Was Randy Savage the Scottie Pippen of Wrestling?

Tuesday, June 18 8:12 am

Keith Elliot Greenberg on the late wrestling legend Randy ‘Macho Man’ Savage:

Randy’s finest moment with the company occurred at WrestleMania III, where he had a match with Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat that was considered the best encounter ever seen on a World Wrestling Federation pay-per-view. Randy obsessed over the match, charting it move for move with Steamboat beforehand. Even for fans who knew that the action was predetermined, it was easy to suspend disbelief.

No top ten list of wrestling’s greatest matches fails to include the aforementioned match with Savage and Steamboat. Savage gets lost a bit in wrestling lore. He was basically exiled from the WWF/WWE and never showed back up the way guys like Hulk Hogan and Bret Hart did. And that’s really a shame.

If Hulk Hogan is the Michael Jordan of pro wrestling, there’s no doubt Savage was the Scottie Pippen. Savage was never the #1 guy really. His time in the WWF/WWE overlapped with Hogan for it’s entirety, and he was alway, at best, the #2 guy. He and Hogan were even tag team partners at one point. Savage had a run as a “bad guy” at one point, which could equate to some of the issues Pippen had being underpaid later in his Bulls run. Ultimately though, like Pippen, Savage doesn’t get enough credit for being as good as he was.

Wrestling is fake. I get that. There was a period in my youth where I didn’t, but I don’t deny it now. I always thought the classification of “sports entertainment” was a great way to describe it. If you really stop and take a look at sports these days, things are closer to professional wrestling than anyone wants to admit. Sure the story lines associated with football and basketball aren’t made up, but have you ever stopped to consider how much time is spent talking about sports vs. actually playing sports? Think of how many hours of television time and written words are devoted to the NFL Draft each spring. Weeklong pre-game coverage outnumbers the game itself by at least a factor of three. Wrestling is still more TV drama than true sporting event, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t some skill required. The skills just happened to be a combination of athleticism, overacting and public speaking skills.

Hogan was always a larger than life figure in the wrestling world. He was great at working the crowd, and pretty good on the mic, but he was a terrible wrestler. Savage was never as big of a star as Hogan, and maybe he never wanted to be. Or maybe he just came around at the wrong time, but he was a vastly superior wrestler. He executed lots of top rope moves, and hard a much bigger variety of maneuvers, as opposed to Hogan who mostly got by as being a superhuman like brawler.

Like Pippen, it’s always interesting to play the “what if” game. For Pippen you have to wonder how good he would have actually been if he hadn’t played his entire prime with Jordan. Would he have gotten more respect and recognition for being great? Or would he have floundered as a guy who wasn’t good enough to be the #1 guy? With Savage, you have to wonder what would have happened if he came around without Hogan. Perhaps he would be the face of professional wrestling.

Hypothecticals aside though, Savage was a great wrestler, with a huge personality who will be remembered by fans of the sport as a legend who was more than just a Slim Jim spokesman.

Episode #107 – Sidebar During Sidecar

Monday, June 17 8:36 am

A full recap of season 3 of Game of Thrones. A discussion of ride sharing service Sidecar. NBA Playoffs. NHL Playoffs.

  • Game of Thrones: 00:55 – 14:14

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Sidecar

Thursday, June 13 9:01 am

As anyone who listens to the podcast likely knows, I don’t live in downtown Chicago. I spend time there occasionally, but not all that frequently. When I am there I take cabs when necessary, and the subway when it’s convenient, but almost never buses. I had been following Lisa Frame on Twitter for a while and she kept mentioning Sidecar. When I finally looked into it, I discovered it was one of these “ridesharing” (Lyft is another) services.

Background

The idea is basically that drivers sign up to provide rides to people. These drivers have to meet certain criteria, including background checks, in order to be approved and put into the system. People looking for rides use a mobile app1 to sign up for the service and provide a phone number and credit card number that is used to provide some protection for the drivers.

When a person needs a ride they open up an app on their mobile phone, indicate their pick-up location and drop-off location, and wait for a driver to respond. Drivers in the area have the option of signing up to pick up that passenger. Once they do, the app notifies the user of who their driver is, their name, a picture of them, and a picture/description of their car. It also provides an ETA and shows their car on a map so you can see exactly how far away they are as they drive towards you. When the trip is over, the rider has the option to give the driver a donation (more on this shortly) directly through the app. A recommended value is provided based on the distance (I assume) of the trip.

