After 50 years on TV and 35 with The Price Is Right, Bob Barker is finally going to hang up that wand microphone next June.
Barker is a legend. There isn’t a person in America over the age of 8 who doesn’t have memories of staying home from work or school and watching Price Is Right. Phrases like “showcase showdown”, “don’t forget to have your pets spade or neutered”, and of course “come on down” are instantly familiar to nearly everyone.
The old guy is still tossing out the zingers too. On whether or not he’d take an movie roles, he said sure but no nude scenes. “These Hollywood producers want to capitalize on my obvious sexuality, but I don’t want to be just another beautiful body.”
Adam TV
I went to the NASCAR race here in Atlanta yesterday. The weather was beautiful so the track was filled with fans cheering on their favorite drivers. I’ve been to a dozen or so races, but I think yesterday was the first time I noticed all of the different ways fans cheer for their drivers.
There’s …
See all of my photos from the race.
Adam Photos, Sports
What the F? Why the hell would we give up Booger for a second round pick?! Especially a low one like we’re likely to get back from the Colts.
Was this a personal favor to Tony Dungy or something? Were Gruden and General Manager Bruce Allen just trying to better motivate our struggling defense by trading away one of the few good players we have left? Are they just determined to kill off the soul of the Bucs and rebuild it totally?
Our offense is extremely young, and our defense is extremely thin (and aging) because we’ve neglected them in the draft ever since Gruden arrived. So, in that context, I think it makes perfect sense to give up one of our best defenders for a low second round pick and sign a Cornerback who is so injury-prone that the lowly Houstan Texans cut him.
Can we please just get rid of Derrick Brooks and Ronde Barber so that I can find a new favorite team. I’m getting really tired of this junk. Maybe I can be a Jags fan?
Adam Buccaneers, Football, Sports
I just saw a commercial for the DVD release of a movie called Feast. The commercial calls it “the unrated DVD event of the year”. Now I ask you, can that statement be true if you’ve never heard of the movie?
Adam Commercials, Movies, TV
I was on the Raiders side in that Porter should shut up and play, but he’s been quiet the first four games and yet it’s going to be at least another four before he plays.
I don’t get it. What has he done now? Randy Moss is the one I keep hearing asking for a trade. Running his mouth. I haven’t heard anything from Porter. So what gives with a four-game suspension on top of already being deactivated for the first four games? The quote from Art Shell: “He’s working. It’s not that he’s not working. I’ve never said he hasn’t worked. He’s doing what he’s asked to do and you can’t ask for anything more than that.”
So that’s why you suspended him?
Whatever he’s done, perception is starting to swing in his favor. Many people are starting to look at how bad the Raiders are and how they have managed to underachieve with what little talent they have. They are looking at the fact that Al Davis is long past his prime in talent evaluation. Art Shell hasn’t been a coach in a long, long time before Davis found him and brought him back to Raider Nation. And their offensive coordinator, as Tony Kornheiser loves to say, has been running a bed-and-breakfast for the last eight years.
All of that is starting to make Porter look less like the idiot in this situation and more like another Marcus Allen. Never thought I’d say that.
Adam Football, Sports
I love watching basketball. When a talented group of NBA players are working to perfection, it’s a beautiful thing. Even with it’s lack of defense, I enjoy watching the all-star game every year. What I don’t enjoy is watching and listening to a bunch of idiots on the court who think it’s their God-given right to make millions of dollars playing NBA basketball. That’s why it’s even harder to watch these same guys lose their minds when a call goes against them.
With that in mind, I am really happy to see NBA Commish David Stern trying to do something about it. Some are calling it the crybaby rule, and I think I like that name. All the rule says is you’re going to get a technical foul if you start whining and complaining over a ref’s call. It’s really intended to stop guys like Rasheed Wallace who act like some crime against humanity was just committed every time he is called for a foul. His eyes bug out, he throws up his hands and stomps his feet. Yep, just like a four-year-old crybaby. And when a four-year-old is under proper supervision, he/she will generally be punished for acting out.
I hope it’s strictly enforced cause it could be fun to watch. These guys have gotten out of control and I’m ready to see it reined in. Unfortunately, some guys who aren’t really acting that crazy will likely get caught in the crossfire, but I’m all for coming down harder than necessary to make a point. This isn’t life or death, it’s just basketball.
Adam Sports
Just listening to yesterday’s Buzz Out Loud podcast from CNET and they made a very good point about the whole YouTube/Google lawsuit fear that I hadn’t previously thought of.
We all predicted that as soon as a company with deep pockets bought YouTube the lawsuits would come out. But maybe Google’s pockets are too deep. I, along with many others, believe that Google has enough F-U money to pitch at the content distributors to keep them off their backs until they can prove their business model works. I hadn’t thought about the fact that Google has so much money that they can afford to fight all of these guys in court for a long, long time. And no one has really stood up to them before so it’s possible that they could even beat them in court.
That’s a lot of assuming, but there’s enough of a possibility there that maybe these guys are worried about that too. Which would encourage them to sign with Google (for a hefty fee, of course) rather than try and fight Google.
Adam Movies, Music, TV, Technology
