Random Thoughts – May 19th
Maury Povich "I Am Not The Father" Showdown....Who Ya Got?
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Maury Povich Wikipedia Entry - After further confrontation, and after Maury talks with both parties, he will be given a manila envelope containing the paternity test results and might say "Let's find out!", as a graphic reading "THE RESULTS ARE IN!" appears in the lower left corner of home viewers' TV screens. Maury will ask the man what he plans to do if the child is, in fact, his, and the man almost always responds by saying (often unconvincingly) that he will provide for the child in that (unlikely) case.Usually when the man is shown to be the father, the woman gets up, chases the man, triumphantly declares that she told him so, and/or does the "give me yo money" dance (including cash hand gestures). She then challenges him to follow through on his claim that he will provide support to the child; there is usually no follow-up episode to see if this actually happens, possibly due to the rather large number of cases that appear on the show monthly. Upon such confirmation, most men accept the fact that they are the father. Conversely, when the man is proven to not be the father, it is very common for him to celebrate by performing a smooth yet spontaneous dance routine onstage or by running into the audience to high-five audience members while the woman walks or runs backstage crying, often collapsing (or sometimes even diving) to the floor in the fetal position. In such cases, the man rarely receives an apology from his accuser.
I was emailed this Wikipeida entry today along with a request to show one of the all time classic videos that we’ve ever featured on Barstool Sports. And that is obviously the Maury Povich “You Are Not the Father” video. It still makes me cry every time I watch it. So I don’t care that we’ve already posted it like 10 times. I just can’t say no whenever somebody requests it again. It’s that good. We even threw in a couple bonus “You Are Not the Father” clips and I was going to do a whole “Who Ya Got Showdown”, but it’s not even worth it. The guy in the yellow still is still the king by a mile. You don’t become a Barstool Sports Hall of Famer unless you can stand the test of time.






