Howard Cosell Gets Drunk & Throws up on NFL Monday Night Football New York Giants Eagles 1970

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[@billywalik6411]

Two of my classmates from Villanova literally carried Howard across Franklin Field that night, put him in a cab, and off to NYC he went. Guess I’m forever linked to that bitter cold night, thanks Howard! Billy Walik #9 (age 75)

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@@billywalik6411 Thank you for sharing your story! That’s amazing. I appreciate you stopping by and commenting!

[@charlesd.8333]

The irony is that a drunk Cosell is STILL better than most of the broadcasters on tv today.🤔

[@WayJay22]

I miss Howard Cossell.

[@truther4life]

FACTS!!

[@atomicwedgie8176]

Never understood how he got his job. I mean, I know, but I don't want his 'people' to do public affair advertisement pointing out I'm a hater and can't have an opinion, other than taking their stance.

[@truther4life]

@@atomicwedgie8176 WTF are you saying!!!

[@charlesd.8333]

@@truther4life He's referring to the Jewish community (his "people"), while trying not to sound anti-Semitic, which he probably is. Typical dog whistle used by racists. Howard Cosell was simply put, a trailblazer in the broadcasting industry.

[@ryandonovan5205]

Nothing wrong with having a few cocktails 🍸 at work. Like my dad said the day I can't do my job drunk I'll turn in my badge and firearm.

[@MaGiKRat420]

Is your father that police chief that got busted recently for drinking and driving?

[@ryandonovan5205]

@Dan THE-MAN haha no. For one he'd never get caught all you need to do is put pennies in your mouth it scrambles the breathalyzer

[@patmccormick9972]

That is funny!

[@catatetherat5138]

Hell that's when foot ball was "**FooT bAlL. 😁

[@petezereeeah]

BUAHAHAHA

[@TheRhNegative]

God I miss those days. How I wish I could just jump through the screen & end up in 1970. My dad always watched MNF religiously. I miss him too. These clips bring back such great memories.

[@pennyking3823]

Love him or hate him, Howard was never boring. One of a kind

[@markkeller9378]

Boy those were the days. Keith Jackson one of my top 5 announcers of all time. Drunk Howard had nothing on how ripped Harry Carey used to get!

[@ticketstohistory]

No doubt about it lol

[@catmanpc9166]

THE CUBS WIN! I can't help but picture Will Ferrell doing his hilarious impression.

[@mtgreenwoodbustout]

@@catmanpc9166 Harry Caray’s broadcasting days with the White Sox in the 1970’s while drinking Falstaff with Jimmy Piersall was way more entertaining than his years with the Cubs.

[@GeorgeLennon100]

Used to love when Harry would say, "I'm a cub fan and a bud man."

[@markkeller9378]

@@mtgreenwoodbustout yes indeed. Nothing ever came close to that. He started his career in STL with the Cards, before Jack Buck.

[@jasonsmith6408]

I miss those days. I was in elementary school through the 70s and Tuesday mornings were full of all us fellas talking about the game and imitating Cosells analysis. He was iconic and I knew deep down in his last years there would not be another like him when he would eventually leave. Same with Summeral.

[@TheAutumnWind_RN4L]

You were right in both cases.

[@SamuelDavidDeLuce]

I miss hearing both of them as well especially Summerall. I caught the tail end of Cosell's career and I know his voice well. But I had the pleasure of listening to Pat Summerall for 20 plus years along with John Madden who I remember when first teaming up with Pat. Unfortunately they don't make them at all like they use to. Even Keith Jackson's voice was super iconic with Whooooooa Nelly !!! But I was too young to remember him on Monday Night football. I'll always remember him calling it from the booth for collegiate games Those 3 right there we'll never see the likes of ever again

[@tommyudo3195]

Really? My entire family thought Cosell was a pompous asshole.

[@SladeBling]

Cosell is one of the very few celebrities that could ever get away with being drunk on live TV. He was that great at his job.

[@marthakrumboltz2710]

There’ll never be anything close to MNF like it was through the 70s w/ Howard, Frank Gifford and Dandy Don Meredith. Don poked fun and @ Howard until he would get visibly angry until Frank would bring sanity back and it started over again. It was entertaining, especially if the game stunk. Then they brought in OJ and the bad games were even worse.

