Ridiculous Afro

The big “news” that circled the Internet and the sports radio airwaves on Tuesday afternoon was a NY Times article indicating that Sammy Sosa was one of the 104 players who tested positive for steroids in MLB’s first mandatory drug test conducted back in 2003. Since Sammy Sosa was a former Cub, I thought it would be fun to take to the streets and get inside the minds of the people of Chicago and find out their thoughts in regards to this bombshell. So I hopped in the MLJ news van and headed downtown to get some answers. The following are the results of my sidewalk interviews. Read the rest of this entry »

Probably the only thing we’ve ever done that involved an actual famous person (sort of?).  We’re all big fans of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia so for Gonzo (may he rest in peace) t0 stalk this woman until she gave us a five minutes worth of answers?  Brilliant.  This was originally posted on Sept 11th 2008 (really?).

We have a real treat for you today, loyal readers. Thanks to our intrepid stalker, Gonzo, we have secured an interview with the hottest inbred, deaf-mute since Holly Hunter in The Piano. That’s right, we’re talking about none other than Thesy Surface. “Who?” you ask. Why, Margaret McPoyle of course – from the funniest show on television, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Those of you familiar with the site are undoubtedly aware of our love for the show due to its groundbreaking comedy, its willingness to turn conventional television plot lines on their ear, and the brilliance that is Charlie Day.

Again, Gonzo deserves all the credit for this stroke of brilliance. If it weren’t for his creepy emails and his nonthreatening stalking, we never would have landed an interview of this magnitude. See kids, if you pester someone long enough, they will eventually do whatever you want. So, without further ado, Thesy Surface.
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Earlier this week, I scored an interview with NFL quarterback Joe Flacco. Okay maybe it’s not fair to call this an interview; it was more of an IM back-and-forth. Okay maybe it’s not even fair to call it a back-and-forth. You’ll see what I mean. The point is I was able to obtain Joe’s email address, so I used that as an opportunity to try and get his thoughts on the upcoming NFL season. Below is the contents of my interview with Joe via gchat. Read the rest of this entry »

From L to R: Roman War Helmet, Chris Berman

So, Roman sent me this link yesterday and said I should check it out. At first glance, it appeared to be some sort of internet communique between Chris Berman and News Day’s Neil Best. This morning I wrote this whole long post tearing it apart. Picking on Neil Best. I was all set and scheduled it for 1:15PM ET. Then I went and watched Bromance on DVR.Life was good.

Then Roman started sending me e-mails and messages via G-chat. It was kind of annoying. When I finally took the time to read what he was trying to tell me, I realized that I had totally Berrian’d the post.

I reread the column at Roman’s behest and discovered that Best was in fact being sarcastic. The entire interview was sent out by ESPN. There was no communication. Just a canned Q&A (Which I still for the most part picked through below) that ESPN had sent out via e-mail to different writers. When Best said “The next step in all this presumably will be for p.r. people to visit my basement and post this stuff for me while I eat leftover turkey and watch “Seinfeld” reruns,” he was joking. He was actually picking on ESPN. The lesson as always, is that I’m a dense person.

I felt like the clerk in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas when he was trying to figure out how a telegram came from Los Angeles with Dr. Gonzo’s signature on it when he was supposed to be staying the hotel. The same message applies – “Never try to understand a press message. About half the time we use codes.”

Now that I’ve had a chance to wrap my mind around all that, I want to apologize to Roman (picture above with Chris Berman) for completely fucking this up the first time around.

Also, let me try to reiterate what Neil Best was trying to convey. This is an interview with Chris Berman, done by his employer, ESPN. Hell, Berman probably made the questions up himself. I’m pretty sure this is how they would do a live-chat with Chris Mortensen. Read the rest of this entry »

We have a real treat for you today, loyal readers.  Thanks to our intrepid stalker, Gonzo, we have secured an interview with the hottest inbred, deaf-mute since Holly Hunter in The Piano.  That’s right, we’re talking about none other than Thesy Surface.  ”Who?” you ask.  Why, Margaret McPoyle of course – from the funniest show on television, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Those of you familiar with the site are undoubtedly aware of our love for the show due to its groundbreaking comedy, its willingness to turn conventional television plot lines on their ear, and the brilliance that is Charlie Day.

Again, Gonzo deserves all the credit for this stroke of brilliance.  If it weren’t for his creepy emails and his nonthreatening stalking, we never would have landed an interview of this magnitude.  See kids, if you pester someone long enough, they will eventually do whatever you want.  So, without further ado, Thesy Surface.
Read the rest of this entry »