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Hi everyone,
It’s your ol’ pal Beerguyrob, here to entertain you on another Saturday night.
Well, it’s the night before “The Big Game”.™®© As is custom, I thought I’d let the music do the talking, with the input of several fellow Commentists from the various Open Threads during the week.
To start things off, we’ve got GWAR with my feelings on everybody asking Tom Brady about how much of a legacy game Sunday will be.
Meanwhile, King Hippo takes us back to the St. Louis Rams’ victory over Steve McNair & the Titans with “Wasted Days” by the Cloud Nothings.
Low Commander invokes the anthem of Bad Religion to remind us all that Roger Goodell is a National Disgrace, whereas Dean Spanos is just a statewide disgrace.
Never forget that all of their words are a warm and septic breeze.
Rikki reminds us that no matter how hard we try or want a different outcome, it’s still us against them – and they’re winning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs6gQPpWuts
Yeah Right reminds us that there is indeed no escape, so much like the Architect wishes to destroy Zion, so too must we cleanse this world with flame, end this, cleanse this, then rebuild and start again – hopefully without The One Bill Belichick.
Finally, Redshirt – God bless him – comes through with the words of wisdom that must have helped through every one of Marv Lewis’ 14 seasons in Cincinnati.
Of course, we can’t forget Gronk’s playing.
Tonight’s sports:
- NFL:
- NFL Honors – 9:00PM | CBS
- Sometime during the broadcast, they will announce the 2019 Hall of Fame class.
- Reminder – here’s who made the short-list:
- Tony Gonzalez, Isaac Bruce, Edgerrin James, Ed Reed, Steve Atwater, Champ Bailey, Ty Law, John Lynch, Tony Boselli, Steve Hutchinson, Alan Faneca, Kevin Mawae, Richard Seymour, Don Coryell, Tom Flores.
- Reminder – here’s who made the short-list:
- Sometime during the broadcast, they will announce the 2019 Hall of Fame class.
- NFL Honors – 9:00PM | CBS
- NHL:
- Penguins at Leafs – 7:00PM | CBC
- Red Wings at Senators – 7:00PM | City
- Ducks at Jets – 7:00PM | Sportsnet
- Lightning at Rangers – 8:00PM | NBC
- Canucks at Avalanche – 10:00PM | CBC
- NBA:
- Lakers at Warriors – 8:30PM | ABC / TSN2
- NCAA:
- Indiana at Michigan State – 6:00PM | ESPN
- Syracuse at Pittsburgh – 6:00PM | ESPN2
- Kansas State at Oklahoma State – 6:00PM | ESPNU
- George Mason at VCU – 6:30PM | NBCSN
- Tennessee at Texas A&M – 8:00PM | ESPN
- Alabama at Auburn – 8:00PM | ESPN2
- New Mexico at Fresno State – 10:00PM | ESPNU
- Futbol:
- Liga MX:
- León vs. Cruz Azul – 7:55PM | UNI
- Tijuana vs. Toluca – 10:00PM | FS1
- International Friendly Soccer:
- U.S. vs. Costa Rica – 8:00PM | FS1
- Liga MX:
Oh football,
Today’s theme is songs that I absolutely love by bands I will otherwise go out of my way to turn off. Their look in this concert is almost as bad as the rest of their music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8Eo-y10Kt4
They’re Ralph Lauren models compared to REO Speedwagon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ-uWQJNx7w
Phil is now in his third Groundhog Day. Meanwhile, Richard from “Somewhere in Time” is punching a wall at the thought of someone repeating the same day until he finds his true love.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzfuXJ9NwlM
Punching the wall really, really hard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVZrj6S3Hhk
My dog refusing to let me brush her teeth in the most annoying way possible by just keeping her lips closed and slowly turning her head while sitting still, so I no longer give a fuck if she has teeth at 5
To be fair; I do the same thing to myself.
Good Bad Movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBFwxsY62Uw
How random. I was just thinking about this movie.
Groundhog Day Counter: 2
Phil’s already losing it and he’s five minutes in.
HTFYDB?!?
