YouTube is arguably the greatest innovation in the history of the world.  Except for maybe the wheel.  And fire.  And Casual Friday.

The latest nugget, which comes to us by way of a reader who found it on BratsandBeer.com, which found it in a posting from our own MDS on AOL, is compelling to us for several reasons.

First, the 1992 video came right on the heels was the football world’s introduction to Brett Favre in a last-second victory by the Packers over the Bengals.  A young, fresh-faced, brown-haired Favre, who apparently had a pinch between his cheek and gum while he was interviewed after the game, had come off of the bench for an injured Don Majkowski to throw the decisive touchdown pass.  Sixteen years later, Favre has yet to relinquish the job. 

Second, the NBC post-game crew spewing out some excellent X’s-and-O’s analysis was Bob Costas, Buddy Ryan, and O.J. Simpson.  Of the three, Ryan would have drawn the lowest odds in the “most likely to commit double murder within two years from today” pool.

Third, Bob Costas . . . never . . . ages.  Never.  Ever.  Somewhere in his attic, there’s a portrait of him that currently looks like a wax figure of Gilbert Gottfried after five hours in a steam room.   

Anyway, here’s the clip.