Rumor has it.....the reason Pat Summerall seemed to pause and hold back a laugh....was because John Madden had left the booth laughing his TAIL OFF, because the crew had made a bet about how long would Pat pause between "Murder........and SHE Wrote". Hilarious story. Lol
All true…I typed the cards…I’d vary the length of the gap between murder, She wrote….one week it was just…murder. In this game it was pat who adlibbed the gap gone….with wind…..and yes John dropped his headset and yes pat laughed and yes it was my outgoing answering machine for the next year….
Over 30 years later, hearing Pat read off the Sunday night lineup sends the aching chill through me that another weekend is just about over and school awaits in the morning.
At Pat Summerall's eulogy, John Madden stated: "You cannot write a book about the history of so many things without mentioning Pat Summerall. You can't talk about the success of college or pro football without him. You can't talk about football on television without him. Even the success of Murder, She Wrote." 😂😂 Madden was one of a kind.
This was during the 1986 NFC championship game where the New York Giants beat the Washington Redskins 17-0 at a very windy Giants Stadium in East Rutherford NJ
Rumor has it.....the reason Pat Summerall seemed to pause and hold back a laugh....was because John Madden had left the booth laughing his TAIL OFF, because the crew had made a bet about how long would Pat pause between "Murder........and SHE Wrote". Hilarious story. Lol
True Story, absolutely!
All true…I typed the cards…I’d vary the length of the gap between murder, She wrote….one week it was just…murder.
In this game it was pat who adlibbed the gap gone….with wind…..and yes John dropped his headset and yes pat laughed and yes it was my outgoing answering machine for the next year….
“Rumor has it” what if I told you that John Madden confirmed this story almost word for word in a documentary interview
Over 30 years later, hearing Pat read off the Sunday night lineup sends the aching chill through me that another weekend is just about over and school awaits in the morning.
Facts
At Pat Summerall's eulogy, John Madden stated: "You cannot write a book about the history of so many things without mentioning Pat Summerall. You can't talk about the success of college or pro football without him. You can't talk about football on television without him. Even the success of Murder, She Wrote." 😂😂
Madden was one of a kind.
Murder
She Wrote
Well done sir 👍
😂
RIP Angela Lansbury
This was during the 1986 NFC championship game where the New York Giants beat the Washington Redskins 17-0 at a very windy Giants Stadium in East Rutherford NJ
Gd do I love love classic football
For a while, when they were at Fox, the Sunday night television show to follow was "Space: Above and Beyond, except on the West Coast".
Last season on CBS it was ‘The Last O.G.’ and I wish we could have heard Summerall do that promo 😂
Not as classic as 60 minutes and murder she wrote though
Good ole days!!
God bless Pats soul.