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More Gigglefests on ‘Boomer & Carton’: Making Fun of Blind People!
WFAN’s morning show Boomer & Carton is becoming to the go-to place for miggles (man giggles). Last week, Craig Carton spurred co-host Boomer Esiason to launch one of the all-time great spit-takes. This morning, during a conversation with caller “Blind Mike,” Carton demonstrated his lack of experience with the physically handicapped, sending Boomer into another laughing fit.
(Apparently, Carton was not content letting Today have all the chuckles at someone else’s misfortune)
And the miggles didn’t stop there. “Blind Mike” had called in as a contestant on Boomer & Carton’s weekly sports quiz “Do You Know More Sports Than…” in which they pit a male listener against an attractive local female, usually a waitress from LI or NJ (basically an excuse to bring in and ogle a pretty lady). Carton, perhaps feeling guilty about his earlier remarks, immediately tossed a Mike a softball, and Boomer lost it once again.
Sadly, “Blind Mike” lost. There is no justice in this world.
Oh, and speaking of David Paterson…
Tremendous Boomer Esiason Spit-Take: Was That in the Cincinnati Bengals Circa 1988 Playbook?
Sometimes life just hands you a gift, whether it’s turning on the TV in the morning to find Regis inadvertently giving Meryl Streep a heart attack, or turning on the TV at night to witness Anderson Cooper absolutely destroy an opportunistic, insipid politician. So this morning, while brushing out teeth, we flipped on the tube to see what was happening with WFAN’s Boomer & Carton, simulcast on the MSG Network, and, well, our birthday present came early:
TOUCHDOWN!
Enlighten us, Boomer: which play was that?
And speaking of spit-takes, here’s this. And speaking of uncontrollable laughter, there’s that.
Filed under Good Humor, Local Flavor, Marconi & Cheese, Matt Christopher Books, Reeeeeege
Happy 41st (+ 1 Day) Birthday to Sesame Street!
We rarely miss a story here at Jumped The Snark. But we dropped the ball yesterday, neglecting to acknowledge yesterday’s milestone 41st anniversary of Sesame Street. Our bad.
So in (belated) honor of the day (which, if we’re not mistaken, is the felt anniversary) here’s one of our favorite Sesame Street clips:
And here’s a pumpkin we carved in homage to Ernie (unfortunately, we neglected to purchase black fabric to create appropriate tuft of black hair):
And we think this is a great excuse to, once again, post The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years, which, looking back, is probably what cemented our love for The Muppets. It provided the necessary Muppet history in the same way that Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary Special was a spectacular primer for our nascent 7 year-old brain. We were probably the only kid who listed his two favorite videos as the Muppets 30th anniversary special and 1986 Mets: A Year to Remember.
Congrats, Sesame Street! See you in a year for your 42nd (+ 1 day) birthday! (the glitter anniversary, if we recall correctly)
‘Family Guy’ Curveball: Aren’t the Griffin’s Supposed to be Red Sox Fans?
Well, apparently Stewie is not a member of Red Sox nation, and is, like us, a long suffering Mets fan. Or maybe that’s just the joke that came up on the idea balls.
Vodpod videos no longer available.Tipped off by Joe & Evan
Filed under Good Humor, Marconi & Cheese, Matt Christopher Books
Totally could have been me…
…if YouTube existed in 1988. And if people were interested in hearing the complete narration of 1986 Mets: A Year to Remember.
(Interestingly it seems that many of the customers who purchased the Mets video also bought Will & Grace: Season 7. I don’t get the correlation. Or is it causation? Think about it.)
Filed under Matt Christopher Books, Virulent
Rue McClanahan: Sports Talk Personality?
For some reason, despite the fact that this season has been an absolute disaster, I’m still fascinated by the NY Mets, and lately I have been spending a lot of time listening to the stream from their radio network, WFAN 660AM. However, I was quite surprised yesterday when I opened up their homepage and noticed in the Podcasts for the Joe Beningo and Evan Roberts Show an entry titled “Rue McClanahan.” And I thought, not Rue “Blanche Devereaux” McClanhan, the Southern Belle with a voracious sexual appetite from The Golden Girls. So I clicked “listen” and, sure enough, it was the very same Rue McClanahan. Mostly they just discussed the origin of The Golden Girls, the immense talent of the cast, and how Estelle Getty played twenty years older than her actual age. In addition, Evan Roberts, the 26-year old co-host, spent most of his professing his love for Ms. McClanahan. But she didn’t seem to mind; apparently she gets a lot of that.
#1 Sports Fan!
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