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There are two guys I’m really rooting for these days; Conan O’Brien and Brett Favre. Both guys that were squeezed out of their spots because someone else was supposedly “better” than them. Both by organizations who had brainless egotistical morons running the show. Brett’s short term success will be decided in the coming weeks with his Super Bowl run with the Vikings. Conan’s may take a little longer to sort out but the simple fact is that he’s being forced out of the worst run network on TV and *will* be back on another network in shape to crush NBC even more. The big difference is that while always being a Packer fan, I *became* a Favre fan. In contrast, I became a Conan fan over the years and have *no* loyalty to NBC or the Tonight Show. I am rooting for Brett this year (and perhaps next?) but will always be a Packer fan, though that will be easier done once the Ted is gone for good. With Conan it’s easy. Wherever he goes, I will watch him. Oh, and I will *never*, let me repeat that… **NEVER** watch the Tonight Show with Jay Leno Take Two. I hope that show rots with the rest of NBC. The Packers wanted to bribe Brett to “go away” for twenty-some-odd million. NBC wants to bribe Conan to go away and stop making fun of them for forty million. Brett didn’t take it, and I’m guessing Conan won’t take the money and be quiet when he has a good chance of suing them for that same amount while retaining the “right” to make fun of fools. Conan = Awesome talent obviously not appreciated by those who run NBC Conan = Someone who makes the show he’s on better just by showing up Conan = Was not supported by the Network who killed his lead-in viewers because they wanted to cut costs ala “Jay”. Conan = Is being blamed by the heads of the network for not having better ratings even though they sabotaged his ability to do so. Conan = Was offered a bribe to go away. (admission they know they are in the wrong) Conan = Is being replaced by the boss’ “guy”, Jay. I could go on… That’s all, just wanted to get that off my chest. Watch Conan this week! It’s his last on NBC and I’m sure it’ll be a hoot watching him stick it to them…
Its really quite shocking how unrestricted companies use to be in the claims they could make about products and how gullible consumer had to have been believing them!
Check out the site and have some fun! My daughter just whipped up a one-page Legion of Super Heroes comic this evening staring (of course) Brainiac 5, or as she and other obsessed fans call him, Brainy. This is a cute one if you know anything about him as a character… Let her know what you think! Click for the whole comic… The Monday Night Football game last night between the Green Bay Packers and the Minnesota Vikings was one of the best yet hardest to watch games in my 35 years. It was exciting. It was high-scoring. There were some truly awesome drives from both teams. It came down to the final seconds with a chance to tie and go in to overtime. And I had NO idea who I was rooting for. Well, sort of. I was rooting for exactly who I had become accustomed to rooting for since I was a teenage kid, Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers. I was happy every time someone scored. I was upset every time someone lost the ball or got hurt. It was kind of like watching my two best friends go at it. That being said, I feel at this point I need to voice my opinion (because everyone else in the entire world seems to have voiced theirs already) about the whole Favre/Packer divorce. I feel that we as the Packer fans were the “kids” who happen to get hurt the most in a divorce. And it was an ugly one. To all those out there that want to lie blame squarely on one side, you’re crazy. It was ugly. It was painful. And both Brett and the Packers management (Ted Thompson primarily) were at fault concerning HOW it all went down. But you know what? It happened. Kids in a divorce have a right to be upset at the one or both parents, and I can see in some cases where it’s truly a one-sided affair (no pun intended) they could side with one parent and end up despising the other. But when both sides contribute to what ends up being an ugly split and the dust settles, the kids may carry a grudge, but deep down they still love the parents. I LOVE the Packers. I was a fan as a kid before the Favre era. I was an enthusiastic fan during the Favre era. And I will continue to be a Packer fan as long as the organization exists. But right now, this year, I’m the little kid who is torn over which parent to pull for. In fact I refuse to pull for one over the other. I hope them both success. To those Packer fans out there who feel the need to hate Favre over all of this, all I can assume is that the divorce is still too fresh and you’re not thinking clearly. He brought the Packers back from being a multi-decade joke in the league. They were that team that everyone else looked forward to playing so they could rest their banged-up players. He did everything we hoped for and more. I’ve read stories about how Packer “fans” have had parties during which they either burn or destroy in other ways, their Favre memorabilia. THAT is the most ridiculous, short-sighted, knee-jerk reaction I’ve ever heard of. Sad. Those folks will regret that kind of behavior down the road (or when they sober up). Did any of the Favre haters out there watch after the game when Favre and Driver hugged? That was the highlight of the game for me right there, a sign that under all the angst of what went down, they are still human beings with feelings. There are a lot of Packers who still love Brett and that isn’t going to change. On a side note, did anyone else feel like the announcers were being paid to over-hype Favre during the game? I love the guy, but come on! I thought Gruden was going to run out and start kissing him on the field… Oh, and one final side