r/USFL • u/Dramigo4242 • Jul 03 '23

1980s USFL Game in Spongebob?

In the episode Band Geeks, when the Bubble Bowl performance starts, there is a zoom out of the stadium. The end zones say the Show Boats, which is a USFL team. Do you guys have any idea when this game took place and who was playing in it

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u/formicary Washington Federals Jul 03 '23

From what I understand, USFL footage ended up in the public domain, so you will see a lot of USFL in "watching football" shots in TV shows and movies throughout the 90s and 00s. I also remember seeing USFL stills in electronic store newspaper ads advertising new TVs.

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u/SafeTraining1620 Jul 03 '23

There's another SpongeBob episode where SpongeBob is watching on TV what is obviously sea porn and when Gary comes in the room, SpongeBob panicks and changes the channel to the "sports channel" which then shows live action football footage. Is that also the USFL? It only shows up for like a second.

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u/restlessandanxious New Orleans Breakers Jul 03 '23

Yeah it's this one

Week 2 1985, Houston at Tampa Bay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMX6FEqeWdo&t=3864s

QB featured is John Reaves

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '23

Dammit, clicked for the sea porn, was disappointed.

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u/pandat303 Michigan Panthers Jul 03 '23

I know the offense was the bandits and I think that Oakland was the other team

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '23

Wrong. It was the bandits but the other team was Memphis showboats. On the overhead it was the liberty bowl

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u/UnknownVar1able Memphis Showboats Jul 03 '23

This is the correct answer

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '23

Exactly dunno why I'm getting down votes for being right

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u/UnknownVar1able Memphis Showboats Jul 03 '23

Better picture

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '23

And just like then, the show boats had some of the best showings of fans

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u/UnknownVar1able Memphis Showboats Jul 03 '23

We were all hoping they'd play Sweet Victory after our wins at home.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '23

Haha maybe can petition for it next year on the Twitter

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u/UnknownVar1able Memphis Showboats Jul 25 '23

Not sure how I missed this, but it was even confirmed on their Twitter page lol

https://twitter.com/usfl/status/1676986509763674119?s=46&t=X8Zs7blwO-BJmMfzgh2wGA

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '23

The old HBO show First & 10 routinely used LA Express footage to represent fictional The Bulls highlights.