Maybe Not True, But Still Funny

in the late afternoon on Wednesday, the 27th of August 2008 by Chad

News and sports commentators are taught never to allow for dead time while on a live broadcast. Consequently they develop the “talking head ” syndrome which takes on a life of its own and whenever the the brain slows down for some reason…. the mouth keeps on going.

Here are the top nine comments made by NBC sports commentators so far during the 2008 Summer Olympics that they would like to take back:

Weight-lifting commentator: ‘This is Gregorieva from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning during her warm up and it was amazing.’
Dressage commentator: ‘This is really a lovely horse and I speak from personal experience since I once mounted her mother.’
Paul Hamm, Gymnast: ‘I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father.’
Boxing Analyst: ‘Sure there have been injuries, and even some deaths in boxing, but none of them really that serious.’
Softball announcer: ‘If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again.’
Basketball analyst: ‘He dribbles a lot and the opposition doesn’t like it. In fact you can see it all over their faces.’
At the rowing medal ceremony: ‘Ah, isn’t that nice, the wife of the IOC president is hugging the cox of the British crew.’
Soccer commentator: ‘Julian Dicks is everywhere. It’s like they’ve got eleven Dicks on the field.’
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?’