Archive for February, 2008

Big League City?

Published by
Clark Matthews
 at February 29, 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubNNhaBb_B4

In the minutes of grueling research I do for this website, I ran across the YouTube video you can watch above. I have no idea who had the access to, or had the idea to upload a forty-year old commercial related to a local bond issue. That said, thank you “Silentsensei.”

For one, I learned that people who voted before my parents were eligible to cast ballots changed the course of this city. In Yessing ‘em all, our forefathers (and I guess mothers since this was post-suffrage) made it where I can partake in drinking water. I like water. They improved the sewer systems. I like not smelling feces. It also created the Northwest Expressway and expanded many major roads of this city from two to four lanes. I like not sitting in traffic. After seeing this commercial, I wondered what our fair city would look like if the residents of that time had No’ed ‘em all….probably a bit like the Oklahoma City portrayed in Saving Grace.

Oklahoma City’s next chance to leap forward comes March 4th. This campaign slogan is not as catchy or instructive as yes ‘em all, but Big League City does have some merit. As my public service to you, I will rattle off the talking points. Continue reading ‘Big League City?’

Category: Basketball in OKC, Mick Cornett, NBA in OKC, OKC Advertising, Oklahoma Politics and Sports. 33 Comments

Vote YES on March 4th! (Reason 15)

Published by
Patrick
 at February 29, 2008

Here is reason 15. It’s a pretty simple one: give this old lady something else to complain about.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1AqUnf9qZ0

Dear god, what’s the world coming to when the old lady who uses coupons at Walgreens and holds up the line is now able to freely go in front of the Oklahoma City Council and give her piece of mind on issues that are way over her head. Seriously, I was waiting for her to pull out old photos of her grandkids and then applaud the quality of portrait studio at the southside Sears, but I don’t know if she did, because I could only watch 30 seconds of the clip before falling asleep.

Anyway, old ladies like this Wanda Jo Peltier Stapleton annoy me. It annoys me when they wreak havoc on our traffic system while trying to make brunch at the Cracker Barrel and annoys me when they want to ruin something great like the NBA coming to Oklahoma City.

It annoys me when weirdos try to screw it up, too.

So be cool! Piss them all off and vote “Yes!” on Tuesday!

Category: NBA in OKC. 67 Comments

Rick Walker Cracks Me Up

Published by
Tony
 at February 28, 2008

I went to the KATT’s web site in the faint hopes that they’d posted Rick & Brad’s interview with Lauren Richardson from yesterday, but no luck.

On the positive side, I did find this interview with Rick Walker, and he makes a funny:

What’s your favorite pick-up line?

Hi, I’m Dean Blevins.

Bam! Rick is my new hero for the day. I mean, that’s not quite as good a pick up line as “I’m Clark Matthews, let me read you the Justice League,” but it’s close. And funnier.

Between that and this recent Toby Rowland blog entry (ignore the stuff about us), it seems maybe our friends in the media are loosening up a little bit and becoming more willing to poke fun at each other. Or maybe Rick and Toby just happen to have a good sense of humor about themselves.

As a reward for good behavior, I am going to encourage everyone to buy Rick Walker’s new film “The Fun Park,” coming out on DVD March 4th. Just check out that cast: Amy McRee! Brad Copeland! Pork! The movie even centers around Clark’s nemesis, Bobo the Insult Clown. Here’s the trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yifbVngsypc

Category: Oklahoma City Radio. 8 Comments

Happy Birthday, Dave!

Published by
Patrick
 at February 27, 2008

So, according to a reader email, today is Dave Morris’ birthday. To celebrate the occasion, I’ve embedded a clip of (I think) Dave’s rockin’ band Falcon Five-O singing a song about Look at OKC. If you don’t blink, you’ll notice a quick clip of Dave keyboarding away about 18-seconds into it:


We’ve been pretty tough on Dave since we’ve discovered he’s a douche bag, has a big ego and doesn’t get scared in movies, so let us be the first of hopefully many to wish him a happy birthday. Overall, we bet Dave’s an okay guy and hopefully someday will help us get a nice table at Cafe Nova.

