My NHL finals pick and Chris Elliot is genius...

Okay, it has been a while since I have posted so I apologize. It is my blog so I basically can do what I want so get over it. I am working on getting that Rudolph kid on the podcast but I am taking my own sweet time. Venckus Schmenkus is up right after that.

I have decided that I will give you my NHL Final picks so you can call your bookie and get your bet in at the last second. I was again, perfect in the last round. Not like it was that tough but I got it done.

Now the final...

Detroit Red Wings (1) vs Pittsburgh Penguins (2)

Okay, you probably already know how I am going with this but hell, again it is my blog, so just sit there and take it. Since the Penguins are the only remaining team with a former Green Bay Gambler on the team I am going again with the Penguins. They also have former Oilers Georges Laraque, the reigning NHL heavyweight champ and Petr Sykora. Lovet to see former Oilers do well in the playoffs and the Oilers not make the playoffs. Kinda makes me feel all warm inside. I really liked seeing Toby Petersen and Brad Winchester on the Power Play for Dallas last series. These are two guys who were ran out of town by MacTavish and co last year and are now kicking ass on a team that actually made the playoffs. So since I hate the Red Wings and the Pens have a Gambler that pretty much seals it. Sorry Trev and Preacher, your team sucks. On that note we move on...



NEXT: Chris Elliot. And I quote "There is no off on the Genius Switch." True, true, true. I have been saying that to everyone for years. I am a huge fan of Chris Elliot. I have often said that his career has mirrored me. Thats right I said it. He played a dude on a sitcom named "Get a Life" where he played a dude named Chris Peterson. He then played a news cameraman in the movie Groundhog Day. After that in the movie CB4 he played a filmaker. Chris Elliot truly is stealing from my life. I had a chance to interview him once and when I told him my name was Chris Peterson he just about died laughing and then asked if I lived with my parents. I said no, but they were there with me. That sent him over the top. The picture at the top is from that day. For those of you who recieve the Peterson Family Christmas letter that picture was in one of the first ones. Great guy, good interview. I should try to find that and put it up here.

I did a quick search on YouTube the other day and found a few classic Elliot vids.

There is of course the old man under the stairs bits from old Lettermans, but the NHL one with the rangers really made snot come out of my nose. That is the one up above.



This one is Elliot pushing his new series Skink the Bounty Hunter. Hilarious.



There is about 6 or seven of Elliot doing the Mac vs PC ads. Those are great also.



But by far his old stuff on Letterman is great. Enjoy. If you have time, which if you are reading this, you have WAY too much time, go to YouTube and search Chris Elliot.

This just in...It is official, my first round perfection was a fluke...

Okay, so now we all know that I got lucky in the first round. My second round I only got one series right. What do you expect? Me to pick against my favorite team? No way Jose. I still believe that the Avs could come back and win that series.

Quickly, because I am at work. Third round picks....

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS(2) vs PHILADELPHIA FLYERS(6)

Okay, when in doubt pick the team that has a former Gambler on it. Ty Conklin is on this team so I pick the Penguins. Never mind the fact that they have Malkin and Crosby. Some people say that the Flyers will rough the Penguins up. Uh, does anybody remember that the Pens have Georges Laraque? You know the toughest guy in the NHL. Undisputed heavyweight champion Georges Laraque. Just refer to this video to refresh your memory.



DETROIT DEAD WINGS(1) vs DALLASS STARS(5)

Okay I hate both these teams so I pick neither of them. They both suck. DalASS because they used to be the Minnesota North Stars and Detroit becasue they are Detroit. So I guess I pick Detroit because I am sooooo tired of teams from the south winning the cup where no one outside of the 20 thousand in the rink cares. I hope both these teams lose.

NEXT: Robby DuPuis of the Minneapolis DuPuis, sent this note about Tony and his return to the land of the free....

Hey, I was going through some old photos in my email account and found this rather obscure brush with fame from my rehearsal dinner the nite before my wedding. Legendary NHL referee Kerry Frasier stopped by for a beer.

Also, I need to request that Tony's entourage test is A LOT harder than the rest of ours. We're just a bunch of beer drinkin' punks next to him. The guy thrives in war zones which is a hell of a lot more than I can say, so he already has a leg up before the exam starts. Not fair, but glad to hear he's back safe and sound.

