Monday, April 21, 2008

Times are rough for you too, huh?


This was my guy in his hey day. I recently found a report from Nov. 07 that former ESPN Sportscenter anchor, talk show host (Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn on CBS), and actor from the Benchwarmers showed up homeless, drunk, and passed-out in front of ESPN's studios in Bristol, CT. Im uncertain as to how they deemed he was he was homeless but the article said so, therefore they have to deal with any repercussions if its not true, not me. The account also reported he was extremely frail. Granted this is hitting the blog past it ripe date, im sure you didn't know either so consider this breaking news.

Allegedly at the time he was found he had one shoe, not as if that means he was homeless. He managed to finagle his way into ESPN studios, im assuming only because he previously worked there. Once in the building he became disruptive yelling former catch-phrases from his stint on the air with ESPN. Im sure he got that nostalgic feeling being back at his old stupering, oops i mean stumping grounds. He was extremely aggressive and obnoxious but yet aloof. A past co-worker attempted to help Kilborn once he unexpectedly found Kilborn sitting in his chair. This is way more depressing than i thought it would be when i clicked the link. You can look him up if you want the disheartening details (I kept it light).

Now here's my commentary: How can you shut it down on Sportscenter, get your own show on CBS (that was actually kind of funny) and then you end up in the bottom of the barrel, scraping. Maybe athletes aren't the only ones who blow their money. But lets not go to far yet, back to this homeless thing. How do they know he was homeless? Did he have a certificate that said "just lost house; homeless", semi-colon and all. Maybe they indulged...but here is something to remember, its never as good as they say it is and its never as bad as they say it is. Im gonna look up and he is going to be on Good Morning America getting his shine on. And if that happens i want a cut because i held him down on the blog.

Remember when you grandparents told you not to spend it all in one place. Turns out they knew what they were talking about.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The info you cite is from The Onion. Perhaps you have heard of them?