Someone's got to tell the NBC ice skating announcer to stop grunting on camera

[Renew Deal]

I think it's Scott Hamilton. He grunts when figure skaters do tough tricks. It's gross!

[JI7]

1. they have always done that

[PVnRT]

2. Figure skating would be much better without the NBC announcers

I think Scotty jizzes his pants every time he sees a good jump.

[Richardo]

3. This applies to most sports

Not the jizzing, the poor quality of the commentary. Announcers as a rule don't add a whole lot - they have to fill every microsecond with talk, no matter how lame.

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. Like that dude Cotton in "Dodgeball." A lot of them even sound like him!

[PVnRT]

6. Except he was actually funny

[XemaSab]

12. I've noticed this especially with the skiing commentary

"And she's taking that turn really wide... that's going to cost her time... See the lack of control on her outside edge there? This has just not been Christina's year... at one point she was talked about as a medal favorite, but her slow pace in the middle section of this race means she'll be going home empty-handed... She's really bumpy crossing the finish line... AND she's in second place." :P

[SoxFan]

5. Not unlike the entire ESPN staff and Peyton Manning

:evilgrin:

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7. It's just Dick Button goosing him.

[Arugula Latte]

8. So you mean when Scott says "didn't stick the landing" it's ... um ... nevermind.

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10. Or when someone "drills it into the ice"

[Arugula Latte]

11. "hit a rut"

:scared:

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13. Fortunately, it was a clean program

[MiddleFingerMom]

9. He said "Dick Butt". ... ... ... n/t