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So, Denis Leary was on the Red Sox broadcast last night, and discovered that Boston first baseman Kevin Youkilis was Jewish. It sent Leary into a "Hey, Mel Gibson, HOW'S REHAB??!!" rant that, while not quite rivaling the famous Rick Sutcliffe "George Clooney's out there solving that thing" in embarassment value, surely comes close it in pure entertainment value.
Rescue Me (From Mel Gibson) [Bad Idea Blue Jeans]
(UPDATE: The assholes at NESN, apparently decided that publicity for their network causes them HARM, have made YouTube take down the video. GRRRR.)
(SECOND UPDATE: We got another copy and put it up. We encourage anyone who has a file of the video to send it to us, and we'll keep putting it up every time they take it down. And we encourage you to keep loading it into YouTube as well.)
(THIRD UPDATE: In case they take it down again, by the way, here's an audio file.)
(FOURTH UPDATE: Oh, screw it, we're going with Google Video.)
(FIFTH UPDATE: A very nice gentleman has made the Leary video available for download. So now EVERYONE can have it! Take THAT!)
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Who was most drunk: Leary, Clarke, or Remy?
Very funny stuff, BTW. And good pickoff move from the Big Shillbowski as well.
We'll run him out of here on a rail, get it?
Now THAT is some good Jewmor.
That was hilarious. I love how the announcers were hiding their faces during that.
This made my morning. I love the 2:00 mark, where you get the post-hilarity awkward quiet.
That was hilarious. Especially Remy & Orsillo laughing their asses off.
Leary's just mad Gibson used his Sugartits bit.
Great stuff.
i am painfully addicted to rescue me.
heh. jewmor.
If I was a Boston fan, I'd be circulating a petition voting for more Denis Leary and less Ben Affleck... actually, I think that applies to non-Boston Fans too.
you're with me, public intoxication....
This is all great, but I have one issue. Isn't the fact that Youks is Jewish fairly common knowledge, especially among Red Sox fans?
best laugh of the day so far...we got two jewish players Mel. put them in your next movie.
I love just 15 seconds in...what is that kid, Greek, Irish...Jewish?
Apparently, my Eastern European roots are overshadowed by my having a Bar Mitzvah.
Made me laugh pretty hard, though.
I heard that, after the broadcast, Leary raped Jerry Remy and Remy totally got into it halfway through.
Hahaha. The pause where it's all quiet, and no one knows what to say is great. And then Leary goes right back into it.
I love the very end, how after a 3-and-a-half minute rant, Leary just quietly signs off with, "Hope we didn't get you in trouble." Nice save.
I am in love with Denis Leary. There, I said it.
//you're with me, public intoxication....//
Clarke is famously on the wagon...but Leary was there pimping his benefits for the firemen so it's possible he was enjoying the bud lights.
They did this in 2004 (when Clarke went on an infamous rant about our team being 'hairballs') to much the same results.
Man, if only they could make Ben Affleck go away.
And, Bowden, my first reaction was also "how do you, as a Sox fan, NOT know Youk is Jewish?".
Poor Lenny Clark. Funny guy, always second fiddle to Leary.
it's a good love Siobhan, a good love. If he was on my team i'd show him some serious love too.
No spoilers from last night's "Rescue Me" like someone did in "The Closer" post. I wait until Sunday nights to watch it.
That being said, BDD wins this post.
The Braveheart rips were priceless, as well.
This isn't the first time these guys were in the booth, either. Two years ago they showed up wrecked pimping Rescue Me and were just as funny. I can't believe it. The first game I go to this year, I miss this broadcast.
Sorry, RSChick, didn't refresh there. I loved "run like you stole somethin!" personally.
i didn't know Lowell was Puerto Rican!
Youkilis is a Jewish name?
Am I supposed to know the religions of all the players on the team?
What religion is Papelbon?
Rumor has it that Bill Hicks was doing rants on Youkilis and Mel Gibson years ago...
The Ben Affleck Birthday Curse is alive and well!
God did that make my morning...thank god I brought my headphones today...
"I'll park in handicap spaces, while handicap people make handicap faces"
Since when is Puerto Rican a Religion?
And Joe Rogan is a poster here?
Papelbon was born a snakehandler and he'll die a snakehandler.
"how do you, as a Sox fan, NOT know Youk is Jewish?"
seriously - how would you know he IS jewish?
should i know the religion, country-of-origin, and political-leanings of all the players?
tavarez? timlin?
what about AAA, do i need to find out there, too???
this is alot of work.
Damnit, my stupid office doesn't let us use youtube anymore. I might just have to burn this place down and then go home to watch it.
Oooooh, I remember that rant a few years ago.
Damn, I miss NESN. Seeing that just makes me hate FOX and ESPN broadcasts even more if that is even possible.
They were there for two innings and were great. I never laughed so hard at a baseball game that didn't have Tommy Lasorda involved.
And while Lowell was born in Puerto Rico, he's technically Cuban.
I looked it up - Papelbon is a practicing Muslim!!!! Who knew?!?!?
Coco Crisp - also a Jew!
Very interesting findings... all on here: religion.redsox.com
does that make Lowell a Cuban-Puerto Rican?
(like Leary is an Irish-American, for example)
Hey Dennis, how's your memory of Bill Hicks?
You know, the guy you stole your whole schtick from after he died from cancer.
Glass houses asshole.
Let me guess, Manny Ramirez is a Rastafarian? That would explain why he likes to go into the scoreboard during innings.
Supermike...it became an 'issue' because he was called "The Greek God of Walks" in "Moneyball" and he went out of his way to tell anyone who would listen that he wasn't Greek, he was Jewish.
I didn't mean it as a slam to you if you didn't know...but there's been a lot of talk about this for a while.
I watch a lot of sox games and had no idea Youk was Jewish. Several of my ex girlfriends will probably now start liking him as much as Gabe Kapler. Best line of Rescue Me so far is definitely "Go blow a drummer.".
Obviously Leary hasn't spent much time in the Red Sox locker room.
I can see the steam rising from all the non-Red Sox fans at Deadspin.
All the Red Sox talk today and none of it 'hand-wringing'. The horror!
That's just Haile Selassie being Haile Selassie...
Jah! RASTAFARI!!!
Somebody put a yarmaluk on Leary!
It makes me feel good that we as a society have arrived at a point where people like Mel Gibson are rightfully attacked. Hope Mel burns in hell.
This may be my favorite Deadspin post ever. Yes, even over Cooper and YWML.
wait, so greeks can't be jewish?
"greek" is a country of origin (Greece), not a religion, right?
That's like saying - "No, I'm not Italian, I'm a Christian."
Hava Nagilah, bitches...
supermike - that was awesome.
OJ Simpson? Not a Jew.
That Jery Remy survived this is truly remarkable
There was a helluvalotta hand-wringin and giving-up-on in the ol' Closer.
I came here to say what Supermike said.
You mean there are people in the world who DON'T like the Red Sox?
I don't want to know these people.
Youkilis is a Jew form Jewvania