NFL
Detoit vs Chicago
Jim played the call of what the Lions thought was there game winning touchdown play. He then said, "...Awesome start!..." Then the "Rick roll" song got played! Rome called the situation "the ultimate Rick roll".
Jim did say the officials made the right call in not allowing the TD, but said the rule is a bad one.
E mail on the subject:
"...The Bears are who we thought they were!...and we let then off the hook. Signed, the worst rule and the refs."
Redskins beat the Cowboys
Jim said the "hold" that cost the Cowboys the game winning TD looked more like a submission hold. He said Georges St. Pierre would be proud. (Georges?? Anyone remember my call on that subject? - Greg in Sun Valley)
Jim also expressed surprise that Alex Barron, who did the "hold", still has a job.
E mail: "...I celebrated that win the only way I know how. I downed a large block of cheese.....Shanny.
Subject of the Day
Jim was commenting on the TV show "Entourage". He likes it but said they may be getting close to "jumping the shark".
Today, Jim played the original audio from the Happy Days episode where Fonzie "jumps the shark". In it, you can hear Ritchie tell the Fonz that he is heading for the ramp, and asks if he's sure he wants to do it.
E mailer Chris in Canada wrote in telling Jim that if you listen carefully, you can hear Fonzie answer Ritchie and say, "I told Potsie I'd do this".
They inserted Brett Favre's "I told Percy I'd do this" and played it back. Jim said he could hear it and never realized it before! "I'm speechless...," Rome said.
Then caller, Chris in Houston called in and told Jim, "That's Brett Favre...I'm just saying...listen carefully."
(It was reminiscent of the callers who didn't get the sarcastic jokes in years past about "every father wanting his daughter in porn" and "Cockfighting Across America Foundation".)
Rome told us how Houston E mailers and texters were "furious with one of their own.
"Thanks Chris....Way to make us all look like morons. War Chris not being a real Texan."
"Chris' call gives Houston a bad name...How about you play a call by Toby in Houston to...."(Larry Brown call) Chris in Canada
Next, E mailers were saying that they went to YouTube and listened to the clip and didn't hear "I told Potsie I'd do this" or even see Fonzie's lips move after Ritchie asked him. (He only gave the "thumbs up".)
Jim mentioned his years in the business and his access to the original clip of episode in question. He firmly believes it is Fonzie who said the line.
Others that called in and told Jim that he was wrong and that someone was "yanking his chain" were : Wally in Houston and Sam in Northern California.
Caller Allen, in Springfield Missouri knew his Jungle history. He said he and his son had just dropped off his daughter at the porn studio and were going to the Cockfight where they saw Ralph Malph who confirmed that Fonzie said, "I told Potsie I'd do this.
Finally
THEE Henry Winkler called in at the end of the show. Arlene Sorkin, who knows "The Fonz" was listening and got a hold of him and asked him to call in. He was in Toronto for the opening of a movie in which his son makes his directorial debut. He told Jim the fact of the matter was that he was plagued by Potsie much of the series. He recalled the episode where Potsie wanted to be his best friend and even took Fonzie roller skating. However, he DID tell Potsie he'd jump the shark, and, in fact, uttered the line "I told Potsie I'd do this"!
Jim was quite happy. "Arthur FREAKING Fonzarelli closed the show," Jim said.
He added, "Henry FREAKING Winkler, if you need him...War the Fonz."
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