5 Things Not To Do As A Guest On A Talk Show

1. Attacking The Host Because He Is Deliberately Insinuating You Are A Girl

Case In Point; Jim Everett vs. Jim Rome http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uczUKTwgqeY To be fair; the host (Jim Rose) had it coming. This is a story of two Jims that nobody really remembers, unless they are into their sports tv show trivia. Jim Everett was once a struggling quarterback of a struggling American football team called the Rams and Jim Rome was a struggling sports talk show host with little credentials to the sporting world except being able to struggling read from the teleprompter. Back in 1994, Jim Everett was invited onto Rome's ESPN sports show; Talk2. Rome had little respect for Everett and had on-air repeatedly referred to him as 'Chris' Everett, after the famous female tennis player. Effectively, the non-football playing Jim Rose was calling the football playing Jim Everett a girl because he didn't like getting tackled by a large group of 11 big, angry men who were paid to hurt him. Before going on the show, Everett warned Rose not to insult him by referring to him as a girl. Rose did. Everett warned him again on camera. Rome, feeling safe behind his tv camera audience and desk called him a girl again. Everett said stop, Rome said it again. Everett went all mini-hulk and overturned the table between the two of them and shoved Rome to the floor while the cameras rolled. Although no lawsuits were filed (the nineties were a gentler time then) the wounds never healed. Everett retired in 1997 and Jim Rose can always watch those few seconds and see when his talk show jumped the shark. Any other pointers for future celebrities? Point them out in the comments below.