The WORST BROADCAST DECISION in NBC Super Bowl HISTORY | Super Bowl XXIII

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At the pregame show to Super Bowl XXIII between the San Francisco 49ers and Cincinnati Bengals, instead of devoting the bulk of the time to the game, or to any of the critical off-the-field issues surrounding the game, for some inexplicable reason, NBC Sports decided to air a talent show featuring NFL players, and hosted by Ahmad Rashad and John Candy. The idea is as bad as it sounds, and unsurprisingly, it failed hard. This is the story behind the horrible idea, as well as Reggie White's attempt during the show at standup comedy.
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@paulframe85 2 года назад

So that's why Montana was able to say in the game-winning drive "Hey guys, that's John Candy down there".

@KWCline91 2 года назад

I was wondering why John Candy was there in the first place aside from being there. Now, I know the answer.

@TimEric4d3d3d3 2 года назад

I just thought the same thing. I always remembered this SB for the 3D broadcast.

@DolFan316 2 года назад

Montana literally had the best vision of any human on the planet by far to be able to spot John Candy in a stadium of thousands from hundreds of yards away.

@michaelmcglynn5863 2 года назад

Thank God the pregame show was rescued by Joe Montana, and a spectacular ending.

@brettpatterson404 2 года назад

Though John Candy was a big football fan. He was part owner of the Toronto Argonauts with Wayne Gretzky and Bruce McNall.

@Garrett316 2 года назад

That Talent Show idea was worse than if you do nothing but spike the ball into the ground on every play.

@KWCline91 2 года назад

That would’ve been a better competition. How high can you spike the ball?

@rickschultz9589 2 года назад

Well done, sir.

@coasterdaydreams7150 2 года назад

Me: "does the DiCaprio pointing at the tv meme"

@cheese2507 Год назад

Say the line Bart.

@osu4mul8r 2 года назад

NBC execs were doing a lot of cocaine in late 80’s. ‘Nuff said!

@ShadowMonkey69 2 года назад

I think it is safe to say most execs were probably doing cocaine back in the 80s

@osu4mul8r 2 года назад

@@ShadowMonkey69 touché lololol

@DolFan316 2 года назад

@@ShadowMonkey69 Most adults is what you really meant. It's the only explanation for '80s fashion and pop culture in general.

@americangiant1003 2 года назад

@@DolFan316 LMAO. On the fashion as a '80's era raised (born in the early '70's and a high school student by time this classic game was played)there was some head scratching fashion ideas. However IMO Some Great and Legendary Music and Music Video saved it from being a disaster lol.

@DolFan316 2 года назад

@@americangiant1003 I'm in your age group and I have to disagree about the music. Starting in '86 it got progressively worse every year. There's a reason why everyone switched to alternative in the early '90s. Even the sheep had gotten sick and tired of hair metal by then.

@alexandermutsaers2693 2 года назад

"The 1st Annual Diet Pepsi Talent Challenge!" That's confidence to say "1st annual," expecting to do this garbage again.

@craigusselman546 2 года назад

The first and last Diet Pepsi Talent Challenge.

@z71pack Год назад

Maybe Pepsi was trying to match Diet Coke 3D halftime and the epic inaugural Bud Bowl. It was the late 1980s after all

@ReverendBenzo 2 года назад

You know, for a comedian, he's a pretty good football player.

@vickrunalza8057 2 года назад

Reggie White was INFINITELY a better Comedian than Fauci is/has been a Transparent “Scientist” and I am not being Sarcastic.

@andrewr7395 2 года назад

It was the eighties. This type of thing was par for the course. Ironically, the game ended up being one of the best Super Bowls ever.

@prowertastic8136 2 года назад

I guess Reggie White wanted everyone to know the pain the QBs felt when he hit them.

@jontaub1276 2 года назад

It's plausible that the NFL instructed NBC to NOT cover what was going on around Miami and/or the Wilson incident

@mrvy33 2 года назад

I'm a lifelong 49ers fan (43 years old) and I've heard the John Candy story a million times. I just figured Candy was there as a fan. Now I know the real reason.

