Thank you so much for keeping in the commercials. When football was football....no politics, no big money endorsements or walking billboards...RIP Silverdome...so many memories there
I love these old Lions games. The team wasn't always so great, but I remember watching them with family, many of whom have passed on. I like to sit and watch and remember those good days.
@@hawkeye6626 Sorry Mr. Hawk, Billy didn't mean to break yer window. He'll pay for it outta his paper route. . . . . That old man is sour. He gone bad 🤣👇
I remember this game, Joe Delaney would have been one of the all-time greats, He was definitely a true hero!! Enberg and Olsen were an awesome announcing team.
That sax in the opening....those old commercials....intelligent players who played with an eye on the team, not themselves....wonderful announcers who are gone now....and memories of watching this with others we never dreamed would also one day be gone. So bitter-sweet.
Awesome seeing this still on YT. Featured two sadly forgotten star RBs in Sims and Delaney. One was gone far too soon, while the same was true about the other’s football career. A true gem of some old-time classic NFL. Some funny commercials in there, too.
Love the nostalgic commercials like Atari, Kodak, etc. And the acting stars of the past like Michael Landon and Ricardo Montalban who represented the products. Great post!
True Delaney’s act was that of a true hero. Not the definition thrown around by everyone the last couple of Decades. He couldn’t swim but jumped in to save children. As for great what-ifs in the NFL. Billy Sims was the best back in the league and if he had played later, when modern medical procedures could’ve repaired it or if he had never gotten hurt. He was better than Sanders even imho. Sanders was great but Sims excelled in every category. Running utilizing speed, elusiveness, strength, blocking, and Catching. A truly great talent and person.
If someone told me in 1981 that by 2019 the Lions will still have not won a Super Bowl, or played in a Super Bowl, and will have only one playoff win to their credit I wouldn't have believed it. Maybe I'll live long enough to see their second playoff win.
Cleveland as well, especially those late '80s teams that were denied twice by Denver. Not that it would've mattered; nobody was beating those Dallas and SF teams except SF and Dallas. Nothing but junk since.
Even though the Lions have been mediocre at best for almost 65 years, when they had Billy Sims and Barry Sanders, they were exciting to watch on Thanksgiving. Back when they alternated AFC and NFC opponents every Thanksgiving.
always have wondered, were there a ton of people gathered around tv for the first game of the day which at 1230 /1130 central,which was still morning here in the midwest
Head coaches Marv Levy and Monte Clark both should be familiar with one another. In Super Bowl 7 Monte was the OL coach under Don Shula, and Marv was the special teams coach under George Allen. Monte would win 2 SB rings(7 and 8), and an NFL championship with the 1964 Browns as a player. Marv would later coach the Buffalo Bills to 4 straight Super Bowls.
Monte Clark must have been burned by a reverse once, when it really mattered, because he believed deep in his heart that they would work. At 39:41, it was proven again that trying the play regularly does not make you tricky, you are predictable.
I watched many of these game live and love to watch the game played when it was more physical and less dancing. You don't see players celebrating a non scoring play with a choreographed dancing with the stars routine. You do see celebrations of raw emotion.
Oh I agree it's so pathetic I think of the great Barry Sanders the news great celebration was to calmly give the ball to the ref and act like he had been in an end zone before
Mr. Dick enberg and mr. Merlin Olsen are very special to me I grew up in Los Angeles watching mr. Merlin Olsen play for the Rams and I have the privilege I'm listening to mr. Dick enberg on the radio he would call the Rams games on kmpc radio station Los Angeles
I was 18 on this day, GREAT TIME to be young growing up in the bay area town of Pittsburg ! When The NFL was REAL !! Classic Thanksgiving football was always great !! I sure miss these " old days "
4 of the nfls best runners played this day. Sims vs delaney and in the 2nd game dorsett vs payton. A very good dallas team beat a mediocre bear team 10-9. Payton ran for 179 yds.
A time when people knew what a privilege it is to live in this country. Everyone on the sidelines stood for the national anthem. Miss true patriotism. I cannot watch today;s NFL until they start standing for the national anthem.
