Limerick Friday #440: "Godless" Takes Netflix By Storm, Plus "Mr. Robot" Ups The Anarchy In Season 3

Jeff Daniels as a plains devil

Cinematography on another level

A genre-bending tour de force

Kinda like "Scarface" on a horse

In "Godless," all western fans revel

An end to the reign of error

Open mikes she will go on to terror

A writer who can't write

A manager who can't manage right

A parenting class might make her care-r

Playoffs usually mean one and done

Slipped past the first week by one

Then I won by three

Chopped the pot politely

Gonna lose the title by like a ton

Won 8 of the last 11 meetings

No matter what the seedings

The rams never stop bleating

Even though the cheating

Has yet to stop the Pack beatings

Mr. Robot was ripped from the headlines

Navigating technology landmines

The FBI working with Big Biz

Common folk beholden to a hacker whiz

Need Elliott to stop American deadlines

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Limerick Friday #439: His Loss Had Us All Free-Fallin', Plus We Needed A Drug Besides Tryptophan

He made rock & roll heady

For his departure we weren't ready

"Full Moon Fever" a classic

Though some thought him Jurassic

Music won't be the same minus Tom Petty

Is Doeren real or fake?

The question after a collapse at Wake

A promising season does fade

His own bed has he made

Today everyone knows what's at stake

'80s nostalgia shown delightfully

Dustin's one of the best things on TV

Hopper was hiding Eleven

An upside-down binge-watching heaven

Stranger Things, so when is season three?

Can't find a dependable tight end

Or a kicker whose kick doesn't bend

A promising fantasy season

Fading for the injury reason

Offer me someone healthy and press send

Drama the order of the day

Many games of he say, she say

'Tis the season for strife

Now pass the carving knife

That's just the Thanksgiving way

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Limerick Friday #438: Don't Look Now, But The Pack Has A Squad, Plus King Finally Translates To TV With A Win

The offensive line was a joke

So the coach did rails of coke

We play like a dump

So let me do a bump

The 'Fins in 2017, folks

5-3 so far on the year

In a schedule that's a bit queer

Solid roster top to bottom

Need a tight end if you got 'im

Jordan Reed is an injury fear

The Pack's pretty good, I swear

Though the local media doesn't care

They'd rather talk UNC-Cheat

And sniff jocks as part of their beat

While NC State continues its tear

On decency he's taken a dump

With the IQ and awareness of Gump

Embarrassing days for our nation

What's led us to this low station?

Hate in the age of Trump

Mr. Mercedes the surprise of the season

Freaked me out beyond reason

Stephen King well-translated to screen

Acting better than I've seen

Need a Season 2 if you pleasin'

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Limerick Friday #437: Tom Petty Passing Got Me Free-Fallin’, Plus Fantasy Got Me Bobbin’ And Weavin’

Vegas hit us all in the mouth

Reflecting an America uncouth

Then Tom Petty died

And every music fan cried

Especially those of us “Down South”

Jitters made me want to heave

Penalties made me want to leave

But amidst all the elation

I ask you Wolfpack Nation

Are you finally ready to believe?

A racist dotard pile of blah

Has made us the world’s pariah

Ignored his own citizens in need

Threw them toilet paper indeed

This is who are now, America fuck yeah

One woman lived only on bread fat

To her, other ones kinda fed that

From a place that didn’t know comms

To one rife with pom-poms

Culture shock, thy name is Red Hat

A league with ever-changing rules

Filled with no-trading fools

A 14-team stalwart once

Now it’s like third-down punts

Fantasy football, a kick in the jewels

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Limerick Friday #436: Biff Doeren Dashes Hopes Again, Plus “Man In The High Castle” Provides A Welcome Surprise

Football expectations did rightly soar

Stop me if you’ve heard this before

For a half, State lived up to the rap

At halftime, Doeren took a nap

A Pack implosion was unsurprisingly in store

Ineptitude in the rear view

Abandoning the uncreative milieu

On to a real place

With real roles and pace

Putting on a Red Hat is my cue

The best we can’t always keep

For a show that made a comedy leap

Seven seasons will have to suffice

Of satire and irony cold as ice

One more season for the impeccable “Veep”

