The Republicans May Have Lost the Election…
But not the argument! The Electoral College may have shown a “landslide” per se…but when you crunch the numbers between 4 states- The Reps lost by a scant 450K votes between Florida, Virginia, Ohio and Colorado. That’s a remarkably close election. And for all of you out there saying WE lost cause we are too Conservative – I beg to differ. The Reps lost because Mitt Romney was a milquetoast middle of the roader. Continue reading
Better late than never, right?
Look, I totally get that the moviegoers of America pronounced me dead wrong when I told you last summer “Ted” was a snooze. Maybe I was having an off day. I’m going to try it again on video and we’ll see.
That said, this past weekend I saw back-to-back movies that nearly caused me to come down with a case of trypanosomiasis in the middle of both “Lincoln” and “Skyfall,” the new James Bond flick.
Lincoln being the drowsier of the two. Continue reading
Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 2 opened Friday. In this movie Bella and Edward have a daughter named “Renesmee.” Let’s hope dad teaches her how to dress.
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“Lincoln” hit theaters Friday. There are no vampires in this movie, but there were several people in my row who looked like they had lived for several centuries.
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Kim Kardashian attended a Marine Corps Ball in North Carolina Thursday evening. Now it’s official. I’m the only person with a ball Kim hasn’t attended.
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Besides that the Chiefs are one of the worst NFL teams ever, its front office is also considered one of the all time worst…
Because of that it’s going to be hard to recruit quality people to lead this team out of the basement.
The Chiefs were once again a no show Sunday, most of the players having already quit. Fans too have quit, as evidenced by an attendance of no more than half a stadium. And as it gets colder, and we fall to 1-10, 1-11 and so on, the attendance may hit less than 25,000. Continue reading
They said it couldn’t be done…
No way could tiny Austin, Texas exhibitor the Alamo Drafthouse take out all the front rows, add service aisles between every row of seats in the three downstairs auditoriums of the former AMC Mainstreet and not lose half of its 431 downstairs seats.
All but impossible.
Oh sure, there’d likely be a small gain in its three small upstairs auditoriums, but with a 545 seat overall capacity – a capacity that Kansas City based AMC Theatres had been unable to turn a profit on – the loss of 200 or more seats would surely render the task impossible for Alamo.
Well, guess what? Somehow Alamo managed to get the job done. Continue reading
Sometimes, the stars align so cosmically that it’s almost painful.
You get pulled over for speeding on your way to the DMV to get your tags renewed. You call the cops to report a suspicious ne’er-do-well and they find they find the kilo of cocaine sewn into the ass of your son’s Spongebob doll. A hooker demands more than her pittance and you call the cops in anger, only to be reminded that it is illegal to negotiate her services.
Or if you’re the Kansas State Wildcat football team, you travel to an unranked, middling school, recently absolved of its greatest historical threat, and you get your ass handed to you. Continue reading
I was a bandwagon rider on board the Kansas State freight train…
So were tons of local folks. Nearly everyone in this town wanted to see just one of our local sports teams matter and win a national title.
That little dream is over. Way over.
K State got run over by un-ranked Baylor. Continue reading
The World of college football is all over Kansas State…
Two more wins and they’ll play for the national title. And it will be the first time for an area NCAA top division football team to play for the brass ring. More than 30 years ago both KU and MU had a shot at being voted No. 1 if either could beat Penn State in the Orange Bowl.
Both lost close games.
I think K State is going to get there. Today they’ll go to Baylor and defeat the Bears. In the meantime MU will try and win one more to be eligible for a low level post season bowl.
They have been better lately, but are still just an average team at best. Continue reading
“The drought has continued through fall and there is no true end in sight right now,” says KSHB TV weather wonk Gary Lezak. “The weather pattern sets up according to my ‘Lezak’s Recurring Cycle,’ or LRC.
“This weather pattern is now cycling and we are still identifying the features that will repeat regularly through the coming winter, spring, and into next summer.”
Uh, that’s the good news. Now the bad. Continue reading
Hostess Brands has decided to close operations after the company couldn’t reach an agreement with a labor union. Personally, I’m calling for a government bailout, because I’ve always believed my Ding Dong was too big to fail.
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In completely related news, the diabetes rate in Oklahoma has tripled and in Missouri, has doubled since 1995.
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Bad news: The FDA is investigating whether or not 13 deaths have been related to the popular energy drink – 5 Hour Energy. The good news? Thirteen is my lucky number! Time to buy a lottery ticket. Continue reading
Here we go again…
It’s that time of year, Thanksgiving. And you know what that means. The Plaza Lighting Ceremony – broadcast live this year on KSHB TV – will bring hundreds of thousands of people to the Country Club Plaza. Maybe millions.
