FanNation - The Republic of Sport

Welcome back to our third installment of "Love it or Hate it ?".

As usual we have 4 subjects that we ponder and tell you if we love it or hate it.

The panel this week consists of Harry Callahan, i B4 e, It's All Mine! and Curly Lambeau.

So jump aboard the crazy train and join us for some laughs.

------------------------------

The first subject is the commentator team of Al Michaels and John Madden.

----------------------------------------

Harry: Tee it off i B4 e.

--------------------

i B4 e: Hate it.

I used to think it was cute when Madden was in his prime, now they make my head want to explode.

They miss plays, they talk through plays and penalty calls, they seem to care less about the game.

The only way to make it worse would be to throw Theisman in there.

------------------------------------------

Harry : Love it.

When i here the Sunday Night Football music..it sends a chill up my spine..it means FINALLY !! to me.

They can tinker around with Dan Dierdorf and the Giffer and Dennis Miller and whoever else they can think of..but there is no other team i would rather hear.

When i hear their voices..thoughts of football flood through my brain..they are like the smell of popcorn in a movie theater.

------------------------------

It's All Mine!: Love it.

Love them for three reasons.

1): Their competition stinks. i B4 e already mentioned Theisman, but there are others who simply should not be in the broadcast booth.

2): I love the way Madden holds the mic in his hand. I think it jumped out of his hand once, and by God, that will never happen again! It looks tiny in those meat hooks he uses for hands.

3): My girlfriend hates Madden with a passion. 'Nuff said.

------------------------------------

Curly: Love it.

There are so few broadcasters that I can watch without choking on my own bile, that I really appreciate guys like Madden & Michaels, even though they definitely have their flaws (as iB4e pointed out very accurately).

I mean, for crying out loud, how hard is it to describe the action of a game? ...I swear! Damn! (see? I really did swear, I wasn't just sayin' it)

The concept of a broadcaster is SO simple: Help. The viewer. Watch. The football game. Despite their flaws, these guys do do a decent job of that. (...I said "do do"... heheheh...) I mean, at least they take their duty seriously! (..."duty"...)

----------------------------------------------------------------

Ahh..okay..moving on to the next subject..which is Heineken beer.

-----------------------------------------------

Harry: Go ahead and give us your take on the matter It's All Mine!

-----------------------

It's All Mine!: Love It.

I love Heineken for two reasons:

1): The first beer I ever drank/tasted was in Germany, as an army brat. It might as well have been Heineken.

2): I have been drinking Heineken from the mini-keg thingy tonight, and I don't have to work tomorrow (that's true).

---------------------------------------------

Harry: Love it.

Ooooh..the mini-keg thingy..i'm gonna have to try that..they look cool.

I would have to say that this is the worlds most perfect beer..Guinness lovers may argue the fact..but i think so.

I could take a bath in the stuff and enjoy the hell out of it.

---------------------------------------------------------------

i B4 e: Hate it.

Heine, hynen, hienenkin, crap, let me look it up

Heineken,

I love a good hiney, especially if it is nice and firm and shapely. If it's cold I can certainly help warm it up...

Huh?

What's that? You're talking about beer?

Oh, well then don't read my previous comment. I don't really care for Heineken, so put me down for hate it.

--------------------------------------------------------

Curly: Hate it.

If you like skunky beer, then this is the label for you! I don't know if it's because it's imported from the Netherlands or wherever it's from, but this stuff always, always smells like the bottle's been open for a few days in the sun and then resealed.
Now, at this point, someone might say "well, that's why you put the lime in it...to offset that taste and smell," to which I'd reply "alright, well I'm sure that dog crap would taste okay if you added enough sugar to dilute it, doesn't change the fact that, left to it's own merits, it's still just dog doo."
So...yeah... Not a fan.

----------------------------------------------------

Our third subject is going to be refried beans.

Harry: Hate it.

I can't stand this stuff..reminds me of brown spackling paste.

It is always left on my plate when we go to a Mexican restaraunt.

This tastless sludge reminds me of the stuff the guys are shoveling up after circus animals...YUCK !

--------------------------------------------------

i B4 e: Love it.

I'm mean what's not to love about refried beans? There is a plethora of options for using them:

Nachos, tacos, burritos, facial mask, and so on...

------------------------------------------

It's All Mine!: Love it.

Also known as frijoles refritos, refried beans bring joy and happiness to an otherwise bland world.

If prepared properly, they are impossible to use as spackling or as a facial mask, simply because their beauty is inescapable. Only a truly evil person would defile such perfection.


One word of advice: Never, ever attempt to make refried peas.

----------------------------------------

Curly: Hate it.

Okay, refried beans... Oh, fer gag me! Totally hate 'em!

When they cancelled Fear Factor, my chances of ever eating these things went from slim to none.

Seriously, if I'm gonna' eat this kind of sludge, there's gonna' hafta' be cash & prizes at the end of it. ...and, really, even then... Joe Rogan can go ahead and think I'm a wuss if he wants to, but some things are just not worth the money.

----------------------------------------

And for our final subject we turn to the commentator team of Joe Buck and Troy Aikman.

--------------------------------------------------------

i B4 e: Love it sorta.

Buck-n-Aikman huh?

Is this a set up? If I were to answer "hate it" then I would be hating on the second best QB my beloved Cowboys ever had.

On the other hand, if I were to say "love it" then that would be saying I actually like Joe Buck. So let me be a politician here and say yes.

I loved it before I hated it. I think Aikman does a great job providing analysis.

Buck, is just plain annoying. He is so in love with himself that he won't let Aikman finish half of his sentences.

That leads to Aikman trying to get the better of Buck and they both wind up looking like buffoons. So therefore and such, I would say hate it love it.

--------------------------------------

Harry: Love it sorta.

Damn you i B4 e..i was thinking the same exact thing you wrote.I think Aikman does a terrific job and he has found his nitch.

I could always tell who he was rooting for when he first started doing analysis and it used to annoy me..especially when he did a Cowboys game.But i think now he has come into his own and is one of my favorites.

Aikman sort of brings some excitement to the game..he makes it look easy..he doesn't beat us up with.. turn the volume down.. droning like say Dierdorf.

Buck on the other hand..enough said..we need to pair Troy up with a better partner STAT !

---------------------------------------------

It's All Mine!: Hate it.

Not because they have any skill at doing their stupid booth-talk stupidness, but because if they are plying their trade, that can mean only one thing--football season is here!!


[What?! Football season is here? Woohoo!]


No, idiot! NFL is, like, 5 months away. Calm down.

[Crap. I hate Buck and Aikman.]

---------------------------------------------------

Curly: Love it.

Not that I've actually got any great love for either one of 'em, mind you, but... myeh, they're better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.

(and, by "poke in the eye with a sharp stick," I am, of course, referring to any telecast that involves Tony Siragusa.)

---------------------------------------------

Well that's it folks!! We hope you enjoyed it..and if you didn't..we could care less as usual.

Come back next week for another exciting.. thrill a minute episode of "Love it or Hate it ?"

----------------------------

-----------This has been a Pier-11 production.-----------