<![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden - Deadspin Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/deadspin.com.png <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden - Deadspin Comments]]> http://deadspin.com Mon, 12 May 2008 16:48:12 EDT Mon, 12 May 2008 16:48:12 EDT http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5654586 Madden needs to retire with his buddy, Brett Favre.

kurt9988

]]> 11:388441:c5654586 Mon, 12 May 2008 16:48:12 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5608758 He hasn't seen his junk in 10 years.

RachelRayIsTheDevil

]]> 11:388441:c5608758 Thu, 08 May 2008 22:58:41 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5605716 @UkraineNotWeak:

They probably talked about 9/11.

Hopefully, he didn't use the telecaster.

"Now see here, Peggy, this is where the plane turns toward the tower, and BOOM!"

(least appropriate John Madden Boom joke ever)

wishlish

]]> 11:388441:c5605716 Thu, 08 May 2008 19:20:07 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5605070 "Here's a guy who, when you vote on whether or not you approve of his work, you're actually casting a vote on whether you think his work is good or not."

Billy Clyde Puckett

]]> 11:388441:c5605070 Thu, 08 May 2008 18:44:26 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5605041 I know its unintentional humor but Madden always cracks me up with his goofy face and his goofy analysis.

Approve.

Jeff from LA

]]> 11:388441:c5605041 Thu, 08 May 2008 18:43:24 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5603973 Classic example of "approve for body of work, even though he sucks lately".

NovakAintNoJokovic

]]> 11:388441:c5603973 Thu, 08 May 2008 17:49:34 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5602312 Do you want me to approve the 1982 Madden or the 2008 Madden?

The 2008 version is still living off everything everyone said about him from 1982, so I guess it would be okay. It's like no one has listened to him in the last 10 years, or hasn't listened closely.

Billy Clyde Puckett

]]> 11:388441:c5602312 Thu, 08 May 2008 16:49:56 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5601425 His act got tired about ten years ago. Disapprove.

metalmaniac

]]> 11:388441:c5601425 Thu, 08 May 2008 16:22:56 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5601154 Approve.... although I get pissed off every time he tells me it was a mistake to go for it on 4th & 20.

Little Lebowski Urban Achievers

]]> 11:388441:c5601154 Thu, 08 May 2008 16:15:44 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5601150 In their prime, he and Summerall (and before that Summerall and Tom Brookshire) were the tits.

I cannot disapprove.

Philistine

]]> 11:388441:c5601150 Thu, 08 May 2008 16:15:39 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5600487 @ArkansasFred: Hey, that was gonna be my bit!

+1

the sieve

]]> 11:388441:c5600487 Thu, 08 May 2008 15:54:41 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5600466 @Thundercracker: Approve just because of your comment.

riahekans

]]> 11:388441:c5600466 Thu, 08 May 2008 15:54:00 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5599752 I don't care how senile the goofy bastard's gotten... forever approve simply for the Thanksgiving game a few years back where he chopped the Turducken with his hand while Al Michaels looked on in horror/disgust.

DAGOTRON

]]> 11:388441:c5599752 Thu, 08 May 2008 15:30:48 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5598988 "Always watch the ball. Don't listen."

Ah, Maddenisms of days past.

Approve.

Jeff Martin

]]> 11:388441:c5598988 Thu, 08 May 2008 15:08:24 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5598774 Heartily approve. He's gotten way better (maybe way more grandfatherly?) in the past couple of years.

StartingAces

]]> 11:388441:c5598774 Thu, 08 May 2008 15:02:06 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5598336 Actual conversation I remember from him and Pat Summerall from his days on FOX:

Pat: He was going to be sidelined with a mild sprain in his ankle and thumb.

John: You can't have two sores, because the aspirin won't know where to go.

Pat: This is according to the team's injury report.

John: You can't have two sores.

I know this brand of simplicity is supposed to be endearing in some way, but on the basis of this exchange alone earns a disapproval vote from me.

