Talk:Monday Night Football

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[edit] Sources Needed From Better Places

A lot of the sources come from forums and not official websites which would have accurate information. I think the article needs to be picked apart and researched with appropriate sources. 38.115.60.50 20:13, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Neutrality dispute

It seems as if a fan does not enjoy the new ESPN Monday Night Football discussion... "he is balding, which doesn't help at all" is definately not NPOV.

[edit] ABC 'losing' deal

ESPN is owned by ABC, so ABC really isn't losing the deal with the NFL, just moving it to another network.

  • ESPN is only partially owned by ABC. In fact, it's more accurate to say both are owned by the Walt Disney Company. ESPN does operate in a matter of speaking, independantly of ABC, although they have fundamental sports ties. Starting in the fall of 2006, the seperate production segment of ABC Sports was dissolved, and all live sports are ESPN productions (thus the "ESPN on ABC" monikor). So it is still accurate to say ABC "lost" MNF. You could say though that WDW still maintained it. Doctorindy 17:46, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ESPN Monday Night Football

If someone knows how get copyright permission from the ap they might want to put the MNF crew picture on this article

[edit] Berman

berman is the halftime host now and has been for as far back as i can remember, not just 1996-1997--Jaysscholar 20:59, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

The only non-playoff game I can think of he did was the telethon w/Robin Roberts

[edit] Theme Song

I found an .mp3 version of the theme song. If someone could find an .mp3 of the other version they used for a while, could they post it on the page as well?--KoopaTroopa211 23:31, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

The theme song to MNF "Heavy Action," was not used until the later part of the 1970s. Mention must be made of the farfisa organ sounding intro and outro theme music during the first three or four years of MNF. User:Efrem7

  • In the late 90s and early 2000s, a secondary theme was used... kind of jazzier, had little in common with the standard MNF theme. Any ideas what it is? MojaveNC 05:52, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] History section needs a serious makeover

Seems like the history section currently needs a serious makeover. It's first lead sub-section crams everything and anything. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 18:49, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

Explain in more detail. The pre-1970 information should be there to offer perspective on how the show developed.

[edit] Past tense

Why are some parts of the article in past tense already? They haven't signed off their last telecast yet... --WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 05:05, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Illustration

Shouldn't we use a picture of the actual announcing crew rather than one of actors who portrayed them in a movie? MK2 06:11, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

We should. I'll look and see if I can find a picture of the three of them together. MarkLucas 06:43, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

A quick search on Google didn't find any pictures of the three of them together. Wouldn't there be many pictures of them since they were such icons and worked so well together? MarkLucas 06:46, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] College Bowl games

Does anyone have a list of the games they did

  • The only one I'm certian of exactly is the 1/1/92 Sugar Bowl. It was shown on ESPN Classic a while back. They did do others, but that would take some research. Doctorindy 17:42, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] U.S. postage stamp

I restored this image for two reasons: (1) it's the only public domain image in the article as it is a U.S. government illustration, (2) postage-stamp honors are so rare in the U.S., that this merits inclusion in the article. —Twigboy 00:59, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Technical flubs

Would a mention of "NFL GENERIC / AAAAAAAAAAGGGG" be proper if it keeps happening? It's been two weeks so far.

[edit] Radio

I could be wrong, but I think someone filled in for Esiason on the radio for Mon. 11/27/06. I listened to the broadcast for a short time, and it did not sound like him. Doctorindy 17:40, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hank Williams Jr.

  • When did they start using the "Are You Ready For Some Football?" theme song? WizardDuck 21:47, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
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