Ferrall-A-Vent Wednesday March 10, 2010
Ferrall Talks Awful Commercials and ESPN’s Strasburg Infatuation!!
You know, I was noticing a couple of things watching TV as I couldn’t sleep last night. I went out with 34C and friends in the city. Went to Big East Tournament, blew out with some good friends of mine, Todd and Nicole from Affliction and Remetee. We blew out in the city, had a blast, but I couldn’t sleep. I got up at like 4:00 in the morning. I was watching some crappy movies and there was a couple of commercials that really pissed me off I had to mention. You know the Gatorade G commercial with Mohammed Ali, float like a butterfly, sting like a bee? You know, they repeat it like 50 times in the commercial? Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, and then they show highlights of, like, Serena Williams hitting tennis balls and Dwyane Wade dunking in super slow motion, but the commercial is just way too long, way too repetitive, and way too pain-in-the-ass painful. I mean, it is just so stupid and slow. It’s the first time I’d ever say anything like that about Mohammed Ali, but can you give me a break? That’s the cheesiest commercial ever and it seems like it takes forever to get through 60 seconds. It seems to me like it’s like a five-minute commercial. I mean, how many times does he have to say float like a butterfly, sting like a bee? I mean, is like 1,000 enough for you? I mean, can you take that stupid-ass commercial off the air please? It’s enough to choke on, and the other thing. I saw this commercial for Aqua Velva, the, you know, aftershave splash-on for the face. Nobody uses Aqua Velva. I mean, give me a fucking break. Who uses that? Not even grandpa. Not your dad, not your neighbor, not your coach. Nobody uses it, not even gay dudes. Nobody uses Aqua Velva. I mean, why do they run ads? It’s like Lectric Shave and Aqua Velva, nobody uses that shit. Stop running commercials. No one’s buying it. You know, I’ve never met one person in my life that used that, Aqua Velva or Lectric Shave. Give me a break. Don’t you hate commercials that run where, you know, nobody uses the product but you still see the commercials? Can somebody just kill me? I don’t want to watch Aqua Velva fucking commercials with dad handing it down to his son through the generations, the dad out in the yard playing catch with his son. Please!
Did you see Kobe’s game winner from the corner against Raptors last night at Staples to down their three-game losing streak. Bad angle, behind the bucket, behind the glass, boom! A nice floater, raindrop, right through the net. Lakers do it again! This guy, all he ever does is make luck shots.
St. Johns with a huge 73-51 win over UConn in the opener of the Big East Tournament yesterday at the Garden. UConn season’s over. They’re not going to the tournament. Today at the Big East, South Florida plays Georgetown at noon east, St. John’s-Marquette at 2:00 east, Seton Hall-Notre Dame at 7:00 east, Cincinnati-Louisville at 9:00 east.
They’re gonna have a pinstripe bowl at Yankee Stadium this year. That’s right, the Big East No. 3 team against the Big 12’s No. 6 team, so they’re gonna set up a bowl game. It’s called the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx.
By the way, Robert DeNiro is gonna play Vince Lombardi in an ESPN movie and Milton Bradleys’ interview about hate and racism in Chicago is epic. Milton Bradleys, he’s the guy that blamed Chicago for his problems and it’s just simple. Milton hates white people. Let’s just get to the gist of it. He hates white people and he thinks white people and everyone in Chicago’s a racist and everyone’s out to get him and he said he received all these death threats and hate mail. It’s just hilarious. You can see the interview on ESPNChicago.com. It’s pretty funny.
Minnesota Twins ace closer Joe Nathan has torn ligaments in his elbow. Look, he’s gonna need surgery on the elbow so you can forget about Joe Nathan this year. He’s not gonna get better. They’re waiting two or three weeks to see if it gets better and then he can pitch again. Wrong! That’s just not happening. If you have torn ligaments in your pitching elbow, you’re toast. Okay? So count him out for the year. There’s already rumors that the Twins might go after Cleveland closer Kerry Wood.
My boy, running back Thomas Jones of the Jets, remember they got rid of him? He signs a two-year deal with the Kansas City Chiefs. They’re gonna love him at Arrowhead Stadium.
