On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 3:53 PM, Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Feb 22, 2014, at 12:40 PM, stannc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I remember being at NY Jets games in the 70s where the PA announcer > would say "Please stand by as we wait to join the NBC Television Network". > > I remember my father pointing out to me, at a Tampa Bay Buccaneers game in > my youth, the man on the sidelines wearing a headset and a pair of bright > orange gloves, who was the most powerful person on the field. > > (That is, the man who signals TV timeouts to the officiating crew.) Would a pair of bright orange gloves really have been that distinctive on the Bucs' sideline (especially if you're talking about their Creamsicle period...)? BTW, the Olympic games do seem to have some TV time outs built in. I don't think it's as many as an NHL game, but I have seen an ice-cleaning crew heading on to the ice before certain commercial break. John -- John Edwards "You can insure against the weather, but you can't insure against incompetence, can you?" - Phil Tufnell -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
