Packers Fan in Visa Ad to Miss 1st Ever Super Bowl

[Dan T.]

MILWAUKEE –AP– The streak is over: One of the four men featured in a national commercial for never missing a Super Bowl game will not be at Sunday's showdown between Pittsburgh and Green Bay.

Family members said Saturday that 79-year-old Robert Cook of Brown Deer, Wis., is hospitalized and had sent his two daughters to Arlington, Texas, instead. Cook's wife, Sarah, told The Associated Press her husband became very weak on Thursday.
"We were packed and ready to go," she said.

Cook said her husband is very depressed; the streak is over, but he also won't be able to watch his beloved Packers in the big game. "To have the Packers go to the Super Bowl, we were just over the moon about it," Sarah Cook said.

Cook, New England Patriots fan Donald Crisman, San Francisco 49ers fan Larry Jacobson and Pittsburgh Steelers' fan Thomas Henschel have been to every Super Bowl since 1967 and created the "Never Missed a Super Bowl Club."

The four gained recognition in a recent Visa Inc. credit card commercial that celebrated the men's passion for football and their perfect attendance record.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/fbn_super_bowl_never_missed

The Club...Cook is second from left:
http://www2.tbo.com/exposure/ar/659/372/2010/11/22/82156_superbowlguys.jpg

[grego]

for some reason, i've grown to resent these guys.

[Dan T.]

for some reason, i've grown to resent these guys.

"Larry" - the guy on the far right in the above pic - comes across as a guy you would hate sitting next to on a long flight.

[grego]

"Larry" - the guy on the far right in the above pic - comes across as a guy you would hate sitting next to on a long flight.

cant tell if the first guy looks like he's pissed or getting ready to smile. kinda looks like he has to poop. second guy, despite the obvious col. sanders resemblance, looks like he would like to kill somebody. third guy looks like everybodys grandpa- alzheimers and all. to me, larry looks like he thinks hes the smartest guy in the room, and probably is.

[Tom [Giants fan]]

Is this the Madden curse now thrust upon Visa?

[Dallascrushers]

poor guy this really does have to be hard on him....hope he gets better.

[DCranon21]

Damn that sucks. That's a helluva streak to up hold if you ask me.

[ejay183]

And then there were only three

[Dan T.]

poor guy this really does have to be hard on him....hope he gets better.

Yeah, especially since he's a big Packers fan. Too bad for him, and get well soon...

[RFKFedEx]

Did they ever say why he's been hospitolized?

[skinsfan_1215]

Hopefully the Packers hear about this and visit him in the hospital after they get back from beating the Steelers.

[Bubble Screen]

That one dude has to be related to Rodney Dangerfield.

[The Slamming Butcher]

Dude on the far right's nose looks like the tip of a penis.

[Hardcore Zornography]

Dude on the far right's nose looks like the tip of a penis.

Hahahahahaha

[gortiz]

for some reason, i've grown to resent these guys.

:ols::ols::ols:

oh dude ... that was great.

[mikemac9]

Oh damn, he missed one SB in 40+ years; rich bastard...

[Old Dominion Monarch 06]

Maybe they should just make a commercial about this, too. And play it every other commercial slot during every game on Sunday. you know because people never get tired of anything..

['Skins_&_'Stons]

He passed away. RIP.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=6121169

[Dan T.]

:( RIP Bob Cook, and peace to your friends and family.