Announcing My New BOTW!

I feel like this post needs to be full of exclamation points! My new BOTW is always so stinkin' excited! I also feel the need to be bouncing in my chair as I write this, cuz he's always so stinkin' bouncy! (But don't worry, I can't keep up with him. I have to cut back on the exclamation points.) Anyway, so my new BOTW is...

Max Kellerman!

(which I'm sure at least Didder and Chelleybutton woulda been able to guess)

For those of you who read hobbitsister's blog, some of this may sound repetitive, but what can I say - we both love him!

Born August 6th, 1973 in NYC, Max grew up active in Jewish cultural activities and is fluent in Yiddish. (Hey, imagine that; I have a Jewish BOTW.) He and his brothers (there were 3) were way into boxing, but his mom was too scared of them getting hurt to actually let them do it. So he just read about it and studied it, and when he was 16, had a public access tv show about boxing (that ended up lasting 8 years). He loves boxing.

Max likes other sports, too, thankfully, cuz that's how Didder and I first found out about him. I shall quote her: "Max Kellerman is our favorite sportscaster (which might not be saying much, because we don't have a next-favorite). A couple of years ago, when we were in Iowa, we were flipping channels - I think to keep the girls from watching an icky scene in "Smallville" - and we met Max. He was hosting some sports show. Max is a guy with boundless enthusiasm. Literally. He bounced in his chair the entire show. He was so excited to tell us the football scores, and who ran for the most yards, and who should quarterback next week. And he's so convinced that he's right, but in a charming way, not in an annoying way. Watching Max is addicting, and we two who hate sports [for the record, i melilot, do not hate sports] found ourselves strangely drawn to his show. We didn't watch it regularly, but occasionally, just for our Max fix.A few months later, we turned on his show, but he wasn't there. It was some other guy (and Max's regular friends, Claymation Guy and [Scary Eyebrow Guy]). Where, oh where, was Max? We turned to the Internet to find out, and we learned that Max's brother had died. Don't ask me why, but we felt really, really sad about it. And a few weeks later, when Max came back, he didn't bounce in his chair. That made us sadder still. Max's exuberance was gone. Thankfully, a few weeks later he started bouncing again. We still feel bad for him, though. And now his show isn't on any more, and we miss him."

Anyway...so basically, he is very endearing, very energetic, and he makes me smile. However, while his bounciness is part of his charm, it is also an unfortunately. I don't think I could last very long with someone with that much energy. He would drive me insane. He also is in love with boxing, which I find to be a completely barbaric sport. And then there's the fact that he's married. And more than that - he says he's an athiest. That's a very unfortunately.

But Max is great and I wish I could see him more often! Having a Max fix makes a girl happy!