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Car, Band, or Sports Team: The Falcons


The Ford Falcon 3 votes

The Falcons 1 votes

The Atlanta Falcons 5 votes

Edgy MD
Dec 28 2020 04:03 PM

In a new series of polling threads, we introduce the notion of cars, bands, and sports teams that share the same name, and which of the three have the greatest legacy, according to your subjective opinion. We open with ... The Falcons!


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  • [*]The Ford Falcon

    Years Active: 1959—1970

    Accomplishments:
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  • [*]Established the frame design for all the later "pony" models.

  • [*]Commercials for cars featured the first animated and voiced appearance of the Peanuts characters.

  • [*]Got 30 mpg back when few in America cared about fuel economy.
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  • [*]The Falcons

    Years Active: 1955—2008

    Accomplishments:
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  • [*]Launched careers of solo soul stars Wilson Pickett and Eddie Floyd

  • [*]Had about 10 records charting on the R&B charts and two that crossed over to pop success.

  • [*]Led by Mack Stubbs, younger brother of Levi Stubbs
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  • [*]The Atlanta Falcons

    Years Active: 1966—Present

    Accomplishments:
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  • [*]A .439 franchise winning percentage.

  • [*]Employed Hall-of-Famers Deion Sanders (cb, kr, wr), Claude Humphrey (de), Morten Andersen (pk), and Tony Gonzalez (te) during definitive portions of their careers. Don't ask me what's keeping Jeff Van Note out of Canton.

  • [*]A franchise 10-14 playoff record, and two NFC championships
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    whippoorwill
    Dec 28 2020 05:09 PM
    Re: Car, Band, or Sports Team: The Falcons

    Car. The first thing I ever drove

    LWFS
    Dec 28 2020 08:17 PM
    Re: Car, Band, or Sports Team: The Falcons

    Never heard of either of the first two, and I heard of a buncha things [spits disdainfully]

    Edgy MD
    Dec 28 2020 08:30 PM
    Re: Car, Band, or Sports Team: The Falcons

    =whippoorwill post_id=52879 time=1609200557 user_id=79]
    Car. The first thing I ever drove



    I would have guessed you couldn't get any cooler. And I would have guessed wrong.

    Fman99
    Dec 28 2020 08:46 PM
    Re: Car, Band, or Sports Team: The Falcons

    This is nuts. I'm 47 and I've never heard of the car or the musical act.



    I'm convinced Edgy made them both up.

    Edgy MD
    Dec 28 2020 08:56 PM
    Re: Car, Band, or Sports Team: The Falcons

    Yeah, and then I created 10 model years, a bunch of commercials with poor sound and the earliest iterations of animated Peanuts characters, webpages, Wikipedia articles, and dozens of chapters of collectors clubs.



    And then I went back in time and built one for whippoorcooby. Just to fuck with you.



    If we're ever allowed to gather again, go to a rally of Ford Falcon owners. Mid-Century Modern geekdom at it's finest.

    whippoorwill
    Dec 28 2020 09:01 PM
    Re: Car, Band, or Sports Team: The Falcons

    Lol it was my sisters fiancé's. (Maroon)



    Plus my brother and sister shared one :)

    (Red)

    Edgy MD
    Dec 28 2020 09:03 PM
    Re: Car, Band, or Sports Team: The Falcons

    And then I got Jay Leno to join me in the conspiracy.



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    Frayed Knot
    Dec 29 2020 04:21 AM
    Re: Car, Band, or Sports Team: The Falcons

    IIRC, my aunt & uncle owned a Falcon station wagon for a while. In fact, I think there may have been successive ones replacing previous ones.

    They also had at least two successive black labs named Falcon although I'm not sure if the name of the cars and dogs were related or just coincidence.

    MFS62
    Dec 29 2020 06:07 AM
    Re: Car, Band, or Sports Team: The Falcons

    =whippoorwill post_id=52879 time=1609200557 user_id=79]
    Car. The first thing I ever drove



    My folks had one - red, with bucket seats. They rolled it trying to avoid a truck coming out of a rest stop. Luckily they were only shaken up, but the car was totaled. They didn't drive much and took good care of their cars. Some lucky person would still be driving it today.



    But I still thought of the football team first.

    Later

    kcmets
    Dec 29 2020 06:10 AM
    Re: Car, Band, or Sports Team: The Falcons

    A friend of mine's step-dad had an early model Falcon he kept in really

    good condition. Even though it was never garaged, it lasted into the mid-

    80's (and so has he). The funny thing I remember most about it was in the

    summer he blasted the heat so the engine wouldn't overheat and in the

    winter the heat struggled to keep the car warm.



    F ound

    O n

    R oad

    D ead

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Dec 29 2020 07:30 AM
    Re: Car, Band, or Sports Team: The Falcons

    I went with the band.



    The only thing I can recall about the Atlanta Falcons is that Steve Bartowski was their quarterback once

    Fman99
    Dec 29 2020 08:57 AM
    Re: Car, Band, or Sports Team: The Falcons

    Edgy MD wrote:

    Yeah, and then I created 10 model years, a bunch of commercials with poor sound and the earliest iterations of animated Peanuts characters, webpages, Wikipedia articles, and dozens of chapters of collectors clubs.



    And then I went back in time and built one for whippoorcooby. Just to fuck with you.




    I knew it! I'm more surprised you were able to get Wilson Pickett into a doo wop group. Since he's been dead for so long and all.