Big Daddy Gets You Ready For the Black ānā Gold Super Bowl posted by Les Leonard
Did everyone recover from a wild weekend without Saints football? Big Daddy barely felt the Saints third bye week blow by thanks to Bobby Hebert honoring the Buddy “D” promise: to wear a dress if the saints ever made it to the Super Bowl. Big Daddy wonders if seeing all those guys in dresses compelled the U.S. military to ponder abolishing their don’t ask—don’t tell policy?
Where were you when you heard Jim Henderson’s immortal words: “Pigs have flown, Hell has frozen over, the Saints are on their way to the Super Bowl?” Big Daddy didn’t hear Henderson’s call live, but he caught it the first time on the Big 870 WWL Radio, listening to the Saints postgame show. Nothing ever sounded better.
Judging from the Saints NFC Championship nail biter, Big Daddy hopes the Who Dat Nation stocked up on booze and tranquillizers for what’s about to transpire? In this special Black ’n’ Gold Super Bowl edition of the Section 645 Saints Beat, Big Daddy investigates Krewe du vieux’s origin, visits the French Quarter for Buddy and Bobby’s Brawds Dress March, drives to Bay St. Louis for the Second Guess Show, recaps the Pro Bowl, unveils a winning approach to Super Bowl XLIV, and releases his World Famous Pregame Information.
Carnival lovers have marked Krewe du vieux Saturday on their calendars since 1987. From the ashes of the Krewe of Clones, who disbanded in 1986, due to a dispute between the Contemporary Arts Center’s leadership, City Hall, and the Krewe. The disagreement stemmed from the Clones’ intention to parade the night before Super Bowl XX (Chicago vs. New England) played in the Superdome. Who remembers Buddy D’s breaking news report about Chicago quarterback Jim McMahon calling the women of New Orleans sluts? Huh, Big Daddy didn’t realize BYU grads were such experts on the topic? Inspired by the Aug. 4 fire in the Krewe du Vieux den, 2010’s theme was “All Fired Up” with Dr. John reigning as king, while Mother Miriam Chamani from Rampart St.’s Voodoo Spiritual Temple as the queen. Per tradition, the 17 sub-krewes rolled 18 days before Fat Tuesday with their mule driven hand made floats, marching jazz bands, and costumed sub-krewe members making their way up Royal, down Decatur, and then on to Frenchmen, throwing unique novelty trinkets to appreciative revelers, lining the parade route to check out the political satire and raunchy adult humor.
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