This was the first long-form program edited on an Avid Media Composer. I was fortunate enough to be the editor and I can tell you it was a blessing and a curse. To be honest, the software really wasn't ready for a project of this length. On the other hand, I would have been almost impossible without non-linear technology.
During the "Heidi" game, I was on the air as a disc jockey at a radio station in Texas. I got a call on our request line from someone who had been watching the game and wanted to know the final score. I asked, "Didn't you see it?" The caller angrily said, "No, they changed the program." I thought he meant someone in his house turned the channel. I went back to the UPI news wire and got the score and gave it to the guy on the phone. It wasn't until the next day that I learned NBC had screwed up and cut the game off before it ended.
Been there, done that..love the communicating with listeners on the phone. The first time that I talked to my Wife, was on the phone and we argued, lol. Married now after almost 40 years..
Keith Jackson was the first play-by-play announcer on Monday Night Football, I believe. Regardless, Keith Jackson was a great announcer of all sports. Being able to see some of these great sports announcers was such a thrill for me because I grew up watching them call these games that were so important to me. Jim McKay, Curt Gowdy, Howard Cosell, Frank Gifford, Dandy Don Meredith, Pat Sumerall, Brent Musberger, Phyllis George, Bill Macatee, Jim Nantz, etc. Plus seeing Jackie Robinson stealing home, was astonishing!
Remember watching this as a kid in 1991 and LOVED IT!!! A great 2 part series with legends like Jim McKay, Curt Gowdy, and Pat Summerall. May they Rest in Peace!!!
I literally just found this broadcast on VHS and was going to upload it until I saw you had already done so in a much higher quality. I will be sharing this video with my followers. Thanks!
Where did they find the kinescope of the '55 WS and Jackie stealing home like to see more of that game great video by the way lost of great memories there and the voices of the day
Wow! I’m so happy to find this. I watched this so many times in my youth. Now I’m looking forward to sharing this with my daughter, who will no doubt see how much it has changed since 1991. When I told her who the hosts are, she replied, “wow, what a lineup.” It would be interesting to do an update of the show.
Howard burnt a lot of bridges and hurt a lot feelings by his ego or his book, by his end. I would think HBO didn’t want to cause any friction with any of the other hosts by having him on. If he even wanted to be on it.
Rest in peace: Howard Cosell Rest in peace: Curt Gowdy Rest in peace: Pat Summerall Rest in peace: John Madden Rest in peace: Jim McKay Rest in peace: Billy Packer Rest in peace: Vin Scully Rest in peace: Roone Arledge if it wasn't for your visionary mindset there wouldn't have been ABC's Wide World of Sports & Monday Night Football. HBO's Sports documentaries have always hit it out of the ballpark 💯💯💯💯💯
I am so glad that they included the late, great Chris Schenkel as one of the greatest announcers of all time. I was afraid that he would not be given his place among the greats because he spent a large part of his later career years doing bowling, which had plummeted in terms of popularity. But make no mistake, he was a world class announcer long before that.
In 1998 ABC sports did College Football in the Bowl Championship Series aka the BCS until 2006 and Fox sports did from 2006 to 2009 and ESPN from 2010 to 2014. Now the College football first ever National Championship in the College Football playoffs in 2014 with 4 teams on ESPN.
CBS sports and NBC sports did a contract with the Big 10 to do college football during the fall and Olympic sports during the spring and summer starting on 2023-24.
Fox sports did the first show of the NFL in 1994 after CBS sports lost the NFL in 1993 until 1998 the NFL return to CBS after NBC lost the NFL in 1997. CBS sports did MLB from 1990 to 1993 and the Winter Olympics games from 1992 to 1998 also NASCAR from 1960 to 2000.
If they were to do this again today, the conglomerate of announcers could be something like; Bob Costas, Joe Buck, Jim Nantz, Chris Berman, Mike Tirico & Curt Menefee.