[@tommyudo3195]

Just because OJ murdered a couple of people, that doesn't mean he was a bad announcer.

[@davidmullens7565]

Perfect comment! 😅

[@davidrice3337]

These guys were soooo Much more interesting and funny - than any of the reporters now -

[@bobbybrettel5422]

Forget this....we would love to see the complete game from back then. What great memories

[@richardweiler6931]

Howard Cosell. A giant in sports broadcasting history. More than 50 years after he vomited, it's still remembered fondly.

[@johnvinga5446]

Fondly? Howard was a self-absorbed, egotistical ass.

[@noelharris5488]

Did you know Cosell was a lawyer n a Major in the army during WW2

[@richardweiler6931]

@@noelharris5488 I knew that he was an attorney. I was unaware of his military background.

[@noelharris5488]

@@richardweiler6931 Yeah,most people didn't know that , especially him being a Major

[@rondevous5685]

This was when MNF was fun. It didn't even matter who was playing, it was an event in itself because of the people who were selected and paired off in the announcer's booth. There are hundreds of stories like this. Putting Cosell with the others who were almost the opposite of Howard was an act of genius.

[@melissamatarazzo1435]

Just subbed. Another great vid. Keep ‘em coming. Really enjoying these

[@tomitstube]

great hearing those old great names, the johnson brothers, alex and ron, both superstars in different sports, tarkenton still playing. good stuff.

[@johnq.public4252]

I thought Cosell was always drunk. That made him fun to watch

[@johnwebb167]

I loved it when Cossell was interviewing Ali and Ali was intentionaly trying to take his toupee off. That’s funny shit!

[@moncorp1]

Hell, Harry Carey did more Cubs games drunk than sober

[@frankdenardo8684]

What happened was that Leonard Tose, who was the owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, treated the trio to vodka Martinis and Couvasier Cognac in the booth. Howard Cosell, who was not feeling well, did the game and threw up on Don Meredith's cowboy boots. He was MIA for the second half of the game. After the game ended, he took a taxi from Philadelphia to New York City, traveling through New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Expressway in which he fell asleep during the ride home.

[@alexharvey6522]

Did he die?

[@frankdenardo8684]

@@alexharvey6522 He was inebriated

[@alexharvey6522]

@@frankdenardo8684 that’s not what I asked. Did he crash because he fell asleep at the wheel?

[@frankdenardo8684]

@@alexharvey6522 he slept somewhere in the stadium for the remainder of the game and slept on the taxi ride back to New York City.

[@davidtoups4684]

@@alexharvey6522 Yeah, about 25 years later

[@bunpeishiratori5849]

I went to that game with my parents. It was damn cold. I was in the fifth grade at the time, and it was the first night game I ever attended. The Eagles were horrible in those days (they actually won the game by the way) so I can understand why Howard got loaded.

[@michaelkoszowski3716]

Ed kyatt was the coach ?

[@bunpeishiratori5849]

@@michaelkoszowski3716 Jerry Williams was the head coach. Khayat replaced him after they got off to a dismal 0-3 start the next year.

[@williamokuda8882]

Miss Howard and those old days

[@oliverpura9876]

Howard drank every day . Most everyone drank back then. Howard gad his own chair at Toot Schor' s club which was the famous bar in NY where sports stars hung out. Howard was the big attraction and was the star of the bar. He had story after story like no one else

[@TheMarcopix]

Keith Jackson was the only sober one....Don and Howard would drink every game.

[@derricklafrance9440]

Studio producer: There's Joe Namath. Go interview him. Reporter: but he's shit faced. Producer: go ahead, what's the worst that can happen.

[@piggyroo100]

Didn’t know cosell drank until I saw him sober one day.

