Stephen A. Smith has no shame.
The ESPN bloviator has shilled for beef jerky, embarrassing the pro athletes co-starring with him in ads (i.e. Richard Sherman). He embarrasses himself on a regular basis on First Take, and he's already bombed with a primetime talk show.
So why is ESPN+ letting him have some space for himself again?
Stephen A.'s World, which we sampled a while back when actor-singer Jamie Foxx stopped by, is a spin-off from First Take for one big reason, and it ain't Smith's ability to communicate.
Seems that some genius thought it'd be a nice idea to have Smith, Max Kellerman, et al have "baby" alter-egos created through some sort of CGI filter, with the commentators' voices sped up (remember those horrid [adult swim] knockoffs of 60's Hanna-Barbera superhero cartoons?) for comedy relief, as if Smith didn't provide that all by himself by being dumber than two bags of hammers on subjects outside of boxing and basketball.
So now, there's a regular feature devoted to "Baby Stephen A." And it's as bad as it sounds. In this excerpt, the "baby" thinks he's got game....
Rating: C-.
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