As innocuous as it is, I think WWF changing its name to WWE was the final straw for their ratings. If you look at the charts, Raw's ratings fell from the mid-4s to the 3's immediately after the change and stayed there.
I think it was the timing of it all that made it happen, though. If they changed the name in say, 1999, I don't think it would've impacted the business one bit. But coming after all of the stuff that happened in 2001 - WCW and ECW going out of business, The Rock taking time off to do movies, Stone Cold turning heel, the failure of the Invasion, etc., it was the cherry on top of a sharp decline for the business - the last confirmation that wrestling was no longer "cool" anymore.
What irks me is everyone forgetting the 4 star match he had Flair the Raw before his walkout. Flair was freshly heel turned and appeared to be juicing while Austin had his working boots on.
Peyton Manning sighting! Brady is throwing footalls in Boston, while Manning is doing SNL 40th! That's why Brady has 4 and Manning has only 1! *Slurps Brady some more*
I'm out of the roller coast thing by now, but it's not weird. At my age, I prefer more fun rides than thrill rides. Loops and corkscrews need more time to recover unless I take Dramamine.
Random: a chick I work with mentioned having a 21 year old daughter, and said "bullshit, unless you had her when you when you were 8 or something you do not have a 21 year old daughter, you're younger than I am". Turns out she's 40. And I didn't even say that to flatter her or anything, I actually thought she was like 28 or so. So now all the childish jackasses I work with think I'm in love with her. On the hand though, a cute young looking 40 year old chick seems like she wants that good Irish dick. Or I'll just give it to the daughter..
She's pretty cute too. Not really hot, but an easy 6.5, and has a great personality. Everyone else there is fucking a coworker, might as well get in on it.
Yeah, I kinda figured. I grew up there, but I'm glad not to be a part of a major city anymore (I live in OKC these days, but it really really doesn't count).
Do you think NBA players would be more inclined to want to participate in the 3 point and dunk contests if they made it like a Best of 5 (Skills, Rising Stars, 3 Point, Dunk, All-Star Game) with East vs. West and the winning conference gets home court advantage in the NBA Finals (like baseball does for their all-star game and the World Series)?
Farley was good, not my favorite, but I still liked him. Losing Hartman was so hard on me. He was so good, and we didn't just lose him for SNL, but for Newsradio, Simpsons, Futurama, and god knows what else.
The NBA is the only sport whose all-star festivities aren't screwed up. The weekend contests are usually fun even in the years the dunk contest underwhelms. The All-Star games are stunt shows done by the biggest stars in the game. There's no other All-Star game/event/weekend that is as popular as the NBA's. Why change it?
More ranting: the 25 year import rule is fucking BULLSHIT. I understand why it was put in place, but it's 2015, people aren't saving shit by importing a car from Europe. And fuck your safety and emissions shit too, it passed the EU tests, it's safe for American roads. Like the 4 Americans that want a Pagini Zonda are even going to drive them enough to have a wreck. Piss off.
If it's for sale in the U.S. then I should buy it in the U.S. That I have no problem with. But if I want a Zonda or an R34 I should be allowed to have one. Fuck the feds for crushing perfectly innocent cars.
It was really nice of Kanye to make his career. I love how supposedly smart people stan for Kanye, Kim, Beyonce basically all those trash people as symbols of empowerment and great role models.
I think it's probably there for people that don't really like basketball, but are watching with their spouse or are just flipping through the channels.
Even with hyper competitive athletes, the defense is only strong in the 4th quarter in these games (Kobe locking down on Lebron was great a couple years back). But those things you mentioned, while true, aren't really irksome to me.
I really should take a look. Some of the HoF battle royales in WWE in the recent times had some INSANELY fat old schoolers. Like DiBiase was 400 pounds.
Watching Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack.
ReplyDeleteGood evening to all of you.
ReplyDeleteIs there a Scott Keith rant for IYH: It's Time? Can't find anything anywhere.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.fightbox.com/en/blog/item/8984-blog-feb-2015
ReplyDeleteHere is a really good little column about the current day "smart mark". Also check out dudes podcast, good stuff.
Brian Williams will say later on he enjoyed SNL 40th last night.
ReplyDeleteAs innocuous as it is, I think WWF changing its name to WWE was the final straw for their ratings. If you look at the charts, Raw's ratings fell from the mid-4s to the 3's immediately after the change and stayed there.
