So I missed making my picks for the second round. Friggin' Bettman and his idea to play the last game of the first round and then start the second round less than 24 hours later. What was his rush? He has never been in a hurry to get through the playoffs before, why start now? I mean, game seven of the Sharks/Wings series is Wednesday and the first game of the Conference final is Sunday. I can't wait for the annual ritual of booing Bettman when he brings out the Stanley Cup. I love that. That is my favorite part of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Really.
Another reason why I missed the second round is McKenna had her 9th birthday and she had a big party planned so I had to try to juggle work and her party so I really had no time to get to this. Plus, posting your picks after the round starts is a bit douchey. So I just passed.
How were my stats from the first round? Well let me tell you. I went six out of the 8 series right so I was right on target. I really think the Kings could have won that series but the pucks just did not bounce their way. Oh well, I will get it right this round. Believe it.
WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS
Vancouver Canucks (1) vs. San Jose Sharks (2)
Had I picked in the second round I would have picked, reluctantly the Canuckleheads. I know TT vetran Don Granato is scouting for this team and that they have a ton of talent but I just can't get behind this team. They are those west coast granola eating hippies with those idiots who wear those Green Leotards to the games. I hate those guys. Really, you pay huge bucks on Stanley Cup Playoff tickets to watch a game through green fabric. You suck and so does your team. The Sedin sisters have yet to show up and I don't think they will in the Conference Final or, god forbid they get there, the Stanley Cup Final.
That said, I kind of hate to get behind one of these southern teams in a market where they like hockey, but not really. Since it is the only show in town, at least until the Minnesota viqueens move there and become the San Jose Orca's, so they get behind them. The still are not the most educated hockey fans. Their team on the other hand is skilled and tough as nails. I like Thornton and Pavelensikeynov, or whatever his name is. I spent some time in San Jose covering the Oilers back in 2006. Love the town. Great city. The rink is nice also. So therefore I will pick the lesser of two evils, Sorry Donnie I just can't do it. I am going to take the Sharks in 6.
EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS
Boston Bruins (3) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (8)
Wow, can you believe it? Tampa Bay in the final. They just kicked the holy living crap out of the Capitals. Ovetchkin could not even will his team to ONE FREAKING GAME. Probably cost me some money in the CBC hockey playoff pool. Stupid Capitals. Dwayne Roloson, former Edmonton Oiler, and a TT veteran has been standing on his head. He has been playing amazing. Probably inspired by Aaron Rodgers and the WORLD CHAMPION GREEN BAY PACKERS. If you are a regular here at TundraTalk you know that Roli is a HUGE Packer fan. I used to record the Packer games for him on DVD on the days that the Oilers played on Sunday so he could watch it on the plane in between tilts. Tampa also has huge talent on their roster. St. Louis, Lecavalier, Stamkos, the list goes on and on. They also have some grit and right now it looks as if they have the killer instinct. BUT, and this is a huge BUT. They have to face the Boston Bruins. Boston has been my favorite to win it all this year and they definitely have their work cut out for them in this series. Boston is tough, has skill, and also has a goalie that is playing out of his ass. Tim Thomas in the last series played as if he was going to whip Philly himself and the other guys on the ice were just his extras. He played awesome.
So what do I see for the Conference Final? Contrary to popular belief I see lots of scoring. I think a few of these games could get out of hand. This is going to be ultra physical with Boston winning most of the battles in deep and along the boards. I think Tampa has the edge on skill, but after a game or two of getting beat up by Chara they will not be able to finish. I love Roloson so I would not be surprised if he does not have a great series and steal it but Tampa also has against it my bias as a southern team. So I think this one will go the distance but Boston just is too tough,Boston in 7.
McKenna Rules
Well there you have it. My picks for the third round. Enjoy, call your bookie, and bet the house.
Check this picture of McKenna at flag football. She is definitely on the right team.
How did this happen? Two postings in three days? Even bigger, two Entourage members in three days. Amazing.
As you can see by the incredible photo-shopped picture above, Marty Frey is the next member of the posse. I know that I have not given the nomination of Weiser too much room to breathe, but now is not the time to breathe. Weiser and Marty in three days is two pretty good selections if you ask me. It is kinda like the all you can eat buffet at a Chinese resteraunt. You know that fifths is a bad idea, but man, it is that Kung Pao is sooo good.
