Here's another one of those Michelob Ultra commercials with three guys and a girl hanging out together -- maybe it's the same people who are hanging out with Lance Armstrong in the commercial I mentioned yesterday. Does this combination -- one girl hanging out with three guys -- happen very often in the real world? Is the girl supposed to be the girlfriend of the main guy in the commercial? Or has she been involved with all the guys at one point or another, like Tracy Lord in "The Philadelphia Story"? I'm pretty sure these are the only commercials that show a one-girl-hanging-out-with-three-guys scenario, and I would love to know what the writers were thinking. Personally, I can't see Don Draper signing off on this.
On CBS, they're doing a special on the 1987 Masters, which I remember watching at college while hanging out with SmartMom. (Although she wasn't SmartMom back then; she was still SmartGirlfriend). My main memory of this tournament is being extravagantly happy that Greg Norman didn't win it -- he was beaten on a miraculous chip-in by Larry Mize.
This show is called "The 1987 Masters: Jim Nantz Remembers Augusta." By 2020, the whole Masters broadcast will be called something like "Jim Nantz Presents the Masters."
This whole outcome was so unfair to Norman. He and Mize are in a playoff at the par-4 11th. Mize hits his second shot way off to the right, probably 40-50 yards from the hole. Norman's second shot is on the edge of the green. Norman should be able to putt for par, while Mize will have to scramble to avoid bogey. And oh, how angry I was that Norman was going to win.
But then Mize simply chips in his shot for a birdie -- the sort of thing that he probably could only do once in a hundred tries. And Norman misses his birdie putt, and loses. It's so unfair that it almost makes me feel guilty that I was so happy. Apparently I wasn't alone, however, because CBS rightly felt that all of us wanted to see this again.
On the 1987 broadcast, they just showed Nicklaus, who was sitting in the clubhouse waiting to hand over the Green Jacket. He got a grin on his face that made it clear he didn't want Norman to win either. So there.
Oh, yeah, here's the commercial they showed all through the NCAA tournament of the guy using his smart phone to impress a red-headed girl with -- what -- his basketball knowledge? His phone knowledge? Has any girl ever been impressed that a guy knows something about basketball? Or phones? How stupid do they think we are?
Louis Oosthuizen just made a DOUBLE EAGLE on the second hole to drop to 10 under. That was an amazing shot -- it must have rolled over sixty feet before going into the hole. He's gone from being two shots behind to being in the lead. The "patrons" go absolutely nuts, as they should.
On the night of this 1980 championship, I absolutely believed that Darrell Griffith would've gone down as a much bigger NBA deal than either Magic Johnson or Larry Bird would eventually become.
The night of this game, I set up a cassette player in front of my radio and taped the entire radio play-by-play of the game. It was the national feed, with Cawood Ledford doing the call. I kept that tape for about 10 years, but I lost it at some point.
On February 29, 1980, UK beat Ole Miss 70-67 in the semi-finals of the SEC tournament. At that point, UK had a record of 28-4, they were the number 2 team in the country, and they had won 11 games in a row. We had a great, great team -- this was the only team with both Kyle Macy and Sam Bowie. Also, the tournament was set up so that we would play one game in Bowling Green, two games at Rupp Arena, and the final four in Indianapolis. I was very confident we could win it all.
But then LSU beat UK 80-78 in the finals of the SEC tournament. And Duke beat us 55-54 in the Sweet 16 (at Rupp). And I never again had the same level of confidence in Joe Hall.
I'll tell you what ... Al McGuire was great, too ... love how he comments immediately on the Jerry Eaves make for Louisville's 2-0 lead that he felt the shot selection was poor--"even though the shot went in" ... honestly, that remains such a rare trait among TV sports commentators--to suggest something that is contrary to what our eyes are already telling us.
Here's another one of those Michelob Ultra commercials with three guys and a girl hanging out together -- maybe it's the same people who are hanging out with Lance Armstrong in the commercial I mentioned yesterday. Does this combination -- one girl hanging out with three guys -- happen very often in the real world? Is the girl supposed to be the girlfriend of the main guy in the commercial? Or has she been involved with all the guys at one point or another, like Tracy Lord in "The Philadelphia Story"? I'm pretty sure these are the only commercials that show a one-girl-hanging-out-with-three-guys scenario, and I would love to know what the writers were thinking. Personally, I can't see Don Draper signing off on this.
ReplyDeleteOn CBS, they're doing a special on the 1987 Masters, which I remember watching at college while hanging out with SmartMom. (Although she wasn't SmartMom back then; she was still SmartGirlfriend). My main memory of this tournament is being extravagantly happy that Greg Norman didn't win it -- he was beaten on a miraculous chip-in by Larry Mize.
ReplyDeleteThis show is called "The 1987 Masters: Jim Nantz Remembers Augusta." By 2020, the whole Masters broadcast will be called something like "Jim Nantz Presents the Masters."
