The new, orgasmic announcer moan - WTF ESPN (and others)?

I’ve noticed a strange new trend, most prominently on ESPN (FUCK YOU!), which has, of course, begun to be copied by other stations (like NBC and Keith MR. DICKHEAD Olberman).

If you have no idea what I’m talking about, stop reading here. If you have never noticed it, you will be fine. But if/when you *d *notice it, it will drive you crazy.

Here’s how it works: Announcer one talks about the game being reflected on the video feed, and if it’s a great play, a turning point or whatever, the second announcer gives a loud, audible **MOAN **(ooooooooh, or MMMMMMM). **WTF **is that? Am I to think these people are *that *orgasmic over a fumble?

Maybe I’m just getting old, because ESPN clearly doesn’t appeal to me anymore. I am sure I’m out of their targeted demographic, but for crying out loud (literally), I don’t need to hear Steve Levy MOAN when John Anderson reads a highlight (these two fuckwits are this morning’s SC team). Oh, don’t worry. I’ve also heard Anderson groan loudly over Levy, too. This isn’t funny, dynamic or cutting edge… it’s ANNOYING. Stop it, you asshats! Quit trying to be clever, laughing, giggling like a tickled school girl, and/or moaning over the other person’s voice. JUST GIVE ME THE DAMN NEWS!!! (oooooooooooh!)

The worst thing is, I’ve heard it on at least one other broadcast. Keith “Countdown” Olberman (the biggest, most egotistical fuckwad of all announcers) gets to be clever every Sunday night on NBC. God, I hate Olberman. A no-talent hack who quit ESPN to work at Fox, couldn’t carry the sports, and went running back to ESPN with his hat in his hand. I have a feeling he is the originator of this announcing “technique”. Olberman, you Uncle Fucker!! Go away!

fuck :mad:

I don’t know exactly what you’re talking about, although nearly all of my television watching is sports. So I guess I’m lucky.

One slight hi-jack from something you said, though: why the fuck is Steve Levy even employed by ESPN? I don’t watch SportsCenter anymore, but when I do, this douchebag always seems to be the host. I know it isn’t the glory days of SC anymore, and the show is no longer as focused on having big-time personalities as hosts. Regardless, this guy has to be the most boring guy on the face of the earth. Just visualizing, in my head, the way he looks right now is making me bored. AND HE’S ANCHORING EVERY SINGLE TIME I TRY TO GIVE THE SHOW A CHANCE!!!

ggggggggggooooooooooooaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!

Finally a tipping point in sports-fetish homoeroticism?

Perhaps… but whatever it is, it’s obvious that it’s a defined format, since everyone seems to do it on ESPN. Another show which has changed is “The Sports Reporters”. The insignificant, over-compensating, 5’2" Mike Lupica likes to make sounds while others are talking… So much so that I cannot watch the program anymore. :mad:

mshar253, I agree with you about Levy. Perhaps once I finish bitching about this, I’ll create a pit thread for all of their asshat anchors.

Does anyone out here even know what I’m talking about? I can’t believe I’m the only one who has noticed this…

ESPN has continued to push me further away from sports. And they have a virtual monopoly on sports in the US. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHsssss holes!

[Will Ferrell]
Hi, everybody, this is Harry Caray, and I’m getting my pole varnished as we speak!
[/Will Ferrell]

Huh. I always took it as pain over how stupid/bad/painful/ruinous the play was for the other team. Never sounded like pleasure to me.

I agree with TroubleAgain. It doesn’t sound like the men are moaning in pleasure ::shudder:: But, I could get behind Erin Andrews moaning pleasurably.

I guess my question is: you are only now getting around to being annoyed by ESPN? Chris Berman didn’t do it to you oh say around 1991? The stupid catchphrases and smirky self-promotion of all the announcers? Keith Olberman’s 1995 mustache???

The dirty truth: there just is not that much about sports that needs talking or commenting about. Watch the game, don’t watch the game, watch the highlights with the sound turned down, or – read the scores online. I have long wondered how there could be hours and hours and hours of television/radio “discussion” regarding sports. It’s inevitably a bunch of repetitive blather (ESPN) or faux-profound would-be philosophy (Frank DeFord, Peter Gammons).

Commenting on Mike Lupica (or Michael Wilbon, or Tony Kornholer, or any other “sports journalist” elevated to a “commentator” role) is almost superfluous. Interviewing sports reporters (most of whom are, almost necessarily, near-illiterate, puny/obese wannabe jocks who never picked up a ball) about sports has to be among the more moronic notions ever, which is why ESPN (not just on The Sports Reporters) does it early and often.

I haven’t noticed this. I thought you were pitting ESPN’s recent use of Billy Mays in their ads and the fact they actually used him as a sideline correspondent during a game for a couple of minutes last week. Even I’m close to the breaking point with them.

What? They did what? Billy Mays, you say? That’s unforgiveable!

:smiley:

That could be taken in more than one way…

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