The Worst Sportscaster Ever

[Hostile]

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I swear I thought he was going to start crying.

 

[Yeagermeister]

He makes Berman look like the best sportscaster ever.....poor kid

 

[Cajuncowboy]

That's disturbing, Uncomfortable to watch and also a put on. No way that couldn't have been set up.

 

[bbgun]

Is it the "boom goes the dynamite" kid? Kornheiser ripped him.

 

[peplaw06]

That is awful... This seemed like a semi decent sized market. Had a Division I College in town in Ball State. I can't fathom how this kid got on the air. They don't just throw people on the set without practice... well I guess some obviously do. This guy has more than one video on that site too. It's not like it's an isolated incident.

It almost looked like somebody running the teleprompter was messing with him. He would just stop talking and couldn't complete thoughts. I don't understand how this could happen at all. That's always a tough thing to watch, it just makes everyone uncomfortable. Feel sorry for the guy, but dang... practice or something if you really want to do this.

 

[Hostile]

Is it the "boom goes the dynamite" kid? Kornheiser ripped him.

That's the one.

 

[bbgun]

That is awful... This seemed like a semi decent sized market.

I think it was a college tv station for broadcasting students.

 

[calico]

They don't just throw people on the set without practice... well I guess some obviously do. This guy has more than one video on that site too. It's not like it's an isolated incident.

It almost looked like somebody running the teleprompter was messing with him. He would just stop talking and couldn't complete thoughts. I don't understand how this could happen at all. That's always a tough thing to watch, it just makes everyone uncomfortable. Feel sorry for the guy, but dang... practice or something if you really want to do this.

I am not surprised. The news station I interned with and worked for hired people with no experience out of college and gave them anchor and reporting jobs to replace the vets they deemed "tired". It was a nightmare. They had no idea what they were doing and started internal wars with each other that brought everything down. They would be given orders in the daily meeting and then come to my producer looking for help because they had no clue what to do after they lied to the station manager claiming they had everything under control.

 

[Qwickdraw]

and...

boom goes the dynamite.

 

[Chief]

That was painful to watch.

It obviously was a college kid at a college/public TV station (Ball State).

There had to have been some sort of teleprompter problems, but it's also obvious that he had trouble reading. He pretty much butchered everything.

 

[Danny White]

Don't feel too bad for him, he's more famous than most "professional" broadcasters who've been at it there whole lives.

 

[ZeroClub]

Clearly looks like a college broadcast.

Teleprompter troubles, to be sure. I'm guessing that the lines of words were difficult to see (glare, little contrast, blinking, or something), but maybe the guy forgot his glasses. Seems like he's squinting a bit.

I was expecting "Broadcast News" flop sweat, but it didn't seem to me that he was highly anxious. It seemed like the guy couldn't see what he was trying to read.

 

[bbgun]

And he needs to get that right ear pinned back.

 

[ROMOSAPIEN9]

That is no put on. That was real. Landed that kid as a guest on David Letterman, and I have been hearing "Boom Goes the Dynamite" here and there.

Even earned a parody....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn20tZGtlog&mode=related&search=