Cartoon Tony Romo
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Cartoon Tony Romo refers to an illustration of CBS sports commentator and former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo used as an on-screen graphic during the CBS broadcast of an NFL game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Carolina Panthers in mid-October 2017.
Origin
On October 12th, CBS included a graphic of an illustrated Tony Romo that appeared when Romo made points about the game between the Carolina Panthers and Philadelphia Eagles. That day, the Dallas Morning News Cowboys-covering Twitter account tweeted a comparison between the real-life Romo and his illustrated counterpart (shown below).
CBS nailed the
tonyromo</a> cartoon. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RomoStradamus?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RomoStradamus</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DallasCowboys?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DallasCowboys</a> <a href="https://t.co/GRgDj2YM8s">pic.twitter.com/GRgDj2YM8s</a></p>— SportsDay Cowboys (dmn_cowboys) October 13, 2017
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Once the graphic was displayed on screen, Twitter users watching the game immediately noticed and began joking about it. @BarstoolSports[1] tweeted that Romo looked like a shady used-car salesman, gaining over 450 retweets (shown below, left). @NFLRT[2] tweeted a photoshopped image which made the cartoon Romo appear like a mascot on a frozen pizza box, gaining over 650 retweets, (shown below, right).
Jokes and commentary on the cartoon Romo were covered by Twitter Moments,[3] Dallas News,[4] and SB Nation.[5]
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[1] Twitter – @BarstoolSports
[3] Twitter Moments – Cartoon Tony Romo is … something else
[4] Dallas News – CBS nailed this Tony Romo cartoon for Thursday Night Football broadcast
[5] SB Nation – CBS drew a Tony Romo cartoon and it's delightful
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