Verbal Jazz High Notes and Low Notes of the Week
1. Super Bold Super Bowl Pick: Put aside all of the comparisons between Tom Brady and Joe Montana, or the emphasis on Defense (yes, with a capital "D"), or even the difference in coaches. What this game between the New England Patriots and the Carolina Panthers will ultimately come down to is one team has to score more points than the other: that is the key to winning this football game. Verbal Jazz predicts that the team with more points will in fact win. Verbal Jazz is, of course, rooting for the Patriots.
2. Beating the Bush: Verbal Jazz notes that one intriguing trend emerged from this week's New Hampshire "primary:" the "electability" or "Beat Bush" factor that influenced a good number of Primary voters. In other words, Primary voters are not so much aligning themselves with a candidate that they like or one that most fits their political values, so much as they are picking one that could win the proverbial "horse race" of an election. This is kind of like being a fan of any sports team that can beat the one you do not want to win: kind of like how I feel about any team playing the Yankees in the playoffs.
3. Award Time: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (zzzzzzz) announced the Oscar nominees this week while the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation announced its nominees for worst films of the year. My money is on "Mystic River" and "Gigli." "Lord of the Rings" has got the "Star Wars" syndrome: too popular and it appeals to people who like to dress up...and tell people about it. They should have an award for the most mediocre film of the year: one that offends and rivets the fewest people possible. In other words a film that would be a made for TV movie without a big name, bankable star. What would that film be? Email Verbal Jazz your nominee for most mediocre film of the year, or The Plain Oatmeal Award.
4. So long, farewell: Captain Kangaroo (although it was last week), Jack Paar, Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch. Verbal Jazz never watched Captain Kangaroo, and is too young to appreciate former Tonight Show host Paar and former football player Hirsch. When one of my colleagues found that Captain Kangaroo had dies, she thought it was a hoax because she claims he has been dead for years. I guess that's what happens when you are no longer on TV: everyone thinks you're already dead.
5. So long, farewell part II: The reason Verbal Jazz is late today has to do with this being my official last of work. The company I work(ed) for is dissolving after 25 years of existence. Good luck everyone.
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1. Super Bold Super Bowl Pick: Put aside all of the comparisons between Tom Brady and Joe Montana, or the emphasis on Defense (yes, with a capital "D"), or even the difference in coaches. What this game between the New England Patriots and the Carolina Panthers will ultimately come down to is one team has to score more points than the other: that is the key to winning this football game. Verbal Jazz predicts that the team with more points will in fact win. Verbal Jazz is, of course, rooting for the Patriots.
2. Beating the Bush: Verbal Jazz notes that one intriguing trend emerged from this week's New Hampshire "primary:" the "electability" or "Beat Bush" factor that influenced a good number of Primary voters. In other words, Primary voters are not so much aligning themselves with a candidate that they like or one that most fits their political values, so much as they are picking one that could win the proverbial "horse race" of an election. This is kind of like being a fan of any sports team that can beat the one you do not want to win: kind of like how I feel about any team playing the Yankees in the playoffs.
3. Award Time: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (zzzzzzz) announced the Oscar nominees this week while the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation announced its nominees for worst films of the year. My money is on "Mystic River" and "Gigli." "Lord of the Rings" has got the "Star Wars" syndrome: too popular and it appeals to people who like to dress up...and tell people about it. They should have an award for the most mediocre film of the year: one that offends and rivets the fewest people possible. In other words a film that would be a made for TV movie without a big name, bankable star. What would that film be? Email Verbal Jazz your nominee for most mediocre film of the year, or The Plain Oatmeal Award.
4. So long, farewell: Captain Kangaroo (although it was last week), Jack Paar, Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch. Verbal Jazz never watched Captain Kangaroo, and is too young to appreciate former Tonight Show host Paar and former football player Hirsch. When one of my colleagues found that Captain Kangaroo had dies, she thought it was a hoax because she claims he has been dead for years. I guess that's what happens when you are no longer on TV: everyone thinks you're already dead.
5. So long, farewell part II: The reason Verbal Jazz is late today has to do with this being my official last of work. The company I work(ed) for is dissolving after 25 years of existence. Good luck everyone.
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