So what has Gregg Easterbrook up in arms this week? Would you believe Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer?
Why do the Colts look so average this season? Predictable play calling, offensive line issues, Bill Polian, and a lack of Tony Dungy. But Dungy hasn’t been the coach since the end of the 2008 season, Gregg, so why is that an issue now?
The Titans problems “can’t possibly have anything to do with the arrival of Randy Moss”, can they?
Sweet and sour plays: Atlanta – Green Bay, Philadelphia – Chicago, Baltimore – Tampa Bay, Titans – Texans.
Christmas creep makes a return visit. And Easterbrook is upset, for real, that CBS is airing “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” in November. November 30th, to be exact. After Thanksgiving. During the Christmas season. Dear Gregg Easterbrook: please kindly put a sock in it. Thank you.
“Nielsen played the starship commander in the best sci-fi movie ever, ‘Forbidden Planet,’ released in 1956.” Best sci-fi movie ever? “Forbidden Planet” may be great, but best ever? Better than “2001”? Better than “Brazil”? Feel free to name other choices, or argue for “Forbidden Planet”, in the comments.
Where have all the stimulus dollars gone, short time spending? “…how come we don’t see the promised road construction, public transit improvements and school upgrades the stimulus funds supposedly were going to finance? Maybe because the money’s being stolen.”
Wasteful spending on bodyguards: the mayor of Detroit and his wife cost $1.35 million to protect. That’s the new mayor of Detroit, not the crooked one.
HIP 13044b. Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, and Indiana University Purdue University Columbus. “Stop Me Before I Blitz Again!” watch: Jacksonville – Giants, Oakland – Miami.
“Redskins Defense Is What the Doctor Ordered for Minnesota”. Except that it looks like what the doctor really ordered is not as much Favre passing, and perhaps a new coach.
Comic book characters are going to ruin Broadway. “TMQ dislikes that the Spider-Man movies have given Peter Parker far more powers than he had in the comics.” WCD dislikes Spider-Man period. He’s always been a whiny emo “superhero”, he’s never changed or grown, and (at least in the newspaper comics) his stories are paced in a way that makes glaciers look like top-fuel dragsters. WCD hopes that the musical crashes in flames and takes down much of Broadway with it.
“The movie Superman is so powerful that the only way to make plots interesting is for him to lose his powers, which has happened in every Supe flick and rapidly became monotonous.” Indeed. In a world where anything can happen (or where Superman can do anything) nothing that does happen is terribly interesting. WCD has never been a big superhero fan, but if we had to pick one, we would go with Batman; at least Batman’s abilities are human (albeit enhanced by wealth and intelligence).
Nice photo of the Raiderettes, but how can you talk about the Falcons cheerleaders without including a photo of them, too? Likewise, Gregg, you link to the Blue Angels official website while mentioning them in passing, but you can’t link to the Snowbirds site?
Chicken-<salad> punt watch: SF – Arizona, LSU.
Wacky drink watch: Actually, a restaurant that specializes in “obscure” cocktails. I’d love to go there and try a Sidecar. And just for the record, Gregg, while “The Last Word” may not sound good to you, it does have a respectable Prohibition-era history, and the bar staff looks to have serious and honorable intentions.
A ladder that saves energy? Does it have the Energy Star seal?
Sioux Falls 27, McKendree 7. Western Illinois 17, Coastal Carolina 10.
Reader comments: decentralized electrical generation, windfall taxes on politicians who use their positions to sell memoirs, winter begins in mid-November in Germany you maroon, high schools adopting BCS-style playoff systems, Ivy-League educated players, Favre, and police escorts.
“Single Worst Play of the Season — So Far”: Philadelphia at Chicago. At some point, WCD needs to write a longer, more thoughtful post about Michael Vick.
In the meantime, tune in next week when Gregg Easterbrook complains about “Miracle on 34th Street” airing on Thanksgiving Day.
While I would probably opt for Brazil or Star Wars for best SF film ever, Forbidden Planet is a very defensible choice, and certainly in the Top 10.