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To: monkapotamus
Hi, monkapotamus, (what a screenname!)

Your pic is cute - haven't clicked on the link yet - some of the videos take so long for me to open. :(

50 posted on 01/16/2007 12:37:39 PM PST by Billie
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Time out again. :) Will be back in about an hour. Anyone feel free to put on a half-time show or serve some margaritas or something. :)


51 posted on 01/16/2007 12:51:22 PM PST by Billie
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To: Billie
"Hi, monkapotamus, (what a screenname!)

Your pic is cute - haven't clicked on the link yet - some of the videos take so long for me to open. :("

Hehe it's "Bill Swersky's Super Fans" which was a Saturday Night Live skit with George Wendt, Mike Myers, Chris Farley, etc.

"The sketch first appeared on January 1, 1991 starring Joe Mantegna as Bill Swerski along with Chris Farley as Todd O'Connor, Mike Myers as Pat Arnold and Robert Smigel as Carl Wollarski. Subsequent sketches starred George Wendt as Bob Swerski with occasional appearances by Beth Cahill as his daughter, Denise Swerski. (Mantegna's absence was invariably explained away by Wendt, saying his "brudder Bill" had just "had anudder 'eart attack.")

The inspiration for the characters were radio hosts in Chicago during the 1970s and 1980s. The name "Bill Swerski" was likely derived from Bill Jauss, the moderator of the WGN radio panel show "The Sportswriters" (1975 - 1993)[1], and from WGN radio and WGN-TV sportscaster Chuck Swirsky [2].

The characters were typically shown in a sports bar, drinking large amounts of beer and gorging themselves on ribs, sausages, and similar foods. All of the characters wore dark sunglasses and thick mustaches to resemble Mike Ditka, the popular coach of the Chicago Bears at the time, and who was the idol of all the Superfans. The group would discuss upcoming sporting events and inevitably predict a victory for the Chicago team, using an exaggerated Chicago accent, normally culminating in a uniform toast to "Da Bearss" and "Da Bullss".

Their predictions were likewise exaggerated and their topics of conversation often ludicrous..."


59 posted on 01/16/2007 1:54:42 PM PST by monkapotamus
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