NATIONAL VOICES= 1. MICHAELS, 2. NANTZ, 3. CHRIS BERMAN(PANEL HOST, HIGHLIGHTS HOST ONLY), 4. JOE BUCK, 5. TIRICO, 6. FOWLER, 7. LUNDQUIST, 8. BREEN, 9. EMRICH, 10. THORNE, 11. G. JOHNSON, 12. M. PATRICK AND, THE LAST ONES =KENNY AND MARV ALBERT.. would be my living candidates. They need to do a portion/ BLOCK of the TWO NEW specials on color analysts, too. My living candidates: AIKMAN, P. SIMMS, COLLINSWORTH, G.OLSEN, SMOLTZ, OLCZYK, DAVIDSON, K. SMITH, BARKLEY, AND MY VETS- TONY KUBEK, RICK BARRY AND PAUL MAGUIRE.. ONE whole section should be done on now GONE PLAY BY PLAY LEGENDS SINCE THESE HBO SHOWS AIRED HERE IN 1991= SUMMERALL, ENBERG, SCULLY, GIFFORD, JA. BUCK, R. SCOTT, Jm. SIMPSON, GARAGIOLA, AND D. KELLY.. AND A SECTION ON PANEL HOSTS= ERN. JOHNSON, JA. BROWN, C. MENEFEE, BURKHARDT, BERMAN, G. GUMBEL, MUSBERGER, B. GUMBEL, COSTAS, AMSINGER, EISEN, AND, KOLBER. AND, A HALF SECTION EACH ON PANELIST EX- ATHLETES' AND COACHES ANALYSTS, AND A HALF-SECTION/BLOCK ON NOW GONE ANALYSTS..WITH 60 PERCENT OF THAT= JOHN MADDEN.. Yep..
Nope..CBS showed the first taped TV cam shots of it in 1960 as part of the CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR with BUD PALMER hosting, and ABC on WIDE WORLD of SPORTS carried it in cut-in live, and mostly taped, somewhat updated, portions from 1962-78.. In 1979 with KEN SQUIER as lead lap by lap mic. man, CBS for the first time broadcasted it in its entirety from flag to flag..live. On cable, TBS carried it beginning in '83.. On the bcast nets, CBS carried it until FOXSPORTS took it in 2001, the race where DALE EARNHARDT SR. horribly crashed into the wall, and died. CBS was the first network ever to show a NASCAR race= the DAYTONA 500.. ABC in 1971 showed for the first time many NASCAR WINSTON CUP races on the circuit, some of them live from flag to flag. R.I.P. to BUD PALMER, a former BASKETBALL ALL-AMERICAN and three year NY KNICKERBOCKER (in the B.A.A.=one of the leagues, NBL was the other, that was the forerunner to the NBA)in the 1940's, one of the first players ever to shoot jumpshots in college. Shout out.. to still with us at 88, KEN SQUIER one of the first NASCAR experts and P.A. and newsreel voices in the 1950's, 60's and Seventies, along with top NASCAR TV pit reporter on ABC AND CBS in the 70's era and the TBS lap by lap announcer until 1997..
Fox Sports will be doing Indy 500 in 2025 NBC Sports did the Indy 500 from 2019 to 2024. NBA return to the NBC sports in 2025 after TNT will do last NBA season in 2025.
Not when it says TELEVISION SPORTS.. Uhhh, that really wouldn't include RADIO, my mostly, old profession. They did mention GRAHAM McNAMEE, although, he was the first TV sports announcer in the U.S., but also did radio. HAROLD ARLIN in Pitt, PENN. was the first radio play by play=baseball guy, followed by whoever called the WEST VA. U. VS. U. OF PITT. FOOTBALL GAME AND TEX. A&M U. VS. U. OF TEX. FOOTBALL CONTEST IN 1921.. KDKA IN PITT, AND WTAW IN COLLEGE STATION, TX. had those games.
If I can stop anyone from watching this: It is some sort of roundup of big sports events? No focus on announcers, nor why/how we watch. Bob Costas doing his usual bs pr intellectual sh!t. I'm done at 30 min.