I first met Marty when I moved to the promised land, Green Bay Wisconsin. Marty was the front man for promotions for WGBA and their news start up. Marty was the man who used to be the calming force of Chris from Green Bay. On days where THE MAN was pushing me down, or some stupid reporter did something stupid. Marty was there. He would join me in the NBC26 commissary (a silver Ford Escort), and we would talk it out. By the end of my sammich and Funyuns, all was good.
Marty was also a founder of the poker club in GB. I still think fondly on those nights when we would be in the Garage drinking beer, smoking cigars, listening to our theme song Asshole on the juke, and playing cards. Hell, Marty is the dude who uttered the immortal words, "I ain't no queer or nuthin', but I would fuck that Dee Snider in the ass." Classic. At that point beer, food, spit, and laughter shot out of mouths and noses. Epic. I believe that photo on the left is shortly after that moment.
Marty almost killed me once. True story. Shooting a commercial in Wisconsin. He had a nice brush pile going on his sisters place and we were going to burn it for 'dramatic effect'. So as it goes when brilliant minds get together, we decided to fuel it up with a nice five gallon pail of unleaded. Guess who the brilliant guy was that lit the fire? Yup, when it went up the fire ran along the ground about 2 or 3 feet behind me. As Marty said, he ain't never seen me move that fast. Here are the commercials...
Hell, look at the 'Things we discuss" list on the right. Look how many times Marty is mentioned. 56 freaking times. Just below the Stanley Cup and just above the viqueens suck. Marty is a TT legend. He was also along on the epic trip to Lambeau field and the NFC Championship in 2007. Epic weekend of drinking and football.
I guess I could go on and on about the dude, who is the only dude I know who has been to a party at the Playboy Mansion, but I will just turn it over to him and let him drop some knowledge on us...
As I stood in the wings of The Jay Leno Show last night - the final show, by the way - I thought that it was a perfect analogy of what I will bring to the "Peterson Posse". The Stars come and go - they shine for a while and then fade just as quickly... But I was there at the beginning - there for the highs and lows - and still there at the end to mop up the mess and start again somewhere else.
The balancing force that is needed in a posse of such dimensions and personal diversity. I'm there to tell the rest of the idiots the "real way" that the world works and the first one to say "screw it - let's get the hell out of here and grab a beer somewhere"... But also the guy who is the quiet and subversive practical joker - OK, maybe not the quiet part - but definitely devious.
So - in the immortal words of Groucho Marx - "I never want to belong to any club that would have someone like me as a member" - I humbly accept my inclusion into the Peterson Posse, while reserving the right to bitch about how stupid everyone else is and take off on a tangent anytime I damn well please.
There - hows that? Don't like it. I don't care.
Marty
So we now have four members of our crew named. Who will be next? Blashill? Venckus? Doroshenko? Your guess is as good as mine. Stay tuned and maybe I will name them before the year 2020. Yeah, that's gonna happen.
Okay, that is all I got for today. I will drop something else soon. I am also working on that series on the former Green Bay Gamblers and what they are up to. Now, GET BACK TO WORK!!
Okay, it has been a while since I was a regular poster on TundraTalk. I guess I could say that I have been busy, or that I have not been motivated, but that would be double talk. I will admit it has been a bit of a self imposed lack of writing. It would be a lie to tell you that the whole Brent Favre thing had nothing to do with it. Really it had a lot to do with it. That bastard really messed with me. I spent a lot of time praising Brett, whether it be at work, or at home, or here on the pages of this multi dollar website TundraTalk. Then he goes and turns into Brent Favre and goes and puts on the ugly purple dress and plays in minnesucka. That really kicked me in the ass. I was sick about it. THEN you add on the two drubbings during the season. That sucked. I hate Brent Favre.
Hey, I am not saying that I was down about my team and not wanting to talk about them. No way. I love the way the Pack played this year. They were awesome. Aaron Rodgers is the man and will be for a long time. I am just saying that it was just tough to get up for it when that dickhead was playing so well.
Oh, and some of you were NOT helping..
Hey Crispy,
Did you happen to catch the game today? I think if Green Bay had a better record and home field advantage they would have gone a lot deeper into the playoffs. I think 2 more wins in the regular season would have done it. Hmmmm....let's see, who did they lose to twice this year? Oh yeah, it was the Vikings led by the GREAT BRETT FAVRE!!!
Now that, my friend, is the exact definition of irony! I love Brett Favre and I will cheer for his team no matter what. When he finally cannot play anymore, I will once again cheer on your team. But, right now, the Packers will continue to be the idiots who gave up on the greatest quarterback of all time and tried to force him into retirement.
