My 6 year old is very into the Jackson 5 music all of a sudden. I'm sure it has to do with the deluge of Jackson "stuff" that has hit the media since the breadwinner of the family passed on at the age of 50 this summer. I've been watching the nice touching commercial for an insurance company (you rarely get a mention here for free as a corporation unless you are advertising here or an assclown worthy of mention, so I am NOT mentioning them). If you have been watching TV, you've seen it. Its played to the backdrop of the Jackson 5's "I'll Be There". Very moving. And of course the rights to that song were very unavailable until the gloved money maker took the dirt nap a few months back. Then all of a sudden everything is for sale. My 6 year old loves the commercial and screams out the lyrics. Very cute.
The other "gloved one" is in the news the last few days. Eldrick Woods. The first thought I had when the "accident" occured was this guy is the Michael Jackson of the sports world. Forget about the allegations true or not. This guy has been in the spotlight since he was on "The Mike Douglas Show" when he was 2 years old, hitting balls 150 yards down the fairway. His dad reminded me a bit of that assclown Joe Jackson father of the Jackson 5, always on top of them to be perfect performers. (If you havent seen the unauthorized biography show "The Jackson Family", you should. Its about 6 hours long. But the guy who played Freddie "Boom Boom" Washington from "Welcome Back Kotter" plays a real good Joe Jackson)
You think Tiger was able to go play with other kids like a normal child? Nope. He had to practice. You think he had a regular school life? Nope. He had to practice. You think he had a girlfriend growing up? Nope. There was no time for that. He had to practice.
So as the P.R. machine at stately Woods Manor in Fantasyland, Florida has run full bore (and still is) these days, remember there are many, many leeches that make money off this guy. So they CAN'T have him go "off the reservation" like the guy who wore the sequined glove and sang. Even if that means skipping his own golf tournament this weekend, and costing COUNTLESS dollars to well deserving charities that would've benefited just from Mr. Woods appearance this week in this really tough time in the economy. Like Michael Jackson, I'm sure all of these "handlers" have Eldrick's interests at heart. Uh huh.
I'm sure all of this will blow over and we'll see the best golfer in the world doing what he does best, playing golf soon. But his social skills probably will never be up to par and he seems to be under some pressure to perform to "not let people down". Well in the last week, I've counted a few people he's let down already. Money does funny things to a lot of people. My guess is he is saying right now what I think actor Bill Murray from Caddyshack used to say, "rich and famous is nice but whats really nice is if you try the rich without the famous." Amen brother.
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