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Peyton's Places - Season 5 Episode 9 -
"Black Sunday"
"Black Sunday"
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00:00The ESPN original series is presented by Elijah Craig, the father of bourbon.
00:11I took a trip to Miami for more than beaches and sunshine.
00:15My trip to Miami started in the Hall of Fame parade in Canton, Ohio,
00:20when I was riding with Lynn Swan and Drew Pearson.
00:24And I was asking them about Super Bowl X,
00:26and they told me about a movie I'd never seen,
00:29Black Sunday.
00:31And at first, I have to admit, I didn't believe it.
00:34It's the most daring football movie ever made.
00:36So I decided to go to Miami and recreate the movie,
00:40and there was only one person to do it with,
00:43the master showman himself, Chad Johnson.
00:46Kind of hit the road.
00:48And now, the ESPN original series, Payton's Places,
00:52presented by Elijah Craig.
00:59You know, when we were players,
01:14you had to win a Super Bowl to get a parade,
01:16but here in Canton, they do one every year.
01:19Yeah, it's a great opportunity to walk down memory lane,
01:23see old teammates, Hall of Famers.
01:24You caught me a parade in Super Bowl X, Lynn.
01:28Caught by Swan.
01:29Lynn Swan out there.
01:31Caught it!
01:32Here's Bradshaw.
01:34Lynn Swan is open.
01:35Got it.
01:36Steeler touchdown.
01:37I tell you, that was some Super Bowl.
01:40You came up huge, Lynn.
01:41Lynn had a great game,
01:42but he didn't cast the biggest shadow over Super Bowl X.
01:45Let me give you a hint.
01:55About 192 feet long, 50 feet wide,
01:59a GZ-20 blimp.
02:02Talking about the Goodyear blimp.
02:11Dallas cheerleaders, as well as, of course,
02:13the Goodyear blimp.
02:14We get some great pictures from up there.
02:17That Goodyear blimp just barely would fit inside this orange bowl.
02:20In fact, it would almost reach from one end zone to the other.
02:23Once upon a time, the Goodyear blimp
02:25was the bigger part of the Super Bowl.
02:27It's a halftime show and a national anthem.
02:30Really.
02:30It never felt like it was a big game
02:32unless the blimp was there.
02:34The blimp had to be there.
02:35I still don't get it.
02:37What was so significant about Super Bowl X with the blimp?
02:40They were using the Super Bowl as a backdrop
02:42for a terrorist attack.
02:44Not a real one.
02:46Hollywood was doing a movie.
02:48Action.
02:49Terrorists hijacked the Goodyear blimp.
02:52And it comes into the Orange Bowl.
02:56It comes into the Super Bowl.
03:00Hollywood was making a movie in the middle of the Super Bowl.
03:03A movie?
03:04What movie?
03:05Black Sunday.
03:08Black Sunday.
03:13I'm Peyton Manning, and I love football.
03:15Don't worry.
03:16Peyton, who's your favorite football player?
03:18McGill.
03:19I'm on a quest to bring NFL history to life.
03:22Yes!
03:23Wow, that was pretty reckless.
03:24So join me for another adventure.
03:26Hey, dream come true, man.
03:28Oh, awesome, man.
03:28This is right.
03:29This is right on there.
03:29Are you kidding me?
03:30Kane's place.
03:31This is great.
03:32This is great.
03:32What Drew and Lynn told me was not hot air.
03:47Crazy as it sounds, Black Sunday actually happened.
03:54So I met up with an old friend in Miami, six-time Pro Bowl receiver Chad Johnson,
04:00to figure out how the craziest football movie ever made got made.
04:06So you're telling me they filmed the Hollywood movie at the Super Bowl while the game was going on?
04:10Sounds nuts, right?
04:11It was a disaster movie about a bomb, except the movie was a bomb.
04:16And it's a shame because it was the most epic Super Bowl movie ever made.
04:19How'd they do it?
04:20Well, they got this great director, John Frankenheimer.
04:22They got Robert Shaw, who was fresh out of Jaws.
04:26Bruce Dern, who just filmed with Hitchcock.
04:28John Williams scored the music.
