Dateline NBC really knows how to wreck a guys afternoon...

DISCLAIMER - After I wrote this I thought I would add this disclaimer to clairfy some of my statements. FIRST: Donna, my wife, would probably never let Dateline into our house. That is just bad news right off the top. SECOND: When I give examples of what would happen if these things happened during a Packer game I do not mean that would happen to Donna. She is smarter than that. She knows when the game is on, THE FREAKING GAME IS ON!!! She would never change the channel, or try to give me important information, or talk about Number 4 derogatory. THIRD: If I ask her to get me a beer, I believe that she would, because she is a good woman, that is why I married her. She is not like the women in this show. She is smart.

Thank you for letting me clarify. On with the blog...





Marty Frey sent me an email (bottom) detailing an upcoming episode of Dateline. Well this episode aired on Sunday, and I caught half of it. I have to say, outloud right now, SCREW YOU DATELINE. How dare you screw with a guys afternoon of football?

For those of you who missed it, the show was called 'Honey you're on hidden camera!!!!'. Click here to read about it on the MSNBC site. Basically what they did is put hidden cameras in a man's TV room and record them on the most hallowed days during the winter, freaking SUNDAY. As he is watching his favorite team on the tube, Dateline encouraged their wives to try to distract them or try to get them to leave the room. For God's sake they even had one woman go in and change the channel. Pulling back a stump in my house if that happened. Now that woman was in the household of vikingfan. So what she was doing was helping them from another afternoon of dissappointment.

What Dateline did is sneak in and put a few hidden cameras in the man's rooms. After the game they took the guys in and showed them the footage. Real ground breaking stuff Dateline. What, no pedophiles to chase this week? The fans teams that they covered were the viqueens, the Cowgirls, the Packers, and since NBC can't do anything without mentioning New York, the Giants.

Of course they went first with the Packers fan. You can see his video below. The wife was a bit crazy in this one. At one point she even said "Isn't Brett Favre old?" Sacrelige. How dare she say something so obnoxious in a Packer household. That is like saying that the Pope is satan in a catholic household. Ecommunicate her now. Screw sleeping on the couch for that one, she would be sleeping outside. However she did redeem herself for getting her man a beer later in the game. That is the sign of a great wife and a good woman. All you aspiring wives out there take notes on that one.



As for the viqueen fans, their wives as I mentioned before actually changed the channel among other things. They sent the wives in late in the game, by that time the queens were out of the game, in what they described as "Sexy viqueen gear". WRONG, there is no such thing. No woman looks good in a viking jersey. Take that to the bank. At one point when they wives were describing a soccer meeting that they needed to attend in the week I kind of felt sympathy for the queen fans, no man should be expected to remember details like that when the game is on. Think, talk about it after the game. Damn. But again, they are viqueenfan, I do enjoy when they are in pain. Which is every season. Where is your trophy? Ain't got one. Hah.

Now the Cowboy fan was interesting. Normally I do not like Cowboyfan much because they are usually arrogant, ignorant, and rich. Not always in that order. He had an amazing 'Cowboy Room'. Set up perfect. Nice leather recliners, theater style, sweet logo on the carpet, and bobbleheads everywhere. Not only did he have the bobbleheads, he had them in glass display cases all lit up. He also had a Lombardi Trophy and an actual hat of Tom Landry's. Much respect for his room. Too bad he was a Cowboy fan. I don't remember much from his segment because I was too busy admiring his 'Man Cave'.

So where am I going with this? Well rignt here, I encourage you, football fan and TundraTalk Nation to email the bastard who put this story together. Let them know it is not right and it is bad karma to mess with a man when he is trying to watch the game. The guy who did this story, to me, it seemed that he had never seen a game or even knew what a football looked like. He also seemed very effeminante. That's right, when another man screws with your game rituals and takes the side of "Why don't you pay attention to your wife?" when the Packers are beating the crap out of the queens, you must stand up and question his sexuality. It is law. So rise up Nation and beat this guy down. Do not let him get away with this atrocity. In the name of manliness and all that is right.

Here is Marty's take on the whole show....Oh, and I agree with Marty, I usually do...
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What the hell is wrong with these Dateline people? My comments below on this very disturbing episode of Dateline..

I took issue with a stupid episode of Dateline and sent and angry E-mail
to one of the promo people there that I know..


**SUNDAY, March 18th: (7-8pm)
ARE YOU A FOOTBALL WIDOW? All across the country millions of
innocent wives are caught in a love triangle, battling for their
husband's attention with the players of the NFL. Now, in a Dateline
hidden camera investigation, they are fighting back by catching their
unknowing husbands on videotape throughout the season, in "Honey,
You're on Hidden Camera."

For the hour-long report, "Dateline" isolated some of the most rabid
football fans in the country and got their wives to go head to head
against football for their husbands' attention. The wives allowed
Dateline to set up hidden cameras and microphones in their homes
and then worked with Dateline to devise ways to distract their
husbands while they watched the games. Some of the most revealing
moments captured on tape:

-A Green Bay Packers fan repeatedly yells at his wife to "Stop it"
when she tries to talk to him during the game.
Then she should STOP TALKING!

-A New York Giants fan won't let his wife get up from the couch. He's
so superstitious that when his team is on a roll, he's afraid she
could change their luck if she moves.

Clearly - everybody knows that you should never take a chance on accidentally jinxing the your team by doing anything different from when they were winning. This is basic.

-A Dallas Cowboys fan refuses his wife's requests to take out the
trash or help with dinner while the game is in play. When a commercial
starts, he turns around to see whether she's still in the room.
Realizing she's gone, he decides to skip the chores and leans back comfortably
in his recliner chair.

What the hell is she thinking! For God sakes woman THE GAME IS ON RIGHT NOW! Dinner or taking out the garbage can happen anytime - Sheesh!

-A Minnesota Vikings fan doesn't pay much attention to his wife, until
she changes into her Vikings tank top, which he finds alluring.
Within minutes he's turned his attention from the screen, telling her "Get
naked and sit on me!" -

OK - that's just weird. Viking fans are demented anyway. She could have just waited until the game was over - If his team wins - then he's in the mood to celebrate. If they lose (like most of the time with the worthless Vikings) then he could really use the consoling.. She should just do something during game time to make herself more desirable - like getting her husband a beer.

When the taping was done, the husbands learn for the first time their
antics were recorded. The husbands then agree to sit down with their
wives and "Dateline's" Josh Mankiewicz to watch the hidden camera
footage and explain their behavior during the game.

And then beat the crap out of Josh for ruining their game!