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| #1 Posted on 19.5.02 2327.16 Reposted on: 19.5.09 2328.14 | Okay, this is disturbing. As I'm posting, they're showing Chris Berman's Plays of the Week, and they're throwing in some clips of Hogan, Angle, Jericho, and Mark Henry (?!) cutting promos on Berman to intro the clips. They were also in the opening sequence, and the two anchors (Rece Davis and John Anderson) were doing the same before one commercial break (Anderson walked by with a "RECE 316" sign during one, and held up a chair during another in the world's weakest "chairshot"). I would assume that they were done before the PPV, but then again, the only belt anyone had was Hogan's miniature Smoking Skull belt with "PLAYS OF THE WEEK" written on a piece of masking tape. I'm scared. Promote this thread! | | Bullitt
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| #2 Posted on 20.5.02 0015.53 Reposted on: 20.5.09 0017.07 | Must have been taped when the WWe swung through CT on their last stop. | Swordsman Yen
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| #3 Posted on 20.5.02 1011.40 Reposted on: 20.5.09 1013.53 | Best quote by a WWF wrestler on ESPN: "Do you know that wrestling is the number one sport in terms of demographics?" -- King Kong Bundy, as he's bullying one of the anchormen | drjayphd
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| #4 Posted on 20.5.02 1511.59 Reposted on: 20.5.09 1512.13 |
Originally posted by Bullitt Must have been taped when the WWe swung through CT on their last stop.
I would imagine so. After all, they just started running local spots for the New Haven Ninjas (Arena Football 2) featuring Tazz. Of course, they still have the WWF logo in the background while he's talking... | odessasteps
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| #5 Posted on 20.5.02 1554.42 Reposted on: 20.5.09 1555.07 | And I can't imagine Bristol is that far from Stamford. I mean, CT isn't THAT big, right?
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| #6 Posted on 20.5.02 1711.46 Reposted on: 20.5.09 1714.04 | I saw it too, and in a minor correction, Hogan intro'ed the segment, and he had the WWE strap (full-sized and lifelike, not that kid's belt at the end) on his right shoulder. I was bummed he didn't fire up some "Voodoo Child" (and, CRZ, because I own the Best O' Jimi collection CD, I ~know~ it's "Voodoo Child", not your "Voodoo Chile") on the D-team anchors working SportsCenter.
Side note: Rece Davis is from the same Alabama town -- Muscle Shoals -- I now call home. So when he tangents some Saturday on the radio to his love of Alabama football, that's why ... | ManiacalClown
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| #7 Posted on 20.5.02 1743.02 Reposted on: 20.5.09 1743.19 | Rece Davis also loves NASCAR. He is the former host of RPM 2 Night on the weekend and coined such terms as "The Wall of Voodoo," "The Tire Jungle - Where We Sell Tires for Less," and cars with blown engines "running on Flintstone Power." Please believe it. | The Sham
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| #8 Posted on 20.5.02 1752.26 Reposted on: 20.5.09 1752.35 | Bristol IS pretty far from Stamford in CT terms. I've lived in Connecticut all of my life (excluding college), and I've never been to Bristol. CT is a little rectangle with a tail on the southwestern corner jutting toward NYC. Stamford is in that little tail. Hartford (the capital) is in the middle of the rectangle, a little north of geographic center. Bristol is a few towns west of Hartford.
However, none of the interstates go between Bristol and Stamford, so getting there isn't real easy. Mapquest lists the trip at 1:30 which is NUTS for driving anywhere within CT. There are places plenty further from Stamford than Bristol, but there is no reason to go to any of them.
ESPN is willing to travel and shell out bucks, though. I was at my parents' house in Madison (south central CT) one summer, and ESPN sent a crew to ME to get five seconds of Otto the Orangeman footage for their 20th anniversary special. On other occasions, they had Otto flown in from Syracuse to film commercials. ESPN doesn't skimp on their production. | Triple Preperation H
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| #9 Posted on 20.5.02 2217.34 Reposted on: 20.5.09 2217.44 | I haven't seen the spot, but what is so "disturbing" about it? This isn't the first time ESPN has used WWE superstars in promos. They had a commercial that aired for a solid year that had, among other sports entertainers, old boy Undertaker when he looked like Michael Jackson.
A lot of talk, but really I just want to know why some find it disturbing. | deadbeater
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| #10 Posted on 20.5.02 2319.32 Reposted on: 20.5.09 2320.07 | What's the problem?? That ESPN is even mentioning wrestling, much less doing a plays of the week segment, is a good sign of positive media coverage. | drjayphd
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| #11 Posted on 20.5.02 2325.43 Reposted on: 20.5.09 2325.53 |
Originally posted by The Sham Bristol IS pretty far from Stamford in CT terms. I've lived in Connecticut all of my life (excluding college), and I've never been to Bristol. CT is a little rectangle with a tail on the southwestern corner jutting toward NYC. Stamford is in that little tail. Hartford (the capital) is in the middle of the rectangle, a little north of geographic center. Bristol is a few towns west of Hartford.
However, none of the interstates go between Bristol and Stamford, so getting there isn't real easy. Mapquest lists the trip at 1:30 which is NUTS for driving anywhere within CT. There are places plenty further from Stamford than Bristol, but there is no reason to go to any of them.
ESPN is willing to travel and shell out bucks, though. I was at my parents' house in Madison (south central CT) one summer, and ESPN sent a crew to ME to get five seconds of Otto the Orangeman footage for their 20th anniversary special. On other occasions, they had Otto flown in from Syracuse to film commercials. ESPN doesn't skimp on their production.
Yeah, but they apparently do skimp on recruiting. They had a career fair at my college, then the recruiter who took my resume proceeded to fall off the face of the earth. I think they fired her.
So Stamford, huh? Meriden here. Right in the middle of the state, probably a little south of the geographic center.
But remember their CT swing went Hartford -> Bridgeport (when the hell have they been THERE before), which is along the coast. Maybe they sent Angle, Jericho, Hogan, and Henry there on Monday. Considering they weren't going to be needed until Tuesday in Bridgeport...
It's disturbing because the big threat Hogan made was that he'd bodyslam anyone that didn't watch the PotW. -_- REAL original, Hogan. I'm sure the non-fan has heard of more moves than just that and can identify them with wrestling. | cfgb
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| #12 Posted on 21.5.02 1200.01 Reposted on: 21.5.09 1201.08 | and, CRZ, because I own the Best O' Jimi collection CD, I ~know~ it's "Voodoo Child", not your "Voodoo Chile"
But Mike Tenay doesn't! | BrewGuy
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| #13 Posted on 22.5.02 0953.30 Reposted on: 22.5.09 0953.32 | And what Mike Tenay says, GOES! :) | ALL ORIGINAL POSTS IN THIS THREAD ARE NOW AVAILABLE |
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