Couldn’t ask for a better blessing than Shaughnessy cutting some bowl rope on top of “Pocket Money”. It’s the kiss for good luck any New England Sports Nitwit like myself would want. It’s almost become an annual tradition; we make the show, CHB sees the promo 976,000 times, steams out on it in one of his little “Kibbles ‘n Bits” columns, therefore giving it the “If Shaughnessy Hates It Then It Can’t Be That Bad” Seal of Approval. WIN! Thanks, Dan..and GFY!
Also of interest...
People are giving TFB a hard time because his hair this season is a little Justin Beiberiffic. Well, at least HE DIDN’T GO SEE THE BEIBS IN CONCERT! Unlike a rival AFC East QB... I don’t care if the Jets win 700-3 against the Pats, at least Brades didn’t see The Beibs.
That Boob Apron video that debuted here on Townie News last week went banonkers (bananas + bonkers), and has gotten over 1.1 million views on the YuTube. Nice work, peoples.
And be on the lookout for the most kickass t-shirt we’ve produced to date, maybe the most kickass TFB and Patriots shirt ever, dropping here on Townie News for a special introductory price of only $12, sometime in the next day or two. Hmm...why would it be a special price of $12? I wonder what could have inspired that...
Dear Viewers, Fans, Friends, Enemies, Assclowns and Other Sportsfans,
These days it’s all about transparency in America, right? After Season 1 of “Pocket Money” you watched and then you made your peace. You spoke your words. You shared your opinions. And that’s why NESN brought me, the only guy who can look like more of a boob than the contestants who whiff on the first question, back, and with more money (but don’t worry, the Nitwit Factor is set to 11 this season.) And we’re back JUST in time for the Red Sox to pretty much be out of it. HOORAY!
So make sure to tune in this Friday, September 3rd for the Season 2 premiere of “Pocket Money” on NESN. We’re on Fridays @ 5pm, part of the NESN “Made in New England” block of programming (sandwiched between “Shining City” and “After The Game”, John Henry’s wife’s “Cribs” of New England sportspeoples), and then again after the Sox game and NESN Daily...somewhere around midnight. What’s the deal with air times in Rocktober? You got me. In the meanwhile, here’s a show open from Season 1 that I think worked out pretty well, one that we got naturally with no “TV tinkering”, believe it or not.
And I know some of you freaks out there who check in on the Townie from time to time are not necessarily Boston/New England sports fans, but can rally behind our cause of being ballbusters and dicks to our mutual sorts enemies. And occasionally you like to pick up a little non-league sanctioned merch to express yourself. One spot I’d like to recommend is PhillyPhaithful.com. You don’t have to be from Philthy to appreciate the merch and sportswear they make (they made that awesome Plaxico shirt I blogged about a while back). Here’s a new fave of mine, which I definitely believe I’ll be sportin’ on Celtics off-nights in the coming 2010-11 season.
That hot waft of awesome that came by your nose this morning? Kinda smelled like the first scent off a freshly-lit bbq grill, with just some light hints of pigskin and beer? Yup, that was the start of Patriots Training Camp 2010. That means meaningful football’s not too far off, and shitty pretend football (which I’ll still take) is very close. Of course when we start getting excited about football in July and wishing it was Kickoff Weekend already, we’re wishing away the 2nd half off the summer. But I’ve already sweat my balls off enough this summer. Trading part of summer for football season is a good deal any which way you look at it.
So, there are about 9.5 million questions, concerns, stories and AFI’s (areas of fahkin’ interest) about this team. Welker, Mankins, TFB’s contract, the rookies galore, this possibly being Mossman’s Patriots swansong? We can get into those later, or never, or whenever. That shit will work itself out. A story I found pretty friggin’ interesting on Day 1 was that Derrick Burgess did not show up because he’s considering retirement.“Oh no! Please don’t retire, Derrick. hat would we do without you and your 1 sack coming off the edge?” Those are not likely to be words heard from the Pats and/or any or many Pats fans. When a guy’s considering retirement, and it’s not someone coming off a boss season, then usually that means they know something’s up, or that the tank is empty, and it’s time to call it quits. It’s not like our version of Julius Peppers is just shocking everybody with this decision out of the Patriot blue. Burgess got old, FAST. Football’s a battle and a grind, and if he ain’t feeling it then for cripes’ sake, Patriots, please don’t talk a man who had little to no impact last season, out of retirement. Therefore, I’d like all of us to say hello and warmly embrace the most likely candidate for the OLB job (until Jermaine Cunningham takes his or Tully Banta Fodder’s job): Rob Ninkovich.
Pats OLB Rob Ninkovich gives a Bill Clinton-esque thumb up to the idea of getting to start for the Pats this season.
