1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,560 Speaker 1: All right, everybody, welcome back today. We're going to have 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:06,679 a mini episode d It's going to be an interesting one. 3 00:00:06,759 --> 00:00:09,919 It is a cultural phenomenon. When you look back on it, 4 00:00:09,919 --> 00:00:12,199 it's a little bit painful, but it's interesting. 5 00:00:12,199 --> 00:00:13,119 Speaker 2: We're going to talk about it. 6 00:00:13,199 --> 00:00:18,239 Speaker 1: Okay, we are coming up on the thirty fifth anniversary 7 00:00:18,399 --> 00:00:19,519 of the Super Bowl Shuffle. 8 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, that's iconic. That is Yeah. I was in 9 00:00:29,839 --> 00:00:33,079 fourth grade and I can remember going to. 10 00:00:33,119 --> 00:00:36,159 Speaker 3: The front of the class and like me and six 11 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:39,679 of my friends wrapping the Super Bowl Shuffle. 12 00:00:39,759 --> 00:00:44,479 Speaker 1: It is like our show and Tell. Yeah, absolutely, show 13 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:49,320 and Tell. So this song came out was released December third, 14 00:00:49,399 --> 00:00:52,560 nineteen eighty five, had a music video with it. It 15 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:56,159 included some famous Bears like Richard Dents in the video, 16 00:00:56,399 --> 00:01:00,679 Otis Wilson's in the video, Mike Singletary, Walter Payton, Jim McMahon, 17 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:03,799 very famous Bears, and of course that eighty five Bears 18 00:01:03,799 --> 00:01:05,359 teams looked at as one of the greatest teams of 19 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:05,920 all time. 20 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:08,120 Speaker 2: They only had one loss that whole year. 21 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:13,159 Speaker 1: That video was shot the day after that loss to 22 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:15,640 the Miami Dolphins on Monday Night football. But I can 23 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:18,959 stay up late and watch that game. But anyway, so 24 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,920 they come in the Tuesday after that Monday night game 25 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,879 to film the video. They had one guy on the team, 26 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,200 Dan Hampton, who was there a defensive tackle. He thought 27 00:01:29,239 --> 00:01:31,319 it was in bad taste and he thought it might 28 00:01:31,439 --> 00:01:34,519 jinx him, and he said, no, freaking away, I'm doing 29 00:01:34,519 --> 00:01:37,319 that song. So the way it started was Willie Galt, 30 00:01:37,359 --> 00:01:39,480 who I didn't mention earlier. Willi Galt was a wide 31 00:01:39,519 --> 00:01:41,920 receiver of Ready three, and at one point in his 32 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:45,200 life he was actually, I think, considered the fastest man 33 00:01:45,239 --> 00:01:46,640 in the world. 34 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:49,879 Speaker 2: He will and that world class. I liked, but I 35 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:50,159 love it. 36 00:01:50,239 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 3: Get the past a practice all day, at dance all night. 37 00:01:53,159 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 2: I gotta get rid for a Sunday fight. Now. 38 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:58,959 Speaker 1: He was a guy who was interested in maybe singing 39 00:01:59,079 --> 00:02:01,760 a little bit or rap and acting and had some 40 00:02:01,879 --> 00:02:03,200 interest in entertainment. 41 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:08,039 Speaker 3: So Courtney Larson was a cheerleader for the team. Yes, 42 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:13,400 and her boyfriend had this idea that we should have 43 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:17,520 a music video. And he was a diehard Bears fan. Obviously, 44 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:19,680 I mean, can you be in Chicago and not be 45 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:20,319 a Bears fan? 46 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 2: I don't think that. 47 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:24,360 Speaker 3: I don't think so. I don't think that's allowed. Dad Bears, 48 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:29,599 Double Bears, and so she yeah, she introduced him to 49 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:31,560 Willy Gould, and Willie Gault. 50 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 2: Was like, yeah, let's make this happen. 