"It was the week when Alice in Wonderland met Dr. Strangelove. When it seemed we were watching a sketch from Saturday Night Live. When the emerging train wreck once known as the glorious Montreal Canadiens became the California Golden Seals.

About the only thing we were missing was Charles O. Finley.

And the only way it could have got stranger was if Pierre Gauthier went on Tout le monde en parle to confess that he always wanted to be a professional rassler.

The lowlights, in case you missed them:"