@MalEvansUSA 2 года назад

No talent telecast no candy on sideline no 49ers victory. No jfk assassination no Beatles no mama class doesn’t choke on a ham and cheese sandwich

@ethansimon5629 2 года назад

@@MalEvansUSA true, it all comes down to no talent telecast and history is changed forever

@stephaniegormley9982 Год назад

It also explains why NFL films has footage of Candy at the game. They probably got a shot of him as part of the pre game talent, but unearthed it later because of the story.

@harryasmith527 2 года назад

Squidward had moves, but the audience just wasn't ready for such a display yet.

@loganmosher5935 2 года назад

True But They Only Cheered When SpongeBob SquarePants Mops The Stage Yes Forget Mr. Krab's Daughter Pearl Showing Her Cheerleading Skills Forget Gary The Snail Reciting A Poem Forget Plankton Doing A Magic Act Just So He Can Get The Krabby Patty Formula And Forget Squidward Tentacles Showing Of His Dancing Skills The Audience Cheered For SpongeBob SquarePants When He Was Mopping The Stage So Yeah

@scottaznavourian3720 2 года назад

To be fair this led to the legendary moment in the game where the niners need to go 93 yards to win and Montana goes into the huddle and says 'hey look there's John candy!'

@rustykuntz94 2 года назад

I agree in general about the other potential options for pre game content but the Stanley Wilson issue popped up less then 24 hours prior to the game, they really didn't have time to do in depth cocaine stories/content/effects on the game. These spots are planned out weeks, even months before Super Bowl Sunday.

@KWCline91 2 года назад

Reggie (RIP), you’re a football player and a preacher, not a comedian.

@scottfarmer8758 2 года назад

So that's why John Candy was there. Joe Montana pointed him out right before the final drive of the game.

@daBEAGLE1017 2 года назад

Love how the Crabby Pattys building is in the shape of a crab trap. Sponge Bob rules.

@JWex-jy7sk 2 года назад

Alright I’m 24, and I’m embarrassed to say that I was today years old before actually realizing that for the first time...😅

@travismcdonald6576 2 года назад

Reggie White’s routine was still funnier than Jimmy Fallon and an entire season of Young Sheldon.

@BitcoinMotorist 2 года назад

RIP Reggie White and John Candy. Two comedy legends

@MartelLamar 2 года назад

Two? Lol

@CTubeMan 2 года назад

Both died at the age of 43.

@BitcoinMotorist 2 года назад

@@CTubeMan Oh no, I'm 43!

@MalEvansUSA 2 года назад

Reggie white was murdered by cia special operative assassins. Why ? Reggie knew the truth about the cia special operative unit which was using drug profits to finance the genocide of rhodesians in Africa. That’s was no heart attack and no asthma attack

@nasetvideos 2 года назад

Oh my gosh...how did you find this? This was awesome. I remember this so well when NBC did it. It was a bad idea then, still a bad idea now. The Sponge Bob lead-in for this video was perfect. What a fantastic video--Great job!

@Busch22Fan 2 года назад

The Ickey Shuffle. Darrell Waltrip tried doing that dance after winning the 1989 Daytona 500. If you've never seen it, I'll just say this: Ickey, he was not.

@DolFan316 2 года назад

One big problem right away is that every player involved except Reggie White was doing the same "play piano/keyboard and sing" act.

@craigmergenthal9291 Год назад

Same, regardless of if some of the singers/piano guys were "more talented", they needed to bump a few off the top 7 and replace them with other acts- juggling, trained pet tricks, stuff like that. Basically just pick the best 2-3 singers, and fill the other slots with different types of acts.

@dash_r_media 2 года назад

I remember this quite well, and just the mere mention of Reggie White's stand-up act sent me into a cringe spiral. I'd rather take a blind side sack from Reggie than listen to his routine again.

@stacieorico5624 2 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-I3voQGTnP9A.html

@Buttington_Headerson 2 года назад

Cringe spiral so accurately describes my recollection of that nightmare

@Crunkboy415 2 года назад

I only remember three things from that SB: The Niners won a thriller over the Bengals, it was Bill Walsh's last game as a coach for the Niners, and John Candy was there. Thankfully I did not remember why he was there. 🤣

@fingersmcoy 2 года назад

both superbowls with these teams were good games, and both broke my heart. lol. freaking Montana

@timothymoroney9100 2 года назад

Being someone, who has went to the Miami Seaquarium, and knows who usually performs on that stage…do you think the Seal and Sea Lion show would have wiped the floor with these NFL players?

