'Biography' lowers bar even further with episode on Ted Williams

Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, Martin Luther King, Amelia Earhart, Ted Williams?

The first four are icons who made their mark on the world. The last is a homeless guy with a nice voice.

But now Williams is on par with those four, as well as hundreds of other historical figures, at least in the eyes of Bio, the spinoff channel of A&E that is now home to the "Biography" franchise. A spokesman for Bio (which used to be called Biography Channel but was shortened for some reason that probably had to do with marketing) confirmed that the network is producing an hour devoted to Williams.

To be sure, the bar for getting a biography has plummeted over the last few years. Traci Lords, Dana Plato, "Extreme Makeover" host Ty Pennington are just a few of the hundreds of people to be featured in the series.

We're not quite sure what qualifies Williams for this latest "achievement."  Yes, he became a media sensation, but not for doing anything other than standing on a corner asking for a change. If that's all it takes, I can find a dozen more worthy people on my lunch break.

-- Joe Flint

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Ted Williams won the media lottery and he didn't even have to buy a ticket.

Photo: Ted Williams. Credit: Richard Drew / Associated Press

Comments

[Lynne Gordon]

His is such a sad story but it is obvious that he was not ready for the blessing that fell into his lap.

Considering that, I have to ask, "Was it really a blessing?"

Most people would probably say it was, but he abused it. Or that it wasn't, it was even more of a curse.

I think it was a blessing because it was an opportunity to get clean and find someone else to bless with his windfall.

I also think it was a curse because he obviously doesn't have anyone in his life more important than the drugs have become.

I wish him the best.

[Ty]

I think a Bio on Mr Williams would be interesting I would like to know how a man with such talent got mixed up with Drugs and alcohol I want to know more about his 15year career in Broadcasting and why he left. It sounds like he had a very successful career. I also want to know now that he has his career back how is he going to keep it going without drugs and alcohol.

[Phil]

And yet your colleague is featured in the show. You must be a hoot around the water cooler.