There's even a further connection, though it's a bit more of a stretch. Just as the Metrodome authorities prioritized the students' football game over Major League Baseball, the Times article explains that NBC cut from the Jets game out of "Think about the children" concerns for those little ones who were looking forward to "Heidi".
Especially when the Eagles threw snowballs at Santa one year. They say the Philadelphia fans are in a league of their own & I can agree with that once wearing my Yankees jersey to a Phillies game. Even the kid taking my ticket gave me attitude. “Hey, without me you wouldn’t have a job” I told him.
And when 3 goons approached me in the men’s room I asked, “What happened to the brotherly love?”
But it was all worth it when the roaming Phillies photographer caught me back at my seat when she put me up on the Jumbotron for a few poses. I even showed her my Yankee tattoo.
Go ahead & keep your attitude to outsiders, I still take my cheesesteak with Velveeta.
I guess the Twins and Indians could console themselves that at least their finish wasn't pre-empted for a student production of "Heidi".
Andy that is a DEEP cut. Today I learned:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi_Game
Well done!
Well, in fairness I experienced that bit of corporate madness in real time, so it was easy for me to make the connection. And the next day it became a New York Times front page story. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1968/11/18/81539639.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0
There's even a further connection, though it's a bit more of a stretch. Just as the Metrodome authorities prioritized the students' football game over Major League Baseball, the Times article explains that NBC cut from the Jets game out of "Think about the children" concerns for those little ones who were looking forward to "Heidi".
Football has come a long way since then. I'm sure the children would lose to the NFL on every day of the year including Christmas Eve.
Especially when the Eagles threw snowballs at Santa one year. They say the Philadelphia fans are in a league of their own & I can agree with that once wearing my Yankees jersey to a Phillies game. Even the kid taking my ticket gave me attitude. “Hey, without me you wouldn’t have a job” I told him.
And when 3 goons approached me in the men’s room I asked, “What happened to the brotherly love?”
But it was all worth it when the roaming Phillies photographer caught me back at my seat when she put me up on the Jumbotron for a few poses. I even showed her my Yankee tattoo.
Go ahead & keep your attitude to outsiders, I still take my cheesesteak with Velveeta.
Game called on account of football? Well-crafted story, Paul.
You're good at thinking in headlines, Bill.
WOOOPS! WHO was in charge @NBC.. Steve Urkel? Was he still employed the next day?