No Mas Weekend TV Guide: 3/9 - 3/11
3/9
Pete Maravich SportsCentury
ESPN Classic, 4 p.m.
A hour-long look into the sadness, weirdness, and genius of Pistol Pete. Worth it just for the LSU shit.
WWE Friday Night Smackdown CW, 8 p.m.
World Heavyweight Champ Batista and his Wrestlemania challenger, the Undertaker, are under the same roof for the first time since the No Way Out PPV. Will we see more friction between the two less than a month before their showdown in Motown?
Rocky
TNT, 1 a.m.
Look it's the name man. The I-talian Stallion. The media will eat it up. Now who discovered America? An Italian right? What better way to get it on than with one of his descendants?
3/10
Rocky II
TNT, 3:30 a.m.
Well now I don't wanna get mad in a biblical place like this. But I think you're a hell of a lot more than that kid! A hell of a lot! But now wait a minute if you wanna blow this thing if you wanna blow it then damn it I'm gonna blow it with ya. If you wanna stay here I'll stay with ya. I stay with ya. I'll stay and pray. What do I got to lose?
Heaven Can Wait
HBOSGe, 11:15 a.m.
Joe Pendleton. Max Corcoran. Mr. Farnsworth. Dyan Cannon and Charles Grodin. And last but not least, Julie Christie, be still my heart. I saw this one for my eighth birthday with my parents and Joey Albany, my best friend at the time. Afterwards we went to Perkins for burgers and milk shakes. Good times.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
FX, 1 p.m.
Kung-fu heaven. I haven't seen this one since it came out. I saw it with my girlfriend at the time at the Loews on 33rd and First. I had one of those blistering hangovers that makes you feel like you're on acid. It was beautiful.
Wladimir Klitschko v. Ray Austin
HBO, 5 & 10 p.m.
No Wlad is not fighting Gary Coleman with a moustache on stilts. That's Ray Austin, yo. Let's just take a look-see at Mr. Austin's accomplishments in the ring. A draw to Sultan Ibragimov, right, a draw with Zuri Lawrence, yes, a draw against Larry Donald, check. Hmm. I do see a two-round TKO over Jeremy Bates. But still I, ah... I just don't see this fight lasting too long.
Bend It Like Beckham
IFC, 7 p.m.
Don't laugh. I liked this movie. It warmed the cockles of my cockles, and was my first opportunity to get horny for Keira Knightley. If you haven't seen it, I'll clue you into something lest the suspense be too much for you - in the end, they let the girl follow her dreams.
Ringside
ESPN Classic, 8 p.m.
Man, Classic must have just stumbled across a bunch of Pernell fights in their vault or something. It's amazing. Years they went without showing any of his fights, and suddenly a barrage. Now they give him the three-hour Ringside treatment. Serious Tivo alert on this one - something tells me they'll even go back to some Olympic Pernell, which would be dy-no-mite.
3/11
Classic Battle Lines
ESPN Classic, 7 a.m.
This show sets up the 1981 Wimbledon final between Borg and Mac at Wimbledon, after their epic encounter in the 1980 final. This was the year that Mac really made history with his on-court shenanigans, including the essential "You cannot be serious" and "You're the pits of the world" tantrums.
Rocky Marciano
ESPN Classic, 8 p.m.
A 1999 biopic starring Jon Favreau as the Rock and Judd Hirsch as Al Weill. If you've forgotten what Mr. Favreau looks like, that's him on the left. A dead ringer for Rocky Marciano if I ever saw one.
Rocky Marciano v. Ezzard Charles
ESPN Classic, 10 p.m.
The first of two fights the Rock had with the Cincinnati Cobra in 1954. Marciano wins by UD - the rematch is the doozy, an 8th round TKO for Marciano that was Ring's FOY.
Tyson Fest
ESPN Classic, 10:30 p.m.
Starting at 10:30 Classic shows six Tyson fights in a row - Mike Jameson ('86), Quick Tillis ('86), Trevor Berbick ('86), Larry Holmes ('88), Michael Spinks ('88) and Frank Bruno ('89). If you haven't seen them before, I'd say that but for the Jameson fight, they're all worth watching for different reasons.
The Natural
WE, 12 a.m.
Pick me out a winner, Bobby.
Rocky Marciano v. Jersey Joe Walcott
ESPN Classic, 2 a.m.
Ring Magazine's Fight of the Year in 1952, the fight that made Marciano the heavyweight champ, and about the most devastating knockout you'll ever want to see. We made this one our Knockout of the Week back in December, and when you see it, you'll know why.
Pete Maravich SportsCentury ESPN Classic, 4 p.m.
