11/05/24
February 22, 2011
Bangladesh madly in love with cricket: ESPN sends Wright Thompson to Dhaka, Bangladesh to witness the fervency of the fans at the Cricket World Cup.
You had a chance of breaking him of that habit and didn't? Now every time he clogs up an episode of The Bugle with 60 seconds of crap, I'm blaming you.
posted by yerfatma at 08:42 AM on February 23, 2011
Had I known back then what I know now, I'd have done my best, but even then, the force was strong with him.
posted by etagloh at 06:13 PM on February 23, 2011
It's not that he's not funny or that I don't care for puns. I love the opening of Football Weekly. The difference is James Richardson's puns are fantastically funny & they make sense, whereas Andy's are not funny and require about 6 steps to figure out how they are even puns. Some of his cryptic crossword clues were less elusive. I know that puns are the lowest form of humor, but Zaltzman doesn't need to work so hard to prove it. /derail
posted by yerfatma at 07:41 PM on February 23, 2011
Andy Zaltzman is there with ESPN's Cricinfo subsidiary: more for the devotees, but his blog and podcast are a lot of fun.
(Zaltzman was sports editor for the student newspaper when I was at university, and was writing awful puns for the back page even then.)