Tag / Jim Belushi

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#BringBackHarry

Harry CarayNow that the Cubs have installed their brand new jumbotron, there’s been a renewed rumbling from certain corners of their fanbase to dump the tired “tradition” of guest conductors for the 7th inning stretch and to replace it with a video of former broadcaster Harry Caray.  Of course, the Cubs brass quickly shot down the suggestion, saying that fan surveys tell them that the guest conductors were “the highest-rated activity during the game” over the past 3 seasons.  Which means one of 2 things: Cub management is lying or Cub fans who fill out surveys are stupid.

Honestly, my money if on option #1.  If there’s one thing we’ve learned over the past year is that Crane Kenney and the rest of the business side of the Cubs brass are either stupid or liars, and they didn’t get to the positions they are in by being stupid.  After 18 seasons of the guest conductor, nobody really cares anymore.  Absolutely nobody looks forward to Jim Belushi or the state lacrosse champs to stick their head out the window and lead the crowd in singing Take Me Out To The Ballgame.  The time has come.  Bring back Harry.

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Midseason Review – Wednesdays

Continuing our look back at September’s thoughts about humpday’s tv output.

7:00

Undercovers – JJ Abrams revisits the spy drama for the first time since Alias, which was one of my favorite series.  That alone will give this show a reasonable leash.  I haven’t seen the pilot yet, so I can’t really comment on it beyond that.

Imagine a show with all of the problems Alias had integrating the spy world with the family stories, but without any of the good stuff Alias had.  NBC has pulled it off the schedule, never to be heard from again.

7:30

Better With You – I’ve enjoyed Jennifer Finnigan and Joanna Garcia in previous series, and last season’s new ABC comedies on Wednesday night turned out to be great, so I gave this a shot.  The only thing worse than this pilot is Garcia’s taste in men.

As you may have guessed from the comment above, this did not get a second chance.  Also, and I mean this in the nicest possible way, F Nick Swisher.

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Book 3 (of 52) – I Drink For A Reason

I Drink For A Reason - David Cross

I Drink For A Reason - David Cross

I went into this with high expectations.  David Cross is one of my favorite comedians and his CD Shut Up, You Fucking Baby! is one of the few physical CDs I still listen to.  That said, there’s something missing here and I’m not quite sure what it is.  Every time I picked the book up, I could hardly get through 10 pages at a time.  I started it on a 7 hour flight to London, planning on finishing it on the way, but barely got half way on both the initial flight and the return home.  Nearly two months later, I’m done and I still can’t figure out why it isn’t clicking.  The one thing it does have going for it is continued attacks on a Mr. James Belushi.

Anyway, a “friend” has a copy of the audiobook, so maybe I’ll give that a listen and see if Cross’s voice and delivery improves my connection to the material.