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So I was listening to the radio and the classic tune, “One Night in Bangkok” came on.
I’m listening to Murray Head go on about massage parlors and temples and I was thinking to myself, he’s not really singing, he’s talking. Is it possible that Murray Head was one of the first white rappers? After all, the only singing in the song is really done by the women in the background.
And you can’t forget that pan flute solo, beats anything on a Tull record.
Tough guys tumble before O.G. Murray Head.
This week’s Carnival of Bauer is up, hosted by the essential accessory, The Jack Sack.
Before I get to my thoughts about this week’s 24, a note about timing:
It’s been said that in comedy, timing is everything. Timing, at least in that way, is good. But there’s also such a thing as bad timing. And after watching the first 3.5 seasons of 24 with the Civee (to get her caught up), I’d like to say that 24 (specifically, the scenes at CTU) is a treasure trove of bad timing.
Consider the following scene, for example:
[the timer clicks from 8:34:35 to 8:34:42 as we open in CTU, a random CTU employee approaches the CTU director, who is holding two phones up, one to each ear]
CTU Employee:Mr/Mrs. Director, I have this hangnail
CTU Director: What next?! (all attention goes to a big ass viewscreen on the CTU wall) OH NO! Terrorists just detonated a nuclear device on the Kentucky Nub and have assassinated the Secretary of the Interior! Well, we gotta prioritize…let’s tackle that hangnail.
Stuff like that happens all the time. And it isn’t just your CTU employees who are the victims or perpretrators. People from walks of life ranging from crackheads to relatives of the President of the United States have not realized that a national emergency trumps their little world. But at least today, Bill Buchanan tried to avoid it. His initial attempts were successful, but he caved after being repeatedly bothered by Nadia and Milo. We here at the Kingdom wish Buchanan the best in instilling in CTU a better sense of timing.
Other thoughts about this week’s episode:
A few weeks ago, former Yankee outfielder Bobby Murcer had surgery to remove a brain tumor. Tests revealed the tumor was malignant and Bobby is currently undergoing treatment.
I don’t remember Bobby as an active player. Instead, I know Bobby from his years as a color commentator for Yankees games on WPIX and later the YES network. I always liked his commentary and while I only know of his playing days through reading about them, he was one of a handful of bright lights during the darkness of the late 60s-early 70s.
Earlier this week, Michael Kay had Bobby as a guest on his radio show. I actually sat down and listened to the podcast of the interview.
Bobby sounds good, like he always has. Some of the stories are interesting, but it’s nice to hear that people really think he’s a good guy. I really hope he keeps pulling through with his recovery.
The only tough part of the interview is listening to Kay’s horrible, horrible theme music.
So the president of China wants to “purify the Internet.”
I’m assuming he means cut down on Internet access to outside influences from inside China.
I’m against net censorship. But I’m more concerned about how this will affect my Chinese fanbase.
Who ever said nothing happens in Delaware?
From delawareonline:
If World Wrestling Federation legend King Kong Bundy were a stand-up comedian, what would he joke about?
The time he interfered in a match between former cohort Big John Studd (R.I.P.) and Andre the Giant (again, R.I.P.) in Toronto on Aug. 18, 1985, and broke the Giant’s sternum after leveling countless Bundy Splashes on the big man? Or how it itches to wear those huge man leotards with the shoulder straps? Or what it’s like to pull on Hulk Hogan’s skullette? Well, Bundy is a comedian now, and fellow funnyman Jeff Collins says the dude is pretty good.Bundy will host the “Heavyweights of Comedy”…
I’ve heard that in person, Bundy is a legitimately nice guy. I guess you have to have a sense of humor to squash two midgets.
Of course, as a kid, I was scared to death of Bundy. I remember my mother taking me to a live closed-circuit showing of WrestleMania 2 and thinking Hogan (BTW, today is the 24th anniversary of Hulkamania) would not make it out of the cage alive.
Sadly, Bundy didn’t go over the top of the cage, nor did he get a five-count. After that match, his career didn’t reach those heights again, and I’m guessing he’s now retired.
Thinking about it, I would pay to see him do standup.
But, “Heavyweights of Comedy?” Come on, who are the ad wizards who came up with that one?
Usually, after the double-two-hour season openers of 24, they take it slow with hour five. But this year, they gave us some action, some reveals and one classic Bauer beatdown.
So while doing some random surfing, I noticed that the US Postal Service is scheduled to introduce postage stamps commemorating Marvel Super Heroes.
As a fan, former collector and disgruntled stockholder, I think this is pretty cool–especially using the so-called Golden Age artwork and earliest versions of some of the characters.
Although the comics geek in me has two minor issues:
-While Wolverine remains one of the most popular X-Men, he wasn’t around for X-Men issue 1.
-I really didn’t know that Spider-Woman and Elektra (mediocre Jennifer Garner movie notwithstanding) were all that popular.
Now that I think about it, if they really wanted to get the attention of comics fans, they’d have multiple versions of each stamp, in varying chromium covers, wrapped in plastic selling for five dollars each.
The first edition of the Season Six Carnival of Bauer is now up.
For those of you keeping score:
24: 2
Sledge Hammer!: 1