Our Experience

Mrs. Hippo and I utilized this service twice over the weekend, and in particular hoping to compare it to the experience of taking cabs. The initial trip was from about Michigan and Wacker to Lincoln Park Zoo. There were about 5 drivers or so operating in Chicago at the moment (at least that is how many showed up on the map), we requested a ride and got a response from a young gentleman2 who was about 10 minutes or so away. It indicated to him that this was our first time and he called us to let us know where he was and when he would be there, which was a nice touch.

This is when I realized was one of the potential downsides to Sidecar. If we had taken a cab we would have gotten right in and been on our way. But in this case we had to wait about 10 minutes for him to get there. Of course, once you learn this, and the fact that you get a text when your car is close, you can plan ahead better and request the ride before you leave wherever you are.

The car he picked us up in was a nice, relatively new four door something. It was amazingly clean, and he had bottled water available as well. He was very friendly and we found out that he was a medical student. How many cab drivers can say that? The ride was safe and pleasant and felt much better than a cab. He was very nice to chat with and made the ride much more enjoyable than it would have been otherwise. The recommended donation was around $9–10, but with traffic I have no doubt that taking a cab would have been much more.

Our second experience came later that night. We took a cab to dinner and then decided to use Sidecar on the way back which would give us a great chance to compare the cost of the cab to the recommended donation Sidecar provides. This time we requested our ride before we got up from the table, and if it weren’t for the naked bike ride trapping us, the ride would have been there in just a couple of minutes. This time our drive was a woman in an SUV. She also had bottled water for us, and was just as pleasant as the first driver. She told us some more about what it was like to drive for the service, as well as the community that the driver have formed. Again, wonderful experience

The recommended donation for this ride was $6. The cab ride on the way there was $6.85 before tip. Now of course the recommended donation is just that, recommended and a donation. There is no rule that says you have to give that much, that little, or anything. Drivers rate riders though, and my guess is that riders who don’t chip in get passed over eventually. For us though, this was a better experience than riding in a cab, and even with just the recommended amount it was a couple of bucks cheaper.

Wrap-up

After the ride concludes, you are asked to rate your driver (“No Complaints”, “It was exceptionally good” or “It was pretty bad”) and then pick what the best part of the experience was (“Great Car”, “Great Attitude”, “Safe and Efficient”). Both of our experiences were excellent, and as I said, cheaper than the cab ride covering the same route at the same time. It will definitely be my go-to for transportation in the city in the future.

I definitely recommend it to anyone who doesn’t like cabs or public transportation but also doesn’t want to drive anywhere. Be prepared to make a new friend and chat though. If you are just planning to be on your cell phone the whole time, this might not be for you. I also think it’s a bit better with a friend since it makes the chatting a bit easier.

  1. Both Android and iOS are supported [↩]
  2. I probably could give his name, but I won’t just in case [↩]

The Wire – Season 5

Tuesday, June 11 8:38 am

Lots of spoilers in this one. If you plan to watch still, especially season 5, skip this post.

In case you missed them, see my posts on seasons one, two, three and four.

Season 5 was an abbreviated one, with just 10 episodes. This show was not as popular as The Sopranos and seemed to struggle to stay on the air throughout its run, which no doubt contributed to its constant “in limbo” status. Season 4 is heralded as possibly the greatest season of television ever, and while it’s very good, I don’t think the rest of the seasons get enough credit, particularly season 5. Some of season five got a little wonky, but it’s by no means bad. And ultimately the series closes with a very small difference in quality between the best and worst seasons. Contrast that to something like Friday Night Lights and the horrible season 2 plot, seasons 5 and 6 of Mad Men, and some of the later seasons of The Sopranos and it’s clear that The Wire appears to have basically no peers when it come to consistent quality.

Let’s start with the bad and get that out of the way. The newspaper storyline is a little weak, and as other’s pointed out this is likely due to season five being a little rushed with just 10 episodes. The fake serial killer story is one of the most ridiculous stories this show has thrown out there, but as David Simon and Alan Sepinwall pointed out, this is the same show that produced Hamsterdam. If nothing else, McNulty’s scheme was really clever.

