Charles Barkley Taco Bell commercial - it rocks?

"The five buck box, it rocks it rocks, it rocks with a meal for lots and lots. That is lots and lots in just one box..." Annoyed yet? If you've watched any amount of TV since the Superbowl, you've likely been constantly bombarded by the Charles Barkley Taco Bell commercial. "It rocks, it rocks" Barkley rhymes and half-raps as he walks around with his Taco Bell meal. Lamar Odom even makes a cameo, but it's clear Odom isn't eating those $5 Taco Bell meals, while Barkley may have done 100 takes to get the ad right. Somewhere the Taco Bell Chihuahua is rolling over in its doggy grave (RIP).



The Barkley Taco Bell commercial aired ad nauseum during the 2010 All-Star Saturday night events. Unfortunately, unlike Barkley's commentary on TNT, the ad is not funny at all. In fact, it's rather Dr. Seuss in its style and could have been done a lot better. That's just one humble opinion though.

As evidence of Barkley's true off-the-cusp and blatant humor, a few of his quips from 2010 NBA All-Star Saturday night stand out:

"Ever notice how Gatorade doesn't work on guys who suck?" ...after Nate Robinson took a swig of Gatorade during the dunk contest.

..in reference to four Dallas Cowgirls standing behind a seated Nate Robinson, waving their pom-poms...Kenny Smith "Looks like he's gonna use them" Barkley "for what, to cool himself off?"

...in reference to the dunk contest winner about to be announced by Cheryl Miller Dean: "maybe no one will win"

Barkley's T-Mobile ads with Dwyane Wade and Dwight Howard were much funnier and better done. Please Taco Bell do us a favor and take this ad off the air or at least limit it to late night viewings! If not, re-write it after referring to some of the best NBA basketball commercials of all-time!

Reggie Miller Banner warns 'No Married Women'

Recently a beach plane towing a banner across the skys from Malibu to South Bay in California carried an interesting message. It wasn't your typical advertisement or some clever marriage proposal, instead it was aimed at former NBA Indiana Pacers star (current TNT NBA analyst) Reggie Miller. The banner read: "Reggie Miller stop pursuing married women". Several beachgoers noticed the Reggie Miller warning banner high up in the sky as they were attending the AVP Hermosa Beach Open down below in Malibu area. Miller is also a resident of Malibu, but there's been no word if he saw the expensive sign.

Apparently the banner was purchased by Alex von Furstenberg, a Malibu resident and surf shop owner, who even took out a restraining order against Miller for pursuing his wife Ali. Miller also reportedly chatted with Ali recently, and after waiting for her to leave the local Country Mart followed her down Malibu's PCH highway pleading to see her again.

Miller claims that Ali sent him some provocative photos of herself via text message, seen here at TMZ.com. Miller also claims he ended things with her in April, but she reconnected in May asking why he ended things. The next day he supposedly got an angry call from her husband.

According to eurweb.com and Hollywood Street King:

"While Miller has yet to comment on the allegations, reports say he and von Furstenberg have even had a confrontation about the situation, where Reggie threatened him, saying 'he had friends with guns.'"

HSK quotes von Furstenberg as saying: "I was very upset about Reggie's behavior towards my fiancé. I think people in Malibu share my views that being a famous basketball player should not provide some sort of shield against inappropriate behavior. Reggie sincerely apologized to me on a phone call with Ronald Richards, his attorney, and myself. I cannot comment further on the matter as I believe it has been resolved."

There's more on this story at Diary of a Hollywood Street King (HSK) including a copy of the restraining order and texts.

Elevator Ernie Johnson Reborn!

Years ago, award-winning NBA analyst from TNT, Ernie Johnson, took part in a mini dunking tutorial on a lowered hoop, complete with extra short shorts and a specially made black T-shirt which displayed his nickname. That's right Elevator Ernie Johnson was re-introduced Sunday night as on the air footage prior to the Cavaliers-Magic Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals. EJ's co-hosts, Barkley, Kenny Smith and Reggie Miller all had some choice comments poking fun at their colleague's apparel. Ernie also announced that Homage clothing offers a re-created version of the Elevator Ernie Johnson T-Shirt. That's right it can be yours fans for a mere $32. (Ernie's elevator hops not included)

Check out the Elevator Ernie Johnson T-shirt at HomageClothing.com

Reggie Miller Talks Obama Bball

TNT NBA analyst and NBA legend, Reggie Miller is hoping that soon-to-be President Barack Obama puts a regulation basketball court in the white house. If he does, Miller wants in on the pickup game. Reggie, who has yet to meet Obama, recently discussed Barack Obama's basketball style with CNN. According to Miller, Obama's left-handed game reminds him of other lefties he's played against such as Greg Anthony , or Hall of Famer, Nate "Tiny" Archibald.

Miller had the following to say regarding Obama's game and his campaign demeanor:

CNN: From what you've seen, how good a player is Obama?

Miller: I would not mind picking him up on my squad; if there were 10 guys and we had to pick, he could definitely be in my squad. Because he knows what his strength is -- making sure that everyone gets involved, and that's the kind of point guard I want. Those are guys like Magic Johnson, Mark Jackson, John Stockton, it's not all about them; it's about let's make sure our team is good. He's going to get the ball to everyone.

CNN: Speaking of being commander in chief, what are the lessons that you take away from Obama's basketball that you think would be useful?

Miller: If you look at his demeanor, he's very cool; you have to be cool under pressure. You can't make hasty decisions. You've got to look at the full picture as a whole and then you assess it. And I think from a strategic and a political standpoint, I think that very much sums up Mr. Obama.

You look at him during the debate and during the campaign, he pretty much never got too high and never got too low; he just kind of stayed right in the middle. When you're making the decisions that he's going to be making, for our economy, for Iraq, Afghanistan, you want someone who's levelheaded who's going to look at the big picture, who's going to rely on his Cabinet, which would be the other players.

You want them to all be on same page, which you want your starting five to be, and then you go out there and execute it.

(Source: CNN.com)

Read the entire Reggie Miller CNN interview piece here.

Obama's been seen in pickup games around the country, including this game with some Indiana High School students. You can also see his skills on display as Obama hits a 3 pointer, a la Reggie Miller.

Check out YouTube footage of Barack playing ball back in High School!

Watch George Bush play b-ball in Belfast!

Soulja Boy Marv Cranks Dat

A Marv Albert-Soulja Boy Mashup?

In case you missed it, the whole fiasco started when the Wizards decided to start trash talking before they even set foot in Cleveland for Game 1. First, Gilbert Arenas, aka "Agent 0" decided to say there's no way Cleveland could beat them 3 straight playoffs and that this year's team wasn't as good as before. Then, DeShawn Stevenson who has no real credentials other than being associated with Arenas as a teammate, decided to open his mouth and call out Lebron as "overrated". Big Mistake. When you call out one of the top players in the league before a series starts, it's more than enough to propel the Cavs to things like Monday night's 30 point win.

King James also used a rap analogy as his retort, saying that Stevenson calling him out was like Soulja Boy calling out Jay-Z. It just wouldn't make sense or be realistic to even consider the 1 hit wonder Soulja Boy calling out one of the Greatest of All Time in Jay-Z.

TNT got into the fray of things as well. Analyst Marv Albert discussed the whole war of words during Monday night's game, and Marv's iPod full of rap songs was also joked about. Then the creative folks in TNT's editing lab got into things, and what resulted was a mashup of Marv meets Soulja Boy.

Watch the YouTube video of Marv Albert as Soulja Boy here!