I’m going to the Devils-Rangers game tonight at the Rock in Newark. That should be rockin’. This is a great rivalry! They hate each other’s guts and it’s just gonna be a bloodbath! There’s gonna be fights and everything, fans wasted, obscenities flying out of the stands. It should be pretty cool. I’m also going Friday night to see the Penguins and Devils at the Rock and I’m taking Gunner to that one. I’m not taking Gunner tonight because of all of the obscenities and hate and violence and fights that break out when the Rangers play the Devils. I don’t want him to see that but I do want him to see the Penguins kick the Devils’ ass.
Stephen Strasburg, the No. 1 pick in the major league baseball draft, he’s with the Washington Nationals. We always hear about him. They’re always showing him working out, whatever, but why do we have to see every single pitch he threw in the spring training game against the Tigers yesterday? Every single pitch! ESPN showed every single pitch he threw. He threw 27 pitches in his outing and we got to watch every single pitch. Like I’m giving a rat’s fucking ass about some guy that’s never pitched a day in the majors. I don’t care if he throws 100 miles an hour. I don’t care if he’s the No. 1 pick. No one, not CC Sabathia, I mean, not the best pitchers in baseball, nobody – I don’t want to watch every single pitch of some guy who no matter who he is, in spring training. Here’s what I want to see at spring training: chicks drinking beer with big cans sitting in the stands. Spring training’s meaningless and Stephen Strasburg’s pitch count and showing every one of his pitches is absurd to me. My God, how pathetic is that?
LT, former Charger might sign with the Vikings. I think the Cowboys have the best shot to land wide receiver Brandon Marshall of the Broncos.
Mike Dunleavy got fired as the Clippers GM on Tuesday.
Everyone is up in arms about Sidney Crosby turning down Letterman to do the Top 10 list. Sid Crosby, of course he had the game-winning goal in the Olympics gold medal game for Canada, placed for the Penguins. He turned down Letterman to do the Top 10 list last week when the Penguins were in town playing the Rangers in New York. You know, everybody’s getting all mad about it and all worked up about it, but here’s the real deal. I watched Letterman last night for the first time in a long time and I love Dave Letterman. I’ve been on his show twice. It was a great thrill going on his show, but I gotta tell you. I mean, let’s just get right to it. He’s not funny any more. He’s just not funny. I watched the show last night. It sucked. I didn’t laugh once. It was stupid. It wasn’t cool. It wasn’t funny. It wasn’t edgy. I don’t know who’s writing his jokes. Maybe all those whores he was banging were the ones that were writing the good jokes, ‘cause he’s not telling any funny jokes any more. I thought it was lame and maybe that’s why nobody wants to go on it any more, or maybe it’s ‘cause he did all the whores. I’m not sure, but he’s not funny any more. Hate to tell you, and you can blame me all you want. He’s not funny.
Flyers beat the Islanders 3-2. That’s the 15th straight time that the Flyers have beaten the Islanders. That’s getting owned, and Calgary beat the Red Wings last night. The Flames lead the Red Wings by one point now for the final playoff spot, but there’s still 3½ weeks left in the season.
Five games tonight in the NHL, the best game is L.A. at Chicago. Nine games in the NBA and I’m just not sure there’s any great games, although Dallas is playing New Jersey. Now the Nets suck, but Dallas is so hot right now watching them play hoops is fun. Spurs and Knicks tonight as well. Boston hosts Memphis and all of those conference tournament games are going on in college basketball, tons of spring training.
I’m back on Monday the 15th on Howard 101 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern. Miserable men filling in for me this week. Check out ferrallradio.com every day. Check out the vent. Check out Tauntr for those inside sources. It’s pretty cool. Check out On the Bench. Check out the store. Get Team Ferrall Remetee shirts and Shake It Up shirts and hats and go to scottbeatstheman.com for all my picks every single day in everything NHL, NBA, NCAA, spring training. You know we throw boxing and MMA in there too whenever there’s big fights. I’m already starting to think about going to the Mayweather-Mosely fight May 1 in Vegas. Sin City needs another visit from Uncle Futrelli, don’t you think? Anyway, I’ll see you tonight at the Rock if you’re going to the Devils-Rangers game. I’m going with my boys, Sweet Lou, Delusional and Joey Blunts. Have a great day, everybody. Peace.
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