Thursday, April 16, 2009

Boom! Right There! Madden Retires

John Madden is officially retired. I wonder if it had anything to do with Favre’s retirement and realizing that it’ll be further uncouth to compare every other player to Favre?

But, on this day of retirement, let’s remember some of the classic Madden quotes from the past—

“Sometime you just gotta let Brett Favre be Brett Favre. ‘Cause then he does Brett Favre things.”

“See, a turducken is a duck, stuffed inside a chicken, which is then stuffed inside a turkey. It’s really a complete meal.”

“Hey, the offensive linemen are the biggest guys on the field, they're bigger than everybody else, and that's what makes them the biggest guys on the field.”

“When your arm gets hit, the ball is not going to go where you want it to.”

And let’s not forget, "Boom!", "Whap!", "Bang!" and "Doink!”

I wonder how many telestrator screens he wore out by drawing on the backsides of offensive linemen as well as circling clipboards, turducken legs, hats, and anything else a telestrator should NOT be used for in American sports.

As much as he was annoying and retarded in the broadcast booth, he’ll be missed. I wonder who NBC will put in the booth with Al now?