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Intermission #47: Phil Esposito and The Gay Rangers

Posted by Idiot-Finder - February 24th, 2013


One day at Madison Square Gardens, the fans were anticipating a great performance from their hockey team the New York Rangers when the PA announcer said, "Ladies and Gentlemen, I am proud to introduce...THE NEW YORK RANGERS!!!"

The fans started to cheer when suddenly a campy song begins to play...

Ooh, la, la, Sasson...

"What the?"

"What's with the song?"

"No...just no!"

Soon, the hockey players appears and to their fans' confusion and dismay, the entire team starts to prance around in the ice hockey rink while one of them twirl like a female figure skater...

"What is this? Women's figure skating? I thought we're watching hockey!" someone yelled.

Ooh, la, la, Sasson...

The players leaped over the team's logo in the middle of the arena before several of them holds hands to circle around it and one of them danced like a ballerina on skates.

Ooh, the jeans took a shape...
Ooh, they just got relayed...

The rest of the song was drowned out by boos until one of the Rangers players, Phil Esposito grabs the microphone and said, "People, please calm down, we're having fun and isn't sports about harmony? Just unite and we can win this thing!"

The crowd's boos turns into cheers as the game begins.

Once the game ends few hours later with the Rangers' yet another loss at home, the crowd proceeds to join in the fun as they sang, "Ooh, la, la, you suck! Oo, la, la, you suck! The Rangers have no shame...ooh, they are so fucking gay! BUFFOONS!"

Note: I'm not making this up, the commercial actually exist!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYtWlmaKsww


Comments

I remember the jingle, but not this particular commercial.
The 70's and 80's were are about placing the media under the control of the corporations.
Was also a perfect time to blindside the public with such atrocious shit (see above video); a confused citizenry divides consensus and lessens resistance.