An era of American sports came to an end today as John Madden announced the riding of his Maddencruiser off into the sunset. The beefy broadcast legend was last seen spouting cliches culled from his video game, and endlessly praising Brett Favre during NBC’s broadcast of Super Bowl XLIII.
Without Madden’s voice filling the airwaves on Sunday and Monday nights, football fans will be left with an empty void - the one where that 6-legged Thanksgiving turkey and burly voice telling us when it “pays to have a lot of big meaty guys on the goal line” used to live. Two questions remain: who will provide the color and onomatopoeic telestrator flourishes for Al Michaels now, and what will become of Frank Caliendo’s career?
Buddy Up