President Eisenhower was not very sentimental about animals as he never had time to keep pets in his Army career. But in the White House he got very attached to his Weinhermier puppy who was named Heidi. He was also a big fan of professional football and the new advances in televisoin. Unfortunately he had to have Heide put to sleep because she would always shut off the television with sixty five seconds left in the game and refuse to let anyone near the set.
(Buddy Clinton Died For Your Sins, Doris Kearns Goodwin, 2009)
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You have to be a certain age to get the joke
That's kind of true of all my jokes.
I'm guessing I'm not old enough OR I'm just too nerdy.
In 1968 or so they cut away from the last sixty eight seconds of a big Jets vs Raiders game in the AFL to start the TV show "Heidi."
The Raiders came back to score 14 points in those last seconds and won the game.
Proving two things. TV had to extend the coverage until the game is over because you never know what will happen. Which is the policy ever since.
Oh and the Jets suck.
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