A hour-long look into the sadness, weirdness, and genius of Pistol Pete. Worth it just for the LSU shit.
WWE Friday Night Smackdown CW, 8 p.m.
World Heavyweight Champ Batista and his Wrestlemania challenger, the Undertaker, are under the same roof for the first time since the No Way Out PPV. Will we see more friction between the two less than a month before their showdown in Motown?
Rocky TNT, 1 a.m.
Look it's the name man. The I-talian Stallion. The media will eat it up. Now who discovered America? An Italian right? What better way to get it on than with one of his descendants?
3/10
Rocky II
TNT, 3:30 a.m.
Well now I don't wanna get mad in a biblical place like this. But I think you're a hell of a lot more than that kid! A hell of a lot! But now wait a minute if you wanna blow this thing if you wanna blow it then damn it I'm gonna blow it with ya. If you wanna stay here I'll stay with ya. I stay with ya. I'll stay and pray. What do I got to lose?
Heaven Can Wait HBOSGe, 11:15 a.m.
Joe Pendleton. Max Corcoran. Mr. Farnsworth. Dyan Cannon and Charles Grodin. And last but not least, Julie Christie, be still my heart. I saw this one for my eighth birthday with my parents and Joey Albany, my best friend at the time. Afterwards we went to Perkins for burgers and milk shakes. Good times.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
FX, 1 p.m.
Kung-fu heaven. I haven't seen this one since it came out. I saw it with my girlfriend at the time at the Loews on 33rd and First. I had one of those blistering hangovers that makes you feel like you're on acid. It was beautiful.
Wladimir Klitschko v. Ray Austin
HBO, 5 & 10 p.m.
No Wlad is not fighting Gary Coleman with a moustache on stilts. That's Ray Austin, yo. Let's just take a look-see at Mr. Austin's accomplishments in the ring. A draw to Sultan Ibragimov, right, a draw with Zuri Lawrence, yes, a draw against Larry Donald, check. Hmm. I do see a two-round TKO over Jeremy Bates. But still I, ah... I just don't see this fight lasting too long.Bend It Like Beckham
IFC, 7 p.m.
Don't laugh. I liked this movie. It warmed the cockles of my cockles, and was my first opportunity to get horny for Keira Knightley. If you haven't seen it, I'll clue you into something lest the suspense be too much for you - in the end, they let the girl follow her dreams.
Ringside ESPN Classic, 8 p.m.
Man, Classic must have just stumbled across a bunch of Pernell fights in their vault or something. It's amazing. Years they went without showing any of his fights, and suddenly a barrage. Now they give him the three-hour Ringside treatment. Serious Tivo alert on this one - something tells me they'll even go back to some Olympic Pernell, which would be dy-no-mite.
3/11
Classic Battle Lines
ESPN Classic, 7 a.m.
This show sets up the 1981 Wimbledon final between Borg and Mac at Wimbledon, after their epic encounter in the 1980 final. This was the year that Mac really made history with his on-court shenanigans, including the essential "You cannot be serious" and "You're the pits of the world" tantrums.
Rocky Marciano ESPN Classic, 8 p.m.
A 1999 biopic starring Jon Favreau as the Rock and Judd Hirsch as Al Weill. If you've forgotten what Mr. Favreau looks like, that's him on the left. A dead ringer for Rocky Marciano if I ever saw one.
Rocky Marciano v. Ezzard Charles
ESPN Classic, 10 p.m.
The first of two fights the Rock had with the Cincinnati Cobra in 1954. Marciano wins by UD - the rematch is the doozy, an 8th round TKO for Marciano that was Ring's FOY.
Tyson Fest
ESPN Classic, 10:30 p.m.
Starting at 10:30 Classic shows six Tyson fights in a row - Mike Jameson ('86), Quick Tillis ('86), Trevor Berbick ('86), Larry Holmes ('88), Michael Spinks ('88) and Frank Bruno ('89). If you haven't seen them before, I'd say that but for the Jameson fight, they're all worth watching for different reasons.The Natural WE, 12 a.m.
Pick me out a winner, Bobby.
Rocky Marciano v. Jersey Joe Walcott
ESPN Classic, 2 a.m.
Ring Magazine's Fight of the Year in 1952, the fight that made Marciano the heavyweight champ, and about the most devastating knockout you'll ever want to see. We made this one our Knockout of the Week back in December, and when you see it, you'll know why.
2 Comments:
I never liked Keira Knightley after that but Bend It like Beckham is awesome.
By the way, is "The Natural" any good? I've heard about it but you can't find it anywhere.
"The Natural" has its appeal, especially if you like Hollywood shitting sugar and cream in your coffee. The book by Bernard Malamud--as is almost always the case--is better; a great read.
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