Monday 19 July 2010

LIVE UPDATE - # 4

And the Rodeo was all about the announcers. The pair of American MCs could not have been more hilarious. Here are some choice phrases:
-- After a particularly high buck from a horse, "He just snapped like a $2 suitcase!"
-- When introducing a rider, "He's a daddy to a new baby!" It was all about the family, often taking about their fiancées or "Got two kids and a lovely wife called Caroline."
-- And now a word from our sponsors, "Ya know, they take real good care of us over at the Super 8, we're in good hands there." Yes, Super 8 was one of the sponsors of the event.
-- While we waited for a rider's score, "He's a good lookin' boy....with a college education."
-- After seeing the word 'Jesus' embroidered on a riders collar, "Now, that there's the best sponsor you can have."
-- "Let's here it one more time for our winners, they're simply the best!" As, the top two riders from the event did a victory lap to the Tina Turner song Simply The Best, this happened at least 8 times.
-- When introducing a rider, "This here fellow lives just 13 miles down the road from me in Wisconsin, and he never has me over for dinner." At which point the other announcer says, "Say, are you tryin' to tell us he's your son?" And, I believe it was his son.
-- When introducing a Brazilian rider (who totally kicked ass and won the Bull Riding event), "Now he don't speak a word of English, but he knows when you cheer for 'em, let's show this guy that he has some support out there."
-- And some of it was scripted, "En-tree-pure-ner-e-al." One announcer's attempt at 'Entrepreneurial' which was part of the name of one of the sponsors.
-- "He's on that like a monkey on a football!!!!!!", which I still don't fully understand.
-- One last word from those sponsors, "Oh, I have travelled all over to go to these rodeos, but I always stay at Super 8." Other announcer, "Yup, feels like home."

1 comment:

Jannedals said...

Hahahahahahahha man I wish I had been there with you guys, and this really makes me miss working during the Chucks, because they really do talk like that, and the one announcer who has been there forever rolls those cowboy names out like you wouldn't believe.
"It's Kelllllyyyyyyyyy Sutherland!"