Breaking News on Brett Favre!

[mraynrand]

for me there will always only be one Captain.

There is but one captain.

[Harlan Huckleby]

[SnakeLH2006]

for me there will always only be one Captain.

There is but one captain.

Gotta love the Shatner baby!

But alas, who could forget poor Partial at the last Rat game?...Being denied entrance to Lambeau, after having been deemed a security threat for his Captain America ensemble? Pic or it's not true? Ok...

[Partial]

CA's a badass! I'll take it

[SnakeLH2006]

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[vince]

OK, so the "Breaking News on Brett Favre!" stream has gone stale and been resigned to images of fictional childhood heroes and cartoon characters. Seems fitting actually.

What the hell is going on with our old pal? Here's Andrew Brandt's take on the subject. His opinion is certainly consistent with the off-field behavior of Favre over the last few years.

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/2009/05/wednesday-whys-30/

Why doesn’t Brett Favre make up his mind about signing with the Vikings already?

To all those who wish the 2009 version of the Brett Favre miniseries “Will He or Won’t He?” would end, it won’t. I’m a friend of Brett and admire much about him, but I have lived this for many years. My sense is that Brett would rather that someone else – in this case, the Vikings – make the decision for him rather than make it himself.

If the Vikings woo Brett the way he wanted to be wooed in Green Bay last year and was not, and the way he was wooed last year by the Jets, he will likely play in Minnesota. If they don’t and express lukewarm interest, he will probably stay retired.

Yes, Brett was hurt by the Packers’ decision to move on with Aaron Rodgers last year, but that alone will not make him return to play for the Vikings. The Vikings have to court him with the enthusiasm and passion that would make him feel like he’s truly the missing piece. Then, and only then, will he return.

As to the timing, Brett appears to control that. If the Vikings have a strong interest, their interest will not wane and they will give Brett all the time he needs to make a decision.

This is not about a shoulder or biceps injury or an MRI. This is not about whether Brett wants to play. This is not about Green Bay. This is not about how it ended with the Jets. This is about the Vikings and their level of courtship. That’s the primary factor in whether we see Brett wearing a purple uniform.

[Fritz]

harlan's got it right. Me and the Cap'n make it happen.

As for Favre, it sounds like Brandt's on the mark here. So in that respect, it really is up to the Vikings, isn't it? Brett wants to be wanted.

[Harlan Huckleby]

I suspect Favre's arm is shot, that was, is, and will be the only issue.


Maybe the warm weather of summer will work its magic.

[Oscar]

harlan's got it right. Me and the Cap'n make it happen.

As for Favre, it sounds like Brandt's on the mark here. So in that respect, it really is up to the Vikings, isn't it? Brett wants to be wanted.

When I read the last sentence of your post Fritz that old classic form Cheap Trick instantly started attacking my brain.. I want you to want me!!!

[oregonpackfan]

for me there will always only be one Captain.

Harlan,

Anyone who knows anything about Captain Kangaroo would have to admit the Captain would not have achieved his success without his sidekick Mr. Green Jeans!

[Scott Campbell]

for me there will always only be one Captain.

Harlan,

Anyone who knows anything about Captain Kangaroo would have to admit the Captain would not have achieved his success without his sidekick Mr. Green Jeans!

I never understood that name. Weren't they actually coveralls?

[Fritz]

for me there will always only be one Captain.

Harlan,

Anyone who knows anything about Captain Kangaroo would have to admit the Captain would not have achieved his success without his sidekick Mr. Green Jeans!

I never understood that name. Weren't they actually coveralls?

Personally, I think it was that master of chaos, Bunny Rabbit, who made that show go.

[Rastak]

I always liked the Angus Mcfergus Mctavish Dundee tune myself.....

[Chevelle2]

Update

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4167747

[swede]

for me there will always only be one Captain.

Harlan,

Anyone who knows anything about Captain Kangaroo would have to admit the Captain would not have achieved his success without his sidekick Mr. Green Jeans!

According to Ty:

Hugh Brannum (January 5, 1910 - April 19, 1987) is an actor best known for his role as "Mr. Green Jeans" on the children's television show Captain Kangaroo. He was known by the nickname "Lumpy." [1]

Brannum was born in Sandwich, Illinois in 1910. He attended Maine Township High School in suburban Chicago and went to college at University of Redlands, where he became interested in jazz; after graduation, he played bass in various bands. During World War II, he enlisted in the US Marine Corps and joined a Marine band led by Bob Crosby. After the war, he joined the Four Squires, later moving to Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians; Waring's group had a regular radio show, where Hugh met Bob Keeshan, an employee at the station who would later hire Brannum for "Captain Kangaroo," where he played a number of characters from 1955 to 1984. His role as Mr. Green Jeans was partly based on stories about a farm kid named "Little Orley" that he told on the radio and on 78-rpm records.

Before his time on "Captain Kangaroo" he hosted a local children's TV series called "Uncle Lumpy's Cabin", seen weekday mornings on WABC-TV Ch. 7 in New York City during the 1951 season [2]