July 2: *Theme from The Natural*

I'm back from Game #2 (another very exciting win for your Texas Rangers). Here's some happy thoughts:

- I. LOVE. BASEBALL.
(You knew I had to work it in somehow. Why beat around the bush?)

- In the world of television, there has never been a show quite like the original Batman TV series (you know, before Adam West became the mayor of Quohog). The Batman series originating in 1966 really is an enigma. On one hand, you examine the overall quality. The dialogue is awkward, a lot of the acting is terrible, and the show was canceled after three years because Fox wanted to cut some characters and the Batman people didn't like it. Oh, and Robin may be the single most annoying character in the superhero world. That being said, that show is incredible. It is inexplicably entertaining. At first I thought it was just me and my great liking for Batman. Then I dug a little deeper and found out that it actually won an Emmy back in the day. How can you not like it? The overly dramatic narration, the Bang!, Ka-pow!, and Biff! screens that come up during fights, and let us not forget the theme song, which is an enigma in its own right:



That may be the single most poorly written theme song in the history of TV. But once you hear it, you're singing it for the rest of the day. You're either walking around going "Batman...Batman...Batman" or (more likely) "Duh-nuh-na-nuh-nuh-nuh-na-nuh". That doesn't even make any sense when it's typed out, but if you've watched that clip up there you know exactly what I'm talking about, and by the time you read these words have probably already sung it through at least twice.

- If one is looking to hire security guards for his or her establishment or venue, the applicants should be required to both run a certain distance in a certain amount of time and be put through extensive agility drills. I only say this because at the game tonight, when the Rangers won on a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth (Woohoo!), a fan who was no doubt at least slightly intoxicated hopped onto the field and took some victory laps. There were four security guards after him, and he made them look like fools. They tried to surround him, corner him, and run him down, and I'm pretty sure three of the four ended up on the turf. This guy had some mad skills. He was juking right, juking left, hopping over the reach of diving guards, all while waving his hands about and playing to the crowd. We were all cheering for him in our euphoric state. The only reason they caught him was that he gave himself up so he could high five some other members of the crowd. So, if you're looking for security guards, check the resumes for speed and agility. And maybe form tackling.

Eh, that's about it. I think I'll sign off in 1966 Batman style:

(Overly dramatic narrator voice)
Is this all SQotD has to offer?
Will there be a question tomorrow?
Why does he keep ranting about how awesome Batman is?
Tune in tomorrow, same bat time, same bat channel.
And remember, the worst is yet to come!