Yes, Michael Schur IS Ken Tremendous

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

Who the heck is Ken Tremendous, you ask?

If you follow baseball, or if you just love snarky sports writing, then you may have heard of a blog called Fire Joe Morgan — “Where Bad Sports Journalism Comes To Die.” (NSFW for profanity)

It’s been called one of the best sports humor sites online. (Not by me, because I don’t know anything about baseball, but it has been said.)

One of the key contributors to FJM is a writer who goes by the name of Ken Tremendous.

Well yesterday, The Office’s own Michael Schur outted himself as that writer. How so much wicked funny can come out of one dude … well that is tremendous.

Link: Era of Anonymity Comes to an End

Tipster: Voltaire

Posted in Michael Schur

17 comments

And so as you plant this seed in the ground, I will also plant my seed in you…

It all makes sense now. I had tears coming out of my eyes from laughing at that episode. KT is so funny.
17 | John Fri. Feb. 8, 2008 at 9:16am
The fact that Cousin Mose is familiar with WARP3 has shattered my reality. The cup that contains my man-crush on Mike Schur hath runneth over. In the universe of TV-writers-cum-sports-journalism-critiquing-bloggers, he is akin to Gary Sheffield or Darin Erstad (who was a punter in college). The things I like best about him are his consistency and grit. He’s a grinder, and I love him for it!
16 | Andy Thu. Feb. 7, 2008 at 8:53am
I’m not a Red Sox fan but love the blog…and love it so much more now!
15 | Lauren Thu. Feb. 7, 2008 at 6:17am
Wow, look how snarky he is on there. It’s fun but I officially no longer feel guilty for making snarky comments about the Office now and then. :)
14 | DrunkBiking Wed. Feb. 6, 2008 at 10:27pm
I read FJM religiously, it’s definitely one of my favorite sports blogs as it’s always hilarious. When I read the post this morning, I thought that one of the people’s names sounded familiar but was too busy to Google it. Was Schur the inspiration for the sports writing Philly Jim? And in the upcoming season (hopefully) will we see Michael or Dwight blogging on FireRyanTheTemp.com?
13 | foliage Wed. Feb. 6, 2008 at 10:12pm
I wondered why Ken Tremendous was on Mindy’s blog…
12 | Joe Wed. Feb. 6, 2008 at 8:01pm
I maintain a little blog called 41Miles, and we are big Office and FJM fans. One of our writers, Glenn Davis, actually figured it all out, but we held off on publishing until we got the OK from Schur. You can see it now, though, and it’s very interesting.
11 | Tom Wright-Piersanti Wed. Feb. 6, 2008 at 7:45pm
Thanks for posting this! I didn’t know about this website but I will be SCHUR (bad pun) to read it from now on!

And Ken/Mike - you’re right. The Giants are fantastic and their winning was easily the best day of my 2008 so far.
10 | Abbey in PA Wed. Feb. 6, 2008 at 7:43pm
As a Red Sox fan and an Office fan, this is the collision I never dreamed about but am soooo happy it happened. Michael Schur, you freaking rock….a lot.
9 | spazzychipmunk Wed. Feb. 6, 2008 at 7:35pm
I knew it! Not. I’ve never been on that site, but I could have told you Ken Tremendous was one of The Office writer’s since he’s listed on Mindy’s blog. Now off to read it.
8 | lemoñadé Wed. Feb. 6, 2008 at 6:45pm
I’ve been reading FJM for a long time…my favorite Red Sox site, and all this time it was Mike Schur? You’ve GOT to be kidding me. Well at least I know good writing when I see it (or watch it).
7 | GMMR Wed. Feb. 6, 2008 at 6:42pm
Next thing we know he’ll turn out to be Kelly Ripa.
6 | Sara Wed. Feb. 6, 2008 at 6:35pm
I’m not even a sports person, but one time I had stumbled onto the site, and it always made me wonder…
5 | StephanieC Wed. Feb. 6, 2008 at 6:29pm
Yay! My first time as a tipster. And if my theories about the demographics of this blog are correct, we’ve already maxed out on the comments. ;)

But seriously, for those of you who don’t read FJM, Ken Tremendous has shown himself to be one of the cleverest, sharpest, most well-written and witty minds in all of sports. Seriously. And he’s damn funny.

Gee, I should have figured this out sooner.
4 | Voltaire Wed. Feb. 6, 2008 at 6:24pm
ARE YOU SERIOUS!?!?!

Sweet Sassy, make me love this show and these people some more.

How fantastic!
3 | LittleTuna Wed. Feb. 6, 2008 at 6:09pm
Yes, he certainly is, and I, too, love FJM. I’ve also been sitting on this particular piece of information for a few months now (long story) and seeing it come to light is pretty interesting.
2 | 82 November 1st Wed. Feb. 6, 2008 at 6:08pm
He just keeps getting better and better!
1 | Emma Wed. Feb. 6, 2008 at 5:58pm