04:30And they had this idea to use the Super Bowl as a sort of a prop, if you will, a backdrop for this movie.
04:37What we are attempting to do in Black Sunday has never been done before.
04:40It's a first.
04:41It's the first time the NFL and the Super Bowl has ever been shot for a major motion picture.
04:45It's the first time the Goodyear blimp has been used as one of the stars of the motion picture.
04:49If you're ever going to tell a blimp-sized story, Chad is the receiver to do it with.
05:01Fox!
05:02Yes.
05:02I'm going to give you your money's worth before I leave the day.
05:06Chad Johnson on the sideline.
05:08Got on a knee like he was proposing to Daphne over there.
05:11Daphne!
05:11This story is all about John Frankenheimer's indecent proposal.
05:17It started with his desire for Black Sunday to seem real.
05:21They all took direction from John Frankenheimer on how to save screaming helpless fans trying to run for safety from an exploding blimp.
05:29That's why he hired Steve Sable and NFL Films to shoot the football.
05:34On Black Sunday, we photographed a great deal of the Super Bowl.
05:41We wanted to get the best people we possibly could.
05:43And so NFL Films, Steve himself actually outplayed a camera on that picture.
05:49A lot of roles.
05:50And what's with the creepy mannequin in the bag?
05:52Every day, Frankenheimer carpooled the set with his villain, Bruce Dern, in a Rolls Royce like this.
05:59He needed three people to drive in the carpool lane.
06:02So Frankenheimer had his prop master make him a dummy so he wouldn't have to sit in traffic.
06:11This is it, Chad.
06:12Pompano Beach, Florida, home of the Goodyear blimp.
06:17The blimp took off right here on its flight to the Orange Bowl for Super Bowl X.
06:21Leave the dummy.
06:23I'll grab the briefcase.
06:24All right.
06:30Back in 1976, when Black Sunday was filmed, the movie was not the fantasy it appears today.
06:38Many people still remember the time when blimps and zeppelins were the premier form of air travel.
06:44Take care.
06:45Get out.
06:46Take care.
06:48Twice as fast as ocean liners.
06:51Able to carry more passengers than airplanes.
06:55Airships were the future.
06:57Eight engines will drive the propellers when the ship moves towards America.
07:02That needle at the top of the Empire State Building.
07:06It looks like a scene from 1992.
07:10Hey, look at the slope now.
07:12It was built to moor a blimp.
07:14If all that's true, why are we flying in blimp today?
07:22It's got something to do with this right here.
07:24Helium?
07:25The Germans didn't inflate their zeppelins with helium.
07:28They used hydrogen.
07:30Hydrogen?
07:31Like a bomb?
07:31Yeah.
07:32Yeah.
07:42It's raining.
07:43It's raining.
07:43It's raining.
07:43It's terrible.
07:44Oh, my.
07:45Get out of the way, please.
07:46It's burning, bursting in the flames, and it's falling on the morning fast.
07:50This is terrible.
07:53This is one of the worst catastrophes in the world.
07:57These gentlemen, the smoke and the flames now.
08:01All the humanity.
08:02The Hindenburg disaster, that burst the blimp bubble.
08:11Airplanes, not airships, became the way to travel.
08:15Only one airship found a way to survive.
08:19Through the landings at Normandy and the jet age.
08:24If Paul Bunyan had a garage, this would be it.
08:28Uh, I don't think there's a doorbell.
08:33I guess you just knock.
08:36Yeah.
08:41I don't know.
08:43Maybe they're out selling tires?
08:44No, no, no.
08:45There's a Dolphins game today.
08:46They're definitely home.
08:48Hey, it's Ocho Cinco.
08:51Hayden B.S.C. Ocho.
08:53Open Sesame.
08:58Wow, I can't believe that worked.
09:14Whoa.
09:15That looks a lot bigger on the ground.
09:20So, Doc, I was thinking we'd take off about 300 heavy,
09:23head south down the shoreline.
09:24Once we get past...
09:25Oh, hey.
09:26Look, it's the sheriff in Ocho Cinco.
09:28Good morning.
09:29You guys flying to the Dolphins game today?
09:31We are.
09:32What are you guys doing here?
