Green Bay Packers vs L.A. Rams 1981 1st Half Week 3

[@LAFan]

R.I.P. Coach John Madden. Vin Scully still going strong at the age of 94. Go Rams!

[@guccimane3731]

Yupp came here after that sorry of an excuse that Fox calls a documentary. Had to hear a Madden and Scully game

[@katc5051]

Until today. RIP Vin

[@LAFan]

Vinny is now gone also. We will miss you. The good thing is that he is now back with his wife Sandi whom he met through the Rams owner Carroll Rosenbloom in the early 70s. RIP Vinny and John.

[@shanetrimble9265]

​@@guccimane3731 what doc was that?

[@LAFan]

R.I.P. Vin Scully and John Madden. Vin was so versatile doing NFL and PGA for CBS alongside his Dodger duties. Then he went to NBC as the lead baseball announcer. They don't make them like Vin and John anymore. Just brilliant. This footage is very special for us Dodger and Rams fans.

[@shanetrimble9265]

30:10 Haden gets his bell rung by #77 Mike Butler. Love Vins call on the play; "Butler serves more than dinner"

[@VintageOnline100]

RIP to Mr. Madden and unfortunately now Vin has passed. Many my try but there never will be another like them.

[@shanetrimble9265]

Never be another Vin.

[@NYNYRaider]

Scully & Madden was the best ever… Summerall & Brookshire was intriguing because they played for rival teams.

[@shanetrimble9265]

Loved both of those teams

[@robheaton]

9:48 “You think anyone has ever written in for consent?” Certainly not any KZbinrs, John!

[@tommyparkerparker]

Thank you so much! I always wanted to see a Scully- Madden game.

[@smg1665]

The games that Vin Scully and John Madden did together in 1981 are as follows: wk 1 Phil NYG, wk 2 NYG Wash, wk 3 GB LA, wk 4 Atl Cle Richard, I have all of them if you want to post them. The first game Summerall and Madden did together is week 5 Dal St L. Summerall and Madden did a game together in 1979 but Madden was much more subdued in style.

[@tommyparkerparker]

@@smg1665 Thanks! I would love to see Scully - Madden wk 1 Eagles/ Giants.

[@shanetrimble9265]

​@@smg1665 thanks for the info

[@humbertosantanajr510]

2 of the best - gone

[@zackhenkle9267]

Vin is still with us, thank god.

[@BlueBlur24]

@@zackhenkle9267 Not anymore. RIP Vin.

[@tycoon_05]

RIP Coach…. A football legend

[@kilgoretrout321]

Jeeze Wendall Tyler just holds the ball gingerly when he gets into traffic.

[@romanprakaiphan6861]

BIG Thank for your post.

[@rjpsuh06]

Vin Scully-John Madden > Jim Nantz -Tony Romo Keep up the good work, Richard!

[@manutd316]

My brother & I were looking game That had vin and Madden didn't think it exist

[@ryanstrnad8442]

I could now tell why CBS chose Summeral to work with Madden rather than Scully. Both Vin and John seemed to go into different directions. Summeral was at least compatible with Madden's explosive style while Scully appeared not to deviate from form. Frank Glieber who would work with Madden filling in for Summeral who'd be on US tennis open duties started in 1982 also would do a good job meshing with Madden (a KZbin game of them is available), but Scully would just stick to his traditional approach. Was better off doing baseball at NBC.

[@kilgoretrout321]

Vinny tried to do play by play and color commentary, so how the heck can you fit in Madden, perhaps the best color commentator of all time? Madden also was completely focused on the X's and O's side of things, so if Vinny stuck to the action, you'd miss the great background information only Vin would provide. The pairing could've been great, but as they say, too much of a good thing. Scully imho wouldve been fine all by himself in an NFL booth, but football producers seem to prefer at least a couple guys, even when its horrible as with Buck and Aikman.