I have spoken.
P.S. The Riders pulled the biggest boner play of all time in the CFL. They, too, are idiots.
Go ESKS! Go FAVRE!
The Sandman
For the record Sandy Muldrew sucks. Big time.
Let me put something else straight also. BRETT FAVRE played for the Packers. BRENT FAVRE, the two timing douchebag traitor, plays for the minnesota viqueens. He sucks. Oh, I would be remiss not to say that this post might get a bit rough for my friends who are queenfans. Please do not take this personal, it is just business. And your business queenfan, is losing. ZINGO!!
So you can imagine how I feel after Sunday night. Let me break it down for you. I DID NOT WATCH THE GAME. I watched Live Free Or Die Hard for the 20th time. On basic cable no less. I have the DVD but watched it on TV. That is how much I did not want to watch the game. Great movie.
Don't get me wrong, during the commercials I flipped over to see what was up with the game. Score checking is all I did. I knew that the game was tied and going to overtime but still did not watch. I did however, switch over and get lucky and see Brent get slammed and hobble off the field. That was nice. Later, I, made a trip out in a snowstorm to get supplies at Shoppers Drug Mart. I did put the game on the satellite radio and listen to the OT on my way. I did my shopping and came out to listen to the kick. It would be an understatement to say that I was happy. I honked the horn all the way home and when I got home I did a few laps around the yard through 4 to 6 foot snow drifts. Donna was in the living room looking out the window and just shook her head.
The next morning I told McKenna that the vikings had lost and she said, in a very satisfied and confident voice...GOOD. She then went on to explain that when Brent was with the Packers he was the best ever and now he just sucked. I love that girl. She has a good head on her shoulders.
Now, lets talk about the game. It is only fitting that Brent threw an interception to lose the game for the queens. His last pass as a Packer was an INT, his last pass as a Jet was an INT, and from what people told me, his last pass as a Falcon was an INT. Only fitting that his last pass as a queen is an INT. Or is it his last pass? Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. The off season 'will he or won't he' drama is all yours queenfan. ALL YOURS. You deserve it. It is not like you losers need anything else to worry about. For the record I think he will shut it down. Why not? Because, and I have said this before, THE qUEENS WILL NEVER WIN THE SUPER BOWL. NEVER. Put it in the bank. Why should he come back to be disappointed again? Zingo.
I will also make a few predictions for the future of the queen team. Other than they will be playing in LA within a few years. I am betting that a few of those other losers on the team, with their chest puffed out from their 'sucessful' season this year, will go out and do something stupid like drive drunk, shoot someone (or themselves) in a strip club, drive up Hennipen avenue with a cop on the hood, or rent a sex boat. Seriously, this will happen. But we all know if you play for the queens and break the law in minnesota, some a-hole season ticket holding judge will let you off the hook. The cheating, steroid using, whiny, Williams brothers can attest to that.
I mean really, do you think that Sidney "I am not Jerry" Rice, Vinny Shiancoe, and Pansy Harvin are really that good? Hell no. Brent Favre made them better. Those kids right now are believing all their press clippings and their egos are about as big as that stupid dome they play in. They are one rum and coke away from a DUI or one lap dance from a bullet in the foot. One of those ass clowns will be in jail before training camp. Guaranteed. If the douchebag traitor does not come back, these guys again become just average players in the NFL.
Another thing I can, and will, predict, is that this team will be mired in futility for as long as they play football inside. They have not won a big game since they moved indoors and won't as long as they STAY indoors. Build yourself an open air stadium, and then all bets are off. The weather is an X factor that will always help you. Believe that. Even still I think the morons that are in charge of that team, if they get the tax money to build the stadium, will build a covered one. Morons.
Now that I have all that off of my chest. Let's make fun of them some more. As you all know, I am a regular on a show in Des Moines called Sound Off with Keith Murphy. Keith has been having me on his radio show on KXNO this year off and on to rile up the locals with my special brand of superfandom. Well, he contacted me on Monday and I went on the show. What follows is Chris from Green Bay being awesome...
I must put a disclaimer on it.
This show contains views and opinions that are truly awesome and always right. If you are a queenfan, or a person who wears purple on a regular basis, you may not want to listen to this. If you are awesome and smart, listen away.
Marty Frey sent me this pic on Tuesday. Apparently there has been a recall of all the Brent Favre jerseys. Very funny and appropriate... I mean really. Look at that jersey. That is not ugly, it is ooooooooogly. HOW can anyone put that on. It just screams "I am a loser. Please kick me in the stones." Wait, the queens do that to their own fans EVERY year. Just when they think they got over, BAM, right in the stones. Zingo.
