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Before their careers in the NFL with the New York Jets both Jim and John were members of prominent Rock and Roll bands in the 1960's and early 1970's. A friendship forged in these Rock and Roll years brought them together at the New York Jets. Jim and John share their Rock and Roll bonds with the listeners. 

Jim Pons and John Seiter share their journeys from music industry to The NFL. In 1973 Pons left the  music industry  to become the film and video director for the  New York Jets   football club; he actually designed the team's 1978–97 team logo.   Seiter may be best known for his work as a drummer for Spanky and Our Gang  and  The Turtles .  But he also built a solid post music career with The Jet...

Henry Kunttu  started with the Buffalo Bills in 1969...He is considered one of the "deans" of video director / film director group. Henry was in the middle of a career as a cartoon animator when he became a grip for the Bills Film Crew.   He worked part time for quite awhile and then became a subcontractor for the team. In the beginning, he would actually film the games in Buffalo and then the fil...

In this episode Robert Blackwell and the rest of the roundtable talk about international travel.   This roundtable includes legendary NFL Film and Video Directors: Mike Perkins the Video Director of The Jacksonville Jaguars Bob McCartney the Video Director of The Pittsburgh Steelers Mike Dougherty retired from the Philadelphia Eagles Thom Fermstad retired from The Minnesota Vikings and Seattle Sea...

The Roundtable is back In this episode Robert Blackwell asks the guys about the most challenging stadiums that they encountered Mike Perkins the Video Director of The Jacksonville Jaguars Bob McCartney the Video Director of The Pittsburgh Steelers Mike Dougherty retired from the Philadelphia Eagles Thom Fermstad retired from The Minnesota Vikings and Seattle Seahawks Dave Levy retired from The Pit...

Robert is joined by a gang of characters Mike Perkins the video director of The Jacksonville Jaguars (1994-present) Bob McCartney the video director of The Pittsburgh Steelers (1972 - present) Mike Dougherty formerly with The Philadelphia Eagles (1976-2013) Thom Fermstad formerly with The Minnesota Vikings and  The Seattle Seahawks (1973-2012) Dave Levy formerly with The Pittsburgh Steelers and Th...

Reel Football Stories Host -- Robert Blackwell takes us back to the days where football was about the game. The first guest on this podcast is Al Treml.  Al is The Legendary Film/Video Director of The Green Bay Packers from 1967 thru 2001 Originally hired by Vince Lombardi Al was only the 2nd full time Film Director in the league.   He actually started working for The Packers part time filming gam...

As host of  Reel Football Stories Robert Blackwell wants to take you back to when football was about the game. In this very first episode of the podcast, we get to know Robert and his 30+ year career as the Head of The Dallas Cowboys Film/Video Department. Robert has worked with legendary coaches, owners, general managers and players that shaped the game.

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