I love football, but I hate most football announcers. Especially the ex-jocks whose alleged duty is to provide “color” commentary. Said “color” usually consists of painfully obvious remarks about the game or some lame attempt to engage in verbal repartee with the real announcer. Do we really need two announcers anyway? The guys who work in radio are far less obnoxious. I think they have a better understanding that people are interested in the game, not the braying of a former player.
I have a love of classic science fiction films from the 40s and 50s, so I think I’ll pick up the new DVD version of The Thing from Another World. The dialogue in this movie is sort of proto-Tarantino; rapid-fire and sarcastic.
For those of you who are curious, the cause of my computer calamity was a combination of poor case ventilation and dust build-up. That is something that will definitely be addressed when I do my rebuild.
You’ve found football calls with only two announcers? What game are you watching and where can I tune in? Last night’s Titans/Raiders game had three commentators in the booth and two sideline reporters. Between that and the maelstrom of MegaAction grafix running whenever they’d outline a given players stats (rotating logo, crawling watermarks, sound effects, flash cuts, et al.) it was enough to make me consider changing my drink from beer to cough syrup just to try and slow down/reduce the number of channels.