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When MNF roared--and ruled. (Remote Patrol).(Monday Night Mayhem)(Brief Article)
You didn't have to be alive in the Howard Cosell Era to appreciate how big Monday Night Football was, although it helps.
Assistance is provided by Monday Night Mayhem, a made-for-TNT movie premiering January 14 (9 p.m. ET)--a reminder that MNF is considered as significant to pop culture as Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Britney Spears and $99 DVD players combined.
The detailed story of behind-the-scenes dirt (Did you know Cosell once got so drunk on the air he threw up on Dandy Don Meredith's boots?) doesn't fully translate, even with a screenplay by Bill Carter, coauthor of the 1988 book. This is established: MNF made ABC (in 1970, as now, a third-place network) and the NFL sizzle; Cosell, Meredith and Frank Gifford received rock-star treatment; folks literally gathered at the water cooler Tuesday morning to discuss the show; they threw bricks at TVs when Cosell came on; theaters, restaurants, even maternity wards emptied out on Monday nights. Really.
Really, Monday Night Mayhem is about Roone Arledge, godfather of ABC Sports (and News). He sold America's suits and viewers on prime-time sports, deployed nine cameras when five was standard, insisted on Cosell--basically, invented everything about Monday Night that God missed. John Heard (Home Alone) gives good Arledge.
Alas, John Turturro (He Got Game, Raging Bull, Collateral Damage), in the juicy lead role as Cosell, ...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 9, 2001 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Bark, Ed January 8, 2002 700+ words
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 31, 1988 700+ words
...Even the most avid viewers of ABC's "Monday Night Football" over the past 19 years have...their soon-to-be-published book, "Monday Night Mayhem: The Inside Story of ABC's 'Monday Night Football'," appearing in the current...