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Re: commentators
Posted By: Howard, on host 209.86.37.251
Date: Friday, September 15, 2000, at 17:43:22
In Reply To: Re: commentators posted by Brunnen-G on Friday, September 15, 2000, at 15:57:37:

> > You should hear some Murray Walker. Now that's comedy.
> >
> > Look up there! That's the sky!
> >
> > You might not think that's cricket, and it's not, it's motor racing.
> >
> > This is an interesting circuit because it has inclines. And not just up, but down as well.
> >
> > That's the first time he had started from the front row in a Grand Prix, having done so in Canada earlier this year.
> >
> > And there's no damage to the car. Except to the car itself.
> >
> > It's raining and the track is wet.
>
> LOL! Another "TPS Moment" from the same Olympic commentator was during the obligatory celebrity-spectator-spotting. As the camera lingered for several nanoseconds on Bill Gates and then zipped back to the teams, our man desperately tried to fit some commentary in. You could almost hear his thoughts as he tried to work it out:
> "And there's Bill Gates, the [richest? or is he? Maybe he isn't! Uh oh!]...most...[what the heck can I say here?]...famous...man in the...[oh my God, they're back on the teams already]...ah...Microsoft."
> Another great "I ran out of things to say two hours ago but they're paying me by the word" comment was "And of course the Australian dollar has slipped a bit in the last few weeks recently, but who cares! It's the Olympics!"
>
> Brunnen-"um, yes, thanks for that"G

If an Irish 'tater married a sweet 'tater, what would their children be? Probably just commontaters.
Howard