Really, for the first time in my life in this postseason I was forced to cheer for America's Crackwagon, the DallASS Cowboys. Shame on me. Shame on Brent Favre.
Oh, and remember when Brent said he thought this queen team was the best he had ever played with? Even better than the 96 world champion team? Yeah, I would like to ask him if he still believes that, you know since, THAT TEAM ACTUALLY WON A SUPER BOWL AND THIS ONE DID NOT!!! You suck Favre, you and your weak attempts at team unity. I remember that act when you said that about the last few years you had in Green Bay. Your story is getting old, just like your arm. Go away. Douchebag traitor.
Speaking of douchebags, here is one for the ages. I am sure that if you have been to or watched a queen game this year, you have seen this guy...He calls himself 100% cheese free. His name is Syd Davy. Can't even spell Sid right. Douche. Anyway, he is from Winnipeg no less and he likes to think of himself as the biggest queen fan of all. Check the picture to the left. Looking out the window longingly at the minneapolis wasteland. Nope, dipshit, there are no Super Bowl Trophies out there. Or do you think he is longing for a long, slow, wet kiss from Brent? Anyway, I happened upon this loser because the Winnipeg CBC did a story on him and someone at work, trying to get me all riled up showed it to me. Jackass. Here it is...
What a jerk off. Now, don't get me wrong, there are jerk offs at Lambeau also. Like the Packalope guy. I am not a fan of those guys either. I do however like the Saint Vincent Lombardi dude. He is cool. Did I tell you I saw him in PHX at the game I went to? He was there. I often wonder where these people get the money to travel and act like idiots in other stadiums.
Anyway, this guy, the Cheese Free guy, has a profile on a queen site. Really funny read. Not sure exactly how it was written, or if the guy even knows how to read. CLICK HERE to read one really long paragraph of a whole bunch of nothing. I tried to read the whole thing but got a headache after about two minutes of reading. He really needs to learn how to hit RETURN on the keypad.
He also has tattoos on his arm from every time a queen jumped into the stands and he caught them (of course stolen from the Lambeau Leap), queenfan is NEVER original. But instead of putting a 'too on that has a date or score, he puts the team that the vikings were playing on his arm. So now he has tattoos of OTHER TEAMS LOGOS on his arm? What are you thinking? Oh yeah, you aren't.
So where am I going with this? Well, I just wanted to get a bit of this out there because where ever I went this season I was asked about the Brent Favre thing. I fly the colors almost every day so when someone saw me they usually wanted to know what I thought. I even had a Highway Patrolman ask me as he was giving me a warning for driving too fast on the way back from ND. He was not a queen fan so he let me go. I am trying I guess to get some finality on this whole subject so as to not have to bring it up again. I am sorry to all my friends, if they still are friends, for the venom I spilled in this post. Remember this is just business. If you had a multi dollar website like me devoted to the queens (why would you waste your time, Zingo.) I would expect the same from you.
Oh yeah, and I still don't have to capitalize their name. Win one, and maybe I will. That trophy case will be empty for a LONG time.
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 big match up on Monday against the queens has elicited some good comments. I want you first to read this article in the Milwaukee JS. Kinda sums it up, Packers want to kick Favre's ass, and Favre is a big fat liar.
Marty Frey pipes in on the whole mess that this game has become...
So many emotions... I said the first day that Ted Thompson took overthat there was something wrong with him.. Plain old just didn't like himand what he stood for. And time has bore that out. But Brett shouldnever have gone to play for the viqueens - that is unforgiveable.
The Pack isn't ready for this game - The viqueens only have to hand itoff to Peterson enough times and then throw a couple passes and gameover.I'm just sick about this and how those godless queen fans will claimthat they are unstoppable. The only good that can come of this is forTed Thompson to be fired as GM.
Marty
Marty, my man, I know this is a tough time. I am right there with you. It seems that everyone I know wants to talk to me about the whole Favre thing. Even the freaking Premier of this province wants to rub it in a bit. Yeah, how do you tell the Premier to "F-off. I don't want to talk about it."? You don't you just smile and say that the queens are still the same queens and will NEVER win the super bowl. NEVER. By the way, that is usually what I say when I see the evil grin in someone's eye in the news room. I don't want to talk about it. I will get over it on MUST WIN MONDAY NIGHT. That is what it is called now. MUST WIN.