[@mike196212]

This is news to me. We didn't get cable tv(I'm up here in Canada) at our place until 1974,when I was but 12. Monday Night Football was something I really hadn't seen before(much bigger CFL fan). When I got used to Cosell he came to sound like a rarely changing drone who sometimes would say zany and puzzling things----at least to me and my two younger brothers. I'm not sure we would have realized he was broadcasting this game intoxicated. Meredith was a class act in covering for his falling apart colleague. I do remember the Namath ''interview.'' Hilarious. His true self emerged.

[@chuckokelley2448]

My favorite Howard cosell was when he said Is Van graves is in total control of the fight 1 second later Danny red Lopez knocks him out

[@Chubbydippin]

"Stru-gelling." Drunken Howard reminds me of Conny Chung's farewell on tv when she was completely hammered.

[@randymillhouse791]

As if Monday / Thursday Night Football had NOTHING TO DO with getting trashed drunk!!!

[@mickeyray3793]

Are you crazy? Football is ALL ABOUT getting drunk!!

[@lanceprzybyla7662]

@@mickeyray3793 ..... he's being sarcastic...fyi

[@patmccormick9972]

We all yearn for the "Good 'ol days" but if you missed MNF with Humble Howard, Dandy Don, Keith/Faultless Frank you missed an American story!

[@ticketstohistory]

☝️ this right here. Couldn’t have said it better myself

[@lagodifuoco313]

Joe Namath was a playboy then, and Joe Namath is a player now.

[@johndoe-ln4oi]

One thing is certain, the trademark Davy Crockett cap that Howard wore at all times made him recognizable everywhere he went.

[@ddivincenzo1194]

At least Joe was a happy drunk!

[@raywalsh9152]

Broadway Joe got a bad rap for that interview. They knew damn well he was hammered to the gills. "Grown ass man gets drunk at football game!" Seriously? They put him on national TV to get publicity. They could have easily passed on the interview and filled the time with a few stats.

[@robschannel4512]

That was the best age of football.

[@ticketstohistory]

Couldn’t agree more. No doubt about it

[@tommyudo3195]

Not really. You just got old.

[@bossdillman7011]

Back when honor and team pride wasn't changed by money. Just a different feel.

[@tommyudo3195]

@@bossdillman7011 Yep, everything was perfect back then. Everything is shit now.

[@tommyudo3195]

Ah, the good old days when you could vomit on air without fear of being canceled.

[@FrankinDallas]

I miss Howard.

[@elvicare35]

He was the BEST!!!!!!!

[@LeeFred78]

At 7:53, Howard does a nice long blink and then recovers so he doesn't fall asleep on camera! :)

[@hugosophy]

No actually if you look at his jaw and neck muscles you can see his salivary glands flex and burst into action. You know if you’ve ever know your gonna vomit and you’re body prepares you by activating your salivary glands so you get that mouthful of sour horrible tasting spit followed by a huge uncontrollable urge to wretch into your mouth and swallow it to spare those in your vicinity a fresh sample of your stomach acids or if you’re just Incapable to hold it all in since the taste of all that stomach Ph factor fills ur small mouth volume to the point of spewing it onto your friends custom made supple kangaroo leather cowboy boots.

[@brianbanks7685]

HAVENT watched an NFL game since 2016 season never will again but the 1970 s were great

[@ernestodelaserna9494]

What a snowflake.

[@paulstewart9359]

I love seeing shit like this it's a Riot 😅😂🤣

[@willielittle9301]

The Cowboys win that division in the 1970 season and go on to play in Super Bowl 🏈 V against the Baltimore Colts...An assist from Dr. Cosell...Keith Jackson goes on to later become the voice of college football...LEGEND...Dandy Don came to the rescue and juggled the situation very well just like he did offensive formations and evaded defenses as an all-pro QB for the Dallas Cowboys back in the 1960s...

[@jamiecrawford8133]

Did both the Giants and Eagles not make the playoffs? Really stumbled down the stretch..

[@richardheadly7466]

When Howard Cosell mentions the pro football war or bidding war he's referring to the AFL/NFL bidding wars that were happening in the mid to late 60's. This is 1970, the first year after the merger forming the AFC & NFC conferences of one unified league.

[@bunpeishiratori5849]

The merger actually happened in 1966. That’s the year they agreed to a peace treaty and decided to have the two league champions face each other in a championship game, which was subsequently called the Super Bowl. It was also the year they agreed to a common draft, eliminating the warfare over signing players.

