Why Everyone Says "Let's Gooooooo!": The Lost History of a Phrase, from Shakespeare to Taylor Swift
Pablo Torre Finds Out
Pablo Torre
4.7 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2023
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Quarterbacks yell it. Gamers revel in it. Bros text memes and hashtags of it. Even Travis Kelce's girlfriend loves it. How did a simple phrase transform from a Jumbotron clap-along into such a ubiquitous exclamation? With apologies to Tom Brady and Lil Jon, correspondent Jeremy Taché searches for the real GOAT of "Let's Go!"
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| 0:32.4 | Welcome to Pablo Torre finds out. |
| 0:34.5 | I am Pablo Torre, and today we're going to find out what this sound is. |
| 0:38.4 | Tom Brady, you and I split screen, and let's let the nation decide who is the goat of the... |
| 0:47.8 | Let's go! |
| 0:53.9 | Right after this ad. |
| 0:56.8 | You're listening to Draft King's Network. |
| 1:10.3 | So for the past couple weeks, Cortez, we hear inside the PTFO newsroom have been grappling with a particular dilemma. |
| 1:18.6 | So there's a team of journalists out there, and I see them. They are working on something, all of them together. |
| 1:25.7 | And what it is is they are working on why you've worn the same blue jacket every single time we've taped. |
| 1:31.8 | It is a cardigan. |
| 1:33.9 | It's not a jacket. |
| 1:34.8 | It's been overworn. |
| 1:35.7 | It has high thread count. |
| 1:37.1 | You have not taken it home to wash it once. |
| 1:38.9 | It is naturally resistant because of those fibers. |
| 1:41.2 | Do you have any other cardigan or sweater type of outfit? |
| 1:45.0 | I have many cardigans. I have a lot of knit wear. That is not the dilemma. |
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