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Thought about this thing I wrote a couple of years ago, so I read it for the first time in a long time. Made me laugh a bit, and I’m glad it did the same for @dt_robbins when I sent it his way.
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since the guy didn’t post the video, here’s the video
Well, you knew this one was coming. In honor of SNL's 50th anniversary, here's Norm's famous monologue where he shits all over the show.
This was a year and a half after he was fired from (or was forced to resign from) SNL. And then the network inexplicably asked him to come back and host. And you knew Norm wasn't going to let the irony of THIS particular moment go by.
Nearly every Norm fan alive knows this clip. Which is good because it's surprisingly hard to find a good video of it online. They almost always get pulled down, chopped up, banished to Tiktok, or scrubbed. But I've written it up for you so now you will always know how it played out.
Happy 50th birthday, SNL. Hope you like crap!
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In the Ryan Murphy limited series dramatizing the Luka trade, Drake has to play Nico. Two of the most-loathed men in North America.
New BS Podcast!
—A Mavs fan revolt, the Luka Trade as a mini-series + Super Bowl leftovers w/ @bryancurtis
—SNL 50, the Oscars, Lively vs. Baldoni, Hollywood in 2025 + a Dodgers takeover w/ @MattBelloni
PS: Video pods every time on @spotify now ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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One of the best things I’ve read in a long time.
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“The popularity of baseball is waning and I’m not sure that’s a bad thing. It’s a slow game, a game that is an experience. It’s a painting you look at that moves.”
You DO NOT want to miss this one from Derek JG Williams!
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From our latest, we’ve got THREE haikus from @mocando, and here’s the first!
“ Moonshot
fame stepped up to bat
humiliation eyed first
welcome to the Bigs”
You know what to do for the rest … 👇⚾️⬇️👇⚾️⬇️
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From our latest issue, Christian Winn!
“The sun was oily grey.
Our temples drummed a displaced fear that only sleep can allay.”
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“ How often—in sports or in life—do we see an injustice resolved with such dignity and charity on both sides?”
We’ve got a great one from Barbara Petoskey on Armando Gallaraga’s near-perfecto! CW for Tigers fans & their heartbreak 😂
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“After venturing too close to death to ever use starvation as a coping mechanism again, Mia had sought out new reasons to stay alive;”
This one, from @ShannonFrostGre, grabs hold and doesn’t let go until well after you’ve finished reading it!
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“…he counts and breathes in for a count of ten and when his breath is about to pop within him he releases it over a count of thirteen.”
From our latest, Peyton Popp delivers a stunner!
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“Several moms in the stands stood and told him to go home, and one challenged him to a fight if he removed his mask.”
Jeff Burt is back to tell us all about the travails of a Little League umpire!
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.@cheeseanqi kicks in the door to start our latest issue! ⬇️👇
“now you scream and search, desperate to find meaning
in this joyless earth”
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