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Old 10-22-2010, 08:50 AM
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I watched last night's episode of "The Mentalist" which was touted on some horse racing boards because the plot revolved around a racetrack. Every racetrack character was portrayed in a sleezy manner.

The murder victim was a jockey with a physically violent temper. The big-time trainer employed threatening and coercive business practices. The groom, who was an agent of the big-time trainer, delivered threats to people at the track and peddled worthless "inside" information to the suckers. The small-time trainer was a cheat and a murderer. Even the apprentice jockey, the least culpable of the lot, was a reluctant accomplice to the small-time trainer's scam, if not to the murder itself.

I realize that it's only television, and also that they say that any publicity is good publicity, but this kind of a show simply reinforces the negative stereotypes that plague the sport.

Plus, the lead character (the mentalist himself) is a smarmy a-hole.
He's nice to look at though.

Jerry O'Connel's new show, The Defenders, had a bit of racing in one episode and the ending was pretty amusing because they were given a $500 W bet on a horse who was closing late and just missed at the wire.
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Old 10-22-2010, 09:39 AM
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He's nice to look at though.

Jerry O'Connel's new show, The Defenders, had a bit of racing in one episode and the ending was pretty amusing because they were given a $500 W bet on a horse who was closing late and just missed at the wire.
It is actually a pretty good show, and I am normally not that huge of a fan of O'Connell
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Old 10-22-2010, 09:59 AM
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The band Rancid apparently likes Golden Gate Fields

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xthGd8deuB8

and they filmed part of a recent video there:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYW3mVUyUtI&ob=av2e

(starts at the 2:00 mark)
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Old 10-22-2010, 10:00 AM
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Can't get over that guy's role as the male hooker in LA Confidential. Can't take him seriously in anything else.
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Old 10-22-2010, 10:00 AM
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I watch The Defenders



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Old 10-22-2010, 10:31 AM
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Watching The Mentalist is all about 1 thing: Amanda Righetti
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Old 10-22-2010, 10:37 AM
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The Mentalist is a good show... and yes, there are reasons to watch beyond the storylines!
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Old 10-22-2010, 11:20 AM
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I'd rather watch a show featuring close ups of root canals called Dentalist. Not a good portrayal of our sport.
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Old 10-22-2010, 11:46 AM
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I'd rather watch a show featuring close ups of root canals called Dentalist. Not a good portrayal of our sport.
Maybe not a good portrayal, but probably pretty accurate.
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Old 10-22-2010, 01:53 PM
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Watching The Mentalist is all about 1 thing: Amanda Righetti

14,000 pretty good posts. This might be your best.
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Old 10-22-2010, 04:55 PM
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Watching The Mentalist is all about 1 thing: Amanda Righetti
Pretty good pick for a Colgate grad.
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