There was a weird segment on Fox’s pregame show (video below) where the panel was discussing a picture of Howie Long naked when he was a player for the Raiders. The context was comic Frank Caliendo’s NFL picks. He was doing a lame impersonation of George W. Bush doing a standup routine and mentioned a Raider player who lost his pants a week ago.
“I haven’t seen a pantless Raider since … I gotta go back to Howie Long,” Caliendo said as they showed this image:
When Caliendo ended, the panel then tittered about the picture, with Long saying, “it’s Frank’s screensaver, which scares me, Frank.” More tittering ensued, then Curt Menefee said Long looked like Levi Johnston. To which Long replied, “I don’t know about you folks, but I’m a little uncomfortable.” Menefee then backed off by saying, “it’s Terry [Bradshaw's] screensaver, so I just looked at his computer.”
It was all rather sophomoric. Brent, our longtime photographer who alerted me to the item, had this take: “To me it perfectly illustrates that whole vibe that still predominates when you have men in a physical sport being around each other naked, and yet if anyone mentions the obvious, everyone has to stamp it out immediately.”
Video:
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on Dec 28th, 2009 at 5:38 PM
Think you need to relax and chill. It was a bunch of guys having fun.
on Dec 28th, 2009 at 7:42 PM
Howie was a hottie back in the day. Also loking at him, its amazing how much bigger current players are compared to those days
on Dec 28th, 2009 at 8:51 PM
Wow – really? What was so weird about that? I found it funny and entertaining like I normally do with these guys.
on Dec 29th, 2009 at 3:26 PM
Why is Howie shooting a beaver in the pic? He looks like a wide receiver wanting to go long, take a pass, and put it in the uprights.
(Not that I mind – Howie was H-O-T! His son is pretty fine too.)
on Dec 29th, 2009 at 5:12 PM
That Caliendo is completely unfunny, and there seems to be tension between him and the athletes who are not amused most of the time by his antics. Howie knows he was a hottie and still is hot.
on Dec 31st, 2009 at 12:42 AM
What does shooting a beaver mean?
on Jan 2nd, 2010 at 8:14 PM
Howie is STILL hot! I couldn’t exactly remember what he looked like back in the days when he still played and this picture reminds me beautifully!
on Jan 3rd, 2010 at 1:14 PM
How exactly is being uncomfortable at the sight of a naked man “having fun”? If that’s your idea of fun, this would explain why I have so few male friends.
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on Jan 6th, 2010 at 2:05 PM
i caught some of caliendo the other day and everything seemed forced
on Jan 9th, 2010 at 7:25 PM
But he has cop hair!!
on Jan 23rd, 2010 at 2:43 AM
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on Feb 21st, 2010 at 6:02 PM
Let’s put it this way: I’m not sure I’d buy a Chevy, but I’m happy to sit through Howie’s commercials for them.