51 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:34,599 Speaker 1: So he kicked it around the locker room with a 52 00:02:34,599 --> 00:02:37,159 few of the guys. Yeah, and I mean, you have 53 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:40,520 some all time greats, right, you have Walter Payton, Richard Dent, 54 00:02:40,879 --> 00:02:45,159 Mike Singletary, Hall of Fame Guy Refrigerator Perry, William Refrigerator Perry. 55 00:02:45,159 --> 00:02:48,039 How can I forget him? And hey, guys, what do 56 00:02:48,039 --> 00:02:49,439 you think You know, well, let's do this video. This 57 00:02:49,479 --> 00:02:51,800 would be a lot of fun. And so it got 58 00:02:51,879 --> 00:02:55,080 some momentum, and so they decided to record the song. 59 00:02:55,439 --> 00:02:58,000 Of course, all the Chicago radio stations started playing it. 60 00:02:58,159 --> 00:03:01,000 Willie Gold is actually very quick to find the idea 61 00:03:01,439 --> 00:03:04,439 that they declare that they're going to win the Super Bowl, 62 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:08,120 and I'll never say that basically, I'm just here to 63 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:11,280 do the Super Bowl shuffle, basically meaning we're gonna go 64 00:03:11,319 --> 00:03:13,199 and do our best to play in the Super Bowl. 65 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 2: Right. 66 00:03:13,759 --> 00:03:16,879 Speaker 1: So two months later they go to Super Bowl twenty 67 00:03:17,479 --> 00:03:19,360 and they beat the crap out of the New England 68 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:22,240 Patriots forty six to ten in one of the most 69 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:28,000 dominant seasons in NFL history. 70 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:41,919 Speaker 4: Yeah, so bad. Don't you know? Rich were here Super Bowl. 71 00:03:42,199 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: After that Super Bowl victory, this song peaked at number 72 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:48,639 forty one on the Hot one hundred in. 73 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 3: February of nineteen eighty six. Yeah, it actually was nominated. 74 00:03:52,719 --> 00:03:53,680 Do you know this? 75 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:55,639 Speaker 1: This was nominated for a Grammy. 76 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:57,159 Speaker 2: You know who it lost to? 77 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 1: This song barely lost to Kiss by Prince. 78 00:04:05,159 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 2: All right, it is tie back in baby. 79 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 1: Catch our Side of the Times episode either before or 80 00:04:11,599 --> 00:04:14,199 after on this podcast. 81 00:04:14,639 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 3: Catch our Sign of the Times episode right after this podcast. 82 00:04:19,199 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 1: This single sold seven hundred thousand copies and one hundred 83 00:04:24,079 --> 00:04:26,360 and seventy thousand VHS tapes. 84 00:04:26,639 --> 00:04:30,279 Speaker 3: So the team that they beat that year was the Patriots. 85 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:31,839 Speaker 2: Yes, who my gosh. 86 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:35,519 Speaker 3: Since that time has been the dominant team as far 87 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:39,240 as Super Bowls are concerned. Right, right, But they did 88 00:04:39,319 --> 00:04:41,839 their Oh did you know this that the Patriots did 89 00:04:41,879 --> 00:04:42,519 their own song? 90 00:04:43,399 --> 00:04:47,279 Speaker 1: Okay, well tell me, well, if you didn't know it, 91 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:49,879 I don't think you're going to be an already on 92 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:50,199 that one. 93 00:04:50,319 --> 00:04:55,040 Speaker 3: Okay, most people. It was called New England the Patriots and. 94 00:04:55,160 --> 00:05:13,199 Speaker 5: We it was done by the New England Patriots fans. 95 00:05:13,639 --> 00:05:18,360 They made a video to it, and so MTV has 96 00:05:18,399 --> 00:05:22,279 a tie into the Super Bowl, played both videos back 97 00:05:22,319 --> 00:05:24,800 to back and had the viewers vote for the winner, 98 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:27,920 and apparently the results were even more lopsided than the 99 00:05:27,959 --> 00:05:28,920 actual game was. 100 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:34,839 Speaker 2: It obviously did not farewell against the Super Bowl. 101 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 1: If you've got a copy of New England, we the Patriots, 102 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:42,279 and we the Patriots and we we would love for 103 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:44,199 you to tag us on Twitter with that. 104 00:05:44,199 --> 00:05:44,759 Speaker 2: That's great. 