Good heavens, but I love Urban Myths. Having played Sam Beckett in a play
about his relationship with Andre the Giant, I particularly appreciated
that one. Some of them are better than others, but the overall batting
average has been pretty high.
--Dave Sikula
On Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 11:08:10 AM UTC-7, Mark Jeffries wrote:
>
> Showtime is currently airing (both on the various channels and on demand)
> an episode of the British series "Urban Myths" called "Andy and the
> [REDACTED]," based on the premise that Andy Warhol was brought in as a
> judge for the cheerleader auditions for said owner's USFL team, held in the
> basement of said owner's famous multi-use building. A virtually
> unrecognizable Jack McBrayer plays Warhol, while said owner is played
> by Anthony Atamanuik, who played said owner on Comedy Central's "The
> [REDACTED] Show." It's on the Internet in its original UK version ("A Sky
> Original"--Sky Arts to be exact) in a ridiculously long link.
>
> "Andy and the [REDACTED]" is episode 2 of series 3 of "Urban Myths," and I
> don't know if any other episodes have played here. The series 3 episodes
> are "Bleak House Guest" (Hans Christian Andersen is Charles Dickens' house
> guest from hell), "The Trial of Joan Collins" (Random House took her to
> court in 1996, claiming that her novel was "unreadable"), "Grace Under
> Pressure" (a burglar breaks into Grace Jones' NY apartment), "Madonna and
> Basquiat" (self-explanatory), "Paul McCartney" (IMDB has no description),
> "Mick Jagger and Princess Margaret" (Kelly Macdonald plays the
> princess--for the most part, the famous people in this series are played by
> unknowns) and "Princess Diana, Freddie Mercury and Kenny Everett" (the
> Princess of York attempts a night out with the commoners, Everett was a
> British radio DJ and TV host).
>
> Mark Jeffries
> Saints Spotlight Editor
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>
>
> On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 12:58 PM Joe Hass <hassg...@gmail.com
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 12:30 PM M-D November <mdnov...@gmail.com
>> <javascript:>> wrote:
>>
>>> Apparently running a spring football league is a bit like attacking
>>> Moscow in the winter...It's never going to end well.
>>>
>>
>> http://www.espn.com/30for30/film/_/page/small-potatoes-who-killed-the-usfl
>>
>>
>> Fundamentally, the USFL was doing fine, until one of their owners pushed
>> them to directly challenge the NFL, which backfired so spectacularly the
>> league had no choice but to fold.
>>
>> You will *never* guess who that owner was. And by "never", I mean
>> "immediately".
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