quality commentary, indycar edition
“…they just have to hold on, it’s a question of who has the willpower.”
(pregnant pause)
“…Will Power’s down in seventh.”
– Eddie Irvine failing to resist temptation at Race One of Indycar’s Dual in Detroit
Tag: quality commentary
“And they’ve just gone past our commentary box in a blur of yellow and pink… like high-speed dolly mixture.”
Martin Brundle, on Carlos Sainz (Renault) and Sergio Perez (Force India) at the 2018 Australian Grand Prix
Canadian Big Air Commentary So Far
- I thought he overcooked it but he took it out of the oven at the last minute and is serving up tasty treats
- boom shakalaka a punch has been landed
- member of the Swiss armed forces and he’s locked and loaded for this one
- a car accident, gotta check your blind spots
quality commentary: motogp
“And he’s thrown a lot of motorcycles at the scenery this weekend.”
– Commentator about Marc Marquez’s awful weekend at the Catalan Grand Prix, 11th June 2017
do hockey announcers ever think once before they speak
The obvious answer is ‘no’, but I like to think that some of them are trolling us and seeing how long they can get away with it.
quality commentary IV
“…Mark Letestu, whose name is French for ‘the testu’, as my colleague said…”
– Commentator with excellent language skills, EDM @ NSH (Feb 3 2017)
quality commentary, part the third
“Komarov would run over his own mother.”
“Only if she had the puck.”
– Commentators during the FIN vs CAN round-robin game at the 2016 IIHF World Championship
quality commentary, part 2
“…and he asked me, how many points did you score? I said, same as everyone else, Wayne, less than you.”
– Commentator recalling an interview with Gretzky
quality commentary
“…in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Connor McDavid…”
– Commentator during the EDM @ MIN game (Dec 11, 2016)
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