Entries from January 2006

January 29, 2006

Scott Long’s Comedy Schedule, Plus a Dirty Little Secret

I have been asked by some readers to put up a schedule of my comedy dates. Here it is through May. All the dates listed are headlining shows (50-60 minute sets) except for the ones with Frank Caliendo.

February
2 Spring Lake, MI
3-4 Merrillville Star Plaza (Chicago area)
9 [...]

January 26, 2006

Out of the FREYing Pan and Into the Firing Line

In late 2004, I picked up an audiobook at my library by an author named James Frey. Generally, I don’t pick up a book from just looking at the front cover, but the artwork was interesting. I proceeded to read the back cover which had a blurb that intrigued me.

A Million Little Pieces [...]

January 23, 2006

Schizo Scott Returns

Will’s post below, “Hip Hop, Bloggers, and The Voice of a Generation (Remix)” created some interesting discussion. One of the comments, by Knuckles, was a great point.

I think blogs are like rap in that we’re nearing the point where the bloggers stop commenting on actual events, and simply start linking to each other’s noncontent, [...]

January 19, 2006

Solving the NFL’s Instant Replay Problem

So do you think Doug Eddings was sleeping a little more soundly last weekend, after watching the NFL Playoffs? Even if you were in the large camp that thought Eddings blew the Josh Paul catch/trap, one could see how he might have missed it. This is unlike NFL official Pete Morelli who actually [...]

January 17, 2006

Example No. 3 Zillion and 7 that Karma Doesn’t Exist

KARMA def. The total effect of a person’s actions and conduct during the successive phases of the person’s existence, regarded as determining the person’s destiny.
I’m not a believer in Karma. It just has never rung true for me. I have many stories of how karma failed me. This one is my favorite.
Early on [...]

January 12, 2006

Time To Shake Up the Broadcasting Booth

The World Series Champion Chicago White Sox have signed Chris Singleton to join Ed Farmer in the radio booth. After a great off-season, the White Sox made their first bad move. Singleton was a protégé of current Sox TV announcer, Darrin Jackson, when he came up with the team and I’m guessing will [...]

January 9, 2006

Welcome New Readers

Over the weekend, the “Open Season” column by The San Francisco Chronicle’s Tom Fitzgerald included three lines from my NFL Resolutions 2006 piece. “Open Season” is a widely syndicated weekly column, which compiles the best sports quotes of the week. The column’s quotes mainly come from great comedians such as Leno, Lettermen, Long, etc., [...]

January 4, 2006

Are They Tivoworthy? Top 20 TV Shows of 2005

Never in television history have there been so many high-quality programs. I would argue that the top TV shows have overtaken theatrical movies as the better overall product. The major film companies have become slaves to marketing, most concerned with how their movies will be able to open to their target audience (12-25 [...]