Just thought I’d add to the TV listings. Top Rank Boxing and UFC on the…the +. I know, I know, but I like ESPN+. Seriously, fights since 4pm through like 11, too bad there’s no split screen.
PRAISE BLEERGH!!!
Groundhog Day Discussion – Did Phil shower each morning?
It’s where he prefers to jerk off
Interesting day to be a hardcore leftist in Virginia.
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Watching “Groundhog Day”. Its listed as a comedy, even though its a person stuck in his own personal hell repeating the same day for anywhere for 8 years, 8 months and 16 days.
He spent at least 20 years there. He learned about the whole town. That took years.
The whole town wouldn’t take that long. Becoming a piano player of note and a master ice sculptor? Different story.
Correction: Ramis said it took 10 years to learn the piano based on how good he played in his final loop. He could’ve been in there for thousands of years. He could’ve spent hundreds of them killing himself over and over again.
I’m pretty sure he once said Phil was doing it for centuries.
I went by the director and some internet experts. I’ve heard estimates of 34 years.
If he didn’t find true love, or learn how to be selfless, or if God finally put his beer off of Phil’s REPEAT button, he would’ve repeated that forever.
Even dying of old age didn’t save him. He didn’t age.
Just imagine if he’d started the day with a hangover.
Holy shit. I never considered that.
That’s evil.
i wish Pau Gasol was 10 years younger. He’s just too old now to be useful.
As a followup to Brick’s post down below, two days ago after there was a break in the rain, my wife and I went to Costco. IT WAS THE BEST TRIP EVER! They had at least a dozen stations for samples set up – mostly sausage stuff – and the place was virtually empty.
What’s the worst store to be stuck at? I think it’s Bed Bath & Beyond just because there is no cool section anywhere. Costco has the stations. Home Depot has the cool ass grills I’m never going to buy. BB&B is just wall to wall linens. Maybe you could argue Michael’s but not as suffocating. I don’t feel like I might actually be trapped in a Michael’s. BB&B feels like I’m one misstep away from being trapped by the minotaur. They need to meet me halfway and sell something like fresh popcorn or something. They could get fancy with the flavors. How about pommes frites? That’d be something I could at least look forward to.
Open question to all: As a fellow unfortunate soul who was diagnosed by a shaman with hypertension, does rye whiskey contain enough sodium to stop drinking it? Asking for a friend.
I have a degree in chemistry from arguably the best chemistry undergraduate program in the United States, and I assure you that it does not have too much sodium.
/actually has no idea
According to the internet, bourbon has none. So you are probably fine.
Thanks, doctor. I’ll drink until it goes away.
–Truman Capote
Good to know
/Orders bourbon margarita with extra salt on the rim
Canaudian anthem music was originally written by someone named Calixa Lavallée. And he somehow fought in the American Civil War.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calixa_Lavall%C3%A9e
Never Forget
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTHtL3NYb4Y
Heehee, the Red Wings color commentator basically just spends the whole game complaining about the refs and making thinly veiled references to how much he used to drink as a player.
Bat delay in San Antonio again.
And the Coyote got him
YOU GET RABIES! AND YOU GET RABIES! EVERYONE GETS RABIES!
This guy running around on the court again?
he has a Texan-size physique
Na na na na na na na na VIRGIN
https://variety.com/2019/gaming/news/groundhog-day-sequel-game-1203126479/
Groundhog Day is getting a sequel as a VR game. Because repeating the same day over and over and over ad infinitum is exactly the film that people want to recreate. Screw flying the Death Star chasm or storming the beaches of Normandy.
One of the interesting questions I thought was associated with that situation was whether you would have the inclination to start doing horrible acts (like murder and rape and murderrape) and if so, whether you would have the guts to take the chance that once you did something like that, *that* would be the day that time started moving normally again.
/gets Groundhogged a thousand days in a row
“Ok, that’s it. I’m gonna cut off my own dick and eat it in the middle of Times Square.”
/Groundhogging ends
Good point. If anything that’s shows the type of person Phil was. The worst he did was use his knowledge for a one-night stand, punch Ned in the face, or just mess with people. When he reached the point of hopelessness, he only killed himself over and over again instead of hurting anyone else.
