McCringleberry's Excessive Celebration

Two play-by-play announcers follow a Rhinos game in which rookie tight end Hingle McCringleberry scores touchdown after touchdown. Each time he celebrates with pelvic thrusts, and the commentators solemnly count along, explaining that the rule book allows two pumps but a third brings an excessive-celebration flag. McCringleberry pleads with the referee and his coach fumes on the sideline, yet every score ends in the same penalty. On his final touchdown the crowd waits to see whether he can stop at two; he cannot, and the announcers study a slow-motion replay marked up on screen to confirm the third thrust before apologizing to families watching at home.

Real NFL players have copied the celebration. Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller was fined for a Hingle McCringleberry sack dance in 2015, and Keegan-Michael Key later said on Conan that he and Jordan Peele paid the $11,567 fine. In November 2025, Carolina Panthers running back Rico Dowdle was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct and fined $14,491 for a two-thrust touchdown celebration in Green Bay that paid homage to the sketch.