That the blokeQuote:
Originally Posted by furns
Man is Mr Formula One
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That the blokeQuote:
Originally Posted by furns
Man is Mr Formula One
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Originally Posted by MFKS
Oh I'd contend that your inability to remember his name answers all your questions about how synonymous he was with the sport yeah?
alternatively, it could mean he doesn't much care about formula 1 but does remember one thing - that they had the same race caller for decades. i support the member on this one.Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
i'll also throw in gabriel gate and the tour de france :lulz:
Gordon Bray & Rugby. But he isn't dead yet..Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
no but rugby is in this country
I don't watch it that much but I remember this blokeQuote:
Originally Posted by plague
Be the same as many Bogans who don't follow wog ball but remember that Les Murray bloke when they see the news he died
That's when you know the bloke transcends his sport
Phil Liggott in cycling
Peter Aliss in golf
There be quite a few out there Plague
http://www.shaunmicallefonline.com/w...4E8-Zinger.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by boz-monaut
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4jZ_sZw9iNs/maxresdefault.jpg:brrr:
Ill give you Phil Liggott, and kudos because that is an excellent one.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
but no, there arent 'quite a few'.
and id throw him straight back out in a heartbeat.Quote:
Originally Posted by belchardo
vin scully
jim ross
Henry Blofeld retires later this month - last of the "classic" English commentators.
Jim Ross??Quote:
Originally Posted by q-money
Now let's not even start with the semantics of whether rassling is a sport or entertainment etc because that a seperate argument all together
That bloke is although a commentator is still a paid employee of a company putting on Rassling shows
Sort of well outside the lines of real journo and advocate for a sport like we looking at with Les Murray Phil Liggott etc
Not saying JR don't pump up his sports tyres but it is essentially his job to do so anyway
Vin Scully was one of many legendary local broadcasters that were synonymous with individual teams. The fact someone could point to Harry Carey (think that's how it's spelt) and argue his contribution was just as important dilutes all of those baseball guys status.Quote:
Originally Posted by q-money
As for wrasslin' any old person will trump your Jim Ross with gorilla Monsoon, Jesse Ventura and Mean Gene Okerlund.
But the correct answer for WWE is Vince MacMahon.
Alan McGilvray - Cricket. He was the man.
How young are you blokes ? What about Jack Little from WCW [1964-1978] ? WCW was part of the National Wrestling Alliance [NWA] and was around long before WWF or WWE existed or was shown on TV in Australia.Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
But agree with you that Vince Junior put Wrestling onto the map. Before him it was a lot of little operations pretending to be united under one banner [NWA].
Vince turned it into a billion dollar industry and got it into everyone's homes whether they liked it or not.
Not disputing Vince McMahon hasn't had a huge impact on wrestling business
But the initial point is media/journos who have been an advocate for the sport
Vince is neither
Sure as shit he has blown his own sports image to biblical proportions but he ain't a media man
He the promoter
That same philosophy puts Les Murray and Phil Liggott on par with a bloke like Don King then
And we now off on a wild tangent
well i neverQuote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
The Brits own this.
John Arlott, Brian Johnson, Fred Truman - cricket
Eddie Waring - rugby league (Rex Mossop here)
"Whispering" Ted Lowe - snooker
Peter Aliss - golf
Brian Moore - football (along with Barry Davies, Martin Tyler, John Motson and Hugh Johns)
You guys are doing this wrong.
Les Murray was more than a commentator. He was a TV boss, he had the ears of governments, he worked for the damn international federation.
Plus he did it from such a tiny starting point in the marketplace it can be argued that you can directly tie him to the growth and popularity of the sport.
Get out of here with your Rex Mossop bullshit.
Try better, some of you blokes are god awful at this.
Oh and Member the first people saw of Vince Mac was as a ringside commentator for his organisation.
Carry on.
From Plague's first point he's right:
But the thread went at a different tangent and we have been talking about commentators synonymous with their sport.Quote:
You'd obviously put Richie Benaud in the same bowl but prob no other media figure repped their sport better yeah
And I well remember Vince M being a commentator through the 80's before he bought the major stake and made his family the Osbourne's of wrestling.
No, my point was great.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetmaster
The thread derailed when the good Member, as per usual, said something silly and instead of joining me in calling him out you all let him suck you down into one of his tangent holes.
Which, by the way, is a brilliant trick the Member routinely pulls off but I'm too #woke for that.
i ruined it by mentioning good ol' JR
We really need a wrestling thread so we can discuss the greatest professional wrestler of all time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C4lK41SX-Q\
You mean the wrasslin thread?
http://www.newcastlefootball.net/for...n-Thread/page2
fmd
Yesterday (or today in USA) would have been Layne Staley's 50th birthday...
http://bp3.blogger.com/_LXqBXJEfW0A/...yne+staley.jpg
Mike Cockerill has passed away after a battle with cancer
Hugh Hefner has died
Only bloke in the world where no one will say he has now gone to a better place now he has died
Bloke was literally living the dream with his bevy of sluts on a daily basis
He was a great man and one of the loudest voices for civil rights long before it became popular.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
Tom Petty gone too.
Not a fan of his music but dude was a pretty ****ing huge star.
I have Full Moon Fever and the Wilburys stuff so will be missed.Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
His Chrissy song is pretty much a standard too.
Hang on - he's not quite dead!
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-0...arrest/9009650
https://graduatemedicineapplicant.fi...dead.gif?w=584
Now he is - RIP.
George Young died the other day - he was 70 years old. Responsible for some great songs and helped to put Aussie Rock on the map. Great guitarist as well - some classic riffs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drNqZWzj5GY
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-2...ybeats/9077274
Only just heard about this last night - as a major Australian songwriter and producer and eldest of the Young brothers I thought there would be more coverage.
Always liked this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EcyboLa8R8
Ah the Mod music era. Have some of that shit on the drive somewhere.
How bout ol flat top Fats, he kicked the colonel's bucket too.
RIP the Fatman....hero of Richie Cunningham...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgDHtM600nw
Wonderful man and musician. A true legend and a great role model for us all.
Malcolm Young has passed away. One of the greatest guitarists in history and a true innovator as well who influenced millions of guitarist all over the world.
A very tough time for the Young family given they also recently lost George as well.