Tom Landry Having Some Fun With the Media...

[trickblue]

Coach had a great sense of humor that wasn't known much outside the Dallas area...

For those of you that never met him in person, Landry was MUCH bigger than he looked on TV and had Popeye forearms...

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The famous American Express Commercial...

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[5Stars]

That was cool...

Hook us up with that commercial with the Commanders. I forgot what they were sponsoring.

 

[burmafrd]

some of those commercials were truly hilarious. Like when he was dressed like an old west gunfighter coming out of saloon followed by Commanders players and let the doors go and knock them down...

 

[5Stars]

some of those commercials were truly hilarious. Like when he was dressed like an old west gunfighter coming out of saloon followed by Commanders players and let the doors go and knock them down...

That's the one that I was thinking about...

 

[trickblue]

some of those commercials were truly hilarious. Like when he was dressed like an old west gunfighter coming out of saloon followed by Commanders players and let the doors go and knock them down...

That's the one that I was thinking about...

I added it back to the original post...

 

[5Stars]

I added it back to the original post...

:laugh1:

 

[pancakeman]

Oh wow, I had totally forgotten about that reporter!

 

[yimyammer]

When fullback Walt Garrison was asked if he had even seen Tom Landry smile, he quipped "Nope. But I've only been here nine years."

(Source: http://www.everything-dallascowboys.com/coaches/landry/tom-landry.html)

 

[5Stars]

What a coach...

:starspin :starspin

 

[Hostile]

(Source: http://www.everything-dallascowboys.com/coaches/landry/tom-landry.html)

Garrison had a 2nd joke to that joke. He said he knew Landry had smiled at least 3 times in his life because he had 3 kids.

 

[5Stars]

Garrison had a 2nd joke to that joke. He said he knew Landry had smiled at least 3 times in his life because he had 3 kids.

Ahhh...Walt Garrison. Man, talk about a funny man, he had some of the best stories that I've ever heard about the Cowboys. Plus, he was one hell of a football player.

I remember one thing someone said about him. If you needed just 3 yards for a first down, give it to Walt, he will only get you 3 yards. (or something along those lines).


:laugh2:

 

[Hostile]

Ahhh...Walt Garrison. Man, talk about a funny man, he had some of the best stories that I've ever heard about the Cowboys. Plus, he was one hell of a football player.

I remember one thing someone said about him. If you needed just 3 yards for a first down, give it to Walt, he will only get you 3 yards. (or something along those lines).


:laugh2:

Walt told the joke about himself. If you need 3 yards I'd get you the 3 yards. If you need 20 yards, I'll get you 3 yards.

 

[5Stars]

Walt told the joke about himself. If you need 3 yards I'd get you the 3 yards. If you need 20 yards, I'll get you 3 yards.

:laugh2: :laugh2:


Yeah, that's it...


Give us some more quips that he's said. I know there are more...

 

[Apollo Creed]

Garrison and a lot of the famed Cowboys were characters with character. Even in the 90s, guys like Moose, Novacek, Allen, etc get lost in the Deion and Irvin drama.

 

[Rockytop6]

Garrison had a 2nd joke to that joke. He said he knew Landry had smiled at least 3 times in his life because he had 3 kids.

Garrison was a real hoot. He was one of the funniest Cowboys.

 

[LandryFan]

:laugh2: :laugh2:


Yeah, that's it...


Give us some more quips that he's said. I know there are more...

One of the younger Cowboys asked Dandy if he'd ever seen Coach Landry smile. He said no, but I've only been here 10 years. (something along those lines)

 

[Hagman]

Apparently once when the Cowboys played the Giants there was a bomb threat in the press box.

One reporter asked Landry what would have happened if a bomb had wiped out all the reporters?

"I suppose we would have observed 30 seconds of silent prayer," he said. "Then we would have continued play---with enthusiasm."



http://books.google.com/books?id=dm...q=tom landry silent prayer enthusiasm&f=false

 

[Hostile]

:laugh2: :laugh2:


Yeah, that's it...


Give us some more quips that he's said. I know there are more...

Garrison was from a small Texas town called Lewisville. He said the Hotel in Lewisville is like a tight pair of Wrangler jeans. No ball room.

The best one ever is how Garrison got the nickname Little Puddin' but it isn't quite family friendly. Basically Meredith got him sloshed drunk before a game and he came in at the end of the game and Meredith called a play where he would get killed by the Pittsburgh LBs. Garrison ran the play and Meredith said that Pittsburgh hadn't read Garrison's press clippings from college. So he called the same play. Garrison ran it again and still didn't impress Meredith so he told him from then on his nickname was Little (think a name for a cat as well as a female anatomy part) but since they couldn't say that in front of Landry they would call him Little Puddin' instead but he was to always remember it meant the other thing. Garrison ran that same trap play 9 straight times to end the game and got clobbered each time. When the gun sounded Meredith asked him why he kept getting first downs.

Then of course there is Walt's story where Landry asked him not to run the 40 yard dash with the rest of the team because Walt was so slow at it Landry was afraid the rookies would think they didn't have to work very hard to make the team.

 

[SaltwaterServr]

Garrison had a 2nd joke to that joke. He said he knew Landry had smiled at least 3 times in his life because he had 3 kids.

My dad used to say the only time Landry ever smiled was when he won a Super Bowl, so it had to be at least 5 times.

 

[Hostile]

My dad used to say the only time Landry ever smiled was when he won a Super Bowl, so it had to be at least 5 times.

Twice.