TheIronSheik
SUPER ELITE UPPER TIER
I was watching the Cowboys-Eagles game yesterday and during a commercial I just entered in some sports channel's numbers into the remote. I was just randomly checking to see if there were any good college basketball games on. I turn on ESPN2 and I'm blown away by what I see. I think, "What the hell?" And I actually check the guide to see what I'm watching. To my amazement, what I'm watching is an hour long show. I thought I had caught a weird Wipeout style show and had just seen one of many events they would be showing that hour. But, no. It was an hour of something called Slippery Stairs.
It was kids who looked like maybe high school or early college. They were outdoors and there was a set of stairs that looked like it might be two stories with a landing in the middle. It was covered in plastic and people were using squirt guns to shoot lube onto the plastic. The kids then tried to climb the stairs. And it was cheaper sounding than I'm describing it. It had the look of a summer carnival in a town of 50 in the Midwest. And I'm not making fun of carnivals or fairs. But this seemed like a fair that even a small town fair would look down upon.
But ESPN took it so seriously. First, they had refs watching on both sides of the stairs. And I actually saw a kid get whistled for using his finger nails to climb. Apparently that's a no no. And after each heat, they had a lady who tried to do a very serious interview like she was Rachael NIchols on the sidelines of a MNF game. It was so bad but I couldn't help but watch like 10 minutes of it because it was so bad.
I will give ESPN credit, though. There wasn't a single mention of race or politics the entire 10 minutes I watched. I feel like that had to be some kind of record for 2019.
It was kids who looked like maybe high school or early college. They were outdoors and there was a set of stairs that looked like it might be two stories with a landing in the middle. It was covered in plastic and people were using squirt guns to shoot lube onto the plastic. The kids then tried to climb the stairs. And it was cheaper sounding than I'm describing it. It had the look of a summer carnival in a town of 50 in the Midwest. And I'm not making fun of carnivals or fairs. But this seemed like a fair that even a small town fair would look down upon.
But ESPN took it so seriously. First, they had refs watching on both sides of the stairs. And I actually saw a kid get whistled for using his finger nails to climb. Apparently that's a no no. And after each heat, they had a lady who tried to do a very serious interview like she was Rachael NIchols on the sidelines of a MNF game. It was so bad but I couldn't help but watch like 10 minutes of it because it was so bad.
I will give ESPN credit, though. There wasn't a single mention of race or politics the entire 10 minutes I watched. I feel like that had to be some kind of record for 2019.
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