My pick for the Finals, Marty's Podcast, and another queen dumbass...

Okay, I know a lot of you have already seen the video above but I am showing it now because it is almost boat season here in Saskabush and I am damn sure going to be singing this song, in my head, every time I set foot in my boat. Funny as shit. I played it at work about 30 times the other day.

Oh, if you are at work make sure you do not turn it up because there is some swearing in the song. I will not take any responsibility if you lose your job because you are jamming out to this. I saw it first on Shannon Just Blog.

NEXT: I conducted Marty Frey's Entourage interview last night and it was epic. I will be editing it today and hopefully have it up tonight for all 20 or so of you who actually take the time to listen to it to peruse. Marty came strong and took shots at the host, NBC, Jay Leno, and of course the queens.

Speaking of Jay Leno he gave us some insight in the whole shift of power between Jay and Conan since he has been in rehearsals for Conan's show all week. This is another TT exclusive for you. I am truly a media mogul running this multi dollar website. You can CLICK HERE or click on the link to the right to listen to the podcast. If the words are not blue I do not have it up yet. When they turn blue it is on. Nice.

That also means that Chad Weiser, of the Seattle coffee drinkin' Weisers, is up next. I plan on cranking that one out soon also so be prepared.


NEXT: My picks for the Stanley Cup Final will be very similar to last year except for one thing....

DETROIT RED WINGS (2) VS PITTSBURGH PENGUINS (4)

Now, you all know I hate the Red Wings with a passion. I don't need to go there. We also know that Preacher and Doroshenko misguidedly love the wings. Don't need to go there. Ty Conklin is one of the greatest Green Bay Gamblers of all time AND a TT vetran. True. I want Ty's name on the Cup more than I want Favre to stay retired (which he will). Yes we know that. Preacher is in love with Sidney Crosby. True.

So where is this going? To the obvious, Penguins will win the Stanley Cup. Take it to the bank. Now I will tell you why. Since Gary Bettman is a tool and his only desire is not to keep the game of hockey great but to get better ratings in the USA (which will NEVER happen). In his infinite wisdom, and since NBC has their hand up his ass (sorry Marty). He has decided to play back to back games in the Stanley Cup final. Somebody kick this guys ass now.

Some of you may say that these guys are pros and should just shut up and play. Well you can say that as long as you are just watching them on TV. BUT, I followed the Oilers in 2006 in the playoffs and finals and I can tell you by being there that this is a very difficult thing to win the Stanley Cup. These guys beat the shit out of each other and that day of rest is very important to them. Gary, the numbnuts, Bettman makes them play Saturday night and then again Sunday afternoon. That is less than 24 hours to recover. God forbid the game goes a few overtimes. Screw Gary Bettman. He is ruining the game of hockey. Not to mention his hypocracy with this whole Phoenix Coyotes thing. Screw him.

Anyway, I think the Penguins are less beat up and are more ready for this. Sid the Kid has the eye of the tiger and Billy Gun Guerin has not got this far in his career and is not going to let it slip away. Sorry Ty, I am taking the Penguins in 7.

I would also like you to notice for the past few posts there has been little things to click on at the bottom. Kinda instant feedback you can say. Make sure you take time to click on the stuff on the bottom. Especially the viqueens suck one.

Oh and one more thing: I found this the other day on PackerPalace dot com. Fran Tarkenton, who played for the queens, has apparently lots to say about Favre in the Green Bay Press Gazette. After reading this...

“I think it's despicable,” Tarkenton told 790 The Zone in Atlanta (via the Minneapolis Star Tribune) regarding the possibility of Brett Favre playing for the Vikings. “What he put the Packers through last year was not good. Here’s an organization that was loyal to him for 17, 18 years, provided stability of organization, provided players. It just wasn’t about Brett Favre. In this day and time, we have glorified the Brett Favre’s of the world so much, they think it’s about them. He goes to New York and bombs. He’s 39 years old. How would you like Ray Nitschke in his last year [playing for] the Vikings, or I retire, and go play for the Packers? I kind of hope it happens, so he can fail.”

