TV Rants and Raves 8.05.09

Posted by Bryan Kristopowitz on 08.05.2009

This week we have Rants and Raves on ESPN's "PTI," ESPN Classic being a nerd channel, thoughts on the whole "Futurama" voice actors thing, ABC, "Cougar Town," "Huckabee," "Ellen," "The View" (again), Mr. T's infomercial, "Monk" and "Psych," "PTI," "NCIS," two more Strange Thoughts, Glenn Beck wins an award, and much more!

Hello, everyone, and welcome to the eighth issue of the internets column that thinks there's nothing wrong with a TV show using a fart joke to get a cheap laugh, TV Rants and Raves. I'm Bryan Kristopowitz.

Before we get started, I just want to make mention of the recent passing of motorsports journalist John Hill, who died last week from complications from cancer. He was 74.

Hill covered racing for the Syracuse Post Standard for 35 years, focusing mainly on the local short tracks of Central New York, although he did report on the "big leagues" of racing from time to time (it's been said that one of Hill's biggest thrills was attending the Indianapolis 500 and getting caught up in the hoopla before the race). Like me, his favorite type of race car was an open wheel car (supermodifieds, sprint cars, midgets, modifieds, etc).

I never got to meet Hill, but I was an avid reader of his weekly column in the Post Standard (it usually ran on Thursday or Friday) and his race reports during the season. He was the only sports journalist at the paper to focus on local racing, and now that he's gone I don't know if anyone will replace him.

Well, maybe I shouldn't say "replace," because no one will ever really replace John Hill. But hopefully there's someone waiting in the wings to pick up where he left off.

Hopefully.



John Hill RIP 1935-2009

http://www.syracuse.com/today/index.ssf/2009/07/cnys_biggest_racing_fan_john_h.html

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And now, the main part of the column

TV Rants and Raves

- What the heck is wrong with ABC? I tuned in last Tuesday night to watch the finale of the athlete/celebrity obstacle course show "The Superstars," but instead was "treated" to an encore presentation of the previous night's two hour "The Bachelorette" finale. I'm going to assume that this was done because of the one hour "The Bachelorette" special at 10pm.



"Yeah, we may not have been on this past edition, but does it really goddamn matter?"

Why didn't ABC just say the previous week that "The Superstars" finale would air in two weeks instead of last week? In retrospect it's obvious that that was what ABC had planned on doing from the beginning, just to keep the "Bachelorette" franchise money ball rolling. But that's not what ABC's schedule said and that's not what my cable box guide said, either. Where was the announcement about the scheduling change?

You know, it's not like "The Bachelorette" finale was some kind of breaking news story or major cultural event. There was no real reason to preempt a show that had been announced and promised. So ABC can just kiss my ass.

Douchebags.

Sorry, I just wanted to get that off my chest and out of the way. It's just so freaking annoying when TV stuff gets moved around without advanced notice.

And, yeah, I know it's just TV we're talking about here, I know I shouldn't take it too seriously. But there's a principle involved here somewhere.



"We already know who won because we're on tape. So nah nah nah nah nah."

-"Cougar Town" looks awful. Courtney Cox-Arquette has a new hooha show this fall on ABC called "Cougar Town." You've probably seen a commercial for the show if you've watched anything on ABC in the last week or so. And in that commercial you saw Cox-Arquette's character whining about she's old and fat and can't get a man and how much her life apparently sucks because she's old and fat and can't get a man. And the only thing I could think while watching the commercial is the following: why should I give a shit if Courtney Cox-Arquette thinks she's fat?



"Courtney Cox: It's true. I'm fatter and older and uglier than anyone here. Even Ian Gomez over there."

In fact, why should I care if any woman in a TV show thinks she's old and fat and her life sucks because she can't get a man? Haven't we all had enough of this "middle aged woman whining about her life" thing? I know I have. It may actually be more annoying than the seemingly endless series of movies and TV shows about slacker geeks "growing up," and I reached my "full" point with that shit about two years ago.

Who exactly gets off on these whiny female shows? Are real life whiny females tuning into this shit so they can support a pop culture "version of themselves"? Or is this just an "entertainment phase" that the world is going through right now?

