Big C said:
Those of you at the game know: They wheeled in LOTS AND LOTS of lighting and sound equipment for that show (basically took up the entire floor). And for what? Can't imagine how that would be worth it.
75bear said:
Put oskidunker in the anti-rave camp.
bluehenbear said:
Thread reminds me of a bumper sticker I saw recently:
If I'm too loud then you're too old.
Yeah the underdog kid always won the Growl contest. A four year old would do a righteous super loud growl. A 3 year old would whisper a pathetic growl, and the crowd would cheer loudest for the little kid. They would hand this huge stuffed bear to the pathetic whisperer, and puny tiny bears to the other kids. The four year old would walk off thinking What The F***???bearister said:
My personal least favorite half time nonsense was the Bear Growl Contest where the crowd would clap with various levels of approval for the child with the best growl. The winner got a large stuffed bear and the other two competitors got smaller bears.
I thought that contest was a by product of the "Everybody Gets a Trophy" school of child rearing. It promotes children growing up with a false sense of self esteem. When they become adults and their peers do not lavish unmerited praise on them, they wither and run to the nearest safe space.
If I was running that contest, I would give the winner a 4 ft tall bear, spank the two losers and make sure they went to bed no porridge!
*Tennis great Jimmy Connor's mother once smashed a tuna sandwich in his face at center court when he f'd up in a junior's match. You really have to respect that! The Alloccos at DLS used to say, "Remember, 2nd place is the 1st guy to lose!" (In track, anyway).
My least favorite half time nonsense was the dogs doing frisbee tricks.bearister said:
My personal least favorite half time nonsense was the Bear Growl Contest where the crowd would clap with various levels of approval for the child with the best growl. The winner got a large stuffed bear and the other two competitors got smaller bears.
I thought that contest was a by product of the "Everybody Gets a Trophy" school of child rearing. It promotes children growing up with a false sense of self esteem. When they become adults and their peers do not lavish unmerited praise on them, they wither and run to the nearest safe space.
If I was running that contest, I would give the winner a 4 ft tall bear, spank the two losers and make sure they went to bed no porridge!
*Tennis great Jimmy Connor's mother once smashed a tuna sandwich in his face at center court when he f'd up in a junior's match. You really have to respect that! The Alloccos at DLS used to say, "Remember, 2nd place is the 1st guy to lose!" (In track, anyway).
MSaviolives said:Yeah the underdog kid always won the Growl contest. A four year old would do a righteous super loud growl. A 3 year old would whisper a pathetic growl, and the crowd would cheer loudest for the little kid. They would hand this huge stuffed bear to the pathetic whisperer, and puny tiny bears to the other kids. The four year old would walk off thinking What The F***???bearister said:
My personal least favorite half time nonsense was the Bear Growl Contest where the crowd would clap with various levels of approval for the child with the best growl. The winner got a large stuffed bear and the other two competitors got smaller bears.
I thought that contest was a by product of the "Everybody Gets a Trophy" school of child rearing. It promotes children growing up with a false sense of self esteem. When they become adults and their peers do not lavish unmerited praise on them, they wither and run to the nearest safe space.
If I was running that contest, I would give the winner a 4 ft tall bear, spank the two losers and make sure they went to bed no porridge!
*Tennis great Jimmy Connor's mother once smashed a tuna sandwich in his face at center court when he f'd up in a junior's match. You really have to respect that! The Alloccos at DLS used to say, "Remember, 2nd place is the 1st guy to lose!" (In track, anyway).
Great storyrkt88edmo said:
middle fingers to you grumpy old men
My daughter won the growl homecoming game against ucla
she was tiny and dressed in a Cal cheer outfit
my brother took her out to the field, while they were waiting he asked her if she wanted to practice her growl
She said "no, I'm saving it"
she ROARED with such force that the crowd was stunned and then
the entire Stadium went off
she got shoutsouts and high fives by name the entire walk back to our car on way out on fulton and dwight
We loved the ish out of that giant bear
one of my fav cms memories
I brought this exact topic up the last time I met with Jimmy "The Squeeze" Knowlton and Markeisha "My Words" Everett. I received a strange incoherent response along the lines of...HoopDreams said:
Great story
One of my current complaints however is they no longer give teddy bears ... they now give them a gift card???!!?
They should go back to giving a big teddy bear to the winners, and small teddy bears to the others ... how hard is that???
BeachedBear said:I brought this exact topic up the last time I met with Jimmy "The Squeeze" Knowlton and Markeisha "My Words" Everett. I received a strange incoherent response along the lines of...HoopDreams said:
Great story
One of my current complaints however is they no longer give teddy bears ... they now give them a gift card???!!?
