It was 3:00 a.m. when "Family Feud" came on the Game Show Network - it was an episode from, apparently, late 1980, since it was a charity rematch between the Kansas City Royals and Philadelphia Phillies: the Phillies Phamily's Del Unser, Larry Bowa, Mike Schmidt, Dick Ruthven, and Garry Maddox vs. John, Willie, Paul, Dave, and Dennis Somethings from KC. (I didn't get their last names; I barely remember the '80 WS - I was in first grade, alright?
)Anyway, true to form, the Phillies swept KC 395-0. Del & Dick played the bonus round, where they reached 222 points with just seven questions. Would they have had any less than a total kickass half-hour?
Highlights included one of the Royals (Dennis, I think) offering Richard Dawson some Skoal chewing tobacco (which he spat out in disgust, but he was a trooper to even try it), the numerous whistles and catcalls for Michael Jack (looking damn handsome, as always) from the presumably female-dominated studio audience, and, oh my, the leisure suits, feathered hair, and odd, "stylish" facial hair (and Bowa's funky White Man's Afro deserves special mention). Needless to say, my head was spinning. The Sports Guy from ESPN.com needs to know about this episode to grade it on his Unintentional Comedy Rating Scale; it'd surely get a perfect score.
Granted, this really has little to do with baseball, but I needed to share this bizarro thirty minutes with someone...
