5-at-10: Friday mailbag questions about the best college player ever, Tiger King in a sentence and the 'Safe at Home' photo project

Jay Greeson

From Tony

In terms of college, wouldn't you have Patrick Ewing over Jordan as well?

Tony -

Background: This was from a Twitter conversation on the ESPN bracket and voting on the best college basketball player ever.

Jordan won because he's Jordan and everyone loves him.

Jordan was great in college, but I don't think he was a) a top-10 player all-time, b) the best college player in his own conference and c) the best college player at his own school.

Tyler Hansbrough's career at UNC > MJ's career at UNC.

In fact, as far as college players and careers, Hansbrough, David Thompson, Christian Laettner, Ralph Sampson and Len Bias were better than MJ. And I'm pretty sure I'm forgetting some, too.

We know Lew Alcindor and Bill Walton had better careers. Tony's right, Ewing deserves mention. too.

Maravich, Manning, and several others.

Hey, MJ's tops in a lot of GOAT conversations. The best in college hoops is not among them.

I would rank Laettner and his four Final Fours 1, but if you have Alcindor at 1, I'm OK with that, too.

From Ron

Think of this ... We have a reality star in the White House, could Joe Exotic be next?

Ron -

No.

Not just no. But heck no.

Heck the BLEEP no.

OK, let's play a little game, and everyone is eligible, whether you've seen Tiger King - the Netflix sensation that made Joe Exotic the most famous jailbird not named Cosby or Weinstein - or not:

In one sentence describe Tiger King.

I'll start: "Tiger King is total crap that is only popular because we are all locked inside because of the corona."

Damn you 'Rona.

From Jimmy

Honest question, do they prop (Joe) Diffie up beside the jukebox at the memorial?

Jimmy -

Best question in a long time.

I sure hope they did.

Rest in peace, Joe Diffie, who authored this classic as well as "John Deere Green."

Damn you, Corona.

From Susan

I can't tell you how much my family and me appreciate your daily morning column that has been a great distraction.

I have not been reading long, but I just wanted to say thanks and ask you to keep it up and keep giving us some positive stories.

Susan -

Thanks so much for the kind words. I hope there are people - and more each day - who swing by these parts around 10ish and get a smile or take 10-to-15 minutes thinking about something other than the corona. Same with the radio show from 3-6 on ESPN 105.1 FM. (If you are out of the market, you can listen on espnchattanooga.com.)

And sweet buckets, a sports radio show without sports is so up our alley considering the multitude of tangents we can take.

As for the 5-at-10, any and all suggestions or questions or talking points are welcome, friends - regulars and newcomers alike - because this is OUR morning chat now more than ever.

As for staying positive, well, here are some of our new normals around the 5-at-10 compound:

> We play a nightly "Jeopardy!" game in which the family competes against all three contestants, and we have realized that our 12-year-old is wicked smart;

> We take a family walk before lunch, in between this morning river of words and our afternoon writing;

> I started a text chain with a group of friends and family in which I ask a single question, and we in turn answer - no repeats allowed - to have another way to stay connected;

> The Mrs. 5-at-10 has started a very cool photo project called "Safe at Home" in which she takes screenshots of people face-timing and puts it in a collage. She is doing it for families. Here is some of her family and the first one she put out on social media and asked if anyone's interested. She has received more than 40 requests in a day.

Safe at Home portraits by Kathleen Greeson

This week's Rushmores

Rushmore of sports video games: Arcade version - Golden Tee, Track and Field, Atari Football (the Xs and Os flat-screen football game with the rolling ball), NBA Jam. Console version - EA Sports college football, Madden, Tiger Woods golf, Tecmo Bowl. (Wow, that is an impossible Rushmore, considering what we left off.)

Rushmore of fools: "Only Fools Rush In," the wickedly underrated "Nobody's Fool" with Paul Newman, a fool and his money and fool's gold.

Rushmore of cameo characters in SNL history: Walken's "More cowbell" guy, Timberlake's "(Bleep) in a box" skit with Samberg, Alec Baldwin and his "Schweddy Balls" on NPR, Steve Martin as a Wild and Crazy Guy with Akroyd.

Rushmore of horses: Secretariat, Trojan Horse, Horse play and Silver. (If you are roughly my age and did not have a broomstick or something that you could gallop with and yell Hi-Ho Silver like the Lone Ranger, then you did kid wrong.)

From Larry

I heard you on the radio say Eddie Murphy was the best comedian ever after a clip from "The Nutty Professor."

I'm not sure if you need a mailbag question or not, but who rounds out your top five and what is Eddie's best impression in your opinion?

Thanks for doing what you do. I listen to Press Row every day.

Larry -

Thanks for listening, and here's hoping you and your family are safe.

I do believe Eddie is the best ever because he effortlessly blended a top-three stand-up career (in my mind, only Carlin and Pryor were close to Murphy in terms of stand-up brilliance) with a top-three comedy movie catalog.

Take someone like a Chevy Chase or a Bill Murray, who have great film catalogs, but that makes them all-time comedic actors more than all-time comedians, if that makes sense.

Whereas Carlin's acting library is what, "Bill and Ted" and that's about it?

For that reason, I'd likely list my top three in terms of being great at both in this order: Murphy, Robin Williams and Richard Pryor. After that, it becomes really subjective and mixing and matching becomes a little strange. My 4 and 5 would probably be Steve Martin and probably Bill Murray. (For Pete's sake, Murray has a leading role in three first-ballot, no-doubt comedy Hall of Famers in "Stripes," "Caddyshack" and "Ghostbusters.")

As for Eddie's best impersonations, well, his white guy in the barber shop in "Coming to America" is absolutely ,unbelievably great. And hilarious.

As for impressions of real people, Murphy doing Cosby always made me laugh. (And if I had asked you in, say, 1989 whether Eddie or Heathcliff Huxtable would spend a lot of time in prison, we're all picking Murphy, right?)

Stay safe, friends, and have a good weekend.