Until then, this is exactly how I’ve always assumed Doug’s therapy sessions went: link
DULUTH, GA—Duluth resident Paul Bennett’s aim to tackle unresolved emotional issues during a $110-per-hour session with his therapist Tuesday somehow digressed into an earnest recapping of the plot of the action-comedy film Midnight Run, sources reported. “So then there’s this other bounty hunter, and he’s also after Charles Grodin, except he’s kind of dumb so they always outsmart him,” said Bennett, providing a 20-minute synopsis of the sleeper-hit buddy-movie to his clinical psychologist. “There’s this funny scene where Robert De Niro yells the guy’s name and points behind him, and then the guy turns around and De Niro conks him over the head. Anyway, it’s actually a really good movie.” The Martin Brest–directed film was released in July 1988, nearly four years to the day after Bennett was first sexually molested by his older stepbrother, Neil.
This Week: Dan and I are Doug-less, so we spend the hour talking about the Royals, the Wizards win over Man U, Big 12 football, the evil of cable TV and some great Craiglist ads (NSFW).
This Week: the freakin’ heat, English soccer camp scams, Mel Gibson, too-early KU football thoughts, a kid making John tired, unsubstantiated rumors, and the fact that college students should live in internment camps.
This Week: the purchase of happiness, LeBron, the First Four, Amazon reviews, vacations, the challenges of luring neighbor kids to your vehicle, and “I’M NOT CRAZY!!!”
My fault, as my trip to Nate!’s wedding canceled one episode and next week I’m in Colorado. So like Carson, we’ll be airing the “best of” episodes. (Uh… see below.)
In the meantime, let’s encourage Doug to use this post (the comments) to settle some important questions. For starters, Growing Pains vs. Welcome Back Kotter? Or Spaceballs vs. Spinal Tap? Please explain your answers.
I’ve been in St. Louis, Dan’s been in Atlanta and Doug’s been writing books. (Wait…what?!!!) But we’ll be back at it this week, with an episode up on Thursday.
This week: Doug sheepishly calls in from Vegas and kindly refuses a waitress’ advances. Dan and John continue on with conference alignment/KU worries. And some other things – but Doug’s “on location” call makes this episode worth a listen. He wanted to remove the headset once he put it on.
I don’t really see much wrong with what he said. And it seemed like she’d rather ask the question then listen to an answer. Then again, do you really need to do the strong-armed “I’ll never talk to your station again” schtick on some lady assigned an afternoon golf outing? I mean, this was hardly a Class “A” grilling.
I also never knew Lew to be so demonstrative? The exaggerated facial expressions and arm movements don’t seem to match his soft voice. It’s almost comedic.
