Monday Night Football came about when I was in high school.
It was huge! It was the first time we had football during the week. And there
were lots of stars: Joe Namath, OJ Simpson, Terry Bradshaw, guys like that. For
the first time, the network had three commentators in the booth. One of them
was Howard Cosell. The other guys were former jocks Frank Gifford and “Dandy”
Don Meredith. But Howard made it go. He would say anything in any situation. A
very entertaining guy.
In those days, after a touchdown, they would cut to a
commercial, and after the break they would come back and the camera would find
the guy who scored on the sidelines, and he would look at the camera and mouth
the words “Hi Mom”. Well, one night, the guy who scored apparently didn’t get
the memo about what to say. When the camera caught him, he was unaware he was
on camera and his rather large index finger was up his large nose to at least
the second knuckle. After seeing this,
Howard’s reaction to America was a slow and distinct “Dandy, not a pretty sight!”
Call me crazy but I miss the guy.
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