[@lamontbradford4630]

@@bunpeishiratori5849 1970 was the year they actually merged. In 66 they agreed on a merger but it was 70 when the 10 AFL teams joined the NFL

[@kingofallmediums2123]

Great Eagles 🦅 uniform. They need to bring that back.

[@kingofallmediums2123]

Imagine it was Erin Andrews interviewing Joe Namath! 🤣

[@andrewyoung2796]

That ice queen. Is an afront

[@nicpayne8258]

He woulda seen a lawsuit

[@kingofallmediums2123]

Live r@pe on national tv 😅

[@davidbranin969]

$7.50 a ticket. Way too much to watch the Eagles back then.

[@ticketstohistory]

Can’t even get a beer for that price at a game nowadays!

[@timbrown8038]

Those were the good ol days.

[@mtp4430]

To use a football term, Howard was Blitzed.

[@rogergoins9404]

RIP TO THE BEST AND TO HOWARD COSELL TOO !!

[@midweststud72]

Great stuff

[@ticketstohistory]

Thank you

[@FrankFloyd-rh1bd]

Howard Cosell was the best ever.

[@samiam1254]

The Cosell line that got him fired, "He's on the 30, the 40, the 50, look at that monkey run, he's on the 40, the 30....." in reference to Walter Peyton's breaking run in Chicago. Cosell was fired at half time in that game.

[@dirliedirl]

Yea, the story has been somewhat blown out of proportion over the years. The comment was made about Alvin Garrett of the Washington Redskins, and Cosell was not fired at halftime or any time for the comment, though he did face a crap load of backlash for it. Today..........yea, he would be fired the moment he said it.

[@samiam1254]

@@dirliedirl I watched the game, remember it well, he called Walter Peyton a monkey....and din't return after halftime.

[@sirjer73]

​@@samiam1254I'm pretty sure it was Alvin Garrett if it was Walter Payton it really would've been HUGE!!!!

[@samiam1254]

@@sirjer73 It was huge, it was Cosell and you can look it up...

[@sirjer73]

@@samiam1254 I'm saying you're sure that Cosell mentioned Walter Payton in those terms. I was like in 4th/ 5th grade when that happened with Alvin Garret like in 83. I never heard about Cosell saying that about Sweetness.

[@beatler11]

Drunk MNF much better than MNF of today. I could watch Joe Namath in this clip everyday.

[@lamontbradford4630]

Joe Buck sucks

[@davidvonduesseldorf4527]

All Eagles uniforms look so much better in the past then the crap they've been wearing the last 25 years

[@d-mack-ga5340]

I agree, I think their uniforms from the late 1970's - 90's were the best. BTW, Philly won the game in this video 23 - 20.

[@trevor8493]

Cosell was a beauty , amazing video

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Thank you

[@michaelkoszowski3716]

It would of been funnier if Muhammad Ali was there ..lol.

[@MJ-dq8ik]

Thanks for sharing - wish the loud music wasn't playing

[@ticketstohistory]

Yeah, sorry about that. I have no idea why it was so much louder than my other videos. I’ve made a new/updated video a few days ago without the background music. The link is in the description. Thanks for the feedback

[@altfactor]

Because telecasts of all NFL games were blacked out in the cities where they were played, it's my understanding that all "NFL Monday Night Football" games involving either the New York Football Giants or the New York Jets were on the road until after the NFL amended the rule to allow sold-out home games to be locally televised in the cities they were played in. Otherwise, viewers in the huge New York TV market (then home to about seven percent of the nation's population) wouldn't get to watch their team play.

[@ticketstohistory]

That’s something! The NFL has definitely come a long way. If ANY game were blacked out these days with the gambling and fantasy football people would go insane lol

[@altfactor]

The NFL blackout rule was suspended for the 2020 season since due to the Covid-19 epidemic, stadiums had small crowds (or in some cases, no fans at all). The rule was done away with soon thereafter. Even when sold-out home games could be televised, there were times when a few hone games that didn't sell out would be locally televised, examples being games played in stormy weather conditions, and the "replacement games" during the 1982 players' strike. In the case of the former, the local team made the decision; in the case of the 1982 "replacement games", it was the league's decision, applying to all teams.

