Tag: Cheer

Tommy Rees and Paul McCartney are doppelgangers

Has anyone ever seen Tommy Rees and Paul McCartney in the same place at the same time?

Greetings and a very warm and pleasant Merry Christmas to each and everyone of you who are celebrating today.

Where I’m at it’s about 30 or so degrees above what the average temperature is for this time of year so although I’m not headed to Arizona in a few days to see Notre Dame take on Oklahoma State, it feels almost as if I’m getting a vacation of sorts with this.

I just want to extend a quick thank you to all of you for your support of Fighting Irish Wire over this past year.  You can go a lot of places for news and opinions in regards to Notre Dame athletics but the fact that so many of you come back again and again is simply awesome and appreciated.

A big thanks as well goes to Geoffrey Clark, Michael Chen, and Jeff Feyerer for the time they put into making this sleigh fly each day.  I couldn’t manage this site without the work that all offer and appreciate the hell out of each of them.

Finally, since its Christmas I would lake to share with you a recent revelation I’ve had.  It came after I saw the music video for “Wonderful Christmas Time” by Paul McCartney for the first time recently and I can’t get the thought out of my head.

A younger Paul McCartney and Tommy Rees are identical and once you see it you’ll never be able to unsee it.

And with that in mind – Merry Christmas!

Related: Happy Festivus – An airing of Notre Dame football grievances!

SNL spoofs Netflix’s ‘Cheer,’ and the director responded with jokes on Twitter

“You’re watching ‘Cheer,’ the new Netflix docu-series that has everyone asking: ‘DID YOU WATCH CHEER?'”

“Saturday Night Live” jumped into the conversation about Netflix’s hit documentary series, “Cheer.”

The show follows the Navarro College cheerleading squad in Texas on their pursuit of a junior college championship at NCA College Nationals in Daytona, Florida. The team’s season is filled with adversity, largely in the form of injuries (concussions, dislocations, sprains), which don’t seem to faze the coaching staff — or, in some cases, the injured athletes themselves.

Riffing off that oddity, the comedians on SNL — with a guest appearance from Adam Driver — decided to develop a spoof on the show and the too-dogged competitors. Here’s a look at that segment.

The show’s director, Greg Whiteley, probably didn’t know ahead of time that SNL developed a bit around his show. On Twitter, Whiteley wrote: “Retiring today as there’s really no point in going on.”

The best joke of the spoof might have been the line: “You’re watching ‘Cheer,’ the new Netflix docu-series that has everyone asking: ‘Did you watch Cheer?'” As someone who has watched “Cheer,” I’d be lying if I didn’t admit I’ve asked that exact question. And even though I feel roasted, the show is very good — and you should watch it.

So… Have you watched “Cheer”?

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