09:33We're doing a deep dive into the blimp and Black Sunday.
09:36Black Sunday?
09:37Is that, like, two days after Black Friday?
09:39Yeah, good one.
09:40No.
09:41It's a movie only Peyton saw, and he won't shut up about it.
09:48There's a reason the plot of Black Sunday revolved around the Goodyear blimp.
09:52Hey, everybody, we got the Goodyear blimp, we got Maddie.
09:55What did you ask for?
09:57The same reason the Goodyear blimp survived when others didn't.
10:02Football.
10:03When did the blimp start flying over football games?
10:06Well, we've been flying over football games for TV reasons since 1955.
10:10This shot is from the Goodyear blimp America.
10:13And there she is.
10:15Now we're into the drone world, but back then that was the only way to get aerial footage.
10:19Those great shots you've been seeing come from the Goodyear blimp Enterprise.
10:24The shot is still a good way to show a big picture angle of the stadium.
10:29Super Bowl XXI, the Goodyear blimp, looking down at the road pole.
10:34How many Super Bowls has the Goodyear blimp been at?
10:36So we've been at 27 Super Bowls.
10:39We were actually at Super Bowl I, the Los Angeles Coliseum, in 1967.
10:44The inaugural of the Super Bowl, the first meeting between the American Football League and the National Football League.
10:51Are you guys a fan of the movie Black Sunday?
10:53There weren't a lot of movies about blimps, I guess.
10:56So as someone in the blimp world, people referenced that movie probably more than any other to us.
11:01Hey, Mike, I'm getting a lot of heat from down there.
11:04Oh, man, is he pissed off.
11:05Why don't you tell him to try pissing off into this 25-knot wind we got up here?
11:14The director in this film made Bruce Dern learn how to fly a blimp.
11:20How hard is that?
11:21How do you fly the blimp?
11:23Very much like a modern airliner.
11:24We have a side stick control, we have engine controls in the middle.
11:27There's some complexities of actually flying the aircraft itself with the helium inside.
11:37It's a little bit like a helicopter, a little bit like an airplane, a lot like a boat that flies in the sky.
11:42It's not called an airship for nothing.
11:44So would you say it's difficult to fly?
11:46I mean, you probably have to say that.
11:49Yeah, once you get up and moving with all the wind influences and things, it's really challenging.
11:53I have my driver's license, so getting my pilot license shouldn't be a problem.
11:57I mean, that's a place to start.
11:59All right, now I'm curious.
12:01I really want to see Black Sunday.
12:03It's about time.
12:04I've got a 16-millimeter print.
12:07Any chance you guys have a projector?
12:09Well, of course we do.
12:10We're blimp pilots.
12:11We love old school stuff.
12:12It's right in that room down there.
12:13Let's go.
12:13Yeah.
12:14Yeah.
12:14Once Chad and I started watching, it was easy to see why Black Sunday drew a rave review from Sports Illustrated.
12:35This is the moment where Robert Shaw figures out that the bomb is going to take place at the Super Bowl via Sports Illustrated.
12:42Mr. Cooley, what exactly is this Super Bowl?
12:48That the Orange Bowl was ripe for a blimping.
12:52Oh, my God.
12:54To film at the Orange Bowl, Frankenheimer needed permission from Dolphins owner Joe Robbie.
13:00This was his solution.
13:03Mr. Robbie, could I speak to you for a moment?
13:05Sir.
13:06I'd like to tell you, sir, that the only way we can take every possible precaution is to cancel the game.
13:12Cancel the Super Bowl?
13:14Yes, sir.
13:14It's the most ridiculous suggestion I've ever heard.
13:17That's like canceling Christmas.
13:18Chad, what do you think of Joe Robbie's cameo right here?
13:21What kind of acting skills?
13:22I mean, that's probably Emmy-worthy.
13:24Daniel Day-Lewis type acting.
13:26What else, Mr. Robbie?
13:27Well, there's the good year blimp.
13:28That's got to fly.
13:29Things got crazier on Super Bowl Sunday.
13:34So, Chad, Super Bowl X, Frankenheimer actually had Robert Shaw walking around the Super Bowl, interacting with real people.