Well except Phil of course.
Go Spurs Go
#NetsHouse
and don’t yeeeewwwww forget it! 😀
(Northham again)
Oh, good. Its gets better.
A reporter asked if he still knows how to moonwalk (because that’s the question we all want answered here). He smiled like he was about to do it, but his wife (I think?) behind him said “Inapporpriate circumstances” in a tone that say, “God help me, if you do the moonwalk, I will divorce you right here!”
you see, when y’all is stuck in a hole, KEEP digging until ya get all teh way to Red China!
https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1091799072053358594
“Hey Cardi B, I got a Quarter B named Tommy B!” /cripwalks
Anyone got a Arctic Vortex story from this week? I love me some good weather stories.
Its wasn’t during an Arctic Vortex, but I can tell you about the time I turned my road into a ice covered pond. Lets just say that just because the sump pump doesn’t freeze at 25 degrees doesn’t mean the water won’t freeze once it hits the curb and street.
On Monday it was 70 here, but with the wind it felt like 68.
Does this count?
Lil’ WCS: “I wanna go out and play!”
Me: “You sure? Pretty cold out there.”
Lil’ WCS: “I wanna play!”
/flash forward ten minutes getting kids prepped for outdoors
//about 90 seconds outside
Lil’ WCS: “Daddy, too cold!”
Me: “I told you it would be. Do you want to play inside or outside?”
Lil’ WCS: “Too cold!”
Me: “Thank God for bourbon. Back inside we go.”
How much bourbon did Lil WCS drink?
Obviously, not enough.
(how that conservation went for my childhood)
Lil’ Redshirt: “Mommy, its too cold!”
Momshirt: “Let me see your fingers. You don’t got frostbite. Get back out there.”
Just watching Northam’s speech today.
“When I saw the image of my yearbook page, I was shocked and appalled.”
It took him nearly 35 years to realize a picture of a guy in blackface and a KKK Klansman was on his yearbook page?!
“While I didn’t do this picture, I took part in a dancing costume wearing blackface while dressed as Michael Jackson.”
How does that line help you at all in this? You’re supposed to get you head off the gallows, not give the executioner pointers on his swing.
His college nickname was …um…I don’t feel comfortable typing it. It not a profanity, but its definitely derogatory towards African Americans.
How are we finding out now? We’re in an age where nothing is secret. If I ran for Congress, within three days my political enemies will know my first crush, the first porn site I ever visited and the grade I got in 1st Grade Handwriting. How are we just finding out something like this?!
dumbass
maybe Weird Al will do a parody of this for Gov. Frank Reynolds?
/disclaimer, is really the only Soundgarden tune I didn’t like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0_zzCLLRvE
“Hey, that was my old nickname too. Oh wait…did you say ‘poonman’?”
– B. Clinton
i love that the other NBA teams have told the Lakers to “go fuck yourself”.
Happy Saturday.
A pipe, a beer, and a dog? This dude knows whats up…..
Ralph Northam apparently “joked” about how hard it was to get the shoe polish off after his minstrel act. YES, Virginia, your Governor is Frank Reynolds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0L_oJMhcs0
“Yes, it was me.”
“We need you to resign.”
“Wait, no, sorry. Wasn’t me. That was a lie, but not like, a resignation-worthy lie.”
“foh”
FFS, they’re doing all the Frozen songs. Why?
You’re the one who bought a Disney kids’ game. Damn pedo.
Kingdom Hearts is 17 years old. Good enough for Seinfeld, good enough for me.
I KNEW you were a libertarian.
Booky book update – currently reading Ken Follett’s “The Century” trilogy, enjoying it very much.
Traction – Gino Wickman. Am working on my management skills.
James Dolan has given NBA fans so much joy. Knicks fans not so much joy.
Still cant get over the KP trade. Which NBA stars in their right mind would willing join that shit show? Durant is going to LOVE IT!
What’s the spread on tomorrow’s Puppy Bowl? Cant seem to find any odds online.
