Reading Between The Lines

Jim Lampley spoke with Michael Hiestand of USA Today about his role in the Will Ferrell figure skating movie Blades Of Glory.

"It was really a kick," says Lampley, contrasting Blades with his "playing it straight" calling geriatric boxing in the recent Rocky Balboa. "It was the first time I was invited to be funny. They encourage high jinks to run free."

Unlike, say, the police who responded to Lampley's high jinks in January  by arresting him for violating a restraining order. Lampley wasn't supposed to go around his girlfriend Candice Sanders after smacking her around on New Year's Eve and injuring her head, neck and back.

Lampley raved about his time working on the film, saying that the filmmakers encouraged improvisation and was happy that they kept some of his ad-libs in the final cut.

The best improv, he says, came from U.S. skating star Sasha Cohen — who came up with her character sniffing an athletic supporter. Says Lampley: "I said, 'Go Sasha!' My opinion of her went way up."

"I was going to kick her in the kidneys and then flush her head down the toilet," added Lampley, who was drunk and high on marijuana at the time of the interview. "But after I saw that little bitch sniffing a jock strap I knew that I'd misjudged her and I might actually try to bang her instead of beating the snot out of her delicate little head."

Ultimately, Lampley felt right at home in the world of skating.

And skating, Lampley says, isn't that different from sportscasting: "They're both rife with irrational jealousy and personality flaws."

He didn't say whether skaters suffered the kinds of irrational jealousy that cause you to throw a woman up against a wall in a violent attack. Lampley also opted not to discuss if skaters had the kinds of personality flaws that cause you to call said woman a liar before pleading no contest to violating the restraining order. Lampley is serving three years probation and has to complete domestic violence prevention classes and 40 hours of community service.

Comments

[Some Dude]

Here is a funny clip that sums up all the Rocky movies in about 20 seconds:

http://jen-makes-u-smile.blogspot.com/2007/03/all-rocky-movies-in-5-seconds.html

[Marv]

I had no idea the Lamp was like this. He always seems a little self-righteous on talk shows.

[William]

What a fuckin tool. I don't think 'Lamp'ley has the brightest bulbs.

[Candice]

Your blog about Jim is closer to the truth than you'll ever know.