Oakland Raiders
In 1974, Steve Sabol of NFL Films composed a poem entitled "The Autumn Wind" (sample (help·info)). The poem, with its vivid personification of the autumn season as a pirate, is synonymous with the Raiders.[87][88] It was recorded as a orchestral piece by NFL Films (with narration by John Facenda), and is played at Raiders home games. Two additional songs about the Raiders have been released by NFL Films—"The Raiders" and "Raider Might," the former of which is played at home games after Oakland scores. Watched in 46.4 percent of all American households, the Raiders' victory over the Redskins in Super Bowl XVIII ranks as the 13th-most watched network telecast ever in the United States, according to the Nielsen Ratings system. The team's two other Super Bowl wins are tied for 29th place, each attracting 44.4 percent. Oakland's appearance in Super Bowl XXXVII was viewed by 88.6 million people.[89] In a 1992 episode of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons ("Lisa the Greek"), Lisa Simpson picks the Raiders to win a game because "they always cheat." The Raiders end up winning after "an extremely suspicious play."[90] The 1996 feature film That Thing You Do! features a character named Villapiano. The character and his pizza restaurant (Villapiano's) are named after former Raiders linebacker Phil Villapiano. Tom Hanks, who wrote and directed the film, is a Raiders fan.[91] An episode of the FOX television series Sliders ("The Prince of Wails") featured an alternate universe where the British won the American Revolutionary War, and although San Francisco was still a large city, Oakland was still an undeveloped, forested area (with the same geographical name). A militia of American freedom fighters based in the region took the name "The Oakland Raiders."

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