ReplyDeleteI think it was the timing of it all that made it happen, though. If they changed the name in say, 1999, I don't think it would've impacted the business one bit. But coming after all of the stuff that happened in 2001 - WCW and ECW going out of business, The Rock taking time off to do movies, Stone Cold turning heel, the failure of the Invasion, etc., it was the cherry on top of a sharp decline for the business - the last confirmation that wrestling was no longer "cool" anymore.
Jim Carrey just won the night
ReplyDeletehttp://411mania.com/wrestling/the-smark-retro-repost-in-your-house-its-time/
ReplyDeleteOnly one I could find. Looks to be an old one. I thought he did a redo of it, but I guess not.
Didn't the name change and Austin walking out happen within the same week?
ReplyDeleteI remember Rock cutting the "taking ball and walking home" promo and ending it with "Get the F Out!"
Most people still call it WWF.
ReplyDeleteAustin walking out came in June. The name change was in early May.
ReplyDeleteExcellent writing.
ReplyDeleteHave you ever heard Morbid Angel?
What irks me is everyone forgetting the 4 star match he had Flair the Raw before his walkout. Flair was freshly heel turned and appeared to be juicing while Austin had his working boots on.
ReplyDeleteI hope somebody takes a shot at George Carlin for not making it to SNL 40th.
ReplyDeleteI am aware of them but not a huge fan. Six Feet Under is my favorite death metal band.
ReplyDeleteThey showed the first episode last night
ReplyDeleteLouis CK spotting.
ReplyDeleteWhat is this SNL 40th going to be?
ReplyDeleteExactly!
ReplyDeleteI think it's going to be a lot of skits, musical performances and tributes while SNL25 was more clips
ReplyDeleteA slurp job of epic proportions.
ReplyDeleteI imagine any comedian that is decent and/or successful got an invite. He's also been a host twice, so he better show up.
ReplyDeleteDave Chappelle is there, even though he's never been on SNL. I think he's there to honor Eddie.
ReplyDeleteToo bad NBC isn't follow up SNL 40th with The Slap. The irony for a self-important social commentary would have broken the scale.
ReplyDeleteI was listening The Sword, it's a doom/power metal band.
ReplyDeleteOh, man. I used to watch the shit out of that show when I was a kid.
ReplyDeleteI like The Sword, some good Stoner Metal, light one up.
ReplyDeleteHe might be there to do a quick skit with Eddie about lack of black comedians as well.
ReplyDeleteBrayden Schenn, You are my only hope.
ReplyDeleteFreiya has some badass riffs.
ReplyDeleteEver heard The Wytches?
They're also from the stoner vibe.
Hope NAT X shows up.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of SNL, remember when Cuba Gooding Jr. ruined his credibility as an Oscar winning actor by doing Boat Trip with Horatio Sanz?
ReplyDeleteI know Chris Rock is doing the monologue for Eddie
ReplyDeleteYeah that's all good stuff
ReplyDeleteDid a bee sting Chevy Chase's face?
ReplyDeleteI went to a UCB show and got Horatio Sanz to do an entire monologue about Boat Trip. Hilarious
ReplyDeleteChevy Chase just seems incredibly old while Martin Short hasn't seemed to age much at all.
ReplyDeleteI hope it's funny and not just a slurp job.
ReplyDeleteSnow Dogs too in the same year.
ReplyDeleteIt's rare when a good actor decides to be Brendan Fraser.
ReplyDeleteBon Jovi is what Jericho is going to look like in a few more years.
ReplyDeletePeyton Manning sighting! Brady is throwing footalls in Boston, while Manning is doing SNL 40th! That's why Brady has 4 and Manning has only 1! *Slurps Brady some more*
ReplyDeleteBrady > Manning
ReplyDeleteManning >>>>>>>>> Brady
ReplyDeleteWhen it comes to hosting SNL.
Manning should give that cheating thing a try, maybe he'd have 4 too.
ReplyDeleteThat bit he did with the at-risk kids was hilarious.
ReplyDeleteMy name is Aaron; I am 33 years old and seriously considering a trip to Cedar Point to ride goddamn roller coasters. Yup, normal.
ReplyDeleteHis cheating would get intercepted in the most crucial moment.
ReplyDeleteThat's perfectly normal.
ReplyDeleteI'm out of the roller coast thing by now, but it's not weird. At my age, I prefer more fun rides than thrill rides. Loops and corkscrews need more time to recover unless I take Dramamine.
ReplyDeleteYou better want to come to Cedar Point.
ReplyDeleteOne Big Happy... ? The fuck is that?