This was the first long-form program edited on an Avid Media Composer. I was fortunate enough to be the editor and I can tell you it was a blessing and a curse. To be honest, the software really wasn't ready for a project of this length. On the other hand, I would have been almost impossible without non-linear technology.
During the "Heidi" game, I was on the air as a disc jockey at a radio station in Texas. I got a call on our request line from someone who had been watching the game and wanted to know the final score. I asked, "Didn't you see it?" The caller angrily said, "No, they changed the program." I thought he meant someone in his house turned the channel. I went back to the UPI news wire and got the score and gave it to the guy on the phone. It wasn't until the next day that I learned NBC had screwed up and cut the game off before it ended.
Been there, done that..love the communicating with listeners on the phone.
The first time that I talked to my Wife, was on the phone and we argued, lol.
Married now after almost 40 years..
One glaring omission was the talents of Keith Jackson, he covered a plethora of sports and was excellent at all of them.
Keith Jackson was the first play-by-play announcer on Monday Night Football, I believe.
Regardless, Keith Jackson was a great announcer of all sports.
Being able to see some of these great sports announcers was such
a thrill for me because I grew up watching them call these games that were so important to me.
Jim McKay, Curt Gowdy, Howard Cosell, Frank Gifford, Dandy Don Meredith, Pat Sumerall, Brent Musberger, Phyllis George, Bill Macatee, Jim Nantz, etc.
Plus seeing Jackie Robinson stealing home, was astonishing!
Remember watching this as a kid in 1991 and LOVED IT!!! A great 2 part series with legends like Jim McKay, Curt Gowdy, and Pat Summerall. May they Rest in Peace!!!
I watched this in high school in 1994. I was given a copy of this on VHS to watch by my video production teacher.
I literally just found this broadcast on VHS and was going to upload it until I saw you had already done so in a much higher quality. I will be sharing this video with my followers. Thanks!
Same here. Thanks for uploading, Lewis. This is an outstanding piece of sports television history.
Where did they find the kinescope of the '55 WS and Jackie stealing home like to see more of that game great video by the way lost of great memories there and the voices of the day
Sorry meant to say lots of great memories in this video
We need an update to this series. Come on HBO! At least pretend you still care about sports!
Wow! I’m so happy to find this. I watched this so many times in my youth. Now I’m looking forward to sharing this with my daughter, who will no doubt see how much it has changed since 1991. When I told her who the hosts are, she replied, “wow, what a lineup.” It would be interesting to do an update of the show.
ABC made a big mistake sales Monday Night Football to ESPN back in 2005 that was a big mistake.
I've been searching for this for years under "Play by Play" - haven't seen it since it aired. Thank you so much for uploading!
I watched the Falstaff Game of the Week with Dizzy Dean and Pee Wee Reese Saturday afternoon while living in Montgomery Alabama in the early 60s
This Brings back so many memories. Thank you for making it available.
I never knew this existed, what a find. These absolute legends all in 1 place. Incredible.
From 1991, Howard Cosell was still alive, he should of been on there. Nobody had more influence on TV sports in the period they cover then he did.
They did a separate doc on Howard which is on here
Howard burnt a lot of bridges and hurt a lot feelings by his ego or his book, by his end. I would think HBO didn’t want to cause any friction with any of the other hosts by having him on. If he even wanted to be on it.
Howards health was really bad at this point and his wife had just recently died.
Thank you!! I've been looking for this for years....
Phyllis George R.I.P
Rest in peace: Howard Cosell
Rest in peace: Curt Gowdy
Rest in peace: Pat Summerall
Rest in peace: John Madden
Rest in peace: Jim McKay
Rest in peace: Billy Packer
Rest in peace: Vin Scully
Rest in peace: Roone Arledge if it wasn't for your visionary mindset there wouldn't have been ABC's Wide World of Sports & Monday Night Football.
