Thursday, October 30, 2003

Hello

1.) It is not that I don't like Peanut Butter M & M's.

It is that I like them too much.

2.) I'm reading Jerry Lawler's (sort of) autobiography It's Good to Be King....Sometimes. I say sort of because it's ghostwritten.

To the King: Here's my advice: if you're going to have somebody write your autobiography for you, find someone who can make the thing flow, and not just put your stories and interview snippets together in a vague sort of chronological order. It gets terribly dry, at times.

On the whole, though, it's a good read, and probably the best insight into the Southern Pro Wrestling scene pre Vince McMahon's ruination of the territorial promotions that's been written.

And you non-wrestling fans might be interested on Jerry Lawler's whole take on the Andy Kauffman feud. He's the guy who supposedly hurt Andy's neck, which prompted the famous coffee hurling incident on Late Night with David Letterman.

It's funny, although not surprising, that Jerry wasn't sure whether Andy was trying to work Jerry as much as he was trying to work everybody else with the whole broken neck angle.

I'm not yet to the part where Vince McMahon tried his damnedest to shut Jerry's Memphis-based promotion down after he'd either bought out or run out of business nearly every other territorial promoter. Or how Jerry Lawler ended up working for McMahon after the fact, now for nearly 10 years.

3.) Lots of sirens out on the road, tonight. Lots of flashing lights.

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