Monday, March 28, 2005
If I was creative, I'd have a blog like this.
This blog was linked on MeFi the other day. It's hilarious and worth reading from the beginning. I've been talking it up to my roommates, but they don't seem as amused by it as I am. I think it has a lot to do with them not being as familiar with Pat O'Brien as I am. Which brings me to the pointless ruminating I'll be producing for you today.
I don't know why, but I have always known who Pat O'Brien is. I remember him being on CBS Sports, I remember him covering the Olympics for NBC, and I remember being surprised and slightly saddened upon seeing him host "Inside Hollywood" or whatever shitty entertainment magazine show he was recently doing. I always thought Pat O'Brien was a totally legit sports broadcaster. Why else would CBS put him on? I've been confused by the downward trend of his career since it started trending downward.
Seems that many people don't really know who Pat O'Brien is, though. Did I watch more sports on CBS in the 1990s than my roommates? Do I just remember wierd things? I think it's the latter. For some reason, Pat O'Brien has always been a part of my pop culture archive. He wasn't a small-time, struggling broadcaster. He was PAT O'BRIEN! He was on CBS! I always took it for granted that everybody remembered that and that everybody was surprised and saddened to see him on the tabloid show. But I guess it was just me.
But that's why I find the blog so hilarious. Pat O'Brien, to me, is a disgraced celebrity, somebody who just came out as a whacko, but whom I've known of for quite some time. So, to me, making fun of him is wildly funny. So check out the blog. It's funny! You know who Pat O'Brien is, don't you? Don't you?
And then Pat Mobley buried his face in his hands and cried.
I don't know why, but I have always known who Pat O'Brien is. I remember him being on CBS Sports, I remember him covering the Olympics for NBC, and I remember being surprised and slightly saddened upon seeing him host "Inside Hollywood" or whatever shitty entertainment magazine show he was recently doing. I always thought Pat O'Brien was a totally legit sports broadcaster. Why else would CBS put him on? I've been confused by the downward trend of his career since it started trending downward.
Seems that many people don't really know who Pat O'Brien is, though. Did I watch more sports on CBS in the 1990s than my roommates? Do I just remember wierd things? I think it's the latter. For some reason, Pat O'Brien has always been a part of my pop culture archive. He wasn't a small-time, struggling broadcaster. He was PAT O'BRIEN! He was on CBS! I always took it for granted that everybody remembered that and that everybody was surprised and saddened to see him on the tabloid show. But I guess it was just me.
But that's why I find the blog so hilarious. Pat O'Brien, to me, is a disgraced celebrity, somebody who just came out as a whacko, but whom I've known of for quite some time. So, to me, making fun of him is wildly funny. So check out the blog. It's funny! You know who Pat O'Brien is, don't you? Don't you?
And then Pat Mobley buried his face in his hands and cried.