They should go back to giving a big teddy bear to the winners, and small teddy bears to the others ... how hard is that???
1. Both of them have received WAAAAY too much fan response about the GROWL competitions at half time. ME said it had gotten as high as 2 emails per month, which was making it hard for her to keep up with correspondence. JK said his email was at least half of that and was getting in the way of his high paid assistant picking up his latte orders.
2. There was also an immense backlash from a group of moms from Lamorinda who were AGHAST that their daughter (who participated, but did not win) received a bear that was not exactly the same size as the winner. EVEN THOUGH SHE HAD PARTICIPATED JUST AS MUCH!! Both ME and JK didn't know how to respond to this powerful political group and instructed the sponsor to provide bears of the same size (all large).
3. THEN, there was the infamous TRIPPIN' BEAR EVENT. Apparently following a victory, one the kids stumbled over their bear (which was as large as them) in the hallway at Haas. This caused the mother to spill her coffee and get 4th degree burns on her hand. Apparently there was an EXTREMELY unsightly red sheen on the back of her hand that lasted almost 45 minutes and may possibly have distorted her spray tan from two weeks earlier, After spending weeks negotiating a settlement with both parties' attorneys, ME and JK instructed the sponsors to only provide SMALL bears.
4. Most recently, a contingent representing indigenous members of North America has threatened to sue the State of California, Shut down the entire UC system and restrict JK's frequent flyer perks on flights from Colorado. Apparently, the use of a BEAR which is even MORE indigenous to North America than certain humans is the gravest and most insulting form of cultural appropriation possible (other than claiming aliens are grey and not green). As a result, ME and JK instructed the sponsor to replace any reward with a gift card,
5. Still in negotiation are the name, structure and selection criteria for any future half time contest. One of the key points of contention is that a GROWL is not necessarily a purely human sound and may actually represent a political movement. The proposed event is going to be the halftime noise sharing event open to all beings that are willing to sign a waiver of responsibility. No prizes will be awarded and decibel levels will be strictly monitored to protect the sensitive ears of Old Blues.
HoopDreams said:
Our AD/marketing have a bad case of "I can't because…"BeachedBear said:I brought this exact topic up the last time I met with Jimmy "The Squeeze" Knowlton and Markeisha "My Words" Everett. I received a strange incoherent response along the lines of...HoopDreams said:
Great story
One of my current complaints however is they no longer give teddy bears ... they now give them a gift card???!!?
They should go back to giving a big teddy bear to the winners, and small teddy bears to the others ... how hard is that???
1. Both of them have received WAAAAY too much fan response about the GROWL competitions at half time. ME said it had gotten as high as 2 emails per month, which was making it hard for her to keep up with correspondence. JK said his email was at least half of that and was getting in the way of his high paid assistant picking up his latte orders.
2. There was also an immense backlash from a group of moms from Lamorinda who were AGHAST that their daughter (who participated, but did not win) received a bear that was not exactly the same size as the winner. EVEN THOUGH SHE HAD PARTICIPATED JUST AS MUCH!! Both ME and JK didn't know how to respond to this powerful political group and instructed the sponsor to provide bears of the same size (all large).
3. THEN, there was the infamous TRIPPIN' BEAR EVENT. Apparently following a victory, one the kids stumbled over their bear (which was as large as them) in the hallway at Haas. This caused the mother to spill her coffee and get 4th degree burns on her hand. Apparently there was an EXTREMELY unsightly red sheen on the back of her hand that lasted almost 45 minutes and may possibly have distorted her spray tan from two weeks earlier, After spending weeks negotiating a settlement with both parties' attorneys, ME and JK instructed the sponsors to only provide SMALL bears.
4. Most recently, a contingent representing indigenous members of North America has threatened to sue the State of California, Shut down the entire UC system and restrict JK's frequent flyer perks on flights from Colorado. Apparently, the use of a BEAR which is even MORE indigenous to North America than certain humans is the gravest and most insulting form of cultural appropriation possible (other than claiming aliens are grey and not green). As a result, ME and JK instructed the sponsor to replace any reward with a gift card,
5. Still in negotiation are the name, structure and selection criteria for any future half time contest. One of the key points of contention is that a GROWL is not necessarily a purely human sound and may actually represent a political movement. The proposed event is going to be the halftime noise sharing event open to all beings that are willing to sign a waiver of responsibility. No prizes will be awarded and decibel levels will be strictly monitored to protect the sensitive ears of Old Blues.
