Holy Curve Balls Batman! And I Didn’t even get to
the Batter’s Box…
Longtime readers of No Fenders will know that I’ve
long since given up getting up at OH DARK 30 to “Watch,” Err listen to live
Formula 1 races. Since being Blind, I’ve never bothered with investing in a DVR
since I cannot See it’s required miniscule Colour Coded settings, but I digress…
Originally I was reluctantly planning on
attempting to stay away thru the entire 8:30-11PM Pacific “encore” presentation
on le Duesh’, aka ESPN2. But Hunting ‘N Pecking round Sunday morning on my
Zap2It’ TV Guide listings, I stumbled into a much more palatable 4-6:30PM
Pacific Formula 1 Racing listing for the day’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix instead.
And I thought le Duesh’ was really BAD, But!
ESPNews sank to an All-time new Low! As I knew something was up with the
Broadcast simply by beginning with a very Hurky Jerky immediate “Lights Out” No
Pre-race banter or Pre-grid Warm-up lap, instead just G-O! Which always implies
the race is gonna be extended…
So imagine my Surprise, Shock and ultimately
Disgust when following the Red Flag on lap 48 of 51 due to Max Verstappen’s
Mega’ left Rear tyre Blowout at 200mph! Whilst most definitely cruising home to
his third F1 win of the season with his Wingman Sergio Perez in tow for Red Bull’s
first 1-2 finish since 2016!
That instead of us getting to See the race’s
final two laps, some perky woman named Charlie interrupted us near the top of
the hour, as my Talking Keychain Clock said it was only 5:59PM. Meaning there
should have been another Half Hour’s coverage, along with the Mothers Shoe
Polish lady interrupting us for one more obligatory Commercial Break!
But instead Charlie said something to the
effect of we know you’ve been enjoying some Formula 1, but now let’s go to some
Women’s College Baseball instead, Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot!
As this Arkansas vs. Whoever game wasn’t even
listed on my TV Guide, which claimed instead that following the 2.5 hours of
Formula 1, from 6:30-8PM was supposedly an E60 The Extended version of Project
11, Alex Smith’s Remarkable NFL Comeback from Life Threatening injury programme
instead!
As it’s Funny Ha-Ha, Not! How the Mainstream Media’s touting the “Fact” that Formula One’s interest is on the rise in good ‘Ol Americre’ due to the popularity of NetFlix F1 series. But Uhm, if you Don’t even get to See the Podium interviews, but more importantly the Wild Final 2-laps of the race, then how can you be building interest? Oh Never Mind!
