RIP John Madden

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R.D. Mangles: Jan 10, 2004

i am genuinely baffled by the moon game john madden stuff

# ? Dec 29, 2021 02:16

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# ? May 7, 2024 10:17

Vertical Lime: Dec 11, 2004

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPdp1EN_rtk

# ? Dec 29, 2021 02:16

Solaris 2.0: May 14, 2008

Watching Football was a huge part of my childhood and family gatherings, usually to watch the WFT lose. Still, If you watched lots of Football in the 80s-2008, you watched a lot of John Madden, and goddamn was he entertaining. Hell of a coach too. RIP.

# ? Dec 29, 2021 02:16

CannonFodder: Jan 26, 2001; Passion’s Wrench

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITZCr6gR8gA

# ? Dec 29, 2021 02:21

BigBallChunkyTime: Nov 25, 2011; Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.; Illegal Hen

I remember I was all excited because he was in my town in the early 90s when he would do Ace commercials from local stores and my Dad's friend got to meet him.

Not much goes on around here so it was a big deal.

# ? Dec 29, 2021 02:21

R.D. Mangles: Jan 10, 2004

madden ripping apart a turducken with his bare hands in front of al michaels
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsAuIsn3Kw4

# ? Dec 29, 2021 02:23

Drunk Canuck: Jan 9, 2010; Robots ruin all the fun of a good adventure.

I guess that Tinactin.... stopped being Tough Actin'
:smith:

# ? Dec 29, 2021 02:23

Pops Mgee: Aug 20, 2009; People all over the world,
Join Hands,
Start the Love Train!

There should have been a bonus mode on madden for wii u or switch where you get to play as madden in the booth and use the touchscreen to draw telestrator dicks

# ? Dec 29, 2021 02:27

Hed: Mar 31, 2004; Fun Shoe

Vertical Lime posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibDc0nX5uqw

Owns. Rip

# ? Dec 29, 2021 02:28

Darth Brooks: Jan 15, 2005; I do not wear this mask to protect me. I wear it to protect you from me.

Pat Summerall and John Madden were the perfect friends to watch a game with.

# ? Dec 29, 2021 02:33

R.D. Mangles: Jan 10, 2004

Vertical Lime posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibDc0nX5uqw

just out here talking about loads

# ? Dec 29, 2021 02:34

Chinatown: Sep 11, 2001; by Fluffdaddy; Fun Shoe

A big flaming stink posted:

seriously though, how the hell could you not love the guy?

https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1475989558869254145

i came to post this.

:rip:

King

also whoever made this is incredible.

Chinatown fucked around with this message at 02:39 on Dec 29, 2021

# ? Dec 29, 2021 02:37

Kirios: Jan 26, 2010

Man the John Madden games are the reason why I'm even in to the NFL to this day. To say John Madden was influential would be hilariously understating it.

RIP legend.

# ? Dec 29, 2021 02:45

Vincent Van Goatse: Nov 8, 2006; Enjoy every sandwich.; Smellrose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_Sqh_RrTO8

F

# ? Dec 29, 2021 02:54

fast cars loose anus: Mar 2, 2007; Pillbug

John Madden was a video game name and an announcer by the time I paid attention, and that was enough to make him a legend. He had a whole entire career before that!

# ? Dec 29, 2021 02:54

Kalli: Jun 2, 2001

RIP Big guy

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/LeafyAcrobaticBactrian-mobile.mp4

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/FondRemarkableHarborseal-mobile.mp4

# ? Dec 29, 2021 02:57

AsInHowe: Jan 11, 2007; red winged angel

harperdc posted:

https://twitter.com/richarddeitsch/status/1475988587535548424?s=20

Need to see that documentary even more now

I watched it on DVR with my dad tonight, then checked Twitter on my phone and saw he passed. :smith:

# ? Dec 29, 2021 02:58

Sash!: Mar 16, 2001

I will cook and consume an entire turducken, then refuse to fly, in his honor.

# ? Dec 29, 2021 03:00

Pops Mgee: Aug 20, 2009; People all over the world,
Join Hands,
Start the Love Train!

Madden doc is on fs1 right now for anyone that missed it.

