1 00:00:36,810 --> 00:00:38,490 This is a story about two men. 2 00:00:39,070 --> 00:00:41,450 One named Gail Sayers, the other Brian Piccolo. 3 00:00:41,970 --> 00:00:43,810 They came from different parts of the country. 4 00:00:44,090 --> 00:00:45,670 They competed for the same job. 5 00:00:46,270 --> 00:00:48,130 One was white, the other black. 6 00:00:48,610 --> 00:00:51,830 One liked to talk a lot. The other was shy as a three -year -old. 7 00:00:52,270 --> 00:00:57,430 Our story is about how they came to know each other, fight each other, and help 8 00:00:57,430 --> 00:00:58,430 each other. 9 00:01:00,450 --> 00:01:03,270 Ernest Hemingway said that every true story ends in death. 10 00:01:04,390 --> 00:01:05,870 Well, this is a true story. 11 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:07,440 Yo, heads up. 12 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:13,080 Here you go. 13 00:01:13,500 --> 00:01:14,500 Thanks. 14 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:21,560 Get upstairs. 15 00:01:23,700 --> 00:01:25,660 Yeah. Hey, Brian Piccolo. 16 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:28,640 Met up in Buffalo on that All -America game last June. 17 00:01:30,320 --> 00:01:33,340 Yeah, sorry I didn't remember. I'm not very good at that kind of stuff. 18 00:01:34,700 --> 00:01:35,880 Oh, golly. Hey. 19 00:01:36,320 --> 00:01:37,320 That's all right. 20 00:01:37,740 --> 00:01:41,720 I can see how you might forget, but, well, I sure couldn't. I mean, that was 21 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:46,400 heck of a talk we had, man. I said, I'm Brian Piccolo. I hear we'll both be 22 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:47,400 playing for the Bears. 23 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:49,320 And you said, well, I'll never forget it. 24 00:01:49,540 --> 00:01:52,660 You said, uh -huh, just like that, uh -huh. 25 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:58,160 Whenever I'm feeling kind of low and depressed, well, I think about that 26 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:01,960 You know, a lot of guys wouldn't have talked to me at all, but not you. You 27 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:03,920 said, uh -huh, just like that, right out. 28 00:02:10,060 --> 00:02:11,120 Where do I go to check in? 29 00:02:11,580 --> 00:02:14,540 Well, that building over there, that's where Halas is. 30 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:18,200 Huh? 31 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:25,360 Hey. 32 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:27,400 Did you ever meet him before? 33 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:31,140 Talked to him on the phone a couple of times or so. 34 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:36,400 Yeah, well... Look, let me give you a little hint, all right? 35 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:38,440 See, he's... 36 00:02:39,460 --> 00:02:42,980 I mean, he's a good guy and all that, but he's a little deaf in his left ear. 37 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:45,600 See, and it's a little too vain to admit it, you understand? 38 00:02:46,340 --> 00:02:49,400 So you've got to kind of stand on his right -hand side if you want him to hear 39 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:50,400 word you say. 40 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:52,760 Mm -hmm. 41 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:54,359 Okay, thanks. 42 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:55,079 You bet. 43 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:56,320 Hey, look, he's got to stick together. 44 00:03:50,190 --> 00:03:51,190 Come in. 45 00:03:54,930 --> 00:03:56,590 Well, sirs. 46 00:03:57,930 --> 00:03:58,970 I'm George Hallett. 47 00:03:59,270 --> 00:04:01,910 Yeah, I know. I mean, everybody knows who you are. 48 00:04:02,490 --> 00:04:04,390 No, you just intended to give me a hand with this thing. 49 00:04:05,090 --> 00:04:06,270 My good luck picture. 50 00:04:07,550 --> 00:04:09,810 That's the first professional team I ever played on. 51 00:04:10,410 --> 00:04:12,270 The Decatur Stalings in 1920. 52 00:04:15,030 --> 00:04:16,029 How'd you like it? 53 00:04:16,990 --> 00:04:18,250 I understand we... 54 00:04:21,519 --> 00:04:23,400 I understand why you heard it. It's fine. 55 00:04:23,700 --> 00:04:25,040 100%. And your head? 56 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:26,720 My head. 57 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:29,800 Uh, there's nothing wrong with my head. Good. 58 00:04:30,420 --> 00:04:33,680 Because being in that all -star game puts you three weeks behind everybody 59 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:35,320 It's going to be easy. 60 00:04:35,540 --> 00:04:36,880 NFL ain't supposed to be easy. 61 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:39,240 That's right. 62 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:42,680 I don't know if I can promise you it's a fair shot. 63 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,280 But you're going to have a lot of company. 64 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:49,040 John Arnett, Ralph Keurig, Brian Piccolo. 65 00:04:50,670 --> 00:04:55,410 Gonna be plenty... Gonna be plenty crowded out there. 66 00:04:55,670 --> 00:04:59,330 Well, fair shot is all I want. Can't ask more than that. 67 00:05:00,090 --> 00:05:03,690 We've been using our backs as receivers this year. 68 00:05:04,930 --> 00:05:10,870 Did you do much... Did you do much pass catching when you were in college? 69 00:05:12,090 --> 00:05:13,670 Well, yes, sir, I did. 70 00:05:14,790 --> 00:05:16,810 Usually safety valve stuff. 71 00:05:17,170 --> 00:05:19,010 Yeah, well, I like to keep my backs in a pattern. 72 00:05:19,550 --> 00:05:21,130 That is, unless the other team's blitzing. 73 00:05:21,450 --> 00:05:22,810 And that's something you're going to have to watch. 74 00:05:23,310 --> 00:05:24,350 Those linebackers. 75 00:05:25,250 --> 00:05:28,430 You got to make sure they're not coming in. I know, especially with the team. 76 00:05:28,430 --> 00:05:29,690 What the hell are you doing? 77 00:05:30,330 --> 00:05:31,590 I don't know what you mean. 78 00:05:31,890 --> 00:05:34,710 Well, I mean, I know you got moves, but you don't have to show them to me now. 79 00:05:35,370 --> 00:05:38,430 You're bouncing around here like a pauper in a pay toilet. 80 00:05:38,830 --> 00:05:42,670 Well, I was just trying to get on the side of your good ear. 81 00:05:44,050 --> 00:05:45,050 Good ear? 82 00:05:45,290 --> 00:05:46,670 What are you talking about, good ear? 83 00:05:49,770 --> 00:05:56,010 Brian Piccolo said that, uh... He, uh, said, uh... 84 00:06:12,010 --> 00:06:14,130 and I have to stop eating like this, my wife's starting to get suspicious. 85 00:06:21,630 --> 00:06:22,630 Hold it down, hey. 86 00:06:25,070 --> 00:06:29,830 Some of you catch a pull in the day, haven't had a chance to hear what's 87 00:06:29,830 --> 00:06:30,830 to be expected of you. 88 00:06:30,930 --> 00:06:32,910 So hold it down, let me talk. 89 00:06:33,630 --> 00:06:35,710 Now, you new guys are going to get a playbook tomorrow. 90 00:06:36,750 --> 00:06:37,750 It's like the Bible. 91 00:06:38,410 --> 00:06:40,890 Now, you lose your playbook, it's going to cost you $1 ,000. 92 00:06:41,630 --> 00:06:43,190 Listen, I heard this thing twice already today. 93 00:06:43,970 --> 00:06:45,850 You lose your playbook, it costs you $1 ,000. 94 00:06:46,410 --> 00:06:48,870 Lose it a second time, they cut off your right foot and they feed it to the 95 00:06:48,870 --> 00:06:50,270 defensive. Could you clue it, please? 