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una selezione di spot trasmessi durante il superbowl: 
http://tinyurl.com/36k49y
La top ten del Letterman show:
Top Ten New England Patriots Excuses
10) What? It's best-of-seven
9) Too much pre-game chowder
8) Since when is that dude allowed to catch a ball with his head?!
7) Terrified by that Fox football robot
6) Everything was fine til' Dr. Phil decided to straighten us out
5) Should have campaigned harder in Florida
4) Entire team stayed up late that night before watching Hannah
Montana concert movie
3) Exhausted after spending hours consoling a weepy Terrell Owens
2) Thought game was supposed to be played on Super Tuesday
1) Airline lost our 'roids
Stasera ospite dello show Eli Manning
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> Stasera ospite dello show Eli Manning
Per chi volesse vederla c'è il torrente su Mininovapuntoorg 

> Per chi volesse vederla c'è il torrente su Mininovapuntoorg
Appena guardato. Beh, sono 10 anni che guardo il Letterman e non ricordo di 
aver mai visto prima una standing-o del pubblico all'ingresso di un 
ospite.....
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Frà (aka Jim)
"Dodgers back to Brooklyn" European Club #1 subscriber 

 ospite.....
"to beat the traffic"
questa la usiamo per la prossima maglietta socio
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Per gli anglofin...anglofun...inglo... insomma per chi
sa l'inglese.
<<Dave: "In Super Bowl XLII, our first guest led his team to victory
against the undefeated New England Patriots in one of the biggest
upsets in NFL history." (roll tape of Eli's pass to Plaxico Burress
for touchdown) "Look at that ball, look at that pretty ball, oh my
God, is that a beauty. From your World Champion New York Giants,
here's Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning."
(Paul and the CBS Orchestra play "Dream the Impossible Dream" when Eli
walks out; audience wildly applauds and gives Eli a standing ovation;
Eli greets Dave and sits down)
Dave: "How about that?"
Eli: "That was nice."
Dave: "Very, very nice. And now, the nice thing about it, as you
probably know, you're going to get that kind of response for the rest
of your life." (audience applauds)
Eli: "I'll take it, I'll take it, every time."
Dave: "Absolutely, well, well deserved. It's so exciting. It was such
a tremendous game. It was such an exciting game and it was such a
wonderful, popular victory. I can't thank you enough, nice going."
Eli: "Thank you." (audience applauds)
Dave: "Let's talk about that game in Green Bay." (audience laughs)
Eli: "It was cold."
Dave: "Oh, brother. I mean, it wasn't cold, it was like minus zero. It
was like three or four degrees minus, and then with the wind chill it
was like 900 degrees below zero." (audience laughs) "But I'm watching
the game and I was prepared for - you know, I thought guys actually
would be - like arms would be snapping off." (audience laughs) "But it
didn't look to me like the cold was that much of a factor. Was it?"
Eli: "Well, Coach Coughlin's face froze." (audience, Dave laugh)
Dave (laughing): "Yeah, solid. Yeah, but other than that - "
Eli: "Other than that, it was fine. You know, we had everything to
prepare us. You know, when I walked to the sideline, I had these huge
gloves that came up to my elbow. I had hand warmer, I had heat packets
in there, so I put those on. I stood by a heater the whole time. I
never took my helmet off, and you just, you tried to stay warm any way
you could."
Dave: ""But in terms of your game, other than some problems with
kicking," (audience laughs; Eli laughs) "In terms of your game, it
really didn't seem to be that much of a hindrance."
Eli: "No, it wasn't real windy and, you know, we kind of said we were
going to go in with our regular game plan. If it becomes too hard to
throw, we'll make adjustments, but we were able to throw it pretty
well."
Dave: "Now let's take a look at the games. The Tampa game - how was
that? Was it a tough game?"
Eli: "It was tough. They're a very good defense. It was hot. You know,
we'd been playing in cold weather for the last five weeks, all of a
sudden, we get there, it's 80 degrees, a lot of guys cramping up and
hydrating. But a very tough game."
Dave: "And what about the Dallas game - tough game?"
Eli: "Very tough game again."
Dave: "Which is the tougher of the two?"
Eli: "Um, Dallas."
Dave: "Dallas was tougher?"
Eli: "They'd beaten us before, twice before."
Dave: "And now you go to Green Bay - is that the toughest of the
three?"
Eli: "I'd say with the weather and playing in Green Bay, yeah."
Dave: "And nobody really expected you to get that far, did they?"
Eli: "No."
