48. Boo…Who?

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🗓️ 8 November 2011

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Is booing an act of verbal vandalism—or the last true expression of democracy?

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0:00.0	A Med Rendell former governor of Pennsylvania, former mayor of Philadelphia, a former
0:11.3	a lot of things.
0:13.1	And you know what we're here to talk about today, right?
0:15.3	Absolutely.
0:16.3	Alright, now we've all heard, or some of us have heard, at least at Philadelphia, is actually
0:20.4	the capital of sports booing at least.
0:22.6	The Philadelphia fans are incredibly passionate.
0:25.6	They're the best and most supportive fans in the world.
0:28.4	But they will boo lack of effort.
0:30.1	They will boo opposing players.
0:31.6	They will boo bad calls by the umpires.
0:34.4	And yes, they'll boo Santa Claus.
0:40.8	The Santa Claus thing actually did happen back in 1968 at a Philadelphia Eagles football
0:45.8	game.
0:46.8	It helped cement the belief that Philadelphia is the town that booes the most.
0:52.6	The best.
0:54.2	The worst.
0:55.2	It was the last game of the year.
0:59.1	It was right before Christmas.
1:00.1	It was in Franklin Field, our old stadium.
1:01.1	The Eagles had won two games that year so the fans were just pissed off in general.
1:05.4	And then the regular Santa Claus they were going to use for this halftime show got
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