“He told the Packers [after 2008 that], ‘I’m retiring,’” Tarkenton said. “They’ve got to move on. They’ve got to go through their offseason plan, their workouts, they go with the other quarterback [Aaron Rodgers], who is a good player, and then [Favre] comes back and says, ‘I think I want to play.’ . . . You build your team in the offseason. Everybody knows that. It’s about team. It’s not about Brett Favre. So he goes and runs up to the Jets, doesn’t even dress in the locker room with the players. Has a separate facility. Playing quarterback is about the relationships you have with your coaches, with your players, with your trainers, with your managers. How can you do that if you show up on gameday and you haven’t put the time in? And now he’s trying to do it again in Minnesota. And if Minnesota bites, God bless them. . . .

“He’s been a great player, there’s no question about it, but it’s all about him. It is supposed to be all about your team. If you’re going to be the quarterback of your team, you need to be there in the offseason workouts in March and April. Peyton Manning’s there. Tom Brady’s there.”

“I think [Favre] has been a great flamboyant quarterback, but he has made more stupid plays than any great quarterback that I’ve ever seen,” Tarkenton said. “Look at his final game in a Packers uniform [the 2007 NFC title game]. He blew that game against the Giants. He’s playing against Eli Manning. I love Eli Manning, but he’s still not a great quarterback. He’s not Peyton yet, or Tom Brady. He’s just a guy. And [the Packers] are playing at home, and they’re in a tight situation, they went to overtime and [Favre] throws the interception that allows [the Giants] to come back and win the game.”

I used to have a lot of respect for Fran, but now all I have to say to him is show me your ring dick weed, then you can talk. Suck on that Frannie boy.

Thank you.

Make sure you send Derek Venckus, of the Deep South Venckus', a happy birthday greeting. He will appreciate it.
Have a great day and an even better weekend. Now GET BACK TO WORK.

Billings Montana, Packers whip Seattle, and Marty on Leno...

Okay, it is time to get down to business. The Packers are playing this weekend against those wannabees from the northwest, the Craphawks. Holmgren, the traitor, will bring his lousy team to Lambeau to get his ass handed to him with a bow on it. So my prediction for the game is Packers 28, Do Do Birds 10. As MC Hammer said so eloquently back during high school, "U Can't Touch This". No one can touch the Pack. Believe it.

Oh, and the viqueens are 6 point underdogs this weekend and they are spending the weekend on the couch. Losers.

As for the rest of the rest I am going to predict that Indy will beat San Diego, Jacksonville is going to make a game of it with the CHEATriots, and NY will beat DallASS. That's right, I am picking the upsets. I think Jessica Slutson will be in the house and Romo will have another big 5 interception game. Which will bring the NFC Championship game to Lambeau Field. Yup, punching my ticket to the Super Bowl.

The cool pictures are from Packer Palace dot Com. The main one on the top shows the road signs on the interstate. The one on the right gives directions to Green Bay. The one in the middle is for Milwaukee, and the one on the right goes to Chicago. Losers.

NEXT: This is television programming alert that you need to watch Leno on Monday or Tuesday. Why, may you ask, am I, a Letterman enthusiast, recommending that you watch Leno? Well, Marty Frey, of the NBC Burbank Frey's, is possibly going to be on the show on Monday or Tuesday. Leno is going to do his monolouge and during it say that he is out of jokes. At this time he is going to send Arsenio Hall around the offices to see if anyon has any good jokes. Marty is one of the offices that Arsenio Hall came to. That's right Marty was in the precense of those freakishly long fingers of Arsenio Hall. Look for it on Monday. Marty told a Packer joke or two.



NEXT So last month the Passat decided that it liked to spend more time at the VW dealer than it did with me. Well I guess that it has been that way since we bought it but it got a bit worse in the last few months. Ever since John Mellencamp loaned his song "My Country" to Chevy I have wanted to buy a truck. In fact everytime that commercial came on I was halfway out the door going to shop for trucks. I love that commercial, especially when they put in the Packers at the front of Football night in America.