note. Just to be clear, the moment Favre retires for good, I will despise the Vikings with all the passion I did prior to Brett signing on to their roster… As I mentioned last week, my Brainiac 5 loving daughter is now past the half-way point of enduring the second annual “Kill Brainy Week”, created and produced by her two best friends at school. Three days down, two more to go. I’ve asked her to type out a little bit about what they’ve done to Brainy each day so far, so for your enjoyment (or horror) here are her descriptions… Monday – First they took a plastic knife and poked his eyes out. Then they poked a huge hole for his ‘mouth’. After that they ripped the paper in half and stuffed one half into a chicken sandwich bun and stuffed that in a french fry container. Then they began to take more plastic knives and stab the box… =O! It was scary… The other half got wrapped in ham and was thrown away. Brainy Pic! Tuesday – Ok… today they ripped his head off the picture. Then they shredded the body and stuffed it into their mashed potatoes and corn. It was disturbing… =O! (They called it his grave and then said rest in pieces!) Oh yeah, and the head? They dumped it in honey and stuck it to a dude riding his bicycle on the milk carton. After that they smushed the carton and threw it away… Brainy Pic Again! Wednesday – Alrighty! =) Today they tore it in half (again). They gave the bottom half of it to my friend and he used it as a napkin. The other half endured worse; they took my empty milk carton and filled it with our lunches, (salsa, chips, milk, sour cream, nacho cheese, etc) Then they put gold fish in it. We usually do this every time we get goldfish and it’s called “Fishie Island”. Except this time they stuck the top half of Brainy into it and crushed it and threw it away… =( ! So there you have it. She talked about Brainy so much, she drove her friends to breaking point. I’ll update once more at the end of the week to let you know how the rest of the week went… As a bonus for any Legion of Super Heroes / Brainiac 5 fans that stumble on to this post from a search engine, here are a couple shots of her latest Brainy custom figure. It’s a repainted Spiderman Mighty Mugg…
As I’ve mentioned before, my teenage daughter is a huge Legion of Super Heroes fan. She fell in love with the comics (which she now has hundreds of), as well as the cartoon series (which ended abruptly because apparently they didn’t have enough batman series yet – whatever) and the rest is history. She also happens to be OBSESSED with the character Brainiac 5. Yeah, I’d say it’s bordering some sort of crazy “crush” of sorts. Not that I can say much, at her age I was equally obsessed with a cartoon character. And her’s is not nearly as dorky as mine was… So yeah, back to the subject at hand. I found out today that some friends of hers at school created a “Kill Brainy Week” last year at school during which, each day they would print out a picture of Brainiac 5 and proceed to destroy it (rip, tear, cut, etc…) in front of my daughter in order to torture her. They get a bit tired of her comparing everything and everyone to Brainiac 5, specifically how whatever or whoever isn’t as awesome as Brainy. This came up because she realized today that they are gearing up to celebrate the second annual “Kill Brainy Week”, this coming week. She’s thinks it’s funny (as we all do), but I think she’s actually a little sad that she’ll be seeing him “killed” each day this week in various ways. I’m curious if they plan to get a little more creative this year with the ways they’ll do him in. Oh yeah, and my early teen crush on a cartoon character? Ariel. Yes, the Little Mermaid… *hangs head low* Though I did have a thing for Tank Girl too… Does that redeem me at all or just make me that much more of a dork? Delicious Drips and Tenacious Toys have teamed up with toy customizers around the world (established folk to amateurs) to create the “Who’s Da Bomb?” show and contest. Well, yours truly decided to join in the fun and I submitted the following entitled “Who Needs Enemies?” Please take a moment and go vote! If not for mine, vote for another! No wait… vote for mine!
OK, here’s the link to all of them. There ARE some really great ones in there… In yet another show of “ooh, we want that too!” the Walt Disney Company announced that it will be acquiring Marvel Entertainment. Yes, the Mouse will now own everything from the X-Men and Spiderman, to the Hulk and Iron Man. Disney is reported to be offering a cash/stock deal in the area of 4 Billion dollars. I personally don’t care much about what that means for the movie franchises, but I AM wondering if this will have any repercussions on the comic book industry. I don’t read many of the Marvel books (none regularly) but decisions made by Marvel management (usually bad decisions) tend to have large impacts on the rest of the comic book world. Disney isn’t the kind of company that instills confidence in these kind of cases. At least they didn’t go after DC who seem to try to maintain some level of integrity to their titles. You can read more on the deal here at RTTnews.com… I can just see the show at Disney World now climaxing in a big singing number featuring the Hulk and Wolverine… *shudder* Update: Playthings.com has posted more information regarding the acquisition… Just got an e-mail from Tenacious Toys. They’re running a 25% off everything sale tonight through tomorrow night which is in addition to any sale they already have running. Check out the details below…
They’ve got lots of great stuff, so check it out…
I’ve just finished painting a pair of custom Rolitoboy figures this past weekend, and the folks at Delicious Drips have been kind enough to post them! If you like what you see below, please take a moment to head over to their site and vote for He Smile Me and She Smile Me…
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