Jim McKay:"Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety in sports". Went on about the agony of defeat, showing an Olympic ski jumper wiping out. Remember it well. Loved it and as you, looked forward to it. Remember them showing tiger hunts as well as a polar bear hunt with archer Fred Bear. Not the kind of hunts I would be interested in today but it was fascinating stuff at the time. And about the only place racing could be found.
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What are your favorite T.V. theme songs?
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Yep, watched it just long enough to see the skier lose it, then I was off to just about anything else that was on another channel. lolNever was a big sports fan but I remember the program coming on before I changed the channel.
Veering back towards the primary topic with a couple of more recent favorites:
[video=youtube;QhGMGjs3DSs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhGMGjs3DSs[/video]
And the full version of this one, 'cuz I couldn't find a decent clip of the shorter version used during the show's intro/titles segment:
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I still love the song from Hec Ramsey.
the full song by Jerry Wallace.
[video=youtube;FTt7Xy-Vn5k]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTt7Xy-Vn5k[/video]
the full song by Jerry Wallace.
[video=youtube;FTt7Xy-Vn5k]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTt7Xy-Vn5k[/video]
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That is where I used to cut out of it as well. lol lol
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Came across this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSLB2K3FPRw&feature=player_embedded
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSLB2K3FPRw&feature=player_embedded
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Really, I'd wait around to see if the sport caught my interest - some were fantastic, others not so much, but it definitely expanded ones sports knowledge.
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I wonder whatever happened to Mr Agony of Defeat?
Probably broke his legs.
Maybe he hit a tree like Sonny. :doh:
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I wonder whatever happened to Mr Agony of Defeat?
Vinko Bogataj, painting in Yugoslavia.
By the 70s, kids attention span went way down, shame, they miss so much! It's always good to get out of your comfort zone. that's gone with 24/7 TV!
I wonder whatever happened to Mr Agony of Defeat?
[video=youtube;jKEDD1i4oGk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKEDD1i4oGk[/video]
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"Won't You Be My Neighbor?" from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. And his closing theme, "Tomorrow" is another favorite. These tunes, as played live on the set every day by Johnny Costa -- one of the most gifted jazz pianists of the sixties -- gave me a lifelong love for piano jazz. The closing of the program was especially memorable, because Costa never played "Tomorrow" the same way twice -- every performance was full of swinging improvisations that I picked up on even as a small child. This may have been the most uncompromisingly grown-up music ever performed on a childrens' program.
I am known to sing "Tomorrow" to the kids at work when leaving each night. They've learned to humor me.
I am known to sing "Tomorrow" to the kids at work when leaving each night. They've learned to humor me.
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I don't know...I hear they've made some astonishing advancements in recent years.I don't need more sports knowledge about under water basket weaving.
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I don't know...I hear they've made some astonishing advancements in recent years.
More water proof materials and improved pliability?
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And better hoses for them to breathe through.More water proof materials and improved pliability?
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Well, sure. Quality takes time.And bigger tanks with more air so they can stay under longer.
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Now they can do Underwater Folk Dancing too.
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