Fake Karl Malone clips on Basketbawful (one of my favorite blogs, it even manages to be good during the off season, without stupid things like Who’s Now tournaments). And these being from the Man Show, it’s a good time to mention that Adam Carolla was on the Bill Simmons podcast (link points straight to an mp3) last week. And it’s basically an hour of them talking about 80s movies.
Including Gremlins. In particular, Adam Carolla has a rant about the ridiculousness of this exchange:
Kate: Now I have another reason to hate Christmas.
Billy Peltzer: What are you talking about?
Kate: The worst thing that ever happened to me was on Christmas. Oh, God. It was so horrible. It was Christmas Eve. I was 9 years old. Me and Mom were decorating the tree, waiting for Dad to come home from work. A couple hours went by. Dad wasn’t home. So Mom called the office. No answer. Christmas Day came and went, and still nothing. So the police began a search. Four or five days went by. Neither one of us could eat or sleep. Everything was falling apart. It was snowing outside. The house was freezing, so I went to try to light up the fire. That’s when I noticed the smell. The firemen came and broke through the chimney top. And me and Mom were expecting them to pull out a dead cat or a bird. And instead they pulled out my father. He was dressed in a Santa Claus suit. He’d been climbing down the chimney… his arms loaded with presents. He was gonna surprise us. He slipped and broke his neck. He died instantly. And that’s how I found out there was no Santa Claus.