# Bob Costas looks old in HD. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 5, 2012, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-costas-looks-old-in-hd/611900 "2012-02-05T22:17:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-costas-looks-old-in-hd/611900/1 "2012-02-05T22:17:25Z")
Just wanted to say this. Man, HD makes old people look old right on your TV screen. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-costas-looks-old-in-hd/611900/2 "2012-02-06T01:45:58Z")
Well, he does _turn 60_ in March. 🙂 Did Dick Clark look like that when he _was 60_? BTW, have you seen Bryant Gumbel lately? He’s not aging well. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-costas-looks-old-in-hd/611900/3 "2012-02-06T02:05:38Z")
To Cafe society, from MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-costas-looks-old-in-hd/611900/4 "2012-02-06T04:58:59Z")
Hmm. Surprised this got moved. I can’t imagine anything more mundane or pointless than this. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-costas-looks-old-in-hd/611900/5 "2012-02-06T06:07:42Z")
As demonstrated on [30 Rock.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHRMYX23Jqg) ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-costas-looks-old-in-hd/611900/6 "2012-02-06T06:36:24Z")
I guess he can’t win for losing. He has two choices - age gracefully, or fight it. If he ages gracefully, people point out that he’s getting old. If he fights it, people will complain about bad facelifts, etc. ---
**Author:** ![BeaMyra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@BeaMyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeaMyra)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-costas-looks-old-in-hd/611900/7 "2012-02-06T06:41:15Z")
Don’t we all 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-costas-looks-old-in-hd/611900/8 "2012-02-06T17:30:54Z")
He needs to lay off the Just for Men, though. ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-costas-looks-old-in-hd/611900/9 "2012-02-07T15:40:55Z")
Maybe it is just me, but I was always surprised he was able to be so successful as a sportscaster. To me, he just looks and sounds like a nerd. Give him some glasses and pocket protector, and he should be walking the halls of IBM. Yea, I’m weird. ---
**Author:** ![Chicagojeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@Chicagojeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicagojeff)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-costas-looks-old-in-hd/611900/10 "2012-02-07T17:37:20Z")
BIg Ups to BOB… “Later” was a helluva show… wish they would show repeats of that… The Seger interview… the one with Garfunkel… (touchy touchy)