DOG COMMENTARY: Two of the most loved characters in the USA of all time are Charlie Brown and Snoopy from the comic strip Peanuts….and no one understood this more than the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company….who began using this Dynamic Duo for their advertising campaigns in 1950….and decided just this year in 2018 to drop Charles Schultz’s…
DOG ASIDE: It is Mother’s Day in the good ole USA today….and what a fitting tribute for Bone Daddy’s Mother….known to all as Granny Jean….who just passed at the ripe old age of 94….as this is Bone Daddy’s 1st Mother’s Day in 71 years that she isn’t with us on Earth anymore….so, I am posting…
DOG ASIDE: I just finished posting a story about another Austin “home boy” icon while telling the story and showing the video of The Tyler Rose Earl Campbell…..the University of Texas “gold standard icon” for Longhorn football….Earl Campbell, running back performing during his Heisman Trophy winning year…..and then comes along this music video seen herewith….as Willie Nelson and his Family…
DOG COMMENTARY: The 1977 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season….as the Longhorns finished the regular season with an 11–0 record….after riding the broad shoulders and strong legs of RB Earl Campbell….who won the Heisman Trophy in 1977 and led the nation in rushing with 1,744 yards….as he became the first…
DOG ASIDE: Every now and then I post a video that really tickles my funny bone….and this piece seen herewith of comedian Steve Martin expounding on the things that he is thankful for at Thanksgiving is one of those…. for I just can’t help it….every time I listen to it….I just burst into laughter….I mean,…
DOG ASIDE: It has been a bit of a surprise that the vintage television commercials that we have posted at ImaSportsphile have been so popular…..as it seems like folks really enjoy these little “flashes from the past”….maybe because they remember how Lite Beer from Miller commercials used notable sports figures in a “humorous light” like this ad…
DOG COMMENTARY: This 1980 HBO Comedy Special Young Commedians with Host Chevy Chase….and featuring Bill Kirkenbauer and Denny Johnson is “top shelf” comedy….I mean,…not only do we have Chase doing some of his best physical comedy routines…..but also the incredible comedic talents of Bill Kirkenbauer, Irv Burton and Denny Johnson. William Alfred “Bill” Kirchenbauer is an American actor and stand-up comedian….who has appeared…
DOG ASIDE: The 1987 Minnesota Vikings season was the team’s 27th year in the National Football League….as the Vikings finished with a record of eight wins and seven losses. The 1987 strike caused the cancellation of the September 27 game at the Kansas City Chiefs….while the games played October 4, 11 and 18 were played with replacement players. Despite finishing the season only…
DOG ASIDE: This Best of Austin City Limits – 1976 To 1981 provides a look at the vast diversity of “top shelf” music from The Charlie Daniels Band playing People Down In Texas….to Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers singing She’s A Broken Lady….to country legend Willie Nelson and the Family Band doing Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain….to R…