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The 40-year-old union cement finisher by day started reffing in 1995, a few years after he started pulling. Wood, a former world champion power lifter who lives in Erie, PA, says that having competed himself makes reffing that much easier. He knows the mindset of the pullers he is policing, because he has been there. Wood knows that some pullers will take any edge they can get, if a ref doesn’t see it.
“When I’m competing, I’m trying to get away with all the advantages,” the father of 5 said. “As a referee, I’m eliminating those advantages and making sure there’s a fair start.”
Wood can be seen on ESPN holding the chalked up hands of the WAL athletes, calmly yet insistently tugging them into position to ensure a clean start to the match. He must ensure that he can see the knuckles of both mens’ thumbs, to ensure no one gets an upper hand in the grip department. He must also ensure their wrists are straight and that they are centered before he lets them go.
As he’s lining them up, Wood said he can feel if the puller is going to try to go inside or if they’re going to press up high. Not on his watch. Wood said the WAL on ESPN is taking not only armwrestling, but officiating the sport to a whole new level. Never has there been so many refs so focused on ensuring a match is clean, he said. Having been part of the sub culture himself for years, Wood said he knows everyone’s tactics for getting an edge.
“I know what most of the guys do,” he said. “I prepare myself as I see them walking to the table. I know where they’re going to try and gain advantage, and it’s easy for me to dissect it.”
Wood also focuses on taking control of the table, no matter what big names are up there, or what complaints they might make. Many of the big names have competed elsewhere in the armwrestling scene, but the WAL requires a whole new level of professionalism on the part of officials to go along with the sports ascendance into the mainstream.
“You need to have patience, a quick eye and be able to make a judgment call and be able to have presence to where you take control of the table, no matter who the competitors are,” Wood said. “It’s not for everybody. You can lose control, and you’ll never be able to get them to listen to you.”
Reffing in the WAL is a lot like competing, he said.
“You have to be crisp and fresh,” Wood said. “It’s the same mental aspect. It’s the concentration, and making sure my eyes are focused. As soon as I get the match off, boom, I’m down to the elbow as fast as I can.”
Wood has to get down to the elbow so he can see when a pin has occurred. His wife, Jennifer, is also a WAL sub-referee. Like an officiant in any professional sport, Wood feels the heat of the spotlight, but loves it nonetheless. He’s right up in the action and still gets the rush the competitors feels.
“I love how in the heat of the moment, tempers can flare, but then after it’s done, everyone is shaking hands and complimenting each other on a job well done,” Wood said. “Nothing better than going to work and truly loving what you do.”
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| Episode no. | Season 17 Episode 5 | ||
| Directed by | Mike B. Anderson | ||
| Written by | Daniel Chun | ||
| Production code | GABF20 | ||
| Original air date | November 13, 2005 | ||
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| Couch gag | The Simpsons go to sit on the couch, but the couch grows fangs and snarls at the family. The Simpsons run out into the street, where everyone’s chairs, sofas, and loungers are rising up and attacking their masters. Sherri and Terri are swallowed by their beanbag chairs, Officers Eddie and Lou are trapped in their police car as the couches rock it back and forth, Professor Frink is attacked by his futuristic couch, and Moe fights back against his bar stools by blasting them with his shotgun. Homer hides out from the rampaging seats in a store called “Couch World”, but is not safe there as all the couches pile on top of Homer and crush him. | ||
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'Marge's Son Poisoning' is the fifth episode[1] of the seventeenth season of The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 13, 2005.[1]
Plot[edit]
The family visits Paradise Pier, the Ferris wheel of which Marge has been looking forward all her life to riding, only to find out that it is being dismantled with its equipment being too old. Homer purchases a dumbbell while Marge gets a tandem bicycle. When Marge wants to take the bike for a ride, she finds Homer unwilling to join her. Marge tries it on her own and repeatedly falls. Realizing that she might actually be lonely, Bart offers to go for a ride with her. They ride into an unincorporated part of the county and come upon a small village that features a tea house. Later, the tea house closes forever, causing Bart to invite Marge to his treehouse for tea.
Marge redecorates the treehouse and the pair goes off to get a new tea service; Bart gets a Krusty the Clown Tea Set. Outside the store, the bullies Jimbo, Dolph and Kearney accuse Bart of being a mama's boy, which causes Bart to rebel on her. Marge goes into a depression and eventually sells the bike to Chief Wiggum, Eddie and Lou.
Feeling bad, Bart offers to team with her in a karaoke contest. While seeing Principal Skinner and his mother Agnes perform, Marge has visions of a future for Bart, and she prevents the show to let Bart know that he can find his own way of life and that he should not worry about her because she has to worry about him. To make things better, she gives him a fire extinguisher to spray in front of the audience, including the bullies that tormented him.
Meanwhile, at Moe's tavern, Homer shows off the strength in one of his arms he has gained from working with the dumbbell, and Moe has an idea on how to capitalize on it. Moe takes Homer to the arm-wrestling championships, where Homer readily wins the grand prize—a refund on his $50 admission fee—but finds that he really misses his wife.
Reception[edit]
Ryan Budke of 'The Huffington Post' praised the episode, saying 'although, this episode wasn't the best this season, it was still a great one, and a vast improvement over the majority of shows they've had in the past couple of years.'[2]
References[edit]
- ^ ab'Marge's Son Poisoning'. The Simpsons.com. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
- ^Budke, Ryan. 'The Simpsons: Marge's Son Poisoning'.
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External links[edit]
- 'Marge's Son Poisoning' on IMDb
- 'Marge's Son Poisoning' at TV.com