Robby

As you can see the pic to the right is Robby with Kerry Fraser. Nice. As for the podcast, not sure what I can do for you Rob. It's not like a bonehead like me is going to be able to make a guy who just did two tours in Iraq misstep. I am, after all, the guy who came up with the "Bon Jovi Lyric Interpretation". If I were smart it would be called the "Michael Stipe lyric interpretation".

Sorry.

And to show my incredible intelligence I will post this video of the Iron Shiek going nuts in an interview. Mikey Zee, of the CBC Zees, showed me this the other day. Man that Iron Shiek is CRAZY. If you want more, just go to YouTube and type "Iron Shiek Goes Nuts". Lots to choose from.

The best thing, among about 10 funny things, is he mentions God, Jesus, and Vince McMahon all in the same sentence. Yup you heard me right, AND what he says he wants to do to one of the Killer Bees is HILARIOUS. You must watch this, but NOT AT WORK!!!!!

Tony is back from Iraq...Return of THE MAN...

Tony Mutzenberger is back!!!! I think this calls for a whoooooo. So here goes...
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Tony got back on Saturday and all is well. It is good to hear that the man who inspired my weak ass screenplay is back among his family safe and sound. Now that I am closer to Minot I plan to tip a few Leinies with this man in the near future.

So you now may be asking yourself, "Self, how does Tony returning affect the Entourage competition?" Well I will tell you. It adds another dude to the mix on the Podcasts. I just hope that this genuine war hero will lower himself a bit to mix it up with me and my silly questions.

To all those in the competition I say this...Good luck, the game has just changed.

Trev brings the noise...

Okay, the next victim stood up and took his medicine. Trev Doroshenko, of the Regina Doroshenkos, took time to take the quiz on TundraTalk the Podcast. What did Trev talk about? Well he spoke on the worst boss ever, the worst football team ever, and even managed to slip in some beer talk. Nice trev. CLICK HERE to listen to Trev rock the house or just click on the link up on the right.

Next up on the list to end all lists is our first, and I think last, viqueen fan. Reg Rudolph, of the Garrison Rudolphs, will step into the gauntlet. What do you think we will talk about? I can think of one thing.

Robby DuPuis, of the Minneapple DuPuis, took some offence to my soccer rants. Robby is a soccer enthusiast and thought I was a bit harsh...
WOW! Pretty harsh stuff. It's too bad soccer fans aren't classy like a rasslin' crowd.

Robby

Dude, I have never claimed wrasslin' fans to be classy, let alone intelligent. I am just sayin' that my experience this past few weeks has been difficult. I would rather cover city hall. Really. I know you play, and like I said I see how it could be a good workout, but it is far from entertaining to watch. Wrasslin', VERY entertaining. Not real, but very entertaining.

I'll agree that soccer is much more entertaining to play than watch, but I would not call wrasslin' entertaining. Ridiculous yes, entertaining no, and this is spoken from someone who has been to a wrasslin' match. Once was enough.

Robby

That is why it is entertaining. It is ridiculous. If you had gone to said match with me, you would have had a great time. Trust me I know. One of Donna and my first dates was ringside at the Minot Dome for a wrasslin' event. I got to go to wrasslin' AND hang out with a cool chick. Who won on that one? ME, BABY, ME! AND she still married me didn't she? There must be something there.

I will make one more comparison to try to illustrate my point. Remember the movie back in the 80's called 'Just one of the guys' where the chick pretended to be a dude? I did not see it but this movie's box has a picture of this chick in football locker room. There was a movie out recently called 'She's the man' that basically had the same plot, chick pretending to be a dude, except it was based around soccer. I am sure both of these movies sucked the big one, but the one that had football sucked a whole lot less because it did not involve soccer.

Bottom line soccer sucks. End of story. Sorry to offend you Robby.

Robby did send me this link to him prognosticating on the NHL playoffs. Robby is soooooo cool in this clip, his hair is way off the charts. But his prognosticating is dead on. I did remind him that I also had a haircut that was a bit, let's say, off back in the day.

Now, thatsa bad hair cut. Keith Murphy used to refer to this haircut as my "Molly Ringwald period". Yup, bad hair. If I remember correctly Robby was there when I actually had my hair dyed red. Robby went for the old lady grey but ended up with kinda gross white.

We all do stupid things when we are young.

Now Get back to work!!!!!!