I enjoy watching Keith Olbermann’s show Countdown on MSNBC but I am puzzled by his sign off phrase. Each night he closes the show by saying, “Keep your knees loose”, whatever that means. My question is, what the heck does “Keep your knees loose” mean? Is Keith giving secret golf tips, or what?
He used to be a sportscaster. Perhaps it dates back from that, as at some point in learning any sport, someone will give you the advice “keep your knees loose”.
Also, I haven’t seen the show in forever, but didn’t he used to use a different sign off a couple years back?
He took it from Jean Shepherd (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Shepherd). I believe Shepherd said it in reference to baseball.