Roscoes is the bomb!
Roscoes is the bomb!
Word.
Come to Roscoes for delicious food,
We got fuel for your attitude.
We got the best waffles and cluck,
and you get a good value for a buck.
Some clarifications:
1) I believe Roscoe is referring to Roscoe Parrish who was the Bills’ punt returner that scored the touchdown.
2) Fried chicken is, stereotypically, a food of preference for black Americans (though obviously many whites enjoy it too, including me). Nonetheless, references to fried chicken and watermelon have been seized upon by liberals in the past as being offensive hate speech aimed at black Americans. Overly sensitive? You betcha but if they are going to make that distinction, they should be uniform in its application. Clearly, it is one of those terms that the Left judges differently if spoken by someone they like versus someone they don’t (see “nappy-headed”).
(On a side note, white basketball legend Rick Barry was villified by liberals after a picture of his black broadcast partner Bill Russell was shown during a CBS basketball game. “Look at that big watermelon grin he has,” remarked Barry at the picture of Russell as a youth. While he wasn’t immediately removed, I believe Barry was not renewed by CBS the following year in the aftermath of the outcry over his “racist” comment.)
3) Cosell’s comment was “little monkey” referring to smallish Alvin Garrett of the Redskins. The race-baiters went after Cosell too, which Cosell later described as one of the most upsetting episodes of his career. It was, he said, a term of affection he used on his grandchildren. Anybody who knew what a bleeding heart liberal he was and defender of Muhammad Ali even when that was extremely unpopular given Ali’s refusal to serve when drafted into the military, certainly could not have accused Cosell of being prejudiced against blacks.
(another side note: When Chris Berman of ESPN used to shout “Look at that little Meggett run!” when narrating highlights of ex-Giant and ex-Patriot Dave Meggett, he was immitating Cosell’s “little monkey” call.)
Now that you have the background, carry on with your discussion.
Absolutely. Actually Burbank had some of the best restaurants I've been to: Alfonse's, Sorrentino's, Blarney Stone, China Trader. Oh, and Castaways!
Of course they are all gone now but I have many fond memories...Glad Roscoe's is still there!