Episode #82 of the Countdown podcast is up. Here’s the summary, with links and an extra dose or two of snark.
A-Block (1:36) SPECIAL COMMENT:
B-Block
Side note: When googling for Herschel’s embarrassment on Fox, I found an article saying that “Donald Trump is reportedly ‘p—d’ that Republican campaign operatives are telling the former president to stay away from Herschel Walker’s Senate runoff election in Georgia.” Actually, we are, too …
Back to Keith.
- (18:43) IN SPORTS: Lionel Messi’s Employers upset Lionel Messi’s Team at the World Cup: It’s A Messi Situation, plus the Rob Thomson surprise, and what a fan did to Pete Rozelle the day he wouldn’t cancel the NFL schedule even after the JFK Assassination.
- (23:21) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: Bothsidesist Ashley Parker and GOP Talking Point Merchant Catherine* Herridge of CBS can’t compete with producer Stew Peters, whose movie about supposed deaths after Covid vaccinations “DIED SUDDENLY” actually shows people who a) didn’t get vaccinated, b) didn’t die, and c) didn’t do anything suddenly.
* Keith had “Katherine Herridge” … I have corrected this. I was also going to correct the spelling of “Stew Peters”, but Keith did that already.
C-BLOCK (29:20) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL:
- It is ESPN’s most beloved outtake and since it was about the World Cup, I present it now in annotated form. Ladies and gentlemen: It’s the famous “SOCCER BREAKDOWN.”
As Keith says: Well, that’s all the damage I can do here for now. Good morning, good afternoon, good night, and good luck.