The 1864 Wabash Mashers and Jefferson Davis Schaeffer's Three Simple Rules

by Fat Vegas Alan on Feb 21, 2009 10:02 PM EST

I hadn't seen this before it was replayed on Conan O'Brien's last "Late Night" show on Friday. It was replayed on his last show because it's probably one of the crowd-pleasing funniest things he's done. It's classic Conan. It's funny. It's baseball. Enjoy. (Forgive me if this is one of those things that everyone has already seen countless times.)

Everyone has already seen it countless times? Well, here's something else also baseball-related that I am sure has not been widely circulated as it is new on HBO this month: "Eastbound & Down." Looks promising if you're jonesing for an over-the-top half-hour comedy about John Rocker if he had fallen even further than he fell. Anybody seen it?

From Wikipedia:

Eastbound & Down is a comedy show from HBO, starring Danny McBride as Kenny, a former professional baseballpitcher, who after a disappointing career is forced to return to his hometown middle-school as a substitute physical education teacher.

Will Farrell produces the show and evidently has a recurring bit part. It's classic "phoned-in" Will Farrell. Funny? I dunno. Discuss.

And finally, here's the video for Fogerty's "Centerfield" from 1985. You've heard the song a quazillion times. Maybe you love it. Maybe you've tired of it. Maybe "meh." But the video is pretty cool and I hadn't seen it in a long long time. (And it's kinda hard to track down as YouTube wants no part of it.)

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i thought this thread was about

jefferson davis’ turncoat slave

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on Feb 21, 2009 10:20 PM EST reply actions

Oh you mean Jefferson DAVIS

I thought it was…..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1cfTMdjkYM&feature=related

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by Madville on Feb 21, 2009 10:37 PM EST reply actions

is somebody trying to become a mod again?

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by justin007000 on Feb 21, 2009 11:10 PM EST reply actions

Again?

Sad to think that the girl in this photo is now on social security!!!

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by Madville on Feb 22, 2009 12:11 AM EST up reply actions

I do not want what I haven't got.

"When is marshmallow season?"

by Fat Vegas Alan on Feb 23, 2009 12:40 PM EST up reply actions

I saw Eastbound and Down last week

It had its moments, but its just a wee bit too ridiculous. I’m going to give it a chance though.

You went full retard. No one ever comes back from that. - Sgt. Osiris

by cesarhernandez on Feb 22, 2009 12:06 AM EST reply actions

I'm gonna check it out

Fallon looks like Rod Beck and Jeff Brantley rolled into one.

by ken on Feb 22, 2009 1:01 PM EST up reply actions

Maybe you should play some real sports...

instead of trying to be the best at exercising.

"I never should have given up the animation rights."

by BobbyO on Feb 22, 2009 4:00 PM EST up reply actions

Man, fuck your siding!

I saw it, I thought it was pretty good. Danny McBride’s character is basically John Rocker with a perm and with an ego that makes Terrell Owens look like Mother Teresa. I recommend it.

"I like to think more in terms of him his in-scoring position percentage." - Dusty Baker (2009) regarding Corey Patterson's relationship with his daughter

by BK on Feb 22, 2009 5:18 PM EST up reply actions

Conan's skit

Has been on my MP3 player for over 2 years now. Its the best skit that has ever been on the show. Between the planes ‘demonry’ and hitting on the Civil War wife with ‘I saw your husband in the war, he was making out with other guys’, just great great stuff.

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by dougdirt on Feb 22, 2009 2:12 AM EST reply actions

I love his smack talking

“Why don’t you dig a trench? Then the ball might be as low as you seem to wish it to be.”

by Brendanukkah on Feb 22, 2009 2:22 AM EST up reply actions

it's a classic

"I never should have given up the animation rights."

by BobbyO on Feb 22, 2009 4:17 PM EST up reply actions

that's not my favorite Conan bit

I need to watch the last ep online. I’ve enjoyed some of the other classic bits they’ve shown this week more (such as him selling his car), but maybe that’s because I’ve seen the baseball bit in a million BBTF threads where it’s proclaimed the bee’s knees.

And now I’m back to listening to Lily Allen‘s new album, and that’s what makes my life so fucking fantastic.

by Red Menace on Feb 22, 2009 3:00 AM EST reply actions