I am a 75 year old Bears fan and used to attend games at Wrigley Field. Yes, I am an old man. My Grandson, Oliver , watched the Sponge Bob Saints vs Bears game. In the second quarter one of the announcers said, “I want to be like an old man. Hang out all day in my diaper and do nothing.” Oliver turned to me and asked, “ Papa do you wear a diaper.” My brother was in a diaper for 3.5 years and was basically a vegetable as a consequence of a full cardiac arrest for 40 minutes. Oliver visited Uncl Don and remembers that viscerally.
My kids grew up with Nickelodeon and my son was selected to be slimed at the park in Florida. Now Oliver’s memory will be of an announcer who said an inappropriate “joke’ about old men. It was so inappropriate for any audience but totally unacceptable on a show for children. Plus the announcers had a young lady sitting between them and I could tell it was uncomfortable for her as well as me and my grandson. I think heads should roll and I demand an apology. People are fired for far less!!!