Favre round two...

All right, it has been a month. I have had plenty of time to digest the loss that was. I really just did not need that. In fact the week after it became a ZERO TOLERANCE week. If anyone brought up the game or the queens to me I just explained that I did not want to discuss it at all and walked away.

This really pisses me off because I have other things to talk about here on TundraTalk and I am getting sidetracked by the Douchebag of the year and the dick who kicked him out of Lambeau. Important things like this texting shit and the language that has sprung up from it. DRIVES ME CRAZY. Oh and I did an psychological experiment on myself. Yup, you read it right, I experimented with my psyche and lived to talk about it. More on that if I can ever get this stupid queens thing out of my foremind. Is that even a word? Screw it. It is now. Of course I have the Entourage to think about also. How dare Brent Favre do this to my big announcements. Dick.

To make matters worse on the Wednesday after the Monday night game, I was not working. So about 2pm in the afternoon, the doorbell rings. I am literally sitting on my throne. That upsets me just to start it off. So I quickly 'finsish what I am doing' and run upstairs. I open the door and it is some religious door to door folks. They explain to me that they had dropped off some stuff a while back and wondered if I had read it. I said no, and the dude said, and I quote, "I see you are a big Packer fan by your truck and flag." I say 'yeah' wondering what is coming next.

This jerk off says to me..again, I quote..."Well, I am a big vikings fan and...." ARE YOU F'N KIDDING ME? At that point I said "And this is where I close the door." And I closed the door. ZERO TOLERANCE.

I just ain't gonna sit and listen to this bozo run his mouth about Brent Favre and the godless queens. I am always very considerate of door to door people. They have a tough job dealing with all that rejection. I will at least listen to their speil and then say no. THIS GUY, has the balls to drop "I am a viking fan." on me and expects me to invite him in? Screw that.

So there was that along with everyone I know wanting to hear my opinion. I am glad that so many people want to hear what I have to say, but I am sooooo tired of talking about this a-hole that it is starting to make me a bit sick.

So here I am again talking about the jerk off. Today, in honor of Brent Favre returning to Lambeau to get his ass handed to him I have the top 4 ways to welcome him back to Green Bay Wisconsin. Keith Murphy, of the Dead Moines Murphy's, called me and wanted me to be on his radio show to talk about this topic. So I came up with this list, along with some visual aids.

#1. First thing we need to do is let him know that we have decided that his number will be retired when HE retires, not anytime sooner. So we give the number to the punter to let him know that we are serious about it. No more ignoring the number when it comes time to hand out numbers to rookies and such. Hell we could even give it to the water boy.




#2. On every wash room in Lambeau field put a picture of Aaron Rodgers on the Mens room door and on the Womens room door put a picture of Brent in the ugly purple dress. This would also send a message to the man. Plus it just makes me laugh thinking about it. Really that shit is funny. Just look at it. I think I will send this off to Lambeau and see if they get it done.

#3. Just to take the last one a few steps forward, lets put Brent's picture crying at his presser when he retired the first time on all the toilet paper in the joint. Sell it at the Pro Shop. Since 90 percent of all the toilet paper in America is made in the Green Bay area this one should not be that hard. We could also put the number 4 on all the toilet seats so when you sit you are sitting on his number. Good idea Chris.

#4. Okay this one is the best one I had. FIRE TED THOMPSON. Fire him today, tomorrow, or hell fire him yesterday. He has got to go. I am so sick and tired of his management. We have no o line to protect A Rod. He spends most of the game on his ass. He will not sign free agents, wait, I take that one back. He signed Ahman Green. AHMAN GREEN? Wasn't he the one that sent him packing saying he could not play anymore? I love Green. I am forever grateful for his years with the Pack but man, shake your head Ted. YOU SUCK. The minute you are gone is the minute this glorious franchise gets back on the right track. I hate Ted Thompson. I do.

I have a few bets on this game, as I always do. I am down one game to all these queen fan losers, but I will get back even on this game. As of right now I owe Dahler, of the minneapple Dalher's, a 12'r of Leinies Amber. I was up one dinner with Gene Principe, of the Sportsnet Principe's, so now we are even, but I will get that dinner back. Oh, and this kid Jodie M, of the who knows where he lives now, I owe a toonie.

James Grandy, of the Minot Grandy's, thinks he is being smart by betting that if the Pack looses I need to put a queen logo on my FB profile for the rest of the season. I cannot take that bet because that would be treason. Treason. I shall not associate myself with the color purple EVER. I know the Pack will win, I just ain't gonna risk that kind of girlish behavior. I would not ask him to do that if the Pack win. Too much humiliation, for him of course. Oh and isn't it funny how these people who never wanted to bet in the past all of a sudden are all over me? Yup, bandwagon must be getting full. Don't worry, it will empty off here in a few more games.

So here is my prediction. Now that the queens have lost a game...oh by the way. They finally play a team that had a winning record last year and the LOSE. The queens are not a great team, they have been playing crappy teams padding their record. So, the Pack will win at Lambeau 31 to 21. Brent will be sacked 3 times and will throw one pick. Read it and week queen fan. queen fan!!! Start your excuses!!!!

The Response to the Favre post is as expected...

The reaction to Favre's act of high treason has been swift. Which is expected. I also suspect that Brent has read my letter and spent a couple of hours crying on the floor of his bathroom. Check this LINK. Fricking funny. Dickipedia entry for Brent. Very, very funny. Once again, the funny queen pics on this site are from Packers Palace dot com. Best site, besides this one, for your Packers stuff. I got a link to this song also. Funny.

Since TundraTalk is the multi dollar news organization and website, we of course will be covering this event with all it's resources. Shannon Just, of the Fargo Just's, will be attending the game tomorrow night and will file a report shortly after. Shannon, take it away.

Ringleader,

Strange turn of events. My dad, brother, and I are going to the cities this weekend. Originally we were going just to tool around and check out Valley Fair. My dad calls me tonight and says he got tickets to the game tomorrow night. So I guess I will be seeing "Brent" in the purple 4 jersey. Thought you should know.

The drama around all this is so disappointing that I am sure the game will be also. I am going for KC by the way.

So anyway, If I get within ear or finger shot of Brent; I'll call him Brent from you along with a "YOU SUCK!!!" Just cause I know you'd want it that way. The thing I DO appreciate about Favre at this point is his age. I mean imagine trying to do what he is doing with our 40 year old bodies. You gotta give him that much.

I just have a feeling he is going to get hurt bad this season though. But if by some slight chance he is able to pull it off and have a winning season- that would say a lot for human longevity. Anyway that is also going to be the premise of my new blog. Health and Longevity. Should be up and running sometime soon.

Later, Shannon

Thanks Shannon and if you have a chance record your you suck and send that to me with some pictures. I would love that. Brent deserves at least a YOU SUCK.

Next up is James Grandy, of the Minot Grandy's. He likes what he read and has a bit of constructive criticism...

Dear TT, The publisher of this blog has a bad attitude.

that was the best edition of TT to date.

James Grandy

Thank you James, I will take your advice in consideration. Next up is Danny McIntosh, of the Regina McIntosh's. He is a Giants fan and has been very considerate to me since the NFC Championship game that I attended. Danny, the floor is yours...


Don't worry Peterson.

You'll get the last laugh. Be happy Rosenfels isn't leading the Vikings, and I'll tell you why. Rosenfels has a bit of gunslinger in him and he can get it down field. Plus, he's not a big enough name to get the Purples out of Adrian Peterson (no relation.......I don't think) mode.

The legend will walk in there, freelancing like he's 30, stealing touches from the second coming of Eric Dickerson and launching 50 yard bombs 45 yards down field turning into 80 yard pick 6's.

12 million dollars.
40 year old arm.
No training camp.
9-7.
No playoffs.
Priceless.

Wait a minute. Actually it's 12 million dollars.

Danny Mac

Danny Mac is a local news slinger here in Regina. He seems to know what he is talking about and he also seems to know the Mastercard Ad fairly well.

Next up is another Reginaite Kyle Bender, who will be getting his ass kicked by me in my new fantasy football league this year. Go Kyle...

I enjoyed reading your blog on Favre. Personally I think he's lost his damn mind. I know you don't like Thompson but the more Favre acts like a waffling diva, the more I think Teddy was right to cut ties. Regardless the ratings should be through the roof for the Nov 1st game in Lambeau huh?

Later! Kyle Bender

You are correct on one thing and wrong on the other. Ted is a jackass and is the SOLE reason Favre is acting like this, and yes those ratings will be fairly high.

Last but not least Ivy, of the Moorehead Ivy's, sent us a bit more of his opinion. As always Ivy is dead on point. Ivy...

I know you are still one of those true Packer fans Lord Favre spoke of at the press conference when he said “Is it weird? Yes. Will it be different? Yes. You can’t take away 16 years of what happened in GB.”.

I’m just happy Adrian won’t have to fight 8 or 9 guys in the box with #4 in there.

Respectfully Submitted,
Steve Iverson

Steve is always so respectful. Thanks for all the input. TundraTalk would not be what it is without TT nation.

Now GET BACK TO WORK!!!

Conference Finals and my new project...

Hello, are you listening? I hope you are because if you were, and you took my advice and called your bookie. You would be a lot richer right now. Last round I was 3 for 4 on the series. The only series I got wrong was the Bruins/Hurricanes and that went seven and OT in the seventh game. Could have gone either way. I am soooo good it is sick.

First off lets get to the mail bag... James Grandy, of the Minot Grandy's, pipes in...

Dear TT,

I'm with ya buddy, no real Viking fan wanted him. He sucks...and he is the same age as you pete, so really...it would be like you playing QB for the vikes.

This ain't over, its never over.....never.....ever.

You know what, I may as well as be your QB. I have just as many super bowl rings as any queen in history. Deal with that queenfan. Besides that has got to burn that the BEST shot you have at EVER getting a ring is with the greatest Packer player of all time. You suck.

Next Jon Bauer, also of the Minot Bauers, jumps into the Favre thing...

Chris :

I think you are looking this all wrong, if Favre does go to the DWIkings look at all the returns for Td that Chuck Woodson will have!!!!

Jon

Correctumundo...

Finally, Lee Ellison, of the Bismarck Ellisons, takes time out of his busy schedule being the biggest stupid viqueen fan of all times to send me this picture...

Thank you Lee for stepping up and finally joining the discussion. Everyone needs one more queen fan to bash. After all it is the Packer way.





So how do I out do round one and two? Well I am gonna tell you. Here are my picks for the Conference Finals.

EASTERN CONFERENCE FINAL

Pittsburgh Penguins (4) vs Carolina Hurricanes (6)

This one is a tough one, but not really. Preacherman's boyfriend, Crosby, is leading the playoff scoring and is on a tear. This kid is good. Does not crumble under pressure. Always seems to come up with a goal when he needs one. He is truly the goods. On the other hand, the Hurricanes have done exactly what everyone has said they wouldn't do. They whipped Brodeur and the Devils. The took off the number one seed in the Bruins in a series that they jumped out to a 3-1 lead. Amazing. Cam Ward is playing like a mad man right now and is really tough to beat. He looks a bit like he did back when the Hurricanes beat the Oilers in the final. You remember that right? Well you ought to, I blogged about it two, three times a day. I think home ice is gonna be huge in this one with the Pens getting one in Carolina. I am taking the Penguins in 6. I know the Nature Boy is not happy with me right now.

WESTERN CONFERENCE FINAL

Detroit Red Wings (2) vs Chicago Blackhawks (4)

Everyone here knows about my extreme dislike for the Red Wings. How much I wish they would take that octopus and shove it. They are almost on the level of hatred I have for the queens. Close, but not all the way there. Despite all that hate I have still managed to put it in a box for two rounds and pick them to win. I want Ty Conklin's name on the cup so bad I can taste it, but at what cost? What cost I ask? Do I want to sell my soul just to get his name on the cup? Hell no. If you look at the last couple of times Ty has been in the Final it was with the Oilers, Ottawa, and Pittsburgh. Where did that get those teams? Second place. This time I am thinking that it will get them second in the conference. Trev Doroshenkon and the Preacher are on the wrong side of the fence on this one. That is my heart picking, not my head. Blackhawks in 7.

Speaking of the Preacher man, he managed to send me his picks this time BEFORE the round began so I will share them now....

Dear TT,

I'm impressed by your vast knowledge! Wings did go to 7 games.

Penguins beat the 'Canes in 5

Only 8 more games until my Wings take the Cup ... again, and again, and again. WOOOOOO!

I can't wait until Favre becomes a Viqueen and we'll see how long it takes Stafford to be another failed pick for my Lions *cough* Andre Ware *cough*.

Preacher

Ummmmmm, Preacher, Favre is NOT going to play with the queens. Oh, and yes you read right, Preacher is a Lions fan. I did not know there were any left. Now that I think about it, I do remember Preacher playing the Lions back in the day when we held Madden tournaments. He used to cheat a lot running Sanders around the end and running the clock out. I remember a pass interference in the end zone that wasn't in one game. CHEATER. Hold a grudge? Not me.

Before I go any further I would like to send an extra happy birthday wish to TT ledgend Marty Frey. That's right, it is his birthday today. You might want to pay your respects to the man. I did. I sent him this.

I think he may likey. Happy birthday big man. Hope you managed to tip plenty of the tie dye brews today.


So I picked up a new project the other day. Off of Used Regina dot com. I got a new juke box. It is a Rock Ola Mirage 3000X CD changer. It holds 100 CD's and it does not work. I got it cheap, 50 bucks cheap. The guy who had it before me took the insides completely apart. Crazy. So I have managed to put it back together, for the most part. I got the CD rack to move back and forth, the digital read out to work, and pretty much everything but the arm to move the CD's. I know I am close.

I have one cord that I cannot find where it goes. I have been calling every vendor in town who has ever handled a CD juke and they are all very nice but not helpful. They don't want to lend a hand. Oh well, I will get it figured out eventually. If you happend to see one of these somewhere and it looks like it is being parted out. CALL ME. I might need some of it for this one.

Okay, have a good week and we will see you soon. GO BLACKHAWKS!!!!

How about a bit of Chris from Green Bay for your Monday?

Okay we got some paper work to discuss first before you watch the video I have for you.

James Grandy, of the Minot Grandy's, pipes in after my last rant with a compliment?

Pete,

the world needs more camera men like you Pete, now just learn how to white balance and focus

Grandy

Well thanks James, I think.

Next up is Art Simmonds, of the CEP beat the snot out of A-Channel Simmonds, gave me some props. Me and Art took on the man in Edmonton and we beat him down. Art is and old school union guy who I would go to war with any day...

Hi Chris ..

Enjoyed reading your rant on the media. I gave upon it many years ago, but it still pisses me off. Glad to see there's some people who still work in tv who get it.

Art

Thanks Art, that means a lot coming from you.

Last but not least Chad Walker, of the Score Toronto Walkers, brings us the Toronto side of the coin...

Phew...I thought you were going to rip the Score's coverage of trade deadline day. Maybe you should start ripping TSN for loving themselves way too much. Get over it already you are who you are because you have the most money not because you are so much better than everybody else. Now I am ranting, you got me fired up.

Chad Walker

Nah, Chad, I watched some of the Score's coverage and you guys did fine. I have started watching you guys again even after my self imposed ban of the Score after my experience with a certain reporter that pissed me off every day. I like the new look and I really like the attitude. Gerry Dee is freaking hilarious. Give him more time. Oh and you are correct, I really don't like it when a media outlet pats themselves on the back way too much. It is just so self serving. If you are willing to prop yourself you should also be willing to admit your mistakes. The parent company of TSN is the company that I was ranting about last week.

Anyway, thanks for the response keep it coming...


Sound Off Live Sat Rip Off from hamiltongbp on Vimeo.



So I finally got this one uploaded. It is a bit of comedy that some of us at WGBA did for WOITV in Des Moines. This was for the show Sports Sound Off with Keith Murphy. Just a bit of history...this show is basically talk radio on TV. Keith called me about a month or so after it started. He said he would like me to call in to the show and just act crazy and just be me. He wanted to create a villian of sorts so that would spark his callers to be more 'interesting'.

I was cool with that but I lived in Green Bay. How was that gonna fly? He said it did not matter just call. Well I started to call each week and rail on how much Des Moines sucks and how great the Packers are. We kinda caught a break because this was the year the Pack made their first run at the Super Bowl and won it. So I had a lot to talk about. Oh and the Green Bay Gamblers played Des Moines hockey team and that brought me some heat also.

Needless to say I was not popular. We even taped a segment once where Keith was in GB doing a stand up in the parking lot of Lambeau and I tackled him. Just crushed him. We shot it from about three different angles and they edited it just right to make it look good. People actually believe I hurt him. People are dumb.

Once I made a trip down for Keith's wedding and we went to his bachelor party which was held at Sec Taylor field home of the Iowa Cubs. Round Guy introduced me to someone who was a frequent caller to the show and she refused to shake my hand. Someone also told me that I showed up on a local newsmagazine poll as one of the most hated men in Iowa. Not sure if that was true but I choose to believe it.

So we made a bet, can't remember what it was, but my end of the bet was that I would never call the show again. Somehow it worked out that I lost so I stopped calling. Well, Murph wanted to get me back in so we devised this scheme that I stole a sattlelite feed and announced that I would be back. It worked great because I looked like a loser and was going back on the bet. I love being the villian.

Anyway, for the first time, above is the video that goes along with it. As you can see everyone who is anyone is in it. Marty is in it, Hauser makes an appearance, Venckus Schmenkus gets a question in, the Raffertys are in there, and of course the Nordic Man acts as my security force. Great bit of TV here folks. I hope you enjoy it.

I have a copy of the night where I got my head shaved on the show around somewhere also so I will work on getting that up also.

Now, have a good week and GET BACK TO WORK!!!

Let's play a bit of catch up...

Alright. Yup I have been slacking a bit. Okay, you are right, I have been slacking a ton. I have been kinda busy but that is no excuse. I cannot make excuses to you, the TundraTalk nation. In fact a few of you have been feeding me ideas and I have just been out of it. I had every intention of putting up a massive rim rocking post today but I just have been slacking off. Sorry if this one is a bit long so as to catch up...

A lot of things have happened in the past few weeks to talk about. In fact, the queens somehow managed to beat the Packers, Barack Obama managed to whip McCain and that dumb ass hockey mom and is working on turning America into a commie nation (that is so funny that anyone believes that), I went to see Lenny Kravitz and Bob Dylan in the span of two days, the I saw the Riders get their ass handed to them in the playoffs, I got the results from my wonderful operation (no Donna is not pregnant), and McKenna broke her wrist on the playground yesterday fighting with an 8th grader who said something not very nice about the Green Bay Packers. Okay, she just fell off the slide, I just wanted to add a bit of drama. I am telling you though if some 8th grader started talking shit about the Pack she would totally take care of business. Word.