[@ryanstrnad1852]

@@kilgoretrout321 lol. Yea, I think a couple "one announcer" booths like you were talking about might have been good (just dont do the 1981 "Dick Enberg" experiment where they aired his prerecorded interviews between plays). One caller booths wouldve looked odd compared to 2 or 3 maners however. Scully Ive seen call Dodgers games on TV by himself, say no more. Although, the same analogy you mentioned as to why Scully & Madden could not work together could also apply to why Scully and Tim McCarver would not be able to work together.

[@shanetrimble9265]

Vin did football really well. Love listening to him call football games. He and George Allen were fantastic together. Vin should NOT have just stuck to baseball.

[@ryanstrnad8442]

@@shanetrimble9265 I think it was a matter of money & pride for Mr. Scully. The pride part was that he didnt like being turned down from the #1 NFL job. The money part wouldve been what NBC paid him to come over and be their #1 BASEBALL guy. Networks having Saturday baseball (NBC then, CBS in the early '90s & even Fox later on) have had the headache of logistics of assigning announcers who cover both their Saturday baseball broadcasts and their Sunday football broadcasts. I've heard many question as to why Vin Scully didnt even call one football game for NBC while he was there. I believe the reason it was important to keep the lead person on the main September baseball game that weekend (without inserting a substitute like NBC did when Bob Costas was the "backup" announcer back then when he was it's NFL studio host) and I dont think NBC wanted to "wedge" Vin into an already existing NFL announcing team (and kick someone out) when the baseball season was over. Sure, there mayve been some fill in spots available for a week only but then he wouldve had to have done fresh research on a sport he never called since CBS. He was doing golf for NBC as well during the winter months (Charlie Jones usually took over during the baseball season) and he continued local Dodgers games. I know that there was talk when NBC lost baseball of an extension where they'd offer him a YEAR ROUND golf slate and some other assignments (IDK if that wouldve included football) maybe the olympics but Scully left and (da da da dat tadaaa!) Bryant Gumbel took over golf for the 1990 year, then Jones in 91, then after that Jim Lampley for a couple years until Dick Enberg in 1995. It should also be said ABC had a headache letting Al Michaels off of it's national Monday Night Football Games 2 or so times a season when he was doing the MLB post season. Joe Buck, Thom Brennaman at Fox and Dick Stockton & Greg Gumbel at CBS had similar situations.

[@shanetrimble9265]

Thanks for the info

[@Bruce12867]

Nice! Do you have the Falcons-Browns matchup from Week 4? I believe Scully and Madden called that game as well.

[@survivor5044]

I don't have this one. Hopefully I can buy it online. Scully and Madden didn't get to do many games together. Would be nice to find it.

[@tommyparkerparker]

There were no booth shots. Do you have one when they were on camera together?

[@forever80sgiantsfootball]

@@tommyparkerparker Richard's recordings of the Week 1 Giants-Eagles and Week 2 Giants-Washington games have the pre-game and halftime booth shots.

[@tommyparkerparker]

@@forever80sgiantsfootball I seen them. Thanks!

[@bryanburnap4537]

Thanks again Richard

[@ryanstrnad8442]

James Lofton had a one handed touchdown catch in this one.

[@shanetrimble9265]

Wow. There's a certain you tuber that steals all your games.

[@RobertJohnson1975]

It's weird this game had the 1981 graphics but the Redskins-Cardinals game still had the 1980 graphics but the 1981 music.

[@kevinthomas2906]

Any Rams games from the Jim Everett era???

[@survivor5044]

I'm trying to find more of them online.

[@romanprakaiphan6861]

I loved L.A.Rams that era to.

[@bryanburnap4537]

You mean chris ? Ha. Just being a wise ass. He definitely had a few good years and was a dynamic QB at Purdue. But guess i will always remember him for the Jim Rome interview that went awry.

[@ginadominguez4470]

What date was it? I think it was my bday and that's why my dad arrived late to my birth lol

[@blackfinjrblackfinjr3555]

Limp noodle arm Pat Haden