If you would like to join us in wishing Dave a happy birthday, please do so in the comments. Or better yet, send him an email at dmorris@opubco.com. Since it’s his birthday, don’t mention how weird and yucky it is that he had his band play a song about his employer. Save that for another day.

Category: Dave Morris, Look @ OKC, NewsOK and Oklahoma City Media. 15 Comments

Vote YES on March 4th! (Reason 14)

Published by
Patrick
 at February 26, 2008

Over at BigLeagueCity.com, they list roughly 12 reasons why we should all vote “YES!” on March 4th for Ford Center improvements. The list is pretty good, but it seems to be lacking some key points. At The Lost Ogle, we’ll be adding our own important items to the list…important items that our civic leaders may have missed.

Here is reason number 14:

You (hopefully) don’t share the same political views as Steven Hunt.

You see, Steven is the creator of MapsforMillionaires.org, a website that’s against the Ford Center tax. When Steven is not busy trying to get Oklahoma City to stay on par with Amarillo and Shreveport, he is posting pictures of Bob Barry Sr., Taj Grey and others holding a poster of Garret Morgan on his MySpace Page.

Yeah…this dude is just plain weird. He’s even weirder than Clark Matthews and the Justice League of Oklahoma. Hell, you’d probably be better off getting political advice from BikerFox than from Steven. That’s why you should do what Steve doesn’t want you to do and vote YES! on March 4th.

(At first, that was all I was going to say about Steven. But then I noticed all the pictures of him with big breasted women on his MySpace page. Women like this one and this one and this one. I’m not sure if he slips them pills, or maybe they really like Garret Morgan, but I’m kind of curious how he pulled that off. Anyone have any ideas?)

(Update! Steve replaced his Bob Barry Sr. pic with a nude picture of his girlfriend. To do everyone a favor, we removed the linkage.)

Category: NBA in OKC. 50 Comments

Power Poll: Awesomest Oklahoma Town Names

Published by
Tony
 at February 25, 2008

If you’re anything like us, you’ve driven through small Oklahoma towns like Gene Autry or Loco and thought to yourself, “That is a very strange name for a town. Yet also completely awesome. If only there were a web site in which people would take a poll determining which Oklahoma town had the awesomest of all the names.”

Also, if you’re anything like us, you probably got beat up a lot as a kid and haven’t actually talked to a real live woman in over a decade. But that’s another story for another therapy session.

In any event, The Lost Ogle is here to answer the question: “What is the awesomest Oklahoma town name?” And by “answer the question,” we actually mean “provide another poll in which our readers tell us how dumb we are.”

There were three Lost Ogles and three friends-of-the-Lost-Ogle who participated in this poll, and complaints can be lodged in the comments or mailed to ClarkMatthews@thelostogle.com.

Results are after the jump.

Continue reading ‘Power Poll: Awesomest Oklahoma Town Names’

Category: Power Poll. 21 Comments

Clark Matthews presents…

Published by
Clark Matthews
 at February 22, 2008

This is a busy time of year for me.  My days consist of waking up well before dawn, going into work, coming home well after sundown, spending time with my child, then passing out so I can do the whole thing over the next day.  Sure, I would love to have time to churn out an installment The Justice League everyday, but until Emperor England is elevated to his rightful throne and adds two hours to the day, that just cannot happen.

To supplement my production, I got an idea.  While my son was emptying out the CD cabinet of our entertainment center so he could hear the jewel cases clatter against the ground, I noticed an album I had forgotten about long ago–Dr. Dre presents…The Aftermath.  Despite top billing, Dr. Dre really only performed on one song, the rest of the tracks were by artists Dre had recruited.  That’s when it hit me:  There have to be other like minded people out there who want to do what we at TheLostOgle do, at least on a guest basis.  Lost-LostOgles, if you will.

