33
north shore = jersey shore boston

34 
why do certain movies work
rain man - we learn about autism
boogie nights - 70’s porn
jersey shore, you enter a world you didn’t know existed

35
teen pregnancy, teen mom show
glorifies it…bad.

37
“this season on”
you can do that about anything
HSA montage - happy sad angry

42
survivor cast usually looks worse with makeup on

44
celebrity cheater fantasy draft (inspired by Tiger)
hahaha

50
randy moss is a frontrunner

5:30
hockey teams don’t come together until the first road trip, players bond by going out and chasing women

36m
30 going on 58, deranged, tonya from rwrr is the marily monroe of our times.  a reflection of our culture, a signature babe.  h

40m
true life jersey shore was a landmark episode that aired years ago and everyone has seen the rerun multiple times, it’s a mzing that it took this long for it to get its own reality show.  it’s like reverse malibu.  it’s like europe wher  you just drive into a new country, a new culture

8
the nfl made 60 minutes

12min
there’s a perception that without gambling the nfl wouldn’t have taken off

13min
nfl would bring the hammer if broadcasters mentioned the spread, back in the day jimmy the greek would hint at it “i like washington BIG” “i like washington but it’s going to be a tight game”

14
could the greek exist today, as a nickname and a public figure? people loved him

37
nba playoffs should start right after final 4.. basketball interest peaks then.  nba should not go into june - brent
but you have to think about may sweeps - bs

18:30

about cedric benson

“you forget that these athletes are 23, 24 year old people.  you make mistakes.  you don’t become who you really are until 26-29.”

21

running backs usually show up pretty quickly in the nfl

52

with the possible exception of manning, quarterbacks are still a product of their offensive scheme.  they are not on the level of hockey goalie in terms of importance to team

“I’m not worried anymore.”

7:20
difference between tv shows that have 30 episode seasons (leading to contrived plots - 90210) vs 10 episode seasons.  quality

nobody cares about the emmys. “i can’t imagine someone talented enough to win one but still care about it” though it provides job security and fuels personal competition btwn writers

oscars are the only thing that matter anymore, and that’s diluted (5 nominees to now 10)

11:20
check out CK’s AV Club beatles article

14:30
beatles’ songs “dovetail with maturation” of listener

15:30
kobe-shaq = mccartney-lennon (two alpha dogs)
though shaq’s career needs to be re-evaluated after he’s left four teams on bad terms

the relationship mccartney had with his wife was the one lennon pretended to have with yoko ono

27
MJ’s HOF speech on paper wasn’t as scathing as was his delivery..
“like he was drinking gin”

31
both MJ and gretsky struggled with being the best

37
history channel oversells programming, undermines itself with constant references to Nostradamus (haha)

the Cowboys lifted the city of Dallas’ complex after JFK assassination

41
JFK conspiracy odds
Oswalt acting alone - off the table
CIA involved (bc he was going to splinter it) - 5:2
Cuba involved - 6:1
Russia involved - 8:1
Mafia involved (sharing mistresses) - 5:1 - explains Jack Ruby connection
coincidence of both CIA and Oswalt, two sets of shots

George Bush claims he cannot remember where he was

part2
wedding advice

20:30

8min
feeling of team defending title is just as good, maybe better than the initial run itself (08 celts, 09 phils, not 05 sox)

13min
wilt chamberlin was proud of never fouling out of a game.  5 fouls on him and players went after him. hahaha

wilt measured himself only by numbers, and doing everything once. russell was about overall winning success.  players wanted to play with him but wanted to hang out with wilt

55
talk about rejected tv show, style of larry sanders
rant about “notes,” 700 page book

“i’m tired of talking about me, what do you think of me?”
- hollywood producers

7min
Entourage is the laziest show on television, but keeps getting good reviews because people like writing about themselves & critics are within that industry bubble (narcissism and lifestyle)

38min
mt rushmore tv seasons
wire season 4, sopranos season 1, ER season 1, NYPD blue season 1

47min
Judd Apatow considered being hired for Lorne Michaels’ spot during SNL turmoil ten years ago 

51min
Sports shows failures.. due to fact that women like emotional stories, men like sports. hard to get both

Leno is so cheap to produce that NBC can always cook the books to say it’s successful