Worst Sportscast Ever?

[Dave James]

"...and, boom goes the dynamite."

Up over and out.

[papsrus]

Seems to be a slight lack of preparation here. Either that, or the teleprompter was scrolling sanskrit.

Feel bad for the guy though, especially in the age of youtube. The tape will probably surface at his retirement party 44 1/2 years from now.

[Noj]

This has been making the rounds for quite a while now. "Boom goes the dynamite" is the stuff of legend.

[Van Basten II]

Thought at some point, he'd break down and cry, poor kid hope he had the chance to do better.

[GregK]

this has been around for at least 4-5 years. Family Guy has already incorporated it. I wonder what that kid is doing now.

[Chuck Nessa]

Why do we find pleasure in other folk's problems? We've all been in some situation analogous to this.

[papsrus]

Why do we find pleasure in other folk's problems? We've all been in some situation analogous to this.

You are right. You have to feel bad for the fellow. He soldiered on, and that's hopefully serving him well now.

Youtube should have a where-are-they-now feature.

I work at the same place where the weatherman freaked out over the cockroach -- a Youtube sensation a year or two back. He took it all in stride and was very good-natured about the whole thing, even though it was a pretty embarrassing tape.

[Van Basten II]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom_Goes_The_Dynamite