I can remember the exact moment when I fell for Olbermann and the Big Show. He was doing the lead-in to the final home game for the Hartford Whalers, whose owner (a contemptible fuck by the name of Peter Karmanos) basically teased the fans by setting goals to keep the team in Hartford, having the fans meet the goals, then moving the team to Carolina anyway. Olbermann talked about the fan support over the previous few months despite the move. His last words before rolling the package, said with a snarl and anger: "But, hey, they're just the fans, and who gives a damn about them anyway?"
On Mar 11, 2012, at 2:16 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 and Dan Patrick, > and “The Big Show” was born. Now, The Paley Center is reuniting them (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 -- 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