105 00:05:44,959 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 1: Hey, this is it's it's interesting. They were far from 106 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:50,959 the only people who tried this right right. So during 107 00:05:50,959 --> 00:05:53,800 the eighty five season you had the Seattle Seahawks who 108 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:56,839 did one the Blue Wave is on a roll, and 109 00:05:56,879 --> 00:05:59,959 then you have the La Raiders did one in eighty six. 110 00:06:00,519 --> 00:06:03,439 In nineteen eighty six, the New York Giants released a 111 00:06:03,439 --> 00:06:07,680 song called Walk Like a Giant, based on Walk Like 112 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:09,560 an Egyptian by The Bangles. 113 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:12,639 Speaker 2: By the Mangles, that one of their biggest hits, written. 114 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:19,040 Speaker 1: By Prince so interestingly Walter Payton, who sings in the song, 115 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:21,959 they call me Sweetness and I'm like the Dance running 116 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:22,319 the ball. 117 00:06:22,399 --> 00:06:23,720 Speaker 2: It's like Mickey mole Mance. 118 00:06:23,959 --> 00:06:26,439 Speaker 1: We had the Goals this train in camp, the Gifts 119 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:29,360 Chica go the Bowl Champ and we're not doing this 120 00:06:29,519 --> 00:06:30,480 because we're greeting. 121 00:06:30,639 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 2: The bears are doing it. 122 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:37,839 Speaker 1: We didn't come here look for truck. We was in 123 00:06:37,959 --> 00:06:40,439 such a bad mood after losing to the Dolphins that 124 00:06:40,519 --> 00:06:41,879 he refused to come to the video. 125 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:43,839 Speaker 2: Shoot. Oh yeah, that's right. 126 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:46,279 Speaker 1: So they had to fill his part later and splice 127 00:06:46,279 --> 00:06:48,120 it in. If you actually watch the video, you can 128 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:49,800 clearly tell he's he's. 129 00:06:49,639 --> 00:06:51,759 Speaker 3: In front of a green or blue. It's probably a 130 00:06:51,759 --> 00:06:53,800 blue screen at that time, right, Yeah. 131 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:56,759 Speaker 1: Him and Jim McMahon are spliced in later, and then 132 00:06:56,839 --> 00:06:59,720 the front row. You start looking and you counting names. 133 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:02,199 You're like, there's no mcman there's no Walter Payton there. 134 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,959 Speaker 2: Yeah, who is the samurai like singletary? 135 00:07:06,439 --> 00:07:09,879 Speaker 3: Why did he have the classic child in Lester glasses On? 136 00:07:10,319 --> 00:07:12,519 Speaker 1: That was his say man, oh my god, that was 137 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:16,680 his thing. Mike got the cold part of the deacon, 138 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:20,079 big and bold. I've been gemming for quite a while 139 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:24,120 doing what right, So in the lyrics of the song, 140 00:07:24,439 --> 00:07:27,920 it mentions we're not here to be greedy, We're just 141 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:29,680 here to feed the needy whatever. 142 00:07:29,759 --> 00:07:32,079 Speaker 2: Walter Payton's one of the first parts. 143 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:35,759 Speaker 1: Of the song, right, So they forgot to check with 144 00:07:35,839 --> 00:07:38,399 the Bears team office to see if it was okay 145 00:07:38,439 --> 00:07:41,480 that they did this. Oh, and when they after they 146 00:07:41,519 --> 00:07:45,120 made this video, they're like, hey, is it okay if 147 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:48,079 we do this? And the Bears are like, what they 148 00:07:48,079 --> 00:07:49,720 thought it was an incredibly bad taste. 149 00:07:50,079 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 2: Oh wow, Okay. 150 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:56,279 Speaker 1: So once they had talked to the Bears, they had 151 00:07:56,319 --> 00:07:58,600 to sort of get the Super Bowl shuffle blessing. 152 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:02,279 Speaker 2: They got the whole together for this video. Shoot. 