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re: Why is the NFL intent on destroying itself?
Posted on 9/26/22 at 9:02 pm to TigerFlask
Posted on 9/26/22 at 9:02 pm to TigerFlask
I’m old enough to remember when this was Monday Night Football…
I know this will sound unbelievable to some, perhaps most here. But there was a time when Monday Night Football was about football and only football. When Monday Night Football came on, and it was literally appointment TV mind you, the entire broadcast was about nothing other than NFL football. It was quite literally, perfection. That was was a better, more civilized, time to live than the times in which we live today.
I know this will sound unbelievable to some, perhaps most here. But there was a time when Monday Night Football was about football and only football. When Monday Night Football came on, and it was literally appointment TV mind you, the entire broadcast was about nothing other than NFL football. It was quite literally, perfection. That was was a better, more civilized, time to live than the times in which we live today.
This post was edited on 9/26/22 at 9:18 pm
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Posted on 9/27/22 at 7:32 am to Darth_Vader
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When Monday Night Football came on, and it was literally appointment TV mind you
Was that when they had 3 channels to pick from?
Posted on 9/27/22 at 8:17 am to Darth_Vader
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I know this will sound unbelievable to some, perhaps most here. But there was a time when Monday Night Football was about football and only football.
Cosell and the boys had plenty of celebrity guests.
Burt Reynolds, John Wayne, William Shatner, and Richard Long, the co-star of ABC’s sitcom “Nanny and the Professor” were among many who clogged the booth to promote new movies or shows.
From a 2006 article addressing similar claims of recent celebrity interruptions:
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Cosell and his ABC Sports partners, Frank Gifford and Don Meredith, and subsequent “Monday Night” teams often played host to stars, before and during the game and at halftime.
At ABC, the “Monday Night” booth was every bit as star needy as ESPN’s is now. It is fascinating, then, to hear cries that ESPN’s second-quarter celebrity fun house is a ridiculous distraction from the game or blatant cross-promotion of other parts of the Disney programming complex.
Nothing is new about this. ESPN is deploying the 2006 version.
In earlier days, celebrities talked while the action was ongoing and intruded on Gifford’s play calling.
NY Times
Posted on 9/27/22 at 8:46 am to Darth_Vader
Posted on 9/27/22 at 1:15 pm to Darth_Vader
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But there was a time when Monday Night Football was about football and only football.
Not entirely - Howard Cosell frequently tried to bring social justice into the broadcast, but Don could always deflect his efforts adroitly.
Posted on 9/27/22 at 1:36 pm to Darth_Vader
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I’m old enough to remember when this was Monday Night Football…
I know this will sound unbelievable to some, perhaps most here. But there was a time when Monday Night Football was about football and only football. When Monday Night Football came on, and it was literally appointment TV mind you, the entire broadcast was about nothing other than NFL football. It was quite literally, perfection. That was was a better, more civilized, time to live than the times in which we live t
Yep...that is until Cosell compared some black player to a monkey, LOL. He went down like Jimmy the Greek.
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