Top Ten: Commentator Bloopers from the recent Olympics

[MlledeLaPlumeBleu]

Ok, so it's a hard job. They have to wax verbose about fucking nothing at all, even during curling.

Makes for some phenomenal line gems, though.

For anyone who hasn't seen it yet:

Top nine quotes of the Olympics

Here are the top nine comments made by NBC sports commentators so far during the Summer Olympics that they would like to take back:

1. Weightlifting commentator: "This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria.. I saw her snatch this morning during her warm up and it was amazing."

2. Dressage commentator: "This is really a lovely horse and I speak from personal experience since I once mounted her mother."

3. Paul Hamm, Gymnast: "I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father."

4. Boxing Analyst: "Sure there have been injuries, and even some deaths in boxing, but none of them really that serious."

5. Softball announcer: "If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again."

6. Basketball analyst: "He dribbles a lot and the opposition doesn't like it. In fact you can see it all over their faces."

7. At the rowing medal ceremony: "Ah, isn't that nice, the wife of the IOC president is hugging the cox of the British crew."

8. Soccer commentator: "Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've got eleven Dicks on the field."

9. Tennis commentator: "One of the reasons Andy is playing so well is that, before the final round, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them...Oh my God, what have I just said?

 

[Guest]

Some of these are quite funny, thanks for the grins, Mlle.

However, I must take issue with the following quote:

7. At the rowing medal ceremony: "Ah, isn't that nice, the wife of the IOC president is hugging the cox of the British crew."

If these are quotes from the 2004 Olympics in Athens, it just can't be true, unless the commentator was completely clueless as to the event. None of the British coxed boats in the rowing won a medal. I don't even think any of them made it to the final.

She would've had a hard job hugging the cox of the men's fours, cos they are always coxless (although, I'd love to make a closer inspection of either Matthew Pinsent or James Cracknell - or both - to verify this. ).

If this is past Olympics, cool, because the coxed pairs won a gold in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. Their cox was a little herbert. Garry Herbert, to be precise. He blubbed uncontrolably during the medal ceremony, which could well have earnt the little cox a hug.

Sorry for the waffle, I'm in that kind of mood.

Lou

 

[Weird Harold]

Re: Re: Top Ten: Commentator Bloopers from the recent Olympics

If these are quotes from the 2004 Olympics in Athens, it just can't be true,

All of them are urban legends -- or t least plagiarisms of actual comments from other venues.

The one about the lady weightlifter has been around since the Atlanta Olympics and was circulated again for the Sydney Olympics.

You'll note that there are only NINE items on this "top ten" -- that's because the tenth item on this list is usually an apochryphal story about Arnold Plamer's wife "kissing his balls for luck befor each round." -- that one is true BTW, but it's been around for about 35 years or so.

 

[Guest]

Re: Re: Re: Top Ten: Commentator Bloopers from the recent Olympics

All of them are urban legends -- or t least plagiarisms of actual comments from other venues.

Thanks, WH. I had a funny feeling that might be the case.

Lou

 

[MlledeLaPlumeBleu]

Can't say I'm surprised. I'll confess that I never watch the Olympics, so I never even thought about the veracity of the quotes- just threw it up here when someone sent it to me.

I'm sure the cox of the British team thank you.

mlle

 

[GasPedalJoe]

While that list might be fabricated, it woudn't be hard to get a list of real gaffes from the some of those announcers.

During one of the diving contests, I heard a femal announcer say that the diver "couldn't expect much hardware, in terms of the gold, the be readily available during the awards ceremony". Except I can't remember it accurately, and it was certainly more awkward than I can recall.

The atheletes are the best in the world. Why aren't the journalists?

--GPJ