Fashion Board 2-3-04 to 3-5-04

[taxwonk]

If you have seen their new ad, you may wonder where the fuck that concept came from. I came from here:

http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song/

(spree: semi-loud music, work appropriate at lowered volume)

I love the spongemonkeys.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by taxwonk
If you have seen their new ad, you may wonder where the fuck that concept came from. I came from here:

http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song/

(spree: semi-loud music, work appropriate at lowered volume)

I love the spongemonkeys.

Didn't I post those guys like a couple of months ago?
So we were scanning the commericals last night, but I caught a glimpse of these guys and had to stop and back up to see it.
I think I had an acid flashback - it's too bizarre for primetime.

[NW Native]

Originally posted by bilmore
There's only one?

There is according to Bill Russell (who's high on my list of hated sports figures). Anyone else remember his line on TV about 'they all look alike to me'?

P.S. I don't hate Russell for his play or post-playing career. I know him personally. Went to school with his daughter. His son was, I think, convicted of residential burglary and murder. The whole family is whack.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I might classify him as the greatest college player ever. At the very least he's up there. I'm not denying that he was incredibly talented.

So, yez. I guess it is all about his announcing. I've never heard such horseshit spewn all over the microphone (and therefore in my ears) from anyone (Larry Merchant comes close). The guy should know the ins and outs of basketball as well as anyone else. Yet he comes across as a maniacal, egotistical, moron who thinks it's necessary to remind us every chance he gets about how different the game was when he was playing. Or how he never complained about any call. Or about how unskilled the players were compared to him. Etc.

The fact is, he adds NOTHING to a game. In fact, he takes away from it. He tries to take controversial stands on the most insignificant things. And he's almost always flat out wrong.

Walton: "Webber has no inside game. He couldn't hold his own against any of the premier big men."

Any other announcer: "But he has 36 points and 14 boards against San Antonio and they've been throwing Duncan and Robinson at him all night."

Walton: "That may be. But it's a soft 36. I just don't think he has what it takes. I would have scored 36 while making an impact on the game. Blah, blah, blah."

The guy is a cancer to basketball. I'd rather listen to Magic Johnson and Eric Dickerson do every game, together, for the rest of my life than listen to one Walton game commentary.

TM

You know, for a man who actually played the game, he appears to know nothing about it. On the rare occasions where I have the volume up and he is calling, I've asked myself - "that the hell game is he watching?"
Mychel Thompson is similar in style, except Mychal always starts a sentence with "well when *I* played I would do blah blah blah, and I would have done blah blah blah."

[evenodds]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Mychel Thompson is similar in style, except Mychal always starts a sentence with "well when *I* played I would do blah blah blah, and I would have done blah blah blah."

Stop the Mychal Thompson bashing.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
But don't worry about it, because jokes about someone needing meds on the basis of their reactions to your posts are always funny.

Perhaps this belongs in the F.A.Q..

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Is this a paigow original? Very nice.

Yes, I invented that. Thank you.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by NW Native
Russell's son was, I think, convicted of residential burglary and murder.

Was he good on defense?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Anyway, TA of mine in college went to high school with him. Says she went back to Barry Bonds day at Serra Madre (or wherever it was he went on the Peninsula), where he was supposed to appear at a school assembly and give a stay-in-school, work-hard, etc. message to all the kids. So, what does he do? Gets up to start talking, blinged up (when bling was a concept, not a word), and starts off to the effect of "I supposed to tell you to stay in school and all, but, shit, look at where I am now. School didn't get me there, playing ball did. I really don't have much use for school." To his credit, at least he didn't put a cap in someone's leg after the assembly, though.

Barry has long been a jackass, and the stories about him are legion, but he seems to have mellowed in the last year or two.

[NW Native]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Was he good on defense?

Don't know. But he goes by bubba.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by NW Native
The whole family is whack.

Speaking of whack families, or at least fucked up ones, cnn had a story up briefly yesterday about the trial of the wacko who kidnapped a little boy in the 70s and kept him/sexually abused him for 7 years (the basis of some made-for-tv movie called something like "I Know My Name Is Steven"), who was set free after a ridiculously short prison sentence in that case and is now on trial for trying to buy a child from an acquaintance (she refused).

Anyway, turns out the family of the 70s kidnapped kid (let's call him Steven) is screwed up. Steven died at 24 of injuries from a motorcycle accident and his brother was the sicko who killed 4 people in Yellowstone a few years back. In case I have completely butchered this story (much like the crazy brother), here is a link to an earlier story (for some reason CNN has no record of posting the story yesterday) -- http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/01/04/mo...est/index.html

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Didn't I post those guys like a couple of months ago?
So we were scanning the commericals last night, but I caught a glimpse of these guys and had to stop and back up to see it.
I think I had an acid flashback - it's too bizarre for primetime.

You should check out some of their other stuff. I particularly like the Spoonguard commercials.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
Barry has long been a jackass, and the stories about him are legion, but he seems to have mellowed in the last year or two.

A side effect of the BALCO steroids is that it makes you an asshole to reporters (Sammy included).
Perhaps I missed the very early Bonds, but I don't know what the hell you're talking about as far as mellowed. He seems to be as large an asshole in interviews as anyone I've ever seen.
The only time he came close to acting close to human is when his dad was dying. He finally got humble - but that lasted like a day.

And using your kids "please pitch to my daddy" crap - was pathetic.

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I might classify him as the greatest college player ever. At the very least he's up there. I'm not denying that he was incredibly talented.

So, yez. I guess it is all about his announcing. I've never heard such horseshit spewn all over the microphone (and therefore in my ears) from anyone (Larry Merchant comes close). The guy should know the ins and outs of basketball as well as anyone else. Yet he comes across as a maniacal, egotistical, moron who thinks it's necessary to remind us every chance he gets about how different the game was when he was playing. Or how he never complained about any call. Or about how unskilled the players were compared to him. Etc.

The fact is, he adds NOTHING to a game. In fact, he takes away from it. He tries to take controversial stands on the most insignificant things. And he's almost always flat out wrong.

Walton: "Webber has no inside game. He couldn't hold his own against any of the premier big men."

Any other announcer: "But he has 36 points and 14 boards against San Antonio and they've been throwing Duncan and Robinson at him all night."

Walton: "That may be. But it's a soft 36. I just don't think he has what it takes. I would have scored 36 while making an impact on the game. Blah, blah, blah."

The guy is a cancer to basketball. I'd rather listen to Magic Johnson and Eric Dickerson do every game, together, for the rest of my life than listen to one Walton game commentary.

TM

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[SlaveNoMore]

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
As a rookie. Lot of time on the weights, I guess.

I forgot to add that he was seated directly behind me at my centennial celebration dinner. With (count-em) Four asian women.

I did not ask him if the foie gras was juiced.