Okay one thing that happened this fall that I just heard about it the passing of Tedd O'Connell. Read the article here. Tedd was my News Director at WGBA in Green Bay. As you all know I usually spit vitirol about News Directors I have had in the past. Maybe in these pages later I will do a post describing the worst ND's I had. That would be good. Tell some of the crazy shit that ND's always try to pull. Now I know those of you who work in the 'real world' have shitty bosses also, but it is a weird breed of person who wants to be a ND. They really are mosty just mall cops who run news organizations. I hate mall cops.

Tedd did not fit that mold, most of the time. Tedd was my ND for less than a year but I learned more about news, and more importantly journalism, than I have learned from any of the other Bozos I have worked for. Mike Chaussee, of the Bismarck Chaussee's, you are not included in the Bozo the Clown category. You are more into the Hamburgler the clown category. I am sooo funny. Anyway, Tedd knew his shit. He was also a hard ass. You knew where you stood with this guy and he didn't like anyone kissing his ass as most newsrooms and ND's are wanting you to do.

Check the jacket he is wearing in the pic above. You have to be a hard ass to be able to wear a jacket like that, ON TV! I also like the weather map in the back with the magnets on it. Old school. I tell ya, if stations would drop all this super doppler radar crap that reads the weather down to your street and went back to that I might start paying attention to them again. Seriously.

Tedd, was a no bull shit guy. I remember once when the Daryl Marquardt, of the Madison Marquardts, had his office upstairs (which was taken away by the dickhead ND who came after Tedd) a few of the shooters had some down time and we were in Daryl's office shooting the shit watching Braveheart when some Production weasel (who will remain nameless because I cannot remember his name), not Marty, walked by and thought we should not be all in one place let alone watching a movie. You know the old adage "A camera guy with out a camera on his shoulder is sluffing off". He went to Tedd and told on us. Tedd told this loser to go away and mind his own business. Sweet.

My favorite Tedd story is early on at WGBA when me and someone else(can't remember who, maybe Hauser?) were sent out to do a live last second in Oshkosh at the court house. The engineers had been working on the live truck all day so we jumped in and took off. Well, the generator that runs the thing is attached to the gas tank in the truck. If it gets to a quarter tank left the generator will not run so as you do not run your gas tank out running the generator then you cannot get home because you have an empty tank of gas.

I guess you can see where this is going. I did not look at the gas tank when we left. When we got to Oshkosh we started to set up and I went over to start the generator. No go. We tried shore power but the cable was not long enough. Needless to say we had around 20 minutes to get gas and then get back to get the live set up and on the air. Tedd was not pleased. We did get the shot up and on the air but it was hairy.

When I got back to the shop Tedd was waiting for me in his office. He tore a strip off of me up one side and down the other. He told me as he held up his index finger, and I quote, "Chris. That's your one. And you only get one." I said okay and started to walk out of the office when I remembered that we did get the shot up. I turned around and told him that despite all the difficultieswe did get the shot up and it all worked out in the end. He smirked at me and said "Yes you did. Now go home."

We did not have issues after that. I think he just wanted you to stand up for yourself and he respected that. The ones in the newsroom who were chickenshit and just wanted to get by he had problems with. Tedd had my respect, and I would like to think I had his.

Another thing I liked about him is the 'morning meeting newspaper phenomena'. In most newsrooms during the morning meeting all the 'decision makers' would sit around and read the paper for their news story ideas. Dumb, dumb, dumb. Hated that. By the time we do the story it is two days old. Dumb, dumb, dumb. Tedd told us that we were supposed to do the stories before the paper had them. While I was there Tedd would take the stories out of the paper that we did the day before and post them. If I remember correctly there were a lot of stories up on that bulletin board. The papers were watching us and copying OUR stories. Way cool.

Derek Venckus, of the Tenneessee Venckus's, has a great Tedd story...

Got a a hundred of em.....most of which are unsuitable for print, broadcast, or blog. Try this: We've just started up the news operation at WGBA. Our sports department consists of four people. Two of them are in Atlanta for the Olympics. That leaves Packers training camp two a days, etc to be covered by Bill Wixie and me. Well, this means six or seven day work weeks at about 10 or 11 hours per day. So, I hand in my time card with 20 hours of overtime and Tedd explodes.

Tedd: "What the f*** is this?

Me: My timecard.(bad answer)

Tedd (screaming); You think your smarta** bullshi* is funny? Well, it's not. I have a budget and you just fu**ed the whole thing up. And guess what?

Me: What?

Tedd: Because you f**ked the entire budget up, you're going to pay. You're not travelling to the Packers game this weekend so we can save the money you just blew. Maybe then you'll get your f**king act together.

Me: Let me get this straight, Tedd. I work my a** off covering Packers training camp...having the time of my life as a one man band. And, because I work my a** off, you're going to punish me by not letting me go to the game? That's absolute bulls***.

(Long Pause)

Tedd screams: Fine, then go to the fu**ing game.

Sometimes I think he enjoyed someone challenging him. Crazy dude.

Venckus

Great story Derek. Tedd was a one of a kind. Marty Frey, of the Hollywood is burning Frey's, sends his classic Tedd Story. Take it away Marty...

When old Tedd first got hired - he was picked because he was part of Mr. T's (Jim Tomlin - GM) good ol' boy network and was available.. I think T knew him from his years in Madison and he still had a respected name and was working as a News Director in a small market in Maryland. So - the first real meeting that we had together was with me, Mr. T, Jay Zollar and Tedd and we were talking about the promotion strategy for the news launch. I went through a couple of ideas and the launch of news was to co-incide with the Atlanta Olympics so - I had decided to tie-in Olympic awareness with NBC-26 news awareness - both of them being the biggest things to happen in many years. Not a real mental promotional stretch - but it was in the brilliance of the execution that I was hoping it would
pay off..

Well - T also wanted me to do something with Tedd where he was talking about the building of the newscast and he would be giving updates on the physical building as well as putting together the people that would make up the news and that seemed like a good idea to me as well.

So Tedd and I started doing these "Building NBC-26 News promos" together.. I would write up a script and Tedd would look it over for minute or two before we shot - but it was never tough to do and these were easy to finish and there was a logical progression to them..

