DOG ASIDE: As the viewer watches U S President George H. Bush throw out the 1st pitch at Game 1 of the 1986 National League Championship Series between the New York Mets verses the Houston Astros….I have just got to tell you a little story about Big George (G H Bush), the pres…..cuz our Bone Daddy,…
DetailsDOG ASIDE: Our Bone Daddy, the original Sportsphile, tells us that the first thing he did as a young man-child after buying a Playboy magazine…..was to unfold the centerfold layout ….and check out the new Playmate of the Month…then he would go to the Playboy Party Jokes section of the magazine….which was just inside the front cover…
DetailsDOG ASIDE: Weekend Update is a Saturday Night Live sketch and fictional news program that comments on and parodies current events. It is the show’s longest-running recurring sketch….having been on since the show’s first broadcast,….and is typically presented in the middle of the show immediately after the first musical performance. One or two of the players are cast in the role of news…
DetailsDOG ASIDE: There is hardly a word spoken in this video, but it is absolutely “off the wall” and hilarious…..for Not Necessarily The News was more than creative in the way that the presented comedy and got big laughs. Also, this video shows how extensive our vintage library truly is here at ImaSportsphile….for we have a multitude of rare…
DetailsDOG ASIDE: In this SNL skit from a 1978 telecast of Saturday Night Live….Jane Curtain is the head of the New York State Board of Regents….who interviews Mr. Michael Micinos (John Belushi), a Greek-American, who is joined at the interview by his daughter Colleen (Gilda Radner)….a man who has filed a $10 million dollar lawsuit against…
DetailsDOG ASIDE: Rick “Rocky” Lockridge (born January 30, 1959) is an American former professional boxer….who is known for handing Roger Mayweather his first defeat….which was a first-round knockout in just 98 seconds….thus earning him the WBA and lineal super featherweight titles in 1984….then in 1987, he won the IBF super featherweight title….with a defeat of Barry Michael. Rocky Lockridge was a really good, almost great boxer…
DetailsDOG ASIDE: One of the more interesting “shorts” that were shown frequently on Saturday Night Live back in the late 1970’s and throughout the 1980’s were titled “Schillers Reel” ….which were short films produced by Tom Schiller….who was part of the original 1975 writing team when Saturday Night Live debuted on NBC. Notable films included “La Dolce Gilda” featuring Gilda Radner…..and “Don’t…
DetailsDOG ASIDE: This is one of those really special videos clips here at ImaSportsphile…..in which NBC’s Bob Costas is in Boston for the 1986 World Series between the Red Sox Vs N Y Mets….so, he of course has to visit a local tavern owner, Ex-Red Sox P Sam Malone at his famous CHEERS Bar, located…
DetailsDOG ASIDE: Christopher “Chris” Constantine Economaki (October 15, 1920 – September 28, 2012) was an American motorsports commentator, pit road reporter and journalist….who was given the title “The Dean of American Motorsports Journalism.”….to which Microsoft chose Economaki to author the auto racing history portion of its Encarta Encyclopedia. Economaki began as track announcer at a number of major races in the 1940’s and…
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