The Story Behind the Super Bowl’s Most Famous Phrase

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🗓️ 15 February 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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For years, Super Bowl winners have used a four-word phrase to commemorate their iconic victory: “I’m going to Disney World!” (or alternately, “I’m going to Disneyland!”) In all its simplicity, this phrase has stretched across many generations of winners….all the way up to this past Sunday night, and Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes. Sam Borden tracked down the origin of this famous sentence for SC Featured, and he explains how this “magic” phrase became an institution unto itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sam Borden, the Super Bowl, the cultural institution that has sits astride our country.
0:06.0	It changes every year.
0:07.0	There are various different faces, names, teams, players, storylines.
0:11.9	The one thing that always remains the same though is the magic phrase that is said immediately
0:19.4	afterwards by someone on the winning team.
0:23.8	What is that magic phrase?
0:25.6	Pablo, I get to say it.
0:27.6	You tell me I get to say it.
0:29.4	Sam Borden, you are on the ESPN Daily Podcast.
0:36.2	And yes, what are you going to do next?
0:39.4	I'm going to Disney World.
0:40.7	I'm going to Disneyland, baby.
0:42.7	I'm going to Disneyland.
0:43.7	I'm going to Disneyland.
0:44.7	We're going to Disneyland.
0:45.7	We're going to Disneyland.
0:46.7	And we're going to Disneyland too.
0:47.7	We're going to Disneyland.
0:48.7	I'm going to Disneyland, baby.
0:49.7	This tradition stretches across generations.
0:51.7	Sam, I mean, it stretches all the way up to the top.
0:53.7	This tradition stretches across generations, Sam.
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