Dave: "I mean, first round of the playoffs, yeah!" (audience laughs)
"Boy, you know, we had a strike here, a writer's strike, and we were
out of work for two minutes - two months." (audience laughs; Dave
laughs) "That's right. 'Oh, it was ugly, you wouldn't have believed
it, lasted 120 seconds.'" (audience, Eli laugh) "So every day I'd
listen to WFAN, and I don't know if you know this or not, but people
in New York City have opinions about their sports teams." (audience
laugh)
Eli: "Yeah."
Dave: "And every day I would think, I'd say, 'I wouldn't give Eli's
troubles to a monkey on a rock.' And they were unpleased with you,
with the team, with everybody. And you must have had a sense of this
unrest at some point in your four years here in the city."
Eli: "Yeah, well, I knew you were always on my side." (audience
applauds)
Dave: "That's right, that's right." (audience applauds)
Eli: "You never doubted me. (audience applauds) "No doubts, right?"
Dave: "No doubts. And you know, I've given up on your
brother." (audience laughs)
Eli: "That's your hometown, though. That's your guy."
Dave: "No, you're my hometown now." (audience laughs, applauds) "But
it's an amazing, it's a great bit of personal fortitude and I heard
somebody describe it this way: in life, there are many circumstances
that you just have to go through. You can't go around them, you go
through them, and, by god, you did and look what happened. Man, it's
an amazing achievement. Did you ever feel like, 'I think I'll just go
home.'" (audience laughs)
Eli (laughs): "Uh, no. I think, you know, when you go through those
tough times, you learn from it. It makes you a stronger person. You
know, you deal with those things, you know, there's going to be highs,
there's going to be lows, but you know, going through those lows has
made this all more special, made it a great thing."
Dave: "And now, look at you, by god. All right, now let's talk about
the New England game. Now, they're 18-and-0, and people are just
praying that something happens, that the bus explodes or
something." (audience laughs) "Do you think, if you had not played
them the way you played them at the end of the regular season the way
you played them - say you rested, played a quarter, rested the
starters - if you had played them differently than you did, do you
think you could have won the game Sunday?"
Eli: "No, I don't know. I think they way that we played them - you
know, Coach Coughlin said, hey, we're already in the playoffs, so the
game didn't matter. You know, they were going for the undefeated
season. He said, 'We're going to play. We're going to play our
starters, we're going to play to win,' and I think that got the
message across that we're going to try to win this game. And we played
them tough, they beat us and after the game, I was thinking about it -
you ever seen the movie, 'Miracle'?"
Dave: "Oh, it's a great movie."
Eli: "Yeah, it's a great movie."
Dave: "Great story in sports."
Eli: "But I kind of thought about that same situation. I said, you
know, this is a team, if we make our run and get to do what we're
supposed to do and get to the Super Bowl, this is the team we'll
probably be playing. I think it's kind of good that way - you play the
best team, you see where you stand, you see where you fit in, and we
lost by three points. We were thinking, 'You know, we're a pretty good
team, we can make this run.' So when we got to the Super Bowl and
faced them again, you know, it was just like the Americans when they,
you know, played the Russians and the Soviet Union."
Dave: "Yeah, early on, working their way toward the Olympics, the
American team was annihilated by the Russians."
Eli: "Right, they played them early on. The coach wanted to schedule
that game and they lost...but then they kind of learned."
Dave: "But learned quite a bit and ended up defeating them and went on
to win the gold medal. Well, it was just - it was such a fun game to
watch. Was it fun to play? Now like, you've got like two minutes and
something to go. You're down, you don't need a field goal. A field
goal won't get you anything. So what do you think, are you thinking,
'Oh, could we get a four-point field goal?'" (audience laughs)
Eli: "I was talking to Peyton a few months before, and when we talk,
we do talk some football. We talk about situations, and one of the
things we kind of, we talked about was, at the end of the game, you'd
rather be down four points than three points."
Dave: "Really? And what is the feeling about that?"
Eli: "I think just because if you're down three, in that situation,
once you kind of get in field goal range, you get real conservative.
You're kind of, 'Hey, we're in field goal range, don't make a mistake,
don't throw an interception, we've kind of got the game tied.' Where,
if you're down four, you know, you play to win. You've got to score a
touchdown, you're more aggressive. And, it's kind of a weird theory
because, you know, technically, if you don't - you have to score a
touchdown, which is more difficult than field goal, but it makes you
play to win."
Dave: "Do you, do the team or does the team get it from you, is there
a tendency to tighten up in that situation? You've got to be loose,
but how do you not get tight?"
Eli: "I think just because you always practice that two-minute
situation, it's something we're very good at. A lot of people say why
don't you do more of that type of playing during the whole game, just
that no-huddle because we're good at it, and, you know, but it's kind
of - you don't want do it because when you get it that situation you
want - "
Dave: "That's right, it wouldn't be unique, absolutely."
