Friday, May 22, 2009

Now you're Hubie Brown. Do you read this post...?

After changing my blog's name to honor the great hubie brown I came across this gem of a site which similarly lampoons his unmatchable color commentary prowess

http://nowyourehubiebrown.blogspot.com/2008/10/welcome-to-nyhb.html
Here's a hilarious "poll" from the blog.

Take a peak at these articles specifically: http://nowyourehubiebrown.blogspot.com/2009/04/hubie-on-chauncey.html
http://nowyourehubiebrown.blogspot.com/2008/11/ill-see-your-hubie-quote-and-raise-you.html

It's amazing, I could read HB transcripts all day and never get tired of them. He is the king of non-intentional old man comedy. Seriously. Probably the only reason I find him so infuriating is because over and over again he is constantly and inexplicably held up as some God of NBA broadcasting. Take this ode to hubie (did he really just compare Hubie Brown to PICASSO, IRVING BERLIN, and SHAKESPEARE in the same sentence?! wtf?). Are these guys actually listening to what HB is saying. Jesus Christ it's like he's calling the game for a 5 yr old girl. Does no one SEE THIS?!

okay I'm getting a little too worked up with the caps.

Just FYI if you get tired of me ripping Color guys all the time being repetitive and stating the obvious all the time (*Cough*-Mark Jackson). I'll give you my NBA broadcast dream team so you no where I'm coming from:

-Play-by-Play - Marv Albert (He's exciting, smart and dryly sarcastic all at once, the sound of his voice is so full of Jordan-era nostaligia... and he bit a prostitute on the back... how do you even do that??)
-Serious Analyst - Doug Collins. (smarter, more honest, and less cliche-dependant that any other color guy and knows tons about the game)
-Secondary Analyst/Humor Guy - Jeff Van Gundy (Brutally honest, sarcastic, the ultimate "underdog" sort of guy, also REALLY smart about the game in out-of-the-box ways that other CCs really don't even approach)

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