[nfb-talk] Fw: Blind Ref

[ckrugman at sbcglobal.net]

Thissounds just as bad as the Saturday Night Live episode when former N.Y. 
governor Paterson was on. don't remember the details of that skit though as 
I've never been a fan of late night comedians on TV.
Chuck
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Meskys" <edmeskys at roadrunner.com>
To: "nfb-talk" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>; "board-nfbnh" <nh-board at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 2:29 AM
Subject: [nfb-talk] Fw: Blind Ref


> This was sent to me by a sighted friend in NYC. Ed Meskys
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> To: <edmeskys at roadrunner.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 7:11 PM
> Subject: Blind Ref
>
>
> Last week on Jimmy Kimmel's late night talk show on ABC, he aired a skit
> he did with Will Smith, a trailer for a nonexistent movie BLIND REF,
> about someone (played by Smith) who's blind trying to be a pro basketball
> referee.
>
> It was the shtick you'd expect - miscalling shots, facing away from the
> players, talking to people after they've walked away, and yes, the
> face-groping thing.  OK, it parodied feel-good movies' triumphant ending,
> having an emergency come up and him being the only NBA ref available, but
> still ...
>
> You may want to see if the NFB or a similar group protested to ABC.
> (Nothing was in the newspaper.  I wonder if he'll apologize tonight.)
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