@donaldpaluga 2 года назад

The Star Wars Holiday Special of Super Bowl Pre-Game Shows

@Hodaggium 2 года назад

I'm so glad that Reggie White didn't quit his day job. I remember when he came to Green Bay, and then more came to Green Bay, and then the Packers won Super Bowl XXXI and made it to Super Bowl XXXII. That was a great time to be a Packers fan.

@joegausch 2 года назад

Pennsylvania's new Death Penalty- Your placed in a room with Reggie White and forced to listen to his stand up comedian act.

@darreljones8645 2 года назад

One of the best parts was the (unread) opening clause from one of the newspaper articles talking about the following year's pregame show: "Don't expect any dancing bears or dancing Bears."

@Rockhound6165 2 года назад

I don't even remember this but this is hilarious.

@mcj88 2 года назад

A few months later NBC wound up initially passing on _Seinfeld_ after its pilot aired just a few months later; they only picked it up as a full show the next year because one particular executive was too stubborn to let it go. Evidently NBC in 1989 succeeded _despite_ themselves.

@fromthehaven94 2 года назад

Money that was borrowed from the Late Night division was used to produce the four episodes that would comprise- along with the pilot episode- the first season.

@TheManWithThePlan360 2 года назад

Thank you for specifying specifically that this was for NBC Super Bowl history, mainly because I have and always will consider the biggest mistake NFL on NBC has ever made is not saving footage of the greatest game ever played back in 1978, when the Saints and Bengals went into a clash of titans culminating in a game-winning FG drive where one of the Saints offensive lineman shit himself on the sideline and went out to anchor the line in a truly remarkable feat.

@Crunkboy415 2 года назад

I hope it wasn't the center 🤮

@stevenfarnesi9126 2 года назад

I want to see a video on that game

@diaz5292 2 года назад

They should have done a loop of Sam Wyche yelling into the mic "You don't live in Cleveland. You live in Cincinnati!!" for 3 solid hours before the game. People woulda loved that!...lol

@CTubeMan 2 года назад

Could have…except Wyche did that the next year.

@diaz5292 2 года назад

@@CTubeMan WYche woulda found a way to make it work...lol

@stoytrivia1126 2 года назад

I think the best indication of how bad this idea was is the fact that I spent the entire video dreading the moment when he would inevitably show clips of the actual contest.

@vdubproductions2646 2 года назад

The "talent" show had a lower rating than if a QB did nothing but spiked the ball to the ground on every play.

@joedavis4257 2 года назад

Ok, this one wins the internet today.

@SuperNuclearUnicorn 2 года назад

Hey, a 36.9 rating wouldn't be bad at all

@vdubproductions2646 2 года назад

@@SuperNuclearUnicorn Wouldn't have been bad but I don't think it even reached that high.

@stevenbauer4799 2 года назад

montana...'hey guys. look there's john candy in the stands eating popcorn' just before throwing the winning td toss to taylor.

@luisreyes1963 2 года назад

And here I thought Nickelodeon's NFL Slimetime was a half-assed idea. 😅

@grinningchicken 2 года назад

Anyone who can watch the whole Reggie thing deserves a prize

@DolFan316 2 года назад

So where's mine?

