TURNED
TURNED INTO A SPECTACLE WITH MICHAEL JORDAN HIMSELF TAKING
NOTICE.
NOTICE.
NOTICE. HERE IS DALE HANSEN.
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[MUSIC] I
[MUSIC] I WOULD IMAGINE F WE ARE GOING
TO DO A COUNTDOWN, WE ARE, MY
FAVORITE OF THEM ALL.
1984, MICHAEL JORDAN ROOKIE OF
THE YEAR.
THE YEAR.
THE YEAR. IT WAS NOVEMBE+@R OF 1984,
ASSISTANT SPORTS DIRECTOR
CALLED ME BACK IN THE EDITING
BAY, HANSEN YOU GOT TO SEE THIS
AND YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE IT.
MICHAEL JORDAN WAS DOING THINGS
WITH THE BASKETBALL THAT I
COULD NOT IMAGINE.
I ASKED WHAT DOES HE PLAY IN
DALLAS?
DALLAS?
DALLAS? WE LOOKED IT UP.
MARCH 22nd.
MARCH 22nd. SO, WE HAD ABOUT 5 MONTHS
BEFORE WE WERE GOING TO SEE
THIS YOUNG MAN COME TO TOWN
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. I
HERE. I BEGAN THE SPORTSCAST, EVERY
TIME I WOULD SHOW CHICAGO BULLS
HIGHLIGHTS BY SAYING, MICHAEL
JORDAN PLAYS DALLAS IN 132
DAYS, MICHAEL JORDAN PLAYS IN
97 DAYS, MICHAEL JORDAN PLAYS
IN DALLAS IN 63 DAYS.
I COUNTED IT ALL OF THE WAY
DOWN UNTIL MICHAEL JORDAN AND
THE BULLS FINALLY CAME TO
DALLAS.
DALLAS.
DALLAS. >> DALE HANSEN HAS BEEN
COUNTING DOWN FOR 129 DAYS, IT
HAS BEEN A LONG DAY.
>> THAT IS INTERESTING.
I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD
CREATE THIS MUCH HYPE COMING
INTO DALLAS.
INTO DALLAS. >> HE CAME +@IN DALLAS THE DAY
BEFORE THE GAME.
SO, AS WE AL+@WAYS DO, WHEN THE
GREAT PLAYERS COME TO TOWN
THERE WAS THE PRESS CONFERENCE,
ALL OF THE TV STATIONS AND THE
RADIO REPORTERS AND THE
NEWSPAPER GUYS WOULD BE IN ONE
ROOM, ALL HOLLERING OUT THEIR
QUESTIONS TO JORDAN.
HE WANTED TO MEET THE GUY WHO
DID THE COU+@NTDOWN.
SO HE CAME TO CHANNEL 8 THAT
NIGHT AND WE DID WHAT WE CALL
TH+@E ONE-ON-ONE.
TH+@E ONE-ON-ONE. MICHAEL JORDAN AND ME ON THE
SET TALKING ABOUT HIS ROOKIE
YEAR AND THE COUNTDOWN THAT HE
ALREADY HEARD ABOUT.
AT THE END OF THE INTERVIEW I
WANTED TO THROW SOMETHING GOOFY
AT HIM LIKE I USUALLY DO.
I ASKED HIM+@ ABOUT HIS THOUGHT
ON NO PASS, NO PLAY.
WHICH WAS A BIG ARGUMENT IN
TEXAS BACK THEN.
AND, AS I STARTED TO LAUGH AND
END THE INTERVIEW HE SAID, CAN
+@
END THE INTERVIEW HE SAID, CAN I ANSWER THAT?
AND HE GAVE AN UNBELIEVABLE
ANSWER ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF
EDUCATION, WHEN WE FINISHED A
SECURITY GUARD CAME UP AND SAID
DALE I WILL BRING YOUR CAR
AROUND, THERE ARE 20 KIDS IN
THE PARKING LOT.
IT WAS A SIMPLER TIME.
I SAID THAT IS FINE.
JORDAN SAID NO, NO, NO, LET'S
GO OUT BACK AND TALK TO THE
KIDS.
KIDS.
KIDS. WE
KIDS. WE WENT OUT BACK.
HE JUMPED UP ON THE HOOD OF MY
CAR AND LEANED ON THE
WINDSHIELD AND TALKED TO THE
KIDS+@ AND SIGNED AUTOGRAPHS FO
ABOUT 20 MINU+@TES.
>> I AM HAPPY ABOUT TONIGHT BUT
I AM EXCITED FOR THE COUNTDOWN
TO END AND NOT HEAR ANYMORE
ABOUT MICHAEL JORDAN WHEN DALE
GETS HOME.
GETS HOME. >> NEXT NIGHT +@THEY ARE PLAYIN
THE MAVERICKS, TH+@E MAVERICKS
THE BETTER TEAM BUT THE BULLS
WON, MICHAEL JORDAN SCORED 20
POINTS, 10 ASSISTS AND 9
REBOUNDS, MISSED A TRIPLE
DOUBLE BY 1.
HE WAS NOT JORDAN-ESK.
NOT THE BIG PLAYS, SO, AFTER
THE GAME HE TOLD JAN+@ HUBBARD
THE MORNING NEWS THAT HE WAS A
LITTLE UPTIGHT ABOUT THE
COUNTDOWN AND HE DID NOT PLAY
AS WELL AS HE THOUGHT HE COULD
+@
+@ HAVE.
HAVE.
HAVE. WHO
HAVE. WHO KNEW, ONLY DALE HANSEN
COULD SHOW DOWN MICHAEL JORDAN.
I COULDN'T.
I COULDN'T. IT W+@AS MAVERICK'S BLACKMAN WH
DID.
DID.
DID. YEARS GO BY BEFORE THEY COME
BACK TO DALLAS I WOULD GET TO
GO TO HIS HOTEL AND GET AN
INTERVIEW AND SIT AND TALK FOR
AWHILE.
AWHILE.
AWHILE. IT WAS INCRE+@DIBLE.
UNTIL FINALLY,+@ HE PLAYED HIS
LAST GAME IN DALLAS.
I DID NOT GET TO SEE IT BECAUSE
I WAS IN FLORIDA WITH THE
RANGERS BUT I WILL ALWAYS
REMEMBER THIS.
REMEMBER THIS. >> I STILL REMEMBER DALE HAN+@S
COUNTDOWN WHEN I CAME HERE.
I HAVE HAD A LOT OF MEMORIES
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. >>
HERE. >> EVERY+@ TV STATION IN DALLAS
JUST PUT THEIR CAMERAS DOWN AND
SAID WE ARE NOT GOING TO USE
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. THE
THAT. THE LOVELY MRS. HANSEN CALLED
ME AND S+@AID DID YOU HEAR WHAT
MICHAEL +@JORDAN SAID?
OF COURSE I DID.
DALE, I BET YOU ARE MORE
EXCITED +@NOW THAN YOU WERE ON
OUR WEDDING NIGHT.
I COULD NOT TELL HER THEN BUT I
WILL+@ NOW.
WILL+@ NOW. OF COURSE I WAS, IT IS MICHAEL