Dec 27 2005
The last (*yawn*) Monday Night, sort of…
So I didn’t actually watch Monday Night Football last night. Some friends called me and challenged me to a Galaga showdown at the local putt-putt range, and I had to answer that challenge by wiping the floor with their sorry, no-double-ship asses. Nobody beats me at Galaga.
Then we went back to this one girl’s house and watched an Arrested Development DVD on her parents’ pimped-out Samsung DLP set. The Super Bowl party may be at her house this year…
Was anyone else bored out of their skulls by that Monday Night Football telecast last night?
“You are my sunshine, my only sunshine…”
Seriously, I recorded the game and watched some of the coverage this morning. (I took the week off from my day job.) For a show that prided itself on bringing Hollywood to the NFL, this was total dullsville. All they showed to highlight the last 36 years were a few sound bytes and one halftime montage that fell flat. No celebrities in the booth, no arguments between analysts — no wonder The Mouse is moving this show to ESPN. Monday Night Football isn’t compelling enough for network TV anymore.
Dennis Miller may have been all wrong for this show, but at least he tried to make it interesting again. John Madden gives MNF nothing. He’s a Sunday afternoon guy, and he doesn’t do the job on a Monday night. What’s worse is that Al Michaels is a terrible foil for Madden. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have more chemistry than Al and John. If it were really Monday Night Football, TomKat would be in the booth with those two promoting a movie and pretending they know what football is.
Bringing John Madden to Monday Night Football really made it just another game. That’s why it’s moving to ESPN and why Madden isn’t joining them. I won’t miss MNF on ABC. I won’t miss MNF at all, really. Neither will anyone else who has cable or satellite TV. All I hope is that they throw out Hank Williams, Jr., with the move. And Tim McGraw. And Kid Rock. I don’t love that highlight reel.
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