> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On > Behalf Of Julia Thompson > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:40 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Suuuuuuuuper Bowl > > Doug Pensinger wrote: > > > > Julia Thompson wrote: > > > > >Folks I really *don't* like having in the booth include Boomer Esiason > (sp?) > > >and Cris Collinsworth. > > > > > > > Joe Thiesman irritates the hell out of me. So does Dan Dierdorf. > > Madden may have slipped a little, but in his day he could analyze a > > play in real time and pick out stuff to comment on that had me wondering > > how the hell did he see that - then they'd show the play in slow motion > > and sure enough he'd called it. He's also got a great sense of humor. > > He does a radio show - just a few minutes long - every day on a local > > station and it's quite often either very insightful or very funny. > > Theisman doesn't bug me as badly as Esiason or Collinsworth. Can't > remember > enough about Dierdorf's commentating to have strong enough feelings about > him. > > Summerall is still doing play-by-play, but pretty much just Dallas home > games. He did an away game for them at some point and I remember his > talking about the shopping his wife had done a day or two before, and how > full the hotel room was. > > I like Madden, I wish he'd talk about 15% less sometimes. >
Or perhaps would explain stuff that a non-fan might need to understand the game during the SB. I had to explain *everything* (two-point conversions, field goals, out of bounds, downs etc.,) to my wife. :) Not that I minded, but there was a point where I wished I could push the SAP button and get a non-fan's explanation commentary. :) For that matter, I usually watch Mets and Yankees games with the TV sound on mute and the radio providing play-by-play. The radio is less chatty and focuses more on the mechanics of the game. Jon "Stuck on top of tower. Great view, but constant pelting sleet not good for pointy hat. Am amusing self by spitting gum down on the Orcs." From: The Very Secret Diary of Gandalf the Grey _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
