26CornerBlitz Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Famous 'Giving him the business' call from Jets-Bills game turns 30 years oldIn honor of its 30-year anniversary, we look back at Ben Dreith famous "giving him the business" call during a New York Jets-Bills game. One of the funniest things I've ever heard in sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jethro_tull Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 classic. thanks for refreshing our memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadingpain Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 The scary part is I remember watching this when it happened! That was 30 years ago? God, I'm getting old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowgirlsFan Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 LOL!! Can still hear him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdand12 Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 some classics should truly live forever. This is one of those snapshots that still applies to life in my opinion. Andy Griffith Show moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 The refs have been giving Buffalo sports teams the business ever since I could remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDD Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 On that note, how long ago was that MNF game in the Meadowlands around Halloween when the Bills blew out the Jets and fans were setting fires in the stands? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie's Dead Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 (edited) Found this on youtube. I love watching Walter Broughton coming off the bench. Ben Dreith is still the best. Edited October 6, 2016 by Freddie's Dead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dulles Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Famous 'Giving him the business' call from Jets-Bills game turns 30 years old One of the funniest things I've ever heard in sports. What I find refreshing about the whole thing is that Kelly and Lyons got up after the fight and acted like it was no big deal. Can't see that happening today. Example #1: Norman vs. OBJ last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester43 Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Famous 'Giving him the business' call from Jets-Bills game turns 30 years old One of the funniest things I've ever heard in sports. that's so funny that today is the anniversary....i was imitating this at practice just today...telling my team we're "gonna hold (our rival) down this weekend and givem the business!" i love that penalty call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 The game sure has changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatdrinks Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Hilarious and it's still brought up from time to time. Amazing it was 30 years ago. I think the Jets Monday night game at Meadowlands with the bonfires referenced above was in 1988 season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgil Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 I miss a simpler time where refs could make that call and we would appreciate it for what it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCbillsfan Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 I watched that game with my brother. It seems whenever we talk about the Bills for an extended length, we end it with "giving him the business". One of my favorite sports moments ever because I laughed so hard. Still do when I think of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadingpain Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Article summarizing the Jets/Bills MNF game from 1988: http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-10-19/sports/8803010600_1_bills-coach-bills-defensive-end-fights Kelly threw for three touchdowns in the first half -- two in the first quarter -- as the Bills took an early 24-0 lead and turned sold-out Giants` Stadium into a sideshow that had the players watching fights, fires and a Great Pumpkin caper in the stands. ``I said, `Let`s forget about the game. Let`s tape the fights in the stands,``` Kelly said. ``I`ve never seen anything like it in my life.`` ``Put in Hershiser`` was one suggestion on a banner in the crowd of 70,218 that was out of control by the second half. Security men had too many fights to handle, even when the crowd dwindled to less than 10,000 by the end of the game. After a smoke bomb was extinguished in the upper deck, several other small fires were set. When security men confiscated an inflated pumpkin that was being batted around the stadium, the fans chanted: ``We want the pumpkin!`` They got it. Jets spokesman Frank Ramos said the club never had experienced such an unruly crowd. Fifteen fans were arrested for fighting and burning complimentary Jets caps. Beer sales were suspended earlier than usual Monday night when the fans began to get restless and fight with each other, said Paul Wolcott, a spokesman for the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, which owns the stadium. ``Because the crowd was getting unruly we cut beer sales off at the beginning of the third quarter,`` he said, noting the usual cut-off time is the end of the third quarter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloFan68 Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 The scary part is I remember watching this when it happened! That was 30 years ago? God, I'm getting old. Right there with ya Fadingpain. Can NOT believe it was 30 years ago. Seems much more recent in memory. Go Bills!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlbillsfan1975 Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 30 years! I was just about to turn 11 and was watching the game w my dad cousin and Uncle at a sports bar here in Atl. We all died laughing then and still do now. Sports really can give rich memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihilarian Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 The scary part is I remember watching this when it happened! That was 30 years ago? God, I'm getting old. Same here I still have that Jim Kelly poster framed and signed with Mark Gastineau right behind him bearing down in my Bills room. I suppose I should call it my man cave now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderweb Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 The scary part is I remember watching this when it happened! That was 30 years ago? God, I'm getting old. Old? Try remembering Lamonica as a Bill..... Sent from my LGLS992 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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