After a quick run through NYC to appear on Late Night With David Letterman, Jonathan Papelbon made a stopover in West Chester, PA tonight so that he could help co-host the Red Sox memorabilia segment on QVC.

Forget winning the World Series, the parade in Boston or the Letterman appearance-- in what HAD to be the highlight of his last week, Papelbon hawked merchandise on QVC. For an hour. And yes, they forced him (yet again) to do another jig. Such is the life of the Sports Illustrated cover boy.

I cut the hour's worth of footage down to the 20-ish minutes where Papelbon is talking; this is the first clip, the other two are after the jump.

The QVC guy kept mispronouncing his name- calling him "Josh" about three times, and saying his last name as "Papelbom". It's funny to watch Jonathan start out enthusiastic and joking, and by the end, the monotony of QVC and the doltishness of the host wears him down to a guy who can barely muster fake enthusiasm.

Best part? At the very end of the hour, when they call Doug Mirabelli over to join Jonathan, and the two of them are looking at someone off-camera who makes a face or otherwise says something to them. Jonathan and Doug both bust out laughing: Jonathan making a shocked open-mouth face that dissolves into giggles, and Doug who lets one laugh escape before he has to cover his face with hands to stifle his laughing. The QVC guy suddenly remembers what it was like to be around the popular jocks in high school, when Jonathan tries to say it's an "inside joke." Doug doesn't say anything, because he's still cracking up behind his hands.

Other highlights:

- "We're a bunch of grown men with little kid personalities."
- the two finger salute motion, ever so slightly mocking
- "you haven't picked many people off this year"; yes, if by 'many' you mean 'zero'
- modeling the hat, and then demonstrating the rally cap
- "I had to go with my signature pitch to end the signature World Series"
- "I knew as soon as I got in this league I had to make a name for myself"
- his dad works at the Ted Williams Museum
- the rookie year bet with Youkilis that ended in a mohawk
- he thinks Josh Beckett is Top 10 all-time, will be #1 when he's done
- his hero was Roger Clemens
- described Dustin Pedroia as a "fireplug", and compares him to Jim Clayton (that joke goes right over the QVC guy's head)
- says if he was pitching to Pedroia, first pitch would be right at his head
- Pedroia is the "worst cribbage player [he's] seen in [his] life"
- if Pedroia doesn't get ROTY, there's politics involved
- Josh's best pitch is the fastball, and he calls Josh's curveball "the hammer"

Rest of the video after the jump...