(But, uh, yeah, it's still jaw-droppingly funny. So seriously, laugh all you want.) posted by PlusDistance at 10:35 AM on December 7, 2005
And that's the sound of my tool! [obscene thrusting] posted by rxrfrx at 10:38 AM on December 7, 2005
I'd like to apologize on behalf of the citizens of Chicago. We were hoping that video wasn't going to get out again. posted by eatyourlunch at 10:43 AM on December 7, 2005
My god. I've finally found something that actually "NEEDS LESS DITKA" posted by stenseng at 10:43 AM on December 7, 2005
COMPLETE SUPERBOWL SHUFFLE RIP-OFF posted by destro at 10:44 AM on December 7, 2005
The music is actually sort of catchy. posted by brain_drain at 10:45 AM on December 7, 2005
I don't know about Ditka, but it could definitely use more cowbell. posted by BuffaloBandit at 10:45 AM on December 7, 2005
We are the Grabowskis, baby. posted by bachelor#3 at 10:56 AM on December 7, 2005
I saw some Grabowskis doing a little Grab Asski. posted by almostcool at 11:19 AM on December 7, 2005
Reminds me of the Village People Big Mac song. Thus, I conclude that this is something between disco and square dancing music, but certainly not rapping. posted by VulcanMike at 11:34 AM on December 7, 2005
I remeber the whole Grabowski thing when I was growing up there, even the phrase Grabowski Shuffle, but I never heard the song. I am sure we have a copy of the superbowl Shuffle somewhere in my parents' stuff.
I couldn't sit through the whole video. posted by Badgermann at 11:43 AM on December 7, 2005
That made me cry a little! I vaguely remember seeing this when it was first unleashed. It was an effort to modernize the adage that Chicago is "The City that Works" (as tpl1212 has already alluded to).
Nonetheless, it remains a somewhat disturbing document of late 80's strangeness. posted by aladfar at 11:44 AM on December 7, 2005
Oh, Ditka. Was there anything he couldn't do? posted by Spatch at 12:09 PM on December 7, 2005
That one dude -- the dude, the fuckin' dude, the iron-pumping dude -- looks like the love child of Joe Piscopo and Lou Ferrigno. Therefore I dub him Joel Ferrignopo. Or perhaps Loe Piscerrigno. posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 12:39 PM on December 7, 2005
"I'm all Grabowski and that's not jokin', if you mess with me, it's gunna' get broken!" posted by mr.curmudgeon at 12:55 PM on December 7, 2005
OMG...I just pee'd a little - http://www.orange32.com/porkchop/ posted by mr.curmudgeon at 1:00 PM on December 7, 2005
I get that Grabowski is supposed to sound like a name from the Eastern Bloc, but why the USSR sickle and hammer in the background? posted by herting at 4:19 PM on December 7, 2005
The name Grabowski is from The Simpsons. posted by dwordle at 5:24 PM on December 7, 2005
But yet, it predates The Simpsons, which weren't on the air when this went gold (except maybe as shorts on the Tracey Ullman show). posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 10:52 PM on December 7, 2005
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I was wondering what "The Grabowski's" were, and it looks like (if anyone is wondering) it is the name he gave the Chicago Bears when he coached them:
"Mike Ditka has described the Bears affectionately as his Grabowskis because the Bears reflect the work ethic, the attitude of a city and a people who aren't afraid to work hard to get ahead and achieve a part of the American Dream for themselves and their families."
posted by tpl1212 at 9:33 AM on December 7, 2005