Ahmad Rashād on-air proposal to Phylicia Ayers-Allen - Thanksgiving 1985

NBC sportscaster Ahmad Rashād pops the question on national TV during the pregame portion of the "NFL '85" broadcast of the New York Jets at Detroit Lions game on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, 1985. From the field at the Silverdome, he asks a surprised Bob Costas back in the booth to have someone find Phylicia Ayers-Allen, who's at the Macy's Thanksgving Day Parade, and relay the message to her.

Here's a People magazine article about the proposal: http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20092471,00.html

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• 1985
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• football
• game
• sports
• Ahmad
• Rashad
• Phylicia
• Ayers-Allen
• NBC
• Thanksgiving
• Claire
• Huxtable

[Tubewings]

Oh, I've been looking for this!!

[thetruthis9]

@Tubewings ME TOO...!!! this proposal was soo much better in my head but after seeing the real deal, it couldn't have been more LAME...!!!

he essentially said, hey buddy,will you ask her if she would marry me and don't forget to let me know what her answer is...

LAAAAME...!!! SHE SHOULD HAVE SAID NOPE...!!!

[DivetteSummer]

@Destinyiluvdebate Yes that could be true...but Ahmad like the other guys was accused of cheating on her...

[Destinyiluvdebate]

@DivetteSummer she's really pretty and graceful and classy, but that was also her third marriage, so she also could have been the one with the problems.

[DivetteSummer]

Stupid guy! He married and then lost her! C'mon! It's Phylicia a great woman!

[Jean0987654321]

Wtf

[zachhoran]

They were married shortly after, and Phylicia's opening credit on the Cosby Show became Phylicia Rashad a couple months later. THey were on the first four episodes of the John Davidson Hollywood Squares on 9/15-9/18/86.