Blame the NFL for not standing up to Crapperdick when he started that kneeling shit. But even if they stand with hands over their hearts the NFL isn't worth watching anymore.
how in the world did NBC's pregame show hang around with CBS's pregame show? CBS's pregame show had still at this point, jimmy the greek, irv cross, brent musberger and phylis george.that was an awesome team
I have to say that the NFL broadcasts were 1,000% better in the 70's and 80's. Especially Monday Night Football! CBS had the NFL Today with Brent Musberger, Irv Cross, Jimmy the Greek, and oh my Jayne Kennedy! Wowza Wowza! She was a goddess! Those eyes, that hair, and that smile. Sorry, but the 70's had the best pre-game show and post-game shows. It was actually about Football, not some clown act. The 80's had some epic announcers as well. Bryant Gumble was very charismatic and great at calling games! Now they fill the screen with scores, stats, which I normally like, but not constantly during the game! The score, the down, and yards to go, and the time remaining. ⏲ I don't mean to ridicule the NFL broadcasters now but boy they stink! Troy Aikman? 😲😱OMG😱😲 HE IS AWFUL! Joe Buck used to be good, but BEING WITH AIKMAN's biased crap has made him laughable as well!🙄🤣🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 I remember the games with Pat Summerall and John Madden. Both KNEW the players, the plays, and the defenses. They talked actual football and strategy and it was not only fun but also an educational experience. I know Madden drove some people nuts with the newfound technology where he could draw over the screen and control the replays. But he KNEW his stuff! Great times!
Thank you so much for keeping in the commercials. When football was football....no politics, no big money endorsements or walking billboards...RIP Silverdome...so many memories there
Joe Delaney was a TRUE HERO, he gave his life trying to save children. I wish more people remembered this brave man. RIP Joe Delaney, your in Heaven.
You are correct, he was a true hero!
How do you know heaven is real?
Most people remember him getting knocked out by Mike Singletary.
@@davanmani556 where'd you get that?
When?
We were younger. Our loved ones were still there. Good times.
....yes indeed ! I am now 56~* We saw THE BEST of times !
Soo very true!
Yes indeed.
Amen. Football/tgiving dinner was the standard at our house. Im 54 now. Sure not the same anymore....with anything. 😢
I’m with you. I’m 54 also, and has the world ever changed. Not all for the better either.
I love these old Lions games. The team wasn't always so great, but I remember watching them with family, many of whom have passed on. I like to sit and watch and remember those good days.
Wasted running back 🔙 talent with Billy Simms & Barry Sanders.
Great announcers, great action, great music, and great uniforms! All of these things are missing from the NFL today!
Also, get off my lawn!!! 🤷♂️
@@rushmoresociety2577 I see you can't handle the truth! Also you little twerp, you must have some life answering a 2 year old post!
@@hawkeye6626 Sorry Mr. Hawk, Billy didn't mean to break yer window. He'll pay for it outta his paper route.
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That old man is sour. He gone bad 🤣👇
@@rushmoresociety2577 Now I see how you and Billy spend your time, when you are not playing with each other!👍
I remember this game, Joe Delaney would have been one of the all-time greats, He was definitely a true hero!! Enberg and Olsen were an awesome announcing team.
You should see 🙈 my comment on them.
That sax in the opening....those old commercials....intelligent players who played with an eye on the team, not themselves....wonderful announcers who are gone now....and memories of watching this with others we never dreamed would also one day be gone. So bitter-sweet.
That, and NBC's Proud N, and the NBC Sports name in Serif Gothic on the stadium banners!
Yes
Awesome seeing this still on YT. Featured two sadly forgotten star RBs in Sims and Delaney. One was gone far too soon, while the same was true about the other’s football career. A true gem of some old-time classic NFL. Some funny commercials in there, too.
Remember this game like yesterday. .. Memories when I was 11 years old. . Turkey/dressing... the old pontiac silverdome was new.. Billy Sims...
Sad that the Pontiac Silverdome no longer standing en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_Silverdome
Billy Sims. The Barry Sanders before Barry Sanders.
I never understood why the Lions gave Sanders Sims' jersey number.
@NaghaviSystem ...Obviously you've never seen Billy Sims play. Highlight reels don't count.
@NaghaviSystem Sims was the Sanders of that era...Strength training, diets, etc...evolve in time...Both outstanding RBs in their era's
@Snotlout Is A God Sims went to Oklahoma. Sanders went to Oklahoma State
RIP Joe Delaney. One of the most gifted runners ever, gone too soon.
RIP Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen
RIP Joe Delaney, too. :(
OH MYYY!!
Pete Axthelm
Merlin Olsen did it all. Football 🏈 player , actor, and color man 👞.
