One's a rockin' musician whose band used to wail hardily; the other's a stone-cold 
politician whose band used to play "Hail Varsity." But who alone is the most high,
the Prince of Darkness or the King of Nebraska?

FORMER GIG

fronted Black Sabbath

 

taught Sunday School

Edge: Osbourne

PHILOSOPHY ON THE HIGH LIFE

"Crazy, but that’s how it goes"

 

"It is more than winning"

Edge: Even

IN THE AUDIENCE WHEN AT THE MIKE

drug-fueled, leather-clad Satan-worshipers looking for trouble

 

Other congressmen

Edge: Osbourne

INTERVIEW STYLE

mumbling incoherently and rambling as the interviewer politely nods

 

merely rambling as the interviewer politely nods

Edge: Osborne

BEST-KNOWN ASSISTANT / AXE MAN

 Randy Rhoades

 

Frank Solich

Edge: Osbourne

BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT

Getting a 60.3 in the Nielsens over five weeks

  Going 60-3 in final five years

Edge: Osborne

MOST DUBIOUS '80s MOMENT

losing all of '89 teamed up with Lita Ford

 

losing '81 Orange Bowl to a team led by Danny Ford

Edge: Osbourne

DEFINING MOMENT

biting the head off a bat, defecating in a woman's handbag, snorting a line of ants off the ground

 

Going for two

Edge: Osborne

GREATEST ENEMIES

Bratty kids, household pets, MTV

 

Barry Switzer, Debbie Schlussel, C-SPAN 

Edge: Osborne

CURRENTLY CAMPAIGNING AGAINST

illegal drug use

 

sports agents

Edge: Osborne

GUARANTEED FUTURE ACTIVITY

calling people "Guvn'r" in his cockneyed voice

 

running for Governor of his cockeyed state

Edge: Even

Holy moley -- man, woman and child! By a score of 5-4-2,
Ozzie runs the ball right down Ozzy's throat. Guess "Bark at the Moon" won't be
the Huskers' entrance theme anytime soon.

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June '003

 

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