I did quite a bit of shopping around here in Regina and just could not find the right truck at the right price. I found this place in Bilings that had the truck I wanted at the right price. Donna works with someone who had bought from them before so I felt I could trust them. I made the deal and decided to go to Billings to get the truck.

There is about a pile and a half of paperwork to do to import a truck from the US. I had to wait 48 hours before I could pick it up. Now that brought me a slight dilemma because I did not have anyone to go with me. I on a whim called my boy Matt Wright, of the Global TV Regina Wright's, and he had nothing going on so he decided to rock to Billings with me.

Now this all good, but when we got to the border going into the US. The border guys were a bit hesitant. I guess two dudes crossing the border late at night, to buy a truck was a bit suspicious. They asked me where I worked. I said I was currently unemployed. "REALLY". "How do you know Matt?" Well I just met him a month ago at a work assignment. "REALLY." "Why do you have a US passport and live in Regina?" Well, I married a Canadian Girl. "Oh, excuse me while I put on the rubber gloves, can you please step out of the vehicle?" HUH?

That is basically how it went, well without the rubber glove thing. After I explained how I met my wife and lived in Canada all the red lights stopped flashing and they put their guns away.

After our traumatic experience at the border we stopped for gas in this small town right on the other side of the border. I bought some Funyuns, Wasabi flavor. Nice, Funyuns are great as is, but with Wasabi, kicked ass. Which I hooked Matt on the Funyuns on the way down. Great one more convert to the 'ways of the Funyun'. We also decided we needed a beer.

So we stopped in at the fine establishment called the 'Cattle Ac". This is going to be awesome. You can only imagine what kind of establishment the Cattle Ac is. Have a look at their logo on the match book. Sweet logo. We entered the establishment and immediately realized that we were underdressed. We did not have what appeared to be the prerequisite attire of Wranglers and cowboy hat. Sorry, I do not have a story that mentions a dude saying "Steers and Queers" for you here, but that would have been cool.

Matt decided that he would try his luck in the casino in the back. Oh I forgot to mention that the whole place was lit up in black light. Of course me being Mr. Mom I had a dark blue shirt on with stains from Dakotas breakfast and lunch on it. I looked like a christmas tree under all that black light. Not to mention what the hell those weird white stains were on my hands. I am going with dry skin. Click on the pic and have a look at the lights in the place. Antler chandeliers. Sweet. Gotta love Montana.

Matt managed to win 40 bucks in the Casino. Nice job Matt this trip is paying off already. We decided our luck was about out at the Cattle Ac, love that name, and took off towards Billings. At this point I will also mention that Sattelite Radio is a godsend. I have always kinda been a terrestrial radio guy. Old school, in a way, but radio in western Montana, and Regina for that matter, to put it nicely, sucks the big one. Sattelite radio, which Donna has in her Honda just majorly kicks ass. No need to deal with Toby Keith, Dolly Parton, or John Tesh (I am not kidding I heard him on the air) accross the desolation that is western Montana.

In Miles city we stopped again for a beer. But since we could not find a bar anywhere, we had to stop at another Casino. Matt gambled a bit, lost a bit. Oh, this casino was formerly a Pizza Hut. I ordered a large stuffed crust but the lady there was not really buying it. I am sure she had heard that one before. Hey, no one has EVER called me original.

No kidding, they have casinos on every corner. Where the hell is all this money coming from to gamble? It is not like Miles City is the Vegas of Montana. In a two block radius I swear I saw about 10 casinos. Weird.

So we pulled into Billings about 2 am. I did not know where the hotels were so I just jumped off the highway and looked for a reasonable hotel. The hotel that I saw that looked reasonable was called the War Bonnet Inn. Nice. No such thing as politically correct in Billings. Inside there were Native American artifacts, stuffed heads, and old west stuff all over. The name of the bar was the Arapahoe Lounge. Nice. Not a place to stay for someone who is easily offended. Oh by the way, the bed I got, I swear, was the worst mattress I have ever slept on. I could have slept outside on the pavement and it would have been softer. Worst sleep ever. I snapped a pic of the sign the next day.