After about a month of this, we met again to discuss everything about the switch and the building of the newscast and Jay Zollar said "I was talking with my wife and she really didn't get the promos with Tedd in them - she didn't know who he was, and it just didn't click with her and her friends". There was utter silence while Tedd reflected a moment with his pen tapping away like he always did... Looked Jay in the eye and said "Well - maybe your wife should be doing these promos, if we're going to be basing all our research on her and her friends". Then he calmly got up and left the room..

Jay's face was as red as a beet and Mr.T just looked around the room and
said - "Let's do this again next Tuesday"...

I believe there is still a scar on my tongue where I was biting it,
trying not to laugh..

Marty

Well Marty, glad you brought those promos up because I believe I have one to show everyone...



Shawn Hauser, of the Green Bay Hauser's, also has something to say about the passing of Tedd...

Hopper told me something about that a couple of weeks ago, sad day man....regardless of anything fromthe past.....I still feel the man was a genius and knew what the hell was going on!

Hope all is well up north, by the way.....keep your damn cold air up where it belongs!

Hauserinskinov

Thanks Hauser. Tedd O'Connell RIP.

NEXT:

James Grandy, of the Minot Grandy's sent me this note...

After watching your rider clip, it must bring up the debate. Who are the best/craziest fans in pro football? RIDER or PACKERS. I was at Taylor field this summer (yes its still Taylor field), it was freakin nuts. A nice argument for sure, but even YOU would have to admit the green and white beat the green and gold.

James Grandy
Grandy Video Productions

Thank you James. Nice job getting the plug for Grandy Productions in there. Don't do it again, I am the only one that is allowed to plug. My site, my rules.

It is a debate that I have participated in. I agree with you on a few of your points. First, yes, it is called Taylor field. I hate all the corporate sponsorships that take away the names of great stadiums. Candlestick, Soldier Field, Lambeau Field will always be known under those names as far as I am concerned. Next thing I will agree with you on is the crowd is freaking nuts. You are correct there. They go all out. I have enjoyed every game I have attended at Taylor field. When you sit on the lower level you can totally get in the kitchen of the players if one chooses to. I, of course, ALWAYS choose to get in to a player wearing the wrong jersey grill. It is a must.

Now, as for the fans at Lambeau Field. The Packers have a huge advantage on the Riders. If it were face value as for being there no matter the weather, having a sold out barn even in the lean years, noise on the field factor, and I guess over all crazy it is about even.

BUT, and this is a HUGE but. You can Taligate at Lambeau, you can't at Taylor. By tailgate, I mean pull up in your rig, load out a grill and a cooler, then burn yourself some raw meat and tip yourself a few tasty beverages with around 71,000 of your closest friends. Toss the football around, toss a queen fan around, punch a bear fan, you know. Tailgate. Here at Taylor the closest thing you have is you come in, stand on the practice field, BUY a brat that someone else cooked(a good one I might add), BUY some beer at an inflated price (Pilsner, also very good), and stand there. It is nice, but it ain't tailgating. Sorry, the edge goes to the Pack. Thanks James for bringing it up though.

If anyone else would like to share their opinion I will be happy to listen to it then disregard it completely. Thank you.

NEXT:
I just thought I would share a few Brett Favre things. First one is Terry Bradshaw speaking on what he thinks the Packers should have done and where they would be had the just kept Favre. Terry B is usually whacked out of his mind, which I kinda like in a rubbernecking kind of way, but he is right on in this video. He went off on Ted Thompson and Mike McCrappy. Said what I have been saying all year long. CLICK THIS LINK, type in Fired Up Favre on the search and then click on the Favre clip. It would not allow me to link directly so sorry about this weak instructions.

Now I want to show you a clip from NFL Network. I know a lot of you don't get the NFL Network so I will share. After the Jets game on Thursday Brett was on the set with the hosts. This is another thing I miss about Number 4. Just the way Brett is. Watch Favre on Set and see what I mean.

LAST:


Don King promo from hamiltongbp on Vimeo.

Here is a video that we did way back at KXMB TV in Bismark. Don King was in town to promote a fight that Virgil Hill was doing and we managed to get him on camera. This is how great a promoter he is no matter what you think of the man personally, he is a brilliant promoter. He was set to have a look at the Bismarck Civic Center and we had a camera there. He jumps out and with out anyone cueing him he spouts our slogan for KX. He did his research. He later did the promo in front of the sign with the sports guy. You know the sports guy did it because it was not lit and it is framed incorrectly. I have issues sorry.

We rush back and put this promo together thinking this would be great to have since he did not spout KFYR's promo, just ours. I think it is an okay promo for 1992 standards. The GM in his infinite wisdom told us to not run it because King was a convicted felon and it would 'reflect poorly on KX'. Moron. Anyway this promo never got any airtime, UNTIL NOW!!!

Enjoy and GET BACK TO WORK!!!!!

Sorry about the neglect...

Hey everyone, sorry about neglecting you for so long. I have been fighting pneumonia, or however you spell it, for about 3 or 4 weeks and it was rough. At first all I could do was sleep and not eat. I went around 10 days without eating. Literally. It sucked so I am sorry that I have not posted anything.

As you can see from the picture above it snowed last night. Snow on Canadian Thanksgiving. Yup, today is thanksgiving here in Canada. That's right I get two days of turkey and football. Jealous? Yes I know you are. We got dumped on last night, but the sun is out and it should be gone soon. I hope so I need to take the boat out to it's winter resting place. That might be hard to do in snow.

Not only do I get two Thanksgivings this year I get to vote twice. No, I am not voting twice in the US election. It get to vote in the Canadian election on Tuesday. I am geeked. I will of course have pictures for you to see tomorrow. Can't wait to vote against Harper. What a tool. This is the guy if you remember, that would not hug his kid when he dropped him off at school. Total tool.


Theater Ads from hamiltongbp on Vimeo.

FIRST: So lets get back to it. I am still waiting for Tony to let me know when he can talk for the Podcast. I know this Entourage thing is taking a long time, but you know, something this important, you just can't go off half cocked. So since Tony is waiting for the right time to blow us away with his wit and charm I will give you a bit of Tony to tide you over. Back in the day in Bismarck Tony was an active member of my crew to make commercials for KXMB TV. He was very versatile, that is if playing himself makes him versatile. These ads are for a local movie theater. When was the last time you EVER saw a local theater advertise on TV. Yeah, never. It stars Yours Truly, Tony, and the guy you can't see in the shadows is Ross Lytle. Production wizard who now works, I have no idea where he works. Anyway, things to watch for in these ads are my bad acting, my bad hair, and Tony's quote "I don't get it". Enjoy.