LooseSeal

]]> 11:388441:c5598336 Thu, 08 May 2008 14:48:27 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5598206 DennyCrane: BOOM! I approve!
Summerall: We'll be right back after these messages. (takes swig of Goldschlager)

DennyCrane

]]> 11:388441:c5598206 Thu, 08 May 2008 14:44:51 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5598105 He and I share the same birthday, so approve, I guess.

By that standard I also approve of Omar Sharif, Steven Seagal and Haley Joel Osment.

Chamomiles Davis

]]> 11:388441:c5598105 Thu, 08 May 2008 14:41:29 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5598010 It was a really hard decision, but I had to go with Disapprove.

1980 David Bowie From The Music Video Ashes To Ashes

]]> 11:388441:c5598010 Thu, 08 May 2008 14:38:54 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5597920 @new_commentator:

they probably thought announcers that know nothing about wrestling would go perfect with their wrestlers who can't wrestle.

Thundercracker

]]> 11:388441:c5597920 Thu, 08 May 2008 14:35:55 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5597484 @Sir Hotbod Handsomeface: It was his idea for 11 players on each side of the ball, he said he would only support the game if it was realistic.

/dick joke

CubsDynasty

]]> 11:388441:c5597484 Thu, 08 May 2008 14:22:10 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5597472 If you don't approve of John Madden, I mean, then you're not approving of a guy who's the perfect guy to be approved of, OK?

muggsybogues

]]> 11:388441:c5597472 Thu, 08 May 2008 14:21:57 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5597421 @kayceebk:
WWE fans can hope. Who could have ever predicted that getting an announcer who knows nothing about the product is a bad idea?


new_commentator

]]> 11:388441:c5597421 Thu, 08 May 2008 14:20:42 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5597315 here's a guy that drove pat summerall to drink

Tyreeeeeli

]]> 11:388441:c5597315 Thu, 08 May 2008 14:17:52 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5597272 Frank Caliendo is the biggest penis eater on earth. Hence disapprove anything remotely related.

broad street bully

]]> 11:388441:c5597272 Thu, 08 May 2008 14:16:39 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5597247 His video game killed Shaun Alexander.
Approve


Don_Flamenco

]]> 11:388441:c5597247 Thu, 08 May 2008 14:16:01 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5597219 @VidaBlueBalls: Damn you, with the cooler name and the quicker typing!

exteriorhedisonmouse

]]> 11:388441:c5597219 Thu, 08 May 2008 14:15:16 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5597208 @Send It In, Jerome!:
There's no way Bush has an IQ as high as 72.


new_commentator

]]> 11:388441:c5597208 Thu, 08 May 2008 14:15:01 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5597207 For Halloween, he gave out 4 king-sized packages of Reese's Peanut Butter cups and lended his name to the seminal football game of our time.

Strongly approve.

Charles

]]> 11:388441:c5597207 Thu, 08 May 2008 14:14:58 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5597193 Franco Harris caught that ball, so stop fucking whining. Disapprove.

THEGINOCIMOLICONSPIRACY

]]> 11:388441:c5597193 Thu, 08 May 2008 14:14:33 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5597161 The man can recommend a hardware store like nobody's business as well.

That picture reminds me of the debut of The Shockmaster, though.

Approve.

exteriorhedisonmouse

]]> 11:388441:c5597161 Thu, 08 May 2008 14:13:47 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5597129 "Usually the team that scores the most points wins the game"-
Approve, if only for his video game

FirstDerivative

]]> 11:388441:c5597129 Thu, 08 May 2008 14:12:55 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5597011 @VTBen: What about a million Ditkas?

theheckle

]]> 11:388441:c5597011 Thu, 08 May 2008 14:09:05 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5596946 I can not stand John Madden. I hate him.