So I began recruiting people I knew to write an article for this series, and while a few showed interest, none have actually followed through.  Then one day I am sitting at home when the phone rings and a lady from the “Make A Wish Foundation” is on the line.  After eviscerating her for calling me during a Scrubs re-run, I let her make the pitch.  A sick child by the name of Little Timmy (before you ask, Little is his given name) had made a request that he be able to write for this website.  I figured, “Hey, I might as well give him a shot,” especially after the lady explained that Little was suffering from the awful stomach flu that has been going around and offering an autographed picture of Mike Turpin.

Anyway, after the jump you can see what Little Timmy submitted, and this is probably where I should request that you be kind in the comments section.  To me, that is, because I’m expecting a bunch of “might as well replace Clark with him” responses.  Enjoy.

Continue reading ‘Clark Matthews presents…’

Category: Basketball in OKC, Clark Matthews presents..., Dave Morris and Toby Keith. 6 Comments

Vote YES on March 4th!

Published by
Patrick
 at February 21, 2008

Reason Number 13 to Vote Yes on March 4th

Over at BigLeagueCity.com, they list roughly 12 reasons why we should all vote “YES!” on March 4th for Ford Center improvements. The list is pretty good, but it seems to be lacking some key points. Over the next week and a half we’ll be adding our own important items to the list…important items that our civic leaders may have missed.

Tonight we reveal important reason number 13. It’s a pretty simple one:

13. Cheerleaders with guns

That’s worth a penny on every dollar…right?

Category: NBA in OKC. 8 Comments

Vince Gill is Naive

Published by
Clark Matthews
 at February 21, 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zert2162kzI

One has to forgive Vince Gill for his naivete.  He is way past the age of those who are familiar with how the rap industry operates, and he grew up sheltered on the prairies of this state.  However, there are just some things you do not do, and right behind tugging on Superman’s Cape or spitting into the wind is dissing a rapper publicly.  Sure, chiding Kanye West (who is, by all accounts, the least Gangsta of rappers) for not receiving an award from a Beatle is not on par with Snoop Dogg waving his award in the air and declaring, “the East Coast ain’t got no love for Death Row,” but Gill obviously did not understand the gravity of his faux pas.

What I see happening next is that a convoy of thugs will attack Vince as he leaves his honky tonk recording studio.  Soon thereafter, Gill will record a country cover of 2Pac’s “Hit ‘em Up” (something that is long overdue, by the way) directed at West’s posse.  Next thing you know, Gill will be mowed down after a scuffle at an Indian casino.  Afterwards, a slew of posthumous albums will come out to keep the legend of Vince Gill going.

(Thanks to Blythe for pointing this out to us.  Like the rest of America, we at TheLostOgle did not actually watch the Grammys.)

Category: OKC Music. 5 Comments

“It will be mine. Oh yes! It will be mine.”

Published by
Patrick
 at February 20, 2008

It’s hard to even make up stories that are this good.

As you probably know, State Labor Commissioner Lloyd Fields was sent to the drunk tank this past Saturday night after trying to…get this…steal a bull rider’s guitar at a rodeo after-party.

Welcome to OOOOOOOklahoma, ladies and gentlemen. In other states, labor officials are involved in shady midnight deals behind an old abandoned warehouse by the dock, where they exchange black briefcases with union leaders and people use code names like “Mother Fox” and “Dakota.” But here in Oklahoma, our labor commissioner just attempts to steal a rodeo cowboy’s guitar at a good old fashion hootenanny.

Anyway, in a clever attempt to make this story even better, sources have confirmed to The Lost Ogle that authorities are investigating the possibility that Commissioner Fields utilized the services of an accomplice in the attempted guitar heist. For a complete rundown of the suspects, click the little “click more” button.

Continue reading ‘“It will be mine. Oh yes! It will be mine.”’

Category: Mathis Brothers, OU Football, Oklahoma City Media and The Sports Animal. 14 Comments
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