@MalEvansUSA 2 года назад

This is why john candy was on the sideline which created and influenced Montana in final drive this had a direct impact on 49ers to win

@Mr_Oggie 2 года назад

I think it depends on what era you grew up in. When this aired, at the end of the 80s, TV shows where celebrities and athletes did talent competitions, stunts and circus acts was still pretty big on television - people liked to see their favourite stars and athletes "out of their element" and/or showing off skills they aren't normally associated with. And for the big news stories: at the time the news rarely covered things like celebrity scandal, where somebody was caught with drugs or hiring a prostitute - that stuff was mostly left for magazines like "The National Enquirer" or for tabloid television shows like "A Current Affair" and a news story like the Miami riots would still be considered "regional" and would barely get any coverage on the national stage. And the other big factor in all this was: the need to appeal to a wider audience. If its Superbowl Sunday and I want to watch the pregame show and the game itself and my wife isn't interested she can just go watch one of a hundred channels on the TV in the bedroom, stream something from the internet or just watch some RU-vid - back in the late 80s most households still only had one TV and only half of America had cable television. So for most households it wasn't a case of the guys in the basement watching the Superbowl and the wives upstairs watching something else, back then if your TV was on it was something everybody would have to watch.

@reintaler6355 2 года назад

And? The rating spoke for itself

@jimmym3352 2 года назад

It would have been better if you had some big names up there. But I think it's safe to say most NFL players talent is playing football, and they don't have much else going for them. Yeah things like Star Search were popular (though I hated that show, but maybe because I was a kid and stuff like that bored me), but some of those performers were actually good. And there were some hold over variety shows (though the 70's were they heyday for those type of shows). It would have been better if they had gotten celebrities and not NFL players. Look how popular Dancing With the Stars was (maybe it still is, I'm not interested in stuff like that).

@wvu05 2 года назад

Well, considering the longevity of _Dancing with the Stars,_ there's still a demand for seeing celebrities "out of their element" (I haven't watched it in a long time, but no bad dancer will ever be as entertaining as Jerry Springer).

@jonniez62 2 года назад

Glad I was on Guam and didn't see this.

@cablehogue599 2 года назад

John candy gone too soon

@silverback7675 2 года назад

Reggie White too

@whaduzitmatr 2 года назад

I got it I'll go back in time to fix this: "removes talent challenge and inserts Bon Jovi singing It's My Life"

@JuhaKauko 2 года назад

You do know they had to lock the content weeks before any of those Maimi riots or Bengals player doing coke took place? The talent show was bad idea, but your suggestions for replacement content are just impossible

@kirbrider 2 года назад

How was that even comedy? That was just Reggie White telling a story, and "trying" to be "funny".

@joedavis4257 2 года назад

I'm a die hard Lions fan and I've never heard of Carl Bernard.

@americangiant1003 2 года назад

LMAO. Mr. Bernard and others on what Jag called the worse game show in TV show might be even be on Wiki playing for the Lions for his 2 minutes of fame lol.

@CTubeMan 2 года назад

It seems like the greatest indictment of this idea is it never should have been done in the first place. However, Diet Pepsi sponsored the show, and I’m sure they’d have to be persuaded to drop the show based on the “real life” events that transpired as late as the day before the game. This is the problem NBC had with the original Heidi Game, was that a corporate sponsor would be upset if they didn’t air it on time for a football game conclusion. NBC and Diet Pepsi couldn’t have known that the riots and the Stanley Wilson incident would occur that week. Reggie White’s heart was in the right place when it came to impersonations. His voice, not so much. He sounded the same on every impersonation. Reminds me of the Don Imus Show. Imus had someone do impersonations of newsmakers. They all sounded the same.

@donaldpaluga 2 года назад

Rob Bartlett. And he was a bad wrestling commentator to boot.

@Musicradio77Network 2 года назад

This pregame with the “Diet Pepsi’s Talent Challenge” was way before “American Idol” and “America’s Got Talent” started. The others were “Star Search” and the 1988 revival of “The Gong Show” was good for its time. Actor John Candy hosted this one-time special after he was doing “Uncle Buck”.

@pronkb000 2 года назад

@@donaldpaluga Bartlett couldn't even do a proper impersonation of VINCE McMAHON, who has to be one of the easiest people on the planet to impersonate. I know people with no impersonation skills whatsoever who can do a good McMahon.

@DolFan316 2 года назад

@@pronkb000 You should hear my Vince impersonation. It's good shit, pal!

