Corey Murray

Proud native of Fort Dodge (Go Gaels!) Father of 2, husband of 1. Iowa St. Cyclones, Chicago Cubs, Miami Dolphins, and Utah Jazz fan.

[Corey Murray @thegame2437]

@emmitonair Thurl Bailey, Greg Ostertag, Jeff Hornacek, Mark Eaton

[Corey Murray @thegame2437]

@nut_history Triple H and Stone Cold
Mr. Fuji
Demolition

[Corey Murray @thegame2437]

@NFL_DovKleiman Tony Nathan

[Jackson Pence @JacksonLPence]

“Brendan made a mistake. We acknowledge that. Mistakes have consequences.”

A two game suspension is quite the consequence when others in the state of Iowa lost their eligibility for doing what Sorsby did at a much, much lower scale.

What a joke.

[Chris Phillips @CPhilly19]

You know you’re in the wrong when you post a TWENTY TWO MINUTE long video to try to explain why you’re not.

Good grief.

[Zack Thomas @TFel922]

Hunter Dekkers 👿
• 366 bets
• ~$2,800 wagered
• One bet involving Iowa State football
• Lost entire season, NCAA eligibility, career

Brendan Sorsby 😇
• ~2,900 bets
• ~$90,000 wagered
• 40+ bets involving Indiana football
• Currently eligible after court injunction

Sorsby placed ~8x more bets and wagered ~32x more money than Dekkers…

[Corey Murray @thegame2437]

@HawkEmDownChris Hector Villanueva

[DepressedBergman @DannyDrinksWine]

Mel Brooks on the only condition George Lucas imposed on Brooks before allowing him to make the satire on "Star Wars" (1977): "Spaceballs" (1987):

"The same way I called Alfred Hitchcock to get his blessings on 'High Anxiety' (1977), I sent the 'Spaceballs' script to 'Star Wars' (1977) creator George Lucas. If not to get his blessing, then certainly to give him a heads-up on what I was doing vis-à-vis Star Wars. He was kind enough to read it and respond.

He said he had seen 'Blazing Saddles' (1974) and 'Young Frankenstein' (1974) and was a big fan. He enjoyed the script, and only had one real caveat for me: no action figures. He explained that if I made toys of my Spaceballs characters they would look a lot like Star Wars action figures. And that would be a no-no for his lawyers and his studio’s business affairs department. So he gave his blessing to make my funny satiric takeoff of Star Wars as long as I promised that we would not sell any action figures.

I said, “You’re absolutely right.” And that was one of the rules we didn’t break.

So even though in the movie itself we have Dark Helmet playing with action figures… we never sold any.

The exchange with George Lucas also triggered a beloved comedy scene in which a character that I played, Yogurt, a takeoff on Yoda, responds to Lone Starr’s question of “What is this place? What is it that you do here?” with a whole exposé of the movie business.

So even though we didn’t actually do any commercial merchandising, we still had a lot of fun with the scene. And over the years Spaceballs movie fans have sent me more than one mockup of “Spaceballs: The Breakfast Cereal.”"

("Mel Brooks on the Making of Spaceballs", Mel Brooks, Literary Hub, 2021)

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

It was always an awkward moment when someone needed the red bat.

“Yeah, Billy, you can play but you gotta use the red bat.”

“But I wanna use the yellow bat like everybody else.”

“Motherfucker, you went 0-for-46 yesterday. The yellow bat is no longer an option for you.”

[TITAN @TemooTitan]

Now this is a real mans sport 😭

[Iowa State Football @CycloneFB]

Today and always, we honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

[Corey Murray @thegame2437]

@memechaotic Why is there a trademark Braves logo? When the address is in Detroit, Michigan?

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

This is how linemen connect 22,000-volt power lines without ever turning the electricity off.

For extra high voltage lines, linemen often wear specialized conductive suits (Faraday suits) woven with metal fibers.

[Tiffany Savage 🇺🇸 @patriot_savvy]

🇺🇸 To the ones who traded their tomorrow for ours,
This weekend we remember you. 🇺🇸

[Steve Inman @SteveInmanClips]

Ball Meets Balls

[Corey Murray @thegame2437]

@DWolfsonKSTP If the Wolves take him and at worst a 2 way contract is signed, welcome to Des Moines! It is a win win until he gets to where they want him to be on the court.

[ESPN @espn]

Bottom of the 9th, 2 outs, down by 3, down to your final strike … GRAND SLAM‼️

Every baseball kid’s dream in the backyard growing up. @SouthernMissBSB's Drey Barrett just lived it 👏

[Ave @SebastianAvenue]

RIP Rob Base !!

It Takes Two ..

[TMZ @TMZ]

Rob Base, "It Takes Two" rapper, has died at 59 💔🕊️ https://t.co/kkMWG2eA1Y