I saw Dick Emburg on Emergency played a talk 🦜 show person.
Love these games and the old commercials! Man, how times have changed!
Great quality and thanks for keeping the commercials in.
Love the nostalgic commercials like Atari, Kodak, etc. And the acting stars of the past like Michael Landon and Ricardo Montalban who represented the products. Great post!
True Delaney’s act was that of a true hero. Not the definition thrown around by everyone the last couple of Decades. He couldn’t swim but jumped in to save children. As for great what-ifs in the NFL. Billy Sims was the best back in the league and if he had played later, when modern medical procedures could’ve repaired it or if he had never gotten hurt. He was better than Sanders even imho. Sanders was great but Sims excelled in every category. Running utilizing speed, elusiveness, strength, blocking, and Catching. A truly great talent and person.
My stars it's nice to see this. Thanks for posting!
Love this Thanksgiving game!!! Thank you for sharing!
So glad i get to see this game on NBC....plus Billy Sims 👍🔥
Did anybody else notice how well they got the turkey's head lined up with the NBC peacock logo?
Eric Hipple. I saw him a few years later in Tampa Stadium take the most vicious hit I've ever seen a QB take.
Love this video with all the old commercials and one of our best Presidents ever, Ronald Reagan. Even better to me is, I was at this game!
If someone told me in 1981 that by 2019 the Lions will still have not won a Super Bowl, or played in a Super Bowl, and will have only one playoff win to their credit I wouldn't have believed it. Maybe I'll live long enough to see their second playoff win.
It is now 2021 and the Lions are starting over again.
@@deananderson1554 Blame the FORD Family !
Cleveland as well, especially those late '80s teams that were denied twice by Denver. Not that it would've mattered; nobody was beating those Dallas and SF teams except SF and Dallas. Nothing but junk since.
back when a gillette commercial didn't lecture me on being a toxic male
Even though the Lions have been mediocre at best for almost 65 years, when they had Billy Sims and Barry Sanders, they were exciting to watch on Thanksgiving. Back when they alternated AFC and NFC opponents every Thanksgiving.
Joe Delaney(RIP) v. Billy Sims!!!
The Lions should wear these uniforms as their throwbacks instead of the lame blank ones they wore on Thanksgiving day.
I have the exact same jersey since 1981. Sims 20 in the back.
Dope.
Watching in 2020!
I had just turned 2 months old 4 days before this game was played. 😳
Another GREAT uniform game! Chiefs in Detroit and Redskins in Dallas invited to Thanksgiving 1981.
I remembered watching this game and I wanted the Chiefs to win...
January that next year Bryant Gumbel would go to the Today Show I Garontee!
Bill Kenney. He played his college ball at Northern Colorado. My old school.
always have wondered, were there a ton of people gathered around tv for the first game of the day which at 1230 /1130 central,which was still morning here in the midwest
I love the commercials!!!
Head coaches Marv Levy and Monte Clark both should be familiar with one another. In Super Bowl 7 Monte was the OL coach under Don Shula, and Marv was the special teams coach under George Allen. Monte would win 2 SB rings(7 and 8), and an NFL championship with the 1964 Browns as a player. Marv would later coach the Buffalo Bills to 4 straight Super Bowls.
Stan White finished with 34 career interceptions. That's heady stuff. A great many defensive backs have built successful careers on less.
Such a smart 🏈 player.
Monte Clark must have been burned by a reverse once, when it really mattered, because he believed deep in his heart that they would work. At 39:41, it was proven again that trying the play regularly does not make you tricky, you are predictable.
I like to see the Chiefs go to red face-masks as shown on the graphics. LOL R.I.P Casey Kareem.
Even when years that Detroit Lions had bad 😞 teams. They and the city 🏙️ always makes their Thanksgiving games really special.
Great memories of family and football!
Those were the best lions uniforms
I watched many of these game live and love to watch the game played when it was more physical and less dancing. You don't see players celebrating a non scoring play with a choreographed dancing with the stars routine. You do see celebrations of raw emotion.
Oh I agree it's so pathetic I think of the great Barry Sanders the news great celebration was to calmly give the ball to the ref and act like he had been in an end zone before
Mr. Dick enberg and mr. Merlin Olsen are very special to me I grew up in Los Angeles watching mr. Merlin Olsen play for the Rams and I have the privilege I'm listening to mr. Dick enberg on the radio he would call the Rams games on kmpc radio station Los Angeles
Rip John madden, many thanksgiving memories!
