MLB not Amused by Funny or Die, Azaria’s Antics
by NONPOPULIST / COMEDY / FUNNY OR DIE / FUNNY VIDEOS
Funny or Die released this video starring Hank Azaria as fictional baseball broadcaster Jim Brockmire yesterday morning on their website. The video features Azaria doing a funny character with a funny old-timey sportscaster voice with appearances by popular sports personalities Dan Patrick, Rich Eisen, and Joe Buck talking about what a hero Brockmire was to them. I caught the video early in the day yesterday, and was about to post it over here at EDGE a little bit later, but something was funny with the Funny or Die website. I couldn’t figure it out. I refreshed and then went back to the homepage. What, it’s no longer featured on the homepage. What the…? So I was left with the mystery. No one else was mentioning it on Twitter or anywhere else I could find. I go on about my business until this morning when I wake up and listen to the Dan Patrick Show (that is where I originally heard about the video also.) Apparently Major League Baseball had a problem with the folks at Funny or Die not only using MLB game footage but also found some of the content in the video objectionable as it relates to Major League Baseball’s image. Who are you calling a stuffed shirt league? My reaction to the video is it’s funny, but not ‘I might pee my pants’ funny. That is until MLB made FOD take the video down. Now there’s danger attached to it. And I happened to have found the video at Sports Crackle Pop so I decided to post it here. What can I say ladies? I’m a bad boy, but you might be able to change me. The question is are you a bad girl? The kind of bad that can post a video without expressed written or implied oral consent?
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Nonpopulist
— January 20‚ 2009 —
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