King Kamala

Yeah, I've heard that as well. I've also heard that most of the stuff he did get right was just stuff he got from The Wrestling Observer without giving them credit.

Have to say that this is the first episode drafted that I remember outright disliking. My interest in the show had been waning in Seasons 9 through 11 but 12 is where it really kind of flatlined.

Actually, this one became true for one match at least. Him and Mabel teamed up against Yokozuna and Crush in The Summer of '94 in a featured bout on Wrestling Challenge. I don't think I'll ever forgot the image of Typhoon bobbing his head and waving his hands in the air like he just didn't care to the M.O.M. Man, Fred Ottman had a weird two year stretch in wrestling. Earthquake leaves WWF in January '93 and Typhoon becomes a JTTS for a few months before leaving for an immensely embarrassing WCW run. Then he comes back for a week and a half to WWF to replace Earthquake and do job duty to Yokozuna on the house show circuit.

Glad I checked on this one cause it's yet another pick I swore would have been picked by now but somehow hasn't. Just a really well-crafted episode from the peak era and a superb parody of Rear Window. Obviously, I'm going with... Season Six, Episode One- "Bart of Darkness" Dr. Hibbert: I'm sorry, that leg's going to have to come off (Bart and Homer gasp and Hibbert chuckles) Dr. Hibbert: Did I say "leg"? I meant wet bathing suit. I'm afraid you'll need a cast on that broken bone. Bart: Aw, I'm going to miss the whole summer. Homer: Don't worry, boy. When you get a job like me, you'll miss every summer.

No, with all due respect to gary, not really. But I don't expect anybody to care what I listen to either. To answer your other question, Gary's a college student IIRC. And as a fellow college student, trust me, it's very easy to be able to listen to nine albums a day if you want to. Sooooo much time to kill.

Yeah but a lot of major chains will let you use your gift cards for online orders. I know Best Buy does that as I've gotten them for the past two or three years and always ordered online or for in-store pickup.

Amusing sidenote- I was looking on Amazon for other wrestling related books and noticed that former WWF and WCW job guy Dusty Wolfe has written an autobiography. Can we officially say that wrestler autobiographies have jumped the shark now? Come to think of it though, a job guy's autobiography could be somewhat interesting.

Yeah, with all due respect to our former ombudsmen, I always the Chocolate Socket's motto has been anything goes- so long as its legal. If we declare that forum is open season for any sort of nefarious activity, it's only a matter before someone makes a snuff film for the amusement of us TSMers. That would be kind of flattering though.

Hell of a steal there, YnA. Was very close to picking that one last round but the end of "Mother Simpson" tugged on my heart strings too much for me to pass it up for another round.

I got Bret Hart's book and Chris Jericho's book. Oh and I'm using some of my Christmas money to go to an indy show headlined by Koko B. Ware and Apolo on Sunday if we're counting that.

Lean year but not too terrible. The little I got I liked and I didn't give much so I guess the old adage is true. I got $200 in cash, two pairs of pants, a thermal shirt, and a $20 gift card to Patriot Cinemas from the 'rents, a shit ton of clothes, $40 gift certificate to Borders from a cousin, $25 gift card to LL Bean's and $20 from my grandmother, $20 and another thermal shirt from my other grandmother. I got Bret Hart's book, Chris Jericho's book, Live From New York (an oral history of SNL circa '00/'01 with virtually every living cast member except Eddie Murphy), and Awake In The Dark: The Best of Roger Ebert. I'm going to get some Chinese food, watch From Russia With Love and possibly RoboCop (odd Christmas double bill but it's what I have from the video store and NetFlix[ and pass out.

Whatever Disney executive saw Jungle 2 Jungle on television one day and said "We need to pair those guys up again!' deserves to be tarred and feathered.

One of the Disney Channels was playing The Santa Clause 3 in a loop for twenty four hours. I mean come on The Santa Clause is semi-understandable but The Santa Clause 3? Really? For 24 hours?

