“Turn out the lights, the party’s over. . . .”

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 4:21 pm

RIP Dandy Don

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent ... c4895.html

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 5:10 pm

Sudden Sam wrote:Oh shit.

Wow, I remember when he had to split time with Craig Morton, as his career in Dallas was winding down.

That was the backstory that North Dallas 40 was based on- except it was Roger Staubach, not Craig Morton

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 5:39 pm

In the book, Staubach was the basis for the goody-2-shoes QB and Meredith was the hard drinking veteran- although Morton was a big time partier too. And Dan Reeves was the player/coach that everybody despised and he knew it.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 5:40 pm

Cuda wrote:In the book, Staubach was the basis for the goody-2-shoes QB and Meredith was the hard drinking veteran- although Morton was a big time partier too. And Dan Reeves was the player/coach that everybody despised and he knew it.

In real life Staubach was still in the Navy when Meredith was a player.

ChargerMike · Post by **ChargerMike** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 5:52 pm

oh, I thought this thread was about the Chargers.

RIP..Dandy Don

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 6:34 pm

BSmack wrote:
Cuda wrote:In the book, Staubach was the basis for the goody-2-shoes QB and Meredith was the hard drinking veteran- although Morton was a big time partier too. And Dan Reeves was the player/coach that everybody despised and he knew it.
In real life Staubach was still in the Navy when Meredith was a player.

ND40 wasn't a documentary, dumbshit. Names were changed, etc, etc... but it was fairly obvious who the characters were based on in real life

Joe in PB · Post by **Joe in PB** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 6:44 pm

"Turn out the lights, the party's over" is right up there with "when the fat lady sings".

Dandy Don will be missed, even for people who hate the Cowboys.

RIP

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 1:39 am

How appropriate this happens and then the news comes out on a Monday during football season. I hope they do an appropriate tribute to him on air tonight.

As a kid, I couldn't fucking wait to watch MNF.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 4:07 am

Cuda wrote:ND40 wasn't a documentary, dumbshit.

Never said it was cock gobbler.

Names were changed, etc, etc... but it was fairly obvious who the characters were based on in real life

Pete Gent never played with Staubach either. But he did play with Morton.

T1B

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