Big Blue Huddle

Good to see him back in the NFL

(and not in the NFC East)

  Mark this date, Apr 8, 2024 where there will be a total eclipse of the sun thru a good part of the country especially NY.

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/map/2024-april-8

Check this out on the Twilight Zone


https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/recaps/13-twilight-zone-episodes-that-send-shivers-down-your-spine/ss-BB1hc6uq?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=09c66829630d420583228d3ea1901b70&ei=61

 Got a new crop

Quote from: Jolly Blue Giant on January 23, 2024, 09:44:25 PMI decided to check out "Northern Exposure" and I'm hooked. Never saw it before...can't stop watching it after a couple of episodes. Good clean show 

Ric

As you watch and get the know the sort of quirks of each character it gets a whole lot better and funnier as you get to know what to expect from each.

 I was born in 1946, so my memories of the 50s were as a teen would view things. For whatever reason, we started out with one TV, but in a year or two, when they started making some 'portable' that you could move from room to room, we had that as I rarely liked what my parents watched. I also shared a bedroom with my brother and since I am 6 years older, I went to sleep a lot later than he did. So I used to move the 'portable' TV into the kitchen, and fuss with those rabbit ears until I got something watchable.
Obviously, as a kid, I watched all the favorite kids shows, from the ones you mentioned (I LOVED Sky King--had a crush on Penny), to Pinkie Lee, on to Rin-Tin-Tin (also a huge favorite of mine--and it carried over as I still love those westerns). While my parents were into Ed Sullivan, Steve Allen was more my style. When they watched Milton Berle, I was into the Twilight Zone, One Step Beyond, and another in that style I just can't recall at this moment.
I was a huge fan of the original Lassie, and when Timmy sort of took over, it wasn't must-watch TV for me anymore.

I wasn't old enough to really appreciate the music of the 50's until I got into the 60's. My main interest was still sports, and I still cry whenever I think about my beloved Brooklyn Dodgers and them leaving an 11-year-old boy who just lived for them. I was also a huge Ranger fan, Knicks fan, and Giants fan. I rooted for them all, but the Dodgers were my love. When they left, I still followed, but the Giants and the Rangers became my heroes. Especially when Tittle came to the Giants, I was hooked forever and that is why, to this day, he is still my favorite all-time Giant.

Back to TV, so I still remember watching faithfully, each week, Donna Reed, Ozzie and Harriet, Father Knows Best and Beaver. I remember Ricky Nelson as a kif, who always sang a song at the end of each Ozzie and Harriet show. I loved Life of Riley with William Bendix, Our Miss Brooks with Eve Arden, My Little Margie with Gale Storm, and Have Gun Will Travel with Richard Boone. To be honest I was never a huge fan of Gunsmoke or Bonanzo though I did watch from time to time. I loved Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 77 Sunset Strip, and Richard Diamond, Private Eye (trivia on this show. He always called into his switchboard and a lovely lady always answered.
The lady that was there (Sam), you never saw her face, only her head, legs, and other assorted shots, the seiest voice--Mary Tyler Moore before she became famous).

I could go on forever, but if anyone else wants to contribute, let's hear from you.

If you lived thru the 50's, know anything about the 50s, or have seen countless clips from the 50's you may have seen the beginning of this one, but hang in there as once it gets going, it really takes off with some really wonderful memories.

Dave

Sorry to hear about your Mom. But I can fully sympathize with you in that I lost my Mom, many years ago to Alzheimer's. I absolutely know what you are going thru and seriously, if you need someone to talk to about anything, I'll be there.

            

Like the soccer guy with his 'GOOOOOAAAAALLLL
 call.

Humor for the new week

 I know this is old, but I've been meaning to watch this show for a while now, and here's the chance, 'The Mandolorean.'

Plus I have started the new season of Reacher. I am only 1 episode in but I forgot what a great character Reacher was. I know I'm going to enjoy it.

Next week, is Championship Sunday probably the best day for football throughout the entire year. Yes, the SB gets all the attention, but these games are where champions are made. The SB is for average fans, Championship Sunday is for all the real football fans.

I was thinking about all the Giants Championship Sundays and the days leading up to it and just the feelings as we woke up, ready for that 'big' game.  In the modern Super Bowl era, the Giants have never lost a Championship game, and IMVHO, quite a few of these games rate as the best games EVER played by the Giants, even better than the Super Bowls that followed.

Let's look back

Jan 11, 1987--NY Giants vs Washington Redskins.  The Giants won 17-0 and at that time, was the greatest feeling ever after so many years of mediocrity, we are going to the SB.

Jan 20, 1991, NY Giants/ SF Niners--to me, this was the best football game I have ever watched by the Giants. Giants win 15-13.

Jan 14, 2001--NY Giants/Minn Vikings--This game was never in doubt and it might have been the easiest Championship win ever  41-0

Jan 20, 2008--NY Giants/ GB Packers--In the frigid tundra of GB we beat the much favored Packers 23-20- in OT, again, one of the best Giants victories ever. I can still see TC's frozen face and, finally, smile at the end.

Jan 22, 2012--NY Giants/SF Niners, again, in another game that was far more entertaining than the Super Bowl, in a tremendously hard-fought game, we prevail 20-17 again in OT.

Thanks, Giants for all these wonderful memories to keep us coming back for hopefully more.

I was rooting heavily for the Bills, but on hearing 'Wide Right' even in pain, brought a smile to my face.

Poor Buffalo, they will never hear those 2 words and smile.

I sure don't want to open up a can of worms here, but isn't there a way to use Instant Replay to look at certain penalties that do not include judgment, but timing?
For example, in the Chiefs/Bills game yesterday, the Bills were called for PI on a late flag saying the WR had been interfered with after the ball had been thrown. ON replay it clearly showed that the contact, and it was legitimate contact, occurred before the ball was thrown so there should not have been a penalty.
Isn't the goal of replay to get it right? People in NY who monitor this should have signaled the ref that the contact did, in fact, occur before the ball was released, thus NO PI. I'm sure there are several more, but this one just stands out. They use replay to get calls right even when the refs got it wrong, so why not something like this? It is NOT a judgment play, like holding, or if it is PI or not, but this is timing, to me, the same as if a guy gets off the field in time, replay can be used for that. When it is so clear that the ball wasn't thrown when the contact occured, NY should have signaled the ref to that fact.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/report-giants-have-no-intention-of-moving-on-from-mike-kafka/ar-BB1h1ynA?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=c45b2653fc9b409881a6c9fab06c14ca&ei=14

Paul Schwartz of the New York Post, who often speaks on behalf of the team, reports that the Giants do not intend to move on from Kafka this offseason.

The Giants have no intention of moving on from Kafka. If he gets a head coaching gig, of course he will depart. It will be interesting to see what happens if there is outside interest in hiring Kafka as an offensive coordinator and if Kafka is piqued by that interest. There were times this past season when Daboll got more involved in the offense and the play-calling, and Daboll did not state unequivocally that Kafka will continue to call the plays in 2024.