96 00:06:50,830 --> 00:06:52,850 I am just trying to be helpful. 97 00:06:53,750 --> 00:06:55,750 Like you help me with housework, I don't need... Mr. Sayers! 98 00:07:02,470 --> 00:07:05,510 I was just mentioning the fine for talking to the team meeting. Did you 99 00:07:05,510 --> 00:07:06,510 to hear what I said? 100 00:07:09,590 --> 00:07:10,690 No, I did not. 101 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:14,500 Well, the fine for talking in team meetings, Mr. Sayers, is $25. 102 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:17,560 And it's just been laid on you. Can you dig that? 103 00:07:20,380 --> 00:07:21,380 Yeah. 104 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:28,760 Sorry, man. 105 00:07:34,020 --> 00:07:35,020 Hey, 106 00:07:39,620 --> 00:07:40,620 hold up. Hold it. 107 00:07:41,060 --> 00:07:46,080 So draw to my attention that unless Sayers was saying it feeds, it might be 108 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:49,280 if Mr. Piccolo would sing us a song, say like maybe a fight song. 109 00:07:50,220 --> 00:07:51,880 Wake Forest, right, Mr. Piccolo? 110 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:55,600 Yeah, that's right. 111 00:07:59,580 --> 00:08:02,300 I can't really get to you, man. It's just a question of style. 112 00:08:03,180 --> 00:08:04,180 Style, I say. 113 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:09,600 Excuse me. 114 00:08:12,780 --> 00:08:13,840 Here's to Wake Forest. 115 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:18,380 The clouds of finest, red -ruddy, reddish bill to the brim. 116 00:08:18,980 --> 00:08:24,620 Her sons, they are many, unrivaled by any. With hearts are flowing, they will 117 00:08:24,620 --> 00:08:25,620 sing her hymn. 118 00:09:10,420 --> 00:09:12,260 exercise. One, two, three. 119 00:09:12,700 --> 00:09:14,020 One, two, three. 120 00:09:14,540 --> 00:09:15,840 One, two, three. 121 00:09:16,580 --> 00:09:19,420 Ding, ding, ding. What the hell's wrong with you? You're not trying. 122 00:09:19,620 --> 00:09:20,579 You're not trying. 123 00:09:20,580 --> 00:09:21,580 You're making me sick. 124 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:27,760 Those uniforms are just for you guys. Don't you know that? 125 00:09:28,220 --> 00:09:30,700 We're going to let you keep them as long as you play like Chicago Bears. 126 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:33,960 But the minute you start tiptoeing around, we're going to want those 127 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:34,960 back, gentlemen. 128 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:36,920 42 traps, stairs up. 129 00:10:30,540 --> 00:10:31,540 getting you overconfident. 130 00:10:59,530 --> 00:11:02,610 got the lock that you have on making a team, and Alice said that they're going 131 00:11:02,610 --> 00:11:04,130 to use that option a lot this year. 132 00:11:05,190 --> 00:11:07,370 And, uh, it's not one of my strong points, understand? 133 00:11:09,990 --> 00:11:11,070 Try going to your left. 134 00:11:12,990 --> 00:11:15,570 They don't look for a right -handed guy to throw going to his left. 135 00:11:16,450 --> 00:11:18,130 Okay. I will. Thank you. 136 00:11:21,170 --> 00:11:22,170 Hey, Sears. 137 00:11:23,150 --> 00:11:24,390 I did say thank you. 138 00:11:26,050 --> 00:11:27,050 I know. 139 00:11:27,500 --> 00:11:32,760 Well, that usually calls for a response like, uh, you're welcome or how's your 140 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:33,760 mother or something. 141 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:35,440 How's your mother? 142 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:37,560 Well, she's very fine. Thank you for asking. 143 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:40,760 You're welcome. 144 00:12:02,700 --> 00:12:03,940 First cut. Where do we start? 145 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:05,240 Back there. 146 00:12:05,420 --> 00:12:06,420 Brenner. Cut. 147 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:08,120 Daniels. Cut. 148 00:12:08,900 --> 00:12:10,960 Sayers. Are you kidding? 149 00:12:11,980 --> 00:12:13,500 Charles. Shoot him. 150 00:12:13,860 --> 00:12:14,860 Justifiable homicide. 151 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:17,040 What about Piccolo? 152 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:21,100 He's too slow and he's too light. But I don't know, Ed. He hangs in there like a 153 00:12:21,100 --> 00:12:22,820 terrier. Let's keep him on the final cut. 154 00:12:23,260 --> 00:12:24,260 Okay. 155 00:12:36,680 --> 00:12:40,540 Take a look at your boneheaded spaghetti. That was fake draw screen 156 00:12:40,540 --> 00:12:42,400 the hell do you do on fake draw screen right? 157 00:12:42,680 --> 00:12:47,180 Well, on fake draw screen right, I pick up a linebacker if he's coming. 158 00:12:47,700 --> 00:12:50,600 Unless, of course, he's butchered, then I simply notify the quarterback sent for 159 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:51,600 a precinct. 160 00:12:52,220 --> 00:12:55,380 All right, all right, knock it off. Come on, don't encourage him. Let's run that 161 00:12:55,380 --> 00:12:56,380 again, huh? Come on. 162 00:13:06,290 --> 00:13:07,290 Come in. 163 00:13:07,430 --> 00:13:08,470 I saw him. 164 00:13:09,010 --> 00:13:12,430 But he's not giving him pressure. He didn't at the time he gave him. 165 00:13:13,070 --> 00:13:14,070 Hello, Gail. 166 00:13:15,390 --> 00:13:16,390 What? Sit down. 167 00:13:17,230 --> 00:13:21,170 All right. You know Ed McCaskey, J .C.? I'll call you back, all right? 168 00:13:21,810 --> 00:13:22,810 Want some iced tea? 169 00:13:24,250 --> 00:13:25,250 Yeah, please. 170 00:13:35,310 --> 00:13:37,050 I'll tell you what we wanted to talk to you about, Gail. 171 00:13:38,630 --> 00:13:42,930 You see, I'm a... Well, I'm an old -timer in a lot of ways. 172 00:13:44,690 --> 00:13:46,890 At least that's what some people keep telling me. 173 00:13:49,890 --> 00:13:55,070 But I don't think it's all that common for a man of my age to... to be used to 174 00:13:55,070 --> 00:13:56,070 the way things are. 175 00:13:56,910 --> 00:13:58,110 To be comfortable with things. 176 00:14:01,650 --> 00:14:03,170 What it comes down to is that... 177 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:08,240 J .C. had a notion here, and Ed seems to think it's a good idea. 178 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:12,980 I guess maybe we are due for some changes around here. 179 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:15,500 You want me to play flank and not running back? 180 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:17,240 No, no, no. 181 00:14:18,020 --> 00:14:19,540 No, it's not that simple, Gale. 182 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:26,440 J .C.'s idea, and yes, I did agree with him, is that this is 1965, 183 00:14:26,700 --> 00:14:31,460 and we'd like the Bears to room together according to position without any 184 00:14:31,460 --> 00:14:32,460 regard to race. 185 00:14:34,350 --> 00:14:36,450 So we'd like you and Brian Piccolo to room together. 186 00:14:40,150 --> 00:14:41,150 That's all? 187 00:14:42,790 --> 00:14:43,790 That's what this is about? 188 00:14:44,050 --> 00:14:45,050 Is that all? 189 00:14:45,510 --> 00:14:46,510 Yeah. 190 00:14:46,670 --> 00:14:49,310 You had me worried. I thought it was something really. 191 00:14:49,590 --> 00:14:50,630 It is. It is something really. 192 00:14:51,310 --> 00:14:53,850 Man, you're talking about a white man and a black man rooming together on a 193 00:14:53,850 --> 00:14:54,850 that's never been done before. 