@MalEvansUSA 2 года назад

Reggie white imitation of elvis Presley was seriously good. His George bush imitation was fantastic. Reggie even imitated Pete rozelle and john madden. Incredible

@tubesocksbrigade3031 2 года назад

NBC had a better talent show more than a decade before this day in question. It was called "The Gong Show"

@americangiant1003 2 года назад

Exactly. The Gong Show was actually (too young to see it in the '70's)from what I seen here on YT in reruns actually a funny and fun show. Plus the Gong Show did producer their own "Kelly Clarkson" type breakout star with Cheryl Lynn. Here is Ms. Lynn biggest hit of her career. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GLUCCewe_4c.html

@gordtron 2 года назад

what a waste of John Candy!

@gordtron 2 года назад

@@matthewdaley746 totally forgot about that show. missin the Big Man.

@stephenbuus7535 2 года назад

I see your talent show and raise you the sign off to SB 32, Dick Enberg's last SB before NBC lost football for a while. Dick got to say his final goodbye, but then they cut to Greg Gumbel, who was interrupted by John Lithgow as Dick Solomon, leading directly into 3rd Rock From the Sun. Not a good look by any means.

@mgb4692 2 года назад

ABC had a better PBA sendoff seven months earlier (was also the finale for the legend Chris Schenkel, they should have had him on some college games that year), although their open was absolutely stupid

@raymondswenson5529 2 года назад

The post game of this super bowl featured something else you normally don't get ....an interview with Bill Romanowski where he says...."I got SO sick of telling the Packers how good they were, that I wanted to throw up".

@MalEvansUSA 2 года назад

Awesome. Your skill set and creativity are amazing.

@diaz5292 2 года назад

John Candy shoulda just talked about the Argonauts for 90 minutes...lol

@mikeyerian2562 2 года назад

The SB 23 pregame show was not only awful but long AF. As a Bengals fan, anxiety already high, this made it even worse.

@JayTemple 2 года назад

One other thing that might have contributed to SOMEONE thinking it was a good idea: Only three years prior, "The Super Bowl Shuffle", a single by members of the Chicago Bears as the Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew, nearly hit the top 40 and was certified for sales of 1,000,000 units shipped.

@russschoewe3551 2 года назад

Bro your videos are awesome! I would've loved to hear what John Candy had to say off camera lol

@Marylandbrony 2 года назад

Some person at NBC: Sir should we dedicate at least one segment in our pregame show to the rioting in Los Angeles last week? The NFL: Nah the people want to see Justin Tucker do Opera.

@coreylevine3856 2 года назад

The rioting in Miami in 1989

@silverback7675 2 года назад

To be fair there’s always some kind of riot in the west coast. Probably something in the water.

@DolFan316 2 года назад

Back in the good old days when the media treated rioting for what it was instead of glorifying it as some sort of "peaceful protest" for "social justice".

@Tyrone181 2 года назад

@@DolFan316 Yeah, because that's _exactly_ what the correlation is here. 🙄

@DolFan316 2 года назад

@@Tyrone181 It is and you know it.

@mfdixon1985 2 года назад

Not the first person to make this comment, but this answers why John Candy was there for Joe Montana to point out before the game winning drive. I'll cut NBC a little slack in a few places. 1. When this was being planned out, they certainly didn't know about the riots or the Stanley Wilson situation. The riots were ongoing enough that they probably could have called an audible but the Stanley Wilson situation broke that day. The earliest anyone at NBC could have possibly known was late the night before. 2. While you're right, there were plenty of storylines to draw from, it's also worth remembering that the prior 5 Super Bowls were all blowouts and all but one of those was essentially over at halftime. And even though it didn't turn out this way, this one was expected to be the same way, with the 49ers favored by 7. I could definitely understand an NBC executive thinking "Why are we going to bog the pregame show down with a bunch of football analysis when everyone knows this game will be a blowout and won't watch?" And as you pointed out, CBS went football heavy the next year and got a biblical blowout. Obviously it didn't work. If they wanted to do a talent show, they should have brought in actual comedians, singers, etc. But I can kind of understand the thinking.

@americangiant1003 2 года назад

Or Micheal maybe NBC could have tried this "Talent Show" the night before on Saturday Night with a mix of selected (actual good NFL "Performers" lol) and some of America's top comics of that time as well. It had no place in the actual pregame.

