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In Memoriam: Nathan Alden Robinson Remembered On The Office

To get ready for the new episodes of The Office, which airs next Thursday, I watched the mini marathon of the show tonight. It included the last few episodes from the last season. The show threw a refreshing curveball into the credits: a YouTube-ish video of some kid playing the show’s theme song. So I searched for it.

The kid in the video is 15-year-old Nathan Alden Robinson. We share at least one thing in common — his first instrument was the piano. Actually two things. He was a fan of The Office. According to his obituary in the Boston Globe, Nathan and a friend were discussing the show. One thing led to another, and Nathan was playing the theme song…and here’s the video:

…and to think my contribution to the show was only the best spoof of The Office on YouTube. Nathan passed away in March as a result of methicillin-resistant Staph, pneumonia, and flu. Thank you for sharing with us, Nathan.

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Sunday Cinema — Rambo Death Chart

Just about every Sunday, I hit the theatre (or at least watch a movie at home) to catch the latest flick. While I don’t plan on seeing Rambo in the theatres, I thought this was an interesting chart of death counts for each iteration of the action movie. Maybe a row for “Number of CCs of steroids taken” would have been a nice addition to this chart.

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…and tonight’s movie is U2 3D. I’ve been anxiously awaiting this Real D movie for awhile now.

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Shrek The Halls

COURTESY ABC.com

While Michael Wilbon is pissing the world off and San Antonio residents try to figure out where to watch the Cowboys Packers game, I’ll be hanging out at home with my son watching Shrek The Halls.

I’m a huge Shrek fan. I liked the first movie so much that I thought it was the best movie to come out that year…animated or not. I don’t think I was alone. The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature was introduced in 2001…the same year Shrek was released. Coincidence? You can’t give an animated picture Best Film, can you?

The best thing about it is there aren’t any voicealikes in it. It’s the original “cast” of characters. It starts at 7:00pm CST.

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Bye, Bye Bob Barker! The Price Will Be Wrong Without You!

On June 15th, Bob Barker’s farewell episode on The Price Is Right was aired. I can remember watching TPIR religiously as a kid. Ok…and in college. I even played a man obsessed with The Price Is Right in a Spoof of The Office video me and some friends produced for a company awards banquet. My favorite game was by far Cliff Hangers. No real reason other than I just thought the yodel song was kinda funny. I think Ed Lau might be obsessed with TPIR too. He beat me to the “Fairwell, Bob” punch.

What would you do if you had a chance to get on The Price Is Right? Philip Barrett waited 5 days in line to get into the show. At first, I couldn’t stand his disturbing Elijah Wood-like smile but I quickly warmed up to the guy after he kept getting slammed.

Canadian contestant, Dean Lindstrom takes a spill (video) on his way, but ends up with one of 76 cars given away. Anyway, in case you missed the finale, here are the first and second halves of the show for your viewing pleasure!

Part 1: The Price Is Right Finale

Part 2: The Price Is Right Finale

And, of course, who can forget Bob Barker’s brawl with Adam Sandler on Happy Gilmore? This segment was aired on May 17, 2007 during his 50 years in television special.

And if Rosie O’Donell replaces Bob Barker as the TPIR host, I’ll never watch it again. On the bright side, maybe Adam Sandler can arrange to punch her lights out in a movie…but do it for real. Oh well.

FAREWELL, BOB! YOU WILL BE MISSED!

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Sunday Predictions — Spurs & Sopranos

I literally just walked in the door about 10 minutes ago from my weekend of fishing, which was a blast…even though we only caught 6 fish: 2 trout and 4 redfish. The outing was part of a fishing tournament called Casting For Kids, which benefits Youth in Agriculture. Although it was a slow day as far as fish are concerned, we enjoyed some sun, a few beers, and some laughs. My redfish measured 24″. Not huge, but the largest of the day.

The Sopranos
Speaking of fishes…a few quick predictions from me regarding tonight’s finale. Tony lives. Sil, although mezza morta, pulls through. And Paulie is a two-faced sonvabitch — OHHHHHHHH!!! — and gets whacked by his successor, Carlo. Phil and his jamook little friend, Butch, will sleep with the fishes (who else can’t stand Butch…raise your hand). In the end, what is left of the Soprano family will hit up Artie at Vesuvios for some gabagool…and Meadow will start dancing at the Bing.

Spurs vs. Cavs
Spurs will whack the Cavs tonight despite a better performance by LeBron. Enough said.

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