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Steven Hill: The Pride of Branson

Read this post, entitled "The First Modern Hillbilly NBA Player has come." 

Note to KP: anyone that can survive chainsaw art shows deserves a real contract. 

Steven Hill, chainsaw, bonzai tree, Portland Japanese Garden.  Let's get that done Blazers marketing.  Let's get that done.

Consider this Chapter 1 of the Steven Hill chronicles.  Why do I strongly suspect there will be many, many additional chapters?

-- Ben (benjamin.golliver@gmail.com)

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ok.....we shoulda drafted old lower lip guy

first!!!

Styx -"I'm schizophrenic....and so am I"

by 92wastheyear on Aug 27, 2008 7:20 PM PDT reply actions  

This is creepin' me out Ben

"He doesn't let grass grow under his feet when there are points to be had." - Dave

by BlueBooYay on Aug 27, 2008 8:23 PM PDT reply actions  

Seriously...

My grandpa freakin’ loves Branson. It’s Hee-Haw heaven.

by mcmillion on Aug 27, 2008 9:46 PM PDT reply actions  

Sure

Sure, we are so smug with our sophistication. But tell me deep in our hearts of hearts who doesn’t want the thrill of Pirates combined with the family friendly excitement of minature golf?

So off to Olive Garden followed by a night of Yakov! I think Steven Hill and Greg Oden could have a blast in Branson. It would make one hell of a 1/2 time feature.

"Mother Nature started this fight, I think it's about time we ended it!"

by Krang on Aug 27, 2008 10:48 PM PDT reply actions  

My respect for chainsaw carving

Inadvertantly seeing it at a state fair convinced me the chainsaw is not just for massacres because genius knows no bounds. They were gasolined Picassos, and it was a comedy show. Once I blinked and suddenly a chair was there that I probably would buy in a store. Those guys impress me more than all my years in education. I’d rather see that show than a Knicks-Wolves game, or a Pacers-OKC game, or a Kings-Nuggets you get the idea.

by 0004248939 on Aug 27, 2008 11:03 PM PDT reply actions  

My travels have taken me to Branson

The cheesiest city in America. Where Country (and kitsch Country) goes to die.

by blazermaniac32 on Aug 28, 2008 5:12 AM PDT reply actions  

I'm.... a lumber jack and I'm okay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zey8567bcg

I’m a lumberjack and I’m OK
I sleep all night and I work all day.

Chorus:
He’s a lumberjack and he’s OK
He sleeps all night and he works all day.

I cut down trees, I eat my lunch
I go to the lavatory.
On Wednesdays I go shopping and have buttered scones for tea

Mounties:
He cuts down trees, he eats his lunch
He goes to the lavatory.
On Wednesdays he goes shopping and has buttered scones for tea.

Chorus:
He’s a lumberjack and he’s OK
He sleeps all night and he works all day.

I cut down trees, I skip and jump
I like to press wild flowers.
I put on women’s clothing and hang around in bars.

Mounties:
He cuts down trees, he skips and jumps
He likes to press wild flowers.
He puts on women’s clothing and hangs around in bars?!

Chorus:
He’s a lumberjack and he’s OK
He sleeps all night and he works all day.

I cut down trees, I wear high heels
Suspenders and a bra.
I wish I’d been a girlie, just like my dear Papa!!

Mounties:
I cut down trees, I wear high heels?!
Suspenders…and a bra?!…

Just the Lumberjack:
I wish I’d been a girlie, just like my dear Papa!!

Ford: Bill, you're claiming victory already? Have you had a "Mission Accomplished" banner printed yet?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/columns/story?page=DraftDebate-080624

by ratbastird on Aug 28, 2008 7:39 AM PDT reply actions  

Once Again

I grew up in Northwest Arkansas. Branson was the nearest “tourist trap” to where we lived, and we went up there to visit Silver Dollar City, a kind of pioneer theme park and home of the a fore mentioned Fire In The Hole. BTW, those Bald Knobbers that star in Branson’s longest running show are the sack masked villains of the Fire In The Hole in-door water ride (which is hilarious, and my favorite thing to do at the park).

I also want to reiterate, as a Razorback alumni, that love Steven Hill’s mystique all you want, but he’s a poor man’s Theo Ratliff.

Standing in Chicago, eyes looking west.

by jnstarbird on Aug 28, 2008 8:08 AM PDT reply actions  

I just love his beard. too bad he shaved it.

Ford: Bill, you're claiming victory already? Have you had a "Mission Accomplished" banner printed yet?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/columns/story?page=DraftDebate-080624

by ratbastird on Aug 28, 2008 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions  

That may be

an insult to Theo Ratliff.

And to poverty.

—Dave

by Dave on Aug 28, 2008 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions  

I hear that

but I have sworn never to be suckered in by a 5 that block’s shots and doesn’t do squat else.

I want to (he claps his hands twice) but I gotta (he makes a serious face)

by jnstarbird on Aug 29, 2008 6:43 AM PDT up reply actions  

jnstarbird

Hey, I’m the writer of HP (and Ridiculous Upside- an SBNation blog! /plug). I’m from Harrison. Just curious which mountain town you’re from?

by Ridiculous Matt on Aug 28, 2008 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions  

(pre)historic Van Buren

or as the locals call it out: Bahn Buhrin

I want to (he claps his hands twice) but I gotta (he makes a serious face)

by jnstarbird on Aug 29, 2008 6:38 AM PDT up reply actions  

My Mom

lives right near Branson, in the middle of nowhere. The Ozarks make Eastern Oregon look futuristic.

There is probably no more terrible instance of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man — with human flesh.
Paul Muad'Dib - Dune (Frank Herbert)

My Translation: My Dad is a dude just like me, and my sons are dudes like me also. I love that.
Season Tix: Section 315

by johnv59 on Aug 31, 2008 4:01 AM PDT reply actions  

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