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Ben Stiller hosted Saturday Night Live last weekend. He was bad. Foster the People was the musical guest. They were strange. At one point, Kenny G came out on stage to play with the band. It was the funniest part of the night. Also, it’s time for Kristen Wiig to go away. All of her characters on this show are the same and none of them are funny anymore.

But, SNL did make a few good sports jokes through the night. Seth Myers broke a couple of funny ones on weekend update. Fast forward to the :48 second mark

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SEC fan dance-off

Posted on 11 October 2011 by King Ing

Forget about the Flordia Gators and LSU Tigers dance teams, these two bald gentlemen show people how to really get down. On a street sign that is.

You got served!

-H/T Guyism

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The Crackle Wonders: Ralph Branca

Posted on 10 October 2011 by Justin

Last week marked 60 years since Bobby Thompson hit “the shot heard round the world,” sending the New York Giants to the World Series and sending the Brooklyn Dodgers home for the winter. Ralph Branca is the other half of that equation, having thrown the pitch that Thompson hit out.

In the subsequent 6 decades, Branca’s embraced his role in history with a mix of perspective, good humor and class. Now, he’s written a book, called “A Moment In Time,” which focuses on how that moment shaped his life and how his life helped him deal with that moment.

During our conversation, we also discussed his views on some baseball legends, his quiz show domination and his utter fearlessness in the face of superstition.

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Red Bank, Crimson Tide and A Three Way

Posted on 08 October 2011 by Justin

No one wants to see Weird Al with me and I think that’s a terrible indictment of where we are as a society.

Mr Yankovic, one of the great comic minds of our time, brings his “Alpocolypse” tour to the Count Basie theater on Tuesday night. Through my vast network of connections, I have the opportunity to attend the show without having to pay for tickets. I found this out a few months ago. As you can imagine, I was very excited. I’ve mentioned in the past that I went to a Weird Al concert when I was in high school and it was one of the great shows I’ve ever been too. How hard could it be to find someone to go with me? Well, it turns out, it’s been very hard.

I will admit that part of the problem is timing and location. No one welcomes the idea of traveling to Red Bank, New Jersey, a place 60 miles from New York City, on a Tuesday night. If that were everyone’s reason for not wanting to go, I would be satisfied. But it’s not. And that makes me sad.

Apparently, a Weird Al concert is something to be mocked. I was ridiculed for even suggesting it, then showered in sarcasm. Even Beltway Buddy said no and he is unquestionably the bottom of the barrel when it comes to things like maturity and feeling shame.

It seems my friends are so worried that someone else might think they’re doing something “uncool,” that they won’t even consider an evening of innocent, un-ironic fun. How could you not love song parodies? How could you not love a man in glasses and a mustache dancing in a fat suit? HE ALSO RAPS!

Where is your sense of mirth, America? You are a mirthless people, utterly without mirth.

For shame!

Sports Illustrated. October 10th, 2011

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