Peyton Manning’s in 2007 remains one of — if not the — finest performances by an athlete guest on the show. The delivery, the lines, the facial expressions — Manning had it all.
But Archie Manning, in speaking to , revealed an amusing behind-the-scenes detail about the skit. Peyton apparently wasn’t too thrilled about hitting the kids, even if it was with only a Nerf ball. The kids’ parents, however, seemed delighted by the idea.
One of his favorite stories was about Peyton’s appearance on Saturday Night Live when one of the skits was a mock football camp and Peyton was required to hit a child with a football. Manning said his son didn’t want to do it even though it was a Nerf football.
“But all the parents on the sidelines were yelling, ‘hit my kid. Hit my kid,'” said Manning who was still feeling the effects of back, knee and neck surgeries.
(The Shreveport Times)
