With the writers strike ending, the office is set to return to its regular Thursday at 9 pm spot. The remainder or season 4 is schedule to begin production immediately and the first episode is set to be on NBC April 10th. Lets hope the show dedicates more time to the likes of Creed, Todd Packer, and Kevin. No one needs to be bored with the annoying details of Jim and Pam’s relationship. 

 Separated at Birth?

Sam                                 Gollum

I have never actually seen Lord of the Rings but when I was flipping through the channels the other day this Gollum character appeared on the screen. When I saw him I asked myself what is that crazy Sam Cassell up to now. After 5 to 10 minutes went by I soon began to realize that this wasn’t Sam after all, but rather another ugly gremlin that closely resembled Sam.

At this point I figured that some research was in order and that I need to figure out if it was actually Sam’s brother.  I figured no better person to ask these questions to then Adam Young and Tyler Nelson, unfortunately these two were unable to be reached for an interview so I had to settle for Shakeima Cassell.

I found Shakeima when I dug into the birth records from Baltimore, Maryland.  Luckily Shakeima’s number was easy to locate and she agreed to speak with me for a few minutes over the phone.

The conversation was off to a rough start and I almost gave up hope when she firmly denied giving birth to twins. I then thanked her for her time and told her to give Sam my best. When she quickly and fiercely shot back “whod be this Sam”, and I informed her that she was listed as the birth mother. That’s when she said she only had one son and his name was Gollum and that he is a movie star in weird nearly unwatchable movies.

When I again told her that she was listed as Sam’s mother she reluctantly began to open up and tell me what happened to Sam when he was born. She went on to say that she was only 15 and times were tough, the man who she suspected was the father was in jail and she was being raised by her grandmother. So when the babies were born she was forced to make a decision, one of the easiest decisions of her life she added.

She would only be able to keep one of babies, so she naturally decided the more attractive one…Gollum. When asked if she regrets this decision Shakeima said “Hell no, me baby’s daddy aint help me do nothing and I aint bout to drag no two babies around.” 

 Based on Shakeima’s testimony it may appear that Gollum and Sam were actually separated at birth, but I think this case is far from closed. I will continue to attempt to sort out the mess of whether one woman is capable of producing two of the ugliest walking and talking things that have ever set foot on earth.

Any information you know and your comments are welcomed and appreciated.

See if you can keep track of how many times he uses the F Word in the following clip. (hint- its in double digits)

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMg0hqLUDDI&eurl]

Berman with his smooth pick-up lines 

Berman discusses smuggling prescription drugs in from Canada

For some people this might tarnish Berman’s imagine, but for me it just raises more questions.  How is he able to put on a smile be so jovial when he is pissed off at some guy on the opposite side of the set who just scratched his nose? Are my idols, Scott Van Pelt and Tony Kornheiser also like this when the camera is not on?

Regardless of what you think of the videos……I can guarantee that sports wont be the first thing that comes to your mind the next time you see or think of Chris Berman.

UPDATE…………………FEB 13……  After I finished this entry ESPN decided to pull all the videos. Its a shame if you missed out on a half a dozen of the funniest videos not made for TV.

ESPN SLAMS DOOR ON BERMAN YOUTUBE CLIPS

Though in many respects the damage already has been done, ESPN apparently has asserted its copyright protections as to the various Chris Berman videos posted on YouTube by the user who goes by the name “ampex2000.”