Now, I like Cox-Arquette. She's a pretty decent actress and she can be quite funny in the right situation. I don't want to see her fail (I still don't understand why her FX show "Dirt" got cancelled. I thought that had a pretty decent rating). And I hope that "Cougar Town" isn't exactly what the commercials make it out to be. I hope it's a good, single camera sitcom. I mean, come on, who the hell wants to watch a show where a woman jiggles the fat on her underarm in front of the bathroom mirror and then starts whining about how life isn't fair?

Fucking ABC.



"Fuck you right here by the pool? Didn't you just say you weighed three hundred pounds and smelled like rotten cabbage?"

-"Huckabee" is one of the worst shows I think I've ever seen.



"I'm on TV every week. I know, I can't believe it either."

For those of you that may not know, "Huckabee" is a weekend commentary/interview show that airs on the Fox News Channel and his hosted by former Republican Governor of Arkansas and 2008 Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. After getting slaughtered in the 2008 Republican primary, Huckabee did what all smart losing Republicans do; he got a job at Fox News. And for whatever reason, Fox News decided to forgo the "Newt Gingrich weekly appearance on all of the Fox News primetime show" thing and gave Huckabee a full on hour every week.

Now, since the show began in September of 2008. I've managed to see four different hours of the show, and I can say without contradiction that it is one of the worst TV shows I have ever seen in my entire life. The only shows I can think of at the moment that may be worse than "Huckabee" are Sean Hannity's show and that late night talk show that airs on EWTN (the one with that weirdo guy that does the news on that channel. I don't know what his name is. When the Pope is doing something special he's usually anchoring the coverage of the event).

What's wrong with the show? For one, it's boring as fuck. Huckabee himself is an okay host. I don't like him or his right wing douchebag politics but he's not a terrible TV host. He's actually kind of likeable. But the shit he talks about, while not all that different from the other commentary/interview shows on the 24 hour cable news channels, comes off as boring crapola. And those right wing Christian wackos he interviews and has on are just excruciating.

The second problem is Huckabee's insistence on playing the fucking bass guitar when there's a musical guest. Yeah, Mike, you playing the bass was kind of neat and funny for about five minutes two years ago, now it's just sad. Playing the bass guitar is not cool, Mike. You're not Gene Simmons. Or Nikki Sixx.



"I am a rock god. I really am."

And the third problem is the constantly smiling audience. They're creepy as hell. Could it be their collected sense of family values and real Americanism? It's either that or they're all insane. I'm leaning more towards the latter.

Unless Huckabee decides to run for President again this show isn't going anywhere. It seems to be getting a better rating than that awful John Kasich show that was on a few years ago.



"Hey, anybody here want to see me make out with Sarah Palin this Saturday?"

- You know who has a nice show? Ellen Degeneres. On the flip side of "Huckabee" is "Ellen," the daily talk show hosted by comedian and noted lesbian Ellen Degeneres. Go ahead and watch the show any day of the week and you'll see why Ellen is now beating Oprah and is the new queen of daytime talk shows.



"I'm sorry. Usually I'd be smiling and laughing and happy to see you. But I just had Victor Garber on and the prick farted and I'm kind of sick right now."

For one thing, Ellen's show is fun. It's light, goofy, Ellen usually has a pretty decent monologue. Ellen also dances at the beginning of every show, which is something Oprah, to my knowledge, has never done. The dancing bit has become a bit of a cliché for Ellen but it sure does get the audience hooting and hollering. That makes the show much more fun to watch.

Ellen also knows that her show, even when she's talking about something serious (the destruction in New Orleans after Katrina, gay marriage, animal abuse, whatever the case may be), isn't there to change the world. Basically, Ellen doesn't take herself or the show all that seriously.

I never thought that Ellen's daytime talk show would last longer than a few years. She's been on the air now for six years and it looks like she's got many more years left in the comfy chair. Maybe Ellen needs to start up a book club.



"And my first book, How to Pick Up Chicks."

- "The View" is no fun without Whoopi and Joy. It really isn't. And I'm not saying this because Whoopi and Joy are the gabfest's resident liberals or any of that shit. I'm saying it because when either one of them is gone the show loses its edge and spontaneity and personality.



"Did you hear what this guy just said?"



"Yeah, vaguely. I'm trying to pick up a chick here. Didn't you read that Ellen book?"