Disapprove

IsoldmysoultoMilhouseVanhouten

]]> 11:388441:c5596946 Thu, 08 May 2008 14:07:13 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5596878 Sure he's over the hill, and slightly senile, but he's an icon.
Approve

LeagueofShadows

]]> 11:388441:c5596878 Thu, 08 May 2008 14:04:36 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5596795 @Turkeyleg: ACE is the place to get Tinactin but only if you're tough actin in the Outback by a bus full of revelers that live in a horse trailer emblazoned with stickers of great white QBs and one night superstars. Boom?

VidaBlueBalls

]]> 11:388441:c5596795 Thu, 08 May 2008 14:01:52 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5596750 That's how you get on a first-name basis with dirt!

strong like bull smart like tractor

]]> 11:388441:c5596750 Thu, 08 May 2008 14:00:33 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5596705 Approve. I'd rather have a million of him than a million guys like Joe Buck.

But he definitely was better when paired with Pat Summerall than Al Michaels, and he's gone downhill the past couple years.

And what player will he gush about now with Brett Favre gone? My guess is Rothlisberger...

VTBen

]]> 11:388441:c5596705 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:59:42 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5596678 When, in 1974, Stabler threw that TD pass to send the dolphins home, I hated that fat ass mouth breathing Madden more than anything imaginable. It only took me about 20 years to start liking him. Approve.

RachelRayIsTheDevil

]]> 11:388441:c5596678 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:58:37 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5596659 He looks like the Crocodile Hunter mate!

Sheepblog

]]> 11:388441:c5596659 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:58:09 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5596596 @Suss--: Wrapped around a boneless Mike Adamle. . .it's a MadDierMle

kayceebk

]]> 11:388441:c5596596 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:56:23 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5596558 John Madden makes me feel like I know enough about football to coach the Raiders.

Approve.

The Seaward (nee Tocchets Bookie)

]]> 11:388441:c5596558 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:55:23 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5596515 Frank Caliendo's impersonation is less of a charicature than Madden just being himself.

Him and Pat Summerall were the best, but now, I can't stand him.

PermanentInjuredReserve

]]> 11:388441:c5596515 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:54:03 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5596465 Approve, because Tinactin is just as "tough acting" as Madden claims.

Bluenatic

]]> 11:388441:c5596465 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:52:48 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5596388 I once heard him say that the reason a receiver missed a ball is because he was running so fast his eyes jiggled in their sockets.

jwaves2007

]]> 11:388441:c5596388 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:50:53 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5596332 @UkraineNotWeak: They discussed and practiced the finer points of the Rusty Trombone.

RachelRayIsTheDevil

]]> 11:388441:c5596332 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:49:24 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5596330 Madden + Summerall (in their primes) + Lazy Sundays on couch = Approve

FightTiger

]]> 11:388441:c5596330 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:49:20 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5596218 @theheckle:

he was the original Col. Decker on A-Team too....

Thundercracker

]]> 11:388441:c5596218 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:46:16 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5596207 @TopesWin: I prefer:
[www.amazon.com]

I'm approving based on his fine work in the miller Light commercials.


HugsFromHarold

]]> 11:388441:c5596207 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:45:56 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5596203 His influence on the Annexation of Puerto Rico earns him an Approve.

The Gizmo from Pismo

]]> 11:388441:c5596203 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:45:45 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5596170 @Thundercracker:
His complete inability to communicate and his constant eating also make him seem a lot like the stereotypical video game programmer.

For awhile he also served as co-leader of Delta Force with Chuck Norris.

But he is a windbag...Disapprove.

theheckle

]]> 11:388441:c5596170 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:45:01 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5596167 @Jefferson Short Bus:

yeah and the reason I don't like Berman is because he's not that person we see on camera....Madden is Madden 100%.

Thundercracker

]]> 11:388441:c5596167 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:44:55 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5596151 He brought Turducken to the mainstream.

APPROVE!

SonofSpurrier

]]> 11:388441:c5596151 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:44:31 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5596148 A more publicly loved football version of Tim McCarver.

Disapprove.

