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[Odoul]

There is not a single audio clip in this world as terrible as that was. I gotta start being careful about watching ESPNclassic at night now? I was 3 at the time. I can barely remember anything from back then, but I remember that shit CRYSTAL clear. My nuts still twist.

 

[Loki]

There is not a single audio clip in this world as terrible as that was. I gotta start being careful about watching ESPNclassic at night now? I was 3 at the time. I can barely remember anything from back then, but I remember that shit CRYSTAL clear. My nuts still twist.

:lol

Yeah, that one was pretty bad, but there were a couple of other notable quotables, two also by Johnny Most (the Celtics announcer):


Johnny Most: "This is a disgusting display!" (the way he says this is HYSTERICAL-- he sort of jibbers it out while spitting all over the place and stumbling over his words; perhaps some other people have heard this one)


Johnny Most: "...gets it out deep and Havlicek steals it! Over to Sam Jones; Johnny Havlicek stole the ball!"


Unknown Pacers announcer, after Jordan missed a 30-foot double-pump bank shot to win game 4 of the '97 ECF: "IT RIMMED OUT! IT RIMMED OUT! IT RIMMED OUT! IT RIMMED OUT! It's 2-2-- UN-BE-LIEVABLE!" :lol Dude was freaking out lol. Funniest thing I ever heard.


One name: Kevin FREAKING Harlan. :lol Before he toned it down a bit for national broadcasts, when he strictly did Timberwolves games, he was HYSTERICAL. I remember watching a Wolves game on League Pass, and someone hit a 3-pointer, and I nearly fell out of my chair from shock because he just screamed out "CORD! Peeler chops the block for three!" After EVERY three-pointer, he'd yell "CORD!", each time louder than the last lol. When guys dunked, he'd change it up-- "UP HIGH AND DOWN HARD-- THEY CALL THAT THE HIGH HARD ONE!".


What made Harlan was that he was literally screaming on every call. :lol

 

[Dilbert]

What made Harlan was that he was literally screaming on every call. :lol

Sometimes, it amuses me to wonder if sportscasters use some of their lines in bed. (Blame Bonnie Bernstein -- if she was in bed with me, I wouldn't care WHAT she said. Mmmm mmmm.) If they did, a Kevin Harlan sex tape would be the funniest thing EVER.

 

[drohne]

johnny most was horrible. "BIRD STOLE THE BALL! BIRD STOLE THE BALL!" voice like a dying buzzard. the contrast between chick hearn and johnny most is just one of the many aspects of the lakers' fundamental superiority to the celtics.

edit: wait, i'm conflating "steal by bird! steal by bird!" with "havlicek stole the ball!" christ.

 

[Hollywood]

"The band is on the field!!! The band is on the field!!" - best call in sports history :lol

 

[Eminem]

"The band is on the field!!! The band is on the field!!" - best call in sports history :lol

no no no. the best call i've ever heard involved Mike Patrick, the Vikings, and the word "bejesus"

 

[Archaix]

no no no. the best call i've ever heard involved Mike Patrick, the Vikings, and the word "bejesus"

:lol

I absolutely despise that crew, but I wouldn't get rid of them just because they provided that wonderful halftime recap.

 

[Loki]

Sometimes, it amuses me to wonder if sportscasters use some of their lines in bed. (Blame Bonnie Bernstein -- if she was in bed with me, I wouldn't care WHAT she said. Mmmm mmmm.) If they did, a Kevin Harlan sex tape would be the funniest thing EVER.

:lol

That's funny, yet...oddly arousing-- in the strictest hoops purist sense of the word, of course.

It'd definitely give "UP HIGH AND DOWN HARD!" a whole new meaning..

edit: wait, i'm conflating "steal by bird! steal by bird!" with "havlicek stole the ball!" christ.

Actually, neither you nor Odoul got the call right. The Bird incident proceeded like so:


"Nooooow....there's a steal by Bird! Over to DJ, lays it in! WHAT A PLAY BY BIRD!"

 

[theo]

don't be hating on johnny most. the man is a legend around here.

 

[etiolate]

Man I loved Harlan, but he's all timid now.

I remember when Mahmoud Abdul Rauf was on the Nuggets and he caught fire and lit it up for like 40 points and I think it was Harlan who started chanting "THE RAUF, RAUF. THE RAUF IS ON FIRE!"

 

[Hollywood]

Hockey anouncers at the best ..

"MAYDAY! MAYDAY! MAYDAY!" - Brad May makes a goal

"St. Louis! St. Louis!" - Thats former TB Lighting player Saint Lou-we ... not the city St. Lou-is

Of course hockey fans needed no explanation of these calls.

 

[Loki]

Man I loved Harlan, but he's all timid now.

I remember when Mahmoud Abdul Rauf was on the Nuggets and he caught fire and lit it up for like 40 points and I think it was Harlan who started chanting "THE RAUF, RAUF. THE RAUF IS ON FIRE!"

:lol

Sounds like something he would do.


I think there was a stipulation in his contract mandating that he had to keep it below 90 decibels and keep the "witticisms" to a minimum.