Elizabeth Hasselbeck is just an excruciating TV personality. Listening to her speak about anything is the equivalent of anal rape via chunk of cinderblock.



"Sean Hannity makes me hot."



"Yeah, vaguely. I'm trying to pick up a chick here. Didn't you read that Ellen book?"

Sherri Shepherd is an air head who never has anything interesting to say (I've said it before and I'll say it again. Sherri, I don't give a flying hoot about your relationship with Jesus or your son Jeffrey. Please stop talking about them).



"And then Jeffrey tried to Twitter Jesus on the plane, and I said Jeffrey..."

And Barbara Walters, while a fine TV journalist, spends most of her time on the show mumbling about some bullshit she did over the weekend. Like I care.



"I'm a thousand years old."

Yes, both Whoopi and Joy need to take time off from time to time to recharge their batteries and do other things (Joy does stand up, Whoop acts). There's nothing wrong with doing any of that. But, for my sanity, can we all make a deal. When Joy and or Whoopi need to take time off for whatever reason, just run a rerun. I'd rather see that than a show without either of them.

- Mr T is doing an infomercial now. It's for some kind of deep fryer or steam cooker or something. During the infomercial he throws frozen chicken on a table and actually says "I Pity the Fool" at least twice during the "show."

I just figured you'd all want to know and be on the lookout for it, in the event you find yourself up late at night and channel surfing.

You're welcome.



"I pity the fool that buys this crap."

-Don't forget- "Monk" and "Psych" return this Friday. Just a friendly reminder to everyone that's a fan of either or both shows that new episodes start this Friday. This is the last season for "Monk," so I'd imagine we'll get some great episodes to close the show out. According to commercials on USA Bitty Schram (Sharona) is coming back, and apparently Jimmy Caan is going to make a guest appearance. That should be cool. I don't know what "Psych" is going to be up to. The recent ad campaign has been making fun of "The Mentalist" and how that show is "similar" to "Psych." Maybe they'll do that in the show itself.



"I'm more worried about airing alone next year. Who is going to be our lead in? Who?"

No matter what, it should be great. It all starts this Friday.



"Watch or I'll come over to your house and put your toilet seats in the dishwasher."

- "Pardon the Interruption" is a fun show, too. "Pardon the Interruption," or "PTI," is the sports talk show on EPSN featuring sports writers Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon. Kornheiser and Wilbon spend a half hour each day going through a list of sports stories that they argue about for a few minutes each. And that's pretty much all it is. Two guys sitting at a desk talking sports.



"Hey, we talk about other stuff too. Who said that? I don't know, does it really matter?"

Now, I'm not much of a sports fan (well, major mainstream sports fan). I usually have no idea what the hell either Kornheiser or Wilbon are arguing about, but when I do watch I usually can't stop watching because the show is so much fun. It's also quite fascinating, too. I mean, it's just two guys yelling at one another for thirty minutes. It's a simple, brilliant concept (I kind of wish the political chat show world would go back to that dynamic. Fuck the guests. Just have two guys with different ideas scream at one another for a half hour).



However, I do have one question: how the hell do these guys know all of this stuff? And how do they find the time to follow of these teams and players and sports and watch all of these games they argue about? Both Kornheiser and Wilbon seem to know everything there is to know about everything in the world of sports. And I mean everything. How the hell do they do it? Is it really them or are there producers and writers feeding them scenarios and ideas to argue about for the show?

- ESPN Classic: How is this not a "nerd" channel?



G4 is considered a nerd channel, or a channel for geeks. Cartoon Network, at least during the late night programming block, is considered a nerd/geek channel. Sci Fi speaks for itself. So why isn't ESPN Classic, a TV network completely devoted to re-airing old football and basketball and baseball games, among other old sporting contests, not considered a nerd/geek channel?

I mean, think about it. Who else but a bunch of sports nerds are going to watch a college football game from 1997?

Oh, I forgot. Sports fans are just that. Sports fans. No one calls them nerds or geeks.

Maybe we should.



- Is Ziva less deadly now that she's been in the US working with NCIS?. We all saw what happened at the end of last season, right? Officer Ziva David, Israeli Mossad agent lent out to NCIS because of some kind of agent exchange or whatever, captured in the field by terrorists. She looked terrible, like she got her ass kicked for about a day straight nonstop. Would this have happened to the Ziva we first saw at the beginning of season 3?



