rubinville

I turn on "Late Night with Craig Kilborn" last night and they are doing a segment they call "What Up" where Craig is talking to Rob Shnieder and 2 writers in little different video boxes with the topics they will discuss on the bottom of the screen. The format was a blatant steal of the show "Around the Horn" on ESPN, which is a great show hosted by Max Kellerman, where he and various panelists discuss all kinds of spots topics and some non-sports topics. The show has a great pace and is strikingly funny for a non-comedy program. The revolving panelists are all original and have their own point of view.

Kilborn and his writers flat out stole this great mechanism for a show and made it a segment on their crappy "comedy" program. I once thought Kilborn was funny and original, but that was 8 years ago, when he was still back at ESPN on Sportscenter.

I sent an e-mail to the Kilborn people, but couldn't find one for the Around the Horn guys. Hopefully, someone will bring it to their attention, and while imitation is the best for of flattery, they will grill the hell out of Kilborn and his hack writers.

Ahhhh, I feel much better now.