194 00:14:55,770 --> 00:15:00,010 And you're going to be called a tom by some blacks and uppity nigger by some 195 00:15:00,010 --> 00:15:01,010 whites. 196 00:15:01,170 --> 00:15:03,710 And when we go on the road, man, I'm talking about we going to Atlanta. 197 00:15:05,170 --> 00:15:07,050 Houston, Miami, New Orleans. 198 00:15:07,710 --> 00:15:11,830 It ain't gonna be no better than Detroit or Minnesota or San Francisco or any 199 00:15:11,830 --> 00:15:12,830 other town we play in. 200 00:15:13,630 --> 00:15:14,990 You're gonna rock the boat, says. 201 00:15:15,710 --> 00:15:17,450 And the people out there that saw it already see sick. 202 00:15:18,530 --> 00:15:20,910 What J .C. is saying is that there may be some pressures. 203 00:15:22,530 --> 00:15:23,530 Severe ones. 204 00:15:27,490 --> 00:15:28,490 Now, what do you say? 205 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:52,859 Who's who? 206 00:15:52,860 --> 00:15:53,860 Who else? 207 00:15:56,700 --> 00:15:57,700 That was terrific. 208 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:03,580 It's all of a shame he couldn't ask me how I felt about it, isn't it? 209 00:16:03,860 --> 00:16:04,860 Look, you want me out? 210 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:07,320 Yeah. 211 00:16:08,180 --> 00:16:13,460 I don't want you out to stay. I guess I'm just esteemed. The old man's not 212 00:16:13,460 --> 00:16:15,000 putting me in that skirmish this afternoon. 213 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:20,600 Is that your wife? 214 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:23,640 Yeah. Pretty. 215 00:16:24,300 --> 00:16:25,960 So is yours and the little girl. 216 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:31,180 I'm supposed to call her tonight. 217 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:33,660 Tell her how I'm going. 218 00:16:36,340 --> 00:16:38,820 I guess that might be the shortest phone call in history. 219 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:40,440 Maybe not. 220 00:16:41,460 --> 00:16:42,460 Dick. 221 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:47,360 They wouldn't assign us a room together unless we both made the team. 222 00:16:58,970 --> 00:16:59,970 That's right, isn't it? 223 00:17:02,670 --> 00:17:03,670 Uh -huh. 224 00:17:10,109 --> 00:17:12,670 Come on, let's go call the wives, huh? Oh, wait a minute. I just called. 225 00:17:13,130 --> 00:17:17,329 Come on. Come on. Wait a minute. 226 00:17:17,670 --> 00:17:18,050 Congratulations 227 00:17:18,050 --> 00:17:24,790 on 228 00:17:24,790 --> 00:17:26,150 making the deal, gentlemen. 229 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:31,080 Well done. You know, Coach Hallis kind of frowns on the hazing of new men. But 230 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:33,580 now that you've made the team, it's really like you're one of us. 231 00:17:36,300 --> 00:17:37,620 Welcome to the Chicago... 232 00:18:19,490 --> 00:18:23,690 Is playing in the NFL any easier than you thought it would be? My first game, 233 00:18:23,750 --> 00:18:24,750 not exactly an expert. 234 00:18:25,450 --> 00:18:28,670 J .C. Caroline says he hasn't seen anybody carry the ball for the Bears 235 00:18:28,670 --> 00:18:29,770 that since Willie Gallimore. 236 00:18:30,710 --> 00:18:31,710 The blocks were there. 237 00:18:32,710 --> 00:18:34,190 I saw what you said last night. 238 00:18:35,030 --> 00:18:39,510 You called the offensive line the, uh... Seven blocks of silly putty, I think it 239 00:18:39,510 --> 00:18:40,510 was, huh? Big. 240 00:18:41,410 --> 00:18:42,470 You're Brian Piccolo. 241 00:18:43,530 --> 00:18:44,850 Sure, uh, that's right. 242 00:18:45,110 --> 00:18:47,650 Piccolo, P -I -C -C -O -L -O. 243 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:51,320 You two are the only black and white player rooming together on the team. 244 00:18:51,980 --> 00:18:53,220 Any problems so far? 245 00:18:54,580 --> 00:18:56,380 As long as he doesn't use the bathroom. 246 00:18:57,660 --> 00:18:58,660 Period. 247 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:14,760 Hey, uh, yeah, when you run, do you think about what you're doing or do you 248 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:15,760 do it? 249 00:19:16,380 --> 00:19:17,380 I just do it. 250 00:19:17,970 --> 00:19:20,310 Yeah, well, just start thinking about it, will you? 251 00:19:20,570 --> 00:19:21,710 I want to play some, too. 252 00:19:25,990 --> 00:19:27,070 Oh, I saved it. 253 00:19:28,030 --> 00:19:33,770 Anyway, so, Tad calls this trap play, see? You know what trap play is? 254 00:19:34,050 --> 00:19:35,610 Um, yeah, I think so. 255 00:19:39,070 --> 00:19:43,430 Trap play is when all the linemen go one way, and hopefully the defense goes the 256 00:19:43,430 --> 00:19:44,590 same way, and if they do, see? 257 00:19:45,180 --> 00:19:47,680 It's a big hole. And if they don't, well, it's bad news. 258 00:19:48,360 --> 00:19:49,900 Anyway, Concannon calls this trap plate. 259 00:19:50,860 --> 00:19:52,100 And just beautiful. 260 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:53,620 43 yards. One at 43. 261 00:19:54,620 --> 00:19:55,620 Look at this. 262 00:19:55,800 --> 00:20:00,540 Alice sees he's tired and sends me in. So I go in and he comes out. 263 00:20:01,260 --> 00:20:04,560 Concannon then figures he's going to get really foxy now. Concannon is. 264 00:20:07,660 --> 00:20:09,460 When he says, same plate. 265 00:20:10,260 --> 00:20:11,480 Very same plate. 266 00:20:12,500 --> 00:20:14,040 Trap plate is also called. 267 00:20:14,410 --> 00:20:15,410 A sucker plate. 268 00:20:15,590 --> 00:20:18,190 Because it makes the defense look real bad when it works. 269 00:20:18,490 --> 00:20:21,890 Now, defenses do not like to look real bad. See, it makes it kind of surly. 270 00:20:23,090 --> 00:20:26,770 So, anyway, all the line would go this way. And it's like I am looking at a 271 00:20:26,770 --> 00:20:28,150 portrait of the Los Angeles Rangers. 272 00:20:29,310 --> 00:20:30,310 Hey, Dinkin. 273 00:20:30,770 --> 00:20:32,170 Merlin, how's your family, Rosie? 274 00:20:34,010 --> 00:20:36,730 I was afraid to get up. I figured not everything was going to come with me. 275 00:20:37,650 --> 00:20:40,490 You have never seen anyone so black and blue in your life. 276 00:20:42,090 --> 00:20:43,090 It's like... 277 00:20:43,660 --> 00:20:45,320 I'm rooming with the colored play again. 278 00:20:47,980 --> 00:20:49,240 Gail told the joke. 279 00:20:53,340 --> 00:20:55,320 The stone face from Kansas speaks. 280 00:20:56,460 --> 00:20:57,740 All right. Hey, Chicago. 281 00:20:58,440 --> 00:20:59,440 Chicago. 282 00:20:59,700 --> 00:21:00,700 Sarah speaks. 283 00:21:00,900 --> 00:21:01,900 He speaks. 284 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:04,200 Hey, Black Magic. 285 00:21:04,940 --> 00:21:06,220 Listen to this letter I got. 286 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:11,100 You must have been raised with pigs to stay in the same room with one of those 287 00:21:11,100 --> 00:21:14,960 darkies. You must not have been taught anything when you were a boy. 288 00:21:15,820 --> 00:21:18,240 You must have crawled out from under some slimy rock. 289 00:21:20,060 --> 00:21:21,060 Is that all? 290 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:22,320 Except the usual. 291 00:21:22,540 --> 00:21:23,540 Love, Mother. 292 00:21:27,940 --> 00:21:28,940 Magic. 293 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:31,240 I think I'm gonna write you a speech. 294 00:21:31,580 --> 00:21:32,580 What kind of speech? 