"Violence? What's that? I'm just all about being hot. Want to see me in a bikini?"

Think about it, when Ziva came into the NCIS fold she was the ultimate female bad ass. Everyone was scared of her (well, everyone but Gibbs). She had, shall we say, a killer reputation. But over time it seems as though she's mellowed a bit and now no one is afraid of her. It's almost like she's lost her edge.

Remember when it seemed like Ziva was only a moment away from snapping Tony's neck because he was being an annoying prick? Now she just laughs at him. She freaking smiles at him. Heck, she may even like him and may have already fallen in love with him.

What the hell is that about? Where did the ass kicking killer babe go?

Maybe this captured in the field thing is exactly what she needs to regain her butt kicking edge.

Maybe.



"Ah, that's better."

And finally,

-Why don't cops put their guns in their pants on TV anymore? Remember back in the good old days of both cop TV shows and buddy cop movies when the cop or cops put their guns in the back of their pants? Or on their side, in their pants? It was either that or some kind of a shoulder holster. Now, cops on TV or in the movies either have one of those waistband holsters or some kind of leg holster that also hooks to their belt.

What the heck happened? Why the change? Is it because of the legions of technical advisors that are a part of nearly every TV show and movie production telling directors that real cops don't do that? Or is it because we've lost that whole bad ass scumbum loner cop thing in favor of a bunch of cops working as a group as part of some task force or special unit?

I'm thinking it's the scumbum thing. When was the last time we had a real loner scumbum cop? I can't remember the last one that was "new." Maybe if we ever get that scumbum cop back we'll see guns in the back of the pants again.

And I will say this. Sure, putting a loaded gun in your pants like that, even with the safety on, may be incredibly dangerous, but when you're a loner scumbum cop do you really give a hooey about safe gun handling? Of course not.



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Strange Thoughts

Once again, here are two strange thoughts that popped into my head while going through the motions of my soul killing day job. Hopefully they're not too strange. I don't want to be whisked off to the nuthouse. That would be a big pain in the butt.

-Do you think Quagmire on "Family Guy" has ever had sex with a man? And I mean deliberately, not in an accidental kind of way (shemale hooker mistake, an orgy where things got out of hand and everyone and everything was flailing around with reckless abandon). I think he has.

Think about it like this. He once admitted to being attracted to a man (Taylor Hanson, whoever that is. Is he one of the Hanson brothers?). It may have been a mistaken attraction, but he was attracted to him. So it's not a big leap to think that Quagmire, horny as all hooha, would deal with his strong urge by banging a guy.

And there's also a chance that he once had sex with a man just so he could then have sex with a woman (sort of a Devil's Three Way type thing).

But did he say "giggity" afterwards? Probably.



"Oh!"

- If acclaimed actor Mickey Rooney (the top box office draw from 1939 to 1940, spanning two decades) arm wrestled noted "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney, who would win?





I really don't know. I've been thinking about this for a few days now, and it's a tough call. I mean, they're both pretty old and both of them look like they have trouble getting around (and there's nothing wrong with that when you're old. It's what tends to happen). Maybe if they were both hepped up on some kind of old man steroid they could have a good match. But then, if that happened, the steroid thing, I'd imagine that Mickey would win. We've seen Mickey fly into a rage in movies and on TV. When he's hot and bothered you have to watch the fuck out.

So, I'll give this contest to Mickey.



"Fuckin' A right! Ahhhhh!"

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The TV Rants and Raves Theme Song of the Week

Enjoy.



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And now, Dr. Phil.



"Yes, I once tried to warm up a pancake by rolling it up and sticking it in my ass. Hey, my wife wouldn't tell me how to operate the new microwave and I didn't have time to read the manual. I had hookers coming over. I got to eat before hooker sex. Got to keep up my energy."

My God, Dr. Phil, you are such a goddamn asshole. What the hell is wrong with you, dude?

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Some thoughts on this whole "Futurama" thing



When it was announced a few weeks ago that "Futurama" would be coming back to television with new episodes ala "Family Guy" a few years ago, the internets world shit its pants with glee and anticipation. Finally, a good show was getting a second chance.