Carcetti’s rise to run for Governor seemed a little rushed, although maybe the lesson there is that you can’t really fix/change how things are, so everyone is just better off moving along and worrying about themselves. It was also interesting that there was never a callback to the shot of Rawls in the gay bar. I don’t think there is another show on television that would have showed that and never had it come into play later. That might be a perfect example as to how great this show really was.

Character evolution in this show is definitely a strong point, as the “slow burn” feel of things doesn’t make things feel rushed, even though Daniels rise to the top was probably a bit fast. Carver’s rise from Detective, to Sergeant, to Lieutenant by the shows end was nice. He was one of my favorites by the time it all wrapped up. Going back and re-watching this will be interesting to see his evolution after knowing where he ends up.

Bubbles probably had the happiest ending, and truthfully one of few happy endings on this show. He came a long way from junky informant in season 1 to walking up those stairs in the last scene. There were lots of things he went through over time, but it was very clear that he was a pretty sharp guy, and was certainly aware of who he was. After he accidentally killed Sherrod, the wake up was enough for him to try and get clean.

It’s impossible to talk about this show, or season, without talking about Omar. I’ve never taken the time to identify my favorite character ever from a TV drama, but it’s safe to say that Omar would be the leading candidate at this point. The reality is that Omar’s character didn’t have a ton of depth. It was really just the recurring plot of stealing drugs from dealers, and exacting revenge on those who hurt someone close to him. We knew he was gay, and was protective of the couple of his boyfriends we saw. He was also very street smart, and was as knowledgable as anyone about how the game worked. But beyond that there wasn’t a whole lot we knew.

But it’s no doubt another big accomplishment for this show to take a seemingly shallow character and turn him into one of the best characters (arguably) in television history. Like Tony Soprano and Walter White, he’s a guy that does bad things, but you find yourself rooting for him because the only people you see him hurt are worse people. When he get’s clipped buying cigarettes, it unfortunately wasn’t a shock for me because that was one of the spoilers that was unavoidable over the years. In fact, for 5 seasons I kept waiting for it to happen, and when it did the only real surprise was the way it happened, which again was just masterful. Having the cops kill him, or having him die in one of the many gunfights he was in would have been too predictable. Instead it made more sense for it to happen when his guard was down, and by someone who wouldn’t have cracked the top 50 people most likely to do it1.

In the end, The Wire lived up to the hype. It’s right up there in the discussion with The Sopranos, Breaking Bad and (a fading) Mad Men. I am not in a rush to say it’s #1 because I think that’s difficult to determine. Breaking Bad will close it’s run out before the end of the year, and we can see where that is then. The Sopranos was such a different show that focused much more on one guy. The Wire presents the more consistent experience though, one that has no peer. Perhaps The Sopranos should get more credit for making 26 more episodes, but at the same time there were a few lulls along the way. Regardless of what is truly #1, The Wire was an amazing series, and completely worth anyone’s time.

  1. I probably would have had Bubbles and the ghost of Stringer ahead of Kennard [↩]

Episode #106 – Like A Sorkin Comedy

Monday, June 10 8:54 am

The Chicago Blackhawks make the Stanley Cup Finals. HBO’s Veep and their new show Family Tree. Hippo finishes The Wire. The completely uninteresting MLB draft. Plot holes in Fast 6. The latest Mad Men and what the rest of the season might hold.

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The Wire – Season 4

Thursday, June 6 8:25 am

Spoilers lie ahead.

If you missed them earlier, check out my thoughts on season 1, season 2 and season 3.

Season 4 of The Wire is considered one of the greatest seasons of television of all-time. I don’t know if I can get on board with that until I watch it again. It is very good, and this show as a whole has lived up to the hype for me, but I struggle to separate it all that much from season 1 and season 3, which were also just so good.

This season focuses on the schools and the mayoral election, and does an interesting job of keeping a couple of characters from past seasons around, although this is the first time that I felt like it was a little forced. The police work really takes a back seat and we see a lot less of McNulty and company.

Everyone is back for the most part and Aiden Gillen (a.k.a. Little Finger from Game of Thrones) really shines this season. Michael K. Williams as Omar is his same spectacular self and has probably already earned his place for me as the one of the best TV characters of all-time. The kids introduced this season are very good and I found myself rooting hard for them as the season wore on. Cutty is back, and although I didn’t enjoy him much in season 3, he was much better in season 4.