@roryloganwhitley1867 2 года назад

If this were earlier in the 80s when NBC was ratings-challenged and desperate, I could have understood this idea, weird as it was. Consider it might have been worse. NBC was by the late 80s owned by General Electric. If GE really wanted to, they could have had Bob Costas host and narrate documentaries as to how light bulbs, washing machines and locomotive engines were made as the build-up to the game. If they really wanted laughs, GE executives could have pointed a gun at David Letterman and ordered him to do that same assignment.

@therainmakerinsider 2 года назад

It maybe brain dead, but the game wound up having the highest rated Super Bowl ever.

@DolFan316 2 года назад

It was highly rated because for once, the game wasn't over after the first quarter like the previous ten or so Super Bowls.

@americangiant1003 2 года назад

At the time in Jan, 1989, correct Insider. Since this classic game several SB's especially since Feb. 2008 has gotten higher ratings.

@bajikimran2304 2 года назад

Actually CBS did a song and dance show featuring NFL players the night before Super Bowl VI called Super Night at the Super Bowl. I remember guys like John Brodie and Roman Gabriel singing and dancing during that fiasco. Far worse than the subject of this video. Let's also remember they did "Up With People" as the Super Bowl halftime show three or four times in the first 10 years. If I remember correctly, it was a Miami thing.

@altfactor 2 года назад

"The NFL's Got Talent" "NFL Idol" "The NFL Voice". "NFL Star Search". "The NFL's Original Amateur Hour". "NFL Talent Scouts"

@CTubeMan 2 года назад

“NFL Gong Show”

@altfactor Год назад

You hit the nail on the head!

@big8dog887 2 года назад

Alternate history: NBC makes a better choice for the pregame show. John Candy isn't there, Joe Montana can't point him out to calm his team down, that epic drive doesn't happen, the Bengals win the game, Boomer Esiason makes it to the HOF, Montana isn't considered the (pre-Brady) GOAT, and in fact, may lose his job to Young that much sooner.

@keithboyd9582 2 года назад

I bet they didn't want to cover the riots or that running back story cause the producers wanted to keep all of the viewers in a happy mood. They didn't think that people would be interested in that.

@cdwest82 2 года назад

Spencer Tillman is going to be mad when he sees this. 😂

@CTubeMan 2 года назад

Tim Brando will tell him, “9r unkind.”

@americangiant1003 2 года назад

Spencer Tillman has had actual a good post playing career as a Sports Anchor/NFL Color Analyst. I remember him in the late 90's when he was the Weekend Sports Anchor at WABC-TV the Local NYC ABC News Station. And way better than trying his dream at a horrible failed attempt at a cross between "American Idol," the "Gong Show" and "Showtime at the Apollo" lol.

@RetroJR3379 2 года назад

I'm surprised you haven't done a video on SuperBowl 32. It was NBC last NFL game until 2006 and instead of saying goodbye and do a tribute video they used it to promote 3rd Rock with Jon Lithgow running

@dustinsindledecker154 2 года назад

Probably the worst thing john candy ever did.

@davee.9906 2 года назад

I think I blocked this from my memory because I'm such a huge Eagles fan and my man The Minister of Defense Reggie White was humiliating.

@SuperNuclearUnicorn 2 года назад

Now with players probably having a greater sense of humour and sarcasm about themselves we should bring this back so we can have a bunch of players just goof around

@joenintendo 2 года назад

This sounds like an awesome idea if you do it right. Maybe some real and good talents mixed with some not-so-good ones. Doing it a little tongue-in-cheek would make it pretty good, I think

@stephenterranova8455 2 года назад

I had the same thought, a Simon Cowell-type roasting the players would be fun today!

@pikupanndropof7339 2 года назад

So that's what John Candy was doing at the Super Bowl when Joe Montana saw him.

@DolFan316 2 года назад

Reggie's not wrong though, having to wake up at 6 AM for school DID suck, especially when it was still dark outside.

@bcranford714 2 года назад

A pastor doing comedy lol

@fromthehaven94 2 года назад

Are we talking about the Super Bowl pregame that now involves nothing but talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, more talk, and the pregame festivities. Somewhere in there, is a typical pregame show which would usually be in a studio.

