We are bitter off than four…hours ago, thanks to fight promoters - One more shout out!

Talk about Dis-Ingenuous! An exclamation mark is certainly called for when these same announcers, so-called commentators, that typically includes a color-full person that fills in the empty space, pregnant pauses, when the play-by-play person takes a breath. Which, yesterday, during "THE GAME!" which was splattered across our screens from beginning to "BITTER END!" was a grin, I mean grim reminder, just in case we forgot that "These two teams hate each other..." The exact, more elaborate quote of which came out of one of the bitter rivals...."We grew up hating...taught to...it's the way it's gotta' be..." Close-up captioned, just in case you couldn't hear it, above the din...in the booth, that only contained the two who "...freely exhange on-the-air commentary..." This, while the on-the-field action, the so-called players...exchange words, push, shove, and, if the camera operators are told to stick around just-in-case...we are in for some so-called off-the-field action..."don't punch out yet, the punching's about to begin..."

Never at a loss: After a loss, or a win, or whatever number of overtimes and what they may have in store for us...here come some more words, from the other side...of their mouths..."We hate to see this...it's bad for college football, for the kids who may be watching...it's such wonderful rivalry...hate to see it end this way..." Wanna' bet?

Ratings in the hatings: Can you even begin to imagine, such a "BIG GAME!" that featured all the ways in which these teens...young adults, got along at an earlier age, many of which grew up in the same home...towns, went to high school, hung out together...even shared what were called, back then, "mutual friends" and other-wise found common ground....Until one of them stepped across the state (i.e. 50 yard) line, went to the rival school. Where a coach and his assistants got hold of them..."These are your brothers now...you'll fight with them...I mean, alongside of them...!" And then, of course, just in case, they forgot why they came to "Play" comes the Locker Room talk, the projection of which is projected to us, the watching, otherwise uniformed, I mean un-informed..."He told the team to play....fight, until the end..." And if that was not sufficient incentive to "fight, fight, fight, until, even after the last whistle!" come, as if they were arranged and rehearsed, in the "pre-show" meeting between the announcers and their producers...

He said it, not me: As in words, replaying words from the Devine, coach Dan Devine that is, from the classic "Rudy, Rudy, Rudy!" movie..."No one, and I mean no one, comes into our house and shoves us around!" At least that's what he was projected to have said...

Fighting words: "I'm just saying..." easy to say when you hold yourself to be above, as in perched well up in a safe place, away from the pushing and shoving....way up in the announcing booth....

"Good call!" Did I really overhear, after they thought they were no longer on-the-air..."This is just the beginning...of something REALLY big...wait till next year...!"  

Talk about getting flagged... 

 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

New knews, in brief, from those in the know... On behalf of the unknowing. Also, for those immersed in religious observances, and the other “unwashed” (charitably “uniformed”)… In the briefest of moments, the temporary cease fire in the mid-east region of the world…giving new meaning to “temp”… Speaking of military and fronts, isn’t a knew twist to see a secretary of defense be put in the defensive due to his error raid signals that he has been putting out there at high frequencies… And another foreign service server informs us that plenty of add Vance notice was given in order for JD not look too conspicuous, given his mixed religious observances in his own home, to first visit the home of the pope to be followed by a fly bye to India, where he will just by convenience extend a hello to his wife's extended family (whereas her parents are professors in residence in San Diego --  talk about all knowing😔 -- all on what could soon be our “last dime”, given the thinning of minting out...
Read more
Making History, one way or another... "Let's make history..." Said one truant to the other..."we can still make it, as our teacher tends to go off..." OR, is it... "Let's skip the whole thing, all-together,..." As "There's nothing knew here...we all know how this is going to turn out...doesn't really matter...may as well stay home..." "On the brink, I think..." OR, is it... Brink, sure could use a… One more tally, still time for late night rally… A rising wave...of cynicism... Name, blame calling... "It's the e-conomy, stupid!"  Or, is it "The stupid economy that cost me..." Either/OR... My own humble hope… while we find ourselves... In the midst of…while still too close to call… A post and a toast... To one, to all...you and U.S.... Having lived through... Or, in some cases, slept through... Lessons in History... having endured... "Too close for comfort" AKA, OR, "keep your distanc...
Read more
  "King David, where art Thou?" Here and Now: When I need and you most...for a quote, a tip, let alone a quip... Clever crafted commentary: At his best, in his field, "In my humble opinion..."  "Coming to you tonight..." Each and every night, assuming we welcomed him with his partner, known in our home, as simply "Chet" when we referred to him on his own, but more formally when paired with "David" as the "Huntley-Brinkley" reporting team... Distinctly Brinkley: who got called on whenever things around here, US, were on the brink... "Sow, David..." It's how I heard it, and still remember it, as he was asked to comment, well into the eve of what was casted to be his final telecast of this type, on the eve of a second coming...of the Clintons, their return to the White House...a second (merry) go round... "For the love of Mike!" While he was not shy of the microphone, having gotten used to one on his desk ...
Read more