Bill Walton, America’s favorite stoner uncle, is a unbelievably fascinating when ESPN puts him on PAC-12 college basketball broadcasts. Walton’s shenanigans almost always include something related to his famed love of the Grateful Dead, though occasionally he quotes Neil Young and oogles over dance teams doing booty shakes.
Last night’s classic Walton moment during the USC-Oregon game was a rant about Bob Dylan. Walton went on about the time Dylan and Bob Weir did a 1989 show at L.A.’s now-demolished Great Western Forum. The show Walton is referencing is a February 12th Dylan/Dead show, which were notorious trainwrecks featuring a very drunk Bob Dylan who had no interest in being there. Still, Walton’s rant is fantastic:
ESPN even built out a graphic for the rant:
Keep making Bill Walton happen, ESPN, because these little gems are fantastic.
And Deadheads, that entire 2-12-1989 Great Western Forum show is on YouTube, in case you’re looking for something to listen to today:
[H/T: USA Today via Davis]