Eli: "Yeah, you want to save it for the end, kind of save it when you
need it."
Dave: "And, my God, the pass to Dave Tyree, who I believe just -
" (audience, Eli applauds)
Eli: "He caught it with his helmet."
Dave: "Caught it with his helmet, and I had to look in the bylaws of
the NFL and it is legal to catch a ball with your..." (audience, Eli
laugh) "But he had never played football - his first game, wasn't it?
I'd never heard of him." (audience, Eli laugh)
Eli (laughs): "No, he played."
Dave: "Played before. Let's take a look at that. And, how did you get
out of the defenders here. Tell us what we're looking at, Eli, watch
this." (rolls tape of Eli's pass to David Tyree)
Eli: "All right."
Dave: "There you go - everything looks - uh oh, it's closing in.
Eli: "Bad, very bad."
Dave: "Very, very bad. Guys hammering you, pawing at you."
Eli: "I thought about throwing it to my offensive lineman right
there."
Dave: "Really?"
Eli: "That would have been bad."
Dave: "Oh, that's - wouldn't have been legal, would it?"
Eli: "Right, no."
Dave: "Okay, now, look at this. You're dancing, you're dancing.
They've got you, you're down - no, is he?"
Eli: "I'm free.
Dave: "Is he?"
Eli: "I'm free."
Dave: "I had another heart attack at this moment." (audience laughs)
Eli: "I see David Tyree's helmet."
Dave: "I blew a bypass." (audience laughs) "But, look at this. Now
watch this catch, this is just crazy. Cause he nearly gets sawed in
half, doesn't he?"
Eli: "Yeah."
Dave: "Bang, right on the helmet." (audience applauds; videotape of
pass ends) "Oh my God. There's so many - I don't like those third
down, third and long situations, but you guys seem to thrive in that,
don't you?"
Eli: "I think, for whatever, this team, when we're up against the
wall, when the circumstances are tough, that's when you get our best
play. That's why I think we were able to win on the road. We won 11
games in a row on the road and that's tough to do."
Dave: "The touchdown was so pretty and it looked so easy. Was that the
play you were hoping to get to call?"
Eli: "Yeah, you know, they'd been playing conservative defense that
whole drive. You know, two safeties back, this real - kind of let you
throw underneath. And finally they came out with an all-out blitz.
They're saying, 'We're bringing everybody,' see if they can get a sack
or a play and that's really what we were hoping for. That's when you
have Plaxico Burress one-on-one versus the cornerback. He's 6'5", the
cornerback is 5'10."
Dave: "But it really looked so easy, and it was so beautiful, and
during the coverage, Fox had I think the same play you guys had done
in your walk-through before the game. And there it was right there and
then there it was in the game. And what a pretty ball that was..."
Eli: "A spiral, that's rare for me." (audience, Dave laugh)
Dave (laughs): "Oh my God. But, I mean, there's so many ways, the
multi-facted enjoyment of this game. I mean, the personal victory, the
team victory, the fact that you defeated the New England Patriots, 18-
and-nothing and favored two touchdowns to win. And then the poor
behavior, and I know you can't comment on this because you'll play
these guys again, but Bill Belichick - I thought, here's a guy who had
a chance to rise to the occasion and show people, really, what the
sport is all about, and he didn't avail himself of that opportunity.
What did you feel when you saw him sneaking off the field?" (audience
laughs)
Eli: "Trying to beat traffic, I guess." (audience laughs)
Dave: "Trying to beat traffic, that's right." (audience applauds, Dave
laughing) "...Yeah, I never thought of that."
Eli: "Trying to get out."
Dave (laughing): "That's why he's a professional. It never occurred to
me that the coach was trying to beat traffic." (audience laughs) "Must
have been murder that day in Arizona, for God's sakes, yeah. Well, I
don't know, it was such a thrill last year when you're brother won the
ball game - for me, it was a great thrill - and it's an equal thrill
for me and this city this year. Congratulations, Eli."
Eli: "Thank you, Dave."
Dave: "Have a great off-season." (audience applauds; Dave and Eli
shake hands)>>
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Gaetano
"Nel coltellino svizzero di Chuck Norris c'č McGyver" 

mitica anche:
...but it was a tremendous victory for John McCain. They had a big victory 
party last night at McCain headquarters, where they celebrated with 
champagne he picked up cheap from the Patriots.
-- 
Frą (aka Jim)
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 Eli: "Trying to beat traffic, I guess." (audience laughs)
Questa non era male davvero ... ;-)
Solid