DAILY DOSE: "Excuse Me, If I'm Being Blunt, but I'm of the Opinion..."
Greetings, friends, and welcome to the beginning of the end.
From the "random, but borderline hilarity" file, I give you: the Steelerbaby. (Thanks to Gerald for the link)
I truly wish that all of you could know what it's like to live in a city that eats, breathes, lives, and dies a team quite like PGH does its Stillers. Sure, I guess those of you from Boston understand with the Sox, and you Filthadelphians have the Iggles, but I can't help but believe it's just a little bit different here. It's like..this is all we have. In Boston you've got the Pats and a huge, booming metropolis. In Philly you have Cheesesteaks, the 'Sixers and the Flyers, too.
Honestly, if the black and gold drop this game on Sunday, there will probably be about 40% attendance at work on Monday. If they win? Probably 85% just because people will want to go to work just to celebrate there. No joke, this town is at a standstill. No one's getting anything done this week, and there's about a half-dozen "pep rallies" around town today. I went to a big one last night at my favorite sports bar where the Best Damn Local Morning Show period taped today's show in front of about 1500 insanely crazy Stillers fans. Two notables: 1) a girl who was wearing a terrible town and short. God bless her. 2) Some jacked dude wearing a full-on spacesuit-looking Steelworker protective suit (that was all silver) with huge black/gold/chrome pads and a chromed-out hardhat with a huge black cape/tunic with all kinds of gold Stillers writing on it. Truly. Amazing. Outfit. Last night was like the Star Trek Convention of Stillers parties, and I mean that in the best possible way.
Great moments include:
1) A woman in the crowd actually chastizing Jerry for standing in front of her. We had fought our way towards the front of the crowd, and had settled into a nice spot right where the celebrities were entering. Hence, we got to meet Stan Savran, local legend, and were damn close to Willie Parker and Verron Haynes. Unfortunately, Jerry didn't get within striking distance of Ike Taylor ( www.facemeike.com). I would've loved to see how he reacted to being close enough to punch his least favorite football player ever. Anyway, the crazy-lady. The exchange went something...like this:
Crazy Scarf Lady (CSL): You can stand wherever you want just don't get in front of me.
Jerry: (perplexed by the randomness) Umm...okay, no problem..
CSL: I've just been waiting here a long time (getting pissy) and you're not about to block my view.
Jerry: (slightly sardonic) woah..it's cool...we're all Steelers fans here, don't go getting all crazy on me....
CSL: I'm not getting all crazy on you... I've just been here a long time, and you're not going to move up and ruin it for me.
Jerry: ... ... so, umm..how long have you been here?
CSL: Since 6:30. (it's about 7:45 at this point)
Jerry: We've been here since about then, too...
CSL: ...not here you haven't (meaning that particular spot)
...awkward silence...
Me to Jerry: Obviously she's never been in a crowd before... you should've told her you quit your job today, and have been here since 1pm. Make sure to lean over in a minute and make sure you're not being too loud...
Jerry (laughing) turns towards her, though still in disbelief at her randomness, in order to continue the fun, only to notice that two huge 6-footer meathead types had just taken up shop right in front of CSL... she said nothing to them. We looked at her and shared a laugh. CSL then left her incredibly all-important spot about 3 minutes later, never to be seen again. I took a little artistic license with the transcript there, and it was probably funnier/odder in person, but believe it-- it was entertaining as hell. You could tell Natalie (Jerry's Mrs.-to-be) was somewhere between entertained and embarrassed by Jerry's cross-examination of CSL.
2) Remember the "Tom Brady Song"? Well, the morning show guy who created that song, came up with one even better-- the Jake Plummer/Mike Shanahan/Denver Broncos Song. The WDVE website'll probably have it up later today. Most def. worth a download if you're a fan.
3) Did I mention the girl wearing the Terrible Towel?
All-in-all, it was a fun little evening, and it really is a great time to be a young Stillers fan. There's SO much fun to be had. I desperately hope they don't blow it this weekend...
