Namath is happy he tried to kiss Suzy Kolber
It’s unanimous, then. We’re all happy about that. It’s perhaps the greatest moment in sports TV history, and definitely the only moment that has validated the existence of sideline reporters: Joe Namath telling Suzy Kolber, “I want to kiss you. I couldn’t care less about the team struggling.”
CBS just sent out highlights of the “60 Minutes” interview in which Namath pimps his new book, ”If I Did It With Suzy” … uh, no, it’s called “Namath,” actually. Somehow, I’m thinking this interview will be slightly less horrifying than O.J.’s.
“I was under the influence, and when you get under the influence, you may think you have things under control, but it’s a fact that you don’t,” Namath says. He adds: “It was that incident that brought to light that I needed to do something, absolutely. And I’m glad. I hated having to deal with that incident, the family, the friends … the fans. I mean, that really hurt.”
Maybe it hurt him. But Kissing Suzy Kolber wouldn’t even exist, so we’d all be worse for that. And we wouldn’t be able to watch this at least once a month, and laugh harder every time.
The underrated part is when they go back to the booth and we hear, “Joe’s just a happy guy.”
Sobriety is great for Joe. But it isn’t much fun for those of us who have to listen to him.
(By the way, the interviewer is Bob Simon, who previously got Bode Miller to talk about skiing while drunk. I can’t wait until his series continues with David Wells, Vin Baker, and a seance with Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle.)
younger readers need to be reminded that Joe was already cool back before even rock stars weren’t
Don’t worry Joe, the real people still love you and know who you really are. No one is perfect and your were a shining light during Americas most difficult decade. Thanks for being real and know your still appreciated and respected.
just trying
Am totally computer illiterate but would like to respond to TV article about Joe Namath. I was very glad to see that he is sober and somewhat healthy. I graduated Hs in 1970. Watched Namath religiously on Sundays (with a pack of Oreos
and milk) and started to play football in the first girls league. I so admire th old school athletes. Kate