HBO's Sports documentaries have always hit it out of the ballpark 💯💯💯💯💯
That's the closest I've heard anyone come to being kind to Howard Cosell.
Rest in peace to my uncle Charlie My dog rover.
This is so cool to watch.... Great stuff ♥️♥️♥️
I am so glad that they included the late, great Chris Schenkel as one of the greatest announcers of all time. I was afraid that he would not be given his place among the greats because he spent a large part of his later career years doing bowling, which had plummeted in terms of popularity. But make no mistake, he was a world class announcer long before that.
Pac 12 networks will do final show on July of 2024.
CBS did last SEC Football Championship game on December 2nd,2023.
In 1998 ABC sports did College Football in the Bowl Championship Series aka the BCS until 2006 and Fox sports did from 2006 to 2009 and ESPN from 2010 to 2014. Now the College football first ever National Championship in the College Football playoffs in 2014 with 4 teams on ESPN.
In 2021 the NHL will be on Turner Sports and back on ESPN & ABC.
Unfortunately, yes on ESPN..TNT did a decent job..
I miss NBC SPORTS AND NBC-SN's presentation.
ESPN's stunk.
Most of today's sportscasters are rank amateurs compared to these legends. Most of them, may they rest in peace!
The whole sports broadcasting world change in 1994.
On April 8,2022 USA network did NBC Sports on USA Network
'The 1951 Chicago Bears had to pay some stations to show their games' - the 2022 Chicago Bears should have to do the same...
USA Sports from September 22,1977 to April 6,2007
Love this so much!
Man I LOVED Pat Summerall!
X-game on ESPN and abc was show on tv since 1995.
1:26:27 I wonder if that was from the 1987 NFC championship game.
In 1993 ESPN did the first ever College gameday at South Bend,Indiana
CBS sports and NBC sports did a contract with the Big 10 to do college football during the fall and Olympic sports during the spring and summer starting on 2023-24.
Fox sports did the first show of the NFL in 1994 after CBS sports lost the NFL in 1993 until 1998 the NFL return to CBS after NBC lost the NFL in 1997.
CBS sports did MLB from 1990 to 1993 and the Winter Olympics games from 1992 to 1998 also NASCAR from 1960 to 2000.
If they were to do this again today, the conglomerate of announcers could be something like; Bob Costas, Joe Buck, Jim Nantz, Chris Berman, Mike Tirico & Curt Menefee.
NATIONAL VOICES=
1. MICHAELS,
2. NANTZ, 3. CHRIS BERMAN(PANEL HOST, HIGHLIGHTS HOST ONLY),
4. JOE BUCK, 5. TIRICO, 6. FOWLER,
7. LUNDQUIST, 8. BREEN, 9. EMRICH, 10. THORNE, 11. G. JOHNSON, 12. M. PATRICK AND,
THE LAST ONES =KENNY AND MARV ALBERT.. would be my living candidates.
They need to do a portion/ BLOCK of the TWO NEW specials on color analysts, too.
My living candidates:
AIKMAN, P. SIMMS, COLLINSWORTH, G.OLSEN, SMOLTZ, OLCZYK, DAVIDSON, K. SMITH, BARKLEY, AND MY VETS- TONY KUBEK, RICK BARRY AND PAUL MAGUIRE..
ONE whole section should be done on now GONE PLAY BY PLAY LEGENDS SINCE THESE HBO SHOWS AIRED HERE IN 1991=
SUMMERALL, ENBERG, SCULLY, GIFFORD, JA. BUCK, R. SCOTT, Jm. SIMPSON, GARAGIOLA, AND D. KELLY..
AND A SECTION ON
PANEL HOSTS= ERN. JOHNSON, JA. BROWN, C. MENEFEE, BURKHARDT, BERMAN, G. GUMBEL, MUSBERGER, B. GUMBEL, COSTAS, AMSINGER, EISEN, AND, KOLBER.
