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01-24-2015, 05:38 PM
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#796
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Originally Posted by thespaah
The echo was kind of cool. The old sound system at Monticello had one as well.
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LOVE Howard Oil. Great announcer. Found myself imitating him quite often.
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01-24-2015, 05:46 PM
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#797
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Originally Posted by thespaah
Bob Weems....I could never remember that guy's name.
I was at Mth one very foggy June afternoon taking advantage of a "landscaper's holiday"( rain).....
The fog was pea soup....Anyway, In the first race which started in front of the stands, Weems belts out his trademark "thairhhhhhh're aaaaaaaahf"....
As they hit the club turn he said "after that, you're on you're own"...Classic.
I was present for the '84 Bernard Baruch. If I can find it, I'll dig up the program and post the BB page....
I agree Cassidy was good. As good as they came. Toward the end of his career with NYRA though, he seemed bored. His calls lacked the enthusiasm we had heard throughout. I guess he was ready to move on...I happens.
And the show hosted by Harvey Pack to which you refer was called "Inside Racing"...A weekly recap of all the biggest graded races from around the country.
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I don't know if it is general knowledge or not but Bob Weems was color blind. I thought he was a very good race caller and I spent a lot of time at MTH back then and enjoyed his calls at MTH.
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01-24-2015, 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Johnny V
I don't know if it is general knowledge or not but Bob Weems was color blind. I thought he was a very good race caller and I spent a lot of time at MTH back then and enjoyed his calls at MTH.
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Here's old school Weems, complete with echo and all!
[YT="Old School Bob Weems Monmouth Park"]MGZqC9pvp7g[/YT]
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01-24-2015, 05:56 PM
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Thanks for posting that video. It brought back some nice memories. I had some very good fun times at MTH.
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01-24-2015, 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Johnny V
Thanks for posting that video. It brought back some nice memories. I had some very good fun times at MTH.
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Hopefully video came thru, seems like you might have had to click on the youtube link to see it. Yes, the "echo" brings back a lot of great times for many.
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01-24-2015, 06:12 PM
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Hopefully video came thru, seems like you might have had to click on the youtube link to see it. Yes, the "echo" brings back a lot of great times for many.
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I had to go over to youtube to view..No worries
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01-24-2015, 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by thespaah
I had to go over to youtube to view..No worries
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Yeah, it seems like that the originator of the video required that to view it. No big deal though.
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01-24-2015, 08:42 PM
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PA will love the call of the 4th at CharlesTown tonight!
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01-24-2015, 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by cj
PA will love the call of the 4th at CharlesTown tonight!
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I just listened.
Wow. 
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01-24-2015, 10:02 PM
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It seems that the subject matter in this thread has drifted far, far, away from the original discussion that the Tampa Bay annoucer was not that good.
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01-24-2015, 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by SandyW
It seems that the subject matter in this thread has drifted far, far, away from the original discussion that the Tampa Bay annoucer was not that good.
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The subj title is there can't be a worse announcer...so, that leaves it open to discuss other announcers who might be actually worse.
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01-25-2015, 02:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Stillriledup
The subj title is there can't be a worse announcer...so, that leaves it open to discuss other announcers who might be actually worse.
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Oh, okay I'll go with that, I guess I just got lost in a thread that has been going on for 2 years which I think may be a new worrld record.
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01-25-2015, 07:46 AM
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Originally Posted by cj
PA will love the call of the 4th at CharlesTown tonight!
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Can anyone catch a break? The  and  both had the same color silks and he was about to say Any Given Monday when Dixie Gone Wild rushed into the picture from nowhere. Caught the announcer off guard, and good for him to check his program then to call the wrong horse. Again, same color silks.
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01-25-2015, 07:58 AM
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I'd rather hear Pee Wee Herman call a race than Grunder. His nerve-racking race-calling antics are awful and he only seems to get worse with time. 
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01-25-2015, 09:28 PM
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LOVE Howard Oil. Great announcer. Found myself imitating him quite often.
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Howard Oil ..Who often imitated Bob "The Bullet" Meyer of Yonkers. In fact I used to see Oil in the grandstand of Yonkers douing calls of races before they were contested based on his handicapping of the upcoming race.
It was weird. People would gather around to listen to Oil. When he finished his call, those that did not like his prediction booed and cursed. Those that agreed wit Oil's "result" cheered.
New Yorkers are certainly a strange lot
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