@MrSchimpf 2 года назад

One other thing; NBC had just switched its affiliation in Miami 22 days earlier from WSVN to WTVJ, which it had just purchased. Even that could have been part of the pregame show as trying to put behind that affiliation switch (which affected several stations up to West Palm Beach).

@Musicradio77Network Год назад

And here in New York City, WNBC-TV, an NBC affiliate on channel 4 remains there where they carried “Super Bowl 23” with a godawful talent show.

@Unkle_Mike 2 года назад

Just blame these questionable decisions on cocaine.

@chadadams6112 2 года назад

I’m amazed Fox never tried this especially when American Idol was the hottest thing going

@mrmoose6619 2 года назад

Even without the current events, this sounds like a horrible idea and Gong Show like. Maybe if there were all-stars and/or famous alumni of each team, then fine... something silly and entertaining while keeping the football theme... or show them bowling or something like that where some of them look like the average person playing too... but this? Oy....

@runrafarunthebestintheworld 2 года назад

I have a better idea. It would be fun to see Fox or NBC get Football players to race around an official NASCAR race track. In any host City.

@americangiant1003 2 года назад

Moose again if this was say a mix of both the hottest celebrities at the time mixed in with these "Not ready for prime time wannabe Entertainers" whoops 3-string NFL players lol maybe it could have worked.

@MichaelPiz 2 года назад

JG9: The show was bad. It was _really_ bad. It was SUPER bad! Bad idea. Bad planning. Bad talent. Bad execution. Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad! Me: So you're saying it was bad. JG9: Well, Lord, man, it wasn't good.

@RetroJR3379 2 года назад

Thank God I didn't know about that until today lol.

@scottaznavourian3720 2 года назад

No one. Can sit thru a 6 hour pregame show I don't care what their doing on it..

@pronkb000 2 года назад

If NBC decides sensibly not to do this, is NFL history altered? Does Montana rally/calm his team without having John Candy to point to in the crowd? The world may never know. As a devoted NFL fan who actually remembers this Super Bowl...I've heard of 2 players involved here, and I only know Spencer Tillman because he's been a broadcaster for what seems like 75 years. Lots of stuff here that I didn't know, like the riots in Miami. But what shocked me the most was the "LIVE" graphic. I don't know if this show could be saved--probably not...but my God, couldn't you PRE-TAPE IT and try to fix what you can in post? Maybe you can do 12-14 acts and whittle it down to 6 or 7 for the live broadcast. Hell, maybe even have Reggie do his routine twice to see if it's remotely better once he's gotten through it and any presumed nerves are gone. It's flabbergasting that they would do this at all, but to do it live is just asking for disaster.

@DolFan316 2 года назад

I always thought Montana just made up that bit about seeing John Candy.

@shackdaddy7106 2 года назад

I make it a point every year not to turn on the Super Bowl until about 15 minutes before kickoff. All I want to see is the coin toss and the national anthem. A four hour pregame show before one football game even if it’s the Super Bowl is ridiculous. One hour should be sufficient. Football fans are already familiar with the two teams are going to be playing each other, and casual and non-football fans can find out what they want or need to know in one hour. And what’s worse at least here in Arizona is that the local radio station that broadcasts the Cardinals games feel a need to do a 4 1/2 hour pregame show before every single regular season game. This is completely ridiculous.

@TimmyTickle 2 года назад

I shudder to think what that station did the year the Cards played in the SB…

@shackdaddy7106 2 года назад

@@TimmyTickle The Super Bowl is when the radio station started doing a 4 1/2 hour pregame show. Unfortunately they have not let go of the idea. I forgot to mention that the post game show runs for about three hours. However I don’t have as much of a problem with that is because they are talking about the game that just took place and there’s interviews with the players and the coaches. Plus they take calls from listeners. They could probably shorten it to an hour and a half or two hours.

@MalEvansUSA 2 года назад

All the pre game shows were like that back then. You used to have all the nfl stars on a wacky 70s variety show the night before the game. You had them singing and dancing or in skits like Joe Namath You had up with people

@teen_laqueefa 2 года назад

John Candy RIP This was the SUPER BOWL that broke my heart, had Stanley played, we may have won .