[@notsosilentmajority1]

I believe they were only blacked out if the stadium didn't sell out. If the games were sold out the games were televised..... I think.?.? I'm lucky I can remember what I had for lunch but I think I remember it that way. Even then they made some exceptions but look at where we are today. I'm not complaining, I miss the old guard but I like the ability to watch just about every game, every week nowadays.

[@fscap811]

@@notsosilentmajority1 Well, I know that this game was shown in NY because I remember watching it and thinking "Is Cosell hammered"? I'm not sure when they offered a statement on the reasons for his sudden departure, but I seem to remember one excuse was that a bug flew into his ear and he got vertigo and got sick. 🤮

[@notsosilentmajority1]

@@fscap811 Yes, I believe all MNF games were shown without blackouts. I think it was only Sunday games that were blacked out locally if the stadiums didn't sell out. That's not a big problem now, even the bad teams sell out regularly. I don't remember the "bug flew into his ear and vertigo" thing but I'm sure you're right, lol. MNF was definitely a lot of fun to watch back then. It was great when Cosell got mad or got other people mad. He loved using his big vocabulary and sneaky, snide remarks, lol. He was an American icon though.

[@laurenadams6704]

Keith Jackson was the best!

[@shivasirons6159]

Whoa nelly, goodness jacksons voice takes me back!

[@joedb3000]

Cosell would've made a great Dracula!

[@larrymalato3639]

Those were great days

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[@melissamatarazzo1435]

Subbed. Love watching your vids.

[@kevinwilkin1427]

The Eagles had neat looking uniforms then.

[@TheAutumnWind_RN4L]

I miss those white helmets, just like I miss Buffalo's red ones.

[@hoakiejoe630]

Last year at Franklin Field. First year Dad and I had season tix. $6 ticket. Great Eagles win in a horrible season.

[@timotundy]

Aikmen and Buck need to get roaring drunk in the booth.

[@nativeredman9940]

Ah, good times. Everybody loved to hate Howard!😄

[@kevincoulter9610]

Howard was legendary

[@mook9708]

Rather see a drunk Howard then these idiots they put on air now ESPN is a joke...all the dumb schtick...if not for sports games after Stuart Scotts death i wouldnt watch 😮

[@tomjones5650]

True That. Eagles owner Leonard Tose gave Cosell a bottle of vodka.

[@stepinfetchit9394]

Get rid of the background music and this video might be OK. Turned it off at 2:41 because of that. Ruined it.

[@antimations_ggs]

This is crazy lol.

[@petezereeeah]

I heard about this. Supposedly Howard leard over and threw up on Don Meredith's shoes.

[@raywalsh9152]

SHOES??? How dare you? Dandy Don Meredith was undoubtedly wearing cowboy boots. Heathen.

[@petezereeeah]

@@raywalsh9152 😂😆

[@petezereeeah]

@@raywalsh9152 I loved Meredith. "Turn out the lights...." The guy was great!

[@e93sports80]

Just subbed.

[@ticketstohistory]

Thank you appreciate it

[@crollwtide9452]

It seems like, this time around, that the broadcast would have been fairly complete with just Keith Jackson and Don Meredith in the booth. Three's a crowd really makes a mark with this otherwise.

[@vs4798]

Oh yea, many moons ago, how cool. born in "63"

[@markb20]

And Dandy Don ending the broadcast singing "The party's over". For me Howard was best at the mic for those famous Ali boxing matches of the 1970s.

[@PaulyV56]

Romo and Collinsworth make Cosell sound like John Madden

[@michaelleroi9077]

Strongest man pound for pound and inch for inch. LOL!

