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Goodsport
07 Mar 2005, 08:32 AM
The second-season opener for this show (http://www.cheapseats.tv/) premieres tonight on ESPN Classic, though it'll also be repeated later in the week. :cool:
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Goodsport
07 Mar 2005, 03:22 PM
No one else here watches this show? :(
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Ringo
07 Mar 2005, 03:24 PM
i haven't even heard of it, not that it would matter ... I don't even get that channel
(TxT)
07 Mar 2005, 04:35 PM
No one else here watches this show? :(
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I watch it all the time. Even the old ones are funny, though I hate when they cut down the hour long shows. The show is freakin hilarious.
It seems like the "new" season is just repeats and Best Of episodes.
I wish they would do an episode from the inaugural MLS season. :D
No one else here watches this show? :(
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It's great stuff. Last Thanksgiving Day they ran a marathon of all (I guess) the episodes. The spelling bees are hilarious...
Looking forward to the new season.
The SportsCenter guys WISH they were that funny.
Footer Phooter
07 Mar 2005, 06:48 PM
I've seen it once or twice. Wasn't too impressed. Maybe I'll give it another spin.
TheSlipperyOne
07 Mar 2005, 07:11 PM
I find it to be extremely hit or miss so I don't go out of my way to catch it.
I've seen it once or twice. Wasn't too impressed. Maybe I'll give it another spin.
I think that's pretty much the way it plays out. People either like it alot or not at all.
Goodsport
07 Mar 2005, 08:42 PM
I was sorry to see the show move from their its one-hour format to its current half-hour format, but it's still a funny show.
Although most of the episodes have been good, my favorite so far is the hour-long version of the 1997 National Spelling Bee episode. :D
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Goodsport
08 Mar 2005, 02:42 AM
Today's series premiere was the funniest episode of ESPN SportsCentury that I've ever seen. :D
Among other things, we finally get to see Ron Parker for the first time since the first-ever episode.
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DSC05
09 Mar 2005, 12:47 PM
I think the shows funny, but I don't make a point to watch it. If I notice it's on, I'll start watching though. I too love the spelling bees.
quentinc
10 Mar 2005, 08:32 PM
I was sorry to see the show move from their its one-hour format to its current half-hour format, but it's still a funny show.
Although most of the episodes have been good, my favorite so far is the hour-long version of the 1997 National Spelling Bee episode. :D
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I don't think I've ever laughed louder than I did during the Spelling Bee episode. I absolutely love that show.
Goodsport
13 Mar 2005, 12:28 AM
A new episode airs this coming Monday. :)
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quentinc
15 Mar 2005, 06:28 PM
A new episode airs this coming Monday. :)
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Last night's show was pretty good, did anyone else catch it?
I think the show work's because the joke's roll off of one another and it builds up to a crescendo. There is no one joke that stands out, they work as a collective whole.
I've also wondered if the jokes are scripted, or if it's truly off of the top of their head.
Goodsport
16 Mar 2005, 08:52 AM
Last night's show was pretty good, did anyone else catch it?
I think the show work's because the joke's roll off of one another and it builds up to a crescendo. There is no one joke that stands out, they work as a collective whole.
I saw it. :D
You're right about the show's humor. The show has always seemed to me to be the sports version of MST3K... and ironcially enough, Monday's show actually included an MST3K bit. :eek:
I've also wondered if the jokes are scripted, or if it's truly off of the top of their head.
I think that while they're scripted for the final shoot of each episode, that the joke-brainstorming session among the show's writers (including Randy and Jason) beforehand are off the top of their heads, and then they pick the best jokes to include into the script.
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I saw it. :D
.... The show has always seemed to me to be the sports version of MST3K... and ironcially enough, Monday's show actually included an MST3K bit. :eek:
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I agree. The first time I saw it, I was reminded of MST3K. But not in a cheesy wanna be sense.
As a side note: I only caught part of it (long, boring story), but what little I saw with them was disappointing. The MST3K folks aren't even a shell of what they use to be.
Goodsport
21 Mar 2005, 11:09 PM
I agree. The first time I saw it, I was reminded of MST3K. But not in a cheesy wanna be sense.
As a side note: I only caught part of it (long, boring story), but what little I saw with them was disappointing. The MST3K folks aren't even a shell of what they use to be.
Today's episode covered the 2000 Outdoor Games. :D
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Goodsport
29 Mar 2005, 06:59 PM
Yesterday covered the 2003 Scrabble Championship, as well as a 1979 frisbee exhibition from the Rose Bowl. :D
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Goodsport
04 Apr 2005, 11:24 PM
Today's episode was all about "Pimpin' Your Pet", and covered a 1981 frog-jumping contest, a 1992 cat beauty contest and a 1989 horse-racing buggies event. :D
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NoodlesMacintosh
05 Apr 2005, 01:45 AM
As American as apple pie and six shooters, hot dogs and machetes, baseball and bazookas.
I like most of the episodes at least a little, but there are some I flat-out can't stand, like the 1979 Oilers/Red Wings game. Overall hit-and-miss. Generally inconsistent. But that's the way MST3K started, too...have you ever seen the first two seasons? Not much worth writing home about. Afterwards, of course, it became the stuff of legend. I'm not saying that's the direction Cheap Seats is heading in, but it's slowly getting more consistent and dependable.
Rising!