Monday, January 3, 2011

Corbett continually interrupts Rendell during audition for Eagles Post Game Live

South Philadelphia--Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell shot a glaring look at the man seated next to him last night during a live tv show at the Comcast SportsNet studios. The Governor was making a valid point about the Eagles resting their starters versus the Cowboys in the final game of the regular season when he was blatantly interrupted by the man to his right.

That man, Tom Corbett, incoming Pennsylvania republican governor, who was auditioning for a panelist spot and was at the receiving end of Rendell's death stare, has made it clear that he would like to permanently join the Eagles Post Game Live crew for next season after taking office in Harrisburg later this month. Rendell has been an analyst on the show since it began in 1998.

"Tom wouldn't let me get a word in," cried Rendell. "I was about to make my best point of the night when he incoherently shouted something about Brent Celek. Apparently, it was a yelling contest for him."

Corbett, Pennsylvania Attorney General, is from Philadelphia and is a big Eagles fan and wanted to showcase his football knowledge for the home viewers.

"I was a bit nervous," said Corbett. "I guess I wanted to make a good impression. I honestly didn't even notice if I was interrupting Ed [Rendell]. If he's whining, then he's a wuss. If this show was filmed in China he'd would have been praising my assertiveness and decisiveness. Then, then he would have used geometry for ... something."

Time and again Corbett cutoff, contradicted and, at one point, put a hand in the face of Rendell saying, "Uh, uh. Don't go there Edward G. Don't make excuses for [Kevin] Kolb."

Host of the Comcast show Michael Barkan eventually had to separate the Governor and Governor-elect during a commercial break.

"I just asked Tom and Ed to respect each other's opinions," said Barkan, finding the whole thing comical. "I told them to shed their democratic and republican labels and unite as Eagles fans. We all had a good laugh, but the tension continued throughout the remaining segments."

The ratings for last night's post game show were the highest ever (6.7 out of every 10 televisions), which has the producers pondering the thought of keeping both governors on the program.

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