13:43I mean, look, he walks right by Pat Somerall, just disregard Pat's doing an interview.
13:48Got to wear that same Super Easter Sunday because I didn't have white.
13:51It doesn't seem like he even knows there's a Super Bowl going on.
13:53There were scenes where he was almost in the way of the players.
14:04I mean, look at him.
14:05Hey, excuse me, sir, get out of the way.
14:07The Super Bowl team's about to come out onto the field.
14:10This wasn't just any Super Bowl.
14:13It was a dream matchup between Pittsburgh's Steel Curtain and Dallas's doomsday defense.
14:19Bradshaw and Staubach, Swan and Pearson.
14:24It was a game that would go down to the wire, just like Black Sunday.
14:29So, here we go.
14:31Super Bowl is underway.
14:37A little reverse right here on the kickoff.
14:39Ooh, Craig back.
14:41I mean, you got to give Robert Shaw credit.
14:43He's not even, he doesn't even flinch.
14:45Staying in character.
14:46So, the head NFL Films people actually filmed the real aspects of the game.
14:54Because they wanted to get real footage.
14:56I mean, watch Bradshaw.
14:57This is the touchdown to Swan.
14:59This is phenomenal.
15:02Touchdown, Pittsburgh.
15:03This is probably Bradshaw's best movie performance.
15:07Poor Robert Shaw.
15:09Doesn't get to see any of this because he's looking for that blimp.
15:12Agent Franco, come in, please.
15:13Agent Franco, come in, please.
15:14It's Franco here.
15:15This is for me.
15:16Give me a couple.
15:18Come up here.
15:19Major.
15:20Major, it's the blimp.
15:22We have a confirmed report that finally the pilot has been found murdered in his hotel room.
15:26He's figured out it's the blimp.
15:28They were not supposed to disrupt the game at all, Chad.
15:30But Frankenheimer just couldn't help himself.
15:33He had to have this scene.
15:34This is during the game.
15:36He actually goes through the stands and he runs down the sideline.
15:42I mean, there's no way in the world this happens today.
15:46No, absolutely not.
15:47I mean, somebody's going to tackle him or arrest him.
15:54Somebody tried to stop him.
15:55Yeah, right there.
15:56I think that guy's probably just doing his job.
16:00I mean, you've got to give Shaw credit.
16:01I mean, he's running down for a kickoff.
16:03Kind of a poor man streaker, right?
16:06Yeah.
16:06What's more impressive is the fact that he has on dress shoes, slacks, and a jacket.
16:10Right?
16:11Running faster than Lynn Swan right here.
16:16He's got to be out of breath right now.
16:18This is like he's playing the game, Chad.
16:21He hops a couple of fences.
16:23He's gassed.
16:24One take at this.
16:25One shot.
16:25Had to get this right.
16:27Excuse me.
16:28Excuse me.
16:30Could any of you gentlemen please tell me where the blimp is?
16:33Could you tell me what happened to the blimp?
16:34Would you mind leaving me?
16:35Sir, I just want to know what has happened to the blimp.
16:37How about that?
16:39Please, sir.
16:40No chance Roger Goodell is letting that happen now during the Super Bowl.
16:48Of course, a disaster movie is only as good as the disaster at the end of it.
16:59All right, here we go.
17:00This is the grand finale.
17:01This is why everybody bought a ticket to Black Sunday.
17:04To see the blimp crash into the game.
17:10Game for Sunday!
17:18Oh, they just told all these extras they were going to have to watch Terry Bradshaw act in other movies.
17:40And that's why they reacted the way they did.
17:43Is he on top of the blimp?
17:45He sure is.
17:46Very Mission Impossible-ish.
17:52I like that.
17:52Right.
17:54Just complete chaos.
17:58What do you think, Chad?
18:00This scene right here?
18:01Is this worth the payoff?
18:03Yeah, it's worth the payoff.
18:05The guy carrying the people.
18:13Get it out over the water to safety.
18:16I like it.
18:26I like it.
18:30Hey guys, the blimp's got to be rolling out.
18:32How was the movie?
18:32Ah, an absolute disaster.
18:36That's a good thing.
18:37Man.
18:38Those are some nice looking uniforms.