295 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,360 Well, an acceptance speech. Rookie year. 296 00:21:35,620 --> 00:21:36,620 You can't miss. 297 00:21:36,820 --> 00:21:37,840 But I gotta give a speech? 298 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:39,220 No way. 299 00:21:42,670 --> 00:21:45,910 The man we're honoring tonight was a two -time All -American at the University 300 00:21:45,910 --> 00:21:51,050 of Kansas. He was the top draft choice of the Chicago Bears in 1965, and three 301 00:21:51,050 --> 00:21:54,770 times during the course of the season, he gained 100 or more yards. 302 00:21:55,070 --> 00:21:58,650 Perhaps his best individual performance came last December. All right, go ahead 303 00:21:58,650 --> 00:22:01,790 from the top. I want to thank you all for this honor. 304 00:22:02,250 --> 00:22:05,270 I really think it's not right to give it to one man. 305 00:22:06,950 --> 00:22:09,250 Football is a team sport. 306 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:14,640 Start from the top. Look up. 307 00:22:15,420 --> 00:22:16,700 Gale Sayers. 308 00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:57,660 I'd like to thank you all for this honor. 309 00:22:59,020 --> 00:23:00,020 Those are really right. 310 00:23:27,950 --> 00:23:28,950 Believe it. 311 00:23:32,130 --> 00:23:33,790 Who would ever believe it? 312 00:23:37,350 --> 00:23:44,250 Um... All right, 313 00:23:44,270 --> 00:23:46,050 let's go. On the line, Davis Turner. 314 00:23:47,970 --> 00:23:49,650 Ready, set, 315 00:23:50,450 --> 00:23:51,450 go. 316 00:23:52,190 --> 00:23:53,370 Smitty, Lyle. 317 00:23:54,670 --> 00:23:55,670 Ready. 318 00:23:57,390 --> 00:23:58,590 Set. Go. 319 00:23:59,110 --> 00:24:00,069 Get him. 320 00:24:00,070 --> 00:24:01,150 Go get him. It's Caroline. 321 00:24:02,930 --> 00:24:03,649 Hey, hey. 322 00:24:03,650 --> 00:24:06,390 Since when does the defensive lineman have to race the defensive halfback? 323 00:24:06,570 --> 00:24:08,890 You're not racing against me. You're racing against the clock. I still ought 324 00:24:08,890 --> 00:24:09,890 have some kind of a handicap. 325 00:24:10,150 --> 00:24:13,290 Well, you said the defensive back view was your handicap all last year, O .B. 326 00:24:13,570 --> 00:24:15,770 Oh, shut up, Vic. You're still a rookie to me. 327 00:24:15,990 --> 00:24:17,990 Come on. Come on. Cut it out. Come on, Vic. Get back to the line. 328 00:24:18,350 --> 00:24:19,350 Ready? 329 00:24:19,530 --> 00:24:20,530 Set. 330 00:24:21,390 --> 00:24:24,230 Did you just get in? Yeah. 331 00:24:25,550 --> 00:24:28,350 I would have been in earlier, but my plane got fogged in in Detroit. 332 00:24:31,210 --> 00:24:32,930 You look like you're in pretty good shape. 333 00:24:33,250 --> 00:24:35,490 Yeah, I am. I'm working hard all winter. You get a chance to talk to Linda 334 00:24:35,490 --> 00:24:36,490 today? No, why? 335 00:24:36,710 --> 00:24:37,890 I thought you might have heard. 336 00:24:38,730 --> 00:24:39,729 Joey's expecting again. 337 00:24:39,730 --> 00:24:40,369 Hey, that's great. 338 00:24:40,370 --> 00:24:42,590 Yeah, we think so. You know, if it's a boy, we kind of like to name it after 339 00:24:42,590 --> 00:24:43,590 you. Yeah, 340 00:24:43,690 --> 00:24:45,050 it's got a real nice ring to it. 341 00:24:46,170 --> 00:24:47,170 Spade Piccolo. 342 00:24:52,370 --> 00:24:53,510 Last season is history. 343 00:24:54,090 --> 00:24:56,310 You're going to run. and hit and hurt and run some more. 344 00:24:56,850 --> 00:24:57,850 All right, now let's go. 345 00:24:58,850 --> 00:25:00,210 42 trap, piccolo up. 346 00:25:03,670 --> 00:25:05,590 There you go, Brian. That's the way to go. 347 00:25:06,870 --> 00:25:08,710 See, Sayers, that's why you will never make it. 348 00:25:09,310 --> 00:25:12,870 See, pizza has magical properties. They give Italian guys a lot of strength, a 349 00:25:12,870 --> 00:25:13,870 lot of speed, you understand? 350 00:25:14,050 --> 00:25:17,330 Oh, yeah, a lot of great Italian running back. That's right, there are. There's 351 00:25:17,330 --> 00:25:19,950 Leroy Kelly, Lenny Morinelli, all them guys. 352 00:25:20,230 --> 00:25:20,929 Hey, JC. 353 00:25:20,930 --> 00:25:21,849 Hey, Ben. 354 00:25:21,850 --> 00:25:22,850 That Sunday's lineup? 355 00:25:23,030 --> 00:25:27,760 Yep. What's the back for you? Ron Cannon, Ralph Keurig, and you. 356 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:41,560 Come on, Magic. Peach is going to get cold. 357 00:25:48,780 --> 00:25:50,200 They're going to play pass me alive! 358 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:52,760 Butchie, be alive! 359 00:25:53,340 --> 00:25:55,040 All right, buddy, get in there. Come on. Let's go. 360 00:25:57,860 --> 00:25:58,960 You got him. You got him now. 361 00:26:00,580 --> 00:26:01,960 Come on, Jeff. 362 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:04,800 Way to go, Jeff. 363 00:26:07,940 --> 00:26:12,000 Bears fall first and 10 on the San Francisco 42 -yard line. 364 00:26:13,300 --> 00:26:15,300 Come on, Bobby. Let's go. All right, let's go, Bobby. 365 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:16,600 Let's go. 366 00:26:17,980 --> 00:26:18,980 Yours, Gail. 367 00:26:19,020 --> 00:26:20,480 28 toss and on three. 368 00:26:21,620 --> 00:26:22,780 All right, let's go. Come on. 369 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:31,440 Let me help you. Hello. 370 00:28:14,620 --> 00:28:17,160 Gil, it's just so good to have you home. Yeah, it's good to be home. 371 00:28:19,100 --> 00:28:20,100 Can I get you anything? 372 00:28:21,660 --> 00:28:22,660 Nope. 373 00:28:22,980 --> 00:28:23,980 Well, 374 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,520 it's almost lunchtime. Would you like a sandwich or something? 375 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:39,640 No, I'm not hungry. You go ahead, though. 376 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:46,720 Well, I left the kids at Joy's, so I guess I better go pick them up. 377 00:28:48,500 --> 00:28:49,500 Will you be all right? 378 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:50,720 Yeah. 379 00:28:50,860 --> 00:28:51,819 You sure? 380 00:28:51,820 --> 00:28:53,300 Yes, sure. 381 00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:32,580 Rah, rah, Wake Forest, rah. 382 00:29:33,420 --> 00:29:35,360 Old alma mater sons we are. 383 00:29:35,660 --> 00:29:36,660 Had you met? 384 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:38,680 Yes, it is. 385 00:29:38,700 --> 00:29:39,880 Thought you'd never get here. 386 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:41,860 What are you doing down here? 387 00:29:42,100 --> 00:29:45,500 You know, that is not a bad act, but peg leg baits does do it a little better. 388 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:46,960 What is that thing supposed to be? 389 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:52,500 That is not supposed to be anything other than what it is, which is a leg 390 00:29:52,500 --> 00:29:53,500 machine. What for? 391 00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:54,920 What for? 392 00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:59,720 Getting that knee back in shape is not going to be a take -it -easy 393 00:30:02,220 --> 00:30:04,260 If you're afraid, I mean, that's understandable. 394 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:07,560 I'm not afraid. 395 00:30:22,220 --> 00:30:25,980 You ought to be afraid, Gale. I am not afraid. I'm just tired of being bugged 396 00:30:25,980 --> 00:30:27,280 reporters, Linda, you. 397 00:30:27,660 --> 00:30:30,980 Hey, you know, you are a real charmer, Sears. I mean, an absolute saint. 