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"It was called "The Offense of the '70s," implementing avant-garde strategies like "the moving pocket." Frankly, I loved it then and love it still; can still hear Hank Stram now, puffed up, strutting like a rooster, his black Chiefs blazer with the pocket insignia over a red vest barely restraining his belly. I can still hear him because some genius wired him for sound before Super Bowl IV in New Orleans against the doomed Minnesota Vikings; then NFL Films had laid in this score of the old show tune, "Everything's Up To Date In Kansas City." Every time I think of the Chiefs, this is what I see and hear:
... everything's up to date in Kansas City ... da-da-dum, da-dum, da-dum, da-dum--dum ...
" ... just keep matriculating that ball down the field, Lenny ... "
"Throw that damn thing on the ouside, Leonard! They can't cover that thing, Lenny. That's it, this is good, the hitch ... "
" ... 24 Toss Power Trap ... it should be there, fellas ... "
"Ha-HA! Heeheeheeheeheehee. See that boys? Did'ya see that? Popped wide open, didn't it, boys? The mentor ... heeheeheehee ... the mentor ... "
(to game official) " ... Mr. Official, he wasn't there, he was right there! No, no, you did good, you spotted it good."
(game official says) "Oh, I thought you were talking about you being out on the field."
" ... No ... what?"
"Go Odie, Go! Go!"
"Gloster! Gloster! Where's Gloster ... ?!"
... Everything's up to date in Kansas Ci-ty ... da-da-dum, da-dum, da-dum da-dum, da-dum--dum ... "
-- Ralph Wiley
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"Turn the channel to 26!"
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