TOP TEN MADDENISMS
Eric Schnabel
I think John Madden is great! He takes some of the staleness out of the
otherwise very redundant commentary, and makes the game more entertaining.
Well, for the five or six other folks out there who like madden, here's
some of my favorite Madden-isms:
PIGEONS IN THE NFL:
During a Bears game this year, I remember Madden diagramming the
pigeons' movements at soldier field, and how they kept moving from
one side of the field to another. Maddenwas saying things like "To be
a pigeon in the NFL, you have to be quic k, and always play behind the
offense...A good pigeon can read the plays, and understands the offensive
schemes well...."
GUY IN THE STANDS CATCHING A PASS
Last year during the Dallas-Detroit playoff game when Kramer threw the
ball through the end-zone to a guy in the stands (who made a very nice
receprion..). Madden charts out the play and says, "Now here, kramer
is reading the "D", and looks off each receiver. He sees that his primary
receiver is covered, and the Dallas secondary has good coverage on every
body exept THIS guy... That's what the good quarterbacks can do, find
the open receiver, even if it's a guy in the stands..."
ALL MADDEN SELECTION OF CHRIS SPEILMAN
Two years ago, Madden says "You've got to like a guy who can get a chunk
of artificial turf stuck in the mask of his helmet... Now that's hard-nosed
football!!
football!!
Any other good stories out there???????
Alan Whitton
|> Just an casual observation from a casual armchair QB:
|> Well, for the five or six other folks out there who like madden, here's
|> some of my favorite Madden-isms:
Here's my favorite:
THIS IS REAL FOOTBALL, WITH BLOOD, SWEAT, GRASS, OXYGEN AND BOOGERS
This one was so funny my wife and I still repeat it.
That makes 3 Madden fans :-)
Cheers,
Alan Whitton
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RICHARD DALHS ARNESEN
I agree One Hundred percent. I think alot of times Madden
is trying to have fun and some uptight people take it way to
seriously. COmeone people lighten up it's only a game *grin*.
Tim A Sauerwein
I seem to remember a Thankgiving Game where they had a shot of the turkey
and Madden starts diagramming(with his video marker) about how to carve it
and what a you had to do to get the wishbone out intact or something like
that. Classic!
Tim Sauerwein
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of course! But he doesn't do it as much as he used to...
semper fi,
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David J. Duffield
is trying to have fun and some uptight people take it way to
seriously. COmeone people lighten up it's only a game *grin*.
Oh but does Hamish not have you going!!!! I enjoy both sports (soccer more
of course) so im just sitting here laughing at all this crap. I will take
the advice of one and write Hamish, and thank him.
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Mark J. Rinehart
> In article <12...@pascal.einstein.eds.com>, schn...@einstein.eds.com (Eric Schnabel) writes:
> |> Just an casual observation from a casual armchair QB:
> |> Well, for the five or six other folks out there who like madden, here's
> |> some of my favorite Madden-isms:
> Here's my favorite:
> THIS IS REAL FOOTBALL, WITH BLOOD, SWEAT, GRASS, OXYGEN AND BOOGERS
> This one was so funny my wife and I still repeat it.
> That makes 3 Madden fans :-)
> Cheers,
> Alan Whitton
With all the negative comments about John Madden, one might think
there aren't many of his fans around --- but you'd be wrong if you
thought that. He is the best of the lot because he knows not to take
the game so damn seriously (ala Bill Walsh). He makes it interesting
and fun with his comments about pigeons, and guys in the stands
catching the ball, etc....At the same time, he has inside knowledge
about the game because he was a successful head coach, and gives the
viewers some excellent insights as to why certain things happen
etc....The only thing I don't personally care for is that clicker
thing.....makes my eyes go buggy after he moves the frame forward and
backward sixteen times. Overall though, Madden and Summerall are by
far the best team of announcers.
Mark
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Followed by the even funnire "whap!!!!"
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Schalene Dagutis
>Just an casual observation from a casual armchair QB:
>
>I think John Madden is great! He takes some of the staleness out of the
>otherwise very redundant commentary, and makes the game more entertaining.
