sowny.net | The Southern Ontario/WNY Radio-TV Forum


You are not logged in. Would you like to login or register?

January 13, 2018 9:08 pm  #1


Veteran ABC Sportscaster Keith Jackson Is Gone

Whoa Nellie! He was in the business for 50 years and became a legend calling everything from U.S. College Football and Major League Baseball to the Olympics. How famous was Keith Jackson? Forget about all his on air work. He inspired a character seen occasionally on The Simpsons, an over-the-top sportscaster who tries to inject excitement into the most boring games possible. Now that's true fame!

He was 89. 

Legendary sportscaster Keith Jackson dies at 89

 

January 14, 2018 1:53 am  #2


Re: Veteran ABC Sportscaster Keith Jackson Is Gone

I regret that I never got the chance to meet him at some of the sports events I covered when he was in attendance.  As a college football lover, to me he was the perfect announcer for the zest and zeal of autumn afternoons in US college towns.  And while, “he’s a 5’ 10” pine-knot from Tuscaloosa, Alllabama - and he’ll hitchee”, isn’t a direct or accurate quote, it’s an example of the style he used to perfectly accompany the college game.  RIP.

Last edited by maybo (January 14, 2018 1:54 am)