ReplyDeleteI was listening to Reign in Blood, great album but not Slayer's best.
ReplyDeleteHa, Kanye!
ReplyDeleteKanye? What the fuck was that?
ReplyDeleteSounds like what we'll see with Reigns in a few weeks.
ReplyDeleteYup, Fallon. And then Timberlake. Ha.
ReplyDeleteRandom: a chick I work with mentioned having a 21 year old daughter, and said "bullshit, unless you had her when you when you were 8 or something you do not have a 21 year old daughter, you're younger than I am". Turns out she's 40. And I didn't even say that to flatter her or anything, I actually thought she was like 28 or so. So now all the childish jackasses I work with think I'm in love with her. On the hand though, a cute young looking 40 year old chick seems like she wants that good Irish dick. Or I'll just give it to the daughter..
ReplyDeleteOlder chicks know shit that would blow your mind. Go for it.
ReplyDeleteThis is pretty good, but no Parnell is weird since he raps so often.
ReplyDeleteChris Parnell's life is one big joke on him
ReplyDeleteThis opening is good, but it doesn't give me much hope for funny show, just mostly slurp jobs.
ReplyDeleteI have this big crush on former teacher of mine, she's not MILF level but she's older than me. But I'm dating now.
ReplyDeleteYou don't gotta tell me man, my ex-fiance is 44. Older chicks are the shit.
ReplyDeleteWhat are you hoping for?
ReplyDeleteSee which of the two isn't familiar with the Irish Curse.
ReplyDeleteThis is like Hogan-Austin-Rock last year.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea anymore at this point.
ReplyDeleteAs I Said earlier, I think Lorne wants more live comedy versus SNL 25 which was all clips
ReplyDeleteGod this All Star Game "tip off" show feels like it is going to last two hours.
ReplyDeleteShe's pretty cute too. Not really hot, but an easy 6.5, and has a great personality. Everyone else there is fucking a coworker, might as well get in on it.
ReplyDeleteJoe Piscopo? I'm sold.
ReplyDeleteI know everybody in the credits except Win Butler and Pete Davison.
ReplyDeleteFuck, forgot Don Pardo is dead again.
Thanks Bret.
ReplyDeleteA young Joe Piscopo taught us how to laugh.
ReplyDelete"I'm not a hater, I'm a player, so I fucked them both. In the name of the streets...."
ReplyDeleteWin Butler is Arcade Fire. I had to look him up. Pete Davidson is a new castmember.
ReplyDeleteUnderrated Steve Martin movie: Bowfinger
ReplyDeleteThen you'll like Red Fang and Black Tusk
ReplyDeleteNot the same without Pardo.
ReplyDeleteBret? I never said anything about a crack ho.
ReplyDeleteI know we have a few New Yorkers on here but count me in the group that doesn't not get excited about the letters M-S-G
ReplyDeleteIt's a great movie, but I don't think it's underrated. It was acclaimed upon release and did well at the box office
ReplyDeleteChick behind Lovitz with a nice pair of tits.
ReplyDeleteTruly an institution. Without him it really doesn't feel the same.
ReplyDeleteAnyone watching WrestleMania XII on the live feed?
ReplyDeleteNah, I want to stay awake
ReplyDeleteI don't remember the acclaim it got at the time, you hardly ever hear about it now considering the two guys in it.
ReplyDeleteHANKS!
ReplyDeleteNah just watched it.
ReplyDeleteFuck it I'm putting on Clash 22, b/c 21 was so good, and the cast of the NBA and the SNL all star team jerking each other off is boring.
ReplyDeleteChristina Aguilera.
ReplyDeleteDAMN GIRL
I don't fine her funny.
ReplyDeleteWhat does Melissa McCarthy have to do with these guys?
ReplyDeletei must say child birth was good for Christina Aguliera's body.
ReplyDeleteShe's part of the Lorne train now. Ghostbusters.
ReplyDeleteTepid response for Miley Cyrus.
ReplyDeleteThis skit was funny. Now it's ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteIs there any city collectively more full of itself than New York?
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty random.
ReplyDeleteNo.
ReplyDeleteXtinas jugs having an A+ night for the NBA ASG
ReplyDeleteNAS! MARKIN' OUT BRO
ReplyDeleteLos Angeles.
ReplyDeleteCurvy nerd.
ReplyDeleteLA is the only competition.
ReplyDeleteShe's performing on the NBA All Star game and looks great.
ReplyDeletePull your damn pants up, Nas.