A fantasy draft from an odd spot

Just OK with what I got

Dudes nabbed just before my pick

Coaching will have to do the trick

In Season 20, this is my lot

The acting is surprisingly first rate

Depicting a world run by hate

“Man in the High Castle” is searing

The plotlines complex but endearing

Maybe, just maybe, it’s even kind of great

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Limerick Friday #435: Feeling All The “Game Of Thrones” Feelings, Plus The Beach Launchpad

A zombie dragon took down the Wall

White Walkers on the long haul

Jon Snow sexing his aunt

Littlefinger no longer around to haunt

It’s a long wait ‘til the final season, y’all

Could it really be season 20?

Fantasy questions aplenty

A new year at our front door

The Scooters are back for more

A fair shake from Lady Luck for me?

Mid-life crises abound

Neuroses by the pound

No-talent hacks

Work only for snacks

Just as pathetic as it sounds

Offensive line in shambles

Setting up Cutler scrambles

Linebackers make you cringe

Maxwell always get singed

On new faces Miami gambles

Missed out on visiting Chip’s

But got to see an eclipse

As changes lie in store

Soul healing at the shore

It’s always my favorite of trips

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Limerick Friday #434: Smokin’ Jay Arrives In South Beach, Plus GOT Went Dragon Nuclear

Training camp has been bloody

Now the roster’s a bit muddy

But the Emo Cannon is on the way

And I just have to say

Welcome to Miami, Cutty

Here are the dog days of summer

Work is an embarrassing bummer

Swim team is finally done

A ton of teaching was done

Now for a job that doesn’t make me feel dumber

Ajayi got nailed

Now the J-Train’s derailed

Lost a starting guard

Then Tanny went down hard

I think this training camp failed

They attract every ignorant fool

Tried to make cheating cool

Put basketball on football gear

Of irony, they never did hear

UNC, quite a football school

Snow still won’t bend his knees

Dany sent dragons in threes

Drogon lit up the Lannisters

With some whoop-ass canisters

Jamie’s now Jason Vorhees

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"Ghosts Of The Arctic"

Staggering.

Fridays Don't Come Often Enough. That's What She Said.

Limerick Friday #433: “Game Of Thrones” Returns Sets Social Media On Fire, Plus Roger Federer Are You Serious

Cersei running out of ways to go

Samwell tries to help Jon Snow

Sansa stunning to aspire

Arya a mercenary not for hire

Daenerys, how I’ve missed you so

The Hound, an attack of the feels

Bran reaches the wall and then heels

The White Walkers on the implacable march

Beric has an undying parch

GOT’s return made my mind reels

All of Westeros under attack

Of intrigue and drama, no lack

The Red Woman haunts my dreams

Even as evil as it seems

Melisandre, I need you back

A tailspin for the Metsies means

A fire sale coming to Queens

How much for a pitcher with the gout?

Or an old shortstop who only makes outs

Would settle for an old mitt and beans

Each backhand was rightly smote

For Cilic that was all she wrote

Roger Federer put the greatest stamp

On being Wimbledon’s greatest champ

Forever the motherf’ing GOAT

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Limerick Friday #432: “Mr. Robot” Takes Summer By Storm, Plus Tales Of Failure

A couple years late

But I crashed the gate

To the Mr. Robot cult

It’s hit me like a bolt

For the next episode I can’t wait

Any postseason prospects are fake

There are no moves to make

Injuries struck them cold

Lots of vets just got old

This is the Mets at the All-Star break

Hiefers in clown pants

Harpies with inane rants

A brooch of a pork rind potlatch

A French fry feed bag to match

Deal only in won’ts and can’ts

Lost without or with

Success was only a myth

Wasted a year at State

Gott still stalks him to date

Have a nice NBA life, Dennis Smith

Season three ended pretty dire

Everything going up in fire

“Better Call Saul” a triumph in force

We’re sneaking up, of course

To where “Breaking Bad” touches the wire

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Limerick Friday #431: “Twin Peaks” Returns With More Loony-Ness Than Ever, Plus A National Soap Opera About Cheetos And Vodka

