Fox Sports: Oral History of Neccessary Roughness.

[FirefightnRick]

http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/outkick-the-coverage/the-oral-history-of-necessary-roughness-022516

 

Good article, though Brynarski doesn't quite fully explain his little tantrum he threw and the scene he caused on set with Randy White.  And of course they get our name wrong.

Rick

Edited February 25, 2016 by FirefightnRick

[Stix]

Thanks for sharing, Rick.  Care to share more about Brynarski's tantrum?

North Texas University?  close enough for this article.

Kozak:  I'm a vegetarian.  And some of the local people said I need to go to the local vegetarian restaurant.  So Hawk (Howard W. Koch Jr., Executive Producer) and I go.  Well, they have a long list of vegetables and they are all deep fried.  And I said, "Do you have anything that is not deep fried?"  She said that would be the "vegetable du jour."  I asked what that would be and she said mac and cheese. There was nothing vegetarian about this restaurant except that they had a lot of vegetables.  And that's when I knew I was a long way from Los Angeles.

Times have certainly changed at NT and in Denton since then - she wouldn't have a problem finding vegetarian food now.  Isn't there a vegetarian dorm cafeteria?

 

 

[KRAM1]

50 minutes ago, Stix said:

Thanks for sharing, Rick.  Care to share more about Brynarski's tantrum?

North Texas University?  close enough for this article.

 

 

Times have certainly changed at NT and in Denton since then - she wouldn't have a problem finding vegetarian food now.  Isn't there a vegetarian dorm cafeteria?

 

 

Not just vegetarian but vegan.h That's like a place for vegetarians on steroids! :-)

Edited February 25, 2016 by KRAM1

[FirefightnRick]

Yeah, Andrew wanted to be a big boy and try and do some of his own stunts.  So his "stunt" was to be flipped over in a simple jujitsu-style shoulder-throw to the ground by Randy White.  But he wouldn't relax and let Randy do it like the stuntmen were instructing him to do (one stuntman was Curtis Nortis, son of Chuck).  So because he wouldn't do it right Allen Graffe kept making them do it over and over and over.  Take after take after take.  They did it maybe 8-10 times? Finally, Randy White, who was half the size of Brynarski if you can imagine, finally gets fed up with Andrew and grabs him and REALLY throws him down hard.  Big boy then got up screaming and whining about it, throws a huge tantrum about it not being in his contract( to be thrown down hard), then throws his helmet, yanks off his jersey and shoulder pads, throws them too and storms off set.  They had to break at that point because everyone, cast and crew were just looking at each other in shock.  Not the Manster though, he was grinning ear to ear.  It was so funny. 

 While on break I had to take Butkus to get his smokes in the lockerroom because I had the only key to it.  

Shooting convened without him an hour or so later.  Man, the opinions and comments by all were priceless.  Andrew was truly  full of himself because he had just completed Hudson Hawk and he let everybody know it.  You just had to know that guy to understand.  Cast and crew folks thought Andrew was done and would be written out of the script but someone, Graffe maybe, patched things up the next week and we moved on.     

Rick

Edited February 25, 2016 by FirefightnRick

[UNT90]

Nice story, but did you ever get to take Christi Brinkley to the locker room to get her "smokes?" 

Now THAT would be a story.

[FirefightnRick]

2 hours ago, UNT90 said:

Nice story, but did you ever get to take Christi Brinkley to the locker room to get her "smokes?" 

Now THAT would be a story.

You mean Kathy Ireland....yes.  Not to get smokes but to get dressed.  I was tasked with clearing out an old closet under the student side(east) of Fouts for her to use as a dressing room.  And of course, I had the key to this room and helped fit her equipment and maintain it and made sure that it was kept clean.  All part of my dual responsibilities during shooting.  Can't divulge the best story with that here.  That'll have to be a tailgate share.

