Thanks again, Krut. Since I'm old enough to remember Coach Bryant saying that, I remember it on a regular basis, which is why I took off a half a day on Thursday to spend with my Mama & took her to Lowes, etc. Now it's my Daddy that I wish I could call.
----- Original Message ----- From: "kurt rasmussen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "rtf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 8:03 AM Subject: [RollTideFan] Call yo' mama > http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2004/05/01/community/community/ece1298a0083225e86256e83001cc2a8.txt > > Call yo' mama > > You didn't have to be from Alabama to cheer for legendary football > coach, Bear Bryant. By popular and professional consensus, Bryant was > the greatest American college football coach of all time. He served as > head coach for Alabama University for the final 24 years of his career. > > The late Lewis Grizzard, humorist and sports writer for the Atlanta > Constitution, told this true story about Bear. Grizzard was having > dinner one night with a group of South Central Bell executives in Point > Clear, Alabama. They began swapping stories about Bryant, then deceased. > > A gentleman from South Central Bell told about hiring Bear Bryant to do > a phone commercial for them. Now keep in mind that Bear Bryant's > personality was that of a folksy, country, down-home, good-ole-boy. His > line at the end of the commercial was "call yo' mama," as only Bear > could say it. Departing from the written script, Bryant added a line of > his own. He drawled, "call yo' mamma," and then with a reflective sigh > added, . . ."I wish I could call mine." > > The sentiment expressed in that added line resonated a common thread > with all the listeners and proved to be an instant hit. > > The CEO for the phone company told of receiving a call shortly after > the commercial aired. A viewer called to thank him. "My husband and I > were sitting watching television the other night when we saw the > commercial for the first time. We were very moved when coach Bryant > said, "I wish I could call mine." > > "I got right up and called my mother." She added that she'd forget to > call her sometimes and knew that her mother worried about her. > > The caller went on to say that she told her husband that he ought to > call his mother. He went straight to the phone and they must have talked > for 45 minutes. "I've never known him to stay on the line with anybody > for 45 minutes, much less with his mother." She confided to the phone > executive how her husband talked about old times and told his mother > how much he loved her. > > The executive thanked the caller for sharing the account and told her it > was really a heartwarming story . He started to hang up when the caller > said, "Wait, you haven't heard all the story yet. Less than an hour > after my husband hung up from talking to his mother, she died. He would > have never had that conversation with his mother if it hadn't been for > coach Bryant's commercial." > > Well, dear readers, do you get the message? A week from tomorrow is > Mother's Day. . So. . . call yo' mama. . . I sure wish I could. > > > ______________________________________________________ > RollTideFan - The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List > > "Welcome to RollTideFan! Wear a cup!" > > To join or leave the list or to make changes to your subscription visit http://listinfo.rolltidefan.net ______________________________________________________ RollTideFan - The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List "Welcome to RollTideFan! Wear a cup!" To join or leave the list or to make changes to your subscription visit http://listinfo.rolltidefan.net