398 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:34,040 Look, maybe you think it's a real friendly thing to do. Hey, you can stick 399 00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:36,120 in your ditty bag, too, you dumb jackass. 400 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:45,140 You know, Gale, when I was in high school, 401 00:30:45,260 --> 00:30:49,440 I was one of the best backs in the state. 402 00:30:50,700 --> 00:30:56,600 Unfortunately for me, the best back in the state, Tucker Fredrickson, went to 403 00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:57,600 the same school. 404 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:03,740 Well, colleges used to come down and watch us play, and old Tucky wound up at 405 00:31:03,740 --> 00:31:06,560 Auburn, and I wound up at Wake Forest. 406 00:31:07,300 --> 00:31:13,060 Good school, nice place, but, well, not exactly centering, you understand? 407 00:31:15,340 --> 00:31:18,940 So I worked my tail off at Forest. 408 00:31:20,330 --> 00:31:25,110 My senior year, I led the nation in rushing and scoring. 409 00:31:27,630 --> 00:31:29,970 I mean, I led the entire nation. 410 00:31:31,730 --> 00:31:35,610 So, I go look for a pro team, and I pick the Bears. 411 00:31:37,430 --> 00:31:39,030 Now, who else comes to the Bears? 412 00:31:39,810 --> 00:31:40,810 Mr. Sayers. 413 00:31:41,290 --> 00:31:42,750 Big gun from big school. 414 00:31:44,050 --> 00:31:45,490 I'm number two all over again. 415 00:31:48,350 --> 00:31:49,350 Well... 416 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:51,000 Old buddy. 417 00:31:51,500 --> 00:31:52,800 I'm number one guy now. 418 00:31:53,940 --> 00:31:55,200 But for all the wrong reasons. 419 00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:04,000 Unless you come back 100%, people are going to say, Piccolo get in on a 420 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:05,000 pass. 421 00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:07,240 Lucky break. 422 00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:08,900 See, I don't want it like that. 423 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:10,880 I'm going to whip you, Sayers. 424 00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:15,320 But you've got to be at your best. It won't mean a thing. 425 00:32:16,340 --> 00:32:18,080 You're not going to be one second slower. 426 00:32:18,909 --> 00:32:20,010 One degree weaker. 427 00:32:23,490 --> 00:32:26,670 I am going to work your tail off and get that leg back in shape. 428 00:32:27,250 --> 00:32:28,250 For my sake. 429 00:32:29,350 --> 00:32:30,350 You got that. 430 00:33:01,390 --> 00:33:02,730 Piccolo was awarded the game ball. 431 00:33:03,110 --> 00:33:06,230 Also on the West Coast, the San Francisco 49ers... 432 00:33:06,230 --> 00:33:14,310 Hello? 433 00:33:14,570 --> 00:33:16,470 Dr. Fox, this is Brian Piccolo. 434 00:33:16,910 --> 00:33:17,829 How's he doing? 435 00:33:17,830 --> 00:33:19,130 Pretty well, Brian, I think. 436 00:33:19,430 --> 00:33:22,450 Though it is boring going through all those exercises all by yourself. 437 00:33:23,110 --> 00:33:24,690 It's drudgery and it's painful. 438 00:33:25,290 --> 00:33:27,810 A lot of people just give up when they're alone in that situation. 439 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:39,120 That's good, babe. 440 00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:44,320 Five. 441 00:33:46,500 --> 00:33:47,500 No way. 442 00:33:47,740 --> 00:33:52,080 Don't bone me, man. Come on. Hang tough. Five more and that's it for the night. 443 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:52,859 Come on. 444 00:33:52,860 --> 00:33:53,779 Five more. 445 00:33:53,780 --> 00:33:54,780 Come on, get tough. 446 00:33:56,660 --> 00:33:57,660 That's six. 447 00:33:59,820 --> 00:34:00,820 Seven. 448 00:34:01,900 --> 00:34:03,300 Get it up. Eight. 449 00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:05,960 No way. 450 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:07,240 No way. 451 00:34:09,610 --> 00:34:10,610 Can't make it. 452 00:34:12,170 --> 00:34:14,290 Nigga. Chicken nigga. 453 00:34:14,590 --> 00:34:15,509 Oh, man. 454 00:34:15,510 --> 00:34:17,630 Don't make me laugh, please. 455 00:34:26,429 --> 00:34:27,530 I'll do what I'll do. 456 00:34:28,050 --> 00:34:29,630 I'll call Gatlin, nigga. 457 00:34:30,250 --> 00:34:32,870 And he'll do all the reps and be so mad. 458 00:34:34,190 --> 00:34:35,190 Too much. 459 00:34:37,570 --> 00:34:38,570 Nigger, nigger. 460 00:34:45,330 --> 00:34:47,870 What am I supposed to do, call you a wop? 461 00:34:48,070 --> 00:34:49,350 Now that would make me mad. 462 00:34:54,210 --> 00:34:55,350 What are you guys doing? 463 00:34:56,830 --> 00:35:02,350 He wouldn't believe it, baby, but he tried, tried to call me a nigger. 464 00:35:16,710 --> 00:35:18,230 First man to the stand for a beer. 465 00:35:18,530 --> 00:35:19,690 All right? You're out. 466 00:36:43,470 --> 00:36:46,170 I think I owe you a beer. 467 00:36:48,990 --> 00:36:55,070 I think I owe you a lot more than that. 468 00:36:55,430 --> 00:36:56,430 Yeah. 469 00:37:00,390 --> 00:37:01,430 Two beers, please. 470 00:37:05,910 --> 00:37:06,910 You're healthy. 471 00:37:10,330 --> 00:37:11,330 Yeah. 472 00:37:15,650 --> 00:37:18,150 What do you think? Training camp is some kind of a country club? 473 00:37:18,750 --> 00:37:19,750 Is that what you think? 474 00:37:20,270 --> 00:37:22,410 Because no man's as sure of a job around here. 475 00:37:22,690 --> 00:37:25,270 And if you think you are, you've got another thing coming, gentlemen. 476 00:37:25,750 --> 00:37:26,649 Get him up. 477 00:37:26,650 --> 00:37:27,650 Get him up. 478 00:37:28,010 --> 00:37:29,010 Get him up. Get him up. 479 00:37:29,370 --> 00:37:30,750 Come on, man. Come on, man. Get him up. 480 00:37:31,430 --> 00:37:32,610 Hey. Come on. 481 00:37:33,090 --> 00:37:34,090 Get out. 482 00:37:54,309 --> 00:37:55,309 Come here. 483 00:38:00,150 --> 00:38:01,089 Hey, Brian. 484 00:38:01,090 --> 00:38:02,090 Oh, hello, Coach. 485 00:38:03,050 --> 00:38:04,050 Mind if I come in? 486 00:38:04,170 --> 00:38:05,170 Oh, no, not at all. 487 00:38:07,030 --> 00:38:08,030 Gail? 488 00:38:08,330 --> 00:38:09,149 How's the knee? 489 00:38:09,150 --> 00:38:10,490 Ah, real strong. 490 00:38:11,590 --> 00:38:16,010 Excuse me, Coach, if you want to talk to Gail here for a while, I'll just... No, 491 00:38:16,070 --> 00:38:17,450 actually, I want to talk to the both of you. 492 00:38:20,530 --> 00:38:23,190 Well, how are things looking here, Coach? 493 00:38:23,450 --> 00:38:24,650 Good. Real good. 494 00:38:25,710 --> 00:38:27,590 Matter of fact, there's one boy I'm very impressed with. 495 00:38:28,410 --> 00:38:32,230 I wouldn't be surprised to see him replace you as number two halfback. 496 00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:37,080 Because I'm going to make you number one fullback. 497 00:38:38,700 --> 00:38:43,320 Hey, Vic, you and me starting backfield, what do you say? 498 00:38:47,700 --> 00:38:52,560 Coach, I didn't think it was possible, but I think you finally found a way to 499 00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:53,580 shut him up. 500 00:39:28,590 --> 00:39:29,590 Hey, Vic. Yo. 501 00:39:29,870 --> 00:39:31,690 You know you got a 4 .3 Russian average? 502 00:39:32,310 --> 00:39:34,910 Oh, but I'm a few bars. I'll see if I can fake it for you. 503 00:39:35,390 --> 00:39:36,390 Oh, Vic. 504 00:39:40,490 --> 00:39:41,490 Touchdown, Piccolo. 505 00:39:59,240 --> 00:40:00,240 941. 506 00:40:01,860 --> 00:40:02,860 Holloway. 507 00:40:05,060 --> 00:40:06,320 Holloway, 251. 508 00:40:07,260 --> 00:40:08,640 Piccolo. Hey, Gibbs. 