OLN coverage!

"Darrell Criswell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I don't know what has happened to Phil Liggett, he
declared when the final breakaway in Stage 1 had gotten a
two minute lead that they were going to win, how could
anybody with an IQ more than two digits say that?

To make it suspenseful for the viewers and to surprise the
viewers with the unexpected once they get caught. Paul
Sherwen is a genius, as he makes all of us believe that they
are going to win, and when they get caught, it's a total
surprise. Just like when Phil said Lance was going to win in
the prologue, but we were PLEASANTLY surprised that he lost
by 2 seconds, since we were so immersed in Phil's excellent
commentary and really believed Lance was going to win.

Darrell Criswell said:

OLN's TdF coverage reminds me of the Reagan funeral.
Endless commercials, pathetically boring specials, and
the horrible Cutters. I don't know what has happened to
Phil Liggett, he declared when the final breakaway in
Stage 1 had gotten a two minute lead that they were going
to win, how could anybody with an IQ more than two digits
say that?

I listened to the OLT web audio and it was nothing but crowd
noise for the last 30 km, then some french voice comes on,
mentioning Kirsipuu.

You sound like an old hen. Be thankful we have any
coverage at all in the states. Lets face it, in the states
not many people even know what a bicycle is and if it
doesn't have a NASCAR sticker on it, most people here just
don't understand. Thank goodness for OLN. At least we can
see the race.

Curt (from the home of the Hummer, Escalade, Excursion, and
anything else that can be a weapon on the road so I will
survive a crash and no one else will).

"Darrell Criswell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

OLN's TdF coverage reminds me of the Reagan funeral.
Endless commercials, pathetically boring specials, and
the horrible Cutters. I don't know what has happened to
Phil Liggett, he declared when the final breakaway in
Stage 1 had gotten a two minute lead that they were going
to win, how could anybody with an IQ more than two digits
say that?

"Darrell Criswell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

OLN's TdF coverage reminds me of the Reagan funeral.
Endless commercials, pathetically boring specials, and
the horrible Cutters. I don't know what has happened to
Phil Liggett, he declared when the final breakaway in
Stage 1 had gotten a two minute lead that they were going
to win, how could anybody with an IQ more than two digits
say that?

Phil Liggett is getting older and is not as sharp as he used
to be but still pretty dam good. I don't know what his IQ is
but if you were to sit down with him in a one on one
discussion, he would blow your doors off. I would hate to
think where cycling would be today without Phil Liggett.

But what he said wasn't the least bit true, if you want fake
suspensse watch professional wresting or stock car racing.

Jiyang Chen said:

"Darrell Criswell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I don't know what has happened to Phil Liggett, he
declared when the final breakaway in Stage 1 had gotten a
two minute lead that they were going to win, how could
anybody with an IQ more than two digits say that?

To make it suspenseful for the viewers and to surprise the
viewers with the unexpected once they get caught. Paul
Sherwen is a genius, as he makes all of us believe that
they are going to win, and when they get caught, it's a
total surprise. Just like when Phil said Lance was going
to win in the prologue, but we were PLEASANTLY surprised
that he lost by 2 seconds, since we were so immersed in
Phil's excellent commentary and really believed Lance was
going to win.

Right! I liked VeloNews a lot better when it was only 16
pages and printed in newspaper format, the articles were
much better. And the ABC Wide World of Sports coverage
althought not long was excellent.

curt said:

You sound like an old hen. Be thankful we have any
coverage at all in the states. Lets face it, in the states
not many people even know what a bicycle is and if it
doesn't have a NASCAR sticker on it, most people here just
don't understand. Thank goodness for OLN. At least we can
see the race.

Curt (from the home of the Hummer, Escalade, Excursion, and
anything else that can be a weapon on the road so I will
survive a crash and no one else will).

