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Soccer/Football

Ron Obvious

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5. You're bringing back awful memories...

Reply to Aquavit (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 29, 2013, 02:26 PM

Mar 2013

I lived near Mexico for the '82 and '86 WC's so I watched them on their TV channels, but I had to watch WC '90 on TNT. God it was awful. They'd pull away from the live action for touchline interviews, overlaid the banal "Old Spice Keys to Victory" over the screen while the game was going on, and literally cut away for commercials every few minutes. Those ads are still imprinted on my brain:

"Ray, step up to the mic!"

"The bill's twice as much usual!" "Because, honey, you ate twice as much!"..

"Tum ta tum tum...!!!"

"While we were away, this happened a few minutes ago: (Replay of the goal we missed.)

"Next up, let's watch our friend Paul Whathisface tour Italy and film some stereotypical Italians eating Spaghetti."

Things had improved so much. I sure hope we're past all that.

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Fox Soccer to shut down [View all] Metatron Mar 2013 OP

Shame... Ron Obvious Mar 2013 #1

I really wasn't impressed with NBC's Olympic coverage Metatron Mar 2013 #2

I wonder if the online foxsoccer.tv will go away too? Ron Obvious Mar 2013 #4

That sucks. I assume it will disappear, too. Metatron Mar 2013 #7

Oh great... Aquavit Mar 2013 #3

You're bringing back awful memories... Ron Obvious Mar 2013 #5

Oh god... Aquavit Mar 2013 #6

I hope not Metatron Mar 2013 #8

Ordinary business thing teddy007 Jul 2013 #9