509 00:40:09,820 --> 00:40:11,580 Scrimmage tomorrow. Teach you some new trick plays or what? 510 00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:14,140 Only trick I'd like to give you is how to keep some meat on. 511 00:40:14,380 --> 00:40:15,540 You're down another pound. 512 00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:17,460 You've got to admit what's there is all choice, though, isn't it? 513 00:40:18,240 --> 00:40:19,240 206 and a quarter. 514 00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:22,200 Skinniest fullback in the league. Oh, Gibbs, I don't know what's the matter 515 00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:25,160 you. First you sweat all the fat off us, then you complain that we're too thin. 516 00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:26,660 You're a very hard man to please. 517 00:40:27,080 --> 00:40:28,080 Get out of here. 518 00:40:32,830 --> 00:40:35,810 Sir. I ought to tell your Italian buddy to load up on the pasta. 519 00:40:36,290 --> 00:40:39,510 Maybe he just wants to be quicker, you give him. Ten pounds lighter, half a 520 00:40:39,510 --> 00:40:41,070 second slower in a 40 -yard sprint. 521 00:40:41,290 --> 00:40:42,290 It ain't working. 522 00:40:44,070 --> 00:40:45,970 Come on, Brian, hit that hole! Hit it! 523 00:40:46,690 --> 00:40:48,110 What's wrong with you, Piccolo? 524 00:40:51,490 --> 00:40:52,850 What is it, Gale? Is he really hurting? 525 00:40:53,330 --> 00:40:54,330 Gotta move. 526 00:40:55,170 --> 00:40:56,109 Not hitting. 527 00:40:56,110 --> 00:40:57,730 Come on, baby, come on. We gotta get it. 528 00:41:03,210 --> 00:41:04,210 Come on, baby, come on! 529 00:41:38,090 --> 00:41:39,090 Nice block. 530 00:41:39,110 --> 00:41:40,110 Thanks. 531 00:41:42,670 --> 00:41:44,830 There must be 90 million pounds of pollen in here. 532 00:41:55,710 --> 00:41:56,710 Get here, Dr. Fox. 533 00:41:57,290 --> 00:41:58,750 We gave you something for that hay fever. 534 00:42:01,610 --> 00:42:05,050 Huh? The only thing I'm allergic to is Nitschke. 535 00:42:06,650 --> 00:42:07,750 Come on, stick it in her ear! 536 00:42:21,770 --> 00:42:23,050 I'd never know we won the game. 537 00:42:27,610 --> 00:42:31,170 I don't feel very much like a winner about that. 538 00:42:31,410 --> 00:42:32,410 Why not? 539 00:42:34,010 --> 00:42:36,310 Galen sent Brian Piccolo back to Chicago. 540 00:42:37,190 --> 00:42:38,930 He's not going to finish their own trip. 541 00:42:40,930 --> 00:42:42,690 Ralph Keurig's been assigned next week. 542 00:42:44,210 --> 00:42:45,210 Why? 543 00:42:45,810 --> 00:42:48,490 Because I've always had a policy on this team right from the start. 544 00:42:49,050 --> 00:42:50,750 Best players play, no exceptions. 545 00:42:52,750 --> 00:42:54,250 Right now, Curate's the best player. 546 00:42:54,570 --> 00:42:57,170 A lot of guys take a while to get started. 547 00:42:57,650 --> 00:42:59,310 And Piccolo's never been one of those guys. 548 00:43:00,990 --> 00:43:05,470 He's always been in shape, willing to give 100%. But he's not doing that 549 00:43:05,470 --> 00:43:07,570 anymore. And that's what worries me. 550 00:43:09,150 --> 00:43:10,230 I don't know what it is. 551 00:43:10,770 --> 00:43:15,250 Could be something physical, or it might be an emotional disturbance. 552 00:43:17,110 --> 00:43:18,630 Something with his wife, children. 553 00:43:19,230 --> 00:43:22,800 Piccolo! Well, something's taking the edge off. I got to find out what that 554 00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:23,800 something is. 555 00:43:24,340 --> 00:43:26,000 For his sake as well as the team's. 556 00:43:27,320 --> 00:43:28,320 When's he going to find out? 557 00:43:28,460 --> 00:43:29,460 Abe's selling them now. 558 00:43:30,540 --> 00:43:32,520 That's why I didn't want you to go back to the hotel right away. 559 00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:38,040 I wouldn't want to be in Abe's shoes right about now. 560 00:43:40,240 --> 00:43:42,680 Well, I wouldn't want to be in your shoes about ten minutes from now. 561 00:44:01,200 --> 00:44:02,200 Really, who'd believe it? 562 00:44:02,820 --> 00:44:05,520 Alice just wants you to see the doctor. Alice don't know what he wants. 563 00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:07,840 He brought his boy. 564 00:44:08,780 --> 00:44:10,000 You should have heard that lecture. 565 00:44:10,820 --> 00:44:12,660 He wants me to patch things up with Joy. 566 00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:15,040 I'd say things are fine with me and Joy. 567 00:44:15,980 --> 00:44:20,060 He just smiles at Father Flanagan's smile of his. 568 00:44:20,620 --> 00:44:22,380 Tells me I shouldn't be afraid to level with him. 569 00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:26,400 Do you wrap me in a jockstrap? 570 00:44:26,860 --> 00:44:27,920 Pick be fair. 571 00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:31,900 Dr. Fox says that... Hey, don't give me no crud about our great team doctor. 572 00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:34,760 Wants me to get a physical for the cough. No allergy. 573 00:44:35,560 --> 00:44:36,840 What is it I say he says? 574 00:44:37,620 --> 00:44:39,420 Well, could be a virus. 575 00:44:40,420 --> 00:44:41,660 Could be a staph infection. 576 00:44:41,880 --> 00:44:43,400 Could be any one of a thousand things. 577 00:44:45,180 --> 00:44:47,600 Not being treated in a damn Chinese restaurant. 578 00:44:51,180 --> 00:44:52,180 Column A. 579 00:44:52,560 --> 00:44:53,560 Column B. 580 00:45:11,280 --> 00:45:12,280 I guess you're right. 581 00:45:17,480 --> 00:45:18,820 It's also pointless, Gail. 582 00:45:21,640 --> 00:45:24,200 I mean, I know perfectly well what's wrong with me. 583 00:45:28,760 --> 00:45:31,040 Gail, I, uh, I think I'm pregnant. 584 00:46:07,440 --> 00:46:10,040 Hey, coach, which end of the field do you want me to take if we lose talk? 585 00:46:14,120 --> 00:46:20,640 Come in here. We just 586 00:46:20,640 --> 00:46:24,460 got a call from the hospital. 587 00:46:26,420 --> 00:46:27,580 Brian Piccolo has cancer. 588 00:46:38,700 --> 00:46:40,460 They've scheduled an operation for tomorrow morning. 589 00:46:41,480 --> 00:46:43,000 An operation to do what? 590 00:46:43,860 --> 00:46:50,740 They're going to have to remove part of Brian's right lung. 591 00:47:01,700 --> 00:47:03,360 The doctors have no explanation. 592 00:47:05,640 --> 00:47:08,180 Just something that Brian carried around inside him all his life. 593 00:47:10,320 --> 00:47:11,680 What kicked it off, they don't know. 594 00:47:13,280 --> 00:47:19,180 Whether or not they got it in time, I'm afraid they don't know that either. 595 00:47:27,700 --> 00:47:28,700 Who's going to tell him? 596 00:47:30,700 --> 00:47:31,700 I'll tell him. 597 00:47:32,120 --> 00:47:33,120 No. 598 00:47:36,080 --> 00:47:37,080 I'll tell him. 599 00:47:38,140 --> 00:47:39,140 You, Gale? 600 00:47:40,040 --> 00:47:41,040 Look at me. 601 00:47:42,800 --> 00:47:43,800 I'll tell him. 602 00:47:48,660 --> 00:47:49,100 Let 603 00:47:49,100 --> 00:47:56,460 me 604 00:47:56,460 --> 00:47:57,480 have your attention a minute, fellas. 605 00:47:58,660 --> 00:47:59,660 One over here. 606 00:48:13,520 --> 00:48:14,860 Gale has something he wants to say to you. 607 00:48:16,660 --> 00:48:17,660 Gale? 608 00:48:43,280 --> 00:48:46,980 We hand out a game ball to the 609 00:48:46,980 --> 00:48:51,940 outstanding player. 610 00:48:54,220 --> 00:48:55,720 Well, I'd like to change that. 611 00:49:00,640 --> 00:49:06,820 We just got word that Brian Pickle is... 612 00:49:11,760 --> 00:49:12,880 That is sick, very sick. 613 00:49:18,380 --> 00:49:20,400 And it looks like he 614 00:49:20,400 --> 00:49:28,800 might 615 00:49:28,800 --> 00:49:33,180 never play football again. 