AND, A HALF SECTION EACH ON PANELIST EX- ATHLETES' AND COACHES ANALYSTS, AND A HALF-SECTION/BLOCK ON NOW GONE ANALYSTS..WITH 60 PERCENT OF THAT= JOHN MADDEN..
Yep..
In 2007 Fox sports started Big Tens network know as BTN and ESPN U was started in 2005.
Fox sports did the first ever NASCAR racing in 2001.
Nope..CBS showed the first taped TV cam shots of it in 1960 as part of the CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR with BUD PALMER hosting, and ABC on WIDE WORLD of SPORTS carried it in cut-in live, and mostly taped, somewhat updated, portions from 1962-78..
In 1979 with KEN SQUIER as lead lap by lap mic. man, CBS for the first time broadcasted it in its entirety from flag to flag..live.
On cable, TBS carried it beginning in '83..
On the bcast nets, CBS carried it until FOXSPORTS took it in 2001, the race where DALE EARNHARDT SR.
horribly crashed into the wall, and died.
CBS was the first network ever to show a NASCAR race= the DAYTONA 500..
ABC in 1971 showed for the first time many NASCAR WINSTON CUP races on the circuit, some of them live from flag to flag.
R.I.P. to BUD PALMER, a former BASKETBALL ALL-AMERICAN and three year NY KNICKERBOCKER
(in the B.A.A.=one of the leagues, NBL was the other, that was the forerunner to the NBA)in the 1940's, one of the first players ever to shoot jumpshots in college.
Shout out.. to still with us at 88, KEN SQUIER one of the first NASCAR experts and P.A. and newsreel voices in the 1950's, 60's and Seventies, along with top NASCAR TV pit reporter on ABC AND CBS in the 70's era and the TBS lap by lap announcer until 1997..
CBS sports network was started in 2002 and NBCSN know as NBC Sports network started in 1995 also ESPN 2 started in 1993.
NBC Golf started in 1995.
NBCSN close in January of 2022
NFL network was started in 2006, MLB network was started in 2008, and NBA TV was started in 2008.
NFL network was started 2003 i think
FS1 and FS2 started in 2013 know as Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports 2.
In 1985 ABC sports did their Super Bowl and last in 2006.
In 1997 Fox sports did their Super Bowl.
In 2006 NFL return to NBC for Sunday night football.
Fox Sports will be doing Indy 500 in 2025
NBC Sports did the Indy 500 from 2019 to 2024.
NBA return to the NBC sports in 2025 after TNT will do last NBA season in 2025.
In 2023 the CW sports started
Legends
0:57 lol
ESPNEWS started in 1996.
Fox sports did the first ever USGA from 2011 to 2019.
CBS sports a long with Turner Sports started March madness in 2006.
What?
So... ESPN starts with TV images. Radio was too old, to include?? Hardly a history if you ignore radio era.
Not when it says TELEVISION SPORTS..
Uhhh, that really wouldn't include RADIO, my mostly, old profession.
They did mention GRAHAM McNAMEE, although, he was the first TV sports announcer in the U.S., but also did radio.
HAROLD ARLIN in Pitt, PENN. was the first radio play by play=baseball guy, followed by whoever called the WEST VA. U. VS. U. OF PITT. FOOTBALL GAME AND TEX. A&M U. VS. U. OF TEX. FOOTBALL CONTEST IN 1921..
KDKA IN PITT, AND WTAW IN COLLEGE STATION, TX. had those games.
NBA return to ABC sports in 2003
Curt Gowdy, cowboy
Gowdy never failed to make me fall asleep.
WWE network started in 2014.
This is about real sports not pretend.
In 1996 Fox sports did Major League Baseball.
Brent Musburger will always be the best sports announcer imo
In your opinion. In my opinion, he’s not even close.
If I can stop anyone from watching this: It is some sort of roundup of big sports events? No focus on announcers, nor why/how we watch. Bob Costas doing his usual bs pr intellectual sh!t. I'm done at 30 min.
Did you take the little bus to school?