Did you catch the reference to my alma mater during the Oscar's? I spent four great years at good ol' Ball State University, also known as the academic powerhouse of the Midwest. It's an Ivy League-quality school that is referenced at prestigious events like the Oscars.
Or maybe you just know it because of David Letterman and "Boom Goes the Dynamite," which was the reference on Sunday night. Will Smith dropped it after screwing up a line.
Chirp, chirp.
I almost shed a tear of pride and wrote a check to BSU. Almost.
After hearing "boom goes the dynamite" for the first time in years, I had to wiki it and, of course, the phrase has its own entry. Did you know that video clip is now known as the Collins incident in communication classes? And Stephen Colbert used it when commentating a chess match?
So for those of you who think Ball State is a lower-rung Hoosier school, was your college mentioned at the Oscars or on The Colbert Report?
I rest my case.
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So much to be proud of. Congrats BSU.
This is all very interesting...I had never heard of the "incident." Boy was that difficult to watch.
But knowing the back story about him filling in for a friend, and no teleprompter and paper not in order makes it feel better.
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