http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/michael-phelan/ Michael’s dad taught him to read with the sports pages of that grand tabloid madam The Truth. The day he read the “news” section was the day he became a man. Originally from Adelaide, he moved east to study screenwriting at the Australian Film Television and Radio School. He is a freelance writer. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/when-mr-loaf-meats-afl-anything-could-happen/ Meat Loaf is one loose unit. That’s why anything could happen when the headline act for the pre-game entertainment at tomorrow’s AFL Grand Final between Collingwood and Geelong lets rip with a medley of his biggest hits. Five songs in twelve minutes will be some feat for a singer whose tracks are often “epic” in running time. Fingers crossed the whole show is a catastrophe because, let’s face it, the only reason anybody watches the grand final “entertainment” is to see one spectacular disaster. Good, bad or ugly, the “Bat Out of Hell” will be flat-out trying to upstage the biggest horror show involving song, dance and choreography ever seen at a major sporting event. The worst in history is Angry Anderson and the Batmobile. I remembered this atrocity after coming across a great article by leading sports blogger The Mad Chatter. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Michael Phelan) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/when-mr-loaf-meats-afl-anything-could-happen/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/when-mr-loaf-meats-afl-anything-could-happen/#item6823 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:55:40 +0000 Michael Phelan | Author bios | The Punch