In autumn of 2002, Dadio was remembering fondly an autumn long ago, way back in 1972, when Dadio, Hodgie and the Stupendous Trio made their debut in Mosheim, Tennessee. Things were good then, really good. But so much had changed.
As the pair got older, it wasn't about the music anymore. Hell, it wasn't even about money. Two enormous egos found it hard to share the same stage--or even the same recording studio. So, the band broke up, and the muzakal duo once called the "darlings of cliched pop music with inappropriate references to polka" was no more.
So, you can see why Dadio wanted to make a video about a team that did really cool things but never actually got anywhere: the throwing-catching duo of Blake-Pickens, who, from 1994 to 1999, formed one of the most electrifying offenses in the league. Jeff Blake, quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals, together with his wide receivers Carl Pickens and Darnay Scott, completed an amazing 788 passes, for 11,131 yards and 80 touchdowns. Now, Dadio did not know any of this. But he saw that two people were doing things together, and others were clapping. And, as he himself said in the 1983 documentary (Here Comes Dadio), "Clapping makes Dadio happy."
So, you can see why Dadio wanted to make a video about a team that did really cool things but never actually got anywhere: the throwing-catching duo of Blake-Pickens, who, from 1994 to 1999, formed one of the most electrifying offenses in the league. Jeff Blake, quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals, together with his wide receivers Carl Pickens and Darnay Scott, completed an amazing 788 passes, for 11,131 yards and 80 touchdowns. Now, Dadio did not know any of this. But he saw that two people were doing things together, and others were clapping. And, as he himself said in the 1983 documentary (Here Comes Dadio), "Clapping makes Dadio happy."