Random Thoughts – November 13th
Schilling Talks to Dennis Miller
I haven't heard anyone else talking about it, but Dennis Miller has an all sports show that debuted on Versus last week. It's called "Sports Unfiltered" and the second show is on tonight at 10:30. I can' t wait. I caught the one episode and I'm already hooked. Like at the end of the show he does this bit like the one he did on SNL where shows pictures and gives the captions. He showed one of Brady shaking Manning's hand and said "Good game Peyton. My best to the wife and kids. Now I'm off to bang the hottest woman on the planet." Gold.
But I love Miller. Always have. I might be the only guy in America who loved when he was on Monday Night Football. Like the first game he did, the Hall of Fame game when he referred to Canton as "the Tigris and the Euphrates of the NFL." Or the time he said "Dick Vermeil cried like Sylvia Plath getting pepper sprayed" and I had to google her name to find out she was a poet who killed herself. Was he a football expert? No. But Randy Cross is, and he's an unlistenable buffoon. Miller came across as a fan who was enjoying the hell out of himself, which worked for me. But I know I'm on an island on this, just like I'm the only one I know who likes Tony Kornheiser on MNF and thought the night Letterman hosted was the only Oscar telecast I ever enjoyed.
On an unrelated note, Kornheiser had a good point the other day. The deal Schilling negotiated for himself; the same money as last year but only if he hits the incentives, is the exact same deal Joe Torre took as an "insult." Why do people not like Schilling again?