616 00:49:36,080 --> 00:49:40,440 Or a long time. 617 00:49:50,350 --> 00:49:54,530 I think we should dedicate ourselves to 618 00:49:54,530 --> 00:49:59,950 give our maximum effort 619 00:49:59,950 --> 00:50:02,730 to win this game. 620 00:50:06,350 --> 00:50:07,750 Give the game all. 621 00:50:10,050 --> 00:50:15,370 We can all sign it. 622 00:50:20,780 --> 00:50:21,780 And take it up. 623 00:50:26,260 --> 00:50:31,840 Oh, my God. 624 00:50:38,280 --> 00:50:39,280 Fantastic. 625 00:50:39,560 --> 00:50:40,680 Could you believe it? 626 00:50:41,620 --> 00:50:45,980 Sayers, I mean, you've got some moves on the field, but in the locker room, you 627 00:50:45,980 --> 00:50:47,300 are one big klutz. 628 00:50:48,180 --> 00:50:49,180 Now, listen to me. 629 00:50:50,440 --> 00:50:51,440 Listen, Al. 630 00:50:52,200 --> 00:50:56,440 When you dedicate a game to someone, you are then supposed to go out and win it, 631 00:50:56,500 --> 00:50:57,500 idiot. 632 00:50:58,320 --> 00:51:01,320 You know, Pat O 'Brien never said, let's blow one for the gipper. 633 00:51:01,740 --> 00:51:03,440 Dad, you is so bad. 634 00:51:03,940 --> 00:51:07,560 He probably would have won a game. Can't count how to call that trap play more, 635 00:51:07,620 --> 00:51:09,840 but he just sort of hates to call it without you in there for the repeat. 636 00:51:24,140 --> 00:51:25,140 Thank you. 637 00:51:26,460 --> 00:51:27,860 Pete Samhock's doing it. 638 00:51:33,900 --> 00:51:39,980 Hey, anybody want to see my score? 639 00:51:42,880 --> 00:51:43,880 Out. 640 00:51:45,100 --> 00:51:46,480 What's the matter? Out. Now. 641 00:51:46,890 --> 00:51:47,890 No discussion. 642 00:51:48,090 --> 00:51:49,590 We just got here. 643 00:51:51,670 --> 00:51:53,210 Take care, guys. 644 00:51:53,430 --> 00:51:56,990 We're just going to lay that one? 645 00:51:57,330 --> 00:51:58,330 Hang on a minute. 646 00:51:58,710 --> 00:51:59,710 Lay the pig. 647 00:52:07,430 --> 00:52:14,190 Take Gail down and have them give that little girl his autograph downstairs. 648 00:52:15,270 --> 00:52:16,450 Little girl I met. 649 00:52:16,860 --> 00:52:20,680 The day I came in, I had an operation the same day I did. I told her I'd give 650 00:52:20,680 --> 00:52:21,680 her your autograph. 651 00:52:22,620 --> 00:52:23,620 You don't mind, do you? 652 00:52:24,640 --> 00:52:26,120 No problem. I'll be glad to. 653 00:52:26,740 --> 00:52:27,598 All right. 654 00:52:27,600 --> 00:52:28,600 You go. 655 00:52:37,180 --> 00:52:38,240 Time now, Mrs. Piccolo. 656 00:52:47,560 --> 00:52:48,560 I'll be right back. 657 00:52:48,960 --> 00:52:49,960 Won't you? 658 00:53:11,980 --> 00:53:12,980 May I help you? 659 00:53:18,320 --> 00:53:19,640 My name is Mrs. Piccolo. 660 00:53:19,920 --> 00:53:24,040 My husband's a patient on the third floor, and he told me about a little 661 00:53:24,180 --> 00:53:26,760 Patty Lucas, who wanted this gentleman's autograph. 662 00:53:27,600 --> 00:53:29,660 Mrs. Piccolo, Patty isn't with us anymore. 663 00:53:30,220 --> 00:53:31,660 Oh, well, do you have a home address? 664 00:53:32,040 --> 00:53:35,240 Mrs. Piccolo, Patty's... My husband wanted her to have the autograph very 665 00:53:38,540 --> 00:53:39,540 Mrs. 666 00:53:43,760 --> 00:53:45,200 Piccolo, Patty's dead. 667 00:53:46,920 --> 00:53:48,280 She passed away this morning. 668 00:54:23,950 --> 00:54:25,490 Nothing wrong with that knee, I'll tell you. 669 00:54:26,310 --> 00:54:27,730 Congratulations, Dr. Pickleup. 670 00:54:28,610 --> 00:54:29,610 Yeah. 671 00:54:32,630 --> 00:54:33,970 You know what, Joy? 672 00:54:35,530 --> 00:54:36,530 I've been thinking. 673 00:54:37,470 --> 00:54:43,770 With Gail healthy and Ralph Keurig healthy, I'm going to have a real tough 674 00:54:43,770 --> 00:54:45,210 getting back in that lineup next year. 675 00:54:46,390 --> 00:54:47,630 So I was thinking. 676 00:54:49,230 --> 00:54:50,930 What's so difficult about being a kicker? 677 00:54:51,910 --> 00:54:53,110 I mean, uh... 678 00:54:53,740 --> 00:54:55,940 I just wonder if it's something you could teach yourself, you know? 679 00:54:57,460 --> 00:55:02,180 Because you don't need a great amount of wind or stamina or size. 680 00:55:05,400 --> 00:55:07,640 I don't know what you think of my brainstorming, Loomy Gus. 681 00:55:09,100 --> 00:55:13,960 Well, I don't know, Brian. I mean, I'm no expert on kickers and things. 682 00:55:14,540 --> 00:55:15,700 You're just running that run. 683 00:55:16,100 --> 00:55:17,360 Red Green you'd be proud of. 684 00:55:19,640 --> 00:55:20,840 Don't make fun of me, Brian. 685 00:55:21,740 --> 00:55:22,740 I'm scared. 686 00:55:23,120 --> 00:55:24,120 What of? 687 00:55:24,160 --> 00:55:25,160 What of? 688 00:55:26,420 --> 00:55:29,320 You can't be serious. You know perfectly well what of. 689 00:55:29,980 --> 00:55:30,980 No, I don't. 690 00:55:31,920 --> 00:55:33,500 I swear to God I don't, honey. 691 00:55:35,380 --> 00:55:38,060 Now look, I'm a... I'm no idiot. 692 00:55:39,760 --> 00:55:41,720 This thing I got's bad, I know that. 693 00:55:43,160 --> 00:55:45,780 But, uh, well, it's just a detour, Joy. 694 00:55:47,440 --> 00:55:48,880 I'm not gonna let it stop me. 695 00:55:49,580 --> 00:55:51,140 I'm just not. There's no way. 696 00:55:54,380 --> 00:55:55,520 I got too much to do yet, Joy. 697 00:56:10,260 --> 00:56:11,260 Pick it up. 698 00:56:11,380 --> 00:56:12,660 Pick it up, you dummy. 699 00:56:13,120 --> 00:56:14,540 Damn. Mr. 700 00:56:14,800 --> 00:56:15,800 Piccolo, calm down. 701 00:56:15,860 --> 00:56:16,759 Calm down. 702 00:56:16,760 --> 00:56:17,760 Calm down. 703 00:56:18,300 --> 00:56:19,960 The ball was wearing a white sheet. 704 00:56:22,430 --> 00:56:27,030 Well, I was gonna catch it, but when it started coming down, I said to myself, I 705 00:56:27,030 --> 00:56:29,510 wonder what Pick would do in a situation like this. 706 00:56:30,370 --> 00:56:32,310 And rubbing it seemed to be the answer. 707 00:56:33,090 --> 00:56:35,810 Well, at least you won the game. 708 00:56:36,750 --> 00:56:37,750 That's right. 709 00:56:38,390 --> 00:56:39,390 Yeah. 710 00:56:39,930 --> 00:56:42,030 You didn't dedicate this one to me, though, did you? 711 00:56:42,430 --> 00:56:44,150 Nope, dedicated it to Butkus. 712 00:56:44,690 --> 00:56:46,550 Why? Because he threatened us. 713 00:56:47,750 --> 00:56:48,990 How you doing, Pick? Seriously. 714 00:56:50,010 --> 00:56:51,010 I am. 715 00:56:53,960 --> 00:56:54,960 I'm hanging in there, Magic. 716 00:56:56,620 --> 00:56:58,320 Just doing what they tell me to do. 717 00:57:00,380 --> 00:57:01,380 Hey, listen, man. 718 00:57:02,800 --> 00:57:04,080 You do me a favor, huh? 719 00:57:05,220 --> 00:57:06,240 You got it. Name it. 720 00:57:08,720 --> 00:57:09,820 Call Joy, will you? 721 00:57:11,120 --> 00:57:16,340 When she left here tonight, she, uh... Well, she was really down. I never saw 722 00:57:16,340 --> 00:57:17,340 her that down, no. 723 00:57:19,520 --> 00:57:20,760 I'll call as soon as I get back. 724 00:57:21,700 --> 00:57:22,840 Thanks. I appreciate it. 725 00:57:25,339 --> 00:57:26,760 Phone call from Mr. Sayers. 726 00:57:27,060 --> 00:57:29,780 Lady says it's an emergency. She seems very upset. 727 00:57:30,120 --> 00:57:31,120 I'll take it. 728 00:57:31,360 --> 00:57:32,780 I hope I did the right thing. 729 00:57:33,000 --> 00:57:34,460 I'm sure you did. Thank you very much. 730 00:57:37,520 --> 00:57:38,520 Yeah. 731 00:57:39,080 --> 00:57:40,080 Thank you. 732 00:57:44,640 --> 00:57:45,640 Enjoy the piglet. 733 00:57:50,000 --> 00:57:54,260 I, uh... I know it's an awful thing to ask you to come back here in the middle 734 00:57:54,260 --> 00:57:55,260 of the night. 