As I already stated, the cops really took a back seat in this season as things focused on the school, politics and the rise of Marlo Stanfield. Wendell Pierce was great as bunk, but I got tired of Herc’s nonsense as time wore on. I find it very interesting that after seeing Rawls in that gay bar a while back that hasn’t come into play at all.

Omar’s story continued to be my favorite. I loved watching him methodically make each and every move, and the scenes after he get’s arrested are wonderful. Chris and Snoop always got my attention as well since them being around usually indicated that someone was going die. Bubbles has an interesting season as well, and has easily become the most sympathetic character on this show despite being a junkie. I can’t see his story ending in a meaningful way, but it would be nice for him to have some closure at some point.

As I said, I got tired of the Herc stories after a while, and some of the later season political stories dragged a bit. What probably speaks so highly of this season is the fact that outside of that there wasn’t a lot of a down story lines this season.

All of my previous praises of the season continue. The show is very well paced and big jaw dropping moments don’t happen completely out of nowhere, something that a lot of other shows tend to do. Although there were a couple of really great jaw dropping moments, especially late in the season, that just took things to another level. Much like The Sopranos, and even Mad Men to a certain extent, I am betting that upon re-watching the show there will be a lot more appreciation for things, and references and little info drops that are just to hard to pickup on a first watch through.

Overall I continue to completely enjoy this show and can’t wait to see how it all ends.

Pygmy Reviews #25 – Fast and Furious Movies

Tuesday, June 4 8:26 am

The Fast and Furious (2001)

One Line Description: A street racing gang is suspected of robbing semi-trucks of high end merchandise.

This is the only one of the series that I had seen before, but it had literally been almost 10 years since I had seen it from start to finish. Let’s just get this out of the way right now, this is a bad movie. There is nothing else to say about it. The acting is downright terrible, and it’s very easy to see why outside of this franchise Paul Walker and Vin Diesel haven’t had great success.

The last couple of movies are heralded as being great popcorn action flicks, and I suppose you can make that argument here. There is some good action sequences, particularly that first street race Paul Walker participates in, and also the last truck robbery new the end. Speaking of which, can anyone explain why they suddenly do this one without disguises and in daylight when the other robberies all took place as night with like masks? Was it just be cause we already knew it was them at this point?

Overall, decent action, terrible story and some of the worst acting you will see form a movie this big ever.

2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)

One Line Description: A former cop joins forces with his ex-con friend to catch a criminal.

Everyone has told me that the second movie in the series is the worst, and that’s good to know because this is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. At least the first one was original, and unique. This movie recycles Paul Walker’s bland character and does nothing to make want to root for him. The action scenes are contrived, and why Tyrese agreed to play this over the top stereo type I don’t know1. Seriously, it’s not far off from this character from Not Another Teen Movie.

I have always liked Eva Mendes2, and this was one of her very early movies, but even she can’t save it for me. Cole Hauser plays the bad guy. COLE HAUSER! This guy was fine in Dazed and Confused, and I might even give you Hart’s War, but it’s all downhill from there. Then they filled their “rapper turned actor” quota by replacing Ja Rule with Ludacris. Seriously, was Ja Rule too busy to just bring back?

I toughed it out with the hopes that the 4th, 5th and 6th installments (I am skipping Tokyo Drift for now) would be better. Time will tell.

Fast and Furious (2009)

One Line Description: An FBI agent and his fugitive friend team up to take down a drug lord.

The fourth installment was definitely interesting. I skipped Tokyo Drift but this one almost picks up better after #1 than #2. It busts right into the action and we see Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez. It doesn’t take very long for Paul Walker and Jordana Brewster to show up as well. Best surprise was definitely Shea Whigham, who plays sheriff Elias Thompson on Boardwalk Empire.

The acting in this one is improved over #2 and seems pretty on par with #1. The story is also halfway decent, which surprised me a bit. Although the the plot that a cop who was kicked off the force for letting a felon escape somehow becoming an FBI agent is beyond ridiculous.

The action scenes are definitely over the top, and somewhat exciting. But it was during this film that I finally figured out why I can’t get into these movies. I don’t really like car chases. I think about the Bourne movies and can say unequivocally that my least favorite scenes in any of those movies is any of the car chases. And as a result, I just can’t get all that into these.

