super bowl, schmuper bowl
Some competitions start out as a lighthearted goof, but grow intense once the games begin. As the battle-scarred veteran of putatively friendly games that end in bloodshed, I love ESPN's rebroadcast of a classic Vikes-Steelers battle from the superstars and battle of the network stars era: Superteams!And yes, that's current MN Supreme Court Justice Alan Page anchoring the men in powder blue. As Steve Rushin put it,
As I recall it, Page more or less pulled the entire Steelers team across the line -- they appeared to be barefoot water-skiing in the sand --- and then both teams collapsed in a pile of biceps, mustaches, muttonchops, jogging shorts and tube socks.
posted by christopher uggen @ 12:25 AM
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I remember Superstars ... there was an Irish version. Epic chin-up battles between a beefy rower (Declan something?) and a impossibly tough wiry Army guy named Gerry Loftus.
While I'm here: weirdly enough, Ireland has a tradition of being really good at tug-of-war, and there are of course competitions. As you might expect, the contrast between the real thing and the sit-down-in-the-sand approach of the football players is pretty strong: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O50t2cziIMc
Good stuff, Kieran. I retain a strange affection for Superstars competitions -- maybe b/c I know I'd do very poorly in 9 out of any 10 events.
Here's an all-time favorite:
http://chrisuggen.blogspot.com/2008/12/like-hoosiers-but-with-kojak-farrah-and.html
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