I was 18 on this day, GREAT TIME to be young growing up in the bay area town of Pittsburg ! When The NFL was REAL !! Classic Thanksgiving football was always great !! I sure miss these " old days "
They are all on dope...
I remember this game on TV
Really, wow, those was the best pregame show with cbs 1970s pregame show
4 of the nfls best runners played this day. Sims vs delaney and in the 2nd game dorsett vs payton. A very good dallas team beat a mediocre bear team 10-9. Payton ran for 179 yds.
Walt Garrison commercial at 2:16:25 is great. “Equipped. Not stripped.”
Great theme song from NBC
A time when people knew what a privilege it is to live in this country. Everyone on the sidelines stood for the national anthem. Miss true patriotism. I cannot watch today;s NFL until they start standing for the national anthem.
Blame the NFL for not standing up to Crapperdick when he started that kneeling shit. But even if they stand with hands over their hearts the NFL isn't worth watching anymore.
We all miss real football like this instead of the NFL now the NO fun NO football league!
how in the world did NBC's pregame show hang around with CBS's pregame show? CBS's pregame show had still at this point, jimmy the greek, irv cross, brent musberger and phylis george.that was an awesome team
My grandfather was gonna go to the game, but he decided not to go because I was born on this day at 6:31am
Mike Adamle has CTE that's sad he was a good commentator.
Game starts at 34:58
Pre- game was so good & impressive.
Glad this game got commercials
Forgot to add I uploaded the promo for the game: ruclips.net/video/wyB-DvpYdVw/видео.html
Love the use of Alive Again.
I also think that hes incorrect when he says that the silver dome is the newest of the dome stadiums as of 1981. I think the kingdome is newer
The Seattle Seahawks inaugural year was 1976 and they played their home games in the Kingdome from 1976 until 2000
@@davidcobb2693 But the Silverdome came online in 1975
@@AlisoViejoMan Yes, the Silverdome opened in 1975 so the announcer was still wrong.
RIP Monte Clark 1937-2009.
You could call Merlin Olsen & Dick Emburg NBC answer to CBS Pat Summerall & John Madden.
Do you the classic 1980 Thanksgiving Day game between the Chicago Bears and the Detroit Lions? That's a good game you should upload if you have it.
Classic has the full game......just watched it ..
The coolest thing about this broadcast was President Reagan's halftime address to the nation.
The Niners and Joe Cool would be 2 months after this game would hoist his 1st of 4 SB trophies.
With Jared Goff at Quarterback, 🦁 are a year or 2 to finally make it to and win the Super Bowl.
Doug English was a great player
I really don't mind 😁 that the pre-game lasted so long. It's a Thanksgiving game 🎮.
time machine
I remember JC Penney---seems like just yesterday that crappy company existed
If Delaney doesn't die young, he'd have had a career worthy of Canton.
I think you meant to say if Delaney didn't die.
I was in Kindergarten!
#RIPJoeDelaney
...and it has COMMERCIALS!
Bryant gumball?
Lions will play this same team in the super bowl
Hipple is not an NFL quality QB.
He gave us some nice moments in Detroit, what the heck you talkin about?
I have to say that the NFL broadcasts were 1,000% better in the 70's and 80's. Especially Monday Night Football! CBS had the NFL Today with Brent Musberger, Irv Cross, Jimmy the Greek, and oh my Jayne Kennedy! Wowza Wowza! She was a goddess! Those eyes, that hair, and that smile. Sorry, but the 70's had the best pre-game show and post-game shows. It was actually about Football, not some clown act. The 80's had some epic announcers as well. Bryant Gumble was very charismatic and great at calling games! Now they fill the screen with scores, stats, which I normally like, but not constantly during the game! The score, the down, and yards to go, and the time remaining. ⏲ I don't mean to ridicule the NFL broadcasters now but boy they stink! Troy Aikman? 😲😱OMG😱😲 HE IS AWFUL! Joe Buck used to be good, but BEING WITH AIKMAN's biased crap has made him laughable as well!🙄🤣🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 I remember the games with Pat Summerall and John Madden. Both KNEW the players, the plays, and the defenses. They talked actual football and strategy and it was not only fun but also an educational experience. I know Madden drove some people nuts with the newfound technology where he could draw over the screen and control the replays. But he KNEW his stuff! Great times!