And since the Plaza and Kansas City Police are on record as never having made an actual count – nor having any training or methodology to make one, there or anywhere – why not shoot for the moon? Continue reading
Think of it as a house divided…
In one corner we have KC Confidential movie maven Jack Poessiger. In the other, Fox 4 movie guy Shawn Edwards. And smack in the middle, director Steven Spielberg‘s new movie Lincoln.
To Jack’s way of thinking, Lincoln totally rocks. As for Edwards, read on.
“I hated ‘Lincoln,’ write that down. “It’s boring and they skip over slavery entirely. The whole movie is about the 13th Amendment, but they don’t show you anything about how horrible slavery was or how important it was to The South.” Continue reading
Abraham Lincoln was the president you only thought you knew…
In the new bio-pic LINCOLN, director Steven Spielberg bequeaths a rare humanity upon this nation’s 16th president. Specifically on the last four months of his life which were difficult ones and primarily devoted to his political strategies at the end of the Civil War. Continue reading
Simulated urine?
C’mon man, that’s no fun. Maybe I’m not quite as OLD school as some of you out there, but since when are we letting performers pass off pseudo micturation as entertainment? Since when?
Look, I’m not going to recommend a “band” that stands up there and just presses a button on their Macbook Pro while several dudes in tight white jeans and chunky black horned rims prance around. Which is why I can’t get down with the fake urine yo.
Let’s keep it real. Real musicians. Playing real instruments. Peeing real urine.
Who’s with me?… Continue reading
No, this is not a review, not quite…
It’s about last night’s journey and encounter with Bella Swan, Edward Cullen, Jacob Black and the rest of the pretty vampire bunch based on the Stephenie Meyer created characters.
It was a Wednesday night and the Kansas City invitational premiere of the closing episode of the Twilight saga.
The tip-off that this was not going to be a typical advance screening was the makeup of the audience with nubile tweens and teens primarily filling the large auditorium. The rest of the assembled masses were Lenexa-beige looking housewives and cougars who had schlepped their young ones to the theater.
Any guys here? Continue reading
Hold on to your tempers folks!
Put the kids in the other room and try not to throw anything at the TV.
610 Sports Jay Binkley said it first,;”Scott Pioli may NOT BE GOING ANYWHERE. There’s now evidence he is STAYING WITH THE CHIEFS.”
WTF? Why?
Because the Chiefs GM and main man has been traveling and talking to possible future players about signing with HIS team for next year. In other words he is operating as if he’s calling the shots on next season’s draft picks.
We all know how great Pioli is at that.
This same report was on 810 Sports with Soren Petro. He too is saying the new word is that Scott may stay.
The Marty-Ball / general manager talk with Clark Hunt was real, according to my inside sources. Continue reading
Looking for a last minute head rush before Thanksgiving hits?
You’ve come to the right place. Let’s mix it up a bit with some one night stand movie action. To Kill a Mockingbird be specific. Don’t rub your eyes, I don’t make this stuff up.
Fathom Events has teamed up with Turner Classic Movies and will return the 50 year-old Harper Lee classic that stars Gregory Peck to the big screen tomorrow only. Continue reading
Remember everybody: it could be worse. The Royals COULD be the Miami Marlins.
In a complete demolition of a recently rebuilt and rebranded franchise, Marlins’ owner Jeffrey Loria surprised no one by systematically assuring the 23 Miami baseball fans that their team will never, ever be competitive.
Hot on the heels of a sparkly new $634 million dollar stadium and sparkly new uniforms, the most abhorrent owner in professional sports traded pitchers Josh Johnson and Mark Buerhle, shortstop Jose Reyes, catcher John Buck and center fielder Emilio Bonifacio to the Toronto Blue Jays for a bunch of prospects.
Coupled with the 2012 midseason trades of starting pitcher Anibal Sanchez, high-dollar closer Heath Bell, and infielders Hanley Ramirez and Omar Infante, the totality of the moves effectively shave WELL over $200 million dollars from their 2013 payroll. In fact, as it stands, the Marlins have less than $20 million dollars owed (before arbitration) to their 2013 opening day roster. Continue reading
Mission accomplished…
In July I went to Montreal for the International Comedy Festival where our Stanford’s cartoon pilot was chosen from hundreds for the Final Five.
Steve Kramer, a former KC guy and comic, did the animation and it was a wild week. We presented our cartoon to a packed house on a Saturday and it was easily the best programming of the festival (if I do say so myself). Continue reading
Sometimes I think we’re almost too good to you, loyal KCC readers.
Not only do you get all our content free of charge, unlike some other local media outlets. Now that amazing content also comes with 50% more Bullet Force!
Oh, and free concert tickets.
That’s right folks. Last week we gave away several pairs of tickets for the Quixotic show at the KU Lied Center in Lawrence, and a good time was had by most. This time we’re sending some lucky folks to the Uptown to see Matisyahu this Sunday, November 18th. We’ve got three pair of tickets for what is sure to be a packed show. Continue reading
