Last call: Leslie Nielsen, Enrico Palazzo, Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Andy Griffith and Barack Obama?

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Last call can’t get any more eclectic than this group today.

First, fans across the country are torn as to whether the Backstreet Boys’ version of the national anthem, sung before Game 1 of the World Series, was really horrible or just terrible.

And then debate takes place as to which version of the national anthem is the best. Whitney Houston? Marvin Gaye? Jose Lima?

The answer is obvious. Famed opera star Enrico Palazzo:

(OK, the answer really is Marvin Gaye).

And, finally, the funniest video of the week, if not the year:

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You may ask, what does that have to do with sports? Well, if you look closely, you can see the former home of the Lakers, the Forum, in the background when Richie Cunningham and Arthur Fonzarelli are talking. So that makes this post correctamundo.

-- Houston Mitchell