RANDOM THOUGHTS:
The following were on my mind between Monday, January 25th and Thursday, January 28th:
- I know this is a week late, but I forgot to add this to Monday's column: what was up with "The Office" having a clip show on Thursday? Really? What year is this, 1995? Now I'm not saying that I hate clip shows to the death, I actually didn't mind seeing some old funny moments from the previous six seasons. But there were some major ramblings concerns about it:
1. The show is supposed to be a documentary style comedy. If that's the case, then why did they present the clip show in the typical sitcom manner of having a character think back to what happened and show it. It doesn't make sense. If anything, they should have had an episode in which the executive producer of this fake documentary inside the NBC headquarters and show them highlights as to why they should keep the show (because in this episode, the documentary was in midst of cancellation), or something like that.
2. The timing of it all was really strange. I mean, if it was shown as a third or fourth episode in a six consecutive new episodes part of the season somewhere in March or April, I wouldn't have minded. But this came after a full month of new episodes, as well as a week off the next week, followed by another two week break after that because of the Winter Olympics. Again, weird timing.
3. There were still an original plot in which an investment banker comes to the branch. All I'm saying is that this plot better be discussed in a future episode.
I have a buddy named James who believes that this clip show means that this will be the final season. And to that I say: bulls***. The show's NBC's highest rated show in terms of the demographics, the creators would have announced it by now. So there.
- While we're at looking back at things that I should have addressed before, I finished 5-4 in my Golden Globes predictions. As you can see, I need to stick with only the Emmys. While we're at the Golden Globes discussion, "Glee" has to be one of the best winners of the "Best Television Series- Comedy or Musical" ever. It's a comedy. It's a musical. What more can you want!
- The State of the Union address is officially on my list of Things That I Will Never Go To. It's one think to stand up and clap once or twice an hour. It's another thing to be peer pressured into standing up every time with agree with one little think the President says. I would get exhausted after twenty minutes.
- I apologize to the makers of "Modern Family." Yes, the show is funny and entertaining, which is the opposite of what I said last month. It was watching "The Middle" that made me say that.
- McDonalds's chocolate chip cookies are delicious! Why is this not publicized?
- One last random thought that should have been said a while back: in all my years of reading Bill Simmons columns, I have never read one as gay as the January 20th one about watching Lebron James play the Clippers. Not only was it nearly 2,000 words about him confessing his Lebroner to James, but it was also poorly written. He also introduced us to at least four people that made no sense in counting in and used some recycled material. Not to mention how it had some moments that were questionable. Let's name a few:
"Know this. the Kobe- Lebron argument is dead. It's over. Lebron James is the best basketball player alive."
Why? Remember, this is the same guy that thinks that Tom Brady is the better quarterback than Peyton Manning because, even though Manning has the better stats, Brady has more Super Bowl rings. He also thinks that Bill Russell is better than Wilt Chamberlain because Russell has more rings. He even dedicated a whole chapter in his book about it, with one of his key stat being:
Wilt: 2 championships
Russ: 11 championships
He also used quotes from other top NBA players of that era, who said that they thought Russell was better. Well, today, many current and former NBA players believe that Kobe is the more superior player. Larry Bird, Simmons's favorite player ever, also thinks that Bryant is his the best. So why did he say all these things, but says that Lebron (who has won zero championships) is better than Kobe (who has four championships).
"Second, a guy in my section named Lenny has been a Clippers season-ticket holder since 1984. I asked him if he was getting MJ flashbacks during the Cleveland warm-ups. "Oh, definitely," he said. "That was the only other guy who caused ... this." Agreed."
OK, so Simmons is a self named NBA guru who even wrote a 700 page book about basketball. So, why did he ask someone who is stupid enough to buy season tickets for one of the league's worst franchises for the last quarter century?
"LeBron is the greatest natural athlete in NBA history. Has to be. Karl Malone's height, weight and muscles, only if you gave him the Jordan/Erving/Thompson DNA strain, Magic's passing eye and Bo Jackson's breathtaking combination of power and finesse."
Umm, I don't think Bo Jackson played in the NBA at one point?
"I remember one Friday night, when I was dragging my girlfriend to Fenway on another date to see him, she didn't want to go. She made the salient point that, for the money we paid to buy scalped tickets, we could get dressed up and have a first-class dinner at Hamersley's."
I've read this a week ago and I still have no idea why she broke up with him.
Overall, I like Simmons and his writing. But of he writes more like these, I might have to stop.
And... that's that! More random thoughts to come on Monday! Until then, I leave you with another edition of the "Beatle-tastic" song of the week. This week, it's the first George Harrison written song to appear on the A-side of a single. It's also a pretty good love song. Ladies and gentleman, here's "Something":
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15
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