Jay Carton, of the Billsfan Edmonton Carton's, drops me a line and calls me out a bit. Read it first then I will explain...
Hey Chris,
As always, TT is just plain good reading. I've been waiting all week for a Pack/Vikings rant. Got to say, I was a bit perplexed. The letter to Ted Thompson (wouldn't it be awesome if his middle name was Ian? He seems like a giant mammary) seemed like you were hedging your bets.
You make a decisive prediction, complete with an injury with massive consequences, yet you wrote the letter just in case. Huh?
On a separate note, we're going to be in the big R this weekend, but I'm not sure how much free time we'll have. Be great if we could meet up for a bit (and beer).
Jay
You know what Jay, I am big enough to admit it. I was wrong in my intent of that letter. You were right. Ted, that letter was for you no matter what happens this weekend. You are a jackass wether the Pack win or lose. You suck. I have an idea for you though Ted. Maybe you could put Harrell in as an offensive lineman, he sure as hell can't play defense. Give it a go, it can't any stupider of a move than picking him in the first round. Oh, and Jay, you are always welcome in my house and are welcome to drink my beer.
Next, Gene Principe, of the Sportsnet pain in Cory Blashill's ass, Principe's, accepts the bet on the game for monday. On a related note, the bet on the game with Scott Dahl, of the Minneapple Dahl's, is for a 12'r of beer AND he will stop deleting my comments on FaceBook about the queens. I will not lose, but, if they do, but they won't, I will owe him a 12' of beer and I will not post any more smart ass remarks on his comments about the queens. Gene, what dumb ass thing do you have to say?
I actually like Favre now..after his last second TD toss....you're on big boy
I got to get better at doing the TundraTalk a bit more often. A lot has happened since we last spoke. The Packers are 1-1 by beating the snot out of the BearsStillSuck and losing to the BengalsAlwaysSuck. I have a lot to say about this but I have a more important announcement to get to. TundraTalk has spoken. The Nordic Man is in. Most would say that the Nordic One was a lock for this group and I would agree. He would have had to really screw up on his interview to mess this one up. Like tell us he has switched allegiancies to the queens or something drastic like that. He did not, and he got in.
I first met the Nordic one back in 1996 in the Brown County Arena at a Green Bay Gamblers game. I was making a lot of noise telling the other team that they sucked and so was he. I believe that we considered each other bookends in Section A and B. He was B. For the next 3 or 4 seasons we terrorized the USHL with our signature heckling and killer fashion sense.I consider him a brother from another mother and a guy who I would go into battle with any day of the week. We may not agree on everything, but we do agree on the important things like a good bratwurst, beer, and the Green Bay Packers.
Nordic Man has something he would like to say...
Dear TundraTalk,
I would like to start by saying what an honor it is to be part of yourentourage. I can't wait to see who else will make the cut. As beingone that was there for the infamous "Dee Snider" comment, it makes melong for the nights of playing poker and listening to Denis on the box.I need not mention the late night runs across the street for pretzelsand other munchies. Oops, I just did. I think that is how we stayed soslim.
It is always fun to sit around and talk about the old times and tip afew beers, (OK, maybe a lot of beers.) but what is best is being able tolook back at the good times and knowing that that is not where it ends.Here is to many more good times to come, all the times I will get totell you how wrong you are and why, and all the times you get to do thesame. (WOW, am I writing for Halmark now?)
The Nordic Man
PS: If the Posse needs any tickets for the Pack or a hook up to go toany clothing optional resorts, I know just the person. He he Scratchthat. I meant really cool, relaxing resort locations in Florida.
Remember, acquaintances will bail you out of jail, but friends can't.(Because they are already there with you!)
PSS: Get back to work you bum!
Nice work Nordic Man. There was a lot in there. There was some great words of wisdom, some great memories, and clothing optional resorts? I do not think that you and I need to be attending any of those any time too soon. I am not sure if I am ready to move to that level in our relationship.
So there you have it, Entourage member number two. The Nordic Man. So we have Shawn Hauser and the Nordic Man in. Both live in the promised land. Will there be more from there? I guess you will have to wait around and find out.
NEXT: Okay, the Packers have beaten the BearsstillSuck, and the Rams. They had a bad week and lost to the Bengals. Oh and check the dude in the pic to the right lobbing the bird when Ocho Dicko jumped into the stands. Packer fan of the year as far as I am concerned.
