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It was 30 years ago today when former Beatle, [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]John Lennon[/lastfm], was taken from us by a crazed assassin who shot him to death in 1980.
Listen to exclusive audio from TV producer, Alan Weiss, whose first hand account of witnessing medics treat John Lennon in the emergency room after the shooting led to the shocking announcement from the late Howard Cosell during ABC’s Monday Night Football.
Alan Weiss, who at the time was a 29-year-old producer for a New York City TV station, happened to be in the emergency room at Roosevelt Hospital waiting to get X-Rays after being involved in an accident. He tells K-EARTH 101 what he saw that night.
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To set the record straight, Howard Cosell DID NOT say “Look at that little monkey run” when he was referring to Redskins wide receiver Alvin Garrett. Cosell made this remark 11 years earlier in 1972 in reference to a play by Kansas City Chiefs Mike Adamle. It was 1983 on Monday Night Football when Cosell made his comment about Alvin Garrett which was “That little monkey gets loose doesn’t he.”
I am still looking for a sound byte or video clip of Howard Cosell saying “Look at that little monkey run.” I hear that it might be contained in a Preseason 1972 K.C. Chiefs @ Giants 07/29/72 “Hall of Fame” Game. Can anyone locate the actual clip?
March 13, 2011 at 6:09 pm |