18:40I agree.
18:41I'd like to have one of those.
18:42Me too.
18:43You know what I'm thinking?
18:46Uniform swap.
18:47One of yours for one of ours.
18:49And yes, we just carry these around.
18:52That'd be cool.
18:52And any chance we could catch a ride?
18:55Never flown in a blimp.
18:56Oh, yeah.
18:57We got plenty of space.
19:02Now this is the definition of a slow reveal.
19:07I'm pretty sure I can scramble faster than this.
19:10Child, please.
19:10I love it when a plan comes together.
19:22So how did Black Sunday do at the box office?
19:25Test audiences gave it the highest rating of any Paramount movie in history.
19:29There was just one problem.
19:30What was that?
19:31The release date, April 1st, 1977.
19:35April Fool's Day?
19:36The movie was released one month before another movie that John Williams scored in 1977.
19:42Star Wars.
19:43Ouch.
19:44Black Sunday, $15 million.
19:46Yeah.
19:47Star Wars, $410 million.
19:49Ooh.
19:50That doesn't mean we shouldn't give this movie the tribute that it deserves.
19:54Why talk about an incredible blimp stunt when we can perform an incredible blimp stunt?
19:59Is this the kind of stuff you do in retirement?
20:02More than you think, actually.
20:03Let's go.
20:09Come on, hurry up.
20:10Before the real pilots get here.
20:26Oh, man.
20:27Please tell me you've taken some blimp flying lessons.
20:30Look, Bruce Derm flew one of these.
20:32Can't be that hard.
20:43All right.
20:43What did they say in the movie, Chad?
20:45Clear left?
20:46Yeah.
20:47But nowadays, you can just do this.
20:51Clear left!
20:52We are at go.
20:56Release the tether.
21:00Wing foot two is free.
21:02Wing foot two is free.
21:04Looks like the pilots are early.
21:06No, we're not.
21:06We're right here.
21:07Hey, wait.
21:08Who's flying the blimp then?
21:10Let her fly.
21:12Hey, hey.
21:13Bring that back!
21:14Bring it back.
21:14Where are you going?
21:15Hey.
21:15Uh, yeah, let's get this bird in the air.
21:18Hey, hey, hey.
21:20Yeah, yeah, yeah.
21:20Good to see you.
21:27Whoa.
21:28We're going up fast.
21:3036 feet per second.
21:38Wow.
21:38Where do you think they're going?
21:40I sure hope it's Omaha.
21:55You realize this is Grand Theft Blimp, right?
21:58This is like driving a yacht.
21:59It's a beautiful day here in South Florida as the Los Angeles Chargers are in town to take
22:11on the Miami Dolphins.
22:13And yes, things have gotten interesting.
22:17Uh, sir, you should see this.
22:19We have an unidentified blimp coming out of Pompano.
22:22That's not a blimp.
22:24That's the blimp.
22:26It's not supposed to be in the air yet, sir.
22:28It wasn't due to take off for another half hour.
22:31At least we don't have to worry about traffic.
22:34What's our heading?
22:35Deuce South.
22:37Deuce South.
22:38Deuce South.
22:42Yo, we're on a collision course for the Hard Rock Stadium.
22:44The game already kicked off.
22:45Five minutes ago.
22:47Third down and ten.
22:49Tua taking a deep shot.
22:51Looking for Waddle.
22:52Waddle's down there.
22:53And he holds on.
22:55Going to the ground.
22:57Are you nuts?
22:59You can't fly a blimp over at NFL Stadium.
23:02Goodyear does it all the time.
23:03Please tell me there are not 10,000 poison darts or a bomb in that briefcase.
23:08Chad, this is ESPN.
23:09We don't make poison dart money.
23:10The blimp's getting closer to Hard Rock.
23:20Do you see what I see?
23:23The blimp is wobbling.
23:24Yo, you see that?
23:32What's wrong with the blimp?
23:34Yo, yo, yo.
23:35Straighten it out, Peyton.
23:36Look, I'm trying here.
23:37It's not bad for the first time.
23:39You gotta admit.
23:40Listen, if you're on the highway, they give you a breathalyzer test.
