Spaceman Spiff Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Actually suprised there hasn't been a thread started on this... Sunday night, did anyone see sportscenter? I can't write anything about what I saw because blood spurts out of my eyes and ears the moment I think about it. Anyway, Joesportsfan.com seemed to sum it up well: http://www.joesportsfan.com/MediaCircus11_29.html The Media Circus Home JSF Weekly Monday Morning Memo The Media Circus Worthless Card Collection Just when you thought you had seen it all… …Stu Scott goes and does this. This past weekend, the poster child for hamming it up on Sportscenter took the show to a place it had never ventured before. It wasn’t in a simulated press conference with Scott acting as the general manager of Death Row Records, nor was it an intro to another highlight package set to the ridiculous Coors Light theme song about twins that was popular three years ago (even though that happened Sunday as well). In fact, it may have been worse. During the Bengals and Ravens highlights, Stu and the brain trust at the Worldwide Leader in Sports decided it would be apropos to turn the highlights into Stu’s personal romance corner in a segment known as “Poetry Slam”. Yes, just as it sounds, Stu Scott was reciting poetry over football highlights. Like a cheap high school talent show, the lights were dimmed down as Stu took his place next to the big screen and began to express. The words that came out of his mouth were drowned out by the voice repeating in our head over and over “this is actually happening on a sports station”. That was quickly surpassed by the overwhelming desire for it to stop. But it didn’t. The rhyming and poetry kept going and going and going, like floodwaters ravaging a city, like a Woody Paige rant that just won’t end. Just as it looked like that show was returning to regular highlights and updates, the Slam surged on. Scott stayed in stanza and began rhyming about Chad Johnson’s noteworthy touchdown celebrations for another two hours. Actually, it may have only been 20 seconds, but we don’t remember. After what seemed like an eternity, it was over. And just like the Steve Phillips press conferences before it, this segment unleashed several questions that need to be addressed: - At what point did they decide that talking over highlights was not enough? - How long did Stu Scott spend working on this Slam session? And does anyone have the footage of him practicing at his desk, because it could be a killer SNL skit? - How excited was he when approached management about this? - Does anyone realize at ESPN that most sports fans are not eagerly awaiting the day that sports and poetry mix? - Is Michael Irvin’s friend a part of the ESPN front office? It surely seems that someone is smoking crack. - Did anyone in the company view this and think it sucked? - Maybe even the second floor janitor? - Anyone at all Bristol? The more and more we absorb the way sports is being covered, the more and more the term Media Circus seems appropriate to describe the sports world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 What the heck ever happened to Kenny Mayne? GOD, how does he get relegated to horse races yet Stuart Scott and his independantly functioning eyeball get to pull this crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted November 30, 2005 Author Share Posted November 30, 2005 ...yet Stuart Scott and his independantly functioning eyeball get to pull this crap. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Oh my god....i can't stop laughing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomerics Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Missed it and I'm suprised that they went with it. . . but then again the real questions is did he manage to sneak in a BOO YAH into the poetry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iheartskins Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Stuart Scott epitomizes everything that's wrong with ESPN: the over-hyped commercial segments, the look-at-me attitude, the fake personality, and the glass eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead Money Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 If I hear that "cooler than the other side of the pillow" comment one more time I might have to go after the good eye!!!! I HATE Stuart "Boo Ya" Scott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofluid Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Sportscenter has hit an all time low when you consider this garbage ass Def Poetry Jam ripoff and those horrendous mock press conferences for baseball teams with Steve Phillips. I don't even watch Sportscenter for highlights anymore, and it kinda saddens me. I remember when I was in high school I would contently watch three episodes in a row. Nowadays ESPNews is my source for highlights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codeorama Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 I was going to ask about Stuart Scott's eye, but I see that's been taken care of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokie4redskins Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 Look how he carries the rock I'm pathetic the way I ride their jock With one eye led astray The way I kiss their ass you'd think I'm gay Stats I spew with such a rush I got a "hot seat" here for my daily man-crush Highlight reels make me holla OH NO Stu Scott's a pathetic sycophantic homo. -Stu Scott ESPN is garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofluid Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 Look how he carries the rockI'm pathetic the way I ride their jock With one eye led astray The way I kiss their ass you'd think I'm gay Stats I spew with such a rush I got a "hot seat" here for my daily man-crush Highlight reels make me holla OH NO Stu Scott's a pathetic sycophantic homo. -Stu Scott ESPN is garbage. :laugh: That's great stuff. More people should see this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheREALJBird Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 What the heck ever happened to Kenny Mayne? GOD, how does he get relegated to horse races yet Stuart Scott and his independantly functioning eyeball get to pull this crap. Yea I know....Kenny Mayne was the sh!t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonez3 Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 Someone please tell me this did not happend. End this thread with an early April's fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead Money Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 Oh it happened.. :doh: :puke: Nice work hokie4redskins, maybe you'll get your own segment on ESPN now - that was better than Stewy's rant. :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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