I turned on the TV the other night and watched some World's Strongest Man competition while tidying up the living room. They had TWO PEOPLE announcing an event that literally entailed just tying a bus to a guys waist and having him pull it up an incline. Yes, it's an impressive feat, but hearing the commentators struggle for things to say was so painful- "Yep. There he goes. Still at it. Almost there. Done!" over and over again. At one point one of them said, "they is call him the professor of power, because he is first in his class when it comes to strength." Because we all live in some bizarre academia where tenure is granted to the smartest kid in every grade.
Of course this wasn't the fault of the announcers; they just had severely uninspiring subject matter. One of the most I have ever been entertained by sports was this past Olympics when they had a guy who obviously knew nothing about volleyball cast a whole day of the 2v2 matches. Also
"It's like the Brazilian version of the Great Wall of China"
"...the kind up spike that would bring about world peace if it landed."
"But those feathers have not been ruffled, the beautiful Brazilian bird of paradise that is Cerruti and Rego"
"I have no idea what the Latvian national animal it, but I hope it's a brave, noble, and tenacious one." (It's the white wagtail, so not really. Brazil's is the macaw and rufous-bellied thrush btw)
"Like their (US) ancestors fought for independence so many years ago, their descendants now fight for beach volleyball points."
"That woman is half flesh and bone *long, pensive pause* with a skeleton... forged in the fires of Mordor"
"palm struck that in like a headmaster with a cane. Won't find that these days though. Far too Victorian."
"That was insane! That woman should be committed for how insane that was!"
"...the kind up spike that would bring about world peace if it landed."
"But those feathers have not been ruffled, the beautiful Brazilian bird of paradise that is Cerruti and Rego"
"I have no idea what the Latvian national animal it, but I hope it's a brave, noble, and tenacious one." (It's the white wagtail, so not really. Brazil's is the macaw and rufous-bellied thrush btw)
"Like their (US) ancestors fought for independence so many years ago, their descendants now fight for beach volleyball points."
"That woman is half flesh and bone *long, pensive pause* with a skeleton... forged in the fires of Mordor"
"palm struck that in like a headmaster with a cane. Won't find that these days though. Far too Victorian."
"That was insane! That woman should be committed for how insane that was!"
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