Since I saw the first promo, I’ve been wondering who at HBO Joe Buck had to blow to get his own TV show. I mean isn’t it bad enough that he’s on TV at all? I don’t know how he even pulled that off, but c’mon now, his own show?
Quite frankly it’s a sin to have Troy Aikman broadcasting Eagles games but then they throw that imbecile Joe Buck in the mix who clearly does not like Philadelphia, it’s sports teams and it’s fans. Maybe he knows we don’t care too much for him but which came first, the chicken or the egg? The world may never know. So then we had to put up with him and two faced Tim McCarver during the Phillies World Series run. That was downright painful and I found myself screaming more at the two of them than the actual game play.
Regardless, as long as I’ve been wondering how he got his own show, I’ve known that there was no chance in hell that I would ever watch it. So when I heard that Artie Lange was going to be a guest on the first Joe Buck Live show, somehow for a minute, I actually thought about watching it to see Artie. Then I realized it’s Joe Buck, he has his own friggin show, and even Artie couldn’t get me to watch this abomination of TV programming.
Driving in to work this morning I was listening to Howard and I heard the clips from last night’s premier. I instantly regretted not watching it. I’m going to watch the encore tonight to see how bad the whole show was, but the part with Artie killed. KILLED. It may have been one of the most awkward segments in television history and unfortunately it might have put Joe Buck on the map to get people to tune in to a show they would have never seen (I WILL NOT BE WATCHING AFTER TONIGHT I CAN GUARANTEE THAT) but Artie was hilarious in his Joe Buck submarining and I will never not watch another Artie appearance. In fact, I may have to go buy tickets to Artie’s Vegas show next week. Hurry up and watch the video below before they all get pulled off the internet. HBO seems to be on a warpath of removal. Apparently some publicity is bad publicity? HBO should be ashamed if they call this inappropriate. And Artie, if somehow you read this, what about a book signing while you’re in Vegas next week? It ain’t scheduled on your site and that just ain’t cool.
UPDATE: Yeah, so I just couldn’t do it. Anything would be better than watching Joe Buck Live so I decided against wasting my time. I’ve already seen everything that I need to see.
I’m currently watching: Seinfeld