Come to find out from the sales guy at the car dealership, that is the worst hotel in the city in the worst part of town. I really know how to pick 'em. As I was trying to sleep on the slab of concrete that was my mattress, all I could think of is that scene from Planes, Trains, & Automobiles when John Candy and Steve Martin are sleeping and that guy breaks in and steals all the money out of their wallets. Needless to say I slept light.

Next morning we got up and went to Denny's for my favorite breakfast, the Moons over MiHammy, when my phone rings. Who the hell is calling me? Well, I'll tell ya, just keep your shorts on. I had been shopping for a truck for a while and had talked to many a salesman. I got a call the other day from a guy who thought he had found 'my truck'. Anyway, it was Nate Davis from Capital Ford asking if I had bought a truck. Now this is normally would not be a big deal a sales guy calling me to try to sell me a truck, but Nate Davis, for the TT Nation that is in the states, is a former CFL football player for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Actually he was my fave player from the Riders. That is him on the left in the picture and the guy kicking the snot out of Ricky Ray.

I of course informed him that I was in Billings buying a truck and he was okay with that. What he told me next won my lifelong loyalty. He informed me of a restaraunt called Famous Daves. He said they have the best ribs ever. So me being a guy who likes food, I told him we would check it out. Nate is a large man, you can always trust a restaraunt reccomendation from a large man.

He was right, I can still taste those ribs. I had Memphis style ribs, half rack. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM good. The corn bread was amazing, melted in your mouth. If you are ever in Billings, or anywhere with a Famous Daves, I suggest you do whatever you can to eat at this fine establishment. Nate Davis has my loyalty forever. Thank you Nate.

So I went over to the Hertz dealer and picked up my truck. I was very pleased with my purchase. Matt Shanks, of the Billings Shanks, was the sales guy and the did me right. Oh did I mention that Famous Daves was right next door? No, well, it is. After the deal was done we managed to get lost and in the process found this great trailer park. I swear that Ricky, Julian, and Bubbles lived there. It was awesome. So awesome that I took a picture. Have a look.

The trip home was uneventful in the fact that they let me in with the truck and did not put on any rubber gloves. I managed to pick up a few bags of Funyuns to smuggle back in. I have a truck now I can smuggle a ton if I need to.

Marty sent me this note after he saw a pic of the truck...

I just wanted to let you know that isn't a truck that you have there... That's a "fancy truck" - that only "fancy lads" would drive... A real truck has two doors for men to get in and out of.. the extra doors on the back there take up valuable bed space for haulin' man things.. If the women or kids need to ride in the truck, you put them in the middle part of the front seat or the "girlfriend seat" as it's known among real men. But you probably have some girly bucket seats in that truck instead of a real man bench seat that is always a part of a real truck. Plus - you've got some sissy, glossy bed cover on the back of that tiny little sandbox of a bed on that back of that "fancy truck".
That's the kind of truck that I see haulin' cross-dressing transvestites in the Hollywood Holiday parade. I am deeply disappointed - did your wife make you buy that?

Marty


Yup, this coming from the guy leaning against this Penis extender. Oh and this is the kind of car a guy, loosely used word, who beats his girlfriends and or his kids, reads comic books, eats sushi at a baseball game, has a subscription to maxim magazine not playboy because it is too 'graphic', drives to wine country on the weekend to bond with his 'boys', compares business cards and rates the paper it is printed on, AND is writing the next great novel, watches Leno and bionic woman (new version) in that order, and worst of all could be a viqueen fan.

Sorry Marty, I like my truck. Reply...

I bought that car used about 5 years ago from my neighbor who was having health problems and needed the money and then sold it less than a year later - not because my wife didn't enjoy riding in it.. Just because it was too fancy for a man of my practical and strong Midwest upbringing...

