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[merlin]

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There's a cartoon on espn.com's "page 2" that shows a monkey sitting on Peyton Manning's shoulder in the middle of a Super Bowl "media day" press conference, with a reporter in the back shouting out the question "Is that Dan Marino's monkey, or Jim Kelly's monkey?"

[VABills]

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[SouthernMan]

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There's a cartoon on espn.com's "page 2" that shows a monkey sitting on Peyton Manning's shoulder in the middle of a Super Bowl "media day" press conference, with a reporter in the back shouting out the question "Is that Dan Marino's monkey, or Jim Kelly's monkey?"

 

 

Why, that's no monkey.....it's former Redskin, Alvin Garrett.

 

(you older fans might get it)

[erynthered]

Why, that's no monkey.....it's former Redskin, Alvin Garrett.

 

(you older fans might get it)

 

 

Thanks, Howard!

[eSJayDee]

Why, that's no monkey.....it's former Redskin, Alvin Garrett.

 

Oh, how times have changed. Maybe I was too young at the time, but I don't ever recall any stink coming from that.

 

(For us, semi-old timers, that was good for a LOL BTW.)

[SouthernMan]

Oh, how times have changed. Maybe I was too young at the time, but I don't ever recall any stink coming from that.

 

(For us, semi-old timers, that was good for a LOL BTW.)

 

 

There WAS a huge stink about it - which is why it's still remembered today.

 

Cosell was outraged over the media reaction to a completely innocent remark made in the course of doing play-by-play on Monday night in 1984. "Little monkey" was an endearing term Cosell had previously used, a point which was proven when tapes were found from years before using it to describe the play of a white guy.

 

The treatment he received from knee-jerk reaction media types was a contributing factor in his retirement not long after. He was an intellectual and became bored with the "jockocracy" that was growing in professional sports.

 

By most accounts, anyone who knew Cosell knew damned well he was far from being a racist. He was, in fact, an outspoken advocate of civil rights.

[Lurker]

Why, that's no monkey.....it's former Redskin, Alvin Garrett.

 

 

Thanks for the memories...

[Oneonta Buffalo Fan]

How could anyone say that's not a little funny? You have to laugh a little.

[maddysdaddy05]

Why, that's no monkey.....it's former Redskin, Alvin Garrett.

 

(you older fans might get it)

 

 

 

Got it.

[Nanker]

There WAS a huge stink about it - which is why it's still remembered today.

 

Cosell was outraged over the media reaction to a completely innocent remark made in the course of doing play-by-play on Monday night in 1984. "Little monkey" was an endearing term Cosell had previously used, a point which was proven when tapes were found from years before using it to describe the play of a white guy.

 

The treatment he received from knee-jerk reaction media types was a contributing factor in his retirement not long after. He was an intellectual and became bored with the "jockocracy" that was growing in professional sports.

 

By most accounts, anyone who knew Cosell knew damned well he was far from being a racist. He was, in fact, an outspoken advocate of civil rights.

 

"Look at that little monkey go!" is the exact quote.

This happened about the time that Jimmy the Greek became Jimmy the Grilled because of a breeding comment.

Cosell took a lot of heat for that slip of the tongue and he slowly vanished from the stage after it.

[BuffaloWings]

There's a cartoon on espn.com's "page 2" that shows a monkey sitting on Peyton Manning's shoulder in the middle of a Super Bowl "media day" press conference, with a reporter in the back shouting out the question "Is that Dan Marino's monkey, or Jim Kelly's monkey?"

 

[buckeyemike]

"Look at that little monkey go!" is the exact quote.

This happened about the time that Jimmy the Greek became Jimmy the Grilled because of a breeding comment.

Cosell took a lot of heat for that slip of the tongue and he slowly vanished from the stage after it.

 

Actually, the Jimmy the Greek comment happened early in 1988, IIRC.

 

The "little monkey" comment was in the opening game of the 1983 season on MNF.

 

And yes, it did contribute to Cosell's eventual retirement a couple of years later. Howard Cosell may have been a lot of things, but DML's right, he was no racist.

 

How could he be remembered as Muhammad Ali's greatest defender if Cosell was a racist?

[ricojes]

There WAS a huge stink about it - which is why it's still remembered today.

 

Cosell was outraged over the media reaction to a completely innocent remark made in the course of doing play-by-play on Monday night in 1984. "Little monkey" was an endearing term Cosell had previously used, a point which was proven when tapes were found from years before using it to describe the play of a white guy.

 

The treatment he received from knee-jerk reaction media types was a contributing factor in his retirement not long after. He was an intellectual and became bored with the "jockocracy" that was growing in professional sports.

 

By most accounts, anyone who knew Cosell knew damned well he was far from being a racist. He was, in fact, an outspoken advocate of civil rights.

Got to love Wikipedia, here's another good story from the site.

On November 23, 1970, Cosell, already under the weather, attended a promotional party, at which he drank alcohol to the point of intoxication. He went on that evening to announce the evening's game between the New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles while drunk, slurring his words and eventually vomiting on Don Meredith's cowboy boots near the end of the first half. Cosell soon after left the booth, leaving Jackson and Meredith to finish announcing the game.

 

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