Last week a horse called “Nobody” won at the provincials. Commentator said "I guess, today, you could say “Nobody’s perfect.”
I suppose it has been used before, just to head that off. However, I wish I had thought of it. I chuckled.
John Madden.
… and that’s all I’ve got to say about that.
“This rookie sensation’s future is very much ahead of him.” (As opposed to all those other players, whose futures are BEHIND them.)
“If the Jets are going to beat the Tom Brady and the Patriots today, they’re going to have to OUTSCORE them.” (Ummm… yeah, the whole DEFINITION of winning is to outscore your opponents!)
That guy there, is a FOOTBALL player!
Joe
On a local station there was coverage of local soldiers returning from the Middle East.
One perky young reporter went up to a soldier and her husband, who were locked in a tight clinch. She stuck the microphone at them and chirped “So, what are your plans for this evening?”
“Sarah Palin tweeted about…”
:eek:
During the closing ceremonies of the Olympics, one sportscaster would just not shut up. At one point he did, then chimed in “This hardly needs any commentary at all.”
But you just had to provide some anyway, I guess.
Have you ever heard the radio voice of the Yankees, John Stirling announce a homerun? I don’t want to groan - I want to hit him with something large.
The worst is for Curtis Granderson: Grandy Man- John Stirling at it again - YouTube
Someboy outta smack that boy; when Granderson connects with the ball I lunge for the radio on/off switch.
The main thing I hate about the Olympics is hearing commentators talk about how many years it’s been since something happened.
“It’s been EIGHT YEARS since the US won gold in this event.” Soooo… they didn’t win last time?
I realize this is slightly different, but it’s been bugging me for days. Barbara Walters. The most recent royal wedding. Kate and William exiting the church. Baba comments on how tiny and slender Kate’s waist is in the dress. Really? that’s the best you can do? That’s the whole focus of the day, how skinny Kate is?
In UFC, everything is (or was) “explosive.” Everything. The constant overuse of ‘explosive’ as a catch-all adjective actually pushed me away from MMA and was a major contributing factor in my refusal to help pay for the Pay-Per-View fee for UFC parties.
Needless to say, no one invites me to their MMA viewing parties any more.
John Madden talking about Troy Aikmans Super Bowl touch down pass.
Troy stepped and threw up. :eek:
Yep. I was going to say something similar.
Children say that balls thrown over the wall were never returned. This was said more than once by the same anchor lady to emphasize how horrible Osama Bin laden was I think. It was pretty pointless and added nothing to the story.
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The lady who was our next-door neighbor when we first moved in was the same way.
Maybe she was a closet terrorist.
one reporter asked dan jansen’s coach if the ice was slippery. coach’s face was priceless. he then deadpanned “all ice is slippery”.
Right after Super Bowl 6, in which Duane Thomas led the Cowboys to victory, CBS broadcaster Tom Brookshier asked Duane “Are you REALLY that fast?” Thomas stared at him incredulously for a moment, then said, “Apparently.”
This kind of stuff seems to be the vast majority of sports commentary–it’s mostly just filler, so they end up saying stupid things all the time. From the last Superbowl:
“Well, what the Steelers’ are planing right now to make two more touchdowns, one after the other.”
Agreed - it must be hard to keep things flowing and no doubt in the end you end up saying things that later make you think: really? did I really just say that? I always make fun of Madden, but I am keenly aware that I could not do it for the entire length of a football game.