David Lynch’s world of freaks

Has undergone a few tweaks

Still delightfully nuts

With quarter-century-old jump cuts

Welcome back, you zany “Twin Peaks”

Through all the Big Apple noise

The injury bug still toys

With the Mets, for whom I fear

It’s gonna be wait ‘til next year

It just ain’t happenin’, boys

A plot line kind of in shards

Against ridiculousness it guards

But Frank Underwood seems OK

Compared to the batshits of today

I can’t quit you, “House of Cards”

Usually the U.S. Open

Involves lotsa hittin’ and hopin’

But Brooks Koepka destroyed

And the field really toyed

With a course that required no copin’

On democracy we’ve taken a dump

As James Comey was put on the stump

At some point, John McCain

Went senile or insane

Reality TV in the era of Trump

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Limerick Friday #430: “The Leftovers” Leaves A Gaping Hole In Dramatic TV, Leaving Even Carrie Matheson In Tears

The end of a remarkable show

Pulled where it wanted us to go

He searched the world like Dora

Said, “People hold candles, Nora.”

“The Leftovers” super-charged TV with its flow

Choked when they were sitting pretty

In a backwater Kentucky city

The Pack had it all in its sight

‘Til the baseball gods gave State a smite

Let me know if you’ve heard this ditty

When ignorance goes viral

And things start to spiral

I slow my flow

And think of Mo

I just might still be in denial

Summer is upon us, indeed

Time away is what I need

School has drawn to a close

Work’s full of incompetent hoes

Need a week just to drink and read

Despite a glacial pace

Ended up in a Trumpian space

A slow-moving “Homeland” season

Overly complex beyond reason

It all gave me Carrie Matheson face

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Luke Skywalker Meets Moana

We get a shocking amount of "Moana" in our house. Also, "Star Wars." So it was inevitable that these two worlds should meet.

You're welcome.

Limerick Friday #429: Like Tom Petty, The Mets Keep Freefallin’, Plus An Embarrassing Red House Is An International Dumpster Fire

The bullpen a complete joke

Harvey a douche full of coke

The defense full of holes

Injuries taking tolls

Terry Collins job up in smoke?

“The Fall” has turned out decent

After a start that was stuck in cement

Crimes pulled from Belfast papers

But here’s what gives me the vapors:

Scully with an Irish accent

Pro decisions strange

Chemistry out of range

Coach Keatts faces a huge test

To make a bad roster play its best

And bring about complete culture change

Managers without a clue or a plan

Enough creativity to power a desk fan

Battling thunder thighs

And harpies telling lies

An overflowing list of who to shitcan

Scandals at a frantic pace

Each day brings an impeachment case

Our government in shambles

As an orange liar rambles

How the hell did we get to this place?

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Wut.

Grande from Nuno Dias on Vimeo.

Limerick Friday #428: An Ill Wind Drafts Through The Windy City, Plus “Silicon Valley” Has Finally Returned

A number of choices deft

Made the best of what’s left

A solid draft for the ‘Fins

As a new season begins

Now the Bears make you say WTF

The quirkiest show on TV

Is back for a season three

“The Leftovers” is more than unique

Uplifting with an overtone of bleak

The bar’s raised higher than I can see

With many howls

And drooling jowls

She’s off for a new elbow

To pain we’ll say hell no

The bill gives me anxious bowels

The worries have been heeded

A Pack rally is needed

Disappointing baseball season

Underachievement beyond reason

Now Avent has to get State seeded

After the workaday trudge

And endless political sludge

“Silicon Valley” offers a haven

In the tales of technology mavens

Bless you, incomparable Mike Judge

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