Then it was announced that the show's original voice actors would not be coming back because they couldn't come to terms with the producers over a new contract. So then the internets world shit its pants again with anger and, well, anger. If the original voice actors don't come back, what's the point?

Exactly.

Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio and all the rest were always going to come back and do the new episodes. Eventually, whatever dispute the actors had with the studio or the producers would be resolved, generally in their favor, because changing voices in mid-stream is always a bad idea, especially when the show in question has a major following.

Fox knows this. Comedy Central knows this. They were all eventually going to come to a deal everyone could live with.

Think back to what happened to "The PJ's" once it moved networks and Eddie Murphy stopped doing the voice of Thurgood Stubbs. The show suffered. Yes, the show was still funny but it wasn't as funny as it had been with Murphy as Thurgood. The "edge" of the character and the "edge" of the show was gone, it was all suddenly different. Different, in the end, very rarely ever works.

Perhaps we can all learn a lesson from this and be a little more cautious with out pants shitting in the future.

Nah. We all live to shit our pants. I know I do.

Long live the new old "Futurama"!



"What are you looking at meat bag?"

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And now, the weekly Fearnet update

Still no change on the Fearnet on Time Warner cable front. Time Warner Cable still hasn't reinstated the free, 24/7 on demand horror channel.

What the heck are they waiting for?

We must keep the pressure on, though. That's all we can really do.

If you haven't done so already, please check out the Fearnet fans Facebook page, which can be seen here. And you can also go to the Fearnet.com website for all kinds of info regarding, well, everything Fearnet related. They also have free movies, too. They should have new ones loaded right now. That's what they do on Wednesdays. If they still have "The Abandoned" you should definitely check it out. It's weird as hell.

Come on Time Warner! We want our Fearnet!

(As always, thanks to both Mark Lindsey and Mathew Hirsch for info regarding the Fearnet fan movement).

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The TV Rants and Raves Douchebag of the Week



This week, the TV Rants and Raves Douchebag of the Week goes to Glenn Beck, for calling President Obama a racist.



"He is. He hates white people."

Yeah, Glenn, the President hates white people. His mother is white, his grandmother is white, he's made mention countless times of the fact that he's multi fucking racial, which means he's not just one thing (in this case, the President is both black and white). But the President hates white people and white culture. That's what Glenn said.

So what exactly is "white" culture, Glenn?

It's all really starting to ooze out, isn't it? The right wing, which has been using racial code words and phrases to win campaigns and raise money and keep people distracted for decades is now starting to unravel and they're lashing out. They're not messing around and being cute about it anymore.

Reverse racism. That's what it is, right, Glenn? Those minorities and their President are out to get white people.

If only they were out to get you thrown off the air, Glenn. If only.

Next up are the ultra right wing Republican yahoos complaining about what "GI Joe" movie director Stephen Sommers said regarding the approach he took with the toy franchise that was known throughout the 1980's as a "Real American Hero."



"Take that America!"

Sommers, in various interviews, has said that his "GI Joe" movie, in an attempt to play more in foreign markets, is downplaying the whole "American hero" thing and is instead emphasizing the international team of elite soldiers thing. Somers also apparently said that he wanted to make a movie that's more "President Obama" than "President Bush."

Well, here, this is what Sommers said:

"This is not a George Bush movie — it's an Obama world. Right from the writing stage we said to ourselves, this can't be about beefy guys on steroids who all met each other in the Vietnam War, but an elite organization that's made up of the best of the best from around the world."

Is what Sommers said insulting? Not really. He's not even talking about real people. He's talking about the "movie world" of the 1980's, when pretty much every action movie hero was a 'Nam vet. Remember, that's when "GI Joe" was huge and where the movie takes its inspiration? The 1980's? And besides, it's a fucking action movie based on fucking toys. Why the hell are you people taking this so fucking seriously?

Because you're all lunatics, that's why. You're just looking for any reason to complain about how you're being attacked by the fags and anal sex loving atheistic Jews in Hollywood. Please, people, get a life.

And finally, there's California Governor Ahnold Schwarzenegger for going on TV and saying the only way the country is going to get out of the financial mess it finds itself in is to tax poor people.



"Yes, it's true. We should tax the poor, and the middle class, and those people, and tings like dat."

Yeah, poor people, who are poor because they have no money. They need to pay more. I mean, the richest 1% pay over half of all of the taxes, where's the fairness in that?

