I used "walls" on purpose because my college roommate from senior year would say "balls to the walls" and I thought it was really stupid, particularly because he would say it in situations that didn't fit. Like I would say "see you later," and he would say "balls to the walls." I remember he said "walls" because I was thinking of a dude in a corner trying to reach two walls at once.
Pretty sure the phrase comes from early fighter aircraft where you'd push the throttle as far forward as it would go (to the wall) and the throttle had a ball on top, similar to old shifters in cars, thus balls to the wall.
Yeah, I like Sudeikis a lot, which is part of the reason I was willing to give this show a chance. I actually met him once at UNC, he was doing a show with some SNL writers (who actually have all become cast members since) at the Union and because I was on the CUAB Comedy Committee (which is the committee that brought him there) we got to hang out. That whole SNL crew partied hard, but Sudeikis in particular. He was awesome though, super nice and hilarious.
