Peanut Butter and Jelly

[TeamUSA]

What the hell is going on? Is the air conditioning off in the building?

For those that didn't attend the match or hear it on television, here is the Peanut Butter and Jelly issue.

Somebody with the Rapids organization came up with the idea for a Peanut Butter and Jelly dance for the jumbo screen during the match for everyone to "jam" along to. Some computer generated image in the shape of a peanut with sunglasses moving side to side with arms too. Just "f"ing sad. When will the poor pandering to the families and kids stop? These are the same people, while paying for tickets, need to consistently be shot in the arm to make some noise for the team. Ohhh and while I'm ranting, get rid of the half time chicken dance garbage too. Must the organization severly prositute itself to make a buck? There has to be a better way.

[ax319]

i agree with you, does anyone else feel like the anouncer is getting just a bit annoying too, he sounds stupid most of the time.

[GreatZar]

That was pretty damn embarrassing.

[Rahbiefowlah]

hey Raps office, next time when you shoving adds into the forum about a wham bam cook-off come over to this thread, read my lips, and understand that NOBODY likes that bastadr ranting for noise. It is a reason to not come to games. It is dam ridiculous. I hate it. stop it.

[LittleMy]

Yeah, let's get rid of the kids and families so that we can have everything the way WE want it. Who asked all these other people to come to the games anyway? Who needs 'em? This game is for US and we don't need or want anyone else there!

And when they're all gone and they move our team to another city because nobody shows up, whose fault with that be?

/sarcasm off

[Tigerstyle]

TEAM USA...don't you have anything better to do?

What, did you run red-lights to get back to your computer to post this topic?

[Northcal19]

Originally posted by LittleMy
Yeah, let's get rid of the kids and families so that we can have everything the way WE want it. Who asked all these other people to come to the games anyway? Who needs 'em? This game is for US and we don't need or want anyone else there!

And when they're all gone and they move our team to another city because nobody shows up, whose fault with that be?

/sarcasm off


No, no...different issue. The kids and families are great, and for better or worse I kind of like the chickend dance.

But the idiot annoncer needs to mostly shut up, and that peanut butter and jelly thing was poorly received by everyone including the families sitting around me. Just stupid.

P.S., I cannot stand that Rapidman (gender nuetral?) thing. He is always standing in front of me during corner kicks and he stuffs a sock in his pants. Sick.

[smudgeyjoe]

I want to echo sentiments about Vapidman. I think that little ones like him, and that isn't bad, but I wish that he\she? would pay attention to the match, and use his presence at the right times. In the last 10 minutes, when the match is on the line, he doesn't need to be standing on a seat with his back to the field begging everyone to look at him. I couldn't believe it during the Dallas match, when Colorado was struggling to hold on, he was standing up, soliciting cheers for him, so that he would throw them a t-shirt. Valderamma could have done a round off back flip kick for a goal, and no one in my section would have seen it. Well, maybe not El Pibe. Around me, people were saying, do they do this kind of stuff in Europe....... We all know the answer.

[Jeff]

I have no problem with the T shirt tossing in itself (we are not Europe and don't have 30K+ rolling in with the mere posting of a fixture on a schedule, so I say extra giveaways, why not if it helps to get/keep people there).

However, PLEASE keep this to HALFTIME. That's plenty of time to get that done, make a few kids happy, and build a little goodwill. All doing it during the match (when all said and done what it should be about) does is block may people's view of the match, tearing down goodwill in the process.

What I'm getting at, is please choose the time for little giveaways, etc. a little more carefully. The match is the main attraction, but poor choice of timing for little giveaways has the opposite effect.

[iluvsoccer]

Originally posted by ax319
i agree with you, does anyone else feel like the anouncer is getting just a bit annoying too, he sounds stupid most of the time.

I totally agree. On Saturday, I believe it was a new announcer that was even more annoying than usual.

[Rapids/Arsenal Fan]

Bad timing on this as well. With the game on the line and our goal under seige, the Peanut Butter and Jelly dance comes out? And this is our "secret weapon" (according to the PA guy)? Please.

[ax319]

OK FANS THERE IS 30 SEC LEFT AND WE NEED A GOAL!!!!!! LETS DO THE PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY DANCE!!!!!

[Daksims]

Originally posted by Rapids/Arsenal Fan
Bad timing on this as well. With the game on the line and our goal under seige, the Peanut Butter and Jelly dance comes out? And this is our "secret weapon" (according to the PA guy)? Please.

Well, since our secret weapon didn't work, maybe they won't bring it back out again.

I have to admit I tried the dance (my daughter was there), but couldn't get the Atari motion down.

[TeamUSA]

Damn, was I that obvious about posting so quickly? I apologize to Tigerstyle. Then again, any arse that can't see the obvious as to time and date of the post doesn't deserve much in the way of an apology or respect.

The Peanut Butter and Jelly thing still stinks and always will stink.

[Tejas]

Actually I got a big kick out of the PB&J thing. Perhaps it was those 10 beers kicking in, but I found it absurdly funny. Honestly I think it's like the Chicken Dance, it's just flat out stupid, but it's so stupid it's pretty humorous.

It might have been better received had it not been associated with a close game and the dire need for a point.

[The Legend]

I thought it was so out there it was hilarious as well.

I'll call it right now: you see PB&J time pop up in other stadiums across the US.

Remember: you saw it here first!

[TeamUSA]

Ohhhhh Noooooooooo! Not in other stadiums too!

[chilistrider]

We brought a couple of non-soccer friends to the game in our eternal quest to produce soccer converts, and one of them leaned over to me and asked, "What is this peanut butter dance thing?" And was that a peanut dancing on the screen? I could have sworn it was a banana---making the whole thing even more absurd. I don't know... sort of sick of the chicken dance, so maybe this is OK for a change.

[greenie]

Originally posted by The Legend
I'll call it right now: you see PB&J time pop up in other stadiums across the US.

Remember: you saw it here first!

Some prediction. I'd bet those "other stadiums" are in LA, Chicago, New York, and DC.

[TeamUSA]

So if it does turn up in other stadiums, does that mean that Phil's favorite is Peanut Butter and Jelly? If so what kind of Peanut Butter, creamy or chunky and what flavor of Jelly. strawberry or grape?






Does the crust have to taken off the bread too?