OT: Sportsline with Bob McCown, July 1982

Scott Carefoot · Post #1 » by **Scott Carefoot** » Fri May 29, 2009 6:21 pm

This is extremely O/T but it's just too damn good not to share with as many people as possible. It's a Youtube clip of Sportsline on Global TV when Bob McCown was the host in 1982. Dig the awesome/cheesy intro music, set, clothes and logo. You definitely want to watch through the first commercial break for some great early-80s ads.

Link

boshjonesford · Post #2 » by **boshjonesford** » Fri May 29, 2009 6:27 pm

s e n s i · Post #3 » by **s e n s i** » Fri May 29, 2009 6:29 pm

Nice find. Bobcat looks awfully similar to a prime George Harrison, haha.

Lockdown · Post #4 » by **Lockdown** » Fri May 29, 2009 6:41 pm

Thank you, this is so awesome.

Post #5 » by **YogiStewart** » Fri May 29, 2009 6:47 pm

the old Fan590 studio was next door to my apartment on Holly.
once, i walked by and John Wells was outside having a smoke at 4:50ish with some quiet, bearded guy.
i walked up to John and gave him my regards and a quick comment on his dad, who was a legend in Winnipeg. the bearded guy was kind of watching and listening and it was only later did I realize that i didn't even give Bob McCowan a courtesy "hello".
dude is in his 50s now and looks young.
dude also fathered a child not so long ago.

Post #6 » by **Yuri Vaultin** » Fri May 29, 2009 7:11 pm

I love the hight tech score board for baseball scores after the first comercials.

Fairview4Life · Post #7 » by **Fairview4Life** » Fri May 29, 2009 7:13 pm

I can't watch it, but I'm hoping it's like the old family feud board.

Scott Carefoot · Post #8 » by **Scott Carefoot** » Fri May 29, 2009 7:22 pm

Yuri Vaultin wrote:I love the hight tech score board for baseball scores after the first comercials.

Just think, it was somebody's job to put those scores up by hand before the show.

I totally want The Score to replicate that set for Score Tonight next April Fool's Day. We could give Tim a horrific toupee and give Sid an awesome fake moustache. Of course, Cabbie would make a cameo with a huge afro.

sideshow · Post #9 » by **sideshow** » Fri May 29, 2009 7:26 pm

Yuri Vaultin wrote:I love the hight tech score board for baseball scores after the first comercials.

It is funny that when they go from AL to NL, the camera just pans over.

Bob seems pretty sweaty on the show. Maybe dudes wearing make-up hadn't caught on yet.

It was weird to hear a trivia question without giving a website to submit the answer to. How the times have changed. Also, trivia without google is tough.

tecumseh18 · Post #10 » by **tecumseh18** » Fri May 29, 2009 7:27 pm

Fairview4Life wrote:I can't watch it, but I'm hoping it's like the old family feud board.

No, not quite that high tech. That show had a budget. This show, not so much.

But it was nice to see the Jays with a victory. It seems like 27 years since the last one.

sh00n · Post #11 » by **sh00n** » Fri May 29, 2009 7:41 pm

Nice suit, Bobcat.

Lord Eder · Post #12 » by **Lord Eder** » Fri May 29, 2009 7:44 pm

Ha! I forgot about that old Global logo. I remember when I was a kid it used to remind me of those rack of ribs or whatever from the flintstones.

Donlogic · Post #13 » by **Donlogic** » Fri May 29, 2009 7:54 pm

Yuri Vaultin wrote:I love the hight tech score board for baseball scores after the first comercials.

Just wondering, what happens if they run out of three's or four's to use on the scoreboard?

TOStateofMind · Post #14 » by **TOStateofMind** » Fri May 29, 2009 8:09 pm

LOL, too good.

n.s · Post #15 » by **n.s** » Fri May 29, 2009 9:02 pm

Excellent

PictureLock · Post #16 » by **PictureLock** » Fri May 29, 2009 10:29 pm

Fairview4Life · Post #17 » by **Fairview4Life** » Fri May 29, 2009 10:47 pm

That better not be mocking Bob Ross. The greatest painter of a generation. I bet a little friend is living in one of those bushes. Or possibly in his hair.

PictureLock · Post #18 » by **PictureLock** » Sat May 30, 2009 3:44 am

Fairview4Life wrote:That better not be mocking Bob Ross. The greatest painter of a generation. I bet a little friend is living in one of those bushes. Or possibly in his hair.

I'm not mocking him. He was the first thing I thought of when I saw the clip of McCowan, which probably means I need some serious help.

wtcantfw · Post #19 » by **wtcantfw** » Sat May 30, 2009 3:59 am

hyper316 · Post #20 » by **hyper316** » Sat May 30, 2009 12:38 pm

awesome, no stupid dark sunglasses indoors