A Pimp Named DaveR

]]> 11:388441:c5596148 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:44:29 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5596133 The guy swung from Brett Favre's nuts for 16 years. Approve, I guess.

Schluby

]]> 11:388441:c5596133 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:44:03 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5596121 @Baudolino: Oh, and approve.

Baudolino

]]> 11:388441:c5596121 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:43:44 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5596109 @ArkansasFred: You then, would not have fit in very well with the 19th Century French Noble Class. They set the modern day record by stuffing a bustard with a turkey, a goose, a pheasant, a chicken, a duck, a guinea fowl, a teal, a woodcock, a partridge, a plover, a lapwing, a quail, a thrush, a lark, an Ortolan Bunting and a Garden Warbler.

Baudolino

]]> 11:388441:c5596109 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:43:28 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5596037 @Dead Wrestlers Society: Good Lord...all that needed was Howard Cosell welcoming you back to Three Rivers Stadium. Wunnerful!!! +1 anna spare.

ghostsoftheSCupcountry

]]> 11:388441:c5596037 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:41:22 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5596032 Madden Jinx >> SI Jinx.

Approve.

thetaxman

]]> 11:388441:c5596032 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:41:16 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595970 Introduced me to a cure for my rampant foot fungus. Approve.

BillyBeanesMoneyBlanket

]]> 11:388441:c5595970 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:39:33 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595945 Yeah, he sounds dumb as hell sometimes, but the guy has forgotten more football than I'll ever learn.

As a coach, as a color analyst, as the face of a legendary video game: Approve.

Jefferson Short Bus

]]> 11:388441:c5595945 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:38:57 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595924 Approve, as long as I don't actually have to look at him anymore. His eyebrows freak me out.

Jen P

]]> 11:388441:c5595924 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:38:25 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595914 Should have retired from the booth 10 years ago. I'm shocked that Al Davis hasn't tried to hire him back.

Approve solely for the old Miller lite ads.

ghostsoftheSCupcountry

]]> 11:388441:c5595914 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:38:07 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595897 @Dany Heatley Speedwagon:

Don Cherry > John Madden, only because of the quality/hilariousness of his suits.

Afino

]]> 11:388441:c5595897 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:37:44 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595844 @Sir Hotbod Handsomeface:

blasphemous! It was his idea, and he programmed and designed every one of them until 2000 when he decided it was cutting into his job as President too much

Thundercracker

]]> 11:388441:c5595844 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:36:13 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595839 He does a really good job on the forecheck and clogs up the neutral zone, which, while good for the Devils really bores the shit out of those of us watching at home. Wait, what?

Dany Heatley Speedwagon

]]> 11:388441:c5595839 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:36:04 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595821 Approve. Old enough to remember when he started broadcasting. It might be shtick, but it was always him, and original at the time. NBC's #1 team at the time? Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen. Madden made it fun.

crazyjoedavola

]]> 11:388441:c5595821 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:35:06 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595750 They don't make 'em like this anymore. Definitely approve.


+ Watch video


Dead Wrestlers Society

]]> 11:388441:c5595750 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:32:38 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595746 One of Oakland's finest, only being surpassed by Jerry Brown, Hangin' With Mr. Cooper and Oaktown 357. Approve

Sandy Magic Jackson

]]> 11:388441:c5595746 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:32:29 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595725 Favorite Madden moment? When he telestrated the direction of the three rivers in Pittsburgh. Apparently there is a big drain in the middle.

Threat Level: Midnight

]]> 11:388441:c5595725 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:31:57 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595698 John Madden and Judge Alvin Valkenheiser: separated at birth:
[img144.imageshack.us]

LingeringBursitis

]]> 11:388441:c5595698 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:31:12 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595679 100% approve. You know we'd be worse off as a society without him.

-s

]]> 11:388441:c5595679 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:30:37 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595677 "Now in the offensive line you've got your a-hole and your b-hole. On this play, he's trying to penetrate the a-hole."