Newspapers. Because they’ll be SPREAD on the floor. Because of pee. GET IT?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJEJFbUt9sg
May have been shared here, but lets relive this once again.
Folks
Randy Carlyle could get fired in the intermission tonight. Ducks down 6-0 through 1.
A touchdown, and the PAT, and they’ve got the lead. Nothing to worry about. `
No problem. All they gotta do is string some hits together and get his pitch count up. If they can get to the bullpen early, they have a chance at a comeback.
Mahommes is the MVP
Plus here’s the HoF Class
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/pro-football-hall-of-fame-class-of-2019-announced-tony-gonzalez-ed-reed-headline-but-some-stars-left-waiting/
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2019-nfl-honors-hall-of-fame-live-updates-tracking-mvp-rookie-of-the-year-whos-made-it-to-canton-and-more/
Of course, the Frozen world is the only one in Kingdom Hearts with the full musical number because “Let it Go” could really use the exposure
TRUE HIPPO FACT! I have never seen Frozen – not one goddamned minute of it.
Its worth seeing at least once. You can tell why the song “Let It Go” changed the whole movie and why people call “Frozen” the special edition extended cut to “Let It Go”. Plus, the way they wrote the villain was good.
I actually haven’t seen it. Or Tangled, and toy story was 2 or 3 years too late for me, and Monsters, Inc, was closer to my kid’s generation. When they released the first KH 18 years ago (*sobbing noises*), most of the worlds were from my youth (Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Nightmare Before Christmas, etc.), now it’s this weird amalgam of my Kingdom Hearts nostalgia and my kid’s Disney/Pixar nostalgia.
It briefly stopped raining here in Los Angeles (one of our football teams is playing tomorrow) so I went to my local Ralphs and there was a run on the place. Except, it was full of really really old people. Go figure.
So, more like a walker on the place.
As a veteran of the USAF, I just want to say (type?) Canada’s national anthem is vastly better than the US’s.
Well that’s cause a Brit wrote the music smh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stafford_Smith
We may have won the Cold War but the Russians do have the better anthem.
You cannot watch the crew of the Red October sing “Slav’sya, Otechestvo nashe svobodnoye” and not get filled with pride for the USSR. That is a fact.
One, thanks again for your service.
Two, its a poem, not a song.
Honestly, I’d go with America the Beautiful or maybe Battle Cry of Freedom with updated non-Civil War lyrics.
I’m still on board for having MetallicA’s “Master of Puppets” or Slayer’s “Reign in Blood” as our anthem. Maybe The Cars’ “Moving In Stereo.”
If we’re doing rock songs, lets look at Absolute Zero by Stone Sour. The kind of fits America as an Anti-Hero.
Or Tired by Stone Sour. That kind of fits America today much better.
I need to go to Trader Joe’s and load up on unhealthy snack food for tomorrow.
Huh, that’s a pretty white statement right there.
Don’t stop by Bed, Bath and Beyond, there has been bad things going down there lately.
While looking for this video, I discovered that Nickelback covered this song. I gave it about 15 seconds. It’s so bad, I won’t even put it here as a joke. And I’ve gladly posted Rebecca Black’s “Friday” video on this site several times.
Anyway, here’s Elton.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsdNu-VNIrs
It will sadden you to know then that for 15 years it was the intro to game two of the Hockey Night In Canada broadcast.
Also, always a possible theme with the sport we begrudgingly love:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=EM4vblG6BVQ&feature=youtu.be
In case the NFL ever converts to Judaism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuVmjv22Nqc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPo9OBrIOi4
I will not give the NFL my eyeballs on a bullshit honors show. But Atwater is my favorite on that list.
According to the radio people he didn’t make it; Mr. B and Champ made it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0tu6kclScY
Goes to bet on Super Bowl, is distracted by live betting Bermudian futbol.
Missile to the Moon (1958)
Missiles?
I’d let her put her missile in my moon. Wait. No, that’s right.
Pegged it!
-Not Blair Walsh (maybe; his wife IS pretty hot)
(I wonder how many times he’s missed the target in bed)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0dnUB25zjY
Get ready for the big game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BKKaKT_dtM