NEXT: I went to see the savior of rock and roll the other night. Danko Jones played Regina at the Drink. Now whenever I have a chance to see Danko I do. This guy plays balls out rock and roll as you can see in the photo. If you are not Canadian I imagine you have not heard of him. If you haven't you should check him out. Amazing live. Great on CD. He has 4 records out and they are all good.

If he ever comes to your town, go and see him. This guy will knock your socks off. Really good. He has some cheesy videos that you can watch, but they do not do him justice live. Really.

Also check the dude with the camera phone in the picture. He recorded the whole show on that phone. What kind of memory card does he have? Holy crap. How do you shoot a whole two hours on a phone? I would like a copy of that video.


Okay, NEXT: The Pack have had a few bad weeks. Three in a row to be exact, but they put it back on the rails this last weekend with an ass whuppin of the seachickens. I think the queens could even beat them. Speaking of the queens, they really should thank the refs for their win this last weekend. Man that PI call was brutal. No way in hell that was even close to a PI. The Lions? Wow, you queens are an offensive juggernaut.

Meanwile Number four has 6 touchdowns in one game and a winning record. WTF? I am not really going to get into all that drama again. Really. Again the fine photo on the right was provided by PackerPalace Dot Com.






NEXT I would like to welcome back to the fold a guy who for some reason or another just fell off the face of the earth a while back. James Grandy, of the formerly Minnesota Babe Winkleman Grandy's, is now living in Minot. Which I hear is beautiful this time of year. I found an email to him recently, after searching forever, and he reconnected. Not sure why he dissappeared, maybe he was running from the CIA, or from a crazy rabid fish from one of those swamps in Minnesota. I don't know. I was worried that he had been dumped off the boat by Babe in some out of the way Minnesota swamp for insubordination. Nope, just decided to move to Minot and start his own biz. He has a crazy fishin' and huntin' show on outdoor channel that you can watch. That is the trailer up there. Have a look and let us all know what you think.

Welcome back James. Nice to see you again. Here's to you not going into the witness protection plan again.

Me thinks Me likes. I am a captain of a ship, we have lakes here in Saskatchewan with lots of fish, so you do the math. I think an episode should be shot here in Regina. Make sure you email (grandy@srt.com) the producers to let them know that this is an episode you want to see.




LAST - I will leave you today with this video. It is great. The partner of 'Maverick', you know the one. The one that is not qualified to be VP. Here she is at a Flyers game, again propping up the myth that she is a hockey mom, dropping the puck. She got her ass booed. It is awesome. I love Philly fans. They will boo anyone.

My favorite part is when she is getting the shit booed out of her she just ignores it, like she did every question in the debate, and waves like everyone is cheering. Completely oblivious. Good quality for someone running for VP.



Have a great weekend, and Happy Thanksgiving to you Canadians, Columbus day to all the Americans.
Now GET BACK TO WORK!!!!!

Welcome Back Nation!!!

Okay, so it has been awhile since I last gave you guys a shout out. Sorry, just a bit busy. You know, boxes, looking for a job and stuff. We are finally just about settled in here in Regina. I would say about 95 percent of the boxes are empty. The five percent still not empty being the boxes of books that we have no place to put because the movers demolished our book shelf. Yup, it was that kind of move. What else did they break you ask? Well I will tell you. They managed to damage my fish. You know the one, the 35 pound lake trout that was caught in 1979. The bent the hell out of the fins and broke one almost clean off. Nice

They also managed to put some big divits in the kitchen lineoleum when they brought the fridge in. That is okay because that means we get new kitchen lino. Oh and they broke one of our chairs. Awesome.

So that all went okay I guess. It is nice to be settled in in our new home. It is a bit bigger and has a few nicer amenities. It is all good.

So what else has happened since we last met here. Well, McKenna had her first day of school. She was quite excited. She gets to ride the bus to school. So you will not see me sitting in my car outside the school blocking traffic like so many parents I complained about in Edmonton. Man that drove me crazy. She loves school and her teacher. Apparently the school she goes to is the best in the city so that makes us happy.

What makes me even happier is Last night we were at my kids school for Pizza open house night at McNeill school. Crappy pizza, screaming kids, nice school, great teachers, you know all that stuff.

As we were leaving I saw this dude with Rider sweats gear on which is not uncommon to see in this town. Everyone has Rider gear. I looked closer to the guy and bingo, Kent Austin. Grey Cup Champion and current head coach of the Riders. His kids go to the same school as mine. Sweeet. He was outside throwing a ball around to the kids. He threw one and said to the kid "don't go to far I am an old guy" Then he threw a perfect spiral and hit the kid right in the numbers, the kid of course dropped it. I said "Looks pretty good to me." He laughed and said thanks. I so wanted to run over and push the kid down and have him throw me a pass. I sure as hell would not drop it. Stupid kid.

It is all good that we are here. Dakota had her first birthday party three days after we got here. She was surrounded by her cousins and family. It was all good. McKenna has been able to spend a lot of time with her cousins also. It is really nice to be close to family.


Anyway I am looking for work anywhwere and everywhere. I had a gig on last Monday at the CCMA's here in Regina. The Canadian Country Music Awards. I was a TVA, or Television Assistant. Which basically means bust your ass all day long doing whatever they ask you to. $220 bucks for 16 hours of work. Long ass day. The music was okay for the most part. With the exceptions here and there. The odd pick up and beer song mixed in with the my girl left me song. If you remember, Nation member, James Grandy, of the MinneApple Grandy's won a CCMA for writing with the singer Brad Johner.

Anyway, at the CCMA's I had the opportunity to talk with Dog the Bounty Hunter. That's right THE DOG. Way cool. Now I know you want to see my brush with greatness pic with the Dog, but me since I have not worked for about a month I forgot my routine. Which includes loading my camera with me. Bonehead. So I don't have the pic, just the memory. I suck. I can tell you one thing, just like Reggie White, he is not in charge in that family. Mrs. Dog is totally in charge. He did not do anything with out looking in Mrs. Dog's direction. Yes, he did have those crazy silver tipped boots and his shirt undone with gold chains on. I saw him in three different outfits throughout the day. Mrs. Dog also HAS to have major back problems, if you know what I mean. Dog is way cool though.