He gets my vote for “Most Likely To Imitate And Replace, But Only In The Literal But Not Metaphorical Or Awesomeness-Sense, Mike Vrabel” Award for 2010. Look at him. Glimpse quick enough and it looks like friggin’ ol’ Ready Willing and Vrabel himself. They even got him wearing Vrabel’s #! Shit, think Belichick misses vintage Vrabel and the versatility, stability and toughness that badass with a mustache brought? Hey, who knows - the Pats got Ninkovich for a nickel & dime. Maybe he can surprise people outta nowhere, kinda like a relatively then unheard Mike Vrabel did back in 2001? Ya’ never know. But don’t say I didn’t call it. Unless Ninkovich sucks pink footballs. Then don’t remind me.
...click here to see Blake Lively’s chestbombs popping out at Comic Con last weekend (these are the very same ladypillows that I suggested the Red Sox trade for as “motivation” for the stretch run)...
...and while we’re on the subject of Comic Con here’s a picture that reminds geeks, nerds, fanboys and Fitzys alike that even in your darkest hour, or after the most ball-breaking of losses for your favorite team, there will always be a reason to live...
Yeah, here’s where everyone can come get some this season! And for many more seasons to come. Now we just need to get Shuttlesworth back in the fold, and a coupla key free agents...
I was kinda numb since late last Thursday night (pretty sure people can figure out why), until Crapelbon blew it like a Mile High vuvuzela Wednesday night in Colorado. That woke me up like someone stepping on my nuts while pouring boiling water in my ear. Really, what an asshole! Blowing the win against Jiminez. If you just suffered through his second double-ding-dong walk-off blown save of the season then YOU MUST WATCH THIS VIDEO TO WASH THE HORRIBLE TASTE AD PAIN AWAY IMMEDIATELY!
Also, I’ll be on The Bax and O’Brien Show at 8:05 in the AM Thursday the 25th to close the book on the C’s and get my double-decker bitch on about Crapelbon.
And lest we forget, Celtics fans, that a win tonight not only secures banner #18, but it also prevents LA from hoisting banner #16. All about the West Coast Win-Win tonight. California, show me love!
Every sports blog / website / shithouse like this has a clever name for their link-filled entries, the ones where it’s aseries of embeds and links and shit. The dudes at RedsArmy has my favorite - “Your Morning Dump” - for a dumping of links and worthy reads and watchables, it’s perfect. I need suggestions for whenever we do something like that. Like “Fitzy’s Pile of Shit” - “Your Mom’s Hot Mess” - “Read This! Watch This! Go Fahk Yourself!” - Suggestions welcome @ - ANYWAY, here a couple other things to watch or listen to, or not.
Here’s that BEAT LA t-shirt you wanted to get for the series. Everyone needs one. Once you wear it to work and everyone says, “Hey dood, I used to think you were a megatool but now suddenly I have shitpiles of respect for you thanks to that friggin’ badass BEAT LA t-shirt”, you can thank me.
I’m hosting a big fat comedy fundraiser this Saturday night, June 5th, in Litchfield, NH. We’ll have the usual raffles, prizes, verbal junkpunches, some “Pocket Money” live, cheap jokes at the expense of people more successful than us, plus you can BYO. $20 can not buy you a better time on a Saturday night (your sister’s rates went up, so...)
POCKET MONEY is filming Wednesday afternoon June 2nd from The Greenway in downtown Boston, 1-4pm, so if you wanna come win $80 of Uncle NESN’s cashola then come bring it, Jabroni!
THIS is the reason why I’ll be able to wake up and see another sunrise if the Celtics don’t BEAT LA, or TFB doesn’t win another Super Bowl. By the way - both of those things will happen. So feel free to find another pretend negative reason (PNR) to need to click that link over and over and over again...
THIS is a damn good baseball blog you should be reading more frequently, you drunk! Take it from a Fitzy (your mom loves to) - this guy gives good Sully!
The thought of Delonte West banging my mom would be more than enough reason to get me to leave Cleveland. Pretty sure there’d have been plenty of reasons to leave beforehand, no matter how hard they tried to get me to stay. Just sayin’...
Also now I know why LeBron should never go to the Knicks. And why YouTube has done as much harm as it has good to my life, and yours. #knicksrecruitingeffortfail
After all, Tom Brady does love to score big in NYC.
Also...somehow in my absenteeism of late I’ve even neglected to post the last couple of appearance on The Bax and O’Brien Show. Appearances...sponsored sportschats...FM bullshit sessions...whatever you call them they’re the reason why I’m up and at ‘em every Thursday at 8:05 in the AM. So here’s May 20th.And here’s May 13th. And of course, where would we be without May 6th. Ah, memories. And the internet. And beer.