735 00:57:55,380 --> 00:57:57,780 It doesn't bother us, so don't let it bother you. 736 00:58:04,200 --> 00:58:07,620 Julie, why don't you just say it? 737 00:58:10,640 --> 00:58:12,140 They found more of the tumor. 738 00:58:19,900 --> 00:58:24,220 They, uh... They told me this morning. 739 00:58:25,550 --> 00:58:27,070 That they want to operate again. 740 00:58:29,550 --> 00:58:33,030 And... I was going to tell Brian. 741 00:58:36,190 --> 00:58:39,590 But I... I just couldn't, Gail. 742 00:58:43,650 --> 00:58:48,290 I mean, I don't know whether or not he can take the disappointment. 743 00:58:51,090 --> 00:58:52,670 And if he can't... 744 00:58:54,280 --> 00:58:55,500 I know I can. 745 00:59:00,320 --> 00:59:07,160 The, uh... The doctor is going to tell him in 746 00:59:07,160 --> 00:59:08,160 the morning. 747 00:59:11,240 --> 00:59:15,720 And if you could be there, Gail, it might help. 748 00:59:31,600 --> 00:59:32,459 Would you try? 749 00:59:32,460 --> 00:59:33,460 Yeah, run. 750 00:59:33,500 --> 00:59:36,580 Oh, Lordy, I had my linebackers in a blitz. All right. 751 00:59:39,920 --> 00:59:40,940 Well, did you gain a what? 752 00:59:42,720 --> 00:59:43,720 Come in. 753 00:59:45,640 --> 00:59:47,260 Oh, I'm sorry if I'm disturbing anything. 754 00:59:48,580 --> 00:59:49,580 Oh. 755 00:59:51,180 --> 00:59:52,780 Beat him later. What can I help you with? 756 00:59:53,600 --> 00:59:57,320 Well, I know this is a bother at a time like this, Mr. Piccolo, but hospitals 757 00:59:57,320 --> 00:59:59,080 have rules and regulations, you see. 758 00:59:59,880 --> 01:00:01,540 I need your signature on this. 759 01:00:02,200 --> 01:00:03,200 What is it? 760 01:00:03,680 --> 01:00:10,000 Well, it... The doctor has been here, hasn't he? 761 01:00:10,340 --> 01:00:11,360 He's talked to you, I mean. 762 01:00:12,340 --> 01:00:13,340 No, why? 763 01:00:13,860 --> 01:00:17,960 Oh, well... I'll step back a little later. Oh, no, wait. 764 01:00:22,000 --> 01:00:23,580 What would the doctor have to say to me? 765 01:00:52,560 --> 01:00:54,540 There's more of the tumor than they thought, Dick. 766 01:00:56,800 --> 01:00:58,180 They have to operate again. 767 01:01:39,360 --> 01:01:41,360 Mr. Sayers, can't you talk to your friend? 768 01:01:43,360 --> 01:01:47,200 Mr. Everly, I think I'd rather talk to you. 769 01:01:51,420 --> 01:01:57,540 Brian is a professional athlete, Mr. Everly. A professional gets into a habit 770 01:01:57,540 --> 01:01:58,540 after a while. 771 01:01:58,920 --> 01:02:02,580 He gets himself ready for a game mentally as well as physically. 772 01:02:03,820 --> 01:02:07,140 Because he knows those two things are all tied up together. 773 01:02:08,940 --> 01:02:10,460 And there's a clock inside. 774 01:02:12,100 --> 01:02:17,980 And when the game starts, he's 100 % mentally and physically. 775 01:02:18,400 --> 01:02:23,380 And what Brian is saying is that you're scheduling the game before he can get 776 01:02:23,380 --> 01:02:24,380 ready. 777 01:02:28,160 --> 01:02:29,760 Couldn't it wait until over the weekend? 778 01:02:31,520 --> 01:02:33,240 Well, yes, it could, Ben. Let it. 779 01:02:39,580 --> 01:02:41,180 First thing Monday morning, Mr. Piccolo. 780 01:03:54,100 --> 01:03:55,940 Looks like I scored touchdown. 781 01:04:08,880 --> 01:04:09,880 We're going to put you to sleep now. 782 01:04:11,000 --> 01:04:17,040 That could be the worst choice of words I've ever heard in my life. 783 01:04:17,960 --> 01:04:22,520 The winner of this year's George S. Hallis Most Courageous Player Award, 784 01:04:22,520 --> 01:04:23,520 Sayers. 785 01:04:50,600 --> 01:04:53,900 I'd like to say a few words about a guy I know, a friend of mine. 786 01:04:56,180 --> 01:04:57,500 His name is Brian Piccolo. 787 01:04:59,540 --> 01:05:01,100 And he has the heart of a giant. 788 01:05:03,700 --> 01:05:09,200 And that rare form of courage which allows him to kid himself and his 789 01:05:11,240 --> 01:05:12,240 Cancer. 790 01:05:15,060 --> 01:05:19,910 He has a mental attitude which makes me... Proud to have a friend who spells 791 01:05:19,910 --> 01:05:24,710 courage 24 hours a day, every day of his life. 792 01:05:30,190 --> 01:05:35,090 And you flatter me by giving me this award. 793 01:05:38,270 --> 01:05:44,410 But I say to you here now, Brian Piccolo is the man of courage who should 794 01:05:44,410 --> 01:05:47,010 receive the George S. Hallis Award. 795 01:05:53,480 --> 01:05:54,480 It's mine tonight. 796 01:05:58,240 --> 01:05:59,860 And Brian Piccolo's tomorrow. 797 01:06:10,160 --> 01:06:11,920 I love Brian Piccolo. 798 01:06:15,460 --> 01:06:17,400 And I'd like all of you to love him too. 799 01:06:20,920 --> 01:06:21,920 And tonight, 800 01:06:23,050 --> 01:06:24,050 Hit your knees. 801 01:06:31,850 --> 01:06:34,170 Please ask God to love him. 802 01:07:01,290 --> 01:07:02,290 Hi, Magic. 803 01:07:03,270 --> 01:07:04,270 How you doing, Pip? 804 01:07:05,170 --> 01:07:08,190 Oh, I'm, uh, I'm hanging in there. 805 01:07:09,170 --> 01:07:13,910 I heard what you did at that, uh, banquet last night. You know, if you 806 01:07:13,910 --> 01:07:14,910 here, I'd kiss you. 807 01:07:15,070 --> 01:07:16,310 Glad I'm not there, then. 808 01:07:16,530 --> 01:07:17,530 Huh? 809 01:07:17,870 --> 01:07:22,170 I gave a, uh, tell me you gave me a pint of blood. Is that true? 810 01:07:24,210 --> 01:07:25,210 Yep. 811 01:07:26,030 --> 01:07:27,470 That explains it to him. 812 01:07:28,150 --> 01:07:29,150 Explain what? 813 01:07:30,730 --> 01:07:33,210 I've had this craving for chitlins all day. 814 01:07:38,130 --> 01:07:39,170 I'll be there tomorrow. 815 01:07:40,970 --> 01:07:41,970 See you there. 816 01:07:42,670 --> 01:07:43,670 All right. 817 01:07:44,570 --> 01:07:45,850 I ain't going anywhere. 818 01:07:52,450 --> 01:07:54,850 How is he, Linda, really? 819 01:07:55,850 --> 01:07:57,250 Hurry, Gail. Please hurry. 820 01:08:27,689 --> 01:08:28,689 Okay. 821 01:08:57,130 --> 01:08:59,090 A race is what you want. 822 01:09:01,830 --> 01:09:04,490 It's the biggest from head to toe. 823 01:09:07,370 --> 01:09:08,950 You've got to believe me. 824 01:09:14,810 --> 01:09:16,290 How you doing, Dick? 825 01:09:17,370 --> 01:09:18,370 Oh. 826 01:09:21,029 --> 01:09:22,029 Uh. 827 01:09:23,930 --> 01:09:24,970 Fourth and A. 828 01:09:26,250 --> 01:09:27,250 I know you. 829 01:09:30,130 --> 01:09:31,450 I won't let me fall. 830 01:09:35,770 --> 01:09:36,870 Go for it, then. 831 01:09:40,370 --> 01:09:41,649 I'm trying, yeah. 832 01:09:45,069 --> 01:09:46,069 Jesus. 833 01:09:48,649 --> 01:09:50,189 Jesus, God, I'm trying. 834 01:10:23,850 --> 01:10:27,670 Remember when you caught me with those mashed potatoes? 835 01:10:33,570 --> 01:10:35,070 You deserved it. 836 01:10:38,470 --> 01:10:42,430 The way you sang that dumb fight song. 837 01:10:59,150 --> 01:11:00,990 I'm going to get you your next training camp. 838 01:11:02,070 --> 01:11:03,210 I'm going to get you. 839 01:11:10,630 --> 01:11:11,670 I'll be waiting. 840 01:11:15,930 --> 01:11:16,930 Hey, again. 841 01:11:19,370 --> 01:11:20,370 I'm feeling... 842 01:11:30,800 --> 01:11:31,820 Try to get some sack. 843 01:11:32,100 --> 01:11:33,100 Okay. 844 01:11:43,480 --> 01:11:44,580 I'll see you tomorrow. 845 01:11:45,360 --> 01:11:47,120 Yeah. Usually so. 846 01:12:34,760 --> 01:12:35,760 I love you. 847 01:13:11,920 --> 01:13:14,400 Brian Piccolo died of cancer at the age of 26. 848 01:13:15,400 --> 01:13:17,160 He left a wife and three daughters. 849 01:13:17,960 --> 01:13:22,260 He also left a great many loving friends who miss him and think of him often. 850 01:13:23,100 --> 01:13:27,660 But when they think of him, it's not how he died that they remember, but rather 851 01:13:27,660 --> 01:13:28,660 how he lived. 852 01:13:28,700 --> 01:13:30,200 How he did live.