23:42You never could throw a tight spiral.
23:49Carson Palmer could fly this blimp without all this damn wobbling.
23:53Look, I don't need a backseat driver, okay?
23:55I just want a front seat driver.
23:58Wow.
23:58Tua over the middle, and it's picked off.
24:05Intercepted by St. Juice.
24:10There it is.
24:12Hard Rock Stadium.
24:19We all love a good movie reference, but don't you think this might freak some people out?
24:23What a view.
24:29Holy...
24:30P-Chan, trying the left side.
24:34P-Chan takes it in.
24:36Hang on, champ.
24:43Holy...
24:44Omaha, Omaha, pulling this thing up.
24:46Payton's trying.
24:53What the hell's going on with that blimp?
24:58What?
25:01Great flippers ghost.
25:02What is that blimp doing?
25:07Steady.
25:08You got this, baby.
25:11All right, champ.
25:12Let's make this a Sunday to remember.
25:15Open that briefcase.
25:16Okay.
25:23What is this?
25:25I hope this is not for me.
25:26It's not.
25:27Someone's getting a gift.
25:29Black Sunday style.
25:31I love it.
25:32All right.
25:33Toss it out the window on my signal.
25:35Here we go.
25:35Three.
25:37Two.
25:39One.
25:39One.
25:39One.
25:53One.
25:57Toss it out.
26:00Toss it out.
26:02Look up in the sky!
26:05Whoa, what is that?
26:09Oh, my God.
26:13Oh, my God.
26:15Whoa.
26:15Super Bowl tickets.
26:17Whoa!
26:20These are Super Bowl.
26:22We're going to the Super Bowl, Bobby.
26:23Now that's a Hollywood ending.
26:29Golden ticket to Super Bowl 60.
26:32Thanks, Slim.
26:37What are you, a flying Willy Wonka?
26:39Chad, this is the NFL.
26:41It's life in a chocolate factory.
26:43That's what Frankenheimer, Robert Evans, Robert Shaw, John Williams,
26:47they didn't understand that.
26:49Explain that one to me.
26:50They thought Hollywood's Super Bowl would be more entertaining than the real thing.
26:55Child, please.
26:56It's the Super Bowl.
26:57Exactly.
27:00Now he fires for the ball.
27:02And Slim Storm going for it.
27:04And holds it in for a touchdown.
27:08Football, Chad, as you showed us.
27:10Another spectacular catch by Chad Johnson.
27:1385.
27:13Who can cover him?
27:14He says nobody.
27:16It's entertainment.
27:17There are no Black Sundays.
27:18Only Super ones.
27:32I still can't believe they did all that for that movie.
27:36I can't believe we did all this for this episode.
27:38Good point.
27:39Chad, thanks for doing this.
27:40It's been a lot of fun.
27:41Yeah.
27:41What do you say we get a selfie with the star of Black Sunday?
27:44Absolutely.
27:45Here we go.
27:46Black Sunday on three.
27:47One, two, three.
27:48Black Sunday.
27:50Can I kiss the ground now?
27:52Yeah, sure.
27:52Why?
27:53For someone who made a living in the air, you are one lousy pilot.
28:00Did you guys have any idea that this blockbuster movie was being filmed?
28:04No idea.
28:05There's no indication.
28:06But I worried about Mel Blunt and that Steeler defense.
28:10Pete Rozelle was like, hey, stay on the sidelines.
28:12Stay out of the way.
28:13There's no way it happens today.
28:15You don't think I could convince Roger Goodell?
28:16If anybody could convince Commissioner Goodell, you could.
28:19Yeah.
28:20But could you even get to him?
28:22I mean, he's got a bigger entourage than Taylor Swift.
28:26How are we doing, Chad?
28:26Uh, I'm scared of heights.
28:30You know, that dummy looks a lot like Eli.
28:33Yeah.
28:33Talk about a Manning face.
28:35It's been a frustrating half for Manning.
28:38There's the Blunt.
28:39I love Blunt.
28:40Life is better with Blunt.
28:42Hey, Peyton, this button controls the video screen.
28:45You want to send a message?
28:46Oh, absolutely.
28:47Give me that.
28:47Oh, man.
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