153 00:08:03,639 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, they did the whole song. I mean I just 154 00:08:05,639 --> 00:08:08,800 had to take multiple takes. These guys are not professional singers, 155 00:08:09,199 --> 00:08:11,839 and they look ridiculous playing those instruments that they're not 156 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:16,319 actually playing. And they did all of that without the 157 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:18,240 home office knowing that what was going on. 158 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:22,439 Speaker 1: Yeah, the Tuesday after a loss, Oh my god, like 159 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:26,399 you cut like Mike Dicka, Mike Dick is not out. 160 00:08:26,399 --> 00:08:33,519 Speaker 2: They're going, where's refrigerator, Mike? Where is everybody? Oh my gosh. 161 00:08:33,919 --> 00:08:36,639 Speaker 1: So the proclamation in the song that they were going 162 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:39,080 to feed the needy, they had no real plan in 163 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:41,639 place to do that. They had no idea what that 164 00:08:41,799 --> 00:08:45,279 was going to do. So they called an attorney and 165 00:08:45,279 --> 00:08:48,639 they said, well, how about from the proceeds of the 166 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:51,120 song and this and the sales, which were turned out 167 00:08:51,159 --> 00:08:54,279 to be very good, huge, How about fifty to fifty 168 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:58,720 And they're like, well, the law says seventy five twenty five. 169 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:02,080 And the players that were in the video, they were 170 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:05,200 paid six thousand dollars to be in the video. But 171 00:09:05,399 --> 00:09:08,480 since that point, the legacy of the Super Bowl Shuffle, 172 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:12,639 it's all owned by this by this one girl. So 173 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:17,360 they contact an Illinois attorney named Neil Hartigan and asked 174 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:20,000 if fifty percent would be permissible, and he said no, 175 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:22,679 it needs to be seventy five percent, and so the 176 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:26,600 record company was thinking more along the lines of fifteen percent. 177 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:27,799 Speaker 2: Yees. 178 00:09:28,159 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 1: So everybody had a different opinion of what should go 179 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:35,799 to the needy, but they dragged out the accounting until 180 00:09:35,919 --> 00:09:39,559 nineteen eighty seven, which is way after the peak popularity 181 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:42,879 of Super Bowl Shuffle. Mike Singletary got so mad that 182 00:09:42,919 --> 00:09:47,200 he threw his gold record in the trash. His quote was, 183 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:50,279 it doesn't represent an accomplishment, doesn't mean anything unless we 184 00:09:50,279 --> 00:09:52,639 get food to hungry people. That was supposed to be 185 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:55,320 the idea. I thought it was clean cut, and it's 186 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:56,159 taken over a year. 187 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:56,759 Speaker 2: Wow. 188 00:09:57,480 --> 00:10:01,919 Speaker 1: So eventually three hundred and thirty one thousand was sent 189 00:10:02,039 --> 00:10:05,960 to a Chicago community trust for distribution. The players all 190 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:10,080 contributed their salaries and since that time, based on the 191 00:10:10,159 --> 00:10:14,919 song's popularity and its legacy, it continues to make some money, 192 00:10:15,039 --> 00:10:19,200 but there is ongoing legal issues with. 193 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:22,840 Speaker 2: Who that money goes to. Ongoing, ongoing, thirty five years later. 194 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:25,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, wow, if you haven't heard this song in a while, 195 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:26,519 you're not alone. 196 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:28,279 Speaker 2: Yeah. 197 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:32,840 Speaker 1: It's five minutes and thirty nine seconds of eighties wrapping 198 00:10:33,519 --> 00:10:37,120 by guys who are great football players but terrible musicians. 