I used to love watching the original "Monday Night Football" on ABC, when it was a real show. You never knew who might appear at half-time with Howard Cosell, and that made it entertaining even if the game wasn't. And one night, John Lennon was the guest.

On this day in 1974, Howard Cosell interviewed John Lennon as his half-time guest. John seemed to be such a "good sport" sharing what he didn't know about football. Watch this brief interview that was part of a 1995 retrospective on ABC, with Brent Musburger setting the stage for video clip:

 

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