No Mas TV Guide – 6/25
Wimbledon
ESPN2, 7 a.m.
The deuce has first-round action from Wimbledon until 5 p.m. Some potentially interesting first-round matches – Blake/Andreev, Ginepri/Gonzalez, Moya/Henman (that ‘Enman, never gives up that lad) and Berdych/Massu in the men’s draw, and in the women’s… nothing. Probably won’t be a good match in the women’s draw until the third round, when Venus could face Safina.
Champion
TCM, 3:15 p.m.
A classic of that era of Hollywood movies where boxing was the big-screen’s default symbol of tawdry corruption and greed. Kirk Douglas was nominated for an Oscar for his turn as Midge Kelly, an unscrupulous pug trying to fight his way to the top. The tagline for the movie – “This is the only sport in the world where two guys get paid for doing something they’d be arrested for if they got drunk and did it for nothing.” Hear hear.
Evander Holyfield v. Bert Cooper
ESPN Classic, 8 p.m.
By 1991, most people thought that Smokin’ Bert Cooper, once the charge of Joe Frazier, was a completely shot fighter, but a manly showing in this fight with Evander briefly resuscitated his career. This is really some ultraviolent shit right here. Whatever you do, don’t miss the third round.
Monday Night Raw
USA, 8 p.m.
Vince McMahon’s memorial service. I guess he’s dead. John Cena, Batista, Edge, and Bobby Lashley stop by to pay their respects. Ah McMahon, we hardly knew ye.
Late Show with David Letterman
CBS, 11:35 p.m.
Tony Parker tells Dave how it feels to be so robustly, passionately awesome.
June 25th, 2007 at 7:05 pm
10 bucks says here’s what happens with the mcmahon memorial: the undertaker stops by to pay his respects, towing a casket for some reason. in the middle of the service the lights go out, music starts, the announcer screams “good god, that’s vince mcmahon’s music!” and then the lights come back up and mcmahon is sitting up, alive, in the undertaker’s casket. and then the wrestlers all have a good laugh and say “oh, mr. mcmahon, you tricked us!”.
June 25th, 2007 at 10:52 pm
Kev? You must have an opinion on this scenario.
June 25th, 2007 at 11:46 pm
uh, i may have to take back my scenario if this chris benoit news turns out to be true. that would sort of force them to stop pretending mcmahon is dead, right? i really don’t see it ending any other way than “uhhhh, so mcmahon isn’t really dead. but now we’re going to have a serious memorial for a guy who really did die, so, uhh…yeah…”
June 26th, 2007 at 2:51 am
dam. i was going to say vinnie mac gets wheeled out in a wheel chair covered up like Darkman and Shane runs the company.
but we would all be duped as its actually linda mcmahon under the bandages.
but the chris benoit story is insane.
he probably killed himself and his family.
that beats all the VonEric stories.
June 26th, 2007 at 5:01 am
Man that Benoit shit is fucked up.