a first day selection of either an O-Lineman to plug in the line or a DT to eventually replace Wilkinson. But a RB in the 3rd round? We don't have a 4th rounder this year, so we needed someone useful in the 3rd. But why spend that on a RB when we have RBs signed and in place? Or are the RBs really in place? Why doesn't Tom Kowalski just explain it all to us before my mind melts from speculation. And yes, this paragraph hardly qualifies as coverage.
And how did the Tennessee Titans end up with the two best players - Vince Young and LenDale White - from the best college football game of the year - the Rose Bowl? Wonderlic tests and Character issues are questionable heuristics made popular by the media's corporate stance on the NFL and scandalization of isolated events. Mind you, if Young gets lost on the way to the stadium or White gets post-retirement-Jerome-Bettis fat by year three...
See if you are worthy of a first round pick:
- Objective-like Stuff:
- Subjective-like Nonsense:
As it stands now, I am a sub 4.4 40-yard dash from being an undrafted free agent. I mean, just look at my character issues.
I promise to start writing more. I swear. I really don't have enough in my life to do to justify the gap in consistent prose.
In the interim, enjoy the brand spanking new Radio Blog featuring some of the music currently occupying my iPod. Songs will be added and subtracted on my schedule - unless the artist emails me and asks me to take their song down.
(That said, never try to figure out Radio Blog while watching the NFL Draft, responding to email, and seeking out food. That took much longer than needed.)
Turning to the NFL Draft: As a huge Lions fan, I am happy that they drafted for defense and didn't use their first rounder to wade into the shallow WR pool for the 4th (!?!) year in a row. Florida State LB Ernie Sims was selected and brings his fast, under-sized frame to a team seeking a defensive identity other than "slight speedbump to the endzone." While he is a self-admitted fan of NFC North Rival Minnesota, Sims' biggest reported weakness is that he hits so hard that he frequently injures his brain. Yep, we got a guy who knocks out himself and others. Excellent. Here's hoping a solid DB falls to Detroit in the second round and that Millen can squeeze out a 3rd or 4th rounder for Joey.
Mind you - can you believe that two freakin' networks are broadcasting the NFL Draft in America and that the ESPN website has crashed repeatedly from draft fan web traffic today? That's a lot of medium dedicated to "experts" sporting bad hair and predicting, criticizing and bullshitting the potential performance of seemingly unknown young men. TV Makes the Expert, indeed. Kudos to you Paul Tagliabue for turning an always anti-climatic event into an industry, thereby keeping well-spoken goofs in suits employed. Kudos.
And no, i wouldn't miss it for the world.