Yesterday we had Ric Flair and Stone Cold Steve Austin in here for a satellite interview... I showed them a picture of your truck and Ric Flair said that it was a "pussy truck".. That's right - Ric Flair himself said that your truck was a pussy truck...

Marty

Okay, you win....


NEXT: Marty, again of the Hollywood Frey's, sent me a couple of Pics of the new KITT. You know the one, Knight Rider. Yup, my fave show when I was a kid and part of the reason I always wanted a Trans Am/Firebird. Smokey and the Bandit was the other reason.

Well here is the new KITT. Nope, it is now a mustang. Marty take it away, was Hassselhoff there?...


No - "The Hoff" as he likes to call himself was not there.. Apparently his time is taken up with his new jewelry line for men that he is developing.. I'm not kidding.

They did have some "star types" but either I didn't recognize them or I didn't care..

Quick joke: Why do guys like women who wear leather? Answer: because they smell like a new car!

OK - I didn't say it was a good joke.

Anyway - they actually showed three cars in their various Knight Rider form.. the first one being totally remote controlled. They pulled back the curtain and the thing started up - drove past the cameras, pulled up the left, stopped and the doors opened up.. nobody inside. It was pretty cool.
Then they rolled up with the star types in the regular "crusing mode" car..

Then they had some stunt guy come in with the Mustang that is in "attack mode".. He drove up to the camera area and did about three massive doughnuts sending a ton of very unhealthy and stinky smoke into their faces.. I loved it! You can see from the 4th or 5th shot, all the smoke that that guy was putting up.

If you like the old late 60's boss Mustangs - these are very cool and brutal looking cars. They sounded great too.

Later,
Marty

Okay, that is all I have for you this week. Next week I am going to reflect on my 40th Birthday, which I just went thru. Nice. Now...

GET BACK TO WORK!!!!

Video of Cory and Jamie on Jay, and more...

Cory and Jamie from hamiltongbp on Vimeo

Here it is. The video of Cory and Jamie on Jay Leno. Plus the story behind the day. Jamie Thomas takes us on the roller coaster ride that was their day in Hollywood at the Leno show.

Take it away Jamie...

Alright...

We roll into NBC at about 2 pm and take our NEW boy Marty out for lunch, not knowing just how close he had us sitting for the Jay Leno show. After lunch at a restaurant that had valet parking (never had someone park my vehicle at a stinking place to eat, or maybe I could never afford to eat a place like that when I worked for A-Channel).

Marty then takes us for a tour of the studios where they film "the worst tv show in the history of the world", Days of our Lives. It was cool to see all the props for the shows and to see the size of the studios....

Then we roll past all the people that waited in line all day and get first in line so the usher can take us to the second row ON THE FLOOR right in front where Jay does his monologue. When Jay comes out to do his monologue Cory and I are there to shake his hand along with 50 other people....of course, Blashill the camera guy gets up closest and on camera in front of millions.

Great show with Jimmy Fallon and Jamie Foxx...after it was all said and done, Marty again took us out back to wait in the parking lot for photos.

First, Leno comes out and takes a photo with us seperately. He's telling me about some story about Canada, but I wasn't listening because I was standing beside Jay friggin Leno. I see NHL players everyday and they dont impress me, but the odd occasional celebrity does, I hate to admit it.

Then it gets even better. Jamie Foxx comes out and is heading to his limo, but stops to get a photo with us. Actually, thats a lie. There was this reallly impressive looking woman there as well, so I am sure he wanted the photo with her and then felt bad for us. Regardless, Cory and I got the photo with steamin' Willie Beaman and no he didnt barf.

Next we are heading to Hungtington Beach to watch the Ducks game on Sunday at a Bloody Mary bar where they just give you a jug full of vodka and you make your own drink. We will watch the game and I will try and remember what happened when I question the players...on Monday.

Thanks to Marty for coming up huge in our time in need. Peterson, you call me ThomASS all the time, but you are a genius.

Jamie is out.

Nice story Jamie. Too bad I could not see your ass on TV. They probably edited you out. I would.

