Would anyone really object if they did away with the musical numbers on "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" Does anyone else find these remotely amusing? And how many short-haired women does it take to play music for an improv show? Are we going to end up with the Susan Powter Orchestra back there? Of course, this is coming from a fan of the original BBC version with meCliveAndersonsayinggoodnightgoodnight, where they did, at most, one musical number per show...and the only good thing about those was hearing meCliveAndersonsayinggoodnightgoodnight say "Richard VRAUNCH".
Other than to get someone's attention from far away, can we all agree that whistling really has no use in society? Mrs. Dave and I attended a show the other night where someone was whistling loud enough to cause cranial bleeding, and perhaps fell small aircraft. Somehow, I have a hard time believing an artist would have his hair parted by a whistle like that, and suddenly rediscover the reason he started making music in the first place, redoubling his efforts to kick out the jams thanks to the mystery whistler.
John Olerud is on the disabled list. Not that this is particularly random, but it's the baseball announcers' way of announcing it that amuses me - he was apparently injured running the bases and injured his hamstring. However, announcers do not say this - they say "He was put on the disabled list with a hamstring." Let's forget for a moment how funny the word "hamstring" is to begin with. With very few exceptions, EVERYONE has a hamstring, do they not? Two of them, actually. Was Matt Clement almost put on the disabled list with a head? Was Nomar out for most of the season with a groin?
Then there's the pronunciation of players' names. A while ago the Minnesota Twins had a player named Pedro Muñoz, and Bob Kurtz and Jerry Remy (the Sox announcers at the time) butchered his last name (moo-NYOHS) just about every way possible. Myoo-nohs, moo-nohs, moo-nyoze, and the extraordinarily difficult myoo-nyohs. I'm not sure what it is about Twins players, but this year's player is Nick Punto. Now, I admit, I don't know if he pronounces it "POON-toh" or "PUHN-toh", but Remy and Don Orsillo have had a field day with another two-syllable name. It's been both of the above, plus puhn-too, poon-too, and pun-to/pun-too, where the "u" is pronounced like the "oo" in "wood". And both of them consistently pronounce it differently from each other, despite sitting next to each other for the sixth Sox-Twins game in a week and a half. Guys, a little coordination, please? For the sake of all Puntos across America.
An interesting footnote...I just heard the Twins stadium announcer over the PA. The voice sounded awfully familiar - turns out it's none other than one Bob Kurtz. I'll have to listen the next time Nick Punto comes up. Or maybe I shouldn't.
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