>
>Well, for the five or six other folks out there who like madden, here's
>some of my favorite Madden-isms:
>
>
like to laugh
My favorite was when the Redskins were playing the Vikings (it was in
the regular season). CBS had a camera at mid field attached to the dome
ceiling. Madden called it a pretty sorry excuse for the Goodyear Blimp
and proceeded to talk about how sissy it was to play in dome -- complete
with all my favorite Madden sound effects.
schalene
Mark Wheeler
>
> Just an casual observation from a casual armchair QB:
>
> I think John Madden is great! He takes some of the staleness out of the
> otherwise very redundant commentary, and makes the game more entertaining.
>
> Any other good stories out there???????
How about his selection of the guy who had to put out the fire at the top of the
Superdome during a Saints game (vs. the 49ers I think)?
Anyone remember the details of the commentary?
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THE BLIMP COMMENT
It's a regular season game during the 1991 season, and the Goodyear
blimp makes an appearance at the game. Well, the other announcer
happens to comment about how the blimp is giving great shots of the
game. Well, Madden in all his stupidity, boldly comments, "Ya know,
instead of the guys who run that thing staying in the little part
of the blimp, why don't they use ALL of that space above them? Put
in a living room and other things". What a totally stupid comment!
Everyone knows that's where the helium is! duh! stick to football! :)
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>
>
>
> THE BLIMP COMMENT
>
> It's a regular season game during the 1991 season, and the Goodyear
> blimp makes an appearance at the game. Well, the other announcer
> happens to comment about how the blimp is giving great shots of the
> game. Well, Madden in all his stupidity, boldly comments, "Ya know,
> instead of the guys who run that thing staying in the little part
> of the blimp, why don't they use ALL of that space above them? Put
> in a living room and other things". What a totally stupid comment!
>
> Everyone knows that's where the helium is! duh! stick to football! :)
Try looking up the word 'sarcasm'. It might help you understand Madden, unless
you're terminally without a sense of humor.
George Lambert
Gary Rosen
A couple of years ago the '9ers were in a playoff game on New Year's
Day. A camera panned the stadium and lingered on a couple in full
party garb, mugging it up with a couple of cocktail glasses. Madden,
sounding quite irritated, said "They're just here for they party, they
don't know what's going on! They don't know whether you stuff it or you
blow it up!"
- Gary Rosen
Bob Marshall
>Just an casual observation from a casual armchair QB:
>
>I think John Madden is great! He takes some of the staleness out of the
>otherwise very redundant commentary, and makes the game more entertaining.
>
>Well, for the five or six other folks out there who like madden, here's
>some of my favorite Madden-isms:
[...amusing stories not repeated...]
>Any other good stories out there???????
Along the same lines of the All-Madden team, I remember a few years ago
a Raiders lineman named Wiesnewski (sp?) was selected. Madden said something
like "Every team has to have a guy with a name like Wiesnewski, so you
can yell 'hey, Wiesnewski, go out there and hit a few people'".
Another one I remember is when he was reviewing a Barry Sanders run; he
said "now watch this little perriette here; did you see that little
perriette?". The word "perriette" was sort of a cross between "Perrier"
and "piroutte" (the latter of which he was *really* trying to say).
Oh, and then the segment on the All-Madden show a few years ago with
Jerry Rice and M.C. Hammer. Hammer was teaching Jerry a new dance step
to do in the end zone. Hammer said that next he was going to teach Madden
how to do it. So Madden got the clicker out and replayed the segment.
The dance step had Hammer keeping his right foot planted the whole time,
but the rest of his body was all over the place. But his right foot never
moved. So Madden's commentary was "OK, you see the right foot; I've got
that part down. That part I can do. I don't have any problem with that.
This other stuff, forget about it. But I can do the right foot".
Geez, now you've got me on a roll. A few weeks ago there was a segment
during the 49ers game that showed Joe Montana in one of his first
throwing sessions. Apparently the receiver he was throwing to took a
break, but Montana wasn't tired yet. So Madden came on the field to
play wide receiver. They showed a clip of Madden going downfield and
catching a pass, then doing a few fakes here and there, and then
rumbling into the end zone. And on the replay he says "Now, remember,
this is in super slow-motion, that's why it looks like I'm running
so slow...".
