Lance a Lot!
I just wrote a Pulitzer-prize winning column about Lance Briggs' visit to the show, but in the process of posting it to the blog, the computer monster ate it. In other words, I tried to get fancy with a font or text size or some other nonsense, and my hours-worth of writing was somehow lost.
So here are the Cliff's Notes. The car service went to the wrong address (not their fault) and Lance got here while we were on-air for his segment. He was rushed to studio where he helped me conduct a live satellite interview with the Bengals Chad Johnson, who's normally a lot of fun was still sulking after his team's loss to Atlanta on Sunday. Lance asked a few questions, then sat in Larry's anchor chair after he went home sick, and typed away at that laptop just like L-Pot. Next we surprised Lance on-air with a live snake and tarantula and learned that he's deathly afraid of such animals. Perhaps the site of his sister (visiting from out of town) scurrying to the other side of the newsroom should have clued us in. Anyway, after that we presented Lance with a ballcap full of dollar bills, trying to entice him to re-sign with the Bears once he becomes a free agent. He laughed. We ended the interview by having 10 people dressed up like ghouls and zombies for Halloween chase Lance out of the newsroom. Did I miss anything?
Lance has a charity bowling event coming up that you all should go to. For the amount of abuse he took here, I owe him all the plugs he wants.
For more information, go to Lance's personal website. http://www.lancebriggs.com
He was really a gracious guy and a lot of fun to have on. We can't wait to have him back. Wait a second, in the words of the immortal Mike Ditka: "Who you crappin'?" Apparently, myself. Ain't noooooo way he's coming back!!!