I was a TVA to the guy who ran the jib camera. That is the jib that crane like thing that is in front of the stage to the left. Oh and that is Shane Yellowbird singing about his truck in the picture. Nice. There were a couple of Riders there also. Cool to see those guys out and about representing.


NEXT: Now lets talk about the best thing that has happened lately. PACKER SEASON Whoooooooooo!!!!! Now we go to school Gordon, now we go to school. The Packers are 2-0 and on their way to a Super Bowl. You better believe that if Number 4 leads these boys to the Super Bowl I am going to be there. The Super Bowl is in Phoenix this year and I just happen to know a couple of people who live there, MY PARENTS, so I have a place to stay. Mitch Davis, of the Regina Davis', has already said he is in. Anyone else out there in the Nation wants to go, lets get it done.

First place in the NFC North, gettin 'er done. Favre looked great on Sunday, the Defense is the D I wish we would have had about 5 years ago when the offense was awesome, but the d sucked. Bring on the Chargers. They have not looked good this year but it is going to be a tough game. Packers going to the Super Bowl Baby. Book it!!!

Hey Queen fans, how does this taste? The best thing about it is no one gave the Pack a chance to win 5 games this year. Well, we already have two, it is about to happen. The Lions are getting a bit cocky but the Lions will always be the Lions and they will never be contenders. The Bears Still Suck and the Queens well are Queens. Look out Phoenix here we come.

What about that Bellicheat thing. Man did they get off easy. Suspend the guy and take away picks. As far as I am concerned their Super Bowls have an asterisk. Not sure if I can believe that they did it legit. Plus even after he was busted he acted like he did nothing wrong. No remorse, nothing. He cheated, and he got caught but did not want to make it right. In fact he just blew it off. Kinda sad. It also sends the wrong message to kids and coaches in the lower ranks that it is okay to cheat. I mean really what would you rather have? Three Super Bowl trophies or that one lousy first round pick? I would take the trophies in second. He should have paid a bigger price. Cheater.

I will leave you with this joke, Ivy, of the Moorehead Ivy's, sent it to me. Enjoy.....

This guy walks into a bar wearing a VIKING jersey and carrying a little dog that also has a VIKING jersey on with a little VIKING helmet too. The guy says to the bartender, 'Can my dog and I watch the VIKINGS game here? My TV at home broke and my dog and I want to see the game.' The bartender replies, 'normally, dogs in the bar would not be allowed, but it is not terribly busy in here, so you and the dog can have a seat at the end of the bar. But, if there is any trouble with you or the dog, I'll have to ask you to leave.' The guy agrees and he and his dog start watching the game. Pretty soon the VIKINGS kick a field goal and the little dog jumps on the bar and walks down the bar and gives everyone a high five. The bartender says, 'Hey, that's cool! What does he do for a touch down?' The guy answers, 'I don't know, I've only had him for 3 years.'

New year, new BLOG...

Well it is a new year, and I have yet to put up a blog and say Happy New Year. So here it is Happy New Year! I have a lot to get to today so I will not waste any of your time. Oh by the way the pic above is of me and McKenna in front of the Apple Store in Scottsdale Arizona. I love the Apple store. It just gives me warm fuzzies thinking about it. Bill Gates, you suck.



First off McKenna has something to share with all of you. I think you might find this interesting. That is just a picture above, below is the actual video. You must have Quicktime to view the video. Download it by clicking on the link to the right.


CLICK HERE to watch it on a separate page.

That's right, the law has not been changed yet to keep me from procreating so we did. Donna will be having our second child this August. McKenna is voting for another girl and I am voting for anything as long as the kid can run a fade route and bring the Packers another Super Bowl Championship. For all you Viking fans, the Pack have three. How many do you have?

Back to the topic on hand, Donna has wanted another child for a while now but I was just not convinced. After a conversation last year we struck a deal. Donna gets another child, I get a HD big screen TV. I think I got the better in that deal, sex and a TV. The child is scheduled to arrive in August, hopefully the TV will arrive sometime around the Super Bowl. Pelicans still deliver those things don't they? That must be hard to fly carrying a 50 inch Sony.



NEXT: To all you WhiteHot members that attended the reunion this summer, wait no longer. The DVD's are on the way. After a long negotiation with the distributer, we made a deal on the distribution rights for Zimbabwe. You saw what I got out of the deal with Donna for the kid, you can only imagine what I got in this deal. I will be sending them out to you in groups as the postage will be big so I am spreading it out. I hope you like it and make sure you send me your comments as soon as you watch it. Plus I still have a few shirts left. SEND ME AN EMAIL if you need another one.


Mr. Brad Johner(performer) accepting the award for FREE

NEXT: Lots of big things have happened to the collective, including one of our own getting a pretty big award. James Grandy, of the MSU Grandy's, has snagged a SOCAN award. SOCAN is the music licensing entity here in Canada, and it looks as if Mr. Grandy has snagged the SOCAN INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD for his song "Free". Nice job James. James is also a vetran of many WhiteHot Productions during college at Minot State University. James lives in Minnesota now, I think. I lost his email, so James if you are reading this
SEND ME AN EMAIL so I can put you back on the list.

Here is an official announcement from the SOCAN website....

BMI composers who received SOCAN Awards included Lauren Christy and Scott Spock of The Matrix for "I'm With You" (Avril Lavigne), James Grandy for "Free" (Brad Johner) and Brett Beavers for "What Was I Thinkin'" (Dierks Bentley). BMI rockers Nickelback received the SOCAN International Achievement Award for bringing international recognition to Canada through their music.

NEXT: I have added a new website for you paruse on the side of my blog. It is the Rick Mercer site. This guy is funny as hell. If you have some time go and watch the video parodies on his site. I know you have time, you are at work.



NEXT: I also am a bit sad today. I was doing a google search the other day, as I do frequently, and I found THIS SITE... Scroll down to the bottom left corner, see anything familiar? An audio tour guides site from Florida has swooped in and stolen the name WhiteHot Productions. 2004 it looks like they registered the name. I feel like someone has gut shot me. I really don't have much to stand on, because I never registered the logo or name, but I feel like it is mine. I have video dating back to 1986 or so with the name on it, but I don't think that means anything. Nick, what do you think? It is my own fault. I would google WhiteHot once a year and would find nothing, until now. Oh well. If you want to send them hate emails go ahead. I will just sit here and cry in my cereal.