 

Rick

[97and03]

Why doesn't Rick have an IMDB credit! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102517/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast

[FirefightnRick]

56 minutes ago, 97and03 said:

Why doesn't Rick have an IMDB credit! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102517/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast

Because it's a resume service for actors and costs like $35 a month, or it did the last time I checked.  Stebo wanted me to activate mine years ago but I have no use for it since it's not my profession.

http://www.unt.edu/northtexan/archives/p08/feedback.htm

Rick

Edited February 26, 2016 by FirefightnRick

[FirefightnRick]

 

Sweating my @$$ off standing in position during a scene in the midday June heat.

Kathy had challenged Sinbad and I to a burping contest earlier, and I'm laughing here because she had just burped her ABC's.  She was one of the coolest chicks I had ever met.

 

One of my signature moves as Eppy during basketball season was an attack on the goal where I jump and stick to the thing,...then slide to the floor.  The little kids loved it.  Most NT fans wouldn't recognize this today but in the 80's & 90's this was what was known as "Entertaining Mascoting",...which is actually what a school mascot is supposed to do at public events.  Entertain and enteract with the crowd and the kids in attendance.

Stan Dragoti asked me to try this move on the football goal post, they didn't think I could get the heavy, $4000 suit off the ground.  I could.

Rick

 

 

 

Edited February 26, 2016 by FirefightnRick

[FirefightnRick]

First day we met on set.  Head costumer Dan Moore sent me outside to meet and and bring Kathy back inside for her fitting for football equipment.  She walks up and says.."Hi..I'm Kathy Ireland", as if no one knew?

I nearly fainted, after all I'd been staring at her half naked in magazines since I was 12.  I played ball in high school at 185 lbs.  But just my luck the first and only time to ever meet a Super Model I look like a damn concentration camper, weighing at around 139 lbs.. That's what 5 years of college while working for near nothing at Piggly Wiggly and living off Raman noodles will do for you.

In between takes and scene set ups I met, signed autographs and entertained the great folks from all over who sat for long hours in the stands at Fouts as the extras fans in the movie.  I met some really wonderful people.

 

Rick

Edited February 26, 2016 by FirefightnRick

[Withers940]

Love the photos @FirefightnRick

I wast like 5 but my parents took me to one of the final wrap parties some of the cast members threw. It was at a house right down the street from us. I dont remember it what so ever but I still have a photo of Sinbad and I that I cherish so dearly.

 

What kind of scene did Brynarski cause?

[UNTLifer]

I was in school and bartending at the old Trail Dust out on east 380 during this time.  The cast would come in on Sunday evenings and eat and hang out.  They had one of their parties out there one Sunday night, and asked if we would stay open later since the place shut down at 10pm on Sundays.  They pooled money and paid the band to stay and tipped the wait staff and myself very nicely for working extra.  The best part of this was that Kathy Ireland did not drink, so she walks up to the side of the bar and asks me if it is alright if she stands there while the rest of the group is getting rowdy.  I was the same as FFR, after looking at her in SI and having one of her posters at home, I think I mumbled something that was inaudible but shook my head yes.  She just smiled, stuck out her hand and said, "Hi, I'm Kathy what's your name?"  She was extremely nice and down to earth.  Actually, all that I came in contact with were great although Jason Bateman was a little full of himself at that time. 

My second favorite memory was arriving for my first class of the day at the PEB only to have to wait while they shot the opening scene where the previous, scandal ridden coach is escorted to a waiting vehicle amongst a throng of media.  They must have shot that little scene 20 times causing me to miss half of class.

[greenjoe]

I took my 2 sons to Fouts for part of the filming.  We are in the crowd scene (Unless we're on the cutting room floor where they say the best scenes end up) filmed at night.  They gave us hot dogs and pennants.  The Dixie Chicks performed on some sort of trailer on the field.  Afterward, they just towed them off ( much like Natalie Maines did of their career) .  As I recall, they had big water hoses spraying water onto the field so simulate rain.  We stayed as late as a responsible father could stay.  We still hate those Texas Colts.

