c'mon, Al.

Santa Monica on a weekend especially on the main roads is about the worst place you can be trying to drive drunk in & that 'turn around before hitting the checkpoint' shit is just gonna make it worse.

Take a cab but saving that at least grab a mint & try to talk to the cop, he mighta let you slide for an autograph or something.

LOL @ Disney making sure they report the story about a former employee.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/9196392/al-michaels-nbc-arrested-alleged-dui-california

SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- NBC Sports announcer Al Michaels was arrested over the weekend in Southern California on suspicion of drunken driving, authorities said Sunday.

Michaels was pulled over at about 9:30 p.m. Friday after officers manning a DUI checkpoint witnessed him make an illegal U-turn, Santa Monica police Sgt. Richard Lewis said.


Michaels, the play-by-play man for "Sunday Night Football," was taken to the station, where he registered a blood-alcohol level over the .08 percent legal limit, according to Lewis.

He was booked for suspicion of DUI and held for about five hours before being released on his own recognizance, Lewis said.

"We are aware of the situation and we've been in contact with Al," said Greg Hughes, a spokesman for NBC Sports. "We have no further comment at this time."

A call Sunday by The Associated Press to Michaels' agent was not immediately returned.

Michaels was ordered to appear in court June 26.

An Emmy Award winner, the 68-year-old Michaels spent nearly three decades at ABC Sports before moving to NBC in 2007.

Michaels worked NFL games and other sports for ABC, and called "Monday Night Football" for nearly 20 years. He also is known for his call of the U.S.-Soviet Union "Miracle on Ice" game at the 1980 Winter Olympics and the earthquake-interrupted Game 3 of the 1989 World Series.

Last year he received the Vin Scully Lifetime Achievement Award in Sports Broadcasting.

I wish I'd gone out Friday night now. I coulda partied with Al!

on Ocean if I had to guess, I'm gonna go with Viceroy.

But shit, Al is getting almost to an age where driving is sketchy while sober.

With a stiff buzz on he coulda ended up like that old man who drove thru the Santa Monica Farmer's Market back in the day.

And by the way, this http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/07/16/farmers.market.crash/ is an infamous local incident that you will hear referenced in the neighborhood if you haven't already.

That was right before my freshman year of college, I definitely was not any better of a driver than any old dudes.

Big Al needs to get on that list of Laist or LA Weekly DUI checkpoints, not that I advocate a bunch of people driving around drunk, but it's saved me a bunch of travel time/from making stupid travel plans around town. A necessity if you live around Santa Monica, Hollywood, or Silverlake/Echo Park.