Finally. Some sort of redemption for an absolutely brutal Celtics – Cavaliers series. It came, of course, in the form of Paul Pierce and LeBron James scoring a combined 86 points in Game 7 at the New Garden, and it was a second half actually worth watching … unlike the rest of this series (particularly that three-quarter-score Game 6).
There’s not much more to say about it though; LeBron needs to get Mike Brown axed and Danny Ferry better get his ass working on some sort of deal to get James a worthy sidekick (no offense Boobie and/or skeletal remains of Wally Szcerbs). Doc Rivers is still a horrible coach — think about it: Doc, Brown, Flip Saunders and Ron Jeremy were the last four standing in the Eastern Conference — and the Pistons should roll the Celtics. Should. Might not, but should, if the C’s play like they have the first two rounds.
Anyway, towards the end of the game last night, my cable started to fuzz out. (Random diverging thought begins … NOW.) Naturally, I dropped f-bombs in the direction of the already much maligned (look, a Facebook group!) Time Warner monopoly that sucks ass at attempting to provide me with television services flashes moving pictures at me for money.
Then later, I was lying in bed, watching Seinfeld to go to sleep — it’s like recharging my sarcasm batteries overnight — and kept missing when I tried to fast forward through commercials. See, Greensboro cable doesn’t have that “smart” feature that lets you fly past the return of the show, hit play and then jump back. That’s because it’s effing stupid. So you have to really be prepared to stop and you kind of max out on the third arrow, which in and of itself, is beyond annoying.
But now, it appears as if the television shows are trying to outsmart us. Or me. And I may be insane and none of this is happening. (Strong possibility.) See, you used to be guaranteed — and only TNT and the primetime shows are any good at this anymore — of having a network commercial immediately preceding the return of the show. Because, obviously, that’s the highest profile spot and the networks are trying to whore out Bill Engvall Tyler Perry whatever their great, very funny, shows are. So they stick them there. But not anymore. Now Fox is running: show, standy two commericials, network commercial, new commercial, show.
I obviously hit play when I see the network commercial and end up falling prey to the bonus ad right before Seinfeld comes back on. Which leads me to believe that in the world of DVR in which we live today, the new age of highly expensive television advertising will move away from the network ad immediately preceding the return of the show. Lord knows we already see enough of Kyra Sedgewick to not need a dose every time Law and Order comes back from commercial.
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I am sticking with my C’s. Lifelong fan here and we are going to gut another 7 gamer out vs Detriot.