On the other end of the NFC North, the viqueens have gone 3-0. Yup the moron queen fans are already engraving the trophy. Don't get ahead of yourself, queen fan. You beat the Browns, Lions, and the 49'rs. They had a combined record of 11-37 last year. Big deal. Beat a team that had a winning record then call me.
As for this weekend, you will face your first real test in the Green Bay Packers. Although here is another team that had a losing record last year. 6-10. Nothing to write home about, but most of the prognosticators on week one were picking the Pack to make the Super Bowl. I have placed my bet with vegas with 20-1 odds. I am already spending that money. Speaking of bets, I will be making my yearly bets with queen nation. Scotty Dahl for Leinies, Gene Principe for dinner, and Shane T Keller for whatever I can get out of him. Losers everyone of them. Screw the queens and Brett Favre.
Packers 24, queens 7. Favre a broken leg.
Oh and if for some god awful reason the queens do prevail I have a message to Ted Thompson...
Dear Ted,
Hey jerk off. Now you have done it. You just had to be a dick and push number four out. You had to do it 'your way' which means drafting losers like Harrell in the first round. By the way, when will he come off the injured list, next year? You suck. How is that offensive line coming? Yes I agree it is OFFENSIVE. Try to protect your quarterback jackass.Don't even get me started on your bonehead move of releasing Jon Ryan, the best punter in the league. We are still paying for that move.
You just had to do it didn't you? Brett asks you to make a play for Moss. You ignore him. Brett says he wants to compete for the job in Green Bay, you say 'We have moved on." He shows up for camp and you bar him from practice. You trade him to the Jets and he makes you look stupid. He has a better record than your team. Just to make sure that you are king dick you put a clause in there that says he cannot be traded to the viqueens. Well I guess that worked didn't it. Dick.
Just to let you know that if your team loses to Brett's team this week and in November your days are numbered. Dick. If I have to I will drive down there myself and demand your resignation. You are an embarrassment to the Packer Organization. Ron Wolf would have NEVER let this happen on his watch. NEVER.
Ted, you dick, make it right. Make us forget about Number 4. Win these two games against the queens and you may get another year to screw with MY team. Lose these two games and I will be down there to collect on the bets I lost. You will pay, TED, you dick, you will pay.
Chris
We did have a TT nation member at his first preseason game. Shannon Just went and filed this report...
Here Favre is trying to decide if he will join in on a Viking pre-game huddle. I think he thought about going over to the Chiefs huddle for a moment then changed his mind. He's blurry and confused in this photo.
So my brother and I get to the game and these girls ask us to take a photo with them in a dark corridor.?
Thank you Shannon for that report. Hope you did not have fun. Well I hope it does not take me another month and a half to make the next announcement. So there you have it..now GET BACK TO WORK!!!
FIRST: First things first. I need to give this to you first. CLICK HERE and watch the trailer for the new Trailer Park Boys movie. I cannot wait for this one. Highlight of the trailer - "I'm gonna piss on him Julian. Take the wheel.". Classic. I just about pissed myself laughing at that.
NEXT: Today is the day. Almost like Christmas in a way. Can you feel it? Like the day of Super Bowl XXXI. A day that is filled with excitement and tension. Today is the day I announce the first member of the most ELITE squad of homeboys who will walk the planet as one. A posse to end all posses. An Entourage to end all Entourage's. It is just like Brett Favre to try to upstage us on such a big day. Dick. We will discuss this more later, but first...
As you can see in the photo above that the man who went last, is the man who is picked first. Shawn Hauser, of the Green Bay Hauser's, aka Hauserinskinov, will be the first man to walk side by side with five other guys who all share the same vision. Five guys that will aspire to be THE ultimate. Five guys who every TV show, every awards show, every upscale sports bar, every major sporting event, and every movie premiere will want us to attend.
First and foremost if Hauser was to decide to retire he would not drag it out year after year. He would just shut it down. If you are a member of this elite squad there will be no posturing to leave at the end of the year and join another rival posse.
On that same note, as leader of this posse, there will be no signing of new and up and coming members to sit behind you. I will not be talking about that kid being the 'future' of the posse all the while undermining the current members status in the posse and then eventually pushing him out. If said member wants to come back after a short retirement I will not tell him he can 'compete' for a spot in the posse. That spot is HIS only.
Okay, sorry that I went off on a bit of a rant, but this Favre thing is bugging me. Hauser, as has been discussed at length here in TT, is from Green Bay and is the guy who called that brilliant play two year ago during the Seachicken game at Lambeau where Favre nearly fell to the ground as he passed the ball. Exactly as Hauser drew that up, and called it in to Favre's helmet radio.
