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Title: Bill Simmons & Boogie Nights
Post by: Find Your Magali on October 25, 2003, 01:23:36 AM

This Bill Simmons column is two-and-a-half years old, but I still re-read it occasionally, because it's hilarious and nearly timeless. If you've never read it, you're in for a treat PTA fans ...

http://espn.go.com/page2/s/simmons/010727.html

Title: Bill Simmons & Boogie Nights
Post by: ono on October 25, 2003, 12:12:37 PM

Haha! Hilarious! Thanks for posting that! :)

Title: Bill Simmons & Boogie Nights
Post by: meatball on October 25, 2003, 01:50:43 PM

Damn.. I wish I could find the humor in it.. but I'm not a sports guy so I have no idea who or what they are talking about. :shock:

Title: Bill Simmons & Boogie Nights
Post by: ono on October 25, 2003, 08:11:18 PM

I'm not a sports guy either. Haven't been for years. I just thought it was hilarious that this sports guy, this average joe, would love Boogie Nights enough to incorporate it into an analysis of basketball.

Title: Bill Simmons & Boogie Nights
Post by: Gamblour. on October 25, 2003, 09:03:07 PM

Quote from: OnomatopoeiaI'm not a sports guy either. Haven't been for years. I just thought it was hilarious that this sports guy, this average joe, would love Boogie Nights enough to incorporate it into an analysis of basketball.

I know, I've got this stereotypical sports commentator in my head but he's calling PSH's homosexual desire for Dirk an amazing scene. I love it!

Title: Bill Simmons & Boogie Nights
Post by: TheVoiceOfNick on October 27, 2003, 10:56:52 AM

Quoteshould ring true for NBA fans: sex; drugs; insta-success; struggles adjusting to success; garish spending sprees; chemistry problems; cheesy gimmicks; more sex; more drugs; ludicrous characters; goofy nicknames; even more sex; sudden, sweeping failure; and subtle comedy galore.

This sounds like Xixax.com...

Title: Bill Simmons & Boogie Nights
Post by: Find Your Magali on October 27, 2003, 12:07:29 PM

If you enjoyed the Boogie Nights piece, Simmons does the same thing with:

1. The Godfather and the Boston Red Sox

http://espn.go.com/page2/s/simmons/011003.html

2. A Few Good Men and the NBA

http://espn.go.com/page2/s/simmons/011205.html

3. Swingers and the NFL

http://espn.go.com/page2/s/simmons/021230.html

and

http://espn.go.com/page2/s/simmons/021231.html

4. Top Gun and the NFL

http://espn.go.com/page2/s/simmons/030904.html

and

http://espn.go.com/page2/s/simmons/030905.html

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Finally, he did a piece on just his favorite DVDs of all time (sports and otherwise). Fun reading.

http://espn.go.com/page2/s/simmons/011220.html

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