And with that, I bid you adieu.
be good to each other, and
GO STILLERS!!!
-apk
From the "random, but borderline hilarity" file, I give you: the Steelerbaby. (Thanks to Gerald for the link)
I truly wish that all of you could know what it's like to live in a city that eats, breathes, lives, and dies a team quite like PGH does its Stillers. Sure, I guess those of you from Boston understand with the Sox, and you Filthadelphians have the Iggles, but I can't help but believe it's just a little bit different here. It's like..this is all we have. In Boston you've got the Pats and a huge, booming metropolis. In Philly you have Cheesesteaks, the 'Sixers and the Flyers, too.
Honestly, if the black and gold drop this game on Sunday, there will probably be about 40% attendance at work on Monday. If they win? Probably 85% just because people will want to go to work just to celebrate there. No joke, this town is at a standstill. No one's getting anything done this week, and there's about a half-dozen "pep rallies" around town today. I went to a big one last night at my favorite sports bar where the Best Damn Local Morning Show period taped today's show in front of about 1500 insanely crazy Stillers fans. Two notables: 1) a girl who was wearing a terrible town and short. God bless her. 2) Some jacked dude wearing a full-on spacesuit-looking Steelworker protective suit (that was all silver) with huge black/gold/chrome pads and a chromed-out hardhat with a huge black cape/tunic with all kinds of gold Stillers writing on it. Truly. Amazing. Outfit. Last night was like the Star Trek Convention of Stillers parties, and I mean that in the best possible way.
Great moments include:
1) A woman in the crowd actually chastizing Jerry for standing in front of her. We had fought our way towards the front of the crowd, and had settled into a nice spot right where the celebrities were entering. Hence, we got to meet Stan Savran, local legend, and were damn close to Willie Parker and Verron Haynes. Unfortunately, Jerry didn't get within striking distance of Ike Taylor ( www.facemeike.com). I would've loved to see how he reacted to being close enough to punch his least favorite football player ever. Anyway, the crazy-lady. The exchange went something...like this:
Crazy Scarf Lady (CSL): You can stand wherever you want just don't get in front of me.
Jerry: (perplexed by the randomness) Umm...okay, no problem..
CSL: I've just been waiting here a long time (getting pissy) and you're not about to block my view.
Jerry: (slightly sardonic) woah..it's cool...we're all Steelers fans here, don't go getting all crazy on me....
CSL: I'm not getting all crazy on you... I've just been here a long time, and you're not going to move up and ruin it for me.
Jerry: ... ... so, umm..how long have you been here?
CSL: Since 6:30. (it's about 7:45 at this point)
Jerry: We've been here since about then, too...
CSL: ...not here you haven't (meaning that particular spot)
...awkward silence...
Me to Jerry: Obviously she's never been in a crowd before... you should've told her you quit your job today, and have been here since 1pm. Make sure to lean over in a minute and make sure you're not being too loud...
Jerry (laughing) turns towards her, though still in disbelief at her randomness, in order to continue the fun, only to notice that two huge 6-footer meathead types had just taken up shop right in front of CSL... she said nothing to them. We looked at her and shared a laugh. CSL then left her incredibly all-important spot about 3 minutes later, never to be seen again. I took a little artistic license with the transcript there, and it was probably funnier/odder in person, but believe it-- it was entertaining as hell. You could tell Natalie (Jerry's Mrs.-to-be) was somewhere between entertained and embarrassed by Jerry's cross-examination of CSL.
2) Remember the "Tom Brady Song"? Well, the morning show guy who created that song, came up with one even better-- the Jake Plummer/Mike Shanahan/Denver Broncos Song. The WDVE website'll probably have it up later today. Most def. worth a download if you're a fan.
3) Did I mention the girl wearing the Terrible Towel?
All-in-all, it was a fun little evening, and it really is a great time to be a young Stillers fan. There's SO much fun to be had. I desperately hope they don't blow it this weekend...
And with that, I bid you adieu.
be good to each other, and
GO STILLERS!!!
-apk
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