America's Game NFL Film Series

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Dunno if anyone will give a shit about this thread, besides my fellow NFL historian Craig? lol Well, Poj and RBW might, dunno?? Anyhoo, I fuckin' love this series and love the newer "missing rings" ones. This morning, the '77 Cowboys were featured and boy, did that bring back memories. Yup, I rooted for The Broncos that year and was a huge fan of Morton and The Orange Crush.

Well and getting back to the show, it had Hollywood Henderson on it. I'd totally forgotten about him, what a great player he was AND that he'd won the Texas State Lotto in 2000. One hundred million $$$!!! Too funny.

The series is also cool just cos of the old archival footage. Like NFL Today on CBS with Phyllis George and Jane Kennedy. Wanted to bang 'em both!!!

Comments?

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Comcast switched the tier the NFL Network came on, so now you have to purchase a boatload of movie channels (that you'll never have enough time to watch) in order to get it. There is an occasional highlight package of some shows in the "On Demand" section, so I'll have to check out if these films are included. I love this old stuff, particularly the documentaries voiced by John "Frozen Tundra" Facenda, so thanks for the heads-up!

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Comcast switched the tier the NFL Network came on, so now you have to purchase a boatload of movie channels (that you'll never have enough time to watch) in order to get it. There is an occasional highlight package of some shows in the "On Demand" section, so I'll have to check out if these films are included. I love this old stuff, particularly the documentaries voiced by John "Frozen Tundra" Facenda, so thanks for the heads-up!

So, you haven't seen ANY of these?? :confused:

They're fucking epic. They cover almost every Super Bowl Champion team. Like they have my two Broncos victories that have commentaries from Elway, Schlereth, Davis and even Neil Smith.

The one on The '72 Dolphins had Czonk, Shula and I cannot remember.

Seriously bro, they're incredible.

I love Facenda, the true Marlboro voice. Seriously, did he ever do ads for them way back in the day??

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Here ya go...

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I love Facenda, the true Marlboro voice. Seriously, did he ever do ads for them way back in the day??

Believe it or not, he never did commercial voice overs except for one department store and a few documentaries. He was a news broadcaster, and met Ed Sabol in a bar one evening. The tv was on with the sound off, and Facenda started narrating the action. Sabol overheard this, then introduced himself. They wound up getting tanked together, and the next day he was hired to work for NFL Films.

Ya know, you might be thinking of Bill Woodson. He was the narrator of ABC's The Invaders tv show and The Odd Couple. He was the guy that originally said the "Frozen tundra" phrase, but that idiot Chris Bermann credited it to Facenda.

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Believe it or not, he never did commercial voice overs except for one department store and a few documentaries. He was a news broadcaster, and met Ed Sabol in a bar one evening. The tv was on with the sound off, and Facenda started narrating the action. Sabol overheard this, then introduced himself. They wound up getting tanked together, and the next day he was hired to work for NFL Films.

Thanks and I should already know that. lol

The only drawback to these docs are the narratives. Instead of an old-school, stellar, gruff, whiskey and ciggybutt voice they opted for Alec Baldwin, Martin Sheen and Tom Selleck. lol At least there's one gun nut in the mix amongst the softies who prolly never played a game, let alone even touched a pigskin in their entire lifetime.

For footy docs, they should use peeps like Clint or even Dennis Leary. IMO.

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merry christmas max

http://www.hulu.com/watch/123696/americas-game-1997-denver-broncos

http://www.hulu.com/watch/123701/americas-game-1998-denver-broncos

anyways, yeah, the series is rather good, my favorites are the "85 Bears" and "96 Packers" ones, also "the missing rings" ones are really good as well, 98 vikings being my favorite, though I wish they'd cover the '86 and '87 Browns teams.

speaking of Facenda. Best NFL FILMS Yearbook ever!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JjK6tzTfrg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPiSBS7Tw1A&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_skfsb69sY&feature=related

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also, if any of you guys are into torrenting, this site has like a ton of old NFL films and games, only downside is they have a tracking limit

http://forums.tenyardtorrents.com/

http://leech.tenyardtorrents.com/browse.php

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Just saw two of 'em covering the 49ers in '88 and '89. Forgot how great of a team they once were.