Monday, November 2, 2009

Seat Discrimination at the FOX Network

Not sure if you guys watch FOX's NFL Sunday Countdown, because I try not to.  Somehow, someway, I always manage to end up seeing some portion of this program, and I'm fairly disturbed by the seating arrangement.

You have Howie Long, Michael Strahan, and Jimmy Johnson all sitting tight elbowed on the right side of the screen, Terry Bradshaw has his own mini island, and Curt Menefee, who was terrible for the local FOX5 Sports Broadcasting at 11pm and has somehow made his way onto the nationally broadcast show, is stuck all the way on the left side of the screen like a leper.


Now I don't know about you, but since the addition of Strahan, they've taken this awkward table formation, and I think it's discriminating.  Stick the new black man in between the two white men and no one will notice.  NICE TRY FOX!  According to Jackie Chiles, this is outrageous, egregious, preposterous!  Aside from the race thing, this is another possible choice...

Terry Bradshaw has tourettes syndrome and needs all the space he can get.  It was suggested to me that they need to bunch someone up because you won't be able to see the screen in the middle, and Menefee needs his space as he is the "host" of this circus.  You are telling me that a professional set design crew can't handle an asymmetrical setup?!  Please brah!  Make the table longer and shoot this bitch in 16:9.  Also, there's 14 million screens PLUS a ticker going at the bottom, I think they can handle Howie Long and/or Terry Bradshaw blocking a little bit of that center screen.  There is the identical screen right below them on the front of the desk.  How about you do us ALL a favor and put a digital logo right over their faces.

Back to Bradshaw for a minute, have you ever seen this guy talk about sports.  He must have ADHD or RLS (Restless Leg Syndrome) or something.  The guy is alway fidgetting around, thrashing his hands around.  You can't tell me he's just gesticulating at a normal human level - even Italians don't flail about like he does, and I don't think Bradshaw is Italian!  Dude looks like Jessie "The Body" Ventura and Hulk Hogan had babies with one another, and Terry was the unfortunate result.

Needless to say, I think they all look ridiculous up there.  Spread those guys out for christ sake!  Why does Bradshaw get his own luxury suite of table space?  Look, even in that picture he can't sit still - the dude is like falling over laughing at his own jokes most likely...

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