199 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:41,679 Speaker 3: And it's so it's such an eighties style of video, 200 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:47,000 so wonderfully wonderful eighties with the with the film edits 201 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,120 that they do where the picture pulls back and twists 202 00:10:50,159 --> 00:10:53,480 at an angle as though it's part of the encryption of. 203 00:10:53,399 --> 00:10:55,440 Speaker 2: The three Villains from Superman two. 204 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:59,200 Speaker 1: It's this was quite possibly edited with two VCRs. 205 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:00,320 Speaker 2: Yeah. 206 00:11:00,399 --> 00:11:03,759 Speaker 1: Anyway, the song itself, I remember at the time having 207 00:11:03,799 --> 00:11:05,559 a ton of fun with it, and of course the 208 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:08,080 Bears were an amazing team to watch and they backed 209 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:11,000 it up. But looking at it now, it's painful. 210 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:16,639 Speaker 3: Do you remember remember the Super Bowl where McMahon does 211 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:21,000 the flip into the end zone? Yes, such a stellar 212 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:24,799 There are not many Super Bowl memories that I have 213 00:11:25,159 --> 00:11:28,159 wardrobe malfunction of Janet Jackson, Yes, jan Jackson. 214 00:11:28,279 --> 00:11:29,799 Speaker 2: You have Prince's performance at. 215 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:32,600 Speaker 3: Halftime, which I think is arguably the best half time 216 00:11:32,639 --> 00:11:34,200 performance of any Super Bowl. 217 00:11:34,279 --> 00:11:37,879 Speaker 2: I'm with you. And then Shim McMahon's doing flip at the Amazona. 218 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:38,399 That's awesome. 219 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:42,200 Speaker 1: In that Super Bowl, William the Refrigerator Prairie scored on 220 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:43,559 a one yard touchdown. 221 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:46,039 Speaker 2: All that's right, that's right. I forgot. 222 00:11:46,159 --> 00:11:49,559 Speaker 1: Oh, that's yeah, which the entire world loved, right because 223 00:11:49,639 --> 00:11:51,799 the Fridge was this huge celebrity at the time, and 224 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:54,720 he's three hundred and fifty pounds. Yeah, Hicky, hand the 225 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:56,000 ball off to him, let him run it in. 226 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:57,519 Speaker 2: You know who wasn't a fan of that. 227 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:00,840 Speaker 1: Walter Payton. He did not score in that and was 228 00:12:01,879 --> 00:12:06,840 very upset about it. Oh, extremely disappointed. 229 00:12:06,879 --> 00:12:09,679 Speaker 3: How did Walter Payton go for that entire Super Bowl 230 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:11,559 with that landslide of a victory? 231 00:12:11,639 --> 00:12:14,639 Speaker 2: Was it forty nine to ten? Six to ten? But 232 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:15,480 didn't score? 233 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:18,840 Speaker 1: Didn't score once, didn't score And Mike Dick has talked 234 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:21,120 about how that's one of his greatest regrets. 235 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:22,159 Speaker 2: That's terrible. 236 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:25,399 Speaker 1: After the game, everybody is thrilled in a bear's uniform. 237 00:12:25,799 --> 00:12:31,840 One guy Walter Payton. Huh mega absent. That's tragic. So anyway, 238 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:34,159 I hope you've enjoyed this little mini episode on the 239 00:12:34,159 --> 00:12:35,840 super Bowl Scheffel, don't forget to go. 240 00:12:35,879 --> 00:12:41,039 Speaker 3: To our Patreon page Patreon dot com. Forward slash Surely podcast, 241 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:48,120 Surely surely not surely surely podcast. Help us out with 242 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:52,279 our second season. Become an executive producer for us. Get 243 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:56,399 some of our fantastic limited time prizes that we are 244 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:58,480 sending to everybody who signs up. 245 00:12:58,919 --> 00:13:02,039 Speaker 2: Jason D. It's been fun, all right, man, have again. 246 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:04,279 We're not here to cause any trouble. 247 00:13:04,399 --> 00:13:08,039 Speaker 1: We're just here to do the silly puss. We're about 248 00:13:08,039 --> 00:13:10,000 as good rappers as Lily underwear, so. 249 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:11,159 Speaker 2: Maybe not even that good. 250 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:14,840 Speaker 1: Thanks guys, we'll see you next time. I didn't come 251 00:13:14,919 --> 00:13:18,240 up here looking forward trouble, just sho