as a backdrop, watch this video. (with the sound on!). it's less than a minute. and it has to be THIS call, not any other country's call of the end of the race.
now, watch this:
if you don't watch to watch all 2:14 of it, just forward to 1:30
the color commentator of the 1964 olympic mens 10,000 meters was dick bank. the commentator of this week's women's sprint? chad salmela.
salmela has been (rightly) lauded for his authentic, spontaneous commentary. dick bank? he got fired the next day after his call. the network considered his commentary "very unprofessional."
the network? NBC then and now.
Dan Empfield
aka Slowman
now, watch this:
if you don't watch to watch all 2:14 of it, just forward to 1:30
the color commentator of the 1964 olympic mens 10,000 meters was dick bank. the commentator of this week's women's sprint? chad salmela.
salmela has been (rightly) lauded for his authentic, spontaneous commentary. dick bank? he got fired the next day after his call. the network considered his commentary "very unprofessional."
the network? NBC then and now.
Dan Empfield
aka Slowman