The Original King of Comedy
Gah! Just look at that picture…I hope you weren’t eating.
Louis CK, Chris Rock, Daniel Tosh…these men have one thing in common: They are comedians. Good ones. Great ones. But unfortunately for them, they have nothing on this man: Al Davis.
Holy God was yesterday’s press conference a thing of comedic beauty. It lasted from 4:15 until about 6 p.m. I don’t know if any comedian except Cosby can go for that long. And it wasn’t just the length, it was the material. Davis kept me constantly bagging up the entire time.
Whether it be from his rancid yellow rat teeth, his fingers (da fingaz!) that inexplicably point upwards, backwards and sideways all at the same time, or his just total “I don’t give an S because I am old and can say whateva I want” attitude, that press conference was a thing of beauty.
I was on Raiderfans.net afterwards to see what other Raider fans thought of the press conference and one of them put it perfectly: “Are all press conferences like this? If they were, I’d watch every one.”
Exactly! Unfortunately, they are not. Because the other 30 teams (Bengals excluded) are run by sane people. But that’s what makes it great and that’s what makes me love the Raiders: Their owner is completely off his rocker.
Let’s look at some highlights shall we?