Clay Travis of Deadspin has unearthed a video of former Bears coach Mike Ditka behaving like a bear in a bingo hall.  Here it is.

 

In the clip that reportedly was created in 2001 at (based on the sign in the background) an apparent roast of Ditka.  When Paul Hornung is introduced as the next speaker, and Ditka stands to applaud, Ditka somehow knocks an entire table forward, sending it off the dais into into the crowd.

Then Hornung gives Ditka a playful shove, sending Da Coach careening into Da Curtain.

It’s great, but we still can’t figure out how he managed to knock over an entire table simply by standing up.  Our best explanation?  Perhaps back in 2001, he didn’t need pharmaceuticals to become “Iron Mike.”