# ? Dec 29, 2021 03:03

General Dog: Apr 26, 2008; Everybody's working for the weekend

It�s ironic, he spent a lifetime refusing to fly, and ended up dying anyway, presumably of something unrelated to flying. RIP

# ? Dec 29, 2021 03:10

Asproigerosis: Mar 13, 2013; insufferable

Reminder that the steelers are dirty loving cheaters and hosed over madden raiders in the playoffs by icing the field over.

# ? Dec 29, 2021 03:13

Hot Diggity!: Apr 3, 2010; SKELITON_BRINGING_U_ON.GIF

https://twitter.com/Goodable/status/1476007211247747074?t=izUQlaUZVxAhZFFaX1pqNw&s=19

# ? Dec 29, 2021 03:34

Shimrra Jamaane: Aug 10, 2007; Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.

Hot Diggity! posted:

https://twitter.com/Goodable/status/1476007211247747074?t=izUQlaUZVxAhZFFaX1pqNw&s=19

Wait this happened before?

I was only aware of this amazing occurrence.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o2msmYpNXic

# ? Dec 29, 2021 03:36

Big Ol Marsh Pussy: Jan 7, 2007

John Madden

# ? Dec 29, 2021 03:51

RC and Moon Pie: May 5, 2011

ESPN republished an article with bite-sized Madden stories.

Highlights:

quote:

12.2. One morning, Madden and his agent, Sandy Montag, were having breakfast in the lobby of the Ritz-Carlton in Chicago. As they ate, a man rolled up to their table. He had a thick British accent, and mentioned to Madden that in the U.K., they usually were limited to one NFL broadcast per week, and it rotated between the networks. "I only watch the games you do, John," the man said.

Madden, used to fans approaching him in public, thanked him and waved goodbye. "That guy had big glasses and a big attitude," Madden remarked after he was out of earshot. Montag had a funny look on his face.

"That was Elton John," he said.

quote:

15. On Sept. 11, 2001, Peggy Fleming was giving a speech in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, when news broke of a terrorist attack. The Olympic figure skating legend finished talking at the breast cancer awareness fundraiser and went back to her hotel. She connected with her agent at IMG, who told her there was no way she was going to be able to get home to California anytime soon.

She didn't think she could handle the cross-country drive by herself in a rental car. So for five days, she stayed in a hotel in Wilkes-Barre. Then her agent called her with a surprise: John Madden, another client at the agency, was on his way to California from New York in his Cruiser. He'd offered to pick her up.

On Sept. 17, the Cruiser pulled in. Fleming was there with her luggage, and jokingly stuck her thumb up, like a hitchhiker. The doors flew open, and Madden swung his head out. "Get in!" he yelled.

She hopped on and spent the next 52 hours watching coverage of the terrorist attacks and talking about winning a gold medal, surviving breast cancer, their families, everything. Fleming and Madden were both particularly struck by the visible signs of a unified country -- flags on cars, farmers painting their barns red, white and blue, the national anthem playing at gas stations along the way. "It was such a scary, uncertain time," she says now. "We didn't know what the future held. But I had my big new buddy, John Madden, and it felt so safe on that bus."

Fleming was blown away by the efficiency of the Madden Cruiser operation. Two drivers alternated for the entire trip with only occasional stops to eat or stretch their legs. They put up a curtain at night and made up the fold-out couch in the middle of the bus for Fleming, then Madden would say goodnight and head for his bedroom in the back.

"I want to earn my way on the trip," she told Madden at one point, and she meant it. So Madden told her she could come on his weekly radio show from the Cruiser, and that he was going to get out in Nebraska and scrub the giant Cruiser windows, and she was welcome to help out. So she did both.

When they got to Omaha, Madden and Fleming grabbed a bite to eat and hit some local shops. Fleming mentioned that she wasn't loving the current state of her hair and wished she had something to cover it up. Madden said, "Peggy, let me buy you a hat." So she picked out a black felt cowboy hat, Madden insisted on paying for it, and she wore it the rest of the way.

A few days later, the bus pulled up in Pleasanton, and Fleming's husband was there waiting for her. They hung out for an hour or two, but soon it was time to go. Madden shook hands with Fleming and she headed home to Los Gatos. She still puts on the cowboy hat from time to time, a reminder of an unlikely new friend. "He'll always be my buddy," she says.