ReplyDeletePaul McCartney is such a fucking big deal that all the other people onstage probably feel lucky to be there with him.
ReplyDeleteShe's performing on the NBA All Star tip off show
ReplyDeleteA maturing Joe Piscopo left Saturday Night live to conquer Hollywood.
ReplyDeleteLA folks are full of themselves, but not really as a city, if that makes sense.
ReplyDeleteThe funny thing about this is Miley is the only one younger than 40 maybe (depending on McCarty).
ReplyDeleteBoo.
ReplyDeletePeyton.
ReplyDeleteThere might not be a bigger deal in the world than Paul.
ReplyDeleteI'm watching Christina like Chapelle in the sketch. "C'mon, titty..."
ReplyDeleteMcCarthy is mid-40's.
ReplyDeleteConsidering it's a city with nothing going for it but weather, any pride is too much.
ReplyDeleteWWE Fast Lane is 7 days away and is on the Road to WrestleMania yet it only has 3 official matches lol.
ReplyDeleteBoston.
ReplyDeleteToronto, but only to the rest of Canada.
ReplyDeleteI don't really think that but know you're a Bulls and Bears fan. Just being a dick!
ReplyDeleteChicago?
ReplyDelete"Now, here's a bunch of clips that were funny at the time but pieced together so quickly that they have no humour here."
ReplyDeleteNot really. I've been laughing. They will probably show more clips throughout the evening
ReplyDeleteYeah, I kinda figured. I grew up there, but I'm glad not to be a part of a major city anymore (I live in OKC these days, but it really really doesn't count).
ReplyDeleteWe lost Farley and Hartman like consecutively. That was depressing.
ReplyDelete"Do you remember when you were in the Beatles?...that was awesome."
ReplyDeleteNavel gazing is an industry unto itself now.
ReplyDeleteIt's funny enough. And everybody wants to laugh, which helps a lot. Plus, we all want to see the clips, which will be shown when needed.
ReplyDeleteYea, within 5 months of each other
ReplyDeleteAre we counting the Kane-Big Show Battle of the Titans Clash for the last time (God willing)
ReplyDeleteDo you think NBA players would be more inclined to want to participate in the 3 point and dunk contests if they made it like a Best of 5 (Skills, Rising Stars, 3 Point, Dunk, All-Star Game) with East vs. West and the winning conference gets home court advantage in the NBA Finals (like baseball does for their all-star game and the World Series)?
ReplyDeleteIt's official?
ReplyDeleteFarley was good, not my favorite, but I still liked him. Losing Hartman was so hard on me. He was so good, and we didn't just lose him for SNL, but for Newsradio, Simpsons, Futurama, and god knows what else.
ReplyDeleteNo, because that would be retarded.
ReplyDeleteI was at that Jagger in the mirror episode!
ReplyDeleteI'm not a huge basketball fan, but I REALLY wish they'd do the same thing with the NHL, and the NFL for that matter.
ReplyDeleteNot yet..I'm hoping it becomes a "loser leaves life" match before its offcial
ReplyDeleteBuried Alive with both losing.
ReplyDeleteAll the clips of Poehler are from sketches I don't remember.
ReplyDeleteWHAT A SURPRISE.
His daughter is at the show tonight
ReplyDeleteThis game is just never going to start.
ReplyDeleteAnybody else getting feedback during this SNL play back?
ReplyDeleteThe NBA is the only sport whose all-star festivities aren't screwed up. The weekend contests are usually fun even in the years the dunk contest underwhelms. The All-Star games are stunt shows done by the biggest stars in the game. There's no other All-Star game/event/weekend that is as popular as the NBA's. Why change it?
ReplyDeleteBeyonce's still hot, but man she used to a fucking 10/10.
ReplyDeleteHas that game not even fucking started yet? I'm not even watching and it's irritating to me even
ReplyDeleteI think around 2008 or so she was 20/10.
ReplyDeleteIt's time to name the last 20 years of all stars!
ReplyDeleteFormerly of the Charlotte Hornets...you know it's Glen Rice!
It might just be me, but I'd like to see some actual starters for NBA teams in the dunk contest and defense played in the All-Star game.
ReplyDeleteIt's infuriating. Bring out all these washed-up entertainers and then having these drawn out intros. Just start the fucking game
ReplyDelete2005-ish Beyonce =11/10
ReplyDeleteLaraine Newman looks great. She's the anti-Chase.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't. Because it's a scrimmage.