I found SuperBrawl X (with Sid/Jeff Jarrett/Scott Hall Triple Threat for The WCW World title and Hulk Hogan/Lex Luger as The Double Main Event) on YouTube but I really kind of don't want to watch that show again though it certainly fulfills our general requirement of crappy WCW show.

Well, relatively speaking of course. Let's use an example, him and Ike Turner both played roles (the size of their role is open for debate- but that's neither here nor there) in the birth of rock and roll. Both led controversy filled lives. Yet I imagine their obituaries will be incredibly different. When Ike Turner died, most people's gut reaction was "Great! The guy who beat up Tina Turner is dead! Good riddance!" not "The guy who wrote 'Rocket '88" is dead!" However when Chuck Berry dies, I think the vast majority of people's reactions will be "the guy who helped invent rock and roll is dead! OMG the room is spinning!" not "OMG the guy who taped girls pee in his restaurant's bathroom and was a complete psycho has died!" The public reaction to Michael Jackson's (impending?) death will be somewhere in between. He is too much of an icon to a large segment of a certain generation to be completely villified but certainly alleged child molestation is more condemnable than merely watching girls pee on secretly taped videos (though perhaps not quite as bad as beating up Tina Turner) and violating the Mann Act by hiring a 14 year old Apache prostitute to work at your club. Boy, I really hope I'm not posting out of my ass here!

As more of a cat man, I'm more partial to "Carol of The Meows"

For the record, I'm not defending Michael Jackson. Merely angry that nobody read the article I linked to.* *And yes, I can't say I wouldn't be mildly upset if Michael Jackson kicked the bucket though. If we can forgive Chuck Berry for being a sexual deviant and a lunatic then surely we can forgive Michale Jackson somewhat. I mean Off The Wall man!

Hey assholes, did you read the link I posted? The "biographer" is some guy who writes lurid, unauthorized biographies on celebrities and the paper that this article from is The Sun, the same paper that said Eddie Murphy was playing The Riddler.

I set 'em up and Czech knocks 'em out of the park.

I concur. John Kitna ain't walking through those doors on Sunday. It'll be old whatshisface. The Packers are crappy enough to make it a close game but not enough to lose. I was eating crayons and listening to Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em on a daily basis the last time The Lions won at Lambeau.

Well, we're going to have the third Season Seven pick in a row here. I'm certain that this probably isn't the funniest episode left on the board in fact I'm not even sure it features any super big laughs. However, at the same it's a brilliantly written episode and the ending scene is, IMHO, one of the greatest in the show's storied history. I'm going with... Season 7, Episode 8 "Mother Simpson" Homer clears the moss from the headstone of what he thinks is his mother's grave Homer: I'm sorry I never visit, Mom! I'm just not a cemetery person (reads tombstone engraving) Here lies... (clears the moss away) Walt Whitman!? AAAHHHHH! DAMN YOU WALT WHITMAN! (kicking the stone) I-HATE-YOU-WALT-FREAKING-WHITMAN! "Leaves of Grass", my ass!

Not so fast, Mellow

Actually from what I gather, there's a chance of Ford keeping Marinelli around anyways. He's already said he's probably going to keep the GM and Chief Operating Office around next year (link). If they play their cards right and stay the course- they might go overfeated next year and fully satisfy Kahran Ramus' requirements for "worst team ever"

Oh man, speaking of terrible Christmas music. I was riding along with some friends on Saturday night and the person who was driving had it tuned into the local classic rock station and some syndicated show called The Rockin' 80s (awful mostly hair metal show) and it was their Christmas special. I thought it couldn't get worse than Twisted Sister's version of "I'll Be Home For Christmas" but then they played Stephen Pearcy of RATT singing "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer". I'd rather get hit in the face with a shovel listen to that again. As if the original wasn't bad enough! Just to show you that I'm not making this shit up - Stephen Pearcy's version of "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" Twisted Sister- "I'll Be Home For Christmas"

That's essentially what I was saying. I mean I can't fully defend a guy who is paid to get into shouting matches with Skip Bayless. And the drama continues!