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First off, don't get our own Rick Chandler started on poker analyst and "comedy" columnist Norman Chad. You really don't want to know.
Actually, we don't mind Chad that much, though he should come up with more original ideas for his columns. (Not that ours was inherently original either.) Chad's big schtick is to riff on his failed marriages, which is probably funnier if you're old enough to have been married a few times and, you know, don't much care anymore.
But poker fans know Chad better than we do, not that they're always dead-on. Alas.
So: Do you like the Norman Chad? Do you not like the Norman Chad? Let's hear it.
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Stuff the ballot box, Shirley!
Needs a "Meh" option.
I have no idea who he is, but I disapprove based solely on that raccoon sleeping on his upper lip.
Have you never heard of Norman Chad?
You know who disapproved this? My ex-wife! Oh!
Who? People actually watch poker on tv anymore? Disapproval strictly on the basis of me hating the whole idea of WATCHING people play cards. It's almost as exciting as watching bowling.
His ex-wifes disapproved of his hanging Chad.
@Doyle McPoyle: + 1
Take my ex-wife, please.
Disapprove.
Disapprove solely because "Chad Norman" sounds like a much better poker analyst and humor writer.
NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!
The man annoys me to no end. From Poker to those movies they show on ESPN Classics.
Don't leave this guy hanging, Deadspinners!
/rimshot
Would rather watch the WNBA than televised poker. Disapproval by association.
Tits tweed jacket numbnuts
I don't know who this is but I don't like the way he looks.
I approve of Chad's "pretend live" insightful analysis of poker hands.
I disapprove of men with moustaches and two first names.
Also, when if comes to poker commentators, I'm partial to the comedy stylings of Michael Konik.
Approve on the basis of his Friday NFL picks column from the late 90s.
Never before has someone gone so far for so little comedic impact. Go back to Monster Trucks. Disapprove.
(Gimme reruns of Will and Phil Gordon on Celebrity Poker Showdown anyday!)
You can take your poker, give me in-depth Uno analysis.
@MeSoHornsby: ex-wiVes, dumbass
Scraping the bottom of the barrel, eh?
I went to click "Approve" and it sent me to the Timmy Chang For Heisman page.
Two first names = distrust = disapprove
Disapprove of Rolling Rock. Ergo, disapprove.
@Suss--: +1
Paul Giamatti and Craig Stadlers love child.
Absolutely approve. One of the funniest men in print.
I don't know him except from wsop and I find him intensely annoying.
@Afino: I agree. I was watching the Celtics-Hawks game on Sunday and thought, "Did I miss Mike Breen? Because I'd really like to express my approval for a guy like Mike Breen."
So ... did I miss Mike Breen?
the fuck is a Norman Chad?
Who?
- Gives proxy vote to someone who watches poker.
First off, don't get our own Rick Chandler started on poker analyst and "comedy" columnist Norman Chad. You really don't know to know
This intro left me hanging worse than... well, you know.
Approve.
@Sherrill-Theory: He's been a PBR man since Rolling Rock sold to Budweiser.
I'm sorry I know this.
Approve.
Much better PTI fill-in guest than LeBatard (even though he hasn't done it in a couple of years). Approve.
@Herr Doktor Merkwürdigelieben: one of those hanging things in Florida from the election a few years back
He's probably the best at telling scripted jokes while doing color commentary on non-live events that in no galazy qualify as a sporting event.
And that is something to be proud of.
His column just sort of exists for me. I read it, but I never remember a word of it.
If we all vote 'Disapprove,' will tWWL stop showing so much damned poker?
You know why he's been married so many times?
Because he's gay.
Approved!
Just because he hasn't strolled into Chris Hanson's kitchen...yet.
Needs more Vince Van Patten.
How is the man being approved? Have you ever watched him do his schtick during poker? I have had to turn the channel because of his terrible jokes before I actually got bored of watching a tape delay of people play cards. That is pretty bad
@MyronCopacetic: The fuck is a galazy?
If poker didn't completely ruin what ESPN Classic was intended for, then he would get a 'meh.'
Since it did, he's my scapegoat.
Disapprove.
@J. Henry Waugh: Absolutely agreed. I got into many arguments with my Dad as a teenager when he took the Star Ledger sports section into the shitter before I got a chance to read his football column.
There's a way to do ex-wife jokes and still be funny. Norman Chad still hasn't learned how to do it.
Disapprove.
Shut up about your ex wife?
Disapprove
Disapprove. Aside from how canned the WSOP production is for ESPN, his 'commentating' is annoying as fuck to say the least.
I prefer his WSOP partner: "Ohhhhhhhh and there's a card I knew was coming! Smith is drawing dead!"
Though I did enjoy his Ace-King joke (calling them the Anna Kournakova hand), it was the only joke I enjoyed. Disapprove.
Approve.
We're interviewing him next week. I'll let him know many of you hate him.
/threadjackingplug
@Suss--: +1, Suss.
[i]He's like a a son to me although I am not like a father to him[/i]
Up next, approve/disapprove: The Machine from The George Michael Sports Machine.
"Man About Town" Chip Muldoon
@buttons: No we'll get the wit of Mike and Mike instead.
@Von Hayes: slip a little "," between "No" and "we'll"... Sorry, I used to be a copy editor.
@SensitiveThug: Apfuckingprove!!! But only the old school ENIAC sports machine.
Compared to the Sklar brothers, he's hilarious. So, faint praise approval. And his written work is about 100x better than the WSOP "humor"
For the miniscule amount I watch poker, he's OK. Approve.
For all the time he has to come up with poker one-liners, they're terrible. However, his syndicated column is decent. That said, mildly disapprove.
Approve - loved his column in the late, lamented National Sports Daily.
He's a Maryland alum so I approve
I approve since he makes fun of Schrutebag on his show.
Disapprove. What qualifies him to be a poker commentator? His jokes get lamer and lamer every year.
Any guy 50+ with an earring gets a strong dissaprove.
What's with the picture of Martin Mull?
Can't stand televised poker, so disapprove.
I remember when he was the Sports TV columnist for the much-loved, yet ill-fated The National: America's Sports Daily. he was quite amusing and he did better than the other experts picking football games. His method: Pick the 'Skins, against the Giants and Cowboys, flip a coin for the rest.
APPROVE
Like him on TV, so so on his columns. Approve!
He's the Dane Cook of sports-ish kinda-comedy.
Disapprove.