"Darrell Criswell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

OLN's TdF coverage reminds me of the Reagan funeral.
Endless commercials, pathetically boring specials, and
the horrible Cutters. I don't know what has happened to
Phil Liggett, he declared when the final breakaway in
Stage 1 had gotten a two minute lead that they were going
to win, how could anybody with an IQ more than two digits
say that?

in article [email hidden], Darrell Criswell at
[email hidden] wrote on 7/4/04 8:33 PM:

Quoted message said:

OLN's TdF coverage reminds me of the Reagan funeral.
Endless commercials, pathetically boring specials, and
the horrible Cutters. I don't know what has happened to
Phil Liggett, he declared when the final breakaway in
Stage 1 had gotten a two minute lead that they were going
to win, how could anybody with an IQ more than two digits
say that?

One day, you should mute the TV, commentate the race and see
if you sound even remotely as intelligent as P&P...

-Sonarrat.

"Darrell Criswell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Right! I liked VeloNews a lot better when it was only 16
pages and printed in newspaper format, the articles were
much better. And the ABC Wide World of Sports coverage
althought not long was excellent.

Don't brag about your long experince following the sport.
Being charged as a minor (for stupidity and lack of
perspective) was your only shot at getting off lightly with
your unreasonable comments.

Phil is the all time best English speaking commentator in
cycling (since the reformation anyway). Maybe your
expectations are too high (or too something) from watching
your other favorite sports that you indicated? Commentating
is like cycling in that it looks easy when you are observing
from the sidelines.

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curt said:

You sound like an old hen. Be thankful we have any
coverage at all in

the

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states. Lets face it, in the states not many people even
know what a bicycle is and if it doesn't have a NASCAR
sticker on it, most people

here

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just don't understand. Thank goodness for OLN. At least
we can see the race.

Curt (from the home of the Hummer, Escalade, Excursion,
and anything else that can be a weapon on the road so I
will survive a crash and no one

else

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will).

"Darrell Criswell" <[email hidden]> wrote in
message
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Quoted message said:

OLN's TdF coverage reminds me of the Reagan funeral.
Endless commercials, pathetically boring specials, and
the horrible Cutters. I don't know what has happened to
Phil Liggett, he declared when the final breakaway in
Stage 1 had gotten a two minute lead that they were
going to win, how could anybody with an IQ more than
two digits say that?

"Darrell Criswell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

OLN's TdF coverage reminds me of the Reagan funeral.
Endless commercials, pathetically boring specials, and the
horrible Cutters.

I never saw the Cutters at Reagan's funeral. Were they
running along side the funeral procession?

Darrell Criswell <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

OLN's TdF coverage reminds me of the Reagan funeral.
Endless commercials, pathetically boring specials, and
the horrible Cutters. I don't know what has happened to
Phil Liggett, he declared when the final breakaway in
Stage 1 had gotten a two minute lead that they were going
to win, how could anybody with an IQ more than two digits
say that?

You obviously have never heard the commentary of D. Duffield
on EuroSport. Try it some time and you will know what a
lousy commentator sounds like!

eurosport.comeurosport.comOpen ↗

M

Darrell Criswell <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

OLN's TdF coverage reminds me of the Reagan funeral.
Endless commercials, pathetically boring specials, and
the horrible Cutters. I don't know what has happened to
Phil Liggett, he declared when the final breakaway in
Stage 1 had gotten a two minute lead that they were going
to win, how could anybody with an IQ more than two digits
say that?

France Television has been using the OLN footage of Lance
preparing for the Tour de France in its daily coverage of
the Tour. On the other hand, I've been using the Eurosport
audio to replace the France Television audio coverage.

-ilan

(Miller) said:

Darrell Criswell <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

OLN's TdF coverage reminds me of the Reagan funeral.
Endless commercials, pathetically boring specials, and
the horrible Cutters. I don't know what has happened to
Phil Liggett, he declared when the final breakaway in
Stage 1 had gotten a two minute lead that they were going
to win, how could anybody with an IQ more than two digits
say that?

You obviously have never heard the commentary of D.
Duffield on EuroSport. Try it some time and you will know
what a lousy commentator sounds like!

eurosport.comeurosport.comOpen ↗

M

I confess, the coverage today was very good, I think they
just sold too many commercials Sundays, and I was startled
about Phil Liggett's speculation about a two minute
breakaway.