Okay, I have been sitting on some video for you guys for a while. The first one is a clip from the Ellen Show. Donna watches it every day and I usually tune it out or watch it a bit. I heard Cheri Oteri the other day talking about Regina. That's right Regina, Sask. Have a look...





Regina from hamiltongbp on Vimeo


Next I have some video from the new season of the Trailer Park Boys. This season is getting really go0d. Bascically the boys are in a scheme to ship pot accross the US border to Sebastian Bach, of Skid Row, on a model train. Not only is it a madel train, but it is Patrick Swayze's personal train. Funny as hell. This is a scene from a couple of weeks ago. I just about died laughing at this scene. Bubbles is hilarious. Ricky of course is just plain stupid funny. Have a look.





TPB from hamiltongbp on Vimeo




Speaking of Patrick Swayze. He is here in Edmonton shooting a movie. I saw him the other day in a mini van that was on a flatbed trailer, with no wheels, shooting a scene. Very cool. Not seeing Patrick Swayze, but the rig that they were using to shoot in a car. Had about 5 cameras going at once. Very cool.






Bad Live hit.. from hamiltongbp on Vimeo

Last but not least, I was watching Brian Williams the other night and I saw this live hit that they did about the fires that are raging. This is soooo bad, it is so obvious that she is not on the scene of the fire. Look at the lighting in the shot. Almost perfect. No shadows on her face but look at all the smoke in the background. Dark in the back light on her face. I can't believe that they did this on national TV. NBC, Marty, you better make a call. Or I will.

Brush with Cory, Jamie, and Greatness...

So Marty, after seeing his birthday noticed on TundraTalk, sent me a short note...Here is how that went...

Awesome!

Funny - I don't remember that picture with the "Lite girls" being taken.. I'm going to have to go back to the PB mansion to remind myself of my life goals..

Marty

Really, Marty, you do not remember that? Well, what the hell is wrong with you. Maybe when you drunkenly uttered those infamous words "I ain't no queer or nothin'" you were mistaken? How do you not remember taking your picture in the arms of five topless women? Dee Snider is rolling over in his grave.

I guess it must be because it happens so often that it all kind of runs together...

Dee is cool with it..

Marty

Uh, yeah, okay. James Williams, of the Regina Williams', sent me a note reminding me that I missed his birthday...

I’m proud to share a birthday with Marty. I don’t have a picture of me with bunnies wearing nothing but paint, though, sorry. Maybe I could get Tracy to let me paint her up…

James

Good luck with that.

To explain the picture of Jamie Thomas, of the Edmtonton ThomASSES, and Cory Blashill, of the Edmonton Blashill's, brush with Jamie Foxx, of the Oscar Winner for Best Actor Foxx's, I know you would all like to hear about the boys jumping the barbed wire fence, eluding NBC security, snapping the pic, stealing Jay Leno's car and then leading LAPD on a high speed chase through Burbank, only to be arrested and locked in the slam to be BUBBA's Bitch. Well, not exactly.

That story above would be good but, Marty, in his busiest week of the year (Upfront Week fall Launch), AND on his birthday, took time out of his day to plan for Cory and Jamie to go see Jay Leno last night. Yup, took care of my boys. Took care of them soo much that they got parking, sat front row, shook Jays hand when he came out, got to look around NBC lot, AND got a pic with Jay Leno and Jaime Foxx. How sweet is that? Pretty Sweeet.


Yeah, that is Jay's car over Cory's right shoulder (not the limo). Marty told me he drives a different one every day. Oh, one more thing, it was nice of Cory and Jamie to wear the same shirt for the picture. Marty has major pull at NBC but apparently can't get one of those clowns a different shirt. Of course, Cory and Jamie took care of Marty after the show. For those of you who need to know, when buying Marty a gift for any reason, just remember, he is a size BEER. That is all you need to know.

I have the show PVR'd and I will put the video of Cory and Jamie up as soon as I can. I also hope to have some stories from the men themselves.

Have a great weekend!!!