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Reading Bill Simmons mailbag and he ranks the best comedians of the year for the last 25 years. I don't have much to say about that except for his analysis of the Chris Rock year:

1996: Chris Rock He underachieved on SNL to the point that, when he switched to "In Living Color" for one year, nobody gave a crap. By 1995, he had fallen into the "doing guest spots on 'Martin' and 'Fresh Prince of Bel Air'" stage of his career. And then, out of nowhere ... "Bring The Pain" happened. The best stand-up special since Eddie in his prime. Who knew?

Reading, "And then, out of nowhere." was steroids.  Which shows you how pervasive that label has become and how it really still ruins sports watching for me. Even as sports media rushes to tell us that these kids are alright.