Keith Olbermann and Cris Collinsworth Really Couldn't Be In A Better City For Their 50th Birthday

For those that don't know, today is the 50th birthday of both Keith Olbermann and Cris Collinsworth, both cast members of NBC's Football Night in America. And while the birthday fact will probably come to nothing more than a joke or 2 on tonight's Countdown and/or Sunday's Super Bowl pregame show, it's kind of interesting and funny, that they are spending this day in Tampa, Florida, of all places. Why Tampa? Just like New Orleans is the "Big Easy" and Philly is the "City of Brotherly Love", Tampa is known as "The Lap Dance Capital of America." From the Philly Inquirer

"Tampa, affectionately called "The Lap Dance Capital of America," is strip-joint heaven.

The city boasts such exotic clubs as Lip Stixx and Centerfolds, the Bliss Cabaret and Diamond Dolls, the Wild Gentlemen's Club and (my favorite) Bare Assets.

The bars have spent eight years preparing for the onslaught of thirsty tourists, having last hosted the Supe in 2001. At least one joint is putting up a tent in the parking lot to handle the overflow. Others will stay open 24 hours a day.

Exotic dancers have left their usual gigs as far away as Vegas to jet into Tampa for the free-spending weekend.

A dancer named Claudia told the AP she has worked four Super Bowls and makes as much as $2,000 a day."

Hilarious! Let's just say if I were Keith's girlfriend and/or Cris' wife, I'd be very nervous right about now. Those boys are gonna be partyin' tonight!

Tampa is Strip-Joint Heaven (Philadelphia Inquirer)
It Was On This Date 50 Years Ago... (The O Files)