[@mook9708]

Not the 1st and wont be the last to be twisted on air...look at Namath, i saw that debacle that night and he was totally embaressing....life goes on

[@Love.IsTheAnswer]

Howard made his own moonshine. "Monday Night Moonshine." He'd drink from The Rose Bowl. The Stanley Cup. The Super Bowl. He covered the Whirled Series. "Don Drysdale. Excellent pitcher. I drank him under the table." "Muhammad Ali. Greatest fighter to ever live. I knocked him out. He lasted 10 rounds." Cosell was known as the Iron Liver in locker rooms throughout sports. It's all in the book "This is Howard Cosell, and I'm Howard Cosell too." Howard sold crack from the booth years before crack hit the streets. There are MNF broadcasts where you can hear Howard drop the sports talk to sell product. "This'll knock your socks off. Quality. That's why it costs so much. C'mere. I'll give you a taste." Shocking but troo. Cosell moved more narcotics than anyone in sports broadcasting, at a time when sports broadcasters moved more product than anyone on the street. He's a legend.

[@Joedirt3349]

Behind the mic!

[@pianojohn113-8]

There's something creepy about the ref calling the offsides at 3:52...

[@iamthegreatcornholio7836]

please explain.

[@Chamberlain-ef9pk]

Summeral and Madden were feeling no pain too...

[@dp6297]

Fred Dryer for the Giants “Hunter” in the 80’s

[@michaelleroi9077]

My dad drank at the refinery because things blew up all the time and he had to wade through neck high gasoline to shut off valves. They found his bottle and let him stay.

[@TonyMichaels166]

“I only go places wasted like I’m Joe Namath” - Mac Miller

[@aggie7756]

Why the heck ruin a video with background music?

[@ticketstohistory]

There’s an updated one without the music. The link is in the description and the pinned comment

[@johndonahue3509]

Namath hitting on that chick l, sue Culver, drunk on the sidelines was the best

[@rogergoins9404]

AND WHAT A GAME IT TURNED OUT TO BE !

[@gregtennessee8249]

Trump Lost hahahahaha crybabies Cosell and trump haha Bigmouth Blowhard idiots.

[@superbrownbrown]

@@gregtennessee8249 *Are you having a stròke or some other sort of mėntal heàlth emėrgency?* 🤔

[@robertculbreth694]

Regardless, the play & color commentary were so much better then than the over analyzing & unfunny joking we have to suffer with now.

[@lanceobe6801]

Is the background music necessary? Hard to hear them speak over that damn music

[@ticketstohistory]

Thanks for the feedback. That will be addressed in future videos.

[@timfurnier7061]

My favorite Howard Cosell moment was when the beautiful Linda Carter poured champagne over his head and got his toupee wet, and then he got mad at her. She can pour anything she wants to on me even today! I wonder if she realized he wore a toupee. I didn't until much later, but then again, I was really too young back then to think in terms of fake hair.

[@stevenbauer4799]

Nothing new. Cosell was a known drunk on the air that many times was back at the hotel by the two-minute warning sleeping it off as frank had to finish up. Word is howard would call the booth from the hotel as well.

[@robertbergren8680]

Recently saw an odd couple episode with Cosell. Watch it if you can.

[@ticketstohistory]

Thanks I’ll check it out

[@galenhof3371]

Cosell looks like Bela Lugosi

[@ticketstohistory]

Lol good call

[@rayinpau.s.a.6351]

Howard was good friends with Frank Rizzo!

[@ralphabreu5022]

Does that surprise anyone Howard Cosell always nipped the sherry before games... Howard was the best though Howard Cosell developed athletes. Him and Ali where friends till the end...

[@johnsewell6593]

Cosell was great at boxing commentary, he was quite knowledgeable and good at color...!

[@gearhead-442]

Background music makes this unwatchable

[@ticketstohistory]

There’s an updated version. Link in the description without the background music. Thanks

[@maxv6837]

The fact that Cosell is drunk makes little difference in the quality of his commentary.

[@violentshemp7776]

you KNOW there is audio of it

[@mjp29]

What minute and second did this occur in this video?

[@papaforever3706]

I nominate Tony Romo to do this once next season.

[@EatAPeach72]

I’d rather listen to paint dry

[@SamuelDavidDeLuce]

Hey Howard!! You're getting a bit close there!! Your breath is kickin and on top of that, most importantly you look like you're trying to lay a kiss on me!! Back up!!