OJ Simpson: Made In America

He always seemed to have that same shit-eating grin when interviewing folks, though.

 

For the 721st consecutive week

 

Trying to think of any Firestone interview that didn't involve lots of slurpage.

 

Roy attempts to justify himself:

My Regrets About How I Asked O.J. Simpson About Domestic Abuse

 

To Roy's credit, ESPN was in it's infancy and I don't think anyone at that time wanted hard-hitting interviews. If they had, they wouldn't have hired a cheeseball like Roy Firestone, who ended one show by crooning like a shitty lounge act.

 

Credit to Toy for taking blame. He loses me when he starts talking about other beloved liars.

He's a person. People tend to lie if the truth makes them look bad. It's not rocket surgery.

 

I remember that Firestone interview when it happened. It was embarrassing even before we found out about the whole murdering thing. "Boy, Juice, isn't it crazy you were accused of domestic violence when you're really just the most awesome, charming, modest yet brilliant businessman and super duper guy ever?"

But then ingratiation and jock sniffing was always at the core of Firestone's schtick, and then ESPN would tout him as their "hard hitting" interviewer.

 

Was that in last night's episode? I'd like to see that.

 

FWIW, I believe that interview occurred in 1992, which is nowhere close to ESPN's "infancy."

 

I meant more that the network was in its infancy when Firestone's show was created. It was always meant to be a kiss-ass 30 minutes with the biggest names in sports. At the time I believe it was the only show ESPN was doing staged in LA and not Bristol. They needed big names, and asking true questions as opposed to dick suckery, wasn't gonna' lure people to a brand new channel on a medium (cable) that was still new at the time.

 

Bob Ley would have kicked the Juice's ass in that interview.

 

It was hard-hitting. He made people like Rod Tidwell cry.