#2 "Deion Sanders"

Ok, I feel like I may have gotten a little ahead of myself yesterday. I was a bit too excited and just, kind of, rushed into the whole blogging world. My most sincere apologies. Today will be a touch more informative.

First of all, thanks to everyone who came out to the blog yesterday. I think we're somewhere around 75 views, which is about 65 more than I had anticipated for the entire life of the blog. I feel like Sally Field at the 1985 Academy Awards.

Moving on.... as you may have noticed, each day of the blog will feature an athlete that holds a special place in my heart. I'll spend some time talking about the glory days and exactly why I idolize these certain people. Then I'll move on to what that athlete has inspired me to think/talk about for the day. Some of you may not like this format, but I don't really care. That's how it's going to be. As you may have already noticed, there are also some nice links (Sally Field) that you should check out in the blog. These are just little bonus tidbits to keep you interested as you read my pointless, probably moronic thoughts for the day.

Some of you are probably asking yourself, "What's the purpose of this blog?" Well, there are a few things I would like to accomplish. First of all, and most importantly, I want my blog to get a shout out on John Mayer's blog via Mr. Mayer's Twitter. So if you know John let him know my wish and tell him to make it happen. Secondly, I want to utterly dominate Mr. Wheat's blog.

Anywho, back to the main course..... Deion "Prime Time" Sanders.

Where to start? Some of you may be familiar with a certain SNL character named Bill Brasky. I feel like Deion Sanders is the closest thing to a real-life Bill Brasky there will ever be.

• Play in a Super Bowl: Check
• Play in a World Series: Check
• Win a Super Bowl: Check (2x)
• Be selected to the Pro Bowl: Check (9x)
• Play in a MLB and NFL game in the same day: Check
• Defensive Player of the Year: Check
• Jim Thorpe Award: Check
• Win the Sugar Bowl: Check
• Played a baseball game for FSU, Run a leg of the 4x100 for FSU, play another baseball game for FSU: Check
• Lead the NL in triples in 1994: Check
• Allegedly run a 4.16 40 Yard Dash: Check

Well, you get the idea. He also made a lesser known music video that you should definitely check out.

All this "Prime Time" got me to thinking about how much I love/am addicted to prime time television these days. I say "these days" but what I really mean is all the time. Everyone has their favorite TV shows of all time list. Just the idea of making a favorite TV show list has prompted me to make my own, right here, right now, off the top of my head, for everyone's viewing pleasure.

Paul's Top 5 TV Shows Ever

1. Seinfeld
2. Scrubs
3. The Cosby Show
4. Fresh Prince
5. The Office/30 Rock (Tie)

- Please check out the links for the Top 5 list, you will not regret it. I promise.

First of all, Seinfeld. Enough said.

In a distant second, Scrubs. Scrubs holds a special place in my heart for two reasons. First of all, I was able to attain every season of Scrubs for the extremely low price of approximately $10.00. I spent some time in SE Asia last summer, yada yada yada, I'm watching every season of Scrubs with Vietnamese subtitles every night. Secondly, I like to compare J.D. and Turk's relationship to a relationship I have with my friend Shane. Quite hilarious sometimes, quite ridiculous always.

In third place I have The Cosby Show. If you don't like The Cosby Show, you have no sense of humor.

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air comes in at fourth place. The theme song alone got it into the top 5. I mean, it's tough to beat vintage Will Smith. The pick-up lines, famous cameos, tear jerking moments between Phil and Will, jazz being thrown out of the house on a regular basis cement Fresh Prince at the #4 spot in my book.

Finally, The Office and 30 Rock. I'll be honest as to why I have them in a tie. The Office started off extremely hot. If you had asked me a couple of years ago what my Top 5 would have been, The Office may have been #2, but it's been drowning in mediocrity ever since the writer's strike. 30 Rock on the other hand started off really slow in my opinion. I didn't really like it at first. But, after the persuasion of several close friends (Luke) I've come around, and now I watch religiously every Thursday at 8:30 Central Standard Time on NBC.

*Honorable Mention:

• Lost: Just a little too frustrating to put on my Top 5. It doesn't mean I'm not addicted, because I am.

Now it's your turn. I want to hear some feedback on your Top 5 TV Shows of all time, maybe some awesome Deion memories. Leave a comment, share some criticism, send some hate mail, I don't care as long as you visit the blog and I beat Jamie. I leave you with what some people (me) consider to be the coolest Sports Illustrated cover of all time.

Love,

Paul