FeedI Want A Habs Version Of 24/7
December 19, 2010 in Alex Ovechkin, Ken Dryden, Montreal Canadiens, Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals Tags: 24/7, Bruce Boudreau, HBO, Jacques Martin, John F. Kennedy, Ken Dryden, Lars Eller, Sidney Crosby, The Game, Winston Churchill, Winter Classic
Finally got to see Part One of 24/7, HBO’s fascinating look at the behind the scenes goings-on of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals, two teams going in different directions, and one team with a coach who drops a ton of F-bombs as he gives his inspirational speeches in the dressing room and behind the bench.
It’s a lead-up to the Winter Classic on New Year’s Day, and I can’t wait for Part Two next Wednesday.
Glimpses behind the scenes is one of my favourite things, and 24/7 is all about behind the scenes. Hangin’ out, Christmas party, practical jokes like Crosby and the boys taking the furniture out of a rookie’s hotel room and leaving it in the hallway. Team dinners, kids, fans, getting sewn up, and plane trips where we see most of the players playing video games.
I couldn’t be an NHLer. I don’t know how to play video games.
Best of all was Bruce Boudreau blasting his team after another loss. Not surprisingly, he heard it from his mother later on about the couple of hundred F-bombs he let fly in this documentary.
I thought his speeches were great. The hockey version of Winston Churchill and John F. Kennedy.
Maybe not.
And the Caps continued to lose anyway.
The whole thing was fascinating and I wish someone would do the same thing about the Habs. How great would it be to see the Canadiens off the ice, as Ken Dryden described so wonderfully in “The Game?”
And I wonder if Jacques Martin swears as much as Bruce Boudreau.
December 19th, 2010 at 3:16 pm
Dennis I also just got around to watching this show, and I was – unbelievably – entertained and impressed. Hard to do considering my usual venom vs. Crosby and Ovechkin. I posted a list of reasons why on my blog.
Is it just me or does Boudreau in Caps reds look like Santa without the beard? He’s even got the same likable jolly nature, which makes it hard to take all the cussing seriously, unless you’re his mother apparently. I love it that one never gets to old for the sharp edge of a mother’s tongue. Makes the world seem right somehow.
December 19th, 2010 at 3:24 pm
Hi Tyg. It’s funny we post the same subject on the same day. What is also funny is that I pre-recorded it on two different channels and when I went to watch, both showed a western instead. But a show my wife had recorded about the New York garment district showed 24/7 instead. Weird, but at least I saw it. I just love seeing NHLers off the ice. But I’m with you about the Ovechkin thing, they could’ve edited the underwear part.
(Tyg’s post is at http://tygerbythetail.blogspot.com/)
December 19th, 2010 at 3:49 pm
Dennis,
Bruce F Boudreau doesn’t need this instructional video.
Viewer discretion is advised. Coarse language…
December 19th, 2010 at 4:06 pm
Thanks, Danno. Good video. Personally, I’d like to know how far back the word fuck goes. Was it being used 1000 years ago, or just a few hundred? And Boudreau must have seen this video because it tells us to use it loud and clear, which he certainly does. And I know I don’t swear much on my blog but it’s just a choice I made. I swear with the best of them.
December 19th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
All I know Dennis is the last time I crushed my thumb with a hammer I didn’t yell out fuddle duddle…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXKSGRyZtz8
What is the nature of your thoughts gentlemen, when you say “Fuddle duddle” of something like that?” — Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau
December 19th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
Dennis,
I’ve watched it and enjoyed it. Hopefully they’ll show a little bit more on the tactics and adjustments that coaches and players make both before and during games. They’re whole dialogue doesn’t consist ofl f*****g and fightin’, surely. A bit thinking goes into it all.
Bylsma’s an interesting character. There’s ice in those veins methinks.
HBO couldn’t have it set up better. Two teams, one on a run the other going down the tubes. It’s like it’s scripted.
Highlight so far for me. The moment in the game against the AV’s. when Semin is ejected from the game…
Ref: Cross checked him right here (points to neck)
Ovechkin: Yes
Ref: And it’s cut f***ing wide open
Ovechkin: Well he probably has sensitive skin no?
3 thoughts
1. Was that dubbed on?
2. Bearing in mind Ovechkin’s tie in with Gillette, shown earlier in the episode and his awareness that he’s miked up, how good is he? Not at hockey but at recognising that any moment can be used to help a sponsor.
3. Comedy wont die while Ovie’s around.
December 19th, 2010 at 4:35 pm
Aaaaaah maybe I should have read Tyg’s blog first as she refers to exactly the same incident.
Mind you I’ve always been of the opinion that the wheel can be improved on.
December 19th, 2010 at 4:40 pm
Dennis, I don’t get HBO but I just discovered the 24/7 episode is available in its entirety on NHL.com
http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=58&id=87985&navid=DL|NHL|home
December 19th, 2010 at 7:55 pm
That’a a good point about Ovie and the sensitive skin, Blue Bayou. It wasn’t dubbed I’m sure. But there’s something about him I can’t get a handle on. Is it a lot of acting, or is he a really different type of character? I’d also have Crosby on my team any day than Ovie.
December 20th, 2010 at 8:09 am
I would absolutely love to see a Habs version!