How anyone can call him an "idiot", I don't know. Whether you like his
broadcasting style or not (and I think the fact that CBS has him at #1
indicates that most people do like him), he is certainly a very
intelligent man when it comes to football. Certainly more intelligent
about football than the ones who are calling him an idiot.
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Bob Marshall
> It's a regular season game during the 1991 season, and the Goodyear
> blimp makes an appearance at the game. Well, the other announcer
> happens to comment about how the blimp is giving great shots of the
> game. Well, Madden in all his stupidity, boldly comments, "Ya know,
> instead of the guys who run that thing staying in the little part
> of the blimp, why don't they use ALL of that space above them? Put
> in a living room and other things". What a totally stupid comment!
>
> Everyone knows that's where the helium is! duh! stick to football! :)
Everyone knows he was being facetious! Duh! Stick to anything other than
critiquing Madden! :)
Michael Zimmers
A few years ago, in a Niners playoff game (I think it was the '89 NFC
title game vs. the Lambs), late in the game, Roger Craig and Rathman
were congratulating each other on great performances. Both were
totally muddy and grass-stained, with the obligatory blood in places.
John said, "Now you see there two guys who've played in a real
football game, not one of those things you see in a dome -- or in a
sushi bar."
What makes him tick I'll never know, but he's the closest thing to
Yogi Berra we've got.
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JOHN HEIM
>With all the negative comments about John Madden, one might think
>there aren't many of his fans around --- but you'd be wrong if you
>thought that. He is the best of the lot because he knows not to take
>the game so damn seriously (ala Bill Walsh). He makes it interesting
>and fun with his comments about pigeons, and guys in the stands
>catching the ball, etc....At the same time, he has inside knowledge
>about the game because he was a successful head coach, and gives the
>viewers some excellent insights as to why certain things happen
>etc....The only thing I don't personally care for is that clicker
>thing.....makes my eyes go buggy after he moves the frame forward and
>backward sixteen times. Overall though, Madden and Summerall are by
>far the best team of announcers.
One thing that Madden should be given credit for is the trend in NFL
broadcasting toward teaching the fans about the details of coaching
strategy. Before Madden became a sportscaster there was very little
analysis being done during the games. You didn't know why a play
worked or why it didn't. Or you wouldn't know why a team tried a
particular play. Now a days, for instance, it's fairly common for
sportscasters to explain the meaning of terms like "2-deep zone" or to
explain why teams send players in motion before a play. At one time
the announcers seldom, if ever, explained this kind of thing.
It was Madden that started this. In fact, before he became famous for
being funny, he was known for his ability to educate the fans.
Sidney W. Kitchel
>>backward sixteen times. Overall though, Madden and Summerall are by
>>far the best team of announcers.
I agree completely. But more credit needs to go to Pat. Before
he teamed with Madden, there was Sumerall and Brookshire. For their
day, they were easily the best announcing team, especially if you
loved Tom's extremely sarcastic comments. Apparently the fabulously
intelligent CBS execs didn't care for Brookshire, but were smart
enough not to dump Sumerall. The Sumerall/Madden team is an experiment
whose chemistry worked!
--Sid
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Schalene Dagutis
>
>Oh, and then the segment on the All-Madden show a few years ago with
>Jerry Rice and M.C. Hammer. Hammer was teaching Jerry a new dance step
>to do in the end zone. Hammer said that next he was going to teach Madden
>how to do it. So Madden got the clicker out and replayed the segment.
>The dance step had Hammer keeping his right foot planted the whole time,
>but the rest of his body was all over the place. But his right foot never
>moved. So Madden's commentary was "OK, you see the right foot; I've got
>that part down. That part I can do. I don't have any problem with that.
>This other stuff, forget about it. But I can do the right foot".
>
sick and didn't get Good Morning America turned off in time. In D.C.,
Live with Regis and Kathy Lee is on next. They do a little chat about
the playoff games over the weekend and they show a clip of some guy
strutting around in the end zone. Kathy Lee says she doesn't like that
sort of stuff and that Frank doesn't either. She says whenever he sees
it when they're watching at home he says, "They should act like they've
been there before."
I thought it was pretty funny.
schalene
Rick Schaut
You're asking people who engage in flame wars which extend to private
e-mail and telephone conversations to lighten up over this stuff?!
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Classic Madden.