And how much wealth do those rich people have, in relation to everyone else?

Lots. Lots and lots and lots.

The richest have all of the fucking money. You can't tax people who have no fucking money. Why? Because they have no fucking money! What the hell am I missing here?

Hey Ahnold, will you please become a movie star again? You were much better at that job.



"I know. What the hell was I thinking?"



Now those were the days.

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And now, your weekly "Jericho" update

Well, in "Jericho" world it's all about the upcoming comic book and what we, as fans, can do to get the word out about it. The fine folks at Jericho Kansas.com seem to be the ones leading the way on this comic book awareness movement thing, and they've created Saving Jericho, the home for information on "Operation Comic Book."

Pretty cool name, huh?

Go ahead, check out the site and get involved. We're all in this together.

And don't forget that you can still purchase the entire "Jericho" run on DVD. Go here to buy the entire series. If you're not into the whole "buying the entire series in one package" thing, you can get each season individually. Buy season 1 here, and season two here.

You can also apparently preorder the "Jericho" comic book as a trade paperback here. It's not coming out until January 2010 but there's nothing like planning ahead if you can. You should also buy the individual issues when they come out starting in October, too. There's nothing wrong with being a completist.

There will be a "Jericho" marathon on August 27th on Sci Fi, so mark your calendars for that.

Lots of hooey happening here in "Jericho" world. Let's keep the name out there. Yeah!

Long live "Jericho"!



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IRL and NASCAR thoughts

Well, the IRL race at Kentucky was, in a word, spectacular. Passing all over the place, a great side-by-side battle to the finish, just awesome, awesome stuff. The league changed up some of the rules in terms of the car aerodynamics, not to mention the much ballyhooed addition of the "push-to-pass" thing with the Honda engine, all with the intention of making the oval racing more exciting. I personally think the aero stuff had more to do with the close racing than "push-to-pass," but that's just my opinion.

It's my understanding that these "new" rules are really just the old rules that everyone bitched about a few years ago because the cars raced too close together. Now they can't race close enough. Make up your damn mind.

Kudos to Ed Carpenter for a great second place finish. I was kind of hoping he'd edge out Ryan Briscoe but it just wasn't meant to be. Ed is going to have a tough time in the next race at Mid-Ohio as it's a road course and Ed blows at road courses. He'll have to wait for Japan, which I believe is the next oval event.



"Am I screwed? Yeah."

The IRL also released its 2010 schedule, and for the first time in league history there will be more road course and street races than oval races. They lost races at Milwaukee and Richmond and added races in Brazil and Alabama. How much do you want to bet that in 2011 Iowa and Kansas are gone?



Disgraceful.

Over on the NASCAR Sprint Cup side, the race at Pocono was rained out on Sunday and had to be run on Monday. As a result I didn't get to see most of the race, I only got to see the final twenty laps or so. It was the best twenty laps of racing I think I've ever seen at Pocono.



How the hell did Jimmie Johnson make up three laps?



"The same way as always. Cheating."

Juan Pablo Montoya managed to finish second, moving him up to eighth in points. He'll likely be a guy to beat at Watkins Glen, the next event, which is a road course. So I'm sure NASCAR will find a way to screw him there.

Jamie McMurray looks to be out of a ride, as Jack Roush is going to eliminate McMurray's 26 team as the "4 teams max" rule comes into full effect next year. McMurray claims to have several car owners interested in his services. Could he be the new driver for the #1 car? What other major team is left with an open seat?



"Yeah, and Crown Royal can lick my ass."

And am I the only one who thinks that NASCAR President Mike Helton riding around the track on a Harley is lame as hell?



"Well, of course it's lame. I didn't get to take my cheesecake with me."

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That'll be about it

I think that'll be about it for this issue, issue number eight. I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed putting it together.

Don't forget to check out the 411 mania movies zone podcast, which can be heard here. It's always a good listen.

And please check out my other column here at the 411 mania movies zone, The Gratuitous B-Movie Column. It's about B-movies.

"Peter: So did your therapist figure out what the problem was?

Brian: Yeah. He thinks I'm in love.

Peter: Oh my God...you can talk!"

That's from "Family Guy," but I'm pretty sure you already knew that.

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Cancer sucks.

Alzheimers sucks.

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