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named jay schroeder, but joe, gives the great hall of fame coach decided to go with doug for the playoffs and then of course for the super bowl making him the first black quarterback to start to start in a super bowl -- heartedly that was january of 1988. then of course he won the game and became the mvp. heroic -- he banned his knee back. we talked about this earlier. he came out for play and he wanted to fight to get back in the game, when that, came when the mvp award. and doug comes from another era. he comes from a time, laura, and donté stallworth, where our guys were told, if you were a black man, you can play quarterback. or if you play in college, you can't play in the pros. i cheered for a quarterback, as a girl, at the university of toledo, chickalah, who had to go to canadian football league to play quarterback, and yet he was one of the greatest quarterbacks i've ever watched play but at that time my dad told me that they're not gonna let him play quarterback because they do not think that black men have the ability or a or smart enough. it was just pure racism, and i learned that as a young suburban white girl because of
john was never afraid to get his hands dirty. john wanted to be in the mud. he wanted to be involved in all aspects of it. that's why it became great. because he was. this game right now, there are kids that play this game who don't want to play professional football because they were inspired by what they were able to do, learning the game in madden. biplane madden. michael vick in the documentary, and so many of the guys, lamar jackson. the honor that it was to have been included in this game and to have learned the game from it. so many of the young kids they, they don't know coach madden was a great hall of fame coach, they know him because of the game. they don't know that he was a broadcaster with 16 emmys. they know because of what's on the screen right there. ea. ea sports, madden. so he will live, and his name will live and will endure in his contributions are just immeasurable. >> rich: jim gray, a colleague and a friend, more importantly
>> i think you can buy it now. >> larry: okay. jessica seinfeld, "double delicious." you saw it here first. >> but she's not here. >> larry: i know. >> she's going to be on oprah next month. >> larry: oh, good. i've heard of that show, too. >> yeah. >> larry: she goes to oprah, you come here. i like that. >> another one gone. nobody can hold a job around here. but the most exciting thing tonight -- go ahead. >> larry: jerry read one of my favorite letters back in 1997 when he was here. it's about, of all things, mickey mantle's toenails. watch. >> this is a letter to the national baseball hall of fame museum in cooperstown. i have a valuable which i would like to donate to the great hall of fame. in cooperstown, in 1960, i was an employee of a hotel in miami where mr. mickey mantle was staying. as i was setting up the room tray, i saw him clipping his toenails. i watched out of the corner of my eye. high clipped every toe, he was
watch. >> this is a letter to the national baseball hall of fame museum in cooperstown. >> larry: my kind of place. >> i have a valuable which i would like to donate to the great hall of fame in cooperstown. in 1960, i was an employee of a hotel in miami where mr. mickey mantle was staying. as i was setting up the room service tray i noticed mr. perhapsle clipping his toenails. i watched out of the corner of my eye. high clipped every toe, he was then called out of the room. at that moment i dropped to the carpet and secured all the toenails that had been clipped off. there are almost ten nails, nine and some shavings, but a full set. >> larry: they answered. >> they answered, dear, mr. nancy, we are very interested in your story of the mickey mantle toenails. this is the hall of fame in cooperstown. >> larry: correct. >> they want the nails! they want them! >> larry: all right.
like to donate to the great hall of fame. in cooperstown, in 1960, i was an employee of a hotel in miami where mr. mickey mantle was staying. as i was setting up the room tray, i saw him clipping his toenails. i watched out of the corner of my eye. high clipped every toe, he was then called out of the room. at that moment i dropped to the carpet and secured all the toenails that had been clipped off. there are almost ten nails, nine and some shavings, but a full set. they answered, dear mr. nancy, we are very interested in your story of the mickey mantle toenails. this is the hall of fame in cooperstown. >> larry: correct. >> they want the nails! they want them! >> larry: all right. all these are nutty letters. jerry, who's with you here? >> now, the man sitting next to me, the reason i am bringing him
next month. >> larry: oh, good. i've heard of that show, too. >> yeah. >> larry: she goes to oprah, you come here. i like that. >> another one gone. nobody can hold a job around here. but the most exciting thing tonight -- go ahead. >> larry: jerry read one of my favorite letters back in 1999 when he was here. it's about, of all things, mickey mantle's toenails. watch. >> this is a letter to the national baseball hall of fame museum in cooperstown. i have a valuable which i would like to donate to the great hall of fame. i was an employee of a hotel in miami where mr. mickey mantle was staying. as i was setting up the room tray, i saw him clipping his toenails. he was then called out of the room. at that moment i dropped to the carpet and secured all the toenails that had been clipped off. there are almost ten nails, nine
>> larry: okay. jessica seinfeld, "double delicious," you saw it here first. >> she is not here. >> larry: no. >> she is going to be on oprah next month. >> larry: good. i have heard of that show, too. she goes to oprah and you come to me, i like that. >> yeah. another one. nobody can hold a job around here. >> larry: do a show together, a network on in a deli. >> the most exciting thing tonight, go ahead. >> larry: jerry read one of my favorite letters in 1997 when he was here about, of all thing, mickey mantle's toenails. watch. >> this is a letter to the national baseball hall of fame museum in cooperstown. >> larry: my kind of place. >> i have a valuable which i would like to dough knit to the great hall of fame in cooperstown. in 1960, i was an employee in a hotel in miami where mr. mickey mantle was staying. when i was setting up a room service tray, i saw him clipping his toenails. i watched out of the corner of his eye, he clipped every toe and then called out of the room and at that moment i dropped to the carpet and secured all the