jranieli Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 America's Game: 2007 New York Giants will be airing on Wednesday, September 3 at 9 pm so get your tivo/dvr's ready. James Gandolfini narrates the show, but it's Michael Strahan, Tom Coughlin and Eli Manning who are the stars. Make sure you mark it on your calender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lubeck Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 Channel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jranieli Posted August 13, 2008 Author Share Posted August 13, 2008 Channel? Spice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxi-xxv Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 I think I just popped a Woody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigblue25 Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 Thats it we are getting directTV for i can have the NFL Network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeMesiS Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 America's Game: 2007 New York Giants will be airing on Wednesday, September 3 at 9 pm so get your tivo/dvr's ready. James Gandolfini narrates the show, but it's Michael Strahan, Tom Coughlin and Eli Manning who are the stars. Make sure you mark it on your calender. I was hoping it would be Tom Seleck or Alec Baldwin. Out of all the narrators, I like them the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gspotter Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 I wanted Paully Walnuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jranieli Posted August 13, 2008 Author Share Posted August 13, 2008 I wanted Paully Walnuts I like Bacala better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGBLUE01 Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 I wanted Paully Walnuts Thats my nickname around here, all the backeasters I hang with out here call me Walnuts. I'll do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lubeck Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 http://www.nj.com/giants/index.ssf/2008/08...s_ny_giant.html Ledger critic reviews NY Giants' "America's Game" by Mike Garafolo/The Star-Ledger Wednesday August 13, 2008, 1:19 PM I came home late last night to find a DVD copy of the latest installment of NFL Films' Emmy-award winning series "America's Game" waiting for me at my door. I haven't had a chance to pop it in yet, but Star-Ledger TV critic and certified Giants nut Alan Sepinwall has. His review is available right here. 3 p.m. UPDATE Okay, just finished watching it. What a job NFL Films did by mixing some terrific footage with some awesome behind-the-scenes stuff. And honestly, when they got to the playoffs, there were moments when I was short on breath and the heartrate was pumping. I swear. That's amazing because I already know what happened and I didn't have a rooting interest in the game. It just reminded me of how amazing this team's run was. I'll save you comments on my favorite parts because I don't want to spoil them for you. When this thing airs, you will love it. If you get the NFL Network, that is... MG Are you sure it is on Spike? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lubeck Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 Eli, Strahan and Coughlin have a few laughs in 'America's Game' by Alan Sepinwall/The Star-Ledger Wednesday August 13, 2008, 12:58 PM In his four years as a member of the New York Giants, Eli Manning hasn't shown off much of his personality, but one part that has seeped out is his fondness for practical jokes. He once reprogrammed a teammate's cell phone so all its displays would be in Japanese, and replaced all his offensive linemen's shoes with purple ones. Intentionally or not, he gets away with another good prank midway through the Super Bowl 42 installment of NFL Films' awesome "America's Game" series. While discussing the second half of the playoff game against the Cowboys, Eli says that whenever the Giants' defense was out on the field, he made sure to park himself in a certain spot on the bench, and to watch the action on a scoreboard screen instead of looking at the field, and the more he did that, the harder the defense seemed to hit Tony Romo. "I'm not superstitious," Eli tells the camera, "but I am a little 'stitious. I know that's not a real word, but it's my own little saying." In fact, it's not Eli's saying. It's Michael Scott's, from the fourth season premiere of "The Office." But the NFL Films producers, and narrator James Gandolfini, apparently didn't realize this, and so later in the episode, Gandolfini repeats the line with all the gravity of John Facenda referring to the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field. It's one of the sneakier laughs in the very funny, very inspiring (though not so much if you're a Pats fan) episode of the show, which premieres on NFL Network on Sept. 3 and will be released on DVD later in the fall. As usual, we're taken through the season by three members of the team: Eli, Michael Strahan and Tom Coughlin. You know Strahan can tell a good story, and he has a bunch of them, from him mocking Eli's rushing touchdown in the London game against the Dolphins to him discussing neat-freak Coughlin relaxing the team by eating a sloppy In-N-Out Burger (Strahan provides home video