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April 17, 2015
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
This is more FarceFilter than SportsFilter material, but to hardy denizens like yerfatma and me, the cultural crush of 2015 is not going to be the final airing of the Letterman show, but the news as of today that Sabado Gigante is ending its 53 year run in September.
It has been one of the few places one could turn in order to confirm that the traditional concept of "boom or bust" had a viable alternative in "boom and bust".
Because the show does include live team competition and timed events that require a certain degree of physical mobility, I am compelled to deliver the sad news here.
Just devastated. Heading out to slug down some Patron, urinate on a pinata, and set it on fire with a couple of Hooters waitresses jumping up and down, hollering, and clapping excitedly in a sincere and unsolicited show of enthusiasm and support.
posted by beaverboard at 12:25 PM on April 17, 2015
Flyers fire coach Craig Berube
posted by tommybiden at 12:58 PM on April 17, 2015
I've seen a handful of similar articles, but this one has a nice graphic representation: What The MLB Would Look Like If Players Played For Their Home States
posted by Ufez Jones at 01:26 PM on April 17, 2015
Pennsylvania, California, New York, Ohio, and Alabama would be the favourites, I believe.
posted by grum@work at 01:57 PM on April 17, 2015
Just devastated. Heading out to slug down some Patron, urinate on a pinata, and set it on fire with a couple of Hooters waitresses jumping up and down
Any word on what's going to happen to the lion? My heart goes out to the luchador with the trumpet, I hope he and the lion can stay close.
If by some miracle The 700 Club were ever cancelled, I'd have a hell of a time annoying my wife on weekend nights.
posted by yerfatma at 03:10 PM on April 17, 2015
posted by yerfatma at 07:10 PM on April 17, 2015
If by some miracle The 700 Club were ever cancelled, I'd have a hell of a time annoying my wife on weekend nights.
If you're spending your weekend nights with the 700 Club while most heathens are out pleasure seeking, I don't need to fill out a Pray and Pledge card for the sake of your soul. Why pay good money on behalf of a guy who is already counted among the blessed and redeemed in the eyes of the lucid Reverend?
The proper answer is that there's no such thing as too much pledge money.
(Someday we can ruminate about my past association with various members of the Robertson realm over an earthly beverage.)
posted by beaverboard at 09:39 PM on April 17, 2015
If by some miracle The 700 Club were ever cancelled, I'd have a hell of a time annoying my wife on weekend nights.
My meager kingdom to have Hee-Haw available on Netflix.
posted by Ufez Jones at 10:01 PM on April 17, 2015
To be clear, we only ever watched to prank call. Much like QVC and the Quacker Factory, the good Lord bless that poor ex-sinner's soul.
posted by yerfatma at 10:31 PM on April 17, 2015
Just devastated. Heading out to slug down some Patron,
I was never a fan of Sabado Gigante, but I did watch it every once in a while. Don't tell my wife, but the feature I really appreciated was the bevy of lovely and well endowed ladies that populated the program.
My meager kingdom to have Hee-Haw available on Netflix.
There's an occasional re-run on RFDTV, if your cable or satellite provider carries that channel. I watched Hee-Haw for the same reasons I watched Sabado Gigante. As you might suspect, I fulfill both requirements to be a dirty old man.
posted by Howard_T at 12:49 AM on April 18, 2015
If one accepts the notion that there are two sets of laws of aerodynamics (with one pertaining to the human form), given Howard's military and engineering background and his viewership of Sabado, I can't think of anyone who is more familiar with both sets of laws than he is.
posted by beaverboard at 11:52 AM on April 18, 2015
I watched Hee-Haw for the same reasons I watched Sabado Gigante
In my travels, whenever I hit a cultural pocket in the US where both Spanish and Junior Samples are being spoken fluently at the same time, I feel like I'm home.
I feel a song coming on.
"Thar's a waitress in Texarkana..."
posted by beaverboard at 11:57 AM on April 18, 2015
I don't know about anybody else here, but in my head, I am picturing this exchange as taking place between people who randomly pop out of a cornfield.
Hey Howard, did you hear my dog a-run oft last weekend...?
posted by tahoemoj at 01:37 PM on April 18, 2015
Why I didn't a-know thet, Tahoemoj. Tell me, did it dig up a bone for Barbie Benton?
two sets of laws of aerodynamics (with one pertaining to the human form)
Did any of you know that Howard Hughes invented a bra for Jane Russell that highlighted her best feature (or features, to be more accurate) for her role in The Outlaw?. Hughes took advantage of his experience in aircraft design to develop a sort of articulated lift for MS Russell, and the result was, shall we say, spectacular. The secret is that she did not like the Hughes design, and made a substitute from one of her own bras padded with tissue and re-shaped with tightened straps. Howard Hughes once commented, "There are two good reasons why men go to see her. Those are enough."
posted by Howard_T at 03:18 PM on April 18, 2015
Younger SpoFites go scrambling to google Barbie Benton while Howard and I sit there watching them and chuckling to ourselves.
If we still had copies of those old magazines she once graced and they were in good condition, they'd probably be worth a little money.
(You don't need a GPS to locate Howard right now. He just ran up into his attic with dollar signs in his eyes.)
It didn't occur to me that the mention of a foreign language variety show would morph into a country-fried avianatomical discussion.
I'd like to put in a good word for Jane Russell's cheekbones. Maybe I'm the only person who ever noticed them.
posted by beaverboard at 05:10 PM on April 18, 2015
Younger SpoFites go scrambling to google Barbie Benton
It's "Barbi".
You know, so they can search Google properly. She's a bit before my time but I know who she is because of, uh, historical print records.
posted by grum@work at 09:45 PM on April 18, 2015
As a 12-13 year old I truly appreciated the weekly visit to Hee-Haw. Buck and Barbi #ftw.
posted by billsaysthis at 03:03 PM on April 19, 2015
Can I buy a vowel?
posted by beaverboard at 05:09 PM on April 19, 2015
Simulate your football team's upcoming draft. Make sure to set it 7 rounds to show off your DIII/ 1AA nous.