What is Hauser's role in this posse? Well let me tell ya. Hauser will be the guy who will drive. Since he has spent most of his life driving self absorbed reporter divas he can handle this position with no problems. He will be the go to guy when the group needs something and needs it now. With his athletic ability and street sense he will have no problems finding us some Funyuns at 2 am in Sheboygan if called upon to do so. Now don't get me wrong, Shawn is not a gopher just to be sent on errands for the rest of us. In this posse it is all for one. We will all gladly jump up to do what the collective wants, we all accept our roles. Hauser is also our hook up for extreme sports if we need a weekend of adrenaline rush.
One plus on Hauser's side is that he is a hockey fan and can discuss it intelligently. For example if some pussy, like say Gary Bettman, decides to say something about how fighting needs to be eliminated from the game he can stand up, be recognized, and tell Bettman he is a tool and he needs to crawl back under his mommy's skirt and shut the hell up.
So, lets see how the man himself feels about this appointment...Hauser, take it away.
Dear TundraTalk,
Well well......What would GW....George Washington (not that other freak that ran the US of A into the ground) have said when his mug was blasted into the side of a chunk of rock? Probably....................ah yah, duh! Bought freakin' time you pushed the plunger and put me up for all to see......and praise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I could essentially stop right here, nuff said!
Nahhhhhhhhhhhhh, it is truly an honor to be on the rock (as I will refer to it) with my good man the American-Canadian. A great guy that would have yer back anytime and any place, and I reciprocate that feeling! That my friends is what the rock is all about, having your boys backs.
No sense in running smack on the rest of ya'll's......looking forward to seeing who all will make up the complete rock, who else will get blasted on the granite?!
I'd write more but as I speak OLD number 4 is yet again getting the itch to jump off the tractor and lace 'em up.....let's be honest here, that freakin' itch will still be wreaking havoc with him when they are lowering the wood box 5 feet south.....but what the hell...........he provides job security for us media types here in TITLETOWN!
Cross your fingers and hope like hell....that you too can park your mug on the big ol' rock.......time for an Ice Cold Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Hauserinskinov
Nice job Hauser. You did yourself proud in your interview and you deserve to be in this elite group. I will be publishing the rules and regs of the posse soon so stayed tuned fort that. Now if any of you would like to give your congrats to the man, or tell me I am wrong to add him, send me a note and we will publish your thoughts and or concerns.
NEXT:
So Number 4decided today to come back out of retirement to play for the worst franchise in NFL history. Oh, and click on that last link and look at what comes up. 'Are you ready 4 some football?' it says. Well, I have not seen any good football out of Minnesota since, well, FOREVER. Now I know you could get confused with that last statement and think it is the Bengals. Nope, at least they had Boomer, the queens had nothing and liked it. I know we have discussed this at length here in TT, but I feel compelled to say it all again. Ted Thompson is the reason this happened. Ted himself, not Favre. Had Ted just let the man play, we would not be talking about this now. Just have another look at the pic of him and Mike McDumbshit as Favre is calling it quits. That does not look like two guys who are grateful for all that Favre gave them, but two guys who are scared shitless as to what Favre is going to say. Oh, and Deanna really looks happy to be sitting next to them doesn't she?
Favre is just so set on sticking it to Ted that he is willing to tarnish his legacy. No I am not talking about playing another year and playing poorly. I am talking about putting on the ugly purple jersey and playing for a lost cause. The queens will never earn that capital letter from me. I vow that I will never have to capitalize their name until they win the Super Bowl. Since they will never do that, with or without Favre, I will never have to capitalize their name. Suck it Minnesota.
I do want you to know that this is an equal opportunity website. I have from time to time let those who wear the purple give their opinion. So therefore I have some statements from a few queen fans who hang out here from time to time...
First up is a west coast queen fan. Shane T Keller, who has been involved with the color purple on many levels. As a queen fan, and as an employee of 'His Purple Highness', Prince. That's right, you may as well color his life purple. Take it away Shane....
Dear TundraTalk,
I could take the course of good sense team building philosophy. How it would be better to invest in a younger quarterback that we could build upon and to worry about possible discord in the team ranks and Farve's hot and cold running attitude etc etc. But no, I am taking the course of unabashed spite and cynicism! I want to dress up the Golden Cheddar Boy of Greenbay in Purple (the color of royalty you know) parade him through the streets of Greenbay Wisconsin and then park his old tired $10 million dollar ass at the water cooler. I don't care if all he does this season is shoot Gatorade into Adrian Peterson's mouth after every down. This will be the best season ever!!
