Let’s Be Honest About NFL Ratings

There are some who believe that the low tv ratings for the NFL are due to the player’s protests. According to an SI poll, 52% of viewers don’t think it’s the protests. Even though players have repeatedly said that the protests aren’t about disrespecting the flag, or anyone but bringing awareness of the injustices of minorities. Then, you have ‘orange’ calling folks, ‘SOBs’ and demanding that they stand for the flag. Umm, I thought this was the land of the free? Who am I to force views/opinions/thoughts on my neighbors or anyone? And more so, why aren’t you listening to what these players are saying? After all, they’re the ones putting their health on the line every week just to entertain us.

The tv ratings isn’t about the protests, but about everything else that’s going on in the league:

1. Cheaters are winners and everyone and higher-ups are ok with that….Tom Brady.
2. Concussions are on the rise in the sport. Maybe parents don’t want their kids playing for the that reason. If you haven’t seen it, watch the movie, ‘Concussion.’
3. League disciplinarian policies are a joke. Repeat offenders/dirty players get reduced suspensions all the time. How long did it take for Ezekiel Eliot to start serving his 6 game suspension?
4. Female fans are done waiting for the NFL to take domestic violence seriously.
5. The No Fun League…until this season, touchdown celebrations were banned/flagged. Now, it’s a circus show after every touchdown.
6. Saturation. NFL used to have one day that was theirs (Sunday). Now, you have Monday, Thursday and when playoff season roll around, Saturday’s. It’s way too much.
7. Injuries Galore. How many fantasy teams are busted because of injuries. Seems like every week, a major player goes down. People watch for the headliners, not the second string.
8. Games are simply bad. The quality at the quarterback position is abysmal this year and teams that were projected to be Superbowl contenders, aren’t what they used to be.

Unless your team is doing well this season, there’s just no need to watch until the NFL get their act together.

Why I’m Afraid of ‘A Christmas Story Live’

Every Christmas, I have to watch ‘A Christmas Story.’ Ever since I was a kid, and TBS started playing it 24hrs, I would watch it. Yes, I have the dvd, but I don’t care, on Christmas Day, it will be watched.

A few weeks ago, I saw a preview for the live performance, and I’m not quite sure how I feel about it? Honestly, it scares me. How many movies were remade or had a sequel and you instantly regretted or wished that they hadn’t touched it at all? (Transformers, Footloose, Weird Science, etc)

The most recent for me was Dirty Dancing thirty year anniversary. F’cking horrible! Everything about it was painful. The actor who played Johnny scowled the entire time and tried too hard to be tough. It was in musical form and there was no lift. Umm excuse me, no lift? If you are going to cast a larger leading lady (which I enjoyed..she wasn’t your typical stick figure actress), the guy should be able to lift. I mean when you think of Dirty Dancing, you anxiously waited for the final dance number.

It took everything in my power not to annihilate my television that night. So now, when I think of ‘A Christman Story,’ I’m just not sure if I can do it? I know this is a play/theatrical verision, but I still have my reservations. I’m hoping it will be good, but I can’t bring myself to watch it.

Netflix: “Big Mouth” Review

Sitting at home bored on a Friday night (I know…lame), I was scrolling through my cable box recommendations on what I should watch. With little luck, I decided to hop onto Netflix because I hadn’t watched anything on there in a while. While scrolling through countless titles, from things I would potentially be interested in, to those I have no clue why the hell it’s recommended for me (c’mon Gilmore Girls?), I found ‘Big Mouth.’

Reading the description almost threw me for a loop; a show about going through puberty (the abridged version). I was halfway about to end my search, but the fact that it was animated and I was looking for something mindless to make me sleepy, I decided to give it a try and I’m glad I did (SPOILERS will happen after this paragraph)!

From the first episode, the show took me by surprise, but I should have looked at the rating. This is definitely not suitable for kids, or anyone who is easily offended! It reminded me of, South Park and Family Guy (I never watched American Dad), but much more raunchy.

The series focuses on two male best friends (Nick and Andrew and their female friend, (Jenny) and it touches on every possible detail of being a pubescent teenager. Everything from being in love/heartbreak, to masturbation, dating, porn, rumors, being the third wheel, feeling inadequate, to an odd case of teenage pregnancy. I probably named most of the episodes with that list, but whatever!

I laughed so hard during the first with the ‘Hormone Monster,’ I literally had to call my wife from upstairs to finish the first episode. Yes, we started that one over so she could catch up, and let’s just say that food/drinks were ordered and we definitely binged the entire season. I’m not the type of person to binge anything, but this show was well worth it.

As we continued the season, there were certain situations that personally touched each of us. Whether it was being the third wheel, or touching ourselves for the first time. For me, throughout the series, I could personally relate, or knew someone that went through crap in middle and high school. I swear, had this show been around when I was a teenager, so much would have made sense. I probably would have been better prepared for a ton of different situations.

Seriously, who remembers asking their parents, older sibling, or best friend about sex? Your first boner (is this term even used today)? The first period? The first porn watched? How awkward are things subjects even in today’s society? Who would have loved knowing what the opposite, or the same sex thought about sex and masturbation?

Again, this show is definitely for mature audiences only and will probably take you back to your youth, or prepare you for what’s to come (no pun intended). Viewers need to have tough skin, or be in the right mindset for something this silly. For me, Big Mouth did exactly added comic relief on a boring Friday night. Give it a chance if you dare!