Peyton Manning throws football at kids

I'm getting really tired of the media ripping Peyton Manning apart for his last incomplete pass to Blair White in the wild card playoff game against the Jets. This picture says it all. Stop calling him a choke job. You do not choke if you give your team the lead with less than a minute left in the game. One of my friends went as far to praise Mark Sanchez, saying he played better than Peyton Manning. Uh, really? Really? REALLY?! (spoken with Jim Mora's "playoffs?!" intonation).  

Sigh.

What I will never get tired of is Peyton Manning throwing footballs at kids. If you all remember Manning's hosting gig on SNL, he spoofed his own United Way commercial by teaching kids all the wrong things. In the below video clip of Manning at the 101 Awards in Kansas City, he talks about how it felt throwing a football at kids and how some of the kids' parents were screaming, "I want him to hit my kid in the face!" I guess it'd be pretty cool to tell people you got hit in the face by Peyton Manning:


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Does anyone else feel less excited about football this weekend? I don't really care who wins the Super Bowl anymore, as long as it's not the Patriots, Steelers, or Jets. Who are you guys rooting for?

Happy Birthday Peyton!

Peyton Manning turns 34 today! Happy Birthday to football's best quarterback!

Here's the cake Cooper and Eli wheeled out to him at the end of Peyton Manning's 2007 SNL hosting gig:

So you think you can dance?

No one doubts Peyton Manning's talents on the football field, but did you know he can also dance? No, I'm not talking about the SNL skit. I'm talking about tango.

Yup, tango:

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I guess with such smooth moves, he's earned his stripes to give you some priceless pep talk for dancing:

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Peyton Manning on Saturday Night Live 2007: Season 32, Episode 16

I don't know why I had such a hard time finding all of Peyton Manning's SNL skits, but I'm glad I sniffed them out because he was hilarious!

Here are all the SNL videos of Peyton Manning hosting SNL with musical guest Carrie Underwood back in 2007.

Enjoy!

1. Peyton Manning SNL Promos:

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2. Peyton Manning "SNL Monologue":

3. Peyton Manning SNL "United Way Spoof": (check out the real United Way commercial he made here and here is a transcript of Manning's United Way spoof in case you can't hear what he says over the laughter):

4. Peyton Manning SNL "On the Porch": (so this is what Manning would look like with more hair...)

5. Peyton Manning SNL "Meatloaf Lovers": 

6. Peyton Manning SNL "On the Set of 300": (and this is what he would look like without hair...)

7. Peyton Manning SNL "Dinner Party":

Peyton Manning SNL dinner party skit screencap

I can't embed this video, but you can watch it here. In the skit, Peyton Manning gets annoyed at a girl at a dinner party.

8. Peyton Manning SNL "Half Time Locker Room Dancing Skit":

Peyton Manning SNL Dancing screencap

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It's one of Peyton's funniest skits! I love how he used his towel to hide the fact that he's cracking up at Will Forte's over the top dancing. Here's a better quality clip.

9. Peyton Manning SNL "Behind the Scenes with Carrie Underwood":

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10. Peyton Manning signing autographs after SNL:

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Peyton Manning: United Way Commercial

This is the real United Way commercial that SNL spoofed, filmed back in 2003:

But SNL's version was funnier: