April 16, 2009

John Madden retires

Boom! The big guy is riding his bus into the sunset with his telestrator. Football color commentator John Madden retired today from the booth after 30 years of service. He was the only broadcaster to work for all four networks – CBS, Fox, ABC, and NBC. Madden was the longtime coach of the Oakland Raiders and led them to victory […]

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June 6, 2008

Now a word from a total douche

Oh no they didn’t! An “interstitial ad” for the unfunny The Bill Engvall Show on TBS popped up during a Family Guy episode on Monday night. Engvall simply walked up to the screen, paused it, and plugged his useless sitcom – then unpaused it and was back to Family Guy. Three seconds later, a real commercial popped up (and in […]

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