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Flashback: 1969 Players Reunites 1983

In September 1983, Patty Michael attends the banquet for 1969 Minnesota Vikings players. Her ex-boyfriend Ron Yary is in California for a school photo shoot. Bobby Bell is a surprise guest for his college friends Carl Eller and Milt Sunde. In addition to Ron, Joe Kapp, Alan Page, Paul Krause and Wally Hilgenberg were absent. Paul and Wally were in Texas with Patty's sister Maverine and her friend Marla Medders for hunting. However, Marla does not like hunting.

Flashback: 1989 Flag Football

It was April 1989, two months after Tom Landry was fired, the flag football was held for the legends of the Redskins and the Cowboys. Marla and her two children, Faron, 6, and Natalee, 4, were attending the game. Faron was wearing the Tracy Leslie t-shirt, and Natalee has a flower dress. Diron Talbert had a reunion with Marla, and several Cowboys players were on hand. The video shows John Fitzgerald carrying Natalee while Marla interviewed him, and Faron was with Diron about the shirt.

Flashback: Marla's Reunion With Her Brothers 1984

In early November 1984, as Marla refuses to go to San Francisco to face off with the Bengals, her six older brothers Jim, Chuck, Johnny, Duane, Arlie and Harold were having a reunion with her in Dallas. As the Cowboys had the all star list, they had a concert. For the first and last time since the 1973 disbandment, the siblings performed three songs, "Thanks," "He Did it All For Me" with a duet with D.D. Lewis, and "Jesus is Coming Soon" with all of the Cowboys players, including Danny White, who sings the last verse. The siblings reunited again in 1986 at their hometown of Ames, Iowa, and this is the last time that the siblings went on to sing in public. Ten years later, they reunited again with a funeral of their mother Margaret.

Marla Meets 101-Year-Old Iwo Jima Survivor

This afternoon, Marla and Kyle visited the 101-year-old Iwo Jima survivor who sings the national anthem at Texas Motor Speedway. His name is Don Graves. He was born on May 3, 1925, and previously lived in Wisconsin. Don remembers Marla as a young girl performing with her six brothers in the Midwest. Chase Elliott won the race since his first Texas win on Marla and Kyle's seventh anniversary.

Episode 35 of the Marla Show

Guest: Don't Tell Me What to Do - Pam Tillis Regular Music Video: When You Say Nothing At All - Keith Whitley (Tracy) Song for Marla: One More Heart Medley: Unforgettable - Marla Somebody Up There Likes Me - Clifford Sha Boom - Burton Brothers Love Me Tender - Tracy and Marla Guest:  Maybe It Was Memphis - Pam Tillis Gospel: Victory in Jesus - Marla and the Burton Brothers Lynn Davis had a cameo in a regular music video.

Flashback: The Medderses On Tour

In September 1972, Marla and her six older brothers had taped a new documentary movie called "The Medderses On Tour" which was released in January 1973. All of the Dallas Cowboys players except Bubba Smith's brother Tody had a medium role, and 15 songs were used. 1. Thanks 2. Jesus You're a Man (reprises with faster beats) 3. I Should Have Been Crucified 4. Through It All (reprises with Herb Adderley) 5. He Did it All For Me (reprises with D.D. Lewis) 6. It's Alright 7. Each Step I Take 8. Sheltered in the Arms of God 9. When I Lift Up My Head (with Lee Roy Jordan) 10. He Touched Me 11. I'm Free 12. Jesus Walked All the Way (reprises with Ralph Neely and Blaine Nye) 13. I Believe in a Hill Called Mount Calvary 14. Jesus is a Soul Man (with super vocalist Robert Newhouse) 15. Jesus is Coming Soon (reprises twice with background vocalists Billy Parks, Lance Alworth, D.D. Lewis, Charlie Waters, Lee Roy Jordan, Bob Lilly, Larry Cole and John Fitzgerald) After ...

Flashback: Dirty Dozen Reunion December 2025

On Dec. 14, 2025, Marla was there with Maverine for the Cowboys and the Vikings game. Several Dirty Dozen guys were attending were Pat Donovan, Thomas Henderson, Randy White, Rolly Woolsey, Bob Breunig, Randy Hughes, Burton Lawless and Scott Laidlaw. The 13th member Percy Howard is the free agent and a one catch wanderer. Not here was Kyle Davis, Mike Hegman and Herb Scott, and one dead was Mitch Hoopes. This was Scott's last attendance until he died a month later on Jan. 29, 2026. Marla claims that she hasn't talked to Scott since 1986 while having a conversation with D.D. Lewis and Larry Grantham, who were both sober. She also hasn't talked to Rolly for almost 50 years. Maverine said about Fred Cox, who died after he attended the 50th anniversary Vikings for 1969 in 2019. Marla was proud to have the dirty dozen's 50th anniversary. The title is after the movie in 1967 starring Lee Marvin and Jim Brown.