Ed Marinaro rushed off stage by NFL draft producer after wildly long pick announcement
Ed Marinaro was tabbed to announce the Minnesota Vikings’ first draft pick on Friday afternoon in Las Vegas, and he was determined to make the most of the experience.
He just went on a little too long.
So long, in fact, that an NFL draft producer actually had to run out on stage and tell him to wrap it up.
Marinaro spoke for about two full minutes on stage, hitting a range of topics in what should have been a 30-second announcement at the very most.
Now, it’s not like his speech wasn’t entertaining. It was even complete with a Green Bay Packers jab and a “Blue Mountain State” reference — the Spike TV show from a decade ago where he played the head football coach.
It just didn’t end.
Marinaro was selected by the Vikings with the No. 50 overall pick in the 1972 draft, and spent his first four seasons in the league in Minnesota, where he reached a pair of Super Bowls. The running back then wrapped up his career with one season with both the New York Jets and Seattle Seahawks. Marinaro has been acting ever since.
Next time, Marinaro may want to just keep it short and sweet.
That is, if he's given another chance.
| by Anonymous | reply 33 | June 16, 2022 1:05 AM
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Now that's a name I haven't heard in decades!
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | April 30, 2022 3:46 PM
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So fine in his younger days…where’s that Jockey underwear ad of his?
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | April 30, 2022 3:48 PM
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Here we are…not as impressive as I originally thought…
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | June 11, 2022 1:12 AM
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Remember when he was Laverne & Shirley's shirtless landlord in Burbank?
Then suddenly he was a cop in NYC. That shit confused me while growing up.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | June 11, 2022 1:28 AM
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What happened to alt those gay rumors?
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | June 11, 2022 1:30 AM
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r3, I have no complaints about that.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | June 11, 2022 1:34 AM
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I would have sucked his dick til his brain came out
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | June 11, 2022 1:35 AM
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That crowd is disturbing. Think what humans could accomplish if they weren't obsessed with sports 24/7?
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | June 11, 2022 4:40 AM
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How humiliating. Judgement fades.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | June 11, 2022 4:46 AM
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One of the first guys I jacked off too. But I can't remember where I saw him? It wasn't those underwear ads.
Was he on a 90s sitcom?
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | June 11, 2022 5:08 AM
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I was expecting to read it was a 15-minute speech, not to find out it was only 2 minutes.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | June 11, 2022 5:17 AM
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R13, that would have been the 80s. Too young.
I just looked! It was Sisters!
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | June 11, 2022 6:46 AM
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R11 he had great hairless juicy pecs in the Hollywood intro to Laverne and Shirley.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | June 11, 2022 6:53 AM
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[quote] not as impressive as I originally thought
This looks pretty impressive.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | June 11, 2022 7:09 AM
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Loved his cop character on HSB; I think he played an old friend of sanctimonious Chase on Falcon Crest and showed up after Chase presumably drowned.
BIG chest. BIg friendly guy. I use to fantasize about being wrapped in those big arms of his and he tells me 'everything's going to be all right.'
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | June 11, 2022 7:11 AM
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Why was a washed up actor doing this in the first place?
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | June 11, 2022 7:14 AM
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I sure hope you're pretty, r19.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | June 11, 2022 7:20 AM
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R19 C’mon Mary. All gays need just a wee bit of sports knowledge to function in society. He was an NFL player prior to acting.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | June 11, 2022 7:32 AM
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He was terrific on Sisters.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | June 11, 2022 7:32 AM
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I remember reading about his same sex activities in Billy Masters’ Filth2Go column in the San Diego gay newspaper before the internet.
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | June 11, 2022 4:11 PM
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IIRC, r26, something to do with the steam room somewhere. He was there with a couple of men. Sorry I can’t remember more, but I do remember that. Around the time his show SISTERS was on television.
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | June 12, 2022 12:05 AM
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Someone should email Billy Masters and ask him. He never forgets anything.
| by Anonymous | reply 28 | June 15, 2022 1:36 AM
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30+ years later and I’m still disappointed that this afterschool special didn’t have an anal scene.
| by Anonymous | reply 29 | June 15, 2022 4:44 PM
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It could have been a contender
| by Anonymous | reply 30 | June 15, 2022 8:04 PM
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Going over by a minute and a half doesn't sound that bad, even if it's a tightly scripted production. I won't have a chance to watch the video until I get home, but I can't help but wonder if the organizers might be aware of cognitive issues and were concerned it might become embarrassing if they didn't nip the speech in the bud. Seventy-two is about the right age to start developing dementia symptoms.
| by Anonymous | reply 31 | June 15, 2022 8:19 PM
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The draft pick announcement is supposed to take no more than 30 seconds. It's not a speech. Going over by a minute and a half is a lot.
| by Anonymous | reply 32 | June 15, 2022 8:33 PM
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I suspect Betty Thomas had a hand in this...
| by Anonymous | reply 33 | June 16, 2022 1:05 AM
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