What Did I Know And When Did I Know It?

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In 1967,

I knew who 

"em Booze"

was

 

It was a Sunday morning

when my Father

drove me to Willets Point

 

He gave me $40

and said

Let's go Jets

 

This was to be 

the only football game

I attended at Shea Stadium

 

Joe Namath, 

Matt Snell, and Larry Grantham 

were the team leaders

 

But the star of this game was

Emerson Boozer,

who would lead the league 

in touchdowns

that year

 

There is no memory of

anyone chanting "BOOZE"

to acknowledge him

 

But 

I had a general admission ticket

and 

there were shouts of

Sock It To Me 

from black men

who also had

general admission 

tickets

 

At the end of the following season,

the New York Jets 

won the Super Bowl

 

That following year,

one of the funniest shows

in the history of network television 

premiered:

 

 LAUGH-IN

made the phrase

Sock It To ME

universally famous

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© Paul Oliverio © 

  

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