NEXT: I will leave you with one more thing. I found THIS SITE on the web the other day. It allows you to pick a point on earth and it will show you where you come out on the other side if you were to start digging from that point. Who hasn't tried to dig to the other side of the earth? Raise your hands. Just me? Okay, I am a loser. Remember, ALWAYS call before you dig.

I am working on a blog about how much it sucks to travel via airplane today. I HATE FLYING. The airlines suck and so does all the security. Wait for it...

NOW GET BACK TO WORK...

Brush With Greatness....

Hello and welcome to a little love on a friday. This week I will be discussing one of my favorite sections from the old Dave show back on NBC. He had a segment called 'Brush with greatness' where Dave went into the crowd and had people tell stories about meeting clebrities. Usually the stories were pretty tame, BUT then Daves writers would add a 'writers embellishment' and make the story really crazy.

But before I get on to that, I will take care of the mail. First up, Daryl Marquardt, who now works in the Mad City. Madison Wisconsin. He was not impressed with the memories that last week brought back....


Chief of WGBA 26. The finest total group of shooters I have worked with.

"Thanks for the link to your blog. I was feeling lost over the last year without my love on Fridays. My life is now complete and happy. Thank you for pulling me out of the doldrums that is life in the big city of Madison.

I was there the night of the "Dee Snyder" proclamation. It was late; many Lienies were now lying empty on the floor. And I never walked in front of Marty again. (always beside or behind) The poker was just a diversion. A reason to get together, face to face, and say what came into our heads. As the nights grew later the tales grew longer and wilder. All was forgotten in the morning. At least they were supposed to be forgotten until some Canadian ex-patriot brings up Dee Snyder and it all comes rushing back. Thanks Chris, I could have done without that image in my already failing memory.

Unfortunately, my poker life is a thing of the past. It is something I am trying to revive as we just bought a house that has a full bar that would make Marty jealous. Brass foot rail and all. I am enclosing a pic of what the current owners have done with the space. I have some great plans for it though that you will have to see the next time you are in Madison. (the house is in the Town of Bristol just North of Sun Prairie which is just North of Madison)

Anyway, good to hear from the friends to the North!

Daryl"

Daryl's photo gallery



Here is his bar. NICE. Just when I thought I had a nice bar....New idea. Send me pics of your bar/entertainment room.

Next up Mark Boden. He took offence to the sucked ass comment. Really? Why?


Me and Mark Boden at Summerfest

"Chris,

I am honored to be a part of hte weekly blog. Sucked ass? You must still be bitter of all the big pots I took in our penny ante games. Between the sheets is still the greatest. Nothing like Ace, ace, ace. See ya.

Boden"

No Mark, Between the Sheets game always gave me a chance to hit the can, or go and get more beer. That game sucked ass.

Next, a guy I have never played poker with, I think. James Grandy. I don't have a pic of his ugly ass...

"I "pity da fool" (that was mr T,right) that dont like poker...you nailed it pete. After a few days in vegas last week and witnessing a guy at my blackjack table drop 5g's in a mater of 2 minutes..ya realize poker for dimes and quarters is as good as it gets....we can act like rude "big players" and still have enough cash for a slurpee on the way home....(if the
cab driver will stop)

and if it makes ya feel better...its snowing here right now (not much) hope you got your cds alright and i cant wait until football season and you have to report on your packers weekly in the blog. (they are really gonna blow this year...thanks for the UofW DE)

Grandy"


Dude, don't get me started on the Pack, yet. I have a lot to say, and that DE was supposed to go Green and Gold, not braids and purple. He'll never get a ring.

So let's get started. I am posting some pics for you. Me with people who are "famous". I will give you the real story, and what I want you to do is be Dave's writers and embellish stories for me and I will put it up next week. I will give you an example from a pic I sent Marty last week and he took the time to embellish a funny story.



Here is a pic from WGBA of Me Joel Witte and Andy Konkle. We OBVIOUSLY are discussing the finer points of getting the shot and how to do our job better. Right? Not according to Marty.....

Chris: "Hey I just got 3 pasties from that store on the corner next to
Bernies Liquor"

Andy K: "Wow - that beats the hell out of the Wendy's double double that I
just scored" "Let's eat in Joel's car, he's got better seating for big ass
guys like us than those damn Ford Escorts"...

See how it works? Okay let's get at it....


First up here I am with The Rock. He obviously really is excited to be standing next to me. I did a story on him about 3 months before he became the champ.


If you look close you can see me behind Gizmo Williams here on the cover of the Edmonton Sun. This was Gizmo's last game at Commonfilth Stadium as an Eskimo. The people of Edmonton Love this guy.


Me and Dweezil Zappa. Yes Dweezil. He was in town for a concert. I have a guitar signed by him.


Me and the San Diego Chicken. This was taken at Keith Murphy's Stag. I obviously have had a few tasty beverages.


I had the opportunity to be in the prescence of the World Heavyweight Championship Belt. Oh the guy who currently held in the back was Chris Benoit. He was at City Hall for "Chris Benoit Day" in Edmonton. The Mayor is an idiot.


Okay, you may not recognize this guy. That was me in the forest service trying to act tough. Someday that guy in the picture will be about 260 and in Canada.


Me and my favorite pastime. Brats and the Pack. Mmmmmm Brats.


This is Me at Murphy's show getting my head shaved after a bet that the Pack would go undefeated. I lost the bet, thus I lost my hair.


Okay another one from the paper. That is the flying Elvi in the front, and yes in the back that is me, well, leaning on my camera. Okay let me have it.


Me and the Foo Fighters. Okay, I am now just showing off.


That is me in the monkey face on the set of the Don Beebe show. The guy on the right is some makeup guy who worked on some of the Freddie movies. Don (left) did not want to do the make up thing because he did not want to take crap in the Packer locker room so the put the monkey face on, well, the monkey. That was a pain to take off.


Okay, last but not least. Me with uh, er, well, yeah, Debbie Gibson. That's right Debbie gibson. She also signed a well, uh, video that I, well, uh er, own. Okay I am a loser, and she basically said that to me. I hate her.

Okay, get to it. I know you have some funny things to say. I am going to write some myself. Send them to me and I will post them over the next few weeks. Have a good day.

AND GET BACK TO WORK!!!!!!!!