espn2 and all that
so i can't compose it how i want (it's been many months since i saw this) but i have to say something about this guy that takes juggling items as seriously as terrell owens takes touchdown celebrations. ok, so i know that i don't know one person who reads this who would have any relation to that comparison, but i couldn't really think of any good simile there, and one was called for. but i will compare this guy to something, though. think of ben stiller in the royal tenenbaums.
so, anthony and i are flipping through the channels (surfing it could be called to those of you who are annoying) and come to espn2: Juggling Championship Tournament of the World. this guy, heheh, was good, but ehhh, oh man, obviously has never had the dimensions of his mind stretched beyond the art of juggling foreign items. he was impressive but he dropped the rings, torches, computer monitors, whatever, many many times. and every single time he did he threw a Royal fit. he'd start talking to himself, cursing himself, ridiculing himself under his breath but audible to us viewers and so you'd look to anthony and communicate to him via a bewildered look on your face 'what the fuck!! how could this be on tv?!'
it was so rediculous. i'm making this quote up but he'd say things to himself like, 'YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO GET THIS RIGHT,' and 'YEAH, THERE WE GO, NICE JOB SCUM BAG!' and so i couldn't believe how hilarious this program was, but then it got even funnier. this because next up on the juggling stage was this european juggling genius who was an all-out professional who made the incredible as easily as the other guy made the embarrassing. and basically, they were the only two competitors in their group classification (i guess something like: male, competition jugglers). so this second guy was totally worth having on tv but i feel so bad for him because the other guy completely made a joke out of his sport.
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and then this reminds me of these ping-pong tournaments anthony and i saw on there one time where this one guy, after every point, played to the crowd like a professional wrestler, running around in short shorts high-fiving the audience and double pumping his fists while up on one leg or bending over and flexing his chest muscles with a fierce scowl on his face. it was well-deserved actually though because he'd do horribly unneccessary spin move shots and jump slices. he'd be hopping over the barriers and into the crowd making saves and shit. heh. but anyway, yeah, espn2 and all that.
so, anthony and i are flipping through the channels (surfing it could be called to those of you who are annoying) and come to espn2: Juggling Championship Tournament of the World. this guy, heheh, was good, but ehhh, oh man, obviously has never had the dimensions of his mind stretched beyond the art of juggling foreign items. he was impressive but he dropped the rings, torches, computer monitors, whatever, many many times. and every single time he did he threw a Royal fit. he'd start talking to himself, cursing himself, ridiculing himself under his breath but audible to us viewers and so you'd look to anthony and communicate to him via a bewildered look on your face 'what the fuck!! how could this be on tv?!'
it was so rediculous. i'm making this quote up but he'd say things to himself like, 'YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO GET THIS RIGHT,' and 'YEAH, THERE WE GO, NICE JOB SCUM BAG!' and so i couldn't believe how hilarious this program was, but then it got even funnier. this because next up on the juggling stage was this european juggling genius who was an all-out professional who made the incredible as easily as the other guy made the embarrassing. and basically, they were the only two competitors in their group classification (i guess something like: male, competition jugglers). so this second guy was totally worth having on tv but i feel so bad for him because the other guy completely made a joke out of his sport.
ah
and then this reminds me of these ping-pong tournaments anthony and i saw on there one time where this one guy, after every point, played to the crowd like a professional wrestler, running around in short shorts high-fiving the audience and double pumping his fists while up on one leg or bending over and flexing his chest muscles with a fierce scowl on his face. it was well-deserved actually though because he'd do horribly unneccessary spin move shots and jump slices. he'd be hopping over the barriers and into the crowd making saves and shit. heh. but anyway, yeah, espn2 and all that.
on a whim, chad was marco @ 1:38 PM
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At 4:49 PM,
Anonymous said…
haha. this is why i love your blog. more people need to appreciate the little absurdities of life.
anyway, i think maybe you watch too much espn 2. but you've actually made me want to watch it now; i'm not much of a sport's fan, but it sounds better than comedy central. we're getting digital cable in a couple weeks, which means we'll have hundreds and hundreds of channels full of useless programming. i'll let you know what i find on, say, japanese espn 10 at 2 in the morning.
At 5:29 PM,
chad was marco said…
haha, yeah, bad tv almost rivals good tv. but average tv is just awful. and so, hmm, i guess i need to redefine how i judged the shows in the first place. wait, i'm just being confusing.
my favorite thing to fall asleep to (although it's only happened once at a hotel in el paso) are soccer games spoken in spanish. at that hypnopompic state (the one we experience prior to complete awakening) i swear i understand every word.
yeah, espn is probably the best network in the world when you look at how they do things on a wide scale. i don't mean they have the best programming, just they are so slickly produced. just watch out for this 'under wild skies' show i saw the other day. it's crazy wild skies hunting of rhinos and mean-ass warthogs that i learned apparently aren't worried even if two lionesses are stalking it.
At 2:04 PM,
Anonymous said…
yeah but i'd like to see them not get worried if three lionesses stalk them. cocky damn little warthogs.
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