Upon researching the history of the NFL, it seems that the Lions and Browns played in a number of championship games in the 1950s ('52-'54, '57) when Detroit was actually a force to be reckoned with. The Lions were an impressive 3-1 in these 4 title games, which would mean that this story takes place in 1954, when the Lions got whomped 54-10 by Cleveland. Of course, the game wasn't called the Super Bowl back then, so that can probably be blamed on the author's ignorance. Otherwise this story isn't all that far-fetched (in terms of the football aspect; the mob stereotyping is another story).
As soon as I read that line, "What we always do..." I immediately thought, "Try to take over the world!" and then I saw that you thought the same thing. That made my day.
Since when do mobsters shoot out kneecaps? Isn't that what the baseball bats are for?
Oh, wait. I get it. This is his original take on mobsters: they shoot people to threaten them, and only take out the bats when it gets serious. I can see it now: Michael Corleone storming out of the bathroom, the St. Louis Slugger that was disguised as a toilet brush in his hand, and proceeding to pummel the brains out of Sollozzo and McCluskey for twenty minutes, before the getaway car finally shows up.
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Upon researching the history of the NFL, it seems that the Lions and Browns played in a number of championship games in the 1950s ('52-'54, '57) when Detroit was actually a force to be reckoned with. The Lions were an impressive 3-1 in these 4 title games, which would mean that this story takes place in 1954, when the Lions got whomped 54-10 by Cleveland. Of course, the game wasn't called the Super Bowl back then, so that can probably be blamed on the author's ignorance. Otherwise this story isn't all that far-fetched (in terms of the football aspect; the mob stereotyping is another story).
I love the Animaniacs reference.
Wow. I love the vivid imagery.
I love the kneecaps.
funny, but the tounge is def. not the source of saliva ...
eating a toung would be hard without a toung, but not for the lack of saliva.
I'm thinking of an Office style table read like with Michael Scott's movie script.
Oh man that was a terrible terrible script.
Thank you for the Pinkie and the Brain reference. That just made my day!
yesssss I'm loving the Animaniacs reference too!!
As soon as I read that line, "What we always do..." I immediately thought, "Try to take over the world!" and then I saw that you thought the same thing. That made my day.
Since when do mobsters shoot out kneecaps? Isn't that what the baseball bats are for?
Oh, wait. I get it. This is his original take on mobsters: they shoot people to threaten them, and only take out the bats when it gets serious. I can see it now: Michael Corleone storming out of the bathroom, the St. Louis Slugger that was disguised as a toilet brush in his hand, and proceeding to pummel the brains out of Sollozzo and McCluskey for twenty minutes, before the getaway car finally shows up.
Arthur Miller this ain't! This made me laugh.
I'll have to direct a couple of my fellow bloggers to this blog via mine.
It's a Louisville Slugger, not a St. Louis Slugger, alden.
The Browns? In the Super Bowl? You have to be kidding me...
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