Approve.

blackheartededitor

]]> 11:388441:c5595677 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:30:36 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595672 I have no research to back this up, but I'm going to say that the video games were not his idea. His announcing is only slightly less annoying in the games than in real life, too.

disapprove. completely.

Sir Hotbod Handsomeface

]]> 11:388441:c5595672 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:30:26 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595659 and come on who doesn't miss the mutant 8 legged turkey on Thanksgiving?

Thundercracker

]]> 11:388441:c5595659 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:30:05 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595635 @ArkansasFred: Also, check his right arm...is he tying off? John Madden's Trainspotting?

Doyle McPoyle

]]> 11:388441:c5595635 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:29:28 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595619 @EditorOfTheDailyFaberian: There's a man at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW who would beg to differ.

Send It In, Jerome!

]]> 11:388441:c5595619 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:28:52 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595601 How could anyone be against the circling of ass sweat on national TV?

sir_pantsalot

]]> 11:388441:c5595601 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:28:11 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595572 Approve for the old Miller Lite ads.

ILovePaleHoseandPaleHos

]]> 11:388441:c5595572 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:27:23 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595570 @Doyle McPoyle: His shirt looks like it's made of fruit roll-ups.

ArkansasFred

]]> 11:388441:c5595570 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:27:21 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595565 he's more like an NFL Mascot, a grandfatherly figure there to make you "feel" the spirit of the NFL.

I don't judge Madden like I do a regular analyst, just cause he's there to be John Madden and say Madden things.

Thundercracker

]]> 11:388441:c5595565 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:27:12 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595553 I love playing Madden. Unfortunately for me, I loved playing it on my PC. No Madden '09 for the PC for me, no "Approve" vote for you, Mr. Madden.

Magnakai Haaskivi

]]> 11:388441:c5595553 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:26:54 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595543 I overused please in a vain attempt.

Afino

]]> 11:388441:c5595543 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:26:43 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595524 Can we please get all the Favre fellatio jokes out of the way please?

@EDogII:

Thank you.

Afino

]]> 11:388441:c5595524 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:26:10 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595514 You're right, that picture doesn't make him look old, just a lot like a lesbian.

Doyle McPoyle

]]> 11:388441:c5595514 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:26:00 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595505 Only Forrest Gump has accomplished more with a 72 IQ.

Approve

EditorOfTheDailyFaberian

]]> 11:388441:c5595505 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:25:40 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595492 @Stev D: The entire duration of the game or eating the game itself, pylons and all?

ArkansasFred

]]> 11:388441:c5595492 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:25:09 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595485 @UkraineNotWeak: So long as Madden had access to the galley and the shitter, I'm sure that wasn't a problem.

Send It In, Jerome!

]]> 11:388441:c5595485 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:24:56 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595480 About time to put him out to pasture, I'd say. Disapprove.

Nationalcoholic

]]> 11:388441:c5595480 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:24:48 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595476 Approve, I never really felt football was violent enough until he had the Ambulance come on the field to take away injured players.

Natrone Means Business

]]> 11:388441:c5595476 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:24:43 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595463 Stuffed inside of John Madden is a whole boneless Dan Dierdorf.

Suss--

]]> 11:388441:c5595463 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:24:19 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595459 What is the difference between him and Frank Caliendo's impersonation of him? I approve of both.

MeSoHornsby

]]> 11:388441:c5595459 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:24:10 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595457 Approve for the same reasons for which I approve of Dickie V: loves the sport, their enthusiasm is good for the game, but they can be pretty damn annoying on TV sometimes.

Send It In, Jerome!

]]> 11:388441:c5595457 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:24:00 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595454 Approve. The guy can make a good videogame.

RedDear

]]> 11:388441:c5595454 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:23:56 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595449 Also, if you take binoculars to a game and look into the announcing booth, Madden will be eating the entire game.

Stev D

]]> 11:388441:c5595449 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:23:48 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595443 We also forget he didn't always look so fat. He looks like a 40-something George Gaines.