This one was a big step up over #2, which I recommend skipping all together. Just watch #1 and the jump to this one (#4).

Fast Five (2011)

One Line Description: Two wanted criminals flee to Brazil where they do battle with a drug kingpin.

This is the first of the movies that felt like a real true “big budget” action movie. The inclusion of The Rock no doubt helped that perception. Although The Fast and Furious gets a lot of credit for being first, this might be the best one (to this point in the series). This one resembles Ocean’s 11 in many ways. First off, they bring back characters from all the previous movies, including Vince (from #1), Tyrese (from #2), Ludacris (#2), Han Lue (from #3) and Gisele Harabo (from #4). Secondly, it’s a caper about stealing money from other criminals that involves a crazy scheme.

These movies seem to have a few recurring themes. First off, Paul Walker’s character seems to just alternate between good guy/bad guy from movie to movie. Second, they always seem to be stealing or trying to take down drug dealers. In most cases, I don’t really understand where they have the resources to do what they do. In this one, they aren’t being backed by the FBI, yet they have warehouses, and computers and tons of cars and whatnot. The third theme is that it seems like in every movie, at least one cop or agent seems to turn bad, or help someone out. In this one, The Rock is this big bad dude and at the end of the movie he just let’s Paul Walker and Vin Diesel go. And then the Brazilian agent goes off with Vin at the end of the movie!

I get these movies for what they are. They are definitely throwbacks to a a certain type of movie that seemed to be especially popular in the late ’80s/early ’90s. For some reason they get a pass that lots of other big budget crap doesn’t though, and I really don’t understand why. For me, I want my movies to have more depth. If I want the experience I get from these movies, I feel like I could just play video games instead. But if you like over the top action, and ridiculous car chases, this one is definitely the best so far.

Fast and Furious 6 (2013)

One Line Description: An international agent recruits a crew of wheelmen to stop a former soldier from creating a super weapon.

Well this movie definitely went to 11. By far the most over the top and ridiculous one of the series. Not just with cars, with but people. Things were so crazy, that there were several action scenes which elicited laughter from the theater I was in. And really they should have called this movie Fast and Furious: The Bourne Transformation based on Paul Walkers ability to fend off three guys in a prison cell on his own, and Vin Diesels ability to battle guys twice his size. Unfortunately, that is where this movie loses me.

There is no action movie these days that don’t force you to suspend disbelief at some point, and I understand that. The problem I have is that the characters in this universe have become these borderline super humans who can hand-to-hand combat with anyone and walk away from every crash no matter how ridiculous. There is a scene near the end where Vin Diesel leaps out a car while moving, across the gap between two lanes on a bridge, catches Michelle Rodriguez (who is being thrown toward him) and have enough force for them to land on her side. There were more realistic scenes in The Avengers.

If this movie was just a one off thing, it would be one thing, but it seems weird having this progression. That being said, if you can completely suspend any belief is any sort of reality, this movie is action from one end to the other. I don’t think I can sit through another one of these though.

  1. Although I guess when you look at this awful IMDb page, it makes more sense [↩]
  2. Her first credit as an actress was in one of my all-time favorite episodes of ER, “Exodus” where there is a benzene spill and Carter has to keep things going [↩]

Episode #105 – Fast and Furious: The Bourne Transformation

Monday, June 3 7:06 pm

The Hangover 3 full discussion. A big discussion about Fast and Furious 6. A bit about Chris’ trip to Florida. NHL and NBA playoffs. Hippo watches season 4 of The Wire. The latest Game of Thrones and Mad Men talk.

  • Hangover 3: 00:50 – 8:30
  • Fast and Furious: 8:30 – 19:23

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The Wire – Season 3

Wednesday, May 29 9:01 am

They keep getting more spoilery. So don’t read this one if you are fearing the spoilers.

If you missed them, check out season 1 and season 2.

After finishing season 2 of The Wire I went hunting for reviews so that I could better understand what it was that people didn’t like since I enjoyed season 2. It turns out that most gripes were centered on the fact that so many of the characters from season 1 (Avon, D’Angelo, Stringer) all became secondary for a dozen episodes. Big picture-wise I continue to think this was genius. It made it a lot easier to keep Avon and D’Angelo around when they were in jail without rushing story lines or making things too unbelievable. As I have said many times already, this show is paced incredibly well.

