Tonight's Big Fight

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: Ebbie
Date: 15 Mar 02 - 02:29 AM

My brother used to watch Tonya Harding practice at the Portland rink. He admired her drive and dedication and skill. At the same time, he said, he wasn't really surprised when the scandal broke- she, he thought, was SO determined.

Were my brother still alive, I doubt that he'd be surprised at her signing on for the fisticuffs. And he would probably have watched the fight, and rooted for her. I grew up in a boxing family but I can't imagine wanting to watch this one.

Ebbie

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: Don Firth
Date: 15 Mar 02 - 02:19 AM

I saw Tonya Harding on a talk show a few weeks ago (pure accident--I was channel-surfing on a slow night) and she was whining to the host about people thinking she was not a nice person and calling her "trailer trash" and that sort of thing. Sitting there with her blond hair and her waif-like look, she was kinda cute, and I felt a touch of sympathy for her.

Then I heard about the "Celebrity Boxing" thing, and I figured "When it comes to trying to change her image, it looks like the Bimbo of the Silver Blades has a bit of a problem determining what is and what is not good PR."

Then, with the same kind of motivation one has for watching anything that one knows is going to be downright sordid, I watched the match. Considering the nature of the contestants, it was about what I expected. And then!! Early on, Paula wilts and decides she's had enough. The match is over. She's standing there, her hands down at her sides having a word with the referee, when Sweet Little Tonya walks up and pops her one! The first thing that came into my mind was--"trailer trash!" Poor little waif. She was certainly standing behind the door when good taste was passed out.

Votes for future bouts:-- How about Monica Lewinsky and Linda Tripp?

Don Firth

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: Chip2447
Date: 14 Mar 02 - 11:54 PM

This just in....boxing promoter Don King announces Mike Tyson will be fighting a 15 round match with with former Webster star Emmanual Lewis. Sources close to the wild haired boxing promoter state that King is confident that Tyson will prevail. The only quote from the Lewis camp, "ARE YOU STONED???"

Next week on Fox..."When Olympians attack"
Chip2447

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: Jeri
Date: 14 Mar 02 - 03:15 PM

Now if they ran political debates like that, they'd be a lot more fun for the rest of us without much of a loss of actual substance.

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: Little Hawk
Date: 14 Mar 02 - 02:03 PM

William F. Buckley versus Woody Allen??? Now THAT would've been worth seeing! :-) I'd have bet on Buckley in 5 rounds or less, eh?

- LH

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 14 Mar 02 - 12:50 PM

I didn't watch it. I'm waiting for the tag-team wrestling match of Bill Clinton & James Carville vs. Kenneth Starr & Jerry Falwell. Or did Death Match already run that one?

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 14 Mar 02 - 12:00 PM

Peter, I'm afraid ALL your heroes will crumble into feats of clay if you watch them too closely.

Yes I DID heed my good wife's call to join her in the basement.

Yes, the mother of all Silcone breast implant battles was going on when I got there.

However, Heather was also reading a book about the death of Thomas a Beckett, while occasionally looking up at the 'murder in the casino' on the tube. THAT is the image I will treasure!

Sometimes (my) life is simply too complex to even comprehend.

Alan Smithee

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: Peter T.
Date: 14 Mar 02 - 11:36 AM

Oh, Rick, and you were such a hero for such a short time....yours, Peter T.

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: SharonA
Date: 14 Mar 02 - 10:44 AM

kendall: The difference is, there are so many more people fiddling while we're burning! ':^/

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: kendall
Date: 14 Mar 02 - 07:37 AM

Reminds me of the book "The decline and fall of the Roman empire."

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: catspaw49
Date: 14 Mar 02 - 07:33 AM

Aw damn Bardford!! You already got your copy of the tape??? Man, I been waitin' for weeks now!!! I've already worn out my copy of "Hotfoot Dancing; The Best of Methanol Pit Fires" and I just can't wait!! Is it really good?

Spaw

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: GUEST,Bardford
Date: 14 Mar 02 - 03:13 AM

Hey CarolC - I take no irony badly, be it heavy-handed, soft-footed, dulcet or fortissimmo (sp?). I do, however, take ironing badly. The unfolding of the ironing board (loud and ratchety) frightens the cat, and I have such difficulty pressing the socks so the creases are just right.

Also, I take iron badly. Keep forgetting, too busy, etc.

Thank you for your kind words. I reciprocate. Your voice consistantly comes through clearly and considerately, and that is an admirable quality.

So, I forgive your minor needling, and take my leave, as I'm keen to view my new video copy of "Diesel & Decibels - Mega Motor Monster Truck Mayhem Xlll: Showdown in the Saddledome", featuring celebrity drivers Alan Thicke and Patsy Gallant.

I just remembered - I think William F. Buckley went toe-to-toe with Woody Allen in that SCTV sketch.

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: CarolC
Date: 14 Mar 02 - 02:08 AM

This current programming goes on my list of symptoms of a society in serious decline.

*GRIN* Wow, Bardford, do you think?

(btw, don't take my little bit of heavy handed irony there badly or anything. You're still one of my favorite Canadians)

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: leprechaun
Date: 14 Mar 02 - 02:02 AM

It wasn't a crowbar. It was an ASP collapsible baton.

The scariest thing about this whole mess is the idea of trading blood with either one of them.