Approve.

Ed Glosser, Trivial Psychic

]]> 11:388441:c5595443 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:23:26 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595431 @ArkansasFred: That's why I approved, for introducing to America such a tasty and confounding addition to this nation's dinner tables.

parker91

]]> 11:388441:c5595431 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:23:11 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595411

[www.night-lab.com]

Approve

FEAST

]]> 11:388441:c5595411 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:22:28 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595404 Approve. I learned everything I know about football from him and Pat Summerall's corpse.

Rob Iracane

]]> 11:388441:c5595404 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:22:15 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595402 I just want to know what could John Madden and Peggy Fleming possibly talk about during all those hours together on the Madden Cruiser? I'm just guessing that Peggy locked herself in the bedroom of the Cruiser for the duration of the trip.

UkraineNotWeak

]]> 11:388441:c5595402 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:22:10 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595399 [i6.ebayimg.com]

A classic piece of sports literature.

TopesWin

]]> 11:388441:c5595399 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:22:04 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595387 "According to the Sentinels, it says Ray Smith is -- hey, that's weird. No college given, no high school. It just says he's been a resident of the state of Maryland for the last two years and two months, and that he likes to embroider."

Approve.

Lady Andrea

]]> 11:388441:c5595387 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:21:41 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595372 His does draw a decent penis on the telestrater.

Christmas Ape

]]> 11:388441:c5595372 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:21:13 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595355 Big approve. Drafting and developing top-flight wide recievers for the Phildelphia Eagles got me through some tough times.

Stev D

]]> 11:388441:c5595355 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:20:48 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595349 Approve. Boom!

ClueHeywood

]]> 11:388441:c5595349 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:20:35 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595347 Disapprove. The turducken is an unholy crime against nature and all that's sane and reasonable.

ArkansasFred

]]> 11:388441:c5595347 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:20:34 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595340 Well, Brett Favre is the only Brett Favre, because he is Brett Favre, and no one else can be Brett Favre with Brett Favre on the field. And I'll say this, when Brett Favre plays like Brett Farve, then you know it's Brett Favre playing...BOOM.

J. Madden.

This is why I approve.

EDogII

]]> 11:388441:c5595340 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:20:12 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595330 who the crap is peggy fleming

approve anyway

MENACEIISOBRIETY

]]> 11:388441:c5595330 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:19:54 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595311 I had that original computer game. Things have some a long way since then, haven't they?

/dick joke

Barry Lutz

]]> 11:388441:c5595311 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:19:22 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595306 Meh.

UkraineNotWeak

]]> 11:388441:c5595306 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:19:17 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595308 Approve.

should have hung it up a while ago but has incredible video game and signature style. Berman has been ripping him off for years

Chaunceyshammy

]]> 11:388441:c5595308 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:19:17 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595304 That picture. It's like he's busting through my head and into my nightmares.

Approve, because if it weren't for him, I wouldn't know when to put a little more touch on the ball.

44 in a Row

]]> 11:388441:c5595304 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:19:14 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595291 See this button right here? I'm gonna check the "Disapprove" circle, then BOOM, I'm gonna click on the "Vote" button. See, now the Deadspin servers are gonna add one more vote to the "Disapprove" column.

Brazil Thrill

]]> 11:388441:c5595291 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:18:50 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595286 Thats the thing about hitting the disapprove button- Once you hit it, you cant approve!

BooyahKrkic

]]> 11:388441:c5595286 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:18:46 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595265 He made my career.
Approve.
-F. Caliendo



The Diesel

]]> 11:388441:c5595265 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:18:02 EDT <![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: John Madden]]> http://deadspin.com/388441/media-approval-ratings-john-madden#c5595241 Talk about your dumbing down of society. This guy has singlehandedly wasted millions of hours of people's time on his videogame.

Disapprove.

The Fan’s Attic

]]> 11:388441:c5595241 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:17:13 EDT