After understanding season 2’s purported deficiencies, I didn’t go into season 3 with quite as much excitement since it didn’t seem that people thought season 3 was so much better than season 2, it was just about the “detour”, which I enjoyed.

Season 3 didn’t introduce as many recognizable faces as season 2, but the one who did was significant. Mayoral hopeful Tommy Carcetti is played by Aiden Gillen, known to me as Little Finger from Game of Thrones. He is very good, and you can see why fans of The Wire were excited to see him show up on Game of Thrones. There are some other new characters, including rising drug kingpin Marlo Stanfield, and Snoop, a tomboy solider of Marlo’s. Season three follows Marlo’s rise, Stringer’s attempts to become a legit businessman, Avon’s attempt to regain full control of the drug market, Omar’s quest for revenge, and Major Colvin’s attempt to decrease crime by “legalizing” drugs in specified locations around his district.

Everyone warned me that there was a “focus area” for each season. Season 1 was the projects and drug dealing, season 2 the docks and organized crime, and season 3 was the free zone and politics. The politics side of things, like everything else in this show, was just spectacularly done. And that incredible diversity is what is really making this show shine for me. The Sopranos was always focused almost exclusively on Tony. It was either his family life, or his job, or the combination of which he complained to Dr. Melfi about. It shouldn’t be undersold how difficult it is to take one character and carry them through 80+ episodes without the quality really suffering (see, Don Draper on the current season of Mad Men), but David Chase1 managed to do that. The way that Simon is able to just forge together so many great characters and stories though is just amazing at times.

The best story lines of the season for me included Carcetti and Omar (more on him in a minute). I won’t lie, I was confused during the middle episodes about who was who and who was on whose side. I actually thought Marlo was a different person for a few episodes. The “free zone” was an interesting idea, but dragged on for too long. I am not 100% sure how much time has passed since the first episode of the series, it seems like 3 years or so, but I am disappointed with McNulty’s lack of evolution. Maybe I am missing something, but he seems like the same guy when all this started despite everything he has been a part of. Maybe part of the message is that people don’t change.

The decision to have Stringer die is so ballsy that Simon was robbed of the Emmy he was nominated for, but ultimately lost. Idris Elba was great in this season. But he ran second to the spectacular Michael K. Williams as Omar. Williams’ Chalky White is my favorite character on Boardwalk Empire and I will appreciate him even more in future episodes. I can’t for the life of me understand how he was never nominated for an Emmy, but I guess this show was notorious for being passed over by the Emmy people.

Season 3 was incredibly satisfying. The fact that season 4 is thought by so many to be the single greatest season of television has me in such a spectacular state of excitement that I am worried I won’t be able to stop watching once I start it. Even though I am not really sure (and likely won’t be until at least one repeat viewing) if this season was appreciably better or different than season 2, the fact that this show is just so amazingly consistent speaks volumes to how good it is. The Sopranos is infinitely re-watchable for me because Tony and Carmela were just so good, and it’s great to watch how that story evolved. Outside of Omar, I don’t think anyone on The Wire is even in the conversation with those two. Breaking Bad’s slow burn is spectacular, and Bryan Cranston is amazing, but the last couple of seasons of that show have been a wild ride that might not feel as good when you know what’s coming (i.e., watching it a second time). Mad Men is like most shows in the sense that their first couple of seasons were amazing, but it’s been downhill lately.

The Wire has been like Jeff Bagwell so far. Consistent and good, right on the cusp of greatness, but never the best player and a borderline Hall of Famer (at least in some people’s minds). If season 4 is even half as good as people have led me to believe, it could push this show over the top. Stay tuned…

  1. Have you noticed how all these great show runners are named David? Chase (The Sopranos), Simon (The Wire), Milch (NYPD Blue and Deadwood), Benioff (one of the Game of Thrones guys [↩]

Episode #104 – What Percentage is Chow-centric?

Tuesday, May 28 6:57 pm

Chris sees The Hangover 3 and Fast and Furious 6 in the first 24 hours of release, but we don’t spoil them. The Xbox One. Arrested Development is back. The sudden decline of the Chicago Blackhawks. The NBA playoffs. More on Hippo watching The Wire.

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