Wollo-Wollo-Wollo-Wayoo wrote:
Back when Channel 4 1st showed American Football (early 80's?)I had a deal with a guy at work that he VHS tape the 1st 4 hrs and I would tape the 2nd 4 hrs of Superbowl. It was the only way to get a reasonable quality recording to skip watch through next day.
Remember those days well. The first one was in 82 and I remember it because my team the Miami Dolphins played against the Redfskins and should have won but lost like they tended to do in that era even though they had a good team. Not realising how long the whole game would take, me and my dad stayed up to watch it all, he was at work early the next day me at school, think it finished around 6 am - safe to say we didn't get any sleep. Funnily enough, it turned into a yearly ritual for us both, staying up all night then going into school/work like a zombie the next day for a fair number of years, until I drifted away from the game.