(ed. note- "As part of the arrangement with the people behind Versus' Sports Soup, I agreed to review the first eight episodes of Matt Iseman's new show in return for the chance to participate in an interview with the host. This was originally supposed to be published Friday 10/31, after I had watched Thursday night's episode, but I was under the weather, fell asleep Thursday, and didn't really wake up 'til Saturday...so here it is anyway...just a little late...Sports Soup, Week 3...")

Soupedia...

Episode 5 Originally Aired 10/28/08

Week three, episode five, it’s Tuesday, it’s 10 o’clock and it’s Sports Soup...

"What do you think he starts with?" I ask My Cynical Brother Who Never Watches TV.

"The Lucic hit? Everyone likes glass breaking...", My Cynical Brother Who Never Watches TV responds, referring to the hit Boston Bruins' Milan Lucic's glass-shattering check of the Leaf's Mike Van Ryn.

That was probably the big sports video of the week...What do you think the joke will be?

"Aspirin for a headache...That’s using your head? Why not shatterproof glass like windshields? Glass shower? Lucic was showing him the expensive seats?" My Cynical Brother Who Never Watches TV offers as possible humorous comments for the video.

But instead, Matt Iseman starts Sports Soup with a World Series rain joke, it is topical...and the lead video is Mike Singletary breaking down after a loss to the Seahawks...There’s a lot Mr. Singletary won’t do...

"Cubs’ fans are losers who cry all day,"...Mr. Iseman said it, I didn't....Next it's the interview with the Phillies fan, who has a rap prepared? (? - How did he know he’d be interviewed?)...

Matt Iseman apparently has an 8-year old son, who is freakishly tall, and...likes to break stuff with his bat.

Boxing news? I thought MMA had taken over the world...and the 22-second count some chump boxer got from a crooked ref is a good reason why no one cares about boxing anymore...

Poor Sideline announcers...Pam Oliver forgets the end of a quote live during coverage...and then Mr. Iseman shows another sideline announcer, Danielle Sargent who asks Mike Singletary if Bill Walsh was one of the fist people he called upon getting the new coaching job with San Francisco, which is awful on several levels...Singletary never played for Walsh, and uh, Mr. Walsh passed away...and even NY sports personality Mike Francesa gets a quick shoutout from Sports Soup for calling out the same announcer...no Mad Dog though....

The Rick Brooks Show might be my new favorite show? And the jazz national anthem won’t end...

QUOTE OF THE WEEK... "My ankles are broken!!...My ankles are broke!!!..." - Tanner Hall - Snowboarder yelling to camera crew after a horrific sounding crash...nothing funny here...just looks like it hurts...

Matt goes with an impression of "Goodfelllas-era" Joe Pesci after showing a Pesci golfing clip, and Here it is, Matt's BEST IMPROV yet!!!

The Great Outdoors...No, Not Nugent again...Nope, it’s the William Tell Bow and Arrow guy and he just hit an aspirin tablet with an arrow....AMAZING!!

Deion and Pilar? Deion Sanders teaches his kids about the Birds and the Bees? These kids should be well-informed. 

The Count Up...and here’s Ted Nugent...who hits a 8-point buck...and he makes a joke about Stevie Wonder being blind. Good one, Ted.

Hunting Turkeys? Seriously? With a shotgun? Thank God for the second amendment

Here's the hockey hit we discussed earlier, it's included in the COUNT UP...Milan Lucic uses him as a wrecking ball!...that's my guess for the joke they'll go with, by my brother and I are both wrong, as Mr. Iseman goes with the fan getting a free tooth at the game after Van Ryn is put through the glass...

Charles Barkley in a diaper is something I never want to see again. The Philly Phanatic is the Chancellor of Germany, and Bryant Gumbel’s Real Shorts has former MLB player who got his testicles ripped out of his sac by a bull...

Matt catches a prop, it’s a bat, and he swings the audience out..."Close your eyes! Like the Phillies' pitcher," My Cynical Brother Who Never Watches TV yells, "Wasn’t that the joke?"..."A "call back" is what it’s called," I respond, and it would’ve been funny, you’re right!...See ya...