Wow - in a lot of ways it seems like more than twenty years. You can say what you want about Olbermann, but The Big Show was the smartest, hippest, most interesting development in the modern history of sports broadcasting, and probably in the top 10 of all broadcasting. Yes, they spawned a lot of obnoxious wannabes, and KO is a rapid cycling supernova whose spectacular explosions you can almost set your watch by, but it was just spectacular to watch. And unlike almost everything else marketed to males between the ages of 14 and 25, The Big Show made teenage boys smarter, (or at least, try to act smarter) not dumber.
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/keith-olbermann-dan-patrick-reuniting-for-big-show-20th-anniversary_b115771 "It was 20 years ago that sports television changed forever. ESPN’s “SportsCenter” debuted the anchoring duo of *Keith Olbermann<http://www.mediabistro.com/Keith-Olbermann-profile.html> * and *Dan Patrick <http://www.mediabistro.com/Dan-Patrick-profile.html>*, and “The Big Show” was born. Now, The Paley Center is reuniting them<http://www.paleycenter.org/2012-spring-twentieth-anniversary-of-the-big-show-keith-olbermann-and-dan-patrick-together-again>(again) for a 20th anniversary retrospective. Moderated by *Jim Miller*, who co-wrote the recent ESPN book *Those Guys Have All the Fun*, the panel will be held April 5 at the Paley Center in New York. Patrick still covers sports on radio, television and in print, while Olbermann spends much of his time hosting his politically-focused “Countdown” on Current TV. Olbermann also has a baseball blog on MLB.com. The pair ere reunited on NBC’s “Football Night in America” a few years ago, though as Olbermann left NBC, so did the reunion." -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
