OT: Muppets - Which came first?
As my 'joined' date suggests I've been a pretty regular user (and infrequent poster) for almost a year now, and a regular reader / follower for even longer. I've been attending Michigan football games for over five years since my days of visiting U of M football games in the students' section of the Big House (I'm a Grand Valley graduate, but having spent my freshman year at U of M - Flint, had their equivalent of an M-Card which granted me access to the student section. I digress). I made it to the SDSU game this past weekend and, for the first time ever, stayed to watch the band play as people were filing out of the stadium. To my surprise, closing off their post-game show, the band played "Temptation", followed by the announcer saying "...and you can't have one without the other", proceeded by the Hawaiian chant we are so wont to see posted here on MGoBlog after glorious Michigan victories.
This particular bit of diction from the announcer was of course more than familiar to me as a regular MGoFanatic, and caused me to wonder, "Did that announcer just totally rip-off Brian?" If so, that's hilarious and awesome, but I couldn't be sure if he's always done it, and Brian's useage of it is an homage to the announcer. So, which is it? I'm genuinely curious.
My apologies if this is common knowledge or has been previously discussed. As mentioned above, this was my first time staying to listen to the band after the game - I usually just leave.
September 29th, 2011 at 3:12 PM ^
In the 50's-
The phrase used by the announcer, "You can’t have one without the other…" was coined by Dan Spaulding, the MMB announcer before H. H. Hanson. He said the phrase on the spot for a postgame show.
September 29th, 2011 at 3:22 PM ^
Thank you for the insight.
September 29th, 2011 at 3:13 PM ^
I've been going to games for 30+ years. In the early years, we would only get Temptation and Hawaiian War Chant on Homecoming games. The band would usually play Temptation first, and then announce, "since you can't have one without the other" and the fans would go crazy while Hawaiian War Chant was performed.
So, in a quick answer to your question, No, the announcer didn't rip off Brian.
September 29th, 2011 at 4:26 PM ^
I remember as a wee lad back in the early '80s that they might perform Temptation at postgame, but War Chant wasn't ready for the very earliest games of the season.
The drumline has really taken off since the first rewrite of the T & W parts in 1990 by Nick Petrella and the second rewrite (still used today) in '93 by Clif Smith.
September 29th, 2011 at 4:32 PM ^
We still only get the full version of "Temptation" (plus "Hawaiian War Chant") on Homecoming. What the MMB plays after a 3rd-down stop is just a teaser from the song.
September 29th, 2011 at 4:44 PM ^
They play the full versions after every game - homecoming or no.
September 29th, 2011 at 7:52 PM ^
You are correct, sir. They play them after every game, the only time they play it during halftime is on homecoming with all the alumni.
September 29th, 2011 at 3:22 PM ^
Just like Lord of the Rings totally ripped off Harry Potter. HELLO PEOPLE someone needs to stop this endless infringement.
September 29th, 2011 at 3:43 PM ^
My browser shows that mgoblog is paid for in part by a website called "Filipinocupid.com." Images of scantily clad, ostensibly Filipino women fade in and out of the ad, enticing me to join and "browse" for free. What a bizarre world we live in.
Also, the subject of this post is not OT, since it's tangentially about Michigan football.
September 29th, 2011 at 4:14 PM ^
but they are toyotas and totino's pizza rolls.
i am sure this says something about how you and i use the internet differently.
September 29th, 2011 at 7:06 PM ^
I get the cars and pizza rolls too.
So, um, what exactly do I need to do the get the scantily clad Fillipino girls?
September 30th, 2011 at 12:25 AM ^
My mistake. It's an ad for Christianmingle.com.
September 29th, 2011 at 4:24 PM ^
Well, the ads are smart ads...so someone has been trolling some pretty awesome sites recently.
September 29th, 2011 at 6:28 PM ^
That might explain the Spartan ad I saw when I came here one day?
September 29th, 2011 at 7:08 PM ^
What about the Trojan ad?
September 29th, 2011 at 6:54 PM ^
Explain why I see so many taco bell ads. I hate toxic hell.
Well, unless I'm drunk. Wait, does anybody eat at TB when they're sober?
September 30th, 2011 at 1:08 AM ^
Once, when I was a teenager, I ate at the Taco Bell on Ellsworth Rd in Ypsi every night for three weeks straight while my mom was visiting relatives overseas. Though I was young enough (and stupid enough) that my metabolism could handle it without making me obese, it wreaked havoc on my digestive system.
September 30th, 2011 at 8:44 AM ^
You were probably searching for fast food in general, doesn't necessarily have to be TB
September 29th, 2011 at 9:22 PM ^
so incredibly important that it is assumed that he invented almost everything, or if it just makes him old. Sorry, Brian, but you do seem to getting up here with those of us who remember when there was a #87 playing for Michigan