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: GUEST,Bardford
Date: 14 Mar 02 - 01:55 AM

The old show SCTV had the "PBS Battle of the Network Stars" - Mr. Rogers boxing Julia Child. William F. Buckley duked it out with someone, can't recall at the moment. Hilarious stuff at the time. This current programming goes on my list of symptoms of a society in serious decline.

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: Bobert
Date: 13 Mar 02 - 10:47 PM

I heard it on the streets that this fight was just a tune up match for Paula Jones who granted Billy Bob Clinton a rematch. Time and place to be announced later.

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: GUEST,Nancy K.
Date: 13 Mar 02 - 10:16 PM

I told you Tonya would win. She didn't even need to soften up Paula's legs. (haha)

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: Jeri
Date: 13 Mar 02 - 10:04 PM

Paula stepped in on short notice to fight a somewhat scary world class athelete. I don't think she was expected to last as long as she did. I don't feel embarrassed for her. I feel worse for Barry Williams who got completely creamed.

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: khandu
Date: 13 Mar 02 - 09:59 PM

Damn...I hope none of my friends find out that I watched this crap. I am embarrassed for Paula who just lost.

khandu

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: Jeri
Date: 13 Mar 02 - 09:48 PM

Vanilla Ice was fighting like a sissy boy. Gotta go - Harding vs. Jones on now.

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 13 Mar 02 - 09:47 PM

Oh FUCK! My wife is actually watching this and just came up to tell me that Todd Bridges just bit off Vanilla Ice's ear......or something like that! She wants me to come down and watch Tonya and Paula. Oh the horror, oh the humanity, I give up.....I'm going.

Pray for me Jeri

Rick

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: khandu
Date: 13 Mar 02 - 09:28 PM

Jeri, I am watching and picking too! Great minds...

khandu

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: Jeri
Date: 13 Mar 02 - 09:26 PM

1st match: Bonaduce (however you spell it) by a TKO in the 2nd round.
On a musical note, so to speak, it's really easy to practice picking while this is on because there's no musical score for boxing. Yet.

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: Jeri
Date: 13 Mar 02 - 08:28 PM

So I think it will be Bonnaduce, Harding and Vanilla Ice. (Danny Bonaduce is fighting the guy from The Brady Bunch, and I can't remember who Vanilla Ice is up against.) Hot Damn! This is better than Jerry Springer! Makes me want to go buy a 6-pack of Budweiser and some pork rinds...

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 13 Mar 02 - 08:24 PM

I suppose that's what they mean when they say "Only in America". (Once again I add "I hope")

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: Jeri
Date: 13 Mar 02 - 07:22 PM

McGrath, it is true. Real life IS satire. Click for a thread about it in the Tonya Harding Forum

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 13 Mar 02 - 06:49 PM

That's a relief. I hope. The thing is, anything can be true nowadays.

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 13 Mar 02 - 06:32 PM

No, No, McGrath...what WE"RE doing is heavy handed attempts at satire!

Jean Paul Satire

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 13 Mar 02 - 06:22 PM

I saw that somewhere and I assumed it was some rather heavy-handed attempt at satire.

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: Little Hawk
Date: 13 Mar 02 - 06:21 PM

LOL!

- LH

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: Peter T.
Date: 13 Mar 02 - 06:08 PM

Do you know that there are people out there who seriously believe that American culture is decadent? What can they be thinking? What could they possibly be using for evidence?

yours, Peter T.

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: Little Hawk
Date: 13 Mar 02 - 05:58 PM

Come on, Rick, admit it. You'd rather be in a smoky bar playing "The Farmer Song", "Smoke On The Water", and other similar requests from abusive drunks who question your taste in shirts and throw coins at you to show their approval.

"Play Stairway To Heaven!", someone shouts from the back...and you adroitly dodge a thrown beer bottle as you attempt to tune the 2nd string.

Gotta love it. Life in the fast lane. Partying with the big names...like Tonya Harding. You know it's what you really want, Rick, deep down inside... :-)

- LH

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 13 Mar 02 - 05:44 PM

Well the way I see it sports fans, Tonya's got a lot of motivation (pick up trucks cost money), she has a much lower centre of gravity, and if she still has that ol' crowbar, she could be dangerous in a clinch. Paula's gotta protect that new nose, and there's no record of her punching power when she had that bout with Bubba a few years ago.

Seriously though, every time I (honestly) wonder how I've become so cynical over the years....something like this, and it's obvious popular appeal comes up. Glad I 'left' the real world a few years ago and started my own 'private' one (thank you Q.Crisp).

Rick

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: Little Hawk
Date: 13 Mar 02 - 04:49 PM

William Shatner's never...had that... problem... :-)

The Harding/Jones fight promises to be a classic and could just be the beginning of a regular feature, I figure.

Hmmm, let's see now...who could we get to box (or wrestle) Roseanne Barr?

- LH

Subject: RE: Tonight's Big Fight
From: GUEST,Desdemona at work
Date: 13 Mar 02 - 04:24 PM

All I could think when I saw the ad for that was that some people will literally do ANYTHING rather than admit that their 15 minutes are UP!

Subject: Tonight's Big Fight
From: GUEST,Nancy K.
Date: 13 Mar 02 - 04:11 PM

Tonight's the big fight. Tonya Harding vs. Paula Jones. It should be a white trash classic.

My money's on Tonya. That girl can fight.