evidence of it) the day before the Super Bowl. Coughlin is relaxed and happy (why wouldn't he be?) and though Eli doesn't open up much about his early season struggles and controversies -- the only thing he has to say about the game where he threw an astounding 34 incompletions against the Redskins is, while smirking, "I'm proud of all my records I've broken." -- Coughlin and Strahan both talk at length about their quarterback's refusal to open up about anything, ever. ("Archie told me he can't get anything out of Eli," says Coughlin.) Among the other highlights: • Footage of the now-legendary training camp field trip to a bowling alley where Coughlin let the team know he wasn't going to be the same old martinet, followed by Strahan complaining that this finally happened at the training camp he skipped; • Footage of the infamous pre-Super Bowl practice where David Tyree dropped every ball but one (on the same play on which he scored the Giants' first touchdown in the real game); • The truth about the story of Eli's then-fiancee sitting in the freezing cold of Lambeau; • Footage of Coughlin's pre-Super Bowl pep talk to the team, and of Iraq war vet Lt. Col Greg Gadson's (the team's unofficial good luck charm) giving his own motivational speech; • Strahan doing a perfect impression of the hangdog Eli Manning Face, which fades immediately into a shot of the real thing; • Strahan in mid-game telling Osi Umenyiora, "I'm very offended that they're leaving (Tom Brady) out there by himself"; • Extensive analysis of The Double Miracle (or The Helmet Catch, or The Play, or whatever you want to call it), including Eli admitting that he was a split-second away from tossing a shovel pass to Chris Snee while he was still in the grasp of the Patriots defenders; and • A shot of Manning fighting back tears after the upset of the Patriots. It's going to be a great lead-in to the Giants' title defense season. I am going to miss Strahan and his comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeMesiS Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 http://www.nj.com/giants/index.ssf/2008/08...s_ny_giant.html Are you sure it is on Spike? The Spice channel is a porn channel. I think JR was joking when he said The Spice Channel. And all America's Games episodes air on the NFL network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lubeck Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 The Spice channel is a porn channel. I think JR was joking when he said The Spice Channel. And all America's Games episodes air on the NFL network. Oh I totally misread that and thought he said Spike. My bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jranieli Posted August 13, 2008 Author Share Posted August 13, 2008 Oh I totally misread that and thought he said Spike. My bad. Nem I don't know what I would do without you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gateb Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 when's it coming out on DVD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeMesiS Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 when's it coming out on DVD? I think the article said in the fall... I'm too lazy to read it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gspotter Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 I'll be watching this thing again and again. I'm only glad I lived through it. if I had to live through any Giants season, last year may have been as important as any and that includes the first two SB's. The first one was pretty great though and knowing we were going to play Denver again and John Elway was exciting. This one, an undefeated team, and it being the modern Pats, I think this was my favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jranieli Posted September 3, 2008 Author Share Posted September 3, 2008 Don't forget, tonight NFL 9:00pm EST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueInCanada Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 Oh you jerk...I was just going to post a "dont forget" thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jranieli Posted September 3, 2008 Author Share Posted September 3, 2008 Oh you jerk...I was just going to post a "dont forget" thread. haha, I would have used my Nazi Mod powers and deleted yours anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueInCanada Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 BEST FUCKING SHOW EVER! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jranieli Posted September 4, 2008 Author Share Posted September 4, 2008 So what does everyone think? I thought it was great, I shed a few tears here and there. We are going to miss Strahan more than we think. BTW, my sig will be here forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueInCanada Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 I cant believe how much personality Eli has, I mean like Strah said all he gives you is the "Aww shucks" look all the time. ...and yes I shed a few tears thinking how much I'm going to miss Strahan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeMesiS Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 I thought it was good. maybe too good... I wish it would have longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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