Yeah, yeah, yeah. Mornin'. Let's get right to our beefs.
Hell, yeah, we've got some beefs.
(1) Why is there no DVD out for "Tail Gunner Joe", the 1977 ABC bio pic that starred Frankenstein, John Forsythe, Burgess Meredith, Patricia Neal, and Jean Stapleton. Think we're reaching? That a 30 year old tv movie about Big Government abusing its power to terrorize good folks is irrelevant and unimportant, better relegated to the dustbin of broadcasting history? Well you may be right. But we'd still like to see Peter Boyle try to humanize that monster.
(2) Why do people buy more books that they can ever possibly read? Right now there are over 70 pieces of lit-rat-cha in the Apt404 "to be read soon" bookcase. And none of them are cartoons. Sorry, "graphic novels." Unless you count the Bill Scheft tome, which we do indeed intend to read. Very soon.
(3) Yahoo!/Google has 0 (Zero) customer service phone numbers available to call. None at all. This is one of the biggest companies on the planet, and they have no one here or in Bangladesh to answer the fucking phone. To explain, after a brief hiatus of one week we attempted to log in to the Apt404 teraflop-scale computer over the weekend and couldn't remember our password (we have four and none of them is "password"). We then found out that Google and Yahoo could not help us recover it. It could not be done over the phone. They had to email our password to the email account that we didn't have the password for. True story. Catch 2200? Oh, yeah. Spoke to a couple of helpful young folks who patiently explained "We don't have a customer service number. This is sales".
(4) This is the one that really sticks out. We are huge sports fans, obviously. But beyond loving the games and game players, we always wonder where these guys and gals come from prior to being on ESPN/FOX/whatever and where they go once they leave the spotlight. Apt404 ran a post a few weeks back we're actually quite proud of concerning the differences in salary (among other things) between MLB and the NFL, which is truly now the "National Pasttime." We used George Carlin's classic routine as a basis for sliding in some stuff we found troubling.
And this morning we heard on the news that the deadline for NCAA athlete/students to declare for the late April NFL Draft was yesterday. That's three months before any names are called out in MSG. Just what in the hell is Gene Upshaw doing with his 168 hours? What the heck is going on? How can a kid go to school, practice, play in a December/January bowl game, and at the same time find out what his value is in the annual April meat market? There is no earthly reason for a three month gap between declaring and being drafted for these young men.
The NBA, our other favorite pro league, allows kids to declare by 4/28, and the draft is held soon after the season ends (for marketing reasons) at the end of June. But NBA wanna be's can opt out of the draft if they aren't happy. And they have more time to consider their status, considering that there are only about 75 college guys who have even a prayer of making a team each preseason. The NFL? There are literally maybe five hundred guys who might make a roster following their last year of college. Why the rush? Give them some time to consider what is best for themselves and their families, so they don't hurry up, drop out of school, then get picked on the second day if at all, get a $50K bonus, most of which the agent and taxes eat up, not make the team, and be basically screwed out of their senior year. Happens all the time. The Florida players were still toweling off following their postgame shower when a slew of them declared. That just makes no sense to us.
But then we're only fans.
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1/16/07 Edit #1. To (1). -- What about "Lou Grant", "WKRP", and something decent on "The Carol Burnett Show." Hmmm?
(1) Why is there no DVD out for "Tail Gunner Joe", the 1977 ABC bio pic that starred Frankenstein, John Forsythe, Burgess Meredith, Patricia Neal, and Jean Stapleton. Think we're reaching? That a 30 year old tv movie about Big Government abusing its power to terrorize good folks is irrelevant and unimportant, better relegated to the dustbin of broadcasting history? Well you may be right. But we'd still like to see Peter Boyle try to humanize that monster.
(2) Why do people buy more books that they can ever possibly read? Right now there are over 70 pieces of lit-rat-cha in the Apt404 "to be read soon" bookcase. And none of them are cartoons. Sorry, "graphic novels." Unless you count the Bill Scheft tome, which we do indeed intend to read. Very soon.
(3) Yahoo!/Google has 0 (Zero) customer service phone numbers available to call. None at all. This is one of the biggest companies on the planet, and they have no one here or in Bangladesh to answer the fucking phone. To explain, after a brief hiatus of one week we attempted to log in to the Apt404 teraflop-scale computer over the weekend and couldn't remember our password (we have four and none of them is "password"). We then found out that Google and Yahoo could not help us recover it. It could not be done over the phone. They had to email our password to the email account that we didn't have the password for. True story. Catch 2200? Oh, yeah. Spoke to a couple of helpful young folks who patiently explained "We don't have a customer service number. This is sales".
(4) This is the one that really sticks out. We are huge sports fans, obviously. But beyond loving the games and game players, we always wonder where these guys and gals come from prior to being on ESPN/FOX/whatever and where they go once they leave the spotlight. Apt404 ran a post a few weeks back we're actually quite proud of concerning the differences in salary (among other things) between MLB and the NFL, which is truly now the "National Pasttime." We used George Carlin's classic routine as a basis for sliding in some stuff we found troubling.
And this morning we heard on the news that the deadline for NCAA athlete/students to declare for the late April NFL Draft was yesterday. That's three months before any names are called out in MSG. Just what in the hell is Gene Upshaw doing with his 168 hours? What the heck is going on? How can a kid go to school, practice, play in a December/January bowl game, and at the same time find out what his value is in the annual April meat market? There is no earthly reason for a three month gap between declaring and being drafted for these young men.
The NBA, our other favorite pro league, allows kids to declare by 4/28, and the draft is held soon after the season ends (for marketing reasons) at the end of June. But NBA wanna be's can opt out of the draft if they aren't happy. And they have more time to consider their status, considering that there are only about 75 college guys who have even a prayer of making a team each preseason. The NFL? There are literally maybe five hundred guys who might make a roster following their last year of college. Why the rush? Give them some time to consider what is best for themselves and their families, so they don't hurry up, drop out of school, then get picked on the second day if at all, get a $50K bonus, most of which the agent and taxes eat up, not make the team, and be basically screwed out of their senior year. Happens all the time. The Florida players were still toweling off following their postgame shower when a slew of them declared. That just makes no sense to us.
But then we're only fans.
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1/16/07 Edit #1. To (1). -- What about "Lou Grant", "WKRP", and something decent on "The Carol Burnett Show." Hmmm?
posted by joe sweeney at 8:11 AM
2 Comments:
Well, get on it....
Bill Scheft
bill scheft read apt404? doubt it.
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