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Jun 27

A matter of timing

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I didn’t get ESPN Classic when the brilliant series “Cheap Seats” was in production, but I get it now, and I have my DVR set to pick up the occasional rerun which ESPN Classic airs in the middle of the night.

In case you don’t know, “Cheap Seats” is like “Mystery Science Theater 3000″ for sports — hosts Randy and Jason Sklar show cheesy sporting events from ESPN’s library, and make wisecracks and pop culture references about them.

Anyway, an episode aired overnight and was waiting for me this morning.

At one point, Randy and Jason said that poker player Phil Hellmuth “is to poker sense what Farrah Fawcett is to common sense.” (This was probably when Farrah’s dippy appearance on the Letterman show was still fresh in memory.)

A few minutes later, they said that a player “was sweating more than Michael Jackson in a Discovery Zone ball pit.”

I just thought it odd that an episode with both those references would air this weekend, of all times.

Jan 14

At least they don’t feature Jim Cramer

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I’d seen a number of TV commercials for the comedy “Mad Money,” which stars (according to most of the commercials) Queen Latifah, Katie Holmes and Diane Keaton. Ted Danson plays a supporting role and can be glimpsed quickly in the mainstream ad.

Well, this afternoon I was watching “Pardon The Interruption” and I saw an ad for the movie. Interestingly, the ESPN ad for the movie doesn’t mention any of the female stars by name — and Ted Danson gets more screen time than any of them!

If I were the type of person who only watched ESPN, and I went to see “Mad Money” as a result of that commercial, and if Ted Danson’s role turns out to be small, I would be incredibly annoyed.

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