Put that on your Brat and Eat It!!
Shane Thank you Shane for your unbiased and calm statements. You are really on the fence on this one aren't you? Purple is the color of royalty, but it is also the color of little girls and princesses. As for that parade you are going to have in Green Bay? We had one of those back in 1996, it was called the SUPER BOWL PARADE. Not sure if you have ever seen one of those in Minnesota. Oh yeah that's right you HAVEN'T. Deal with that.
As for him getting gatorade for Adrian, kinda appropriate that he is wearing purple with a name like that, I am all for it. In fact I will agree with you. I think he should ride the pine.
Although I would love to see Ted Thompson eat a little crow if Favre pulled a victory out of his ass against the Pack. Do not take that as me rooting for the queens, THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN. What that is me rooting against Ted Thompson.
Next up is Steve Iverson, of the Morehead Iversons, and his two or three cents...
Chris:
Here’s my random thoughts regarding the alleged signing of Brett Favre to the winningest professional sports franchise in the 1990’s. No rings, but best winning percentage. Check it out if you don’t believe me.
1.)1. I saw Rosenfels in real life at the first live intra-squad scrimmage on 8/7. I said then he should be the starter this season and that was verified at the first pre-season game last Friday in Indy. Why spend 10 million for getting the same end result (early playoff exit if everything goes good)?
2. 2. That same end result means the Brad Childress era will sometime shortly after the new year 2010.
3. 3. Who gets cut to make room? I say T Jack is gone.
4. 4. This is entirely a move to get an extension to the Dome lease and leverage getting a new stadium deal pushed through the State. They’ll be able to say “we’ve sold out the dome for the last 11 years, blah blah blah” and try to get a new one. Zigmunt needs to open his checkbook a bit more, then they might say “here’s a quarter of a billion”.
5. 5. As always, I will still look forward to the big discounts on Viking apparel right around Christmas as they are either already out or soon to be out of the playoffs.
6. 6. Cheech Harvin is going to be a play maker not se-en since 1998 Moss.
That’s all I can come up with under all the pressure you put me under. Later.
Can you get Leinies in Saskatchewan?
Respectively Submitted,
Steve Iverson
Thank you Steve, for those honest and mostly truthful words. If I did not know you I would believe you were a Packer fan.Which would be okay with us if you wanted to switch. The NFL radio said that Sage had looked good (which is always relative when you are speaking about a queen QB) so far in camp so you are spot on on that comment. Childress will be gone next year, they will sell a lot of seats in that stupid dome, you will get cheap purple gear, not sure about Cheech Harvin, but he has to at least drive over a cop and ride a sex boat, and no I cannot get Leinies in Saskatchewan. Sorry about all the pressure, I just wanted you to bring it.
Well, I will leave you with this. Another open letter to Brent Favre. That's right, I know will refer to him as Brent Favre.
Dear Brent,
Well I guess you have gone and done it. You decided to let that bald Mr. Noodle look alike in Minnesucka talk you into playing again this year. You know what this means don't you? Did you weigh all the implications?
Did you consider all of us who have followed your career up until this point? Did you consider all of us who shelled out cash to buy number 4 jerseys, fatheads, bobbleheads, action figures, Favre pictures and footballs? Did you consider all of the people who have made the trek to Green Bay to eat at your restaraunt?
I guess not. You know that when you show up in Lambeau in that stupid Fu@king ugly ass purple jersey you will get your ass booed off.
I know that you are doing this mainly to stick it to Ted Thompson. I know, I hate the guy also. I hate him almost as much as the viqueens. Almost. On my list of hate he ranks just above Chris Duncan, American Idol, and rectal exams, and just below the viqueens, Hitler and hemorrhoids. Oh and by the way, it is only approrpriate that on the week that I have a procedure schedule to examine my point of exit, you decide to fu*k me there , and all the other Packer faithful, two days before it.
Butt Brent has to do what Brent has to do. You go to Minnesota, you play for however long you can. Just let it be known that every Sunday when you put on that purple dress, that instead of me rooting for you and hoping that every time you throw the ball it is for six, I will be rooting for whatever defense is on the other side of the line will break your legs. LT on Theisman style, and I loved Theisman when I was a kid.
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.
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!!!
