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spatchBut Myron "Yoi!" Cope, long-time sportscaster, inventor of the Terrible Towel and beloved color commentator for the Pittsburgh Steelers, has died at the age of 79.
Time was when every sports city had a fellow like ol' Mahrn, the sportscaster who was a real character, the one you'd watch the games for when your team was in the toilet (and the one who was always mentioned in an apocryphal story about fans watching the game on TV with the sound down so they could hear him on the radio.) Unfortunately Cope was among the very very very last of a dying breed. LA's Chick Hearn ("this game is in the fridge, the light's out, the eggs are coolin, the butter's gettin hard, and the Jell-O's jigglin") is gone. Boston's beloved Johnny Most ("You can't call a foul on me, I'm Moses Malone! The Exalted One!") is gone. Harry Caray is gone. Mel Allen and Red Barber are long gone. Who do we have today who even approaches this level of colorfulness?
These guys didn't just fool around and make us think it was patently unfair that they should get paid to have that much fun (though it's true.) They brought life to the game and they made things more entertaining for everyone. Alas, poor Myron. Double Yoi indeed.
Time was when every sports city had a fellow like ol' Mahrn, the sportscaster who was a real character, the one you'd watch the games for when your team was in the toilet (and the one who was always mentioned in an apocryphal story about fans watching the game on TV with the sound down so they could hear him on the radio.) Unfortunately Cope was among the very very very last of a dying breed. LA's Chick Hearn ("this game is in the fridge, the light's out, the eggs are coolin, the butter's gettin hard, and the Jell-O's jigglin") is gone. Boston's beloved Johnny Most ("You can't call a foul on me, I'm Moses Malone! The Exalted One!") is gone. Harry Caray is gone. Mel Allen and Red Barber are long gone. Who do we have today who even approaches this level of colorfulness?
These guys didn't just fool around and make us think it was patently unfair that they should get paid to have that much fun (though it's true.) They brought life to the game and they made things more entertaining for everyone. Alas, poor Myron. Double Yoi indeed.
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Date: 2008-02-27 08:28 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-27 08:46 pm (UTC)that being said, i miss stoney.
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Date: 2008-02-27 09:25 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-27 09:34 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-27 11:17 pm (UTC)San Diego's Jerry "Oh Doctor! You can hang a star on that baby!" Coleman and Vin Scully in LA?
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Date: 2008-02-27 11:37 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-28 12:31 am (UTC)Actual quotes:
"Sidney Crosby scores! He'd sit on a bald man's hat!"
"Another goal by the Penguins! HOW MUCH FRIED CHICKEN COULD YOU EAT?!?"
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Date: 2008-02-28 02:35 am (UTC)Partial list of Lange-isms here. I can't believe the Pittsburgh Fox sports channel fired Lange. He's on Pittsburgh radio, but that does me no good on my NHL Center Ice package.
Also, it's important to close quotes.
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Date: 2008-02-28 03:43 am (UTC)HE'S GOIN HAPPY GO JACKY ON THE WHITE GUY LIKE A DONKEY EATIN A WAFFLE
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Date: 2008-02-28 01:13 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-28 10:19 pm (UTC)