ReplyDeleteMore ranting: the 25 year import rule is fucking BULLSHIT. I understand why it was put in place, but it's 2015, people aren't saving shit by importing a car from Europe. And fuck your safety and emissions shit too, it passed the EU tests, it's safe for American roads. Like the 4 Americans that want a Pagini Zonda are even going to drive them enough to have a wreck. Piss off.
ReplyDeleteIf it's for sale in the U.S. then I should buy it in the U.S. That I have no problem with. But if I want a Zonda or an R34 I should be allowed to have one. Fuck the feds for crushing perfectly innocent cars.
All these later clips are completely out of context for me. Left after the glorious Ferrell period.
ReplyDeleteShe's still a 10/10, probably a 12/10 but no longer an 18/10
ReplyDeleteThose kids have to be tired as hell
ReplyDeleteGood for Aykroyd, he's down to "really fat" and not the "hugely godawful fat" I saw him last at.
ReplyDeleteNone of us want to be that fat. Especially old stars.
ReplyDeleteMore dancing? Are you shitting me?
ReplyDeleteHusband says 2001 Beyoncé was "roughly a 23"
ReplyDeleteNBA and NFL are becoming way too commercialized.
ReplyDeleteThey tried the East vs. West stuff for the All-Star Festivities last year and it was a complete disaster.
ReplyDeleteTo be fair, neither state was the current state of Mr. Belding fat. "Mr. Belding fat" is something horrendously all its own.
ReplyDeleteAh, gotcha.
ReplyDeleteDoes this stuff really appeal to the casual person?
ReplyDeleteAnd you know the anthem will take it to at least 5min past tip-off time too.
ReplyDeleteThe single hottest time I recall Beyonce is when she did the DirecTV upgrade, upgrade commercials. My god she wasn't human.
ReplyDeleteLol. NBA All Star Game: The Musical!
ReplyDeleteI want an 8 man 1-on-1 tournament.
ReplyDeleteIt was really nice of Kanye to make his career. I love how supposedly smart people stan for Kanye, Kim, Beyonce basically all those trash people as symbols of empowerment and great role models.
ReplyDeleteI think it's probably there for people that don't really like basketball, but are watching with their spouse or are just flipping through the channels.
ReplyDeleteNow with LINE DANCING!
ReplyDeleteEven with hyper competitive athletes, the defense is only strong in the 4th quarter in these games (Kobe locking down on Lebron was great a couple years back). But those things you mentioned, while true, aren't really irksome to me.
ReplyDeleteYuuuuuup, that Will Ferrell/Kevin Hart movie is going to be huge. Mr. Belding huge, lol.
ReplyDeleteAll-Star games suck which is a fact people forget and then remember every year.
ReplyDeleteI still watch but the Ferrell period is the last time I would watch every week.
ReplyDeleteI really should take a look. Some of the HoF battle royales in WWE in the recent times had some INSANELY fat old schoolers. Like DiBiase was 400 pounds.
ReplyDeleteSNL special and Walking Dead for me. Maybe some more Captain Toad if I wanna stay up later.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds about right
ReplyDeleteCELEBRITY JEOPARDY?!?!!!
ReplyDeleteLike with Dane Cook, I'm still waiting for Kevin Hart to be funny. I keep hearing stories that he's humorous, though, so I have my hopes up.
ReplyDeleteThe Canadian National Anthem? Is Steve Nash even in the game?
ReplyDeleteWiggins is.
ReplyDeleteYeah but people complain about them every year and still watch, too.
ReplyDeleteOf course they'd do another "Celebrity Jeopardy."
ReplyDeleteYea, they are doing skits this time. Cool.
ReplyDeleteIts funny cuz he's fat.
ReplyDeleteNew Jeopardy? 5 hour circle jerk worth it!
ReplyDeleteHad to turn ASG off. Those dancing kids creeped me out. Like a horror movie.
ReplyDeleteIt just won't end
ReplyDeleteI will take The Rapists for 200
ReplyDeleteNo he's not.
ReplyDeleteMcKinnon's Bieber might not be able to hang...we'll see.
ReplyDeleteCameraman fucked that up? How?!
ReplyDeleteDo they still hate Norm Macdonald? Burt Reynolds would have been great.
ReplyDeleteAlec Baldwin's Tony Bennett impression! Hilarious.
ReplyDelete"Kanye, Kim, Beyonce basically all those trash people"
ReplyDeleteYou mean people like them who all have something in some common?
I know what you're talking about.
You're talking about being rich.