@teen_laqueefa 2 года назад

@Trump Lost !!!!! LETS G-G-Go BUH BUH BRANDON, CORN POP WAS A BAD DUDE

@garrethboland5646 2 года назад

Banned for life from the NFL for doing some blow? How stupid.

@jamesrobertson9761 2 года назад

I feel like we’ve been dumbed down so much, this might work these days.

@fingersmcoy 2 года назад

there is an outside chance that we will see superbowl 16 and 23 all over again this year. that would be crazy. hopefully with a different outcome btw

@stevengrvp 2 года назад

ahmed was great on inside stuff

@marcus813 2 года назад

He sure was! He was good in any sports role that NBC put him in, but I hate that he and the late John Candy are associated with the hot mess discussed in this video.

@msarzo 2 года назад

I don't remember the train wreck of a pregame show, but this was a great job of laying out how awful the idea was and how tone-deaf it was to 1) not move the game because of the riots leading up to THE DAY BEFORE THE GAME and 2) pivot to a discussion about race relations in Miami and nationwide AND a discussion about cocaine, its effects on the player, its effect on the game, and its effects on society as a whole. Plus, the "talent" show wasn't very talented. And from a football angle, the fact Bill Walsh was about to retire is a GREAT thing to talk about. Don't tell me NBC couldn't have pivoted to any of those things above. When you're in media, you learn to adapt to whatever breaking news you've got. And NBC had time to adapt since the riots had been happening for a while. I was just remembering the game itself, and how I felt Jim Breech should have been Super Bowl MVP if not for Joe Montana. I even remembered my assistant principal agreeing with me. He might even have said Breech should have won it anyway!

@DolFan316 2 года назад

Nobody wants to deal with that crap right before the Super Bowl except for modern day SJWs, who thankfully didn't exist back then.

@americangiant1003 2 года назад

@@DolFan316 I am sure SJW's existed in 1988-1989 especially in places like NYC and SF. Big difference was social media was about 15-20 years away from being widespread getting those out of the mainstream a legit voice. FYI. I don't like either the Far Left SJW's and either the Far Right MAGA crowd either. So Dol fan blame the corporate media here in 2022 on both sides when the majority of Americans such as myself are really in the middle or "Moderate Conservative."

@mrmonty86 2 года назад

This talent show was ahead of its time, plus it could work these days because of reality television, and there was a riot in Miami during that week of the Super Bowl too. Players weren't vocal back then as they are now, and the media ask questions to players that they couldn't do over 30 years ago. It goes to show you how much has changed.

@DolFan316 2 года назад

Yeah...for the worse!!!

@UserName-ts3sp 2 года назад

i agree, i think it could've worked too. bring in recognizable nfl talent and some celebs who are from the sb teams' cities

@DolFan316 2 года назад

7:48 Is he not wearing any socks? It looks like he's not wearing any socks!

@diaz5292 2 года назад

I knew Karl Bernard. Karl Bernard was a friend of mine. Announcer, you're no Karl Bernard (mic drop)...lol

@banjoplayingbison2275 2 года назад

Reggie White’s act sounds more like a bad attempt at motivational speaking rather than stand up comedy

@DolFan316 2 года назад

A bad attempt at motivational speaking IS a Christian's idea of comedy so it makes sense.

@rustykuntz94 2 года назад

I remember the cringe Reggie White Rodney Dangerfield schtick but the best (WORST) was Scully's piano Pop Harry Connick Jr impersonation.

@marcus813 2 года назад

I guess Reggie White's performance was better suited to preaching than being a stand-up comedian! LOL

@Fury325Fan 2 года назад

NBC would have been better off spiking the ball into the ground on every single play.

@stevenbauer4799 2 года назад

Both times bengals advanced to afc title game they won to go to their only s b's. Both times they faced the niners. 40 years ago-1981-bengals and niners both went from last place to meet in the s b.

@DolFan316 2 года назад

I'm telling you, it's going to happen again!

@stevenbauer4799 2 года назад

@@DolFan316 I wouldn't mind it. Tired of seeing kc in the s b and hearing about the great rams and their dream team.