ReplyDeleteThis whole outcome was so unfair to Norman. He and Mize are in a playoff at the par-4 11th. Mize hits his second shot way off to the right, probably 40-50 yards from the hole. Norman's second shot is on the edge of the green. Norman should be able to putt for par, while Mize will have to scramble to avoid bogey. And oh, how angry I was that Norman was going to win.
ReplyDeleteBut then Mize simply chips in his shot for a birdie -- the sort of thing that he probably could only do once in a hundred tries. And Norman misses his birdie putt, and loses. It's so unfair that it almost makes me feel guilty that I was so happy. Apparently I wasn't alone, however, because CBS rightly felt that all of us wanted to see this again.
On the 1987 broadcast, they just showed Nicklaus, who was sitting in the clubhouse waiting to hand over the Green Jacket. He got a grin on his face that made it clear he didn't want Norman to win either. So there.
ReplyDeleteOh, yeah, here's the commercial they showed all through the NCAA tournament of the guy using his smart phone to impress a red-headed girl with -- what -- his basketball knowledge? His phone knowledge? Has any girl ever been impressed that a guy knows something about basketball? Or phones? How stupid do they think we are?
ReplyDeleteLouis Oosthuizen just made a DOUBLE EAGLE on the second hole to drop to 10 under. That was an amazing shot -- it must have rolled over sixty feet before going into the hole. He's gone from being two shots behind to being in the lead. The "patrons" go absolutely nuts, as they should.
ReplyDeleteLeaderboard: 3 P.M. E.D.T.:
ReplyDelete1. L. Oosthuizen (RSA): -10 (56 holes)
T2. P. Hanson (SWE): -8 (55)
T2. P. Mickelson: -8 (55)
4. B. Watson: -6 (56)
T5. P. Harrington (IRE): -5 (57)
T5. M. Kuchar: -5 (56)
Now Mickelson has just blown up with a horrific triple bogey on the par-3 fourth hole. He falls back to five-under, four shots off the lead.
ReplyDeleteEric's guy Bubba Watson is now low American, at seven under par.
Bubba!
DeleteSam Malone @SamMaloneuk13
DeleteFeels good to know i could have done better than Phil on that hole
2:44 PM - 8 Apr 12
Leaderboard at 4 P.M. E.D.T.:
ReplyDelete1. L. Oosthuizen (RSA): -9 (60 holes)
T2. M. Kuchar: -7 (61)
T2. B. Watson: -7 (60)
T2. P. Hanson (SWE): -7 (59)
5. P. Harrington (IRE): -6 (61)
Drew Brees @drewbrees
DeleteRooting for my guy @bubbawatson in the Masters. Love the lefty
3:34 PM - 8 Apr 12
Hey, Dave Loggins--the guy who wrote and did the big hit of "Please Come to Boston" back in 1974--wrote "Augusta," the theme music for the Masters.
ReplyDeleteDave is cousin of Kenny Loggins, whose "This Is It" was featured prominently in a couple of broadcasts of NCAA basketball tournament.
YEAH!
Bryant Gumbel is fantastic. So is Dick Enberg. This broadcast is awesome.
DeleteOn the night of this 1980 championship, I absolutely believed that Darrell Griffith would've gone down as a much bigger NBA deal than either Magic Johnson or Larry Bird would eventually become.
DeleteYou're kidding me? The 1980 Mercury Zephyr got 38mph on the highway?
DeleteThe night of this game, I set up a cassette player in front of my radio and taped the entire radio play-by-play of the game. It was the national feed, with Cawood Ledford doing the call. I kept that tape for about 10 years, but I lost it at some point.
DeleteThe NBC College Basketball broadcasts from 1978 to 1981 are probably the best sports broadcasts I've ever seen.
DeleteI have read a lot of stuff by John Wooden, and I've seen a number of interviews with him, and I find him almost impossible to understand.
DeleteOn February 29, 1980, UK beat Ole Miss 70-67 in the semi-finals of the SEC tournament. At that point, UK had a record of 28-4, they were the number 2 team in the country, and they had won 11 games in a row. We had a great, great team -- this was the only team with both Kyle Macy and Sam Bowie. Also, the tournament was set up so that we would play one game in Bowling Green, two games at Rupp Arena, and the final four in Indianapolis. I was very confident we could win it all.
DeleteBut then LSU beat UK 80-78 in the finals of the SEC tournament. And Duke beat us 55-54 in the Sweet 16 (at Rupp). And I never again had the same level of confidence in Joe Hall.
Man, that'd be great to find your old cassette of the radio broadcast. Cawood did those radio broadcasts for quite a while.
DeleteI'll tell you what ... Al McGuire was great, too ... love how he comments immediately on the Jerry Eaves make for Louisville's 2-0 lead that he felt the shot selection was poor--"even though the shot went in" ... honestly, that remains such a rare trait among TV sports commentators--to suggest something that is contrary to what our eyes are already telling us.
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize that Al McGuire was once a (Baltimore) Bullet!
Metro Conference love from Al McGuire!
ReplyDeleteGood to see that Bob Hope and Texaco are getting out in front of our energy question.
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