 

Go 'Dillos

 

GO MEAN GREEN

[Censored by Laurie]

12 hours ago, FirefightnRick said:

You mean Kathy Ireland....yes.  Not to get smokes but to get dressed.  I was tasked with clearing out an old closet under the student side(east) of Fouts for her to use as a dressing room.  And of course, I had the key to this room and helped fit her equipment and maintain it and made sure that it was kept clean.  All part of my dual responsibilities during shooting.  Can't divulge the best story with that here.  That'll have to be a tailgate grand jury share.

 

[FirefightnRick]

2 hours ago, greenjoe said:

I took my 2 sons to Fouts for part of the filming.  We are in the crowd scene (Unless we're on the cutting room floor where they say the best scenes end up) filmed at night.  They gave us hot dogs and pennants.  The Dixie Chicks performed on some sort of trailer on the field.  Afterward, they just towed them off ( much like Natalie Maines did of their career) .  As I recall, they had big water hoses spraying water onto the field so simulate rain.  We stayed as late as a responsible father could stay.  We still hate those Texas Colts.

 

Go 'Dillos

 

GO MEAN GREEN

Good memories, but actually that was the original Dixie Chicks (pre-Maines),..the ones that were the most talented in which all four members played an instrument rather than just running their mouth.   

And yeah, that rain scene went till we lost dark around 5:30 a.m and it just about ruined the Dillo suit because it soaked up the water like a sponge.  After that it was so heavy it was being dragged around when I moved about..  Not what it was made for.  

 

Rick

[Stix]

14 hours ago, 97and03 said:

Why doesn't Rick have an IMDB credit! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102517/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast

Actually, he does - ranks right up there with Robert Castleberry, Al Hurley, and Ann Richards:

Thanks 

Gary Allen	...	special thanks
Eddie Brown	...	special thanks
Robert L. Castleberry	...	special thanks (as Mayor Robert L. Castleberry)
Mike Ford	...	special thanks
Paul Gallamore	...	special thanks
Kevin Hodges	...	special thanks
Alfred F. Hurley	...	special thanks: University of North Texas (as Chancellor Alfred F. Hurley)
Stacy Jones	...	special thanks
John Lott	...	special thanks
Rick McKinney	...	special thanks
Greg Morris	...	special thanks
Mark Murphy	...	special thanks
Ann Richards	...	special thanks (as Governor Ann W. Richards)
Shawn Robertson	...	special thanks
Dennis Swilley	...	special thanks
Bret Turnbow	...	special thanks
Steve Van Pelt	...	special thanks
Shawn Wash	...	special thanks

[greenjoe]

4th from the bottom of this list, I think, Dennis Swilley, played center for the Minnesota Vikings and came to North Texas for an art degree.  Why he's on this list I don't know. 

[FirefightnRick]

8 hours ago, greenjoe said:

4th from the bottom of this list, I think, Dennis Swilley, played center for the Minnesota Vikings and came to North Texas for an art degree.  Why he's on this list I don't know. 

Great guy.  Played 10-11 years for the Vikes.  Finished his degree at NT. He body doubled for the center actor.  He told me once that he made the decision to retire when a rookie they brought in signed for more money than he had made his entire career.

 

Rick

[UNT Five&Dime]

On ‎2‎/‎26‎/‎2016 at 11:01 PM, FirefightnRick said:

You mean Kathy Ireland....yes.  Not to get smokes but to get dressed.  I was tasked with clearing out an old closet under the student side(east) of Fouts for her to use as a dressing room.  And of course, I had the key to this room and helped fit her equipment and maintain it and made sure that it was kept clean.  All part of my dual responsibilities during shooting.  Can't divulge the best story with that here.  That'll have to be a tailgate share.

 

Rick

Is this where the oral part of the history comes?