Terry Bradshaw and Mike Tyson

There's cool, and then there's not cool.

I dare say most American sports fans know who Terry Bradshaw is. He won a few Super Bowls as the QB of the Pittsburgh Steelers back in the 70s and, oh my, what a character he still is to this day. From being a panelist on an NFL pre-game show to occasionally appearing on the late night talk show circuit, the man's good humor is infectious. He's not only funny, but actually seems to relish being the butt of other people's jokes. Bradshaw laughs at himself far more than he does others, and that's a very rare commodity these days. How can anybody not like him?

He just made another appearance on Leno's Tonight Show, where him and Jay were yukking it up as usual. Yet, this time he brought along his daughter Rachel, a beautiful young lady and an aspiring singer and songwriter. At the very end of the show, dad and daughter sang a duet. As they crooned away, the mutual love for each other in their eyes was not only obvious, but heart warming. And the singing itself? It was good -- REALLY good. The live crowd gave them a well deserved standing O.

That was definitely cool.

Earlier, I had witnessed Iron Mike Tyson trying his own attempt at singing. This is not to say Mr. Tyson's skills as a vocalist aren't so hot, and perhaps it was just a coincidence, but some very strange things happened around here when his singing started to come out of the speakers. My yorkies charged up the stairs and hid under the bed. I don't know if my neighbors were tuned into the same channel, but I could faintly hear their dogs barking and cats screeching from inside their houses. Somewhere off in the distance mournful howls could be heard -- like wolves baying at the moon. The fish in my aquarium started trying to burrow into the pea gravel at the bottom of the tank. The flue to the fireplace snapped open all by itself and the toilets flushed. And since when do all the birds start chirping in the middle of the night? Very strange indeed.

But definitely NOT cool.